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42 / Sydney’s Aboriginal Journey 43 / Education
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Our Lady of Mount Carmel Primary
School, 2–6 Kellick Street, Waterloo
Darlington Public School,
Abercrombie Street, Darlington
A number of private and public schools in
Sydney’s inner-city suburbs have provided
primary education for Aboriginal people.
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Primary School
at Waterloo, originally known as the Waterloo
Estate School when it opened in 1858, is one of
Sydney’s oldest Catholic schools. Today about
half of the students are from an Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander background.
Darlington Public School was established in
1878, moving to new premises on Abercrombie
Street in 1975. It has educated primary school
age children living in Chippendale, Darlington,
Redfern and Waterloo since its establishment.
Today, the school’s curriculum is aimed at
Aboriginal students living in these suburbs.
Students at the entrance to Cleveland Street High School
(photograph courtesy NSW Department of Education and Training)
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Cleveland Street High School,
244 Cleveland Street Surry Hills
Alexandria park high school,
Park road, alexandria
Cleveland Street High School has educated
generations of Redfern and Waterloo children
since it was established in 1867. Originally the
school provided only primary education, but
in 1913 offered secondary education as well,
becoming a boy’s high school in 1956.
Primary school students learning Aboriginal language at Darlington
Public School in 2004 (photograph John Grainger, courtesy Newspix)
In 1982, ‘Clevo’ and Waterloo High Schools
were merged to become a co-educational
facility in Alexandria Park on the site of the
former Federal Match Factory in Alexandria.
This purpose-built school was provided
with an Aboriginal Resource Room and an
Aboriginal Teacher’s Aid, reflecting the high
proportion of students with Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander heritage.