A History of Marrar and District, 1979.
Researched and Compiled by Mr Alby Armstrong
16. Education - Names, Dates and Numbers
Includes the head teachers and dates of operation of the all schools in the Marrar district, enrolements and attendences.
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Names of Head Teachers at Schools in the Marrar District
Marrar Provisional School 1879-1882
Miss Rosanne Maginnity May 1879
Mrs. Sophia Stafford January 1880
William Gray May 1881
Marrar Half Time School October - December 1882
Clarence Dyee October 1882

The Pinnacle
Half Time with Marrar October - December 1882
Clarence Dyee October 1882
The Pinnacle Provisional School January - May 1883
Clarence Dyee January 1883
The Pinnacle Public School June 1883 - June 1890
Clarence Dyee May 1883
George Hewitson October 1888

The Pinnacle Half Time School (with Yathella )July 1890 - June 1894
(Name changed to Eurandelong in December 1890.)
George Hewitson July 1890
John Lansdowne April 1891
Henry Ellis October 1892

Marrar Provisional June - September 1896
Miss Lela Vincent June 1896

Marrar Public School October 1896
Miss Lela Vincent October 1896
Miss Cath O'Brien September 1899
Mrs. Frances Lightband September 1900
Walter Hamilton November 1902

Name changed to Woodville Public School 1903
Waiter Wheatley June 1910
W. Mundy September 1912
Roy Farrington January 1913
George Colditz January 1916
Aden Hodges January 1918
Mrs. Biscaya April 1920
Aden Boyton January 1927
Closed March 1929

Marrar Public School
Samuel Comell February 1909
James Farrell April 1912
James Bourne April 1917
Robert Anderson February 1918
John Swan April 1923
Walter Hamilton June 1925
Leonard Kaye January 1933
Frederick Astle December 1937
Walter Morphett January 1941
Neil Shipp August 1945
Sydney Donaldson December 1946
Chester Spratt January 1951
Thomas Oliver January 1953
Frederick Eke January 1958
Paul Watts January 1968
Allan Slater February 1971
Patrick Donnellan September 1974
Phillip Brown February 1979

Teachers and Operational Data of Other Schools in the Marrar District
Soumara
Opened August 1901 as a Provisional School.
Miss Ethel Williamson August 1901
Elsie Cullen October 1908
Natalie Bullen July 1909
Annie Duddle May 1912
School closed October 30, 1916.

Winchendon Vale
Winchendon Vale opened April 1889 as a Provisional School.
Charles Ledwidge 6/4/1889

Became a public school in January 1891
Charles Ledwidge 16/1/1891

Half-Time with Berry Jerry North in May 1892
Matthew Walsh 7 / 41 1892

Changed to a provisional school in January 1894
Charlotte Fearne 19/1/1894
Emily Denison 29 / 1W 1894

Converted to a public school from lst April 1895
Emily Denison 29/4/1895
William Beatty 31/10/1898
G. Fitzgibbon 5/3 / 1902
Denis McCarthy 2613/1902
Oswald Howarth 3/1906
Charles Moffitt 5/1906
John Myers 3/1907
Gerald Fitzgerald 1/1908
William Collett 1/5/1912

Converted to a Half-Time with Erin Vale in May 1914
Oswald Brown 9/5/1914

Became a provisional school in July 1914
Oswald Brown 28/7/1914
Grace Spencer 30/9/1915
J.E. Spooner 21/2/1918
C. Holloway 13/2/1920
W. Harrison 26/10/1921
Sylvester MeMahon 17/4/1925
V.L. Haberecht 13/1/1927
James Collins 11/6/1929
Allan Dogmore 13/1/1933
William Carr 4/4/1935

The school closed in April 1935.

Murrulebale
Murrulebale opened in January 1888 as a provisional school.
Minnie Hazlett 1711/1888
Mary Briner 24/4/1889

Became a public school in October 1889.
Mary Briner 15/11/1889
Ellen McHugh 15/10/1890
Sarah Hutchinson 11/7/1891
Catherine Stafford 18/5/1892
Miss M. Mulqueeny 28/12/1895
H. Ford 1/1903

Half-Time with Boundary Villa in May 1906.
John Newland 7/5/1906

School closed in September 1906.

Reopened as a provisional school in September 1907.
D'arey B. Dickson 11/9/1907
Mary McDonald 20/1/1908
Violet Goodwin 2/8/1910
J Butt 18/1/1912

School closed on 3rd May 1912.

Reopened in June 1924.
Eleanor Jobson 4/6/1924
Mary L. Fitzgerald 30/4/1925
Arthur Robb 3/12/1925
Gladys McDonald 12/1/1928
Gladys McDonald 10/8/1928
Alice Webster 24/5/1929
Mavis Bruce 17/1/1933
Henry Walsh 23/1/1935
Lance McMonagle 15/5/1941
Alice E. White 26/5/1942

School closed in June 1944.

Kinilibah
Kinilibah opened as a provisional school in October 1903.
Frederick Darmody 7/10/1903
Thomas Fenton 4/8/1904

Half time with Berry Jerry North in February 1907.
Jaines O'Donnel l 2/1907
A. McDonell 5/1910

School closed in July 1912.

Reopened as a provisional school in October 1913.
Mary Wheatley 10/1913
May Gregory 8/5/1918
Florence Cummins 28/5/1921
Jane E. Bunker 25/8/1922
Madge Lewis 18/5/1923
Austin Lee 7/9/1926
John Gallagher 5/10/1927
Edith Sands 10/8/1928
A. Lehmann 24/5/1929
Edna Keogh 12/1/1932
Isabel Carson 10/1/1934
Nellie Mackey 11/1/1935

School closed in August 1935

Miss Robinson subsidised 30/1/40 - 14/12/41

Reopened in March 1946.
Valerie Worthington 13/3/1946
Arthur Metcalf 10/2/1949
John Brewster 17/5/1949

School closed in November 1949.

Rockview
Rockview opened as a provisional school in February 1931.
Roy Wilson 27/2/1931
Robert Enilane 28/1/1942
Aubrey J. Fitzpatrick 1916/1942
Gordon Tinckam 20/8/1943
School closed in March 1947.

Yathella
Opened as a provisional school in November 1880.
Charlotte Johnstone 27/11/1880

Changed to Public School in May 1881.
Charlotte Johnstone 5/5/1881
Margaret Thomson 15/2/1883
Charles de la Motta 3/10/1883
Annie L. Hamilton 16/5/1887

Became Half-Time with Eurandelong in July 1890.
George Hewitson 10/7/1890
John C. Lansdowne 4/4/1891
Henry Ellis 6/10/1892
Closed in June 1894.

Reopened as a provisional school December 1894.
Emily Crowe 13/12/1894
Mary Kelly 1/9/1896
John R. Humphrey 27/2/1900
Lillian Williamson 20/3/1903
Thomas Fletcher 13/8/1906
Ethel Williamson 10/9/1907
Clara MeClure 7/1/1910
Cyril Rowland 18/5/1911
C.S. Bingley 9/5/1914
Lindsay Alexander 24/7/1914

Became Half-Time with Brucedale - March 1915.
Arthur Gibson 27/3/1915
Joseph Evebeck 16/4/1915

Became a provisional school again - June 1918.
Edith Buckley 7/6/1918
A.G. Hackney 4/10/1919
Leonard Lambert 26/10/1921
Thomas Fardy 17/1/1923
G.B. Unwin 17/1/1925

Converted to Half-Time with Darthill - May 1926.
G.B. Unwin 7/5/1926

Reverts to provisional - January 1927.
A.B. Unwin 13/1/1927
Joseph Meaney 11/1/1928
C.L. Eeebs 10/8/1928
George Arden 15/1/1932
Allen Culgin 9/1/1936
School closed in December 1936.

Enrolments and Attendances
Marrar Provisional School
Year Enrolment Average Attendance
1879 29 20
1880 25 18
1881 27 18
1882 17 8
Marrar (that became Woodville)
1896 30 22
1897 26 16
1898 26 19
1899 25 15
1900 17 10
1901 18 18
1902 17 13
1903 20 13
1904 19 13
1915 18 15
1920 20 15
1925 18 14
Marrar Public School (1909f)
1915 68 55
1920 101 78
1925 87 70
1930 90 68
1935 82 67
1940 47 42
1945 33
1950 44
1955 46
1960 70 67
1965 97 86
1970 73 69
1975 43 42