Upper Sturt Primary School

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Upper Sturt, South Australia

There was an early school in the Upper Sturt area initially run by Mr C H Gray. The school discontinued in late 1869 due to limited attendance.^[1]

After requests from local residents, Upper Sturt School (as it was then known) was re-established in late 1879. The site was established on land sold by Mr Samuel J Wescombe.^[2] The first head teacher was Mr Edward W Webb.^[3]

In the 1940s, the school comprised a single building with single classroom and adjoining schoolmaster's residence. This was located on the southern side of Upper Sturt Road, opposite the Post Office and not far from the Soldiers' Memorial Hall.^[4]

In the late 1960s, the school moved to its present location (as a Primary School) on the northern side of Upper Sturt Road.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Evening Journal (Adelaide SA) 24 August 1869 page 3 'Board Of Education',
2. ↑ South Australian Chronicle and Weekly Mail (Adelaide SA) 21 September 1878 page 4 'Council Of Education'.
3. ↑ The Express and Telegraph (Adelaide SA) 19 August 1879 page 2 'General News'.
4. ↑ Daly, Joyce. Personal recollection, January 2023, as told to Craig Daly in person.
5. ↑ State Records of South Australia. Item 62/00016 Report on site investigation proposed new primary school, Upper Sturt, pt secn 958 Hd Adelaide - Public Buildings Department. 14 Jan 1966. Indexed at https://catalogue.archives.sa.gov.au/item?id=GRS-870200009601296608ITEM, accessed 27 March 2024.