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Lae Primary "A" School (AKA Coronation Primary School) Student reminiscences & photos 1951 to 1975 |
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Friends Reunited (Schoolfriends) Another great site to find old wantoks |
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(Scroll down page for links to maps) |
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ASOPA |
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Photo courtesy of Jim Dudgeon, circa 1955: the original |
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~ A brief history of the school ~ |
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Glimpses of the school as seen through former students' eyes: (Some taken, with their permission, from PNG Forum - a great site for ex-Laeites) |
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Jim Dudgeon, student 1955 - '62: I first attended the primary school on coronation drive about 1955, students I can still remember were Phillip Sutton, Colin Worrall (who was great at cricket), and Tommy Leadbeater. Head Master was a Mr Breakspear, who at the time had two broken legs in plaster. It's true, he did! Other teachers were Mrs Grey, Mrs Mayhew and Mrs Jean Stephens who had the first blue rinse in her hair. What a shock it was to us kids who had never seen this before!!! Subjects were English, Maths, Poetry, (who remembers the tortoise-shell cat), sport days, Social Science, and if you were good you got an early mark to go home five minutes before anyone else. |
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(meet even more wantoks here) |
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PNG FORUM |
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PNGAA |
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OTHER PNG LINKS: |
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AND MEET SOME WANTOKS |
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New features: LaeKidz Forum |
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Navigation Bar |
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Wendy's PNG photo album |
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Page 2 (Jim Dudgeon cont'd; Scott Martin's reminiscences) Page 3 (Scott cont'd; Ross McDougall) Page 4 (Deirdre Whitton's reminiscences) Page 5 (Linda Dang, Carol Taylor, Xavier Chang) Page 6 (Xavier cont'd, Wendy Phillips' reminiscences) Page 7 (Wendy cont'd; Larian Rutland; Cheryl Davey) Page 8 (Cheryl cont'd; Jan Stuart's reminiscences) Page 9 (Genevieve Breene, author "Territory Kids") Page 10 (Hilary McKay; Gary Gould's reminiscences) Page 11 (Gary cont'd; Judy Duggan, ex-teacher) |
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Page 12 (Malcolm Zimmerman; Kay Brett; Sandra Seeto) Page 13 (map of Lae and photos from Christine Zavattaro) Page 14 (more photos from Christine) Page 15 (photos from José Ozorio and Scott Martin) Page 16 (more photos from Scott Martin) Page 17 (1971 theatre production: The Taming of the Shrew) Page 18 (Lae-Markham Reunion 30 Sept 2006) Page 19 (Lae-Markham Reunion 2006 T-shirts) Page 20 (Courier Post article "a blast from the past") |
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Scott Martin's Grade 2 class, 1966, with teacher |
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The following extract is taken from: Coronation College Heritage web site "…The earliest buildings were erected in 1951, and Lae Primary School commenced classes shortly afterwards. The buildings have accommodated continuous classes, from the original school, to the change to the Lae Primary A School in the 1960's, to the Lae International Primary School (LIPS) from the 1970's, and finally to Coronation International Primary School in 1992, and finally expanding into the Coronation College we know today…" Cheryl Pearce (nee Davey) has been in touch with the school, who said they were very interested in our project, though we have not heard anything further from them to date. They told her in that initial contact that, sadly, the old buildings were demolished in 1992 due to white ant damage. |
