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Situated at the top end of
St Georges Terrace,
the Pensioners barracks were
one of the buildings constructed
by convict labour. Only the arch
remains today.
1878
Paddy Haynes continues on as the
mathematics master for many years
before retiring, in between commanding
the Perth Artillery, being a member of
Anglican Diocesan Trustees, a member of
the Licensing Court and an early Chairman
of the Perth Building Society. 1897
The School Football Team
1879
13 June: The first copy of The High School 1882
magazine was published in March 1879. Thomas Beuttler appointed Headmaster. High School shifted across George Street to the
Six editions per year were published until old Military Hospital opposite the Pensioners’ Barracks.
1881. There were no subsequent editions
until 1905. In the interim the affairs of Instead of the previously used motto Aspice, Respice, Prospice (‘Look both back and for-
the School were included in an annual ward’), the motto Floreat Schola Perthiensis (‘Let Perth School Flourish’) began to be used,
report to parliament. However, from 1905 unofficially.
onward The Cygnet has been published
continuously, even in the difficult days 1883
during two World Wars and the Great
Depression. John Forrest appointed Surveyor-General, as well as being the Commissioner of Crown
Lands and a member of the Legislative Council. The first colonial born to be appointed
1880 head of a government department.
Due to a lack of space, High School was 1885
given permission to use several rooms in High School - George Street
the Pensioner’s Barracks at the western The School’s numbers totalled 55, with 17 of those being boarders.
extremity of St George’s Terrace.
1886
Bishop Hale returned to England from his post as Bishop of Brisbane at the age of 75 years,
not to retirement, but as rector of the parish of Ozleworth, close to his place of birth.
