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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]

Mr. William Voysey

Mr. William Voysey, the Headmaster of the Shannon Public School, is a native of Ballarat, Victoria. Coming to New Zealand when quite young, he was educated at Kanieri and Kumara on the West Coast. In 1880 he was appointed pupil-teacher at the Kumara Public School, and he passed with credit all the annual examinations for promotion. After five years Mr. Voysey took charge of the school at Gillespies, and twelve months later he was removed to a large school at Donoghues. Owing to a change in the Westland Education Board's regulations in 1889, Mr. Voysey resigned his position, and was appointed teacher of the Shannon Public School under the Education Board of Wellington. He takes great interest in the young charges committed to his care, and is deservedly popular.