Shelford Girls' Grammar

The school was established in 1898 on Glen Eira Road by Emily Dixon.[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/200130708 Births: Dixon, The Ballarat Star, (Thursday, 25 September 1879), p.2.][https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/148218707 Thanks, The Geelong Advertiser, (Wednesday, 14 December 1904), p.1.]

The school was relocated to 77 Allison Road, Elsternwick,[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/10330755 Educational: Shelford Girls' School, The Argus, (Thursday, 21 July 1904), p.3.] by Dora Mary Petrie Blundell,[http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/202702172 Matriculation Examination, October Term, 1882: Honour Examination: Class Lists: English and History], The Ballarat Star, 9 January 1883, p. 2.[http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/10614979 "Educational: Shelford Girls' School"], The Argus, 11 February 1907, p. 11.[http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/11800947 "Deaths: Blundell"], The Argus, 30 August 1943, p. 2. who served as the school's second principal from 1904 to 1921.[http://www.shelford.vic.edu.au/view/about-shelford/about-from-the-principal From the Principal: ANZAC Day Reflection 2018, Shelford Girls' Grammar.] Dora was supported by her sisters, Lucy Annie Blundell,[http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/4647342 "Deaths: Blundell"], The Argus, 15 May 1922, p. 1. Fanny Blundell,[http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/11074139 "Deaths: Blundell"], The Argus, 24 June 1937, p.1. and Margaret Helen Petrie Blundell.[http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/23254061 "Deaths: Blundell"], The Argus, 4 July 1953, p. 16.

As the vicar of St Mary's Anglican Church in Caulfield, Henry Langley had been giving the pupils of Shelford Girls' School weekly lessons in religious instruction for many years.[http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/206824723 Letters to the Editor: Shelford Girls' School], The Age, 1 September 1942, p. 2. In 1922, the Blundell sisters wished to give the school to the church. They approached Archdeacon Langley, who was responsible for its temporary move from 77 Allison Road, Elsternwick, to St Mary's Jubilee School Hall. The Argus reported on the re-opening and Archdeacon Langley's appointment of Ada Mary Thomas as the school's head mistress:

::There was a large gathering of residents of Caulfield and Elsternwick, including several of the neighbouring clergy, to witness the formal reopening of Shelford Girls' School, a long-established Elsternwick school, as a girls' school and kindergarten in connection with St. Mary's Church, Caulfield.
Bishop Green, in declaring the school open, congratulated the vicar (Canon Langley) on an initial enrolment of 60 pupils.
The mayor of Caulfield (Councillor [Thomas] Falls) and the Rev. [James Valentine] Patton, of Sydney, also spoke.
Canon Langley said that the school is to be called by the old name of Shelford, but will be carried on as a Church of England school, under a local council, with A. M. Thomas as principal.
It is proposed to build up-to-date school buildings at a site for a branch church near the Caulfield Town Hall [viz., St Margaret's], but for the present the school will meet in the existing school buildings at St. Mary's, Caulfield. — The Argus, 23 February 1922.[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/4698093 The Schools, The Argus, (Thursday, 23 February 1922), p.9.]

The following year, Archdeacon Langley moved the school to "Helenslea" in Hood Crescent, Caulfield North.An article, written at the time of Langley's retirement as Dean of St. Paul's, notes that "another venture [of Langley's] which was successful was the purchase of the Shelford Girls' school property with only £5 to make a payment as deposit" ([https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/22416278 In the Churches: An Aggressive Venturesome Spirit Urged for Church, The Argus, (Saturday, 22 March 1947), p.17]). The school was officially opened at its new location by Archbishop Lees on 22 February 1923[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/146568707 Schools & Colleges: Shelford Girls' School, Table Talk, (Thursday, 22 February 1923), p.24]; [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/1878138 Church and Education, The Argus, (Friday, February 1923), p.11]; [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/1878209 Archbishop Dedicates School Building, The Argus, (Friday, February 1923), p.5.] adjacent to St Mary's Church as the Shelford Girls' Grammar School.

Ada Mary Thomas served as Shelford's headmistress from 1922 to 1945.[http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/1864362 Shelford, The Argus, 22 December 1922, p. 14.][http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/1878138 "Church and Education", The Argus, 23 February 1923, p. 11.]A photograph, "Head Mistress and Staff of Shelford Girls' School, Caulfield", including Langley (second from right) is at: [http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/146458903 Schools & Colleges: Shelford Girls' School, Table Talk, 10 April 1924, p. 24.]

The school will merge with Caulfield Grammar School with a formal transition of Shelford students into CGS beginning in 2025.[http://www.shelford.vic.edu.au/news/caulfield-grammar-school-and-shelford-girls-grammar-enter-into-merger-agreement Caulfield Grammar School and Shelford Girls’ Grammar enter into merger agreement]

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• [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/146184136 Mr. F.W. Eggleston, M.L.A., Opens New Tennis Court at Shelford Girls' School, Table Talk, (Thursday, 26 November 1925), p.22.]
• [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/146184132 Schools & Colleges: Shelford Girls' School, Table Talk, (Thursday, 26 November 1925), p.30.]
• [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/243035817 The Woman's World, The (Melbourne) Herald, (Tuesday, 6 September 1932), p.14.]
• [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/11851287 New Wing at Shelford Girls' Grammar School, The Argus, (Monday, 4 November 1935), p.10.]
• [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/206824723 Mrs. Dorothea Hann, née Clutterbuck, "Shelford Girls' School", The Age, (tuesday, 1 September 1942), p.2.]
• [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/206466302 Little Girl Had Big Day at Shelford, The Age, (Thursday, 24 September 1953), p.5.]

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