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A century of educating women who change the world.
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A Mantle of Light

The first 100 years of Canberra Girls Grammar School

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  • Hardcover

    304 pages

  • Release Date

    26 October 2026

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Summary

In the early decades of the 1900s, Canberra was founded as the nation’s capital. Within it, a girls’ school was opened by the Community of the Sisters of the Church, led by Sister Hilda. It began in a borrowed rectory with ten students and a steadfast belief in the impact of education for women.

For a century, Canberra and its Girls Grammar School have grown in step – through economic depression, war, and bushfire. They navigated the postwar boom that transformed a small administrativ…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781760645212
ISBN-10:1760645214
Author:Nichole Overall
Publisher:Black Inc.
Imprint:Carlow Books
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:304
Release Date:26 October 2026
Weight:1.74kg
Dimensions:30mm x 238mm x 296mm
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A Mantle of Light by Nichole Overall - ISBN: 9781760645212
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About The Author

Nichole Overall

The Honourable Nichole Overall is an award-winning Queanbeyan-based journalist, author, social historian and New South Wales parliamentarian who has called the Monaro region home since the 1980s.

Originally from Griffith, Overall completed a Communications degree at the University of Canberra and has since worked across a range of print and electronic media platforms and established a successful small business in Queanbeyan. She has also been involved in numerous community groups in the Monaro region.

In 2013, to mark its 175th anniversary, Nichole authored the award-winning social and pictorial history Queanbeyan: City of Champions.

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