Brebner Primary School | 31 Deale Rd, Bayswater, Bloemfontein, 9301, Free State

Before 1900, the history of this school seems to be a bit vague and uncertain, what can be established , however is that before the Anglo Boer War in 1899, a so called Railway Camp School was opened. During the period 1900 1903, while Mr Sargant was Superintendent of Education this school was incorporated with the new Railway Government School with a Mr C W Dunnet as principal. The new school was housed partly in wood and iron buildings in Glen Road and partly in the upper storey of the Hostel for Apprentices in Bree Street which had been opened in 1898. The ground floor of this building was occupied by the police.The foundation stone in the present Brebner High School foyer reads:Gelegd door Z H Ed. M T Steyn Staatspresident Februarie 1898 and it is presumed that this was laid during the days of the old Orange Free State Republic and before British rule of the Free State.It can also further be safely assumed that the school was primarily started to accommodate the many children of parents wh