Friends of Grossmann & Brough Houses is the proud supporter of this oral history project.
Friends of Grossmann & Brough Houses is the proud supporter of this oral history project.
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This project would not have been possible without valuable contributions from
Friends of Grossmann Oral History Committee:
Holly McNamee
Mandy Mason
Paul Cooke
Janece McDonald
Gail Johnston
Judy Nicholson
Others who assisted were:
Lesley Campbell
Laurel Graham
Lawrence Henderson
Maitland City Library
Janis Wilton OAM
A Maitland City Council Community Grant
Maitland Girls High School Old Girls Union
Grossmann and Brough Houses. Photo Alan Todd
Meet our interviewees
Meet our interviewees
Mandy Mason interviewing former MGHS girls
Maurine Osborn (née Turton)
East Maitland Public School
Attended MGHS 1945-1949
Worked at Pandora Library, Maitland
Joan Dunlop (née Tilse)
Moonan Flat Public School
Attended MGHS 1958-1963
Boarder at Brough House
House Captain Grossmann & Senior Prefect
Nursing career
June Howarth OAM (née Logan)
Maitland Primary School
Attended MGHS 1943 -1847
Librarian Maitland City Library
Mary Patricia (Pat) Barden (née Vile)
Gosforth Public School
Attended MGHS 1937-1941
Boarder at Brough House
House Captain Grossmann & School Captain
Cessnock City’s first Librarian
Foundation member Maitland Repertory Society
Janece McDonald PhD
Bandon Grove Public School
Attended MGHS 1962-1967
Boarder at Brough House
House Captain Brewster, Senior Prefect
Industrial Chemist, University Academic
Joy Poole OAM
Telarah Public School
Attended MGHS 1954-1959
Vice Captain Campbell & School Prefect
Primary teacher & Headmistress
OAM for service to polocrosse as a player, coach and umpire
Kath McMillan (née Duffen)
Muswellbrook & Scone Public Schools
Taught Physical Education at MGHS 1959-1961
Lyn Richards (née Farrell)
Tenambit Public School
Attended MGHS 1956 -1961
Nursing Career
Margaret Guy (née Stocker)
Orange Rural School & Dubbo High School
Attended MGHS 1957-1960
Laboratory Assistant
Mary Wilkes (née Cooper)
Bolwarra Public School
Attended MGHS 1951-1954
Worked at Sim Bros. and NRMA
Nell Pyle OAM (née Manning)
Greenwich & Telarah Public Schools
Attended MGHS 1937-1941
School Prefect
Primary school teacher
Founder Australian Museum of Clothing & Textiles
Val Randall (née Stokes)
Greta Public School
Attended MGHS 1949– 1951
Worked at Burlington Mill
Served in the ADF
Hilma Ellis (née Vaughan)
Gosford High & Sydney University B.Ag.Sc.
Taught at MGHS 5 years
Science, biology, geology, chemistry, botany & physics
June Bates (née Begg)
Maitland Public School
Attended MGHS 1944-48
House Captain Campbell
Primary Teacher
Pauline Fairhall (née Godwin)
Paterson Public School
Attended MGHS 1944-1948
House Vice Captain Campbell
Clerk Maitland Hospital
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