Recent Web Site Changes
| 03 March 2008: Jeff Carroll, old Pinjarra High teacher & latter-day musician & composer has provided some great Pinjarra High material from the early 1960's. Have a look in Photos 1961-1970's P65013-16, also P62030 & Memorabilia MEM6513. |
| 19 January 2008: A series of photos under "People Recent" that captured the opening of the replica cottage Rosa Nobes by John Lane on December 19th, 2007. |
| 22 August 2007: Well, I've finished summarising the O.F.A Newsletters as far back as I have them - 1977. I've picked out snippets of each of them that I hope they are of interest. I selected what I considered being the more newsworthy paragraphs, mainly the items that focus on people and Fairbridge activities. Anyway, I hope it makes good reading for Old Fairbridgians and visitors to this site. A tough job is being an editor! |
| 09 August 2007: Still adding summaries of OFA Newsletters, slowly but surely. I'm back to 1982 now. It's a long job. To see these look under the Old Fairbridgians' Association tab at the top then when there scroll down to Newsletters. |
| 24 July 2007: Lots of amendments including: Under OFA section, a summary of many OFA newsletters. Current OFA committee members photos have been added. Some more Farm Recent pictures including Rose Nobes (see also under "Buildings"), Paddocks and Roads. Founder's Day 2007 pictures under People Recent. I'm also updating the Staff List as more information comes to light (any information on anything is very welcome please!). |
| 01 June 2007: A lot of re-hashing the OFA section of this site. This includes photos of the current OFA Committee members, a history of committee members; and, what is progressively happening on the site (and it's taking quite some time but being added to almost daily) is a condensed version of the OFA News Letters. They give a good glimpse of what's been going on at Fairbridge, and OFA activities and news, over the years. It's all under OFA to the top tool bar. |
| 04 April 2007: Barry's memories continue, this time covering Task, such as it was. |
| 20 December 2006: Barry's memories continue, this time covering the Fairbridge summer mosquitoes! |
| 20 December 2006: I have respectfully added photos of the headstones in the Fairbridge cemetery plus pictures of the memorials in the Rose Garden for those who would like to see them and are unable to visit these places personally. |
| 10 December 2006: A few photos from the 2006 Christmas function held in the Club House on Sunday 3rd December. These can be found under "People Recent". Thanks to Jan Churchill & Stuart Law. |
| 14 October 2006: Barry's Story continues his discourse - this time "Porridge" - eating it of course, not doing it. |
| 30 September 2006: Refreshed the existing Hudson photos in "Farm Recent" and added a few more all taken on 29 Sept 2006 visit. |
| 19 September 2006: Old Fairbridge boy Ken Ducker provided some great 1963 shots - PIC63027-36. |
| 16 September 2006: MEM6402-14 (Memorabilia) are various documents relating to the voyage of P&O SS Oriana that departed Southampton on 8th Feb 1964 and arrived at Fremantle on 27th Feb 1964. Thanks to Barry Stuart. |
| 06 September 2006: What used to be "1917 & 1924 Child Emigration Society Reports" has been significantly renovated to "Fairbridge Farm Schools Child Emigration Society Annual Reports 1917-1938" (Our History section). Added are about 88 pages of reports 1925-1938. These pages contain many wonderful photos and a great insight into life at Fairbridge in that period! |
| 20 August 2006: Added around 68 pages from Fairbridge Society Annual Reports from between 1949 and 1979 (1972 & 1974 were already on this site). These can be found under "Our History". Many good old photos amongst these pages. |
| 18 August 2006: Picked up 50-60 more staff names - those who were there in 1980/81 - and added them to Staff List. |
| 16 August 2006: A whole new section added containing a selection of weekly Principal's Notice, various memoranda, Cottage Mother instruction sheets etc. See under "Our History" then right at the bottom is "Principal's Notices" section. |
| 07 August 2006: Barry's Story continues with Going to High School. |
| 03 August 2006: Added three new 1963 photos of Hudson boys - PIC63024, 25 & 26 |
| 24 July 2006: A few photos of Founder's day under "People Recent" plus a teeny write up of Founder's Day in the Notices! |
| 20 July 2006: More "Farm Recent" photos. This time look for Amphitheatre, Barbara Rowley Centre, Elizabeth, Farm Manager's Cottage, another view of Gardener's Cottage, Lister, Newton and another Nightingale view. |
| 16 July 2006: Have added a series of photos of the Old Fairbridge Farm that was situated a few kilometres south of Pinjarra. These can be found under its own heading under "Present Times" |
| 14 July 2006: Added to Farm Recent (Present Times) photos collection are some taken inside Fairbridge House, Scratton, and Glasgow. Also added some refreshing new ones of Fairbridge House & Scratton, from the outside. |
| 13 July 2006: Added to Farm Recent (Present Times) photos collection are some taken inside Belfast and Kitchener cottages. They're fairly easy to find. |
| 12 July 2006: We've got our first copies of the weekly Principal's Notices! These have been put at the foot of the main "Our History" page for the time being. |
| 12 July 2006: Added Winter 2006 OFA newsletter plus the flyer for forthcoming 23rd July 2006 Founder's Day |
| 14 May 2006: Added a very incomplete Staff List to "People" section of "Our History". This needs a lot of work and a lot of feedback from anyone looking at this website. |
| 12 May 2006: Have added a few more Recent Farm photos (Clubhouse, Middlemore, Kingsley's grave) and a little write-up about 2006 Anzac Day (News). Plus a couple of photos of old ex-original-Farm houses re-located to Pinjarra in "Murray-Peel Photos" section. |
| 31 March 2006: With Anzac Day approaching, it's an appropriate time to add a close-up photo of the Memorial Gates showing the names of those who gave their lives in WW2 and Korea. See under 'Our History' then 'People'. |
| 15 March 2006: Barry's story turns to Perth Trips today! |
| 13 March 2006: Bob Mitchell has contributed a wonderful narrative of events leading to his emigration and subsequent life at Fairbridge. This can be found under Reflections. |
| 12 March 2006: Barry's story continues under Reflections. This time the subject matter is sport. |
| 06 March 2006: Barry's story about the farm continues under Reflections. |
| 27 February 2006: Old Fairbridgians' Association AGM was held on February 26, 2006 and changes to the elected Committee are reflected, plus the OFA Museum Report Feb 2006 has been published. |
| 22 February 2006: Old Fairbridgians' Association notice of forthcoming (26 Feb 2006) Annual General Meeting (see under OFA) |
| 14 February 2006: Stuart Law provided some 1965 school certificates which have been published in Memorabilia - MEM6509 to MEM6512 |
| 12 February 2006: Some of Mr Noel Wishart's photos in the Historic Photo's section. Numbers are PIC65006-11 and PIC69001 and PIC73001. |
| 10 February 2006: Mr Noel Wishart (Housemaster 1964-1976) kindly loaned us some of the records regarding swimming carnivals and championships from 1965 and 1966. These have been reproduced and published under the Memorabilia section. |
| 10 February 2006: We have recorded a list of those remembered in the Fairbridge Memorial Rose Garden. You can find this list under "Our History", then "People". |
| 16 January 2006: Added a lovely booklet entitled "Dedication of School Chapel" published in 1931. You'll see this under "Our History". |
| 12 January 2006: Added around 50 fabulous old pictures in the Historic Photos section. These photos include many of the Old Farm plus some taken through the 1920's and 1930's. Especially good are some cottage group photos taken in the 1920's. |
| 31 December 2005: I took some "snaps" around Pinjarra & Mandurah on 28 December and have included some of those in a section under "Present Times". |
| 06 December 2005: List of Principals and Acting Principals of Fairbridge Pinjarra from start to finish, gratefully supplied by Jan Churchill. See under "Our History" then "People". |
| 04 December 2005: Added under "Reflections" - memories from John Barns plus part 1 of Barry Stuart's story |
| 04 December 2005: Respectfully provided a list of those who found their final resting place in the Fairbridge cemetery. See under "Our History" then "People". |
| 03 December 2005: About 20 more photos in "Fairbridge Places - Recent" section. Photos include Heath House, more at the School, a Mandurah Camp cottage, the Cemetery, the Memorial Wall, plus more views of Belfast, Nelson, Lawley, Forrest, Cook and a view from the Church bell tower and views up and down Harvey Road. |
| 21 October 2005: Added selections from "The Fairbridgian" from 1941 through to 1956 |
| 17 October 2005: Added many items in the Our History section including booklets, reports, maps and children's activities. |
| 30 September 2005: Inserted major category for Old Fairbridgians Association and included recent Association reports |
| 29 September 2005: Altered major site headings to cater for growth/futures. Apologies for the confusion. See the Site Map if you can't find a favourite. Oh, the Site Map was re-hashed too. |
| 16 September 2005: Haven't been idle. For technical reasons we've removed the Frames from this website - that took many hours, plus Mike Barnett & George Braithwaite have been very busy correcting photo names and captions. |
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