New Zealand - Canterbury - Clarkville School - Room 4 - Years 1 & 2 - 1979 Photo Courtesy of Tina Do you have more information about the school or the people in this photo? Please use the comment section below to share. To search for other photos from this school, please type the schools name in to our search engine. Clarkville - Clarkville was originally known as Kaiapoi Island, because it was in between two equally large branches of the Waimakariri River - In the 1860s, farmers cut a new course for the river and choked the north branch, rendering it just a stream, known today as Silverstream - In 1880, the name was changed to Clarkville, in honour of Joseph Clark, who donated land for the local school