Croydon Public School

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Croydon Public School
In all things be prepared
Established 1884[1]
School type Public, Co-educational, Primary, Day school
Principal/
Headmaster		 Mr. David Horne
Location Croydon, New South Wales, Australia Flag of Australia
Coordinates 33°52′46″S 151°6′53″E / -33.87944, 151.11472Coordinates: 33°52′46″S 151°6′53″E / -33.87944, 151.11472
Campus Suburban
Enrolment ~596 (K-6)[1]
School colours Gold & Maroon         
Homepage croydon-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Croydon Public School is a public, co-educational, primary school, located in Croydon, an inner-western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is located within the Burwood Council district.

Established in February 1884, Croydon is historically important as one of the first schools built after the Public Instruction Act of 1880.[2] The school currently caters for approximately 596 children from Kindergarten to Year 6.[1] Following completion of Year 6, most students are placed in either Ashfield Boys High School or Burwood Girls High School.[3]

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[edit] History

Croydon Public was founded in February 1884, the first school established in the suburb of Croydon,[4] and one of the first schools built after the Public Instruction Act of 1880.[2] Due to the school being built in a very prosperous era, Croydon's original building, built by William Kemp, is in the "grand Classic" style and received much favorable comment at the time. Due to the expense of building such schools, the Education Department was forced to restrict building money from 1884, and therefore few of these extravagant style of schools were built. Other examples of the style are Summer Hill (1884) and Bourke Street (1883). The building at Croydon remains in almost original condition.[4]

The motto of the school is "in all things be prepared".

[edit] Notable alumni

  • Eric Dunlop - Lecturer at Armidale Teachers' College; Pioneer in the development of folk museums in Australia[5]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Croydon Public School. School Locator. NSW Public Schools. Retrieved on 2008-02-17.
  2. ^ a b Croydon Public School. New South Wales. Aussie Heritage. Retrieved on 2008-02-17.
  3. ^ Enrolments (High School). Enrolments. Croydon Public School. Retrieved on 2008-02-17.
  4. ^ a b The Origins of the Croydon Public School. History. Croydon Public School. Retrieved on 2008-02-12.
  5. ^ McLennan, Nicole. Eric Dunlop and the origins of Australia's folk museums. reCollections. National Museum of Australia. Retrieved on 2008-02-17.

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