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Ajana School - site

Author

Shire of Northampton

Place Number

17857
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Location

Ajana

Location Details

Local Government

Northampton

Region

Midwest

Construction Date

Demolition Year

N/A

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Category Description
Municipal Inventory Adopted 18 Nov 2005 Category 4A

Category 4A

SIGNIFICANT AS A HISTORIC SITE Historic site without built features or with association to an historic personage. Recognise the site with a plaque, place name, paving stone or appropriate marker.

Statement of Significance

The site of the Ajana School has historic significance as evidence of the development of the
Northampton district. Combined with the other school sites, this place reveals the effect of centralisation
of education as well as the changing settlement patterns of the area.

History

The first school at Ajana was located at the Croton Well Reserve No.4670 and opened on 2 December 1912. By
1916, low enrolments threatened the school's closure. Local families proposed that the school be moved and in
1917 the building was relocated to VL4668 on F.A. Porter's property. The school building was moved for a third time
in 1928 to Reserve No. 19916. The building was used up until 1942 when classes were transferred to the Ajana
Hall (Site No.15).
The site is marked by a Bicentennial commemorative plaque.

Condition

Site

References

Ref ID No Ref Name Ref Source Ref Date
"The Ajana School". brochure available at Chiverton House.

Place Type

Historic Site

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Original Use EDUCATIONAL Combined School

Creation Date

30 Apr 2007

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

01 Jan 2017

Disclaimer

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