AGY-3720 | Johnsons Creek Half-Time School (1872-1886) Johnsons Provisional School (1886-1887) Johnsons Public School (1888-1964)

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Johnsons Creek Half-Time School in the County of Gloucester was opened in January 1872.(1) Johnsons Creek was a Half-Time School with Wards River School until becoming a Provisional School in August 1886. In January 1888, Johnsons Creek became a Public School and remained in this status until its closure in February 1964. Half-Time Schools were elementary schools which emerged in 1867 to cater for children in areas of scattered population. A teacher visited two or more schools of at least 10 students each. (2) When Johnsons Creek School was converted to a provisional school the minimum number of students required for this status was twelve.(3) The school was converted to a public school when its population reached the twenty students required. From 1957, only nine children were required to maintain the status.(4) ENDNOTES
1. Government Schools of New South Wales 1848 to 2003, NSW Department of Education, 2003, p80.
2. ibid., p16.
3. ibid., p17.
4. ibid., p18.