Stained Glass Window at Kew Methodist Ladies College Chapel
207 Barkers Road, Kew, BOROONDARA CITY
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Statement of Significance
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Memorial Window References & Acknowledgements
Stained Glass Window at Kew Methodist Ladies College Chapel - Memorial Window References & Acknowledgements
With thanks to Noelle Nathan and MLC Archivist, Judy Donnelly
Stained Glass Window at Kew Methodist Ladies College Chapel - Memorial Window Subject
Ruth and Naomi
Stained Glass Window at Kew Methodist Ladies College Chapel - Memorial Window Text
Entreat me not to leave thee
Stained Glass Window at Kew Methodist Ladies College Chapel - Memorial Window Inscription
To commemorate Old Collegians who served in World Wars
Memorial Window Description & History
Stained Glass Window at Kew Methodist Ladies College Chapel - Memorial Window Description & History
Examples of commemorative war windows in girls' schools are rare. This window to MLC women who served in both World Wars was one of a cycle of windows made for the new MLC Chapel in 1959-66 by the London and Canterbury firm, G. Maile & Son. Maile sent many windows to countries throughoutthe world but the only known examples in Australiahave been identifiedin Malvern Methodist in (SA) and Holy Trinity Anglican at Orange (NSW). The MLC Chapel window cycle was devised as a testament to womens' achievements and aspirations set alongside the Christian message. Ruth and Naomi was an inpired choice of subject for the war commemorative window as its story of the two Biblical women also alluded to the women who stayed at home, waited and grieved as well as those who participated directly in the various theatres of war.
Heritage Study and Grading
Vic War Heritage Inventory - Stained Glass Memorial Windows Study
Author: Bronwyn Hughes
Year: 2013
Grading: Local
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