Winnington Grammar School, Ringwood, VIC (School)

?, ID4430
Last Edited29 Dec 2023
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Extracted from articles in various Victorian newspapers (accessed via National Library of Australia Trove) over the period 1924 to 1955:
     Winnington Grammar School took its name from the school which John Ruskin founded -- or at least often visited -- in Chester, Cheshire, England. It commenced operation in 1918 with 6 pupils in the Parish Hall, Ringwood, as a primary school for boys and girls. The owners and principals were sisters, Miss E. M. Crampton Hall and Miss Irene Hall. The aim of the school was "to give a thorough education on broad lines, to develop each pupil's personality -- intellectual, moral, physical and spiritual -- and to encourage the pupils to have wide interests so as to take their places in life as good and useful citizens". The school motto was "Ad Altiora" -- Towards higher things.
     In 1924 in a new building (fronting Central Park in Ringwood) was erected for the school. Facilities included a well-stocked library, reception room, students' dining room, basket ball grounds, recreation apparatus, experimental garden plots and a Montessori department for the juveniles. Girls were taken from Kindergarten to School Leaving, boys to age 10.
     A kindergarten and sub-primary branch opened in Sword's Hall, Blackburn in April 1926.
     Given that girls were enrolled to Leaving and boys only to age 10, the school's emphasis was more on the female pupils. So much so, that the school was referred to in some press reports as Winnington Girls' Grammar School.
     Miss Crampton Hall died on 1 Feb 1943 and Miss Irene Hall decided to retire in 1945. From 1946, the school was taken over by Mr and Mrs R. S. Stiebel. Mr Stiebel was a fully qualified teacher who had been associated with Geelong, Ballarat and Brighton Grammar schools over many years, followed by 6 years in the RAAF. He announced plans to develop the school, including taking boys (as well as girls) to Leaving standard. Advertising during 1946 and 1947 referred to "a School for Boys to age fourteen and Girls to age twelve", but later in 1947 it was announced that the school would take boys and girls to Intermediate and Leaving standard. There were 36 pupils at the start of 1946, nearly 60 by August that year and 100 at the start of 1947. Increasing enrolments resulted in a building program, largely concluded during 1947, with new classrooms, a gymnasium, hobby and carpentry rooms and more land for future development.
     In Nov 1946, Mr Stiebel announced that "Many useful donations have been made to the school, including ... two bursaries -- the Emerson-Elliott Bursary of £20 per year for three years available to sons and daughters of service men who were totally incapacitated or were killed in the 1939-45 war ..." This Bursary was available for children between the ages of nine and eleven years on 1 Jan 1947. In Jan 1947, the principal thanked a group of donors, including Mr and Mrs Emerson-Elliott -- it is not clear whether this referred just to the Bursary or to additional donations.
     Apart from adertisements for teaching staff, there were fewer than usual press reports during 1949 to 1951. By Jan 1952, the school had nearly 250 pupils.


The Emerson-Elliott children did not feature in the 1946 academic or sports prize lists. 
Benefactor: Leslie Denis (Denis) Emerson-Elliott
Benefactor: Norma Felice Emerson-Elliott

Walter Alexander Mecham1

M, ID4431
Last Edited14 Nov 2022
Marriagesay late 1860sEmily Eliza Martyr 
Birth of sonc 1876John Walter (Jack) Mecham; Adelong, NSW2 

Family

 Emily Eliza Martyr
Child 1.John Walter (Jack) Mecham b. c 1876, d. 1964

Citations

  1. Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Victoria, On-line Deaths Index, URL https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/…, hereafter called VIC BDM Registry, Deaths Index; copy not retained. From son ID0412, Registration No. 22815/1964 [John Walter MECHAM, parents Walter Alexander MECHAM + Emily Eliza MARTYR], accessed 13 Nov 2022: Father's Given names, Surname.
  2. VIC BDM Registry, Deaths Index; no copy. Registration No. 22815/1964 [John Walter MECHAM], accessed 13 Nov 2022: Age at death 88, POB.

Emily Eliza Martyr1

F, ID4432
Last Edited14 Nov 2022
Marriagesay late 1860sWalter Alexander Mecham 
Married Namesay late 1860sMecham 
Birth of sonc 1876John Walter (Jack) Mecham; Adelong, NSW2 

Family

 Walter Alexander Mecham
Child 1.John Walter (Jack) Mecham b. c 1876, d. 1964

Citations

  1. Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Victoria, On-line Deaths Index, URL https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/…, hereafter called VIC BDM Registry, Deaths Index; copy not retained. From son ID0412, Registration No. 22815/1964 [John Walter MECHAM, parents Walter Alexander MECHAM + Emily Eliza MARTYR], accessed 13 Nov 2022: Mother's Given names, Maiden Surname.
  2. VIC BDM Registry, Deaths Index; no copy. Registration No. 22815/1964 [John Walter MECHAM], accessed 13 Nov 2022: Age at death 88, POB.

Herbert Richard Phillips1,2

M, ID4433, (17 Sep 1860-)
Last Edited20 Nov 2022
FatherGerard Phillips
Birth17 Sep 1860Ryde, NSW; >
Second son.3,4 
Marriage17 Sep 1888Mildred Amelia Margaret Shelley; Sydney, NSW; >
Silver Wedding Notice in Daily Telegraph (Sydney), 17 Sep 1913, page 8:
      PHlLLIPS— SHELLEY. On 17 Sep 1888 at Sydney, Herbert, second son of Gerard Phillips, of Redlands, North Sydney, to Mildred Amelia Margaret, eldest daughter of George Waddy Shelley, of Tumut and Sydney, and granddaughter of Captain Arthur Vyner, R.N. Present address, Highclere, Goulburn.5,6
Birth of son1889William G Phillips; Armidale, NSW7 
Birth of daughter30 Mar 1891Mildred Sarah Phillips; Tara, Paddington, NSW8,9 
Birth of daughter1893Evelyn B Phillips; Grafton, NSW10 
Birth of son1897Herbert S Phillips; Grafton, NSW11 
Birth of daughter1902Victoria MacL Phillips; Kempsey, NSW12 
Birth of daughter1904Dorothea L Phillips; Kempsey, NSW13 
Addressat 1913Mildred Amelia Margaret Shelley; Highclere, Goulburn, NSW14 

Family

 Mildred Amelia Margaret Shelley b. 5 Jul 1867, d. 21 Feb 1938
Children 1.William G Phillips b. 1889
 2.Mildred Sarah Phillips+ b. 30 Mar 1891
 3.Evelyn B Phillips b. 1893
 4.Herbert S Phillips b. 1897
 5.Victoria MacL Phillips b. 1902
 6.Dorothea L Phillips b. 1904

Citations

  1. Daily Telegraph newspaper, published 1936-1972 by Australian Consolidated Press, 1972- by News Limited/News Corp Australia, Sydney, NSW, accessed via National Library of Australia Trove website at http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper; hereafter called Daily Telegraph/Trove; image and paper copy in Researcher's Family History records at ID4433. 17 Sep 1913, p8, accessed 20 Nov 2022: Groom's first Given name, Surname..
  2. Ancestry Public Member Tree entitled Featherston-Hardy Family Tree, owned by Brian_Featherston, accessed at https://www.ancestry.com.au; hereafter called Ancestry PMTree/Brian_Featherston; copy not retained. Site accessed 20 Nov 2022: Given names, Surname.
    Original sources: ANZ Find A Grave Index, 1800s-Current; Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950; Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922; Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985.
  3. Daily Telegraph/Trove; copies in Researcher's FH records at ID4433. 17 Sep 1913, p8, accessed 20 Nov 2022: Memo.
  4. Ancestry PMTree/Brian_Featherston. Site accessed 20 Nov 2022: DOB, POB Ryde.
    Original sources: ANZ Find A Grave Index, 1800s-Current; Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922.
  5. Daily Telegraph/Trove; copies in Researcher's FH records at ID4433. 17 Sep 1913, p8, accessed 20 Nov 2022: DOM, POM Sydney, Memo.
  6. NSW Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages, Online Marriages Index, URL https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au/; hereafter called NSW Online Marriages Index. Registration No. 1310/1888 [Herbert PHILLIPS + Mildred A M M SHELLY [sic]], accessed 20 Nov 2022: DOM [date by reduction], Registration District Sydney,.
  7. NSW Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages, On-line Births Index, URL https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au/; hereafter called NSW BDM Registry, Births Index. Registration No. 31134/1889 [William G PHILLIPS, parents Herbert + Mildred A M], accessed 20 Nov 2022: YOB, POBRegistration Armidale.
  8. NSW BDM Registry, Births Index. Registration No. 27559/1891 [Mildred S PHILLIPS, parents Herbert + Mildred M], accessed 20 Nov 2022: YOB, POBRegistration Paddington.
  9. Ancestry PMTree/Brian_Featherston. Site accessed 20 Nov 2022: DOB, POB Tara, Paddington.
    Original sources: Australia Cemetery Index, 1808-2007; Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922; Australia, Newspaper Vital Notices, 1841-2001; Sydney, Australia, Anglican Parish Registers, 1818-2011.
  10. NSW BDM Registry, Births Index. Registration No. 15139/1893 [Evelyn B PHILLIPS, parents Herbert + Mildred], accessed 20 Nov 2022: YOB, POBRegistration Grafton.
  11. NSW BDM Registry, Births Index. Registration No. 21924/1897 [Herbert S PHILLIPS, parents Herbert + Mildred], accessed 20 Nov 2022: YOB, POBRegistration Grafton.
  12. NSW BDM Registry, Births Index. Registration No. 13118/1902 [Victoria MacL PHILLIPS, parents Herbert + Mildred A], accessed 20 Nov 2022: YOB, POBRegistration Kempsey.
  13. NSW BDM Registry, Births Index. Registration No. 13118/1904 [Dorothea L PHILLIPS, parents Herbert + Mildred], accessed 20 Nov 2022: YOB, POBRegistration Kempsey.
  14. Daily Telegraph/Trove; copies in Researcher's FH records at ID4433. 17 Sep 1913, p8, accessed 20 Nov 2022: Current Address.

Gerard Phillips1

M, ID4434
Last Edited20 Nov 2022
Birth of son17 Sep 1860Herbert Richard Phillips; Ryde, NSW; >
Second son.2,3 
Addressat Sep 1913Redlands, North Sydney, NSW4 

Family
Child 1.Herbert Richard Phillips+ b. 17 Sep 1860

Citations

  1. Daily Telegraph newspaper, published 1936-1972 by Australian Consolidated Press, 1972- by News Limited/News Corp Australia, Sydney, NSW, accessed via National Library of Australia Trove website at http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper; hereafter called Daily Telegraph/Trove; image and paper copy in Researcher's Family History records at ID4433. 17 Sep 1913, p8, accessed 20 Nov 2022: Father of Groom's Given name, Surname..
  2. Daily Telegraph/Trove; copies in Researcher's FH records at ID4433. 17 Sep 1913, p8, accessed 20 Nov 2022: Memo.
  3. Ancestry Public Member Tree entitled Featherston-Hardy Family Tree, owned by Brian_Featherston, accessed at https://www.ancestry.com.au; hereafter called Ancestry PMTree/Brian_Featherston; copy not retained. Site accessed 20 Nov 2022: DOB, POB Ryde.
    Original sources: ANZ Find A Grave Index, 1800s-Current; Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922.
  4. Daily Telegraph/Trove; copies in Researcher's FH records at ID4433. 17 Sep 1913, p8, accessed 20 Nov 2022: Groom's Father's Address.

William G Phillips1

M, ID4435, (1889-)
Last Edited20 Nov 2022
Relationship2nd cousin 1 time removed of Lindsay David Graham
FatherHerbert Richard Phillips b. 17 Sep 1860
MotherMildred Amelia Margaret Shelley b. 5 Jul 1867, d. 21 Feb 1938
Birth1889Armidale, NSW2 

Citations

  1. NSW Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages, On-line Births Index, URL https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au/; hereafter called NSW BDM Registry, Births Index. Registration No. 31134/1889 [William G PHILLIPS, parents Herbert + Mildred A M], accessed 20 Nov 2022: Given name, Initial, Surname.
  2. NSW BDM Registry, Births Index. Registration No. 31134/1889 [William G PHILLIPS, parents Herbert + Mildred A M], accessed 20 Nov 2022: YOB, POBRegistration Armidale.

Mildred Sarah Phillips1,2

F, ID4436, (30 Mar 1891-)
Last Edited21 Nov 2022
Relationship2nd cousin 1 time removed of Lindsay David Graham
FatherHerbert Richard Phillips b. 17 Sep 1860
MotherMildred Amelia Margaret Shelley b. 5 Jul 1867, d. 21 Feb 1938
Birth30 Mar 1891Tara, Paddington, NSW3,4 
Married Name5 Jan 1916Bond 
Marriage5 Jan 1916Harold Erle Kingston Bond; Goulburn, NSW5 
Birth of daughter2 Oct 1916Mildred Shelley Bond; Goulburn, NSW6 
Birth of son1918Kingston Bond; Goulburn, NSW7 
Divorce15 Dec 1928Harold Erle Kingston Bond; Goulburn, NSW8 
Marriage25 Jan 1930Robert Shipp; Sydney, NSW; >
Robert's second marriage -- first marriage 14 Nov 1901 to Olive Ellenor McCarthy (1887-1928), 6 children (all daughters) born between 1903 and 1916.
Mildred's second marriage.9 
Married Name25 Jan 1930Shipp 

Family 1

 Harold Erle Kingston Bond
Children 1.Mildred Shelley Bond b. 2 Oct 1916, d. 2 Oct 2006
 2.Kingston Bond b. 1918

Family 2

 Robert Shipp b. 1880, d. 17 Dec 1952

Citations

  1. NSW Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages, On-line Births Index, URL https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au/; hereafter called NSW BDM Registry, Births Index. Registration No. 27559/1891 [Mildred S PHILLIPS, parents Herbert + Mildred M], accessed 20 Nov 2022: Given name, Initial, Maiden Surname.
  2. Ancestry Public Member Tree entitled Featherston-Hardy Family Tree, owned by Brian_Featherston, accessed at https://www.ancestry.com.au; hereafter called Ancestry PMTree/Brian_Featherston; copy not retained. Site accessed 20 Nov 2022: Given names, Surname.
    Original sources: ANZ, Find A Grave Index, 1800s-Current; Australia Cemetery Index, 1808-2007; Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922; Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950; Australia, Newspaper Vital Notices, 1841-2001; Sydney, Australia, Anglican Parish Registers, 1818-2011.
  3. NSW BDM Registry, Births Index. Registration No. 27559/1891 [Mildred S PHILLIPS, parents Herbert + Mildred M], accessed 20 Nov 2022: YOB, POBRegistration Paddington.
  4. Ancestry PMTree/Brian_Featherston. Site accessed 20 Nov 2022: DOB, POB Tara, Paddington.
    Original sources: Australia Cemetery Index, 1808-2007; Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922; Australia, Newspaper Vital Notices, 1841-2001; Sydney, Australia, Anglican Parish Registers, 1818-2011.
  5. Ancestry PMTree/Brian_Featherston. Site accessed 20 Nov 2022: DOM, POM Goulburn.
    Original source: Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950.
  6. NSW BDM Registry, Births Index. Registration No. 49638/1916 [Mildred T BOND, parents Harold E & Milcred T], accessed 20 Nov 2022: DOB [date by reduction], Registration District Goulburn.
  7. NSW BDM Registry, Births Index. Registration No. 20472/1918 [Kingston BOND, parents Harold E & Mildred S], accessed 20 Nov 2022: YOB, Registration District Goulburn.
  8. Ancestry PMTree/Brian_Featherston. Site accessed 20 Nov 2022: DODivorce Filed, PODivorce Filed.
    Original source: None recorded.
  9. Ancestry PMTree/Brian_Featherston. Site accessed 20 Nov 2022: DOM, POM Sydney, Memos 1 & 2.
    Original sources: Sydney, Australia, Anglican Parish Registers, 1818-2011; Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950.

Evelyn B Phillips1

F, ID4437, (1893-)
Last Edited20 Nov 2022
Relationship2nd cousin 1 time removed of Lindsay David Graham
FatherHerbert Richard Phillips b. 17 Sep 1860
MotherMildred Amelia Margaret Shelley b. 5 Jul 1867, d. 21 Feb 1938
Birth1893Grafton, NSW2 

Citations

  1. NSW Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages, On-line Births Index, URL https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au/; hereafter called NSW BDM Registry, Births Index. Registration No. 15139/1893 [Evelyn B PHILLIPS, parents Herbert + Mildred], accessed 20 Nov 2022: Given name, Initial, Maiden Surname.
  2. NSW BDM Registry, Births Index. Registration No. 15139/1893 [Evelyn B PHILLIPS, parents Herbert + Mildred], accessed 20 Nov 2022: YOB, POBRegistration Grafton.

Herbert S Phillips1

M, ID4438, (1897-)
Last Edited20 Nov 2022
Relationship2nd cousin 1 time removed of Lindsay David Graham
FatherHerbert Richard Phillips b. 17 Sep 1860
MotherMildred Amelia Margaret Shelley b. 5 Jul 1867, d. 21 Feb 1938
Birth1897Grafton, NSW2 

Citations

  1. NSW Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages, On-line Births Index, URL https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au/; hereafter called NSW BDM Registry, Births Index. Registration No. 21924/1897 [Herbert S PHILLIPS, parents Herbert + Mildred], accessed 20 Nov 2022: Given name, Initial, Surname.
  2. NSW BDM Registry, Births Index. Registration No. 21924/1897 [Herbert S PHILLIPS, parents Herbert + Mildred], accessed 20 Nov 2022: YOB, POBRegistration Grafton.

Victoria MacL Phillips1

F, ID4439, (1902-)
Last Edited20 Nov 2022
Relationship2nd cousin 1 time removed of Lindsay David Graham
FatherHerbert Richard Phillips b. 17 Sep 1860
MotherMildred Amelia Margaret Shelley b. 5 Jul 1867, d. 21 Feb 1938
Birth1902Kempsey, NSW2 

Citations

  1. NSW Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages, On-line Births Index, URL https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au/; hereafter called NSW BDM Registry, Births Index. Registration No. 13118/1902 [Victoria MacL PHILLIPS, parents Herbert + Mildred A], accessed 20 Nov 2022: Given name, Initial, Maiden Surname.
  2. NSW BDM Registry, Births Index. Registration No. 13118/1902 [Victoria MacL PHILLIPS, parents Herbert + Mildred A], accessed 20 Nov 2022: YOB, POBRegistration Kempsey.

Dorothea L Phillips1

F, ID4440, (1904-)
Last Edited20 Nov 2022
Relationship2nd cousin 1 time removed of Lindsay David Graham
FatherHerbert Richard Phillips b. 17 Sep 1860
MotherMildred Amelia Margaret Shelley b. 5 Jul 1867, d. 21 Feb 1938
Birth1904Kempsey, NSW2 

Citations

  1. NSW Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages, On-line Births Index, URL https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au/; hereafter called NSW BDM Registry, Births Index. Registration No. 13118/1904 [Dorothea L PHILLIPS, parents Herbert + Mildred], accessed 20 Nov 2022: Given name, Initial, Maiden Surname.
  2. NSW BDM Registry, Births Index. Registration No. 13118/1904 [Dorothea L PHILLIPS, parents Herbert + Mildred], accessed 20 Nov 2022: YOB, POBRegistration Kempsey.