There was an article in “The West Australian” today on a local museum, set in the colonial school buildings on the riverbank. We are told it has some original shop recreations, horsedrawn cart, etc. The report then says:
“For the Game Boy generation, it offers the rare experience of a completely different way of life, but the museum and education officer,Fiona Crossan, said the old fashioned discipline of the schoolroom was a favorite with the students”
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