Graylands Primary School

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1951

Overview

Series of 4 photographs of Graylands Primary School students.

04.246a
Group of 50 boys and girls in school grounds.Boy in centre of front row holding board GRAYLANDS INF 1951.

Back row:Donald Corbett Phillip Simpson David Bell David Harmer ?Trevor Grubrow Trevor Anderson PeterBrondson Gerard Woodruff Kevin Moore ? ? John Nelson Barry Peters Row 2 Wendy Dyson Carolyn Pearman Carol Beswick Wendy Shepherd Gwynth Forster Shirley Rutherford Valerie Buck ?Dutch ? ? Loraine Dorn Kerry Bonford Roslyn Thompson Row3 ? ? Brian Mallet Robyn McAlister Coral Redmond Robyn Shepherd Jennifer Pascoe Faye Sparkes Jennifer Mathews, Susan ? Martyn Pardoe ? Barry Bell. Front Row: Peter Hanrahan Rory Stock Max Leonard ? Colin Messenger Ross Stewart ? Gilbert Cahill ? ?(with hat at the reunion) (?David Fisher Rodney Drury)

04.246b
Group of 46 boys and girls outside school. Boy in centre of front row holding board GRAYLANDS 1 1952.

Back row:Gerard Woodruff John Nelson Trevor Anderson ? ? Sandy Ian Douglas Milton Hunt Peter Bronsden Robert Harcourt ? 2nd row:Jill Atherton Roslyn Thompson Lynette Brenzi Nancy Odges Wendy Dyson Lorraine Dorn Valerie Buck Shirley Rutherford Dorothy Carol Beswick Gwynth Forster Coral Redmond 3rd row: ? Brian Mallet Robin McAlister ? Jennifer Pascoe Faye Taylor Elvie Phillips Nannette King ? Faye Sparkes Carolyn Pearman Colin Messenger Gillbert Cahill. Front row: Bimbi Harmer Lloyd Napier Donald Corbett Arthur Wilson Phillip Simpson Peter Hanrahan Barry Peters Ray Stock Max Leonard Kevin Moore (David Fisher & Rodney Drury)

04.246c
Group of 41 boys and girls on top lawn, Methodist Church & Thomas's ? House in background

Top Lawn Back Row: Rory Stock David Bell Max Stewart ? Arthur Wilson Brian Mellet ? Barry Peters P Barnes ? Sydney Leonard Roger Donegan ? ? Phillip Simpson 2nd row Barry Bell Sandra Whittington Loraine Dorn Carol Beswick Coral Redmond Roslyn Thompson Judy Coulson Shirley Rutherford Valerie Buck Margaret Doran ? ? Front row Robyn McAlister Maurette King Faye Sparkes Carolyn Pearman ? Jennifer Pascoe Ross Stewart ? ? ? ? ? ?

04.246d
Group of 19 adults in school grounds, two holding copies of 'GROWING UP IN GRAYLANDS' Memories of Graylands Primary School 1917-60.

Back row Donald Corbett John Nelson Arthur Wilson Shirley Rutherford Lorraine Dorn Milton Hunt Peter Snow Jan Leonard(?) David Williams Brian Mallet(?) Kneeling: Carol Beswick Gwynth Forster Vera Forbes Peter Atkinson ? Kneeling front row: Carl Pearman Veronica Hooker Annette Christmas.

Historical information

School built 1917 (first requested 1912). Initially consisted of one pavilion room 30 x 20 feet costing c $670. Timber framed, iron roofed building. With wooden dado, the room had 3 large windows, hinged at top and with small panes of frosted glass, on western side, large sliding shutters of canvas ? (later asbestos) on south end and eastern side. Small storeroom, cloakroom and entry porch with skillion roof on northern end. Opened 13th August 1917, head teacher Miss Mena Houston. On the first day 8 children were enrolled, by the end of the week this had grown to 48 children. For Arbor Day, 1918, Claremont Roads Board sent 1 dozen Wattle Trees, which, together with pines and camphor laurels, were planted and gardens made. Museum holds copy of book GROWING UP IN GRAYLANDS by Erin Paul - Memories of Graylands Primary School 1917-60

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-28--4-246-a-d

Item type

Photographs

Themes

Education

Year

1951

Links to additional resources

Claremont Museum.