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C E S S N 0 C K S C H0 0 L

The Headmasters at Cessnock Public School have been:-

School opened July 1859 1st July 1859
Lawrence Kenny

School closed December 1860

Cessnock School re-opened in 1866 at premises near the Cessnock
Inn.

Lawrence Kenny 8th June 1866
James Lappan February 1868
Charles Howard 29th July 1872
Thomas He.nry 25th August 1873
Thomas Fox May 1874
James Lappan 1875

New National School Building occupied 1st October 1877, on an area
of the present Cessnock Cemetery site.

John Farrell 12th November 1880
Henry Bretell 4th May 1882
Charles Mansfield 28th April 1884
Thomas Dickson May 1886
Ebennezer Buttsworth June 1889
William Masters October 1899
Henry Brown November 1901
Ernest Cameron February 1906

Cessnock Public School was transferred to the present site of Cessnock
Primary School in March 1907. Mr. Ernest Cameron continued as headmaster·
at the new location. Mr. C. Walker became the headmaster of the old
Cessnock School, which was re-named · 'Cessnock Branch School'.

Frank Neal February 1912

In 1915 the school's name was changed to the 'Cessnock-Aterda~e Superior
Public School'.

James Jacob 24th January 1916
John R. Bridle 10th December 1917