Many students and staff members have walked through Concordia's doors and shared in the College's rich history which now spans more than 130 years. Here we provide some interesting insights into life at Concordia 'from the archives'.
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![History in a Bottle](/imager/uploads/Images/About/From-the-Archives/6619667/History-in-a-Bottle_52a6c3f49c14e3476e7ab91ff4d7c69e.jpg)
History in a Jar
![1912 Concordia Seminary students](/imager/uploads/Images/About/From-the-Archives/3988242/1912-Concordia-Seminary-students_52a6c3f49c14e3476e7ab91ff4d7c69e.jpg)
1912 Valedictory Service and Address
![The 1923 Concordia College football team assembled for their formal team photo](/imager/uploads/Images/About/From-the-Archives/9892/1923-Football-team-gold_52a6c3f49c14e3476e7ab91ff4d7c69e.jpg)
A Colourful Game
![Three pages from students' autograph books from the early 1900s showing poetic entries, each with an accompanying artwork](/imager/uploads/Images/About/From-the-Archives/9933/Autography-Book-3_52a6c3f49c14e3476e7ab91ff4d7c69e.jpg)
Autograph Books
![A student fixing a bicycle tyre puncture with another student standing by, circa 1940s](/imager/uploads/Images/About/From-the-Archives/9801/1940s-Mending-a-puncture_52a6c3f49c14e3476e7ab91ff4d7c69e.jpg)
Boarders and their Bikes
![Hamann Wing Cross Stitch](/imager/uploads/Images/About/From-the-Archives/2788656/Hamann-Wing_Cross-Stitch_52a6c3f49c14e3476e7ab91ff4d7c69e.jpg)
Concordia Cross Stitch
![Scanned document showing Ben Tepper's Georgraphy workbook outlining several proofs that the earth is round](/imager/uploads/Images/About/From-the-Archives/9844/1895-Ben-Tepper-Geography-Workbook_52a6c3f49c14e3476e7ab91ff4d7c69e.jpg)
Earth Matters
![The 1975 Year 8 cohort sitting on the steps, dressed in their uniforms, on their orientation day before the opening of the new school year](/imager/uploads/Images/About/From-the-Archives/9902/1975-Year-8-Orientation-Day_52a6c3f49c14e3476e7ab91ff4d7c69e.jpg)
First Orientation Day
![Dr H P A Hamann, Concordia lecturer from 1926 and headmaster from 1939 to 1953, seated at a desk with paper in hand](/imager/uploads/Images/About/From-the-Archives/9877/1977-Dr-H-P-A-Hamann_52a6c3f49c14e3476e7ab91ff4d7c69e.jpg)
Hamann Wing
![History in a Bottle](/imager/uploads/Images/About/From-the-Archives/6619667/History-in-a-Bottle_52a6c3f49c14e3476e7ab91ff4d7c69e.jpg)
History in a Jar
![A male student opens a car door for a female student during a lesson on etiquette and social graces in 1972](/imager/uploads/Images/About/From-the-Archives/9723/1972-Jaye-Walton_52a6c3f49c14e3476e7ab91ff4d7c69e.jpg)
Manners Make the Man
![Eight male students sitting at their desks look to camera for a photo of the Secunda Class of 1934](/imager/uploads/Images/About/From-the-Archives/9979/Secunda-Class-1934_52a6c3f49c14e3476e7ab91ff4d7c69e.jpg)
Original Year Level Names
![A student in the 1980s cutting fabric in a dressmaking class under teacher supervision](/imager/uploads/Images/About/From-the-Archives/9828/1980s-Dressmaking_52a6c3f49c14e3476e7ab91ff4d7c69e.jpg)
Practical Changes
![Well-respected coach Mr Clarrie Grimmett with Concordia's First XI cricket team in the 1940s standing around a set of stumps](/imager/uploads/Images/About/From-the-Archives/9912/1940s-Mr-Grimmett-and-the-First-XI_52a6c3f49c14e3476e7ab91ff4d7c69e.jpg)
Testing Times
![The College crest or badge depicted, with some slight visual variations, on four different items across a number of years](/imager/uploads/Images/About/From-the-Archives/9943/College-Badge-Archives_52a6c3f49c14e3476e7ab91ff4d7c69e.jpg)
The College Badge
![The cover of the inaugural edition of The Brown and Gold magazine in 1924, featuring a hand drawn image containing the College crest, motto and sprigs of wattle](/imager/uploads/Images/About/From-the-Archives/9963/Brown-and-Gold-1924_52a6c3f49c14e3476e7ab91ff4d7c69e.jpg)
The First Brown and Gold Magazine
![Deputy headmaster and English and History teacher Vic Georg in front of a set of bookshelves](/imager/uploads/Images/About/From-the-Archives/9856/Vic-Georg_52a6c3f49c14e3476e7ab91ff4d7c69e.jpg)
The Georg Memorial Library
![Cast member in suit is lifted up by fellow cast members on stage during a 2003 production of Little Shop of Horrors](/imager/uploads/Images/About/From-the-Archives/9736/2003-Little-Shop-of-Horrors_52a6c3f49c14e3476e7ab91ff4d7c69e.jpg)
The Little Shop of Horrors