Gawler Primary School Explained
| Motto: | Honouring the past, embracing the future |
| Established: | 1878 |
| Principal: | Celeste Matthews |
| Enrollment: | 165 |
| Enrollment As Of: | 2023 |
| Website: | https://gawlerps.sa.edu.au/ |
Gawler Primary School is a public coeducational primary school,[1] located on the edge of the historic Church Hill State Heritage Area of Gawler[2] in the town of Gawler in South Australia.[3] It is administered by the Department of Education, with an enrolment of 165 students and a teaching staff of 11, as of 2023. The school caters to students from Reception to Year 6.
History
It opened in January 1878. Opened as the Gawler Public School, it was built by William Tardiff to the design of architect E. J. Wood at a cost of 4,695 pounds and could accommodate 600 pupils. The first headmaster was E. L. Burton who had been headmaster of St. George's Church of England Day School.[4]
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Notes and References
- Web site: ACARA Data Access Program - School Profile 2023 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240501085934/https://dataandreporting.blob.core.windows.net/anrdataportal/Data-Access-Program/School%20Profile%202023.xlsx . 2024-05-01 . 2024-09-10 . Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority.
- Web site: Gawler Church Hill State Heritage Area . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220319200350/https://cdn.environment.sa.gov.au/environment/docs/her-fact-gawlerchurchhillsha-factsheet.pdf . 2022-03-19 . 2020-03-31 . . 1, 2.
- Web site: Gawler Primary School . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240909093847/https://www.australianschoolsdirectory.com.au/3677/gawler-primary-school-gawler . 2024-09-09 . 2024-09-09 . Australian Schools Directory.
- Book: Whitelock . Derek . Gawler: Colonel Light's Country Town. A history of Gawler and its region - The Hills, the Plains and the Barossa Valley . 1989 . The Corporation of the Town of Gawler . 0-7316-7822-2 . 102.
