Sisters, Beatrice and Clara Dacomb established Dacomb College in 1936 as co-principals. Dacomb College taught shorthand to young women that went onto careers as secretaries and court stenographers. Dacomb College was established in the Presgrave Building, 279 Little Collins Street, Melbourne. | Map A second Dacomb College run by Mrs Jean Joy was established in…
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Dacomb: The Australian Shorthand
Dacomb: The Australian Shorthand Front Cover Jean Trant Joy Dacomb College, 1962 – Shorthand – 175 pages Source: books.google.com.au
Dacomb Goes To Court
DACOMB GOES TO COURT by BOB COLEMAN The Argus: Saturday December 10, 1955 GOOD news for thousands of students and writers of Dacomb shorthand! Miss Desma Lancaster has been appointed to the staff of the official Court Reporting Branch at the Law Courts. Miss- Lancaster, 24-year-old Ascot Vale brunette, the first Dacomb writer to enter,…
Dacomb Shorthand by B.E. & C.T. Dacomb
Dacomb shorthand / by B.E. & C.T. Dacomb ; [revised by J. Joy] Also: Dacomb, the Australian shorthand. Bib ID 920335 Format BookBook Author Dacomb, Beatrice Eliza Printer (Melbourne : Mitchell and Casey) Description Melbourne : Dacomb College, 1949 vi, 140 p. ; 18 cm. Notes Cover title: Dacomb the Australian shorthand. “Revised by J….
Dacomb Shorthand History
A short history by Good Samaritan Business College Here is some history on Dacomb shorthand: it is probably not well known that it was invented by two Melbourne sisters as an alternative to the more complicated Pitmans. Sr.Magdalen, who taught at Good Samaritan Business College, could do both Dacomb and Pitmans which is some kind…
Dacomb, Clara Thurston (1867–1946)
Dacomb, Clara Thurston (1867–1946) by Mollie Missen Beatrice Eliza Dacomb (1863-1947) and Clara Thurston Dacomb (1867-1946), co-inventors of Dacomb shorthand, were born on 22 November 1863 and 15 October 1867 at Portland, Victoria, sixth and eighth children of Edmund Dacomb, merchant, and his wife Eliza, née Evans, both English born. Beatrice matriculated with honours, taught…
Dacomb, Beatrice Eliza (1863–1947)
Dacomb, Beatrice Eliza – (1863 – 1947) Australian inventor Beatrice Dacomb was born in Portland, Victoria (Nov 22, 1863), the daughter of a merchant. With her younger sister, Clara Thurston Dacomb (1867 – 1946), who likewise remained unmarried, Beatrice was the inventor of the Dacomb shorthand system, which was later officially adopted by the Department…