Please contact the Department of Education’s Information Release Unit
Postal address: GPO Box 1152, Adelaide SA 5001
Phone: (08) 8226 3231
Quote this number to access your records: State Records of South Australia Agency ID GA2820
These records are held by State Records of South Australia (1919 - current).
There is a small collection of records from the Point Pearce Aboriginal School, held by the State Records of South Australia. The collection includes admission registers and roll books, which contain information about children attending the school, including Aboriginal children living at Point Pearce Aboriginal Station.
The Roll Books in this series are open access, and may be viewed by any member of the public. For access to open records please contact State Records of South Australia. Some of the Admission Registers are restricted to protect personal privacy. People mentioned in these records have a right to access information about themselves. To arrange access to restricted records please contact the Department of Education Information Release Unit.
The Admission Registers (GRS/16966) in this collection date from 1938 to 1996, and contain basic details about children admitted to the school. The information varies slightly over time, but generally includes the student’s name, gender, date of admission, date of birth, religion, names and occupations of parents/guardians, address, previous schools and when left, grade on admission, attendance, date of leaving the school, and other remarks.
The Roll Books (GRS/16968) in this collection date from 1977 to 2005 and record school attendance for students at the Point Pearce Aboriginal School, alongside information about them such as name, age on first day of term, grade at last examination, monthly totals of days attended, and term totals of days attended.