Chatton Road School

Record Group

Identifier: A0177

Staff Only

Dates

Majority of material found within 1893 - 1899

Chatton Road School

Very little information is known about Chatton Road School. When Pinnacle School closed the children in the Whiterig area became very isolated. By 1893, a new school was built beside Chatton Road, 3km north of Whiterig corner, to remedy this problem.

The first entry on the school roll is on 19 December 1893 and records indicate that the school continued until July 1899, perhaps even to the end of that year.

In Southland Education Board records for the school only two teachers’ names feature; Agnes Gray, who was appointed on 1 February 1894 and Sarah M. McDonald who taught there from 1898-1900. It is likely that Sarah McDonald taught until the school closed. The building was then shifted and became known as Waikaka Siding School in 1906.

- Notes by E.M. Easton -

See Bibliography for References

Extent

1 box(es) (Box 1)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Bibliography

“The Knapdale Run, It's Land and It's People”, Edited by Elizabeth Kerse.
Ref: LC 993.97 KNA

Schools mentioned: Pinnacle, Chatton Road, McNab, East Chatton, Knapdale, Otama and North Chatton. Knapdale children also attended Waikaka, Maitland, Waikaka Valley and East Gore Schools.
This book was compiled by residents and former residents of the district. It contains information of interest to local and family historians plus those interested in mining. Inside both front and back covers are double-page maps showing the boundaries of the original run, block numbers and the individual family farms created by the land sales of the 1870s.
The editor, Elizabeth Kerse, lived on 'Bushy Park' farm bordering Knapdale land. Educated at Gore High School, she completed an M.A. with Honours in History at University of Otago.
At the back of the book there are five appendices: 1. Land Titles with Block Numbers, Maps of each Survey District, Names of owners in date order for each Block, 2. Postal Services, listed by district - Post Masters and Mistresses, Telephonists, Early and Rural Mail Contractors, 3. Schools with families and teachers listed by school, 4. Presbyterian Ministers, from 1883, YFC and CGC Office Bearers plus those for Federation of YFC, 5. Index. It is very helpful for locating families and individuals, especially since bold font has been used to indicate those whose photographs have been included.
Chapter 11 is all about the district at war including information about Territorials (1937), Patriotic Committees, Home Defence and Rolls of Honour, Boer War 1899-1901, WWI 1914-18 (by district), WWII Waikaka.
Other topics covered include agriculture, mining, community and sport, building a plane and establishing an aerodrome.