b'A H I S T O R Y O F C O O G E E P R E PThe Nimmo family at Blantyre, Katoomba, 1910.Standing: Alexander,William, Jack, Zachariah, Joseph, Robert. Seated: Elizabeth, Vera, JosephItiseasytoimaginethatthismeasured,scholarly,athletic figure, with his impressive, bearded face, had a profound effect onthe young boy. Not only was there great affection, but in his talkswith the lad, Pratt opened up worlds and possibilities barely dreamtof. William was the only one of the Nimmo children to pursue hiseducation and to seek a life beyond the mountain towns.When William was thirteen, he left the Superior Public Schoolin Katoomba. He had won a scholarship to the Sydney Boys HighSchool, which was then situated in Mary Ann Street, Ultimo part of the original buildings of the Technical College. He contin-ued to live with his family, and so he travelled by steam train from1 3'