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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]

Miss Jane Hamilton Thomson

page 1011

Miss Jane Hamilton Thomson , Mistress of the Lumsden Public School, was born in Dunedin, where she was educated at the Arthur Street public school and Otago Girls' High School. She served as a pupil teacher at the Union Street school and attended the Normal Training School for two years, when she was appointed sole teacher at Moutere. Miss Thomson was afterwards mistress of the Papa-Raio school for a year and nine months, when she became assistant at the George Street school, Dunedin. After serving in that capacity for four years and a-half, Miss Thomson was appointed to Lumsden in 1901. She is a member of the Southland branch of the New Zealand Educational Institute.