Dungowan Public school 150 years

Dungowan Public School celebrated 150 years of education in the valley on Friday, October 18, 2024

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00:00I'm really pleased to be able to come and celebrate Dundee Island's 150 year anniversary.

00:19My grandfather, William Roberts, taught here between 1910 and 1932 and I know there's hundreds

00:26of people all over the New England who have got the same sort of connection. I just wanted

00:30to be here to say happy 150 years. It's a really proud achievement for one of Australia's

00:35first public schools.

00:37It's a great milestone for our school, 150 years of education in the valley and going

01:02through the history and learning about the different educators, seeing some descendants

01:07of the ex-students and I actually went around to see some of the sites of the old schools

01:14in the valley. So for me it is a great milestone and I'm very proud of it.

01:44For more information visit www.fema.gov