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HISTORY OF HENTY PUBLIC SCHOOL
 
 
In August, 1892, an application for the establishment of a Provisional School at Henty was forwarded to the Education Department, as the nearest schools were at Culcairn and Yerong Creek. The Lands Department granted an area of two acres as a site for a school with 31/4 acres reserved for future needs.

A suitable wooden building measuring 31 x 16 ˝ feet was obtained from the Walla Walla gravel pits following the completion of the Culcairn-Corowa railway line, and in November 1892, Miss Alice Edwards was appointed as teacher in charge of 23 children.


As enrolments rose and the future of the school became more assured, construction of a school residence for the teacher was undertaken in 1895. Further extensions became necessary in 1913, when enrolments reached 150. At this time the staff consisted of a Headmaster and two assistants.

In 1928 a school bell was erected and this still stands in the school yard. By 1935, enrolments had reached 160, with four teachers and one super-Primary class. Prior to this time, Secondary School pupils travelled to Albury High School by train, but alterations to the railway time-table made this impossible. the result was a considerable increase in the number of children attending.

School buildings at this time consisted of three brick classrooms, and the original wooden building which was used by infants’ classes. The P & C Association petitioned for extra accommodation and in 1937, after having being deferred for some time, plans were drawn up.

The work completed in March 1938, added an infants classroom as well as a Headmasters office and staff room. This section still stands as the oldest part of the existing school complex. At the same time, memorial gates were erected at the school by the people of Henty, as a tribute to Mr & Mrs T Selk. These were unveiled in September 1939 by the Member for Albury, Mr A Mair.

In December 1977, the secondary section of the school closed following the building of the Billabong High School at Culcairn to serve the area. The Henty Central School was once again the Henty Public School.

In 1985, a new brick veneer residence was constructed in Sladen Street, opposite the school, to replace the 1895 building.
 

The school badge, incorporating the Memorial Gates as part of its design was introduced in 1954, by Trevor Jenkins who was President of the P & C Association.

In 1964, another brick building was erected on the eastern side of the school yard consisting of Science, Home Science and Manual Arts rooms. In the same year, increased enrolments led to the addition of another brick classroom on the eastern end of the Home Science room.

In 1973, the last links with the original 1892 building disappeared with the demolition of the two weatherboard classrooms. These were replaced
with three modern brick classrooms, and at the same time, the present Administration Block was erected.


This photo shows the the Henty School Band in 1918

   

List of School Principals
 

Alice Edwards November 1892
Lillian Ellis October 1893
William Kimber May 1895
Henry Russell November 1895
Frederick Spence March 1897
Thomas Connelly July 1898
Walter Breyley October 1900
Bruno Englehardt November 1902
Hutchinson Smith July 1909
Alfred Atkinson August 1917
J.H. Bailes January 1924
Walter Ritchie June 1926
Archibald Deed June 1928
Alphonsus Meadth January 1933
Phillip Leonard September 1941
Robert Pollock January 1947
John Vaughan February 1954
Frank Russell February 1955
Colin Badham January 1961
Frederick Larkin January 1965
Robert Ferguson January 1970
Allan Slater September 1974
Des Faggotter January 1976
Phillip Sork middle 1976
Raymond Wholohan January 1978
Kevin Fogarty May 1984
Christopher Woods January 1997
Gail Driscoll August 2002


Captains – Henty Central School
 

1950 Margaret Flood Roy Scholz
1951 Merryl Lowry John Lutze
1952 Irma Minge Alan Zweck
1953 Rhonda Parker Kevin Knobel
1954 Gladys Hannam Ken Shipard
1955 Helen Walkden  Colin Zweck
1956 Judith Harper Bert Stevens
1957 Rita Flood Graham Steinke
1958 Gwen Zweck Neville Bahr
1959 Carole Mahon Daryl Steinke
1960 Rosemary Maloney John Trebley
1961 Daphne Flood Ken Lowry
1962 Anne Caldwell Phillip O’Brien
1963  Maureen Maloney Peter Hennessy
1964 Julie Steinke Roy Pertzel
1965 Julie Steinke Patrick Naughton
1966 Mary Costa Christopher Bailey
1967 Alice Jacobsen Kenneth Scheuner
1968 Yvonne Agnostou John Thiele
1969 Gwen Morey Gary Pumpa
1970 Janette Gabriel Richard Colman
1971 Jill Adams Peter Schulz
1972 Roslyn Harris Glen Cochrane
1973 Carolyn Barber Brian Walsh
1974 Maxine McMillan Michael Heffernan
1975 Katrina Lieschke Barry Harris
1976 Coral Enders Brian Bourke
1977 Beryl McPherson Gerald Scheuner


Captains – Henty Public School
 

1978 Dianna Willis Dennis Kane
1979 Glenys Newton Dean Takle
1980 Sondra McLeish Neale Terlich
1981 Michelle Takle James Male
1982 Tania Kane Stuart Wood
1983 Lindy Meyer Richard Meyer
1984 Louise Willis Bradley McLeish
1985 Felicity Corrigan Daniel Crocker
1986 Natalie Brown Mark Michael
1987 Cherie Edwards Shaun Thiele
1988 Penny Small Ewen Scholz
1989 Gabrielle Wilson Dustyn Wild
1990 Lee Anne Bye Alexander Morison
1991 Sarah Campbell Matthew Whitlock
1992 Louise Clark Timothy Morison
1993 Kirsty Haines Sam Campbell
1994 Ruth Taylor Gareth Morison
1995 Jessica Campbell Chris Whitlock
1996 Sarah Thompson Jack Clark
1997 Ashleigh Muller Dean Gardiner
1998 Lisa Russell Lee Campbell
1999 Melanie Muller  Sam Terlich
2000 Melissa Wakefield George Ellis
2001 Suzie Piltz Dean Terlich
2002 Kate Dittko John Wakefield
2003 Stephanie Muller Brendan Cocking
2004 Jessica Wakefield Daniel Hore
2005 Casey Bootsma Hugh McKay
2006 Sophie Driscoll Hayden Singe
2007 Judy McKay Hayden Davenport
     

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