Objects of Substance- 2002 Boarders’ Plaque

The plaque was commissioned from Worssell and Company Pty. Ltd for $495 and secured on the righthand column at the back door of the Main Building This is a fitting position to commemorate the hundreds of boarders who had left home little girls and returned competent, educated women. The boarders brought such variety and richness to the School, where everlasting friendships were created, tears shed, pranks played, and naughtiness often prevailed.

But the end of an era,

is more than the closing of a door.

The memories and the friendships,

Will stay forever more.

2011: The 1971 Boarders – still a tightknit group – gathered at the home of Caroline Mercer after their 40 th reunion.

Pauline Harvey-Short (1971) Manager, School History and Culture

References

BGGS Annual Reports 1896-89; 1997; 1998.

BGGS Magazines 1913;1916; 1918; 1919; 1920-26; 1940; 1945; 1950; 1960; 1970; 1997; 1998; 2002.

BGGS Trustees Minutes 1875, 1876, 1883, 1884

Bishbar Blue “From the Archives: A History and Collection of Memories from Boarding at BGGS.”