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ADAMS, ThomasVirginia  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Virginia    1861         

ADCOCK, ThomasSandy Creek  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Sandy Creek    1861    DEC 1861    Mr Adcock, who has recently taken charge of this school, is conducting it with a fair measure of success. The school-room and apartments adjoining were erected under the provisions of the Act. 

AMBROSE, WilliamGumeracha  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Gumeracha    1861    DEC 1861    The care and anxiety of the teacher, and the regular attendance of the pupils, are productive of the happiest results 

ANDERSON, WilliamKapunda  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Kapunda    1861    DEC 1861    Mr Anderson, whose talent and skill as an instructor long since attracted the attention of the Inspectors has, since his removal to Kapunda, succeeded in establishing a numerous and efficiently-conducted school 

ANDREWS, Charles J [A?]Williamstown  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Williamstown    1861    DEC 1861    Erected by assistance from the Board, the school affords ample accommodation for a large number of pupils. The attendance of the majority is irregular, but in the remainder, marked improvement is visible. Mrs Andrews, a well-qualified teacher, renders valuable assistance 

APPLETON, RichardHappy Valley  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Happy Valley    1861    DEC 1861    A very good example of a country school. The children are intelligent and orderly 

ASHTON, Henry PPort Gawler  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Port Gawler    1861    DEC 1861    Although this school suffers from thinness of numbers, yet an examination of the pupils provides ample proof of the great care and patient industry of the master. School-house partly erected by the Board 

AYLING, John WLyndoch Valley  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Lyndoch Valley    1861    DEC 1861    Mr Ayling is conducting this school with good effect; the progress of the pupils in the subjects taught, more especially in music, being very satisfactory 

BAIGENT, JamesKensington - Wellington Street  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Kensington - Wellington Street    1861    DEC 1861    The schools of Mr and Mrs Baigent are amongst the oldest on the list, and from the steady and careful interest displayed by their conductors have been of great utility in the neighborhood they occupy 

BAIGENT, LouisaKensington  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Kensington    1861    DEC 1861     

BASEDOW, FrederickTanunda  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Tanunda    1861    DEC 30, 1861    This is a well disciplined and orderly school where, in addition to English, the German language - the mother tongue of a very large proportion of the pupils - is cultivated. Great attention is paid to to the study of several branches of popular science 

BASSETT, Mary AWillunga  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Willunga    1861    DEC 1861     

BATES, James WatkinsPhilpstown  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Philpstown    1861    DEC 1861    Hemmed in by the schools of Gumeracha, Kersbrook and Cudlee Creek, the attendance has been small, although the teacher is well-qualified and persevering 

BATH, JamesTynte Street  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Tynte Street    1861    DEC 1861    Under an efficient and well-trained teacher this excellent school maintains its high character. Grammar, geography sacred and general history and drawing, with the lower branches, are successfully taught 

BAX, WilliamRobe Town  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Robe Town    1861    DEC 1861     

BENNETT, Nicholas DunstanKooringa - Redruth  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Kooringa - Redruth    1861    DEC 1861    A school recently opened and licensed, but containing already a very considerable number of pupils, under a fairly-qualified teacher 

BERRY, James (Snr)Middle Plains  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Middle Plains    1861    DEC 1861    This school, in a very suitable school-room, with master's house adjoining, both erected by subscription during the present year, is under Mr Berry's care. It has been commenced with a fair number of pupils 

BOEHM, TheodorHahndorf  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Hahndorf    1861    DEC 1861    The establishment of a large, well-organized and advancing school proves how successfuly Mr Boehm, a German, has combatted the prejudices of his countrymen against receiving aid. The school-room, erected at the master's expense, is large and airy 

BROWN, RobertPort Augusta  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Port Augusta    1861    DEC 1861    This school, though conducted by a worthy teacher, was closed near the end of the year for want of support from the parents in the locality, who seem generally to be very indifferent about the education of their children; and there appears but little prospect of the school being re-opened 

BROWNE, Ann E.Waymouth Street  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Waymouth Street    1861    DEC 1861    This school has been satisfactorily conducted for many years, the education being limited to the elementary branches, owing to the generally tender age of the pupils 

BURGAN, Thomas SGilles Street  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Gilles Street    1861    DEC 1861    The indefatigable teacher of this very useful school has still further improved it by the addition of a second commodious room for the boys; the girls being still under Miss Burgan's charge 

BURTON, Leonard SamuelGawler, St George's Schools  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Gawler, St George's Schools    1861    DEC 1861     

BURTON, Leonard SamuelGawler - St George's Schools  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Gawler - St George's Schools    1861    DEC 1861    The schools of Mr Burton and Miss Kearns are known as the St George's Schools. The size of the rooms, and the ample supply of material, the good discipline maintained, added to the efficiency, energy and perseverance of the teachers, places these in the very first rank of Government schools. The example of the Rev. Canon Coombs, who is unremitting in his visits to these schools, attended by children of all denominations, is worthy of record 

BUTTFIELD, John P.Uley  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Uley    1861    DEC 1861    Owing to the care he displays, and the consequent progress of his pupils, Mr Buttfield is deservedly esteemed as a teacher in the neighbourhood of Uley Bury 

CALTON, HarrietKadina  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Kadina    1861    DEC 1861    A new school, fairly conducted, in a school-room built at the cost of the teacher, who was recommended for a licence by Mr Shepherdson, as above 

CARLIER, AnnKent Town  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Kent Town    1861    DEC 1861    Instruction of an elementary character is supplied to a limited number of young pupils 

CATERER, ThomasAuburn  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Auburn    1861    DEC 1861    A school of the first class, under the management of a highly-qualified and assiduous teacher, whose efforts ere attended with marked success. Mr Caterer retired, and was succeeded by Mr Howitt at the end of the year 

CATTS, JamesSmithfield  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Smithfield    1861    DEC 1861    This school has suffered much through the removal of families from its neighbourhood. It is taught by a competent master 

CAWTHORNE, Mary Ann G.Morphett Street  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Morphett Street    1861    DEC 1861    A useful school under an assiduous and intelligent mistress. Discipline good; room commodious 

CAWTHORNE, William AndersonVictoria Square  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Victoria Square    1861    MAY 1861    This, the oldest school on the list, is among those of the first class, and continues to hold an important position among the city schools, though it has unfortunately fallen off in numbers 

CHARTRES, ThomasAllandale  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Allandale    1861    DEC 1861    Although, as a consequence of the school being held in a chapel, the appliances for teaching are necessarily inferior, and the attendance is irregular, yet the discipline and progress of the pupils were on the whole satisfactory 

COLE, Joseph Stear CarlyonWatervale  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Watervale    1861    MAY 1861    Mr Cole, an intelligent and well-educated man, is a perfect enthusiast in his profession. In one of the most commodious and well-furnished school-houses to which the funds of the Board have as yet been applied, he is most satisfactorily instructing a large number of pupils 

COLES, AlfredAldinga  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Aldinga    1861    NOV 1861    The indefatigable teaching of Mr and Mrs Coles is accompanied by deserved success. The school-room and residence were erected with assistance from the Board 

COOPER, DavidGambierton  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Gambierton    1861    DEC 1861    Rev James Don reports, 26th November 1861: "The state of the school-room to be creditable, the supply of requisites full, the character of the instruction general, the discipline good, and the Board's regulations strictly observed" 

CORRELL, ElizabethWaymouth Street  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Waymouth Street    1861    DEC 1861    This school progresses satisfactorily under the careful management of Miss Correll and her sister. The older children are fairly advanced in arithmetic, grammar and geography 

COWARD, Robert LeedsKeyneton  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Keyneton    1861    DEC 1861    This school was erected under the provisions of the Education Act. A very large proportion of the pupils had previously no opportunity of attending school. Their progress during the past year has not been so satisfactory as might reasonably have been expected 

COWELL, James [Thomas?]Norwood - Chapel Street  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Norwood - Chapel Street    1861    DEC 1861    An old-established and useful school, which under Mr Cowell's charge has greatly improved in discipline and in the acquirements of the pupils 

CREED, HenryGumeracha North  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Gumeracha North    1861    DEC 1861    This school, a moiety of the cost of which was defrayed by the Board, is conducted in a most creditable manner by Mr Creed. The regular attendance, and the progress of the pupils, are alike satisfactory 

CREMEN, AnneWeymouth Street  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Weymouth Street    1861    DEC 1861    An elementary school, fairly conducted by a trained teacher, under the disadvantage of great irregularity of attendance 

CRISP, AnnClarendon  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Clarendon    1861    DEC 1861    This school is now under the care of Mrs Crisp, an efficient mistress, who is discharging her duties satisfactorily 

CROMBIE, MarjorieNairne  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Nairne    1861    DEC 1861    Miss Crombie, who has held a licence to teach under the Board for several years, carries on her school in a creditable manner 

CROOKS, AgnesNorwood  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Norwood    1861    DEC 1861    The pupils in this school, principally girls, are well grounded in a plain English education by a zealous and industrious teacher. The school-room is spacious, and fully supplied with materials 

CROOKSHANKS, CharlesPenwortham  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Penwortham    1861    DEC 1861    This school is moderately well supplied with material, and plain instruction is imparted with the assistance of the master's wife 

CROSBY, Walter [William?] T.Armagh  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Armagh    1861    DEC 1861    An elementary school of limited numbers under the charge of a competent and persevering teacher 

CROSSLAND, JaneMiddleton  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Middleton    1861    DEC 1861    Mrs Crossland has taken charge of this school during the year; the attendance is limited, but the children are making average progress 

DAILEY, ThomasEyre's Flat  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Eyre's Flat    1861    DEC 1861    This school is fairly organized, and conducted with great care; being held in a chapel, the furniture is necessarily of a second-rate character 

DALLISON, ThomasPort Adelaide  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Port Adelaide    1861    DEC 1861    The school buildings and appliances, though improved, are still so defective and insufficient as to be detrimental to proper discipline. Notwitstanding this, fair progress has been made by the scholars 

DANIEL, ChristinaMorphett Vale  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Morphett Vale    1861    DEC 1861    A useful and efficient school, which has been removed during the year to more commodious premises 

DAVEY, JoannaKanmantoo  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Kanmantoo    1861    DEC 1861    Of a character similar to the preceding [i.e. Morphett Vale]. School-room limited in accommodation 

DAVIE, SamuelKondoparinga  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Kondoparinga    1861    DEC 1861    This school has experienced a change of master and of place of teaching during the year. The numbers have increased, and the pupils are very fairly taught 

DAVISON, HenryBowden  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Bowden    1861    DEC 1861    A highly efficient school, under the charge of a well-qualified and energetic teacher 

DELL, Robert M.Ashwell  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Ashwell    1861    DEC 1861    This school, held in an ample and well-provided room, erected under the auspices of the Board, is conducted, with the aid of Mrs Dell, with considerable care and success 

DOBELL, FrankCoromandel Valley  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Coromandel Valley    1861    DEC 1861    This, taking into account its isolated position, is a very well attended school. The discipline is good, and the progress of the pupils satisfactory 

DONNELL, WilliamCherry Gardens  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Cherry Gardens    1861    DEC 1861    Attendance at this school, which lies between Coromandel Valley and Clarendon, has always been small, but the children are effectively taught by Mr Donnell, the present master 

DUMAS, VictorMount Barker  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Mount Barker    1861    DEC 1861    Although nearly forty schools have been erected under the building clause of the Education Act, Mount Barker, one of South Australia's oldest and most important townships, has neglected to avail itself of its provisions, and is comparatively worse supplied with school premises than any other place. Despite these disadvantages, Mr Dumas, a highly-qualified teacher, has succeeded in establishing a very successful school 

ELLIS, William J.Tungkillo  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Tungkillo    1861    DEC 1861    Mr Ellis is conducting the school at Tungkillo in a very efficient manner. The school-room and master's residence, recently erected, are commodious and substantial 

ENOCH, Margaret CMelrose  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Melrose    1861    DEC 1861     

ETHEREDGE, Grace P.Unley - Arthur Street  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Unley - Arthur Street    1861    DEC 1861    Mrs Etheridge teaches with a great amount of energy and success a goodly number of children in a building well adapted for its purpose 

FALDER, CollingwoodRapid Bay  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Rapid Bay    1861    DEC 1861    This school has been but lately formed; the teacher holds a probationary licence 

FERRY, John MattinsonBalhannah  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Balhannah    1861    DEC 1861    This school, erected partially from the funds at the disposal of the Board, is now under a competent master, who has succeeded in bringing the school into a creditable condition 

FICKLING, Anne EMount Barker  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Mount Barker    1861    DEC 1861    Miss Fickling's school is well-organized and ably conducted 

FIDOCK, Mary HCurrency Creek  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Currency Creek    1861    DEC 1861    A school recently established and much required; the teacher holds a probationary licence 

FITZGERALD, WilliamGepps Cross  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Gepps Cross    1861    DEC 1861    This school has suffered considerably through a change of teachers and a decrease of population in the neighborhood 

FOGGO, GeorgeMorphett Vale  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Morphett Vale    1861    DEC 1861    This school has rather declined than otherwise in numbers during the year; it has, however, slightly improved in the discipline and acquirements of the children during the latter half of that period 

FORSYTH, JohnNoarlunga  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Noarlunga    1861    MAY 1861    This school is now fairly established in a handsome school-room erected, together with the master's residence, with aid from the Board. Mr Forsyth, a thoroughly systematic and highly qualified master, has reason to be satisfied with his success 

FOULGER, Elizabeth S.Flinders Street  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Flinders Street    1861    DEC 1861    This school continues to be satisfactorily conducted, fair progress being made in all the ordinary branches, especially arithmetic 

FOX, Mary AnnPirie Street  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Pirie Street    1861    DEC 1861    A very well conducted school of an elementary character. The room and class room attached are exceedingly good 

FOX, PeterPirie Street  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Pirie Street    1861    DEC 1861    A plain elementary education is carefully taught in this school. The discipline is good, and the building extensive and lofty 

FREEMAN, ElizabethMount Pleasant  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Mount Pleasant    1861    DEC 1861    A remarkably large and regular attendance for an outlying district. The children are orderly, and make tolerable advancement. The building in which the school is conducted was formerly used as a place of worship, but is now exclusively devoted to school purposes 

FRY, JamesSandergrove  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Sandergrove    1861    DEC 1861    This school, a moiety of the cost of which was defrayed by the Board, is situated in an isolated and thinly-populated district, where for some time nothing beyond a minimum attendance can be expected 

GAINS, WilliamMacaw Creek  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Macaw Creek    1861    NOV 1861    This school is taught in a suitable room, erected during the present year by Mr Gains, who is carefully endeavouring to improve its character 

GAMBLE, SusannaNorwood - Magill Road  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Norwood - Magill Road    1861    DEC 1861    This school is ably conducted on the infant school system, by a teacher who, in the mother-country was practically acquainted with that valuable method of teaching young children 

GIBBS, Elizabeth Jane [Margaret?]Harriet Street  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Harriet Street    1861    DEC 1861    Mrs Gibbs and her daughter succeed in keeping up the efficiency of their useful elementary school. The discipline is good, and the room commodious 

GOLD, ElijahSaddleworth  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Saddleworth    1861    DEC 1861    A small and elementary school, improving rather than otherwise 

GOODING, WilliamMclaren Vale  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Mclaren Vale    1861    DEC 1861    An excellent school of its class, conducted with great care by Mr and Mrs Gooding; the writing is worthy of special commendation 

GREGORY, ClarissaHindmarsh  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Hindmarsh    1861    DEC 1861    This school is remarkable for the orderly and respectful demeanor of the pupils, whose studies are directed to the higher branches of female education, under the able superintendence of Miss Gregory 

GRIMES, Elizabeth K. [Ghrimes?]Dry Creek Upper  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Dry Creek Upper    1861    DEC 1861    This school is under the management of a competent teacher. The pupils, although drawn from a purely agricultural neighbourhood and often required for service at home, have made good progress. The school-room is very defective 

HAIRE, FrancisAngas Street  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Angas Street    1861    DEC 1861    A large and important school in which, besides the ordinary branches of education, many pupils are taught Latin and French 

HALL, SarahKensington - Thornton Street  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Kensington - Thornton Street    1861    DEC 1861    A very useful school, in which a rudimentary education is diligently imparted 

HALL, William HolmesMagill  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Magill    1861    DEC 1861    This is the other instance [see Glen Osmond] previously referred to of a suburban school-house erected by aid from the Government. Mr Hall, who succeeded Mr Mudie, is conducting the school with considerable ability and success 

HAMILTON, Edward L.Stirling  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Stirling    1861    DEC 1861    An orderly and perfectly-organized school, under a well-qualified and painstaking master 

HAMLYN, WilliamInman Valley  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Inman Valley    1861    DEC 1861    This school, carried on in a chapel, was greatly needed in the locality; the pupils are making satisfactory progress 

HARFIELD, MarthaUnley  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Unley    1861    DEC 1861    A considerable amount of system and efficiency marked this school, but its numbers, by removals from the neighborhood and other causes, greatly declined, owing to which the licence has been allowed to lapse 

HARRISON, RobertMacDonnell Bay  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    MacDonnell Bay    1861    DEC 1861    This school was first opened in January 1861. Its first master became involved in monetary difficulties, through erecting a school-room, and left the place. The school has lately fallen into the hands of an excellent teacher 

HEEGARD, HarrietMilang  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Milang    1861    DEC 1861    When the difficulties consequent upon holding the school in premises ill adapted for the purpose are taken into consideration, the exertions of the teacher may be characterized as highly successful 

HEITHERSAY, William StocksHamilton  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Hamilton    1861    DEC 1861    Owing to many causes of a local character the attendance at this school is very limited, and the teaching chiefly elementary 

HENZELL, ThomasHarrogate  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Harrogate    1861    DEC 1861    This school, conducted in a very suitable and fairly-furnished room, is conferring, under the management of Mr Henzell, a great boon on the children of this outlying locality 

HILES, James E.Port Lincoln  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Port Lincoln    1861    DEC 1861    H. Holroyd, Esq., J.P., reported Dec. 20 1861 - 

HOAD, JohnCudlee Creek  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Cudlee Creek    1861    DEC 1861    The change of teacher, which took place in this school just prior to the commencement of the new year, has been attended by most beneficial results 

HOLDER, James M.Mount Lofty  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Mount Lofty    1861    DEC 1861    This school, in the hands of a long experienced teacher, has assumed a very creditable standing; it occupies an isolated position, in which it was much needed 

HOLMES, Alexander W.Fulham  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Fulham    1861    DEC 1861    With a limited attendance, arising from sparseness of population, this school is well organized and in a fair state of advancement 

HOPKINS, Edward C [H?]Riverton  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Riverton    1861    DEC 1861    The attendance at Riverton has decreased, but the pupils are making tolerable progress 

HORTON, Stephen W.Wattle Flat - Yankalilla  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Wattle Flat - Yankalilla    1861    DEC 1861    Situated in an improving district, this school has within it the elements of success 

HOSIER, MaryAngas Street  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Angas Street    1861    DEC 1861    A very useful school, of elementary character, satisfactorily conducted by a painstaking mistress 

HOWARD, James G.Woodside  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Woodside    1861    DEC 1861    The master, who derives valuable assistance from Mrs Howard, presides over one of the best-organized and most successful of the licensed schools in the Colony. The commodious school-room and residence are held in trust for the Board 

HOWIE, John M.Port Elliot  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Port Elliot    1861    DEC 1861    This school has increased in numbers during the year, and only needs assisuous attention on the part of the master, who is a well-qualified teacher, to bring it into a most satisfactory condition 

HUGHES, Ann R.Rundle Street  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Rundle Street    1861    DEC 1861    In this school, reading, writing and arithmetic are successfully taught, and the state of discipline is very satisfactory 

HURST, MaryPort Adelaide  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Port Adelaide    1861    DEC 1861    This school which, under the conduct of Miss Turner and previously of Miss Toll, was one of the most numerous and valuable in the Colony, containing a large number of children under the infant school, and others under superior training, has sunk into the condition of a moderately-attended elementary school 

JARMAN, Richard H.Langhornes Bridge  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Langhornes Bridge    1861    DEC 1861    This school, recently under the charge of Mr Berry, has come into the hands of Mr R. Jarman, who as a teacher was, until recently, connected with a Government school in New South Wales. He is very systematic in his plans of instruction, and very painstaking 

JAY, Sarah C.Plympton  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Plympton    1861    DEC 1861    Mrs Jay has succeeded in collecting a moderate number of pupils, who were beyond the reach of other schools, and is instructing them with a fair amount of ability and success 

JEMSON, WilliamBrighton  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Brighton    1861    DEC 1861    A very necessary school, of humble pretensions 

JOLLY, HenriettePayneham  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Payneham    1861    DEC 1861     

JOLLY, JamesPayneham  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Payneham    1861    DEC 1861    The conductor of this school has long been distinguished for his enthusiastic zeal in the work of education, and in his present position is meeting with considerable success. Mrs Jolly separately teaches a small number of girls in a very incommodious building 

JONES, MaryFindon  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Findon    1861    DEC 1861    With a limited attendance, arising from sparseness of population, this school is well organized and in a fair state of advancement 

JONES, Mary G.Kensington - Thornton Street  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Kensington - Thornton Street    1861    DEC 1861    Conducted, with the aid of Miss Wooldridge, in an earnest and methodical manner. The children, for the most part, pass through a higher course of instruction than is met with in female schools generally 

JUPP, Catherine AugustaHindmarsh Square  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Hindmarsh Square    1861    DEC 1861    This infant school has proved very successful under its able teacher, and is a great boon to the neighborhood 

KASTEN, Johann [John]Rowland Flat  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Rowland Flat    1861    DEC 1861    This school has been recently established. It consists principally of German youths and children, who are efficiently instructed by a fairly competent master. The school is conducted in a building which, though used as a chapel, is well suited to the purposes of tuition, and is, moreover, well furnished with school material 

KEARNS, Emma M.Gawler - St George's Schools  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Gawler - St George's Schools    1861    DEC 1861     

KELLY, JamesMintaro  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Mintaro    1861    DEC 1861    Mr Kelly's quiet and systematic mode of teaching is accomplishing good educational results 

KEMP, AlexanderMilang  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE  1 May 1861  Milang    1861    NOV 1861     

KERR, CharlesArdtornish  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Ardtornish    1861    DEC 1861    A very useful school, conducted by an energetic master in a well-finished building. Mr Kerr also teaches an evening school 

KING, Thomas JPort Adelaide - Quebec Street  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Port Adelaide - Quebec Street    1861    DEC 1861    Mr King, the teacher of this school, has happily succeeded in inspiring the pupils with that untiring energy and perseverance for which he himself is so remarkable. The result is, one of the most successful schools in the Province. Mrs King forms a valuable auxiliary 

KINSEY, JosephPancherpoo  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Pancherpoo    1861    DEC 1861    The locality of this school is far removed from any other. The education imparted is chiefly rudimentary, but is suited to the population 

LAWTON, Mary AnnBowden  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Bowden    1861    DEC 1861     

LAWTON, Thomas W.Bowden  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Bowden    1861    DEC 1861    [Same for Ann L.] Useful schools;conducted with great care and diligence, and very suitable to the class attending them. The school-rooms erected by Mr Lawton are commodious, and well supplied with all appliances necessary for teaching 

LEE, CharlesYankalilla - Dairy Flat  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Yankalilla - Dairy Flat    1861    DEC 1861    The labors of Mr Lee in a thinly-populated district have been attended with considerable success; the attendance is far from regular 

LESLIE, William W.Queenstown  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Queenstown    1861    DEC 1861    Mr Leslie deserves honorable mention for having provided, at his own cost, one of the most commodious and best-furnished schoolrooms in or around Adelaide. The school is exceedingly well organized, and the careful and assiduous teaching of Mr Leslie is productive of the best results 

LEWIS, FrederickGumeracha  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Gumeracha    1861    DEC 1861    The school-house was erected under the provisions of the Act. The school is progressing favourably under the present teacher 

LIGHT, GeorgianaMorphett Street  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Morphett Street    1861    DEC 1861    This school, under the management of its well-qualified and indefatigable teacher, has attained a very creditable position 

LILLYWHITE, Jane EArcher Street  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Archer Street    1861    DEC 1861    This establishment is conducted in part upon infant school principles. Its general management is creditable to the teacher, who has the able assistance of her daughter 

LLOYD, JohnWallaroo  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Wallaroo    1861    DEC 1861    A recently initiated school which Mr Shepherdson, S.M., reports as being creditably conducted. Mr Lloyd had been previously a teacher in connection with the Board 

LOCKWOOD, Samuel S.Reynella  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Reynella    1861    DEC 1861    This school and master's residence, held in trust for the Board, is commodious and well built. Mr Lockwood, the present master, receives valuable assistance from Mrs Lockwood 

LUDEWIG, MariaBelair  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Belair    1861    DEC 1861    A moderately-attended school, where an elementary education is carefully imparted. Its mistress deceased before the close of the year 

MacFARLANE, Annie WSteventon  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Steventon    1861    DEC 1861    A very orderly and well-conducted school consisting chiefly of girls. The older boys of the neighbourhood attend the school at Houghton 

MANSFIELD, EleanorWest Terrace  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    West Terrace    1861    DEC 1861    Pupils in this school make very satisfactory progress in the elementary branches under an efficient and assiduous and efficient teacher 

MARTIN, JohnHindmarsh Square  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Hindmarsh Square    1861    DEC 1861    This establishment is among the few that are really worthy of Adelaide. Besides the ordinary branches of education, elementary mathematics, natural history, drawing and singing are successfully taught. The rooms and school furniture are amply sufficient 

MATTINSON, WilliamBowden  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Bowden    1861    JUNE 30 1861     

MATTINSON, WilliamZions Hill  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Zions Hill    1861    DEC 1861    Mr Mattinson, formerly holding a licence under the Board at Bowden, has, within his limited boundaries, succeeded in establishing a useful school 

McCREETH, WilliamManxtown  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Manxtown    1861    DEC 1861    Under the present industrious and competent teacher this school is progressing favourably. A new school-room is talked of, which is much required, the present one being totally inadequate to the wants of the school 

MILLARD, JohnLe Fevre Peninsula  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Le Fevre Peninsula    1861    DEC 1861    The zeal and perseverance of this teacher have been accompanied by the most gratifying results 

MILLER, Margaret [MILLEY?]Belvidere - Bremer  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Belvidere - Bremer    1861    DEC 1861    A small but useful school, much required in its neighbourhood, and under efficient management 

MITTON, Robert CoatesWeymouth Street  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Weymouth Street    1861    DEC 1861    This school is surpassed by none, either as regards the attainments of its conductor, or its high state of organization, discipline and efficiency. The good effects of the minitorial system are shown by the progress of both monitors and the pupils in general. The master has trained several clever pupil-teachers 

MOORE, George W.Jeffcott Street  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Jeffcott Street    1861    DEC 1861    The education afforded in this school is somewhat of a superior character, and the discipline good. The room is commodious and well furnished 

MOORE, Mary AnnMintaro  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Mintaro    1861    DEC 1861    This school, taught in a Roman Catholic chapel, is limited in numbers, but the pupils, under Mrs Moore's careful training, make very fair progress 

MORSE, Henry EasthopePenola  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Penola    1861    DEC 1861    "This school, though ably conducted, fell off greatly during the year, through a misunderstanding between the teacher and the parents of his scholars. It is now in the hands of another teacher 

MOTLEY, ArthurKooringa - Redruth  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Kooringa - Redruth    1861    DEC 1861    This school, having the disadvantage of being conducted in a chapel, has been attended by but few children, and with very moderate results 

MOYSES, WilliamClare  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Clare    1861    DEC 1861    Though subscription-lists for the erection of a public school-house have often afforded a theme for conversation in Clare, this populous township is still unsupplied with that important and necessary institution. Mr Moyses is assisted by his wife in conducting his useful school, which has, however, the disadvantage of being conducted in a chapel 

MOZERT, MaryBlumberg  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Blumberg    1861    DEC 1861    A small and elementary school rendered necessary by its distance from any other school. The mistress is competent. The school-room, though sufficiently large, is in a very unfinished state 

MUGG, ThomasMitcham  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Mitcham    1861    DEC 1861    Mr Mugg has conducted the Mitcham school for several years with laudable care and a fair amount of success. The school buildings afford sufficient accommodation, and are tolerably well supplied with materials 

MURPHY, MaryGawler  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Gawler    1861    DEC 1861    Although the building and appliances for teaching in Mrs Murphy's school are not of the first class, yet, as in some measure an infant and preparatory school, it is a valuable auxiliary to the St George's School 

MYERS, Samuel ArchibaldBuchsfelde  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Buchsfelde    1861    DEC 1861    This school, held in trust for the Board, is under the charge of Mr Myers, late regimental teacher to Her Majesty's 40th Regiment. The children are efficiently taught 

NEEDHAM, GeorgeHoughton  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Houghton    1861    NOV 1861    Mr Needham is conducting this school most efficiently, the pupils evincing satisfactory progress in the various branches taught 

NESBIT, Edward PlantaAngaston  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Angaston    1861    DEC 1861    Mr Nesbit's school has always supplied an education of a superior character. It is amply furnished with material for ordinary purposes as well as for conducting scientific investigations 

NEWLYN, EdwardBlack Springs  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Black Springs    1861    DEC 1861    Several attempts have been made to establish a school at this place. The present promises to be successful. The school, as making provision for the children of Karkulto Mine, as well as from Black Springs, is much needed 

NIEHUUS, TheodorWakefield Street  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Wakefield Street    1861    DEC 1861    This establishment, principally consisting of German children, is under the management of a well-qualified teacher and an able coadjutor, who have brought it to a high state of efficiency and usefulness 

OAKFORD, Mary AnnKooringa  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Kooringa    1861    DEC 1861    [see Thomas Oakford] 

OAKFORD, ThomasKooringa  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Kooringa    1861    DEC 1861    These schools [Thomas & Mary O.], the oldest-established in Kooringa or its neighbourhood, still suffer from the disadvantage of being held in a building not exclusively devoted to educational purposes 

O'BRIEN, ThomasDry Creek  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Dry Creek    1861    DEC 1861    Local circumstances, seemingly beyond the control of the master, affect the school most unfavourably; little, therefore, is taught beyond mere rudiments 

O'HALLORAN, MartinLogan's Flat  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Logan's Flat    1861    DEC 1861    Conducted in premises unfinished, and insufficiently furnished; the progress, notwithstanding irregular attendance, is of a satisfactory character 

ORCHARD, AnnKooringa  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Kooringa    1861    DEC 1861    This very useful school has for a long period been conducted by the present mistress with satisfactory results. It could be wished, however, that her school premises were better proportioned to the number of her pupils 

OWEN, William W.Freeman Street  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Freeman Street    1861    DEC 1861    The success of this well-qualified teacher continues satisfactory. The discipline is good and the general progress considerable. Miss Owen assists in the education of the girls and younger boys 

PEIRCE, ThomasCompany's Tiers  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Company's Tiers    1861    DEC 1861    The present master, with his wife's assistance, is conducting the school in a satisfactory manner 

PIPER, MathildeStepney  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Stepney    1861    DEC 1861    Under a well-qualified German mistress and an able English assistant, this school, consisting mainly of German children, has been brought into good working condition 

POOLE, Caroline [Mrs J.B.]Gouger Street  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Gouger Street    1861    DEC 1861    This school, though conducted by an efficient and diligent mistress, still suffers from the withdrawal of the greater number of older pupils 

POOLE, JamesMount Torrens  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Mount Torrens    1861    NOV 1861    This school, although under the care of a well-qualified master, has decreased through removals from the district. Towards the close of the year Mr Poole resigned his licence and the school was without a master 

POOLE, JamesWissanger  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Wissanger    1861         

PRIOR, Isaac [Snr]Mclaren Vale  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Mclaren Vale    1861    DEC 1861    Mr Prior, who removed to this locality during the year, is conducting the school with a fair measure of success. The building, which is complete and well-furnished, is held in trust for the purposes of education 

QUICKE, WilliamBlakiston  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Blakiston    1861    DEC 1861    With a limited area from which pupils can be obtained, this school commands a fair attendance and is ably conducted 

RACKSTRAW, Jane E.Brown Street  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Brown Street    1861    DEC 1861    The management of this school, by two well-qualified teachers, is in all respects satisfactory. The older pupils possess a fair knowledge of Arithmetic, sacred and English history, geography and grammar 

RICHARDS, John M.Kapunda  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Kapunda    1861    DEC 1861    Mr Richards has succeeded in obtaining a large number of pupils, who are well instructed in writing and arithmetic. The knowledge imparted in other respects is simple and elementary 

ROBERTS, MaryGover Street  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Gover Street    1861    DEC 1861    By the perseverance and efficiency of the teacher and her daughter, the school continues to hold a very creditable position 

ROBINSON, SophiaPoint Sturt  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Point Sturt    1861    NOV 1861    The teacher has both experience and energy, and is in a locality where a school is much required. The building is very suitable 

ROGERS, ElizabethAthelstone  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Athelstone    1861    DEC 1861    An elementary school, held in premises of limited accommodation, and indifferently supplied with material; the attendance is fluctuating and irregular 

ROGERS, JosiahKadina  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Kadina    1861    DEC 1861    J.B. Shepherdson, Esq., S.M. reported concerning this school, June 21 1861: 

RYDER, JosephNairne  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Nairne    1861    DEC 1861    This school, conducted by a well-qualified teacher, labours under the common disadvantage of irregularity of attendance and the early withdrawal of pupils. The erection of a public school, much talked of, is much needed 

SANSOM, JohnBeverley  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Beverley    1861    DEC 1861    A school suitable to its neighborhood; carried on with considerable spirit, in a commodious building erected at the master's own cost 

SAWER, George EdwardEchunga  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Echunga    1861    DEC 1861    The attendance at this school has improved rather than otherwise during the year. This, taken into consideration in connection with the circumstance that a new school-house is in course of erection, augurs well for Mr Sawer's success in the future 

SCHERK, Theodor J.Lobethal  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Lobethal    1861    DEC 1861    Mr Scherk, a very competent teacher, has recently been appointed to this school, and has collected into it a large number of children, who are under good discipline and energetic instruction. The school premises are held in trust for the Board 

SEIFFERT, Mary JaneWalkerville  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Walkerville    1861    DEC 1861    This school, by the removal of Mrs Lincoln to Brighton, suffered a change of teachers. Mrs Seiffert, by whom it is now conducted, is a teacher fairly qualified for her position 

SHACKLEFORD, JamesMount Barker Springs  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Mount Barker Springs    1861    DEC 1861    Irregular attendance and inferior school premises have seriously frustrated Mr Shackleford's efforts. Better scope will be afforded him when the new school-room, now in course of construction, is completed 

SHAW, EdithWellington  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Wellington    1861    DEC 1861    The attendance at this school, in an isolated district divided by the River Murray, is necessarily small 

SHERIDAN, Frances K.Mackinnon Parade  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Mackinnon Parade    1861    DEC 1861    Notwithstanding the incommodiousness of the room and a deficiency of discipline, the elements of a good education are taught by a persevering and efficient mistress, assisted by her two daughters 

SIVKOVICK, Frederick W.Concordia  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Concordia    1861    DEC 1861    Mr Sickovich [sic] is an able and persevering teacher. His pupils, principally Germans, are making very fair progress in the English language as well as in the various branches taught in the school 

SMELT, CharlesKooringa  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Kooringa    1861    NOV 1861    A school recently opened and licensed, but containing already a very considerable number of pupils, under a fairly-qualified teacher 

SMITH, CharlesCastle Ranges  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Castle Ranges    1861    DEC 1861    Conducted in a chapel remote from any other school, and attended by children many of whom have only recently come under instruction. The master removed to this locality from Port Elliot 

SMITH, WilliamUndalya  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Undalya    1861    DEC 1861    A fairly-conducted school, suited to the wants of the neighbourhood 

STANLEY, FannyLong Valley  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Long Valley    1861    DEC 1861    A school of elementary character, suited to the locality 

STAPLEY, CarolineRundle Street  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Rundle Street    1861    DEC 1861    Education in this school is limited to the lower branches. The majority of children are very young, and attendance has fallen off 

STEPHENS, ElizabethKooringa  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Kooringa    1861    DEC 1861    A well-conducted school in connection with the preceding, into which the children are periodically draughted 

STEPHENS, John R.Kooringa  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Kooringa    1861    DEC 1861    In this school, under the eye of an assiduous and vigilant master, the system of monitorial teaching has been attended with unequivocal success. The building, though not erected for a school-house, is commodious, the supply of material full, and the children intelligent and orderly 

STEWART, James M.Truro  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Truro    1861    DEC 1861    Mr Stuart [sic], a well-qualified teacher, has succeeded in gathering a large number of scholars in a locality where a school was much needed. He receives valuable assistance from Mrs Stuart [sic], and the children are making fair progress 

STONE, James D.Gilbert Street  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Gilbert Street    1861    DEC 1861    The present teacher has succeeded in maintaining the character of this useful school. A general English education is efficiently taught, together with the elements of Latin and drawing 

STRONGITHARM, AnnHackham  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Hackham    1861    DEC 1861    This school, which is held in a private house, is limited in accommodation. The present teacher is devoting herself assiduously to the instruction of her pupils 

SULLIVAN, AndrewNavan  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Navan    1861    DEC 1861    Mr Sullivan, who also teaches in a Roman Catholic chapel, is surrounded by new settlers, who require the services of their children a great deal at home. He, therefore, has little opportunity of organizing an efficient school 

SUTHERLAND, Eliza [Mrs]Shea Oak Log  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Shea Oak Log    1861    DEC 1861    This school from local causes is but moderately progressing, although under the care of a well-qualified teacher 

SWALES, SarahGawler Plains  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Gawler Plains    1861    DEC 1861    This is, for the most part, an elementary school, fairly conducted 

SWEET, JaneWoodchester  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Woodchester    1861    DEC 1861    This school, establised in a district previously destitute of educational advantages, is ably conducted and promises fairly. A new school-house is in course of erection 

SWEETMAN, ThomasGlenelg  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Glenelg    1861    DEC 1861    This school has experienced a change of masters during the year. Mr Sweetman, who succeeded Mr Walters, is conducting it in an efficient manner 

TALBOT, James BPeachey Belt  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Peachey Belt    1861    DEC 1861    The attendance at this school is very regular, and the children make good progress. Mr Talbot goes beyond the routine of a plain English education by communicating information on various scientific subjects 

TAPLEY, AnneMount Barker  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Mount Barker    1861    DEC 1861    This school is in the hands of a well-qualified teacher, whose pupils are satisfactorily progressing 

TAPLIN, Charles BSalisbury  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Salisbury    1861    DEC 1861    Mr Taplin, with the valuable assistance of his wife, has for seven years conducted the school at Salisbury in a very satisfactory manner 

THOMAS, RichardAngaston  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Angaston    1861    DEC 1861    This school supplies a good plain education, and is conducted with great care and diligence 

TILNEY, ElizabethHindley Street  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Hindley Street    1861    DEC 1861    This is one of the most useful elementary schools, and is satisfactorily conducted by the mistress and an able assistant 

TOLL, Jane FPort Adelaide  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Port Adelaide    1861    1861     

TREGENZA, JohnPort Gawler  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Port Gawler    1861    DEC 1861    This school is held in a chapel. Under a systematic mode of teaching the children in attendance are making favourable progress 

TUCK, Edward S.Mount Torrens  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Mount Torrens    1861    DEC 1861    This school continues to maintain its improved condition as to numbers and efficiency, but suffers at present from being held in a chapel. The erection of a school-house is in contemplation. Valuable assistance is rendered by Mrs Tuck 

TUCK, Sophia SKenton Valley  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Kenton Valley    1861    DEC 1861    A female school, principally of very young children, fairly conducted. The school is held in a private house, to which a commodious school-room has been added 

TUCKER, George H.Glen Osmond  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Glen Osmond    1861    DEC 1861    Glen Osmond, with one exception, the only suburban locality which has taken advantage of Government aid in building, possesses a large and well-furnished school-room. The master, aided by Mrs Tucker, teaches an orderly assemblage of pupils with ability, energy and success 

TUPPER, WilliamBurton  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Burton    1861    DEC 1861    An elementary school of a useful character, adapted to its locality 

TURNER, HannahStockport  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Stockport    1861    DEC 1861    Under an efficient mistress this school is progressing satisfactorily. The building was erected under the provisions of the Act 

TURPIN, MariaHay Valley  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Hay Valley    1861    DEC 1861    This is an elementary school, consisting for the most part of young children. It is creditably conducted, in a commodious schoolroom, the property of the mistress 

UNWIN, Frederick F.Walkerville  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Walkerville    1861    DEC 1861    The attendance at this school, held in an ample and well-furnished room, has greatly increased under the mastership of Mr Unwin. His assiduity in teaching and sound discipline have been attended with the anticipated success 

VERCOE, Thomas TKersbrook  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Kersbrook    1861    DEC 1861    Attendance good for an isolated district. Progress of pupils fair, but school-buildings scarcely sufficient 

WALKER, HenryStanley Flat  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Stanley Flat    1861    DEC 1861    The school at this place is very fairly taught, and the children, until but recently almost entirely without educational advantages, are making very satisfactory progress 

WALTERS, Thomas WalterGoolwa  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Goolwa    1861    DEC 1861     

WATSON, HenryThebarton  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Thebarton    1861    DEC 1861    Though the attendance at Mr Watson's school is still affected by decrease of population at Thebarton, his unwearied exertion and zealous endeavors to supply the children entrusted to his charge with a sound and useful education have ever been most gratifying. The girls are under the supervision of Mrs Watson 

WATSON, JohnNaracoorte  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Naracoorte    1861    DEC 1861    "The annual public examination took place on the 17th December; and I have much pleasure in reporting that the result of this, as of former examinations, is highly creditable, both to teacher and pupils". D. McCalman, Presbyterian Minister 

WATTS, StephenCharleston  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Charleston    1861    DEC 1861    Regular attendance at this scgool has resulted in considerable success. The school buildings were erected with the aid of the Board. The teacher is well qualified for his position 

WAYLAND, James S.Strathalbyn  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Strathalbyn    1861    DEC 1861    Mr Wayland teaches the largest and most successful school that has ever been carried on at Strathalbyn 

WHITBY, ElizabethCarrington Street  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Carrington Street    1861    DEC 1861    One of the very best establishments, under a well-qualified principal and able assistants. Several pupils learn drawing and music, in which the general progress is very creditable. the discipline is very good, and the demeanor of the pupils unexceptionable 

WHITFIELD, William JOakbank  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Oakbank    1861    DEC 1861    A well-organized and successfully conducted school, carried on in a commodious and well-furnished room, erected by private subscription 

WHYTE, AnneFinniss Vale  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Finniss Vale    1861    DEC 1861    Situated in an isolated position, the attendance at this school is necessarily small. A new school-room has been erected with the aid of funds placed at the disposal of the Board 

WILLSHIRE, James D.Sturt  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Sturt    1861    DEC 1861    The attendance at Mr Willshire's school has been well sustained; the pupils are distinguished by their orderly behaviour and their marked progress. The school premises, which are the property of the master, are commodious, and well supplied with material 

WILLSHIRE, RobertWhite Hut  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    White Hut    1861    DEC 1861    This school has been recently formed. It comprehends a number of children hitherto uninstructed, owing to the distance at which they have lived from any school, public or private 

WILLSHIRE, RobertWhite Hut  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
ProvT  1Jul 1861  White Hut    1861         

WILLSON, Matthew CPrecolumb  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Precolumb    1861    NOV 1861    This school, the first in which the cost of erection was partly defrayed by the Board, is conducted with a moderate amount of success 

WILMOTT, Sarah A. (now Mrs Hyde)Campbelltown  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Campbelltown    1861    DEC 1861    A well-disciplined school, consisting chiefly of girls, conducted with much energy and success 

WILSON, Matthew C.E.Precolumb  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Precolumb    1861    DEC 1861     

WILTSHIRE, WilliamCallington  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Callington    1861    DEC 1861    This school has attained a fair standing in numbers, and is conducted with zeal and ability 

WINTER, Augustus TMacclesfield  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Macclesfield    1861    DEC 1861    This school is conducted by Mr Winter, an earnest and energetic teacher, who has been connected with the Board for several years. The school-room and master's residence were erected with the aid of the Government 

WITT, MatildaCarrington Street  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Carrington Street    1861    DEC 1861    The usefulness of this school is still well maintained by Miss Witt, with the assistance of her sister. The general progress is very satisfactory, though the majority of the children are very young 

WOODWARD, GeorgeTam O Shanter Belt  1861
Rank App.Date School Salary Year Insp% Insp.Date Classif. Insp.Comments
CBE    Tam O Shanter Belt    1861    DEC 1861    A useful school of moderate pretensions, adapted to the locality it occupies 


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