ROCKY HALL PUBLIC SCHOOL

Application for a Provincial School at Rocky Hall was made in 1876 and was granted. The school was opened in 1877.
A vested site of 2 acres was obtained by Government Grant dated 17th January 1879. The school was raised to Public School status in 1882. Another site of 2 acres (the present site) was obtained by resumption dated 20th May 1887, and a further 4 acres were added to it by resumption dated 15th February 1892. The original site was sold to J. Boland on 27th February 1902. The school was made a Half-Time school with Burragate in June 1925 and was made a Provisional school in January 1926.

ROCKY HALL PRIMARY SCHOOL. Now the local Community Centre. Photo K. Clery

'Magnet' June 1929.
* Mr. C. P. Brown - school teacher at Towamba
* Mr. McMullan - school teacher at Pericoe
* Mr. Cornford - school teacher at Burragate

'Magnet' November 1929
Teachers: Mr. Luff - Rocky Hall
Mr. Cornford - Burragate
Mr. Browne - Towamba Mr. Tyson - Kiah
Mr. Bissell - Wyndham

LIST OF TEACHERS
Name - Date Appointed
No record 1877 - 1882
Nicholas Hutchinson - October 1882
John Kearney - April 1885
Augustus Scanlan - September 1886
Henry Kiphick - July 1894
Ruben West - July 1918
Edward Hinman - May 1921
William Luff - June 1925
John Byrne - January 1937
John Cranford - January 1939
Lionel Lang - February 1948
James Rutherford - January 1950
William Sayer - January 1956
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