Katharine Thornton

Katharine Thornton matriculated from St Peter’s Girls School in Adelaide as dux of humanities. She studied history at the University of Adelaide, graduating with a first class honours degree. Her research interests have encompassed the roles of women in Australian history, the French language, the cinema arts, and the consequences of war. St Peter’s College appointed Katharine its School Historian with the objective of researching and writing this book, a task she took up with considerable vigour and acute intelligence. She served as School Historian from 2001 to 2009.