Codjatotine School Site

Statement of Significance

The site is a reminder of the early development of the district, when small settlements developed and schools were required due to the sufficient number of children, and then declined as enrolments fluctuated as Wandering became the major service centre for the district.

Physical Description

A plaque, erected by the Shire of Wandering, commemorates the school building (1940-1946) relocated from Coranning in 1940.

History

In operation: 1940 - 1946

It would appear that the early settlement of the Codjatotine Pool area on the Hotham River took place in the 1890s to the early 1900s until the subdivisions of the Noombling Estate for the War Service Land Settlement Scheme in 1920.

On 15 May 1939, the trustees of the Codjatotine hall wrote to the Education Department asking for a piece of land to be set aside for a school. On 15 August 1939 the school site Reserve No. 22036 was gazetted. The Coranning School was relocated to Codjatotine at a cost of £130, the contractor for the work being Mr E. Ward and a completion date set for 11 January 1940. The school was opened on 5 February 1940, Miss P. Medlin being the teacher.

The school functioned until 22 March 1946, when it was closed and a bus service to Pingelly commenced. Tenders were called for the removal of Codjatotine School on 9 July 1947 and the school site reserve was cancelled on 27 August 1948.

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Site only

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