This Day in History: 1898-10-23

The Toodyay Valley Public School (ie Toodyay Government School) in the old Catholic Chapel (Sancta Maria) in old Toodyay was closed, due to low student numbers.

Sources:
Education Dept. of WA, Letter, 20 Aug. 2001.
Western mail, 20 Jan. 1899, p.15.
Rica Erickson. Old Toodyay and Newcastle. Toodyay Shire Council, 1974, p.326.
Notes by Jack Hammer, 2001, THS archives.