SCHOOLHOUSE MUSEUM

The brick buildings of the NSW Schoolhouse Museum are the first school buildings of North Ryde Public School, dating back to 1877. Following lobbying by the local community, the school started as a single schoolroom with separate teacher's residence built on one acre of land donated by Richard Wicks in 1877. The school, named City View Public School, opened on the 25th January 1878 to 45 pupils taught by teacher, Charles Crew. Its name changed to North Ryde Public School in 1879... We acknowledge the Wallumedegal Peoples of the Darug Nation, the Traditional Owners of the land on which the NSW Schoolhouse Museum stands. We pay our respect to Elders past and present. We recognise the continuing learning systems of Aboriginal Peoples on this land and acknowledge the impact of past government policies on the education of Aboriginal children in New South Wales... The NSW Schoolhouse Museum of Public Education provides a glimpse of schooling from the past. The museum is a popular excursion..

Registration numbers: 88 932 157 875 (W)

Primary location: North Ryde