b'F R O M T H E B E G I N N I N Git in the Church newspaper but was generally a most enthusiasticsupporteroftheventure.Hewastheministerfortwenty-threeyears and died at his post in 1922, when he was succeeded byWilliam James Grant.Meanwhile, Bill and Eileen Nimmo had moved to Warrawee,abeautifulhouseinSt.MarksRoad,RandwickownedbytheChurch of England. The Foley family, who were friends of EileensfamilyandmakersofthefamousFoleysHamsandBaconandFoleys Butter, helped the Nimmos to obtain a lease of the proper-ty from the Church. It was the Foleys, too, who had encouragedBill to start his own school.Molly Nimmo had been born while the Nimmos were livingand teaching at Rose Hall. She was aged about two when the fam-ily moved into St.Marks Road and two years later, in 1916, Sheilawasborn.Boththegirls,whowereeducatedbythenunsatKincoppal, came to play an important role in the life of the school.Theboardersinparticular,whocouldbelonelyorhomesick,rememberthembothwithgreataffection.Thegirlsweretheirplaymates and, as they grew older, they would help the boys withtheir homework. Later still, both Molly and Sheila taught at theschool at various times.4The Boarding SchoolA s well as the family, Warrawee was, on that first day, hometo Matron and ten boarders. However, only five of theseattended Coogee Prep. Of the other five, Cecil Denison andhis brother had been taught by Nimmo at S.P.S. and were nowattending Sydney University; and the others, Smith I and II (fromWagga)andRobinsonI(fromWatsonsBay,whoseyounger brother was a day pupil at C.P.S.) were probably also past pupilswho had moved on to Sydney Grammar or beyond.2 4'