A treasure chest of memories: Celebrating school life

Giovanni Candela pictured with the Our Lady of Victories School Band at the primary school’s Sports Day in 1971. As a musician, he showed an interest in the band at the school where his granddaughter attended and he unofficially took over as the band’s teacher

Primary school students in a classroom at Loreto Mandeville Hall, Catholic College in Toorak, managed by the Loreto Sisters, in 1960. The photo was taken by former ‘Il Globo’ journalist, Ermes Bergagna

Antonio Di Mase (back row, first left) with fellow students at a pre-school centre in Canning Street, Carlton North, in 1965

St George’s Girls School A Grade Basketball Team, pictured in front of Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto at St George’s Church, Rathdowne Street, Carlton, in 1947. Left to right: V. Martello, C. McDonald, M. Marcom (sic); L. Omizzolo, L. Harrison and I. Zanatta

An 1870 group photograph of school children in front of Yandoit State School, Victoria. On the left is John Robinson, the teacher. The school, which was opened on September 1, 1861, was attended by the children of Elisabetta and Battista Righetti, pioneer settlers in the area who had migrated from Ticino, the Italian-speaking region of Switzerland