Gawler School of Mines and Industries
| Type of organisation: | Education
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| Date established: | 1898
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| Business or purpose: | study of minerals |
Further education has been provided since 1888, when some men met at the Gawler Institute and formed an ‘Amateur Assaying Club’.[1] This was the forerunner of the Gawler School of Mines and Industries which was established within the Institute in 1893. As numbers increased, the School moved into James Martin’s offices and in 1898 into the old Telegraph Office. In 1915, the School moved into premises on Lyndoch Road and in 1917, it was renamed the Gawler Technical School, teaching a broader range of courses including many for returned servicemen, and in cookery, shorthand, dressmaking and carpentry. Renamed the Gawler Adult Education Centre in 1967
Click here to read the annual report from 1898
GAWLER SCHOOL OF MINES
31 July 1888 – Institute – “Amateur Assaying Club” formed.
6 November 1888 – Institute – Name change to “The Geological & Mineralogical Class”
3 August 1892 – Institute – Name change to “The Gawler Geological & Mineralogical Society”.
18 May 1893 – Jas Martin & Co., Old Offices Murray Street – “The Gawler School of Mines”.
25 March 1898 – Old Telegraph Office with overflow at Institute – “The Gawler School of Mines”.
6 January 1899 – Old Telegraph Office – “Gawler School of Mines & Industry”.
1917 – New premises, Lyndoch Road” – “Gawler Technical School”.
SUBJECTS AVAILABLE
Chemistry -Theoretical & Practical Mathematics - Engine Driving - Mineralogy - Machine Design - Physics - Mechanical - Dressmaking - Typing & Shorthand
STUDENTS WHO ATTENDED
1895
POTTER Edward , JONES Percy Walter, McPHERSON William Henry, FOX James Edgar, LEWIS Thomas George, LIMB John Mozart, WINCEY Arthur Weaver, QUARTON Edwin Herbert
1896
TURNER Mary Anne, ROEDIGER Albert Walter, DAWKINS John Howard, THOMAS Frederick, PLEASE Roper, IFOULD Percy
1897
SCHRODER Arthur Theodor Horace, McCULLAGH James William Clarke
1989
BAIRD Harold R, McCULLAGH George Henry, WESLEY John Albert Blackall, COOMBE Harry Heywood, POTTER Leonard Harcourt, BERRIMAN Harry Phillips, COOMBE James Bright, ROWE Oswald R, RANKINE Jeffrey W, HIGGINS Percy W, CALDWELL Felix , MAY Rupert, CAMPBELL Felix, GILL Frank Stanley, PATERSON Harold, DAVIS David, WILKINSON Gordon, SIMPSON Hugh Denny, LASKEY Cecil Melville, JACKSON Walter, SUMMERTON Albert, POTTER Ernest Lelie Beeching, FREAK Allen, PAYNTER Frederick C, WILKINSON Norman
1899
WILTSHIRE James Thomas, MARTIN James McNeil, JAMES Harvey Dein, LINKE Paul Alfred, JONES Bernard William, GREEN Beatrice Alice – Dressmaking, MODRA Matilda – Dressmaking, PEDERICK Amy – Dressmaking, BARRON Edmund William, COCKRAM Hylo Edwin, ROBINSON N J (Robertson), MATHER Stanley Garnet
TWELLS Arthur, LIMB Allen, DAWKINS William Lloyd, LIMB Samuel Parker, CALDWELL James, STOW Ethel Mary – Dressmaking, MARSHALL Sarah Tamzzine – Dressmaking
1900
TREVERROW W H, MARTIN S, FERGUSSON Douglas Gladstone, CURSON Thomas Frederick Otto, FARRELLY John, MARTIN Alexander McNeil, FINCH Oswald Howard, COOMBE James Bright, FOX Ernest Alfred, ELLIOTT Percival Alfred, DAWKINS Percy, BENNETT Harold, DAY P, MACKAY A, PARKER H, ROEDIGER Martha – Dressmaking, HILLER Amy – Dressmaking, HOSKIN S – Dressmaking, WHINNEN S B, CUTLER P G, SUMMERTON F, BALD Mary – Dressmaking, BALL Christina – Dressmaking, REBBECK Alice A – Dressmaking, CAWTHORNE Rose – Dressmaking, LASKEY Ina – Dressmaking, KIPPIN Elsie – Dressmaking
POTTER May – Dressmaking, TRIGAR R M, McSKIMMING F
1901
SCHORNBERG G, BELL Frank, JAMES A, ROSS or ROSE L L, FERGUSSON Douglas Gladstone, TROTTER W G, REBBECK John Harold, McLAREN F – Dressmaking, SWEENEY S J , FREEMAN Harold Robert, JONES Albert Joshua, HARKNESS James, PRICE Frederick, MARTIN Lionel, FREAK R , MARCHANT Ebenezer Tasman
CRACE Alan Bowman, MALLYON E – Dressmaking, BALD Christina – Dressmaking, HILL E – Dressmaking, BUTTFIELD Eva – Dressmaking, ANDREWS Elsie – Dressmaking, ABBOTT L – Dressmaking, ANDREWS Annie – Dressmaking, FERGUSSON I – Dressmaking, GARDNER Lily – Dressmaking
1902
JENKINSON Vivian, WAINWRIGHT Edward Harley, JAMES Albert Vivian, CRACE Melville Cartwright, BAKER Howard Henry, FREAK Rupert Thomas, FITCH Ralph Edward, DEAN Leonard Wright, FREAK Howard Edmund, WILKINSON John Maynard, WEAVER George William, COOMBE Stanley Walter, WILKINSON Thomas Gordon
CROSBIE David, CURTIS Annie – Dressmaking, SUMMERTON Alice – Dressmaking, LOVERIDGE Rose – Dressmaking, MATZ Paulina – Dressmaking, HILLIER Ida – Dressmaking, FORBES Mary – Dressmaking, FINCH Ida – Dressmaking, HARRIS Bessie – Dressmaking, FERGUSSON Ida – Dressmaking, FINCH George Samuel, BAILEY William James, BALL Charles Samuel, FINCH Roy Norman, CRUMP John William George, PEARSON Roy, WILKINSON Norman, HOCKING James, GARDNER Cyril, LAWSON Thomas
1903
LATTER Daisy – Shorthand & Typing, LOVERIDGE Gerald George, POINTON Laurie (Lewis), CUTLER Frederick George, FRISBE Carl Walter, BEADNELL Stanley Walter, MANN Harold James, FERGUSSON Charles Annells, PEARCE Aland George, STOW Frank, PEREIRA Frederick Mendes, WEST Henry, WRIGHT Daniel Bruce
COLES Henry Herbert, GWYNNE Arthur Andrew, WOOD Frederick Howard, THOMAS Wilfred, FRICKER Clarence Albert, ROEDIGER Lucy (Dressmaking), BOECKMANN Theresa Henrietta (Dressmaking), DURNELL Vera Olive (Dressmaking), GARDNER Lonie (Dressmaking), McKAY Olive (Dressmaking)
BARRETT May (Dressmaking), PAYNTER Esther Sophia May (Dressmaking), THOMAS Alice Mary (Dressmaking)
1904
THORUP Frederick William, WARMINGTON Douglas Ferguson, BAYLEY Colin, MORAN Horace James, WHINNEN John, PATERSON John Knox, FILSELL E Y T H, PATERSON Sydney, FEAD Charles, FINCH Roy Samuel, BADMAN Athol, HILLIER Esther May (Dressmaking), PAPPIN Laura Magdalen (Dressmaking)
RICHARDSON Gertrude Dorothy (Dressmaking), LUCAS Lena (Dressmaking), RYAN Stella Alice (Dressmaking), GARRETT Frederick George Hamilton, MATTHEWS William Harold, KENMORE Frank Alan, BEADNALL Stanley Norman, MARTIN Frank Lionel, GOLDNEY Lily (Dressmaking), QUINN Coral (Dressmaking)
1905
EASTON Roy Patrick, ROBINSON George, CRITCHFIELD Joseph Vernon, McNeill H B, KILLICOAT Arthur, ROBERTS Thomas C, BLAIR Leslie, EYERS Clifford Frederick, BERRIMAN Claude, STEWART Harry, WILLETT Oscar, JAMES William Arthur, TEMBY Philip, PEARSON Adelaide (Dressmaking), FREAK Leonard Vivian
RICHARDSON Arthur Mosel, LIMB Herbert, KENMARE John Herbert D, KENMARE Hugh, ROGASCH Alfred John George, WELAN Thomas Matthew, ROGERS Alice (Dressmaking), BACKER Linda (Dressmaking), BERRIMAN Janey, HOEPNER Dahlia
1906
SANDFORD Gordon, McDONALD H, FITZGERALD Lawrence Henry – WWI Casualty., KIMBER F, CULVER J, BEBEE Howard Clement, GRAY James, PARKES George, LEAHY, OLIVER Henry Gordon, QUARTON Vincent, ROSS Tom Allen, JOHNSON Arthur, FOTHERINGHAM Alexander William
JOHNSON Christopher, MARTIN Frank Hearle, JAMES Roy William Clarence, BURDO Gladys (Dressmaking), MARSH Gladys (Dressmaking), ROBINSON William
1907
LAYCOCK Howard Roy, RICHARDSON Frederick Samuel, ROWE Albert Henry, JONES Leyshon Philip Maxwell, RIGGS Sydney, WOOD Frederick Howard, Causby Alfred Bruce, COOMBE Sydney Philip, WILSMORE Charles Henry, MACKAY William Clow, EY Albert Theodor, TAYLOR Percival
FRICKER Clarence Albert, JONES Merlyn Brecon, ADCOCK William, URLWIN Roy, ROBINSON Timothy, SANDS Howard, DWYER John, OLIVER Eleanor Mabel (Dressmaking), SMITH Elsie (Dressmaking), DAY Gertrude Florence (Dressmaking), BALDWIN Elsie Ada (Dressmaking), LUCK Vera Maria (Dressmaking)
1908
MORROW Arthur William Halford, MARCH Ernest Albert, REBBECK Charlie Elver, SPOONER Frederick George, CAUSBY Clarence Herbert, BROWN Leonard Barrett, SIMPSON Alexander, JOHNSON Charles Edward, KEMPSON Harry Edward, ROBINSON Howard Lindsay, TAYLOR Percy Thomas
ROBINSON Richard Gregory, HARVEY Jessie Dunkerley (Dressmaking), HOCKING Beatrice (Dressmaking), MORTIMER Ivy (Dressmaking), BALD Elizabeth (Dressmaking), COOMBE Lena Florence (Dressmaking)
1909
DEVINE Frederick John, ROGASCH Frank Edward, MORTIMER Walter Henry, PAYNTER Eric William Wiltshire, SANDS Jeffrey George, HOWIE Leslie Bryant, Paterson William Verco, SCHUMACHER Conrad W A, JOHNSON Edward Charles, GWYNNE Albert Evan, LAIRD John Buxton, FILSELL Roy Victor
MORROW Milton, ROBERTS Oliver Hyde, BUTCHER William Benjamin, METTERS Frank Alfred, EIME Hilda Concordia (Dressmaking), KLAUBER Emmie Elsie (Dressmaking), MORTIMER Viley (Dressmaking), FREAK Irene Gladys (Dressmaking), MODRA Emily Anna (Dressmaking), McMAHON Annie Gertrude (Dressmaking)
MORTIMER Brenda Minchin (Dressmaking)
1910
BARKLA Leonard William, BALL George Lyle, CRACE Allan Bowman, REBBECK Arthur, COOMBE Daisy Neville (Dressmaking), PARHAM Daisy Lena (Dressmaking), HARKNESS Arthur, RAU Ernest John, BAILEY John Oxford, HETZEL Kenneth Stuart, MATTHEWS William Harold
1911
FRANKLIN Rodney Vernon, WILLIAMS Frank Thomas, NAUGHTON Edward A, TERRELL Frederick Leopold, CARDER Morley David, BERRIMAN Clifford Clement, SMITH Oliver Edward Caley, MODRA John Edward, SEARS Harold Cyril, OPPERMANN Marin Otto, HAYDOCK Alan Henry, BRUNS Ernest
HAYDOCK Ivy May (Dressmaking)
1912
SIEGELE Gertrude Adelaide (Dressmaking), SCHRADER Ella Maud (Dressmaking), PARKER Arthur William, ROBERTSON Leonard, MORTIMER Laurence Albert, LAYCOCK Clifford Arnold, HOGBEN William Reginald Roy, BADCOCK Richard Gordon, BYWATER Philip David, INGLIS Laurice John
BONNER Douglas, RICHARDS Edward Charles, RENSHAW Arthur
1913
MAY Sylvester, GRAHAM Mervyn Douglas, TULLOCH John Angus, THOMSON Frank Clifford, HANNAN Patrick, PARKER Harold Walter, WADW Leonard Douglas, ROWE Albert Henry, FREEMAN Douglas James, ALP Alexander, AYLING Clarence, SELWAY Gilbert Ernest Henry, SMITH Herbert Edgar Urlwin
MARSH Sydney Lewis, GORMAN Leonard James, ALTMANN Arthur Richard, RICHARDS Mayo Albert, HUMPHREYS Horace George, MATHER Elmo Stephenson
1914
ROGASCH William R, BROOKS Harry B, BUTLER Claude D, ANGRAVE Frank G, HILL Oscar T, COX Cyril Hewett, CRACE Murray D, WEAVER Rex P, KOCH Harold R, OVERLAND James M, GEORGESON James, ROBINSON Alfred H
1915
WAIT R, ALEXANDER G L, McLEAN A, FERGUSSON E (Bookkeeping), TULLOCH P (Shorthand), RICHARDS I (Typing), PUNKE R (Typing) ,THOMSON F C (Typing), GORDON A L (Typing), COX C H (Typing), SPRINGBETT M, MILNE A, HEIDENREICH A, ROGERS J F, WADE L D, MATTHEWS W A, MAY C A
FILSELL R, McDOWELL P, SELWAY G, PRING A H, HORRICKS Willie, WINTON Willie, HERRING L, WEST Douglas F, MARTIN D, MARTIN K, RICE R A
1916 – Lyndoch Road 1st year
GARRETT Douglas J, MILWAY Russell H, CLARKE A D, FARROW M A, CHEEK Ronald P, WOODS Bruce I, GILES H J, EYERS A, WAIT Roy, TRELOAR A, PINSON L, WESLEY A, PHILLIPS E H, WILLIAMS C G, McLEOD A, WINGATE F, WESLEY C M, HILL John J, WILLIAMS I M, DAWE R W G, CAUSBY A J
HARRIS C M, HAYLES M, GRAUE E F, DAVIDSON M B, LEE E B,, GARRETT Frank, LODGE Fred, GNEIL Alec, BUDGEON Roy, BUNTING Harold, McDOWELL Sid, MORTIMER Cecil, BATES Albert
We thank Margaret Howse of the Gawler History Team and Gawler National Trust for researching the information here
References
- ↑ INTERESTING HISTORY OF GAWLER TECHNICAL SCHOOL. (1949, April 15). Bunyip (Gawler, SA : 1863 - 1954), p. 3. Retrieved June 2, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article96853184
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