Kobeelya Head Girls
Kobeelya Church of England Girls School opened in 1922, with Mrs Mary Eleanor Burbidge as Head Mistress, and closed in 1975. Mrs Burbidge, the wife of the Reverend William Burbidge, remained in the position until 1929. She was a highly motivated woman with high academic qualifications and teaching experience both in Australia and England. The following year, 1976, Kobeelya reopened under the direction of Penrhos and the Uniting Church, closing at the end of 1982.
Mrs Mary Eleanor Burbidge
The first Head Girl, Mina Clifton was named in 1924, two years after the school opened for students.
1924 – Mina Clifton
1925 – Margaret Timms
1926 – Jean Campbell
1927 – Joyce John
1928 – Joyce John (first term)
1928 – Mary Main
1929 – Barbara Malcolm (first term)
1929 – Joan House
1930 – Yvonne Brinkley (first term)
1930 – Joan House
1931 – Dorothy Balston
1932 – Dorothy Balston
1933 – Cecily Balston
1934 – Mary Hassell
1935 – Ethel Hassell
1936 – Ethel Hassell
1937 – Molly Pope
1938 Yexley Egerton-Warburton
1939 – Lesley McCall
1940 – Lesley McCall
1941 – Elizabeth Hamilton
1942 – Shirley Potts
1943 – Margery Rae
1944 – Joan Cowell-Harris
1945 – Joan Cowell-Harris
1946 – Barbara Potts
1947 – Patricia Mantle
1948 – Gwynneth Williams
1949 – Pauline Wood
1950 – Diana Hubbe
1951 – Sophie Kingston
1952 – Florence Maddison
1953 – Rosemary Clarke
1954 – Sybil Prosser
1955 – Angela Beaton
1956 – Rosemary Friend
1957 – Anna Brown
1958 – Elizabeth Robinson
1960 – Barbara House
1961 – Dana Morgan
1962 – Jane House
1963 – Michelle Morgan
1964 – Jennifer Sandland
1966 – Patricia Carpenter
1967 – Anne Tozer
1968 – Jennifer Watts
1969 – Helen Lane
1970 – Sally Lewis
1971 – Fiona Ensor
1972 – Jennifer Newman
1973 – Dianne Chester
1974 – Rosemary Bickford
1975 – Marie Bell
1976 – Denise Malatesta
1977 – Amanda Marriott
1978 – Leanne Mortimer
1979 – Heather Hammersley
1980 – Belinda Barrett-Lennard
1981 – Dana Jones
1982 – Pauline Wiseman
Information credit: Kobeelya 1922-1982 by the Kobeelya Historical Society (Old Kobeelyan’s Association)
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