During in our open school on Saturday morning I was privileged to meet Mrs Adrienne Branelly, the lady who had a dream for this school. While her daughters attended our school in the early 1970s she had the foresight and motivation to establish a library in our school. She volunteered her time for approximately 7 years until Paul Lucas employed Eileen Dalton, a qualified librarian. We have had a wonderful history of literature-loving librarians who kept our library evolving for children since 1970.
Eileen was followed by Gail Kennedy in 1984 followed by Maureen Jones in 1986. These are approximate dates. I arrived in 2007 to follow in the footsteps of these wonderful women. It is enlightening to understand the history and growth of an institution as so many have put their heart and soul into our wonderful library.
This is Adrienne Branelly with Belinda Walker looking at some of the books archived from the 1970s.