Saturday, October 2, 2021

SCHOOL STAFF

PRINCIPALS OF GULGONG CENTRAL SCHOOL

NAME

DATE APPOINTED

Arthur Costray

--

1868

School closed between 1868 and 1873

Herbert Farr*

--

1874

Robert J Hinder**

--

1876

J J Moyes

December

1878

W I Rollo

February

1879

Donald Gallagher

September

1879

Robert Pearce

June

1881

James Cosgrove

October

1883

Benjamin Stokes

September

1885

Alfred Lambert

April

1888

G A Lewis

January

1914

Edward Larcombe

February

1917

E A Drew

December

 1917

Edgar Slack

April

1927

Stanley Small

June

1927

Edward Drew

July

1927

Richard Davies

April

1928

Leroy Swan

December

1930

Ernest Maguire

December

1936

Thomas Porram

November

1938

Norman Playford

April

1944

Arnold Nebauer

January

1962

David Lusty

January

1967

Neil Adamson

January

1972

Monte Buchanan

January

1975


*   Herbert Farr was assisted by Miss Pyne. 
** Records do not reveal Mr Hinder's date of appointment but it is likely he took over from Herbert Farr who held the position until at least 1876.


Norman Playford, long-serving Headmaster
Gulgong Central School (Red Hill), 1944-1962

1968, Gulgong Central School Staff

Back Row:  Kevin Robson, Mr J Cummins, Bruce Schaefer, Brian Ruming

Middle row: Alan Pymont (first on left) English teacher; also played flute and coached hockey, Mrs Watts (Home science teacher), --?--, Fern Cochrane (middle)..?Miss Edmonds next to Tess Grimshaw, Tom Fenwick (far right)

Front row: Alan Murphy (geography), Helen Wallace, David Lusty, Gerry Taylor, --?--, Mr Reg Gardiner (maths) far right.

Staff, year unknown