b'A H I S T O R Y O F C O O G E E P R E Pcharge boarders from both Sydney Preparatory School and SydneyGrammar School.AnadvertisementwhichappearedintheSydneyMorningHerald of 30th December 1912, states:SYDNEY PREPARATORY SCHOOLFORBES STREET, DARLINGHURSTTHE SCHOOL IS NOW DIVIDED INTO THREE DISTINCT DIVISIONS 1.-A PREPARATORY SCHOOL FOR BOYS preparing for entrance into the Great Public Schools.2.-A BOARDING SCHOOL for Boys attending the SYDNEY GRAMMAR SCHOOL. School discipline.Strict supervision. 3.-A BRANCH SCHOOL (BOARDING ONLY), AT LINTHORPE, BOWRAL.Invigorating climate, 2200 feet above sea level. Outdoor Sleeping. Plenty of fruit and milk. Boys may have their ponies.Further particulars on application toC.C.McEWAN, Principal184 Forbes Street, Darlinghurst.One of Bill Nimmos pupils, Cecil H. Denison, wrote (in 1967):IwasapupilatSydneyPreparatorySchool,whenMr.Nimmoarrivedasassistantmasterin1908,andstayedonthereasa boarder (under his charge) when we went on to Sydney GrammarSchool. When Mr. Nimmo opened Coogee Preparatory School in1914, I was attending the University and still boarded with them atSt. Marks Road.During this period of his Headmastership, Bill Nimmos talents asateacherflourished,buteventuallytheSchoolfailedtoprosper.1 7'