Christchurch East School, initially referred to as East Christchurch School, is located in the

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of Christchurch, New Zealand.

History

The

Canterbury Provincial Council The Canterbury Province was a province of New Zealand from 1853 until the abolition of provincial government in 1876. Its capital was Christchurch. History Canterbury was founded in December 1850 by the Canterbury Association of influential Eng ...

passed The Education Ordinance 1873 in June of that year to consolidate law relating to public education. As a consequence, the Christchurch East School district was formed with the purpose of forming several new schools, and the committee held its first meeting on 13 August 1873. The committee approved plans for a school to be built in

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on 15 December 1873; this school was named East Christchurch School. From 1875 to 1878, Henry Hill was its headmaster, and his wife

Emily Hill Emily Hill (, 5 September 1847 – 27 August 1930) was a New Zealand teacher, temperance worker and suffragist. Biography Hill was born on 5 September 1847 in Lye, Worcestershire, England. She immigrated to Christchurch in 1873 with her husban ...

was head of the infants' department. The school had its centennial celebrations from 5 to 7 October 1973. Avonside School became part of this school at some point. In March 2009, education minister Anne Tolley announced $41 million for school buildings, distributed to 81 schools around the country through the first allocation of property funding under the government's recently announced infrastructure package to address lack of space or need for new school buildings. Christchurch East School is one of the recipients. The school was considered likely to be damaged in the February

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, but it escaped major damage.

Notable alumni

* Elizabeth Herriott, botanist and first woman lecturer at Canterbury College * Henry James Nicholas, recipient of the Victoria Cross *

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, suffragette (attended Avonside School)

References

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History

Notable alumni

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