Toodyay State School won first prize in the wheat belt zone of the rural schools’ competition for the Cockram Shield, at the Royal Show, for
Event Type: Education
Schools, teachers, students
1931 October 6-10: The Toodyay State School won the Cockram Shield for the first time from 37 other schools, in the rural school agricultural display
A school bus (charabanc) and a wheat train collided in early morning fog at the Clinton Street railway crossing in Toodyay, resulting in the deaths
The Toodyay State School (in Duke Street) was officially opened as the first Consolidated School in Western Australia, by the Minister for Education, the Hon.
A daily horse-drawn school bus service commenced, transporting West Toodyay children to the Toodyay State School.
The Toodyay State School was classified as a special Rural Observation School by the Director of Education.
The Newcastle Government School opened on Duke Street. Designed by Government architect George Temple Poole,
Comptroller General Henry Wakeford closed, for the final time, the Toodyay Convict Hiring Depot.