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Picturesque Dunedin: or Dunedin and its neighbourhood in 1890

Normal School

Normal School.

In 1875 a large brick building was erected on a reserve in Moray Place for the accommodation of a Teachers' Training Institution, a Practising School to serve the purposes of an ordinary district school, and a School of Art. The Training Institution and Practising School were opened in January 1876, and at the same time the School of Art was transferred from rooms in the University building in Princes-street to its present quarters. Mr William S. Fitzgerald, Rector of the Oamaru Grammar School, was appointed Rector of the Normal School; and Mr Montgomery, as already stated, was placed in charge of the Practising School. Mr Montgomery died in 1885, and he was succeeded by Mr David White, promoted by the Board from the first assistantship in the Union-street school.