1964

Old Boys at War Project

Boer and First World Wars – Patrick O’Grady – Private Henry James Bartlett – Private Leslie Creed – Private Thomas Cranney – Private Stan O’Grady, Gallipoli – Private (later Bombardier) Francis Chippindale DCM Second World War – Gunner Kevin Dolahenty – Flight Sergeant Robert Hugh Gillian – Stoker 2nd Class John Hagin – Lance Sergeant Norm …

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Authors and Journalists

David Armstrong – Journalist & Newspaper Editor Percy ‘Waratah’ Hurley Jeff McMullen AM Author, Journalist & Humanitarian Cornelis Vleeskens -prolific writer, artist, poet and publisher Tony Ward – Television Journalist Jeff McMullen AM Author, Journalist & Humanitarian (1964) Dr. Jeff McMullen AM is a well known journalist, author and humanitarian who has been honoured by …

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Rugby League Teams

1941 1966 1942 1970 1943 1977 1949 1988 1960 2012 1964 2014 1941 Augustus Scott football 1941 1942 Stewart Augustus Scott football 1942 –Photos sent in recently by the son of one of our old boys (Stewart Augustus Scott) who attended the school in 1930’s-1940’s 1943 1949 Rugby League 4th Class 1949 –You may recognise …

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Sporting History

Swimming Certificates Amco Cup & Shield 1977 Commonwealth Bank Cup The Centenary of Schoolboy Rugby League Ray Warren – Voice of Rugby League Lavalla Bowling Club Rugby League Video 1966 Amco Cup and Shield 1977 Commonwealth Bank Cup The Centenary of Schoolboy Rugby League Crest – Celebrating the Centenary of School Boy Rugby League –A …

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Lavalla Bowling Club

This information was sourced from The Lavalla Member Blog (last updated 16 January 2010) and from personal experiences. Lavalla Bowling Club was located on the corner of Rifle Range Road and Windsor Road Northmead. In the early 1960s Brother Jack (John) Allman (Parramatta Marist & St Vincents Boys Home) together with five other people including …

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Class Photos 1926 – 1965

1926 1958 1935 1961 1941 1962 1945 1963 1953 1964 1957 1965 1926 The Intermediate Class of 1926 – which included Kevin Dolahenty. Read more about Kevin here 1935 Thank you to John McInerny from the Class of 1951 for supplying this photo to the Old Boys Union. 1941 1945 1953 1957 Revisiting 50th Reunion …

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Cadet Group Photos

Always nice to host an Old Boy musician, Mr Rob Connelly (Class of 1954/55), and to have him play the school’s historic heraldic trumpets with current music teacher, and trumpeter, Mr Dan Johnson. Dan had been commissioned to write a new fanfare for the 2020 Bicentenary Celebrations using the three trumpets which had been used …

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Cadets

1953 Cadet Band 1955 1960s 1970s Cadet Ball A Brief History of the Parramatta Marist Cadet Unit The Cadet Unit began at Parramatta Marist Brothers in 1941. The tradition of Friday afternoon training began that year, as did the annual camp. In September 1941 it was held at Brookvale with the combined cadet corps of …

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Bricks and Mortar

Victoria Road Parramatta Westmead– 1960s – 1970s – 1990s > The Pool Victoria Road Parramatta Darcy Road (Old Windsor Road) Westmead The construction of Stage 4 of the Parramatta Bypass – completed in December 1981 – spelt the end of the Westmead-Wentworthville section of Old Windsor Rd, being severed into a number of residential streets. …

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