Emu Hill Hall (School) - Site

Author

Shire of Narembeen

Place Number

06760

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Location

Emu Hill

Location Details

S of Narembeen

Local Government

Narembeen

Region

Wheatbelt

Construction Date

Demolition Year

N/A

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Type	Status	Date	Category	Description	More information
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	31 Jul 1996	Category 5	Category 5 An historic site without built features. Recommend that the site is recognised by means of a plaque, place name, interpretive material, or an architectural or urban design, in due course.

Statement of Significance

The site represents associations with the pioneers of the district
and demonstrate a way of life.

History

Education was an important issue for the settlers in the developing communities, and by 1911 the Emu Hill settlers recognised the need to educate their children, in 1913 the first Emu Hill School was built on the corner of Latham's property, and opened with only 5 students on 14 February 1914. Enrolment improved only marginally, and after the Wadderin School opened in 1919, the Emu Hill School closed only a few months later when it could not maintain the minimum number of eight students to keep the school open.
Within a few months of the closure of the Emu Hills School, the parents were requesting a school in the Emu Hill Townsite.
The first catholic mass in the Narembeen area was conducted at the hall in 1919. In April 1920 a school commenced in the Emu Hill Hall. Agitation continued to have a purpose built school in Emu Hill Town, and subsequently a site was chosen, and school constructed in 1923, with school commencing in 1924.
In the early 1940s the hall was relocated by volunteer labour, to the Narembeen recreation Ground, to serve as a club house

Condition

Site

References

Ref ID No	Ref Name	Ref Source	Ref Date
	Bristow I; "Seedtime & Harvest A History of the Narembeen District 1888-1988".	Shire of Narembeen	1988
	"First School in Narembeen District Emu Hill (2)".	Fencepost

Place Type

Historic Site

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Original Use	EDUCATIONAL	Combined School
Original Use	SOCIAL\RECREATIONAL	Agricultural Hall

Historic Themes

General	Specific
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES	Community services & utilities
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES	Cultural activities

Creation Date

20 May 1997

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

01 Jan 2017

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