High school students at Cherbourg 1958

For the first time, some Cherbourg students who passed the scholarship exam attended Murgon State High School and achieved impressive academic results.

The first Cherbourg students to attend Murgon High School – Lawrie (Bow) Bell, Iris Bell, Joan Shillingsworth and Jennifer Bird.
They are standing beside the Fargo (type of minibus) used to transport them and the children of the white officials to school in Murgon.

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