High achiever

Maxine Huntsman wins Victoria Young Historian of the Year

by David Browning, Year 10 History Teacher 

FCC student Maxine Huntsman's Women Behind the War project achieved four awards in the National History Competition. Maxine won the Victorian prize in the Year 10 category, the Victorian prize for Women's History, the National prize for Women's History, and in an awards ceremony, she was announced as Victorian Young Historian of the Year. 

Maxine investigated the lived experience of women during the Second World War with a focus on local history. Her extensive research included an interview with 92-year-old Pauline Priestly from Williamstown, who served in the Australian Women's Army Services in Darwin during the Second World War.  Maxine decided her research would be best presented as an educational website for Year 10 students. As you can see, she has split her chapters into the lived experience of women before, during and after the war, with a focus on the influence of the war on the feminist movement.

Here is a link to Maxine's website: 

https://sites.google.com/a/footscray.vic.edu.au/the-fight-behind-the-war/

Congratulations Maxine. Footscray City College is extremely proud of this impressive achievement.