What a thrill to receive an email recently from Kathleen Gampenov (nee Crabtree) with some new information on early school history quoted below:

I am sending a couple of photos to add to your collection for the Hurstville origin of Moorefields school.

I went to Jannali first [1954] and then came back to Hurstville for the next two years [1955-1956].

We were in the main building with the belltower on Forest Road and two girls designed the badge, Margaret Hollier and Sandra Durrington, both were very artistic.

Hope this little bit of information helps.  Kathleen Gampenov [nee Crabtree]

Well, it certainly helped as there was no information in our school archives about which building at the Forest Road (Hurstville Public School) site was occupied by Hurstville Girls Junior High nor about the designers of our school badge.

Did you notice the HGJH initials on the image with the blazer pocket?  Does anyone recognise themselves or others in the image of the HGJH Class of 1956?

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