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With permission to start the high school finally granted by the Department
of Public Instruction (as the Department of Education & Training was known then)
accommodation had to be found.
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| The Macquarie and Jubilee halls (located in Macquarie Street, Parramatta)
were rented from the Methodist Church for the purpose. Macquarie Hall
was constructed in the late 1850s. In 1871, the foundation of a schoolhouse
was laid to commemmorate
the Jubilee of Methodism in Parramatta. The Jubilee Hall was opened on 21
June, 1885.
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| Macquarie Hall is the building second from the right in the picture above.
The Jubilee Hall is not visible,
being located behind the Macquarie Hall. Between the church and the hall
is the parsonage Leigh House,
occupied during the late 1920s by the Reverend Putland whose daughters
Winifred and Jean attended
Parramatta High School. The school moved into its own building in 1915.
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| The Macquarie Hall, Jubilee Hall and the parsonage were demolished in the
1950s to make way for unattractive shops and offices.
The church spire was removed in 1920s for safety reasons and has never been
replaced.
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