1959 was the first issue of 'Threshold'. In 1951 thirty girls started a junior technical course for the first time in Ballarat, under the Principal of the Ballarat School of Mines. By 1959 it had increased enormously with an enrolment of 284 students, and its own headmistress. The early school took place in the Dana Street Primary School and a large portion of the Ballarat Technical Art School. It was not thought necessary for girls to produce a magazine, but Joan Hood (Kirner) was determined that the girls would have the same opportunity as the boys. “When I went out teaching, I went to Ballarat Girls Tech, where I met [husband] Ron who was at Ballarat Boys Tech. They were seen as tough schools, and I saw the disadvantage faced by these girls who were at the lowest of the low of the education rung – and yet there were some fantastic girls there who needed equal opportunity. So I think it was teaching that cemented in my mind that people don’t get an even go – and in particular girls. It didn’t take me too long to realise blokes were largely empowered. And it was teaching that cemented how equity and empowerment for women could be achieved through education.” Sarah Capper: You graduated from Melbourne University in 1958, and as mentioned, began work as a teacher in Ballarat. You married Ron in 1960 and received one of those government letters asking you to resign - JK: Yes, I think it burnt a hole in my pocket when I brought it home! We were both teachers, and I said to Ron, “Well, you got married – where’s your letter?!” That really clarified that the world wasn’t quite even, even in this profession that I’d always wanted and loved. I didn’t get superannuation – I think I got something like 100 pounds as pay in lieu of permanent service. And that wasn’t just me – that was a whole generation. Fancy that – that’s what it said – “pay in lieu of permanent service”. So that made me livid. If I hadn’t been a feminist before then, I certainly was by then. I realised the distribution of power was different for women and men. http://sheilas.org.au/2014/02/a-bonza-joan-kirner/, accessed 06/06/2015 The four houses of the Ballarat Girls' Technical School were Bass House, Sturt House, Flinders House and Mitchell House. Orange and green soft covered magazine of 24 pages. Includes a message from the headmistress, Fay Moore, and a photograph of the Magazine Committee featuring teacher Joan Hook (later Joan Kirner, Premier of Victoria). Information and a photograph is given for the following personalities: Sandra McHenry, Sylvia Rowe, Heather Young, Beverley Davis, Lorna Robertson, Janice Hunter, Margaret Ayars, Margaret Veal, Heather O'Brien, Hilary Batt, Leone Davies, Marlene Drever, Janet Smith.ballarat girls' technical school, joan hood, joan kirner, fay moore, i.e. harris, faye hilton, marilyn miller, lesley cutts, margaret jones, moira blair, rosemary davies, lorraine button, vivienne guy, lorraine krankovich, loralie crabbe, beverley davis, shirley dean, lorrice campbell, hilary batt, valerie stewat, sandra mchenry, joy henderson

1408.01 - Sunshine Technical School 1967 Form 1A Girls Photo a 1408.01 - Sunshine Technical School 1967 Form 1A Girls Photo b 1408.01 - Sunshine Technical School 1967 Form 1A Girls Names Yvonne Bell Leonie Eason Donna James Reva Hartshorne Christine Lane Barbara Allan Irene Bode Jacquelyn Barter Jan Hobbs Heather Bishop Dianne Kaye Miss ODea Mary Agius Catherine Hollis Wendy Addicot Heather Johnson Elizabeth Cumming Judith Jones Dianne Baldock 1408.02 - Sunshine Technical School 1967 Form 1B Girls Photo a 1408.02 - Sunshine Technical School 1967 Form 1B Girls Photo b 1408.02 - Sunshine Technical School 1967 Form 1B Girls Names Dianne Pascoe Susan Lambert Deborah Triplett Erica Mowforth Pauline Yule Lorraine Mitchell Raelee Morris Vicki Mather Ornella Sensari Susan Whitehead Pamela Lyall Miss Hansen Suzanne Perrie Kathleen Schuppan Susan Roberts Vicki Lawrence Elaine Thomas Noeleen Pertzel Linda Martin 1408.03 - Sunshine Technical School 1967 Form 1C Girls 1408.03 - Sunshine Technical School 1967 Form 1C Girls Names Dianne Webster Susan Forbes Edwina Bacon Maria Pan Horst Susan Buhlert Gillian Gebert Gaelene Shaw Kay Dalgliesh Dianne Jones Sheryl Symons Sheryl Gilfillan Marilyn Thomas Pamela Duson Wanda Jorgensen Alma Maloney Annette Johns Mary James Erika Skrzypiciel Sandra Allen Mrs Davidson 1408.04 - Sunshine Technical School 1967 Form 1D Girls Photo a 1408.04 - Sunshine Technical School 1967 Form 1D Girls Photo b 1408.04 - Sunshine Technical School 1967 Form 1D Girls Names Christine Capewell Beryl Pearson Vicki Hatcher Susan Carter Denise Brazier Linda Stevens Margaret Franklin Lynn Chandler Barbara Cooper Jillian Bell Christine Garing Sharyn Stageman Mrs Darby Kathryn Maclean Ann Eaton Olive Paxton Teresa Desira Rhonda Eddy Julie Lemmon Piera di Maggio 1408.05 - Sunshine Technical School 1967 Form 1E Girls Photo a 1408.05 - Sunshine Technical School 1967 Form 1E Girls Photo b 1408.05 - Sunshine Technical School 1967 Form 1E Girls Names Adrianna Matczak Agni Kyriacou Margaret Gauci Mary Seychell Rita Spiteri Wendy Langley Wendy Croft Marika Kruszczak Rosa Fraietta Miss Rand Monica Heidemann Susan Whiffin Patricia McClure Elizabeth Kulak Margaret Foley Debra Morath 1408.06 - Sunshine Technical School 1967 Form 1F Girls Names Daniela Disante Donna Leinart Maria Cirillo Mary Tonna Agnes Xuereb Susan Wear Margaret Coffey Sunta Xuereb Deborah McVean Rosemary Gelder Mary Calleja Julie Mundy Miss Hooper Giuseppa Fusco Gliko Pliatsiari Dora di Maggio Mary Cohen Barbara Flieger Doris Falzon 1408.06 - Sunshine Technical School 1967 Form 1F Girls 1408.07 - Sunshine Technical School 1967 Form 2A Girls Photo a 1408.07 - Sunshine Technical School 1967 Form 2A Girls Photo b 1408.07 - Sunshine Technical School 1967 Form 2A Girls Names Sharyn King Gaye Cunningham Heather McKenzie Heather Cox Kaye Finemore Monica Driscoll Jennifer Clapham Roberta Campbell Kerry Durrant Barbara Jan Jenny Durrant Antonia Caruana Kerry Carver Jurate Kemeza Sandra Fegan Mr Todd Gail Clee Shirley Fogarty Catherine Hacker Susan Campbell Rhonda Bunting Margaret Hughes Cheryl Anwar 1408.08 - Sunshine Technical School 1967 Form 2B Girls Photo a 1408.08 - Sunshine Technical School 1967 Form 2B Girls Photo b 1408.08 - Sunshine Technical School 1967 Form 2B Girls Names Wendy Quantock Astrid van Dort Sheryl Clapham Lois Kittelry Susan Wiseman Susan Murphy Dianne OMalley Cheryl Reardon Leeanne Norris Sheryl Robinson Felicity Quick Heather Ovens Mrs Antonowicz Els Ligtvoet Sylvia Thomas Karen Thomas Yvonne Missen Filiz Latif Margaret Webster Helga Wegnegg 1408.09 - Sunshine Technical School 1967 Form 2C Girls Photo a 1408.09 - Sunshine Technical School 1967 Form 2C Girls Photo b 1408.09 - Sunshine Technical School 1967 Form 2C Girls Names Christine Allan Rebecca Butt Marilyn Haynes Ruth Jones Elizabeth Iles Lillian Degraeve Lorraine Engellenner Michele Flannery Janet Bentley Lynette Engellenner Lynette Ingram Glenda Chambers Gayle Frost Dianne Akumbakas Elaine Canavan Susan Hewitt Joyce Brincat Valerie Allwood Dagmar Guerra Julie Campo Yvonne Betts 1408.10 - Sunshine Technical School 1967 Form 2D Girls Photo a 1408.10 - Sunshine Technical School 1967 Form 2D Girls Photo b 1408.10 - Sunshine Technical School 1967 Form 2D Girls Names Anne Sinagl Rhonda Petersen Beverley Rae Antoinette van der Veldr Christine Round Vicki Newton Vicki Stanton Angela Spiteri Wendy Rule/ Lorraine Maddern Janette Lee Ann Teasdale Jeanette Miller Miss Vike Ann Starczewski Mariska van den Elzen Suzanne Park Rozi Nadolski Heather Proud Maureen Smith Lois Lawson 1408.11 - Sunshine Technical School 1967 Form 2E Girls Photo a 1408.11 - Sunshine Technical School 1967 Form 2E Girls Photo b 1408.11 - Sunshine Technical School 1967 Form 2E Girls Names Margaret Jupp Valentina Budanow Angela Siegmund Vera Komuk Amalia Fusco Noelle Scott Denise Thompson Robyn Slorach Doris Stumpf Carlene Stageman Yvonne Gust Miss Dunstan Jane Cox Lee Delphin Wendy Stead Marilyn Hall Dianne Guilfoyle Carmen Fenech Connie Duca 1408.12 - Sunshine Technical School 1967 Form 3A Girls Photo a 1408.12 - Sunshine Technical School 1967 Form 3A Girls Photo b 1408.12 - Sunshine Technical School 1967 Form 3A Girls Names Jennifer Jorgensen Marina Martellani Judith Boys Sandra Hunter Branda Collis Carol Waring Cherilyn Rowley Lorraine Allen Julie Stanton Helena Kolodziej Miss Loveridge Erin Jolly Lorraine Hyde Rita Zukowski Susan Johansen Kathleen Harkin Maureen Skinner 1408.13 - Sunshine Technical School 1967 Form 3B Girls Photo a 1408.13 - Sunshine Technical School 1967 Form 3B Girls Photo b 1408.13 - Sunshine Technical School 1967 Form 3B Girls Name Lucy Orzel Gillian Riordan Linda Ashton Kerry Bartel Sandra Richards Mary Campo Mary Micallef Cheryl Dean Raisa Goncharrow Ingrid Wuerz Jill Nuttall Norma Pengelly Helen Benedierks Doris Fenech Norma Bonnell Teresa Kulinski Teresa Wieckowski Stana Piatek Mary Venville 1408.14 - Sunshine Technical School 1967 Form 3C Girls Photo a 1408.14 - Sunshine Technical School 1967 Form 3C Girls Photo b 1408.14 - Sunshine Technical School 1967 Form 3C Girls Names Cathy Couyoumtzoglou Nola Duson Diane Carson Kristine Davidson Helen Allcorn Cathy Buttimer Raelene Bean Sherilyn Brett Rhonda Campbell Kaye Dannatt Cathy Burgess Sheryl Compton Susan Armitage Elizabeth Bradley Christine Edwards Mrs Obermoeller Vicki Farmer Diane Chamberlain Lynette Durrant Merrill Campbell Androulla Charalambous Grace Borg Cornella Bonicki 1408.15 - Sunshine Technical School 1967 Form 3D Girls Photo a 1408.15 - Sunshine Technical School 1967 Form 3D Girls Photo b 1408.15 - Sunshine Technical School 1967 Form 3D Girls Names Julie Baxter Glenda Kirtelry Lorraine Neilson Wilhelmina Panhorst Gail Jenkinson Denise Fletcher Wilma Fox Cheryl McFarlane Maree Goring Patsy Merritt Christine Lind Gail Mitchell Lynette Hewitt Jennifer Harvey Mrs Betts Kay Ferguson Lorraine Faulkner Christine Horton Faye McAlpine Robyn Keast Leanne Kewish Dawn Mitchell 1408.16 - Sunshine Technical School 1967 Form 3E Girls Photo a 1408.16 - Sunshine Technical School 1967 Form 3E Girls Photo b 1408.16 - Sunshine Technical School 1967 Form 3E Girls Names Jacqueline Simmons Janet Williams Beverley Sutton Maxine White Glenda Snooks Karen Siddall Augustine Stoellinger Elizabeth Szabo Rhonda Richards Debra Steers Cheryl Webster Janina Piatek Maureen Robertson Monika Trybus Diane Wright Miss Fitzgibbon Diane Stols Colleen Traynor Barbara Stojanovic Gloria Sinnamon Jill Ritchie Judith Read Melita Silens 1408.17 - Sunshine Technical School 1967 Form 4A Girls Photo a 1408.17 - Sunshine Technical School 1967 Form 4A Girls Photo b 1408.17 - Sunshine Technical School 1967 Form 4A Girls Names Cheryl Pardon Jan Fowler Marion Warlich Elvira Kulesza Ursula Probst Glenda Baldwin Helen Shepherd Brenda Self Helen Missen Mrs. Stone 1408.18 - Sunshine Technical School 1967 Form 4B Girls Photo a 1408.18 - Sunshine Technical School 1967 Form 4B Girls Photo b 1408.18 - Sunshine Technical School 1967 Form 4B Girls Names Cheryle Smith Sherill Bloxham Beverley Pace Shirley Walsh Cheryl Gliddon Lee Floate Lorna Doyle Janet Moore Karen Hancock Margaret Collins Dianne Fleming Pamela Fleming Glenda Paine 1408.19 - Sunshine Technical School 1967 Form 4C Girls Photo a 1408.19 - Sunshine Technical School 1967 Form 4C Girls Photo b 1408.19 - Sunshine Technical School 1967 Form 4C Girls Names Maria Hilton Helen Murphy Rita Melderis Noella Chambers Judith Kaye Rita Abela Lorraine Coulston Josephine Agius Cheryl Batey Christine McIlwaine Mary Anne Burquest Janina Dinatale Faye Jenkins Renate Goettlicher Janice Hooper Nedda Bevilacqua Giannina Mucilli Jeanette Brown Lorraine Harper Linda Canavan Mary Busuttil Susan Hacker Kaye Lloyd Margaret Ellis 1408.20 - Sunshine Technical School 1967 Form 4D Girls Photo a 1408.20 - Sunshine Technical School 1967 Form 4D Girls Names Julie Smith Beryl Scanlon Jennifer Triplett Vicky Pykalo Yanina Salicki Lynette Reardon Suzanne Parkinson Diane Pertzel Jennifer Richer Judith Powell Karina Silens Geesje Vennick Giovanna Tomasi Daria Starczewski Helga Petermaier Edelgard Zatylny Jeanette Radford Zoula Tsiantopoulos Catriona Taylor 1408.21 - Sunshine Technical School 1967 Form 5 Girls Photo a 1408.21 - Sunshine Technical School 1967 Form 5 Girls Photo b 1408.21 - Sunshine Technical School 1967 Form 5 Girls Photo c 1408.21 - Sunshine Technical School 1967 Form 5 Girls Photo d 1408.21 - Sunshine Technical School 1967 Form 5 Girls Names Jeanette Greig Joy Keating Judith Nicholson Robyn Pascoe Caryl Herbison Pamela Mann Dianne Clayton Marion Meinken Pamela Haworth Bogusia Czech Christine Telfer Irene Zacharias Vicki Missen Coral Duggan Rhonda Ashcroft Mrs Ferguson Annette Foley Deidre Lynch Dianne Thomas Dianne Sharples Annemarie Kiefer Josephine Dinatale Rhonda Beagley Carmen Duxson 1408.22 - Sunshine Technical School 1967 Tennis Team 1408.23 - Sunshine Technical School 1967 Basketball Team 1408.24 - Sunshine Technical School 1967 Volleyball Team 1408.25 - Sunshine Technical School 1967 Cricket Team 1408.26 - Sunshine Technical School 1967 Soccer Team Teacher Valdo Giovanni Liziersunshine technical school, technical school, sunshine, class photo