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The building at 53 James Street, [1] which dates from 1896, was for 40 years the Perth Boys' and Girls' School (one of several schools known collectively as Perth Central School). [2] The Perth Central School was developed principally between 1877 and 1914. It amalgamated the Infants' School, Perth Boys' School, Perth Girls' School, [3] Manual ...
Perth Boys High School: East Perth: Perth: 1847: 1958: Central school from 1909; high school July 1946 Perth Girls' High School: East Perth: Perth: 1936: 1962: Princess May High School: Fremantle: Fremantle: 1848: 1954: Formerly Fremantle Girls'; became central school 1909, renamed and became HS 1935; merged with Fremantle Boys' into John ...
Perth was founded by Captain James Stirling in 1829 as the administrative centre of the Swan River Colony. The city is situated on the traditional lands of the Whadjuk Noongar people, where Aboriginal Australians have lived for at least 45,000 years. Perth was named after the city of Perth in Scotland. [6]
The school board trustees continued to advocate for the building, and after a brief time, they made it happen. [5] Perth High School opened in 1876. [6] Initially there were three teachers who taught English, History, the Classics and Modern Languages. The first principal, Mr. F.L. Mitchell, M.A. taught mathematics and science.
The name Perth derives from a Pictish word meaning "wood", "copse" or "thicket", which links the town to the Picts or Britons, of whom the Picts may have been a subset.. Perth's original name, and some archaeological evidence, indicate that there must have been a settlement here from earlier times, probably at a point where a river crossing or crossings coincided with a slightly raised natural ...
Pages in category "Public high schools in Perth, Western Australia" The following 73 pages are in this category, out of 73 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Jenny Gregory (2003), City of light a history of Perth since the 1950s, Perth, W.A City of Perth, ISBN 978-0-9594632-4-8 Stannage, Tom; Perth (W.A. : Municipality). Council (1979), The people of Perth: a social history of Western Australia's capital city , Carroll's for Perth City Council, ISBN 978-0-909994-87-7
Perth High School is a six-year, non-denominational comprehensive secondary school in Perth, Scotland.Established in 1950 at Gowans Terrace in a post-war prefabricated structure of a type that had not previously been used for any large school in Scotland.