Dora Creek Public School

Creating a Climate for Growth and Harmony

Telephone02 4973 1261

Emaildoracreek-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Principals Past and Present

Below is a list of principals and their date appointed:

  • John Douglas: July 1870 - resigned 1883
  • Peter Gardiner: January 1884
  • James A. Neill: July 1908
  • James Abernethy: January 1911
  • John J. Adams: May 1911
  • Robert McCredie: October 1915
  • Arthur Passmore: February 1920
  • Louis Hill (relieving): March 1925
  • John Dunleavy: June 1926
  • George Hood: November 1945
  • Claude Tabar: September 1949
  • Mr Campton (relieving): 1951
  • Joseph Driscoll: January 1953
  • Lawrence Tickner: June 1959
  • Tom Parkes (relieving): February - March 1960
  • Edgar Pearson: February 1960
  • Roy S. White: January 1966
  • Ernest Watters - Relief Staff: February 1970
  • Aub Hines (acting principal): 1970
  • David M. Davies: January 1973
  • Bruce Cockerall (relieving): 1978
  • J.S. Read: 1979
  • Malcolm Harber: September 1983
  • Lynne Burrows: January 2002
  • Jill Carter: April 2005
  • David Scott: July 2007
  • Margo Warham: March 2009
  • Damien Borrow: October 2018 

1887 bridge
Image: Dora Creek railway bridge under construction- 1887
Dora Creek House Style- circa 1930s
Image: Dora Creek House Style- circa 1930s
Sanitarium Wharf, Dora Creek
Image: Sanitarium Wharf, Dora Creek
S. Taaffe store under flood conditions
Image: S. Taaffe store under flood conditions.

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We would like to pay our respects and acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land and also pay respect to Elders both past and present.

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