It’s 1968.
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Hey Jude by the Beatles and Love Child by Diana Ross and the Supremes are the chart toppers for the year.
John Gorton is Australia’s Prime Minister while Lyndon Johnston is in the White House. Australia and America are involved in the bloody Vietnam War.
Locally Bill Kennedy is Taree Municipal Council’s mayor, with the municipality sharing boundaries with Wingham Municipal Council and Manning Shire Council. Tony Paskins leads Forster-Tuncurry to a 21-0 win over Taree United in the Group Three Rugby League grand final.
Meanwhile, Rhonda Mathers (nee Richardson) completed her Higher School Certificate at Taree High in 1968.
Fifty years on she seeks to reconnect with her fellow classmates at a reunion on the weekend of October 27 and 28.
1968 was the second year the HSC examination had been sat and a total 23,600 students completed the exams.
Subjects included the regular maths, science, English, agriculture and history – ancient and modern.
There was also home science, sheep husbandry, farm mechanics and general studies, but nothing resembling today’s PDHPE – personal development, health and physical education.
And there was modest range of language subjects to choose from including French, German, Latin, Greek, Italian, Spanish, Bahasa Indonesia, Russian, Dutch, Hebrew, Chinese and Japanese, though not all of these would be available at Taree High in 1968.
Rhonda is seeking contact fellow class mates interested in getting together to relive their old school days and catch up with their lives since. Of course teaching staff would be welcome as well.
Rhonda can be contacted via phone 0419 738 164 or email rhondamathers@hotmail.com