Hall Primary School

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Hall Primary School
Location
Hall Primary School
Canberra
,
A.C.T

Australia
Coordinates 35°10′05″S149°04′10″E / 35.16793°S 149.06931°E / -35.16793; 149.06931
Information
Type Public co-educational primary
Established1911
Closed2006
Enrolment128
CampusSuburban
Website www.hallps.act.edu.au
Australian Governor-General Major-General Michael JefferyAC CVO MC opening the Laurie Copping Museum. Hall PS GG.jpg
Australian Governor-General Major-General Michael JefferyAC CVO MC opening the Laurie Copping Museum.

Hall Primary School was a rural heritage-listed primary school located in the Canberra town of Hall, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. [1] It was Canberra's oldest continually operating school, having opened in 1911, [2] and remained in operation until its closure in 2006. [3] Administered by the ACT Education Department, [1] the school served students from Kindergarten to Year 6 and had a final enrolment of 128 students at the time of its closure. [4]

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Its closure was announced on 13 December 2006, by the Education Minister, Andrew Barr [5] as foreshadowed in the 2006–07 Australian Capital Territory budget.

Integrated into the school is the Laurie Copping Museum [6] that recreates a school room from 1911. It was opened by the Governor-General in November 2004. [7]

The school was originally established in New South Wales and was the responsibility of the New South Wales government until 1913 when the ACT was created. [8] The Commonwealth Government still pays the cost of interstate based Hall students by way of Commonwealth Grants Commission adjustments.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Hall Public School 1911 to 2011 and Beyond" (PDF). Hall and District. pp. 3, 55. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 March 2025. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
  2. ↑ Copping, Laurie (12 August 1983). "Letters to the Editor – Hall Primary oldest school". The Canberra Times . p. 2. Retrieved 28 June 2025– via Trove.
  3. ↑ "Schools in the ACT – Opening dates of Government Primary Schools". ACT Heritage Library . 4 September 2025. Archived from the original on 20 March 2025. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
  4. ↑ "Inquiry into school closures and reform of the ACT education system" (PDF). Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory . Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 June 2025. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
  5. ↑ "Hall Primary School Outcome" (PDF). Department of Education. 13 December 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2007. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  6. ↑ "Obituary, Laurie Copping OAM". Archived from the original on 8 September 2007. Retrieved 13 February 2008.
  7. ↑ "Speech by the Governor-General at the dedication of the Schoolhouse Museum as the "Laurie Copping Heritage Centre", Hall Primary School, ACT". Parliament of Australia . 26 November 2004. Archived from the original on 30 June 2025. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  8. ↑ "Hall School Museum". The University of Canberra . 29 March 2023. Archived from the original on 17 August 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2025.

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