Claim: The first schools in Western Australia started to appear during the 1830s in the form of one-teacher schools; in which the oldest government-sponsored education institution was Guildford Colonial School, founded at the Swan River Colony (a British colony established in 1829) in 1833.
Evidence: The first schools started to appear during the 1830s throughout the state, in the form of one-teacher schools. The oldest government-sponsored education institution in Western Australia, Guildford Colonial School (now Guildford Primary School), was founded at the Swan River Colony in 1833, and consisted of several premises in the townsite before a purpose built school was constructed in 1870. The Swan River Colony, also known as the Swan River Settlement, or just Swan River, was a British colony established in 1829 on the Swan River, in Western Australia.