Williamstown’s Carole Garnsworthy (nee Rodger) will celebrate five generations of her family attending Williamstown High School at this month’s centenary celebrations.
Past and present students are being invited to attend the Back to Willy High weekend on March 28-29 at the Pasco Street campus.
Ms Garnsworthy’s grandmother was one of the first students to attend the school.
“My grandmother, Ada Blanche Dorgan [nee Hansen], started at the school in 1915,” she said. “She was one of the first 18 to sign up to go to the high school.”
Ms Garnsworthy said the next generation of her family to attend Williamstown High were her maternal and paternal aunties.
She then attended the school, along with her twin sister, and it was there that Ms Garnsworthy met her future husband.
“Murray and I actually started going out at high school and we’ve been married for 45 years. I was 13 and he was 15.”
Ms Garnsworthy’s daughter, Laura Kelly, and sons, Scott and Thomas, attended the school. Her grandchildren, Caylin and Ava Kelly are current students.
For more details about the centenary, visit www.willihigh.vic.edu.au.
