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style. It is a single-storey limestone building with a steeply pitched roof (originally shingled) and narrow vertical windows. The building, which closely resembles a church, had a wing added to the north in 1865 and another to the south in 1868. The shingle roof has been covered with corrugated iron
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announced it had signed a lease with the
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constructed in a temporary timber extension at the eastern end of the school to accommodate additional students. At the same time, plans were underway for a new
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