The Chisholm Era

Headmistress 1947-1977

Uniform Parades

Published November 30th 2020 7:22 pm by

The School’s first uniform was the height of 1890s fashion: a blue serge skirt, with striped blue and white print blouse, or for summer, an entire dress of blue and white striped prints. The current uniform contains echoes of this design in the choice of the colour blue and the stripes in the Primary School Read more

Margaret REES (1952)

Published August 27th 2020 12:42 pm by

“In the early 1950s, the campus of SCEGGS Darlinghurst was very different to what exists today. One notably absent structure then was the “Yellow Building” (now known as the Old Girls’ Building), and the memory that looms largest for me was the Yellow Building project. Raising funds for this building was one of the main Read more

Fiona PLACE (1975)

Published August 26th 2020 6:44 pm by

I remember looking for the Deputy Head Mrs Miller with a friend. Her office door was open and my friend noticed a lit cigarette in the ash tray. Quick as a wink friend put me on sentry duty and took her time finishing off the cigarette!