Joan Mary Bray was born 6/9/1915 in Brisbane, the daughter of Herbert Edward Bray and his wife Grace (nee Shepherd) who married in Wisbech, Cambridge in 1892. The family lived at 5 Barton Street from the late 1920s. She completed her primary schooling at Auburn Primary by travelling there by the little black bus along Canterbury Road. She then went on to Mont Albert Central School and Melbourne Girls High. Locally she belonged to the 1st Surrey Hills Girl Guide Company at Holy Trinity Church. She trained as a nurse at Epworth Hospital and in 1941 served with the army at Gaza Hospital in the Middle East, then in New Guinea. From 1944 until the end of the war she was in Bougainville. Her mother died in Surrey Hills 29/9/1945 and her father moved to Hawthorn; he died in 1955. She had 3 older sisters: Eveline Grace (1893-1978) m Eric Benson; Violet Constance (1894-1983 - ? Sister Constance in mother’s death notice); Dorothy Maud (1896 - ? Sister Ursula in mother’s death notice). After the war she was a RSSL nurse, Matron of St Gabriel’s Baby Home in Balwyn, then Director of Nursing at the Royal Eye and Ear Hospital, East Melbourne. She resigned to be married. [No success in locating her marriage, presumed to be to UNKNOWN Wicks.]Black and white head and shoulders portrait of Joan Bray. She is wearing a plain shirt or jacket.barton street, mont albert central school, auburn primary school, melbourne girls high school, girl guides, 1st surrey hills girl guide company, nurses, nursing, hospitals, health services, australian army nursing service, world wars, 1939-1945, epworth hospital, st gabriel's baby home, eye and ear hospital, (miss) joan mary bray, matron joan bray, (mrs) joan wicks

Primary school aged children attend a school camp in regional Victoria. Some images are of a riverboat and others at Sovereign Hill heritage park. Other images were taken in a forest environment as students cook on bbq. For inquiries or access contact [email protected] side of some of the photographs have 'grade 4 camp' or 'g4' inscribed in blue pen. 1990s, 2000s, camp, school, jewish school, bialik college, photographs.

Two male students dressed in costume clapping sticks together on stage, Shakespeare Grove, 1960s.shakespeare grove, visual and performing arts, primary school, drama, student, music, performance

Students dressed up in costumes, taking part in a drama production at the Shakespeare Grove campus, 1960s. The stage screen in the background depicts the ocean, sailing boats, and a lighthouse.shakespeare grove, visual and performing arts, primary school, drama, music

Four students dressed up in costumes, performing on stage at the Shakespeare Grove campus, 1960s.shakespeare grove, visual and performing arts, primary school, drama, music

Thirteen students standing on stage dressed in Chanukah costumes, Shakespeare Grove, 1960s. shakespeare grove, celebration, visual and performing arts, primary school, drama, chanukah, channukah, drama, music

Bialik College Annual Magazine 2014-15.kindergarten, hebrew, elc, early learning centre, history, primary school, drama, community

Panel from the exhibition held to celebrate the College's 70th anniversary in 2012. Photograph 1: Principal Moshe Meretz and visitor with Year 4 taken in 1966. Photograph 2: Bialik College Primary School students taken in 1963. Please contact [email protected] to request access to this record.history, 2000s

Students outside at the Shakespeare Grove campus, holding Israeli and American flags, c. 1970s-1980s. Please contact [email protected] to request access to this record.1970s, 1980s, shakespeare grove, primary school

Grade 1 and 2 class, Shakespeare Grove, 1964. Teacher: Mrs Ronalds. Please contact [email protected] to request access to this record.1960s, primary school, class photograph, shakespeare grove

Grade 2, Shakespeare Grove, 1970. Please contact [email protected] to request access to this record.1970s, primary school, shakespeare grove, class photograph