Agnes Brewster Print Page 
The Library at the Hornsby Girls High School commemorates Sarah Agnes Angus Brewster (1874-1957), headmistress and naturalist.
In 1930 Sarah Agnes Brewster became founding principal of Hornsby Girls' High School. She stocked the library, filled bare corridors with pictures and had avenues planted with shrubs. Under her guidance the barren grounds were turned into an oval, tennis and basketball courts. She also imparted her love of nature to many of her students before she retired from teaching in 1938.
Location
| Address: | Edgeworth David Avenue , Hornsby Girls High School, Hornsby, 2077 |
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| State: | NSW |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -33.705803 Long: 151.101172 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Structure |
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| Monument Theme: | People |
| Sub-Theme: | Education |
| Actual Event Start Date: | 04-December-1930 |
| Actual Event End Date: | 31-November-1938 |
| Link: | http://adbonline.anu.edu.au/adbonli… |
Dedication
| Actual Monument Dedication Date: | Saturday 15th May, 1965 |
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Plaque :
Record of Dedication
of this Library
to Miss AGNES BREWSTER
Head Mistress from 4th Dec. 1930 to 31st. Nov. 1938
"In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. I dedicate THIS LIBRARY to the Memory of AGNES BREWSTER and pray that through it Truth and Knowledge may be fostered."
Head Deaconess MARY ANDREWS
15th May, 1965.
Plaque :
AGNES BREWSTER
MEMORIAL LIBRARY
"More Enduring Than Bronze
Is The Monument I Have Builded."
AGNES A.BREWSTER , F.S.T.C.
First Principal Of
Hornsby Girls` High School
1931 - 1937
