| 1882
|
Petition From
117 residents to Minister for Public Instruction asking for Public
School to be granted. |
| 1883
|
Land
from the Seaview Estate purchased for £918. |
| 1884
|
Wooden school
built for £496. |
| 1885
|
School
opened with David Ritchie as teacher — 154 pupils. |
| 1889
|
Opening of steam tramway to Dulwich Hill. |
| 1893
|
Stage
1 of two storey building constructed [facing Seaview
Street]. |
| 1895
|
Enrolment of 500 pupils. |
| 1897
|
Separate Infants Department created. |
| 1899
|
Evening Public School established — later ones 1902-1911,
1913. |
| 1900
|
600
students. |
| 1901
|
Extension — Stage 2 of main building erected. |
| 1907
|
Stage
3 of building completed; enrolment 850. |
| 1910
|
Enrolment 1,000. |
| 1912
|
Brick
Infants School constructed facing Fairfowl Street. |
| 1913
|
Domestic Science School (Girls).
Commercial School (Boys)
established. |
| 1915
|
Enrolment 1,500 — ‘somewhat crowded’ site. |
| 1919
|
New
brick building constructed (Block G). |
| 1922
|
Dulwich Hill Old Girls Union offered to raise £2,000 to
purchase more land.‘Congestion at Dulwich Hill school deplorable’
(Inspector). |
| 1925
|
Department and Trinity Grammar School swapped landDepartment
gave Trinity 17 acres at Hurlstone site.Trinity gave Department 1
acre site on corner of New Canterbury Road & Toothill Street,
plus £13,000. (Site now Lewisham Public School).Girls moved to old
Trinity Grammar site. |
| 1925 |
Department and Trinity Grammar School swapped
land.
Department gave Trinity 17 acres at Hurlstone
site.
Trinity gave Department 1 acre site on corner of New
Canterbury Road & Toothill Street, plus £13,000.
(Site
now Lewisham Public School).Girls moved to old
Trinity Grammar
site. |
| 1947
|
Domestic Science Department made separate school — Dulwich
Hill Home Science School. |
| 1948
|
Commercial Department became Junior Technical
School. |
| 1962
|
Name
of Toothill Street changed to Girls Junior High School. |
| 1965
|
Dulwich Hill Public School closed. Pupils merged with
Petersham Public to form Lewisham Public at Toothill
Street. |
| 1966
|
Name
changed to Dulwich High School. |
| 1975
|
Dulwich Hill Public School established at Kintore
Street. |
| 1994
|
Dulwich High — multicultural high school. |
| 2000
|
School
threatened with closure because of declining enrolments (320
students) or amalgamation with Marrickville High School under the
auspices of the NSW Government’s ‘Building the Future’
program. |
| 2001
|
School
community protested about possible closure and/or
amalgamation. |
| 2002
|
As a
result of a protracted and often bitter campaign by the Dulwich
community, the NSW Government agreed to maintain Dulwich High as
Dulwich High School of Visual Arts and Design. |
| 2004
|
$1.5
million Visual Arts and Design building completed. |
| 2005
|
Refurbishments to heritage building completed and Inner
Sydney Skills Centre opened. |
