19 March 2026
Last week we marked School Archives Day on 12 March, recognising the important role school archives play in preserving the stories, traditions and history of our communities.
Within the School Archives are hundreds of carefully preserved items that help tell the story of St Peter’s College, including photographs, letters, uniforms, meeting minutes and records spanning the School’s 179-year history. Together, they form a record of the boys, staff and families who have shaped the School over generations.
To mark the occasion, our Year 1 students visited the Big School Room to spend time in the Archives and explore a selection of historical items. They handled a slate once used for writing and the knucklebones used in the traditional playground game of knuckles. They also looked through old photographs of the School, noticing how the buildings once looked and how students dressed more than a century ago, including a Form photograph from 1901.
For our youngest students, it offered a glimpse into the long story of the School, a story they are now part of.
Olivia Ruggiero
School Archivist
