Visiting the Old Settlement

Jase and Izzy were our classroom journalists when we visited the Old Settlement recently.  This is what they had to say…..

School photo with teacher long ago.

School photo with teacher long ago. (Thanks to Historical Society for photo)

Room 6 photo with teacher - 2015 (We tried not to smile too)

Room 6 photo with teacher – 2015
(We tried not to smile too)

Bramley School
Bernice showed Room 6 around the Old Settlement’s Bramley Schoolhouse. She told us about what the English people did and lived in when they came down to Australia. The English people came down from England and they got farms, machinery, and a humpie. A humpie is corrugated iron in a domed shaped hump. There were statues of horses inside the school with carriages. There were lots of pictures on the walls about the olden days, old Kate, old Utes, old schools, old tractors etc. The setting inside the Bramley School is a lot different from our school.
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The chairs were screwed into the ground and they were long, there was a chalk-board and the desks had lids with books in them and some of their work.
Some people quit doing their farms because they said, “We can’t survive here”. So one day they walked off but some people stayed. They said, “We can’t just leave.  We’ve done all this all this work.”  So when the other people left they claimed their land so their farm was bigger and so on. The people who left went somewhere else so they could have food, have a real house and live a proper life. One of the families that went on with their farm was the Bussell family (including a lot of others). Alfred Bussell was married to Ellen Heppingstone and they had six sons and eight daughters.

By Jase

IMG_3537 (Small)The Groupie House

Mike showed Room 6 around the old settlement house (called a “Groupie). The houses in those days were different.  They had records instead of cds.  They had one kids’ bedroom instead of three or more.  If one of the children kicked another in the face, they would have to sleep outside for the night.

Mike also showed us the kitchen.  It was different too.  The shelves were made from boxes and the chairs were different sizes and after he showed us the back deck.  The back deck was their bathroom and laundry.  Instead of a washing machine there was a wash board.  You would have to get the clothes, a bucket and soap. Then you would fill the bucket with water and then scrub.

by Izzy

IMG_3540 (Small) A big thank you to Marian (Sunny’s Mum) for coming to the rescue and taking these photos.  We really appreciate it.  🙂  Mrs Veary and Room 6

 

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