Time for some Newman Nostalgia!

School teacher Doug O’Dwyer, and nurse Joy McGovern married in Perth in 1951, before Doug was posted to teach in Collie. There, their first three sons were born: John (from the Class of 1970), Tony (1972) and Geoff (1973). Then on to Pingelly where Stephen (1975) was born, and Merredin, where youngest son Phillip (1977) was born. Five boys!

The O’Dwyers then moved back up to Perth where they lived at 34 Alexander Street, Wembley.

All five lads were educated at Our Lady of Victories (Brigidine) Primary School nearby, on the corner of Cambridge and Simper Streets, Wembley, followed by Marist Junior College, Subiaco, and then Marist Senior College, Churchlands. (John and Tony both also went to City Beach High School.)

This gorgeous shot is in the back garden of Alexander Street on the very first day of all of them being at school, in 1965 - the first year of Marist Junior and Senior Colleges! (We hope Mrs O'Dwyer spent the day doing something fabulous.) In the back we have Tony (Year 5), John (Year 7), Geoff (Year 4), all in their new Marist Junior College uniform and caps. In the front is Phillip (Year 1) and Stephen (Year 3) who were then at OLV.

We hear these lads grew up to be referred to as ‘The Notorious O’Dwyer Boys’!

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Thanks to Geoff O’Dwyer (1973) for this, and other gorgeous shots he donated to our Archives recently.

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