Established in 1927 by the Whanganui College Board of Trustees (the governing body for the Collegiate School) decided to extend the benefits of its secondary system to the primary area. For over 50 years the school functioned as a boys' only boarding school, but in 1980 it extended its enrolments to include girls, and the boarding finished at the same time.
St. George's (School : Whanganui, N.Z.)
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Talboys, Robert Gordon, 1892-1971 :Plan of [and proposed additions to] St George's Prep...
Date: 1927 - 1931
From: Gooch, Mitchell and MacDiarmid Ltd :[Architectural plans. 1906-1995].
By: Talboys, Robert Gordon, 1892-1971
Reference: Plans-2002-058-032-003/004
Description: Shows ground floor plan (1927) and dormitory plan which may be at the level above the ground floor. Quantity: 2 plan(s). Physical Description: Blue prints 527 x 757 mm.
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Talboys, Robert Gordon, 1892-1971 :Plan of St George's Preparatory School Wanganui [192...
Date: 1927 - 1932 - 1947
From: Gooch, Mitchell and MacDiarmid Ltd :[Architectural plans. 1906-1995].
By: Talboys, Robert Gordon, 1892-1971; Atkins & Mitchell (Firm)
Reference: Plans-2002-058-032-005/019
Description: Shows ground and first floor plans, elevations and sections. Also includes 1932 proposed alterations by Atkins & Mitchell. Includes details and sections of the main entrance and a drainage plan. Quantity: 15 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink drawings on tracing paper, sizes varying up to 570 x 800 mm.
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Ken H Mowat - Correspondence and papers
Date: [1936-1975]
From: Mowat family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-7496-08
Description: Letters from Mowat to his mother and father from St George's School, Wanganui, Nelson College, the Weather Office, Nadi airport and from Ngaio, Wellington Quantity: 1 folder(s).
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Ken H Mowat - School reports and related papers
Date: 1936-1939
From: Mowat family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-7496-07
Description: Term reports and other papers relating to Ken Mowat, a student at Nelson College (1937-1939); programme for St George's School, Wanganui. prize giving (1936) Quantity: 1 folder(s).
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Ball, Jennifer, active 2003:Photographs relating to the Johnston and Bell families
Date: ca 1905-ca 1943
By: Ball, Jennifer, active 2003
Reference: PAColl-8038
Description: Photographs of Sir Francis and Lady Bell's houses at Lowry Bay; the family of Harold Featherston Johnston; girl students of the Convent of the Sacred Heart (later Erskine College) Island Bay Wellington; a cricket team and student group taken at St Georges School Wanganui; wedding groups. The weddings are of Kathleen and Willie Levin (of the Levin & Co family), Naney and Douglas Young, Jocelyn Riddiford and Jim Vogel, Betty and Ralf Lowry, and Barbara and Stephen Glover. They date from 1931 to about 1943. Caroline Johnston's father, Harold, was a son of Charles John Johnston of Homewood, Karori, Wellington. The Johnston family and descendents lived at Homewood from 1852 to 1925 (info from "Homewood and its Families". Smedley, Beryl. Mallinson Rendel, Wellington, 1980). Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-201535-F to 1/2-201582-F. Quantity: 26 b&w original negative(s). Provenance: The album was compiled by Caroline Johnston, the mother of Jennifer Ball.
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Papers relating to Wanganui Collegiate School
Date: [1957-1959]
From: Riddiford family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-5714-042
Description: Comprises report re Mrs Hutcheson's move from Wanganui to Nelson and her financial situation, correspondence, minutes, financial reports, clippings, annual reports, circulars and other papers relating to Wanganui Collegiate School, the old boys association and the Whanganui College Board of Trustees; and some minutes for Nga Tawa school (1959) Quantity: 1 folder(s).
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Interview with Brit Bunkley and Andrea Gardner
Date: 11 Dec 1997
From: `Diaspora by degree' : professional exiles in New Zealand oral history project
By: Bunkley, Brit, active 1991; Gardner, Andrea, active 1991
Reference: OHInt-0440-07
Description: Brit Bunkley and Andrea Gardner describe their backgrounds in the United States where they both grew up. Andrea recalls travelling and living in Rome where she met Brit who was there on a fellowship at the American Academy. Brit describes his art projects and they both talk about their time together in southern California, Arizona and New York. Andrea gives a detailed account of the area in New York where they lived communally with about thirty people. Both discuss how their perceptions changed about their living conditions once their child, Noah, was born, and their decision to move. Brit describes his reaction to the Wanganui job advertisement for a sculptor at the Department of Fine Arts in the Polytechnic. Describe their expectations of New Zealand and both consider they have been met. Brit talks about the USA public art commissions he is missing by being in New Zealand and elaborates on his thoughts on career opportunities. Andrea describes how she is perceived at St George's School where she teaches art. They discuss celebrations and family holiday dinners in the States. Describe their new invented traditions, Andrea's love of gardening and Brit's love of country life. They also talk about five-and-a-half year old Noah's contentment in New Zealand. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Interviewer(s) - Suzanne MacAulay Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-007672-007673 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1.10 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-2008.
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St George's School - Mathematics prize
Date: 1928
From: Lilburn, Douglas Gordon, 1915-2001 : Papers
Reference: MSX-6551
Description: Book `Animal mysteries' by E G Boulenger, awarded to D G Lilburn for Form 3 Mathematics, St George's School, Dec 1928 Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Printed matter
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St George's School - English prize
Date: 1928
From: Lilburn, Douglas Gordon, 1915-2001 : Papers
Reference: MSX-6550
Description: Book `The boy through the ages' by Dorothy Margaret Stuart, awarded to D G Lilburn for Form 3 English, St George's School, Dec 1928 Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Printed matter