AGY-3948 | Thornton Public School

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Thornton Public School in the County of Northumberland was established on 5 May 1919. (1) A Public School offered primary level courses, and when the Thornton Public School was established a minimum attendance of twenty children was required to maintain a school of this status. From 1957, the minimum number was reduced to nine. In 2004, Thornton Public School was located at Government Road, Thornton in the District of Hunter/Central Coast. (2) Endnotes:
(1) Admission Register (NRS 17239 [B8664]), pp 1,2; Observation Book (NRS [B8656]), p. 1
(2) New South Wales Department of Education and Training Website, school locator http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/schoolfind/locator/summaryschool.php?selectOption=3204 (accessed 23/04/2004) Reference:
Government Schools of New South Wales 1848-2003. NSW Department of Education and Training 2003.