OAS Staff
School General Knowledge
School Buildings
Oakbank Township
100

This teacher is the longest serving staff member at OAS.

Mr Hoskin

100

How many acres of land does OAS consist of?

22 acres

100

How many kitchenettes (including the teacher's bench at the front) are there in the Home Economics kitchen?

10

100
The Oakbank township was founded by two brothers, James and Andrew Johnston. Which country did they come from?

Scotland

200

This teacher/leader is the coordinator for the Year 10s and 11s.

Ms Forder

200

How many staff are there at OAS?

42

200

Which room is the Year 12 common room currently located in?

Porthole Room

200

Oakbank is famous for what carnival?

Oakbank Easter Racing Carnival

300

This staff member has a degree in geology.

Ms Rogers

300

What is the furthest distance travelled by a student at OAS?

28 kilometres

300

What is the name of the cafe that leases a building from OAS?

Kelsey's Cottage

300

James and Andrew Johnston founded the J. & A.G. Johnston brewery in 1845, tapping an underground spring fed by which river?

Onkaparinga River

400
This teacher is the second longest serving staff member at OAS.

Mrs Bonython

400

How many families are currently at OAS?

187

400

What is the name for the building that houses the primary school classrooms?

Brockhoff 

400

What year was the township of Oakbank founded?

1840

500

This teacher was a past student at OAS.

Mrs Ceravolo

500

Our school formed in 1938 when the 2 primary schools of Balhannah and Oakbank were merged. It became known then as 'Oakbank Consolidated School'. In what year was it named Oakbank Area School?

1944

500

The building name of the Home Economics centre is 'Pike', what did the Pike company (located in the Adelaide Hills) begin producing in 1866?

Beer

500

How many kilometres is Oakbank from Adelaide's CBD?

28 to 32 kilometres depending on the route taken