EAST ONGERUP SCHOOL

The East Ongerup School was opened before the school in the town of Ongerup as there were more children on farms than in the township. The first building originally came from the goldfield and was made of corrugated iron with a domed shaped roof, unlined and a wooden floor.   It contained both the school and teachers quarters. It opened on 7th September 1914 with an enrollment of 5 boys and 8 girls.

This school closed for many years and then it was decided to erect another school on the same site in 1944. The second school was made of weatherboard and asbestos with a verandah partly enclosed at one end.

1914          Teacher         HILL  Gwen          Head Teacher

1915          Teacher         

1916          Teacher         

1917          Teacher         

1918          Teacher         

1919          Teacher         

1920          Teacher         

1921          Teacher         

1922          Teacher         

Enrollment  6 boys and 6 girls

1923          Teacher         

Enrollment  3 boys and 6 girls

1924          

School did not re-open owing to insufficient number

1925          

School re-opened on 9th March and closed on 13th November due to insufficient numbers and the school part was sold to the Needilup Progress Association for Thirty Pounds ($60).The Teachers quarter part was moved to Toompup and became their school.

1926          

District Inspector Mr. H.W. Rockliff reported that there were only three children of school age in the district and that "the school at East Ongerup would not be required again for some years to come if at all".

1928          

The school building was sold to the residents of Needilup for 30 pounds ($60).

1937          

Schooling was resumed at Ongerup in a private hall on 13th July.

1944          Teacher          FAWELL  Jean

In 1944 a new school was erected on the original site, which was 3km east of the Ongerup townsite on Warperup Creek. and opened on 24th March 1944.

1945          Teacher         DURBIN  Reginald          Head Teacher
                                       WALKER  Augusta         Head Teacher on Probation

1946          Teacher         DURBIN  Reginald          Head Teacher
                                       MATTHEWS  Morfwyn    Head Teacher on Probation

1947          Teacher         MATTHEWS  Morfwyn    Head Teacher on Probation
                                      SCOTT  Jean                Teacher

In October 1947 the Education Department decided to build a new school in the town of Ongerup and on the 20th October 1947, both East and West Ongerup Schools closed. All children were transported in the back of a closed-in truck owned by Jack Campbell to the Ongerup Hall. Morfwyn Matthews and Jean Scott were the two teachers until the end of 1947.