Side view of the Erith Bible Christian Chapel, later Methodist, with school room of 1935, Mid North South Australia
*Erith is a locality on the northern Adelaide Plains: close to Avon in Mid North South Australia.
Named after its counterpart in Kent, England, by Robert F Ware who arrived in South Australia in 1838: and conducted the Erith post office from January 1877 and a greengrocery. [Manning’s Place Names of South Australia]
Former Erith Bible Christian Chapel of 1875, later Methodist, was also used as a school.
In 1935 a new school room was built attached to the chapel building.
The Minister of Education, Mr Jeffries, opened the new class room. He congratulated the Erith people on their initiative in building the new room. The Chief Inspector of Education, Mr Hosking said the new room was a better one than would have been provided by the department, and its solidity of construction should ensure usefulness for many years.
[Chronicle 2-5-1935]
The Education Department was unable to build a school at Erith because the space was private property owned by the Erith Methodist Church Trust.
£50 for Erith School Equipment
Nearly £11 has been raised by the Erith School Committee in their drive for £25 for the provision of a 16mm strip film projector and a new set of encyclopaedias. This amount when subsidised £ for £ by the Education Department will reach the £50 required.
Last Thursday’s euchre held in Masters’ barn to help the fund was won by Joyce Klingner and J O’Halloran.
[Ref: The Producer, Balaklava 18-8-1949]
Erith school closed in 1952.
The former chapel and school room is now in private ownership.
Side view of the Erith Bible Christian Chapel, later Methodist, with school room of 1935, Mid North South Australia
*Erith is a locality on the northern Adelaide Plains: close to Avon in Mid North South Australia.
Named after its counterpart in Kent, England, by Robert F Ware who arrived in South Australia in 1838: and conducted the Erith post office from January 1877 and a greengrocery. [Manning’s Place Names of South Australia]
Former Erith Bible Christian Chapel of 1875, later Methodist, was also used as a school.
In 1935 a new school room was built attached to the chapel building.
The Minister of Education, Mr Jeffries, opened the new class room. He congratulated the Erith people on their initiative in building the new room. The Chief Inspector of Education, Mr Hosking said the new room was a better one than would have been provided by the department, and its solidity of construction should ensure usefulness for many years.
[Chronicle 2-5-1935]
The Education Department was unable to build a school at Erith because the space was private property owned by the Erith Methodist Church Trust.
£50 for Erith School Equipment
Nearly £11 has been raised by the Erith School Committee in their drive for £25 for the provision of a 16mm strip film projector and a new set of encyclopaedias. This amount when subsidised £ for £ by the Education Department will reach the £50 required.
Last Thursday’s euchre held in Masters’ barn to help the fund was won by Joyce Klingner and J O’Halloran.
[Ref: The Producer, Balaklava 18-8-1949]
Erith school closed in 1952.
The former chapel and school room is now in private ownership.