Newcastle Boys and Girls High Historic Records Donated

Eleven school enrolment registers from the former Newcastle Girls High School and two from Newcastle Boys High School were donated yesterday to State Records NSW.

The records have been digitised and will help family historians and migrants needing to prove residency.
The registers show each student’s name, address, father’s occupation and their post-school destination.

Among the girls’ school records were daughters of tallowsmen and dredgemasters who went on to either Newcastle Teacher’s College or the old Royal Newcastle Hospital.

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