Historical information
Photo of students from multiple year levels, taken from above.
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Letter from Joseph Solvey of the State Zionist Council inviting Bialik Principal Adam Klag to attend and present at the Annual Assembly of the council, February 1953. Please contact [email protected] to request access to this record.
1950s
Letter from Joseph Solvey of the State Zionist Council about discussions the council had been having regarding Bialik Hebrew School and its need for support, September 1952. Please contact [email protected] to request access to this record.
1950s
A letter from Joseph Solvey of the State Zionist Council to Bialik Principal Adam Klag in April 1952, thanking him for the performance of Bialik students at the 3rd Seder, and acknowledging his 'untiring efforts for the Bialik School'. Please contact [email protected] to request access to this record.
1950s
Yom Ha'atzmaut, 1971. Please contact [email protected] to request access to this record.
1970s, independence day, judaism, chagim
Site development proposals for 6 Shakespeare Grove, Hawthorn, as part of the Bialik College Strategy Plan, created by Jennings Project Management, October 1986. Includes plan of existing land use and site constraints. Please contact [email protected] to request access to this record.
1980s, building and planning
Architectural plans for proposed additions to Bialik Kindergarten, 6 Shakespeare Grove, Hawthorn, created by architects Joshua and Mary Pila, 1970-1975. Includes addition of assembly hall/gymnasium and classrooms (February 1972), kindergarten store and carpark roof (March 1975). Please contact [email protected] to request access to this record.
1970s
Architectural plans for Bialik College, 429 Auburn Road, Hawthorn East, created by architects Joshua and Mary Pila, 1980. Please contact [email protected] to request access to this record.
1980s
Architectural plans of proposed Bialik College, 429 Auburn Road, Hawthorn East, created by architects Joshua and Mary Pila, May 1979-October 1980. Please contact [email protected] to request access to this record.
1970s, 1980s, building and planning
Architectural plans of Stage 1 Extensions to Bialik College, 429 Auburn Road, Hawthorn East, created by architects Peter G Lyall & Associates, April 1989. Please contact [email protected] to request access to this record.
1980s, building and planning
Two boxes of architectural plans of proposed Bialik College, 429 Auburn Road, Hawthorn East, created by architects Joshua and Mary Pila, c. 1970s. Box 1: 1970s, Box 2: 1979. Please contact [email protected] to request access to this record.
1970s, building and planning
Letter to parents from Headmaster Isaac Ernest about the winter uniform, 29 March 1963. Please contact [email protected] to request access to this record.
1960s
Report on an event held in memory of Jacob Ryzman, one of the founders of Bialik College, c. 1960s. Please contact [email protected] to request access to this record.
Letter from Council President Julian Mercer regarding the establishment of Bialik College, 1962. Please contact [email protected] to request access to this record.
1960s
Invitation to oneg shabbat at Bialik College, 6 Shakespeare Grove, Hawthorn on Friday 4 June 1965. Joe Solvey is noted as being a speaker at the event. There is a note on the back from Honorary Secretary of the Parents' Association Esther Gross, addressed to outgoing president of the Bialik Council Julian Mercer. Please contact [email protected] to request access to this record.
1960s, judaism, parents association
Report on the opening of Shakespeare Grove, 1963. Please contact [email protected] to request access to this record.
1960s
Three students in 'I Love Bialik' jumpers, c. 1980s. Please contact [email protected] to request access to this record.
Two photographs of students and staff at a Pesach seder in the early 1950s. Both photographs feature principal Adam Klag and the second features teacher Mrs Aviva Gilowicz (far left). Please contact [email protected] to request access to this record.
1950s, passover, judaism
A letter from Joseph Solvey of the State Zionist Council to Bialik Principal Adam Klag in 1952, asking him to speak at a public event. Please contact [email protected] to request access to this record.
1950s
Certificate given to Bialik principal Adam Klag on the occasion of 3 trees being 'planted in deep appreciation by pupils of Biliak Hebrew School'. The certificate is undated. Klag was principal of Bialik during the early 1950s. Please contact [email protected] to request access to this record.
Program for two events held at the Kadimah Hall and Samuel Meyer's Hall in 1951, to commemorate Theodor Herzl and Chaim Nachman Bialik. The events featured recitations by Bialik students and an address by principal Adam Klag. Please contact [email protected] to request access to this record.
1950s
Photograph of students and staff at an unknown event, c. 1960s. Appears to be a shabbat celebration. Please contact [email protected] to request access to this record.
1960s, judaism
Photographs of Bnei Mitzvah, 1989. One photo has 'Pataki' written on the back. Please contact [email protected] to request access to this record.
1980s, judaism
2000s, 2010s, performing arts
2000s, 2010s, performing arts
Shakespeare Grove staff, 1995. Please contact [email protected] to request access to this record.
1990s, hawthorn
Photographs donated by past student and staff member Rochelle Obel, 1970s. Includes her first day of prep in 1972, Grade 1 1973, Speech Night at Kew Civic Centre, Principal Mieri at Shakespeare Grove. Please contact [email protected] to request access to this record.
Kindergarten Kabalat Shabat, 1964. Please contact [email protected] to request access to this record.
1960s, judaism
Photographs of Purim at the Auburn Rd, Hawthorn campus in 1982. Please contact [email protected] to request access to this record.
1980s, judaism, chaggim
Photographs of Purim in 1984, featuring teacher Kathy. Please contact [email protected] to request access to this record.
1980s
Photographs of students digging with spades and rakes, c. 1980s. One of the photographs is labelled Arbor Week. Please contact [email protected] to request access to this record.
hawthorn
Students holding up dirty hands from gardening, c. 1980s. Please contact [email protected] to request access to this record.
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