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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Auckland Provincial District]

Harrisville

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Harrisville.

The district known as Harrisville is a portion of the East Pukekohe road district, and was named after Major Harris, who owned the land, of which he sold considerable areas. Most of the settlers have small holdings, and are Danes. The district, undulating in character, lies to the east side of the railway station from Tuakau and Buckland, and is about eight miles from the Great South Road.

The Harrisville Public School was originally established in 1875 by the settlers of the district, and the native bush had to be cut down before the schoolhouse could be built. The old building was ultimately taken over by the Board of Education, which has since enlarged it. It now contains two class rooms and a porch, and has accommodation for about eighty children; there are forty on the roll, and there is an average attendance of thirty-three. There is a playground, with shelter sheds, and the headmaster's residence is of six rooms.

Mr. Alfred Ernest Hill, Headmaster of the Harrisville Public School, who holds a D2 certificate, was born in Cheshire, England, in 1853. He was educated at the Limm Grammar School, and came to Auckland in the ship “Sam Mendel,” in 1878. After farming for seven years in the Waikato, he entered the service of the Auckland Board of Education. He taught successively at the Pokeno Hill school, Cambridge, Waitemarama, and Kariaotahi, and was appointed to Harrisville in 1895.

Bullock Teams Carting Timber.

Bullock Teams Carting Timber.