the building was sold by the Tasmanian Government for 2.8 million. Letitia Street campus From 1918 to 1984 the school was located at 71 Letitia Street, North Hobart. A new site for the Hobart State High School was selected in North Hobart on a block between Park Street (now the Brooker Highway), Federal Street and Letitia Street, on which a tramway ran. It was adjacent to the Queens Domain and close to the North Hobart recreation ground. One building was designed with space, ventilation, lighting and heating. The building cost £15,000. The new site was officially opened by the premier G. H. Lee on 18 December 1917. The Hobart State High School started at the new location on 29 September 1918. By 1919 in addition to the main building there was a separate block containing science laboratories and wordworking and fitting shops. A new building for science and music opened on 7 June 1958. Students were organised into three colour groups for sporting competition purposes, red green and blue. Later on gold was added. A Student's Christian Union formed in 1920, let by YMCA staff, it met once a week. By 1922 high school study had been extended to five years, with an additional year required to achieve the Intermediate Certificate. In the same year an inter-school sports included hockey, football, cross-country running, tennis, cricket and swimming. Four extra classrooms were added to the main building in 1928 at a cost of A£2,162 by H. W. Pease. The 21st celebration of the Hobart High School was celebrated with a speech night at the Hobart City Hall attended by the Governor of Tasmania, Sir Ernest Clark on 6 March 1934. Later in the week there was a swimming carnival and sports competition. A special church service at the Wesley Church completed the week of celebration on Sunday. In 1935 two blind pupils enrolled from the nearby Institution of the Blind, Deaf and Dumb and were provided Braille textbooks. One of these successfully completed 5 years. The school was again excessively crowded, with the locker room in the basement being used as a classroom. In this year wireless was installed throughout the school. In 1936 the government considered building a new high school at nearby . The Governor-General of Australia, Lord Gowrie visited the school in February 1937. Film projectors were ordered in 1938. Also in 1938 intermediate exams were abolished, which