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BLACK HILL PUBLIC SCHOOL

By 1969 pupil numbers enrolled were causing accommodation
problems, with regards to changing classroom standards. During the
1969-1970 Christmas vacation, major renovations and alteratipns were
carried out. The building was extended six (6) feet by moving the end
wall. Internal walls and ceilings were covered with hardboard. The
porch was converted into an office and storeroom and this necessitated a
new entrance doorway from the verandah to the classroom. The assembly
area was re-coated with ashphalt and a new fence was erected. The
cost of £3,557.10.0 ($7,115.00) covered the work carried out by the
Education Department's building staff.

An assistant teacher, Miss Vicki O'Hearn, was appointed in
January 1979.

This truly is a school that has shown in its hundred years plus
that it can adapt to changing requirements.

Headmasters at Blac~ Hill Public School have been:-

William E. Jarnes 30 t:h August 1881
March 1884
Henry J. Brown 20th May 1884
August 1884
Henry Wilkinson 12th August 1887
January 1889
Robert Blackwood 28th July 1892
November 1892
Ellen Newton 6th 1893
Augu r~ t 1893
Lizzie Hyland 14th 1898
September 1899
Alexander 0. Willis 19th January
September
Theresa O'Reilly 3rd

Itat.ie D.ixon 25th

Augustus H. Coleman 26th

William G. Harvey 19th

Francis v. Crigt1ton 12th

(long stint to 1921 )

Bede Smith 7t.h May 1921
Olive Leonard
18th November 1921