Early schooling conditions
Stone schoolhouse c. 1882
Illustration
Stone schoolhouse
c. 1886
appeared in local magazine
Final extensions of Greeny’s original building c. 1895
SOME PRINCIPAL
TEACHERS OVER TIME
Samuel Smythe, 1838-1846
#Mr Ross # Mr McEahern #
Maxwell Thompson, 1854-?
# Mr & Mrs George, ?-1863
# Messrs Atkinson & Milne,
1864-1868 # Alexander
Gilchrist, 1869-1874 #
Isaac Plummer, 1874-? #
John Cusack, 18??-1883 #
Nimrod Greenwood, 1884-
1914 # William Carey Taylor,
1915-1922 # W.T. Cameron,
1923-1935 # Richard
Giltnan BA, 1936-1944 #
Thomas W Clyne BA, 1945-
1947 # John B Ireland BEc,
BA 1948-1953 # Victor
Plummer BSc, 1954-1958 #
Thomas Hornibrook BA
1959-1969
FORMER STUDENTS
WHO ACHIEVED WORLD-
WIDE RECOGNITION
Peter Finch,
International Stage and
Screen Actor
Nany Wake,
WWI Heroine
Roger Woodward,
World Renown Pianist
Dick Smith,
Businessman, Adventurer,
Philanthropist
Re-titled St Leonards
Public School c. 1874
click to view name on wall
Children gathered in front of the timber
planked first “official” school-house.
Photo from NSW State Library;
photographed by Francis W. Robinson
click to enlarge
St Leonards HIGH School
c. 1883
St Peters Church School
Hall, built c. 1864