The Sight Saving School opened in March 1940 on the grounds of the Elizabeth Street Practicing School. Its purpose was to prevent children with partial sight from losing it and to teach them Braille. The school closed around 1991.
The Sight Saving School evolved out of the school for children who were blind at the Blind, Deaf and Dumb Institution.
In about 1960, the Sight Saving School became the Bruce Hamilton Sight Saving School in honour of a Tasmanian ophthalmologist. It later became the Bruce Hamilton School.
Children at the School boarded at the Blind, Deaf and Dumb Institute.
From
1940
To
c. 1991
Alternative Names
Bruce Hamilton Sight Saving School
Bruce Hamilton School
Bruce Hamilton Special School
