b'Let me tell you a story.One of the most enjoyable aspects of workingIn 1892, Ellen was among the early graduates of Science at inMarketingislearningaboutyourschool.Adelaide University that had admitted woman to study just ten Researchingyourschoolshistoryandtheyears earlier.She was also the first female academic at the people who made it the organisation that it isUniversity, teaching Botany to students of Medicine when the today, is so important to understanding whatProfessor had become ill.makes it different from the competition. Ellen taught at the university part time from 1902 but was not The community relishes knowing about the schools past andwelcomed by her male colleagues.A photograph from the hearing about the achievements of alumni and the teachersuniversity archives of the teaching staff in 1902 shows a very who have become legends, some in their own lifetime. It instilslonely woman, Ellen, among a group of very sombre men.pride and affirms their choice of school.For the wider market(Above L-R): The Chair of the School Board, Mrs Pamela Martin, The the history of the school creates a personality and identifiesPrincipal, Ms Rebecca Clarke and the Premier of South Australia, The the schools values and what it has stood for over the test ofHon Steven Marshall MP admire the plaque of Miss Ellen Benham BSc, the years. DipEd at the opening of new Walford Science Centre.Many schools have a written history that can provide a start(Below) The Ellen Benham Science Centre - The newly refurbished to further research.It is exciting to go beyond that source andEllenBenhamScienceCentreprovidesgirlswithstate-of-the-art to dig deeper into records, oral histories and to follow leadsfacilities that enable them to excel in STEM. Photo courtesy of the in old newspaper articles to really discover the character ofWalford Anglican Girls School website. (Right) Top - Ellen Benham, the founders and the first twenty to fifty years of students andMiddle - Walford Girls, Bottom - Walford Girls Schoolteachers.Some schools are fortunate to have an archivist who can dig up primary sources of information and photographs to flesh out the stories.The Ellen Benham Science CentreEarlier this year in Adelaide, Walford Anglican School for Girls opened a new science centre which was named in honour oftheschoolssecondHeadmistress.ThisHeadmistress was a woman named Miss Ellen Benham BSc (Adel), DipEd (Oxon), who had purchased the goodwill of the school from the founder, Miss Lydia Adamson.In 1912, Ellen had returned from her second visit to Europe and was passionate about owning her own school after completing her Diploma of Education at Oxford.Further research into her life provided significantly more colour and an appreciation of the educators resilience and determination. 4 4 FACE 2 FACE MAGAZINE'