AGY-3705 | Glenbawn Dam Provisional School (1955) Glenbawn Dam Public School (1955-1966)

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Glenbawn Dam Provisional School in the county of Brisbane was established in January 1955 and in May 1955 it became a Public School. Glenbawn Dam Public School closed in December 1966.(1) Surviving records from the school indicate the the exact date of closure was 15 December 1966. Provisional Schools emerged in 1867 and could be established in areas where at least 15 children, but fewer than 25 required for a Public School, could be expected to attend. The minimum number of students was reduced to twelve in the 1880s, ten from 1898, and nine from 1945. A Public School had a minimum attendance of 30 children prior to 1867, 25 children until 1880 when the number was reduced to 20. From 1957, the minimum number was reduced to nine.(2) ENDNOTES
1. Government Schools of New South Wales 1848 to 2003, NSW Department of Education, 2003, p68.
2. ibid., pp17-18.