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Fairbridge Pinjarra Time Line |
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1885 Kingsley Fairbridge born in Grahamstown, South Africa
1909 Formation of the Child Emigration Society, Oxford, England
1912 Kingsley and Ruby Fairbridge arrive in Pinjarra and start the first Fairbridge Farm School on 160 acres located south of Pinjarra
1913 January, the first 13 boys arrive at Fairbridge Farm School July, second party of 22 boys arrive
1914 First Mandurah summer camp
1914 to 1918 The First World War. British child migration deferred
1919 Kingsley & Ruby Fairbridge and family return to England on a promotional trip
1920 3,100 acres bought from the Estate of Wm Paterson for a new farm site on the South Dandalup River
1921 First five cottages completed: Belfast, Clive, Shakespeare, Wolfe and Warren Hastings British child migration recommenced First party to include girls arrive Office/Gatehouse Exeter constructed (later Assistant Principal's residence) Kitchen and store are completed
1922 Headmaster's house, later known as Fairbridge House completed - a pise structure (rammed earth) Four classrooms constructed
1923 Eight more cottages completed - Glasgow, Jenner, Henry Hudson, Raleigh, Darwin, Lister, Nelson and Isaac Newton
1924 SS Euripides arrives at Fremantle on 11 February - company included 99 child migrants Kingsley Fairbridge dies - midnight Saturday 19 July
1927 Seven more cottages built - Cook, Rhodes, Livingstone, Kitchener, Lawley, Haig and Forrest Duke and Duchess of York visit Fairbridge (the Duke later became King George VI)
1928 Principal's residence (Heath House) and Dairyman's house (Oxford) constructed Manual Training Workshop constructed Two more classrooms constructed
1930 Generous gift received from the late Mr. Thomas Wall to build a Chapel Hospital constructed - Nightingale
1931 Church of the Holy Innocents officially dedicated by the Bishop of Bunbury Chief Scout (Lord Baden-Powell), Chief Guide (Lady Baden-Powell) and Governor (Sir William Campion) visit
1932 Middlemore cottage completed
1933 Old Fairbridgians Clubhouse completed Cement block garage and other technical buildings built
1934 Weir constructed across the river to provide a safe swimming pool Duke of Gloucester visits Fairbridge Office building constructed
1935 Arthur Scratton Memorial residential building with clock tower completed for senior boys Domestic Science building constructed Saumarez and Evelyn cottages constructed for senior girls
1938 Laundry, Power House, Staff Dining room, kitchen and quarters constructed Fairbridge, Molong, New South Wales was opened
1939 to 1945 World War 2. British child migration deferred Many Old Fairbridgians join the services - Army, Air Force, Navy Home Forces, Women's Land Army
1942 Guildford Grammar School boys in residence
1943 Site used to train young women as farm hands - Women's Land Army
1945 Dutch refugee children housed until reunited with their families in 1946
1948 Renovations to site buildings begin
1949 Child migration recommenced. First migrant children arrive after the war
1950 School buildings renovated
1954 Renovations to 18 cottages completed
1956 Fairbridge Society decides to take children with one parent, and families with many children
1961 Big Brother Movement began to utilise Fairbridge Plans for new swimming pool, oval and sports pavilion completed
1963 Memorial Colonnade constructed at the entrance to the village
1964 Cottages full Queen Mother visits Fairbridge
1966 Noah's Ark pavilion erected
1971 Warren Hastings destroyed by fire
1974 Fairbridge, Molong, N.S.W closed
1979 Prince Charles visits Fairbridge Pinjarra
1981 Kingsley Fairbridge Farm School Pinjarra was closed
1983 W.A. Board of Fairbridge Society London becomes incorporated in its own right as Fairbridge Western Australia Inc Alcoa buys the site from Fairbridge Society London Alcoa sells the buildings and infrastructure back to Fairbridge WA Inc for $1 and enters into a 94 year peppercorn lease for the site the buildings are constructed on Alcoa erects a memorial over Kingsley Fairbridge's grave
1984 Freemasons agree to underwrite the Board of Fairbridge Western Australia Inc
1996 First Old Fairbridgians Memorial Wall constructed
1998 Fairbridge Farm School entered on the Heritage Council of WA Register of Heritage Places
2006 Elizabeth cottage officially opened by descendents of Kingsley & Ruby Fairbridge.
2007 Rosa Nobes boy's replica cottage opened by John Lane |
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