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Christ Church School (1816 – 1883) was the first school in the penal settlement of Newcastle, in the Colony of New South Wales. The school opened in 1816 as a co-educational primary school. In 1883, Christ Church School closed when it was incorporated into the New South Wales government school system.

History

On 15 March 1804, Governor Philip King, the Governor of New South Wales, instructed a penal settlementШаблон:NoteTag be re-establishedШаблон:NoteTag in the area of Coal Harbour and the Hunter River. Governor King commissioned Lieutenant Charles Menzies commandant of the settlement.[1] Lieutenant Menzies, five expedition personnel, 11 military guards, and 34 convicts, a total of 51 people, arrived on three small ships on 30 March 1804.[2]

In 1810, Reverend William Cowper requested a charity schoolШаблон:NoteTag be established for the 12 school-age children in the settlement.[3] Reverend Cowper recommended Reverend John Eyre be appointed as schoolmaster. However, in March 1810, Governor Lachlan Macquarie appointed Reverend Eyre schoolmaster of a new charity school in Parramatta.[4]

In February 1814, Lieutenant Thomas Thompson was appointed commandant of the Newcastle settlement.[5]

In 1816, the population of the penal settlement had risen to 413 people, including 38 school-age children.[3]

First School in Newcastle

The first school in Newcastle started under the superintendence and direction of Lieutenant Thompson.[3] Lieutenant Thompson appointed Henry Wrensford, a convict on conditional parole, as the first Schoolmaster.Шаблон:NoteTag Wrensford held a Master’s degree from The University of Oxford, England.[6]

Slab Hut

On 5 May 1816, Wrensford started the school in a whitewashed slab hut near Watt and Dalton Streets. The first students at the school were eight girls and nine boys.[3]

In 1816, when Lieutenant Thompson’s commission as commandant was about to finish, he appealed to Reverend Cowper regarding the school. Reverend Cowper entreated Governor Macquarie for the Crown to continue to support the school when the next commandant was commissioned.[7] When Captain James Wallis was commissioned as commandant in June 1816, Governor Macquarie gave him a list of 41 instructions. The 40th instruction concerned the school:

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Christ Church

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Christ Church c.1817

In mid-1818, the school moved into the vestry of the newly constructed Christ Church on The Hill. The church was designed by Captain James Wallis and opened by Reverend Cowper on Sunday, 2 August 1818. The church was named Christ Church by Governor Macquarie and became the school’s namesake.[3]

In June 1820, Samuel DellШаблон:NoteTag replaced Wrensford as schoolmaster when Wrensford became a free man.Шаблон:NoteTag Christ Church School had 33 students when Dell became Schoolmaster, 26 of whom were children of convicts.

In June 1828, John Gabbage replaced Dell as schoolmaster when Dell was granted a ticket-of-leave by Governor Ralph Darling. Gabbage was the first free person appointed schoolmaster.

Cnr Church and Bolton Streets

By the early 1830s, overcrowding in the vestry led Christ Church School to relocate.Шаблон:NoteTag The Crown granted the land on the corner of Church and Bolton Streets to the Church of England for the express purpose of building a school.[3] The school operated on the site for 50 years. In 1882, after changes to government education regulations, the NSW Government Minister for Public Instruction paid £2000 for the school. The purpose was to establish a second government school in Newcastle.Шаблон:NoteTag

On 1 April 1883, Christ Church School closed and the students were integrated into the NSW public education system.Шаблон:NoteTag

Schoolmasters of the schoolШаблон:NoteTag

Ordinal Name Term start
Шаблон:Nts Henry Wrensford 1816
Шаблон:Nts Samuel Dell 1820
Шаблон:Nts John Gabbage 1828
Шаблон:Nts Richard Hill 1830
Шаблон:Nts Joseph Spencer 1832
Шаблон:Nts Elisha Hayes 1833
Шаблон:Nts Henry Didsbury 1836
Шаблон:Nts Alexander Flood 1837
Шаблон:Nts George Felton 1840
Шаблон:Nts Thomas Felton 1849
Шаблон:Nts Alexander Flood 1850
Шаблон:Nts Francis Shaw 1851
Шаблон:Nts J. Robinson 1863
Шаблон:Nts J. Hunt 1864
Шаблон:Nts Levi Peak 1866
Шаблон:Nts William Breyley 1878
Шаблон:Nts W. Robinson 1882

Notes

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References

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  3. 3,0 3,1 3,2 3,3 3,4 3,5 Braggett, E. J. From convict era to modern times: Newcastle East School 1816-1966. (Newcastle: Newcastle East Public School Parents and Citizens’ Association, 1966).
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