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Shirley College, School For Girls And Kindergarten, Edgecliff Rd, Sydney

c1900s. Eight process lithographs, postcard format, each captioned “Shirley, Edgecliff Road” and titled in letterpress below image, 8.7 x 13.8cm (approx. each).

In January 1900, Margaret Emily Hodge and Harriet Christina Newcomb opened a demonstration and training school for girls at Shirley, Edgecliff Road, Sydney. They aimed to “give the pupils an education which shall develop individual power.”

Hodge and Newcombe were involved in early Suffrage movements throughout Australia, even after their return to Britain. Ref: ADB.

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Item #CL187-80

Price (AUD): $660.00  other currencies