What do you remember?

In 1959 there were 43 on the teaching staff, led by Mr Gray with Mr Eather as his support.

Our School Captains were Ian Williams and Judy Tristram.

There were 34 successful candidates for the Leaving Certificate and 125 passed the Intermediate Certificate.

Our sporting sides had a mixed year with more wins than losses and, by all accounts, played in a sportsmanlike manner.

1959 was a memorable year for flooding with the Intermediate Certificate being disrupted because candidates were floodbound and couldn't get to the School On The Hill.

The steel truss bridge to replace the old wooden one was officially opened.

Mr Bill Chataway ran the Macleay Argus, Pat Riggs and Harry Noonan were reporters, Barry Chataway was the photographer and Greg 'Skipper' Mayhew was the printing shop foreman.

Bernie Hart ran 2KM and 2KP was the ABC station.

Top songs for the year: 1. Mack the Knife. (Bobby Darin)

2. Venus. (Frankie Avalon)

3. Stagger Lee. (Lloyd Price)

A later song had as part of the lyrics, "Them good ole boys were drinking whisky and rye and saying this will be the day that I die.", and this was believed to commemorate the deaths of Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and J P Richardson (The Big Bopper) on 3rd February 1959.

Some of the movies we saw included North By Northwest, Anatomy Of A Murder, Auntie Mame, The Nun's Story and Rio Bravo. Ben Hur was the "Picture of the Year" and won 11 Academy Awards.

The Frisbee is introduced by toy manufacturer Wham-O.

Most popular books: Exodus, Dr Zhivago and Hawaii.

Singapore became an independent state on 3rd June 1959.

Alaska and Hawaii became the 49th and 50th states of the USA.

Fidel Castro seized power in Cuba.

Famous people born included, John McEnroe, Wally Lewis and Sarah Ferguson

Famous people who died included, Frank Lloyd Wright, Cecil B De Mille and Lou Costello.

The UK grants independence to Cyprus and Archbishop Makarios returns from exile.

British Empire Day is renamed Commonwealth Day.

The Princess Of Tasmania, our first RO/RO diesel ferry makes its maiden voyage across Bass Strait.

Pantyhose is introduced by Glen Raven Mills.

Australia won the Davis Cup.

St George won the Grand Final. (No real surprise there)

Barbie was 'born' on 9th March and first introduced to the world by Mattel.

The Dalai Lama went into exile from Tibet.

Any personal memories that you have will be considered for inclusion on this page.