The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
Tokarahi Public School
Tokarahi Public School was established in 1899. It has a glebe of five acres, is of wood and iron, is a school and residence combined, and has accommodation for sixty-four pupils. There are thirty-five names on the roll, and the average attendance is twenty-eight. The teacher in charge, Miss Elizabeth Susan Eudora de Lambert, was born in Ceylon, and arrived in New Zealand with her parents in 1883.