Claremont Central School Students 1918

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1918

Overview

Black and white computer generated copies of Claremont Central School, Standard 8 and 9, Professional. Posed, outdoor image shows three rows of teenage male and female students, rear two rows standing and front row seated. Two boys seated on ground at very front holding a small sign which reads [CLAREMONT/VIII PROF]. Girls wearing below knee length dresses or skirts, long sleeves blouses or tops, and dark stockings with lace-up boots. Some have large bows in their hair. Young males dressed in suits with knee length pants and long socks. Older male on right (teacher) dressed in suit and tie.

Historical information

In 1909 Claremont was one of eight schools in Western Australia reclassified as ‘Central Schools’, later high schools, for the purposes of higher education. This meant that the school could offer Standards VII and VIII. Manual Training was available for boys.The school grounds continued to be a problem in winter and in 1938 it was said that ‘children were developing web feet.’.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-28--02-7-

Item type

Photographs

Themes

Education
People
Social History

Inscriptions and markings

Names on back of photo:
Top row: Alice Cook, Kath Mell, Mona Williams, Kath Lecrease, Winnie Longbottom, Marg Bullock, Molly Peachy, Kath Gee, Elsie Waters, Kath Moulin.
Middle row: Jack Dunn, Jack Bullock, Charles Smith, Paddy Cook, Bill Gibbons, Frank McMullen, Stan Byass, Mr E C Stewart.
Seated: Mabel Mellor, Dorothy Donnes, Holly Curry, Mona McLean, Eileen Grogan, Irene White, Bessie Durlacker.
Front: Alec Stenning, Eddie Gibson.

Year

1918

Links to additional resources

Claremont Museum.