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This year p romises to be a very important and exciting one for the College. As a learning institution) we intend to assume fully our civic responsibility of educating our students about one of the most significant milestones of our history) that of the centenary of the Federation ofAustralian states. As many ofyou are aware) 2001 also marks the 140 th anniversary of the College) together with the centenary of the Old Geelong Collegians' Association. This triple anniversary year invites a special response from the College.
A Triple ANNIVE~~a£\}~~Y
FROM LEFT: Derek Weeks (2000), Dr PauLine Turner, Principal and Hannah Lockie (2000) at the Leavers' Barbecue
Two years ago, yo u may rem em ber that the importance of the discipline of Science was strongly affirmed as we commemorated the achievements of Australia's pre-eminent scientist and Old Collegian, Sir Macfarlane Burnet. 200 1 is tr uly the turn of H isto ry and, thro ugh the vario us commemorative, curricular and artistic initiatives which are planned fo r this year, we are seeki ng to cultivate in our students a sense of real understanding of, and pride in, our national history and their own school.
As you will recall, Professor Stuart Macintyre, one of Australia's foremost scholars of Australian history, came to address the College at Speech Day las t year in order to usher in the theme of Federation. Already this year, a special Year 7 "Federation" scholarship has bee n created to assist materially a young boy or gi rl, who not only demonstrates outstandi ng academic potential but also exemplifies the quali ties associated with good citizenship, in their journey through the school.
As well, on the 9th of M ay, the anniversary of the opening of Federal Parliam ent 100 years ago, we intend to present each of our primary school students with a Federation m edallion (issued by the Centenary of Federation Council), at a special commemorative assembly. On a further individual student note, we are very pro ud that H olly Pearce (Year 11 ), has been selected as one of only 20 Victorian and 100 yo ung Australians, to becom e a Federation Yo uth Envoy this year. H olly will tal<e part in all the national celebrations and bring back important messages about our nation's history to her fellow students. Senior School students, as a gro up, have also undertal<en to give 1000 hours of community service this year, involving each of the eight day and two boarding houses (1 0 x 100 hours).This is a very genero us gesture, which reflects well on the conscientiousness of our students. Va rious curricular strands, designed to foster better awareness of Federation and the direction taken by Australia since 1901 , will weave their
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way through our academic program in the course of the year. In the Preparatory School, for instance, the Year 7 and Year 8 SOSE (Studies of Sociery and the Environment) program has been modified wi th this in mind, and secondary assemblies have been incorporating aspects of Federation into their weekly offering. Our core Year 9 History program also features a substantial componem devoted to Federation and civics. Furthermore, a memorable travelling exhibition emitled Alfred Deakin: the Voice of Federation, which will be on display in the Senior School Library from 4- 18 May before it sets off on a journey aro und Victoria, will assis t not only our own Collegians but studems from allover Geelong as well to gain a better understanding of this formative period of modern Australian history. We are also in the process of organising a Studem Forum based on Federation, to be held in midJune, which will bring together prominem national and local speakers represeming differem views of sociery. These speakers (including tl1e Hon. Barry Jones) will debate issues relating to Australia's past, presem and future with senior studems from the College and other Geelong schools. It is amicipated that further inspiring guest speakers will also stimulate students and m embers of our communiry to reflect on m atters of national sign ificance later in the year. As far as the College's own history is concerned, m any initiatives have been planned this year to cultivate an understanding of, and pride, in our institutional past. For instance, a special 140th anniversary commemorative badge will be launched shortly before our May ArtS festival and various Old Collegians will be invited to address the studems at assemblies from time to time. As the school's Fo unders' D ay (8th July) falls unhappily in the mid-yea r holidays, special birthday services wi ll be held late in June at both Senior and Preparatory Schools, with dignitaries from the Uniting Church, Council and the College's past invited to take part.
But, undoubtedly, the highlight of the year will be an amazing Federation Festival which i to be staged from the 9th to the 12th of May, and will involve the whole communiry. Detailed information abo ut this very exciting evem, which incorporates Federation themes as well as facets of our own College history, has been sem to each fami ly. This major four-day arts festival will feature twice-nightly performances of an original play, Chips, which captures the essence of family life, to be performed by students from Campbell House to Year 12. Concurrently, six cameo performances will be staged in highly atmospheric settings around the school: a tribute to ellie Melba, a re-enactmem of the first sitting of Parliament, an 1890 tavern scene, a colonial bush dance, a dawn of Australia so und- and-light segmem and a short film festival! An Old Collegians' Art Exhibition and an Archival Display will be open for viewing each day, with the festival culminating on Saturday in a SpOrtS Pageam, incorporating vario us elemems of the traditional Carnival to be fo llowed by a Gala Dinner in one of the most historic parts of the College Morri on Hall. Our artists-in-Residence program will supp Ort several of these initiative . It is worth recalling that one of the College's core values co uple "tradition" and "progres " in an active relationship. We are consciou of the need to balance our natural re pect for the lessons of a rich and enduring pa t with the desire to s ek out and embrace innovativ idea and directions that will help to trengthen the College as it emers a bold new cemury.
It is therefore particularly pleasing to note that in the same year in which we are to b looking back reflectively over the institutional foundations of our nation and our choo!, the Coll ge i embarking on a di tinctiv and forward-looking commitmem to a young and vitally relevam di cipline of the future, that of environmental education.
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CharLes RockefeLLer (77) with Dr Pauline Turner, PrincipaL, at the Year 7 Parents' Dinner ABO E RIGHT:
HoLly Pearce (Year 11) who has been seLected as a Federation Youth Envoy
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The provision of more than $2 million in additional funding to the College over 4 years by the Commonwealth Government is a timely recognition of the economic standing of the community from which the school draws its enrolments. Because of its long his(Ory, the College has been locked into a category one classification under the previous funding classification system even though by any measure it should not have been so classified. Times have changed in me regions from which our enrolments are drawn . Changing demographics and economies now mean that me communities in which our srudents reside cannot be compared with the sub urbs ofToorak, Camberwell or Hawthorn. Our SES rating of 109 under the new classification system suggests that, when compared (0 the rating of other category one schools such as Scotch College at 124 and Melbourne Grammar at 127 and (0 schools in our region such as Kardinia International College which was rated at 103 and Christian College High(On at 106, our classification under the old system sho uld have been as a category 4 or 5 school. In fact, of the 169 independent schools rated in Vic(Oria under the new classification system, there were 70 schools rated above the College. However, we should be aware that the Federal Opposition has signalled its intention (0 remove the additional funding from category one schools if it is elected to office.
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The message mat we will seek (0 convey to the Labour Party is that the entitlement of me Geelong College (0 Commonwealth Government funding should not be judged by reference to a prior classification that has been demonstrated to be inappropriate and our of date. It is interesting (0 note that the average cost of educating a child in a state secondary school is now $6050 per year plus the cost of providing buildings and facilities. Under the new funding arrangements, the Commonwealth Government will pay (0 the College just 40% of the cost of educating a child in a state school. In other words the taxpayer is saved around $5 million per year, after allowing for the amount of the new funding which the school will receive, because parents elect (0 send their children (0 the College. By any measure, the amount of the new Commonwealth grant the College is both fair and reasonable.
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Until the funding issue is finally setded, your Council will necessarily be constrained by the continuing uncertainty as (0 the school's furure grant entitlements as it contemplates how me additional grants should be utilised.
BA CK ROW FROM L EFT: Steven Peftigrove, Sean Sowerby, Cara Be!!, Jess Crossley, Charles Fairbairn, Reid Merriman and Sam Chisholm. MIDDL E ROW FROM L EF T : Cameron Nation, Jessica Tan, Phoebe King, Jane Ha),den, Brydie Meek, Nick Bridges, Anna Fitzpatrick, Mark Macgllgan and Alice Hill FRO T: Oscar Stanley, School Captain, Mrs Margaret Lethbridge, Head of enior chool (Welfare), Dl" Pauline Turner, Principal, Liley Forbes, School Captain and Charles Roy
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Scholarship by Carol Barnard, D irector of Community Relations THE OLD GEELONG COLLEGIANS ' SCHOLARSHIP C ongratulations to boarders Geoffrey H eard (Year 9) and Angela Paton (YearlO) who have m ade history by becoming the fi rst winners of the newly created Old Geelong Collegians' Association scholarship . T he Old Collegians' scholarship is available only to the son or daughter of an Old Collegian, and from now on will be awarded each year at Year 9 level, continuing to Year 12. T his new scholarsh ip is intended to reward both academic achievem ent and all-ro und talents. Coin cidentally, Geoffrey and Angela's fa thers are bo th ve terinarians and their m others are both nam ed Philippa. Geoffrey is the son of Dr Leigh H eard (1 969) and Mrs Pip H eard of Glenthompso n and Angela is the daughter of Dr John Paron (1964) and Mrs Pippa Paton of Alb ury. THE ALINE AND FRANCIS ROLLAND BOARDI SCHOLARSHIP
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Congratulations, roo, to Annabelle We ttenhall (Year 10) who has been awarded the Aline and Fran cis Rolland Boarding cholar hip for a further two years as a res ult of her excellent academ ic results and all-round contributi on to the life of the College. An nabelle, who i from Holbrook in N SW, was awarded th is scholarship in 1999 for a period of (\,yo yea rs. Its extension means that it will continue for twO more year until he completes Year 12. She is the daughter of O ld Collegian, Ian W< ttenhall (1968) and his wife J L1dy.
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We are very proud of the 2000 VeE results: the majority of our students worked most conscientiously right until the end of the examination period and achieved some very satisfying outcomes for themselves.
I am sure many of yo u will have noticed news repons idenrifying the College as one of the mo t improved schools for VCE performance based on the difference berween scores obtained in the General Achievement (GAT) and the final VCE res ults. W e were naturally pleased that our school was singled our for c~mmendatjon in this manner although we remain somewhat sceptlcal about the way this 'valued- added' m eas ure is derived. While they are by no means the sole indicator of a successful education, the VCE results nonethele s mark a watershed in the lives of our most senior tudenrs by securing their entry inro preferred tertiary and other co ur es and setting them on a sound vocational/professional pathway for life. The following is a summary of the VCE achievemenrs of our 2000 Year 12 studenrs, together with a breal<down of their first-round offers and related tertiary institutions.
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SOME INTERESTING VCE FACTS General Cohort Analysis ofENTER range
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2.6%: >99.00 (4 students) 12.3%: 95.00 - 98 .95 (19 students) 18.2%: 90.00 - 94.95 (28 students) 20.1%: 80.89 - 89.95 (3 1 students) 20 .8%: 70.00 - 79.9 5 (32 students) 11 %: 60.00 - 69,95 (17 students)
The pass rate at the College was 100% . T he Dux of the College was Hannah Lockie who achieved an E TER of99.90. Four students achieved ENTERs of 99.00 or greater (Hannah Lockie, Marie Sinclair, Sarah Roache and Derek Weeks). 51 students (33. 1% of the cohort) achieved ENTERs of 90.00 or more, thereby placing them in the top 10% of the state. Of the 10 highes t achievers, there were 7 girls and 3 boys; of the 20 highest achievers, there were equal numbers of girls and boys.
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Seven students achieved 'perfect' study scores of 50; Joanne Chesson (Biology), Sarah Roache (French), Marie Sinclair (Physics) and Kara Bell, Stephanie Favaloro , Janelle Knight and Steven Pettigrove (Mathematics - Further). There were 178 Study Scores of 40 and over - 19.7 % of all study scores at the College; this compares favourably to a State average of about 8%.
FIRST-ROUND OFFERS BY TERTIARY INSTITUTIO Universicy of Melbourne D eakin Universicy Latrobe Universicy RMIT Universicy Monash Universicy TAFE (outside Geelong) TAFE (The Gordon Institute) Universicy of Ballarat Victoria Universicy of Technology Swinburne Universicy Australian Catholic Universicy Australian ational Universicy Private tertiary institutions
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40 (28.4%) 23 06.3 %) 18 02.8%) 14 (9 .9 %) 10 (7. 1%) 8 (5. 7%) 6 (4.3%) 6 (4 .3 %) 5 (3. 5%) 3 (2.1 %) 2 0.4%) 1 (0. 7%) 5 (3. 5%)
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_4.2% cience/Engi nee rin g 20.0% Arts ]-.5°/0 Bu ine / ommerce .3% Health cience (including Medicine) 5. °0 Law 5. 0/0 Information Technology Physical Education/Human Movement 5.0°0 3.3°0 Architecture 1.-°0 Arr/De ign .3% Other
HANNAH LOCKIE The 2000 Dux of The Geelong College, Hannah Lockie, achieved an outstanding E TER score of99.9. In 1997 Hannah was awarded the Thomas Dann Music Scholarship. Hannah's near perfect VCE results reflect her dedication and co nscientious attitude to her academic studies as well as availing herself to the many opportunities offered at the College. Hannah was an active member of the music school and went on to study music as part of her VCE. She played the double bass in the school's Concert Band, Symphony Orchestra, String Ensemble and the Pegasus Jazz Band. Hannah has accepted a position to study a combined Engineering/Law degree from the Universicy of Melbourne. TOM JACKSON Tom Jackson spent four years at Geelong College all at the Senior School as a member of Mackie House and Morrison House. He was a Prefect in Mackie for his final year. Tom was a keen footballer as a year 9 student but eventually turned his hand to hockey. He represented the 2nd XI in his final year. He was also a keen tennis player for his four years here. Tom accelerated successfully in Further Maths as a Year 11 student receiving a Study Score of 48 from a possible 50. His final year of schooling was very successful. Tom's 2000 E TER score was 98.4. Tom was a willing participant in all House activities be it swimming, cross-country or athletics. Tom was always prepared to have a go and to enjoy himself. It was a big surprise to all that Tom never debated at either School or House level given his talent for speaking. Tom was one of the better singers at School assem.b lies and sang each hymn to its fullest.
Hannah Lockie, Dux of The Geelong College 2000 accepcs prizes foam ProfStuart Macintyre, Speech Day 2000
JOANNE CHESSON Joanne Chesson arrived at The Geelong College to complete her VCE studies in 2000. Joanne was an impressive role model to her peers. A most able academic student, she had a solid work ethic, a mature approach to her studies and she took an active and interested role in her learning. Joanne was always enthusiastic and committed to her studies. Joanne's ENTER sco re of 99.0, including a perfect study score of 50 for Biology were outstanding. Joanne was a member of the chool swimming squad, she committed herself to social service activities and was a valuable contributor to Shannon House activities, participating in swimming, cros -country, athletics and music. She will study Microbiology at Melbourne Universicy. joanne CheeJ·on, receil'ing the '\ [llcfilr/,ll/t' Bllmer prr::t for Biology at 'fIeech D(~)I _000
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The annual APS Head of the River has been held on an annual basis for 133 years) the first race being contested between crews .from Melbourne Grammar School and Scotch College in 1868. As such the Head of the River is steeped in tradition and carries a sense ofprestige within the general rowing community and the APS system alike. A win at the Head of the River is viewed by many rowers to be the pinnacle ofschool rowing) with some successful international oarsmen rating their Head of the River win as the most memorable of their careers. The Geelong College first competed in the annual Head of the River race in 1908 and first experienced success 28 years later in 1936. Since then, the School has been victorious on ten other occasions. The Girls' Head of the River was introduced in 1981 and T he Geelong College won for the first three years in succession and has been successful on three other occasions. Geelong Grammar and MLC are the only other schools to have won a Girls' Head of the River. The above is given further credence when it is considered that we have the smallest student population within the Association. otable successes in recent years have included a win in the 1999 Girls' Head of the River, with the same crew finishing second in the ational Championships. Last year, the Boys' 1st VIII won the Australian River Course Championship at the Henley regatta and the Boys' Head of the River. So far this season, the Boys' 1st VIII have won the Vicrorian Stare Championship and the Girls' Year 10, 1St IV were successful in winning their division at the All Schools Championships. The Geelong College Boat C lub has grown over the years to be one of the stro ngest programs in the State. In recent years we have had upwards of 170 students involved in rowing. Four members of the academ ic staff are charged with the responsibiliry of coordinating the
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program, wirh the assistance of a boarman and 23 coaches. The boar club is guided by the Boat Club Committee, which oversees all matters pertaining to coaching and equipment. Valuable support is also provided by the Albert Bell Club who represent past rowers and friends of rowing within the School. Further assistance is provided ro rowers and parents by the Rowing Parents Support Group. The physical rowing program operates within a highly regulated environment. The Boat Club is affiliated with Rowing Victoria (the State's peak body) and competes in events sanctioned by this organisation. Rowing Victoria has set rules and regulations covering all aspects of competition and racing. The APS also regulates the sport through provision of a code of racing, classes of boat allowed, length of season and volume of training at any given crew level. Further regulation is provided by the School to ensure equitable balance is maintained between winter and summer sports. The equipment used in our program is regulated by FISA (the international peak rowing body) in relation ro weight and in some instances Rowing Vicroria also regulates the rype of construction allowed, as well as the inclusion of safery features not covered by FISA. The traditional timber boat has now been replaced by more sophisticated craft. At senior level the boats are co nstructed from Kevlar and carbon fibre materials developed by the aerospace industry. The same materials are used extensively in the construction of Formula One racing cars. Materials technology has also seen the demise of the timber oar. Oars are now constructed ftom spun carbon fibre and plastic. Electronic and computer technology has advanced to the poine where senior boat carries its own on board computer which provides information to the coach and crew on stroke rate, boat speed and distance travelled during any set piece of work. Our rop four crews now have shore to boat communication systems,
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these allow the coach to communicate directly to the crew via two way radio, as such the days of the trusty old m egaphone may be numbered. Rowing requires highly developed levels of strength-endurance and as such the training m ethodology is not dissimilar to that used in the sports of cycling and swimming. T he early years of a student's rowing life are developmental, with students training and competing in year levels. Commencing during Term 4 of Year 8, the students receive an orientatio n to the sport and the first season has a strong emphasis on skill acquisition . At Year 10 level, skills are extended in conjunction wi th providing increased fitness and development of competition skills. All training at Year 9 and Year 10 is confined to "in boat" work and crews train three or four times per week depending on their level. During Years 11 and 12, th e progran1 extends with the senior rowers undertalci ng lan d training in addition to the four or five sessions on the water. Senior rowers generally commence preseason training in the form of trength and endurance training at the compl etion of the w inter sport season . Skills traini ng also begins at this time with sculling (single person boats) on a Sunday morning. At the com pletion of the athl etics season th e rower move into larger boats (IV's and VIII's). At the peak of th eir
traini ng the rowers typically complete between eigh t an d twelve training sessions per week. During the racing season, senior rowers compete in the major regattas, matching their skills and fitness against the best rowers from other schools and rowing clubs from acros the State. T he standard of rowing within the State is very high , producing ational and International Champions on a regular basis. T he season culminates in the Heads of the River. Al though, as all should now be aware (for this year at least) the event has been hifted from the Barwon river to agambie Lake , some twO ho urs drive north of Geelong. T he event has been re-tided and i now to be known officially as "The AP Regatta (Heads of the River) ". The races will be extended to 2000m and will follow an limination format. The first d1fee place getrer in each heat wi ll progress to the final. Under the guidance of our experienced coach our cr w are well prepared. Our Boys' 1St VIII hav be n seeded a number one for their race, ahead of Carey Grammar and Geelong rammar. ur Girls' 1 t VIII are eeded econd behind G long Grammar. Weather permitting there hould be very competitive and nterta1l11l1g ra mg.
TOP: The Geelong College 1st VIII Cox, Stuart Allen; Stroke, Oscar tanley; Tim Linke; tephen Ryan; ean owerby; Charles Gordon; N ick Gilchrist; Peter David; and James lither/and ABOVE LEFT: Victoriolls 1st and 2nd Year 10 crews at the Hetzd of the choolgirls'Reo-atta ABOVE: Jef!V(/{ttt, Coach ofthe Boys' 1st \ III
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1listory is a living part of U/ W M.Auden
As a srudem at school you co uld never have convinced me that this was so. T he history I srudied at school dealt with long dead people and worlds often quite alien to my classmates and 1. But there was one thing that did register with me through all of those stories of kings and queens, wars and battles, rebellions and revolutions. What attracted me most was that all of these stories, no matter what their substance, were really about PEOPLE - fat or thin, cruel or gentle, dreamers or practical men and women. And it became apparent to me at a relatively early age that, as a person in my own right, I had much in common with these people whom I had once dismissed as 'long dead'. Thus was I awakened to the secret of History as a srudy of human achievement or failure, of human dreams and hopes, sometimes unfulfilled, of the full range of human emotions played out on a myriad of stages across the gulf of time. Never again was I to be dismissive of these voices from the Past, now speaking to me in a language I could identify, no matter what their native tongue.
by Alan Thomas, Head ofHistory
My contact with History opened my senses to worlds beyond the 'self'; I could dream of far-off places, commune in languages I could not even read or speak, and see through the eyes of those 'long since dead'. I belonged to a human 'family' that stretched over the ~ons of time and space. Auden was right, it seemed - History lived in me, as it does in reality in all of us. The history I srudied at school was but a microcosm of the full experience of my new extended 'family', but it was enticing enough for me to want to seek out more.
Little has changed in this regard as we lift the cuttain to the 21st Century. The human 'family' and its collective experiences have just grown larger as each generation comes and goes. Whereas our collective memory and tradition were once passed orally from one generation to another, thanks to the Chinese and Guttenberg we were soon able to store those memories and traditions in printed books, and thus the knowledge could be shared across time by generations of the future. But there is more to History than simply knowledge, and there are many ways of 'knowing'. Unlike my srudent days where the story was the focus, today's srudents are expected to understand the craft of the historian and the problematic nature of history's construction. In short, today's srudents have to understand how the 'story' was put together, and why this is important in the understanding of our past. This is something that never entered my head when I discovered my extended 'family' all those years ago as a teenager. Whereas I could dream of the past, today's srudems acrually have to disassemble it and then recreate it in their quest to know and understand it. Although History has its roots in the liberal artS, as in all fields of knowledge and business enterprise, it came under the gaze of the economic rationalists in the latter part of the 20th Centuty. Questions were raised about its relevance for modern times, about its usefulness for the job, to whether srudems might be better preparing for the furure than wasting their time srudying the past. In response to the questions, curriculum designers, in their attempt to appease the aggression of the would-be technocrats, made History more 'scientific'. We began to isolate
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and identify problems in Hisrory, analyze evidence, que tion its origins and biases, hypothesize explanation for the event and behav iour of the past, all of this quite otten at the expense of 'the srory'. What was at risk throughout this process was the ' ouI' of Hisrory, if not the " .. living part.. " of it; that capacity for a young person ro cross the gulf of time and space and mal<e contact with another person long since dead, and experience that thrill of meeting a kindred pirit, as I had don e all those years ago. The good news is that Hisro ry is experiencing a resurgence, despite the mauling it faced at the hands of the economic rationalists. 'The srory' is being reborn along with the evocativeness of Hisrory. Hisrory has moved with the times, though.The problematic and analytical approach ro the study of hisrory is still wi th us, a it should be. Bur, we have embraced technology as well. T he Laprop computer used by our students offers much benefit in the study; it allow us ro integrate a variery of forms of information apart from the printed word - still graphic, animatio n an d video can enhance our students' learning when it is fully integrated. As we move into the realms of the 'on-line' curriculum, we are also able ro focus on how students learn as opposed to simply what they learn. Consequently, skill development in history is just as important to a child's success as is their command of the 'story'. Skills which involve comprehension, analysis of text and visuals, synthesis of ideas, empathy wi th those of the Past, selection of and correct use of a variery of rypes of evidence, development of a consistent argument, and recognition of and use of historians' works both in-text and end-texdn addition ro these skills particular ro the study of history, there are the skills of information literacy: establishing a framework for research work, locating and identifying appropriate and relevant information, how to expeditiously 'surf ' the web, recognition of valid and repurable web sites, appropriate use of web material, and avoidance of plagiarism. Ie is in this context, the D epartment is heavily indebted to the valuable assistance provided by our committed H ead of Library, Mr Lea Quail. 2001 is an important milestone, hisrorically speal<ing. The commemoration of Australia's Centenary of Federation will see our Year 9 students playing an active role in the College's Festival in May, and the 140th year of commemoration of the foundation of T he Geelong College in 1861 dominate the scene. A number of history forums are al 0 being arranged for senior students. The History D epartment Web Site reflects all events. Thanks to the influence of our Principal, Dr Pauline Turner, we will host the Alfred Dealcin Travelling Display here in May. Our students will have access to the extensive material on offer as will studen tS from nearby schools and m embers of the general public interested in the Federation Centenary, but particularly in the role played by Alfred Deakin. We are privileged, indeed, ro have this opportuni ry ro access this display, and the profile of Australian History, otten much maligned, should be enhanced. I urge all member of the College comm un iry ro come and see the display and observe our students at work. I would be happy ro arrange after-hours visits for tho e who would like ro access the display but who cannot attend during the day. I also urge any member of the Coll ege communiry wanting ro discuss History at the Geelong College ro contact m e. History is not only evolving at The College, bur members of the communi ry ca n rest ass ured that it is definitely " .. a living part of Us. "
T O P: A Federation engraving ABOVE: Year 12 students Hayley Sims, Ross V7illiams, and Brodie Sharp (behind) with }\.fr Alan Thomas. H ead ofH istory O PP OS ITE PAGE :Decfaratiotl ofFederation, signed by Queen Victoria
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The planning has been going on for over a year and preparations are well advanced in readiness for the major event ofthe year The Geelong College Festival ofFederation. by CaroL Barnard, Director of Community ReLations
F E From Wednesday 9 May 2001 , the College will presem a fom day, mulo-faceted evem combining the celebration of the cemenary of Ausualia's Federation, the College's 140 th year and the cemenary of the Old Geelong Collegians' Association. This celebrarory series of evems will all be held at the College Senior School campus. For mose of you who haven't been taking much notice ro date, the following mumbnail sketch will fill yo u in on what is planned for me Festival program. FESTIVAL OPENING AND ART SHOW The official launch will be held in conjunccion with me cockrail parry opening of me An Show in the Aerobics Room on Wednesday 9 April at 5.30pm. Old Collegian and world renowned anist, Roben Ingpen (1960) , who is parricularly well known as an amhoriillusuaror, will open me exhibicion. One of me more unusual exhibits will be (wo silver and gold body suits. All paimings and omer works will be on sale immediately after the speeches, bm yo u will need ro book for mis evem. DRAMA PRODUCTION 9, 10 AND II MAY Each night, the audience will see both the main play and the shoner "satellites" and be served dinner along the way. Rehearsals for me Year 12 play, Chips, have been underway since week one and me senior swdems are enjoying working with swdems from Campbell House and Middle School. Chips, wri((en by talemed English teacher Julie Gainey, is a srory abo m a life journey, relationships and growing up. The music swdems have formed a superb pop group who will perform live during each performance. Festival Project Manager, Mr Shane Brennan and Head of Drama, Ms Deb Hynes have looked at the school buildings creatively and come up with some innovative locations for the satellite productions. A Tribute ro Nellie Melba wi ll be staged in the Chapel and a cavern scene wi ll take place in semi-subterranean Wettenhal l House room. Over at the Austin
Gray Cenue there will be goldfields bush dance and singalong, and in the Dining Hall, a tableau of the opening of the first Federal Parliament in me Exhibition Building in Melbourne, based on me Tom Robert's paiming of this significant moment in our hisrory. In me pool, an ambicious 'sound and light' production, involving dance will create an evocation of the dawn of Australia. The final component of the satellites will be a screening of the winners of the Festival short film competition. Year 11 swdents are developing characters that will guide me audience by lantern light around mese fabulous events, and hopefully get everybody ro the right place at the right time! The challenges involved in producing an event of mis scale are enormous. SPECIAL BADGE -
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Another element of the celebration is rhe College's 140th birthday. As yo u know the school was established in 1861 - forry years before Federation. Zac Brennan (2000) has designed a badge ro complement the "Pegasus wim a parry hat" image used on rhe presemation folder, poster, dinner menus and name tags. Badges will go on sale at the beginning of Term 2 at $6 each and it is hoped that every student, Old Collegian and parent will buy one and wear it proudly rhroughout 2001 to demonsuate their pride in om school and its long hisrory. SHORT FILM COMPETITION The challenge is ro mal<e a three min me film on VHS tape on the theme, ''Australian Voices". There is no restriction on sryle - you can choose animation, comedy, a documentary, drama or even a musical! The winning films will be screened during the Festival and later in the year we may have a screening of all entries. There are som e very nice prizes on offer, including phorographic equipmenr, books and movie vouchers from Village. Conract Kristen Fry, Communiry Relations Office, for furcher details and an entry form.
GALA DINNER - 12 M AY
FEST IVAL RAFFLE
On Satmday night, a black tie dinner in Morrison Hall, which will be decorated with Australian and State flags, Australian wildflowers and a Federation arch, will be a fitting Festival finale. In keeping with the traditions of the College, a Scottish piper will lead people from the pre-dinner drinks marquee to Morrison Hall. A very glan10mous evening is guaranteed, but as demand for tickets is already high, don't delay.
Raffle tickets costing only $2 each are now availabJe. If yo u wo uld like to buy some or help us to sell them, please contact Kri te n Fry (details below). Books of20 raffle tickets are available. First prize, donated by African W ildlife Safaris, is a luxury safari for two to outh Africa incl uding air travel and accommodation in Cape Town, Johannesburg, Thornybu h Game Lodge and Kings Camp, Timbavati valued at $12,000. Second prize is a Toshiba laptop comp uter, with software and bag from Computelec ($3,5 00) and third prize is your choice of furniture to the val ue of $2000 from Freedom, orth Geelong. There is also a year's supply of fresh fruit and vegetables from V & R Fruit and Vegetable Market ($ 1,000), an aluminium outdoor garden setting from Fagg's Mitre 10 ($775), a six month membership of the Premier H ealth Club ($445), services from Snap Printing to the value of $250 and two beautiful Waterford crystal champagne flutes from Duffs Jewellers ($225). Thank you to all these genero us donors.
SPORTS PAGEANT - SATURDAY 12 MAY, 1I.30PM - 5.30PM The Sports Pageant will create a mini Carnival atmosphere at the Senior School in Talbot Street, Newtown. We hope everyone will come along to watch the scheduled College V Grammar sporting matches and select lunch from one of the tempting food stalls dotted around the oval. The Art Show in the Aerobics Room will be open throughout the day. Sports Pageant Convenor, Richard East, has recruited the Rowing Parents' Support Group to run Wine Stall and the boarders' parents are responsible for the preserves. There will be lots of food for sale, including sates, curries, a traditional barbecue, cal<es and delicious desserts and a number of novelty activities have been booked to entertain the younger members of the family. All APS sport that day, inclucLng hockey, soccer, netball and football, will involve Geelong Grammar teams playing Geelong College teams, culminating with the First XVIII football match at 2pm. A celebrity guest will toss the coin and there will be entertainment at half time. ALFRED DEAKIN EXHIBITION THE VOICE OF FEDERATION The College is fortunate to have been selected as one of the venues for an importan t travelling exhibition on the "Father of Federation", Alfred D ealcin, It will be on display in the Morrison Library from 4 to 18 May. The exhibition is an initiative of Dealcin University.
THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS The College is extremely grateful to all our wonderful sponsors of the Festival of Federation. The majo r sponsor is travel agency, Allabout Tours & Travel, which is based in PalcingtOn Village. We are extremely grateful for this company's genero us suppOrt, and al 0 to African W ildlife Safaris for donating the exotic South African Safari as first prize for the Fe tival raffle. T hank yo u too, to Freedom Furniture for supporting us again this year, and to the many other ponsor of th Festival who will all be listed in the so uvenir program. BOOKING FOR FESTIVAL EVE
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If yo u would like to book for the op ni ng cocktail party, the drama pre entation or the gala dinner, enter the film omp tition, purcha e a commemorativ badg, buy om raffle tick t or enquire about any oth rap Ct of the F tival, please contact Kristen Fr I , by phone on 5226312 or e-mail me at cbarnard@geelongcolleg .vic. du.au.
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ES ROOSE, Director o/Music Joannes Roose took up the position of Director of Music at the College at the beginning of 2001 . He was born in The Hague, etherlands, and has lived in Australia since the age of nine. In 1973 he was awarded a Churchill Fellowship to further his studies in conducting at the Hochschule fur Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Vienna with the renowned teacher Hans warovski , and at the Accademia Chigiana, Siena, Italy, with Franco Ferrara. On his return to Australia, Joannes Roose conducted highly acclaimed seasons of Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado, The Gondoliers, Iolanthe, The Pirates of Penzance, and Trial by Jury for the Adelaide Festival Centre Trust, and was Musical Director for the South Australian Theatre Company's Annie Get Your Gun. He also founded the Sinfonia of Adelaide, which made a significant contribution to Adelaide musical life. In 1980, Joanne moved to Hobart, and subsequently appeared extensively with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra in recordings, live-to-air broadcasts and public concerts. He has recorded more than fifty works for
the ABC, ranging from Handel's Messiah and Bach's Mass in B Minor, through the major Symphonic and Concerto repertoire of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. In 1986 he was invited to Thailand to conduct and be soloist with the Thai National Symphony Orchestra in the presence of members of the Thai royal family, and in 1991 he visited Czechoslovalcia, where he conducted the Bohuslav Martinu Symphony Orchestra and the Olomuc Chamber Orchestra. Joannes Roose has been active for many years in bringing music to the younger generation: he was Dean of the Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music for five years, and conducted the Conservatorium's Orchestra and Opera performances for ten years. For the ABC he devised and conducted more than two hundred Schools Concerts with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. He also helped to establish, and conducted, special concerto performances with the TSO to give talented yo ung musicians the opportunity of playing with a professional orchestra.
MARCUS SAUNDERS, Computer Systems Manager Marcus Saunders was appointed as Computer Systems Manager in January, 2001. He is responsible for the overall management of both the Senior School and Prep. School computer networks, the student laptop program and the implementation of computing technology within the College. Marcus is qualified as aCE (Certified etware Engineer) and has had fifteen years experience in the installation, administration and network management of Personal Computing applications within a corporate environment at Containers Packaging and Amcor. Marcus recalled that Containers Packaging Personal Computing began fifteen years ago with the first IBM PC's: a 8088 processor with 128Kb of RAM and twO 5and a quarter inch floppy disks running MSDO 2, wordstar and Multiplan. Th e 10Mb hard disk came later as did MS Word for DOS , MS Windows and MS Excel.
Prior to becoming involved in computers, Marcus' working life included twelve years as a Food Technologist at Containers Packing Research Laboratory. He is married to Jenny and they have three children, Adam (Year 7), Katalin and Stewart. The Saunders family moved to Geelong from Melbourne at the end of 1999 in preparation for Adam's commencement in Year 6 at the College last year. Marcus' lists his "addictions", other than computing, as, "athletics, especially sprints and hurdles and, of course, the family and the garden." He is very happy to spealc to parents who wish to discuss laptop matters and will be available for Year 8 parents, at an information evening on the introduction of laptops, later in the year.
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We all come into contact with people that have a significant impact on our own lives. For those of us who have worked with Denis Parker at the Prep. School over the last nine years he was such a person.
Denis Parker VA by Stuart McCaLLum
Denis used few words and often mumbled them thro ugh his beard, but if yo u made the effort to listen or asked him to repeat them they always made good sense. His gentle wisdom was often sought and he was always ready to talk over issues and ideas . Most recognized m at he was more intelligent than he would admit. H e was an ideas man himself, but also very practical and he often turned a notion into a gadget. The Science Department at the Prep. is still well served by the gadgets he created. We have battery testers, light sensors, railway crossings, quiz machines, force measurers, and a rich tinkering legacy. Passing on his knowledge and skills was always a priority and Denis recognized soon after he can1e to me College that m any of the current generation had not experienced the technical richness of his own early years. Many had never hammered a nail, let alone soldered a wire or screwed a screw. So our curriculum changed. T he Tinkers Club was born to meet me needs of me Primary students, and the Science and Technology Elective that Ros Palm er and I had begun became much more technical. Lego Logo robotics was introduced and later, the more versatile Intellecta system of interfacing a computer with probes, sensors and machines. Solar Cars commenced, followed by Solar boats, and a valuable opportunity was created for kids who enjoyed tinkering and could handle a mechanical challenge. The introduction of the laptop computer was recognized as a valuable opportunity to trial a different style of curriculum delivery. Science hit the web and Denis and Tracey Jennings spent many hours planning out web pages mat wo uld enable Our students to access much more information than a teacher could possibly provide. It also gave mem some independence in their learning and enco uraged a sense of responsibili ty and ownership. After four years the trial ha proved a remarkable success. Talking with D enis shortly before he died, I asked if there was any unfinished business. After some refl ection he offered rwo directions he had wanted his life to take. The first was in his own teaching, where he was working on a five year plan to optimise the use of the comp uter in teaching. He then wanted to pass that experience on to other teacher through a series of in service days.He felt that it wa
Denis Parker assists Prep. to construct a solar car
choo! children
inefficient for each sch ool to have to keep re-inventing me wheel and wanted to provide a concep tual map \ hich other could use to guide their own curriculum re pon e . He men planned to take a m ore radical tep. H e felt mat a real need exists wi min Primary schools fo r increased expo ure to and experience oftechnology, not just computer, but the traditional skills of woodwork an d metal work. The plan involved setting up a m obile facili ty at a particular chool and working for a period on a range of projects before moving on. The lengm of each tay wo uld be negotiable. We talked about his time at m e College in compari on to his work with the D epar tment of Education. He wa glad mat he had m ade a move to a system wh ich gave teacher a reasonable chance to develop and complete project wimour the feeling of lurching from crisis to crisis, d ue to better funding and better m anage ment After a characteri tic break to gamer his moughts, D enis confessed m at he often felt he had a different world view from other an d wondered why that was so. We talked about paradigm cage bur privately I feel tl1at he was just wi er and m ar ter than mo t and had a higher capacity to integrate an d act on informa tion. Denis felt that his replacem ent cier1Ce oordinator, Phil Armitage has a similar thinking tyle and wa omfortable with me idea of one of his be t mate carrying on hi work. We discussed his views o n curriculum change and taking risks. Deni felt that the often di cu ed Te hnology entr required a strong pon or as did the proje ted Ecology Centre. H e was reas ur d that the C ollege had com men d discus ions with an environmental architect and had considered the ch aracteri ric of the sire. D ni D lr rhar rh Year 4 Enviro year wa a ve ry progre ive m ove, bur warn d that we must be vigilant in en uring the nvironm ntal education remain d integrated over m e who le h 1, fr m Prep to Year 12. Thank you D eni for the val uable ontrib urion you mad to The Geelong College and be a ur d rha t rh of your work will b co ntinued .
16 LEFT: Mahoney Rogers (Year 12) at the start ofthe board rescue event BELOW: Kirsten ULmer (Year 9) and Phoebe Stanley (YeaI' 10) in the run/swim event BOTTOM: Matthew Torney (Year 11) leads the pacle in the run, SWim, I'un I'ace
This yea7j The Geelong College was represented for the first time in the 20 0I South East ~ter Schools' Surf League competition. More than IOO schools.from around Victoria) competed in five different locations as a lead up to the final which was held in Torquay on 6 March 200I.
Events such as beach sprints, beach flags, surf swimming, board paddling and ironman and ironwoman were included. In the preliminary competition, the College girls won the first four team events and placed in the following three events. The boys' team gained top four placings in seven events. The top school teams in Victoria competed in the fi nal at Torquay. Our girls' team was placed a courageo us second place to St Catherine's, followed by Methodist Ladies College and our neighbours across the road, Sacred H eart College. Outstanding individual results during the final com petition included Mahoney Rogers and Kirsten Ulmer's win in their Board Relay events, Kirsten's win in the Run/Swim event, Sophie elson's win in the Beach Sprint and the Girls' team win in the Girls' Cameron Relay (swim, board and sprint legs). Outstanding performances From the boys incl uded Jam es Hope-Johnstone's second in the Beach Flags and third in the Beach Sprint, as well as the boys' third placi ng in the Cameron Relay.
As many of our students are involved with local surflifesaving clubs, we hope that competitions such as this will extend th eir skiJJs and abilities as part of the school's sporting ptogram.
Foun N Those who have visited the new Recreation Centre at Senior School during the past few months may have noticed the pair of handsome donor boards that have appeared j LIst inside the main entrance to the pool. Their purpose is to list the major donors to the Aquatic Centre Appeal in acknowledgement of their generous contribution. Designed by McGlashan Everist as an integral part of the Recreation Centre, the donor boards are subtle and elegant, and complement the rest of the interior signage. BE PART OF A HISTORY PUT YOUR NAME ON A GRANDSTAND SEAT Also part of the Aquatic Centre Appeal are the grandstand seat plaques. Th ir installation was delayed by the fixing of the rubber seating material, but the first batch is now in place. I must apologise to those plaque purchasers whose surname is in the second half of the alphabet. Your plaques are not there yet, but they will be very soon! Thank yo u to the
vigilant member of the College community (whose name begins with ) who alerted me to the fact that his plaque was mis ing. For only $1 ,000 , (tax deductible and payable over three years) yo u can put your name permanently on the Recreation Centre grandstand. This final aspect of the Appeal will continue until we have filled all the available space. It is estimated that there i room for 200 plaques, and so far 50 individuals/familie have taken advantage of this opportunity. We have nan1es representing past and present students, companies and other supporters of the College. We are extremely grateful for their support. If you would like to participate, please telephone me for a brochure on (03) 5226 3191 or send a cheque for $1,000 (or your first in talment) payable to The Geelong College Building Fund, noting what you would like inscribed on your plaque. Your name and year group, your family's name or a variation on the theme. It's as simple as that!
The KLoesterfomi/y admire their plaque Back: Eleano,; Jenny, and Barry Front: Ben Oear 12) and Christopher (}ear 10)
HERE NICK ALLEN (79) and wife Nellie are pleased to announce the birth of India on 8 December 2000. ick operates an agricultural spraying and fertiliser business in Warrnambool (A. G. Agriculture). They are living in Mortlake. BRETT ANDERSON (91) is currently studying a Ph D in Hydrology (environmental engineering). He recently come third in the JLL Mt Buller to Melbourne, multi sport race on his first artempt at the 232 kilometre race. JEREMY APTED (7 1) married Glenys Ould and together they have had three children Genevieve, Samantha and Victoria. Jeremy has completed a Bachelor of Economics and a Graduate Diploma in Property and has worked as a Valuations Manager at AMP Hendersons and is currently working at Arthur Andersen as a Senior Manager. He was the Queensland Divisional President of the Australian Property Institute in 1999. STUART BLAKE (66) and his wife Fiona have sold their farm. Stuart has accepted a senior management position with a large meat processing company. He will be based in Dunedin, ew Zealand and will travel throughout ew Zealand and the world. His is still enjoying competitive sport whilst the other members of his family are enjoying their sporting accolades. NATHAN BYRNE (94) attended the Royal Military College in Duntroon and graduated in July 1995 and served as a full-time Troop commander in Adelaide's Air D efence Regiment for seven months. He then relocated to Melbourne and completed a Bachelor of Commerce from The University of Melbo urne. He travelled with fellow Old Collegian, ANGUS HILL (94) and commenced work as a financial recruitment consultant wi th Michael Page International in February 2000. He is living in Carlton and playing football with University Bl acks. H e can be contacted on his email address: nathanbyrne@michaelpage.com.au
STUART COSGRIFF (89) was admitted to the Supreme Court of New South Wales as Legal Practitioner on 15 December 2000. He is working as a solicitor with Clayton Utl in Sydney.
SAMANTHA HAEBICH (89) completed a physiotherapy degree in Sydney. She has spent two years travelling and working overseas and is now living in Perth.
DAMON CROWE (90) is now in Auckland, New Zealand. He wo uld love to hear from any Old Collegians who are in ew Zealand. He can be contacted on: crowester@yahoo.com.
SAUL IRWIN (97) has won the 'most marketable design' in the 2001 Orbost Australian Wood Design Exhibition. His entry was a set oflamps called The Tardis which sold before the exhibition's opening. Saul has completed a Diploma of Arts in furniture design at the East Gippsland Forest Tech campus. He has also won other awards including the Melbourne Fringe Furniture Festival 2000.
FRANK DAVIDSON (3 5) and Winsome celebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary on 7 December 2000, with their children, grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Frank retired from his acco unting career at the age of eighty. DAVID EBBELS (52) spent six years planting tea in Sri Lanka after leaving College. H e then studied agricult ural botany at Reading University, followed by a PhD. After six years as a cotton pathologist in Tanzania, he spent the remainder of his career as a plant scientist with the UK Ministry of Agriculture, retiring in 1997 to become a consultant in plant health for the European Union. H e married Shirley Rowe in 1962; they have two daughters, a son, and two grand daughters and live in H ertfordshire. TIM AND NICKI EDWARDS (88) and their four children, Jeremy, Chloe, Zachary and Toby, have recently returned to live and work in Geelong. Together they will pastor a new Assemblies of God congregation in Highton and are very much looking to what the future holds. LISA FRAWLEY (82 Nee Wellam) and her husband Mark, have the management rights to two apartment blocks in Surfers Paradise - Paradise Centre Apartments and PeninsLJa Apartments. Lisa and Mark have three children, Jemma, Liam and Shae. STEVEN GOULD (80) will complete his twentieth yea r with the Australian Army this yea r. H e was married on 28 O ctober 1995 and he and his wife, Jaqui have had two children, Elizabeth and Christopher.
GEOFF LUMB (68) and JOHN OLLIFF (73) are interested in forming a Geelong College Gliding Club. If anybody is interested please contact Geoff on 0427 520120 or John on 52645162. DONALD MCLEAN (38) received the Founders' Award for year 2000 for lifetime professional contributions to Medical Microbiology at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association of Medical Microbiologists in Ottawa, Canada on 7 November 2000. VICKI MOL (95) is currently employed at Geelong Radiological Clinic as a Nuclear Medicine Technologist after completing the Bachelor of Medical Radiations Science. She also recently became engaged to Shane Gillett whilst holidaying in Indonesia. They plan to marry in January 2002. CHRIS MOORE (83) recently returned to Victoria after a 20 month stint in Sydney working on the construction of the $450 million Northside Storage Tunnel. SHARON HODGSON MURPHY (79) was married in 1994 and she and her husband Andrew have two children, Natasha Lee and Liam. Sharon is currently completing a Community Services course.
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and THERE DAVID RUNIA (65), Dux of the College in 1968, was elected a honorary fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities, an honour shared with only 26 other distinguished academics, men of letters and public figures. David is currently Professor of Ancient and Medieval Philosophy at Leiden University, Netherlands.
Australia in 1982 and now lives in Buderim. John spent even years in the UK as a civil engineer and returned to Melbourne wi th hi English wife. After some 18 years on m ining projects, he retired to tl1e Gold Coast where he has met up with ROSS COTTLE (43) and DICK MADDEN (42).
ERNEST TAYLOR (64) has been building a new house at Kurrajong Heights overlooking the Colo Valley. He has also been busy developing his own medical and surgical company, specialising in trauma products and obstetric and gynaecological products.
Births
KRYSTEN PAWSEY (86) is now teaching at Emmaus College in Rockhampton. She has recently accepted the position as Head of English. MR CLIFF QUICK (16) will turn 100 years old on 24 August 2001. JEREMY SEABRIDGE (82) and his wife Moniq ue and two children Sam and Zara, are currently living in Palm Beach, Florida where Jeremy is working as the Executive Vice President for a Greg Norman/Macquarie Bank joint venture. Prior to moving to the United States in 1998, Jeremy spent two years in mainland China. MICHAEL SPITTLE (87) was married in 1994 and spent tluee years in Tonga, fishing. His first son was born in July 1999. PHILIP STRACHAN (77) has recen tly returned to Australia after working in Jakarta with Rio Tinto for six years. His current role is CFO with Comalco in Brisbane. He and his wife Jo-Anne have two children James and Harriet. DOUGLAS THOMSON (3 9) is returning to live in Highton, after an absence of forty six years from Geelong. After graduating in civil engineering at Melbourne University in 1951 , MAXWOODWORD (4 1) and JOHN TWINING (4 1) went to Bal1rain to work for one of the Caltex companies. Max stayed on to become Engineering Manager, returned to
SANDY CAMERON (73) and his wife Julie are pleased to announce the birth of Phoebe Clare on 11 December 2000. PAULA CAMPAGNOLO (86) and Paul Spikers celebrate the birth of Euan Paul on 15 June 2000 . A bro tl1er for Summer and M ason. JULIE GIBLIN (87 Nee Humphreys) and husband Joe welcome with love Isabella Margaret on 28 ovember 2000. A little sister for Olivia. MEGAN HAWKINS (83) and husband John Grimsdale welcomed the arrival of their first child, Ross Alexander, born on 2 O ctober 2000. Megan and John moved to Brisbane in 1997 and are thoro ughly enjoying the Queensland lifestyle. ROBYN RAYMENT (8 1 Nee Humphreys) and husband Philip proudly announce the arrival ofJemma Charlotte on 10 D ecember 1999. Sister for Zali. ALASTAIR (81) and JANE ROBB, announce the arrival of a daughter, Charlotte Grace on 10 Jan uary 200l. SCOTT STEWART (83) and Belinda are proud to announce the ar rival of Lilli. Sister for Zara and Jessica. NATALIE Q UICK (84 Nee Alsop) and D avid are pleased to announce the birth of their first child, Zoe Grace on 20 February 2001 .
Engagements 6- Marriages MAT THEW D UN T O (88) married Laura rice on 21 ctob r 2000 at H oly Trinity Church, Kew. MICHELLE HARRI (89) is plea ed to announce h r engagement to Luke Par on . MURRAY KEEBLE (93) and Elizabeth D oody announced their engagement on 2 1 ptember 2000. ALI TAIR MILLER (92) married Bronwen Roper were married at The Geelong College Chapel on aturday 10 March 200 l. CORRECTIO (plea e no te th e fo llowing informati on is co rrect following the publicati on of incorrect details in Ad Astra o. 97) CHRISTOPHER SCHROOR (88) married Tania Jaco b en on 8 May 1999. Chris and Tania are plea ed to announce the birth of their fi rst daughter, Oakley Piper Jaco b en Schroor on 5 Jun e 2000. ALASTAIR WILLIS (91 ) married Sally Kerr on 18 ove mber 2000 at Our Lady OfVictorie in Cambe['\ ell. They are now living on the family property in treatham . MARION SPICER (97) married Christopher Merlo on 25 ovemb r 2000 in Melbourne. T hey are living on the Gold Coas t, Queen land.
Deaths It i wi th regret that we re ord the pa ing of the following ld olleo-ian: R C (REG) PIPER(24) G O 'D (GARRY) ARM TRO (29) KN (KE NETH) MORRI (29) C E (CHARLES) NEWMAN M B (29) W ( TUART) ROB ERT 0 ( 9) I H (IAN) FITZP T RI K ( 9)
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Dr H Norman B Wettenhall No rman Wettenhall was born on I8 Septembe~ I9IS and died on 27 Novembe~ 2000 aged 8S. H e attended The Geelong College from I930 to I934 and was a Prefect in I933 and I934. After school he completed a medical degree at Melbourne Universi~ MD BSc) graduating in I940 with honours in all subjects. During World -war Two he served as a Surgeon Lieutenant in the Royal Australian Navy on HMAS Nepal based in the UK and East Africa) and then on board HMAS Shropshire in New Guinea.
His professional life after the War saw him become an em inent consultant paediatrician based in Melbourne. H e had a long association with the Royal Children's H ospital as an honorary specialist from 1948. In 1972, he became the first endocrinologis t at the Royal Children's H ospital. Norman Wettenhall was a member of the College Council for 31 years fro m 1960 to 199 1 and Chairman of Council from 1969 to 1977. H is fa ther, D r Roland R Wettenhall was a m ember of Co uncil for many years before him. Wettenhall House is named after them both. Dr Wettenhall was a strong supp orter of co-education and particularly proud that the College became co-educational during his time as Chairman of Co uncil. H e was appointed a Life Governor of the Geelong College and a Fellow of the Old Geelong Collegians' Association in recognition of his outstanding contri bution. Many members of the Wettenhall family have attended the College and there are 44 on the database. T hey include N orm an's bro ther Hugh, his sons Gilbert and Adan1, his grandchildren , Robert, Tom and Alice Wettenhall (Year 12) ; also his nephew Ian and grandniece, Annabelle Wettenhall (Year 10). Beyond his medical career, Norman Wettenhall had a keen and enquiring mind and extremely wide ranging interests. Through out his life he made outstanding contributio ns ro society in the various fields in which he was interested including medicine, the arts, ornithology, heritage and the environment. Some of the positions he held included: Portrait ofNonnan WettenhaLL {oil on canvas} by Robert Hannaford, 1977 {detaiL}
Member of Co uncil of Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union 1975 to 1983 and President 1977 to 1983 Fo unding member of the Australian Conservation Fo undation fro m 1965 Fo unding Board Member of Nati onal Trust of Australia (Victoria) from c1956 Chairman of the M useum of VictOria Board 1978 to 1985 Fo unding Chairman, H eide Art Gallery 1980 to 199 1 Board Mem ber of the Victorian Co nservation Trust 1984 to 1992 Trustee ofWorJd W ildlife Fund for Nature from 1985. In 1997 he established the Norman Wettenhall Foundation to direct philanthropy ro projects "pro moting the pro tection, m aintenan ce and understandi ng of Australian li ving nature, environment and habitat, wi th particular emp has is on bird life". No rman is survived by his wife Joan and children G ib, Jane, Adam and Helen .
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Annual GolfDay
by David Jarman (55)
Once again the Old Geelong Collegians and Old Geelo ng Grammarians did battle on the Barwon Heads links. For the second year, the event was cond ucted with a shotgun starr. This was followed by a sit-down luncheon for the one hundred and rwenry competirors. This format proved ro be very successful. The event was won by The Old Geelong Collegians with a narrow margin of .08. This is the eleventh win by the OGCA in seventeen events.
RESULTS:
Runner Up - Tim Sproat (55), 3 Up OGG Winner - John McInnes, 2 Up Runner Up - James Richardson 1 Up
left: J ick 1 gall (GG ). Rick FleetUJood (GG ), andy Hutton (-.3), ick Grimshaw (GGS), Murray Mountjoy (69). Simon M oore (GG ) and Peter Betts (64). ABOVE :
The Challenge Cup - Old Geelong Collegians 4.02 defeated Old Geelong Grammarians 4.10 OGC Cup winner Steve Hope Johnsrone (69), 5 Up
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.T.P - Man W ilson (89) 4 BBB Winners - Steve Hope-Johnsrone (69) and Sandy Hutron (73) 10 Up
Sandy Hu tton (-.3) and Steve Hope-JohnstOne (69) celebrating their golfing success.
Runners Up - Graham Senior (61) and Andy Wall (63) 8 Up.
Long Drive - Graham Senior (6 1)
Athletics Club
byAaron Wileman (90), PresidentOGAAC
After a start ro the year which was punctuated by absence and injury, The Old Geelong Amateur Athletics Club has managed ro return with its best season of results in the brief hisrory of the club. Five years after star ting, the Club ha won its first teams event in the Associated Public Schools Old Collegians Amateur Athletics Association competition. The winning race was held at Brighron as the second last event of the year. Facing relegation ro division rwo at the last race, the men's team rallied together ro put in a performance which saw the club retain its position in division one. In the female division the O ld Geelong girls put in a startling performance ro fini h second in the teams event, their best result ever, which helped the girls ro finish third overall in the club championship. Old Geelong finished the season with three individual handicap race wins, one fastest time race win and our first teams event win. Outstanding Old Geelong Athletes, included Michael Goode (94) who won the Old Geelong Men's Athlete
of the Year. H e wa the best athlete in the Handi apper' championship; indicating that Michael put in berrer performances at each run throughout the year. Michael was joined this year by hi brother Anthony (99) who ran his first season with the club. Danielle Mc amara, who al 0 showed great improvement during thi ea on ro run many per onal bests, won the women's Old Geelong thlet of the Year. Ryf Quail (90) thi year travelled down from ydney ro compete in the fir t race of the ea on. Thank must go to all athlete who competed thi ear and al ro Rebecca O 'Loughlin (95), who a i t d \ ith th lub activities even when she \va till on crutch . The Old Geelong ollegian Amateur thleti a very ocial club that i not ju t limited ro lont:> Collegians. W, have many a ociat d m mb rand \\" I om anyone a a member. How ver \ ar lookincrb for mor Id Geelong o llegian ro ome and run with u n ~ aturday afternoons next a on. If y u are int r t d pi " onra -t me on 03 946 74 6 or aar nwil man IL x -it. om
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Middle School Welcome Evening
Boat Naming
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2 jenny, Adam{Yr 7), Marcus and
From left: Helen Connell, David and Meesok Kim and Mark Irwin, Music Staff
Katalin Saundel! and Grace Hardy
Campbell House Welcome BBQ 2
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From left: Linda MaLishev, MeLinda and Simon Thome 2 From left: Russell Malishev, HeLen McLarty (President, Prep. SchooL Parents' Association), John Stekelenburg, Carol Barnard (Director of Community Relations) and Brad Sazmdm 1
2000 Year Group Reunion ~ 2 4
From Left: L/l.cas Riccardo, james Laidlaw, Dale Bruns and Andrew Boehm 2 From left: Simone Kux, Ajeng Pitaloka, and Marie Sinclair 3 From left: Cameron GaLbraith, Ms Ros Palmer and Angus McLean I
1 From left: Mr Neil Everist (42),
Chairman of the Geelong College Boar Club, jill Everist, and Robert PurnelL (44) 2 School Captains Lucy Forbes and Oscar StanLey with Dr Pauline Tt,rner, Principal 3 John Hill (78) and Simon Cole (63) 4 Veronica Milsom (Yr 11), Brydie Meek (Yr 12), Jessica Crossley (Yr 12), Cara Bell (Yr 12), and Philippa Waayers (Yr 11)
2 1 From Left: Ruta alld
Monroe Grossnickle, Mano and Sanely Babiolakis 2 From left: jim Knott, Doug ~,(lacle and Tt'flcey Kirby
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Boarder/ Tennis Day
Year 9 Dinner
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Back. from lift: Serena Petlrdon. opIne VC'hwakers, Carlierllle Ross. Kate Bdll~. Front. from left: jane HawklTls and Rosie Christensen 2 am and Lyn Baulch and family including ophie (Yr 9) uaced 3 From lift: lewarr Gray. 1>fonica and Tom Dmnis I
Albert Bell Club Dinner 4
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From left: Sally McLaine, Stephen and GiLLian Wi-ide 3 From left: Ml1 Deb CLeary, Maths teacher; with Anthony and Robyn Muhlebach 4 judy Sedger and Grant Forbes 5 David Perkins, jennifer' Hall.owes and Dr Pauline Titrnel; Principal I
Opening ofNew Prep Room
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From left: Shane Milsom, Oscar Stanley, School Captain and stroke ofthe first VlIL Robyn Linke and Pip Sutherland; 2 Doreen Bell and David john (54)
Year 7 Dinner
Dr Paliline Titrner with Prep childrell and teacher Annie V(ligiml1all in their new6' refurbished classroom 2 From left john and Rowena Sycamllias, Philip and Heather Rillg
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Neil /llcLarty and Gmham jarrold
2 From left: Sharon and Mark GIIYI[her lIl/d Margarn O,lW
3 From left: Dal'id and Sue Woolman ,llld ,I [,t/colm ,wd Rob/JI<l long 4 jan and john chofield
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