Most of them are very dark inside, badly ventilated and totally unsuited to human habitation. The sanitation closets are built of petrol tins...and open petrol tins were used as pans...flies were swarming everywhere. On the day of inspection, only 11 pupils were present out of 26 enrolled, and when the children were told to play outside so that he could talk with her 'I cannot say that I made much progress as Miss Gillespie had an uncontrollable desire to acquaint me with her past history in various branches of Missionary work', he complained.The first male teacher, Donald Bailey, served nine months in 1938; the second, Eric Arthur-Mason, taught for five months in 1939.

Makeshift shanties were erected, women found domestic work in well-to-do homes, men did itinerant bush labouring and/or rabbiting; and as previously, at least some children attended the Catholic convent school, separately taught in the 'Yass Black's schoolroom' founded in 1883.As typical with fringe dwelling, the Aboriginal residents coped with poverty, lack of running water, insanitary toilets, frequent sickness and occasional drunkenness and fighting. On the initiative of the Reverend Dean O'Keeffe however, they were accepted into St Augustine Catholic boys' school, in separate accommodation whilst a special 'Yass Black's schoolroom' was built in the grounds. After a month at the school she applied for a petrol allowance, stating that the trip to school by car was two-miles uphill from her residence in Adele Street. A local government medical officer, Dr R J English, advised that she take some sick leave. In March 1937, a Protection Board inspector found that her 'tactless and unnecessary interference in domestic disputes' was resented in the Aboriginal community. At the age of 17 I left Yass and my very first job was working in a fruit and vegetable market in Western Sydney. Oakhill Student on a Mission.

The school is practically surrounded by the hovels in which the children live. As Dr English had reported the matter early on to the Government Insurance Office, both doctor and patient were anticipating that all her medical and travel costs would be covered by worker's compensation.After more than six weeks' absence during which the school was closed, Miss McAulay returned to work on 27th June. Recommended that A. P Board be approached again on this matter and unless a satisfactory convenience be erected within a reasonable period, say within a fortnight, the teacher be withdrawn'.This ultimatum finally achieved some action from the Protection Board. Current Directors of SEARMS Aboriginal Corporation are: Tom Slockee As the Cootamundra Herald reported (on 26th May): 'Miss Price (said) it was shameful to realise that although the aborigines were the original owners of the country, no land could be found for them. By then, our elders were not allowed to speak in language. The first teacher, Miss Eva Hagan, taught for two years in this unlined corrugated-iron building. 'On the matter reaching state parliament, Chief Secretary Albert Bruntnell claimed that the government had spent enough on Edgerton and that any new measures to eliminate the town's Aboriginal problem had to be initiated by the Council: -'I might point out, that several years ago the Board spent over ₤2000 in the establishment of a properly organised station for Yass aborigines at Nearly fifty years after Aboriginal children were first excluded from Yass Public School, the same complaints arose against twelve who were attending the school in 1929. We returned to the school at 2.40 p.m. for Roll Call'.Miss Osborne added that she had invited nearly every parent to voice their complaints, but as none were made, it appeared that only one parent had been critical. I am enclosing the report presented by the Government Medical Officer to the Council'. The Protection Board did try to secure funding for an Aboriginal reserve, houses and school to the west of the town, but this lapsed due to the government's financial straits during the height of the Great Depression. Ulladulla Local Aboriginal Land Council; SEARMS changed its structure in 2011, moving from a Co-Operative to an Aboriginal Corporation and a skills-based board. January 17, 2019 Oakhill Web Admin. Hamilton Hume and John Watson, established a steam flour mill by the Yass River, in 1842. In January 1933, Yass builder Joe Vallance's tender to construct a teacher's toilet for ₤6.10.0 was accepted and a pit-closet type was erected before school resumed in February.Unfortunately for Miss Osborne, just as one challenge at the school was resolved another arose. By the mid 1920s, the size of the main camp and its location near the town's water supply had given rise to numerous complaints, but no action could be agreed upon between Yass Council and the Aborigines Protection Board to address the problem. ...This state of affairs is a disgrace to and a menace to the health of the community. As the Aboriginal Protection Board reported in December 1916, over the year the number of residents at Edgerton had averaged 22, but by the end of the year 'there were only 9 half-caste aborigines on the station'.Edgerton Station was founded with good intentions but failed in practice. Nevertheless brightening methods are adopted & hopeful progress is anticipated...Earnestness of purpose is undoubted ...there is much to commend & the school is in suitable hands.Periodically over six months Miss Osborne complained about the lack of a teacher's lavatory, and in time both her health and morale began to suffer under such trying conditions. The women of Yass wanted them to be near the town because they were helpful in domestic duties, such as laundry and other household work, but the men, it appeared, wanted them driven away. For more information about SEARMS Membership and Constitution please view our constitution here in the SEARMS Rule Book. On the acreage purchased earlier at the end of Rossi Street, on the western fringe of the town, scarce Depression funding was used to build an unlined corrugated-iron school and a cluster of small houses for the residents. The new teacher may also have had a nursing qualification because she took on the dual role of teacher and matron. (Trove: Sydney Morning Herald, 22 June 1929)Such a sensitive racial issue evoked a quick response from the Minister for Education, David Drummond.


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