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Pamandi Provisional School opened in August 1935 and closed in February 1945. It then re-opened in February 1948 but closed permanently in May 1952.

Following a petition signed by 104 landholders in the town of Wagga Wagga, a Municipality was proclaimed on 15 March 1870 by the NSW Governor under the Municipalities Act, 1867, to be called the Borough of Wagga Wagga.

The Borough was divided into three Wards, with each Ward to be represented by three Aldermen on the newly formed Council:
North Ward (on the northern side of the Murrumbidgee River);
South Ward (on the southern side of the Murrumbidgee River, with Forsyth Street as its southern border); and
East Ward (with Forsyth Street as its northern border and Docker Street as its western border).
(A Central Ward was created on [17 January 1890?], which was bounded by Gurwood, Docker, Forsyth and Tarcutta Streets).

The first election was held on 16 June 1870, with nine men of Wagga Wagga elected to serve on the first Municipal Council. George Forsyth was elected as Mayor.

The City of Wagga Wagga was proclaimed on 17 April 1946, under the Local Government Act, 1919.

Roachdale Provisional School in the County of Goulburn opened in November 1898. (1) In 1898 the establishment of a provisional school required a minimum of ten students. (2) The school was converted to a Half-Time School in June 1907, partnering with Rosevale Half-Time School. (3) The school closed in June 1908. (4)

Endnotes

1. Government Schools of NSW 1848-2003. NSW Department of Education and Training, 2003, p.115.
2. Ibid., p.17.
3. Ibid., p.115.
4. Loc. cit.

Uranquinty Public School in County Mitchell opened in July 1880. (1)
In 1880 the establishment of a public school required a minimum of 20 students. (2)

References:

1. Government Schools of NSW 1848-2003. NSW Department of Education and Training, 2003, p.132.
2. Ibid., p.18.

Wagga Wagga District Hospital opened on 1 July 1856 and was situated in a slab cottage on the sandhill in Kincaid Street. In 1859, land was granted to the Hospital Committee to erect a new building on the corner of Tarcutta and Johnston Streets. By 1900, the hospital had outgrown this land and looked to rebuild on the edge of the township. In 1910 the hospital opened on its new site at the corner of Edward Street and Albury Road (later, Docker Street). In 1938 the name of the hospital changed to the Wagga Wagga Base Hospital.
In 2016 it was briefly named the Wagga Wagga Rural Referral Hospital before once again becoming the Wagga Wagga Base Hospital in February 2018.

Lake Albert Public School in county Wynyard opened in February 1868. In 2020 the school was still open. (1)

At the time of the school's creation as a provisional school it required a minimum of 25 students for the establishment of the school. (2)

Endnotes

1. Government Schools of NSW 1848-1998. NSW Department of Education and Training, 1998, p.84.
2. Government Schools of NSW 1848-1998. NSW Department of Education and Training, 1998, p.15

Bethungra Public School in the County of Clarendon was established in October 1876, and provided basic elementary school education until its closure in December 1995. (1)

Bethungra is located in the vicinity of Junee and Cootamundra. (2)

Endnotes

1. Government Schools of New South Wales 1848-2003, NSW Department of Education, 2003, p.30.
2. ibid., p.181.

Gumly Gumly Public School began as a Provisional School in January 1935 until March 1936 when it became Public School and operated as such until its closure in December 2005.

Pearson Public School opened as a Provisional School in October 1902 until September 1911 when it operated as a Public School from October 1911 until October 1927. It became a Provisional School again from January 1930 until its closure in December 1941 only to re-open again as a Porvisional School in January 1948 and continuing as such until November 1957. From November 1957 until its closure in July 1969 it reverted back to a Public School again.

Cromer Provisional School in the County of Goulburn opened in May 1909. The school closed in August 1918. (1)

In 1909 the establishment of a provisional school required a minimum of ten students. (2)

Endnotes

1. Government Schools of NSW 1848-2003. NSW Department of Education and Training, 2003, p.53.
2. Ibid., p.17.

Beckom Public School opened as a Provisional School in April 1911 until June 1911. In July 1911 it became a Public School and remains so today.

Devlin’s Siding Public School, in the County of Bourke, opened in October 1899. The name of the school was changed to Matong Public School in February 1901. (1) In 2007 the school was located in Main Street, Matong. (2) The basic elementary schools in the New South Wales education system were known as National Schools from 1848 to 1866 and as Public Schools since 1867. Originally the attendance of thirty children was required for the establishment of a school, but this was reduced to twenty-five in 1867 and twenty in 1880; in 1957, when Provisional Schools were converted to Public Schools, the minimum figure was reduced to nine. (3)

Endnotes:
(1) Government Schools of New South Wales, 1848-2003. NSW Dept of Education and Training, 2003, p.91.
(2) Department of Education and Training website http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/schoolfind/locator/?section=showRecord&code=2501 (accessed 5 March 2007).
(2) Government Schools of New South Wales, 1848-2003, p.18.

Downside Public School opened in February 1878 and operated as such until December 1936. It re-opened as a Provisional School in January 1955 and continued until November 1957 when it once again became a Public School and remained so until its closure in December 1970.

Wagga Wagga Public School, in the County of Wynyard, opened in 1861. It became a Superior Public School in April 1881 and then a District School in January 1906. Its status was changed back to a Public School in January 1912, then to a District Rural School in January 1923. The school became a Public School once again in January 1931. (1)
The basic elementary schools in the New South Wales education system were known as National Schools from 1848 to 1866 and as Public Schools since 1867. Originally the attendance of thirty children was required for the establishment of a school, but this was reduced to twenty-five in 1867 and twenty in 1880; in 1957, when Provisional Schools were converted to Public Schools, the minimum figure was reduced to nine. (2)
Superior Public Schools were public schools that were officially recognised as providing both primary and post-primary education from 1881 until 1931. (3)
District Schools first emerged in 1905 as schools containing both primary and secondary departments. They were established in rural areas as adjuncts of Superior Public Schools. By 1914, they had developed into schools offering academic courses like those taught in Intermediate High Schools and High Schools. (4)
District Rural Schools were schools combining primary and secondary departments which emerged in 1923. In general, they provided a three year post-primary course that included agriculture, applied farm mechanics and rural economics for boys, and home science and horticulture for girls. Later, other types of subjects were also taught. (5)
Endnotes:
(1) Government Schools of New South Wales 1848 – 2003; pg. 133.
(2) Government Schools of New South Wales 1848 – 2003; pg. 18.
(3) Government Schools of New South Wales 1848 – 2003; pg. 18.
(4) Government Schools of New South Wales 1848 – 2003; pg. 15-16.
(5) Government Schools of New South Wales 1848 – 2003; pg. 16.

Tumblong Public School was a Provisional School from February 1869 until December 1869. It then became a Public School in January 1870 until its closure in September 1990.

Ournie Provisional School operated from May 1879 until August 1880 before it became a Public School in September 1880 until April 1891. It then became a Half-time School with Jingellic in May 1891 and operated as such until May 1893.

It once again became a Provisional School in June 1893 until December 1896, a Public School from January 1897 until December 1927, and a Provisional School from February 1939 until September 1948 when it closed.

It re-opened as a Public School in January 1958 and operated as a Public School until December 1969 when it closed permanently.

Flowerdale Public School in county Wynyard opened in January 1979. (1) The school closed in December 1987. At the time of the school's creation as a public school, a school required a minimum of 9 students for establishment. (2)

There was another Flowerdale School in County Bourke from 1909 to 1956. (1)

Endnotes

1. Government Schools of NSW 1848-2003. NSW Department of Education and Training, 2003, p.64.
2. Government Schools of NSW 1848-2003. NSW Department of Education and Training, 2003, p.18.

Tarcutta Upper Half-time School opened August 1873 and became a Provisional School in September 1880. Provisional Schools were opened in areas of smaller populations where insufficient children attended to justify the opening of a full public school. By 1880 fifteen students were required to maintain a provisional school. Usually the Department of Public Instruction supplied the teacher, books and other teaching materials and the parents provided the premises for the School.

In December 1881 the School was converted into a public school. A Public School was a basic elementary school in the New South Wales education system. An attendance of twenty children was required to maintain a school of this classification in 1880. The expenses of conducting the school were borne by the Government.

In 1912 the School was re-named Tarcutta Public School. The Tarcutta School became a Central School in 1948. Central Schools contained both primary and secondary departments and accepted pupils from other towns in the vicinity as secondary students. They covered a syllabus similar to high schools and were a characteristic in towns too small to support a high school.

The Tarcutta Central School resumed its status as a Public School in January 1972. In 2005 the School was described as follows, "Tarcutta Public School is a three teacher rural school situated 45 km east of Wagga Wagga on the Hume Highway. ... The school services the Tarcutta and Kyeamba communities for a radius of 30km, with fifty per cent of students coming from the Tarcutta township.

References:
NSW State Archives, Agency 4879: https://records-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/f/1ebnd1l/ORGANISATIONS1004341

The Currawarna Public School in the County of Bourke opened in January 1900. There had previously been a Currawarna Public School in existence, probably in another location, from January 1884. In May 1899 that school changed its name to Cottee Public School. (1)

A public school was the basic elementary school in the New South Wales system of education. By 1900 an attendance of twenty students was required to maintain a school of this classification. (2)

It appears that the school was discontinued in December 2004. (3)

Endnotes

1. Government Schools of New South Wales 1848-2003, NSW Department of Education and Training, 2003, pp.54 (Currawanna (2)), 52 (Cottee, see Agency 4638).
2. ibid., p.18.
3. Government Schools of New South Wales database https://nswgovschoolhistory.cese.nsw.gov.au/schoolHistory?schoolId=2397 (accessed 6 June 2018).

Ganmurra Public School began as a Provisional School in June 1925 until May 1952. It later re-opened as a Public School in January 1957 before its closure in December 1963.

Morundah Public School was a Provisional School from January 1887 until June 1897. It then changed to a Public School in July 1897 until its closure in May 1910. It re-opened as a Public School in September 1918 until its permanent closure in December 1977.

Pleasant Hills School was a Provisional School from April 1891 until June 1893. It consequently became a Public School in July 1893 and remains so today.

Merungle Hill School began as a Provisional School in May 1927 and remained so until November 1929 when it became a Public School until its closure in July 1974.

Tarcutter Lower Public School was originally a Half-time School with Tarcutta (Upper) from August 1873 until December 1877. In April 1880 it became a Provisional School which remained so until October 1911. It then became a Half-time School with Mundarlo for January 1920 only. Once again it became a Provisional School May 1921 until its closure in December 1943.

Morven Provisional School in the County of Hume was established in January 1903. Provisional Schools were opened in areas of smaller populations where insufficient children attended to justify the opening of a full public school. By 1903 ten students were required to maintain a provisional school. Usually the Department of Education supplied the teacher, books and other teaching materials and the parents provided the premises for the School.

In 1908 the School was converted to a Public School. Public Schools were basic elementary schools in the New South Wales System of education.

Morven Public School cloased in December 1967.

Note
A previous Provisional (later Half-Time) School was conducted at Morven between 1875 and 1879

Notherwono Provisional School opened in April 1897. Provisional schools were established in areas of smaller population where there were insufficient pupils to support a public school. By 1897 twelve pupils were required for the commencement of a provisional school. Usually the Department of Education provided the teacher, books and other teaching materials and the parents made arrangements for the school building. In December 1899, the name of Notherwono was changed to Millwood.

The School became a Public School in April 1900. Public Schools were basic elementary schools in the NSW Education system. By 1900 twenty pupils were required for the maintenance of a school in this classification.

The school closed in December 1966.

Note
Under the earlier names of Currawananna Lagoon and Notherwono a previous school was conducted in this area from 1887 until 1896.

Reference:
NSW Department of Education and Training. Government Schools of New South Wales 1848 – 2003. Sydney, the Department, 2003.

Livingstone Public School, in the County of Wynyard, opened in January 1959. (1) A public school was the basic elementary school in the New South Wales system of education. By 1959 an attendance of nine students was required to maintain a school of this classification. (2)

The School closed in December 1980. (3)

Endnotes

1. Government Schools of New South Wales 1848-2003, NSW Department of Education and Training, 2003, p.87. (Another Livingstone school was located in the County of Macquarie in the 1890s).
2. ibid., p.18.
3. ibid., p.87.

Glenara Provisional School in the County of Urana opened in September 1954. (1) Provisional Schools were opened in areas of smaller populations where insufficient children attended to justify the opening of a full public school. By 1954 nine students were required to maintain a provisional school. Usually the Department of Education supplied the teacher, books and other teaching materials and the parents provided the premises for the School. (2)

In November 1957 the school classification 'Provisional School' was discontinued and the remaining Schools, including Glenara were converted to public schools. (3)

Glenara Public School closed in December 1969. (4)

There were two previous provisional schools in Glenara, being Glenara Provisional School (1918-1929) and Glenara Provisional School (1932-1953). (5)

Endnotes

1. Government Schools of New South Wales 1848-2003, NSW Department of Education and Training, 2003, p.68.
2. ibid., p.17.
3. ibid., p.68.
4. ibid., p.68.
5. ibid., p.68 (see Agencies 4640 and 4866).

The Bungarby Public School was established in January 1957. A public school was a general elementary school in the New South Wales education system. The commencement of Bungarby Public School coincided with the decision of the Department of Education to abolish Provisional Schools and to require a minimum enrolment of nine pupils to required to maintain a school of this classification. Bungarby Public School closed in December 1972.
Note
The Bungarby Public School was preceded by several schools in the vicinity:
Bungarby Provisional School (1884); Bungarby Public School (1884-1885); Bungarby-Gunningrah Half-time School (1885-1886); Bungarby Provisional School (1901- 1906);
Bungarby Half-time School (1908-1912); Bungarby Provisional School (1912-1936); and Bungarby Public School (1944 -1954).

Belfrayden Public School began as a Provisional School January 1937 until December 1947 and then again in February 1950 until November 1957. From November 1957 until its closure in May 1967 it was a Public School.

In August 1883 Booroorban Public School was a Provisional School before combining half-time with Wanganella in February 1890 until October 1890. It became a 'stand alone' Provisional School from November 1890 until April 1894 and a House to House School from May 1894 until December 1894 before becoming half-time again with Wanganella from January 1895 until January 1897. In September 1898 until April 1913 it once again became a Provisional School before becoming a Public School in May 1913 until April 1937 and again in January 1961 until it closed in December 1981.