St Dominics College New Australian’s
St Dominic's Priory College first opened its doors in Molesworth Street, North Adelaide in February 1884. A Catholic school run by the Dominicans sisters the heritage buildings of the school make an imposing impression in a corner of North Adelaide. The students would have been from the same background since the school opened, that is until the arrival of post WWII migrants. They were obviously different enough to warrant a mention in their history book. In 1945 we see Petruskivius, Plokstis, Dobrowonlny, Tretjakevitis and Bloffwithch, and by 1955 there were at least twenty such discernible names. In the 1948-49 magazine we read of Nijole Plokstis. Commences first year intermediate work this year with us; has lately arrived from Lithuania. Welcome Nijole! In the following year, Nijole writes a short account of her arrival in Australia entitled ‘From a ...