Goomeri School

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Following the Boonara Land sale in 1911 provisional had been made for a future school for the town.
A provisional school was established and classes were held in the hall of Boonara hotel temporarily. A provisional school was later opened on 5th February 1912. On the first day of school 21 children were enrolled. Miss Robertson was the teacher in charge.


A school was opened on 20th January 1913 , on the site of the present school. By then the attendance had increased so rapidly that an assistance was hired.
By 1916 the attendance had outgrown the size of the school and a new school was built.Same year the school hired another assistant.

After clearing the ground the school committee set out to make Goomeri School a model school with Piano classes, Tennis court, a well with a windmill and water system. There was a garden, saddle racks and drinking troughs for the horses. Experiment in plant growing were carried out in co-operation with the QLD Agricultural college and the CSIRO.
By 1949 the school was well established when Mr J. E. Heath retired who was a long-running headteacher.
From 1964 to 1977 more building was added to the school and in 1980 the Goomeri Pre-school complex was opened and cater for the children of Goomeri and nearby farming community.




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Reference - History of Kilkivan shire by Dulcie Logan, Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia

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