It was subsequently renamed Ngapala Public School, and closed in 1938.

[5] A postal receiving office opened at Ngapala on 3 January 1913.

A post office was reported to have reopened in March 1923, and was closed permanently from 30 September 1967.

Ngapala Tennis Club commenced around 1910, fell into inactivity around 1931, and was wound up around 1935.

[10] A newspaper report in 1933 described Ngapala as consisting of "a Methodist church, school, and a post-office in a farm house", and stated that "mixed farming is the general occupation of this district.