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CLOCKWISE, FROM TOP: LAYING OF THE MEMORIAL HALL FOUNDATION STONE;
CROWDS GATHERING FOR THE CEREMONY; THE HAWTHORN GLEN SITE FROM THE
AIR; SENIOR BOYS WITH BILL MORGAN ('35) AFTER THE CENTENARY CELEBRATION;
PRINCIPAL BILL LITTLEJOHN
Hawthorn Glen was situated at the confluence of the Yarra River
and Gardiners Creek, which were lined with ancient river red gums.
The former farmland was dominated by a pine tree-clad hill. The
hill was surmounted by Glen House, an 1870s mansion, where the
Hawthorn Junior School opened in 1916. After the new Junior School
buildings opened in 1918, Glen House became a boarding house.
The August 1920 edition of The Scotch Collegian published an
aerial photo of the school that year. It shows Glenferrie Road on the
left, leading to the railway gates at Kooyong. Pine trees surround
Glen House on the hill. The Junior School and its oval have been
completed and the Lower Oval has already been established near
Gardiners Creek. The site of the Senior School is ready for building.
The Collegian published an account of the ceremony on 5 March
1920. This is an edited version …
‘The 5th March dawned bright and warm and the grounds were
alive with people inspecting with evident approval the possibilities
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