GLEN INNES DISTRICT

Red Range School of Arts

A remodelled building, measuring approximately 12 metres by 6 metres was opened in 1902. The Annual General Meeting in 1906 reported 36 members and noted a program for the year of debates, mock trials, social activities and the library.

Red Range School of Arts
Red Range School of Arts. The photograph is undated but was probably taken soon after the building was opened in 1902.

Furracabad School of Arts

The School of Arts at Furracabad was opened in 1904. It is thought that it might have replaced an earlier Mechanics' Institute in the community.

Vegetable Creek

At the time the Glen Innes School of Arts was opened in 1881, a newspaper report spoke of a School of Arts at Vegetable Creek (present day Emmaville) but no further details are known of the institution.

Stonehenge School of Arts

A School of Arts was opened at Stonehenge in 1891. The building measured 15 meters by 9 metres feet and included a hall and a library.

Waterloo School of Arts

A School of Arts building at Waterloo was opened in 1888 at a cost of £112.

Skeleton Creek School of Arts

The report of an Annual General Meeting held in 1932 that there was a School of Arts at Skeleton Creek. At that time, it had a credit balance of £37 and that the previous year "had been very successful financially and socially".

Glencoe School of Arts

Gathering - Glencoe School of Arts
A gathering at the Glencoe School of Arts

It is believed that a School of Arts was opened at Glencoe in 1904. The 1906 Annual General Meeting reported 53 paid up members. The building was sold in 1969 for $360.

Tent Hill School of Arts

Reference has been made to the rebuilding of a School of Arts Hall at Tent Hill in 1933. It is not known when it was built but Tent Hill, 27 kilometres west of Deepwater, was a significant rural settlement with a population of 300 in the year 1901 and it is possible that the hall may have dated to about that time.

Dundee School of Arts

An initial School of Arts building was established in Dundee in 1906. A second building was established in 1922.

Deepwater School of Arts

The Deepwater School of Arts was opened in 1890. It is known to have possessed a Billiard table in 1926. Extensions were made to the building in 1933 and were known as the George V additions. Alterations and improvements to the building, including the provision of a kitchen, were completed in 1985 at a cost of $2000.

Ben Lomond Literary Institute

Additions to the Ben Lomond Literary Institute were completed in 1919 as part of a Soldiers' Memorial.

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