Peterborough Primary School Fife Band, c. 1910s. 3rd from left R Goudie; 6th left Kip Hoile; 9th left Peter Logan; 12th left Murray Robinson; 16th left Brian Harris.
Peterborough primary school football team, c. 1910s
Students of Peterborough primary school, c. 1910s
Australia Day School children’s procession in Main Street Petersburg. This was prior to the building of the new town hall. Clip from the SA Chronicle Newspaper, 7 August 1915.
Petersburg Primary School prior to construction of the drain, c. 1910s
Petersburg primary school and high school, on Glogeau Street (later Bridges Street), 1912. This was before the storm drain was built at the front of the school.
Sample of student’s copperplate handwriting
Petersburg state primary and high schools, prior to the building of the separate high school, 1912
Peterborough Primary School students, c. 1927
Peterborough Primary School students, c. 1928. Front row L: Koch, Reg Bates, Don Melville, Max Choat. 2nd row L: Virgin, George Bedson, __?, Bob Rowe, Roy McDonald, Lou Erhke, Bob Woods, Tommy Hunter, Gordon Musk, Harry Clark, Forbes, Peter Johnson. 3rd row L: __?, Wally Marsland, Marshall, Sammy Sleep, Arnold Pink, Roy Sampson, Kevin Kaine, Dick Tassell, Blair Gillies, Doug Whittenbury. 4th row L: __?, Nancy Ind, Gloria Green, __?, Joyce Clark, Joyce Harman, Dorothy Standish, Helen Nock, Jessie Bowering, __?, Pat Woods, Helen Sampson, Jean Eddy, Lilian Ledger, Eva Webb. 5th row L: __?, __?, __?, Ellen Hogg, Florrie Hogg, Mooney, Irene Dienoff, Ruth Lehmann, Sowerby. 6th row L: Rex Gillet, Allen Garwood, Len White, Herb Laslett, Tom Story, Frank Smith, __?, Harold Smith, Llewelyn Cock.
Students of Peterborough Primary School, 1926
Peterborough Primary School students, c. 1927. Arithmetic Champions. Top L: George Johnson, Eric Hallam, Reg Schuman, Bob Sampson, Gordon Lambert. 2nd Top L: Jean Bates, Florrie Barrett, Joyce Lindsay, Eunice Lehman, Selma Burford, Rhonda Fowles, Joan Peters, Lily Charters. 3rd Top L: Howard Penrhyn, Keith Newman, King Winkworth, ?, Laurie Choat, Clive Mildren, Clive Lindsay, Eddie Smith. Front L: Alan Reed, Beatrice Potts, Hazel Chamberlain, Shirley Smith, May Schell, Bill Forth
Peterborough Primary School 1925. Front row L: Lil Huddleston, Walker, ?, Phone Love, Vesta Kaehne, Pearl Mills, Dulcie Stevens, Carrie Mills, Dulcie Kaehne, Jessie Murdock, Lorna Tucker, Leah Jenkins. 2nd row L: Sylv Turner, Jessie Miller, Edna Job, Jean Rowe, Muriel Paynter, ?, Elsie Templer, Rene Fisk, Lil Richards, ?, Dorrie Platten, Laurel Russell. 3rd row L: Ron Smallacombe, Bernie Bottger, ?, Bert Barrett, Ken Cherry, Eddy Duckford, Ron Fisk, Viv Garwood, Bill McLaren, Roy Drew, ?, George Coleman, Merv Drew, Ken Meadows. 4th row L: Reg Short, ?, Charlie Green, Fred Marshall, Bill Woods, Max Hill, Jim Claire, Linsey Lescke, Stan Shepherd.
Students of Peterborough primary school in costume, c. 1920s
Students of Peterborough Primary School, c. 1926
Peterborough Primary School visiting day, c. 1930s. Rear: AT Sutton, GH Koch, S Lewis, DC Harris, ND Keats, S Sumner. Front: RG Carter, GF Jenkins, LC Nock, Mrs SD Jones, Mayor SD Jones.
Students of Peterborough Primary school, c. 1930s
Peterborough Primary School Grade 4, 1934. Front L: __?,__ ?, __?, Joyce Tamblyn, Lorace Millington, Mary Klaebe, Millie Twigden, Dot Wilks, Colin Koch, Graham ?. 2nd row: L: Bob Harris, Kathleen Lamb, Isabelle McNeil, Ruth Jamieson, Keith Hennessy, __?, Dawn Loutit, Sylvia Lucas, May Talbot, Morva Jenkins, Jean Clements, Della Williams, __?. 3rd row L: Fred Bradtberg, Ethel March, Joyce Attwood, __?, __?, Joan Bell, __?, __?, Joyce Burns, Sylvia Day, Rita Havelburg. 4th row L: Mervyn Price, __?, Claude Gay, Les Cave, Watkins, Warren Lehmann, Bruce Townsend, Fred Hern, Vaughan Cock, Ted Hoile, ?. Top row L: __?, __?, __?, __?, __?, Bob Miller, __?, Gordon Murray, Keith Lawrence, Ron Milford, Ron Shackleford, Bill Mitchell.
Peterborough Primary School Back to School Celebrations, 1933. L: Marshall Sambell, Lois Webb (Mrs Harding of Yongala), Frank Edmonds, Isabelle Ramsey (Mrs Hedley Morgan), Harry Pomery
Year 7 students of Peterborough Primary School, c. 1930s
Peterborough Primary School Grade 2 class of 1931. Lorace Millington far left of first row standing from front.
Peterborough Primary School Staff, 1936. Rear L: C Chant, F Waller, V Morris, L Baxter, J Chapman. Front L: M McGuire, D Smith, R Smith, G Ward, K Sharman
Peterborough Primary School children in Main Street at SA Centenary Celebrations, 1936
Peterborough Primary School playground area, c. 1950s
Peterborough Primary School sports day, 1968
Peterborough Primary School sports day, 1968
Peterborough Primary School sports day, 1968
Peterborough Primary School sports day, 1961. Corner Spry.
Peterborough Primary School sports day, 1961. View of the oval.
Peterborough Primary School sports day, 1961. School house teams and scores.
Peterborough Primary School sports day, 1961. Final assembly in teams.
Peterborough Primary School sports day, 1961. Sprint race finish.
Peterborough Primary School sports day, 1961. Sprint race start.
Peterborough Primary School sports day, 1961. Tunnel ball.
Peterborough Primary School sports day, 1961. Corner spry.
Peterborough Primary School sports day, 1961. Final assembly in teams.
Peterborough Primary School sports day, 1961. Final assembly in teams with school parent Don Ferguson to left.
Primary School sports day, 1961. Winning house captains John Stapleton and Carolyn Luck.
Peterborough Primary School sports day, 1961. Opening march with teacher Miss Kelly in front.
Peterborough Primary School sports day, 1961. Sprint race finish.
Peterborough Primary School sports day, 1961. Tunnel ball finish.
Peterborough Primary School sports day, 1961. Sprint race finish.
Peterborough Primary School sports day, 1961. Obstacle course.
Peterborough Primary School sports day, 1961. Long jump.
Back to Peterborough Primary School as part of the Peterborough Centenary celebrations, 1976
Back to Peterborough Primary School as part of the Peterborough Centenary celebrations, 1976
Peterborough Primary School with the new buildings under construction, 1975. Storm drain is in the foreground.
Peterborough Primary School facing Bridges Street and the storm drain, 1976
Peterborough Primary School facing Government Road, 1976
Peterborough Primary School, looking towards the senior section, 1976
Peterborough Primary School facing Victoria Street, 1976
Peterborough Primary School Dental Clinic opposite the school on Victoria Street, 1976
Peterborough Primary School, 1978
Peterborough Primary School, 1978
Peterborough Primary School, 1973. Vic Goode’s house in foreground.
Peterborough Primary School, 1976
Grounds of Peterborough Primary School, 1973. View is from the south eastern corner of the school in Bridges Street looking towards the main building.
Grounds of Peterborough Primary School, 1973. View is looking north from the school oval, commonly known as the flat, to the main building.
Grounds of Peterborough Primary School looking south from the main building, 1973. Bridges Street in foreground, bridge over the drain and school oval. Shed to the left is the bike shed.
Grounds of Peterborough Primary School, 1973. View is of the assembly area and northern side of the main building and is looking towards the south east.
Grounds of Peterborough Primary School, 1973. View is from the assembly area looking north to the junior school playground, main building and prefabs.
Peterborough Primary School, 1973. The view is looking northeast from the bridge over the drain at the corner of Chinner and Bridges Street. The residence on the corner has since been demolished.
Grounds of Peterborough Primary School, 1973. The view is looking east from the corner of Bridges Street and Government Road with the main building in the background. The house to the left is the principal’s residence and has since been demolished.
Peterborough Primary School under reconstruction, 1975
Peterborough Primary School under reconstruction, 1975
Back to Peterborough Primary School as part of the Peterborough Centenary celebrations, 1976
Back to Peterborough Primary School as part of the Peterborough Centenary celebrations 1976. Frank Knapman and son.
Peterborough Primary School Centenary cake, 1983
Peterborough Primary School, 1990 (viewed from Chinner Street)
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