Rees Valley School
Record Group
Identifier: A0385
Scope and Contents
Rees Valley records prior to 1911 are recorded under the name Glenorchy School, being the school district name before Glenorchy School opened in 1911.
Dates
- Majority of material found within 1888 - 1937
Biographical / Historical
In June 1886, Southland Education Board was requested to open a school in the Glenorchy District. This was agreed to, provided the residents provided a suitable building at no cost to the Board. SEB Minutes record that Mr N.N. Browne was appointed teacher in May 1888, but the register of teachers names Mr John Meiklejohn, from Mt Crighton, as commencing duty on 17 June 1888. The school was built in four stages, with extensions to cater for increased roll and living quarters for the teachers. While the school as known as 'Rees Valley', the school district was officially 'Glenorchy'.
Roll Decline caused the school to close on 31/1/1938, and the remaining pupils to be 'carried' to Glenorchy. There is a list of Rees Valley teachers, 1888-1938, on p.9.
Photo of Rees Valley school group c1930, page 8.
Source:"Head Of lake Wakatipu, Schools Centennial 1884-1984", pages 7-9.
Roll Decline caused the school to close on 31/1/1938, and the remaining pupils to be 'carried' to Glenorchy. There is a list of Rees Valley teachers, 1888-1938, on p.9.
Photo of Rees Valley school group c1930, page 8.
Source:"Head Of lake Wakatipu, Schools Centennial 1884-1984", pages 7-9.
Extent
1 box(es) (Box 1)
Language of Materials
English
Southland Education Board
Despite being in the geographic location of Otago, this school was historically under the control of the Southland Education Board.
- Title
- Rees Valley Schoo
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Invercargill City Libraries and Archives Repository
