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NRS-3829 (part) List of Aboriginal school files, 1876–1979

An alphabetical listing of Aboriginal schools that operated in NSW (extracted from NRS-3829 School files, 1876–1979).

Records include applications for the establishment of schools, the school's progress, teachers, and proposed schools. These files are available to view in the Reading room.

B

School	Years	Item
Barrington	1876-1939	[5/14815.1]
Barrington	1940-79	[14/7283]
Baryulgil	1876-1939	[5/14817.3]
Baryulgil	1940-79	[14/7284]
Bassendean	1876-1939	[5/14818.3]
Boggabilla	1876-1939	[5/14983.2]
Boggabilla	1940-79	[14/7323]
Brewarrina (Mission)	1876-1939	[5/15080.1]
Brewarrina	1940-79	[14/7340]
Bril Bril	1876-1939	[5/15089.1]
Brungle	1876-1939	[5/15133.2]
Brungle	1940-79	[14/7349]
Bulgandramine	1876-1939	[5/15148.2]
Bulgandramine	1940-79	[14/7352]
Burnt Bridge	1876-1939	[5/15182.1]
Burnt Bridge	1940-79	[14/7359]

C

School	Years	Item
Cabbage Tree Island	1876-1939	[5/15225.4]
Cabbage Tree Island	1940-79	[14/7365]
Caroona	1940-79	[14/7382]
Carowra Tank	1876-1939	[5/15313.1]
Condobolin	1876-1939	[5/15468.2]
Condobolin	1940-79	[14/7413]
Cootamundra East	1876-1939	[5/15521.1]
Cootamundra East	1940-79	[14/7425]
Coraki	1876-1939	[5/15528.1]
Coraki	1940-79	[14/7426]
Cubawee	1876-1939	[5/15604.1]
Cubawee	1940-79	[14/7442]
Cumeragunja	1889-1910	[5/15618.2]
Cumeragunja	1910-39	[5/15619A&B]
Cumeragunja	1940-79	[14/7444]

D

School	Years	Item
Dunoon	1876-1939	[5/15768.2]
Dunoon	1940-79	[14/7470]

E

School	Years	Item
Erambie	1876-1939	[5/15825.2]
Erambie	1940-79	[14/7486]
Euraba	1876-1939	[5/15851.2]
Euraba	1940-79	[14/7489]

F

School	Years	Item
Fattorini Island	1876-1939	[5/15878.1]
Forked Mountain	1876-1939	[5/15922.3]
Forked Mountain	1940-79	[14/7504]
Forster	1876-1939	[5/15924.2]
Forster	1940-79	[14/7504]

G

School	Years	Item
Gingie Gingie (1940-79 see Walgett)	1876-1939	[5/15992.3]
Googeedee	1876-1939	[5/16068.2]
Googeedee	1940-79	[14/7529]
Grafton Common	1876-1939	[5/16119.1]
Gulargambone	1876-1939	[5/16180.2]
Gulargambone	1940-79	[14/7552]

J

School	Years	Item
Jervis Bay	1876-1939	[5/16388.4]
Jervis Bay	1940-79	[14/7592]

K

School	Years	Item
Karuah	1876-1939	[5/16423.2]
Karuah	1940-79	[14/7600]
Kinchela	1876-1939	[5/16477.1]
Kinchela	1940-79	[14/7612]

L

School	Years	Item
Long Gully	1876-1939	[5/16657.2]

M

School	Years	Item
Maloga	1876-1939	[5/16718.4]
Menindee	1876-1939	[5/16815.2]
Menindee	1940-79	[14/7686]
Moonahcullah	1876-1939	[5/16901.2]
Moonahcullah	1940-79	[14/7701
Morcom	1876-1939	[5/16910.4]
Moree	1876-1939	[5/16915.2]
Moree	1940-79	[14/7704]
Mount Olive	1876-1939	[5/16965.3]
Mulyan	1876-1939	[5/17000.1]
Mulyan	1940-79	[14/7721]
Mundoonan	1876-1939	[5/17005.3]
Murrin Bridge	1940-79	[14/7723]

N

School	Years	Item
Nanima (2)	1876-1939	[5/17051.2]
Nanima (2)	1940-79	[14/7729]
New Angledool	1876-1939	[5/17101.2]
Ngoorumba	1876-1939	[5/17147.4]
Ngoorumba	1940-79	[14/7747]
Noocoorilma	1876-1939	[5/17154.2]
Nowendoc	1876-1939	[5/17180.6]
Nulla Creek	1876-1939	[5/17187.4]
Nulla Creek	1940-79	[14/7760]
Nulla Nulla	1876-1939	[5/17188.3]
Nulla Nulla	1940-79	[14/7760]
Nymboida	1876-1939	[5/17197.1]
Nymboida	1940-79	[14/7761]

P

School	Years	Item
Pelican Island	1876-1939	[5/17311.2]
Pilliga	1876-1939	[5/17343.1]
Pilliga	1940-79	[14/7793]
Pooncarie	1876-1939	[5/17372.1]
Purfleet	1876-1939	[5/17392.3]
Purfleet	1940-79	[14/7802]

R

School	Years	Item
Roseby Park	1876-1939	[5/17511.2]
Roseby Park	1940-79	[14/7822]
Runnymede	1876-1939	[5/17542.4]

S

School	Years	Item
Sevington	1876-1939	[5/17612.2]
Singleton (see note below)	1876-1939	[5/17632.4]
Singleton	1940-1949	[14/7843]
Singleton	1949-78	[14/7844]
Stewart Island	1876-1939	[5/17680.3]
Stewart Island	1940-79	[14/7852]
Stony Gully	1876-1939	[5/17691.1]
Stony Gully	1940-79	[14/7853]
Summer Vale	1876-1939	[5/17713.3]
Summer Vale	1940-79	[14/7856]

T

School	Years	Item
Tabulam	1876-1939	[5/17757.4]
Tabulam	1940-79	[14/7861]
Terry Hie Hie	1938	[5/17821.2]
Terry Hie Hie	1940-79	[14/7873]
Tobwabba	1876-1939	[5/17857.2]
Tobwabba	1940-79	[14/7877]
Toomelah	1876-1939	[5/17869.4]
Toomelah	1940-79	[14/7878]

U

School	Years	Item
Ulgundahi Island	1876-1939	[5/17927.3]
Ulgundahi Island	1940-79	[14/7893]
Urunga	1876-1939	[5/17950.2]
Urunga	1940-79	[14/7896]

W

School	Years	Item
Walcha	1876-1939	[5/17980.2]
Walcha	1957-67	[14/7903]
Walgett (see Gingie Gingie)	1876-1939
Walgett	1940-79	[14/7904]
Walhallow (2)	1876-1939	[5/17984.1]
Walhallow	1940-79	[14/7905]
Wallaga Lake	1876-1939	[5/17986.2]
Wallaga Lake	1940-79	[14/7905]
Warangesda	1876-1939	[5/18018.2]
Wauchope	1876-1939	[5/18057.1]
Wauchope	1940-79	[14/7919]
Woodenbong	1876-1939	[5/18180.2]
Woodenbong	1940-79	[14/7943]
Wreck Bay	1876-1939	[5/18213.2]
Wreck Bay	1940-79	[14/7948]

Y

School	Years	Item
Yantabulla	1876-1939	[5/18246.4]
Yass	1876-1939	[5/18262.2]
Yass	1940-79	[14/7957]

First Nations

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Advocacy, allyship and the rise and fall of the Aborigines Protection Board

In the lead-up to 26 January, the State Archives Collection provides opportunities to explore and reflect on past examples of advocacy and allyship in the fight for First Nations rights

[Sydney from the north shore], Joseph Lycett, 1827.

Hearing the music of early New South Wales

A new website documents an exciting partnership between Museums of History NSW and the University of Sydney in an exploration of Indigenous song and European settler vocal and instrumental music in early colonial NSW

Coomaditchie: The Art of Place marketing photoshoot

First Nations

Do touch

We all know we can’t touch collection objects or artworks displayed in museums. However, the new display Cast in cast out by First Nations artist Dennis Golding at the Museum of Sydney includes a ‘do touch’ element

Pencil drawing of Bathurst 1818, Plans of Government Buildings at Bathurst, Main series of letters received [Colonial Secretary], 1788–1826.

Convict farmer Antonio Roderigo and a ‘dastardly massacre’

A dispute over potatoes farmed by convict-settler Antonio Roderigo was one of many hostile events between colonists and Wiradyuri people that led to the Bathurst War of 1824

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NRS-3829 (part) List of Aboriginal school files, 1876–1979

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Advocacy, allyship and the rise and fall of the Aborigines Protection Board

Hearing the music of early New South Wales

Do touch

Convict farmer Antonio Roderigo and a ‘dastardly massacre’