21-626: Fort Street Public School (abbreviated as FSPS ) is a government co-educational primary school located in Millers Point , a suburb of Sydney, Australia. Established in 1849, it is one of the oldest government schools in Australia, and is operated by the New South Wales Department of Education . Fort Street Public School descends from Fort Street Model School, established in 1849 and the first government model school in
42-513: A state visit with her husband, King Abdullah II of Jordan . On Day 1 Term 4, 2020, the school relocated to temporary structures in Wentworth Park to facilitate an upgrade of the school site at Observatory Hill. The upgrade is expected to be completed in July 2023. In 2011, the school had an enrolment number of 86 students. The number of students grew significantly since then, as in 2014
63-585: A Sergeant in the 73rd Regiment of Foot, received a grant of land from the governor. A small mill that was owned by an ex-convict, Jack Leighton was located here. The area became known as Jack, the Miller's Point. In 1833 Governor Bourke granted the Catholic Church land at Millers Point for the construction of a school house that could serve as a chapel on Sundays. The Colonial Architect , Ambrose Hallen in consultation with Bishop Ullathorne , designed
84-455: A dispute when she was visiting twelve different locations. The teaching of cookery that she had created continued managed by district inspectors. In 1905 five women began to train to teac cookery with Hannah Rankin including Emily Winifred Savage . In 1911, the school separated into a primary school, Fort Street Public School, and two high schools, Fort Street Boys' and Fort Street Girls'. The Public School has remained on Observatory Hill near
105-516: Is an inner-city suburb of Sydney , in the state of New South Wales , Australia . It is on the north-western edge of the Sydney central business district , adjacent to The Rocks and is part of the local government area of the City of Sydney . Millers Point lies on the southern shore of Sydney Harbour , beside Darling Harbour . The Barangaroo development is taking place on 22 hectares of land on
126-540: The Australian Gaslight Company . The current Sydney Observatory building on Observatory Hill was completed in 1858 by English astronomer and clergyman William Scott . Also on Observatory Hill is the old Fort Street School, converted from the old Military Hospital at Fort Phillip in the 1850s. Fort Street School incorporated the first government secondary school in Australia, and after the secondary school moved out in 1975, its building has housed
147-612: The National Trust of Australia ; the primary school remains nearby in a separate, heritage listed, building. Two separate pubs in the area claim to be Sydney's oldest surviving pubs, the Lord Nelson (built in about 1836, but modified since ) at Millers Point and the Fortune of War (which was built in its current form in 1922, although a hotel was operating on the site in 1830 ) nearby at The Rocks . Other active pubs in
168-647: The New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the Liberal candidate at the 1904 election for Grenfell but was unsuccessful, narrowly defeated by William Holman with a margin of 86 votes (3.4%). He stood again at the 1904 election for Burrangong , losing with a margin of 465 votes (8.8%). He switched his attention to local government and was elected to Weddin Shire Council in 1906 and served as president in 1913. In 1913 he
189-464: The Model School's original building, which now houses the National Trust of Australia . The secondary section's girls' school and boys' school moved at different times to Petersham , where they amalgamated to become Fort Street High School . There is now no direct relationship between the primary and secondary schools. On 24 November 2016, Queen Rania of Jordan visited the school as part of
210-623: The New South Wales Presbyterian Church, with Grimm growing up in Young , Grenfell and Balmain . He attended Fort Street Public School and left at the age of sixteen to become a drover, shearer and farm hand. In 1891, he bought a property near Grenfell; however, he was declared bankrupt in 1895. He was discharged in 1896 and became a stock and station agent. On 27 June 1900 he married Jane Eliza Stinson, with whom he had five children. Grimm first stood for election to
231-715: The area include the Palisade , the Hero of Waterloo and the Captain Cook . At the 2021 census , the population of Millers Point was 1,735. 49.2% of people were born in Australia and 68.3% of people only spoke English at home. The most common response for religion was No Religion at 42.2%. In the 2016 census, there were 1,482 people in Millers Point. 42.5% of people were born in Australia and 59.9% of people only spoke English at home. The most common response for religion
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#1732786597530252-500: The colony of New South Wales. The school is one of the oldest public schools in Australia. The history of public education in Australia began when the Governor of New South Wales Charles FitzRoy established a Board of National Education on 8 January 1848 to implement a national system of education throughout the colony. The board decided to create two model schools, one for boys and one for girls. The site of Fort Street Model School
273-421: The enrolment was 123 students. In 2018 the school reported an enrolment of 220 students. At the end of each year, a Year 5 student is elected School Captain for the next year by the student body, and another as Vice Captain. At the beginning of each year, House Captains are elected by the student body. As with most Australian schools, FSPS uses a house system . Students are allocated to a house when they enter
294-682: The following Millers Point buildings are listed on various other heritage registers: 33°51′39″S 151°12′10″E / 33.86085°S 151.20281°E / -33.86085; 151.20281 Arthur Grimm Arthur Hetherington Grimm (27 August 1868 – 20 March 1939) was a politician, farmer and stock and station agent in New South Wales, Australia. He was born at Dalby in Queensland to Presbyterian minister George Grimm , and Mary, née Hetherington. The family moved around due to his father's position as moderator of
315-414: The school building which was completed by May 1835. It was a one-story building constructed in sandstone with two rooms that could be opened into one. St Brigid's Church is one of the oldest existing place of Catholic worship in Australia. The school was closed in 1992 but the church continues to be used by the local community. From 1841 to 1921, Miller's Point was the location of a gasworks owned by
336-957: The school. There are four different houses which students compete under in sports Carnivals and other activities: All of the houses are named after streets in The Rocks, Sydney . Some early alumni (such as Edmund Barton ) were educated at the school prior to its separation into a primary and two secondary schools, and are counted as alumni by both the Public School and the High School: see List of Fortians for these. Some other notable Fort Street Public School alumni include Emily Winifred Savage who learned cookery under Hannah Rankin in 1905. Australian politicians who were alumni include Arthur Grimm , Henry Hoyle , James Shand , John Daniel FitzGerald , Patrick Quinn and Richard McCoy . Millers Point, New South Wales Millers Point
357-426: The western side of the suburb. Millers Point historically includes what are now known as the suburbs of Dawes Point and Barangaroo and the renaming of those parts of Millers Point is controversial ( https://dictionaryofsydney.org/entry/millers_point ). The original headland of Millers Point is now known as Barangaroo Reserve, though the point itself has been returned to its original name. On 30 June 1814 Thomas Miller,
378-431: Was No Religion at 29.3%. A protest movement developed from 2008 when various governments announced plans to lease and sell Millers Point, Dawes Point and The Rocks properties and move existing public housing tenants. "Save Our Community", "Friends of Millers Point" and the associated "Save Our Sirius" formed to protest relocation of residents. Millers Point has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: In addition,
399-479: Was associated with Fort Street Training School, which trained all public school teachers in the colony. The school became Fort Street Superior Public School in 1881. Ann Fawcett Story was employed to introduce cookery as a subject in 1889. She was promoted each year and in 1891 she was supervising the teaching and specifying the cookery curriculum. In the following year the school began to train new teachers buying portable cookery facilities. She resigned in 1896 after
420-454: Was chosen as the old Military Hospital at Fort Phillip, on Sydney's Observatory Hill . This school was not only intended to educate boys and girls, but also to serve as a model for other schools in the colony. The school's name is derived from the name of a street which ran into the grounds of the hospital and became part of the playground during its reconstruction. From the 1850s the Model School offered both primary and secondary education, and
441-663: Was elected to the Legislative Assembly as the member for Ashburnham , as a member of the Farmers and Settlers Association with the endorsement of the Liberal Reform party. He was briefly a minister without portfolio assisting the Minister for Agriculture from February to April 1920. In that year, with the introduction of proportional representation , Ashburnham was absorbed into Murrumbidgee and Grimm
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