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Mount Finch opened as a half-time school with Dairy Arm in May 1885, the school closed in 1893. This school must have only had a small enrolment during its brief history; the enrolment probably did not exceed fifteen pupils.

Teachers-in-ChargeAppointment
Half-time with Dairy Arm
Margaret KennyMay 1885
Provisional School July 1889
Charles MatthewsJuly 1889
Half-time with Dairy Arm February 1890
Charles MatthewsFebruary 1890
School Closed 1893


MOUNT FINCH SUBSIDISED SCHOOL
The school in Murrays Run known as Mount Finch Subsidised School was owned and provided by James Sternbeck, so that his 6 grandchildren could be given an education.

The families who had children attending the school were Nichols, Lemington, Hersel, Christian, Lindsay and Ivy, there were 4 Baileys - Gloria, William, Arthur and Bently who boarded full time and Linda, Bert, Jean, Clem and Thelma Thompson.

The teachers of Mount Finch were Connie Collins, Doris Graham, Alma Bogus, Jean Strachan, Eileen Thompson, Iris Thompson and Doreen Bowditch.

Photographs
1. Mt. Finch Subsidised School, Murray's Run, about 1925

2. First Class outside Mt. Finch Subsided School, early 1920's
Lem Nichols, Hal Nichols, Hersel Nichols, Chris Nichols, Lindsay Nichols. Teacher, Miss Connie Collins.



"YALLAMBIE" SUBSIDISED SCHOOL
"Dalkeith" was the Dairy Arm residence of Belle and Toby Thompson, in which the school was conducted from the late 1920's until 1941. Their five children, Iris, Eileen, Bill, Clare and Jean received their education at this school. Cousins, Jack and Neville Thompson, also attended this school for a period, as did another relative, Tim Nevell of Sydney and the neighbour's children, Clem and Thelma McMullen.

NameTeachers
Winifred Waters1927
Doris Tuting1928
Marie Farnham1929
Maisie Bean1930
Grace Smith1931-32
Jessie Prell1933
Mollie Richardson1933
Molly Kable1934-35
Olive Outteridge1936
Joyce Burgess1937
Janet Scott1937
Irene Mauser1938
Gabrielle Saunders1939-41

Photographs
1. Belle Thompson and family 1920's

2. Miss M. Kable, 1934, Sitting on the verandah of "Dalkeith" outside Yallambie schoolroom.

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