ACT School Museums
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SCHOOL ADDRESS PHONE CURATOR ARTICLES HELD ACCESS Laurie Copping He
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| SCHOOL | ADDRESS | PHONE | CURATOR | ARTICLES HELD | ACCESS |
| Laurie Copping Heritage Centre, Hall School Museum Opened 29 January 1911. New school commenced 1960/61 |
Victoria Street Hall ACT 2618 |
School, (02) 62055666 Curator, (02) 62302670 |
Mrs Mandy Perry | Oldest continuously functioning schoolhouse. All admission registers. Original punishment book. Original desk and form. Miniature gramophone taken on house visits. | Ph. Mrs Mandy Perry for visits or school bookings. Open Heritage Week. |
| St. Johnís Schoolhouse Museum Opened 1845, closed 1907 |
Constitution Avenue Reid ACT 2601 |
(02) 62496839 | Diana Body | Schoolroom and residence. 4th book of lessons (from ex-student). Maggie Andersonís book ñ 1904, earliest photo of school, photo of James Abernethy with children. | Roster secretary GPO Box 219 Canberra ACT 2601 |
| Tuggeranong Schoolhouse June 1880 to 1939 |
6 Chase Place Chisholm ACT 2905 |
(02) 62923941 1410522921 |
Julie Kennett Matthew Swarbrick |
Schoolroom and living quarters, 1930 addition. Desk, inkwells, slate and pencil, floor plans and photographs, tools and letters (from students re- ring-barked trees, from Parks and Gardens re-pollen.) | Environment ACT Heritage Unit class=ìnopadî>(02) 62079777 |
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Tharwa Primary School |
Post Office Tharwa ACT 2620 |
(02) 62057244 | Carmel McInerny (Inventory) |
Functioning school, cupboard full plus extra memorabilia. Original register. Tharwa School Heritage Collection, 1995 Grant Oral History, photographs, school reporting, observation book, half-yearly exam. | Ph. Principal Mary Hutchinson |