Robert DIXON
Appointed by the Education Department to run two Regulation Four half-time schools in Coorow in 1913 [215]
Reopened the closed Coorow State School at Coorow House on Victoria Location 385 in Coorow on 3 December 1913 [215]
Opened the new Turipa State School on A. Hamlet JONES' Turipa Farm in Coorow on 8 December 1913 [215]
He taught half the time at the Coorow State School and the other half at the Turipa State School, and had boarding at both places [215]
Continued to teach at both schools in 1914, on an annual salary of £110 per annum plus an extra £12 for boarding [215]
He was instructed to close both schools due to low student numbers and there being a shortage of male teachers for small schools [215]
Closed the school at Turipa of five students on 16 September and the school of Coorow of four students on 18 September 1914 [215]
He applied for a transfer and it is almost a certainty that he left Coorow after closing the two schools in September 1914 [215]
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Robert Dixon' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 18 November 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/robert-dixon [reference list] |
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