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Agency:
Cherry Tree Opening State School
Agency Number:
Start Date:
01 Jan 1872
End Date:
31 Dec 1929
Description:
The Cherry Tree Opening School was located six kilometres north of Sorell. Cherry Tree Opening was the original name for the area later known as Pawleena. There was a school at Cherry Tree Opening as eary as 1872. The Board of Education reported that students at the school had made considerable progress under Miss Selina Wicks and with a little more liberality from the Board, and effort on the part of the inhabitants, this could be made a really good and useful school. " (1872);;;;
Information Sources:
TAHO: AE909/1/1 Board of Education Annual Reports.;;Mercury (Tas.), 27 December 1872, p. 3.
Functions Performed:
Education and training
Controlling Agencies:
Education Department (TA63)01 Jan 188617 Jul 1989
Series Created By Agency:
ED206/1 Record Book.01 Jan 191631 Dec 1922