The Errol Flynn Blog

1919 must have been a year of upheaval for the Flynn

family.
They
gave up their
beautiful home on
296 Davey Street (Holebrook
Place)
and moved to 60 Duke
Street.  Mrs. Flynn was expecting
her second child and
moved to Sydney to her mother in Kirribilli,
a suburb
of Sydney.  Norah
Rosemary
Flynn was born in Kirribilli at her mother's
house on
December 2, 1919. This was also the year
where
Prof. Flynn not just encountered problems in his
home life but
storm clouds also gathered
over
his head with problems
at the
University making him travel between
Hobart's, Sydney's and London's
Universities.  It must have been due to family problems
that Errol
was enrolled

I wanted to edit
yesterday the title

and it deleted all my given description and now
I can't get it all
back.
The link
below are the details
of my find that 60 Duke Street
was or is for sale
at present. The house
is called “FLYNN COTTAGE 1915″ -  the link
displays all the rooms

and the garden,
of course renovated and not looking
anymore as in Errol's
days.

— Tina

I wanted to edit my post and lost all the information – I am sorry for the loss -  and now I have to recreate it all!

Theodor purchased this home in 1917 and lived there until 1919, the street's name was then called Holebrook Place but today's address is 296 Davey Street. At this time it appears that Errol was enrolled partly in Hutchins School, Sandy Bay and Battery Point Model School.
Errol at Hutchins School 1916 and 1917!
The Hutchins School was established in 1846
at Hobart in memory of The Venerable William
Hutchins, first Archdeacon of Van Diemen's Land. It
has a proud history as one of Australia's
oldest private schools for boys, with alumni distinguished
in all fields of endeavour – including
judges, bishops, leaders of industry,
military heroes, musicians, artists and sportsmen.
And star actor – Errol Flynn!
Battery Point Model School …… on Albuera Street 1918 and 1919!
Actually there is some incorrect information around about this school, which is as follows:
Errol actually never went to the Battery Point Model School as the Model School was converted into the “Albuera Street State School”. Two different addresses!  The Model School existed in Battery Point from August 1883 to August 1913 it outgrew itself being designed for only 450
students, yet had risen to 922 and the need for a new
school building had become obvious, which became the Albuera Street State School and in which Errol was enrolled in February 1918 and stayed to 1919.

Many authors claim that Errol was expelled from all schools, I think this is not an accurate statement. In defense of Errol I would say his parents moved very frequently and with it changed Errol's schools maybe too.

— Tina

After 52 Warwick Street the family moved to 10
Darcy Street for part of 1914 to 1916.
Errol lived here
until he had the incident with the little
neighbor's girl Nerida and where he run away from home at age seven and
was missing for two days. It was here while living in this house that
he started school and in July 1916 he was enrolled at the Franklin House School. 
Apparently compulsory school age was at age seven and a school year
started in July.  I am unable to find a picture of the Franklin House School.

— Tina

Some references call the house “Villa Mildura” on 52 Warwick Street,
others just “Mildura”, but the house has that name to this day.  They
are semidetached elegant homes, it is not clear how many, but Prof.
Theodore Thomson Flynn rented Villa Mildura in April 1909 shortly after
his and his wife's arrival in Hobart. Come June of the same year Errol
inspected his very first home and he stayed there until 1914 as proven
by Errol himself.  Stated by Bob Casey that apparently a few years ago
at a renovation of Mildura, which must have been around 2004 as Bob
Casey's book was published 2008 and states there that the owner found
edged into the concrete floor under a carpet “Errol Flynn 1914.” Five
year old Errol could print his name very well – picture page 109 – a
very clever kid! Obviously he must have sensed already then that he
better proves his whereabouts!

— Tina