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Memorial Norwood Primary School Memorial
Address 96 Beulah Road (corner Osmond Terrace), Norwood
Background Information
Norwood Primary School was opened in 1851 and became
South Australia's first Model Primary School. Norwood
and surrounding districts had a substantial population and
the status of a model school meant that Norwood Primary
School attracted many students. In 1918, the Headmaster of
the school had the inspiration of building a memorial to the
old scholars of the school who died in the First World War
(Great War) with the active involvement of his current
students. The children contributed pennies for bricks and
then laid them together. The Headmaster made a cardboard
model of the memorial and, although many of the fathers
helped with the heavier work, the children did the actual
building. During the school's Jubilee year in 1951, a plaque was added to honour
those old scholars who had fought and died during World War II. Inside the school is
a magnificent honour roll listing the names of all past students who served during the
Great War. Many of these names also appear on the nearby Norwood and Kensington
and Burnside War Memorials.
Student Activities
On Site
(1) Complete the following text that appears on the plaque on the Norwood
Primary School Memorial in front of the school. This plaque can be seen
from the footpath and does not require entry into the school grounds.
IN MEMORY
OF
THE BRAVE LADS
WHO ATTENDED THIS SCHOOL
AND WHO DIED
FOR LIBERTY AND COUNTRY
IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918.
ERECTED BY BY THE CHILDREN OF THE NORWOOD PRIMARY SCHOOL
AND BUILT WITH THEIR OWN HANDS.
Classroom
(2) Why do you think the Norwood Primary School
headmaster considered it important that the
school children build this monument with their
own hands?
Why do you think he chose an obelisk design?
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