Strathfield South High School 1964-1969.

Strathfield South High School 1966: 3A

Strathfield South High School 1968: 5th Form

Strathfield South High School 1969: 6th Form

Invitation to Induction of Prefects 19th February 1969. Note: Assuming this invitation was to parents of the inductees, I cannot explain this letter. I did not seek (or declined?) nomination as a prefect. I did, however, have unlimited access to the hallowed Prefect's Room courtesy of the vice-captain, Jocelyn O'Conor.

Mickey Mouse Club Lyrics Sheet Last school assembly, 1969.

Strathfield South High School Farewell to 6th Form, 1969 Graham Pugh, J.S. O'Sullivan and Chris Fyfe.

J.S. O'Sullivan's A Most Unique Ruffian (1968) recounts the trial of Frederick Deeming, a serial killer who murdered one wife and four children in England, but was hung for the murder of a second wife in Melbourne in 1892.
Suspected at the time as being Jack the Ripper, forensic investigation in 2011 of what was thought to be Ned Kelly’s skull held by Melbourne Gaol, revealed it was more likely Deeming.
Mr. O'Sullivan was my Modern History teacher for the HSC 1968-1969, and he would regularly bring his reference books and copious hand-written notes to class to work on the book.

1969 Higher School Certificate Results: Strathfield South High School
Sydney Morning Herald, December 1969?

 
Weird Stuff
Badges

Enfield PS Swimming Carnival, 1961.	Boys Junior Diving.	Enfield PS Swimming Carnival,1963.	Senior Diving.
2nd Enfield Boy Scouts, 1963.	Enfield Rovers Soccer Club, 1963.	SSHS, 1964.	Australian Dance Assoc., 1964.

Enfield Rovers Soccer Club, 1963.

Enfield Rovers Squad, 1962-1963 Photograph courtesy of Grant Glover. Unknown, Johnny Crofts (coach), Mr Ray Glover Players include John Arthur, Geoff Cater and Grant Glover

Enfield Rovers Soccer Club Presentation, Carss Park, 1963.

Photograph and identification thanks to John Tunnicliffe via Grant Glover. Back Row John Croft (coach), Doug Heath, Dennis Coates, Chris Wilson. 2nd Row Ray Cansdell , Chris Welfare, Robert Waldner, Gary Jolly, John Tunnicliffe. 1st Row Geoff Cater, Grant Glover, Bill Heath, Donald Thomson, David Martin. Geoff recalls that, as the most skilled player, David Martin was the team captain and centre forward, and I note his trophy is three times larger than the others. At the other end of the field, Dennis Coates was the goal-keeper.

Recollections
Grant Glover (edited):
My dad was known as Buck to all and sundry and I wonder now what would happen to him if caught driving our team and many others to a game in the back of his Moree Meat truck- he would of been on the front page of the Telegraph (Shock and Horror) for having 15 unrestrained kids locked in the back in the dark.
Oh how we have changed.
(Geoff thinks that Grant possibly overstates the illegality of what we did, at the time my brother David and I regularly rode unrestrained in the back tray of Frank's Morris ute.)
Dad was tied up with the club for many years and was a life member of Enfield Rovers.
I think he and some other parents were involved in setting it up because if my memory is correct the first year I played it was called South Strathfield and run by and old guy who was also a referee and was poorly organised.
Then it became Enfield Rovers and dad was involved in the committee, coaching, selling countless raffle tickets and doubles where you won money if your ticket had the last two numbers of first lottery drawn on the Monday morning.
Geoff remembers one afternoon when Buck, and another club official, turned up at the Cater-family home, very excited to have just received permission from England to use the Rovers name.
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Printed Gevaert postcards. C28-27 Handwritten notes by Betty Cater: Johnny Crofts Ray Glover Frank Cater Eric Tunnycliffe Forget Presentor's name Geoffrey Cater C28-1 Handwritten notes by Betty Cater: Laurie Swansbra (Coach) Ray Glover John Newsome (Coach) David Cater

Certificates

20 Yards Test, 3rd October 1963. For swimming, see Enfield Swimming Pool. and Enfield Olympic Pool.

13 yrs. 55 yds Breaststroke, 16th December 1964.

1969 HSC 1967 School Certificate

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Debut, Botany Masonic Lodge, 1963. Geoff and partner. Betty and Frank Cater Geoff Cater and Grant Glover Melva and Ray Glover Photograph courtesy of Grant Glover.

Grant Glover recalls:
His father's Christian name was Raymond George, his mother Lavina Matilda Melva answering to Melva.
The girls we partnered to the ball were sisters, I am sure with mine being the older less fetching one; but I have no idea of their names.

Geoff recalls that at the first debutante rehearsal, the boys were lined up and then matched with their partners by height; and much to the chagrin of the other boys, by luck his partner was most fetching.
The young lady was extremely pleasant but, although I was clearly smitten, dismissive of my attentions; she and her sister (from Bankstown?) were preoccupied with their weekend visits to Cronulla Beach and the local surfie boys.
This may brief encounter may have had a significant impact on my life.

1965 Grace Bros. City Department Store. Some guy in a red suit and Geoff, Lynette, Diane and David Cater. Perhaps my final appearance at this traditional Christmas family event. The tradition was not maintained with my own children, Lizzie and James.

Ms. Jocelyn Adele O'Conor, 1970

Ms. Jocelyn Adele O'Conor, 1970

The Australian Ballet Company Youth Series, July-August 1969. Her Majesty's Theatre, Sydney Dress Circle A6 (Geoff) A7 (Jocelyn) 8 August 1969 Marilyn Rowe and Kelvin Coe launch their stellar partnership in Igor Moiseyev’s The Last Vision.

The program also included Coppélia, with principal dancer Barbara Chambers and the company's artistic director, Robert Helpmann, dancing the role of Doctor Coppélius.
The third item was The Display, produced and choreographed by Robert Helpmann, which premiered in March 1964 at Her Majesty's Theatre, Adelaide.
With the story based around the native Australian lyrebird, music by Malcolm Williamson, an all-Australian cast, and sets and costumes by artist Sidney Nolan, the work has been described as the first wholly Australian ballet.

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University of Sydney Graduation, 1973.

Primary School 1957-1963.

Burwood Infants School 1957: 1D

Enfield Primary School
Some photographs and notes courtesy of Grant Glover, with the assistance of Chris Wilson, Malcolm Lean, and John Tunnicliffe.
Many thanks to Ann Nixon (married to Richard, nee Newbold) who kindly identified most of the girls in Class 4A-6A, and corrected some spelling errors.

Enfield Primary School 1958: 2B

Enfield Primary School 1959: 2A

Enfield Primary School 1960: 3rd Class

Enfield Primary School 1961: 4A Teacher: Mrs G Young. Top row (from left): 1. Donald Thompson, 2. Ray Cansdell, 3. Geoffrey Cater, 4. Gary Jolly, 5. John Arthur, 6. Ian Styles, 7. Unknown, 8. Ken Muir, 9. Blair Crawford, 10. Robert Johnson. 3rd row: 1. Chris Wilson, 2. Robert McIntyre, 3. Robert Waldner, 4. Ken Fletcher, 5. Roland Nagle, 6. John Burke, 7. John Tunnicliffe, 8. Unknown, 9. Tom Rawson, 10. Alan Barnsley. 2nd row: 1. Janise Lathleen, 2. Beverly Wilson, 3. Ann Newbold, 4. Janice Cain, 5. Lorraine Waterson, 6. Robyn Morton, 7. Patricia Carroll, 8. Christine Foster, 9. Rhonda Pettigrew, 10. Virginia Dobiez. Front row: 1. Cheryl Carter, 2. Glenda Thurston, 3. Kristine Bruce, 4. Kay Elgood, 5. Heather Jeffrey, 6. Christine McLeod.

Enfield Primary School 1962: 5A Photograph courtesy of Grant Glover. Top row: 1. Grant Glover, 2. Garry Jolly,3. John Tunnicliffe, 4. John Burke, 5. Tom Rawson, 6. Chris Wilson, 7. Roland Nagle, 8. Robert Waldner, 9. Ray Cansdell, 10. Malcolm Lean. 2nd row: 1. Heather Jeffrey, 2. Debra Elliot, 3. Cheryl Carter, 4. Janise Lathleen, 5. Gwenda Moxon, 6. Ann Newbold, 7. Rhonda Pettigrew, 8. Beverly Wilson, 9. Lorraine Waterson, 10. Patricia Carroll. Teacher: Mrs G Young Front Row: 1. Keith Blows, 2. Robert Johnson, 3.Ken Muir, 4. John Arthur, 5. Robin Morton, 6. Glenda Thurston, 7. Kristine Bruce, 8. Geoffrey Cater, 9. Unknown (Clyde ?), 10. Ian Styles, 11. Billy Seymour.

Enfield Primary School 1963: 6A Photograph and notes courtesy of Grant Glover, with the assistance of Chris Wilson, Malcolm Lean, John Tunnicliffe and Ann Newbold. Teacher: D. B. O'Carrol (Matta Matta, New Zealand) Top row: 1. Bill Seymour, 2. Chis Fyfe, 3. Ray Cansdell, 4. John Tunnicliffe, 5. Alan Barnsley, 6. Tom Rawson, 7. John Burke, 8. Robert Waldner, 9. Gary Jolly. 3rd row: 1. Rhonda Pettigrew, 2. Ann Newbold, 3. Janise Lathlene, 4. Gwenda  Moxham, 5. Gaynor Dedman, 6. Beverly Wilson. 2nd row: 1. Ian Styles, 2. Cheryl Carter, 3. Lorraine Waterson, 4. Heather Jeffrey, 5. Glenda Thurston, 6. Janice Cain, 7. Patricia Carroll, 8. Kristine Bruce, 9. Debra Elliot, 10. Robyn Morton, 11. Keith Blowes. Front row: 1. Ken Muir, 2. Geoff Cater, 3. Donald Thompson, 4. Malcolm Lean, 5. Robert McIntyre, 6. Grant Glover, 7. Robert Fuller, 8. Blair Crawford, 9. John Arthur.

Grant Glover notes: I went to Ashfield Boys High from Enfield Primary and was the only person from the class except for I think John Burke, who also went there.
Despite his mother's best efforts, Geoff Cater was sent to the co-educational South Strathfield High, along with Chis Fyfe and John Arthur.
Ken Muir transferred to SSHS (from Belmore Boys?) in 1968 to complete his HSC.

Family Address
Geoff Cater- Baker Street
John Arthur- Baker Street
Grant Glover- Portland Street
Ken Fletcher- Portland Street (opposite Grant)
Janice Cain- Lennartz Street
Blair Crawford- Burwood Road

Broken Bay Fitness Camp 1963: Magpie Lodge

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