Prince Alfred College |
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| Title : | Prince Alfred College |
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| Date of creation : | 1869 | ||
| Format : | Photograph | ||
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| Description : |
In 1865 the South Australian Wesleyan Conference purchased 13 acres of land at Kent Town as the site of a church school for boys, with the financial support of a wealthy layman, Thomas Greaves Waterhouse. In November 1867 the visiting Duke of Edinburgh (Prince Alfred) laid the foundation stone of the college which was to be named after him. The school opened at the beginning of 1869 with 28 pupils. Today there are almost a thousand students in the school, which has remained one of the most prestigious church schools in Adelaide. This photograph was taken at the opening of the school in 1869. |
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| Related names : | Waterhouse, Thomas Greaves Prince Alfred College (Adelaide, S. Aust.) |
| Coverage year : | 1869 |
| Place : | Kent Town (S. Aust.) |
| Region : | Adelaide city |
| Further reading : | Gibbs, R.M. (Ronald Malcolm). A history of Prince Alfred College, Kent Town, S. Aust.: Peacock Publications, 1984 Grant, Sheena. Interview with Arthur Charles Shuttleworth [sound recording]; interviewer Sheena Grant, 24 July 1982, OH 21/10 Grant, Sheena. Interview with Launcelot Crompton [sound recording]; interviewer Sheena Grant, 12 April 1982, OH 21/7 'Prince Alfred College', Adelaide observer, 26 June 1869, pp. 11, 12 Prince Alfred College (Adelaide, S. Aust.). Programme for laying the foundation stone ... Nov. 5 [1867], Adelaide: The College, 1867 Prince Alfred College chronicle, [Adelaide: Prince Alfred College, 1884- ] Ward JF. Prince Alfred College: the story of the first eighty years, 1867-1948, Adelaide: Gillingham, 1951 |
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