I started at Elwood Central in 1962 in form one. My previous
school was Eltham Primary School, which was then regarded as being in the
country. It took me a while to adjust to the difference between city and county
life. I was in forms 1A and 2A. My form teacher was Mrs Stent. There were
between 40 and 50 children in our form, which was one of four for our year
level. Only 16 pupils in our form had been born in Australia and during the
year three or four new pupils came from overseas. They ha...
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