47:) for students who were not academically inclined but required advanced education. Apart from the usual subjects of English, mathematics, geography and so on, students were taught technical skills of dressmaking, millinery, art and craft, housewifery and cooking. Typewriting and shorthand were added later to make them better suited to commercial occupations. The first headmistress was Helen Janet Thomson (1878–1962), who retired in 1938. The fine two-storey brick building was located at the corner of Wattle and Rugby streets, Unley, and had separate accommodation for boys (whose technical subjects included wood and metalwork, housed in less imposing tin sheds) and girls. The boys' headmaster was John Michell.
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Miss N. Davies, "the human history book" A senior teacher, she argued for less time to be spent on literature and more on science.
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