Teacher, student in De La Salle double history win

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Teacher, student in De La Salle double history win

DOUBLE VICTORY Maree Cullen and Dominique Wing

By Damir Govorcin

The history department at De La Salle College, Cronulla, is celebrating a double win.

Teacher Maree Cullen, winner of the Premier’s Westfield Scholarship for History teaching, has mentored Year 12 student Dominique Wing, State winner in the national history challenge.

Maree, who has taught at the school for the past 12 years, won a study tour to the US which allowed her to conduct research at the Smithsonian Institution, the Library of Congress, the Arlington National War Cemetery and Columbia University.

Her winning research project was on the US involvement in World War I and its social effects.

She was also in New York during the September 11 commemorations.

“The feeling I got while I was in New York was that people wanted to get on with their lives,” she says.

“Walking around the city you could see that every fire station had memorials to honour the dead.

“It was a terrific learning experience being in the US and I know that my teaching will benefit.”

Dominique won a cash prize and was presented with a medal for her research project on the investigation of the Green Bans at The Rocks, Kelly’s Bush and Kings Cross and the involvement of preservation advocate Jack Mundey.

“The most interesting part of my research was interviewing Mr Mundey, which was fascinating,” she said.

Maree describes Dominique as “a motivated student, \who is passionate about her work”.

“Dominique is a fantastic student to teach because she is so eager to listen and learn,” says Maree.