The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
The Island Cliff Public School
The Island Cliff Public School , which stands on part of a section of ten acres in extent, is of wood and stone, and contains a class room and porch. There is accommodation for forty children; there are twenty-six names on the roll, and the average attendance is twenty-three. A teacher's residence of four rooms adjoins the school building. There is a shelter shed in the playground, and a convenient paddock for the children's horses. The school was originally known as the Tokarahi school, but the name was changed to Island Cliff on the opening of a new school on the Tokarahi estate.