Mike Freelander (Macarthur, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

This Saturday night I'm going to Campbelltown Public School for their 150th anniversary. It's a great school. Campbelltown was named after the wife of Governor Macquarie and has been a longstanding farming community but is now very quickly changing into a commuter area. Campbelltown has a long history of education, and I'm very proud to represent Campbelltown Public School along with the over 80 other schools in the area.

I strongly believe in the power of education to be transformative, and Campbelltown Public School has been a symbol of this for 150 years. It started on Wednesday 12 January 1876 and has been providing continuous education for the kids of Campbelltown since that time on the same site. It's a wonderful school. It's a tribute to the educators that have worked there, to the parents that have supported it and to all the kids that have gone on to flourishing careers since starting at Campbelltown Public School. The present principal, Ms Cathrine Flamos, is wonderful, as are the teachers and as have been the teachers that I've been associated with at that school for the last 40 years. It is a great school, and it is a great tribute to the school that it's been going for 150 years. May it continue to educate the kids of Campbelltown for another 150 years.