Lorna Thomas (nee Knight) original owner.White, cardboard certificate printed on front. Dated 5.12.1941. Education Department Victoria coat of arms at top. Information regarding recipient in centre, signed by Minister, Director & Head Master. Female student figure bottom LHS, male student figure bottom RHS.Black print at top: “YOUNG WORKERS PATRIOTIC GUILD” “Certified to: LORNA KNIGHT. A pupil of: HAWKSBURN School No: 1467” certificate, young workers, patriotic

Macarthur Street Primary was constructed in 1877 and officially opened on 31 May 1878, replacing the Soldiers Hill School. It has an initial enrolment of 650 students. Its first head teacher was William Cox.Blue, stapled, soft covered booklet of 19 pages produced to celebrate the first 100 years of Macarthur Street Primaery School.macarthur street primary school, education, ballarat, centenary, anniversary, william cox, james oldham, lily cameron, roll of honor, world war one, world war two, thomas tuke hollway, william g fry, david howels fleay, helen scobie, william ritchie, harry s, stacpoole, kevin ryan\les rodd, lorna knight, barbara gilbert, bertram richardson

Monica was a well-loved music teacher at the Ballarat Teachers' College.Black and white photograph in cream matte board. Monica Miller sits at the piano. Those who attended the BTC Reunion 1947 - 1982 signed the mountballarat teachers' college, monica miller, lynette vickery (lynch), beth stutterd (leslie), howard pattender, keith h. m. lean, nancy m. harley, lindsay w. harley, jon hill, bill gleeson, ruth b gozer, beatrice m. sanders, betty maynard (williams), joy anderson (love), stan j marlen, wal maynard, david g. cooper, joan jennings (gunning), etherl white (esmore), jack ..., nancy mcdonald (alexander), pat watts (knight), lorna davis (welsh), joyce fraser (mathison), hugh fraser, margaret alexander (palmer), maurene canter (merlin), elva surman, bill henderson, reta henderson, ronald l. earless, valda kelm (witney), marie faulds, ann oldfield (mckinnen), jean cowton (clode), kath harfield (tobin), groen pamphilon, inez m bemirs (domascheng), bernie kurght, mick cowton, m. dawn spencer (doney), vern white, n.t. sanders, arther ...,

Bendigo Advertiser "The way we were" from Thursday, September 9, 2004. Bank on us: a photograph of staff at the ANZ bank in Pall Mall in 1951. Pictured are: Nancy Morey, Iris Lake, Rueben Taylor, Doug Smith, John Knight, Alex Stone, Phyllis Joy, Lorna Knight, Dorothy Johnson, Bill Whykes, Jan Bell Margaret Henda and Sue Saunders.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

This file contains four items pertaining to the Murrumbeena Spinners: 1/A printout of an article from the Caulfield Contact, dated 12/12/1986, noting the various community groups, such as the Spinners, that participated during the Murrumbeena Day – part of the Caulfield Festival. Contains three black-and-white photographs: one of five members of the Spinners – Evelyn Townley, Jan Knight, Dot Picot, Joy Barton and Jill Wylie – engaged in weaving; one of another member – Val Woolard – engaged in weaving; and one of members of the Country Women’s Association – Doreen Chapman, Beattie Burns, Nancy Rose and Margaret Mann – displaying their work. 2/A page identifying the persons featured in the first two photographs on the following page, and specifying the photographs’ context. 3/A page to which are attached three black-and-white photographs. The first is of members of the Spinners – who are identified in the previous item – standing in front of Murrumbeena House. The second is a printed copy of the first. The third is of Murrumbeena House itself, sans the Spinners. 4/A file note written by Anne Kilpatrick recording source of photographs and information, with contact details for Heather Poppenbeek for any future research.murrumbeena spinners, murrumbeena house, community groups, community houses, picot dot, barton joy, wylie jill, woolard val, warren jeanette, poppenbeek heather, dipnall merle, dynan judy, weaving, weavers, caulfield contact, murrumbeena day, caulfield festival, festival and celebrations, townley evelyn, knight jan, dimock liz, farr beryl, country women’s association, chapman doreen, burns beattie, rose nancy, mann margaret, ryan brenda, sherlock pam, tanner lorna, mansell mary, handweavers and spinners guild, millroy, dunbar margaret, kilpatrick anne

All participants attended BTC (Ballarat Teacher's College) in 1947.Much of this document is handwritten so is significant as an example of teacher's handwritten letters.Two Ballarat Courier newspapers dated 5 June 1991 and 1 June 1991 bound at side with white contact adhesive. The newspapers are used as an alphabetical filing system for correspondence relating to reunions. They have been cut along the top edge to create an indented filing system with a number and name put onto each tab. .1) Newspaper dated 5 June 1991, comprising tabs 1 Athol/Aisbett - 27 Gleeson. The information contained in the pages is sometimes biographical, with names, addresses and occupations. * 1. Athol/Aisbett 6 pages * 2. Nancy Alexander (McDonald) 7 pages * 3. Jessie Batson 3 pages * 4. Eddie Blake - * 5. Phyllis Borley (Smith) 10 pages * 6. Keith Boyd 1 page * 7. Owen Brennan - * 8. Josie Bunning (Humphries) 1 page * 9. Ron Carless 15 pages * 10. Jean Clade (Courten Coster) * 11. John Collins 3 pages * 12. Kevin Collins 2 pages * 13. Colin Connelly 1 page * 14. David Cooper 9 pages * 15. Kath Crossnett (Ward) 1 page * 16. Norma Dally (Gittson) 4 pages * 17. inez Domaschenz (Reimers) 3 * 18. Dawn Doney (Spencer) 5 pages * 19. Fay Dreher (O'Toole) 6 pages * 20. John Ellifson - * 21. Jean Elliott (Elliott) 1page * 22. Ethel Esmore (White) 17 pages * 23. Marie Faulds 3 pages * 24. Hugh Fraser 2 pages * 25. Beatrice Freeman (Sanders) 6 pages * 26. Bob Giddings 2 pages * 27. Bill Gleeson 2 pages 15105.2 Newspaper dated 1 June 1991, comprising tabs 28. Gorrie/Gunning to 81. Williams/Witney, then names in alphabetical order and one tab "information" at back of newspaper filing system. The following pages are listed after the second name of the "tab" * 28. Val Gorrie (Lynch) * 29. Joan Gunning (Jennings) 17 pages * 30. Madeline Hannan (Meehan) * 31. Lindsay Harley 6 pages * 32. Bill Henderson * 33. Wal Henning 2 pages * 34. Tom Hill * 35. Jim Howlett 13 pages * 36. Claire Kennedy (McLachlan) * 37. Joyce Kennedy (Evans) 3 pages * 38. Nancy Kerr (Harley) * 39. Arthur Lelean 2 pages * 40. Beth Leslie (Only) (Stutterd) * 41. Pat Lewsin (Williams) 12 pages * 42. Joy Love (Robertson) * 43. Pat Luxford (Steer) 3 pages * 44. Lynette Lynch (vickery) (McCl;ure) * 45. Ann McKinnon (Oldfield) 29 pages * 46. Alex McLachlan * 47. Keith McLean 3 pages * 48. Alex Magill * 49. Jack Mallett 12 pages * 50. Fred Marshman * 51. Alan Martin 11 pages * 52. Joyce Mathison (fraser) * 53. Maurine Merlin (Carter) 9 pages * 54. Muriel Morrish * 55. Mary Murnane (Bergin) 15 pages * 56. George Nield * 57. John O'Shannessy 1 small note * 58. Margaret Palmer (Alexander) * 59. Gwen Pamphiton 20 pages * 60. Tom Pascoe * 61. Howard Pattenden 12 pages and two small notes * 62. Ruth Pearse (Marshall) * 63. Betty Ferry (Ellis) 7 pages plus small note * 64. Mavis Polard (Grant * 65. Bill Punshon 4 pages and 2 small notes * 66. Peggy Purdue (Wood) (Jakeman) * 67. Milton Rice 29 pages * 68. Thelma Ritchie * 69. Pat Robinson (Kloppenborg) 6 pages * 70. Burns roddis * 71. Elva Surman (Murphy) - nil * 72. Ray Terrill * 73. Kath Tobin (Hatfield) 2 pages * 74. Ruth Tozer * 75. Jack Tyers 10 pages * 76. Neila Vallance (Peart) * 77. Pat Watts (Knight) 12 plus 2 newspaper articles * 78. Lorna Welsh (Davis) * 79. Betty Williams (Maynard) 12 pages plus 2 small notes * 80. Jil Williams * 81. Val Witney (Kelm) 12 pages * Carl Bryan * Mattie Hayes (Uton) - nil * Beth Hughes * Trudi Kentish 7 pages * W. Lord - nil * Mephan McEwin - 12 pages plus newspaper obit * Monica Miller (Rawlings) 5 pages includes funeral booklet * Win O'Brien (Lloyd) 9 pages * Alan Sonsee - nil * Information - 25 pages of acceptances and addresses of students who attended BTC in 1947 Most of the notes and letters contained in this document are handwritten. All the tabs are handwritten, mostly in blue ink or biro.btc, ballarat, ballarat teachers' college, education, 1947, harley, tozer, pattenden, sonsee, lelean, miller

Lake Bolac State School students in 1921. Back: Laurie park, Eileen Graham, Maisie Lindonh, Nell O'Rorke, Sheila Murray, Lillian Murray, Emily Wileman, Beryl Peters, June Wileman, Alma Eastick, Chris McKenzie, Innes Geddes, Eunice Wills. 2nd Row: Eddie Kinnersley, Ivan Scott, Colin Graham, Marg. Graham, Dulcie Gange, Del Veale, Joy Gange, Faith Murray, Lorna Peters, Edna Cordy, Enonie Park, Mabel Cordy, Greta Sandford, Lin Cameron, Bert Peters. 3rd Row: Claude Balkin, Graham Murray, Mav Peters, Dave Geddes, Ewan Murray, Wal Dear, Len Park, Arthur Knoght, Frank Graham, Leo Balkin, Alan McCrow, Ray Gale, George Wileman, Joe Cook, Hurtle Eastick, Frank Eastick. Front Row: Horrie Peters, Harold Peters, Alex Scott, Jim Peters, Fred Dear, Bill Kinnersley, Dave Pitkethly, Neil Graham (Rusty), Don Graham, Lou Duncan.lake bolac state school no 854, students of 1921: balkin, cameron, cook, cordy, dear, duncan, eastick, gale, gange, geddes, graham, kinnersly, knight, lindon, mccrow, mckenzie, murray, o'rorke, park, peters, pitkethly, sandford, scott, veale, wileman, wills

Donation made on behalf of Surrey Hills Primary School. A second lesser copy was donated at a much earlier date.A 59 page informal history of Surrey Hills State School, No 2778. To quote the authors: "we have not used footnotes, nor a bibliography; and we have used reminiscence without always ensuring that facts and dates are strictly accurate." The book is richly illustrated with photos, excerpts of student work and other ephemera. It is not indexed. Headings are: Beginnings, The Cadet Corps, Head Teacher Bennett, School Days 1900-1925, War Time & Beyond, The Mothers' Club, Childhood Illness, School Days in '30s, Expansion, PWD Problems, Depression and Wartime, Post War Crowding, memories, Mr Wheeler, Migrants, Royal Tours, Pedestrian Crossings, The Canteen, Craft Room, Sports Days, Acquisition of Mr Prior's House, Parents Right to Know, Social Service, School Committee, Concerts & Balls, Mothers' Club to Parents' Club, Library, More PWD Problems, Changes, Camps, Recent Principals. This copy includes a copy of the Centenary Weekend Programme which has been stuck inside the front cover.wekworth, - (miss), reardon, edith, lauchlan, thelma, grant, mavis, higgins, nancy, kellan, coster, joyce, parker, marjorie, dyson, joy, sutton, phyllis, cadmar, gwennyth, mclaughlin, maurine, wendorf, winifred, broadbent, doreen, hawes, hilda, powell, crocker, beatrix, triggs, dorothy, peers, ker, pryde, norma, clemson, kathleen, owen, doris, glasscock, elaine, lovering, w b (mr), dyer, e a (mr), gamble, william, brown, j k (mr), raw, whitfield t, doyle, annie, st stephens presbyterian church, cadets, bennett, george t, brigadier general gordon, cottingham, r v (mr), day, george, greaves, arthur, servan, alice, renkin, anne, lutheran peace memorial home, gourlay, education, schools, doney, - (mr), collins, fyfe, alexander, fire brigades, maypoles, duck, lorraine, hendy, ives, alfred, reaburn, john, walduck, gwyneth, world war, 1914-1918, breeden, horace, horrie, wise, amy (miss), blogg, john kendrick, newington, lily (miss), parents clubs, brookes, - (mrs), lancashire, deans, johnson, herbert, -(mrs), travancore, jamieson, welch, mcdonald, harley, mclean, jack, rex theatre, surrey hills progress association, gamer, ernest, southall, ivan, influenza, barbara, ross, poliomyelitis, scott, moroney, daniel, thwaites, jean, constable, oswell, frank, large, gifford, a e (rev), gillies, j (rev), buxton, porter, jill, morgan, jan, 1939-1945, williamson, joan, cargill, jackson, van ernst, cooke, tyrell's milkbar, plaw, graeme, dairies, chenu, a h, rutzou, peter, bowie, heymann, megan, wilson, ritter, alan, martyn, dawson, l (mrs), mcgregor, d (mrs), e (mrs), fiedler, wheeler, lewis, marsh, rhyll, slater, games, gangell, pam, barrow, ford, henry, mcewan, marion, conlon, kathy, canterbury recreation reserve, surrey park, chatham oval, mooney, neil, kitson, surrey dive, monk, kay, saldineri, macqueen, lyndy, thomson, daley, susan, discombe, diane, hanson, robert, mulvey, albers, angela, tucker, david, glover, bright, lynette, mcinnes, jeanette, nethercott, turnball, eric, smith, roberts, chasemore, lyle, chislett, miss, capon program, k n (mr), fuller, i d (mr), henwood, j w (mr), g (mr), veitch, g (mrs), m (mrs), cheetham, j (mr), gardner, l (mr), d (mr), sepitka, lorna, balfe, win, wells, bob, keith, ian, kett, mr, elizabeth, liney, bruce, macarthur, rob, kelly, paula, neil b, sydenham, shirley, dixon, o'hagan, ros, van someren, fred, norman, burns, roberta, harry, christine, barker, henry j t, nutt, ernest h, richards, benjamin, lievesley, john h, knight, gabriel, clough, john s, hepburn, james, tinney, arthur h, blanchen, bernard j, somerwell, elizabeth j, john t, john m, caldicott, howard t

Violet Street Primary School No. 877, was established in 1866 as the German Common School. It was designed by William Vahland who laid the foundation stone in February of that year. It was built by subscriptions from the local German community. In 1872 it combined with the McKenzie Street German School on the Violet Street site.Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from Wednesday, December 10, 2003. Days of yore: Violet Street primary school, Grade 6a, 1927. Front row: Jean Campbell, Beryl Bain, Gwen Lidner, Beatrice Michell, Edna Knight, Bev Liddell, Joyce Dumble, Elvia Jenkin, Ivy Albert, Janet Wilson, Thelma Opie. Second row: Josie Wittschiebe, Dorothy Roberts, Enid Austin, Rachel Greenshields, Lorna Bracher, Nellie Castley, Florrie Hall, Hilda Pearce, Mona Sharp, Beryl Pearce. Back row: ??, ??, Frank Jeffrey, Norman Perry, Vic Nacarrow, Herb Hesse, Jack Lynch, Horrie Stirton, Ken Challenger, Archie West, Ernie Williams, ??. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

Photograph shows pupils at Linton State School, probably in the late 1940s. Photograph is dated from the school register (1927-1968) which shows that John Lancaster (in front row) started school in 1946, while Ron Howlett and Kevin Knight (also in front row) started in 1947. Pupils identified as: Back row, L-R: Andrew Head, Lorna McCorkell, Maureen Stapleton, Gwenda Ching. Middle row, L-R: Des Howard, Stan Head?, Beverley Head?, R. Sutherland, Pauline O'Beirne, Bill Wright, Edna Head?, Margaret Chasey, Margaret Rutherford. Front row, L-R: John Lancaster, Ron Howlett, Raymond O'Beirne, Roger O'Beirne, Kevin Knight. Printed from a digital image sent to LDHS by Maureen Stapleton in 2017.Black and white photograph of school age children posed outside a brick building.linton state school no. 880, andrew head, lorna mccorkell, maureen stapleton, gwenda ching, des howard, stan head, beverley head, r. sutherland, pauline o'beirne, bill wright, edna head, margaret chasey, margaret rutherford, john lancaster, ron howlett, raymond o'beirne, roger o'beirne, kevin knight