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"What Katy Did" by Susan Coolidge

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c. 1904

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Morrell family Archives

Overview

paper, card, ink, 240 pages. Faded red cover with line illustrations of yellow and white pansies.

Historical information

The North Greenough State School was sited south of the junction of Georgina Rd and Gregory Rd (now Brand Highway) at Greenough. The school functioned from 1865 to the early 1920s, and then the building was demolished.
Little is known about Myra Smith other than she taught at the South Greenough State School c1900-01 and later at the North Greenough State School.
Gladys Morrell (1896-1988) was the daughter of Reuben & Elizabeth Morrell and grew up and lived all her life at Ironbarks Farm, North Greenough.

Details

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Registration number

cwa-org-72-GMOB0327

Item type

Material

Width

195 mm

Height or length

130 mm

Depth

11 mm

Inscriptions and markings

Book published by Ward, Lock & Co, London.
Written inside "Gladys Morrell Standard II 16.12.04 State School North Greenough. Myra K. Smith, teacher."

Contextual Information

The book is an important reminder of the now non-existent North Greenough State School.

Keywords

Place made

London
England
United Kingdom

Year

c. 1904

Primary significance criteria

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Object’s condition or completeness

Rare or representative

Well provenanced

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