Our latest publication, Bitter roots, sweet fruit: a history of schools in Collingwood, Abbotsford and Clifton Hill was officially launched by Caroline Hogg.
Bitter roots, sweet fruit is now on sale at the price of $22. The award-winning book covers over 160 years of educational history in Collingwood and discusses local institutions in the context of general educational history. After many years of research the author, Karen Cummings, has unearthed an amazing total of 176 schools, colleges, reformatory and ragged schools, kindergartens and schools of design.
Buy your copy from the City of Yarra library branches, Information Victoria, Horton Books in Smith Street or Clifton Hill Books in Queens Parade.
You can also see some more details about the book on our Schools page.
