eHive Object Details

Name/TitleScotch College: sports arena and chapel, c. 1940

About this objectThis photograph of Scotch College, Hawthorn, has been taken from the east, across the main sports oval, where a match is taking place, towards what is known as "The Hill", with the chapel, the large square building, on the right of the image.

Scotch College is the oldest continuing secondary school in Victoria. It was established in 1851 by Reverend James Forbes of the Presbyterian Church. The large site, in Hawthorn, was purchased in 1915 and the school moved to this, its third location, in 1926. The chapel is known as the Littlejohn Memorial Chapel, dedicated in 1936 to William Still Littlejohn, who was Principal from 1904 to 1933.

Schoolboy spectators and their bicycles are in the foreground of the image.

One of the many glass slides purchased from retailers or specifically made for illustrated lectures given by Isaac Selby between c. 1930 and c. 1955 to raise money for the Old Pioneers Memorial Fund.

For more information about this image contact Royal Historical Society of Victoria

MakerGunn's Slides (Firm)

Maker RoleSlide Maker

Measurements8.2 x 8.2 cm

Period1940-1950

Object TypePhotograph

Subject and Association KeywordsSelby, Isaac, 1859-1956

Subject and Association KeywordsSchools

Subject and Association KeywordsBoys

Subject and Association KeywordsScotch College (Hawthorn, Vic.)

Subject and Association KeywordsForbes, James, 1813-1851

Subject and Association KeywordsHawthorn (Vic.)

Subject and Association KeywordsSport and recreation

Subject and Association KeywordsLittlejohn, W. S. (William Still), 1859-1933

Named CollectionImages collection

Object numberGS-BCS-34

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