b'A H I S T O R Y O F C O O G E E P R E Pdid a product map of New South Wales or some other State in thirdand fourth class and then a map of Oceania in fifth and sixth class.Lance Robey (193032) recalls that the knowledge of the PacificIslands, gleaned from his mapping days, was particularly usefulwhen he was serving in New Guinea during the Second War. In his 1952 Report, a somewhat frustrated Nimmo, insisted(probably not for the first time):The Map of the Pacific, a project for 2B and 2A, has been done,more or less, this year. Some of the maps are quite up to standard,but most of them rather neglect the Pacific Ocean (which is thereal object) for detailed work in the continents surrounding it.The general idea is that every boy, before leaving here, shall havea more or less detailed knowledge of the various island groups inthe ocean surrounding us. These groups should be emphasised;the only details required in the continents being the coastal fea-tures of any importance. The Pacific was, in many cases, certain-ly pacific. Not even one volcanic island disturbed the serenity ofthe peaceful bluewhich may not be so peaceful in the futureof Australia.Every year, the boys in Nimmos class competed in a story writ-ing contest, as 5A and 6A do today. Each boy would write a story,three or four chapters long, and his imagination was encouraged toroam far and wide. Then he would read his novelette out to theclass, in instalments, over a number of weeks, and the excitingconclusions were eagerly awaited. Charles Inglis (193037), oncearecipientofthewritingprize,haspublishedseveralbooks,including his first detective novel, A Surfeit of Suspects (ButterflyBooks) in 1992. In 1952, Nimmo said in his Report:The Annual Story was also completed in 3C, 2A and 2B, and inspite of the influence of crime pictures, atomic achievements, rayguns, and space shipsthings not so fantastic now as they weresome years ago, many good stories were read before the class ascritics and handed in for final judgment. In these stories, I wantyou to remember that spelling and punctuationafter all editor-ial concernsare not to be allowed to hamper the freedom ofexpression that is necessary to the telling of the story, the expres-4 7'