Did Modewarre School only go to Grade 6 and students then transferred to Moriac to do Grades 7 and 8 and the term Moriac Sec was used to distinguish these 'senior' years from Moriac State School. A comparable example in Geelong is Manifold Heights SS which went to Grade 6 and some students [not going to mainstream secondary] then went to Ashby SS to complete their schooling to Grade 8 when they could leave at 14. I can't help though with which school it was. On your query page you have a band [photo AM001]. It may well have been identified but appears to have been that of a Salvation Army Corps as the motto Blood and Fire can be seen on the drum as well as bits of the word Salvation Army but can't pick which Corps.

Hi Alwyne, Thanks for the suggestion. My strongest feeling at the moment was that someone was totally confused between the Moriac / Mount Moriac references that "Sec" might have meant (to the indexer) "2nd" Moriac School. There are no separate indexes for Moriac State School and Moriac Sec School - there is just the one index from 1922-1972. I think the only 100% solution is to find someone on the list who was actually at the school. The current list is only a select number who moved - obviously there are a lot more who didn't move schools and I can resort to that list, but thought I'd try this one first! <vbg> And thank you for the info re the band - I have a feeling you might have pointed that out earlier but I didn't update the web page. Fingers crossed ............... Susie Z -----Original Message----- From: aus-vic-geelong-district-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aus-vic-geelong-district-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Alwyne Merritt Sent: Monday, 8 February 2010 4:56 AM To: aus-vic-geelong-district@rootsweb.com Subject: [GEELONG] Moriac Sec School Did Modewarre School only go to Grade 6 and students then transferred to Moriac to do Grades 7 and 8 and the term Moriac Sec was used to distinguish these 'senior' years from Moriac State School. A comparable example in Geelong is Manifold Heights SS which went to Grade 6 and some students [not going to mainstream secondary] then went to Ashby SS to complete their schooling to Grade 8 when they could leave at 14. I can't help though with which school it was. On your query page you have a band [photo AM001]. It may well have been identified but appears to have been that of a Salvation Army Corps as the motto Blood and Fire can be seen on the drum as well as bits of the word Salvation Army but can't pick which Corps.