▁a ▁l odge , ▁g ymnasium , ▁st ables ▁and ▁entrance ▁gates ▁designed ▁by ▁Pow ell . ▁These ▁structures ▁were ▁subsequently ▁ere cted ▁at ▁the ▁cost ▁of ▁£ 5 3 0 . ▁The ▁main ▁entrance ▁to ▁the ▁school ▁was ▁at ▁the ▁corner ▁of ▁Her ries ▁and ▁Mary ▁Street . ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁head master ▁of ▁the ▁school ▁was ▁J ▁Mac into ch ▁of ▁Cam den ▁College , ▁near ▁Sydney , ▁a ▁gradu ate ▁of ▁Edinburgh ▁University ▁with ▁hon ours ▁in ▁class ics ▁and ▁mathematics . ▁The ▁initial ▁en rol ment ▁was ▁forty - four ▁students ▁including ▁twenty ▁board ers ▁with ▁numbers ▁rising ▁to ▁ 6 0 ▁by ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁ 1 8 7 7 . ▁Mac into ch ▁died ▁accident ally ▁when ▁thrown ▁from ▁a ▁horse ▁on ▁ 1 2 ▁April ▁ 1 8 7 9 . ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁next ▁ 3 1 ▁years ▁To owo om ba ▁Gram mar ▁School ▁had ▁seven ▁head master s . ▁Over ▁this ▁period ▁the ▁school ▁experienced ▁financial ▁difficulties ▁as ▁en rol ments ▁decl ined ▁to ▁a ▁record ▁low ▁of ▁ 2 9 ▁in ▁the ▁year ▁ 1 9 0 0 . ▁From ▁this ▁low ▁point ▁numbers ▁began ▁to ▁rise ▁so ▁that ▁by ▁August ▁ 1 9 0 6 ▁tend ers ▁were ▁being ▁called ▁for ▁add itions ▁in ▁brick ▁by ▁J ▁Mark s ▁and ▁Son . ▁These ▁add itions ▁may ▁have ▁been ▁part ▁of ▁Will ough by ▁Pow ell ' s ▁original ▁design . ▁Mark s ▁and ▁Son ▁super vised ▁Pow ell ' s ▁design