Dormitory beds

Furniture

The boarding house

The boarding house rules were very strict. The girls were permitted three items only on their bedside table and the bed was made with hospital corners. Some girls only boarded during the week and went home on the weekends or once a year if their families lived overseas. The school also included day girls and primary school boys during the 1980’s.

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Kobeelya School Museum

An unusual story about ‘Kobeelya’, a Western Australian country boarding school for girls from 1922 to 1986, in the former Coach House.

Kobeelya and Kobeelya Penrhos school collections are in the Coach House at Kobeelya on the grounds of the Katanning Baptist Church and Conference Centre. The Kobeelya Church of England Girls’ School...

Address:

1 Brownie Street
Katanning WA 6317
Australia

Tel:

0427 854 249

Email:

okapresident@kobeelya.com

Open Hours

Open the first Saturday of each month from 1:30pm - 2:30pm. Also open by appointment. Contact the Old Kobeelyans’ Association on 0409 298 050 or 0427 854 249, or the Manager of the Kobeelya Conference Centre on 0434 313 689.

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Pony club

Avid sports women

Kobeelya students were enthusiastic sports women. They represented their school in local competitions and travelled to Perth to compete against other independent private schools. Students in the Pony...

Autograph books

Pictures and ponderings

Kobeelya autograph books were passed amongst students, teachers and friends to fill with poems, drawings and personal messages. The collection of autograph books ranges from the 1920s to mid 1970s.