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DAWN MAGAZINES Are you missing a Dawn magazine from your years at school? Do you want to relive or remember what was happening back then?

We have spare copies of most Dawn magazines since 2001, plus some random earlier years, and you can

A view of the (cancelled) Cathedral School Production of ‘Footloose’

postage if required).

https://www.cathedral.qld.edu.au/thetatler/2020/7/29/i t sR- Et iSmI D P e -EtNo T- c’ Su t R- lEoPoOs eR -Tf o o t l o o s e

Our archivist, Toni Lanphier,

It has been a year to remember, and one that will go down in the history books of the school. COVID has

has been busily scanning the

impacted everyone around the world, but I have been impressed by the resilience of our students, staff and

entire collection of Dawn

past students I have spoken to. Like everything else, we had to scale-down our Foundation Day events at

buy these for $5 each (plus

magazines, so they can be now shared as digital files.

school this year. There were three separate Foundation Day Services, one for each sub school. This year we didn’t have a past student speaker, but the students were delighted to see a 20-minute segment from the cancelled school production of ‘Footloose’. It was a fantastic show and wish students could have put on the

If you want one, send an

two-hour show. Check out the link - https://www.cathedral.qld.edu.au/thetatler/2020/7/29/its-time-to-cut-

email to:

loose-footloose

paststudents@cathedral.qld. edu.au

We were very lucky to be able to run the Lagoon Dash and we had a great Past Students team of brothersister duo Harry and Emma Parks, Jack Creme and Shona Johnson. It was the usual good fun banter between the staff and past students, with the staff wanting to take the win, seeing they had not won since 2009. The staff were so happy to take out the Bragging Rights Trophy for 2020.

PAST VERSUS CURRENT STUDENTS TOUCH AND NETBALL

Due to COVID-19 restrictions, this year’s Past Vs. Current Students’ Touch and Netball games have been cancelled.

We managed to hold our AGM and second meeting of the year in August. It was nice to finally come together as a group and meet again after a six-month break. Our elections were held and the following were elected to the committee for 2020-2021: President: Tom Porter Vice President: John Frizzell Secretary: Tristan Davey Treasurer: Val Carson Committee members: Mary Gallagher, Toni Lanphier, Annette Nelson, Fiona Macdonald, and we welcomed new committee member Jeff Pearce.

I am very privileged to still be the President of this wonderful association and look forward to the year ahead.

I am hoping that we might be able to hold a function in Term 4 and invite the past students and the school community to come together.

If you would like to join the committee or have any questions please don’t hesitate to email me: tom.porter@cathedral.qld.edu.au.

Tom Porter | PSA President PSA President Mr Tom Porter Telephone (07) 4722 2000 thomas.porter@cathedral.qld.edu.au

cathedral.qld.edu.au/past-students-association Facebook @theCathedralSchoolPastStudentsAssociation 154 Ross River Road, Mundingburra PO Box 944, Aitkenvale, Queensland 4812 Australia t

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HOUSE MUSICALS COMPETITION

CLASS OF 1970 50-YEAR REUNION

Despite postponement due to COVID-19, the House

COVID-19 certainly

Musical competition finally

put a dampener on plans to hold a big

went ahead on Thursday

50 year reunion for

3 September. Whilst it was

the Class of 1970

held differently, it was still a

(including the Year

highly successful afternoon which was enjoyed by the

10 class of 1968), but it didn’t stop it

small live audience and the remaining students who watched it

altogether. Since the

streamed to classroom TVs.

search began to find our lost class-mates almost two years ago, people have

All Houses were sensational and highly entertaining to watch. In a historic first, Chatham and More Houses tied for first place! The Year 12s are to be commended on the way they led their Houses throughout the preparation and presentation of their performances.

been reconnected and many are now in regular contact on social media and getting together where possible.

On Saturday 25 July, 12 ‘old girls’ and partners gathered for lunch at the

WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

Yacht Club in Townsville, and the following weekend, another group in Brisbane had a small function. Sadly, anyone living outside Queensland

BROOKE CAMPBELL

(except one South Australian who escaped while borders were open),

Brooke (2010) is teaching at Cloncurry.

was unable to join the fun, but plans are in place to try for a bigger

After realising that Human Resources

event in 2021.

was not her career, she did a Masters of Teaching and totally loves her job.

SCHOOL TROPHY RE-VISITED

THOMAS BROWNING Deanne DeLacey claims she has only won one trophy in her life so was super excited

Thomas (2016) has been in the Royal Australian Navy for 2 years, serving as a Communications and Information Systems Officer, and studying at TAFE in his spare time.

to see it again, 52 years later.

RACHELLE WILLETTS Rachelle (McNamara 2006) is working in In 1968, Dee Hecht was in Year 10 and won the Burns Philp

Ingham as a GP Obstetrician, having completed her medical degree with Honours and Rural Generalist specialist training.

Cup for Senior Athletics Championship. The trophy has been in school storage for many years, but archivist Toni Lanphier recovered it, polished it up and presented it to her at the Class of 1970 reunion

TIM BEACH

recently. Dee said it made her day!

Tim was a boarder at Cathedral from 1994-1998. He completed his

The PSA Committee and some volunteer Year 12 students are currently

Instrument Electrical apprenticeship at Queensland Nickel Yabulu and

working on sorting, recording and organising storage for all the trophies

spent a few years working in the UK & Western Australia before

and honour boards that have accumulated over the years.

returning to Queensland to work for Santos in their gas fields in western

Is your name on one of them?

Queensland. His current role is Panel operator in the Brisbane Remote Operations centre where every piece of equipment 600km away is remotely controlled via fibre optic and 4G.

PSA President Mr Tom Porter Telephone (07) 4722 2000 thomas.porter@cathedral.qld.edu.au

cathedral.qld.edu.au/past-students-association Facebook @theCathedralSchoolPastStudentsAssociation 154 Ross River Road, Mundingburra PO Box 944, Aitkenvale, Queensland 4812 Australia