GEEBUNG KINDERGARTEN
GEEBUNG, BRISBANE
USED HUT FROM CAMP CHERMSIDE (WWII)

visits since 25 September 2010

Gwenda Donaldson moved to Geebung in 1947 a few years after the finish of WWII. She attended a Geebung Progress Association meeting in 1947 where she suggested the establishment of a local child-minding centre. Together with a group of like-minded local residents they established the Geebung Kindergarten which still exists today.

Gwenda Donaldson convinced a heavy equipment company to lend a corner of its land for the Kindergarten at 1 Maidencombe Street, Geebung. She also obtained a surplus army hut from the original nearby WWII Camp Chermside. The group persuaded a local builder to convert the hut into a kindergarten.

Gwenda Donaldson organised numerous Fetes and Melbourne Cup functions to raise money to operate the Kindergarten. Gwenda Donaldson passed away on 26 August 2010.

REFERENCE BOOKS

Obituary Gwenda Donaldson
The Courier Mail, Brisbane 25 September 2010

Heaps of WW2 books available at Amazon.com

"Australia @ War"

This page first produced 25 September 2010

This page last updated 25 September 2010