Local Government
Moora
Region
Wheatbelt
Creslow
Gwalia Valley School
Nardi School
Moora
Wheatbelt
Constructed from 1912
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Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 19 Nov 1997 | Category 5 |
Category 5 |
The site represents associations with education, the pioneer Welsh community and a way of life no longer practised.
The school was established in 1912 in response to requests from the Welsh settlers and the Ralph Family. The welsh community had establishd in the area in 1911, being attracted by the Midland Railway Company's land sales. Many of the Welsh settlers had spent the previous twenty years or so in Patagonia in South America. The name of the school was changed to Nardy, which was the name of Ben Ralph's farm, in order not to be confused with the Gwalia Goldfields. Many of the Welsh children could not speak english. The school closed in 1927 and reopened in 1937.It closed again after the war in 1945 despite attmpts by the local community to keep it open. The students transferred to Miling Siding School with the assistance of the school bus. In 1953, the school building was relocated to the Miling School.
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M Laurie;"Tracks Through the Midlands, A History of the Moora District." | Shire of Moora | 1995 |
Historic Site
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Original Use | EDUCATIONAL | Primary School |
Present Use | EDUCATIONAL | Primary School |
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SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES | Education & science |
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