Thank you everybody for the many helpful replies both on- and off-list. Yes, it is the Craigie school. As Susie says, even the fine detail of the stone jointing matches. The nearest we can pin down the date is about 1895-6. By comparing a baby photo that an aunt had, my grandfather is the little guy at front far left with the lace collar. It must have been his first year at school, and he was b. August 1891, so I guess about 4 1/2 years old. (They started school fairly young back then, didn't they?) Not sure why there are only boys -- perhaps the girls were photgraphed seperately. For anyone interested in the Majorca school, there is a photo of it in 1973 in the slv collection, and it is indeed brick. http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/jcollins/0/1/1/doc/jc011478.shtml Thanks again, John. John Holmes wrote: > Does anyone know anything that might help to identify this old school > photo? > http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2yzm0ly&s=5 > > I suspect it may be the Majorca school around mid-late 1890s, though > it > also might be Carisbrook about 10-15 years later. > The photo was found among my father's papers after he died and we > think > it came from his father b. 1891 who was a pupil at Majorca and later a > student teacher at Carisbrook. We can't identify anyone in the photo. > > The photographer Charlie Farr of Maryborough has been discussed here > before. From the archives I see he was active in Maryborough from 1892 > to 1904 (info posted by Lois Broad), which tends to rule out the > Carisbrook theory. > > If anyone is interested in the photo, I have it scanned at higher > resolution. > > Regards, > John Holmes > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message