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SOUTH OTAGO SCHOOLS

 

Schools ‘Admission, Progress, Withdrawal’ (APW) registers are an excellent resource for researching your family history - one of the few New Zealand resources which go some way to finding families and their movements within NZ.  These records include Date of Admission, Pupil’s Name and Date of Birth, Parent/Guardian Name and Address, Previous School and Class on Admission, Standards passed within School, Last Day and Destination.  Standard on admission, progress standards and leaving standard are not always transcribed.

 

See below for:

list of transcripts we hold;  transcripts currently underway by us;  records that are awaiting transcribing by us for which we hold APW records for;  school histories;  schools in our region general information in brief

 

Romahapa schoolhouse with school at right, early 1900’s

 

Pupil names for schools that we hold computerised transcripts for are included in the Master Index (see link at left) as are names of pupils in our photo collection. If you would like to contribute school photos to our collection, please contact us.  Our photo collection is digital only so we regret we cannot accept original and/or framed photos.

 

Please note that although we may hold APW records less than 80 years these names are not indexed on this site. 

 

For transcriptions please contact us at help.desk@balcluthagenealogy.org.nz  Please include school name and pupil name/s wanted.

We request reimbursement of costs (copying, P&P etc) and welcome a donation.

 

Schools we hold APW (Admissions, Progress & Withdrawal), transcripts of:

 

Awamunga

1907-1938

Otanomomo-Paretai

1902-1989

Blue Spur

1879-1924

Owaka

1875-1922

Clydevale

1898-1938

Popotunoa

1895-1937

Greenfield

1908-1938

Puketi

1913-1938

Havelock

1876-1877

Purekireki

1885-1925

Kaihiku

1875-1939

Ratanui

1889-1920

Kaitangata

1880-1946

Tahatika

1884-1919

Lovells Flat

1871-1930

Tawanui

1884-1919

Mt Stuart

1882-1939

Waitahuna

1876-1990

 

School registers we are currently transcribing:

 

Clinton

Port Molyneux

Tawanui

Houipapa

Pukepito

Tokoiti

Kaitangata

Reomoana

Waitepeka

Kuriwao

Slopedown

Waiwera

Milburn

Stirling

Waiwera South

Milton Grammar

Tahakopa

Waiwera Township

Nugget Point

Tarara

Warepa

Papatowai

Other school registers we hold:

Balclutha Primary

Milton DHS

Tokomairiro DHS

Balclutha DHS

Milton Primary

Wharetoa

Glenore

Te Houka

 

School histories and other info we hold:

 

Balclutha Public School 1865 – 1931

 

Port Molyneux ‘Schools by the Seaside’

Balclutha School 1865-1965          

 

Reomoana ‘Schools by the Seaside’

‘Full Circle’ 100 years of Catlins Schools

 

The Nuggets ‘Schools by the Seaside’

Lawrence District High and Consolidated Schools

 

Tokoiti (Fairfax) School 1876 – 1976

Lovells Flat and Tuakitoto

 

Tuakitoto and Lovells Flat Schools

Millers Flat School Centennial 1886 – 1996

 

Warepa School – First 70 Years

Moneymore School 1868 – 1968

 

Waronui (Fortification) School 1906 – 1926

Otago Boys High School 1863 – 1963

 

South Otago High School 1966, 1967, 1972, 1973, 1974

Otanomomo, Paretai – 75 Yrs at Paretai School

 

 

 

Schools within boundaries of Clutha District Council:

The Hocken Library is the main repository for school records within the region.  The New Zealand Society of Genealogists continues its nationwide project of transcribing school APW records.  See ‘Links’ page for web addresses.

 

Dates

Schools

From

To

Other Info

APW Held By

Adam's Flat

1870

1898

Ahururi

1874

1903

Became Glenomaru in 1904

Ahururi Flat

1901

1912

Became Otekura in 1913

Akatore

1867

1935

Akatore Coast

1899

1910

Akatore Coast

1915

1935

Ashley Downs

1894

1900

Became Taumata in 1901

Hocken

Awamunga

1907

1939

Consolidated on Clutha Valley DH 1 Feb 1939

Hocken
Balclutha Gene

Balclutha

1865

1892

Became District High 1892 - 31 Jan 1926

Balclutha Gene

Balclutha Primary

1926

today

Balclutha Gene

Balclutha North

1879

1882

1878 flood washed bridge so no access to

Balclutha School

Beaumont

1872

1988

Hocken

Beaumont Station

1903

1905

Benhar

1909

1995

Balclutha Gene

Blackburn

1911

1912

became Pukema 1912

Blue Mountain College

1976

today

Blue Spur

1867

1924

Consolidated on Lawrence 1925

Hocken 1879-1924

Catlins

1893

1901

Catlins Area

1978

today

Catlins River

1870

1871

Became Ratanui 1889, consolidated on Owaka 1946

Chaslands

1895

1921

Hocken

Chaslands

1923

1972

Consolidated on Quarry Hills 1972

Hocken

Circle Hill

1879

1913

Hocken 1879-1920

Circle Hill

1920

1942

Consolidated on Milburn 1942

Clarks Flat

1871

1922

Clinton

1874

today

Balclutha Gene

Clutha Valley DH

1939

1968

Became Primary school 1 Feb 1968

Hocken

Clutha Valley Primary

1968

today

Clydevale

1898

1939

Consolidated on Clutha Valley DH 1 Feb 1939

Balclutha Gene
Hocken Library

Conical Hills

1912

1945

Consolidated on Tapanui 1945

Cook Rock

1931

1933

Crookston

1878

1928

Hocken Library

Dunrobin

1884

1948

1879 - 1883 as Heriot School

East Clutha

1858

1882

See South Clutha, Puerua, Romahapa

Edievale

1925

1975

Consolidated on Heriot 1975/76

Hocken Library

Fairfax

1876

1913

Became Tokoiti in 1914

Fortification

1906

1907

Became Waronui

Glenkenich

1877

1948

Consolidated on Kelso 1948

Glenledi

1879

1901

Glenledi

1933

1935

Glenomaru

1904

1945

1874 - 1903 as Ahuriri, consolidated on Owaka 1945

Glenore

1863

1928

Consolidated on Tokomairiro DH 1928

Hocken
Balclutha Gene

Greenfield

1908

1939

Consolidated on Clutha Valley DH 1 Feb 1939

Balclutha Gene

Hamilton South

1905

1906

Havelock

1873

1876

previously private school, became Waitahuna 1877

Heriot

1884

today

1879 to 1883 as Swift Creek School

Hocken Library

Hillend

1868

1941

Consolidated on Balclutha 1941

Hina Hina

1912

1933

Consolidated on Owaka 1933

Hocken Library

Houipapa

1893

1946

Consolidated on Owaka 1946

Balclutha Gene
Hocken Library

Inch Clutha

1858

1878

School washed away in 1878 flood. 

Erected at Stirling 1879

Kahuika

1897

1946

Kaihiku

1864

1944

to Warepa

Kaitangata

1866

today

Kakapuaka

1886

1946

Consolidated on Balclutha 1946

Hocken
Balclutha Gene

Katea

1894

1939

Consolidated on Owaka 1939

Hocken Library

Kelso

1882

1980

Consolidated on Tapanui and Heriot 1980/81

Hocken Library

Kuriwao

1896

1944

Consolidated on Clinton 1944

Balclutha Gene

Lawrence

1864

1869

Became Lawrence Grammar, the DH, the Area Sch

Hocken Library
Lawrence Museum

Lawrence Grammar

1870

1877

Became Lawrence DH

Lawrence DH

1878

1975

Became Lawrence Area

Hocken Library
Lawrence Museum

Lawrence Area

1976

today

Hocken Library
Lawrence Museum

Lovells Flat

1876

1972

Consolidated on Milton 1972/73

Hocken Library

Maclennan

1915

1957

Consolidated on Tahakopa 1 Feb 1957

Manuka Creek

1871

1946

Hocken Library

Manuka Island

1894

1896

Became Pukepito 1897

Matau

1888

1929

Consolidated on Kaitangata 1929

Matea

1914

1927

Balclutha Gene

Milburn

1897

today

Formerly Nth Tokomairiro, Waihola Gore,

Decapitated to Toko HS F1-7

Hocken
Balclutha Gene

Milton

1966

today

High - Balclutha Gene
Primary - Bal Gene
Grammar - Bal Gene

Mount Stuart

1882

1942

Hocken library
Balclutha Gene

North Hillend

1875

1889

North Tokomairiro

1864

1866

Became Waihola Gorge, then Milburn

Nugget Point

1906

1937

Consolidated on Port Molyneux

Balclutha Gene
Hocken Library

Otanomomo

1914

1967

Became Paretai 1968

Balclutha Gene

Otekura

1913

1945

Formerly Ahuriri Flat, consolidated on Owaka 1945

Owaka

1870

1978

Became Catlins Area 1968

Balclutha Gene
Hocken Library

Owaka Valley

1893

1947

Consolidated on Owaka 1947

Papatowai

1908

1922

To 22 Aug 1935 as Stuarts

Balclutha Gene

Paretai

1968

closure

Formerly Otanomomo

Balclutha Gene

Pomahaka Downs

1896

1907

Became Popotunoa,

consolidated on Clutha Valley DH 1939

Popotunoa

1866

1876

Formerly Pomahaka Downs,

became Wairuna 1877 - 4 Sep 1944,

consolidated on Clinton 1944

Hocken Library

Port Molyneux

1865

Balclutha Gene
Hocken Library

Pounawea

1912

1922

Puerua

1883

1901

Formerly East or South Clutha,

became Romahapa 1902

Pukema

1912

1929

Formerly Blackburn

Pukepito

1897

1939

Formerly Manuka Island,

Consolidated on Clutha Valley DH 1 Feb 1939

Balclutha Gene
Hocken Library

Puketi

1913

1939

Consolidated on Clutha Valley DH 1939

Balclutha Gene
Hocken Library

Puketiro

1910

1934

Purakauiti

1898

1960

Consolidated on Owaka DH 1960

Purekireki

1884

1947

Consolidated on Owaka 1947

Balclutha Gene
Hocken Library

Ratanui

1889

1946

Consolidated on Owaka 1946

Hocken Library

Reomoana

1881

1928

Consolidated on Port Molyneux 1928

Balclutha Gene
Hocken Library

Rockvale

1920

1935

Romahapa

1902

today

Formerly East or South Clutha and Puerua

Romareka

1897

1902

Rongahere

1889

1918

Rosebank

1957

today

Round Hill

1887

1898

Consolidated on Waitahuna 1898

St Joseph's Balclutha

1982

today

Integrated 1982

St Mary's Milton

1871

1981

Decapitated to Tokomairiro HS

St Patrick's Catholic School

Lawrence

Hocken Library

Slopedown

1937

1948

Consolidated on Clinton 1948

Balclutha Gene

South Akatore

1867

1867

Became Akatore

Southbridge

1868

1941

1942-1976 as Moneymore,

Consolidated on Milton 1977

South Clutha

See East Clutha, Puerua, Romahapa

Stirling

1879

today

Formerly Inch Clutha

Balclutha Gene

Stony Creek

1875

1932

Consolidated on Balclutha 1932

Hocken Library

Stuarts

1935

1945

Formerly Papatowai

Swift Creek

1879

1883

Became Heriot 1884

Table Hill

1876

1947

Tahakopa

1897

today

Balclutha Gene
Hocken Library

Tahatika

1880

1941

Consolidated on Owaka 1941

Hocken Library

Taieri Beach

1867

Tapanui

1868

1975

Became Blue Mountain College

Tarara

1898

1954

Balclutha Gene
Hocken Library

Taumata

1901

1946

Formerly Ashley Downs,

Consolidated on Clutha Valley DH 1946

Hocken

Tautuku

1911

1947

Tawanui

1905

1962

Balclutha Gene
Hocken Library

Te Houka

1869

1945

Consolidated on Balclutha 1945

Balclutha Gene

Tokoiti

1914

Formerly Fairfax, Decapitated to Tokomairiro HS

Balclutha Gene
Hocken Library

Tokomairiro

1856

1869

Became Tokomairiro Grammar, then Tokomairiro HS

Hocken Library

Tokomairiro Grammar

1870

1877

Tokomairiro DH

1878

1965

Balclutha Gene

Tokomairiro HS

1966

today

Tuakitoto

1871

1875

Consolidated on Lovells Flat

Hocken Library

Tuakitoto

1876

1972

Consolidated on Milton 1972/73

Hocken Library

Tuapeka Flat

1876

1926

Hocken Library

Tuapeka Mouth

1870

1949

Consolidated on Clutha Valley DH 1 Feb 1939

Tuapeka West

1879

Decapitated to Lawrence Area 1 Feb 1975

Upper Tawanui

1926

1928

Waihola

1859

today

Decapitated to Tokomairiro HS F 1-7

Waihola Gorge

1867

1876

Formerly North Tokomairiro, became Milburn 1897

Waikoikoi

1880

Waipahi

1879

1966

Wairuna

1877

1944

Formerly Popotunoa, consolidated on Clinton 1944

Wairuna Estate

unknown

1906

Waitahuna

1875

today

Formerly Havelock

Hocken library
Balclutha Gene

Waitahuna Gully

1875

1925

Formerly Waitahuna

Hocken library
Balclutha Gene

Waitahuna West

1885

1939

Consolidated on Clutha Valley HS

Hocken
Balclutha Gene

Waitepeka

1868

1981

Consolidated on Romahapa 1981/82

Balclutha Gene
Hocken Library

Waitepeka Township

1884

1884

Waiwera

1869

1898

Consolidated on Waiwera South 1898

Waiwera

1915

1925

Waiwera South

1913

1914

Balclutha Gene

Waiwera South

1926

today

Balclutha Gene

Waiwera Township

Waiwera South

Balclutha Gene

Wangaloa

1869

1922

Consolidated on Kaitangata 1922/23

Warepa

1858

today

Balclutha Gene
Hocken Library

Waronui

1908

1926

Formerly Fortification

Wetherstones

1868

1922

Wharetoa

1910

1939

Consolidated on Clutha Valley DH 1939

Balclutha Gene
Hocken Library

 

 

 

 

 

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