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Lauriston Girls’ School (incorporating Lauriston Museum and Gallery)Photograph, Lauriston Hockey Eleven 1905
... Lauriston Hockey Eleven 1905...This photograph was donated by Mrs Howard whose aunt, Dorothy Christian, attended Lauriston from 1904 to 1908. Lauriston’s very first sports photograph is in 1905, of our students standing with their hockey sticks to mark their participation in the Girls’ Schools’ Hockey Association. ...B & W photo 14 x 18.7 cm, mounted on brown card, with inscription in white ink “Lauriston Hockey Eleven 1905”. Underneath the photograph on the mount are names of the players in three rows according to the arrangement in the photograph. ...Lauriston Hockey Eleven - 1905 N. Stewart, G. ...Lauriston Girls’ School (incorporating Lauriston Museum and Gallery) 38 Huntingtower Road Armadale This photograph was donated by Mrs Howard whose aunt, Dorothy Christian, attended Lauriston from 1904 to 1908. ...This photograph was donated by Mrs Howard whose aunt, Dorothy Christian, attended Lauriston from 1904 to 1908. Lauriston’s very first sports photograph is in 1905, of our students standing with their hockey sticks to mark their participation in the Girls’ Schools’ Hockey Association. Hockey was without doubt the “Queen of Games” at Lauriston during the school’s early decades. The school’s founders Miss Margaret and Miss Lilian Irving were firm believers in the character-building nature of team sports and were instrumental in establishing hockey as a competitive sport for girls in Melbourne. Lauriston’s founders Lilian Irving one of the two sisters who founded Lauriston, saw hockey played in England and brought the game back to Melbourne. Lilian arranged for the first girls inter-school hockey match, between Lauriston and Ruyton in 1903. Her sister Margaret subsequently joined with Mary Morris of Melbourne Girls’ Grammar to establish the Girls’ Schools’ Hockey Association in 1905. The Association organised regular competitions between schools. Hockey dominated Lauriston’s sporting life until well into the 1950s, with regular class, house, inter-school, and staff-student matches. B & W photo 14 x 18.7 cm, mounted on brown card, with inscription in white ink “Lauriston Hockey Eleven 1905”. Underneath the photograph on the mount are names of the players in three rows according to the arrangement in the photograph. The students standing in the back row are N. Stewart’ G. Mogg, D. Elder, M. Elliott (Captain), J. Tuthill, C. McWhae and E. Stewart. The students knelling in the middle row are S. Mitchell (emergency), M. Rigby, and J. Mitchell. The two students sitting at the front are D. Christian and R. Stewart.Lauriston Hockey Eleven - 1905 N. Stewart, G. Mogg, D. Elder, M. Elliot (capt) J. Tuthill C. McWhae E. Stewart S. Mitchell (emer.) M. Rigby J. Mitchell D. Christian R. Stewart -
Lauriston Girls’ School (incorporating Lauriston Museum and Gallery)Photograph, Lauriston Baseball Team (1924)
... Lauriston Baseball Team (1924)...Photograph of Lauriston Baseball Team 1924...Lauriston Girls’ School (incorporating Lauriston Museum and Gallery) 38 Huntingtower Road Armadale BB Champions 1924 Photograph of Lauriston Baseball Team 1924 Lauriston Baseball Team (1924) Photograph ...Photograph of Lauriston Baseball Team 1924BB Champions 1924 -
Lauriston Girls’ School (incorporating Lauriston Museum and Gallery)Photograph, Lauriston Baseball Team (1925)
... Lauriston Baseball Team (1925)...Photograph of Lauriston Baseball Team (1925)...Lauriston Girls’ School (incorporating Lauriston Museum and Gallery) 38 Huntingtower Road Armadale Photograph of Lauriston Baseball Team (1925) Lauriston Baseball Team (1925) Photograph ...Photograph of Lauriston Baseball Team (1925) -
Lauriston Girls’ School (incorporating Lauriston Museum and Gallery)Photograph, Lauriston Hockey Team (1907)
... Lauriston Hockey Team (1907)...Photograph of Lauriston Hockey Team (1907)...Lauriston Girls’ School (incorporating Lauriston Museum and Gallery) 38 Huntingtower Road Armadale Photograph of Lauriston Hockey Team (1907) Lauriston Hockey Team (1907) Photograph ...Photograph of Lauriston Hockey Team (1907) -
Lauriston Girls’ School (incorporating Lauriston Museum and Gallery)Photograph, Lauriston Hockey Team 1917
... Lauriston Hockey Team 1917...Photograph of Lauriston Hockey Team (1907)...Lauriston Girls’ School (incorporating Lauriston Museum and Gallery) 38 Huntingtower Road Armadale Photograph of Lauriston Hockey Team (1907) Lauriston Hockey Team 1917 Photograph ...Photograph of Lauriston Hockey Team (1907) -
Lauriston Girls’ School (incorporating Lauriston Museum and Gallery)Photograph, Brocklesby Lauriston (1914)
... Brocklesby Lauriston (1914)...(She then moved to the white house next door to the Lauriston staff car park) The house was designed by Melbourne architect Lloyd Taylor, who also built Bond Stores for Mr. ...Lauriston Girls’ School (incorporating Lauriston Museum and Gallery) 38 Huntingtower Road Armadale [Information from Helen Laidlaw who is researching a history of an immigrant family from Lincolnshire] One of the nine children of this family was Mrs W.B. ...[Information from Helen Laidlaw who is researching a history of an immigrant family from Lincolnshire] One of the nine children of this family was Mrs W.B. (Charlotte) Jones, who with her husband built “Brocklesby” in 1866. Mrs Jones was widowed in 1889, and sold the house in 1902. (She then moved to the white house next door to the Lauriston staff car park) The house was designed by Melbourne architect Lloyd Taylor, who also built Bond Stores for Mr. WB Jones. The Bond Stores are still standing. Ms. Laidlaw surmised that the children in the photos were probably Mrs Jones’ grandchildren, born from 1887. -
Ringwood and District Historical SocietyPhotograph, View of Ringwood from Loughnans Hill. Pollards tank stand (centre) is on south side of Warrandyte Road. (Later location of Lauriston Crt.)
... (Later location of Lauriston Crt.)...(Later location of Lauriston Crt.) Photograph ...Black and white photograph looking down on orchards. House in centre of photograph, mountains in background. (3 copies)Written on back of one photograph, "Pollards tank stand" (centre) -
Malmsbury Historical SocietyPhotograph (Item), Church Of England Lauriston, Malmsbury ca1900
... Church Of England Lauriston, Malmsbury ca1900...Malmsbury Historical Society Malmsbury Mechanics Institute 71 Mollison Street Malmsbury daylesford-and-the-macedon-ranges Buildings - Church Church Of England Lauriston, Malmsbury ca1900 Photograph Photograph ...Buildings - Church -
Malmsbury Historical SocietyPhotograph (Item), "Church Of England Lauriston With Group, A Wedding?", Malmsbury ca1900
... "Church Of England Lauriston With Group, A Wedding?", Malmsbury ca1900...Malmsbury Historical Society Malmsbury Mechanics Institute 71 Mollison Street Malmsbury daylesford-and-the-macedon-ranges Buildings - Church Associated with - Wedding "Church Of England Lauriston With Group, A Wedding?", Malmsbury ca1900 Photograph Photograph ...Buildings - Church Associated with - Wedding -
Malmsbury Historical SocietyPhotograph (Item), "B/W Photo Of Miners From Russells Reef, Lauriston", Malmsbury ca 1900
... "B/W Photo Of Miners From Russells Reef, Lauriston", Malmsbury ca 1900...Malmsbury Historical Society Malmsbury Mechanics Institute 71 Mollison Street Malmsbury daylesford-and-the-macedon-ranges People - "W J Bates (Left In Front Row), Alf Bates" Buildings - Poppet Legs Associated with - Russells Reef Amalmagated Mining Company "B/W Photo Of Miners From Russells Reef, Lauriston", Malmsbury ca 1900 Photograph Photograph ...People - "W J Bates (Left In Front Row), Alf Bates" Buildings - Poppet Legs Associated with - Russells Reef Amalmagated Mining Company -
Malmsbury Historical SocietyPhotograph (Item), "Betty Youngs House ""Riversdale"" Lauriston May 2005", Malmsbury may 2005
... "Betty Youngs House ""Riversdale"" Lauriston May 2005", Malmsbury may 2005...Malmsbury Historical Society Malmsbury Mechanics Institute 71 Mollison Street Malmsbury daylesford-and-the-macedon-ranges People - "Young, Betty; Renn, Peter; Bennie, John" Buildings - House "Betty Youngs House ""Riversdale"" Lauriston May 2005", Malmsbury may 2005 Photograph Photograph ...People - "Young, Betty; Renn, Peter; Bennie, John" Buildings - House -
Malmsbury Historical SocietyPostcard (Item), "Postcard Of Lauriston Church Of England C1900, With Stamp", Malmsbury ca1900
... "Postcard Of Lauriston Church Of England C1900, With Stamp", Malmsbury ca1900...Malmsbury Historical Society Malmsbury Mechanics Institute 71 Mollison Street Malmsbury daylesford-and-the-macedon-ranges Buildings - Church People - "Olden, A" "Postcard Of Lauriston Church Of England C1900, With Stamp", Malmsbury ca1900 Postcard Postcard ...Buildings - Church People - "Olden, A" -
Lauriston Girls’ School (incorporating Lauriston Museum and Gallery)Photograph, Lauriston Championship Match (1927)
... Lauriston Championship Match (1927)...Lauriston Girls’ School (incorporating Lauriston Museum and Gallery) 38 Huntingtower Road Armadale Lauriston Championship Match (1927) Photograph ... -
Lauriston Girls’ School (incorporating Lauriston Museum and Gallery)Photograph, Lauriston Hockey Team 1927
... Lauriston Hockey Team 1927...Lauriston Girls’ School (incorporating Lauriston Museum and Gallery) 38 Huntingtower Road Armadale B & W photo 8.4 x 5.9 cm of the Hockey Team 1927: Audrey Scott, Gladys Davies, Molly Irving, E. ...B & W photo 8.4 x 5.9 cm of the Hockey Team 1927: Audrey Scott, Gladys Davies, Molly Irving, E. Pownall (top of head), Barbara Cohen, Gwen Dawborn. -
Lauriston Girls’ School (incorporating Lauriston Museum and Gallery)Photograph, Lauriston Tennis Team (1910)
... Lauriston Tennis Team (1910)...Lauriston Girls’ School (incorporating Lauriston Museum and Gallery) 38 Huntingtower Road Armadale Lauriston Tennis Team (1910) Photograph ... -
Lauriston Girls’ School (incorporating Lauriston Museum and Gallery)Photograph, Lauriston Tennis Team (1918)
... Lauriston Tennis Team (1918)...Lauriston Girls’ School (incorporating Lauriston Museum and Gallery) 38 Huntingtower Road Armadale Lauriston Tennis Team (1918) Photograph ... -
Lauriston Girls’ School (incorporating Lauriston Museum and Gallery)Administrative record (item) - Enrolment Books
... Enrolment Books comprises two enrolment registers and lose pages (for males), that were used to record the details of each new student starting at Lauriston. These volumes date back to the inception of our school and are Lauriston’s first system of documentation used to record student information. ...Lauriston Entrance Enrolment 1901-1919 two enrolment registers and lose pages...Lauriston Girls’ School (incorporating Lauriston Museum and Gallery) 38 Huntingtower Road Armadale Record Series 13. ...Record Series 13. Enrolment Books comprises two enrolment registers and lose pages (for males), that were used to record the details of each new student starting at Lauriston. These volumes date back to the inception of our school and are Lauriston’s first system of documentation used to record student information. Both the enrolment entries and alphabetical index at the start of each book are handwritten into a hard bound volume that was commercially produced at the time as school stationery to record student enrolments. The first volume dates from 1901 to 1919, and the second from 1920 to 1930, but holds further details of the academic results of the students already enrolled up to 1933. The two registers are arranged in a double page column format. The column headings are as follows: • Name • Date of Birth • Name and Address of Parent • Occupation [sometimes empty] • Elementary [First year level for students] • I. • IIA. • IIB. • IIIIA. • IIIB. [annotated to become IVa] • IV. [annotated to become IVb] • VA. • VB. • VI. • Date of Leaving. • Remarks [includes such details as: academic results for student’s last couple of years such as Matric or Leaving and their individual subject results; where they went to if another school; reason for departure if no further education; also some accolades such as “Head of School”. The first column that held the student’s name was annotated with the year date and term. Below the student’s name in some of the early enrolment entries, extra information was added such as “died” and the date, or the student’s married name. The details of male students who went to Lauriston’s kindergarten from 1911 are also in the registers. There are details of male students also recorded separately in loose pages that detail the enrolments from 1922 to 1930. Up until 1944, Lauriston used school year level titles used within English Public Schools. In the registers the first year is “Elementary” (Prep) and the final year is “VI” (Year 12). The first girls who wanted to go to university sat their Senior Public Exam in their fifth year of secondary school. Students could take an extra year of study called Leaving Honours. In 1944 university entrance requirements were raised and this sixth year of secondary school became the Matriculation exam. In 1970 it was renamed High School Certificate and since 1991, the Victorian Certificate of Education. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Administrative record - National Trust Collection: Lauriston, 80 Barkly Place, West Bendigo, 1972
... Lauriston, 80 Barkly Place, West Bendigo. House built for Lachlan McLachlan (Bendigo Mac). ...National Trust Collection: Lauriston, 80 Barkly Place, West Bendigo 3221 A - 10 August 1971, standard National Trust of Australia (Victoria) proforma for details of history and condition of property 3221 B - 10 April 1972, National Trust of Australia (Victoria) advice that Lauriston House has been awarded a "C" classification by the NT. ...History House 11 Mackenzie Street Bendigo goldfields Lauriston, 80 Barkly Place, West Bendigo. House built for Lachlan McLachlan (Bendigo Mac). historic building National Trust Collection: Lauriston, 80 Barkly Place, West Bendigo 3221 A - 10 August 1971, standard National Trust of Australia (Victoria) proforma for details of history and condition of property 3221 B - 10 April 1972, National Trust of Australia (Victoria) advice that Lauriston House has been awarded a "C" classification by the NT. ...Lauriston, 80 Barkly Place, West Bendigo. House built for Lachlan McLachlan (Bendigo Mac). National Trust Collection: Lauriston, 80 Barkly Place, West Bendigo 3221 A - 10 August 1971, standard National Trust of Australia (Victoria) proforma for details of history and condition of property 3221 B - 10 April 1972, National Trust of Australia (Victoria) advice that Lauriston House has been awarded a "C" classification by the NT. The citation reads: "An early Bendigo House built for the well-known police magistrate Lachlan McLachlan ("Bendigo Mac"); also, of interest for its Gothic porch and for the unusual eaves brackets for the bay window". 3221 C - 29 April 1980, National Trust of Australia (Victoria) advice to Sandner Wilde, Barristers and Solicitors of the classification and citation of 80 Barkly Street, Bendigo. 3221 D - 15 March 1977 - National Trust of Australia (Victoria) advice of the classification of the property supplied to \Mrs. Pettersen (a great grand daughter of "Bendigo Mac". 3221 E - undated, hand-written note with further details on the fabric of the building "Lauriston" at 80 Barkly Street.historic building -
Lauriston Girls’ School (incorporating Lauriston Museum and Gallery)Letter - Invitation, Dance Invitations (1966)
... The Lauriston Prefects request the pleasure of your company at a dance to be held at Lauriston on Saturday, 14th June, 1966...Lauriston Girls’ School (incorporating Lauriston Museum and Gallery) 38 Huntingtower Road Armadale The Lauriston Prefects request the pleasure of your company at a dance to be held at Lauriston on Saturday, 14th June, 1966 Dance Invitations (1966) Letter Invitation ...The Lauriston Prefects request the pleasure of your company at a dance to be held at Lauriston on Saturday, 14th June, 1966 -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: ON TOUR
... Work started on the Lauriston Reservoir in 1939 as part of the Coliban water system and was officially opened by Victorian Premier, Albert Dunstan in 1941. ...on tour: school of mines civil engineering students visit the construction site of the Lauriston Reservoir in 1940. Left to right: Les Nankervis, Ron Watts, instructor Syd Power, an unknown student and Cliff Binks. ...History House 11 Mackenzie Street Bendigo goldfields Work started on the Lauriston Reservoir in 1939 as part of the Coliban water system and was officially opened by Victorian Premier, Albert Dunstan in 1941. ...Work started on the Lauriston Reservoir in 1939 as part of the Coliban water system and was officially opened by Victorian Premier, Albert Dunstan in 1941. Capacity was increased in 1946 when steel spillway gates were added. Although these had been part of the original design they could not be added at the time of the building because of post-war steel shortages.Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2003. on tour: school of mines civil engineering students visit the construction site of the Lauriston Reservoir in 1940. Left to right: Les Nankervis, Ron Watts, instructor Syd Power, an unknown student and Cliff Binks. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Ringwood and District Historical SocietyWork on paper, Family Trees and Photographs: Fisher, Pollard, 2008
... Photographs from Pollards (Lauriston), Warrandyte Road, Fishers (Greenhill) Mullum Mullum Road, Edna Lunt (nee Fisher)....Photograph of house - Lauriston, with Joseph Pollard, wife - Emma Eliza Luscombe Pollard, and daughter - Ethel May Pollard. ...Photograph of house - Lauriston, with Joseph Pollard, wife - Emma Eliza Luscombe Pollard, and daughter - Ethel May Pollard. ...Photographs from Pollards (Lauriston), Warrandyte Road, Fishers (Greenhill) Mullum Mullum Road, Edna Lunt (nee Fisher).5-page printout and photocopied images compiled by Arthur Lunt, RDHS Archivist, Ringwood, Victoria, including Fisher and Pollard Family Trees. Photograph of house - Lauriston, with Joseph Pollard, wife - Emma Eliza Luscombe Pollard, and daughter - Ethel May Pollard. Photograph of picnic party with Alice Maud Mary Fisher "Mum" and Hugh Arthur Fisher "Dad". Title "Picnic in Victoria" (probably Warrandyte). NOTE: "Dad" and "Mum" were grandparents of Arthur Lunt (member of Ringwood Historical Society). +Additional Keywords: Pollard, Joseph / Pollard, Emma / Fisher / Luscombe / Gaskell. -
Lauriston Girls’ School (incorporating Lauriston Museum and Gallery)Photograph, Lauriston's Junior Student' Boarding House, Wykeham Lodge, 1919 to 1932
... Photograph of Lauriston's Junior Student' Boarding House, Wykeham Lodge, 1919 to 1932...Lauriston Girls’ School (incorporating Lauriston Museum and Gallery) 38 Huntingtower Road Armadale Photograph of Lauriston's Junior Student' Boarding House, Wykeham Lodge, 1919 to 1932 Lauriston's Junior Student' Boarding House, Wykeham Lodge, 1919 to 1932 Photograph ...Photograph of Lauriston's Junior Student' Boarding House, Wykeham Lodge, 1919 to 1932 -
Lauriston Girls’ School (incorporating Lauriston Museum and Gallery)Award - Shield
... The ''Lauriston Class Shield Sports'' trophy. One wooden, pentagonal shaped shield with engraved silver plates. 182mm X 192mm....Lauriston Girls’ School (incorporating Lauriston Museum and Gallery) 38 Huntingtower Road Armadale The ''Lauriston Class Shield Sports'' trophy. ...The ''Lauriston Class Shield Sports'' trophy. One wooden, pentagonal shaped shield with engraved silver plates. 182mm X 192mm. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Plan - Russell's Reef, Lauriston
... ...Lauriston...Location: Reservoir Road, Lauriston, Macedon Ranges Shire. The Russell’s Reef Amalgamated Company spent the early part of 1907 in developing the saddle reef. ...Plan Russell's Reef, Lauriston ...A quartz mine that dates from the early years of the 20th-century. The remains are located on a Water Reserve managed by Coliban Water. Location: Reservoir Road, Lauriston, Macedon Ranges Shire. The Russell’s Reef Amalgamated Company spent the early part of 1907 in developing the saddle reef. Defects found to exist in the winding gear, consequently the directors decided to obtain a new gear of the first-class type. This has been obtained and placed in position. Advantage was taken by the management of the suspension of underground operations to give the whole of the machinery and boilers at the No 1 shaft a thorough overhaul. It was found that the two boilers that had been in use required some slight repairs. This resulted in a new high pressure boiler which had been purchased some time previously has been built in and put into commission. In 1907 the shaft was 1,260 feet deep, and an average of 30 men were employed. Russell’s Reef Amalgamated , No 2 shaft ( Company was formed c.1891 and appears to have mined more-or-less continuously until 1911) Source: chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/8099/download-reportRussell's Reef Amalgamated Co.Lauriston Plan forms part of the Margaret Roberts Collection.gold mining, gold, transverse section, lauriston, russell's reef, kyneton -
Lauriston Girls’ School (incorporating Lauriston Museum and Gallery)Award - Shield
... The ''Lauriston Girls School Class Drill Trophy'' shield. ...Lauriston Girls’ School (incorporating Lauriston Museum and Gallery) 38 Huntingtower Road Armadale The ''Lauriston Girls School Class Drill Trophy'' shield. ...The ''Lauriston Girls School Class Drill Trophy'' shield. Wooden shield with engraved silver plates. 1912 to 1933. 230mm X 247mm. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Document - IAN DYETT COLLECTION: AUCTION CATALOGUE - LAURISTON RESERVOIR
... Two red covered auction catalogues for an Auction Sale at Lauriston Reservoir, Lauriston (Near Kyneton) on 16th and 17th September, 1941. ...History House 11 Mackenzie Street Bendigo goldfields BUSINESS Auctioneers j h curnow & son pty ltd Ian Dyett Collection - Auction Catalogue - Lauriston Reservoir State Rivers & Water Supply Commission J H Curnow & Son J L Jamieson & Co R G Knight E D Shaw H H C Williams Hon A A Dunstan Cambridge Press Two red covered auction catalogues for an Auction Sale at Lauriston Reservoir, Lauriston (Near Kyneton) on 16th and 17th September, 1941. ...Two red covered auction catalogues for an Auction Sale at Lauriston Reservoir, Lauriston (Near Kyneton) on 16th and 17th September, 1941. Sale consisted of Well-built Workmen's Homes, Corrugated Iron Buildings & Storerooms for Removal, Collection of Timber, Stores, Rails, Tools, Scrap Iron, and Contractors' Machinery and Equipment By Order of The State rivers & Water Supply Commission, Melbourne. Auctioneers were J. H. Curnow & Son. Contains description of buildings. Has a loose page of Additional Plant to be sold at the Lauriston Reservoir Auction on 17/9/1941. Also has two black and white photos, the first one of the Lauriston Reservoir showing the concrete bank during construction and the other, a Section of Residential Area. In the background is the bank and a tower each side of the bank.business, auctioneers, j h curnow & son pty ltd, ian dyett collection - auction catalogue - lauriston reservoir, state rivers & water supply commission, j h curnow & son, j l jamieson & co, r g knight, e d shaw, h h c williams, hon a a dunstan, cambridge press -
Lauriston Girls’ School (incorporating Lauriston Museum and Gallery)Award - Shield
... The ''Lauriston Senior Shield Drill'' trophy. One wooden, pentagonal shaped shield with engraved silver plates. 1929 to 1935. 182mm X 192mm....Lauriston Girls’ School (incorporating Lauriston Museum and Gallery) 38 Huntingtower Road Armadale The ''Lauriston Senior Shield Drill'' trophy. ...The ''Lauriston Senior Shield Drill'' trophy. One wooden, pentagonal shaped shield with engraved silver plates. 1929 to 1935. 182mm X 192mm. -
Lauriston Girls’ School (incorporating Lauriston Museum and Gallery)Award - Shield
... The ''Lauriston Class Match Hockey'' trophy. One wooden, pentagonal shaped shield with engraved silver plates. 1918 to 1930. 183mm X 193mm....Lauriston Girls’ School (incorporating Lauriston Museum and Gallery) 38 Huntingtower Road Armadale The ''Lauriston Class Match Hockey'' trophy. ...The ''Lauriston Class Match Hockey'' trophy. One wooden, pentagonal shaped shield with engraved silver plates. 1918 to 1930. 183mm X 193mm. -
Lauriston Girls’ School (incorporating Lauriston Museum and Gallery)Award - Shield
... The ''Lauriston Girls School Class Matches Base Ball'' trophy. ...Lauriston Girls’ School (incorporating Lauriston Museum and Gallery) 38 Huntingtower Road Armadale The ''Lauriston Girls School Class Matches Base Ball'' trophy. ...The ''Lauriston Girls School Class Matches Base Ball'' trophy. A wooden, pentagonal shaped shield, with engraved silver plates. 1915 to 1931. 216mm X 231mm. -
Ruyton Girls' SchoolPhotograph, Ruyton Girls' School, 1952
... ...Lauriston...By 1903, the Irving sisters were joint headmistresses of Lauriston, a school they had founded two years earlier. ...By 1903, the Irving sisters were joint headmistresses of Lauriston, a school they had founded two years earlier. ...Depicted are 14 students comprising the the 1952 Ruyton Girls' School hockey team. The photograph is an official school portrait taken outdoors on a patch of grass with a leafy bush visible in the background. The students are all dressed in light coloured shorts with a collared, buttoned blouse, wool blazers, white socks and white sneakers. Six girls are kneeling in the front row, and eight are standing up in the back row. All of the students are holding their own hockey stick. The idea of field hockey for female players was brought to Victoria by two sisters, Lillian and Margaret Irving, who had first seen girls playing it during their travels in England in 1902. By 1903, the Irving sisters were joint headmistresses of Lauriston, a school they had founded two years earlier. Both had deep connections to Ruyton Girls' School through their time as teachers at the older school during the 1880s-1890s. For Lilian Irving, this had included seven years as Ruyton's co-Principal with Miss Eliza Bromby from 1888-1895. With these links it was only natural that Ruyton students would join Lauriston to try out the new game. On a vacant block on the corner of Mercer and Malvern Roads, students from Ruyton and Lauriston Girls' Schools had assembled to play Victoria’s first ever inter-school hockey match for girls. Some students from Melbourne Girls' Grammar School came along to watch the spectacle and assess the new game's potential. Hockey quickly caught on, and friendly games were soon being played amongst a number of Melbourne's girls' schools. An Association was formed in 1905, and the rules formalised. These included arrangements around the competition fixture and the length of games (35 minutes for each half). In celebration of their joint role in bringing field hockey to Victorian school girls, Ruyton and Lauriston have met for friendly re-enactment matches in 2003 and 2018. The photograph also illustrates the shift in hockey uniform and apparatus. In the early 1920s, Ruyton established instructions for playing attire: "skirts must be eight inches off the ground. No white petticoats...", and importantly, least any team get an unfair advantage, "hard-rimmed hats and hatpins must not be worn during play." Ruyton appears to have taken the latter instruction to heart, and adopted the soft tam o’shanter hat as seen in surviving photographs of early teams. The tam o’shanter may have been removed for play, but the blouse and long skirt had to be put up with. According to Lilian Irving they had "a horrid habit of parting company", and she was delighted to see the transition to a more comfortable tunic in later years. Another change she observed was the hockey stick itself, which originally were all of "uniform thickness from handle to head, about the thickness of a stout walking stick" and so very different from the hockey sticks that are used today.The record has strong historic significance as it depicts a former notable student, Helen Gordon (maiden name Cole), pictured third from the right in the front row. Helen started at Little Ruyton in Prep 1940 and finished Year 12 in 1952 as School Captain, Bromby Captain, Form Captain for Matric, Tennis Captain, Hockey Captain, Swimming Vice Captain, and an award for Best All-Round Girl. She also played baseball for Victoria. After finishing school, Helen went on to graduate from the University of Melbourne as a physiotherapist in 1956. Her first position at age 19 involved setting up clinics with the Victorian Health Department Poliomyelitis Rural division. Helen’s strong ties to Ruyton continued when she held the position of President of the Old Ruytonians’ Association from the start of 1966 to the end of 1967. In 2019, Helen received an Order of Australia Medal for service to community health as a physiotherapist. She was also the recipient of the 2022 Victorian Senior Achiever Award at Parliament House. Helen passed away in July 2023 at age 88. The record's significance is further enhanced by its strong provenance, having been produced by Ruyton Girls' School and donated to the Archives by a familial connection.Black and white rectangular photographs printed on matte photographic paper.Reverse: gton / Margaret Hanesho (?) / Helen Gordon / 1952 / Mary Macpherson-Smith /ruyton girls' school, kew, victoria, tennis, sport, women's sport, students, school, 1950s, uniform, lauriston, hockey, field hockey, hockey stick
