Ad astra no 83 april 1996 reduced by Geelong College

The Geelong College Community Magazine APRIL 1996 NO. 84

earnest -education n Il1l1luniti '~ in ge ner., 1. Lik' mosl ~ ') ple, childrL' 11 <Hld ado les 'nls ' nj V th e vMil' l l a nd s lim II Ii n t fe ' r d by th ' opposi l ' " , one! 1 mu s l sa ' 1 f ' rsonall find il mu ch mol' Ii ( in g and eh 11 ' ll gin g 10 \\' rk in a mi'\ 'ti ' nvir 11m III th~n a pr ' ti minanlly ) n '.

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ir t f all, I \\' uld like to ex-pre my delioht at b in Principal f The Geelon Colle e. I feel \'ery pri\'ileged indeed to lead uch a fine chool, one which i both proud of i traditions and confident m 1 future . I a! 0 believe we have the potentia! to gro\\' even greater throuoh the maturing of our coeducational philo ophy and the trengthening of our programs and relationship . In the hort pace of two months, I already feel a great dea! of affection for the tuden as well a much re pect for the taff and I look forward to our future together. In this fir t edition of Ad Astra for 1996, I \vould like to focu on the richly complex que tion of coeducation. I realise that the topic risks saturation after the celebrations marking its 21st anniversary at the College last year, but its actual educational significance doe no t seem to me to have been put under any particular spotlight. And that is what J would like to do now. My recent experience in South Australia leads me to believe tha t schools such as ours rarely push th e co-educational barrow - perhaps because it goes without saying. It is m y general impression that there is a higher level of consciousness or concern about the virtu es of one's own system within s in g le-sex schools than in co-educa ti onal settings. As it happens, I think that we should be more interes ted in

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co-educational e'\p rience are better than ther, and we ought to be more int r t d in in\'e tigating the rea ons for uch difference rath r than y tematically highlighting the percei\'ed hortcoming of ano th er v tem or e tolling the virtue of

ir sch 01, n arro w in g wn pot ntia l per p ti for tud e nt in their ar. Thu, no matt r what quality of it offerings, a ingl e-sex choo l ca nn t offer in its fullness th e co mmunity d nami cs of a coedu ca tion al m d I. Thirdly, th ere i no doubting the impo rtant social ki llin g tha t co mes from co-e du ca tion . Tn a mi xe d en vironm ent, boys and girls have th e won d rfu I opportuni ty to under ta nd a nd a ppr cia t each o th er a p opl rather than as impl s xual b in gs. Instead of

I believe that co-education makes of education itself a much more desirable, vital and invigorating experience one' own. Be that a it may, my arrival at the Co ll ege give m a certain latitude to pre nt my creden tial and belief In coeducation. Firstly, by way of a preamble, J believe that co-education ma k s of education itself a mu ch mor desirab le, vi tal an d in vigora tin g experience. And th e importa nc of the enj oyment factor can not be und eres tim ated in a world predica ted on th notion of learnin g for life. There is no doubt in my mind as to th e Jevel of co ntentm nt to be found within coed uca ti onal sc ho ols: they ar ha ppi e r a nd more bala nced

being confin ed to pis die cont~ with th e oppo it x, s tudents . co-edu ca ti onal sch ar able to n gage from a n ear ly age in mea nin gful dialogu b th insid a nd o uts id th cIa r m . ndurin g, mi x d fri nd hip tog th r wilh a dimini h d in cid n f 'x i m a nd s xua l ha ra s m nl - ar oft n lh h a llh y

Co (,c/ ll ca licJII il('Xills ill C({IlIpiJell // oll se allri Kil le (Prep) allri fock (Yea r 2) Sill clair break/or /IIl1cli w illi Iln'ir Rrt7llrlpl1r(, l1/ ~ Siall alld II riel Price riuril/X Crn l/rilJl1r£'ll/ s alit! !,n ial friel/cis' clay.

Ms Kathleen McCredie, highly regarded A ustralian educator and former Headmistress of Abbotsleigh where Dr Tu rner taught for 17 years, and Council Member M r5 Fay Marles (left), join Dr Turner in the Dining Hall after the Induction Service.

on qu nc f thi s. In a mixed cn viro nm nl, boys ca nn o t eas il y r v rt to ' macho' r flexes: ro ugh d g s ar worn off and the whole th o o ft ns in a posi tive and co nstru cti v s nse. Girls, too, b n fit from th good hum our and man y cha ll nges present d by boys. Boys are obliged to confront th e reality of girls performin g as equ als the cl assroom and elsewhere, an d ~irls com e equ all y to apprecia te the many s tr ngths and insights of our boys. I believe that the very fac t of co-educa tion provides a powerful ba is for preparing our children for a future where m en and women are assuming different ro les both in the workp lace and a t hom e. Th e necessary social adj ustments having bee n mad e a t schoo l, th ere will und oubtedl y be f wer dis loca tions later on . Furtherm ore, in a co-educa tional context, th re eerns to me to be grea ter potential for a better balance to be s tru ck betw een sp or t (a traditionally associated with bo ' schoo ls) and the ar t . Ph sical skills and prowe can mor m aningfull , tand id e by side wi th th gentler, . 'lore se n itive quali ti fo ter d b ~e arts. And a further con equen ce o f co-edu ca ti onal invo l

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superficially. For the sa me study also revea led that selection proced ures a nd a priv il eged socio-economic milieu may well account for the better results achieved in single-sex (particularly girls' ) schools ra ther tha n the typ e of school itself. Wellm anaged co-educational schools ca n an d should attract a strong academic candidature of bo th sexes where girls' interests need in no way be disadvantaged by a mixed education . Certainly, appearances suggest tha t far from being

Important social skills comes from co-education

shrinking violets, domina ted by bo s, College girl are in fact articula te and elf-as ured young wonlen. It i in tere ting to note in this re p ect tl1at the level of performance of Co llege bo s and girls in the ver ' highe t TER range of the CE last

year was largely comparable, while in 1994, a particularly able cohort of girls produced significantly better resuJts at this end. In the middleupper range of the 1995 TER scores, approximatel y 53 % of girls recorded TER scores between 70 and 95 compared with 38 % of boys. As a consequence, there tended to be a greater concentration of boys in the lower bands. All of which goes to prove that girls are certainly not disadvantaged in relation to boys in our particular co-educational environment. I might also add that girls' greater academic success of late is an observable trend in secondary and tertiary institutions throughout Australia and is therefore probably unrelated to any particular model of education. Such a state of affairs is certainly not due to any lack of talent on the part of boys - indeed, the top three students at the College last year were all boys - but is rather confirmation of the more concentrated work ethic demonstrated by girls in general. y final words will be to support the notion of education in its fullest ense. This is what we are aiming to provide through the fundamental dynamic of co-education. Tot a narrowly-defined education where academic re ult are the greatest yard tick of ucce , but a fuller, more meaningful experience which meets the need of the ,",.'hole per on either maZe or female.

Thanks with warmth & sincerity t the l uh':et 1 \\ ish tl1 th.1l1h the st.lff f)r thl' d 'gree \\ ith ",hi ' h thc\ :I :lie,lte thems '1\ cs t) the \\'dl.1re )11:1 .1 :hanel:m'l1t f lur stu:! nts. 1 m;1\ h,1\'(, n ted b fl re that it h,I"; been s,lid that n s'ho I a.n rist' It \ ' c its r~ G mid Fid,fl':,' ..... '\1Zr ':.7 I l'l/ '

Common R om. That' true, and at the Colleae \,'e ha\'e much for which to be !a"atefuJ in the commitment of our taH to the intere t of our tuden - includina in \'er: way, the administrati\'e and upport ta£f "'ho e performance of quality i \itaJ to the College' ucce , But the College i not ju t a place ,,"here tuden learn to read and write and count and reason, It aims to be a community \-,'here genero ity of pirit and under tanding of other are valued and fo tered - where the enduring Christian principle of living are evident in i everyday life. Long rnav it 0 strive. Looking back on 1995 we thank with warmth and sincerity: The parents for their enthu ia tic invol"ement in the chool's endea \'ours, especiall through the focus of the Parents' Association under the leadership of Leigh M.itchell. The Carnival Commi ttee, headed by Peter Betts, for the vas t task of organising and conducting a mo t s uccessful College Carnival involving hundreds from right across the face of the College community. The Old Collegians under the presidency of Lindy Wall for flying the flag so well, holding it high and being ready to h e lp whenever the need arises.

rhL' Fl111 n -1.1 t i)11 k d b\ "-l'n ,1 \I .In:l the Bl ard \\'ho .lrl' unrl'l11itting eh,lmpiol1s 01 till' Sl' ' urit) 01 tl1l' future L (the Ikg', and d till' enrichment l f its offering. t-- Ii hac! Dowling, who 11l \\' ['etires aftn l-l yec1l's ,1S )Ikge Auditor durin'~ \\ hieh time h' has been a Il)(1l faf} t-- Icmber )f th Finan ' e mmittee i'lIld htl. play d a si~ifiC) nt rol' in th ' f rmulation of th ' h l'. financial poli i's . The Ile,.,e rchit'ct ' , ;-. I' la_han and \'eri t, for th ' ir , ntinuing co ntrit uli n of quality t the qy win o f bric f the . h I nd t th e nh an e m nt f it phy icaJ b au ty. Thi \' ar ha plendid at th Pr p I, the c mmi i nina f Dav y Hue, the buildin o (with th help f the Alb rt Bell Club) f ur n w Boat hed ne with pr ven amphibiou qualitie! - a nd th f c mmencement rearrangemen t of pace Old School Block. horth' we hall wi me th rebuildmg of th Helen Mackie Library. The wirnming Pool i in th planning tage, and on hope that in the not too di tant futur , a ~1u ic and Drama C ntre here a t th e Senior Sci 01 will cea to be a mere dr am. Each College ge nera tion enjoy the frui of earlier labours, a nd mak it own contribution to the further developrn nt and tr ng th e njn g o f the choo\. Jn thi 50th year s ince the nd of th Second orld War, we d o w II to remember th Gee lo ng Coll egians who fought for their co untry, and in particular tho e who paid th tota l tragic pri ce. Their nam es a r in the War em aria\. Som College boys

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n, died a 011 g d up - and in ther he ha left ntir tate to the ouncil ha decided to appl , thi g n r u and touchj A gift to the improvement of Mac kl!ll!!" H u . To th Val dict - we wish you w II a yo u tep forward to e mbrace th futur . We ar confident that yo u will not only seize good opportunitie , but al so opportunitie for good. We hould all heed the word of the Po t: " Prai e lif whjle yo u wake and walk - it i only le nt". E peciall y, we thank yo u for yo ur co ntribution to the olleg durm g yo ur tim h reo You will be re m e mb r d . ouncil and of Finall y, on behalf yo u all, J tha.nk Mr John Gil on for tewa rd s hip of the hi s firs t- rat school durin g th interr gnurn. It is our good fortun e that th e cho J has been in hi rno t co mp t nl hande and th [hi Ex utiv Mr P ter Hugh s, Mr Margar t L thbrid ge, Mr John Ka y and M Maria mith . W xpr s our warm t g ratilud to lh e m all. wa

Chairman of Council Camet fielding with Cmig COll sidille (f/ear! of Mackie), 1.1'0 111 (' flin/, Lillian Morgan and Yvo nne /~ound (close friend s of tIll.' latc 'Ja ck' Morrisoll) alld Neville HiI'd, the execu tor of his estate at 1"(' Mackie /Iou se celehra tioll s.

Results speak h' r 's u lls (rom 011 g s lud 'nls ca mpi lin g lh ir V E in 1995 w're most pi asing wilh (irSl round t rLiary plac s won by praclica ll y v ryon (rom lh 011 ge. v r 55% of II g s lud nts obtain d lh ir first pr f fen a nd 20.9 % ga in d their s co nd , in ludin g ntry into th v ry s I cti v M dicin and Law urs a l M Ib ume a nd Monash Universitie . Fo llowin g u ual trends, a ignificant numb r of oIl ge stud nts will b goin g ith r to the U ni versity of M Ibo urn (33.3 %) or Deakin (23.2 %). Of the 181 students who a pp lied through VTAC (Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre), 177 were offer d a tertiary place for 1996. Three Co ll ege students scored a TER excess of 99.00. The Dux of the Coll ege, Cameron Knott, achieved a TER of 99.75 and gained entry into Medicine at Melbourne University. a than Lam bert and William Mills also performed exceptionally well to score in excess of 99.00. athan ained entry into Compu ter Science/Media Arts at Melbourne Univ rsity, and William is studying Law, also at Melbourne University. There are only approximately 400 stud en ts in the whole of Victoria whose TER exceeds 99.00, reinforcing the outstanding re ult from the thr e boys. Victoria Mol, a 1995 CE tudent was awarded the Premi r' ward for h er ac hievement in Environmental Science.

by VCE Co-ordinator, Mr Warren Harris

TER

>99 .00 95.00-98.00 90.00-94 .95 85.00-89.95 80.00-84 .95 70.00-79.95 60.00-69.95 50.00-59.95 40.00-49.95 30.00-39.95 <30.00

NUMBER OF ST UDENTS

3 19 21 20 10 33 24 18 12 12 9

1.7 10.5 11 .6 11 .0 5.5 18.2 13.2 9.9 6.6 6.6 5.0

The figures shown above indicate that 23.7 % of The Geelong College 1995 cohort were ranked in the top 10% of the state. This is a very creditable re ult, gi en that there are no entrance requirements into Year 12 other than the satisfactory completion of the relevant number and type of Year 11 CE subjects. Th figure of 23.JO{, compares favourably with the 27 .JOlo

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ar on linu e be en ur aim is ap pr a habl as po sib l to III mb 'rs o( lh ' stud nl bod and to h Ip wi lh en qu ries or -on rn, a s lud 'nl ma have. A(ler iniliall goi ng lhrough a

achieved by the College' s 1994 student group. The Geelong College' s top ten students (1995) consisted of six boys and four girls; sev en of those studied a course w hich w as predominantly Mathematics/ Science and the other three studied courses which were mainly Humanities.

ABOVE: Dux of The Geelang College, Cameron Knott scored a

TER of 99.75 Photo cou.rtesv of the Geelong Adv~

The TER is calculated from ' scaled' study scores; the study scores are awarded by the Board of Studies on the basis of CAT results and the maximum core in any particular study is 50. Only about 0.1 0 0 of candidate would achieve a core of 50 in a particular study and three College students managed, v ery creditably to achieve a study core of 50.

by Bell Broad chool Cap tain

learning stage in our new po itions, we ar now ettling into our role apabl and confidently and are enjo ring the opportunity given to e particularl, look fonvard to with Dr Turner in al. y are al 0 to know a man a p ible and look f rward t havina tudent in Ivement and upp rt in 11 hool a tivitie whi h will r i e ho I pirit t n w h i ht . We w 1 me th halleno-e f r pre en tin the tudent body in l 9 .

lthcnllg wilh Dr Tllma are Ihe 1996 Prefects. Back row frol1l left: j\ fic/racl Hell tfrson Ben Broad (-dIOOI Cap tain), Ft'li-ity ElIlsdle Archie Paton, Gt't1rc'C Taylor alld .\ larew: IIttOIl. Frollt row fn III It:ft: Emily ll:'t'Y k..athenlle 'Yapla Dr Tllma, Aisha Ryan /aet]lIi Girl'an llnd -Iare Haylock.

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come fr m A neid , H m r ' account f th j urneyinaf Aeneas and hi family upporter after the fall of Tro\' f the Gree - . Their journey ultimately ended at the mouth of the Tiber and h,'o of the ons of Aenea , Romulu and Remu , are rea-arded a the founder of Rome. Thi linking of Gree and Latin ource in the College cre t and motto is indicative of Georg e ~10rrison' belief in the importance of the clas ic in education. The name Pegasu was uppo ed to be derived from the Greek work for 'spring' and he was said to have been born 'at the springs of the ocean' at the time of the slaying of the Gorgon (edusa) by Perseus, when her blood was fertilised by Poseido n . Thereafter, Pegas us flew to Olympus and placed himself at th e disposal of Zeus to whom he brought th underbol ts. One The Pegasus 15 located where students gather during their breaks - not too far of these flights took from the Tuck Shop! him to Mount where, H e li co n

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whi h a pri no' ub qu ntl)' named Bipp The ~ru e [ alii P (epi p try); Oi (hi try); P lyhymnia (mime); Ent rp (flute); Erato (lyTi ch ral p err;.-); Terp i h re (light ver e and dance) ; 1elpome m e (trad gy); Thalia (comedy); Urania (a tronomy)] lived on '10unt Helicon and Hi ppocre n became their favouri te place to gather and dance . Later, it was the place w here Bellepheron captured Pega us and made him hi teed while he performed a numb r of act of \ ' alOUT.

The idea of having a statue of Pega u in the College ground had been di cu ed for many years . Ea rly protagoni ts were John Roger, who was Chairman of Mobil and on the ColJege Council in the 1950 , and Austin Gray, who took photo of statues of Pega us wherever he travelled. By 1994 it seem d tim e to trans late ideas into action and I poke to John Rog rs' on , Bill and Allan, w ho agre d . The excellent s tatu e of Ph ar Lap by Peter Corlett at Fl e m in gton Racecourse indicated a sc u lpto r who knew horses, s o h was a pproach ed . H e wa s show n possible sites at the CoIl ge and prepared a maquette of the proposed work to be cast in bronze. This was approved by the Co ll eg Counci l in March 1995, s ubj ct to fund s be in g ava il ab l . Th total s um was promised within a f w weeks following ap proac h s to repr se ntatives of fiv o ll ege famili es: th Be tts, ra ys, a il s, Rogers a nd WettenhaJJ s. Th Wettenhalls included m mb rs of th e Dennis clan, th e Lad es, th Martin s a nd th e M nz i s, a ll

o f th fami ly. Th reafter, w rk pr d d ra pidl y b , P ter orl tt nd th M ridian F undr w hi h did th a tin g. The tatu i f Pega us w ith wings ou t pread a bo ut to ta ke to the air fr m the rock u rface of Mount H licon . Th granite rocks are th You Ya ngs and were generous ly provided by Dav id Burne and hj s famil y including his dau g hter Annie Young. From on e of th e rock s, water rrickles where Pegasu s s rru ck his hoof to p roduce the spring known as Hip pocren e. The cos t of the ins talJa b on wa born e by th e College a nd th e commitm en t by Greg Tomkin, th Property M a na ger, and th e s taff refl cted the en thu iasm of a ll who were part of this projec t. The inte res t ta k n by all connec ted with the Co lleg , including s tudents and staff, has b n marv Uou s and m ost re warding for th d onors. We look forward to P ga u being an insp iration for y ar to co me for all who see him a nd lik wi aspire_ reach th s tars. P rhap , lik tlW' Mu ses in Mo unt H li co n, Pega us co uld b co m a foc u f outdoor ve nts f joyful thanks a nd c lebra ti o n.

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The area bounded by Morrisoll Ilall, ti,e Rolland eellire alld tile Cloisters where the Pegasus Scu lpillre is sited, is tile area wllere Sellior cllOol sttulellt s gather durillg breaks. Dr 'nlrl[(! r liaS Ileid discus iOll s willi Pref ects allr! students alld followillg their illPllt, it has beell decided to call IIle sqllare "Ilelicon Place". AIIII/lni Givillg fllllcls IIlis year will be dirc cted towards illlprovillg this area to /II eettllc sill dellt s lI eeds allr! will ill corf1ornt e jJavillg, ade/it iOllal plalllillgs of trees alld 11I'II/7S, ouldoor fumi tllrc alld sllefl er.

the Geelong College Challenge

by Carole Hazell Deputy Head of the Preparatory SchooL

n th magnific nt autumn inventive mind of Prep . School wca th r of th w kcnd of 23 teacher Mr Stuart McCallum, to and 24 March, th third annual stretch the creativity, ingenuity and 01 1 g Challenge was co-operation of the teams. co ndu ct d at the Pr paratory Spectators were able to observe the tearns as they grappled with the School. Fifteen local primary school s (Anglesea, B Ilaire, Clifton problem of building a bridge strong Springs, Crovedale, Manifold enough to support the weight of the four team members and their 20 kg H eights, Montpellier, Ob ron South, Pt Lonsdale, Rollins, Roslyn, sack of wheat over a , crocodile infested Norlane ravine' . Materials W est, Sou t h they were required Geelong, to use included treated pine logs, . :erne Hill, W ...;r oveda l e binder twine and West and one length of rope. It was essential Surfside) that the wheat be w ere represented kept dry a by teams of requirement that two boys and appears quite two girl from simple given the Year 6. Th superb Cha ll enge conditions of celebrates cothe day. education, However, the Overall winners of the 1996 Geelong College late arrival of a academic Challellge, Manifold Heights Primary Sd100l achievement rain storm students, work on their environmentally (there were (supplied frielldly dishwasher/ dryillg machine challenges in courtesy of the English, Math rna tics, Science, Art, CFA) tested the resourcefulness of tearns to the utmo t! Drama and Physical Education), The Challenge has become a major working together (mo t of the e ent on the education calendar in challenges required co-opera ti ve _ ffort) and a willingne to 'have a Geelong. The value of the at a wid range of activitie . College are reflected in the Th high.light of the weekend wa Challenge offered to the tudents, in terms of the co-educational, undoubtedly th e Major Problem, which had b en devised b the problem- olving, collaborative

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aspects. Mr Michael Panckridge, assisted by Mr Peter Hughes (Head of the Preparatory School), coordinates the event and is to be congratulated on his excellent leader hip in the project. Individual staff members generously give of their time to organise the Challenges. Every child who participates receives a Challenge certificate and plaques are awarded to the school gaining the highest points in each Challenge area. We are delighted to announce that Manifold Heights Primary School is the winner of the 1996 Challenge Cup.

A proud team from Rollins Primary School displays their solu non to the Science Challenge. The teams had to design and build a device which would slIT<./) the descent of a marble when it was released from a height of 30 em.

BELOW:Members of the Geelong West C.FA. add a touch o realism during the Major Problem.

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e in, r im' l\'ed \\ith \ la ·'e Hue ha b n the e"\c edin 1\' ener u beque t made in the mem I\' f the late Ronald lin a,' \Iorri on by hi brother, the late John Dudley ~lorrison, Both men boarded at the Colleae in the 1930' . fac ~e House uas bathed ill slIllshine a' ot'er 400 gllests enjoyed a luncheon on the lawns oLitside. and the beque t ha allowed the \Iackie Planning Committee, \\'hich has refurbishment ha\' tak n place, development of se parate Year 9 and including major tructural chang met for the past five year , to Year 10 s tud y a reas; and, th e to the donnitorie to provid a complete much needed purchase of new bed s, mattresses, impro,'emen to :\fackie House, cleaner and and more pl ea a nt s tud y chairs and lounge chairs. environment in which to li v; ~Iajor alterations and The da y of th e opening was a lovely prO\'ision of indi vid ual la te s ummer da y attended by many accommodation for th e former Captains of Macki e, current Year 11 bo ; upgrading boarder and th ir families (some of old room, a nd th e who travell d from th co untry), conver io n of the Old Co li gians, Council Members Carrington Room, for and Special eu t , use by Year 12 boys who Current and future board ers will can now all hav sin gle lon g r memb r thi wonderful accom m o d at i o n ; ges ture.

ABOVE: A family affair at the Mackie House Opening: Year 12 boarder Kent Begley from Apollo Bay with his father Jan Begley, grandfather Leonard Beecroft, grandmother Audrey Beecroft, sister Ellen and mother orma Begley,

Arriving for the Mackie I 10lise celebra tioll s, frolll left: AlldrC'w Cos till (Y£'lIr 10) and Mrs Kalherine Cos till frolll Glell Aire, Tilll rflrqllllllrsOIl (Yellr 10) willI his fa ther Greg frol7l Birregllrra, Mr Bruce Cos tin, flllri Mllckil! Ilclll~e 11I1(} r fll/Il Arl leacher, Mr Greg SlIIith, witll his wife Dellise.

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Not ius' a Address given by Archie Paton (Year 12) Mackie Hou se Captain at the gathering to celebrate the refurbishments

ar h re today to h as done a fantastic job, the h no ur two broth rs, Boarders Parents' Support Group, John Du d l y M rrison and last b ut most certainly not least a nd Rona ld Lindsay th e wor k men and women of the Morrison. Dur ing WorJd Co JJ ege who do a great job of Wa r J r Rona ld was a tidyin g everything up, not just on me mber of th RAAF days like today but every day. a nd in this m ade th ran k of flight Again, we thank you all. serg an t. Unfortu nate ly, like so I'd like to trunk back to 1939 when ma ny, he was ki Jl ed in conflict. Mackie was first opened. There was Th la te JO Morrison Uack), who a quote in the Pegasus which read, passed away r ec ntl y, ge n e r o u s ly aJ eft the W residue of his a es tate, s ub s t a nti al am o unt of money, to the College in m e mory of hi bro ther R o n a ld Lindsay. This m on ey, Council Members Mrs Robin Smith and Mrs Bronwyn Moneram with tha t was so Mr Des Gaunt (Grandson of the Jounder of the College, Dr George grac i o u s l y Morrison), Archie Paloll (Mackie House Captain) from Ta/langatta and left, h as, Jane Dennis (Yr 11 Mossgiel boarder) from Lis11lore. fo ll ow in g In beau hj, and in convenience, in light co n ulta tion wi th the e ecutor of hi and air, Mackie House can have few es ta te, been used to reno a te equals in Au tralian schools. Mackie H ou e ru1d for this w aTe This demonstrate how highly very gra t fw . thou ght of ackie was from the We thallk Miss Yvonne Round and time it wa buil t. . Miss Lillian M organ , wh o were In 1994 , hen I tarted boarding, . grea t fri nds of the lat Mx Morrison Mackie Hou e wore the trials of a nd Mr eville Bird, JO Morrison' man ear on a tight budget. oli citor of ta t , a nd his ,," ife Fra ed carpet, ill lit halh ays, the Leo ni e fo r join ing u s on this p ecial od d cold hower, and sub-zero occa ion. temperatW"e in winter (,vhich I wa I wo uld a1 0 lik to wel om and told i uppo ed to be charac ter th e o llege ouncil, th building) were e er pre ent. If ou r hite t w ho onc again

can appreciate playing a hard game of football then wanting to come back for a hot shower and lie in a nice warm bed, it was a shock to come back to a freezing shower and jump into bed blowing frost from yoW" mouth. Regardless of this, Mackie soon became m y second home as it does so easily for most of the boys here. Since the renovations Mackie has been brought back to standard, with new carpet, heaters, lights, inner spring mattresses and a great new paint job. ow Mackie can again be thought of as one of the be t boarding houses in the Associated Public Schools. ackie is an impre ive building, but to tho e of us who live here it' a lot more - it' about mate hip. There is a sense of pirit and tradition in Mackie that i certainly evident. If you come back from a hard day at chool you kno, that you have fifty mate to come back to which £lve u a definite advantage over the day students, and many do'e friend hip are made.

ABOVE: Mr John Gibson (father of Angie, Year 10) with Alister Robson (Mackie House Captain in 93), Jormer boarder Anna Richardson ( 9) and Mrs Sandy Gibson. The Gibsons travelled from Lismore Jor the Mackie House Opening.

LEFT: Year L L\Iossgiei iris joined in tire Ma kie HOl/se celebrations: Edwina Laidla;:(' from Ha71liltOIl, Alicia Peardoll from GlelltilOmpsoll, Eli:abeth O'Briell from Mort/ake, Jane Brads}zn-(, from TiI~bool1 mei Jaeql/ie Delli I is from \. Va~lcoori.

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part of the Outdoor Education program at the Prep hool, the ear 6 tuden attend a five day four night camp in the Airey Inlet/ Angle ea area. The camp ' de igned to expo e the tuden to a range of ne\,- and adventurous recreational pur uits, whil t enabling all of the tudents and taff to become more familiar with one another. The program included water based activities including urfing and canoeing. With Geelong being 0 close to the coast, the e activities enable the children to experience recreational pur uits that are readily available close to their community. Simulated rock climbing on an indoor climbing \",'all both prepare the children for the

outdoor climbing they will undertake in ear 7 and give the children a challenge that they mu t overcome. t the ba e camp, Angahook Holiday Camp, the student al 0 participate in archery, oriente ring, low rope cour e and in itiativ acti vi tie . On one night, the students leave th ba e camp and sleep und r bivvi (plastic heets). Thjs night involv s the children in cooking, night wa lks and campfire games. A major foc us during thi time i co-op ration. Fo r everything to be ac hi eved, cooperation is essential and we a r always delighted to see it happ n.

ABOVE: Canoeing all Lake Fyans tested everyone's balallce and teamwork at the Year 7 Camp.

jonathon Ryan is the Co-ordinator Q Primary Camps, a Year 7 homeroo teacher, Head of Pegasus Jiouse and Co-ordinator of Sport. IJe also coaches athletics and has been at the College since 7989.

ABOVe: Claire Wood, Kalhleen Q'Briell, jessica Crossley, Karn Bell, julia Torpey, jessica Ta ll, II lice I Ii II all d Melall ie Bir/rl/e enjoyed a quiet chal ill Ille early evell inR.

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I ng trad ili n co ntinued us ~ 'u r 7 Hom roups w nl ca mpin g a t th ra mpi ns Nalional Park in first 'G rm . Th a mps hav always b n a part of th O utd oo r Educali n program and th y h av in cr a in gly b n s en a a chan e to form strong r lation hips with peers and t achers a rl y in th e yea r. Th ca mps thi s yea r wer very s uccessful a lth o ugh 7 and 7P had to cope wi th so m unpl easant w ather. The stud ents ca mp d in tents with th eir own Home Groups at Lakeside Camping Ground or Halls Gap or Lake Fyans Camping Ground. Each group was accompanied by their home room teacher an d home room

ABOVE: icholas Spolding, Richard BlItler alld Willimll Hurst cooking lip a storlll.

tutor and an a si tant. Meal time . . were busy and the tudents had to . take T pan ibility for orne of the preparation and organi a tion. It wa wonderful to s e a man p op le willing t hare the w rkl ad .

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BELOW: 7R in the Grampians at The Pinnacle

by Ma rga ret Oates

challenge in the form of abseiling, rock climbing, canoeing, hiking or camping out under a bivvy (plastic sheet). The activities were led by experienced professionals who all had an enthusiastic approach and a warm rapport with the children. The look of achievement and pride on so many faces a the, reached the top of the rock face was a joy to ee. Camp of any sort provide challenge for children and the Grampians camp was no e ception. The tudents were encouraged to take responsibili ty for their actions, to be independent and to show concern for other in their group. lithe taff were delighted vvith the the hildr n conducted th m lve and e tabli hed themsel e \ ithin their group. OUI

ABOVE: TI7£re's even time for a birthday treat at camp! Rae Pallett, Julie Fryman and Emma Crowl celebrate.

1996 Year 7 i a group to be proud of and we look forward to haring in their future progre .

Ma r aret Oates 15 the Year 7 Co-ordillator and teaches laths and oence to )-ears / and . /7£ i_ Head of Minerva HalL , coadles hockey and before CDlIlill to Colle e ill 1994 tWS a VCAB Assessor and tau ht Biola J in a ,-'ariety of schools. LEFT: Tim rVilli,mls and ~ViII J"/111in s mOl'e Iiddl" the oat before ~ettil1 >

down to smolls chopping. LCFT: Hallh Le'. bii, lrrs alld 'hoi-spots' receive IIrgcllt attclltiOIl .

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b mc nl in I - x gr up cpt d . Th r wa o m t th c te ff at c - d gr up , but lhi ha b n a ll ay d mpl t I . Rather, o ur tud e nts ha demo n boa t d tha t 14 year o ld b a nd g irl ca n b have in a mann r that displ ays mutual r pe t a nd considera tion alld it has b n a delight to hear the po iti co mrn nts tha t have com e from the ollangarra leadership. The camps end on a Friday and th e r turn bus journey is usually a sombre affair - tha t is until the bus reaches McDonald s at Pakenham! but

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by Geoff- fillar

n 1 - the utd or Education rOQTam at the Colle \\-a e'\tended int l ear 9, the fir t of four years that tuden pend at the eruor chool. \\1UI t utd or Education is the cante\. t - and much valuable knowledge and e.\.'Perience are gained bv the tuden about li\ing in and ~aring for our natural em-ironment - the main theme developed during the students' time awa,' concern relationship _ The program is held at \ "oUangarra, a pioneer- tyle camp for up to 26 tudents, ituated on the _ lacalister River just outh of Licala_ Our Year 9 attend the camp in English clas group beginning almo t immediately a the chool year commences_ The Wollangarra experience emphasises involvement, co-operation and consideration and the leaders at the camp pend a lot of their time engaging our tuden in conver ation. The camp is different from others in many ways_ I program requires that all students (and teacher )

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in beh\-een wim in the cold ~Iacali ter River. urpri e to the tud nt e\'erythino- on the Wollangarra ri\'erflat has b en built by volunteer (and mot I y adole cent) labour, Thj include the trench tha t carrie the telephone cable which \ a dug one metre into ground and follow a three kilometre track Louise Duff and Stephanie over the Holbery put their artistic talents surrounding hiJJs. to good use. On Tuesday, th e students begin their three day bush walk in th mountains north of Li co la . Th students are di vid ed into two grou ps of a bou t ] 2 and are I d by the Wollangarra lea d ers. Ea ch group compl etes a slightl y diFf rent walk in th e sam e general area and, whenever possi bl e, in s pirational views are so ught as reli Ffrom th ose heavy packs. Th wa lks ar paccd so that every s tudent ca n be invol ved .

Geoff Millar is the Director of Curriculum and was a member of the Outdoor Education Committee which formed part of the 1993 Strategy Review. [17 1994 the College Council de term i ned that it favours the pu rchase of a Collegeowned permanent Outdoor Education site and is part of the College long ten planning strategy.

Thursday evenings see th e whol e class re united ba ck at th WolJangarra homestead. A Fas t which has been provid d by th o lea ders who stayed back a t bas is enjoyed by even th e sm a ll s t a t r. Everylhing I!lIl ers Wol/(lIIgnrrn over 1111'

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ith the help of computer t chnology The Ceelong Co ll ege school li brary ca n now b accessed by students 24 ho urs a day. Bel ieved to be the first chool Ii brary in the state to offer such a resource, students and staff can access, via m odem, all the programs they work with at school at anytime fro m the comfort

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Librarians Mr Lea Quail an d Mrs Chris Lean, Computer Manager Mr Kip Mainwaring and Geelong computer company Think Technology have worked together to es tablish an off campus access sys tem via modem w here members of The Geelon g College school communi ty can gain access to the library reso urces after closing time.

The group has established three access telephone lines on a rotary ser vice and have loaded software mirroring the current school computer network terminals on to its server. Mr Lea Quail said staff and students from the Prep and Senior schools will be able to gain access to the resources of the library from their computer at home, download the information they require on to their own computer and continue working from there. The College's first commitment is to its own students and staff so, at this stage, the system has not been placed on the World Wide Web. Users of the system will be provided with the software and password protection to enable them to dial directl into the system,

Izumiolzu delegation of officials from the City of Izumiotsu in Japan spent several days in Geelong recently to reaffirm the iter-city relationship that ha b en established between the two citie . We wcr plea ed to invite tile official to visit the Preparatory hool; ince 1992 our student and tcach r xchange vi its to Izumiot u have b cn supported enthu ia tically by tllc Mayor and hi ounci!. W · w !com d Mr Tcrukazu hatani, the Mayor of Izumiotsu, Mr Itideo K nishi, th Chairman of th Municipal A embly, and Mr u umu Toy ni hi, thc ity Offic r, on F bruary 8. In spit of the extremely heavy

thus restricting usage to those Jjcensed to do so by the school. This access does not require the user to pay for time to a service provider as with the Internet. As well as the library catalogue with all the bibliographic details of aU the books, videos and other resources held in the library, the system will provide students ilie opportunity to access other reference data and programs including: • References and data bases on ilie network CD tower wiili a downloading facility eg copying/ coaching information such as from an encyclopedia, etc., • Individual discs where no multiuser licence is held, • Specialised software such as Mafus programs, and • DOS data bases loaded on ilie computer centre server (eg Echoview), for newspaper indexing which is useful for English CAT 1. All ilie features on ilie system are familiar to ilie students as iliey have access to all iliese facilities when ilie library is open

by Lea Quail Senior Librarian

LEFT: Sally Curwood (Year 12) and Jules Robert (Yea r 12) work on programs in the library which are naw available to be accessed, via modem, from home.

by Carole Ha:ell Deputy Head MIddle School

rain we experienced on that day, we were able to give our visitors a comprehensive tour of the SdlOOI and its facilities. During the visit tile officials were able to meet Mr Peter Hughes, Head of Preparatory School and Mr Carole Hazell, who led tile 1994 exchange visit to Izurniotsu. They ,·" ere al 0 introduced to tile members of taff who will accompan our tudents to Izumiot u in September this year: Mrs Diane Bourke, Mr Lesli Hatton and Mrs Coral Turner. Mayor Chatani ha on everal ccasions reit rated hi interest in, and on going commibllent to the economic, cultural and educational ben fit to be derived from both citie a a result of this

Happy to be photographed for Ad Astra are, fr01l1 left: Peter Hu he_ (Head of Prep. choo/) Mr T 01atani (Mayor ~ I:umiotslI City), Diane BOl/rke (Director of Campbell HOl/se) 1\1r H Konishi (Olatrlllall of Mllllicipal Assembly, I:lI1l1iotSII), Carole Ha:ell (Dq11/t:' Head ofPrq1. elwo!), Ir TO:lollislti (City Officer, I:llllliotslI) . Cr k Edwards (City o.f Greater Gee/ong).

affiliation. \ e certainly look fODvard, at the Prep School, to continued trong bonds between th teacher, students and their familie who are able to participate in iliese exchanges.

Australian in the making

Mhl tcs 1,11"kc Cilpp j a \. ry su" :sful ilthleti ' s Se:1S n with outstm:iing perf rmane at n:ier- ge the Austr.1li'ln Ch 1pi""lnship. at lympie Pork th "'innina two g I j m dal . r<2ie, -till nly 11 ~ 'ea _ ld, led all the " 'ay t \, 'n the Cni r 14 "OOm final. till eli2ible for th n \.t thr

a n \\' tate and \ lct rian ee \" countn' ree rd. :-\ t to be out-d ne b\' his \'oun er _mer Da\id, 1-, als mashed his re,ious t t \,-in the under 1 -lOOm in a time of -! .o ec ..

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residence he College \'\'as privileged for a week in March to welcome writer Mr David Harris to the School in his capacity of Historian in Residence. So often we speak of writers, arti ts or musicians in residence, however, Mr Harris was quite comfortable ~ with the title Historian in Residence r Harris, from Adelaide, discovered a Lost Roman City in I ortn West China and has written several books most recently completing a commissioned history on the great Australian backyard icon the 'Hills Hoist' . Mr Harris, who has spent much time in China, focussed his often lighthearted sessions on Chinese and Russian revolutions for students of Religjon and History in the Senior School.

T Left to right: • 'athan jose, TIm Harris and, 'atalie Grace (all from Year 11) looking at some of the 'artifacts' Mr Harris has collected on revolutions.

CLOC}(1. 7S£: J 'e-LV . Iaff al the Prl?p school Tracey jennrngs, Paul jeffreys and Mandy Wee :. , 'e-u.' Art· A. istanl TnclQ McQlIIrln Happy 10 be part of the Senior School, from left: Andrew Payne, Donna Lannan and [an Cochrane,

ew staff always bring fr h ideas and so me n w practices a nd w wa rml y welcome ou r 1996 me mb r of staff this y aT. Ian Cochran comes from t Joseph's in Ceelon g wh re h was Head of English. fan is teachin g English, H istory and Politics. Cla ir Jon s, who is teaching nglish and H istory, comes to us from Q u en Coli ge at Melbo urn Univ rsity, And rew Pay ne, who is t ach ing Busin ss St udies, co m 's from Moron go (wh re he was De puty H ead befor it clos d) via lh Christia n Coll ege. Donna La nn a n, who was Maths Co-o rdin a lor a t l Bri gid' s Co ll ege in Hors ha m, ta ughl

pa rt-tim a t oll eg la l y ar a nd this y a r i t a h ing full -tim and coachin g Y a r a nd 10 gi rl ' bas k tball. Tr icia M Qu inn i ur n w Arts A isla nl. In th Pr pa ra lory hoo l, P ul J Hr ys ha j in 'CJ lh st f from Th Ilulchin s ho I in I I ba rl. I I is tea hin g a Y a r 5 I ss. M ncJy W k i o u r n 'w R ' ep li oni s l, Trac 'y J nning ', o ur n w Mid d l hoo l Labo ra lo ry T hni ia n, and Pc lri ia I Ie Isa ll has jo in ' <..I th e staff of lh Aft ' r- hoo l i.1r' IJrogra m. All h v s ttl ' d w' ll into th ' rh y thm o f o ll 'g lif ' e nd crc nj oy in g lh ' va ri ous as p ls of th ir wo rk h r' ,

Cradle Mountain by {'red Dllioll former Warden of the J10u se of Guilds

h ' firs L Tasmanian Il ik : 31 0 m b r 1945 Lo 27 January·1946. L ad r: Dr John B ch rva ise lud cnts: Brian Moy l (41 ), Mars hall Jacks n (43), Fr d ' lli oll (41), Tr vor Ll oyd (44), John Wi ggins (44), A Tr wi n (d c), R Billing (42, d c) M r B cherva ise' sis t r, Mrs M oo ke (n Barnes) join d th hike at radl Mou ntain and Mrs Betty r nhi ll a nd Mr Les Green hill b ca m altached to the party at Pine Va ll ey hut. After disembarking from the Naira na at Burnie on New Years Day, the p ar ty took the Em u Bay Railway to Cui ldford and set off along a track to Cradle Mountain . This petered out and was lost after

lh first day. A day long reconnaissance toward s Cradle Moun tain proved difficult going in th at direction, so we set off down th river w hi ch flowed past our camp. Fi ve very djfficul t days ens ued (on on night we camped a little over 400m from the previous camp) until a farm was reached. We found the neighbourhood was known as Loongana and the ri ver th Leven . (The gorges through which we struggled are now a tracked tourist area) . Cradle Mountain was reached several days later and four days were spen t there climbing and sightseeing. The journey through the Reserve down to Lake St Gair was enjoyable, especially as only four other people were met on the

Pictured in the Junior Dining Hall for the group photo are, standing from left: Brian Mayle (41), Chris Cameron, Trevor Llayd (44), Don Cameron (42), Fred Elliott (41), Marshall Jackson (43). Sitting from left: flma Cameron, Joan Lloyd, Dr Turner and Clare Jackson.

way; a contrast to the present overcrowded conditions. Our golden jubilee reunion was held in the Junior Dining Hall on Saturday 10 February 1996. We were delighted to be welcomed to the College by Dr Turner and Maria Smith who organised the function.

· OGCA Cocktail Party o mark 21 years of coed ucation in 1995, the OCCA commissioned highly regarded local sculp tor, oel Essex, to crea te a work of art as its gift to the College. On Saturday 18 May at 4.00pm, the President Lindy Wall will officially hand over the sculpture titled "Sic 1tur" to the Principal Dr Pauline Turner. A large wall work carved from blue

stone and marble pieces will unfold on the wall ahead as one walks through the main oble Street gates into the Senior School. Mr Essex has created a work that depicts a sense of happiness and sharing in the inter-relationships of girls and boys at the College, reflecting at the same time the College motto "Sic 1tur Ad Astra". All Old Collegians and partners and members of the College community

are invited to attend this special occasion. Enclosed in this edition of Ad Astra is an invitation reply form. For further enquiries please telephone Kristen Fry ill the Community Relations Office on (052) 263123. We look forward to seeing you and encourage Old Collegians to meet our new Principal Dr Pauline Turner on this day.

Toad of Toad Hall he first school production of the year, 'Toad of Toad Hall', i currently in rehearsal. A cast of 60 students is singing, dancing and acting their way to perfection. The play i scheduled to open with a public dre s rehear al on Monday 27 May through to closing night on Saturday 1 June. As well as the e\'ening performance , tl1e cast ",rill also be putting on five matinee performance for junior audience from 10 al chool . It promi e to be a fantastic how which hould not be mis ed . Ticket are a\'ailable from Reception in the enior School from \. edne day 1 t--.1ay and telephone enquirie t 1r Jean Cameron, S nior chool Receptioni t, on (052) _63111.

amli D 'Allel'n 01/(/ liL'r grow /lI1ollicl; A II'S Isabelle Gilbertsoll, (,lIjoylllllcli 011 II,e 1I111J1bell /l ol/sL' play cql/iplllclIl dl/rillS mlldparL'lIls alld Special Fricllds Oa!!.

by Fiona Kne:::evich Head of Drmna

WELCOME TO letters to the editor Just ,1 Shl r t no te l1f th" nk.s fl r th' h1s p italit) \\ hi ' h lic ha d Pane ri ige ,md thl: t(\lm how ed lUI _ tu ients l n the \\' eek.en d ' s h lllenge 1 ' ti\ ities. It , ,'as a \ ery pleasant suq ri~e to \,'in th hall en \.., n our firs t attempt but the Wf'C end w as t1 hug _u " ess well before th final The

n thing a\'ailable th m . It ha turned out to be a r al hjcrhlioht of their primary _cho I life _ far. Th y ha\'e learnt ome \'aluable kill of o-operation and nj yed om !ITeat £un acti\iti . Please pas on our congratulation to ~lichael and the team for all their effor . ' \'e look forward to participatin cr in 1997. Peter Cro ett c1100 1 Co-ord inator M anifold Height Primary choo l It is \\ith great pleasure that I write on behalf of the team of Oberon South tudents who participated in your recent College Challenge. An absolutely great time was had by all; myself included. Our team member pre ented reports to parent and student attending our school assembly this morning and it 'vas obyious from their comments (and from my personal observations) that they had what has to be described as a truly great educational experience. In fact, I would say it would have to rate as a unique opportunity for any Year 6 student - a once in a lifetime experience. For my part, I fOUf1d it a truly inspirational re-charge; to be in such a great educational envir onment and surrounded by s uch dedicated

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trul) prnil'ss iL1na l ,lnd yl't sL'l1siti\'l' rl."',1I" i lor th 'i r t, Ul's ts. I l'll unt 111' sl'if ,1S bl'i n g \ l' r\, forlun Ll tl' i n ~i L L'd " nd I loo k. forward to till' l p pM tunity of <l);a in sampl ing \' llur hl SF ita lity " t nn.t year 's h" IIL' I1f,L'. ( nl">ra tul atio ns l n ,1 truh" Cll' r 'a t \:' achie\'l.ment and best wish's f) r thl' c lmi nl:; ) car. JOlrll Flatt Depart"lll elltal Leader verO/l aI/til Pril/lary , hool The namin o- f Davey Hou. ' \\ a well th ught u t. J\! t many a rc h n ured by havin a bui lding o r park. nam d aft r them, pecia lly while th yare ali \-e, and jud ing fr m th two picture in th la t magazine, D intend u tl iv many of hi pupil! I could n t help bu t c ntra t th benjgn portrait of thi cho la rl)' grandfather, n \\' n di pia ' in Davey Hou e, with th m n ta l image he manacred to c njure up in the nin and ten \'ear old board r in Dorm 1 back in 19 . To m k.nowledge, D did not tach at the Prep School in tho e da , bu t would occa ionally do evening d u ty in the Junior Do rmi to ri and en ure that d i ci pi ine was maintained a we we r put to b d . Rules were mct and non wer more vigilant than D in thei r maintenance. Talking after lights o u t wa a lso forbidden, but to ens ure th boy had their fu ll measure of I p was no ea y acco mpli hm e n t. 0 mas ter co ul d a pproac h Do rm 1 down that creaki ng corrid or of o ld boa rds and polished lin o l um without so un din g like a fo r st of ancien t gu m s s tressed in a winds tonn . Mir acles were ca ll d fo r an d onl y Des co nsis t ntl y managed to invo ke th e help of a more powerful and sinis ter d eity.

You m,lY b' l' Uri(lli S ,)S I ) w he lh ' r th ' ,)lI lhor e ver l' peril' /) eli lhe s liPIWf"_ For Vl',1rs I was' ' rtain lhal I h,1LL Such \i L)S till' in t ' nsl' nlt'nla l il11 L1gl' rv I l'S c1' rl cr at d in ur s u. cLptibl ' mind s - for so litt! a ' lual punis hnll'nl, Ihal p rh t p. I didn ' t! Rolll'rt PYlll'r ( 2) lVi h t's 101/11/17 ill, Q ld o u \ ill rc oll ce l tha t a l th a lh c rin g las t unda y ( Ma rch, la ki I l O ll . R furbi hm nt a th ~rin g) Mr Fi Idin g qu o ted me a. a ing th a t " Maggi " ba thed ix b in th m ba thw a t r o n I wa wr ng. It too k p lac n und ay wh n we were ad rned with Eto n co ll a rs and gi thr p nc to put in th pla t . Arc hi e Sha nn o n, on of th e ve try men, wo uld adm o nis h us to ' put in o ur blood y treys'. J regre t t ay tha t often more ' tr ys' were ta ken o ut tha n w re put in, as the maximum pock t money p rmitted was on shjllin g p r w k. un d ay - aJld I a m writing a bout th year 1927 - wa a ' di 5 no n'. Sport of an y kind wa no t a llo wed . We march d to "St George's" in th e mo rnin g to h a r th e R v 'Squ eak r ' R nto ul p rfo rm in th e pulpit - I m a n p rfo rm , as v ry no w and th n h e wo rk d him If up to a p itch of xc it m e nt a nd n arly jump d o ut of th pulpi t. Letters had to b w ritt n to ho m . After lun ch Mr Roll a nd wo uld address us for ab ut a n ho ur n o me as of r li gion _ Th d ay wa th en 0 to njoy o ur e lv 5 t mp r d by th e th o u g h t fo r th o in th e nio r Sc h 01 o f a n th r hike to St o rg 's in th v nin g. Fortun a t Iy, in la t ' r lif I f und th a t r had b n ba ptis d in th hurch f ngland a nd wac; a bl to t k a bri sk wa lk nex t do r a nd m til ·rmitag g irl . We did have o ld showe rs durin g th k! Des m ond Gran d on of fo rm ' r Prill cipa l, Or Geo rge M o rri on Bo rdin g s hoo l is und lUbt dl y mu h mo r ' o mfort b lc in th nin ti s than it w s in th ' forti A lii ler M cLeorl (44)

Cricket by Geoff Neilson (42)

n a lurd ay 24 F bru a ry, m mbers of th 1946 a nd1 947 01l cge 1stX I ri k t t a ms nj oy d a r marka bl e r uni o n cco mpani d, in most , by th ir w ivcs. Th p cia l f a tur of th r uni o n was th t a ms had won th firs t tw o APS cri cket pr mj rsl1ips fifty a nd ro rty-nin years ago r s p cb v Iy. JOhJ1 Ch a m bers a nd Jcff H a ll bo ne went o n to make ce n tu ri es for Victoria in th e Sheffie ld Shield com pe ti tio n. Everyone wh o had pl ayed in th e two team s was able to be contac ted and only three were unabl e to a tt nd .

ABO VE: (/-r) Bob Bell, David WallaceSlIIith, Allister McLeod alld Geoff eilson enjoyed lookillg at souvellirs before the dillller.

Thanks to the Maria Smith, DiJ"ector of Co rrununity Relation , the form er player ",,,ere given a _ warm welcome as they ani ed a t W th ova l w here morni ng tea was ava il abl e as th 1996 1s t Xl were pl ay in g aga in t We ley in w arm a nd un.n co nd iti on (wlu h \ er a l a a ttri buted t

AROVe: (lr) Hob Lcggafl , [lIIall MeI .CIlII, " Il l' Lcggllfl olltl Johll ralnJllcr CIllI g ill "F rillrillg Illomillg Ico Oil Ille erige of 1111' IIIllill OPIlI .

All the cricketers, spouses and staff gathered for a happy group photo. Back TlYU) from left: Allister McLeod, Geoff Neilson, Kevin Officer, David Wallace-Smith, John Urbahns, Bob Bell, John Cruickshank, John Dickson, Allan Rogers and Jeff Ha llebone. Third row from left: Gwenda eilson, John Chambers, Brian Nuttall, Bob Leggatt, En id Logie-Smith, Jill Dickson, Ewen McLean, George Logie-Smith. Second row from left: Merilyn Chambers, Ma rgaret Wallace-Smith, Sue Leggatt, Dr Turner, Alison Bell, Carol Burch and June Cruickshank. Seated from left: Mary McLeod, John Falconer, Des Davey and Geoff Burch.

Maria Smith's efforts !). Lunch was provided in the Dining Hall where Dr Pauline Turner w elcomed the party. Bob Bell, 1946 ice Captain and 1947 Captain, re ponded . A display of memorabilia of the era had been arranged. Bob Bell presented some archival m a terial to Ewen cLean and John Chambers pre ented Dr Turner wi th his school cricket cap . Former staff members from the forties - Even cLean, George Logie-Smi th and De Davey joined the group for lunch and many were rernini cences exch anged. After vvime ing the plendid defeat of \ e ley on the oval, orne of the vi itor toured the enior chool find ing orne familiar igh t among t the man I la ter addition . A Dinner follow ed a t the Amba ador Hotel

Geoff eilson, as well as being a fine cricketer, was a former ScJwol Prefect, fonner C/Ulirman of Council and former President of the Foundation Board. Footnote: TIl£ Geelong College 1 t XI LL ill depart 011 a four week cricket tour of England in JunelJuly 1996. TIle team will play again t many English schools and this will proc. ide a great opporhll1ity for shldent to improve their cricket. TIle team i_ conductil1 seteral flmdraising activities in preparation for the et'e71t Q/ld support is reatlyappreciated.

w ho m had n fi fty ear . B 1' E: (I-r) Allister McLeod who CIlIllC frolll Adelaide Johl1 hnlllbcrs ll1/d Allall ROc?frS z('/w CIlIIIC frOIll _ ydllcy (('crt' delighted to sec each other

ABOVE: (I-r) John 01llmbers presenting his baggy green cap to Dr. Turner

The Boatshed in action on a Saturday morning .

Cry R.! ella rd .\-farris

Head oj Boys' Ro-.rin

aturday 3 February - 1996 was an important day to remember for upporters and friend of College ro,,·ing. After a ummer marked by wintery weather, the clouds parted on cue at ·tOOpm for the official opening of the new Boat Shed.

ABO VE. Gary Colton (58)" oel Bradburt/ (coach and current parent), Jack Ayerbe (Co-ordinator of the ROWing Parents' Support Group), Graeme Sanders (RllWing Support Group) and Peter Bubb (Ro-UJlng Parents' Support Group) discu5sed rowing issues before the Albert Bell Club Dinner.

Following a welcome by the Chairman of Council Mr Gamet Fielding and an introduction by the Principal, Dr Pauline Turner, it was most appropriate that the Patron of

the lbert Bell Club, ~[r Rob rt Purnell, p rformed the actual ceremony. He recounted om wonderful rowing toTies r f1ecting the long and proud tradition of rowing at the College. For a number of rea ons, the opening wa a wonderful occa ion for more than five hundred gue ts including a broad ero ection of upporter drawn from past and present parent, coache, taff, captain -of-boa and rowers (back to 1936) and all donors to the lbert B II Club Boat hed App al. For some the day brought old school friends togeth rand provoked a flood of fond memorie and colourful torie from days gone by. For others the occasion meant the realisation of a bold dream which was made possible by the vi ion, enormous effort and generosity of so many. lnd e d with such a magnificent structure that is both visually appeali ng and a functional home for over 200 rowers and their equipment, th r was good reason for a ll to b' w II pleased with the final r su it. Upstairs the me ting area has b' 'n name the" Albert B II Cl ub Room" in recognition of th ' signifi cant contribution of the mcmb rs to the Boatshed Appeal. We warmly

ABOVE:: Roberl Pllrl/ I'II, rower III Ille ~IX sea l In 194 7 I sl VI/I alld III 111(' fiftll 'cal //I 1948, coaclled JlIII/UTC'lghl ~ III Ihe Inle fifl,," and fimslml coadlll/X /III' 211d Vll/lIl/der Alberl81'1I. JII' was Ihl' fir~1 SC'CT(, llI ryof tile Alberl Bell lu/1 II/ 19751111111111' f Ollr children Kali', 11e/i'I/, I/OI/o (/1/(1 'I ml' who have all raWI'd for II/(' College. A IlfL' IIII/e supporler of mWl/lX, II(' IS ,1101(11/ II('n' hljorl' IIII' Boalslll'eI 0PC'IIIIIX wll" Ille /J('(It/ of Boys' [<OWlIIg, I<ic/lllrd MIl/lI', (/lIIlllcod of Girls' [<OUIII/X, Marg(/Te'l l.t'/llfmd,'\c'.

thank th 'm for their ongoing S LlP~ orl, both pr< ti <11 and fin,n ial.

A day to remember Gelling ready for tlteir row after tile I lead of the River were the 1976 1st VIII rowers,from left : 0011 Cooper (str), Brell Alllezdroz (7), Richard Carr (cox), Alldrew Morrison (6), Geoff E/1/mell (5), John Olliff (4), Sandy Cameron (3), Sandy Hut/on (2) and Stewart Bell (bow).

The boys 1st VIIl took out a boat for a display row to mark the Opening of the Boatshed. From left: Nick Burnett, Clinton Mitchell, Jeremy Miller, Bowen Lockwood, Stuart Lethbridge, Callan Tenabel, Tim Ayerbe, Warren Keeble and Marcus Sutton (Captain of Boats).

Jat;.A senior girls crew ~howed their rowing

style to the guests at the Boa tshed Opening, from left: Georgina Walker, Natalia Morgan , KrishJ Brown, Bronwyn Galbraitlt (Captain of Boats) alld Megan Robilliard.

Old Collegian and recently re-elected Liberal Federal Member for Corangamite, Ste-wart McArthur (51), with his wife Beverley at the Opening of the Boatshed. Stewart was stroke of the winning 1955 and 1956 1st VITI and expre sed great delight with the new Boatshed.

Lots of happy faces at the Albert Bell Club Dinner, from left: Ewan Mclarty (63), AndreI/} Hill (63), Steve HopeJohnstone (69) u'hose company constructed the new Boatshed, Scott Chirnside(70) and Andre. . /} Steel (72).

Elljoyillg a cltat at tlte Opellillg of tlte Boatslted were, frolll I ~ft: Ricltard Eagles (60), Rholldda Eagles, Alison LawsolI, AlldreIl) Lawsoll (ABC COllllllillee Melllber), Anll Miller alld Gerald Miller (Prcsidellt of the ellior School Parellts' Association).

NItTy Mockridge (77), left , flew dowlI frolll Brisbolle for tilL' Alhat Bell Illb Dillllcr 11//(/ 011 Satllrday clI)O.lferitlll; 1/('l1d of thc I~ipt'r with Iidell PIII'III.'I1 (76), Albert Bell 111/1 Ollllllillce Melll/wr.

TIlc 1966 1st \ 'III cnjoyed catchin lip a11d rowill> a,ftcr the Head l~'- the Ripcr, frOIll It:ft: Peter Yr.l!/Il , Simoll Cole, Rabat -iIllSOIl, Colill Beel, I IlJimll De1llli" I ValJllce Fraser mId Llllichit' Leishmall.

A warm \"e

\I .1fml~· thc1n\... the tl)ll ) \\' inL~ v :k I1l rs for their ' ntribution to the , It rt Bell lut Bo.} ts hed . Fpea l. Their !o,ifts help:l ne\\ b atshe:l.} reality.

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I D Blair 51 - P Borthwick 34 D R Bridges 42 H T Bromell 55 .-\ J Browne 73

J deF Brown 52 1: Brown-t3 D Caithness 52

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urch GP I E Cameron PP 0; G 4.2 and J V PP Cameron I R D Camp bell 46 R G Carr 73 LA Cartnvight 38 K J Chesswas -t3 S M Chimside 70 R S Chisholm Family LJ Chisholm W D Chisholm 31 T :vI Collins 36 S J Cooper PP G M Cotton.5 D P Cro\\'e 7 P W Cro\o,' e PP PACrowe 9 CP Crowl CP G R Davis'" Family J A Dennis 74 R J L Dennis 36 F De Stefano CP E F & W Dimmick PP A S Douglas 50 R F Duff 74 J D Duigan 42 D D Dunoon 46 A .\1 Edgar 78 T A Egan PP/CS I C Everist 40 CR Current Pa rent

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J A Hutton .... J R Je e : oJ, I D Jo ton 70 _ _=-:=-..:....--=_ _ B R Jolly 9-! D J R J Jone 9 ]-I an d H J n es L Karmo uche 4 , [ E Keeble 90 B R Keith 15

P King +! S J Laidlaw 73 S R Lamon t 77 R L L Langley 1'5 A J E Lawson 56 J C Lee 55 D E Lester 63 G G Le thbridge 90 G R Loomes CP B I A Lyle 73 J L MacaJister 31 D W Mackay (dec) 39 I W Macmillan 49 J W R Magarey CP B arshman 58 W A Martin 38 R P McCann 58 A W McDonald 50 o McDonell 53 G A McKinley 37 G J and A E Miller CP P A Mishura 89 R C R Mockridge 41 L S Monotti 80 A C Morrison 73 R M Morris 63/CS JA icolson 49 DE orwood 51 CS Current Staff

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Rob n 5 R I K Rob n 60 DB Ro ll and 39 J D R dhou se 60 O K Ru e ll 39 D R Salm on 43 G B SeniQr 61 I G Sides 48 I H L Silke 35 J G Simpson 30 ED Simson 67 R M Smeeton CP K W Smith PP TW Sp roa t 5 D JS teel 60 H C C Stee le 31 r H Steel 41 I A Steel 72 J R Stevenson 71 B H Stott 49 C Suth erl a nd 32 P St JSutto n Fa mily J R Sweetna m 42 C W Sw into n CP M D T ho mpso n 81 Je D Tu ck 42 E J L Tu rnbull 40 A C Urquhart 65 P J Van Prooy 'n 94 r Van Pro y n PP J E Varl y44 M D Walpo l 77 J D Wal rh ous' 76 J Waugh 48 W J Wau g h 4

C M W bSl r 69 R W bsl r 79 B W II ' nhall 29 5 1 a nd D II Wi ll s I r (A ' 88, 88, . 85) Wi ll 'i 13 J Wood 51 J B Woo d 55 R M Wolh ' I'S pOO Il 54 !\ I ~ Young Fr Anony mou s 20 II

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Fr I nend

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Golf day - 14th March 1996

10 YEAR OUT REUNION -

Ily Dmlirl/nrllloll (55) DGCA Sports Sub-colllllli/lee

SATURDAY 18 NOVEMBER 1995

he w'alh r was fin ' a nd th ours was in xcc ll nl oncJ ition fo r th e Annual ombin d olf Day b tw n I I c long ra mmarians a nd Id long 011 gia ns h Id a t l3arwon II a d s olf lub on Thur da y 14 Ma rch 1996. n hundr d and forty pla y rs from both hoo ls co m pet d in v nts uch a Par Ilandicap (18 hoi s), Inle r- chool match, Four Ba ll Best Ba II (18 holes), a r s t th e Pin and Long s t Driv . Play r w re IT ated to a lunch in the Clubhou se and man y Old Collegians s ta yed on after the trophy ceremon y and dinn er to watch th e da y/ night cricket match on te levision until midni ght. Results: OGC (2.85 down) defeated OGG (3.2 own) in a Par competition. College Cup winner Roger Lamb +4

OGCA bowls or the past four or five years the Old Geelong Collegians' Association have held a Lawn bowls day at Corio Club and we are indeed grateful to that CI ub for making their greens available to us. At our fir t m ee ting we had in the vicinity of thirty-six pia ers. The next year there were tvventy-four

Simon Cole 63, Frank Herd 69, David Baulch (Old Geelong Grammarian) and Graeme Chisholm 65 team up for an enjoyable round of golf.

(64) on a count back hom Peter Meyri ck (41) and Peter Falconer (52), also on +4. Four Ba ll won by Steve HopeJohnstone (69) and Sandy Hutton (73) with +13. earest to the Pin won by Harvey Lade (38). If you would like to participate in the golf day next year, contact the OGCA office on (052) 263123 to register yo ur name on the mailing lis t or tick the box on the Astragram insert.

There were lots of happy stories to recount for Andrea Lester, AndevJ Henderson, MeLissa Heath and StJohn Heath. St John was aLso one of the organisers of the night.

by Tom Clark Retired OGCA Executive Officer

and this year only ten were present. For the pas t three years our invitation to play has included all bowlers w h o have an interest at the College - Old Collegians, their sons and daughter, parents, grandparents, spo uses, and those who support the College in any way. On the Astragram is a box to tick if ou are interested in Bowls.

a one seems to have dwnged mILch in this group, from left: Shane Middleton, Mark Bain, Justin Ganly and Michael Kudlel.

by Peter Cronk Head of Boys' Sport

entral umpir al' urgent! required to help with football n,atch at ni r S ho I f r th co ming football sea on. If yo u a l' no longer pia ling and would like to be involved in football, why not help u out in lhi tr m I tangible wa ? Mal he ar pia ed n Ma ki or ni I' ai , tartin g at ith r 'Io.aOa m I' 12.00 noon, nd u mpi re

are paid for their ervice . If yo u think ou might be interested in offering our help, or if ou think ou know of an one, ho might be int re ted or ,·v o uld like further information, please contact P ter Cronk at th College on (052) _63 12-1, r after hour on (05_) 551 676. 1 would b er I happ to hear f1' m ou.

Cross Country running club lei 011 gians int r s teel in f rmin > an Id li e ian unlr Runnin g ros lub lo run in the A Id 80 & irl mp lilion in M Ibourn shou ld onlacl

Run range from 5"-m to 10km with a f , longer ev nt . Th ra es are fun and enj Table, atering for th no ice t the e>-p rien ed runner.

Phil/iF Black. Iall T.l(I11I1LS, Andreu' Nelsoll , Glly Pearce ("2) alld Bell HerClls. Drillks Oil Ihe Im('lls olllside the Dillin Hall al/o1l'ed t1 quick rull t/lroll h o.f the last few years.

here ue Ba.rrett Cb) nm,. her l \\ 11 l u:;inl'~" \\ hlch 'P~'-I,lh"l" ill HUl1\,1I1 rertl mla.nc(' Ul the \\ L'r Fbce Sh(' \\ r" ,1Cn,., indu,tn \\ ith mail)r c 'fFl)ratit n::- thn)u,;h tl' :-111.111 bU"IIlL'sS Sue sF" -i,lli,.es III :1('\ L'll)~'In~ p",'ople III I adel'$hlp co,l-hll1~ ,1\1:1 -ouns IIillS sale::- and -ust, mer ::.('rnc(' alld In -LfP rates rela '\at iL n stress m,1I1a~ement ~oal achle\ ement and IIt(' ;:. lIs tL pro\ ill. a mor(' balanced aFpro,Kh te bu:;m,, -" ~uce,." . Andrew Bett ( 2) ha recent!\ completed his Bachel rot \ - terman _ -ience at tl1e C ni \'ersi tv ot ueen -land He completed a Bachelor ot Agriculture _ :::ience at La Trobe U ru\-el'$ih' n the completion ot College He would no\\' e to practise m ueens land. Jame Bett ( - ) completed a Bachelor of Financial AdmmL ITation at the L"ID\,ernty of . 'ew En land and' no\\' doino his prof ional year \\'Itl1 Grant Thornton in ;'., lei bourne. Phil Buttem'orth ( 3) and ' ate ' el on were en<'a ed on 2-1 February 1990. andy Collins (36) a member of tl1e 1930 1 t \ TIl repo tl1a Wee of hi crew are till on tl1e go - Ian ilke, Adrian Douglas and Colin Robertson. At tl1e Head of the River luncheon, Sand\' receh'ed a certificate from tl1e APS in recognition of his excellent sen'ice 0 APS Sport over tl1e year . Sandy noted tl1at Julie GreIg was tl1e . lar hall and . 'adia Gishen tl1e Judge in tl1e final h"o even , reflecting the co-educational nature of rowing in the nineties.

there Scott John !> t)11 ( I) is lVorh.ing for 1 ~ l lin ndl'rgt"llll ild Ul'l'r,) t inns ,1t till' North I',\rh.l'~ mllll' ,\~ ,\ I)l' \ 'lopml'l1 t Engineer ,\Ild I" IIltl'rl'stl't! to heM rrom o ther It! lllkgl,lns III thl oli"l',).

kparlmcn l ,I ,arlin r L(,.1ti('r StliI -1101'" in "- (' \\ bun 11(' \\ ,\,' pre'\ ll1ush 111 parlnl'r"hIF It)r S'\ e'n ) (',11'-- \\Ilh R,\I1Liell B('II (5- ) ,1t B'II Falcon('r III L'cicll1g R n Fa llaw (+t) I' currcn th the "'ad 'r 01 the Fran ... t n _ \ mphL m rchl'o,tra and rec"ntl\' performed for Dam' elisabeth lu rd -h at ru :len Faml Joh n Gea le (pa t taf£) a n d [a m i l Doro tl1 ', Da \' id (9 ) & a n e (2001)) have had a h,·o weeh. \1<;lt (rom JOlla~ Lea (9-1) \\ ho i. tra\'elling thr ughout Africa . Europe and Canada for a \ car. The\' hope otl1er Au ITalian friends mal appear from tlme to time. TIle\' loo h. bac fondh on their year 1I1 eelong, and are loollng fom'ard to a beautifu l CanadIan autumn and a real \\ lilt r arah H allebo n e (90) graduat d from the u tralIan College of Tra\' I and Ho pltalit)' In December 1995, \\'h re he tudied for tl1e d\'anced Certificate of Travel and Touri m 0\\ he ha mO\'ed to the Gold Coa t to career in travel and touri m . :\icole H am b lin g (91) completed her fir t year of a Bachelor of Commerce in 1995 at Deakin C'niver iI), Ge long. • icole ha since gamed a place in th SporL • lanagement major at th e Burwood campus.

Rac h el Hin e (85) has co mpl e ted a Diploma o( Advanced Art a nd D>sign and is currently study ing for a BA, majoring m woven tapes try at Monash University. Ly nn Hs u (nee Kam , 85) and hu sba nd Vincent a re now living in Portl a nd ,

Gaile Curwen-Braithwaite (87) is living in , 'oosa and has accepted an offer to study a Bachelor of Law/Bachelor of Business In BrIsbane. She would be delighted to hear from any Old Collegjans in the area. Andrew Egan (74) is now living in the Royal County of Berkshire in the UK with WIfe ElIzabeth and son Alexander. Andrew works In the Commercial Law

ra ham Le hm a nn (43) r ' tired (rom (u ll tlmc ItI1l 'i try wilh the Uniting hurch III Australia III fo- Iarch 1996 after 31 y ars In Pari h and Presby tery Mini s try (o rdain d 1 ..t) . Il l' i now living in Red liff \\ilh hi wif lil lie, who ordained a a 1111 I I' o( th Lord lVeo;lev Church, Melbourn in D cember 1995, and co mm nced Minis try in the unray ia Paris h (Red C liff pas torate) in February 1996.

Murra y Ma cPh e r on (56) ha been appointed Head Slarter of the Stawell AthJ tic C lub and will s tarl the Stawell G ift a well a g ifts at G elong, Ballarat, laryborou g h, Ararat, Da y le ford , Ca tl emain e a nd Sunbury. Donald M eAlli te r (87) i now working hos pita lity and touris m at th All Reso rt, Cairn, orth a50 n Queen land. III

Rob Ham (Prep . ch ool taff]9 ] -89) has mo\'ed to northern 1 'SW as Head o ( Primary at Lindl farne Anglican School, Tweed Heads

Young rou.'ers at the Albert Bell Club Dmner included , ir5i"'d Douglas (89), Daniel Thompson (9';), Christine Hood ( 9) and Aizstazr • filler (89).

I\li h;] (' 1 Keatin g (5 ) W,l" award 'd th ' -o l1lpanion ot Illl' (rtler of Au s tralia ( \ ) in thiS VC.1I"S Au s tralia Day Ilonoul'~ . II ha ' i W,lS awardL'd this fo r hiS S('I'\ ic' to so ial, economic ilnd public ,,('dor I"form, p,lrticulMI as a I ader in )rga ni s<l lion<ll al1d l1101nagem nl r (orl11.

O regan, USA where she has a full lime position at the Mo unt St Josep h urs ing Home and Vincen t is co mpl'lin g his internship at two Po rtl a nd Il o'>pila ls. Brother, Jin (86), is s tud y in g a t a Cali fo rnian UniverSity. Ton y In gli s 76 is currentl y wo rkmg ciS c1 Maintenance Administrator fo r th ' I fe rald & Weekly Tim '5 . Ii , is married with two childre n - I [enry yea rs) and Phillipa (4 month s).

Ruth M e 011 (n ee Hann a m, 78) ma rri ed Do ug McColl in 1987 and is currentl y worklllg as a ge ne ra l pra ctition er in Melbourne. Th' co upl cel brat d th e birth o ( th ir (ourth child in 1995 and aA planning to r turn to G elong la ter . , th ' yea r. Emil y M c ona e hy (95) IS c urrentl y working with SSL '[ouri s m an d L'isurc as a n A ppr nltc' hcf Ja m es M e onn e " (87) 1<, Slud y 111g (or a Bac h lo r o( x ienc . (I lo n<,) Agnculture & Ma rk ling at I larp ' r Adill11 S Agri ultur ' Coli 'ge in hropshlr ', l ~ nglo1nd , h, v111g graduated (rom I' dl'm Man,lgl'm cnt ilt Marcus Oldham Co ll vgt, in ,t,t' lelilg. hri s Malkin (61) h,\s join'd M'111n Judd, (harter 'ti Acc ount,1nt'i, Melbourne .1~ 01 I'Mtnl'1 ,1ft ' r ha v ing s pent lh ' pa" t H yeMs tl~ ,1 Pdrln('r With th ' s pC' la lt s t tl(coun tl ng (Ir111 , PII ' hri o., is v 'ry w 'I I known on r)Mtners. tht' puhll( o, lwdking Ir Ult of both till' Au s tra ll cln So ip ty of ( "No., and the Ins titute of ChMtt'rt'd Ac ountant s In Au s tra li<\

hri s Moore (80) g ra du a l'd wilh a hclor o( Applied S ience (I'hysics) in 1987 b · (ort· work in g as a Train e M" l1il gN I'ion"r Inlcrna liona l-W 'slcrn Di stri I a nd b 'co ming Manag'r o( lh · Wcrribec planl (rom 1988- 199'1. 1 I ' gr(ld u<l l 'd wilh a Bach ' lor o( M 'chanica l ling in c ·r in g in 1995 and is now a n I:ngi n ' 'r wilh Transfi ·Id baya shi joinl v ' nlur ' il1 vo lved in the Cily Link project. I ~d

hri Mortim er (78) is keepin g him sel( bu sy br ' d ing race horses. Th, best so (ar is nam·d ap tt in rockell, and Chri s informs Ad Astra lha t al l lhos (rom the ade t o rps da ys wou ld remember MrCro k tt.

La boratory Tech nician and Stephen as an Engineer.

arrival of twin girls, Alexis and Morgan, on 28 April J 995.

Ti na Wi s hart (74) has opened a wonderful shop in Packington street Anima l Instincts. She welcomes a ll old co llegia ns looking for an unusua l pet ori ·nted gift.

Cra ig Barclay (77) and wife Sharyn are pleased to announce the birth of Hamish Robert Barclay on 30 ovember J 995.

I a n Yu 1e (56) has moved from his position as Principal of Worawa Aboriginal College, at Mt Evelyn to become Deputy Principal, Head of Secondary at Shalom Christian Col lege in Townsville, Queensland . [an has ta ugh t in Aborigina l communities fo r ov r nineteen years including time in Alice Sprin gs and on Elcho Island.

Rohan Dadds (79) and wife Zed announce the arrival of their first child, Jayden Rohan on 12 December 1995 at tile St John of Cod Hospital ill Ceelong. Penelope Earl (nee Dadds, 79) and husband Graeme are pleased to announce the birth of Phillippa Ann on 14 June 1995 - a sister for Richard.

Lawri e M ou ntioy (09) c I braled hi s 99th birthd ay wi th (amil y memb rs a t Mirridong, Bendigo on 9 January 1996.

MARRIAGES eil Collins (73) married Mandy Sutton on 4 February 1995 in Yarram. He is now managing the family sheep property just outside of Yarram (South-East Gippsland).

Ashley Se ll er (78) and Patrice w Icomed I Jami h Peter on his arrival on 5 May 1995. I I i a broth r for Angus who is now 4 yea rs old. Ashley is a partner in the C e long City Physio therapy Clinic a lso has a clinic in ewcomb.

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Kelvin SpiJl er (64) is the Chief Executive Officer of th n wly form ed City of Darebin (formerly the cities of orthco te and Preston). Kelvin married Beverly Witting on 18 ovember 1995 and they now reside in Kew. Peter Stocke l (50) retired from aviation on hi 60th birthday in March after 40 year and 21,000 hours of flying time. After li vin g in Hong Kong and Singapore for 37 yea rs he will return to Australia to hi hom at Sanctuary Cove, Qld . Pet r plans to concen tra te on his golf handi cap and hope to atte nd a few reunions after ' being out of the loop for so long'. Old Collegians I ishing to play at Sanctuary Cove can con tact Pet r he' in lhe Cold Coa t phone book. igel T h oma (89) i a full-time qu es tri a n o mpetitor a nd riding ~n tru ctor. He i currentl y comp ting in . he UK and ba d with Matt Ryan (Bar clona Due l o ld leda li t) near f rd . In 1995 wa awa rded Young Ev nt Rid e r ear (Vic), rank d 2nd in th world 21 and 3rd in th ' cania Zone ('nior mpeti tion) for lhr e day ('venting. I igel i plannin ~ to ride ilt Badminton in lay, an event whl h aLlr" ts rid ' rs fr m "II pmt of the world . Karina Wi e la nd ( 9) , I ho ha s be n rowing for the ustralian In tilLlte of Sport, anberra , IS o n!? of I ' n n.ll11ed for <111 Aus tr"Ii<1n \ 0111 ' n ' ~ III. I cpending on hl'l p ·dorman t ' ,ll Lu 'erne, the re is a good ( h,1I1 ' sh ' will be selec led in Auqr" II ," s W I In g team for the Atl ,)Jlta 01\ 111J1ll'" Melanic Willial11 ~o n ( 111.11'1'1 ,tt St ' phL'n k.lI1g nn 2 M,'ITh 1996 in 11lL' C.l,t' long Co il 'gl' h,,1' ' I. 11ll' co uple li ve in I\-r th, WA tlnd work in lh I3ndding ton en id line - lelaniL' as .1

Shane Coutts (80) married Lisa Fry on 13 January 1996 ill The Geelong College Chapel

Old Collegians Grae1lle Wallace-Smith (46), a Jonner Mackie House Captain, and annan Charley (44), who is Secretary of the Momington Branch of the OGCA, enjoyed catching up at the Mnckie HOl/se Gathering.

OBITUARIES \ e give tIlanks for the lives of: E C (Chappie) Harri (O-±) 105 years old R M ( [uITay) Sweetman (24) R L (Lloyd) Cowley (25) I ( lorman) Cochrane (26) R J (Ru ell) Higgin (26) R F (Fra er) Paton (33) J F Uohn) Ander on (34) C (Craig) Reid (34) C \ (Graham) Wheal (37) R L (Bob) Foreman (-*2) D IV (B utch) l\lad.ay C9)

Lynn Kam (85) married Vincent Hsu on 5 ovember 1995 in Pasadena, California, USA. Tony Light (76) married Jennifer Carden on 20 January 1996. David Mitton ( 5) married Dr Peta Robertson at St Mary's, Perth on 20 April 1996. Duncan Ratcliff (90) married Susan Headberry at Werribee Historical House on 20 April 1996. Cameron Rudolph ( 9) was married to Vendela Dudley on 20 January 1996 ill Townsville. Lisa Schuster (84) married Tre"or Preece on 22 October 1995 at the 'r.arra\'"ille Gardens. Neal arghe e ( 2) married Suyin Lam on 17 Februan' 1996 in the t. Kilda Botanical Gardens, l\lelbourne.

ARCHIVES \ Ve thank the d nors for the e donations to archive received recently:-

BIRTHS Diane dam (nee tore , 7) and hu, band Brett are PI' ud to announce the birth of Li1ura Rachd on l~ larch 1995 a t Ba'\ter llou e in ' long. ara a hl11a n (nee ar on, ) and husba nd Ju stin arc thrille:i to announ e the birth of their daughter Lilli on 4 1ctober 1995 a t rhe later 1\lother in Brisbane, Private Hospital CJu eensland . Michele 0 ent (nee la auley, 73) ,1nd husba nd Anton\' announce the

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liege woolen knitted Arthur Thorn - Two s-ho l prize_ (Du'\ f \'.B 19_ ), ollege crested China coffee ups and sau er', shil\'ing mu'" (crested). E tate of J \V Proud (daughter Pam) -

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Bell - Phote alt urn, cricb.et Rob rt soU\'enir of 1946/ 47 team , letter f congratulation to team.

10 YEAR OUT REUNION SATURDAY 18 NOVEMBER 1995 t \\' .)S ti me tl1 ' J t ' h up ,111:l sec h \\" ~\tryone had change:l in t'n yt'.1rs, t--\,)[k B"in f IJy" d a le,):l flit' in the organising ' l mm.itt e In:! a great night was h.1d h ' 111. Th Reuni n DlOks ' nt.1ined , me inter sting i ~urneys an:i .1 ' ti\'itie ' in the ast ten yeClI. an i e\'en more 3.I 1a z in~ \\' r the m m ries r 'l unted of ' eh l:i 1\'S, It w ul:! -e m that - tud e nts ~ LIlly d n ' t -han <Ye a lot from genera ti n t g enerati n !

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he _0 'tl',)r ut Rl'lInion II',) S Iwl:! nn e ,lIurli,l\' II I 0\ ember (,11' t hl' I l)7 _ 'I e,) I' '>rl111n. rg,)nis'd bv 11K , Cl r ... with mu ch h ' Ip Irl)n1 ('tIK'r (,\-student. ,)nd the ommuni t\, R ' lati o ns (ri c , t\1L' iinnt'r w,)~ held in the lining H,)II "t the ollege. Ablllt 70 F' ~I ) attend'd inclu :lin'''' Ii ollcgia n" their :rouses 1nd " . nnttcring of . taff fr m thlt era . Th f d an:! wine we _upcrl , the \enut? a pi tur and the r ~ pIe made the night. II mam' _t ri \\' re re-told t p II ut in the. e pan'c ; uffi to partner learnt a little 11"\ r llie at ch I at that time. F r ther that are plannin o . y ar group reuni n , I ur y u consider the Coil u ' fa ilitie ; they are first rate. We \\" n ' t be waiting for 30 'tear , \" ' li be ba 1. i.n five!!

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ABO\ 'E: Oare Jen,~/, 'tnlla cott, Felicitv Ballard, Pe'~T Kealv ami arall Biackbuni exchall ed tll!"u.'s- bejore mavin in 10 the Dilling Hall,

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he CX;CA i planning to hold a major Art Exhibition to coincide with the College Carnival in the early part of 1997, This exhibition will take place in Morri on Hall and wiJI accommodate a range of works from the Fine Arts, As this is the first exhibition of its type put on by the OGCA, we are encouraging as many Old Collegians who are working in the Fine Arts to participate and be a part of this exciting event in 1997. If you are interested in exhibiting or have enquiries please ring Phil Taylor at the House of Guilds on:

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• lIDDLE: Lwrir Pearsoll, Johll Hope, Deb Holdin,,! and Peter Ame:dro: I?IIJOY pre-dllma riml " BOITO, I: 20 )ear Later - Sco tt loane, tllart BrumlTy and Graellle Ie 'indlayal the 20 Year Ou l Relillioll .

RSVP's and all college lTyMariaSlIlitiJ Direc/oro! communiety mem bers COllll1lunihjRelatio'e uring th las t few month s we have had rea on to send out a large numb r of invitations - the Boatsh d Opening, Mackie H o u celebration a nd the Induction of Dr Turner. As much as possib l spo uses are included, though on occasions this is limited by reason of space. a m functions have up to 500 p op l and preparing nametags a nd cat rin g requires consid r abJ prepara ti on. ft is therefore co mpli ca t d if rep li es are late 01', wars s till , if th Y d o n't arrive at all and th e peopl turn up on the day, We have a lso found th a t our database for Old Co il g ia ns has a lm os t no information abo ut spou s s and, cons 'q u e nll y,

invitation h av b n e nt with th words "a nd partn r a w cann ot b s ur if p op l ar m a rri d o r, i( w' know th y ar ,w don't know th na m ( th po u ould yo u p lea c hIp u by : • ca mpI tin g th Astragram with nam (or in vi ta tion s y ur pou (w a ls us th pr (err d na m ' o n na m tags) • ns ur th a t yo u R VI' by th ' du' dat o r a s n , (te r as is possibl • t I phon' i( yo u know yo ur R VI will b' lat ' . TI I A N K Y U V rmy M U I I. '1' 1II WILL MAKE A BI D l rFE I{E E TO UR R ,AN I AT I Th oll'g' ha s () v'ry happ y co mmunity and we intend to make it v ' n happier (or v'ryone. N