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Heritage listing of Tharwa School

Tuesday, June 13th, 2006

From Australian Heritage Places Inventory
Statement of Significance
The 1912 Tharwa School is significant as one of only two examples associated with the end of the period when rural schools were provided in the region and before the new period started with suburban schools developed for the city of Canberra. While the Tharwa School dates from just […]

Why I send my son to Tharwa Primary

Wednesday, June 7th, 2006

Big is not necessarily better, more options don’t necessarily improve my child’s self esteem.
Small is often beautiful, simple is often rare. There will be plenty of time later for my son to get immersed in the bigness of the world. There is however only a too short time that he is a child. Too quickly […]