In 1894, the
first of the Clifton schools was built. It served pupils from a huge area and
until 1906 was a term school - open only from April 1 until November. On August
28, 1900, a cyclone took the school and left nothing but a few splintered
boards. In 1900 and 1901 a new stone school was built on the old site. This
school was used until 1914, when the stone school was abandoned and a new frame
house was built in a more central location. The second school was used as a
house until a brush fire consumed the contents and the roof later, but the stone
frame is still standing. The third school was abandoned and used as a storage
bin.
