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The site of the present
Port Lincoln Junior Primary School was once the town Caravan Park. On
31st January 1939, the Port Lincoln Infant School (as it was then known)
was opened. Initially the Infant grades (Reception, Year 1 and Year 2)
were all part of the
Primary School. The first Infant Mistress at the Primary School site was
Miss E. R. West and at that time the total enrolment of the
Primary School was 108 students. As the years went by, due to the
growing population of the Primary School, the Government built a
separate Infant School. This job was contracted to Mr. J. Boehm for a
cost of 27,000 pounds and on October 7th 1952, Miss B. Bywaters, the
Infant Mistress at that time, along with 310 infant students, moved across the road to
the present Junior Primary School site and into the most modern Infant
School in South Australia. Seven classes occupied the building.
The
Infant School has had many famous visitors including the Queen, who was
escorted by the Duke of Edinburgh on the 20th March 1954.
When
Kirton Point and Lincoln Gardens Primary Schools opened, they each took
one third of the students attending the Infant School.
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Port Lincoln's first
Public School around 1899, with classes up to Grade 7.
(Photo courtesy Margaret Tilsner)
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The site of the Junior
Primary School when
it was the town Caravan Park
(Photo courtesy
Margaret Tilsner)
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Matthew
Flinders ventured in to Boston Bay in February 1802. He named Port Lincoln
after his native "Lincolnshire" in England.
Port
Lincoln's first settlers arrived here in March 1839 aboard the ships
Dorset, Abeona and Porter. The site was initially considered for its
suitability as the state's capital, but was deemed to be lacking in
enough fresh water supplies and was consequently passed over in favour of
Adelaide.
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