Fortitude Valley State School PP Google Group

Newstead House, Brekky Creek

finar...@gmail.com (roscoe) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:33:45 UT

Don`t know if members need this, but Valleyites like to claim notable
people in our area.:-]

Captain John Clements Wickham, resident in Newstead House for a number
of years, was the second in command of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle
(1831-1836), famous for the world-circling expedition of Charles

The First School

finar...@gmail.com (roscoe) — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 10:12:46 UT

While we may claim to having the first public school in the Valley,
the honour really goes to Fanny Trundle. Arriving on the 'Fortitude'
in 1849, Charles and Fanny Trundle rented an acre of land from Mr.
Duncan, Collector of Customs, who owned acreage bounded by Gotha, Ann,
Gipps and Leichhardt (now St. Paul`s Tce.) Streets. He erected a bush

My Valley School Days

kend...@iprimus.com.au (Kendo) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:28:53 UT

I have finally found the time to put down a short account of my days
living in the Valley. More later perhaps if I think of some
interesting events, etc. (eg. life in the "Army Camp").

In 1946, my parents and my brother, Don (older by three years) and I
moved from Toowoomba, where Dad had been stationed in the army, to

Two new photos

rayj...@gmail.com (rayjoe) — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:24:05 UT

Hi folks

Just received two new photos to add to the school collection. These
were received courtesy Terry. They are photos of the 1971 Year 4 & 5
and Year 6 & 7 classes. Check 'em out.

Ekka to be redeveloped

finar...@gmail.com (roscoe) — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 10:20:44 UT

The surrounds of the Ekka grounds are to be redeveloped to house
10,000 residents. Since I believe only two classes are operating at
the FV school possibly leading to a closure,, this might be the
infusion to give the school a new lease of life.

[link]

Another Valley Boy makes history

finar...@gmail.com — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 10:09:31 UT

C.E.Chuter was a pupil at the Fortitude Valley State School, probably
around the beginning of the last century. When the push came for an
amalgamation of all the separate suburban councils into a Greater
Brisbane City Council in 1925, our lad had so much input as Chief
Clerk of the Home Secretary, that it became known as 'Chuter`s Bill'.

New Bridge

finar...@gmail.com — Tue, 19 May 2009 10:03:04 UT

Here`s a puzzler:

'1855-for sale 20 allotments in Queen Street, Fortitude Valley--right
in the very heart of Fortitude Valley, close to the new
bridge-----'Moreton Bay Courier

Any thoughts?

`nother snippet from the past

finar...@gmail.com — Mon, 18 May 2009 23:48:10 UT

A snippet from Major-General Spencer Brown covering the period
1877-1925.

‘Early German Station (later Nundah)

Mr. Christopher Hurworth, who in my time, was head of the Fortitude
Valley School, was trained in England to the teaching profession and
came to Australia in 1874. His first appointment here was German

Brookes Street

finar...@gmail.com — Sat, 16 May 2009 10:32:23 UT

A follow-up of sorts from Ray`s par of 14th January:

'Just to add something else of interest: Fortitude Valley was also
called Bells Vale or Bells Valley. Early maps show the "road" from
Brisbane Town in the direction of Bells Vale.
Ray '

From a 1885 map of the area, it appears Brookes Street used to be Bell

The Valley--Early Days

finar...@gmail.com — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 06:29:02 UT

No date—no author---unknown publication

‘And the Valley, what was it like in those times?’ he was asked.
From the veranda of the house in Ivory Street, the cheerful old
gentleman gazed over the busy Valley spread out before him, its
immense drapery houses in the foreground, and the industrial factories

After School Care FVSS 1975

rayj...@gmail.com (rayjoe) — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 07:42:49 UT

Click here for a photo <[link]
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The Schools' beginning

rayj...@gmail.com (rayjoe) — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 05:57:32 UT

Hi folks

You'd be aware that there is a difference of opinion about the start
date of the FVSS. I have been researching this for some time and
established that the school actually began on 4 March 1861, in very
humble surroundings, not 1 October 1861 as Education Queensland and
Queensland State Archives state on their websites. I thought it

Candidates 1956 State Scholarship Exam

rayj...@gmail.com (rayjoe) — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 04:13:22 UT

At long last, I have established (with a little help from the
Queensland Studies Authority) a list of those who sat the 1956 exam:
They were:

Boys
Dann, Barry Archibald
Dunstan, Peter Lionel
Graham, Barry Leonard
Hodgkins, Richard Dennis
Johnson, Kevin George
Kluss, Gordon Trevor
Lindner, Ronald Geoffrey

Large wading Pool

jamc...@netspace.net.au (James McKay) — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 09:53:10 UT

Yes,there was a large wading pool,also I mailed the Honour Roll that
hung in the Valley School,did it arrive .Jim McKay

Something more recent

finar...@gmail.com — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 09:12:38 UT

3-10-1933---CMail

FAREWELL FUNCTIONS.

The headmistress of the Fortitude Val-
ley Girls' School (Miss Emilie Leitch),
who will retire from the service of the
Education Department shortly, was ten-
dered a farewell by the teachers and
pupils recently. The teachers entertained
the guest of honour at luncheon, and ex-