George Metcalfe

As proprietor and Headmaster of the High School, Goulburn, he was responsible for the pre-university education of two Premiers of New South Wales.

James Egan Moulton as Headmaster awaiting the arrival of Thomas Johnston in that role.

Johnston then developed a sound academic program at Silverwater but Fletcher was keen to further this and so Metcalfe with his BA, a notable achievement in the mid-1860s, was deemed a worthy successor.

At this time Metcalfe was seen as a "finished classical scholar with an intense appreciation of the great Greek and Latin writers".

[10] In her position as housekeeper she resided on the second floor of the former Blaxland mansion with members of the Fletcher family and the bachelor headmaster.

Romance ensued and the College Council's sense of propriety was offended to the extent that Metcalfe's employment was terminated early in 1869.

[15] On 10 October 1870, their son Horace died at the age of four and a half months, at their then residence Goulburn House.

The hotel then became known as Goulburn House and the first quarterly term of the High School in its new premises commenced on 2 October 1871.

[20] In July 1879, after ten years in Goulburn, Metcalfe transferred his school to Glebe Point.

[31] This small book has been largely forgotten by Australian zoologists but contains an incredible amount of interesting biological data.