A TREASURE trove of memories dating back to school in the eighties will be revealed on Friday as MacKillop College's Video Vault website goes live at the school's assembly.
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The school's video committee along with teacher Robert Newton and IT support person, Ted Nguyen have invested literally thousands of hours work collating historic videos and putting them on a digital format in readiness for the launch.
Mr Newton said the genesis to the project can be traced back to the school's purchase of a VHS video camera thirty-five years ago, which was used to capture various events, with the videos stored at the school for years.
Among the early items captured were the second ever MacKillop College Ancient and Medieval Day in 1985 and drama nights for the junior English classes.
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He said the videos are a priceless record of the growth and development of the school, and in particular, the House Music Festival, which was from a relatively rudimentary occasion in its early years to the extraordinary event that today makes it the best day of the year on the MacKillop College calendar.
Other events that have been captured from these early years include some of the amazing Rock Eisteddfod performances, history class assignments and graduation balls held at the school over the years.
Mr Newton said the quality of the recordings improved over time, especially from 2002 onward, when the first digital video camera for consumer use became readily available.
Since then he said the technology has come ahead in leaps and bounds, to the point where the website now has over 1600 videos spanning thirty-five years.
Mr Newton said current MacKillop students will have have automatic access to the site by virtue of their school e-mail account.
"Parents, ex-students and parents of ex-students can request access from this web address: https://sites.google.com/bth.catholic.edu.au/mvvlanding.
Mr Newton said he was proud of the work the video committee had achieved.
"The MacKillop Video Vault is a resource the like of which few, if any, schools in Australia can match. It is to be hoped that it will become a treasure house of imperishable memories," he said.
