Events
Exercise Book
This is a brown and red striped
notebook from Nellie Oliver
from 1904.Winter School Hat
This hat in in "air
hostess style" in
1970.St Catherine's School was
founded when Miss Jeanie
Hood opened a school in
Templeton Street,
Castlemaine, which she
named Castlemaine
Ladies' College in 1896.St Catherine's School
opened in Williams
Road, Toorak. Miss
Flora Templeton, who
ran Blair School in
St Georges Road,
Toorak, joined Miss
Ruth Langley in
establishing St
Catherine's in 1920.Barbreck was purchased
from Mr William Love
and becomes St Catherine's
Junior School in 1948.Light Blue Blazer
This blazer was worn by the school
captain at the time, Anita Stuart in
1955.The swimming pool
was opened and 600
girls were taught to
swim in April, 1962.Periods
School reports
1927 and 1928
school reports
of Dorothy
Johnson.Miss Ruth Langley
sadly, passed away
in 1933 and Miss Edna
Holmes becomes the
Headmistress in 1934.Running Spikes
These are shoes with spikes
on the bottom for grip
when running from the
1950s. Year unknown.
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