Milton Public School
Public School April 1878 - December 1943
Central School January 1944 - December 1973
Public School from January 1974
Milton School was constructed in 1877 and open in 1878. The original school building is still standing and is now used as the School Hall and teacher's resource rooms.
By 1895 there were 183 pupils attending the school and another classroom was added in the early 1900s. In 1908 an exciting event not only for the School but the entire district was a visit by the State Governor, Sir Harry Rawson. This was the first time a motor car came to Milton.
In December 1913, the school children of Milton celebrated 'Kendall Day' in which they built a stone cairn in honour of Henry Kendall the poet's birthplace at Kirmington Milton. All local schools were involved with a replacement monument at Kirmington in 1972.
Milton School was growing rapidly in the 1940s with many children walking from Ulladulla to Milton School (High School) to study for their leaving certificate. Milton School became Milton Central School in January 1944.
After World War II, the enrolment were 220, of these 75 were high school students and a staff of 11. In 1966 the school commemorated the life of Poet Henry Kendall by contracting a fountain. This fountain and garden is currently being restored by the students.
Ulladulla High School open in 1974 and the School's name was reverted back to its 1887 name of Milton Public School. Today over 600 primary pupils attend Milton Public School from Manyana, Bendalong, Conjola, Yatte Yattah, Woodstock, Croobyar, Milton, Mollymook, Narrawallee with some also from other areas in the Ulladulla district.
Brief history written by Milton Ulladulla U3A local history class for Education Week 1998.
References: - Milton School The First Hundred Years and Nulladulla.