Morongo Girls' College

Morongo, 1863

Morongo Girls' College was a Presbyterian school for girls, founded in 1920 on Bell Post Hill near Geelong, Australia, on the site of an original homestead (called Morongo).^[1]

The founding principal was Gertrude Pratt BA, the second principal was Miss Shaw BA (Qld) and Dulcie Brookshaw was the third headmistress. The fourth and final headmistress was Judith Watt.

Morongo Girls' College closed at the end of 1994,^[2] and the site is now occupied by Kardinia International College. A book on the school's history was commissioned and published by the school council in 1969.^[3]

Morongo Girls' College was associated with Geelong College. Geelong College is now the caretaker of artefacts from Morongo.^[4]

Alumni

• Rebecca Maddern^[5]
• Rosemary Crossley^[6] – disability advocate
• Winsome McCaughey^[4] – Lord mayor of Melbourne

See also

• List of schools in Victoria, Australia

References

1. Aussie Heritage website, sourced 9 June 2008.
2. Kardinia International College's history Archived 10 May 2007 at the Wayback Machine accessed 9 June 2008
3. Morongo; a history of the Presbyterian Girls' College, Geelong, Victoria, Australia, by Doreen Cowperthwaite (née Phillips)
4. "MORONGO PRESBYTERIAN GIRLS' COLLEGE". Archived from the original on 6 April 2020.
5. "Rebecca Madden: I've always been around men who support my career pursuits". 7 July 2017.
6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 24 October 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2016.

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