Monthly Archives: August 2016

The following story was submitted by Old Girtonian, Maggie Wittchen, nee Margaret McCulloch, now living in Adelaide with fond and not so fond memories of the Girton Boarding House. I started at Girton in 1957, grade 5, as a boarder. We lived in Elmore and my dad was the manager […]

Mr Bob Denahy introduced Japanese language classes to Girton College after being invited by then Headmaster, Mr Bob Bickerdike, to become a staff member. Both gentlemen had previously taught at Geelong Grammar School, although immediately prior to introducing Japanese language at Girton, Bob was teaching in Japan. Bob taught upper […]