History

School Principals

In 1864, Mr John Williams opened a licensed school with 50 students. In 1866 the Central Board of Education offered £150 for the erection of a school building with John Williams in charge, and this school was to become the first public school in 1876 with a Mr Dixon Bertram as Head Teacher.

By 1906 with student enrolment at 107, a new school was built on the present site with a residence on Mortlock Terrace. In 1922 with 265 students, a Higher Primary School was formed with Mr Richard Snell as Head Teacher. When the Port Lincoln High School opened the school reverted to a Primary School in 1924. With increasing numbers of over 450 an Infant School section was added in 1939, later to move in 1952 to the Adelaide Place site. Known today as the Port Lincoln Junior Primary School it had an enrolment of 250 and Miss Cynthia Redding was appointed Principal.

In 1958 enrolment at the Primary School reached 750, and so Kirton Point Primary opened in 1959 with Lincoln South (now Lincoln Gardens) Primary opening in 1970 to ease the accommodation situation.

Primary Principals

1866 - Samuel Small
1876 - Dixon Bertram
1877 - Samuel Osborne
1881 - Jas O'Mahoney
1884 - William Steadman
1891 - Christopher Bray
1895 - James Richardson
1914 - William Stuck
1921 - Richard Snell
1925 - Archibald Francis

1928 - Sydney Nancarrow
1935 - Norman Ireland
1937 - Daniel Curry
1939 - John McDonald
1945 - Roy Devonshire
1950 - Fred Kingston
1954 - Ern Priest
1956 - Walter Haywood
1961 - Cliff Hall
1964 - Roy Parkes

1966 - Tom Smale
1972 - Leon Barker
1991 - Kerry Dohring
1994 - Peter West
1999 - Ann Lord
2000 - Brian Gabb
2009 -Ann Lord
2010 - Brian Gabb
2015 - Teleah Wilson
2022 - Kathy Davison

Junior Primary Principals

1939 - E. Ruth West
1942 - Vera B. Haworth
1945 - Elsie E. Buzacott
1948 - May Holden
1950 - Mary A. Greenland
1951 - Mary B. Bywaters

1953 - Jean Lillecrapp
1954 - K. Alexander
1957 - Ellen M. Dashorough
1959 - M.R. Humphris
1962 - Selena Musgrave
1963 - Clytie Perry

1980 - Heather Thomas
1982 - Judith Ortlepp (act)
1984 - E. Berniece Barbary
1986 - Cynthia Redding

Denise Glover Memorial Literacy Award

1993 - Sally Richards
1994 - Sarah Watherston
1995 - Katie Bayly
1996 - David Speed & Liam White
1997 - Kate Baillie & Adriana Kropej
1998 - Calida Taylor
1999 - Roanne King & April Torr
2000 - Amy Woods
2001 - Bridget Ashman
2002 - Rachel van Staden
2003 - Athena Taylor
2004 - Peter McDonald & Lucy Cunningham

2005 - Elke Smith
2006 - Nicola Schloss
2007 - Tim Carlier
2008 - Maddison Schilling & Ivica Simunov
2009 - Lucy Tiller & Jake White
2010 - Jenna Arnell & Chelsea Clothier
2011 - Sophie Tiller & Jack Hammat
2012 - Matila Bartlett, Madison Earl & Hayley Kennedy
2013 - Shelley Toth & Erin Leyson
2014 - Amber Earl & Sylvia Rough
2015 - Jock Carr
2016 - Ursula Clarke
2017 - Kari Schafer / Liela Phillips / Jason Hennessy
2018 - Lily Miranda
2019 - Ahmari Guamen
2020 - Caitlin Cole
2021 - Lani Cocks
2022 - Jordy Parker
2023 - Neve Thomas and Frankie Woolford

Sports Houses

Mortlock

Named after William Mortlock.

Who was he?
A well known farmer and pioneer of the 1800’s.

What did he do?
He was well known because he owned huge sheep farms (stations) at a time when farming was the biggest industry in South Australia. Mr Mortlock owned a station called “Coffin Bay Run”, another called “Yalluna Run” (about 60 km from Port Lincoln) and another “Yudnipinna” near Port Lincoln.

Did he become famous?
Yes he did. At a time when TV and Hollywood did not exist the most famous people were explorers or politicians. Mr Mortlock became a member of the South Australian Parliament in 1884.

Did he have any hobbies?
Yes he was very fond of horse racing.

Places named after him.
Mortlock Terrace, Mortlock Shield Carnival, Mortlock Library (in Adelaide).

Bishop

Named after Captain John Bishop.

Who was he?
He was a ship’s captain and he lived in the 1800’s.

What did he do?
He was the captain of the ship “Dorset” which landed at the First landing site at Happy Valley in 1839.

Did he become famous?
Well probably not famous but certainly well known in early Port Lincoln days. He owned Boston Island (well before Peter Davis of course). He was an important business man in the town. His son, Joseph, owned Flinders Park and built the house called “Mill Cottage”. The family donated the cottage and the land to the Town Council after Joseph died in old age.

Did he have any hobbies?
He was very keen on sailing.

Places named after him.
Bishop Kindergarten

Poole

Named after Richard Poole.

Who was he?
He was the mayor of Port Lincoln from 1939 to 1944 (excluding 9 months when he was recovering from an accident). This was during World War 2 when the people of Port Lincoln would have looked to the mayor for leadership. He lived from 1886 to 1965.

What did he do?
He lived in Queen Street, Port Lincoln and he owned a motor car business. He was an extremely community minded person and he was involved in many groups. He was President of the Cycle Club, President of the Life Saving club, President of the Yacht Club, Chairman of the 1936 celebrations of 100 years in Port Lincoln, the main player with the start of tourism in 1934, and in 1940, he was responsible for the development of the Port Lincoln airport.

Did he become famous?
During his lifetime we could probably assume that he was the most well known person in Port Lincoln. He was a very busy man with his many community and personal interests.

Did he have any hobbies?
Fishing, boating, football, bowls, cycling, sailing, swimming.

Places named after him.
Poole Oval (near old netball courts).

Hawson

Named after Captain Henry Hawson.

Who was he?
He was a ship’s captain and he lived in the 1800’s.

What did he do?
He was captain of the ship “Abeona” which landed at the First landing site at Happy Valley in 1839.

Did he become famous?
Like Captain Bishop, Captain Hawson was well known in early Port Lincoln days. He worked for the South Australian Government as the Post Master of Port Lincoln and the Clerk of the Law Courts. Later he travelled around on horse and buggy as far as New South Wales where he bought farming land. His ninth son, Francis, became well known but for the wrong reasons. In 1840 Francis, still a young boy, was camped at Little Swamp. There was a fight between Indigenous people and the white settlers. Francis was the first settler known to be speared and he died a few days later.

Did he have any hobbies?
There isn’t much recorded information but we do know that he was keen on horse riding.

Places named after him.
Hawson Place, Hawson Park (Little Swamp).

The A.L. Derrington Dux Honour Award

1956 - P.D. Heinonen, B.J. Waters
1957 - R.J. Dean, A.K. Mugford
1958 - D.L. Jolly, R.W. Klopp
1959 - J.A. Wannan, R.B. Ellery
1960 - J.P. Gray, R.G. Hosking
1961 - M.D. Klopp, N. van Heythuysen
1962 - H.M. Ellis, P.W. Walkom
1963 - P.B. Lillecrapp, T.A. Murton
1964 - J. Bishop, J. Nikolajevic
1965 - H.M. Hannaford, P.E. Delsar
1966 - C. McPharlin, J. Penna
1967 - D. Sils, T. Collinson
1968 - A. Manthorpe, T. Murch
1969 - D. Jukes, P. Johns
1970 - R. Williams, C. Kourakis
1971 - G. Sanders, G. Miller
1972 - V. Davis, B. Watson
1973 - K. Schubert, P. Parker
1974 - N. Hopkins, C. Hill
1975 - L. Telfer, V. Camerlengo
1976 - J. Hurrell, K. Davis

1977 - C. Wiebrecht, D. Meaney
1978 - J. Van Overdijk
1979 - A. Copp, S. Coleman / Q. Dorward
1980 - N. Ween, N. Krieg
1981 - A.C. Hopping, D.J. Tietz
1982 - N.L. Harvey, S.A. Dawe, A.H. Van Rooijen
1983 - J.A. Catt, P.C. Taylor
1984 - M. Williams, S. Ratcliffe
1985 - K. Watson, C. Jones
1986 - L. Wegener, V. Schultz
1987 - V. Magnall, B. Williams
1988 - K. Wegener, C. Nightingale / L. Thomas
1989 - R. Wilkinson, K. Tattersall, S.Mills
1990 - P. Mason, P. Morris
1991 - L. Woller, D. Phillips
1992 - N. Mason, T. Wegener
1993 - C. Owen, T. Berry
1994 - V. Cooke, S. Hanlin
1995 - H. Hicks, M. Owen
1996 - R. Dearman, T. Gale, J. Mahoney
1997 - T. Bichard, R. Watherston, S. Berry

1998 - C. Taylor, J. Brewster, I. Koker
1999 - E. Moll, A. Baillie, T. Daniels
2000 - K. Gates, M. Evans
2001 - H. Gregory, K. Blesing, M. LeBrun, V. Urbancic
2002 - C. Newcombe, R. van Staden, S. Bouwer, A. Humenick
2003 - R. Downey, A. Waters, T. Kretschmer, C. Froese, D. Gates
2004 - H. Hornum, E. Bouwer
2005 - E. Harvey, P. Wareing
2006 - R. Little, J. Donavan, J. Waters
2007 - D. Wilkins, A. Swanson
2008 - L. Puglisi, M. Schilling, I. Simunov, J. Morton
2009 - B. James, L. Tiller, J. Hawes
2010 - J. Arnell, L. Morton, M. Lydeamore, J. Davey
2011 - S. Davis, A. Jantke, S. Tiller, J. Hammat
2012 - M. Earl, H. Kennedy, G. Dutschke, J.Phillips
2013 - A. Hodgkiss, S. Toth, J. Hall, B. Hart
2014 - A. Earl, S. Rough, T. Ford
2015 - G. Thomson, E. Stevens, M. Bartlett, M. Freak
2016 - C. Soe, S. Spencer,
2017 - L. Phillips, R. Borlace
2018 - L. Miranda, J. Wendland
2019 - B.Gabb
2020 - E.Lukin
2021 - Lani Cocks, Loch Osborne
2022 - Jordy Parker, Talia Freeman
2023 - Ronin McVey, Neve Thomas, Frankie Woolford

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