Agency:
Quamby Bend School
Agency Number:
Start Date:
01 Jan 1862
End Date:
31 Dec 1935
Description:
Provision of education and school facilities. Quamby Bend School along the Meander River, north of Westbury, in 1862 had 30 students on the roll with an average attendance of ten students.;;;;An item in the 1935 Examiner said the school would be closed unless 12 children were enrolled by the next Monday.
Information Sources:
TAHO: AE909/1/1 Board of Education Annual Reports 1845-1885.;;Examiner (Launceston), 20 February 1935. p. 5 ;;http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article51920606
Functions Performed:
Education and training
Controlling Agencies:
| Education Department (TA63) | 01 Jan 1886 | 17 Jul 1989 |
Series Created By Agency:
| AD321 Unidentified Admission Register. | 01 Jan 1894 | 31 Dec 1894 |
| AD320 Unidentified Visitors' Book. | 01 Jan 1898 | 31 Dec 1937 |
| AD311 Admission Register. | 01 Jan 1921 | 31 Dec 1935 |