Local Government
Meekatharra
Region
Midwest
Meekatharra Meekatharra
Site
Meekatharra
Midwest
Constructed from 1904
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Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 21 Sep 2013 | Sites |
The site of the Government School represents the first school in Meekatharra.
The first school at Meekatharra opened on 8 August 1904 in an ironclad building, with 18 pupils and teacher Mrs Margaret Clarkson. Meekatharra District High School, established on its present site in 1967-1975, caters for students from Kindergarten to Year 12 and draws from a diverse population of around 600 locally and 2100 district-wide, representing Aboriginal communities, pastoral, mining and related service industries. It has an enrolment of around 200 students with over 90 percent coming from Aboriginal families. The need for a new school was hastened by the imminent closure of the Dominican convent school.
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Site 8 | Municipal Inventory |
Historic Site
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