William Thompson Masonic School

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The William Thompson Masonic School, Baulkham Hills, admin buildings, in mid to late 1950s. My father attended this school in the late 1930s early 1940s after his father passed away.I found the following info from The Hills council:Long before the idea was conceived of establishing a school for orphans or other children in need, the Lodge members of the Freemasons had established a charity devoted to those children. In 1918, William Thompson thought that the wide open spaces and rolling landscape of Baulkham Hills would be a good location to establish homes for children who had been orphaned or left in poor circumstances following World War I. The project was funded by the Masons.On 11 November, 1922, (Armistice Day) the William Thompson Masonic School was opened. Fifty 'motor buses' helped transport 12,000 Masons and friends to the opening of the school. During World War II the children were moved into the countryside and the buildings became the 103rd Australian General Hospital.