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[edit] Timeline section from Seaham Public School

(this was the only content section of the article so I presume this is what you meant)

[edit] 19th century

• 1850 - Land for a National School at Seaham is gazetted.
• 1852 - Seaham Public School opens in a small wooden cottage by the local swamp.
• 1859 - The schoolhouse is deemed "unsafe" and in need of major repairs.
• 1862 - Daily attendance at the school varies from 12 to 29, when it should have been up to 50.
• 1884 - Land is gazetted for a new public school and teacher's residence on higher land. The school still occupies this site today.
• 1885 - New classroom and teacher's residence is completed.
• 1886 - The new school is practically empty because pupils are grape cutting at local vineyards.

[edit] 20th century

• 1909 - More land is set aside for school purposes.
• 1939 - The school is destroyed in bushfires. Remains of the brick classroom would be unearthed during 2002 in the school's playground by pupils.
• 1955 - A new teacher's residence is built at Seaham, fronting Still Street. The building is today utilized as the school office.
• 1968 - A new brick veneer classroom is completed on school grounds, the first permanent classroom built since 1885.
• 1970 - Student numbers dwindle and the school faces imminent closure. There are less than 12 pupils enrolled at the school.
• 1978 - Rapid acceleration in enrolments saves the school from closure. The boom in numbers will be further increased during the 1980s and 1990's by the Brandy Hill Estate.
• 1982 - Enrolments reach 52. Classes have to be held in the Seaham School of Arts hall as the school struggles to accommodate new students.
• 1994 - Four new permanent brick classrooms are completed to accommodate booming enrollments.

[edit] 21st century

• 2002 - School celebrates 150 years of public education and is granted $1 million to build a new permanent library and two new brick veneer classrooms. Both the library and classrooms are in use by the end of the year.

• Seaham Public School website

Orderinchaos 12:38, 10 June 2008 (UTC)