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Metcalfe were married in 1869 in the District of Parramatta. The union produced three children: Ada Sophia born 1870; Horace born 1870; and Selwyn George born 1873. On 10 October 1870, their son Horace died at the age of four and a half months, at their then residence
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Melcalfe to "gentlemen desirous of improving their education." In January 1874, a fire destroyed the stables at the rear of Metcalfe’s
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Headmaster awaiting the arrival of Thomas Johnston in that role. Johnston then developed a sound academic program at Silverwater but Fletcher was keen to further this and so Metcalfe with his BA, a notable achievement in the mid-1860s, was deemed a worthy successor. At this time Metcalfe was seen
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Fletcher family and the bachelor headmaster. Romance ensued and the College Council's sense of propriety was offended to the extent that Metcalfe's employment was terminated early in 1869. Shortly after leaving Silverwater, the headmaster and the housekeeper were married. At the
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but contains an incredible amount of interesting biological data. Only one edition and one printing was published and in the ensuing years it has rarely been cited in other works. In recent years Dr Trevor J. Hawkeswood has been concerned about the loss of significant and noteworthy historical
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time of their marriage the new Mrs
Metcalfe was said to be the daughter of James Gilligan, Esq., of Clifton Lodge in Tasmania Tasmania. Since 1954 a school house at Newington has been named in honour of Metcalfe and in 2021 a new house named in honour of Gilligan was established.
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Public School. He supervised the erection of an additional schoolroom at
Granville in 1883. In August 1884 the school had 410 students enrolled and Metcalfe remained as principal until 1889. His last appointment by the
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on 30 May 1927. His wife had pre-deceased him in 1921 aged 78. Their graves, 2521 and 2522, are beside each other in Zone B of
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biological data and has written several papers discussing this forgotten but noteworthy research bringing renewed attention to
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Metcalfe (1895), an overlooked reference on the biology and distribution of two Australian Cicadidae
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educationalist, school proprietor and writer. As proprietor and Headmaster of the
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G. Metcalfe Esq., B.A., Honourman in Arts and Laws University of Melbourne
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1834). This small book has been largely forgotten by Australian
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Newington College : a sesquicentenary history 1863-2013
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Metcalfe, George, M.A, school teacher, Liverpool Rd, Redmyre
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Swain, Peter L. (Peter Leonard); Newington College (1988),
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150 years of Newington rugby : 1869-2019 / Barry Ross
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in March 1862. In April 1866, Metcalfe was awarded a
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170:where in advertising he was referred to as
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