Agency:
Brooks High School
Agency Number:
Start Date:
03 Feb 1948
Description:
Brooks High School is a co-educational government school located in Rocherlea, a suburb north of Launceston. It caters for students from Grade seven to ten. The history of the school dates back to 1948 when the Newnham Hall Community School, the first secondary modern school in Australia, was opened. The school's name was then changed to the G.V. Brooks Community School, named after G.V.Brooks the former Director- General of Education. The school became Brooks High School in 1960. The school's motto was chosen in 1949. The headmaster at the time R.L.Whitford,revealed in 1949 that the words for the school motto were not to be in Latin, but were to be in an Indigenous language and "Bukmak djama bukmak Gornggayun" meaning "everybody work, everybody help" was chosen. ;;
Information Sources:
Brooks Community School For Adults Too (1948, August 13). Examiner (Launceston, Tas.), p. 5. ;;http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article52645320;;The Examiner 22 December 1949
Functions Performed:
Education and training
Controlling Agencies:
Education Department (TA63) | 01 Jan 1886 | 17 Jul 1989 |
Department of Education and the Arts (TA756) | 17 Jul 1989 | 27 Mar 1996 |
Department of Education, Community and Cultural Development (TA1363) | 27 Mar 1996 | 06 May 1998 |
Department of Education, Training, Community and Cultural Development (TA1561) | 06 May 1998 | 18 Sep 1998 |
Department of Education (TA1517) | 18 Sep 1998 | 01 Oct 2022 |
Series Created By Agency:
AD349 Admission Register. | 01 Jan 1948 | 31 Dec 1999 |
AD350 Record Book. | 01 Jan 1948 | 31 Dec 1987 |
AD352 Observation Book. | 01 Jan 1948 | 31 Dec 1969 |
AD466 Visitors' Book - Newnham Hall Community School | 03 Feb 1948 | 16 Apr 1975 |
AD526 Internal Assessment Results | 01 Jan 1949 | 31 Dec 1969 |
AD351 Record Book - Activities of the Cadet Unit. | 01 Jan 1953 | 31 Dec 1968 |
AD363 School Magazine - "Bukmak". | 01 Jan 1963 | 31 Dec 1989 |
AD353 Minutes of Staff Meetings. | 31 Jul 1967 | 06 Oct 1969 |
AD527 Visitors Book | 02 Oct 1968 | 25 Nov 1975 |
AD355 Minute Book of School Assemblies. | 03 Jul 1970 | 07 Nov 1973 |
AD538 Innovations Submission | 01 Jan 1977 | 31 Dec 1977 |
AD354 Curriculum Review Minutes and Correspondence. | 01 Jan 1985 | 31 Dec 1985 |