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Many things have changed since that day. The Arnold Street site, somewhat enlarged, now houses a secondary college rather than an elementary school, and no trace re- mains remains of the old red-brick building, which was destroyed by fire in 1970. To construct the new building, private architects Daryl Jackson and Evan Walker had an apparently simple brief: one million dollars; one acre of land; one year to complete the project.2 A second round of festivities marked the opening of that new building on Sunday 4 November 1973 by the Honourable Lindsay Thompson, Minister of Education under Rupert Hamer. Again, proud dignitaries delivered speeches of congratulation.
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