Two-seater desk

Within the Elizabeth Jameson Research Learning Centre, there are two examples of very early student ‘accommodation’: the two-seater desk and bench.

In the Level 1 foyer, one still displays the marks of generations of Grammar girls. These pieces are still popular, and the lovely irony is that they are the perfect angle for the 2020 laptop—and working with a friend.

These heavy pieces made of solid silky oak and wrought iron, were in use from the earliest days of the twentieth century and remained as student facilities in what were dubbed ‘the cottages’ in 1964.

Over the years, these desks and benches were replaced by newer versions but ever economical, the School decided to paint them green and repurpose them as garden furniture. Later, some were even relocated to Marrapatta in an early example of thoughtful and responsible recycling.