Merle Hill was a member of the Mt Alexander Rd Methodist Church, Essendon, and active in the Methodist Women's Auxiliary of Overseas Missions.Miss Merle Hill is standing, looking down, while an unnamed man is seated at an adjacent deskMerle Hillmerle hill; mt alexander rd essendon methodist church; methodist women's auxiliary of overseas mission.

Merle Hill was a member of the Mt Alexander Rd Methodist Church, Essendon, and active in the Methodist Women's Auxiliary of Overseas Missions.Upper body of Miss Merle Hill.Merle Hill, Methodist WAOM (Women's Auxiliary for Overseas Missions)miss merle hill; mt alexander rd methodist/uniting church essendon; methodist women's auxiliary of overseas missions

A light brown document titled "Bendigo Teachers' College Graduation Ceremony 1953". Also on the front cover is a list of the staff at the college. On the inside cover is the Significance of the Graduation Ceremony and the Order of the Ceremony. Mr. F. M. Courtis gave the welcome to visitors and the Principal gave the College Charge to the Graduands. The 'Graduation Book' was presented to Mr. E. C. Krieger Inspector of Schools by Miss J. C. Burnett. Mr. C. L. Barker called the Roll of Graduands for 1953 and Mr. E. B. Pederick Chief Inspector of Primary Schools gave the Occasional Address. The following page has the list of graduands and on the back cover is "The Principal's Charge to the Graduands". Within the book are some loose typewritten sheets with the following headings, - Graduation Ceremony, Occasional Address Delivered to the Graduands, and Graduation Ceremony 1953. Bolton Bros. Pty. Ltd. Bendigo. The staff named are Miss J. C. Burnett, Miss I. M. Daily, Miss D. I. Hollyock, Mrs. F. M. Petri, Miss J. Coad, Mrs. C. I. Skehan, Miss B. H. Cowling, Mr. L. J. Pryor (Principal), Mr. C. L. Barker, Mr. F. G. East, Mr. M. Brown, Mr. A. H. Fry, Mr. F. M. Courtis, Mr. M. Pratt and Mr. R. L. Strauch. The Graduands named are Alexander Douglas Alexander, Elva Joan Alford, Lynette Estelle Athorn, Joyce Elizabeth Baker, Eileen Merle Barbour, Jeffrey John Berryman, Neil Edward Brisbane, Noel Bruce Cerda-Pavia, Margaret Catherine Charlton, Neil Richard Clements, Kathleen Veronica Comer, Meredith Rose Crawford, Barbara Joan Ceceilia Custerson, Joyce May Dann, John William Doble, Loretto Denyse Veronica Donohue, Pamela Mary Druce, Richard Francis Edwards, Marion Ellen Gaw, Eileen Mary Gellion, Diana Mary Girling, Ian Henry Godden, Neville Fyfe Gray, Brian William Harvey, Joan Therese Hickey, Wendy Irene Higgins, Ruth Hopper, Merle Elwyn Marie Jobling, Doreen Mary Jones, Daphne Lorna Klippel, Harold James Lawry, Elizabeth Ellen Lowe, Flora Doreen McCalman, Robert Bernard McCarthy, Phyllis Patricia McIntevy, Norman James McLean, Stuart John Magee, Margaret Fay Mapson, Reginald James Mason, Margaret Evelyn Menzies, Dino Joseph John Munari, Joan Elizabeth Murdoch, Shirley Nash, Valma Nelson, Elizabeth Lillian Newnham, Doreen Beverley Niemann, Margaret Joyce O'Brien, Edward Michael Oliver, Thomas McJannett Orde, Patricia Louise Pearce, Denis Thomas Potter, Barrie Jamieson Price, Colin Leslie Quinlivan, Lawrence Francis Raeburn, John Trevor Ratcliffe, Kevin Stewart Robins, Kathleen Joan Ryan, Therese Ellen Ryan, Norah Margaret Sheahan, Joyce Elaine Sidebottom, Barry George Smith, Elaine Violet Spencely, Francis James Henry Steminger, Nancy Elizabeth Stevens, Desmond Alfred Strauch, Beatrice Dawn Tonkin, William Alan Wales, Neil Wilson, Brian Wise, Max Woollard and Laurence John Wright.bendigo, education, bendigo teachers' college graduatio, la trobe university bendigo collection, collection, bendigo, education, students, teachers, teaching, bendigo teachers' college, bendigo teachers' college students, tertiary education, teacher training, history, book, graduation, graduands, graduation ceremony, bendigo teachers' college staff

Copied from original by Merle DerbyshireBlack and white photograph of a calm reach of the North Arm. It shows dense vegetation on both sides of the water, person sitting in small boat on lake. Lakes Entrance VictoriaUp North Arm, Cunninghame waterways, topography, recreation

Copied from original by Merle DerbyshireBlack and white photograph of a section of the North Arm. It shows a person in a small boat on the calm waters, dense natural vegetation on each side of lake. Lakes Entrance VictoriaHead, North Arm, Cunninghame waterways, topography, recreation

Group of debutantes and their partners (14) dancing on the floor of the main hall, Box Hill Town Hall in 1955. B&w photodebutantes, mayoral balls, box hill town hall, alexander> beverley, bain> lesley, bourke> edna, coutts> anne, elliott> merle, fankhauser> lois, grant> judith, halligan> judith, hands> beverley, johnston> gillian, mccreddan> barbara, standerwick> margaret, waren> wilma, nelson> christine

Debutantes at Mayoral Ball, Box Hill Town HallB&w photomayoral balls, dances and balls, debutantes, box hill town hall, 1955, alexander> beverley, bain> lesley, bourke> edna, coutts> anne, elliott> merle, fankhauser> lois, grant> judith, halligan> judith, hands> beverley, johnston> gillian, mccreddan> barbara, standerwick> margaret, waren> wilma, nelson> christine

Mayoral Ball 1955. Debutantes and their partners assembled at the stage of Box Hill Town Hall with the Mayor, Cr L.R. McCredden and Mayoress. The stage is decorated with a pergola and floral decorations.B&w photomayors, mayoral balls, debutantes, box hill town hall, 1955, clothing and dress, box hill, mayoral robes, dances and balls, festive decorations, mccredden> leslie raymond (cr.), alexander> beverley, bain> lesley, bourke> edna, coutts> anne, elliott> merle, fankhauser> lois, grant> judith, halligan> judith, hands> beverley, johnston> gillian, mccredden> barbara, nelson> christine, standerwick> margaret, waren> wilma

Debutantes of 1955 posing on the steps leading from the stage, with the Mayoress, Mrs McCredden. The girls are carrying parasols. The Reporter newspaper dated 27 May, 1955 reported that the Lady Mayoress, Mrs. McCredden wore an orchid-pink slipper satin gown and carried a matching bouquet. The debutantes were individually styled gowns and were named: Barbara McCredden (daughter of the Mayor and Mayoress), Beverley Alexander, Edna Bourke, Judith Halligan, Margaret Standerwick, Christina Nelson, Lesley Bain, Anne Coutts, Lois Frankhauser, Merle Elliott, Gillian Johnston, Beverley Hands, Judith Grant and Wilma Warren.B&w photodebutantes, 1955, mayoresses, clothing and dress, box hill town hall, mayoral balls, mccredden> mrs., bourke> edna, halligan> judith, standerwick> margaret, nelson> christina, bain> lesley, coutts> anne, frankhauser> lois, elliott> merle, johnston> gillian, hands> beverley, grant> judith, warren> wilma, mccredden> barbara