‘Strawb’ to Hildyard, a centenary of memories at Launceston Junior Technical School to be celebrated in 2019

Adam Holmes
January 1 2019 - 6:00am
An image of Launceston Junior Technical School in the 1940s where boys attended around years 7 to 10. Enrolment peaked at around 900 boys in the 1950s, before it relocated to Queechy High School. Picture: Supplied
An image of Launceston Junior Technical School in the 1940s where boys attended around years 7 to 10. Enrolment peaked at around 900 boys in the 1950s, before it relocated to Queechy High School. Picture: Supplied

FROM taskmaster teacher “Strawb” Smyth to the indomitable Mollie Hildyard and her cry of “cease, boys, cease!”, there was rarely a dull or quiet moment at the former Launceston Junior Technical School.

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Adam Holmes

Adam Holmes

Journalist at The Examiner and Advocate, Tasmania

From Adelaide to south-west Victoria, Bendigo to Tasmania, I've provided in-depth stories in politics, environmental affairs, issues facing disadvantaged communities, legal affairs and much more. Contact me at adam.holmes@examiner.com.au or on Twitter at @adamholmes010

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