2020 BGS Impact Report

Impact Report

2020

Our Purpose Brisbane Grammar School educates boys within a strong learning culture that is innovative yet respectful of its traditions, by nurturing their intellectual, physical and emotional wellbeing to become thoughtful and confident men of character who contribute to their communities.

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Our Ambition Brisbane Grammar School aspires to be the best school for boys in Australia, and an international leader in teaching and learning. The School is committed to offering premium educational and leadership opportunities for boys of all backgrounds, strengthening its global connections, and building a vibrant school community among students, parents, staff, Old Boys and the broader society.

Our Values • Endeavour • Respect • Community

• Learning • Leadership

Our Motto nil sine labore — nothing without work

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Message from Anthony Micallef Headmaster

It is my great pleasure to share the 2020 Impact Report with you. The following pages contain abundant evidence of the contribution our Old Boys make in their careers and to the wider world, and the ongoing generosity of the BGS community.

Despite the challenges of last year, our donors continued to make an impact – supporting the School’s Bursary Fund and our exciting STEAM Precinct development.

I thank you.

In May 2020, amidst the height of the pandemic, we managed to open our junior residential boarding facility in the refurbished SW Griffith Building. Griffith House is our new home for Middle School boarders, and the modern accommodation has proved popular with the boys.

This development, and the complete renovation of Harlin House currently underway, is thanks to the generosity of Old Boy Matt McLennan ’86 and the P&F Auxiliary. The School acknowledges their generosity, and I know the boys are very appreciative. I look forward to opening the new Harlin House facilities to our boarders in Term 4 2021.

Our immediate focus is the STEAM Precinct, the state’s best-in-class facility that will further elevate the BGS learning experience and streamline our students’ transition to tertiary education. Demolition has begun, with the precinct set to open at

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the beginning of 2023.

We are almost halfway to achieving our ambitious fundraising target of $10M, another indication that our community sees the value in investing in education for the future. Details of the STEAM Precinct and the construction timeline appear on pages 19-21. I trust you will be as excited about the School’s most significant capital project-todate as I am.

These building projects will ensure Brisbane Grammar School maintains its ability to educate the leaders of the future.

However, while infrastructure is important, teaching and learning continues to be our focus. The BGS Strategy seeks to position Brisbane Grammar School as the best school for boys in Australia.

Our purpose is to nurture each student’s personal development through the delivery of a high-quality education and a commitment to fostering a community of learners. This community is strengthened by diversity, and our Bursary Fund allows us to extend the opportunity of a BGS education to boys who would otherwise not be able to attend. Your contributions directly impact our ability to realise these goals. Read about the impact of a BGS bursary on page 9.

I thank you for continuing to support BGS boys and for strengthening our school community.

Message from Stephen Bizzell Advancement and Community Relations Committee Chair

In 2020, it was my privilege to be elected to join the BGS Board of Trustees and to also assume responsibility for the Advancement and Community Relations Committee (the ACR Committee) from the retiring ACR Committee Chair, Chris Morton.

I bring a number of personal and professional attributes and experiences to these roles. Importantly, I am both a current parent and Old Boy, and this gives me an insight into the quality of the educational outcomes the School is able to achieve. I strongly support the Board’s vision to make BGS the best school for boys in Australia – a vision that can be delivered with the ongoing support of the BGS community.

On the professional front, my experience as a company director and corporate advisor of over 25 years has given me a particular interest in governance matters, and this will be one of my focuses as ACR Committee Chair.

The ACR Committee is responsible for overseeing and monitoring performance in the areas of fundraising, marketing and communications, and enrolments on behalf of the Board. I look forward to continuing the good practice and procedures established

by Chris Morton and Executive Director Advancement and Community Relations

Inma Beaumont and her team.

A current priority is the fundraising efforts to ensure delivery of the School’s STEAM Project – a facility that will enable our educational offering to continue to adapt and provide our boys with the skills required for our changing society. This project exemplifies the School’s commitment to investing to stay at the forefront of providing leading teaching methods and learning outcomes.

I am also keen to further develop and grow the School’s Bursary Fund, to assist more boys who would not otherwise be able to take advantage of the educational opportunities of Brisbane Grammar School.

The Bursary program also allows the broader school community to benefit from the diversity bursary recipients bring to the School, and for other students to be able to experience and learn from boys from different backgrounds and communities. We will also be encouraging stronger ties between donors and bursary recipients – the boys who benefit from a BGS education.

I hope you enjoy reading about how you have made a difference in 2020, and I thank you for your continuing support of the School and its future.

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BGS Giving Day 2021 We are calling on the BGS community to support our inaugural Giving Day on Thursday 26 August. The action-packed 24-hour event will bring together our community of students, teachers, parents and Old Boys.

We aim to raise funds for needs-based bursaries and our transformative STEAM Precinct.

Visit brisbanegrammar.com/giving to learn more.

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Message from Inma Beaumont Executive Director Advancement and Community Relations

A warm welcome to the 2020 Impact Report. Looking back, I have been heartened and amazed by the generosity of the Brisbane Grammar School community. Despite the uncertainties of the last year, so many of you have put faith in the future, helping create the best possible educational environment for BGS students.

Of course, 2020 wasn’t without its challenges. In February, I took up the role of Executive Director Advancement and Community Relations with energy and enthusiasm, eager to meet as many members of the BGS community as possible. Just weeks later, we were plunged into lockdown, adjusting to the reality of home-based learning and social distancing.

A year on, our busy events calendar is once again up and running, and I look forward to having the opportunity to discuss our exciting vision for the future of BGS at an upcoming function.

The transformative STEAM Precinct is at the heart of this vision. We hope to be able to celebrate STEAM’s opening for the start of the 2023 school year.

I am pleased to report this inspirational project has captured the imagination of our community, with $4.5 million of the $10 million target raised so far.

We are also focused, with no less impetus, on increasing diversity in the

student cohort by providing financial assistance to those who otherwise could not afford a BGS education. Our vision is to financially support 170 students or 10% of the student population by growing the Bursary Fund to $20 million. With the support of the generous BGS community, the fund is currently at $16 million.

My role in helping the School achieve this target has a personal dimension.

Originally from rural Spain, my father was a blacksmith and he and my mother worked hard all their lives to give my brothers and me an education. But their earnings were not enough, and we were supported by bursaries from primary school to university.

Thanks to the generosity of donors like yourselves, my family broke the poverty cycle, so this is my way of giving back.

I fundraise to change people’s lives.

The following pages illustrate the enormous impact of your contribution to BGS boys, now and well into the future.

Whether through a bursary to benefit a boy who could not otherwise attend the School or through a donation to our STEAM project, please know that your contribution enriches the community.

You are helping to educate the future.

Once again, thank you for helping us realise our vision: to make Brisbane Grammar School the best school for boys in Australia.

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A passion for supporting the disadvantaged Former refugee and Old Boy Raziq Qasimi ’14 continues his inspiring journey since graduating from Brisbane Grammar School, recently admitted as a lawyer to the Supreme Court of Queensland.

Raziq attended BGS in Years 11 and 12 thanks to a bursary before attending QUT and graduating with a Bachelor of Justice/ Bachelor of Laws in 2019.

“Being admitted as a lawyer to the Supreme Court of Queensland was a very memorable and joyful day as my hard work and dedication paid off,” he said. “It was an absolute dream of mine to be admitted to the legal profession, and this being a reality now brings me joy and tears at the same time.”

“I consider myself a human rights activist and want to become a human rights lawyer.

For me, human rights are all about small acts of kindness towards the most marginalised members of our society.”

His experience fleeing Afghanistan inspired him to help others. While at BGS, Raziq volunteered at the BGS Homework Club, helping refugee children like his younger self.

BGS students can volunteer at the Homework Club, supporting refugee students with their learning.

For the last five years, he has been on the board of the Queensland Program of Assistance to Survivors of Torture and Trauma (QPASTT), and he says it’s a huge honour and privilege to contribute to the broader multicultural society of Brisbane.

“In 2019, I attended the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees’ annual consultation with non-government organisations representing QPASTT,” he said. “During this visit, I shared the concerns and issues of refugees in Queensland to the UNHCR consultation.”

Raziq also runs the public affairs portfolio at National Refugee-led Advisory and Advocacy Group (NRAAG). The group aims to inform policies, service delivery, campaigns, research and initiatives affecting the lives of refugees.

“My passion and desire will always be to assist the most disadvantaged members of our domestic and global society in any capacity that I can,” he said.

The Qasimi family is a member of the Hazara, an ethnic group native to central Afghanistan. It was his older brother who paved the way to a future in Australia, travelling here by boat in 1999.

Raziq says he’s very proud to be the first Afghani-Australian refugee to have attended Brisbane Grammar School.

“BGS is an institution well known for nurturing boys of high academic and professional excellence,” he said. “I met some wonderful and inspiring teachers at BGS. The education that you receive at BGS is certainly second to none.”

“I will always be grateful for the generosity of donors who provided me with this amazing opportunity. I made extraordinary and lifelong connections at BGS.”

I met some wonderful and inspiring teachers at BGS. I will always be grateful for the generosity of donors who provided me with this amazing opportunity. I made extraordinary and lifelong connections at BGS.

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p The Story Bridge lit in the light dark blue for BGS150 celebrations in 2018

Grammar Generations Story family Perhaps few people crossing Brisbane’s Story Bridge today know the story of the man the bridge is named after – one of Brisbane Grammar School’s most influential Old Boys, Queensland public servant John Douglas (JD) Story.

When he left BGS at 15 for a clerk’s job in the education department, JD Story himself was unlikely to have foreseen the impact he would have on Queensland’s growth and development.

The year was 1885, and Brisbane Grammar School

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Headmaster Reginald Heber Roe recommended JD for the clerk’s role. Story’s employer noted: “nice intelligent look – rather small and lean and does not look robust.

Brain…stronger than body.”

Clearly industrious, JD eventually became Under Secretary of the Department, overseeing the opening of Queensland’s first state high schools in 1912, raising the school leaving age from 12 to 14, and introducing medical and dental examinations in State schools.

As the son of Scottish migrants, one of seven children who was

out earning at 15, JD Story was proud to have made education more widely available, writing in 1915: “secondary education in Queensland is free to those who prove their fitness…it is just as possible for the son of the wharflabourer, the sugar-worker or the shearer to enjoy a full course of secondary education as for the son of the shipowner, the sugarplanter or the station-owner.”

Recognised for his ability to get things done, JD Story was asked to conduct a Royal Commission into public service wages and allowances. Subsequently serving

as public service commissioner from 1920-39, Story founded the Council of Agriculture and was a member of the Bureau of Industry, responsible for the building of UQ at St Lucia, Somerset Dam, and the bridge named in his honour in 1940.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, JD sent his sons John Dunmore Campbell Story ‘27 and Keith Campbell Story ’28 to BGS. The second John Story became a solicitor and senior partner of Chambers McNab and Company.

Advancing Queensland education remained a lifelong interest for JD. With his former Headmaster Roe, he championed the establishment of The University of Queensland in 1910 and served on its Senate for 50 years. After retiring from the public service in 1939, he became UQ’s first fulltime Vice Chancellor, an unpaid role he held for 21 years.

Seventy years later in 2009, JD’s grandson, the third John Story to attend BGS, would become Chancellor of the university his grandfather had worked to establish.

John Story AO ’63 followed his father John Dunmore Campbell Story to BGS, studied Law at UQ and was National Chairman of Corrs Chambers Westgarth. He had an extensive directorial career including the chairmanship of Suncorp Group Limited and the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

He was made an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2015 for distinguished service to business

p UQ Chancellor John Story AO. Photo courtesy of The University of Queensland

and commerce in the public and private sectors.

In a development that would have no doubt pleased his grandfather, John was named UQ Alumni of the year in 2017, following his tenure as Chancellor, and for chairing the TC Beirne School of Law fundraising committee to fund the renovation of the Forgan Smith Building.

A fourth generation of the Story family came to BGS when John and his wife Georgina sent their sons John ’91, Tom ’93 and Bill ’95. All three have followed their father in studying Law at UQ, with John now working in finance, Tom as a solicitor and Bill in the public service in Canberra.

This generation has grandfather Old Boys on both sides, with Georgina’s father, George Whitfield, finishing in 1920. He was a dentist at Coorparoo.

Georgina is a History graduate who wrote JD Story’s entry in the Australian Dictionary of Biography.

“John’s grandfather was certainly a grand old man of Queensland history; with his varied careers he had a real influence,” Georgina said. “But I don’t think you can’t make too much of his leaving school at 15; there were no state high schools in Queensland, remember, and no further education available at the time. As one of seven children he was off and earning, like many of his contemporaries.”

While the Story family’s connection to BGS is a long one, John and Georgina’s six grandsons all live interstate. “All the boys know about the family’s connection to the Story Bridge though, and how it’s named after John’s grandfather. It’s part of the family history.”

John’s grandfather was certainly a grand old man of Queensland history; with his varied careers he had a real influence.

- Georgina Story p JD Story circa 1925 (Qld State Library)

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p Clockwise from top left: operating in Phnom Penh; assessing a young patient in PNG; sewing up a patient in the medical room at Northgate; with colleagues on ward rounds in Bangladesh

Empowering the next generation A pioneer in his field, with a Medal of the Order of Australia awarded in 2006, oral and maxillofacial surgeon Old Boy Dr John Arvier ’70 remains modest when talking about his work and achievements.

In his 35-year career as a specialist, John has combined public hospital work and a busy private practice with training the next generation of oral surgeons

in Australia and overseas. Since 2003 he’s also been on the sidelines at State of Origin, Super 15 and Wallabies rugby matches, to treat facial lacerations, broken jaws and cheekbones.

“I had ambitions as a child of playing rugby for Australia, so hanging around the players is the next best thing,” he says. “My son Matthew and I were the first

father and son pair to wear the same dark blue jersey (No.8) for the First XV.” Countless patients in Australia and overseas will be glad John chose surgery over rugby. Since his first trip to Bangladesh in 1991, he has made 38 largely self-funded overseas trips as a volunteer surgeon.

John’s work overseas falls into

Seeing people living in terrible poverty brings home how lucky we are to be in Australia. You can’t not go then.

You always feel like you could do a bit more.

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two categories. “Conditions like cleft palate are treated in children here, but in many developing countries they go untreated and grow. Road trauma is also a huge problem – roads are chaotic and no one wears seatbelts.

“Seeing people living in terrible poverty brings home how lucky we are in Australia,” he says. “You can’t not go then. It gets into your system and you always feel like you could do a bit more.”

‘A bit more’ has included trips to Congo and Somaliland with Australian Doctors for Africa, and helping to establish university training in Bangladesh, PNG and Cambodia. John and his colleagues from the Australian and New Zealand Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons have developed the curriculum and student examinations.

“There’s that old adage – if you want to feed a man for a day, give him a fish. If you want to feed him for a lifetime, show him how to fish. It’s a very superficial analogy, but we thought training people who could show others was logical.”

At home in Queensland, John also taught and supervised the next generation of specialists.

Surgical colleague and current BGS parent Dr Geoff Findlay met John as an undergraduate and found his overseas trips fascinating. “John would come speak to us, and at the end of the lecture, throw up a few slides of his volunteer work,” Geoff says.

“You could see it took a huge amount of energy. The cases are Treating a Queensland Reds player q

p J ohn (far right) brother Peter and mother Alison at unveiling of the centenary foundation stone, 1968

complex, and the conditions he’s had to work under are nothing like what we take for granted here in Australia.”

Geoff says while most surgeons share their skills, John stands out for his commitment to fostering a sustainable, home grown workforce in developing countries. “He’s been tenacious in setting up the training programs.

He doesn’t stop asking until it happens. He’s just a top bloke.”

In 2019, Geoff operated on a teenage girl from PNG who John had first treated as a child.

She was flown to Brisbane for treatment by Rotary Overseas Medical Aid. With Rotary, John and his wife Louise, a physiotherapist, have volunteered in Tanzania at the School of St Jude. The school was set up by Australian expat, Gemma Sisia, to educate the most disadvantaged children in that country.

John is grateful for his own education, and proud of his family’s association with both BGS and BGGS. Daughter Rebecca is a paediatrician at Qld Children’s Hospital.

“I am now aware I was very privileged to go to BGS. I was on a half scholarship, and I was always being told I wasn’t doing as well as I should have been,” John laughs. “I didn’t win any academic prizes, that’s for sure!”

“I’m the only one in the family

whose name isn’t on any of the School Honour Boards: my father, my brother (Peter ’71), my two sons (Tim ’00 and Matthew ’07) are, but I’m not.

“However, Tim and I share a sporting achievement: we were the first father and son to have won the same GPS Track and Field event in the metric era (4x100m relay).”

John’s father, Astley (known as Maurie) ’36 was Captain of the BGS Rifle Club, served in World War II, and endured three and a half years in a Japanese POW camp after the fall of Singapore.

While Maurie was imprisoned, John’s grandfather paid for a life membership to the Old Boy Association, in a moving sign of hope that Maurie would return.

John’s mother Alison (BGGS Head Girl in 1944) later called this “a good investment”.

John himself joined the RAAF after graduating from UQ Dental School. After serving in Townsville, he left in 1978 to further his surgical and medical studies in London and Adelaide, before returning to Brisbane.

Asked why he has dedicated so much of his time and energy to helping others, John says the rewards run both ways. “I’ve gained experiences and sights and friendships that no amount of money can buy. There’s professional satisfaction. That’s the bottom line.”

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p Old Boy Allan Davies ’69 and his wife Lyn’s Dalara Foundation support various charitable projects, including the Salvation Army (above) and the Australian Rhino Project (opposite)

Dalara Foundation Allan and Lyn Davies Growing up in Mount Isa, working in South Africa and seeing the power of philanthropy in the United States have informed Allan Davies’ desire to make a difference through his Dalara Foundation.

BGS Old Boy Allan ’69 and his wife Lyn set up Dalara in 2007 to fund charitable projects they found worthy and interesting, focusing on education, medical research, and human and animal welfare.

“We’re finding these days more of our distributions focus

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on educational outcomes within those four categories,” Allan says.

Among its many projects, Dalara has funded research into stroke treatment and Hendra virus; engineering, veterinary and agricultural scholarships; and training for outback nurses and midwives working for the Royal Flying Doctor Service in Mount Isa and Charleville.

“We’re also really keen on a not-for-profit group called the Clontarf Foundation, which focuses on education for Aboriginal boys,” Allan says.

“We feel really passionate about education because it’s the fundamental building block for any society to continue to improve itself. There are so many

things that could be fixed if people were better educated.”

Allan’s secondary education started at Mount Isa High School, until his parents moved to Tennant Creek and he and his brother Robert ’73 started boarding at BGS. “I loved it. I swam, played rugby. I was really happy boarding, and I met some terrific people I’m still very good friends with today,” Allan says. “Boarding set me up for university because I knew how to live away from home.”

An Engineering degree from UQ led to three years working as an engineer and miner in Mount Isa, then a stint in South Africa where he and Lyn had their first son. “Apartheid was in place, and we travelled and saw a lot of things that affected us. It had some bearing on the philanthropy my wife and I do now.”

Saving the African rhino from extinction, for instance. Allan is co-founder and Chairman of the Australian Rhino Project, an ambitious international conservation plan to import 35 rhinos and provide a genetically diverse ‘insurance population’ that will eventually be returned to the wild. Details at theaustralianrhinoproject.org.

Returning to Australia, Allan went back to shift work to obtain his statutory mining certificates and manage coal mines.

“University is one thing, but you need to learn how to deal with people and the practical aspects of mining, and the best way to do

that is to get your hands dirty, so that’s what I did.”

Working for a US resource company and living in Cleveland, Ohio in the late 1980s exposed Allan and Lyn to the American way of philanthropy. Several years later they were in a financial position to form a private ancillary fund and the Dalara Foundation was born.

“Back in Australia, a group of us set up a little company called Excel Coal and over a period of 12 years built it into a sizeable coal mining operation, listed on the ASX. It was a lot of fun working for yourself, backing yourself in.

But along came an American company and purchased our business from us. That gave us the capacity to get serious.”

The Dalara Foundation is now worth several million dollars and last year made grants of almost $400,000 to Australian charitable projects.

“Efficiency is important to us.

When talking to a not-for-profit we suggest a three to five-year time frame, to minimise the time an NFP spends asking for support.”

Very much a family affair, Allan, Lyn, their two sons Robert and Andrew, and their partners choose projects as a committee for Dalara. “We’ve included our children and their families in the decision-making process because when my wife and I disappear, they’re more likely to pick up the ball when it’s their turn to do so,” Allan says.

Robert manages one of the

Dalara Pastoral properties, and projects benefitting rural communities have been a focus, such as a recent water tank project for the Salvation Army.

Andrew’s family lives in New Zealand, and as both daughtersin-law are nurses, they all have an interest in medical research, animal welfare and education.

“We’ve been very fortunate.

It’s not by accident, it’s because of hard work and taking the opportunities as they’ve arisen, but I think it’s really important to give back, and we’re trying to inculcate that approach to life in our children and their families.”

Into the future, Allan says he hopes to “join the dots” between BGS and the Clontarf Foundation, and see the BGS 1969 Year Group Bursary continue to grow.

“Back when we were at school, people didn’t talk about this stuff, no one even thought of it. I think bursaries are a fantastic way to assist the philanthropic effort at BGS. It’s a privilege to be able to help people, frankly.”

We feel really passionate about education because it’s the fundamental building block for any society to continue to improve itself. There are so many things that could be fixed if people were better educated.

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p Retired Art Teacher Bernadette Moy and Old Boy Scott McLeod ‘85 in the Francis Lymburner Gallery

Art donation honours teacher As Brisbane Grammar School’s longest-serving female teacher, Bernadette Moy has seen many

She has spent countless hours in and out of the classroom inspiring the people at the School – students and staff.

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changes in her 40 years at the School.

When she arrived in February 1981, her Art classes took place on four ping pong tables under the Boarding House.

In the years that followed, Bernadette established Senior Art, devised inspiring learning tasks, organized several exhibitions, and passed on her passion for art to generations of BGS students.

On her retirement in 2020, BGS Curator and former Head of Art Stewart Service commented, “Bernadette touched the lives of

a third to half of all BGS students as they came through Years 8, 9 and 10. She has spent countless hours in and out of the classroom inspiring the people at the School – students and staff.”

One such student is Scott McLeod ’85, who attended Bernadette’s extracurricular Friday afternoon classes, where students could explore print making, clay or whatever art they wanted to do.

Years later, a chance meeting rekindled Scott’s interest in collecting artwork by BGS Old Boy Francis Lymburner ’33, who

has a gallery named in his honour in the Art Centre.

“I hadn’t been back to the School for many years, but when my son Andrew was in Year 5, I went to Open Day and ventured down to the Art Centre as I hadn’t seen the conversion from the old gym,” Scott says. “I noticed there was a gallery named after Francis Lymburner, who I hadn’t realised was an Old Boy.” Looking around, Scott bumped into Bernadette and they talked about the School and Art in the 1980s. “I was absolutely hopeless at Art at school, I but always enjoyed the one lesson a week we had in Form 2 in the basement of the old Boarding House, now the Roe Building. And yes, the Boarding House ping pong tables were pushed together for the purpose!

“Life has changed a lot since the 80s and today the boys have a wonderful opportunity to study Art for more than just one year,” Scott says.

“After catching up with Bernadette, I started to look for Lymburner at antique and art auctions. I thought it would be good to increase the number of

pq On this page: artworks by Francis Lymburner ‘33

works on display in the gallery.”

BGS Curator Stewart Service has organised a special cabinet to display some of the 11 pencil drawings and ink washes.

Bernadette, Scott, Stewart and Headmaster Anthony Micallef recently met to view the works. “I thought Bernadette’s retirement was the perfect opportunity to gift the works to the School in recognition of her incredible

service and contribution over many decades,” Scott says.

“Somehow I think Bernadette’s service of 40 years may stand as a long record.”

Bernadette didn’t expect her chance meeting with Scott would lead to this gift to the School.

“I was overwhelmed at how the School acknowledged my longevity at BGS. Scott’s donation is a very generous gesture.”

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Celebrating our Community Brisbane Grammar School recognised several former and current parent volunteers at the Betty Howell Awards in October 2020.

The awards were presented at the School’s annual Celebrating Our Community function for volunteers and donors.

The Betty Howell Awards, established for volunteers in 2011, are named in honour of Mrs Joan Elizabeth (Betty) Howell, who was a passionate volunteer with the Art Committee and Auxiliary during her 25-year association with the School as the wife of the Headmaster.

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The 2020 Betty Howell Awards recipients are: • John Ferris (past parent) for service to Fencing • B rett ’82 and Jane Halliday (Old Boy/past parents) for service to Cricket and Rugby • M argaret Henderson (past parent) for service to the Art Committee • Di Morton (past parent) for service to Rowing • W ill and Louise Siganto (past parents) for service to Swimming, Moogerah Support Group and Art Show • Bruce Wilson (past parent) for service to Fencing

BGS STEAM Precinct timeline announced Brisbane Grammar School has commenced its most significant infrastructure project in the School’s 153-year history. After seven years of planning, design and research, the School has partnered with BESIX Watpac to build the BGS STEAM Precinct.

combines scientific inquiry with technological implementation, engaging the problem-solving of engineering, the creativity of art, and mathematical modelling to support student comprehension and understanding of the real world.

Why STEAM?

Impact of STEAM

The acronym STEAM – Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics – refers not just to these standalone disciplines but to a way of thinking.

STEAM education instructs students in critical thinking and shifts the STEM concept into the contemporary world of innovation and entrepreneurship.

Instead of teaching subjects in isolation, STEAM disciplines can be taught in a way that

The STEAM Precinct will provide the School with the opportunity to lead education in Australia, differentiating the BGS education experience from other schools in the country.

Exposure to a collaborative and creative environment where diverse disciplines work together to solve problems will equip BGS students with vital technical and social skills and provide them with a competitive advantage at

BGS STEAM Precinct

p T he STEAM Precinct footprint on the BGS campus

university and in the workplace.

This is the School’s most substantial project in its 153-year history. When the development is complete, the BGS community will be the beneficiaries of this extraordinary educational venture.

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The STEAM Precinct will open early in 2023.

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The Steam Fundraising Campaign Over the School’s history, the BGS community has demonstrated strong philanthropic support.

During The Lilley Centre fundraising campaign, the community donated $5.8M to support the construction of the building.

Since it was established, the Bursary Fund has grown to approximately $16M thanks to generous donations.

So far, the BGS community has committed $4.5M of a target

of $10M towards the STEAM Precinct. The School is extremely grateful for this generosity and hope to achieve our target.

Donors who have committed funds to the STEAM Precinct have done so by signing five-year pledges – non-legally binding agreements that express the donor’s intentions. Donors can contribute different amounts each of the five years depending on their tax situation, and they only need to notify BGS of the amount

they will be contributing in June each year.

Donors are also offered the opportunity to choose a space in the precinct to honour their family name or the name of a loved one.

For more information on making a gift or a copy of the Naming Opportunities Brochure, please contact Inma Beaumont on inma.beaumont@ brisbanegrammar.com or 0407 996 794.

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Lifetime Giving We recognise donors who have supported the School throughout their lifetime. We celebrate individuals who have contributed to the history of Brisbane Grammar School.

Over $500,000

Nick Mather

Rob and Bec Pullar

Andrew Jenkins*

BGS P&F Auxiliary

Doug Moffett*

John and Ingrid Rorke

Alan Jones AO

Bob Bryan AM

Chris and Di Morton

Sudarshan and Surinder Saini

Richard and Jo Kahler

Tim and Elaine Crommelin

Bruce Roberts*

Bob and Belinda Sharpless

Piyoosh and Priti Kotecha

Simon Fenwick

John Story AO and Georgina Story

Will and Louise Siganto The Siganto Foundation

David and Loraine McLaren

Richard and Adele Theile

Walter Monz* Morgans

David Weedon AO

Henry Thorburn Rod Thorburn Thorburn Trust

Mac and Lucy Woolcock

Doris Townsend*

Jamie and Louise Pherous

Norman Traves*

David and Christine Purvis

Matthew McLennan Sir John Pidgeon* Howard and Hilary Stack Stack Family Foundation

Over $100,000

Peter Thompson Richard Vanstone Chris and Linda Vella

David and Sandi Abernethy

Anthony and Susan Micallef

Frazer and Rachel Moss

Anonymous

Over $50,000

Keith Woollam*

Donald Radford*

BGS Art Support Group

Australia and New Zealand Bank

Steven Zhang and Cindy Shi

David and Gillian Ritchie

Stephen Bizzell John Blaiklock*

Athol Crawford*

Andrew Brice

Bruce and Anna Davidson

Bill and Valda* Byth

Ian Dickinson AM and Margaret Dickinson

Allan and Lyn Davies Dalara Foundation Andrew and Asako Hay Betty Heath Nick Heath Lesley Huxley AM Ken MacDonald AM and Marian Gibney David Malouf AO

Over $25,000 Paul Barrett Belinda Barrett

Daryl Holmes OBE and Lisa Holmes

BGS Old Boys Association

James Lin and Judy Wu

Graham Davies AM

David and Marlene Little

Brian Hirschfeld

Geoffrey and Jan Moles

Ross and Kylie Hirst

Normanby Blues

Ian and Johanna Hodgetts

David Perel

Duk Hong and Gyoung Mi Kim

Warwick* and Anne* Power

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Albert and Nancy Chung

Neville Sandford and Patricia Matthews Peter and Caroline Steadman Rodney Taylor* Thyne Reid Foundation Francis Tomlinson and Beverley Rowbotham AO Graham and Judy Turner

*Deceased

Great Hall Society The Great Hall Society was established in 1997 to honour those who have made a bequest to Brisbane Grammar School.

Anonymous*

Stuart Grassie

David Malouf AO

John Story AO

Peter Armstrong

Arthur Harris*

Donald Matheson*

Neil Summerson AM

Ralph Beckingham OAM*

Peter Heywood

Graham McBryde

Rod Thorburn

John Blaiklock*

John Hoare

Doug Moffett*

Henry Thorburn

Bob Bryan AM

Peter Jempson

Bruce Paulsen

Grenville Thynne

Ian Carver*

John Knott

John Pearn AO RFD

Doris Townsend*

Lawrence Casey

John Leslie AO*

Tim Porter

Norman Traves*

Ronald Clarkson

Ronald Lindner

Donald Radford*

Katherine Trent

John Cotterell

David Little

Bruce Roberts*

Jim Truesdale

John Cranley

Stephen Lonie*

Howard Stack

Geoff Voller

Tim Crommelin

Chris Lovelock

Geoff Stevenson

Ian Whittle*

Jack Farr*

Ken MacDonald AM

Phip Stewart

Ronald Wyllie

*Deceased

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Building Fund We recognise donors who have taken a lead in donating to the STEAM Precinct, and those who have helped provide our boarding students with contemporary accommodation and facilities.

BGS STEAM Precinct Alan Arnold

Adrian Hamra

Brian Meade and Rebecca Schull-Meade

Steve Wallis and Jenny Mackie

Anonymous

Rodney Harden

Jonathan and Yvette Askew

Andrew and Asako Hay

Peter Melloy

Craig and Heather Walter

Barry Baker

John and Sandra Hazzard

Anthony and Susan Micallef

Rebecca Webber

Inma Beaumont

Eric Hewett

Richard Wheeler

Peter and Cathy Beckingsale

Adam Howarth

Bill Morrissey and Kylie Downes

Rod Bellamy

Simon and Andrea Hurwood

Robert Nieh

Di Xiao and Huiqun Liu

Stephen Bizzell

Grahame Jardine-Vidgen

John Peden

Zhen Yang and Anni Wang

Claire Blake

Mark Jempson

Simon and Caroline Prebble

Tony and Linda Young

Andrew and Karen Bond

Peter Johnson

John Puttick

Jacqui Zervos

John Boo and Jenny Terrado

Nick Jorss

Rod Borrowdale

David and Wendy Keir

Malcolm and Tammy Robinson

Alan and Amanda Brand

Andrew Kemp

Paul and Joelle Brittain

Sudarshan and Surinder Saini

John Knott

Harlin House Donors

Bob Bryan AM

Anubhav and Anshu Sarikwal

Anonymous

Peter and Nicole Bryant

David Ko and Machiko Koganezawa

Dmitry Saulov and Asta Saulova

BGS P&F Auxiliary

Mike and Maria Carter

Rob and Catriona Labrom

Dan and Naomi Chambers

Yit Nah Lau

Philip Chen

Joseph Lee and Michelle Chong

John Cranley Dick Cribb Tim Crommelin Greg Dabelstein Les Davey Donald Davies John and Rachel Emery John Fenwick AM and Marye Fenwick Michael Forrest and Angie Ryan Adrian and Michelle Frick Ken Fung Greg Gilbert Brett and Karen Gregor

Raymond Wu and Emily Mo

QLD Education Science Techs

Thomas Saunders Mark Schumann

John Boo and Jenny Terrado Chris Cooper Stephen and Sharon Danzig

Gray Shen

Mervyn and Margaret Eadie

John Siemon

Cameron and Trudie Early

Andrew and Jen Slatter Henry Smerdon AM

Alec Evans AM and Kay Evans

David and Marlene Little

Tim Solomon

Andrew and Margot Evans

John Lonie

Howard and Hilary Stack

Duncan Evans

Christopher and Selga Lusink

Stack Family Foundation

David Fraser

Robin and Kim Lyons

Kenneth Steele

Fiona Macfarlane

Rob Stevens and Katherine Semple

Matthew and Patricia Garraway

Peter and Sandra Lennox Chung Lun Leung and Wai Kwan Wong

Patrick and Mary Mahoney AO Donald Matheson* Tim McCarthy and Miranda Crisci Frank McClatchy

Nik and Irma Gresshoff

Paul McEniery and Karen Seifert

Robert and Marion Hamilton

Kerry McKeon

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John Story AO and Georgina Story

Robert and Marion Hamilton John Knott Darren and Amanda Lewis

Peter Thompson

David Liu

Jane Tsai

John Marriott

Steve and Anna-Marie Uscinski

Matthew McLennan

Chris and Linda Vella

Neil and Marita Peacey

Geoff Voller

Qichao Su and Daisy Feng

Leon and Jan Misfeld

*Deceased

Bursary Fund We recognise donors who give the opportunity for a BGS education.

Immediate Needs 2020 Anonymous Anthony Beal Ian Brusasco AO* and Patsy Brusasco OAM Roy Casey Robert Charlton John Cranley Prue Galley Ngaire and David Groves Peter Heywood Roy Li James May Henry Thorburn Rod Thorburn Thorburn Trust Warren Traves John Woodley Ronald Wyllie

Indigenous Bursaries Anonymous Anne Armour Nigel Brock Mark and Catherine Brusasco Angus Campbell Ronald Clarkson Simon Fenwick Ross Finemore Maher Gandhi and Catherine Duffy Catherine Gulhane Peter Hastie and Suzanne Sheridan Betty Heath Nick Heath Lesley Huxley AM Bob Holeman Alison Kearney Glenn King and Susan Rowland Bill Lansbury Mauro and Megan Liberatore Hugh Macintosh and Deb Almering Philip McNicol and Liz Dann Angela Mullan Dan and Shelagh Mullany Jim and Jill Nicklin Nikolaos Papas Tony and Nicola Rahman Michael Rice Colin Spencer and Viv Braybrook Kenneth Steele

*Deceased

Mike Tardent and Kerry-Anne Powell Peter Taylor Duncan Thomson Dennis Waight

Ron Cochrane Bursary $46,302

Anonymous Matthew Adi Ron Cochrane Tim Crommelin Jon Fenwick Simon Fenwick Ashley Feuerheerdt Petrina Gilmore Sean Martin James Morris Joe Rich David, Phillip, Tim Shaw Howard and Hilary Stack Tom Stack Thomas Stephens Harry Theile

Year Group Bursaries 1936 $1,500 Stan Mellick OAM ED

1939 $20,000 Norman Traves*

1942 $250,000 Doug Moffett*

1943 $196,965 Anonymous Brian Hirschfeld

1944 $249,326

1956 Under $999

1957 $1,500 Michael Bolton AM Alec Evans AM and Kay Evans

1958 Under $999 John Allpass Barry Mayfield

1970 $1,050 Len and Suzanne Gainsford Stephen Matthews

1962 $158,615

1971 $3,015

Robert Brown Warren Kinston Van Richards-Smith John and Ingrid Rorke Howard and Hilary Stack Rod Williams

Ian Bragg John and Susan Humphrey

1973 Under $999 Gary Sully

1976 $11,150

1963 $73,260

Cameron Bell Warwick Horsey Graeme McAdam

Anonymous Michael Crommelin AO Clyde and Ada Dunlop John and Robynne Siemon John Story AO and Georgina Story Ian Wilkinson

1977 $1,185 Mark and Catherine Brusasco Daryl Clifford Peter and Joanne Foreman

1979 $62,833

Anonymous

1952 Under $999

1966 $139,700

Bruce Gibson-Wilde OAM and Dorothy Gibson-Wilde OAM

David and Sandi Abernethy Bob and Diane Holeman Tim and Janet Porter

Anonymous Bruce Spender BEM*

Tim and Elaine Crommelin Ross Jones

1955 Under $999

1969 52,023

1961 Under $999

1965 $20,260

Peter and Janette Jempson Ross Thomas AM David Walters

Stephen Lonie* Mark and Shauna Schulz

John Gralton John Knott David and Marlene Little David Perel David and Gillian Ritchie

Roy Giesemann John Marriott

1954 Under $999

1968 $15,300

1960 $97,750

1946 Under $999

Gordon Johnson John Woodley

Anonymous Phillip and Delwyn Cameron

Robert Grice AO Peter Taylor

1964 Under $999

1953 Under $999

1967 Under $999

1959 $2,250

Bill Heron Bruce Roberts*

Richard Pegg

Andrew Jenkins* Alan Jones AO Ken MacDonald AM Stuart Markwell John and Judy Mewing Alexander Morrow* Philip Neilsen Ross and Susan Parry David and Christine Purvis Tony Verner Graeme and Dianne Whitelaw

Anonymous Roy Casey Robert Grice AO

Don and Philippa Adsett Anonymous Wally and Mary Arndt Ian Dickinson AM and Margaret Dickinson David Dunlop and Julie Hammer Stephen Gray Simon Hamlyn-Harris Bob and Janet Hunter Warren Hutton Max and Lea Hutton Robert Ingram

William Boydell James Henderson Mark and Angela Martin Stuart and Catherine Rees Brett Salisbury Michael Sullivan Andrew Wilson and Tracey Lennon

1980 $75,718 Jon and Patrice Cafferky Matt Coulter Michael Elmer David and Siobhan Fielding John Greig Mal and Amanda Harrison Michael Hellen Andrew Henderson Jonathan Hill

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Ian Knights Cam Lillicrap Greg Martin David Phillips Andrew Powell Niren and Charu Raj Graham Thomas Peter Van De Graaff

1982 $188,267 Bruce Baker Benjamin Bopp Scott Chapman Bruce Davidson Brett and Jane Halliday Richard and Jo Kahler Paul Lathouras Thomas Martin Ian Martin James Morris and Caroline Tsen Frazer and Rachel Moss John and Mandy Peden Christopher Shirley Robert Sinnamon Nigel Spork and Natasha Christa Stephen St Baker Richard and Adele Theile Grenville and Kylie Thynne Warren and Elisabeth Traves Giles Worthington-Wilmer

1984 Under $999 Graham Sandeman

1985 $25,000 Jamie and Louise Pherous

1987 $33,250 Dan and Naomi Chambers Simon Fenwick Michael Forrest and Angie Ryan Shayne Gilbert Heather Hamilton Graham and Caroline Ramsay Simon and Kylie Tolhurst Iain and Andrea Tucker

1988 $10,000 Dominic and Sarah O’Sullivan

1992 Under $999 Ken Fung

1998 Under $999 Greg Howes James Bright

2000 $14,084 Anonymous Inma Beaumont Jeremy McKenzie Peter Shaw Tom Stack

2002 Under $999 Christopher and Selga Lusink

2005 Under $999 Anonymous

2007 $5,125 Julian and Bethany Potten Mark Somerville

2008 $2,640 The Charles Vincent McMahon Bursary Alastair Blenkin Fred Croker Sam Gardner Harry Houston Michael and Annie McMahon Jack Murday Anonymous Pat Smith

2009 Under $999

Colin Kenny and Liz Kenny AO

2011 Under $999 Anonymous

2012 Under $999 Kate Borger

2014 Under $999 Anonymous

2015 Under $999 Kate Borger

2016 $77,462 Class of 2016 gift Howard Stack Peter Thompson

2017 $50,905

Chris and Ginni Anderson Anonymous Bruce and Katie Baker Kate Borger Rajesh Brijball and Malini Ramsay-Brijball Bob and Helen Brown William Cheng and Diane Chiang Charles and Livia Chin Garson Chin Class of 2017 gift Nick and Penny Comino Berkeley and Sarah Cox Bill Everson David and Ngaire Groves Kris and Nilmini Gunawardana Paul and Meryl Huth Peter Knee and Carolyn Daunt O Ick Kwon and Hyun Ok Kim Rob and Catriona Labrom Anton Loewenthal and Jenny Strachan Chengzhi Lu Mitch Manning Michael and Kerri-Ann Martin Mick and Lyndall McCormack Anthony and Susan Micallef Kim and Jane Morison Frazer and Rachel Moss Alex Nguyen Mark Osmand Graham and Caroline Ramsay Steve Reynolds and Marian Wheeler Tim and Andrea Ripper Sam and Jo Sciacca Howard Stack Ross Tyrrell Rastie and Erica Van der Westhuizen Vipul and Mamta Vyas Craig and Kirsten Whip Poppy Wilson Dapeng Zhang and Lucy Shang

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2018 $50,651 John and Sophie Barton Darren and Natalie Black Christopher and Margot Blue Rob and Karen Campbell John Clift and Nicky Cheng Alex Coleman Jeremy Davis Peter Eccleston and Fay Zhong Adam and Elisabeth Findlay John and Julie Fison Peter and Catherine Hudson Lawrence and Paula Lau Michael and Zora Liu Hamish Macintosh Hugh Macintosh Ron and Kym Martinenko James Morris and Caroline Tsen Rohan and Marianne Mortimore Graham and Julie Murray Son Ngo and Thuy Nguyen Jesse and Nikki Nihill James and Anna Owen Richard Qiu and Connie Shen Malcolm and Tammy Robinson Howard Stack Teck and Michaelina Tang Robert and Caroline Ting Paul and Nerida Trappett Eddy Tse and Kina Mak Clayton and Kerri White David and Mary Wong

2019 $41,238 Jan Andersen and Ling Zheng Mirry Bryan Jon and Patrice Cafferky Andrew and Tori Cardell-Ree Robert and Louise Carius John Cavalerie Nick and Jane Corbett Craig and Renee Dawson Angus Edwards and Trudie Murrell Ghobad Ensafpour and Tracey Gordon Michael Forrest and Angie Ryan Luca Fu and Silvia Peng Charley Guo and Sandy Chen Paul and Kathy Henry Roger Lago Amanda Lago Albert Lam and Ciska Boentoro Jun Kim and Joo Ok Lee Son Nguyen Ngoc and Ann Nguyen Thi Michael O’Connor and Bernice Watson Antonio Pais and Nivea Pereira Pais Nalin Perera and Thushara Pussella John and Dominique Richards Tom and Lisa Shakespeare Mahmud Taib Sang Jin Yeo and Jiyoung Hwang Hongbo Yu and Leiyan Zhao

2020 $85,711 Chris and Ginni Anderson Anonymous Alan and Gayle Austin Russell and Leanne Bowie Ian Brown and Anna Burrows

Dan and Naomi Chambers Berkeley and Sarah Cox Adrian and Michelle Frick Eugene and Cindy Fung Maher Gandhi and Catherine Duffy Andrew and Asako Hay Michael Ho and Lillian Tram Dave and Miranda Holt Susan Huang Ahmad Husain and Tawfika Makbul Santiago Jara Melagrani and Maria Cossia Jack Kwong Rob and Catriona Labrom Huy Dung Le and Dieu Anh Trinh Dane and Louise Lockyer Hugh Macintosh and Deb Almering James May Lachlan and Shannon McCallum Tim McCarthy and Miranda Crisci Paul McEniery and Karen Seifert Cyrus Moeini and Gina Chou Luke Na Seongsu Na and Alice Lee Tony and Katrina O’Connell John Pan and Mei Hong Graeme Paull and Helen Armstrong Sam Penman Benedikt Pfisterer and Antonia Maier Majella Pollard Anonymous Philip and Holly Richardson Ken Situ and Annie Luk Nigel Spork and Natasha Christa David and Marie-Louise Theile Keith Thornton and Michelle Reiken Mayooran Veerasingham and Thushyanthi Mayooran Leanne Waldron Trinity Ward Rumintha and Celia Wickramasekera Charlie and Sarah Willmott Ralph and Lisa Willson Drew Wolrige Jason Yang and Sue Zhang Yingmin Zhong and Wendy Duan

2021 $120,183 Laileen Ahloo Soe Aung and Vivian Ting Kesh and Sue Baboolal Bruce and Amanda Butler Anthony and Kate Crilly Greig and Vickie de Zubicaray Mark and Leta Dempsey Matthew and Samantha Duncan Ian Duncan and Lizzie Coulson Ken Goldberg and Anne-Maree Coyne Yuwei Gong and Wei Shi Jason and Julie Griffiths Henry Ho and Tammy Liang Cameron Johnson and Marika Nearhos Ram and Nala Kangatharan Min Kim and Mi Sun Jo Graham Lee and Anita Chang

*Deceased

Shuke Liang and Yan Qin Frankie Look and Connie Luk Michael and Rachel Lusis Greg and Kristine Malone Gary and Sarah McCarthy-James Randall McHugh and Stephanie Daveson James Morris and Caroline Tsen Son Ngo and Thuy Nguyen Chris O’Neill and Tabitha Goodreid Jo Pace Davin and Kate Patterson John and Dominique Richards Tony Robertson and Jennifer Dietz Dmitry Saulov and Asta Saulova David and Carmen Shuttleton Andrew and Jillian Stallmann Paul Strooper and Alena Griffiths Mark and Chrisanthy Stutz Paul and Nerida Trappett Sally Trestrail Damien van Brunschot and Jackie Trad Terry and Belinda Vardy Tuan Vu and Thuy Do Chris and Carrie Watchirs Joseph and Cynthia Wong Steven Zhang and Cindy Shi

2022 $90,361 Phil and Leigh Baxter Matt and Leanne Caines Con and Ellie Cayas James Chen and Jessica Wan Johnny Cheng and Joanna Lee Jason and Salish Donald Anne Duncan Peter and Kirilly Dutton Peter Eccleston and Fay Zhong Adrian Esler and Alison de Groot Peter Fan and Cathy Zhang Annamaria Ferencz Tony Gu and Jenny Wang Matthew and Priscilla Hocking Matthew Howes and Susan Hogarth Matthew and Julia Horton Simon and Andrea Hurwood Rob and Michaela Jackson Dhammika Jayalath and Weena Lokuge Benjamin Kang and I-Lin Chen Jon-Paul and Tara Khoo Rob and Catriona Labrom Chung Lun Leung and Wai Kwan Wong William and Sainian Leves Douts Li and Grace Qiu Cam and Kym Mackay David Martin and Grace Zeng Mark McCauley and Sacha Hennessy John and Gillian Miller Frazer and Rachel Moss Arnold Ng and Carolina Ling Glenn and Peta O’Brien Malcolm and Tammy Robinson Ed and Monica Roper Mohamed Shanavas and Babitha Pulikkathody Chris and Wendy Smith John Sneddon and Vanessa O’Sullivan

*Deceased

Hee Soo and Marisa Teng Gavin Sun and Sophia Su Bibo Tan and Lina Ma Simon Tang and Jing Ge Steve and Fara Tavakol Chandra and Amila Tennakoon Simon and Kylie Tolhurst Kate Tyszkiewicz Ralph and Lisa Willson Chi-Hong and Janet Wong Michael and Jaime Wood

2023 $99,699 Peter and Cathy Beckingsale Derrick Brown and Rachael Browning Greg Bryant and Claudia Roy Xuan Bui and Thi Nguyen David and Peta Bunce Ken Cao and Sabrina He Victor Chen and Shirley Lin Charlie and Poppy Choi Jeff Chou and Connie Ko Alex Coleman Megan Corfield Tung Do and Duyen Tien Ben and Rachel Driessen Peter and Kirilly Dutton Rob and Raechelle Finch Craig and Danyal Fitzgerald Angus and Carla Forbes Simon Gatehouse and Lara Kane Martin and Danielle Giles George and Eunice Gware Peter Haley and Melissa Daly Darren and Samantha Harris Troy and Kylie Harry David and Maria Hirschfeld Rod and Karyn Huntley Savindra and Palika Ilangamage Zak and Subarna Islam Phillip and Allison Kay Steve and Alison Kearney William and Leanne Keeley Sumith and Kokila Kodithuwakku George Lee and Uni Yang Philip and Lillian Lui Allan and Lindy Mackintosh Scott McCoy and Louise Franklin Scott and Susan McLeod Brian Meade and Rebecca Schull-Meade Chris and Lorna Meads Richie and Michelle Mizutani Bill Morrissey and Kylie Downes Shaun Munday and Allison McKelvie Michael Murphy and Keryn Metcalfe Mark and Heather Norris Nalin Perera and Thushara Pussella Martin Qin and Emma Zhang David and Kate Rutter Sam and Jo Sciacca Matt and Katrina Strotton Joshua Taylor and Hee Young In Philip Thomas and Tania Davey Nicholas Ting and Emily Tiang Simon and Moko Treacy Michael and Kay Whyte Miao Zhang and Juan Wang

2024 $67,655 Kieron Bigby and Laura Wee Bang Bui and Tram Nguyen Dennis Chang and Hiromi Yasuda Craig and Kara Chudleigh Robert and Kitty Deane Jason and Salish Donald Bruce Elliott and Helen Bailey Dimitri Fedorov and Milana Stotland Alan Fitzpatrick and Lo-An Vu Michael Gao and Michelle Sun Robert Gottliebsen Ken and Kath Gottliebsen David and Vicki Gracen Nayyar Hussain and Mary Kissane Tom Joyce and Helen Boocock Ben and Michelle Klaassen Jin Hee Lee and Jiyoon Park John and Eun Lee Mauro and Megan Liberatore Tony Lin Sean Martin and Frances McInerney Mark and Elisa Milner Simon and Nikki Mortimer Balaji Motamarri and Sumi Pillarisetti Matthew and Ellen Murphy Chris O’Neill and Tabitha Goodreid Tom Pincus and Rebecca Armstrong Simon Poh Bing Qu and Lucy Wang Angela Sclavos Brad and Katrina Scott Greg and Susan Siemon Amarjeet and Sandeep Sihota Andrew Smith and Kate Slaughter Jodie Springall and Jane Schouten Andrew and Sally Topping John Webb and Megan Keleher Aaron and Leann Webb

2025 $39,637 Mark Anderson and Catherine Tichbon Andrew Bottomley Reagan Brosnan and Leigh Winston Andrew and Ros Clarke Chris and Carla Clayton Thomas and Anh Do Mark and Jacinda Geritz Peter and Catherine Hudson Saso and Katie Ivanovski Nick and Katie Jorss Sebastian Leotta and Naoko Kojima Leotta Darren and Amanda Lewis Vincent and Ayaka Liang Eddie and Karen Liu Eric Ma and Jackie Hua Mark and Susan Middleton Glen and Sarah Millar Kendal and Jackie Redmond Andrew and Jen Slatter David and Bronwyn Small Rob and Jane Swan Christian and Leah Telford

Rob Turra and Robyn Fraser Rudy and Sarah Van der Westhuizen John and Donna Wacker

2026 $46,561 Anonymous Dhamma Abeysinghe and Sarangi Ratnayake Sanghoon Ahn and Soyoung Park Junying Ai and Jun Wei Damian Amato and Linny Sampson Alasdair and Rebecca Begley Nandan and Suruchi Bhende Peter and Carolyn Butler Jun Chen and Grace Zhu Ming Deng and Carly Cao Ashwani Garg and Shilpi Gupta Andrew and Asako Hay Sharon Hoare Nayyar Hussain and Mary Kissane Lawrence Lee and Jennifer Chen Charles and Leith Lilley Chi-Wei Liu and Jennifer Chien Chris and Donna McManus Paul and Lisa McMaster Cameron McNeill Sandy Miller and Fiona McDougall Tony and Katrina O’Connell Damien Petersen and Sharyn Van Alphen Tom Pincus and Rebecca Armstrong Peter Prentis and Ana Pavasovic Christina Su Qichao Su and Daisy Feng Ben Tan and Josephine He Anuj and Laura Timblo Cooper Yuan and Shirley Chung

2027 $15,000 Alan and Amanda Brand David Chin and Jacinta Amies Dean and Lisa Harris Covan Ho and Joyce Lin Saul and Robyn Holt Ross and Catherine Savage Peter and Eva Scott Brent and Heidi Stevens Paul and Lana Szumowski Rudy and Sarah Van der Westhuizen Simon and Sally Yong Gee

2028 $10,000 Matt and Vicki Clarkson Obi and Bimpe Ekeocha Matthew and Juliet Grigg Alex and Ann-Elise Incani Amanda Lago John Lee and Judy Ku Rob and Andrea McDonald John and Kim Quinlan Ravi Sriskandarajah and Anna Plunkett Tristan Van Riel and Lisa Honeychurch

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BGS Funds review BGS Deductible Gift Recipient Fund Review The School has three funds with Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) status: the Building Fund, the Bursary Fund and the Library Fund.

The Rules for Deductible Gift Recipient Funds (25 September 2018) and the BGS Bursary Fund Investment Strategy (6 December 2018) prescribe the governance obligations of the

Finance Committee for funds held and invested in the School’s DGR Funds.

The objective of the BGS Bursary Fund is to generate sufficient earnings from its corpus base to fully fund needs-based bursaries, without eroding said corpus, or requiring financial subsidy from the operating cash flow of the School.

Investment Overview At 31 December 2020, the combined funds of the School’s DGR Funds were invested in the Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) Long Term Diversified Fund, ANZ Bank (for immediateneeds liquidity) and shares as follows:

Core Investment Profile 31 December 2020 ($000)

QIC Long Term Diversified Fund Strategic Asset Allocation

$319 $259 2% 1% $18,193 97%

Alternative assets 30%

Global equities 50%

Fixed interest 20% Shares

ANZ Bank

QIC Growth Fund

Alternative assets comprises direct real estate, direct infrastructure, private debt, private equity, insurance-linked securities and liquid managed funds.

QIC Long Term Diversified Fund Performance

QIC Long Term Diversified Fund (‘Fund’) performance is summarised as follows: • Positive earnings of 2.23% for the year ended 31 December 2020 reflecting the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic

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• Positive average earnings of 7.48% for the five years ended 31 December 2020

• Positive average earnings of 7.28% for the 10 years ended 31 December 2020.

The QIC Fund seeks to achieve an investment return of the Bloomberg AusBond Bank Bill Index + 3% p.a after expenses but before QIC management fees and tax over rolling five-year

periods. The QIC Fund is classified as a medium product risk, reflecting an expectation that the distribution of possible annual returns has a standard deviation of between 5-10%.

Investments in shares

At 31 December 2020, the following investments in donated shares were held by the DGR Funds: DGR Fund

Market Value $

Bursary

$52,000

Building (STEAM)

$267,000

Application of Funds

DGR funds were applied as follows throughout the year ended 31 December 2020: Other

$000

Bursary Funds

$000

# Students

Building Fund

1,085

Library Fund

7

Total

1,092

Year Group Needs based Indigenous Total

13 846 105 964

1 34 2 37

Bursary Fund Activity for Year Ended 31 December 2020 20,000 19,000

1,190

2

622

16,000

965

84

14,000 12,000 10,000 8,000

15,500

16,265

31 DEC 2018

31 DEC 2020

6,000 4,000 2,000

The above graph reconciles the movement in the Bursary Fund for the year ended 31 December 2020.

We thank all Year Group Bursary donors listed on the previous pages for the opportunity they provide to students who would not otherwise be able to attend the School.

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2020 Fundraising Report The School has been overwhelmed by the generosity of the community despite the uncertainty experienced in 2020.

We received 607 gifts (from 466 in 2019) from 394 donors (299 in 2019), an amazing increase in support for which we sincerely thank you all.

Total raised 2020

$2,598,403

Gifts

Donors

607 394

Significant gifts Former BGS Chairman Howard Stack ’62 and Hilary Stack pledged an additional $500,000 to STEAM taking their total commitment to $1.5M. The P&F Auxiliary pledged $500,000 towards the refurbishment of Harlin House and continue to honour their 2017 pledge of $500,000 over five years for a needs-based bursary.

Old Boy Bob Bryan AM ’52 donated $250,000 to the STEAM Precinct.

Old Boy and Board of Trustees member Stephen Bizzell ‘84 pledged $200,000 to the STEAM Precinct over five years.

Past parent Peter Thompson also pledged $100,000 over five years to STEAM. An anonymous donor donated $100,000 to the STEAM Precinct.

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Giving destinations

$2,179,692 Infrastructure projects

$905,469 Harlin House

$1,274,223 STEAM

$398,316

Bursarial support for boys in financial need

$20,396 BGS sports

Contact Inma Beaumont Executive Director Advancement and Community Relations Telephone +61 7 3834 5212 Mobile 0407 996 794 Email inma.beaumont@brisbanegrammar.com

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BGS STEAM PRECINCT The future is here.

The BGS STEAM Precinct will create an environment that excites, engages and inspires our students and teachers. A hub for ideas and innovation, the transformative precinct will help us educate Australia’s future leaders.

Headmaster Anthony Micallef