Register of Private Schools




REGISTER OF PRIVATE SCHOOLS—continued.

Registered No. Name of School. Street. Place. Name of Proprietor or Manager. Address of Proprietor or Manager. Class of School. Date of Registration

NELSON EDUCATION DISTRICT.

E 14/8-1 | St. Joseph’s Convent | Manuka Street | Granity | Sisters of Mercy | Granity | Primary | 28/3/16
E 14/8-3 | Sacred Heart High | Manuka Street | Nelson | Rev. Mother Prioress | Convent, Manuka Street, Nelson | Primary and Secondary | 28/3/16
E 14/8-4 | St. Joseph’s Convent | Manuka Street | Nelson | Rev. Mother Prioress | Convent, Manuka Street, Nelson | Primary | 12/10/29
E 14/8-13 | Bishop’s School | Nile Street | Nelson | Miss J. Glendinning | Bishop’s School, Nile Street, Nelson | Primary | 28/3/16
E 14/8-6 | Sacred Heart Convent | Walsh Street | Reefton | Rev. Father Seymour | The Presbytery, Reefton | Primary | 22/7/21
E 14/8-9 | St. Canice’s Convent.. | Brougham Street | Westport | Rev. Father Phelan | The Presbytery, Peel Street, Westport | Primary | 28/3/16
E 14/8-10 | St. Mary’s College | Peel Street | Westport | Rev. Mother Superior | Convent, Westport | Secondary | 7/7/36

CANTERBURY EDUCATION DISTRICT.

E 14/11-1 | St. Joseph’s Convent | 40 Spencer Street | Addington | Rev. J. P. O’Connor.. | 70 Spencer Street, Addington, Christchurch | Primary | 28/3/16
E 14/11-2 | St. Aloysius’s Convent | Lavaud Street | Akaroa | Rev. P. J. O’Doherty | Presbytery, Akaroa | Primary | 28/3/16
E 14/11-45 | Amberley House Girls’ Collegiate | | Amberley | Board of Directors, Christ’s College | Christchurch | Primary | 7/8/34
E 14/11-3 | Sacred Heart Convent | Victoria Street | Ashburton | Rev. Mother Prioress | Sacred Heart Convent, Ashburton | Primary | 28/3/16
E 14/11-4 | St. Joseph’s Convent | Havelock Street | Ashburton | Rev. Mother Prioress | Ashburton | Primary | 28/3/16
E 14/11-71 | Ngaroma | Havelock Street | Ashburton | Mrs. V. M. Armstrong | 33 Grey Street, Ashburton | Primary | 15/6/38
E 14/11-58 | St. Peter’s School | 11 Fisher Street | Beckenham | Rev. J. A. Kennedy.. | 28 Fisher Street, Beckenham, Christchurch | Primary | 6/12/27
E 14/11-55 | Cathedral Grammar | 18 Park Terrace | Christchurch | The Dean of Christchurch | The Deanery, Christchurch | Primary | 25/7/23
E 14/11-5 | Sacred Heart Girls’ College | 62 Ferry Road | Christchurch | Rev. Mother Prioress | Convent, 62 Ferry Road, Christchurch | Primary and Secondary | 28/3/16
E 14/11-30 | St. Andrew’s College.. | Papanui Road | Christchurch | Secretary, Board of Governors | St. Andrew’s College, Christchurch | Primary and Secondary | 15/10/18
E 14/11-6 | St. Joseph’s Convent | Barbadoes Street | Christchurch | Rev. F. Timoney | 136 Barbadoes Street, Christchurch | Primary | 18/11/18
E 14/11-38 | St. Margaret’s College | 11 Cranmer Square | Christchurch | Diocesan Board of Education.. | Church House, Cashel Street, Christchurch | Primary and Secondary | 28/3/16
E 14/11-7 | St. Mary’s Collegiate | 876 Colombo Street | Christchurch | Rev. Mother Superior | Convent of Mercy, 876 Colombo Street, Christchurch | Primary and Secondary | 13/10/21
E 14/11-8 | St. Mary’s Convent | Manchester Street | Christchurch | Rev. Father McDonald | St. Mary’s Presbytery, Manchester Street, Christchurch | Primary | 26/8/21
E 14/11-10 | St. Michael’s Church.. | Durham Street | Christchurch | Diocesan Board of Education.. | Church House, Cashel Street, Christchurch | Primary | 28/3/16
E 14/11-11 | St. Patrick’s Boys’ | 122 Barbadoes Street | Christchurch | Rev. F. Timoney | 136 Barbadoes Street, Christchurch | Primary | 28/3/16
E 14/11-48 | St. Mark’s Church School | Cholmondeley Avenue | Christchurch | Rev. G. N. Watson | St. Mark’s Vicarage, Opawa Road, Christchurch | Primary | 1/7/22
E 14/11-63 | Selwyn House | 105 Papanui Road | Christchurch | The Secretary | 146 Manchester Street, Christchurch | Primary | 3/4/29
E 14/9-2 | Cobden Convent | Sturge Street | Cobden | Rev. Mother Superior | Convent of Mercy, Greymouth | Primary | 19/6/15
E 14/11-68 | St. Paul’s Convent | Gayhurst Road | Dallington | Rev. T. O’Regan | 116 Lonsdale Street, New Brighton | Primary | 15/5/35
E 14/11-12 | Darfield Convent | | Darfield | Rev. Father McMonagle | The Presbytery, Darfield | Primary | 28/3/16
E 14/11-51 | Fairleigh Sunshine School | 27 Garden Road | Fendalton | Miss G. M. Marsden-Gorten | 25 Weka Street, Christchurch | Primary | 19/1/33
E 14/11-54 | Medbury School | 109 Clyde Road | Fendalton | Mr. E. J. Chennells | 109 Clyde Road, Fendalton, Christchurch | Primary | 25/7/23
E 14/9-3 | Marist Brothers’ | Tainui | Greymouth | Rev. Father Long | The Presbytery, Chapel Street, Greymouth | Primary and Secondary
| 19/6/15
E 14/9-4 | St. Patrick’s | Tainui Street | Greymouth | Rev. Mother Superior | Convent of Mercy, Greymouth | Primary | 28/3/28
E 14/9-6 | St. Mary’s High | 14 Alexander Street | Greymouth | Rev. Mother Superior | Convent of Mercy, Greymouth | Primary and Secondary | 19/6/15

  • Registration as a secondary school is provisional.


Next Page →

PDF embedding disabled (Crown copyright)

View this page online at:


VUW Te Waharoa PDF NZ Gazette 1939, No 39


NZLII PDF NZ Gazette 1939, No 39





✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🎓 Register of Private Schools (continued from previous page)

🎓 Education, Culture & Science
1 June 1939
Private schools, Registration, Education Department, Nelson, Canterbury
16 names identified
  • J. Glendinning (Miss), Proprietor or Manager of Bishop’s School
  • Father Seymour (Rev.), Proprietor or Manager of Sacred Heart Convent
  • Father Phelan (Rev.), Proprietor or Manager of St. Canice’s Convent
  • Mother Superior (Rev.), Proprietor or Manager of St. Mary’s College
  • J. P. O’Connor (Rev.), Proprietor or Manager of St. Joseph’s Convent
  • P. J. O’Doherty (Rev.), Proprietor or Manager of St. Aloysius’s Convent
  • V. M. Armstrong (Mrs.), Proprietor or Manager of Ngaroma
  • J. A. Kennedy (Rev.), Proprietor or Manager of St. Peter’s School
  • Dean of Christchurch (The), Proprietor or Manager of Cathedral Grammar
  • F. Timoney (Rev.), Proprietor or Manager of St. Joseph’s Convent
  • Father McDonald (Rev.), Proprietor or Manager of St. Mary’s Convent
  • G. N. Watson (Rev.), Proprietor or Manager of St. Mark’s Church School
  • G. M. Marsden-Gorten (Miss), Proprietor or Manager of Fairleigh Sunshine School
  • E. J. Chennells (Mr.), Proprietor or Manager of Medbury School
  • Father Long (Rev.), Proprietor or Manager of Marist Brothers’
  • Father McMonagle (Rev.), Proprietor or Manager of Darfield Convent