Back to School

Woman writing on chalk board

In the 1850s, slates and chalk were the tablets of the day.

This is the ultimate old school where education was basic but vital for the children of the goldfields.

Pen and inkwells told their stories, and you couldn’t sit on the multiplication tables.

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