Brighton College, Manly

Brighton College (also known as Brighton College for Girls) was a non-denominational day and boarding private girls' school in Manly, New South Wales, Australia. It operated from 1889 to 1960 in the suburb of Manly, Australia.

This article is about the former private girls' school in Manly, New South Wales. For other colleges, see Brighton College (disambiguation).

Brighton College
Location
Manly, New South Wales, Australia
Coordinates33°47′55″S 151°16′47″E
Information
TypePrivate school
MottoLatin: Fortitier et Recte[1]
(Bravely and uprightly)
Established1889
FounderMiss Ethel Milne
StatusClosed
Closed1960
GenderGirls

History

Miss Ethel Milne opened a girls' day kindergarten school on Wentworth Street, Manly, in 1880.[1] Brighton College itself was established by Milne in 1889.[1]

In the early years, boys were also pupils in the kindergarten;[2] they were admitted again to the infants' department in the early 1940s.[1] By 1928 there were 222 pupils.[3] By 1946 the school was divided into three schools: kindergarten, middle and upper.[4]

The school moved frequently in its early years: it was located variously at Wood Street, Fairlight Street, and James Street,[1] and for some time it occupied a large cottage on the Ocean Beach called Brighton.[5] It was also briefly located on Pittwater Road (opposite Manly Park)[6] and in North Steyne; when it vacated the last of these the building was then briefly occupied by the Manly Grammar School.[1] A new building was opened in 1905,[7] named 'Vista Reale', and located on the corner of Fairlight Street and The Crescent.[1] In 1912 the then owner of Brighton College, Miss Mildred Fry, sold the school to Miss Maria Hayes-Williams, the Principal of the Manly High School for Girls (also known as Leona School for Girls, and originally Manly College for Girls), which occupied Leona House, also located on The Crescent.[5][8] In doing so, Hayes-Williams kept the name Brighton College for the combined school,[1] after initially naming it Manly High School for Girls and Brighton College.[9] In 1927 the school moved to what would become its final location, 'Kurrumboola', on the corner of Margaret Street and 38 The Crescent, at the Fairlight end of Manly.[10][1] Boarders were housed at 5 Margaret Street.[1]

Increased pupil numbers resulted in the establishment of a branch school in 1923, on the eastern side of Manly.[11] The branch school was moved into the main building in 1924. [12] In 1942 the school obtained the former Chief Justice Sir Adrian Knox's country estate, 'Dalkeith', in Gundagai as a country branch.[13]

Physical culture was taught by Hans Christian Bjelke-Peterson.[1] There was a Brighton College Old Girls’ Union, established in 1923.[14]

The Wyndham Report of 1957 into secondary school education led to the Public Education Act 1961 and the closure of smaller private schools; Brighton College was one such school, closing in 1960.[15]

Houses

The school was divided into houses. By 1932 there were four: Kendel, Wentworth, Hayes Williams and Allenby.[16]

School songs

When still a pupil at the school, in 1925 the future novelist Kylie Tennant composed the first Brighton School Song, to be sung to the tune of White Wings.[1]

The golden of sunlit beaches
The blue of broad sky and of cliff-shadowed pool,
The colours we own on our badges
Are symbols of loyalty owed to our school.

Brighton! We honour thee ever
The old grey college set close by the sea,
May disloyalty shadow thee never
And may we be loving and loyal to thee.

Another pupil, Joan Smith, wrote a new school song in 1931, to be sung to the tune of The Song of the Vagabonds, from the musical operetta film The Vagabond King, but which, in turn, had been written by Rudolf Friml for his 1925 operetta of the same name.[17]

Come, let's join in chorus,
Joy is waiting for us,
Songs in praise of old Brighton.
Tell the ancient story
Of the fame and glory
Won by old Brightonians.
Brighton! Brighton! School that we hold dear!
Hail it! Hail it! Loud the rousing cheer.
Brave and upright ever,
Let's be loyal forever
To our Brighton-by-the-Sea.

In 1954, a teacher, Mrs Troy, wrote words and music for a new school song.[18]

Together we will raise our song this day,
In honour of these walls and all they mean,
We feel around us while at work or play
Our heritage of priceless things unseen.
We set out feet where other feet have passed.
Upon our hearts the same beliefs we grave.
As others are, may we be to the last – to the last
Upright and brave – Upright and brave.

The time will come when we must leave this place
To build on firm foundations, ‘stablished here.
Steadfast and strong whate’er our creed or race,
In spirit linked to truth we hold most dear.
And so throughout the years that lie ahead,
Let joy bestow our paths, or sorrow pave,
We our traditions follow, firmly tread – firmly tread
Upright and brave – upright and brave.

Principals
  • Miss Ethel Milne, 1889-1902.[1][2]
  • Miss Mildred Fry (later, and better known as, Mildred Muscio), 1903-1912.[19]
  • Miss Maria Eliza Hayes-Williams, 1912-1915.[1]
  • Miss K Allenby, 1914-1923.[1] [20][11]
  • Miss Maude Mary Musson, 1924-1935.[12][21]
  • Miss Annie Isobel Croker, 1936-1960.[10][13][1]

Notable pupils

References
  1. "Manly Library Local Studies: Brighton College". Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  2. "BRIGHTON COLLEGE, MANLY". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 19, 900. New South Wales, Australia. 21 December 1901. p. 12. Retrieved 7 November 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. "BREAKING-UP DAY AT BRIGHTON COLLEGE". The Daily Telegraph. No. 15, 299. New South Wales, Australia. 21 December 1928. p. 28. Retrieved 7 November 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. "Brighton College Educates For Useful Life". The Farmer & Settler. Vol. XLI, no. 45. New South Wales, Australia. 6 December 1946. p. 30. Retrieved 7 November 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. "Good Training At Brighton". The Farmer & Settler. Vol. XLIV, no. 45. New South Wales, Australia. 9 December 1949. p. 28 (Farmer-Settler Education). Retrieved 7 November 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. "Manly Library Local Studies: Miss Annie Isobel Croker". Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  7. "BRIGHTON LADIES' COLLEGE". The Australian Star. No. 5343. New South Wales, Australia. 30 March 1905. p. 6. Retrieved 7 November 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ""LEONA" HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS". The Sydney Stock and Station Journal. Vol. XXII, no. 82. New South Wales, Australia. 13 January 1911. p. 4. Retrieved 8 November 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. "Manly Library Local Studies: Manly High School for Girls". Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  10. "BRIGHTON COLLEGE, MANLY". Daily Advertiser. New South Wales, Australia. 8 February 1936. p. 5. Retrieved 7 November 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  11. "Brighton College, Manly". The Daily Telegraph. No. 13, 740. New South Wales, Australia. 21 December 1923. p. 10. Retrieved 7 November 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  12. "BRIGHTON COLLEGE, MANLY". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 27, 129. New South Wales, Australia. 16 December 1924. p. 7. Retrieved 7 November 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  13. "BRIGHTON COLLEGE, MANLY AND GUNDAGAI". Cootamundra Herald. New South Wales, Australia. 21 January 1942. p. 2. Retrieved 7 November 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  14. "Northern Beaches Library Services: The Brighton Chronicle, December 1933, p 7". Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  15. "Smith, Anne, "A short history of education in Manly, NSW", Phanfare, No 226, September-October 2007, pp 21-23 at p 23" (PDF). Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  16. "Brighton College". The Sun. No. 1534. New South Wales, Australia. 21 August 1932. p. 2 (SUNBEAMS Supplement). Retrieved 7 November 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  17. "Northern Beaches Library Services: The Brighton Chronicle, December 1931, p 14". Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  18. "Northern Beaches Library Services: The Brighton Chronicle, December 1954, p 5". Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  19. "BRIGHTON COLLEGE, MANLY". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 20, 213. New South Wales, Australia. 22 December 1902. p. 5. Retrieved 7 November 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  20. "BRIGHTON COLLEGE". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 25, 109. New South Wales, Australia. 27 June 1918. p. 3. Retrieved 7 November 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  21. "SPEECH DAYS". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 30, 555. New South Wales, Australia. 7 December 1935. p. 22. Retrieved 7 November 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  22. "Northern Beaches Library Services: The Brighton Chronicle, December 1933, p 8". Retrieved 7 November 2021.
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