Original sentence: He enrolled as a student at Newington College from his family's then home in West Maitland in 1865.In 1889 he was appointed District Inspector of Schools and served in various centres throughout the State.John Waterhouse (1852 - 19 March 1940) was an Australian principal who was headmaster of two of New South Wales first public boys high schools.Tragedy struck in 1894 when Waterhouse's wife and daughter drowned in Wellington Harbour.Waterhouse later became headmaster of Sydney Boys' High School (1896-1915)and was a resident of Chatswood.Waterhouse was born in Tasmania, the second son of the Wesleyan minister Jabez Bunting Waterhouse.Waterhouse was interested in geology and ornithology
Edited sentence: Academic results at the public examinations during his term were outstanding and the school was admitted to the GPS in 1906.He lived to spend 25 years in retirement.He took on a school that had suffered as a result of the 1890s economic crisis and the degenerative illness of its first Headmaster, Joseph Coates.His doctors had given him only two years to live.In 1889, he was appointed Inspector of Schools in the Dungog region.In January 1896, Waterhouse transferred to the Lithgow district, but this position was to be short-lived.In July 1896, he was appointed headmaster of Sydney Boys' High School.John Waterhouse (3 March 1852 - 19 March 1940) was an Australian principal who was headmaster of two of New South Wales first public boys high schools.One of his retirement hobbies was fossils and his name is perpetuated in the Nuculana Waterhousei which he discovered.Over the next nineteen years, Waterhouse was to lead the revitalisation of Sydney High School.The enrolment increased from just over 100 in 1896 to 350 in 1906 and 422 in 1915.Waterhouse retired as Headmaster of Sydney High in 1915 on medical advice.Waterhouse started school in a small country town in South Australia before attending St Peter's College, Adelaide in 1860.Waterhouse was also interested in geology and ornithology.Waterhouse was born in Campbell Town, Tasmania, the second son of the Wesleyan minister Jabez Bunting Waterhouse.When the family moved to Maitland, New South Wales he attended Dr Frazer's Grammar School for a short period before being enrolled as a boarding student at Newington Collegein 1865.Whilst in Dungog tragedy struck in 1894 when Waterhouse's wife and daughter drowned in Wellington Harbour.With his father's ministry taking the family around Australia, his early education was varied.and became a resident of Chatswood