Historical information

Emerald Primary School has been educating the children of the town and district since 1879. The school was relocated to its current site in Heroes Avenue, Emerald in 1901 and is the largest primary school in the area. These are class photos of a 1988 Grade 5 class and of a 1988 Grade 6 class of Emerald Primary School and it is one of a group of school photographs 1984-1995 held at the Museum.

Significance

School photographs are not only an important historical record of a school but they are valued by ex-students as a memory of their school days.

Physical description

Formal color photographs (two) of a 1988 Grade 5 and Grade 6 class at Emerald Primary School