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PEGASUS 1989

PEGASUS VOL. LXXXII Editors: Mr.G.W.Peel, Mr. R. J. T. Cummins

Photographers:

Mr. M. J. H. Roland MarkElshout, James Griffiths

Group Photograph Co-ordinator: Mr. P. A. Cronk Literature Co-ordinator: Mr. I. G. PanTyping: Mrs. J. Knight Cover Co-ordinator: Mrs. M. Sutton Cover Design: Timjarman The Editors thank all those who have contributed in any way to this edition of "Pegasus".

VOL. LXXXII

CONTENTS

Page

COUNCIL AND STAFF

SCHOOL REPORTS

SPORT

LITERATURE

COLLEGE LIFE

103

EXCURSIONS

115

AWARDS AND PRIZES

125

SCHOOL ROLL

136

OBITUARY

140

THE COUNCIL Chairman: Mr. G.S. Fielding, LL.B. Vice-Chairman: Mr. E.K. Doery, F.C.A. Dr. J.P. Ayerbe, B.V.Sc., M.R.C.V.S. Professor Weston Bate, M.A. The Honourable Mr. Justice B.W. Beach Dr. M.K. Benjamin, M.B.B.S., D.P.M., F.R.A.C.P., F.R.A.N.Z.P., M.R.C.Psych. Mr. G.L. Bent, LL.B Mr. W.L. Dix, A.O., AASA (Senior), A.C.I.S. Mrs. J. Everist, B.A., Dip.Ed.(Melb.) The Rev. J.M. Hagans, M.A., B.D., M.Th. Mr. R.P. Hale, M.Sc.(Adel), M.A.(Cantab.), Dip.Com.Sci. (Melb.), M.A.C.S. Mr. G.A. Hope The Rev. J.C. Lavender, B.A. Mr. F.S. McArthur, M.A.(Cantab.) Mrs. F.S. Maries, A.M., M.A., Dip.Soc.Studs.(Melb.) Mrs. C. Menzies, B.Ag.Sc.(Melb.) Miss J.M. Montgomery, A.M., O.B.E., B.A., B.Ed., F.A.C.E. Mr. C.J.F. Smit, B.Sc.(Melb.), M.AmJ.M.M. Mrs. R. Smith Dr. H.N.B. Wettenhall, A.M., M.D., B.S., F.R.C.P., F.R.A.C.P. The Rev. Prof. N.J. Young, B.A., B.D., Ph.D. Clerk: Mr. J. R. Kaye, AASA, CPA, AAIM.

NON-ACADEMIC STAFF ACCOUNTING/SECRETARIAL Mrs. J.A. Adams Mrs. J.M. Knight (Secretary to Vice-Principal) Mrs A.S. Lawrence (Secretary to Director of Foundation) Mrs. M. Miles Mr. H.G. Philips (Accounting) Miss J.A. Taylor (Secretary to Bursar) Miss D.K. Williams (Secretary to Principal) Mrs. A. Walter BOARDING HOUSE Sister M. Cartledge Sister H. Richardson Mrs. A. Vile Miss J. Stephens Miss D. Vahlmeyer Mr. D.L. Whitcroft

CLEANING Mrs. M. Blenke Mr. A.G.P. Crabbe Mrs. CM. Dunstan Mr. M. Marendaz Mrs V.M. Phelps Mrs. P. Povoas Mrs. M.N. Robertson Mr. M.C. Simmons Mrs. M.N. Stewart DOMESTIC Miss J. Sturzaker (Catering Manager) Mrs. B.A. Burns Mrs. S.M. Cornwill Mrs. R.A. Fletcher Miss M.P. Harris Mrs. A. Kelly Mrs. N.C. Malone Mrs. S.A. Marendaz Mrs. A. McCrae Ms. G.E. Picken Mrs. V.J. Richardson Mrs. A.P. Sheelings Mrs. G.J. Vaughan MAINTENANCE Mr. R.C. Deans (Property Manager Mr. P. Barrow Mr. R.F. Dahlhaus Mr. N.R. Deans Mr. A.W. Morgan Mr. C.T. Perrett Mr. P.J. Welsh GROUNDS Mr. D.S. Quick (Grounds Curator) Mr. N.T. Ash Mr. D.S. Lunardelli Mr. P.S. Nicol Mr. M. Povey Mr. D.A. Teasdale Mr. M.N. Taylor Mr. C.W.Wilson CARETAKER MR H. Blenke DRIVER Mr. R.R. Mclnnes

SENIOR SCHOOL STAFF 1989 Principal Mr. A. P. Sheahan, B.Sc.(Melb.), Dip.Ed. Head of the Senior School Mr. J. C. Gilson, B.Sc., B.Ed. (Monash) Bursar Mr. J. R. Kaye, AASA, CPA, AAIM. Registrar/Director of Foundation Mr. R. J. Grant, T.S.T.C.(Mercer House), Dip.P.E. (Melb.) Director of Curriculum Mr. J. R. Nelson, B.Sc, B.Ed.(Melb.), B.A. (Monash), M.Ed.Admin.(U.N.E.), M.A.C.E., M.A.C.E.A. (Term 1) Mr. W. J. Harris, B.Sc.(Hons)(Melb.), Dip.Ed. (Monash) (Acting: Terms 2-4) Director of Staff Development Mrs. M. H. Lethbridge, B.Sc.(Hons.) (Southampton), Dip.Ed.(Cantab.), M.I.Biol., M.A.I.Biol Chaplain Rev. I.V. Parton, B.A.(Melb.) Archivist Rev. E.C. McLean, B.A., Dip.Ed.(Melb.)

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH AND DRAMA Head: Mr. T. P. Parkes, B.A., Dip.Ed. (Monash) Ms. V.A. Bradford, T.P.T.C., T.Sp. (Melb.C.A.E.), B.Ed.(Vic.C), M.A.C.E. Mrs. K. Camp, B.A.(Monash), Dip (P.) T. Dip.Crim.(Melb.) Mr. J.L. Cook, B.A.(Georgia), Dip.Ed.(S.CV., Hawthorn) (terml only) Mr. R.J.T. Cummins, B.A.(La Trobe), T.P.T.C, A.CP.(London),Adv.Cert.Ed.(A.T.T.I.) Mrs. J. Ekkel, B.A.(Hons.)(Melb.), Dip.Ed(Melb.) Mr. N.J.G. Fairbairn, B.Ed.(S.CV., Rusden), Dip.Res.Sch.Serv., Cert.Bus.Stud.(Law), Assoc.Dip.Bus.LegalPrac.,Grad.Dip.E.Admin., M.A.C.E., M.A.C.E.A., A.I.M.M. Mr. A.N. Gibson, B.Ec, Dip.Ed.(Sydney) Mr. H. D. Mitchell, M.A.(Melb.), B.Phil.(Oxon.), Dip.Ed.(Melb.), Ed.M.(Harvard), M.A.C.E.A. Mrs. H.J. McGann, B.A.(Melb.), Dip.Ed.(Melb.)

Mr. I. G. Parr, B.A., M.A. (Sydney), Dip.(Melb.). Mr. G.W. Peel, B.A.(Deakin), Dip.Ed.(Melb.), B.Ed.(Deakin), M.Ed.(Melb.), Dip.Res.Sch.Serv., M.A.C.E., M.A.C.E.A. Mr. M. J. H. Roland, B.A.(Hons.) (Natal), Grad. Dip. Media (Rusden), Dip.Prim.Ed., A.T.T.L, M.A.C.E. Mrs. M. Sutton, B.A., Dip.Ed.(Melb.), (part-time) Mr. R.P. Sheridan, B.A.(Hons.), Dip.Ed.(U.N.E.) E.S.L. : Mrs. J.M. Baird, B.A.(Melb.), T.S.T.C. Director of Drama: Mr. J.S. Gibson,(N.I.D.A.) LIBRARY Head Librarian: Mr. L.J. Quail, B.A., Dip.Ed. (Monash), A.L.A.A., Grad.Dip. in Curriculum (S.C.V.,Melb.) Mrs. L.R. James, A.T.T.L, A.L.A.A. Mr. I.R. Thornton, B.Ed.(Melb.C.A.E.) Library Technician: Mrs. K.M. Hackett Library Assistant: Mrs. J.M. McDonald DEPARTMENT OF APPLIED AND FINE ARTS Head: Mr. F.W. Elliott, T.T.C.(Manual Arts), Director of The Austin Gray Centre Mrs. G. Bett (part-time) Mr. T.A. Egan, Dip.Art, S.A.T.C. Mr. R.W. Lancaster, A.C.T.T., H.D.T.S.A.C. Mrs. I. Plummer, B.Ed.(M.S.G) Mr. G. J. Smith, B.A.(Painting) (R.M.I.T.), Dip.Ed.(M.C.A.E.) Mr. R.D. Wells, T.T.R.I.C.(Melb.) Director of Music: Mr. H. Hood, B.Ed.,Dip.Mus. (Melb.), L.T.C.L., A.Mus.A., T.T.T.C. (S.C.V., Hawthorn) Mrs. M.T. Dwyer, Dip. Mus.Ed.(Sydney Cons, of Music) Mr. B.L. Edwards, B.Ed.(Deakin), M.I.M.T. Mrs. J.R. Evans, B.Mus., Dip.Ed.(Melb.) Mr. P.J. Hannah, A.Mus.A. Miss C.V. Kennedy, B.Mus., Dip.Ed.(Melb.) Mrs. H.C. Todd, B.Arts(Tas.), Dip.Mus.(Tas.) Mr. L.R. Trigg, B.Mus.Ed.(Melb.)

DEPARTMENT OF AUSTRALIAN STUDIES DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGES Head: Mr. G. W. Peel, B.A.(Deakin), Dip.Ed. Head: Mrs. A. M. Butt, B.A. (Monash), (Melb.), B.Ed.(Deakin), M.Ed.(Melb.), Grad.Dip.Ed.(G.I.A.E.), T.E.F.L. (London) Dip.Res.Sch.Serv., M.A.C.E., M.A.C.E.A. Mrs. J. Ekkel, B.A.(Hons.)(Melb.), Dip.Ed.(Melb.) Mr. D.A. Curnow, B.A.(La Trobe), Dip.Ed. Mr. M.B. Keary, B.A.(Hons.)(Qld.), M.A.(Melb.) (Monash), Sps.Sci.(Rusden) Mr. J. Peron, F.E.E.H.C.(part time) Mr. N.J.G. Fairbairn, B.Ed.(S.C.V., Rusden), Mme. R. Houte, (part-time) Dip.Res.Sch.ServvCert.Bus.Stud.(Law), Mrs. D. West, B.A. (part-time) Assoc.Dip.Bus.Legal Prac, Grad.Dip.Ed.Admin., M.A.C.E., M.A.C.E.A., A.I.M.M. DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS Mr. A.N. Gibson, B.Ec, Dip.Ed.(Sydney) Head: Mr. J.S. Clark, B.A.(Hons.)(Melb.), B.A. Miss A.M. Huntington, B.Ed.(Phys.Ed.) (Hons.) (Leeds) (S.C.V.,Burwood) Mrs. M.J.L. Champness, B.A.(Hons.), B.Ed. Mr. L. A. Thomson, B.A., Dip.Ed. (Hinders) (Melb.) Mr. W.J. Harris, B.Sc(Hons.)(Melb.), Dip.Ed. DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS STUDIES (Monash) Head: Mr. R.M. Morris, B.Ec, Dip.Ed.(La Trobe) Mr. W.V.W. Headlam, B.Sc(Melb.), B.Ed.(La Mr. H.I. Cornes, T.P.T.C., Dip.Bus.St.(Ballarat Dip.Teach.(S.CV., Melb.) C.A.E.), A.A.S.A. Mr. D.H. MacBryde, M.A. (Cantab.), Cert, in Mr. N.J.G. Fairbairn, B.Ed.(S.C.V., Rusden), Education (Bristol) Dip.Res.Sch.Serv., Cert.Bus.Stud.(Law), Mr. B. McLeod, Dip.Elec.Eng., T.T.C., B.Ed. Assoc.Dip.Bus.Legal Prac, Grad.Dip.Ed.Admin., (Deakin) M.A.C.E., M.A.C.E.A., A.I.M.M. Mr. A.D.C. Miller, B.Sc(Hons.)(Melb.), Dip.Ed. Mr. M. W. Seeckts, B.Ed. (Phys.Ed.) (S.C.V., (Melb.S.C.) Rusden) Ms. J.M. Nelson, B.A., B.Ed.(Melb.), B.Sc Mr. M.A. Simpson, B.Ed.(S.A.C.A.E.) (Deakin) Mr. J.R. Nelson, B.Sc, B.Ed.(Melb.), B.A. DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY (Monash), M.Ed.Admin(U.N.E.), Head: Mr. P.S. Goldsworthy, B.A.(Melb.), Dip.Ed. M.A.C.E.,M.A.C.E.A. (term 1 only) (S.C.V., Rusden), B.Ed.(Melb.), M.A.C.E., F.R.G.S. Mrs. M. O'Loughlin, B.Sc(Hons.), Dip.Ed. Mr. J. Claringbold, B.Ed.(Melb.S.C) (Melb), (part-time) Mr. F.J. Stone, B.Soc.Sci.(V.I.C.), Dip.Ed.(H.I.E.) Miss A.J. Schooneman, B.Sc(Monash), B.Ed. (Deakin) DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY Mrs. S. A. Strong, B.A., Dip.Ed., A.L.G.M. (partHead: Mr. A.N. Gibson, B.Ec, Dip.Ed.(Sydney), time) Director of Australian Studies Mr. D.A. Young, B.Sc(Melb.), T.S.T.C. Mr. J. Claringbold, B.Ed.(Melb.S.C) Mr. D.A. Curnow, B.A.(La Trobe), Dip.Ed. DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION (Monash), Sps.Sci.(Rusden) Head:Mr. D. A. Clifford, B.Ed. (Flinders) Mr. N.J.G. Fairbairn, B.Ed.(S.CV., Rusden), Mr. P.A. Cronk, Dip.Phys.Ed., T.P.T.C.(Melb.), Dip.Res.Sch.Serv., CertBus.Stud.(Law), Sportsmaster Assoc.Dip.Bus.Legal Prac, Grad.Dip.Ed.Admin., Miss A.M. Huntington, B.Ed.(Phys.Ed.) M.A.C.E., M.A.C.E.A., A.I.M.M. (S.C.V.,Burwood) Mr. P.S. Goldsworthy, B.A.(Melb.), Dip.Ed.(S.C.V., Mr. M.W. Seeckts, B.Ed.(Phys.Ed.) Rusden), B.Ed.(Melb.), M.A.C.E., F.R.G.S. (S.C.V.,Rusden) Mr. H.D. Mitchell, M.A.(Melb.), B.Phil.(Oxon.), Mr. F.J. Stone, B.Soc.Sci.(V.I.C), Dip.Ed.(H.I.E.), Dip.Ed.(Melb.), Ed.M.(Harvard), M.A.CE.A. Director of Rowing Rev. I.V. Parton, B.A.(Melb.) Mr. J. S. Crick, (assistant) Mr. G.W. Peel, B.A.(Deakin), Dip.Ed.(Melb.), B.Ed. (Deakin), M.Ed.(Melb.), Dip.Res.Sch.Serv., M.A.C.E., M.A.C.E.A. Mr. R.P. Sheridan, B.A.(Hons.), Dip.Ed.(U.N.E.) Mr. L. A. Thomson, B.A., Dip.Ed. (Hinders) Mr. I.R. Thornton, B.Ed.(Melb.C.A.E.)

DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE Head: Mr. W.J. Harris, B.Sc.(Hons.)(Melb.), Dip.Ed.(Monash) Mr. T.A. Ferrier, B.V.Sc., Dip.Ed.(Qld.) Mrs. M.H. Lethbridge, B.Sc.(Hons.) (Southampton), Dip.Ed.(Cantab.), M.I.Biol., M.A.I.Biol Mr. E.A. Manwaring, B.Sc.(Hons.)(Syd.), Dip.Ed.(Mitchell C.A.E.), M.Env.St.(Adel.), Grad.Dip.Comp.(Deakin), M.A.C.E., F.A.I.Pet. Mr. A.D.C. Miller, B.Sc.(Hons.)(Melb.), Dip.Ed. (Melb.S.C), Dr. H. Row, M.B.B.S., B.Sc. (Med.Physiol.) (Qld.), Dip.Ed. (Brisbane CAE) Mr. R. Salen, A.M.I.E.E. Miss A.J. Schooneman, B.Sc.(Monash), B.Ed. (Deakin) Mr. CM. Whittle, B.Sc., Dip.Ed., Dip.Comp.Sci. (Melb.) Mr. D.A. Young, B.Sc.(Melb.), T.S.T.C. Laboratory Technician: Mr. D.A. Carroll PUBLISHING DEPARTMENT Mr. R.J.T. Cummins, B.A.(La Trobe), T.P.T.C, A.CP.(London),Adv.Cert.Ed.(A.T.T.I.) CAREERS ADVISER Mrs. S.D. Fisher, B.A., Dip.Ed.(Monash), Grad.Dip.Car.Ed. (R.M.I.T.) Careers Assistant: Mrs. D. Barling

DEDICATION OF THE GEELONG COLLEGE CHAPEL on Wednesday, 8th March, 1989, by

Sir Ronald Wilson, A,C, KBE, CMG, President of the Assembly, The Uniting Church in Australia

WELCOME SPEECH Mr Chairman and Mrs Fielding, Sir Ronald and Lady Wilson, Distinguished Guests; and I place the students in that category of Distinguished Guests. It is my very great pleasure and certainly an honour to welcome on behalf of the school Sir Ronald and Lady Wilson to this Service of Dedication of The Geelong College Chapel. Sir Ronald, who, as President of The Assembly of the Uniting Church in Australia, will perform the Dedication, will be well known to many of you as a Judge in the High Court of Australia, although he has just retired from that

position. Throughout a very distinguished legal career he has been at various times in Western Australia Crown Prosecutor, Crown Counsel and Solicitor General, from where he was appointed with great approval to the Bench of the highest court in this land. Amongst his other achievements include the honour of presently holding Chancellorship of Murdoch University in Western Australia; and of having been the Moderator of the Western Australian Synod of the Uniting Church in Australia and may I say, Sir, that you, as a scholar, a learned man and a Christian gentleman, do us a single honour by your presence

here today. A very warm welcome to you and Lady Wilson. I want to say a brief word about this grand structure behind me. Many will remember the halcyon days of this building's existence as the House of Music: with a foundation stone laid on 24th October, 1936, by the then Headmaster Rev. F.W. Rolland (later Sir Francis), it became the centre of many vigorous and lively musical productions, including great Gilbert and Sullivan operas for which the College was renowned. More lately the focus of music has moved towards the Austin Gray Centre and it is a tribute to

the vision and the imagination of those who were involved that this building should have been converted into a chapel and given a new lease of life. I want to pay particular tribute to the architect whose skill, imagination, flair and sensitivity have combined with the patient care of the construction team to produce the most lovely of buildings (and if you have not already had the chance, you will have the opportunity to see the building after this service). I want also to thank all those who have endowed this building with its splendid accoutrements. I join with the Council in expressing trust that this new house of praise and prayer will become the spiritual focus of the school and that it will be seen by those who come to it as a refuge from the worldly forces that ravage the soul. If this chapel causes some in each generation of young men and women in this College to stop in their tracks, and ask where they are going and to whom they are responsible, then it will have contributed something of great value to the knowledge of the good. There will be some amongst us who, as the writer of St. Matthew's Gospel tells us, are blessed because they hunger and thirst for righteousness. If that is the case they will be the light of the world, and may cast that light on the road which you and I must walk. So it is with humble pride, Sir Ronald, that we ask you later in this service to dedicate this chapel to God's purposes. A. P. SHEAHAN

DEDICATION SPEECH

My wife and I are delighted to be able to share with you in this celebration today. Neither of us has had the privilege of visiting the College before and I may say that we are most impressed with what we have seen and with the friendliness and sense of confidence that pervades the whole place. I want to congratulate everybody whose efforts, whose vision and hard work and sacrifice has led to the opening and dedication of this chapel today; it must give you a real sense of satisfaction and in the name of the Uniting Church I commend and congratulate you upon it. I want to speak primarily to the students of the College and to ask the question "Why have a chapel?" For many people chapels and churches don't seem to really fit in to their conception of life. Perhaps they stand more like a museum, as a mute testimony to a past age, holding little relevance for many people in the present, save perhaps for a faithful few, so-called religious people. That's all wrong. I want to say to you today that chapels are not about religion; they are about life, because they help us to appreciate the incredible gift of life that everyone of us is given and given without any effort on our own part. Furthermore, churches can be very exciting places. In medieval times when the church was a powerful institution in Europe the law of Sanctuary applied to churches. Save for treason, no one could be arrested on church premises and it often happened that a fugitive fleeing from his enemies, whether they were his creditors , whether they were his political opponents, or whatever, could find safety in the church. It was a refuge. That handy law was abolished,! am sorry to say, in Eng-

land in 1623. There was one famous occasion that you may think of when it didn't work. On 29th December, 1170, Thomas A'Beckett, then Archibshop of Canterbury, was murdered in Canterbury Cathedral by the King's men and there's a sad repetition of that in our own day just a few years ago, Archbishop Romero of El Salvador was struck down as he led the Mass at the altar of his cathedral in El Salvador. Even in recent years churches have been in the news in South Africa where people wanted by the government have been seeking sanctuary in a church and the church authorities have been doing their best to protect them. So for some people churches have been very important places, offering a place of safety, of care and compassion and contributing to the sense of integrity that many people have felt within their walls. But perhaps what I really want to say to you today is that chapels are important for everyone.because of what they stand for: the nourishment and nurture of the human spirit, the cultivation of a lively relationship to God and the capacity to live in harmony with other people and with the whole of creation. I believe that every person, whether he or she knows it or not, is basically a spiritual person, simply because it doesn't make sense to think of a human being as simply made up of a few cells, as constituting simply body and mind As the writer of the book of Ecclesiastes in the Bible put it, "God has set eternity in our hearts" and the consequence of that is, as Saint Augustine said to God,"You've made us for yourself and our hearts are restless until they rest in you." H.G. Wells, a famous member of the world of the twentieth century, put it even more bluntly. At the end of a life which he had tried to live without God he made a revealing comment on the emptiness of his life when he said there is

a God-shaped gap in every person's life. And so I want to suggest to you that this chapel, of which we celebrate the opening and dedication today, is important to everyone at Geelong College because it calls attention to a dimension of life without which no education can be complete. I don't know what you think about education, boys and girls, I'm sure the process of learning at Geelong College leads you to disagree with George Bernard Shaw who had a good and a bad view of education. He said the only interruption to his education was when he was at school and he thought that education was far too good to be wasted on children. So we have come a long way from George Bernard Shaw. Education at its best is a liberating experience. That's how I'd like you to think of it. Education, someone has said, takes a lump of animated clay, that's what you are without education, and turns it into a perceptive, thinking, feeling, human being. It kindles a capacity to understand, appreciate and contribute to life by widening the horizons of a person's mind and heart. It sets a person free. Free to discover himself or herself. Free to act not just to react. Free to be vital and outgoing in both intellect and spirit. And churches believe that for young people this kind of education is a process that takes place best in a Christian community where there is love and humility combining to give that sense of wholeness that marks the development of a true human being. So I believe that this chapel will play a very important part in the life of this College. I hope it will play an important part for everybody connected with the College.as being a place where those who come into it will feel God's presence and discover that he is a God who laughs with them in their joys and who cares for them in their times of difficulty. I hope and pray it will be 10

a place where young people will find it easier to dream dreams and see visions. Dreams and visions of the world as you want it to be. A world where love is the law of life and all people are knit together in true community. A place where young lives will find their fulfilment in surrender to Jesus Christ as their Lord and Master; whereby their minds may grasp his truth, their hearts claim it and their whole lives proclaim it. I want to end by reading to you parts of a poem written by Rabindranath Tagore. He was a great Indian poet, he was a Hindu and he wrote a poem about freedom and I love this poem because it demonstrates to me the unity that binds all human kind together and it speaks of the one God who, whether we know it or not, is the God and father of our Lord Jesus Christ. This is what this poet wrote (it's a prayer) "Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high; where knowledge is free; where the world has not been broken up into fragments by narrow domestic walls; where words come out of the depth of truth; where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection; where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way into the dreary desert sand of dead habit,;where the mind is led forward by Thee into everwidening thought and action; Into that heaven of freedom,my Father, let my country awake. SIR RONALD WILSON

CHAPEL REFLECTION More than one thing occurred in the event that marked the dedication of the School Chapel on Wednesday, 8th March, 1989. Linked together with the physical transformation of the House of Music into the House of Praise and Prayer, were the lives of those who for 50 years had partaken in the musical life of The Geelong College and the forthcoming influence on further lives through Chapel life. Visibly portrayed were the technical skills of architect, builder and furnishing, coupled with successive Councils' strategies of a continuing building programme in harmony with the first building of 1871. The presence of the President of the Uniting Church in Australia, Sir Ronald Wilson, who led the Dedication Service, joined the Chapel to the Church, and not only to a denomination, but to the whole Christian family. And then perhaps most important was the fact that for such a significant occasion in College life, the whole student body of some 1250 was present. Every person can be delighted therefore and thankful that the school chapel is now built and functional, and that the reasons for our pleasure can be so various. The chapel now stands as a physical witness in the College alongside other prominent buildings, which through their usage and association of the years have come to hold particular meaning and memories to so many people. Buildings such as the Dining Hall, Morrison Hall, the Rolland Centre, Mackie House and indeed the Cloisters and Classrooms come to mind. Now there is a place set aside for the praise of God and the reading

and preaching of the Word and for prayer, and it has become the Chaplain's privilege to lead people through that function. Immediately following the dedication of the Chapel, a weekly succession of marriages commenced and there are weddings booked ahead well into 1990. Sunday and weekly House chapel services both are well established, and it has been important to be able to welcome Old Collegians to special worship services arranged to mark their return, especially the Mackie House 50th Anniversary Reunion. So the prayer of the school community should expand from the Opening Day's thanks to the God who put it into the hearts of his servants to transform a House of Music into a House of Praise and Prayer to a prayer that the chapel, its life and workship, may become a place of inspiration to present and future generations of College students.

The College Council, in establishing its Strategy Plan, resolved that a College Chapel should serve as the centre of the school's spiritual life, and the infrequently used House of Music should be converted and extended for that purpose. The foundation stone of the House of Music was laid by the then Principal, the Rev. F.W. Rolland, in 1936. Phillip Hudson had designed the building and for almost fifty years it provided the focus for a fine tradition of musical education, until the development of the Austin Gray Centre. The extension links with the existing structure to complete a cruciform plan. The entry porch at the eastern end opens into a narthex and vestry, and a spiral staircase leads to a small mezzanine gallery which will accommodate a choir and later the pipe organ. The old ceiling has been removed to reveal the original timber trusses, and new trusses are repeated at equal intervals down the nave. The new internal roof structure and timber lining recalls the grand-scale places within the School - the Dining Hall and the Morrison Hall. The seating arrangement, with a central aisle, is adequate for a Senior School year group. The College Council trusts that the Chapel will serve the School well as the focus of its spiritual life.

REV. I.V. PARTON (Chaplain)

PRINCIPALS SPEECH DAY ADDRESS Friday, 8th December 1989 Mr. Chairman, Professor Waters, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen. It gives me great pleasure to present my fourth report to the College community. It gives me particular pleasure to add my welcome to Professor Waters as our Guest Speaker today not just because he is an Old Collegian but because he is a most distinguished academic and clinical psychiatrist whose chair in adolescent psychiatry at the University of New South Wales blends with service on a number of state and national committees, consultancy to the World Health Organisation and an extensive range of research projects. It is no secret that I was reminded of his work when I saw a rather disturbing two-part documentary on ABC television recently, entitled "Nobody's Children". Professor Waters appeared on the programme as an expert witness, as it were, because of his interest and considerable work in the field of the influence of the family on the growing adolescent and, naturally, had some extremely pertinent things to say. We are all delighted to have you with us and especially pleased that your wife came with you, and we shall listen with great interest to what you have to say. With the general issue of the family in mind, I want to say just a few words on that great institution from the perspective of the school, and I hope I do not run counter to what Professor Waters might say. It is my contention that our society has lost a great deal over the past two decades because of the decline in the ideal of loving your neighbour as yourself, an ideal so carefully nurtured and fostered in a caring

and stable home environment. Some may ask "who is my neighbour" and what better definition than the biblical one when the same question was asked: in the parable of The Good Samaritan we are told quite emphatically who our neighbour is. If we cannot come to grips with that concept in these days when some scientists are foretelling doom and gloom, then our neighbours, indeed the whole of the human race (and maybe more), ought prepare for a pretty depressing future. In my view we, as a society, have relinquished many of the values and virtues that set us apart from other branches of God's kingdom. Our desperate desire to pursue equality, "doing one's own thing", fulfilment and so on seems to have camouflaged the fact that, as John Donne said, "No man is an island, sufficient unto himself". We have been encouraged by a great many free thinkers to indulge ourselves in some sort of hedonistic race for pleasure, whatever that may be. Independence and freedom are fine concepts but we need community for our growth in freedom; we need others both to find and fulfil ourselves. "In this age of deregulation," as Dr. Don Edgar, the Director of the Australian Institute of Family Studies, puts it very succinctly, "mindless peddlars of freedom want to obliterate rules, responsibilities, reciprocal obligations, indeed any limits to what an individual can do in the pursuit of self-interest and selffulfilment. Freedom has become licence. Such emphasis on deregulation ignores the simple truth that freedom depends on limits, and that one person's freedom is anoth-

er person's prison." Earlier this year "The Age" carried an article that said that more than 25,000 homeless live in peril on the streets, some 28,000 Victorian women seek refuge from violent husbands every year, thousands of children are neglected and abused, even sexually, by their parents (and will we ever know the true number in this category?), drug taking abounds, and for a significant section of the community the poverty gap widens. It would be easy, and in my opinion simplistic, to blame our economic woes; in some ways those woes are in fact a product of the root cause - selfishness - rather than the cause itself. There is a considerable argument to suggest that massive changes, both social and technological, have sent families reeling into new and unchartered territory with which the human mind has difficulty in coping. When we lived in small communities as families we seemed to be able to get our minds around our environments and nature itself but we are taking a long time to come to grips with these recent changes. In the process the family as a unit suffers and relationships of a binding and lasting kind are cast aside. In this atmosphere children are the ones to suffer, and many of them are now trying to make sense of their lives without an underlying thread of stability and meaning because our social "cement", if you like, is coming unstuck - what an awful prospect for them. Post-war affluence, the discoveries of science that led to a feeling of omnipotence and control over our destinies, the breaking down of the

feudal system of master-servant, the advent of television, the impotence of economics to solve the problems created by our self-interest have all fostered a rampant individualism which may not have been bad in essence but in practice led to a selfish narcissism that left society divided and cocooned. Preoccupied with our own lives we ignore our neighbours and even our families at times except insofar as they interfere with our self-seeking. The message is that there is no meaning, no point to life other than the pursuit of self, no rules, no reciprocal obligations, no responsibilities, no limits to what the individual can do in this pursuit of self-interest. This notion obscures the truth that we are interdependent, that we need each other if we are to reach fulfilment - even the pleasureseeker gains his pleasure only at the expense of others. Having said that, though, it is not consensus that binds us together but co-operation and compromise. So the way out is to teach ourselves a new social theory, propound a message that we do not want a return to the old and out-dated authoritarian structure but that we do need one another. We do have reciprocal obligations and responsibilities as well as personal rights and freedoms; society works only if people make it work for the benefit of all and not for the few. And where better to learn these lessons of sharing and caring than in the family where a loving and supportive union can provide the warm and secure restraints in which the child learns the essential truths that I have been talking about. John F. Kennedy, in a different context, said much the same thing: "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country." None of this is to deny that we need to hold ourselves in high regard, too, for as the second great com-

mandment exhorts us: "Love your neighbour as yourself and there is a clear command for us to treat ourselves well, also, but not either to the exclusion of others or even to their relegation to second place. And what a propitious time Advent is to be talking about the concept of family, as we have witnessed "The Greatest Story Ever Told" reenacted by students in three distinctly different but equally stunning and beautiful ways over the last three evenings. So in my view we must nurture and cherish the family and what it stands for if we are to give our children the solid and secure foundation from which they can test themselves in new and exciting ways. I want now to turn to internal matters and in particular the issue that will occupy a major part of our thinking over the next few years the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE). Events have raced ahead so quickly over the past two years that we seem to be ready to take on VCE before we have had time to digest its implications, even though there are those at this present moment who are less than enthusiastic about its introduction. You will be aware that many staff have been involved in the development of Study Designs for the new V.C.E. and that Phase 1 Studies English, Mathematics and Australian Studies - will be introduced next year at the Units 1 and 2 level, formerly known as Year 11. You have probably gathered already that terminology will form a very significant part of the steep gradient on the learning curve: studies instead of subjects, semester length units instead of year-long courses, work requirements instead of periodic tests, CATs, or Common Assessment Tasks, instead of examinations, and so on. In fact I suspect that CATs will assume much greater significance over the next couple of years

than the Hawks allowed them this year! Practitioners in schools have had a substantial task keeping abreast of developments under V.C.E. so I can imagine the confusion that has been caused in the community, and I doubt that the central figures in the transition, the State government and the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Board, have done their public relations and marketing terribly well. Not only is there palpable concern in the community outside schools about the status and credibility of the new V.C.E. but there is still considerable disquiet within the educational community about certain aspects of the new certificate. perhaps at this point a quick resume of the requirements under V.C.E. might make the picture a little clearer. In the early part of this decade and in certain quarters it had been felt that the old Higher School Certificate was a rather narrow educational offering at the Year 12 level because it was geared specifically to those who were advancing to some form of tertiary study; reputedly V.C.E. is designed as a twocomponent structure with one arm, as it were, signifying that a student has satisfied the work requirements demanded under V.C.E. and the other quite separate one signifying certain levels of achievement on the Common Assessment Tasks taken at the Units 3 and 4 level. Most students will undertake twenty-four units from what is described as the Arts/Humanities fields and at least four units from the Mathematics/ Science/Technology fields. A certificate will be issued to a student who satisfies the work requirements in sixteen of those twenty-four units provided that amongst the sixteen there are three units of English and at least three other three-unit sequences. The matter of levels of achievement relates only to perfor-

mance on the Common Assessment Tasks, and here another major difficulty arises for the tertiary institutions who will want to rely on those achievement grades for selecting the students into their courses. Assessment and Reporting are likely to be areas of hot debate but ones that must be resolved quickly if we are to feel confident that all aspects of the V.C.E. are fully under control by 1991, the year of its full introduction. I might add here, though, that we shall continue to run examinations at what is the equivalent of the present Year 11 level. One very positive aspect of V.C.E., however, is the level of curriculum development that has been taking place and, as I have already mentioned, in which a good number of our staff have been pivotally involved. From the establishment of the various Fields of Study Committees, which replaced the old Subject Standing Committees, some members of our staff have had a great deal of input. Beyond the draft stage of the Study Designs and into the time when providers, as we must now be called not schools, had to flesh out these Study Designs with what used to be known as syllabuses, almost all of the staff have been involved at looking afresh at the curriculum in the secondary part of the school. With all of the myriad demands on staff in this school, I continue to be amazed at their energy and commitment not just to their teaching but also to their academic subjects through the phenomenal level of curriculum development that is undertaken by them on a continuing basis. We shall all feel very proud of the mighty efforts of a talented and dedicated staff. At this point it would be appropriate for me to single out those in executive positions in the school, though in some ways it can be invidious to do so. Mrs Bourke, Mr 14

Rachinger and Mr Hughes, the Head of the Preparatory School, have again displayed talents and devotion above and beyond the call of duty; in the Senior School, the Acting Director of Curriculum, Mr Harris, has provided commendable leadership in a role that was not to become his in the long-term, though he will become VCE Coordinator, and Mr Gilson, the VicePrincipal has made a contribution in this his first year that has been outstanding in all respects. No one ever expects a school to run without its difficulties - after all a school is just a microcosm of society - but we seem to have traversed this year with fewer problems than in the past. That is not to suggest that the year has been meek and mild, however - nothing could be further from the truth! Student activities in a host of fields, ranging from music to debating to drama to academic work to sporting contests have left us with the impression that the youth of today is no less creative and achievement-oriented when they set their minds to it than were their counterparts in days gone by. I continue to marvel at the talents that reside in our students. Part of the reason why this happens, I feel sure, is the fact that our young folk feel relatively secure in the school family and are confident to test themselves because there is such a caring safety mechanism that resides in the tutors and the house system. For instance I was utterly astonished by the quality of the three Carol Services on the past three evenings and I have been deeply proud of our students and our staff who have worked together so assiduously to produce that standard in a variety of endeavours throughout the year. Happily, in this environment it is possible also to give young people an opportunity to show leadership capacities in a host of different ways: as captains of teams, as leaders in orchestras, as actors in plays, as House Prefects

and, of course, as School Prefects. In this last category I want to say how impressive the School Captain, Kate Sears, and the two ViceCaptains, Jane Brushfield and Andrew Howie have been. If those three are examples of the youth of today then our future is promising. I want to say thank you to the Bursar and the ancillary staff as well. Without their unfailing support and devotion an institution of this magnitude would grind to an inevitable halt. Their eternal cheerfulness is welcomed by staff, students and parents alike. Administrative staff, catering staff, domestic staff and grounds staff alike all deserve the highest praise for their friendliness, efficiency and helpfulness. It would be remiss of me, too, not to make some mention of individual academic staff who are leaving the service of the College for a variety of reasons at the end of this year. From the Preparatory School, we are losing Mr John Brebner, Mrs Pauline Greaves, Messrs Rob Harris and Lyndsay Morris, Ms Ros Palmer, Mrs Stephanie Thomson and Miss Serrin Wylie, and Miss Caroline Rogers returns to the U.K. after a year's exchange. From the Senior School, Mrs Gail Bett, Messrs Ian Cornes, Wayne Headlam and Hartley Mitchell, Mrs Krystyne Kamp amd Mrs Ingrid Plummer, Dr Heather Row, Messrs Luke Thomson and Ian Thornton depart, and Mrs Sue Heath is taking maternity leave. Each one of them has made an individual and singular contribution to the College. There is one member of staff I want to mention in particular, though, because of her length of service: Mrs Lyn James. Mrs James joined the Preparatory School staff first in 1953 as a very young woman, Lynette McDonald. She left to raise a family in the 1970s but returned to the Senior School Library where her care and support to the less outgoing of our students

has been outstanding. I am sure that we would want to take this opportunity of thanking the departing staff for their individual contributions to the staff and, in Mrs James's case, of wishing her a very happy retirement. I must say something about the funding of independent schools in this state. Recently indications have been given by both State and Federal governments that the system of General Recurrent Grants will continue at much the same level through to the end of 1992. We have discovered, however, that they have not been indexed at a realistic rate over the past few years so that we have seen the proportion of total College revenue via Government funding fall from around 26% to a figure of less than 15% over the last eight years. No doubt this places an extra burden on parents but, if we are to cherish the notion of independence, we must learn, as did those before the 1960s, to finance our own affairs completely. What lies beyond 1993 as far as Government funding is concerned is, at this point, unknown but I would not be at all surprised to find that the proportion of Government funding visa-vis total revenue falls even further. It is an ill-wind that blows no good, and, with the threat of further Government intrusion being attached to the acceptance of State Aid, via the monitoring and review of achievements in schools and the meeting of political objectives, we may well be much more masters of our own destinies if we are able to place ourselves in a position where we do not rely on Government funding at all. To this and other ends, the Foundation has been established and I trust that parents and friends of the school will respond favourably and generously to its ideals and strategies. Planning Committee and Council deliberations over future directions

for the school and building requirements have occupied a large amount of time this year, and I should take this opportunity of thanking the Chairman and ViceChairman of Council especially but all Council and committee members in general for their unstinting service to the College. Preparatory School parents will already have noticed changes up there in the last twelve months with the establishment of a new Science laboratory with two classrooms underneath, the gradual emergence of the Hall and Music Complex, and a new Art/Craft centre that is well advanced in the planning stages. At the Senior School we have our marvellous Chapel in constant use: it is adding another dimension to our spiritual lives at the College, exemplified so clearly by that heartwarming Campbell House Carol Service held there on Tuesday evening last, and I take this opportunity of thanking the donors of some of its furnishings for their generosity. A classroom extension to the south of the present Science laboratory and Morrison library is about to begin and considerable other works around the grounds will see continual changes over the next two or three years. No school, however successful, can rest on its laurels and it is a tribute to the planners and financial managers that the College has been able to grow and develop in such an ordered and manageable fashion. We look forward to exciting times ahead. At this point I conclude my report, Mr Chairman, but I do take this opportunity of wishing everyone a safe and happy family Christmas.

PROFESSOR BRENT WATERS' SPEECH Mr Chairman, Principal, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am honoured to have been invited to give the 1989 Speech Day Address. As an Old Collegian it is yet another way of contributing to the College Community. One's life runs in cycles and themes. The College is a thread which will run through all our lives.. Today I will talk about another thread - in fact a series of threads, more like the fabric of life the family. Media coverage of child abuse, domestic violence, divorce and youth homelessness may suggest we are witnessing the death of the family. They are undoubtedly the fallout from about 25 years of steady decline in family life since the real heyday of the Australian family in the early 1950s. Today I will take you on a trip around that family and indulge in a little prediction. The big picture of the Australian family must take in the first 150 years of the colony. Australia was first settled as a dumping ground for the unwanted of the British Isles. It was an inauspicious foundation for family life. Overwhelmingly the first fleeters were men. By the 1820s, the sex ratio in New South Wales was more than 8 to 1 in their favour. Until the late 1700s marriage had existed primarily to preserve property. Children were a cheap source of labour or a hedge against poverty and old age. Not until the beginning of the 19th century did the standards and goals of child rearing change and children begin to be viewed as having their own needs. From the beginning, colonial authorities were eager to promote

family life. Common law or defacto marriages were common as it was hard to marry. Permission was difficult to obtain, the marriage law was ambiguous and there was a shortage of clergy. However, if marriages were few, births were many. By 1795, seven years after colonisation, young children comprised almost a fifth of the population. With the arrival of large numbers of free settlers after 1830, the huge surplus of men declined rapidly. By 1850, about two fifths of the population were children and with the Gold Rush, the immigration of women from Ireland and England became a flood.

The past fifty years have been similar in many ways - an unequal balance of promise and problems. The formation of families was largely put on hold during World War Two when many of Australia's men were overseas. Demobilisation of the armed services in 1945-46 was followed by an epidemic of marriages and a flood of children - the baby boom. Government support of the family was unparalleled - programmes for ex-servicemen to enter tertiary education, cheap housing loans, land grants and as children arrived, family support programmes and improved educational facilities.

By the 1890s the typical Australian family that was emerging was similar in many ways to today's family. Young married couples were separated from the extended family network and they undertook alone the task of establishing themselves and raising children. The family had a major investment in the family home, and a belief in the centrality of children to the marriage. The big difference was the sex role difference - men were bread winners and women homemakers. In 1907, the government established a minimum wage and the nation committed itself to economic support of the family in a manner unparalleled among other countries.

Baby boomers are the parents of today's teenagers. When they themselves were teenagers during the 1960s - the decade of protests and Woodstock - disenchantment with most social institutions set in here and overseas. Australia's entry into the Vietnam War confirmed that young people could not trust anyone over 30. A decade later, in the 1970s the baby boomers were the young adults we know now as the Me Generation. Another decade on - now - they are divorcing in record numbers.

Yet despite this support for the family, even the "good old days" were tough for many. A whole series of occurrences in our first 150 years the convict origins, the longstanding unequal sex ratio, the continuing immigration of unaccompanied young males, the nomad tribe of all male workers in the outback and pastoral areas, and the gold rush capped off by the two great economic depressions of the 1890s and the 1930s, conspired to leave a significant proportion of each generation husbandless, fatherless and destitute.

Family size has been shrinking too. No longer do families average three or four children. Last year, we needed every one of the 140,000 immigrants to simply keep the Australian population at the previous year's level. The nuclear family, with a close network of grandparents, uncles, aunts, cousins, is melting away, despite the fact that Australians now liver longer. They are now far flung and losing contact fast. By why is the baby boom generation which started off with such high hopes, no distracting global

conflicts and a burgeoning technology having such a tough time? To understand this we have to go back to their babyhood. The young parents of the 1950s came off the hardships of the war with a renewed belief that children were a joy and that they were the future. So how were they to make it happen? By being perfect parents! Dr Benjamin Spock, not the gentleman from Star Trek, but an American paediatrician, had the perfect answer - a book about child rearing which took the opposite view to the old ways of "spare the rod and spoil the child". His philosophy was that children should set their own course, starting with demand feeding. The idea was that at every whimper, the bottle or breast was immediately produced. Many mothers - your grandmothers were terrorised over those years by the demands of their infants. As the baby boomers grew up, optimistic educationalists lifted the controls as well - first in schools and later in universities. The buzz word was CHOICE. Young people were assumed to sensibly make up their own minds about just about everything that concerned them. Not only what they wanted to wear and how they should cut their hair, but every school subject - even core subjects - became optional and alternative lifestyles were beyond number. Instead of the kids, it was their parents who were worrying about the meaning of life. Their offspring were telling them that they had done it all wrong. Yet twenty years before, they believed Dr Spock was telling them how to do it right. Baby boomers like me are your parents' generation. A sort of social experiment that the social scientists (again, like me) now want to turn their back on. A decade ago, we spoke enthusiastically of family resilience and the adaptability of fam-

ilies to stresses like divorce. Now we are biting the bullet, not hiding from facts, and starting to measure the costs of the breakdown of the nuclear family. Worse still, we are worrying that the family won't survive. At the end of the 1980s, not only is the divorce rate high but people are marrying much later, if at all. They are having fewer children too, if that is possible. A recent survey showed that almost all women with two children expect to have no more, nearly a half of women with one child expect to have no more, and nearly a quarter of women with no children expect to have none. Social scientists now recognise the need for families to provide care and control in equal measure. Both foster the child's maturation. But family life needs more than this. It has a soul too. A much more subtle yet extraordinarily distinctive feature of families are the stories and rituals of each family. Family stories are part of all families - we usually don't even notice them - casual references to past events such as Dad's 40th birthday, family jokes about granny, family catastrophes like deaths. These stories are invisible coded messages which carry important information including affiliations, expectations and rules. They teach us how we are expected to live in the world, who cares for us, who we care for. Family rituals are also important. They are condensed versions of family life as a whole. They include first, family celebrations such as weddings, Christmas, and holidays; second, family traditions such as special summer holidays, visits to and from extended family members, and birthday customs and parties; and third, regular routines such as bedtimes for children, treatment of guests in the home, regular

dinner time and leisure time activities. Family stories and rituals help make up the family identity, which changes as the family member grow. It is not an anchor which holds families in the past. It is like a rudder which the family uses to direct its course through life. Social scientists can be smart after the fact about these too and show these intangibles do matter. Research shows that compared with families of one and two centuries ago, improved health and length of life are largely due to the affection and security associated with the modern family. Changes in sanitation, nutrition and medical care have not had nearly as significant an impact on health and longevity as striking improvements in the status of the family. Children who receive consistent love and attention, who grow up in circumstances that foster self-reliance and optimism rather than submission and hopelessness, are better survivors. They are bigger, brighter, more resilient and live longer. But nothing stays the same. The family of the future will certainly be different. You must make sure it is stronger. Reduced discrimination against women, better education, new technology and restructuring of the labour market towards the tertiary sector all offer todays young people the opportunity to pursue the autonomy for which they have been prepared and which they expect to get. Couples of the future will be seeking a different form of partnership. They will see each other's work as adding to their joint economic well-being and providing a hedge against unemployment. A closer association between fathers and their children will continue to grow as fathers inevitably take more of the child rearing responsibility. The difficulties of 17

achieving all this will put pressure on relationships and we can expect that the high rate of divorce will continue and that the birth rate will stay low. Many who would like to marry and have children will not do so because of the competition in the labour market and also in the market for potential partners. On the other hand more will succeed in achieving it all in the sense that they will have a sound relationship, children, good jobs and economic wellbeing. We need to reiterate the undoubted value of family life. To emphasise the positive rather than dwell on the negative. This makes it even more pressing that the modern family doesn't let itself go under. Like the parents of the baby boomers, you have a new world before you. They got it mostly right. After all, your parents aren't too bad. Maybe you can do even better.

PREFECTS 1989 BACK:

S.A. Jennings, A.L. Cameron, J.T. Heard, P.I. Curtis, D.T. Leary, M.E. Wilson, K.A. Connelly, S.J. Haebich, A. Yttrup

Front: M.V. Harris, A.J. Howie (Vice-Captain), K.L. Sears (School Captain), Mr. A.P. Sheahan (Principal), J.M. Brushfield (Vice-Captain), T.P. Wiffen, J.M. Kent-Hughes

ANZAC DAY ADDRESS Throughout Australia on this day every year, thousands, possibly hundreds of thousands of Australians attend a ceremony much like this one which in some way marks what we know as ANZAC Day. At dawn, here in Geelong many people attended a memorial service perhaps some of you were there - at which returned servicemen and women, their children and many others, remembered or imagined the soldiers who have fallen during the several conflicts in which Australian troops have served this century. ANZAC Day falls on the 25th of April every year and commemorates the day 74 years ago when, at 4.30 a.m. Australian and New Zealand troops landed at what was soon to become known as ANZAC Cove. Anzac Cove was a stretch of beach which ran along a peninsula in Turkey. From photographs, the area looks something like the sea side of the Mornington Peninsula Sorrento or Portsea before they were settled. The vegetation is short and stunted much like the teatree that grows in that area. It was a day which for one reason or another has captured the imaginations of historians, filmmakers and writers of all kinds in this country ever since. No doubt many of you have seen the movie Gallipoli, or the mini-series 'Anzacs'; others of you will have read Bert Facey's remembrance of Anzac Day in the book: A Fortunate Life; still others may know of Alan Seymour's famous play The One Day of the Year also there would be some of you who will know of Eric Bogle's song: Arid the Band Played Waltzing Matilda..

Now from all these various representations of the Gallipoli landing I think we come to recognise three thins. The first is that the whole project which was Gallipoli was a monumental disaster in military terms. The landings at Anzac Cove were a case in point. The boats which were used for landing the troops came ashore in the wrong places. Instead of the gently sloping hills the plan had described, the men were confronted with steep, cliff-like terrain. Accounts from Turkish soldiers who watched the landing spoke of men being drowned when they jumped into the water, the weight of their packs dragging them down. Others were trapped in barbed wire before they reached the beach. The eyewitness Facey in his book A Fortunate Life remembers the same incident: He writes: When we cut loose to make our way to the shore was the worst period. I was terribly frightened. The boat touched bottom some thirty yards from shore so we had to jump out and wade into the beach. The water in some places was up to my shoulders. The Turks had machine guns sweeping the strip of beach where we landed - there were many dead already when we got there. Bodies of men who had reached the beach ahead of us were lying all along the beach and wounded men were screaming for help. We couldn't stop for them -... the order to line up on the beach was forgotten. We all ran for our lives over the strip of beach and got into the scrub and bush. Men were falling all around me ... we were stumbling over bodies - running blind! This account and others of the Gallipoli landing demonstrate the horror and utter confusion which accompanied the landings. The orders of officers were lost in the mad scramble up the cliffs; men went forward without leaders,some advancing so far that they be-

came cut off from the main force and had to retreat back through enemy lines. For ten months the ANZACs fought in Gallipoli but could not break the Turkish hold. The Turks we must remember were fighting to defend their homeland and hence fought tenaciously. The second thing one learns about the Gallipoli campaign concerns the manner in which the soldiers continued forward on that day and how they fought for the next ten months against extraordinary odds where the enemy was not only the Turkish Army but disease (which killed more soldiers than did the battles). The courage, bravery and conviction of the men at Gallipoli stands out as a monument in Australian war history. This bravery and sacrifice can be seen in a story related by one of the soldiers. He recounts: One chap in particular I remember ... we were chasing some Turks [along a trench] and they reached the bend first. Everyone knew the first man around the corner was a dead one, but this chap never hesitated, he threw himself fair at them, and the six fired together ... that was our chance ... and it was all over in a few minutes. The leader of the Turkish campaign, Mustafa Kemal, paid the Australian soldiers the ultimate compliment: 'The only way to stop an Australian soldier' he said, 'was to bury him.' Now these accounts engendered great pride in the Australian soldier and in the Australian nation as a whole. However, a third thing that we learn from Gallipoli is that while ANZAC Day can be a day of pride it is also a day of great sorrow. Those same men to whom Mustafa Kemal paid such tribute were boys many of them; some no older than our Year 12 boys here. Many of the names you will hear read out this morning by the Principal would have joined the services straight out of school and when one considers

the youth and vigour of such an age group one comes to understand in some way the tragedy of April 25th. In the Pegasus of 1915 and 1916 and so on you will find photographs of those killed together with accounts of their 'all-too-brief careers.' And so against the backdrop of pride and praise and heroism we must consider the grim realities of war. The lessons which arose from that terrible conflict and from those conflicts which have occurred since, seem no nearer to being learnt than they were seventy four years ago. Indeed, some forty years before the outbreak of World War One, the famous German statesman, Otto von Bismark, who himself was to play a major role in that war , coined his famous prediction: 'The great issues of our day' he said, 'will not be settled by speech and resolutions...but by blood and iron.' Now in one way he was right. All the talk and diplomatic manoeuvering which went on before the war ended most emphatically in Bismark's prediction, that is that war could be the only outcome of the wranglings within Europe at the time. But in another way he was utterly wrong because 'blood and iron' did not resolve anything in reality, for within twenty odd years the world was again at war. Australian people were again involved, and were again in Korea in the 1950's and still again in Vietnam in the 1960*s. And so the final messages of ANZAC day in my view are these: to recall with sadness the tragic losses of men, women and children on all sides in all wars, and to remember that if we have some claim to call ourselves civilised, we must strive to find resolutions for problems through peaceful means and not through 'blood and iron'. A.N.GIBSON

SCHOOL CAPTAIN'S REPORT

The year 1989 for me, and presumably others, has been significant in terms of dedication, participation and achievement in many facets of school life. Before I took on the role of School Captain, I obviously never had a complete understanding of the machinery required at The Geelong College which is to make it such a strong and committed school. I was always told that a school is only as good as its Principal. This is right in essence, however, I have learnt it is also only as good as the teaching staff, ground, office and boarding house staff, as well as the prefects and whole student body. With the quality of these personnel at the College I have concluded my education at a great school. I have witnessed the dedication of the staff, students and parents, all with the aim of maintaining the high standards of The Geelong College. My role as School Captain has been made easy, thanks to the wonderful assistance given by the school prefects. I'm sure the dedication shown by them is the result of the same feeling of spirit and devotion towards the school. Looking back over the pst year I hope we, as a body, have successfully completed the task put before us. As leaders of the student body, all prefects have set an excellent example to other students to follow. They have been the communicators between the students and staff, forming ideas and exchanging thoughts with commitment for younger students and on occasions enforcing certain restrictions. Communication and school spirit is what this year is significant for, and the following prefects can be proud 22

of their achievement as student leaders in 1989. Special thanks must go to the two school vicecaptains, Jane and Andrew who have both been an inspiration to myself and the school. Jane Brushfield also ably captained McArthur House. Andrew Howie, captain of Mackie Boarding House was also vice-captain of the 1st VIII crew and the 1st XVIII team, as well as participating in athletics. He managed to handle everything with leadership and aplomb. Matthew Wilson, a late edition to the prefects group, was not only captain of the 1st XVIII, but rowed in the 1st VIII crew. Paul Curtis was Captain of Boats as well as a member of the 1st VIII crew. Travis Wiffen was vice captain of the 1st XVIII and was Captain of the 1st XI cricket team. Kim Connelly was the all-rounder, excelling academically as well as being captain of the 1st boys' hockey team. Michelle Harris had mixed duties both to the prefects and as House Captain of McLean. She was also a member of the 1st Softball team and 1st girls' hockey team as well as captain of the girls' athletics team. Samantha Haebich, together with Michelle, were the chemistry "whizzes" of the prefects room. Sam added character to the room being a member of the girls 1st IV winning H.o.R. crew, the 1st VII netball team and an athlete in terms of high jump and shotput. Anissa Yttrup also excelled in sport by captaining the 1st Softball team and vice-captain of the 1st netball team. David Leary, a graphics student of note, captained Keith House as well as the 1st boys basketball team. Sally Jennings, our musician, also cocaptained Shannon House and was a member of the 1st VII netball and 1st tennis team. Alexandra Cameron was the crosscountry champion. Julia KentHughes was another recent addi-

tion, who coxed the 1st girls IV. Jock Heard kept himself occupied as Captain of Morrison House, and was a member of the 1st cricket team and 1st basketball team. The prefects aims and commitment to the College have indeed been fulfilled. We have also involved ourselves in other aspects of schooling life. The Year 9, 10, 11 and 12 Socials were enjoyed, as well as other fundraising activities. We represented the College at many meetings and functions outside the schooling community. Here we were able to exchange thoughts and ideas and relate them back to our school. All the 1989 prefects had certain leadership qualities, and in different ways made significant contributions to the school. There are many people who deserve recognition and thanks for their efforts this year. The Dining Hall staff for their delicious lunches during the year. The teaching staff who took into account our duties other than work, and gave a tremendous amount of support. The Principal's Secretary whose significant contribution isn't always obvious to the student body. Most importantly I must thank both Mr Sheahan and Mr Gilson on behalf of both the prefects and the students. Their special care and lending of support, guided the students of The Geelong College to succeed. I believe they are both excellent leaders who have gained the respect and devotion they so rightly deserve. The Geelong College is a school everyone should be proud of, and in the future when I look back on my schooling life, it will be of fond and precious memories, and especially 1989 will remain prominent. Kate Sears

MEMORABLE SCENES FROM »89

During 1989, some eminent people visited the College as part of the Year 12 Current Affairs programme. These included Mr. Bob Ansett and Miss Australia Lea Dickson (both pictured). One Friday afternoon in March saw the tennis pavilion and store shed catch on fire, the damage effectively destroying the building. Quick action by staff and students prevented the fire from spreading to the adjoining house of the Chaplain. Year 12 student Susan Philips caught the action on film.

HOUSE REPORTS CALVERT HOUSE Head of House: Mr.D.A. Young House Tutors: Mr. D.A. Carroll, Mrs. J. Ekkel, Mr. G.W. Peel, Mr. F.J. Stone, Mr. I.R. Thornton, Mr. M. Whittle House Captains: Alexandra Cameron, David Wilmot House Prefects: James Black, Deborah Bradshaw, Sharyn McKenzie, Scott Selle, Timothy Wilmot HOUSE COLOURS: Swimming: Amanda Grant, Matthew Higgs, Timothy Jarman, Kathryn Hearn Cricket: Matthew Higgs, Timothy Jarman Tennis: Kerri Andrew Cross-Country: Kerri Andrew Lisa Mitchell Paul Richmond Football: Ty Casboult, Scott Forbes, Cameron Grayson, Richard Helmer, Matthew Higgs, Timothy Jarman, Haami Williams, Jeremy Hamilton, Robert Lang, Murray Peel, Scott Selle, Timothy Wilmot Netball: Kerri Andrew, Lisa Johns, Cindy Lambart, Deborah Bradshaw Basketball: Kerri Andrew, Ty Casboult, Matthew Higgs, Haami Williams, Deborah Bradshaw, Robert Lang, David Mickelson 24

Athletics: Kerri Andrew, Cameron Grayson, Richard Helmer, Timothy Jarman, Lisa Johns, Cindy Lambart, Lisa Mitchell, Haami Williams, Jeremy Hamilton, Sharyn McKenzie Music: Lisa Johns, Fleur Thomson, Roberta Armitage, Stephen Davis, Murray Peel, Leon Taylor Debating: Scott Boal, Toby Cummins, Cindy Lambart, Stephen Davis, Alexander Weddell General: Jason Gorell, Sharyn McKenzie Softball: Alexandra Cameron, Kathryn Hearn, Elizabeth Williams Junior: Jane Barrett, Matthew Bates, Marcus Herrick, Melinda Hobbs, Andrew Lambart, Nicholas Kaye, Rhona MacLean, Martin Whitehead, Keith Calvert, Benjamin Heay, Hugh Hearn, Annalise Moser, Ashley McHarry, Benjamin Taylor, Sarah Thomson, Stewart Venters, Hari Weddell CALVERT HOUSE REPORT In the past, Calvert has always expected and achieved success, and 1989 was no exception. In fact we not only maintained the high standard established by previous Calverteers, but managed to improve on this, as evidenced by our high sporting achievements this year. Calvert scarcely had time to settle in for the oncoming year, let alone welcome its new members, before the first event on the sporting calendar was upon us. This, of course, was the swimming sports. Although Calvert doesn't boast exceptionally talented swimmers, every-

one tried hard and with the enthusiastic response from all competing house members, we came a creditable fourth. Congratulations must go to Scott Dennis for coming third in his individual age group; Tim Jarman and Julian Cardinal, Kathy Hearn, Amanda Grant, Matthew Higgs, Daniel Salter and Leon Taylor who all swam well. With little time to dry ourselves and recover from the day at the Kardinia Pool, House Cricket was soon in action. Captained by the veteran, Jamie Black, with his 'quick hands' and experience with the bat, the team with support from Travis O'Brien, Tim Jarman, Murray Peel and Robert Lang saw us through to the final. In the final, with the scores equal, one House member (I won't mention his name) knicked a catch to the wicketkeeper to shatter the team's dream of winning and so, we had to be content with equal first. Calvert had no trouble filling positions for the House tennis teams due to the overwhelming response from its house members. Leading the way in the open boys' was the dynamic duo of Tim Wilmot and Simon Jarman, who along with support from Al Weddell, saw us finish third. Thanks must also go to Kerri Andrew, Nicole Brown and Deb Bradshaw who led the way for the girls. Success also came our way in the junior tennis. With the many sporting events witnessed in first term, we shouldn't forget softball (or should we?) The taste of success this year was beyond the girls' grasp, nevertheless they battled on but could only manage to finish well below sixth position. Still, a few players shone in this dark period and praise must go to those house members. As the winter months approached,

Calvert was to experience further success and to become one of the dominant forces in inter-house competition. To start the ball rolling was that dreaded day in June. Yes, the much beloved cross country; the only event which induces so many injuries and sicknesses before it even starts. But due to sensational performances from Ali Cameron winning the open girls', Tim Wilmot coming second in the open boys', Andrew Lambart and Travis O'Brien blitzing their respective age groups, and Lisa Mitchell with her monumental performance, Calvert

House won this 'survival of the fittest' event for the first time in many years. House Football was one event that Calvert wanted to win desperately this year. During the past years Calvert has always been a strong contender, but never had sweet success in taking out this prestigous title. With a strong line-up, the Calverteers cruised into the final to play Mr Morris' beloved Wettenhall. The Mighty Bloods turned on some champagne football, with a fine display of talent in the mud

from Jeremy 'the Opportunist' Hamilton, the Jarman brothers, Travis O'Brien, Andrew Lambart, Richard Helmer, Jamie Black, Cameron Grayson, Matthew Higgs, Brad Headlam and with a little 'black magic' from Haami Williams, sealed the game by over five goals. Finally, Calvert held possession of House Football Champions, a dream come true for many of the players and hopefully will continue in future years. Attention was soon centred on the gymnasium for house netball.

CALVERT HOUSE Back: J. A. Edwards, RD. Gordon, H.P. Williams, MR Whitehead, N.J. Kaye, T.D. Jarman, T.W. O'Brien, J.J. Gorell, S.E. Venters, M.J. Selle, M.C. Higgs, L. Taylor, K.K Lang, D.P. Mickelson, J.L. Hamilton, T.S. Sutton, B.Taylor, J.W. Cardinal, T.R Casboult, M.L. Drew, S.J. French 3rd Row: A.P. Morell, S. Gumina, T.T. Cummins, M.C. Peel, S.N. Forbes, S.A. Davis, A.J. McHarry, B.D. Fleay, M.R Eagles, RJ. Helmer, M.A. Whitford, J.S. Blyton, "J. Hearn, F.T. Hamilton, A.L. Weddell, C.G. Grayson,T.N. Drew, K.A. Calvert, P.D. Richmond, D.J. Salter, A.M. Lambart,M.J. Bates,J.M. Gordon 2nd Row: D.G. Mcintosh, A.P. Hill, C.R Calvert, S.A. Jarman, B.S. Headlam, L.F. Mitchell, J.L. Davis, J.K. Blyton, E.R. Williams, C.A. Lambart, M.A. Nelson, c > > ' J 0 1 ™ 0 * ' F D - Thomson,R.G. Armitage,K.L. Andrew, R.B. MacLean,N.C. Brown, A.F. Moser,K.N.Hearn, C.E.Hart, F. Gumina,H.C. Idle,M J Stephens S>.C Dennis, S.I.Boal, M.J. Herrick Front Row: A.L. Grant, S.J. Selle, T.P. Wilmot, J.P. Black, S. McKenzie, D.M. Bradshaw, Mr. I.R Thornton, Mr. D. A. Carroll, Mrs. J. Ekkel, D.G. Wilmot, Mr D A Young, A.L. Cameron, Mr. G.W. Peel, Mr. M.W. Whittle, Mr. F.J. Stone, S. Hutchins, H.L. Weddell, L.N. Johns, M.J. Hobbs, L.E Idle, J.E. Barrett, J-A. Munyard Absent: B.D. Galaska, K.E. Henderson, M.J. Mcintosh

Leading the way in house spirit was Deb Bradshaw, Lisa Johns, Kerri Andrew and Cindy Lambart who steered us into third place against other competitive houses. A fine effort! House basketball was another indoor event on the sporting calendar and in globetrotter form, Calvert finished a respectable equal third. Ty Casboult showed the opposition how it was done with his many skills and also in the process, his reluctance to share the ball around. Other excellent performances were from David Mickelson, Matthew Higgs, Robert Lang, Haami Williams, Deb Bradshaw and Kerri Andrew. House debating gave the opportunity for the intellectuals of the house to show their talent by arguing on some very studious topics. Calvert notched up a victory and a draw in this area, a fine achievement by any measure. Debating with great technique and confidence were the veteran Murray Peel, Stephen Davis and Al Weddell. House music in third term proved how flexible Calvert House is, finishing an exciting second. The House sung brilliantly Bette Middler's "Under the Boardwalk" with Roberta Armitage excelling in her conducting skills, along with Stephen Davis on the piano and Richard Helmer with his musical talents. Lisa Johns must be congratulated on her choreographed version of "Stand by Me" and not forgetting the instrumental group playing the "Muppet Show" theme, use music and not forgetting Mr Whittle, who also offered some valuable advice. The last sporting event of the year was the inter-house athletics, the sport which the mighty Bloods have dominated for the past three years. Looking at the many athletes in the 26

house, it seemed certain that Calvert would maintain its reign of dominance. Sadly, however, with the score see-sawing all day, our old foe, Wettenhall, finally triumphed over us and took the crown that Calvert had held for three years. Despite this there were some excellent individual competitors with Andrew Lambart and Haami "the black pearl" Williams (who broke the school triple jump record) coming first on age groups. Lisa Mitchell ran all day to finish a creditable second in her age group. Other outstanding competitors were Cameron Grayson, Travis O'Brien, Scott Selle, Tim Jarman, Kerri Andrew, Lisa Johns and Cindy Lambart. Before concluding I would also like to thank Cameron Grayson for his generous gesture of donating a radio for the house room, as well as the many hours on a weekend giving Calvert a new face lift by painting the house room. On closing, we would like to thank all the house members responsible for making Calvert one of the most successful houses of 1989. Thanks must also be given to the house prefects: Jamie Black, Deb Bradshaw, Sharyn McKenzie, Scott Selle and Tim Wilmot for organising and supporting the inter house sports and activities throughout the year. To the tutors who play an invaluable role in assistance and guidance to the students - thank you. Finally, most importantly, we would like to express our gratitude to Mr Young for his dedication, time, support and hard work that he has contributed to Calvert this year. Calvert House this year was a success because of the enthusiasm, strength, and participation of all involved. These attributes must con-

tinue so, that future house members can relish the Calvert tradition as all year twelves have this year. David Wilmot and Alex. Cameron

COLES HOUSE Head of House: Mr. E. A. Man waring House Tutors: Mr. R.D. Wells, Mr. A.D. Miller, Mrs. L.R. James, Mrs. H. Row, Mr. T.A. Ferrier, Mr. D.A. Clifford

Music: James Bett, Fanny Chen, Jocey Davidson, Anna Hoskin, Tracy Roth, James Utting, Emma Crick, Dale MacFarlane, Christy Roth Debating: Paul Curtis, Tracy Roth, Alice Sykes, Laurelle Burgess, Andrew Hook, Christy Roth

House Captain: Anna Hoskin House Prefects: Paul Curtis, Jocey Davidson, Peter Hay, Tracy Roth, Sam Stevenson, Hamish Tostevin HOUSE COLOURS Swimming: James Bett

Junior: Kristy Axelrad, Jamie Bourdamis, Elizabeth Carter, Cameron Grebe, Carla Yee Softball: Anna Hoskin, Lisa Meyer COLES HOUSE REPORT

Cricket: Hamish Tostevin, James Utting, Simon Payne, Alistair Powell Tennis: James Bett, Andrew Durante, Tracy Roth, Hamish Tostevin Cross-Country: Paul Curtis, Paul Gulbin, Peter Hay, Anna Hoskin, Sam Stevenson, Duncan Fikkers, Simon Payne Football: James Bett, Andrew Durante, Paul Gulbin, Peter Hay, Hamish Tostevin, James Utting, Simon Deane, Simon Payne Netball: Jocey Davidson, Anna Hoskin, Lisa Meyer Basketball: James Bett, Jin Kam, Coleman Polhemus, Tracy Roth, Emma Crick, Christy Roth Athletics: Anna Hoskin, Sam Stevenson, Simon Payne, Alistair Powell, Christy Roth

1989 saw Coles come face to face with hardship and adversity. The mocking sneers from others that would have crushed lesser houses only helped to bind us together to produce some valiant individual and team efforts. The superb achievements of our juniors served to give us hope that Coles shall rise from the ashes next year to avenge this year's defeats. Coles was dragged screaming into the house sporting arena with swimming. We had everything: goggles, towels, bathers, but unfortunately the majority of us sank straight to the bottom where we could only sit and watch James Bett, Tabsie Lowdon and Carlo Lowdon as they showed us the money spent on swimming lessons was not totally lost. First term saw the boys hit the field looking flash in their cricket whites. According to witnesses, Jamie Bourdamis managed to take a catch in slips not easily forgotten. Hamish Tostevin, Simon Payne and James Utting also put in admirable efforts. It came as a surprise that Coles could only manage seventh

place with such talents in the team. The amount of effort put into the Coles Softball team was not shown in the results. David Cairns, 'coach', took on the arduous task of getting the girls into form. It came as a great disappointment to David that few of us managed to make contact between bat and ball. However, we did at least try and we can be thanked for that. Netball again gave the Coles girls a chance to 'strut their stuff. Jocey Davidson, Lisa Meyer, Carla Yee and Caitlin Spragg moved swiftly around the court showing some style. However, somewhere along the line our tactics went astray and it was disheartening to see our opposition was too good to let us climb above seventh position. Heavy April showers left the school ovals in dismal condition. Sad to say, compared to previous years the Coles house football team could not manage much better. It would be unfair however to write the whole team off as at times it really looked as though there was light at the end of the tunnel. It was not a total loss as we did manage a sixth place. Peter Hay, James Utting, Hamish Tostevin and Anthony Middleton must be credited for their fine efforts. Cross Country, those words that send everyone running - running for their excuse notes that is, presented the house with a welcomed surprise. Many hours were spent in front of the house noticeboard gaping with disbelief at that amazing fourth place trying to decide whether or not it was merely a disfigured 8. I am also pleased to acknowledge that Coles managed a first place overall in the Open girls' division, a second place in the U.15 boys' and a third place in the Open boys'. Magnificent performances from Paul Gulbin and Tabsie Lowdon finally helped to convince us 21

that it really was a fourth place we were looking at.

have been written on the Coles basketball performance this year.

at your local bookstore.

In house debating Coles proved it-

There were some however, that did

House Music once again saw the Roth girls back in full flight. Chris-

COLES HOUSE Back Row: A.W. Hoskin, D.C Cairns, S. Deane, A.J. Hook, M.J. Sharkey, M.G. Kent, A.J. Powell, L.R McDonald, A.J. Durante, I.W. Keleher, J.F. McDonnell 4th Row: P.A. Gulbin, C D . Burgess, G.R Earle, CC Grebe, M.B. Britton, W.R. Henderson, S.F. Bell, D.A. Fikkers, D.S. MacFarlane, A.T. Middleton T W Bett A.J.McCurdy,K.W.So,P.J.Roth 3rd Row: RG. Christmas, C.A. Thiele, M. Kellett, C D . DuBourg, M.K. Wright, T.L. Matthews, C.J. Sharkey, S.C. Rickey, S.C Payne, J.A.C. Polhemus T H Uttine, K.P. Mitchell, B.Bates, J.C.Kam,J. Bourdamis, CP. O'Shea, S.R. Schneider 2nd Row: Mr. D.A. Clifford, Mr. A.D. Miller, Mrs. H. Row, W.P. Parker, M.S. Hook, C.J. Lowdon, F.C.M. Chen, V.A. Rippon, E.M. Peardon, K.V. Spragg, E E Crick K M Axelrad, C.A. Hood, CM. Yee, L.A. Burgess, C.B. Spragg, L.M. Bade, E.J. Carter, F.S. Fong, A.M. Richardson, B.J. Grace, Mrs. L.R James, Mr. R.D. Wells Mr. T.A. Ferrier Front Row: C.J.S. Lee, L.S. Meyer, M.C. Polhemus, K.J. Stinchcombe, J.C. Egan, P.T. Hay (Prefect), H A . Tostevin (Prefect), T.A. Roth (Prefect), A.M. Hoskin (House Captain , Mr. E.A. Manwaring (Head of House), S.S. Stevenson (Prefect), J. Davidson (Prefect), P.I. Curtis (Prefect), A.J. Sykes, L.M. James, K. Abbott, T J Lowdon F.M. Halse, C.L. Roth ' Absent: E. Kellett, D. Montesalvo, P.J. Rosenberg, G.W. Towan

self to be the not-so-quiet achiever. Our voices were loudest, our arguments soundest, and our rebuttals proudest, as the Coles debating team of steel overran almost all before it. Cameron Burgess, Alice Sykes and Christy Roth all did well. Entire textbooks on "what not to do"

not have as much difficulty finding the basketball ring as others. Fiona Halse, Christy Roth and Coleman Polhemus did as well as its possible to do at basketball if you're not black. The most popular of those texts "Coles and Basketball - Why they don't Mix" is currently on sale

ty and Tracy had a huge job as they tried desperately to tune the raspy house voices. Thanks must also go to Mr Miller who helped to bring harmony to the discordant Coles. Effort was rewarded with an admirable fourth place.

Hope for the future came with the onset of house athletics. The senior members of the house watched in amazement as the youngsters enthusiastically rushed past to fill in their names for events. This was something not seen for quite some time. The juniors enthusiasm become understandable when we finally witnessed their talent. Tremendous achievements came from Caitlin Spragg and Mai Sharkey who came first in their respective age groups. Kirsten Abbott and Carla Yee were also among the juniors who excelled themselves. The list of good athletic performances goes on and on making it impossible to mention them all, but I feel I should mention a fine performance from a senior member, Sam Stevenson, who came first in the open high jump. Once again Coles showed itself to be the caring, sharing, house where the money flowed thick and fast into the Social Service piggy bank. Special thanks must go to our social service representatives Jenny Egan and Laurelle Burgess for a job well done. The thing that made this year a good one is that I can say with all honesty that every single member of the house has contributed something of worth. I am talking not only of the students but also of our Head of House, Mr Man waring and all the tutors. I think I am right in saying that we are all thankful to the tutors Mr. Ferrier, Mrs James, Mrs Row, Mr Clifford, Mr Wells and Mr Miller who helped to see Coles glide smoothly through 1989. The departure of Mrs Row and Mrs James will be met with deep regret as we remember all that they have contributed to the house. Once again, Mr Manwaring has m anaged to provide us with excellent leadership and support. Mr

Manwaring's dedication is tremendous and the reason behind the successful running of Coles House. Lastly I would like to thank the house prefects for their terrific support. Also (on behalf of all those leaving) I would like to wish Coles the very best of luck for the future, which really does hold out tremendous promise. Anna Hoskin

KEITH HOUSE

David Leary

Head of House: Mr. M.W. Seeckts

House Captain: David Leary

Junior: Yoko Tokuda, Kellie Olsen, Leanne Dewaard, Mark Robson, Andrew Billing, Alan Reid, Zach Toyne, Trent Neagle, Ali Wilson, Michelle Visser, Lachlan Sutherland, Paul Crowe, Barry Nygaard

House Prefects: Julie Rankin, Claudia Campbell, Donald Parton, Damian Secen

KEITH HOUSE REPORT

House Tutors: Mrs. M.H. Lethbridge, Mrs. H.C. Todd, Mr. J. Claringbold, Mr. H.I. Cornes

HOUSE COLOURS: Swimming: Jason McDonald, Sarah Buskens, Claudia Campbell Cricket: Marcus Lawrence, Jason McDonald, David Leary Tennis: David Leary, Donald Parton, Damien Lanyon, Damian Secen Cross-Country: Jacinta Kaaden, Craig Williamson Football: Damien Lanyon, Damon Crowe Basketball: Jason McDonald, Julie Rankin, Jacinta Kaaden, Trent Neagle, Scott Westhorpe, Damian Secen Athletics: Lawrence Price, Damon Crowe, Craig Williamson, Josh McEwen, Jacinta Kaaden Music: Yoko Tokuda, Cameron Price, Paul Goldsmith, David Leary, Craig Salen, Andrea Tatman, Naomi Johns Debating: Terry Griffiths, Rukesh Sadhai, Siobhan Reddel, Nicole Reid General: Marcus Lawrence, Damian Secen, 30

1989 has marked Keith's ninth year in existence; it has also marked its metamorphosis as a house considered to be more than competitive in inter-house competition. This transformation must be largely accredited to the fresh and exciting ideas of our new Head of House, Mr Mark Seeckts (previously Head of Calvert). Yet once again the house spirit which has set Keith apart from other houses was more evident than ever and I thank the ever-hardworking tutors and the Year 12 group, who play a vital role in the house, for that feeling of unity, a most vital attribute for any house. Unlike previous years, Keith's sporting achievements were not based on individual efforts but on team work. This was evident in our cricket team, which although only won one of its three matches, proved to be competitive against some unequally matched opposition. Damien Lanyon, Craig Williamson and Donald Parton proved themselves as valuable players whereas Joshua McEwen couldn't seem to avoid injury! The girls' softball efforts proved to be a great success as was their netball endeavour. After placing second in the final of the softball (to Wettenhall's Anissa Yttrup) the girls continued their success by placing third in the netball competition. All the girls must be commended on such a fine effort with

exceptional efforts from Julie Rankin, who played and organised extremely well in both teams, Naomi Johns, Andrea Tatman, Jacinta Kaaden and Leanne Dewaard. Keith house introduced a very popular event this year, the Keith House Tug-of-War. This was organised by Mr Claringbold's tutorial group and Mr Seeckts, and was commentated by Joshua McEwen. Unfortunately, Keith was not able to win this event which was eventually won by the McArthur machine. Tennis proved to a 'fun' competition even if our senior teams did not do themselves justice. The junior boys team on the other hand placed very well in the competition proving they can hold their own against stiff opposition. Once again our swimming strength showed through as we achieved fifth position once again. This team placing come about as a result of some fine individual and relay performances. Those who did very well were the people who have tried very hard in past years. Damien Lanyon; the boys' open medley team of McEwen, Blarney, Cuthbert and Lanyon; the boys U.14 freestyle team of Huxley, Griffith, Hobday and Finlay, who together gained our only first; Marley Huxley who was runner-up champion in the boys' U.14 championship; Joshua McEwen; and Jason McDonald who came extremely close to winning his age group championship. Our footballers showed great honesty and I commend you for that incident which you handled admirably. You also played with true spirit in the face of defeat which is more than anybody could have asked. There were no outstanding performances in the course of events yet Donald Parton, Marcus Lawrence and Damien Lanyon played with great fierceness.

KEITH HOUSE Back: AJ. Rushworth, D.A. Lennox, C.B. Smith, G.R Blarney, C.J. Price, M.K. Robson, M.A. Elshout, P.N. Goldsmith, D..C Parton, C.J. Cuthbert, A.J. Billing, J.C. Kincaid 4th Row: J.A. Toyne, C D . Finlay, J.P. Major, B.F. Nygaard, A.R Smith, CR WiUiamson, C. Salen, M.L. Yorke, P.A. Crowe, S.R. Westhorpe, D.P. Crowe, T.A. Neagle, J.R McEwen, H.M. Hobday, M. Lyons, L.T. Jerinic, T.R Groves 3rd Row: M.J. Huxley, J.F. Rickey, D.R. Heffernan, R. Sadhai, L.A. Price, M.J. Lawrence, A.J. Mason, J.D. McDonald, T.J. Griffiths, D.I. Lanyon, D.M. Hughes, J.D. Griffiths, L.S. Sutherland, Z A . Toyne, A.R Reid, B.G. Farrell, N.P. Edgerton, S.J. Gason 2nd Row: S.J. Buskens, B.M. Hayes, J.M. Kaaden, V.F. Mason, K.N. Wiggs, S.A. Cook, N.W. Armstrong, N.J. Leary, N . C Carswell, S.E Reddel, A.J. Miller, A.S. Wilson, S.L. Smith, Y.L. Ransome, M.S. Visser, E. Lee, Y. Tokuda, C. Lee, L. Chong Front Row: T.M. Den-Dryver, D.R Warren, S.M. O'Brien, S.N. Lanyon, D.R Secen, C. Campbell, Mrs. M.H. Lethbridge, Mr. W.J. Harris, Mr. G.J. Smith, Mr. M. W.Seeckts (Head of House), Mrs. H.C. Todd, Mr. J. Claringbold, Mr. H.I. Comes, D.T. Leary (House Captain), J.L. Rankin, K.M. Olsen, L.J. Dewaard, A.S. Tatman, N.M. Johns, J.C. Hosking Back Row: S. Bayley, S.B. McKeon, S.J. Richardson, M. Harris, P. Cuttler, H. Butler, S.D. Dumbrell, A.C. Smith, D. Muhor, B.A. Walker, A.J. Wileman, C. Chirnside, Y. Colombies 4th Row: H. Whitehead, S.J. Cant, R Menzies, A. Stokes, J.W. Colless, M. O'Callaghan, M. Illingworth, C. Barnes, C.G. Wills, D.R Smith, D.R. Mayfield, PJ. Dethridge, J.D. Shell, M.D. Richardson, A.J. Rose, RS. Hawkins, A. Purcell, M. Cirillo 3rd Row: C. Sarah, D. Doak, N.E. Wileman, M.I. Jones, M. Giles, M. Briggs, N.P. Murphy, S.A. Wood, L.J. Wood, A. Matlock, C. Colless, EJ. Ford, K.J. Walker, L.G. Ward, M. Sears, S.M. Lewis, K. Stapley, P.A. Colless, J. Glover

Keith has been noted in the past for its great depth in the field of debating where for the past few years we have won almost everything. This year was not really much different as we won three out of four of our year level contests. Our resident speaker, Damian Secen, proved his

expertise in this area by organising four strong teams and presenting an extremely tight debate himself. Not to be forgotten, our musical excellence was evident once more this year thanks again to the tireless Damian Secen who organised all three

performances. Although the judge gave a harsh mark to our large group's song, U2's "I still haven't found what I'm looking for", our two smaller groups made up for the discrepancy. The small instrumental performed beautifully and was much appreciated by the audience. 31

Damian Secen and Debbie Warren performed in this section. The small group with Damian directing "Way Down South" gave us the highest mark in that section. Thanks must really be directed to Damian for his tremendous contribution not only this year but in previous years as well.

sides of this story throughout the year when it achieved some of its best ever results and on the other hand when it failed to achieve its full potential. Yet congratulations must go to those members who worked particularly hard in achieving what can be considered a successful year for Keith.

House cross-country proved to be surprisingly successful for Keith with fine performances coming from Joshua McEwen, Lawrence Price, and the persistent Christian Cuthbert who has placed consistently high ever since Year 9. Athletics also proved to be successful for Keith yet the dark side to this was that it was not a team effort. It was left up to individuals such as Donald Parton, Glen Blarney, Christian Cuthbert, Joshua McEwen, Damien Lanyon, Lawrence Price and the Crowe brothers to uphold Keith's credibility. With fine efforts from these people we were able to go as high as third yet we finished in fifth overall. Lawrence performed extremely well in a very heated confrontation for the boys' individual champion and was rewarded by being named School Athletics Captain in a team of champions. On behalf of the house I would like to congratulate you once again.

I conclude by thanking the tutors once again along with Mr Seeckts; and all the students from year nine to year twelve: I consider you all my friends because a large group of people cannot function as a unit without members who do not care for each other and the success of the team. David Leary

Perhaps the most exciting moment in Keith's sporting history was our first ever win and that came in house basketball; one of the more popular spectator sports at the school. Without losing one game we clean-sweeped the opposition after finding ourselves in the hardest draw. All members of this team and the house should be proud of this momentous achievement. Congratulations! No house can function without team cooperation, if one member doesn't put in the whole body suffers. Keith was reminded of both 32

McARTHUR HOUSE Head of House: Mrs. J.M. Nelson House Tutors: Mr. R.T. Cummins, Mr. D.A. Curnow, Mr. T.A. Egan, Mr. M.B. Keary, Mr. D.H. MacBryde, Mrs. H. McGann House Captain: Jane Brushfield House Vice Captain: Andrew Howie House Prefects: Penny Bain, Narelle Darker, Marcus Greville, Georgie Jones, Andrew Neville, Anna Tonkin, John Weiser (Term 1) House Colours Swimming: Megan Jackman*, Jo Buckley Cricket: Justin Andrews, Matthew Rudolph Tennis: Nick Gill, Tim Knight, Anthony Leigh Cross-Country: Justin Andrews, Rick Cotton, Felicity Edge, Melinda Thomson Football: Shane Gill, Marcus Greville, Andrew Howie, Rohan McDowall, Andrew Neville Netball: Jane Brushfield, Jo Buckley, Narelle Darker, Caroline O'Donnell, Debbie Parker, Anna Tonkin Basketball: Narelle Darker, Andrew Howie, Anna Tonkin* Athletics Narelle Darker, Andrew Howie*, Marcus Greville, Melinda Thomson, Anna Tonkin

Music: Penny Bain, Andrew Howie, Caroline O'Donnell, Michelle Sowerby Debating: Penny Bain, Marcus Greville, Debbie Parker, Natalie Smyth General: Nadina Collins, Narelle Darker, Nick Gill, Shane Gill, Marcus Greville, Andrew Howie, Georgie Jones, Rohan McDowall, Andrew Neville, Matthew Rudolph, Dragan Simovic, Lance Wackett, Simon Walter Junior: Sarah Andrews, Andrew Day, Sally Farrow, Nerida Gill, Sarah Gill, Caitlin Jolly, David Jones, Simon Lewis, Leigh McCorkell, Jen O'Donnell, Stephen Parker, Meredith Rowan, Cameron Rudolph, Brad Seller, Michael Thornton, Rory Tonkin, Alastair Wills Softball: Penny Bain, Jane Brushfield, Narelle Darker*, Georgie Jones, Anna Tonkin* * Reawarded McARTHUR HOUSE REPORT Under the skilful guidance of our newly acquired Head of House, Mrs Nelson, and with the assistance of our tireless house tutors and prefects, McArthur sailed through 1989 not only with ease, but with grace. It was a pleasure for all to be a part of such an enthusiastic and spirited house. 1989's inter-house competitions began soon after our return to school. Unfortunately, McArthur's 'assault' on Kardinia Pool was generally lack-lustre, but for a few shining lights in the younger years; the

record-breaking Junior girls' medley relay team being of particular note. Though McArthur did not boast exceptionally talented swimmers, everyone tried their hardest and maintained their ardour, despite our seventh ranking. Good performances came from Sarah Gill, Sarah Andrews, Sally Farrow and Matt Magarey. Summer sports continued, fortunately with much improved results. McArthur girls next faced house Softball and rose from the mediocrity of our swimming performance, to attain a well deserved second lacing to Wettenhall. It seemed our girls were rightfully daunted by Anissa's well-practised pitch. One of the highlights for the house this year was the tied cricket final with Calvert, in the last over, Calvert had to score one run for victory, but Matthew Rudolph's lightning deliveries and Michael Thornton's spectacular catch stifled Calvert, and the trophy was shared. McArthur's history boasts excellent tennis, and this year was no exception. Andrew Neville and Nick Gill annihilated their opponents and Anthony Leigh displayed his talents also. Overall, McArthur was positioned third, and the senior boys must be applauded for topping their division. And so McArthur cruised through 1989's summer sports. Next came the winter months - which seem to incite endless ailments, thus restricting involvement in house competition (some may say selectively). House cross country, which confirms to this pattern year after year, saw McArthur not only with sprained ankles and doctors' certificates, but also with several fine performances: namely from Melinda Thomson, Justin Aridrews and Matt Magarey. 33

House netball signified some of McArthur's most spirited and impressive moments. After gaining the support of the house, and cramming a large percentage of the school into the Gym, McArthur girls managed to take out the title for 1989, over Wettenhall. Thanks must go to Anna Tonkin and Narelle Darker, but the whole team deserves many plaudits.

House basketball has never been a strong event for McArthur but this year we amended that, by coming third. With Anna 'Gaze' Tonkin dominating the court and Marcus Greville's accurate shooting skills, McArthur were only narrowly defeated by Keith, who went on to win the competition. The McArthur football team was seen as the favourites to win the

competition for 1989, but was sadly eliminated in the first round. McArthur also lost Garry Kamp in this match who was seemingly swallowed by the muddy Mackie 'cow paddock', and broke his collarbone. The following match saw McArthur playing to full potential, defeating Keith by 18 goals (after some controversy as to how many players we had on the ground), and in the last game we had an upset loss to Shan-

McARTHUR HOUSE Back Row: CJ. Rudolph, A.H. Leigh, J.D. Bell, G.J. Kamp, S.M. Gill, N.G. Uebergang, S.I. Walter, RJ. Spinks, S.R Parker, B.G. Anderson, J.T. Bamford, S.J. Lewis, RW. Tonkin 4th Row: J.L. Walter, L.W. McCorkell, M.J. Bridges, C.S. Sutherland, R.G. Cotton, D.M. Coleman, D. Simovic, A.M. Greville, J.A. Rankine, D.B. Burns, L.H. Wackett, RJ. Beach, T.R. Knight, RA. McDowaU, D.J. Jones, T.J. Wild 3rd Row: M.J. Thornton, M. A. Paterson, A.R. Thomson, T.D. Robinson, D.N. Marshman, A.E. Wills, CM. Dobie, M.S. Rudolph, D.R Ashby, M.J. Magarey, J.T. Andrews, B.M. Seller, N.W. Farrow, A.D. Day, A. English, N.A. Gill, P. Blackborrow, A. Kulakauskas 2nd Row: M.N. Cripps, S.E. Gill, D.L. Coleman, A.J. Darker, N.J. Gill, C.N. Jolly, C.A. Gillespie, S.L. Forster, S.E. Farrow, S.M. Whittaker, C.J. O'Donnell, M.C. Sowerby, M.J. Jackman, J.M. O'Donnell, J.C. Koch, F.J. Edge, M.A. Rowan, S.J. Andrews, D.K. Parker, M.A, Thomson, C.V. Hanson, K.L. Stokes Front Row: N.J. Collins, P.A. Bain (House Prefect), N.J. Darker (House Prefect), A.J. Neville (House Prefect), A.C. Tonkin (House Prefect), J.M. Brushfield (House Captain), Mr. D. H. MacBryde, Mr. R.T. Cummins, Mrs H. McGann, Mrs. ]M. Nelson (Head of House), Mr.M.B. Keary, Mr. T. A. Egan, Mr. D.A. Curnow, A.J. Howie (House Vice Captain), M.L. Greville (House Prefect), N.L. Smyth, M.J. Bell, S.J. Robinson, G A i Jones (House Prefect)

non by three points. This year saw the first inter-house tug-of-war which gave McArthur the opportunity to prove its strength, both physically and mentally - unlike other houses! By adopting the unique 'tug' technique, we advanced into the final against Morrison, who proved to be no match for the thirty-strong Phantoms, and big Dragan Simovic as our anchorman. After many delays, house athletics day finally swung around, and despite McArthur's disappointing eighth placing, some magnificent performances came from Melinda Thomson and from Andrew Howie, who took out open boys champion. Although convincing McArthurians to compete in athletics can, and has been, likened to pulling teeth, Aths day was once again enjoyable and worthwhile. Not to be outdone by the sporting performances of some Phantoms, we also enjoyed the competitions of house debating and house singing. The former event saw an excellent second placing to McLean, due to the enthusiasm and dedication of some students. House singing, however, did not reward McArthur with our deserved placing. After fine vocal and instrumental performances, McArthur were positioned seventh. Special thanks must go to Penny Bain, without whom we would certainly have secured last position. In conclusion, it must be said that McArthur has had a great year in 1989, due in no small part to the overwhelming sense of house spirit - inspired, it seems, by the everpresent, and ever helpful McArthur Phantom - who now not only decorates the Year 12 room, but also most McArthurians, after the arrival of the invaluable house jumpers.

Thanks must go to Mrs Nelson, for her smooth entry into McArthur as Head of House and to all house tutors. Good luck to all future members of the elite McArthur, especially Melinda and Justin as the new House Captains - make the most if it, and above all, respect the Ghost who Walks. Jane Brushfield and Andrew Howie

McLEAN HOUSE

Music: Claudine Edwards

turned up the tapeplayer, and tried to forget.

Debating: Michelle Harris, Kim Connelly, Claudine Edwards

Under the organisation of Kirsten McKaige, the girls softball team, rekindled their enthusiasm, ventured out to face the awaiting opposition, and finished sixth. Excellent performances came from Andrea Rae, Sharon Waring and Kellie Barnet. But players such as Jo McKaige and Amelia Matlock suggest that the absence of our mainly year twelve team will not be our downfall in years to follow! Still, the music got louder and our hopes more fragile.

Head of House: Mr. H.D. Mitchell House Tutors: Mrs. A-M. Butt, Mrs. K. Camp, Mr. J.S. Clark, Mr. M.J. Roland, Mr. R.P. Sheridan House Captain: Michelle Harris House Prefects: Kim Connelly, Caitilin Hawkins, Kirsten McKaige, Kate Sears, Travis Wiffen, Greg Zeegers HOUSE COLOURS: Swimming: Hayden Butler, Stuart McKeon, Kirsten McKaige Cricket: Aaron Sarah, Mark Richardson, Brett A. Walker, David Mayfield, Adam Smith Tennis: David Price, Matthew Illingworth Cross-Country: Aaron Wileman, Simon Hawkins, Adam Bender, Brett T. Walker, Hayden Butler, Brett A. Walker Football: Andrew Rose, Aaron Sarah, John Colless, Greg Zeegers, Hayden Butler, Aaron Wileman, Adam Smith Netball: Kellie Barnet, Sharon Waring, Kate Sears, Sophie Piccoli, Jenny Whittle Basketball: Kirsten McKaige, Andrea Rae, Andrew Rose, Matthew Illingworth, Greg Zeegers, Thane Dumbrell Athletics: Lachlan Buchanan, John Colless, Kim Connelly, Aaron Wileman, Adam Smith 36

General: Sharon Waring, Greg Zeegers, Paula Major, Michelle Harris Junior: Joe McKaige, Anthony Purcell, Greg Zeegers, Daniel Muhor, Amelia Matlock, Mark Sears, Kate Walker, Charles Chirnside, Kate Dethridge, Kristian Stapley, Cameron Barnes, Nathan Wileman, Cain Sarah, Paul Cuttler, Brett T. Walker, Kim Downie, Mark Richardson, Scott Lewis, Evette Wenlock, Peter Dethridge, Catherine Harris, Natalie Walker From the moment the 1989 school year began a restless atmosphere emerged from within the walls of the McLean houseroom that hinted at the months to follow. As the year twelve room almost doubled in size, and the back room radio barked out a style of music that defied the delicate ear drums of our softly-spoken Head of House, it was obvious that the time ahead would be like no other yet experienced by McLeanians. And so it was, that with bravery and confidence, the McLean swimming squad launched its attack upon the waters of the Kardinia Pool. With high aims of matching last year's second placing, we saw gallant performances from Kellie Barnet, Hayden Butler, Stuart McKeon and Natalie Walker. McLean managed to host one of the highlights of the morning when Naomi Mitchell won her event after an impressive display from the heights of the diving board. Others paddled, a few concentrated on the kiosk, no one drowned, and we went back to the houseroom,

The cricketers performed well under the captaincy of Travis 'God' Wiffen's expertise. Finishing a strong fourth, consistent performances came from Aaron Sarah, Brett A. Walker, Mark Richardson and Greg Zeegers. We missed the final by a narrow margin of one run from Calvert, a house which specialises in innumerate scorers. It seemed the gods were simply playing with our passions. They sent the rain and so McLean was denied the House Hockey trophy once again. Enthusiasts such as Andrea Rae, Sybilla Boyd, Kim Connelly and Lachlan Buchanan will live on; Rankin Field ever reminding them of the cruel injustice. No hockey colours! The houseroom heater was repaired, the music turned to heavy metal. We were ready for a belligerant winter. The netballers performed well under the guidance of Kate Sears. Truly professional areas of play were created by Sophie Piccoli, Jenny Whittle, Amelia Matlock, Kate Sears, Kellie Barnet and Sharon Waring. Many of our players were much appreciated by the vocal crowd that gathered to observe, comment and quite often, lend a hand at umpiring! But our skill wasn't enough. Was there another

way? So our thoughts turned to interhouse football. It stirred up the blood-lust of many McLeanians both young and old. Well, perhaps not the very old. Travis showed evidence of the passing years as he failed to participate much due to various injuries. However, newcomers Cain Sarah, Daniel Muhor and Mark Sears all put in impres-

sive performances with Andrew Rose, Greg Zeegers and Hayden Butler upholding the strength of the seniors. Overall, we finished third and at long last, after keen participation in every possible competition, Daniel Muhor was blessed with his junior colours. What we need is more Daniels! And a concrete bunker to keep them in! The belated cross-country was held

despite the desperate pleas from Thane and Claudine that the track really was too dangerous. True athletic skill and determination saw Lachlan Buchanan, David Mayfield, Kim Connelly, Amelia Matlock, Aaron Wileman, Kate Sears and Jo McKaige all reach the finish in top ten placings. Luck was with us as there was no need to use our mobile resuscitation unit to save over exerted competitors.

McLEAN HOUSE Back Row: S. Bayley, S.B. McKeon, S.J. Richardson, M. Harris, P. Cuttler, H. Butler, S.D. Dumbrell, A.C. Smith, D. Muhor, B.A. Walker, A J. Wileman, C. Chimside, Y. Colombies 4th Row: H. Whitehead, SJ. Cant, R. Menzies, A. Stokes, J.W. CoUess, M. O'Callaghan, M. Illingworth, C. Barnes, C.G. Wills, D.R. Smith, D.R. Mayfield, PJ. Dethridge, J.D. Shell, M.D. Richardson, AJ. Rose, R.S. Hawkins, A. Purcell, M. Cirillo 3rd Row: C. Sarah, D. Doak, N.E. Wileman, M.I. Jones, M. Giles, M. Briggs, N.P. Murphy, S.A. Wood, L.J. Wood, A. Matlock, C. Colless, E.J. Ford, KJ. Walker, LG. Ward, M. Sears, S.M. Lewis, K. Stapley, P.A. Colless, J. Glover 2nd Row: M Lo, E.L. Wenlock, T. Robb, N. Mitchell, S.A. Givoye, J.L. Whittle, F.C. Sitar, R.M. Malthouse, J.D. McKaige, E.A. Hunter, T.N. Dumbrell, S.A. Piccoli, K. Guaran, ^M. Waring, C.L. Edwards, E. Matlock, NJ. Walker, S. Jones, CJ. Harris, K. Dethridge Front Row: KJ. Bamet, A.J. Sarah, P.R. Major, L.D. Buchanan, C. Hawkins (House Prefect), K.A. Connelly (House Prefect), M.V. Harris (House Captain), Mr. J.S. Clark, Mr. MLJ. Roland, Mr. H.D. Mitchell, Mrs. K. Camp, Mr. R.P. Sheridan, G.J. Zeegers (House Prefect), K.L. Sears (House Prefect), T.P. Wiffen (House Prefect), K.E. McKaige, A-W. Rae, D.W. Price, S.M. Boyd Absent: B.T. Walker, A. Bender, K. Tiemey

No so the house debaters. The emergence of many keen intellects together with the guidance of Mr Sheridan and Mr Mitchell, McLean stood out from all other teams. In a heated and well-fought final, McLean demolished the opposition and won convincingly. Thanks must go to Cait Hawkins, Stefanie Givoye and Peter Dethridge for combining their talents in a stunning attack against the gnomes from McArthur. Beware the wolves in sheeps' clothing from McLean. The house tug-of-war appealed to a different element. Unfortunately, the height of Thane Monet Dumbrell did not combine with Stuart McKeon's well-oiled machine. We came second best in the semi-final when we faced the Morrison heavies. Nevertheless, we emerged with battle scars: rope burns and arms no longer fully attached to the rest o four bodies. A teacher's plot to distract students from a life of crime while inflicting a little pain. Under the leadership of Sharon Waring, the basketballers took to the gymnasium in high spirits. With a large number of enthusiasts, our team showed variety and vigour, finishing in third place by one point to Shannon. Sharon Waring, Cameron Barnes, Daniel Muhor, Greg Zeegers and Matthew Illingworth all played remarkably well and undoubtably, our strength will continue in future years. Dum Spiro Spero! The McLean house musicians displayed yet another routine of splendid entertainment and variety. Gone are the days when all we do in house music is sing. Once again there was demonstration of fine choreography skills incorporating our innate sense of rhythm. The choir sang a hearty rendition of the classic "Do you hear the people sing ?" from the broadway hit "Les Mis38

erables". This was followed by Claudine Edwards and Adam Bender performing a guitar-clarinet duet. Our finale is undoubtably imprinted on the memories of many as the senior students did a cover of Billy Joel's "Uptown Girl". Never before have the elements of a Robert Palmer film clip been so well blended with the harmonious voices of fifteen McLeanites. We feel we have set the standards for future house music competitions where the creativity and coordination of the students can be best exhibited! Despite the rumours of cancellation, McLean once again was obliged to field a team for the Grand Finale of house sport. The annual inter-house athletics held early in fourth term saw Aaron Wileman, Amelia Matlock, Lachlan Buchanan, Kim Connelly, Cain Sarah, Andrea Rae and a host of others keeping a faint glimmer of hope alive. We, well some of us, participated with enthusiasm. Perhaps the highlight of the competition was felt in retrospect, when Charles Chirnside was finally granted his junior colours enabling him to look Daniel in the eye once again. This year has seen the continuation of a unique and enthusiastic house. The involvement of both junior and senior students has made 1989 both enjoyable and satisfying. Thanks to the house prefects for their efforts and all the students who continue to create a house that thrives on individuality and a strong sense of support. Thanks to the tutors: Mrs Butt, Mrs Kamp, Mr Sheridan, Mr Clark, Mr Roland. Without their continual encouragement and humour, McLean would not hold quite the same atmosphere of friendship and trust. It is with regret that we farewell our Head of House of the past 18 months. Mr Mitchell has been with

McLean since its early days and we sincerely wish him all the best in his new job., Thank you for your time, patience, and ever positive attitude. On behalf of the year twelves, I wish all present and soon-to-be members of McLean house all the best for 1990 and beyond, perhaps, with a little luck, the furniture will also continue to survive the perils of everyday life and the music will continue to soothe those who continue the fight. Michelle Harris House Captain

MORRISON HOUSE Head of House: Mr. J.S. Gibson House Tutors: Mr. P.A. Cronk, Mr. F.W. Elliott, Mr. W.V. Headlam, Mr. B. McLeod, Mr. L.J. Quail, Miss A.J. Schooneman House Captains: Jock Heard, Sarah McCann House Prefects: Sam Haebich, Julia Kent-Hughes, Will Hanson, Philippa Shirlow, Robert Mann, Nick Wauchope, Peter Wells HOUSE COLOURS: Swimming: Sam Haebich, Julia Kent-Hughes*, Tom Hanson, Dirk Engeler, Nick McCann* Cricket: Scott Haberman, Dave Wilson, Andrew Warmbrunn, Simon Flowers, Robert Mann Tennis: Kelly Thompson, Paul Leigh, Jock Heard, Will Hanson Cross-Country: Julia Kent-Hughes, Ryf Quail, Dan Heard Football: Scott Haberman, Andrew Warmbrunn, Jock Heard Netball: Sam Haebich Athletics: Stephen Clark, Nick Dokos, Cara Tredgett, Ryf Quail, Paul Fowler, Dave Wilson, Dirk Engeler, Duncan Ratcliff Music: Robert Mann, Nick Wauchope, Lisa McArthur, Ben Coulson

Debating: Ryf Quail, Andrew Warmbrunn, Lucia Bongiorno, Robert Mann, Lisa McArthur General: Nick Wauchope, Sarah McCann, Raelene Campbell, Philippa Shirlow, Julia Kent-Hughes, Matthew McKinnon, Peter Wells, Robert Mann Softball: Julia Kent-Hughes, Philippa Shirlow, Sarah McCann, Liz Nelson Junior: Peter Wilson, Dean Szanto, Karl Waddell, Tom Hanson, Peter McCann, Stuart Day, Tara Eason, Macgregor Haines, Tamas Wells, Milan Perkins, Tim Glenister, James Gerrard, Nerissa Dokos, Mary Dokos MORRISON HOUSE REPORT The "Morries" have again proven themselves to be a house not to contend with! Although we gained only one 'first' place, more importantly we displayed an attitude and a house spirit which cannot easily be achieved. This aimed at gaining the correct enjoyment from our activities in a sporting and cultural manner. Our house obtained a well battled-for position in all fields for which all contributing house members should be uplifted. It was good to see that participation took priority over skills. The year began with one of the most competitive sports, house swimming. The year nines quickly realised that if voluntary attitudes weren't adhered to, then prefects would generously put their names forward for the more undesired events. The real athletes and the academics were thus separated for future activities. Fine results were recorded from Julia Kent-Hughes, Nick McCann, Peter Wilson, Craig

Rawlings, Hamish Dennis, Claire and Sophie Fisher, Tom Hanson and Dirk Engeler. Diving seems to always see a lack of enthusiastic participants but not for two new students, Tom Hanson and Lucia Bongiorno who appeared intensely nervous in front of the 'unexpected' crowds. In previous years Morrison has been far from strong in house cricket. This year we started very well but overall came a disappointing third. Reminiscent of Border's ashes tour, the Morrison line-up carved up its opposition. One of the highlights was against Coles when Morrison scored one of the highest ever scores in house cricket. The new chapel suffered many blows as Will Hanson scored a quick fiery forty and was forced to retire. Two other Morrison bats had to follow suit. Consistent performances came from big Dave Wilson (who dropped the tennis racquet for the opportunity) as well as Andrew Warmbrunn, James Wilson, Simon Flowers and Stuart Day. The recent introduction of Softball gave us girls a chance to strut our strength, and this we did to achieve a hefty fourth position after a blowing defeat from Shannon for third place. Our first few matches brought about some hard slogging as balls were flying in all directions, literally! As our opposition grew tougher and the crowds bigger, our strength seemed to decline all too rapidly. I don't suppose my inconsistent pitching and the lack of an experienced pitcher had much to do with the outcome! Overall, however, it was a fine team effort. The most successful sport on Morrison's calendar had to be tennis. We brought back the trophy that had belonged to us for so long. Having both the girls and the boys in the fi39

MORRISON HOUSE Back: M. A. Haines, J.D. Cobum, G.R. Mills, M.M. Perkins, J.M. Gerrard, J.P. Gladman, L.R. Quail, H.G. Dennis, F.J. Pearson, S.J. Clark, P.J. Fowler, S. Day, A.N. Grant, N. Dokos, S.A. Smith, S.E. Haebich 4th Row: A.J.V. Cooper, S.A. Redford, T.R. Wells, P.M. McCann, C D . Rawlings, P.J. Wilson, A.G. Warmbrunn, S.A. Rowers, N.D. McCann, S.J. Black, M.C McKinnon, D.B. Heard, DM. Szanto, S.E. Thorley, D.H.B. Engeler, D.T. Haines, S.A. Shirlow, T.A. Glenister 3rd Row: S.J. Campbell, A.E. Laker, A.L. Langbein, K. Waddell, J.A. Spear, A.G. Hallebone, T.R. Hanson, P.A. Lawson, B.T. Coulson, J.B. Wilson, A.J. Harvey, DR. Wilson, AJ. Miller, S.E. Haberman, B.G. Engeler, P.J. Leigh, S.F. McCallum, N.J. Dokos, S.J. Fisher 2nd Row: L.J. McArthur, K.E. Thomson, M. Dokos, A. Richardson, M.E. Clark, E.C. Haines, CD. Tredgett, M.M. Lakey, J.R. Colls, M.E. Ganly, J.A.Morphy, H.J. Graham, T.L. Eason, E.P. Campbell, J.X. Fitzgerald, CP. Campbell, L.V. Bongiorno, K.J. Messenger, S.J. Collins, K.J. Palmer Front Row: R.A. Campbell, E. A. Nelson, J.A. Tymms, J.M. Kent-Hughes (Prefect), P.J. Shirlow (Prefect), Mr. L.J. Quail, W.R.Hanson (Prefect), Mr. P.A. Cronk, S.E. McCann (House Captain), Mr. J.S. Gibson (Head of House), J.T. Heard (House Captain), Mr. B. McLeod, S.J. Haebich (Prefect), Miss A.M. Schooneman, PC. Wells (Prefect), N.A. Wauchope (Prefect), R.K. Mann, CJ. Coulson, F.C Harvey Absent: E.C. Fisher, D.T. Ratcliff, Mr. W.V.H. Headlam, Mr. F.W. Elliott

nals meant that we came first overall. Led by Dave Wilson with other performances from Peter Wilson, Simon Smith, Paul Fowler, Paul Leigh, Liz Nelson, Kate Coulson and Kelly Thomson, the victory was made possible. House cross-country has to be the most dreaded house event before athletics and it is surprising that with the negative attitude that was present we gained second place 40

overall. Morrison also had the highest number of runners competing. There were some tremendous individual efforts noted in the U.16 boys, U.15/16 girls and U.17 open girls age groups however. Dedicated placings came from Ryf Quail, Samantha Haebich, Julia KentHughes, Dan Heard and Peter McCann. Unfortunately Morrison has never been well known for their graceful

workmanship on the netball court, this year being no exception. The tennis and hockey players as well as the 'rowers' came together to produce a total of about five goals for the whole competition. Fine performances were seen from Samantha Haebich, Julia Kent-Hughes, Raelene Campbell and Marcelle Ganly to achieve a....well let's just say we finished in the lower four positions. Our house this year was lucky

enough to attain the strength of three of the 1st IV rowers. This of course included Tiny" the cox. So it was not unjust that we kick up a fuss over the cancellation of house rowing which would have given us a sure first place. 'We was robbed." The cancellation of hockey, more like underwater hockey, due to the further development of the fields brought about more fuss as our skills could again have outshone our other petty opponents in yet another event. I dare say a queue of casualties would have been submitted to the medical centre due to our unique 'hack' style in previous years. A much better organised brand of football was played this year as the elimination of the cut-throat round enabled the Morries to grace the mud for a longer period of time. Having a very low number of recognised footballers should have written us off long ago but in true spirit, performances from Will Hanson, Scott Haberman, Ben Coulson, Peter McCann, Joel Gladman, Stuart Day, Peter Lawson, and David Haines, we came home in fifth position. The Morries entered the new house sport of 1989 hot favourites. The new tug-of-war event soon became very popular. Thanks to the experienced coaching from Mr Headlam and the fiery nature of Matthew McKinnon we stormed into the grand final. Sadly the toss of the coin settled our fate against McArthur. We were doomed to the downhill end of the slope where the event was being held. We fought bravely against all odds but the handicap was too great. The most entertaining event of the year is house basketball. Vocal crowds are packed into the Rolland Centre to watch the skill of each house. But this year this was exact-

ly what we lacked. Going down in every match played was very disappointing. I'm sure Higgsie's elbow to the face from Sam Haebich was also a manoeuvre to be noted along with the highflying acrobatics and floor tumbling of our other team members. We wish next year's team all the best as we're sure they'll need it. The conclusion to Morrison's sporting memorabilia gave us third place in the aths. A lack of volunteers presented us with a diverse array of talent. With these interesting combinations the final result was most pleasing, showing us that those more academically minded often surprise themselves in sporting areas also. The younger members of the house, as we found, were also most successful and if not for Peter McCann, Mary Dokos, Dirk Engeler, Ryf Quail, Dan Heard and Duncan Ratcliff, we would not have achieved a commendable third placing. Not only academically gifted and sports orientated, the Morries are also generous. This was highlighted by Mr McLeod's tute group who organised an icecream stall. The only problem being that their helpings of icecream were too great for a profit. Overall they made a massive five big ones. Not only sporting and giving people, the Morrison family are also an extremely cultural bunch when it comes to activities such as house music and debating. House music took longer than expected to get underway as controversy over our house songs arose. We wanted this year to be different, fun. For our house song we sang "Blue Bayou" which came together quite well on the day. All morning our small group had rehearsed word perfect the Bangles song

"Hazy Shade of Winter", a great rendition was formed in the actual competition where the joke was on us. The background echo of the tape a bar behind right through was especially effective demoting our position to sixth place. Maybe a review of 'True Blue" would have had us nearing the top of the charts. Debating this year saw Morrison obtain a commendable place. As topics are usually very undebatable our crew did well. Good opposition came from Ryf Quail, Andrew Warmbrunn, Lucia Bongiorno, Robert Mann and Lisa McArthur. Thanks to Karl Engeler, the Morrison House Honour Roll was finally completed, showing last year's year twelves, and if the tradition continues our names will also be added to the board. This makes an original attribute to the houseroom and the tradition is one worth continuing. Finally, on behalf of the house we would like to thank all the house tutors who helped keep the family a 'force' throughout the year. We wish Mr. Headlam all the best for his new job for 1990. A big thank you is also extended to the man behind us all the way, Mr Gibson, father of the mob. This cannot be expressed enough. We hope next year's captains and prefects can fulfil their roles in an apt way and lead the "Morries" to further success. The strength and brains we have have to be urged into action and competitive spirit. Good luck to all, and especially to the 1990 year twelves. Sarah McCann and Jock Heard

SHANNON HOUSE Head of House: Miss A.M. Huntington House Tutors: Mrs M.J. Champness, Mr P.S Goldsworthy, Mr M.A. Simpson, Mr. L. Thomson, Mr P.J. Hannah, Mr I.G. PanHouse Captains: Sally Jennings, Andrew Harris House Prefects: Matthew Wilson, Paul Schram, Ian Jackman, Kirsten Bellis, Ashley Lochhead HOUSE COLOURS: Swimming: Paul Schram, Tony Hudson, Melissa Gallo, Danielle Synot, Andrew Harris *, Matt. Wilson* Cricket: Jason Foley, Todd Gallacher Tennis: Matthew Considine, Paul Schram, Ian Jackman, Rebecca Taylor, Sally Jennings*, Ashley Lochhead* Cross-Country: Greg Erwin, Damien Wilson, Matt. Wilson, Anthony Osborne, Saxon Nicholls, Kym Peake, Rebecca Taylor, Heather Gibbs, Matthew Dickie, Tony Hudson*, Sally Jennings* Football: Ashley Lochhead, Todd Gallacher, Fergus Elder, Tony Hudson, Andrew Neal*, Matt. Wilson* Netball: Anne Walter, Catherine Dimmick, Kym Peake, Sally Jennings* Basketball: Brydon King, Rebecca Taylor, Kym Peake, Michelle Turrill, Sally Jennings, Matt. Wilson, Nick Hall*, Andrew Harris, Scott Kilfoyle* 42

Athletics: Tony Hudson, Anthony Osborne, Jason Foley, Catherine Dimmick, Kym Peake*, Andrew Harris* Music: Fleur Dickie, Carl Jennings, Lyn Foo, Danielle Synot, Matthew Dickie, Nick Synot, Kym Peake, Scott Newman, Kirsty Bellis, Eloise Smith, May Fung, Sally Jennings* Softball: Heather Gibbs, Danielle Synot, Sally Jennings, Kirsty Bellis, Michelle Synot General: Nick Hall, Damon Atkins, Kirsten Bellis, Ian Jackman Junior: Simon Walsh, Karen Perkins, Jason O'Loughlin, Michael Bekker, Simon Lynch, Matthew Elder, Kate Hall, Karly Day, Mary Henderson, Mark Wise, Sheena Dougherty, Rohan Johnston, Harry Fallaw, Andrew McKie, Katrina Hosie, Joel Hitt, Jonathon King, Stephen Wood, Judi Wilsher, Olivia Nicholls, Gregg O'Neill, Ryan Stevenson, Kate Hanley, Andrew Hudson * Re-awarded SHANNON HOUSE REPORT

el of enthusiasm, "threats and bribery." At least we maintained our level of success by once again coming fifth overall. The boys' open freestyle relay consisting of Tony Hudson, Andrew Harris, Matt. Wilson and Paul Schram swam a creditable second, as did Andrew Harris in the Open 3x50 boys' individual medley. Our two divers, Mat. Wilson and Melissa Gallo also performed very well taking out second and third placings respectively. On 14th February, Shannon held its annual social service fundraising event by selling carnations for Valentine's Day. Several red faces appeared as carnations with secret messages were distributed during lessons. The proceeds from this day were donated to the Leprosy Mission. Shannon's cricketers battled hard for their house and are to be commended on their efforts against much stronger opposition. Particular mention should be made of Andrew Neal, Greg Lochhead, Tim Stacey and Mark Wise. The girls' Softball team, led by the dynamic duo of Michelle Synot and Heather Gibbs as catcher and pitcher, gained third placing in the house competition. All the girls that participated enjoyed this event.

1989 has been a successful year for Shannon House and as always the enthusiasm and house spirit shown by both senior and junior members towards inter-house activities has been its most outstanding feature. A fresh coat of paint to the House room at the beginning of the year paved the way for success during the months ahead.

Success at last! Once again the girls' open tennis team of Rebecca Taylor and Sally Jennings overcame all opposition and came first overall. The boys were not as successful, and despite good performances by Ashley Lochhead, Matthew Considine, Paul Schram and Ian Jackman, came fourth. Our junior tennis players also displayed considerable talent and the future for. House tennis looks rosy.

Shannon approached the house swimming sports with its usual lev-

House netball was well served by Anne Walter, Catherine Dimmick,

Kym Peake and Sally Jennings, with one win, one draw and one loss.

and Fergus Elder were our top performers.

Under the worst playing conditions for many years the Shannon house football team managed a commendable equal third placing. This result was achieved because of the combined effort from all players to work as a team. Andrew Harris, Matthew Wilson, Tony Hudson, Andrew Neal, Ashley Lochhead

As well as being able sportspeople, Shannon also displayed considerable academic prowess in house debating with two wins. Our year eleven team, consisting of Greg Erwin, Matthew Dickie and Kym Peake, won narrowly, debating 'That the prefect system is outdated." Kate Hall, Olivia Nicholls and

Andrew Fernbach, in the year nine debate, also achieved success arguing 'That smoking should be banned in all public places." Rohan Johnston, Harry Fallaw and Sheena Dougherty, representing the year ten's, lost narrowly and our year twelve team, with the old faithful Scott Newman and ably supported by Kirsty Bellis and Lyn Foo, whose debut performance was outstanding, only lost by one point.

SHANNON HOUSE Back Row: S.P. Walsh, C. Politis, M. Bridgeford, D.W. Atkins, M.J. Considine, G.A. Lochhead, HJ. Fallaw, BJ. Erwin, RB. Stevenson, R.C. Johnston, G.V. O'Neill, T.J. Stacey, C D . King, A.C. Shrimpton 4th Row: M.T. Dickie, C.C. Atkins, N.A. Synot, J.L. Foley, A.C. Osbourne, T. Barr, F.W. Oder, C.T. Pearson, A.R Howard, G.J. Erwin, B.J. King, B.R Jacobs, J.G. Wilson, S.H. Nicholls, M.J. Elder, S.M. Newman, C.W. Jennings, M.C. Wise 3rd Row: M.K. Bekker, W.C. Phillips, J.R. King, A.D. Hudson, A. Fernbach, S.R. Dougherty, K.M. Purcell, K.L. Peake, S.L. Foo, M. Fung, M.J. Turrill, M.J. Gallo, SJ. Lynch, A. McKie, A. Bauckham, J.C. Hitt, J.D. O'Loughlin, C.A. Gibson, S. Wood 2nd Row:K. Douglas, K.M. Perkins, A.J. Hatton, O.A. Nicholls, S. Redpath, H.M. Gibbs, K.E. Hanley, J.J. Wilsher, R. Taylor, A.L. Walter, C. Wilson, M.E. Henderson, A. Hansen, F.E Dickie, C.C. Dimmick, S. Yorke, K.M. Hosie, K.R. Day, M.L.Synot, K.L. Hall Front Row:S.G. Kilfoyle, N . C Hall, LP. Jackman, Mr I.G. Parr, E.A. Smith, Mr. L.A. Thomson, P.J. Schram, Mrs. M.J. Champness, A.J. Harris (House Captain), Miss A.M. Huntington (Head of House), S. A. Jennings (House Captain), Mr. P.S. Goldsworthy, K.E. Bellis, Mr M.A. Simpson, M.E. Wilson, Mr P.J. Hannah, D.L. Synot, AJ. Hudson, A.S. Lochhead Absent: D.S. Wilson, A.J. Neal, T.J. Gallacher, A.J. Tsang, B. White

Unfortunately, this year the house cross-country day clashed with the annual school music camp. A separate cross country was held at the music camp with the Shannon musicians running extremely well on the track. At school, it was pleasing to see nearly all students willing to endure pain for their house making it a successful afternoon. History was made in August this year when the house tug-of-war was contested for the first time. Unfortunately Shannon, lacking the "meatheads" of the other houses, departed gracefully after round one. House basketball is perhaps the most enjoyable of all the competitions because it combines the male and female members of the house in a representative team. Under the leadership of Nick Hall, and ably supported by Scott Kilfoyle, the team finished a well-deserved second. Success again! The house music competition proved that if one is willing to dedicate oneself and work hard, success can be achieved. A big thank-you to all the Shannon members who gave up lunchtimes and who arrived at school earlier than usual so rehearsals could take place. After a wonderful morning of music, Shannon emerged victorious. The house choir sang a medley from the Beach Boys, the vocal ensemble presented "The Sounds of Silence" and the instrumental ensemble played a rag called "Sweet Pickles". Hopefully our talented younger musicians can continue to be successful in the future. Shannon improved their placing from last year in the house athletics competition by finishing fourth overall. Excellent performers were Kate Hanley, who won the U.16 girls' 100 and 200m, Kym Peake, winning the U.17 girls' 400m, long 44

jump, and open girls' 800m. Kym combined with Rebecca Taylor, Karly Day and Mary Henderson to win the U.17 4x100m relay. James Wilson won the U.16 boys' javelin; Greg Lochhead won the U.17 boys' high jump and Andrew Harris took out first place in the open boys' long jump. For the second year in a row Shannon was deprived of success by the cancellation of the house hockey and rowing competitions. Shannon hockey players and rowers were well represented in the top school teams. We thank all who have contributed to the success of Shannon in 1989, especially to our Head of House, Miss Huntington, for her support, leadership and friendship throughout the year. We say thank you and goodbye to Mr Thomson whose year with the house has been one of dedicated service. His quiet, relaxed manner will be certainly missed by all. Thanks must also be extended to our diligent and hard working tutors: Mrs Champness, Mr Goldsworthy, Mr Simpson, Mr Hannah and Mr Parr. Finally, we would like to express our sincere thanks to the House Prefects, fellow Year 12's and all members of Shannon House, whose support and help has made the year enjoyable for both of us. To all those remaining at school, best wishes for 1990. Sally Jennings and Andrew Harris House Captains

WETTENHALL

Yttrup*

Head of House: Mr. R.M. Morris

House Co-Captains: Jodi Madden, Jason Oakley

Music: Robert Cornes, Barbara Cronin, Kim Evans, Simon Gilson, Liz Nelson, Mathew Shelley, Rachel Shirley, Peter Cooper, Jacob Golding, Jodi Madden, Jason Oakley, Susan Philips*, Joanne Siketa*, James Tucker*

House Prefects: Anissa Yttrup, Nick Kleiss, Duncan Frame, Craig Kavanagh

Debating: Jenny Hyland, Liz Nelson, Rachel Shirley

HOUSE COLOURS

General: Peter Hard, Craig Kavanagh, Kate Lee, Jodi Madden, Tim Soppitt, Matthew Sykes, Glen Urquhart, Richard Wood, Anissa Yttrup, Don McAllister, Randall Lee, David Laught, Simon Gilson, Nick Fletcher, Freya Fitzgerald, James Tucker

House Tutors: Mrs. S.E. Heath, Mr. L.R. Trigg, Mr. R.W. Lancaster, Mr. T. P. Parkes, Mr. R. Salen

Swimming: Barbara Cronin, Ben Mitchell, Lisa Gacioch, Richard Wood*, Jason Oakley, Alastair Moody* Cricket: David Laught, Peter Hart*, Tony Newson, Tim Soppitt Tennis: James Tucker*, Don McAllister Cross-Country: Chris Bain, Ben Mitchell, Liz Nelson, Rachel Shirley, Jason Oakley Football: Ben Mitchell, Peter Hart*, Craig Kavanagh, Nick Kleiss, Alastair Moody, Tony Newson, Jason Oakley, Tim Soppitt, Glen Urquhart, Richard Wood*, Matthew Sykes Netball: Barbara Cronin, Kim Evans, Liz Nelson, Rachel Shirley, Jodi Madden Anissa Yttrup Basketball: Peter Hart, Tim Soppitt, Jacob Golding, Nick Kleiss, Susan Philips*, Nick Kennett, Anissa Yttrup* Athletics: Kim Evans, Nick Kennett, Ben Mitchell, Liz Nelson, Kate O'Hara, Rachel Shirley, William Belcher*, Nick Kennett*, Jason Oakley, Anissa

Junior: Fioran Bourke (twice awarded), Geoff Cooper, Stuart Cosgriff, Shem Fitzgerald (twice awarded), Simon Mitchell, James Nelson, Luke Perry, Tim Reichl, Anna Spurling (twice awarded), Alyssa Turner (twice awarded), Karina Wieland, Brent Enticott*, Colin Gow*, Mark Hart, Monique Holmes, Libby Hosking, David Jeffrey, Gwyn Moore, Simon McCracken, Jason Nevins*, Tim Newson*, Nigel Salajan, Daniel Smedley, Martine Sykes*, Kim Wheeler*, Justin Zumpe WETTENHALL HOUSE REPORT Reflecting on the year's events, all members of Wettenhall can be proud of the achievements and success in many inter-house activities. Under the brave and fearless leadership of Mr Morris, House Tutors and Prefects, Wettenhall managed to participate in most activities in an organised fashion and with great success. It was not only the established members that displayed great ability, but the newly recruit-

ed Year nines also proved themselves worthy members of this elite house. With nervous excitement, we returned from the long summer vacation, to find a newly redecorated and revamped houseroom thanks to the energies and creativity of some dedicated members over the break. Almost before the dust had settled, interhouse activities were off and running. The first charge of excitement came with the swimming sports. Here the house ended up an easy first, thanks to general enthusiasm and to the superb efforts and talents of students such as Shem Fitzgerald (who broke the 50m backstroke record and won his U. 15 championship), Simon Mitchell (U.15 champion), Alyssa Turner (junior girls' champion), Colin Gow (runner-up champion), and Ben Mitchell (open boys' champion). Our cricket team was not so lucky. Despite our competent captain, Tony Newson, some impressive batting by David Laught and Tim Newson and fielding by our one and only Jodi Madden, the team was only placed seventh. Bad form and some possibly biased umpiri n g ^ contributed to our demise. Next year we will have to go back to the drawing board yet again! Tennis too came to the same sort of sticky finish under the captaincy of James Tucker. Some good games were played by members such as James and Don McAllister, but we were down on talent. House dominance and spirits were again lifted and biceps flexed as Anissa and her softballers demolished all opposition on their path to victory. Anissa's pitching was a frightening scene, sending shivers down the spine of spectators and players. She was also superbly backed by top players such as Anna Spurling, Kim Evans, and others. 45

Half time in the Grand Final of the house football and it looked like Wettenhall was to win another house activity. Great football by Jason Nevins, Richard Wood and Peter Hart had put us in this position. However, fierce work and great play by Glen Urquhart went unsupported in the second half: we collapsed and eventually lost the grand final to Calvert by a mere couple of goals. Upon reflection,

this was another fine achievement. Netball saw us again placed second, after our mighty girls lost by one goal in the last 30 seconds of the final. Anna Spurling did her best to distract the opposition and male spectators, but to no avail when it came to the goal tally! However, the whole team deserves congratulations.

In house music, our collective talents went unnoticed by the audience including, unfortunately, the adjudicator. He placed us only fifth! Nevertheless our thanks go to captains, Jo Siketa and Susan Philips for their determined efforts and organisation, and especially to the members of the vocal and instrumental ensembles, which both scored very strongly.

WETTENHALL HOUSE BACK ROW: L. Perry, K. O'Connor, A. Moody, T. Newson, W. Frost, D. Laught, R. Studniczky, B. Mitchell, L. Facer, J. Nevins, D. Jeffrey, A. Siketa, A. Lee 4TH ROW: C. Taylor, R. Lee, D. Urquhart, G. Cooper, D. Smedley, M. Cowley, S. McCracken, C. Kavanagh, J. Golding, N. Fletcher, W. Belcher, S. Fitzgerald J. Nelson, M. Robertson, C. Gow, G. Moore, D. Stranieri 3RD ROW: R Comes, C. Bain, R Wood, N. Kennett, J. Zumpe, D. McAllister, N. Grace, G. Urquhart, S. Gilson, P. Hart, M. Sykes, M. Hart, P. Cooper T Tucker S. Mitchell, M. Shelley, R Oakley, T. Newson, N. Salajan 2ND ROW: S. Cosgriff, A. Graham, H. Lau, L. Hosking, F. Bourke, S. Philips, A. Turner, K. White, M. Gate, B. Cronin, S. Johnston, K. Ley, A. O'Hara K Hovey A. Lavery, J. Siketa, M. Holmes, R Shirley, J. Hyland, S. Neary, B. Enticott, T. Reichl ' FRONT ROW: F. Fitzgerald, K. O'Hara, K. Wheeler, M. Sykes, Mr. R Salen, Mr. L.R Trigg, Mr. R.W. Lancaster, A. Yttrup, J. Madden, Mr. RM. Morris, J. Oakley, N. Kleiss, Mrs. S.E. Heath, Mr. T.P. Parkes, K. Wieland, A. Spurling, R Swinton, E. Nelson, K. Evans

Cross-country has never been our forte but this year, we were indeed fortunately to have some talented competitors such as Fioran Bourke (who came first in her division) and James Nelson (who grabbed third place in his section). Basketball and debating both saw Wettenhall come equal fifth after some excellent performances. For instance our junior debaters including Fioran Bourke, Stuart Cosgriff, Anna Spurling, Gwyn Moore, Simon McCracken and Daniel Smedley, were all undefeated. A grand finale and triumph was the aths. After rain delayed its start until Term 4, Wettenhall finally snatched the mighty cup from Calvert in the closing hours of the competition. In the excitement, computer failure caused suspense and delay in obtaining the final result which left Wettenhall ahead by nearly 40 points. This was a fantastic effort and an appropriate way to wind up the year. Again our congratulations go to the high level of house participation and to particular individuals like Ben Mitchell, Nick Grace, Fioran Bourke, Alyssa Turner, Will Belcher Nick Kleiss, Kim Evans, Nick Kennett, Liz Nelson, Kate O'Hara and Colin Gow. Before signing off, we would like to mention two more points. First, our best wishes go to those who are leaving and to those who will return to Wettenhall next year. May you have the success in 1990 that the house has enjoyed this year. Secondly, special thanks must go to several quarters including our prefects: Nick Kleiss, Anissa Yttrup, Duncan Frame and Craig Kavanagh. They showed tremendous organisation, example and thoughtfulness. In addition, the house would not have been as successful if not for the great effort put in by our Head of House Mr Morris, assisted by our tutors. We are indeed in-

debted to them for their care. Finally, we thank you all for your support, efforts and cooperation this year. Good luck. Jodi Madden and Jason Oakley

MACKIE HOUSE Head of House: Mr. N.J.G. Fairbairn

Prefects: William Belcher, William Hanson, Damien Lanyon, Scott Selle, James Wilson

House Tutors: Mr. D.A. Clifford (Term 1), Mr. D.A. Curnow, Mr. P.S. Goldsworthy, Mr. M.A. Simpson, Mr. D.L. Whitcroft

MACKIE HOUSE REPORT

Matron: Mrs. A. Vile House Captain: Andrew Howie Vice-Captain: Jock Heard

Mackie House has seen a great many memorable events during the year which has once again passed all so quickly. The building's 50th anniversary, sporting activities, competitions, and excursions involved all members of the house, encouraging strong friendships and a feel of community living within

Mackie. Certain annual events have become tradition in the house and are eagerly anticipated by the boys. At the beginning of Term 1 in an attempt to create camaraderie and a welcoming to the new Year 9 group, a game of "Killer Basketball" was played - a game invented by boarders and played by boarders (no rules of course), and it proved most successful in bonding the year group together.

MACKIE HOUSE Back: R.A. Menzies, SJ. French, B.D. Reay, S.R Parker, D.B. Heard, S.B. Deane, M.C. Bridgeford 4th Row: P.A. Gulbin, B.C. Farrell, D.T. Jeffrey, K.A. Calvert, A.J. Miller, T.A. Barr, M.C. McKinnon, M.F. Cowley, J.C. Kam, S.A. Smith, L.G.V. Ward, S A Redford C.A. Gibson. 3rd Row: S.M. Cosgrove, C.D.T DuBourg, L.D. Buchanan, H.A. Tostevin, L.S. Sutherland,T.R. Casboult,M.K. Robson,M.J. Selle, D.J. Laught, H.J. Hearn,T.R. Hanson, b.M. Forbes, T.N. Drew, A.J. Bender, C.R. Calvert 2nd Row: DG -Mcintosh, RW. Tonkin, K.W. So, T.R. Soppitt, D.T. McAllister, B.H. Jacobs, A.E. Wills, N.C. Hall, D.R Smith, R.F. Lang, C.C. Wills, C J Price A.J. Powell, L.A. Price, H.M. Hobday, P.T. Hay, M.M. Sears, J.C. Hitt Front: J.B. Wilson, S.J. Selle, D.I. Lanyon, Mr. G.W. Peel, Mr. P.S. Goldsworthy, Mrs. A. Vile, AJ. Howie (House Captain), F.L. Fairbairn, Mr. N.J.G. Fairbairn (Head of House), C. E Fairbairn, J.T.B Heard (Vice-Captain), Mrs.CM. Fairbairn,P.J. Fairbairn, Mr. D.A. Curnow, Mr. M.A. Simpson, Mr. D. Whitcroft, W.R. Hanson, W.A. Belcher. 48

The annual Double Wicket cricket competition was another exciting event held early in the year. This was Mackie's "out of form" cricketers' chance to make some runs and Jock Heard was on a mission to gain selection into the Australian team to tour England. But, alas, would you believe an U.15B's cricketer and a rower, yes an oarsman, Mr. Fairbairn, won the match. Damien Lanyon's dominance in the competition over the past two years came to an abrupt end due to the skilful fielding and accurate bowling of Stuart Cosgriff. Mackie House celebrated its 50th anniversary reunion midway through the year, and many past boarders and their families joined us for the occasion. The Prefects ran tours through the house for the visitors and nearly all of the old boys commented on the carpet in the halls and dormitories compared to the wooden floorboards they had when boarding in Mackie. Numerous stories about their experiences in Mackie were shared with the present boarders and it was interesting to hear how some things have remarkable similarity to our own era, such as the pranks they played on each other. The anniversary reunion was enjoyed by all those who attended and the present boarders learnt much about the past history of Mackie. On the subject of birthdays, one that came at the wrong time for the person involved was Scott "Dozer" Selle. On the instruction of Mrs Fairbairn and the use of Mackie's half completed backyard renovations, Scott spent a most comfortable time living up to his name in a very muddy puddle. It still remains a mystery, however, how he managed to end up under the floodlights of the Mossgiel lawn. What also remains unsolved is the 50

arrival of a bulky parcel wrapped up in toilet paper, much to the delight of the Mackie boys. Incidentally it was Mr Fairbairn's birthday that same day and he was most surprised to see Sam Stevenson dumped at his doorstep with a birthday wish. Another house activity that was staged on Mackie oval was the renowned Rurals vs Urbans football match. On paper the Rurals (100 acres or more) looked a much stronger team with Will Hanson at the helm. It was rumoured that the Urbans were afraid to show, but under the captaincy of Hamish Tostevin they appeared and played a courageous game - only to be convincingly defeated. The Rurals/Urban football match revealed an amount of rare sporting talent and a football and hockey tern was formed to answer a challenge made by the boarders of Hamilton College. The footballers performed admirably with Sears, Ward and Robson at full back combining well, but the Hamilton boys were too strong and Mackie received a narrow loss. The hockey game was a much closer contest with the result ending in a draw. Hamish Hobday played a solid game in defence while Wilson, Buchanan and McKinnon showed their dominance. As well as all the boarding house activities that go on, many Mackie boys contributed in all fields at school. Numerous Mackie boarders represented the school in 1st teams including rowing, cricket, football and the determination of Dan Heard and Paul Gulbin earned them high placings in the crosscountry. One of the highlights of the year came at the end of Term 3 when Mackie held its first variety night.

The standard of performances from all levels was outstanding, good natured and extremely humourous. Sister Cartledge featured prominently in the Year ll's sketch and Keith Calvert and the Year 10's finally managed to impress Mr Fairbairn with a send-up of our Thursday night meetings. Hopefully this event will continue in the future as nearly every boy participated in the night and was thoroughly enjoyed. Finally, on behalf of Mackie, I would like to express my appreciation to the house staff, and in particular Matron Ann Vile. It takes an extraordinarily brave person to act as a mother to 60 boys and this year she has been a wonderful matron. May I wish all Mackie boys the best of luck in the future and hope that the boarding house continues to thrive for the next fifty years. Andrew Howie

MOSSGIEL The year 1989 most certainly will be a year remembered by all girls living at Mossgiel. It was a year full of excitement, full of friendship and most importantly full of fun. With girls coming from different parts of Australia and the world, the combined cultures made special friendships; something only boarders get to experience.

Boarding life is where sharing and tolerance are key factors. It is also an opportunity to become more independent living away from home, which is a great advantage to country students in later years as they pursue tertiary education. Those that are a part of Mossgiel, the Housemaster, Mr A.N. GibsonTutors: Mr. Thomson, Miss A.J. Schooneman, Miss Jane Stephens,

Miss Derryn Vahl Meyer; Sisters M. Cartledge, and H. Richardson; catering staff and the girls; are like one big, happy family. Mossgiel is also a home to three lively dogs named Ed, Bonnie and Jake. They ensure not a moment's silence and keep prowlers away most of the time. School work is pursued by most

MOSSGIEL Back Row: Jodie Koch, Sally Farrow, Katherirte Stinchcombe, Deborah Bradshaw, Claudia Campbell, Paula Major, May Fung, Yoko Tokuda, Mr. L. A. Thomson 4th Row: Miss A.J. Schooneman, Miss J. Stephens, Meredith Rowan, Jodie Davidson, Kate Sears, Deborah Parker, Marcelle Ganly, Lucia Bongiorno, Sophie Piccoli, Shelley Lanyon, Lyn Foo, Elaine Lee, l i n Da Chong, Sr. M. Cartledge 3rd Row: Anna Tonkin, Samantha Stevenson, Emma Ford, Nadina Collins, Caroline Gillespie, Kate Messenger, Corrine Lee, Kellie Barnet, Katherine Hearn 2nd Row: Mr. A.N. Gibson, Kirsten Palmer, Belinda Hayes, Anna Richardson, Hazel Lau, Kirsty Douglas, Fanny Chen, Frances Fong Front Row: Nisha Menzies, Emma Peardon, Sarah McDonald, Penny Campbell Absent: Andrea Tatman, Siobhan Reddel, Miss D. Vahl Meyer

girls at Mossgiel and many benefit from the opportunity of living so close to school. Mossgiel also hosts talents in the school other than those academically inclined. Girls participated in sport such as rowing, swimming, hockey, netball and aerobics. Many pursued dance, drama and music. The girls held strong amiable relations with the male gender living across the road at Mackie. Frequent visits, by permission of course, were made by both sexes across the dividing Noble Street. The girls also experienced and took part in so-called traditions of boarding school life. The water fights against Mackie inevitably left us soaked to the skin. The dorm raids on the 'skinners' by the Year 12's were pursued by adopting methods of vegemite, shaving cream, honey and water on the victim. This saw startled screams and late night showers by most of the younger years. Many birthdays were celebrated - not all in clean fashion. Jocey Davidson certainly had her fair share of spaghetti bolognaise on her birthday, when the slops bucket was tipped all over her. Apart from the light humour displayed by each other, the girls also shared and co-operated in ways that were appreciated. Meredith Rowan baked biscuits for the boarders while Hazel Lau shared many cakes she made with Susie Cartledge.

as it was a chance to share ideas about the College. The introduction of the Chapel was also of significance to the girls at Mossgiel, at last giving us our own place of worship. We also travelled one Sunday to Hamilton College where we played a range of sporting events. The results were mixed but the day was enjoyed by all. Mossgiel also took part in their "Annual Review" in fourth term which brought tears to many eyes. Thank you to Jane Stephens who designed the Mossgiel jumpers and sold us many of her samples. Mossgiel, with its yelping dogs, visiting friends, friendly people and warm atmosphere can be thanked for many people. The medical staff for the many hours they put in, not only for us the day students also. The tutors for their guidance and support throughout the year. We see Mr and Mrs Thomson and their dog Bonnie are leaving - they'll be missed by Mossgiel as well as the rest of the school. Lastly, a special thank you to Mr Gibson 'our second father.' The loving support and guidance helped us through the year through periods of highs and lows. Without his friendship, Mossgiel wouldn't be the happy family it was this year. I'm sure the Year 12's and Emma Ford (Year 11) will be sad to leave their school home at The Geelong College. Kate Sears and Debbie Bradshaw

A staple diet of toast and coffee was what Mossgielians lived on. Many thanks however to the tutors who often made trips for 'Mac-attacks' when the girls were feeling rather ravenous. We also co-hosted many reunions this year, especially the Mackie 50th anniversary. I'm sure the girls enjoyed the lunches with the Old Boys 53

CRICKET FIRST XI REPORT For the Geelong College First XI, the endless APS season started in midNovember with the first round against Carey Grammar. We were defeated outright, showing that with the early start to the season we were ill-prepared for the rigours of APS cricket. The only performance worthy of mention in this initial game was that of youngster Travis O'Brien, who captured three wickets and made 43 not out. After the Christmas break, we had a tireless week of non-APS cricket in the very exhaustive heat of January. We met with mixed success in this week, but finished on a high note in winning our last game convincingThe second round of APS cricket proved to disappointing, not because of our performance, but because of play being abandoned with the centre wicket three inches under water. We then travelled to St Kevin's to chase the ball around all day Friday and some of Saturday, with St Kevin's amassing six for 281 declared. We again performed poorly, being dismissed for 67 and 99 respectively. Yet again in the fourth round, we were defeated outright, this time by our infamous neighbour, Geelong Grammar. Mat Rudolph was the only player to put up a fight, doing well with both the bat and the ball. We journeyed to Melbourne Grammar with heads hung low, facing the prospect of facing our fourth successive loss. We managed to compile a lowly 143, not very much for the bowlers to aim for. Mat Rudolph, Will Hansen and Jason Foley came out and ripped through the Melbourne Grammar batting lineup, to have them dismissed for 130. 54

FIRST XI CRICKET Back Row: G. Lochhead, J. Andrews, T. O'Brien, M. Rudolph, S. Payne, J. McDonald, D. Simovic, T. Matthews Front Row: T. Newson, J. Foley, D. Parton, T. Wiffen (Capt), Mr. M.W. Seeckts (Coach), J. Black (Vice-Capt.), W. Hanson, J. Heard, H. Tostevin

At last we had the taste of victory, which carried on to our next match, against Brigton Grammar. We compiled a great total of 7/280 with boarder Jock Heard top-scoring on 68. With great fielding and bowling, we dismissed Brighton for 154. Mat Rudolph was again amongst the wickets. The following week, we travelled to Wesley with confidence high and ready to notch up our hat-trick of wins. Our hopes were soon dashed, being bundled out for just 43 on a very sticky wicket. Yet again, we were defeated outright because of poor commitment to the game. In our last game for the season, against Xavier, we were able to attain some success; that was in not being beaten outright. Jock Heard again led the scoring with 38, while Jason Foley performed well with the ball.

Despite our huge defeats, the 1989 First XI was the most successful for several years, and the year proved to be very enjoyable. Mr Seeckts, however, may not have had the same feelings as we caused him countless headaches and much dismay. Special thanks must go to Mr Seeckts for all the time and effort he put into the cricket season. The other College cricket team coaches are also to be thanked for their contributions: Mr Gilson with the Second XI; Mr Peel with the Third XI; Mr Fairbairn, Mr Claringbold and Mr Thomson with the Under 16s; and Mr Clark and Mr Parr with the Under 15s. Also thanks must go to the ladies who provided afternoon tea every home game. Finally, I would like to wish the best of luck to all cricketers at College in future years, and in particular I hope that the proposed trip to England is very rewarding. Travis Wiffen, Captain.

SECONDS H. Tostevin (capt.), P. Hart, J. Heard, W. Hanson, T. Jarman, R. Lang, R. McDowall, A. Neal, A. Newson, D. Parton, A. Purcell, M. Richardson, A. Sarah, D. Simovic, A. Smith,, B. Walker, M. Wilson, G. Zeegers During the extended summer cricket season, the Second XI were scheduled to play eight games, two of which were washed out. Unfortunately, we managed to win only two games although we came very close to winning another two, losing them in the last over. Results: GC GC

vs Haileybury - washed out 144/1 - Richardson 55, Lang 50 n.o. defeated Carey 142/6. Parton 3/38, Zeegers 2/ 28. 171 - Parton 44, Richardson 27, lost to Scotch College 172/8 151/8-Hart 45 n.o., Richardson 29, Walker 29 n.o., defeated St. Kevins 148/6 122 - Jarman 39, lost to Geelong Grammar 126/9 -Zeegers 2/15, Neal 2/19, Tostevin 2/29 145 - McDowall 30, Neal 33, lost to Melbourne Grammar 211, Purcell 6/50 104 - Tostevin 24 n.o., Neal 28, lost to Assumption College 200, Simovic 5/52 vs Geelong Grammar washed out

THIRDS J. Weiser (capt.), R. Beach, C.Schroor, A. Durante, N. Farrow, S. Gill, P. Guilbin, J. Hamilton, A.Hallebone, D. Leary, M. Lawrence, B. Walker, B. Jacobs, R. Quail, R. Helmer, A. Sarah, T. Newson, A.Smith, J. Utting, J. Wilson, R.Sadhai, F. Edler, D. Mayfield, A.Harris, R. Mann, C. Grayson, D.Laught, C. Williamson, N. Kenett. After losing two games at the end of 1988, the Third XI had a most successful season, winning all of our 1989 fixtures. John Weiser's stable and thoughtful captaincy was one of the team's strengths, as was the overall attitude of our large squad of keen players. The main problem was in working out who to leave out of the team each week. The team spirit in the Thirds was excellent, and all players conducted themselves very well both on and off the field. Mr. G. W. Peel Coach

U.16A A. Powell (capt.), D. Burns, J.Andrews (v-capt.), G. Lochhead, H.Williams, A. McCurdy, J. Bourdamis, A. Billing, A. McHarry, M.Higgs, A. Thomson, T. Matthews, S. Walsh, T. Mason, T. Gallacher, C.Williamson, M. Robson, B. Jacobs, T. Stacey, T. Newson, S. Flowers The team played nine matches, winning two and tieing another. Many boys played well during the season. Andrews, Lochhead, Newson and Rowers all scored runs whilst Powell, AndrewSjLochhead, Higgs, Matthews and Flowers took many wickets. Many of our top players gained places in the 1st XI throughout the season, thus resulting in a

number of boys having the opportunity to play U.16A cricket. Mr.N. J. Fairbairn Coach U.16B T. Gallacher, M. Robson, A. McCurdy (capts.), M. Mcintosh, G. O'Neill, M. Thornton, M. Selle, T.Casboult, J. Coburn, S. Walsh, M.Wright, T. Mason,, A. Cars well, A. Hook, L. McDonald, M. O'Callaghan, B. Galaska, R. Lee The U.16B's consisted of eighteen squad members. With a few wins near the end of the season, improvement was noticeable from many players. The three captains handled the team in their own way and team spirit was always noticeable. Dramatic improvement could be seen from those who worked hard at practice and listened to advice. Mark Robson's batting, Lachlan McDonald's spin bowling and Simon Walsh's all-round efforts were outstanding. Others to show improved skills were John Coburn, Mark O'Callaghan and Andrew Hook. Mr. J. Claringbold Mr. L. A. Thomson Coaches U.15A M. Wise (capt.), T. Matthews, T. Stacey, J. Nelson, S. Day, S. Lewis, D. Muhor, T. Wild, C. Rudolph, M. Whitehead, M. Cirillo, S. Gason, J. Gerrard, T. Ronkin, A. Thompson, M. Harris It was a symmetric season - 3 wins, 3 losses, 3 not played! Two games were won by one run and another lost by three runs so the season was exciting. Big scores of 93 and 97 n.o. were scored by Tim Stacey and Tim Matthews. James Nelson played three excellent innings of over 90 minutes, each culminating

in 50 retired. Mark Wise made a neat 40 retired and captained well. Bowling and fielding let the side down. The season was a rewarding one and all players improved. Mr. J.S. Clark Mr.m. A. Simpson Coaches

U.15B J. Gerrard, S. Lewis, J. Hitt, T. Reichl, D. Mcintosh, L. Jerinic, T. Wells, S. Cosgriff, L. Perry, A. Reid, A. Kellett, K. Stapley, T. Glenister The U.15B cricket team came together at the start of the year with varying levels of skill and experience. They applied themselves enthusiastically at training, and improved steadily with each game. In particular, they learnt a great deal from two very close losses to St. Kevins and Brighton Grammar. Eventually they enjoyed a convincing win against Carey Grammar - their best performance of the term. The most pleasing aspects of their season were the improvement in individual skills, especially in batting, and in the way they developed a strong team spirit. Mr. I. G. Parr Coach

BOYS FIRST VIII Back Row: A.J. Howie (4), N.P. Kleiss (3), M J . Greville (Bow), S.H. Nicholls (2) Seated: M.E. Wilson (6), N.D. McCann (Stroke), Mr. D. Ramage (Coach), R.I. Curtis (7), S.J. Selle (5) Front Row: G.R. Blarney (Cox)

BOYS' ROWING This year The Geelong College Boatclub showed itself as a real force at all regattas. A programme started by Mr Stone in 1986 has begun to take off with the boatclub recording more wins than it has had for many years. This programme included the usual pre-season training with weights, circuits, rowing on the Barwon and the, now, annual Nelson rowing camp. The new year saw a January rowing camp that lasted for the week leading up to the commencement of school. The blisters had their chance to reemerge after Nelson and so did the tender and aching muscles. All crews rowed many kilometres which, all rowers will agree, paid off. Because of the short season, only two weeks after commencing back at school we were heading off to our first regatta at Carrum. This gave us our first indication of how our crews compared alongside our competition. The 3rd VIII and the 1st IV were our most successful crews on this day both winning their respective finals. From here on we had two regattas in Melbourne on the Yarra and one on the Barwon. All boys crews displayed marked improvements at the two regattas on the Yarra. Then at the regatta on the Barwon both the 1st and 2nd VIIIs showed outstanding form with the 1st crew taking out the Victorian Schoolboys VIII title and the 2nd VIII winning the final of the Junior VIIIs event. The results at this regatta placed all crews in the right frame of mind going into the Head of the River.

After a nerve-racking week at school and final preparations on the river we were all ready for the big event. The heats on Friday were successful for all crews with all five VIIIs standing a good chance of being placed in their respective A division finals. Four of the five VIIIs did in fact make it through to the A finals and all performed to the very best of their ability. The 3rd VIII won the D.B. Ramage trophy awarded to the most successful VIII at the Head of the River regatta. The 1st and 2nd VIIIs were both placed third in their respective finals and the 4th VIII was placed 4th in their final. This year's 5th VIII was the first in many years to end up in better than a C division final, a feat that they are very proud of. I was very pleased to see, in my final rowing season at The Geelong College that the Boatclub is working as a strong unit. This is a result of a great amount of work from all concerned with the boatclub. Many thanks must be extended to all those people associated with the boatclub for their tireless efforts and continued support: their efforts are greatly appreciated. Paul Curtis Captain of Boats (Boys) 1ST VIII M.L.GREVILLE (Bow) S.H. NICHOLLS (2) N.P. KLEISS (3) A.J. HOWIE (4) S.J. SELLE (5) M.E. WILSON (6) P.I. CURTIS (7) N.D. McCANN (Str) G.R. BLAMEY (Cox) Coach: Mr. D. Ramage

The flag bearers for The Geelong College Boatclub this year had a reasonably successful season but once again the Fairbairn Cup elud-

ed us. For the first time in many years success was only a boatlength away from our grasp. This year the boatclub saw the return of Mr. David Ramage to take up the task of coaching the 1st VIII. From the start there were many high expectations as Mr Ramage was responsible for coaching the last successful Head of the River crew from College in 1976. The crew got off to a fairly rough start and did not begin to take form until the January rowing camp. During this camp Scott Selle returned after a back injury and Matthew Wilson, in his first year of rowing was promoted to the crew. These additions added the extra manpower that was desperately needed. After covering many, many miles of steady state "swingthroughs" which we all came to know and love!! time to test ourselves in competition was upon us before we knew it. We slowly made the transition to "racing mode" while still developing technique and endurance. Thus at the first few regattas we were only able to show occasional glimpses of our true worth. This did not worry us much as we knew there was only one race that we were training for. Less than a month before the race Mr Ramage decided to re-rig the boat from being bow side stroked to the conventional stroke side rig. This was done in an effort to better distribute the weight within the boat and also in order to increase the rating at full pressure. This seemed to be a rather drastic move and the crew were at first a little apprehensive. The change however paid off and we were rewarded in our next race at the Barwon Regatta, where we took out the Victorian Schoolboy VIII title by the convinc-

ing margin of two boat-lengths. We now turned our attention to the Head of the River which was now only a week away. After a week of strong, clean, confident rowing the crew was certainly "on the boil" as we went to the start of our heat on Friday. It was destined to be the fastest heat of the day with race favourites Geelong Grammar and Brighton Grammar on either side of us. We were disappointed in not beating Geelong Grammar in this event and were thus forced to race a repechage which we won easily. As a result of our repechage win we were placed in an easy semi-final assuring us of a place in the final. The four schools to make it through to the finals were Geelong Grammar, Xavier College, Brighton Grammar and The Geelong College, in that order. The race was one that all members of crew could be very proud of. Geelong Grammar took a slight lead from the start and we knew that the only way to win the race was to throw out as many challenges and efforts that we could in an attempt to crack the opposition. The Geelong Grammar crew, however, was too strong on the day and held us off. Our early effort told and a slippery Xavier crew managed to beat us to the line by a very short margin. On behalf of the crew I would like to thank Mr Ramage for his time and effort and wish him and all continuing members of the boatclub good luck next season. Nick McCann

2ND VIII D.P. CROWE (Bow) D.T. RATCLIFF (2) B.J. MITCHELL (3) M.C. McKINNON (4) L. TAYLOR (5) P.A. LAWSON (6) A.J. HUDSON (7) C.J. CUTHBERT (Str) J.F. McCONNELL (Cox) Coach: Mr. D. Curnow The 2nd VIII, better known as the "Muckies" had a highly enjoyable and successful season, mainly due to Mr Curnow's unorthodox, but effective coaching style. The crew had many fine performances in regattas leading up to the Head of the River. In our event at the Head of the River regatta we rowed with courage and tenacity during the elimination races and were placed third in the A division final. On behalf of this year's "Muckies" I would like to wish next year's 2nd VIII good luck. Keep up the "Muckie" heritage! Christian Cuthbert 3RD VIII A.J. WILEMAN (Bow) C.J. SHARKEY (2) C.G. WILLS (3) S.J. RICHARDSON (4) C.T. PEARSON (5) D.R. ASHBY (6) M.J. MAGAREY (7) J.T. NEVINS (Str) P.A. COLLESS (Cox) Coaches: Mr. Frank Stone an Mr Luc Kanellos The 3rd VIII proved to be the most successful boys' crew in the 1989 season. The crew managed to reach all but one final in regattas leading up to the Head of the River. In all finals contested we were placed either first or second. At the Head of the River regatta we drew an easy heat and won con58

vincingly defeating Scotch, Wesley and St.Kevin's Colleges. In the A division final we held an early lead and were unfortunately overcome by an older and bigger crew from Geelong Grammar. Though beaten we were pleased with our effort with all members of the crew performing to the best of their ability. In finishing second we still managed to better the existing course record by six seconds. On behalf of the crew I would like to thank Mr Stone and Mr Kanellos for their dedication and encouragement throughout the season. The parents of the crew must also be thanked for their support and tireless efforts.

field and Carey Grammar enabling us to go straight through to what promised to be an uncomfortably tight A Division final. Only 1.5 seconds separated the winning g times recorded in the heats by Melbourne Grammar and Scotch College! Although we had a good start and lead in the early part of our final, when the gun went 800m down the track it was Melbourne Grammar first across the line followed by Scotch and then ourselves with Xavier in fourth position. Regardless of the end result it was a good end to a most enjoyable season. Jacob Golding

Jason Nevins 5THVIII 4THVIII M.R. EAGLES (Bow) M.G. KENT (2) CM. DOBIE (3) T.R. HASON (4) J.J. GOLDING (5) A.E. WILLS (6) A.D. DAY (7) D.DHEFFERNAN (Str) D.T. HAINES (Cox) Coach: Mr. R.M. Morris The 1988-1989 4th VIII was remarkably competitive, enthusiastic and diligent. Throughout the season we were ably coached by Mr Morris. After a difficult start we managed to record a win at our debut race, in the Victorian Country Championship Regatta on the Barwon River. Although we competed well in our next regattas, our form was not up to that of our arch rivals, Melbourne Grammar. The Barwon Regatta, just a few weeks before the Head of the River, saw us return to form with wins in both our Round Robin races. Then came the nerveracking Head of the River regatta. We managed to win our heat convincingly by two lengths to Caul-

D. B.HEARD H.G. DENNIS T.D. ROBINSON D.S. MacFARLANE M.C. ROBERTSON R.B. STEVENSON M.M. SEARS M.C. BRIDGEFORD C.C. GOW S.A. SHIRLOW Coach: Mr. H. Carr

(Bow) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (7) (Stroke) (Cox)

This year's 5th VIII proved to be one of the most successful 5th VIII crews in many years. During the season we had mixed results leading up to the Head of the River. Our most successful race was at the Henley Regatta where we won our Division final. At the Head of the River Regatta we came second in our Heat to Scotch College, only to be defeated by Geelong Grammar in the B Division Final. Our thanks must go to our coach, Mr Hamish Carr, for a great season and to the parents for their support. Colin Gow Matt Robertson

GIRLS' ROWING REPORT The girls rowing season got off to a good start early in Term 4, 1988, with everyone showing much enthusiasm and anticipation for the season to come. Pre-season training such as lunchtime weights sessions and several ergos formed the basis on which we were to build the high fitness levels necessary for a successful season. With a strong squad of rowers; training on the Barwon River started in order to select the first three crews for the Nelson rowing camp. Nelson was a sleepy, peaceful town before The Geelong College arrived. Locals could be woken up to the roaring of the motorboat and the high-pitched yells over the megaphones as the coaches tried to keep up with the crews working out on the river. The camp saw many changes take place in the crews, and all girls looked forward to the relaxing Christmas holidays. However, the January Camp on the Barwon knocked us back to our senses as the level of fitness which we had lost, slowly caught up with us. A week later saw marked differences in the crews. The 3rd Girls' managed to select a crew and proceeded on with the training schedule. The lsts and 2nds, however, found great difficulty in selecting crews. The standard was quite even and every possible combination was tried but eventually the 1st crew was chosen. Bleeding blisters, sore backsides, still muscles and tired minds often made the girls wonder why they had ever decided taking on the particular sport. With school starting the added pressure of homework

GIRLS FIRST IV Standing: Mr. R.C. Morell (Coach), J.M. Kent-Hughes (Cox), Mr. F.J. Stone (Coach) Seated: S.J. Haebich (2), S.E. McCann (Stroke), K.L. Sears (3), S.S. Stevenson (Bow)

mounted up and late nights were pressing. The first regatta started one week after school resumed and many of the girls were waiting in anticipation, to see if the rowing camps and hard training had paid off. It had, not surprisingly, and the first few regattas saw many pleasing performances. However, training as a result became harder than ever. The first and second girls became extremely fit due to the lunchtime circuit work-outs. The 3rds were progressing well and won many of their round-robin events. Coached by Louise Monotti and Marcia Thompson these girls came fourth at the Head of the River regatta behind Geelong Grammar, Wesley and Caulfield Grammar in that order. The 2nds however were less fortunate earlier on; when injury after injury occurred. This set them back, but with determination from the

w and the support of their coach, Mr Robert Kemp ("Kempie"), they managed to finish a strong second behind a crew from Geelong Grammar in the final of their race at the Head of the River regatta. The lsts were lucky, no injuries or illness prevailed them; well not until just before the Head of the River when one of their members contracted a nasty case of Bronchitis. With their coaches, Mr Stone and Mr Morell pushing us beyond our limits, the hard and long hours of training paid off as defeat was rare. Winning at every regatta apart from one saw us headed for the starting line as race favourites for our Head of the River. The results of the Head of the River were beyond belief because we not only won our race but also took over six seconds off the existing course record for this event.

The junior girls who persevered throughout the season and rowed in three regattas, performed very well and with so much talent things look promising for future years. Girls rowing couldn't have succeeded without the help and encouragement of many people. On behalf of all the girls I would like to thank the coaches of all crews, both senior and junior, the Parents' Support Group, the boy rowers for their encouragement, my Vice-Captains, Jocey Davidson and Sam Haebich, for their personal help and support, Mr Percy Barrow for all his help in keeping us on the water, Mr Crow for driving the boat-trailer to and from regattas, Mr John Gibson and Mrs Margaret Lethbridge for their organisation and especially Mr Stone. Success has been more than partially due to this man's organisation and coaching ability. Rowing this year has been an experience that I and many of the girls will never forget. Good luck to those intending to row in the future and continue to keep rowing as strong and as successful as it has been this past year. Kate Sears Captain of Boats (Girls) 1ST IV S.S. STEVENSON (Bow) S.J. HAEBICH (2) K.L. SEARS (3) S.E. McCANN (STR) J.M. KENT-HUGHES (Cox) Coaches: Mr. Bob Morell and Mr. Frank Stone The 1989 rowing season is one which will be remembered for a long time by the members of the 1st Girls' IV. We recorded victories at every regatta with the exception of the Scotch Mercantile regatta where we 60

just could not seem to 'get it together.' It was pleasing for us to receive medals which will be a reminder of our final school year at the College. These medals were the result of wins at the Barwon regatta where we took out the Victorian Schoolgirl IV title, the Victorian Universities regatta at Carrum and the Henley regatta on the Yarra. Our dreams came true as we rowed the most important race of the season on the 18th March, the Head of the River. In this race we defeated the most dreaded opponents of the season, Wesley College and Geelong Grammar in a record time, the memory of which will remain with us for the rest of our lives. For this effort we regained for the College the Ladies Challenge Cup, making it four wins to College, more than any other A.P.S. school. We were presented by the OGCA with an oar each and our cox a rudder, for which we are most grateful. It is our hope that College will be able to retain the Ladies Challenge Cup and that many more oars are handed over in years to come. As we depart the Boatclub we would like to wish all members success in the future. But more importantly we wish that they derive the same sense of satisfaction, as a result of hard work, as we have. The success of the crew this year would not have been without the knowledge and dedication of our coaches, Mr Stone and Mr Morell. Thank you both for being there and having our peaks calculated to a fine T! Thanks must also go to all the other members of the Boatclub who gave us so much support, the Parents' Support Group, especially our own parents who put up with so much during the season and the College for allowing rowing to be what it is within the school.

2ND IV M.J.JACKMAN T.N. DUMBRELL C. CAMPBELL J. DAVIDSON K.L. MESSENGER Coach: Mr R. Kemp

(Bow) (2) (3) (Str) (Cox)

During the 1989 rowing season the 2nd IV competed in six of the seven regattas in which the boatclub took part. The crew didn't join the other senior crews when they competed in the first regatta of the season at Carrum, but attended all other regattas. In total the crew managed to win eight races out of 13 starts, and at the Barwon regatta won the schoolgirls' Division 2 Final. The highlights for the season were the finals at both the Scotch-Mercantile Regatta and at the Head of the River regatta, where we challenged the Geelong Grammar 2nd IV in the Schoolgirls' Division 2 events. On both occasions the Geelong Grammar 2nd IV (who were the only crew in our division that we were unable to defeat during the season) won on these occasions by only one and a half lengths. Despite the many injuries and sickness that dampened our spirits early in the season, the crew gained some very pleasing results, after much effort and determination by both crew members and coach. Overall we were very pleased with our second placing in our event at the Head of the River regatta. On behalf of the crew I would like to extend our most sincere thanks and gratitude to our coach, Mr Robert Kemp "Kempie" who guided us throughout the season despite our many ups and downs. Jocey Davidson

M.M. LAKEY (Bow) A.J. MILLER (2) F.D. FITZGERALD (3) K.M. EVANS (Str) H.C. IDLE (Cox) Coaches: Ms Marcia Thompson and Ms Louise Monotti

was good and the row was one that won't be forgotten too quickly. On behalf of the crew I would like to thank our coaches Miss Monotti and Miss Thompson, both of them taught us all they know and believed in us all. Thanks also to Mrs Walker for her assistance at Nelson and support throughout the season.

The season started off on a rough note for the 3rd Girls but after the first rowing camp at Nelson we were happy to know that our crew was finalised. The Nelson rowing camp proved to be very successful, thanks to our stand-in coach, Ms Judy Walker.

Thanks must also go to the Director of Rowing, Mr Stone, to Mr Barrow and his ever-willing help with our boat, to all the parents for their support and a special thanks to the College Boatclub for providing us with a new boat, the "R.B. Jamieson". Kim Evans

After a six week break all the girls returned fit and enthusiastic and ready to go. The second rowing camp on the Barwon River proved to be as successful as the first, with thanks to Miss Louise Monotti and Miss Marcia Thompson for fitting us in around their busy work schedules.

JUNIOR GIRLS' ROWING

3RD IV

Our first regatta for the season was not as successful as we would have liked, however we proved to ourselves and to others that this was just the beginning of a very good season. Several weeks later one of our members, Freya Fitzgerald, injured her knee, thankfully Jo Buckley took her place for the Henley regatta where we recorded our best results for the season. Freya was back in the crew shortly after Henley and we went on to perform reasonably well in the rest of the lead up regattas, looking forward with the passing of each to the "Big one" at the Head of the River regatta. None of the crew had previously rowed at this regatta before, so we had no idea of what it would feel like to row in front of such a large crowd of spectators. The feeling

The girls' junior crews had a very successful season. The 9th-15th crews started the season at the end of 1988 as Year 8 beginners and continued to work hard in Year 9, ending the season with several regatta first places. The first competition for the Year 9 crews was the round robin Barwon Regatta and first places were gained by the 5th, 9th, 10th, 13th, 14th and 15th IV's. In the Head of the Schoolgirls' Regatta the 15th IV won their heat and semi-final and came a pleasing second to a stronger Genazzano in the final. At the A.P.S. JuniorRegatta on the Yarra the 4th, 5th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 13th and 15th IV's all gained places in the winners' finals and the 10th and 9th went on to take out first and second places in the same final. The junior crews were encouraged by the success of the senior crews and they should form a very strong contingent to move up through the Boat Club. We were fortunate to have a dedicated band of coaches, many of

them from outside the school, and we are grateful to them for their expertise and encouragement of the crews. Mrs M.H. Lethbridge Coordinator, Junior Girls' Rowing

GIRLS' SWIMMING The Girls' Swimming Team began its season at a Monday afternoon training session on the sixth of February, 1989. Thus, the rigorous training of three times per week, Monday afternoons, Wednesday afternoons, and Friday mornings, also began. The first fixtures came in the form of training meets at Wesley College on Friday, February 17th and the following Friday, the 24th. These meets were used both to give the girls a sense of team unity, with all the girls sporting new Geelong College swimming caps, and to determine which swimmers would compete in the APS Championships. Appropriately, the next fixture was the APS Championships at the State Swimming Centre, Batman Avenue, on Tuesday, March 7th. The girls made an admirable showing of team spirit and effort. Best performances came from Brydie Lear 2nd in the U.13 Butterfly A division, 2nd in the U.13 Freestyle A division, 1st in the U.13 Breastroke A division, and 3rd in the 100m Freestyle A division; Sarah Andrews - 2nd in the U.14 Breastroke B division, and 3rd in the U.14 Freestyle A division; and Alyssa Turner - 3rd in the U.15 Backstroke A division. The U.13 4x50m Freestyle Relay took 2nd place.

The final results were Wesley College - 345, Caulfield Grammar - 331, Geelong Grammar - 318, Carey 218, and Geelong College 204. The last fixture for the season was the Girls' Invitation Sports at GGS, Corio on Wednesday, March 15th. Braving cold weather and icy water, the girls responded with a good effort. Best performances were Brydie Lear - 1st in the U.13 Freestyle, 1st in the U.14 Butterfly; Alyssa Turner - 1st in the U.15 Backstroke; Laura Bridges - 1st in the U.13 Backstroke; and Fioran Bourke - 1st in the U.14 Breastroke. The College U.14 4x50m Medley Relay and the U.13 4x50m Freestyle Relay also won each of the events. Thanks must go to Mrs. Heath, Mrs. McGann and Mr. Cheatley for a season to be remembered.

GIRLS' APS SWIMMING TEAM Back Row: J.E. Barrett, A.L. Turner, K.M. Faulkner, S.J. Andrews, M.E. Henderson, F.D. Fitzgerald, Y.B. Dominikovich, F.C. Bourke, C D . Dowling Centre Row: R.J. Smith, L.K. Bridges, B. Lear, G.A. Ashby, S.E. Farrow, J.L. Nilson, A.L. Grant, S.E. Gill, T.D. Dominikovich Front Row: B.J. Cronin, J.M. Buckley, L.R. Gacioch, Mrs. S.E. Heath, Mr. M.D. Cheatley, K.N. Hearn, J.M. Kent-Hughes, S.J. Buskens

Lisa Gacioch

TENNIS FIRST VIII REPORT The First VIII Tennis team was an extremely successful force in the APS competition. Despite losing the first two matches to Carey and Haileybury at the end of 1988, we went on to be undefeated in 1989, winning six matches on end and culminating in the glorious defeat of a tough Xavier team. College finished third overall for the season, and we scored a convincing win over the eventual premiers in a practice round. James Tucker was the dominant player at Number 1 in singles and doubles. He was reputed as having "the best forehand in the APS" and used this weapon to great effect. He played an instrumental part in the win against St Kevin's, serving 13 classic aces to ensure victory. 62

James also led the team with some inspirational doubles victories and was a great motivator on the practice courts. Nick Gill was the team's most consistent perfomer, winning six of eight singles and countless doubles contests with Peter Wilson. Ashley Lochhead played with great maturity and experience to again be another successful campaigner of the First VIII. Memorable victories inneluded a fighting singles win over Xavier and many tie-break wins with Andrew Rose in the doubles. Anthony Leigh enabled the Firsts to win some tight matches, particularly against Brighton Grammar where he displayed champagne tennis in the decider. He formed a solid partnership with Matt Considine in doubles. Matthew also chipped in with some devastating singles performances. His concentration and grace earned him the name of "goose" by his fellow team-mates.

Peter Wilson, in his first season, achieved some great singles victories, displaying talented strokemaking play, which resulted in a convincing win against Wesley. Peter was also more than handy in producing the odd cliche. Another young player, Simon Jarman, wore out many older and stronger opponents with consistent baseline play and for this reason was the team's only regular specialist singles player. He showed great control and attitude in memorable wins against Carey and Brighton. Andrew Rose was the side's specialist doubles player, teaming with Ashley Lochhead to defeat several more highly-ranked combinations. The pair saved their best until last with an outstanding victory over the top Xavier pair in a fiery encounter. Andrew, for his efforts, also received "tube of the year" award. Tim Wilmot, "the grafter", and "Big" Dave Wilson made up the remaining spots and played some very

courageous and determined singles. Finally, I would like to thank all of the staff involved with College tennis, and especially Mr Ferrier for his persistence and patience. I would also like to wish the best of luck to all future College tennis players with a word of advice: "If you can't beat 'em, Tube 'em". Andrew Neville Captain. SECONDS A. Weddell, A. Bender, D. Wilmot, T. Wilmot, D. Wilson, S. Deane, J. Denahy, J. Bett, G. Urquhart, M. Illingworth, I. Jackman, P. Fowler, D. McAllister, B. Erwin, S. Smith, T. Knight, D. Marshman, A. Osbourne. This strangely split season started in November 1988 with two disastrous matches in which College were beaten in all twelve sets. At this low point the team began to show more determination and gradually this produced some respectability in their results as the team began winning a few of the sets and fighting hard in all matches. Many changes were made in the team structure but not until mid-February did College record its first win. By the end of the season College had won three matches (against St. Kevin's, Brighton and Geelong Grammar) and had good team spirit. Only David Wilmot, Alex Weddell and Paul Fowler played all the matches, and they provided the nucleus around which our gradually strengthening team was built. Mr. M. Whittle Coach

The season resulted in three wins and two losses. The team consisted of a nucleus of 5-6 regulars each week who maintained a very good effort. Those who joined each week gave the team edge. This competition for places brought some impressive tennis during the season.

for the season, the matches we did win were taken in convincing style. One loss was close on the games tally, with a number of sets going to a tie-breaker. Another loss was through a scorching, weatherinduced forfeit. All in all, the team approached each match as it came, entering into the spirit of the game with abundant good humour and in a very sporting manner, all tempered, of course, by a healthy competitive streak. Mixed doubles pairs were a successful innovation of the season, proving to be a line-up better able to compete with the predominantly all boy competition.

Mr. M.J. Roland Coach

Mr. G.J. Smith Coach

THIRDS S. Smith, T. Knight, J. Denahy, S. Deane, D. McAllister, B. Jacobs, S. Davis, B. Erwin, I. Jackman, S. Forbes, A. Bender, D. Atkins, A. Osbourne, K. Connolly, D. Marshman

U.15A U.16A L. Ward (capt.), K. Calvert, J. Cardinal, C. DuBourg, H. Fallaw, D. Jeffrey, G. Mills, N. Murphy. This U.16A tennis team comprised of very keen and competitive tennis players. Whilst it was a very lean year with respect to match wins there were some individual sets that were won with dogged determination. It was a very enjoyable season as all players combined in a friendly and positive way on all occasions. Mr. W. V. Headlam Coach

U.16B N. Armstrong, C. Atkins, L. Dewaard, N. Gill, R. Johnston, C. King, C. O'Donnell, M. Rowan, E. Wenlock, J. Zumpe

S. Gill, T. Bell, S. Haebich, D. Salter, N. Salajan, J. Wilson, C. Jennings, S. Westhorpe, P. Leigh, J. Taylor, S. Venters, T. Neagle, N. Kaye The team experienced a very successful season narrowly losing only one tie of the seven, to Haileybury. The strength of the team was its depth of talent, which led to some easy wins for our lower order players. The inclusion of Justin Taylor from the Preparatory School, playing at number 3, was useful as he did not drop a set in any match. Other outstanding doubles performaces were returned by James Wilson, Carl Jennings and Scott Westhorpe, who did not lose any set during the season. The quality of tennis played by all suggests that the future for tennis is promising. Mr. A. D. Miller Coach

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U.15B T. Neagle, S. Venters, K. Waddell, C. Gannon, A. Greville, B. Seller, N. Brown, K. Thompson, C. Jennings, N. Salajan, M. Bridges, S. Dennis, N. Kaye, H. Whitehead, B. Headlam, K. Hanley, R. McLean

The 1988-89 tennis season for the U.15B was little short of being farcical, which was most unfortunate for all players in the squad who trained consistently and were prepared to play Saturday matches. One game in November 1988 was cancelled and in the only game played for 1988 we soundly defeated Haileybury 7 sets to 1. An even more convincing win was played in the only other match for the entire season - 8 sets to 0 against Geelong Grammar in mid-March, 1989. Congratulations to those who played and to those who persisted with training each week, only to find that the opposing teams would withdraw from the ensuing match.

BOYS' TENNIS TEAM Back Row: S. Jarman, P. Wilson, T. Wilmot, D. Wilson, M. Considine, A. Leigh, N. Gill Front Row: A. Lochhead, A. Neville (Captain), Mr. T.A. Ferrier (Coach), J. Tucker (Vice-Capt.), A. Rose

Mr. P.S. Goldsworthy Coach

CHURCHES W. Henderson (capt.),B. Anderson, F. Dickie, M. Dickie, C. Dominikovic, R. Farrall, J. McKaige, C. Roth, N. Synot, Y. Tokuda

At the end of the home-and-away matches we were on top of the ladder, having lost only one match and drawn one. However, we lost the first semi-final to Bell Post Hill by three games. This put us into the preliminary final against Highton, which after an initial draw was won in a play-off by Fleur Dickie and Brett Anderson. The Grand Final 64

GIRLS' TENNIS TEAM Back Row: E.A. Nelson, E. Nelson, K. Andrew, M. Bell, K. Coulson, G. Jones Front Row: S. Waring, S. Jennings (Captain), Mr. D.A. Young (Coach), S. Boyd, R. Taylor

was closely contested, but again we were narrowly defeated by Bell Post Hill by three games. However,

despite this final loss the season was a most successful one. One notable achievement was that of War-

ren Henderson who lost only one of his twenty-eight sets for the season. Mr. M. B. Keary Coach GIRLS' FIRST VIII In only our second year of competition in the Girls' APS Tennis, The Geelong College team had a very successful and enjoyable season. We competed against PLC, Morongo, Melbourne Girls' Grammar School and Toorak College in a round-robin tournament at PLC. The team performed creditably, losing only to the host school. In other matches played, we won against Carey Grammar School and Geelong Grammar School, and lost to Caulfield and Wesley. Our first pair of Rebecca Taylor and Sybilla Boyd played at a consistantly high standard throughout the season, losing only one set in all of their

doubles matches. Along with Sharon Waring, this standard continued in their singles performances. Melissa Bell suffered an injury midway through the season preventing her from participating in further matches. We thank Melissa for her continued support of the team. Thank you also to Mr Young for his coaching and encouragement during the season. Through his leadership, the team's performances improved steadily throughout the season. On behalf of those leaving this year, best wishes to all girls playing tennis in the future and hopefully Girls' APS Tennis may expand to include more teams in the coming years. Sally Jennings Captain.

GIRLS' SOFTBALL

GIRLS' 1ST SOFTBALL IX Back Row: K.J. Barnet, L.N. Johns, K.N. Hearn, K.M. Ley (Scorer), J.L. Rankin, J.M. Kaaden Front Row: A.W. Rae, N.J. Darker, A. Yttrup (Captain), Miss A.M. Huntington (Coach), A. Tonkin (Vice-Captain), D.M. Bradshaw (Vice-Captain), K.E. McKaige

FOOTBALL FIRSTS The 1989 A.P.S. Football season was filled with great enjoyment and comradeship. Although we only won two matches from the official seven rostered games during the season we managed to impove our skill level as a team and it enabled us to play formidable football by the end of the season. Unlike last year, at the beginning of the season it was decided by the newly appointed coach, Mr 'Maddog' Curnow that we wouldn't have a football camp in the first term holidays. This was due to the fact that we had a total of four weeks to the commencement of the season. After four weeks of intensive training which mainly involved running and some specific ball skills we then embarked on three practice matches against St Joseph's, Wesley and Ballarat. We performed admirably by winning one of the three matches. After a total of seven weeks in which the team had slowly taken shape it was time to commence the official beginning of the season. Our first match was against Caulfield on our home ground. We began the match well and both teams produced good pieces of play. Finally in the last term of the match Caulfield showed their strength and kicked twelve goals to our two and ran out convincing winners. The following week was a rostered bye which we used to play Trinity. We won this encounter in a well fought match. In our second rostered bye we played Brighton and won convincingly, proving to be a good learning experience. The team then lined up against three formidable sides such as Scotch who beat us by one hundred and twenty eight points, Carey who we beat by nine points and finally Haileybury at their home ground who defeated us 66

1st XVIII Back Row: H.P. Williams, A.J. Harris, RA. Hart, S.C. Payne, M.C. Higgs, G.J. Zeegers, J.T. Andrews, H.S. Butler Centre Row: J.T. Heard (Trainer), L.W. McCorkell, S.M. Gill, M.J. Lawrence, D.G. Wilmot, A.J. Neville, T.P. Wilmot, A.J. Rose, RF. Wood Front Row: J.L. Foley, A.J. Howie, M.E. Wilson (Captain), Mr. D.A. Curnow (Coach), Mr. D.A. Young, T.P. Wiffen (Vice-Capt.), W.R. Hanson, A.J. Neal

by a large one hundred and twelve points. After the previous poor efforts against Scotch, and Haileybury, the team regrouped and began the final three weeks of the A.P.S. football season. We played St Kevin's on our home ground in an extremely hard fought match. Due to very muddy and trying conditions the match certainly wasn't very skilful. However, both teams showed great tenacity and the will to get the ball making the encounter a very entertaining one. We then showed our strength in the final minutes and went on to post our second victory of the season by fifteen points. The eleventh week had arrived and it was time to play our long-time rivals, Geelong Grammar. In front of a large crowd the first quarter started in blistering fashion to our advantage in which we outscored the opposition by four goals. From that point on the match took an ugly turn with some very unsportsmanlike clashes. As a result, the atmosphere of the match was turned from one of clean rivalry to the lowest level of football. Throughout the

second, third and fourth quarter we battled on through very trying conditions caused by weather and a parochial crowd. We ended up losing by twenty points, however, it had been a moral victory. Our last match of the season was played on our home ground against Melbourne Grammar on an oval that resembled a muddy quagmire, due to the heavy rain throughout the previous week. After battling hard all day we lost by two points in a low scoring game eighteen points to twenty. After a very interesting and enjoyable season I would like to thank many people for making the season possible. Firstly, the parents for their great support; the scorers and statistician; the umpires of all the matches throughout the season; the P.E. staff; Mr Cronk and Mr Clifford for their tireless organisation; the coaches of U.15's to 2nds (Messrs Thomson, Clifford, Simpson, Headlam, Parton and Parkes); Travis Wiffen and Andrew Howie for their support as Vice Captain and Depty

Vice-Captain; Mr Young as assistant coach,;and finally to Mr Curnow for his great enthusiasm and driving force as the 1st XVIII coach. Lastly, I would like to wish everyone involved in the football season next year, and especially the 1st XVIII, the best of luck. Matthew Wilson Captain SECONDS D. Lanyon, D. Wilson, B. Mitchell, N. Gill, T. Hudson, J. Utting, T. Soppitt, A. Wileman, D. Haines, T. Jarman, D. Parton, D. Crowe, M. Higgs, P. Hay, S. Deane, S. Gill, J. Bett, D. McAllister, A. Lochhead, N. McCann, F. Elder, A. Smith, M. Rudolph, J. Andrews, J. McDonald, R. Wood The 2nd XVIII had a muddy but spirited 1989 season. Forty-four players were part of the team in the twelve games and three victories were recorded. The Seconds were an even and determined group who fought out their games well. The team relied on a core of regular contributors which included Tony Hudson, ruckman Damien Lanyon, rover Tim Soppitt, wingman Aaron Wileman and backmen Damon Crowe, Dave Wilson, Ben Mitchell and Shane Gill. The efforts shown by all players in a difficult season was commendable. The support and assistance of Mr. Peel were greatly appreciated by all the team. Mr. T.P. Parkes Coach THIRDS G. Urquhart, T. Newson, S.Forbes, S. Hawkins, P. Lawson, A. Durante, C. Grayson, D. Haines, P. Fowler, M. Illingworth, R. Lang, R. Helmer, J. Hamilton, B. Walker, A. Leigh, T. Gallacher, F. Elder, B. Farrell, L. Facer, N. Kennett, S. Nicholls, A. Osbourne, S. Gilson, L. Wackett, C. Williamson (Captain), J. Bett, J. Oakley, L. Price, B. Erwin, 68

A. Powell, B. Jacobs, C. Politis, S. Clark, M. Eagles, A. Wileman, N. Dokos, A. Smith, S. Rickey, A. Moody, S. Howers, P. Gulbin, L. McDonald, J. Black, N. Hetcher, S. Selle, J. Colless, A. Lochhead, Fifty players wore the prized Thirds green jacket during the season. However, we were just two or three skilled players short of a team that could emulate last year's Profitt Cup winning combination. Xavier, nevertheless were defeated twice, and Haileybury who we almost defeated in our first encounter failed to appear for the return fixture possibly because we were out on the ground practising our wet weather prowess, waiting for them to arrive. Teamwork and technique improved during the long season, despite the anguish of training on extremely heavy grounds. Here we were helped by Mr Peel's experience at Colac. Some of the more memorable passages of play involving a series of players would have done credit to any Thirds side, and should remain an inspiration to spectators. Rev. I.V. Parton Coach UNDER 16.A A. Billing, J. Bourdamis, C. Gow, M. Hart, S. Jarman, S. Lewis, G. Lochhead, G. Mills, J. Nevins, T. Newson, T. O'Brien (Captain), R. Oakley, A. Richardson, S. Richardson, M. Robson, N. Salajan, D. Salter, M. Sears, R. Tonkin, L. Ward, A. Wills, C.Wills, J. Wilson A most enjoyable season was had by this close-knit team. Many fine qualities were demonstrated by the boys during the season including courage, much determination, cooperation and application. The team won five out of eleven matches played and could have pinched two more. Travis O'Brien and Lauchie Ward were inspirational lead-

ers and parents are to be thanked for their regular support. MrW.V.Headlam Coach UNDER 16.B L. Sutherland (Captain), D. Heard, M. Giles, S. Walsh, J. Zumpe, B. Seller, K. Mitchell, C. Sharkey, B. Taylor, A. McHarry, N. Gilson, C. Barnes, M. Thornton, S. French, A. Day, A. Greville, R. Johnson, M. O'Callaghan, S. McCallum, K. Calvert, A. Rushworth, A. Smith, A. English, H. Fallaw, B. Fleay, S. Haebich, P. Leigh, G. Mills, M. Robinson, A. Billings, R. Oakley, N. Salajan, T. Robinson Courage and commitment by a nucleus of U.16B footballers led by Lachlan Sutherland, Dan Heard and others, made for a very successful season. Individually, every footballer developed their skill and understanding of the game. As a team the spirit and comradeship was tremendous, and the season was highlighted by big wins over Geelong Grammar and Melbourne Grammar. Thanks to the parents who supportd us throughout the season. Mr. M.A. Simpson Coach UNDER 15.A P. McCann (Captain), A. Lambart (V-Capt), D. Muhor, S. Lynch, N. Wileman, N. Uebergang, P. Crowe, T. Matthews, A. Middleton, B. Headlam, M. Sharkey, C. Taylor, S. Mitchell, D. Jones, C. Sarah, S. Day, S. Fitzgerald, M. Wise, T. Wilde, M. Bridges, C. Chirnside, C. Rudolph, Y. Colombies, J. Gladman, R. Menzies, M. Harris The U.15A's performance this year was overall quite successful. To win eight of our eleven games speaks for itself! We played some very good football against the weaker opposition, a couple of times holding opponents to very low scores while scoring freely. So

the boys at times displayed both individual and team skill. Two of our three losses showed some weaknesses in willingness to fight it out and keep pushing against quality opponents, but hopefully we will learn from those games, and become more team orientated in approach to the game. Well done, lads. Most outstanding player of the season was Andrew Lambart, runner-up Daniel Muhor. Mr. D.A. Clifford COACH UNDER 15.B M. Bekker, M. Bridges, M. Briggs, C. Chirnside, Y. Colombies, S. Dennis, V. Destefano, M. Elder, T. Groves, M. Harris, A. Harvey, B. Headlam, A. Hoskin, M. Huxley, L. Jerinic, A. Miller, A. Morell, S. Parker, W. Phillips, S. Redford, K. Stapley, C. Sarah, T. Sutton, C. Taylor, S. Walter, T. Wells, F. Hamilton, A. Graham, N. Grace, J. Gordon, T. Stacey, I. Keleher, C. Findlay, C. Rudolph, M. Sharkey Out of the ten games participated in this football season we won four, lost five and drew one. It was a year of growth for the players with regard to their skill level, attitude toward and participation in the game. I have an optimistic attitude about the ability of this team to contribute well into the future of the school, always giving their best. A good season. Mr. L.A. Thomson Coach

GIRLS' ATHLETICS

During the fourteen weeks of preparation leading up to the A.P.S. Athletics, the Girls' Athletics Team trained consistently and with much enthusiasm. It has been pleasing to see the extent of improvement such preparation has brought and it is hoped that our performance this season will encourage other aspiring athletes to become involved. Meets held late in third term saw encouraging performances from Kym Peake, Melinda Thomson, Fioran Bourke and Lisa Mitchell. While others were holidaying during the term break, the athletes were training with determination; the four day camp held at Albury was enjoyed by all despite the gruelling hours spent on the track. With less than three weeks left before the A.P.S., the Athletes returned to school in peak physical condition.

U.15 400 metres in a time of 66.19 seconds. Fioran Bourke performed extremely well, finishing second in both her 800 metres (2:30.73 minutes) and her 1500 metres (5:12.53 minutes). Samantha Stevenson finished third in the open high jump with similar placings from Lisa Mitchell in the U.17 200 metres, and Caitlin Spragg in the U.15 100 metres. The girls from younger age groups also performed well. Jane Henderson won the U.13 800 metres in a time of 2.34 minutes (which was just outside the A.P.S. record) and Rhiannon Bourke won the U.13 shotput with a new A.P.S. record of 9.85 metres.

The house sports and various other lead-up meetings gave us confidence for our big day. In particular, the Geelong Schoolgirls' meet saw a number of excellent performances in which we finished second behind the consistently strong Sacred Heart team.

Although on the day many of our performances could not match those from other schools, all girls have worked extremely well to perform to capacity. In particular, Kym Peake, Elizabeth Nelson, Kim Wheeler, Mary Dokos, Caitlin Spragg, Mary Henderson, Karina Wieland, Melinda Thomson and Lisa Mitchell have all shown dedication to the team throughout the season.

Although we finished fifth by ten points behind Carey Grammar School, the A.P.S. competition saw many outstanding efforts from our girls. Kim Wheeler won the U.17 100m hurdles in a time of 17.57 seconds, Kerri Andrew won the U.17 high jump in a jump of 1.52 metres and Karina Wieland won the U.16 high jump with a new A.P.S. record of 1.57 metres. Kym Peake came second in the U.17 800 metres in a time of 2:25.30 minutes, Caitlin Spragg finished second in the U.15 200 metres in 28.77 seconds and Sarah Pritchard came second in the

All this would not be possible without the encouragement and advice from all the coaches. Thanks to Mr. D.A. Clifford, Mr. T.P. Parkes, Mr. W.J. Harris, Mr. G.W. Peel, Mr. D.A. Curnow, Mr. N.J. Fairbairn, Mr. F.J. Stone and Mr. M.D. Cheatley who have all worked extremely hard to ensure high standard performances from all the girls. Thanks must also go to Mrs S.E. Heath for her always encouraging words and thorough organisation and to Kym Peake and Elizabeth Nelson, for their efforts that helped create a team full of friendly and dedicated athletes.

Finally, I would like to wish all the girls the best of luck for future years as members of the A.P.S. Girls' Athletics Squad. Michelle Harris Captain

BOYS' ATHLETICS The A.P.S. season this year proved to be extremely successful. Perhaps this was due to the earlier start in training; the coaches were eager to get us working and stressed that eleven weeks was not much time to be fully prepared for the competition we were going to face.

Training was held three nights a week and competition started virtually straight away with our first meet being held at Burwood. This was followed by three more meets before the holidays put competition to a stop. Training was still held for those who wished to train, and time trials were held towards the end of the holidays at Olympic Park. The holiday program concluded with a camp at Albury, where both coach-

GIRLS' APS ATHLETICS TEAM 1989 Back Row: T J. Halse, RJ. Bourke, RC. Bourke, C.B. Spragg, A.J. Hatton, S.L. Pritchard, A.C. Collins, K.E. Abbott, A.E. Lavery, S.A. Morris, M. Dokos, RJ. Mccallum, Y.A. Legrew, J.M. Kaadert, J.M. Henderson Centre Row: Mr. D. A. Curnow (Coach), Mr. T.P. Parkes (Coach), Mr. W.J. Harris (Coach), AL. Turner, T.J. Lowdon, G.A. Ashby,N. Hambling,N.C. Carswell, S.R Olsen,R.A. Langton, K.A. Newman, S.L. Smith,H.E.Zumpe,Mr. M D . Cheatley (Coach), Mr. D.A. Clifford (Coach), Mr. P.A. Cronk (Coach) Front Row: C.E. Yee, K.C. OHara, S.J. Haebich, S.S. Stevenson, M.E. Henderson, E.M. Nelson (Vice-captain), M.V. Harris (Captain), Mrs. S.E. Heath (Coach), K.L. Peake, (Vice-captain), K.L. Andrew, C.C. Dimmick, K. Wheeler, M.E Thomson, L.N. Johns, L.F. Mitchell

es and athletes spent a worthwhile and enjoyable four days.

sults, with College making eight Adivision finals. A fine effort.

Two more meets were held at Olympic Park, prior to the A.P.S. sports day, and training was tough for everyone. By the last competition, everyone was as fit, fast and strong as they were going to be. No more training could help, we only hoped that all the training and work would be enough, because if it wasn't, it was too late. I think that the training did pay off; the all important A.P.S. heats on the Wednesday turned out some excellent re-

It was said a few times that the Athletic team of 1989 was one of the best ever to come out of College, and I think that this was just about right. We moved up two places on last year's performance, beating Geelong Grammar, Wesley and Brighton on A.P.S. day. College turned out some excellent individual results within this team effort. We had two wins: Haami Williams jumped a mammoth 14.17

metres in the Under 17 triple jump, and broke the school record in the process; Nathan Wileman took the honours in the Under 15 long jump, with a leap of 5.80 metres. Andrew Lambart ran an excellent race in the Under 16 800 metres to finish second to the Australian champion, and slashed the school record in the process. Greg Lochhead came a close third in the Under 17 high jump clearing 1.95 metres; Jason Nevins was fourth in the Under 16 200 metres and fifth in the hurdles; the Under 17 relay teams came fifth in both the 4 x 100 and 4 x 400 metre

BOYS' APS ATHLETICS TEAM 1989 Back Row: MJ. Bekker, N. Dokos, J.A. Toyne, P.M. McCann, S.J. Clark, H.G. Dennis, A.J. Harris, D.P. Crowe, M.J. Magarey, C.R Williamson, A.T. Middleton, D.B. Heard, P.J. Wilson, B. Ratcliff, D.G. Engeler, L.W. McCorkell, CR Sarah Centre Row: Mr. D.A. Cumow (Coach), Mr. M.D. Cheatley (Coach), Mr. T.P. Parkes(Coach), Mr. W.J. Harris (Coach), S. Hedley, A.J. Wileman, M.J. Sharkey, D. Muhor, P.A. Crowe, T.W. O'Brien, D.T. Leary, T.S. Sutton, D.T. Ratcliff, J. Quail, J.D. Nelson, T.P. Wilmot, Mr. G.W. Peel (Coach), Mrs. S.E Heath (Coach), Mr. P.A. Cronk, (Coach), Mr. RJ. Grant (Coach) Front Row: L.D. Buchanan, N.E. Wileman, J.L. Foley, A.M. Lambart, H.P. Williams, J.T. Nevins, L.A. Price (Captain), Mr. D.A. Clifford (Teacher in Charge), L R. Quail, (Vice-Captain), D.R. Wilson, G.A. Lochhead, A.J. Howie, J.R. McEwen, N.P. Murphy, S.J. Lynch 72

events. Once again, the atmosphere of A.P.S. sports day was unbelievable. It was just disappointing there was such little support from other Geelong College students. I hope that more College people will attend this day in the future. The fine results from our team would not have been achieved without the hard work from the coaches, and they deserve a great deal of thanks from all of the athletes for their time and expertise. They were Mr Clifford, Mr Parkes, Mr Peel, Mr Fairbairn, Mr Harris, Mr Stone, Mr Curnow and Mrs Heath. Congratulations should also go to the girls' team on their excellent efforts. The 1989 athletics season proved to be very fulfilling and successful, and our aim for 1990 will be to improve even further on the excellent groundwork laid this year. Lawrence Price Captain.

A.P.S. COMBINED SPORTS RESULTS BOYS EVENT OPEN 100M 200M 400M 800M 1500M 3000M 4xl00M 4x800M Hurdles High Jump Long Jump Triple Jump Shot Put UNDER 17 100M 200M 800M 1500M 4xl00M 4x400M 110M Hurdles High Jump Long Jump Triple Jump Shot Put UNDER 16 100M 200M 800M 1500M 4xl00M 4x400M 100M Hurdles High Jump Long Jump Shot Put

COLLEGE COMPETITOR

Time/Distance (Mins.Seconds) (Metres)

Place

Winner

Winner's Time/Place

J.L. Foley J.L. Foley S.J. Clark R.L. Quail R.L. Quail L.D. Buchanan N. Dokos, A.J. Harris, J.L. Foley, D.G. Engeler N.P. Murphy, S.J. Lynch, A.J. Wileman, T.P. Wilmot A.J. Howie J.R. McEwen A.J. Howie A.J. Howie D.R. Wilson

11.91 24.07 52.55 2:00.32 4:13.11 10:06.38

11 11 11 9 9 11

S.K.C. Carey Carey Caul. Caul. Caul.

11.07 22.5 48.02 1:51.09 4:00.08 8:59.95

44.81

X.C.

42.17

8:31.81 17.69 1.85M 6.27M 12.39M 13.98M

10 10 8 7 9 6

Caul. G.G.S. W.C. X.C. H.C. S.K.C.

7:55.06 14.81 2.05M 7.13M 14.32M 16.15M

L.A. Price 11.52 L.A. Price 23.11 A.J. Wileman 2:01.92 D.B. Heard 4:38.00 D.T. Ratcliff, H.P. Williams, H.G. Dennis, L.A. Price 44.33 CR. Williamson, A.J. Wileman, H.P. Williams, L.A. Price 3:29.10 DP. Crowe 16.49 G.A. Lochhead 1.95M H.P. Williams 6.43M HP. Williams 14.17M H.P. Williams 12.76M

2 3 7 10

H.C. Caul. S.C. H.C.

11.36 22.67 1:56.13 4:10.38

H.C.

43.43

5 8 3 2 1 11

H.C. H.C. H.C. Caul. G.C H.C.

3:25.51 15.13 2.00M 6.44M 14.17M 16.26M

9 4 2 7

S.K.C. S.K.C. S.C. S.C.

11.54 22.61 1:54.39 4:12.83

S.K.C.

44.09

5 5 10 8 8

S.K.C. M.G.S. M.G.S. Carey Carey

3:29.12 14.68 1.85M 6.40M 14.06M

P.M. McCann 12.49 J.T. Nevins 23.70 A.M. Lambart 1:56.71 A.M. Lambart 4:26.71 L.W. McCorkell, P.M. McCann J.T. Nevins, A.M. Lambart 46.1 S.R. Westhorpe, J.D. Nelson, J.T. Nevins, P.M. McCann 3:38.17 J.T. Nevins 15.56 CR. Sarah 1.70M T.W. O'Brien 5.46M M.J. Magarey 11.91M

UNDER 15 100M 200M 800M 1500M 4xl00M 100M Hurdles High Jump Long Jump Shot Put

M.J. Sharkey M.J. Sharkey J.M. Gerrard J.A. Toyne A.T. Middleton, P.A. Crowe B. Ratcliff, M.J. Sharkey N.J. Grace J.A. Quail N.E. Wileman PA. Crowe

13.01 26.48 Disqual. 4:45.48

6 11 10 10

X.C. X.C. W.C. H.C

12.02 24.32 2:03.35 4.17.48

49.31 16.58 1.60M 5.80M 11.53

8 10 8 1 7

H.C. B.G.S. S.C G.C. X.C.

46.97 15.27 1.85M 5.80M 13.76

OVERALL PLACINGS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

Haileybury College Caulfield Grammar School Xavier College St. Kevin's College Scotch College Melbourne Grammar School Carey Grammar School The Geelong College Wesley College Brighton Grammar School Geelong Grammar School

GIRLS EVENT

COLLEGE COMPETITOR

Time/Distance (Mins.Seconds) (Metres)

Place

Winner Winner's Time/Place

E.M. Nelson E.M.Nelson M.V. Harris MA. Thomson MA. Thomson M.V. Harris, K.C. O'Hara, E.M. Nelson, L.N. Johns K.L. Peake, MA. Thomson K.L. Andrew, M.V. Harris GCDimmick S.S. Stevenson E.M.Nelson S.J.Haebich

14.11 28.96 1:03.92 2:32.97 5:24.06

4 5 3 4 4

Caul. Caul Carey W.C. Carey

13.14 26.89 1:02.18 2:18.53 5:08.65

53.34

Carey

51.31

4:18.24 20.10 1.45M 4.27M 8.02M

4 4 3 4 4

Carey W.C. G.G.S. Carey Carey

4:08.63 17.26 1.60M 4.87M 8.32M

OPEN 100M 200M 400M 800M 1500M 4xl00M 4x400M Hurdles High Jump Long Jump Shot Put

354 Points 352 " 321.5 " 293.5 " 275 259 " 245.5 200.5 " 196 194 " 187

UNDER 17 100M 200M 400M 800M 4xl00M Hurdles High Jump Long Jump Shot Put UNDER 16 100M 200M 400M 800M 4xl00M Hurdles High Jump Long Jump Shot Put

L.F. Mitchell 13.87 L.F. Mitchell 28.00 K.L. Peake 1:03.63 K.L. Peake 2:25.30 L.F. Mitchell, M.E. Henderson J.M. Kaaden, A.E. Lavery 53.28 K. Wheeler 17.57 K.L. Andrew 1.52M K.L. Peake 4.55M K. Wheeler 8.37M

4 3 4 2

W.C. Caul Caul. G.G.S.

12.95 26.98 1:00.93 2:22.28

3 1 1 4 3

Caul. G.C G..C. W.C. Caul.

52.47 17.57 1.52M 5.03M 8.73M

K.E. Abbott ICE. Hanley K.E. Abbott A.L. Turner K.E. Hanley, C.E.Yee, K.N. Wieland, K.E. Abbott S.L. Smith K.N. Wieland * K.N. Wieland S.J. Thompson

14.21 29.88 1:05.05 2:58.89

5 5 4 5

G.G.S. G.GS. Caul. W.C.

13.47 28.20 1:00.09 2:23.87

54.71 17.62 1.57M 4.46M 8.07M

3 4 1 4 4

G.G.S. G.GS. G.C. G.GS. G.GS.

53.39 14.91 1.57M 5.07M 9.71M

14.33 28.77 1:06.19 2:30.73 5:12.53

3 2 2 2 2

Caul. Carey W.C. W.C. W.C.

13.48 27.99 1:05.28 2:28.11 5:12.21

54.79 16.50 1.41M 4.20M 8.95M

3 5 3 4 4

Caul.. Caul. W.C. Caul. G.GS.

53.59 15.58 1.48M 4.97M 10.65M

New A.P.S. Record UNDER 15 100M 200M 400M 800M 1500M 4xl00M Hurdles High Jump Long Jump Shot Put

C.B. Spragg C.B. Spragg S.L. Pritchard F.C. Bourke F.C. Bourke A.C. Collins, S.L. Pritchard, M. Dokos, C.B. Spragg R.A. Langton K.A. Newman A.C. Collins N.C. Carswell

OVERALL PLACINGS 1 2 3 4 5

Wesley College Caulfield Grammar School Geelong Grammar School Carey Grammar School The Geelong College

441.5 Points 410.0 " 409-5 " 387.0 " 377.0 "

BASKETBALL Basketball at The Geelong College is progressing quite nicely at present. We have the problem of trying to teach players who may or may not have played basketball before entering Year 9 at College, but we are gradually overcoming this with the contribution of some more experienced players. The performance of the junior teams this year promises some good results in the forthcoming years. Playing in a very strong competition, the U.18 boys finished fourth with the great majority of the team still eligible to play again next year. I must thank Brad Barnes for his coaching of the U.18 boys, and Katrina Waring who had a difficult job of coaching both the Div. 3 women and U.18 girls' teams, with few of the girls having any experience. The season is made much more enjoyable with the support of the parents who come along and support our teams and particularly those who fulfil our commitment in operating the scoresheet or timeclock each week. We will look forward to another long but hopefully successful season next year. Mr. D.A. Carroll Basketball Coordinator

GIRLS' BASKETBALL Division 3 Sharon Waring (captain), Tracy Roth (vice-captain), Susan Philips (vice-capt), Christy Roth, Thane Dumbrell, Emma Crick, Nadina Collins, Yoko Tokuda U.18 Fiona Halse, Judi Wilsher, Sally Forster, Kim Downie, Michelle Turrill, Laurelle Burgess, Amanda Tsang, Kate Dethridge, Melinda Hobbs, Sophie Collins 80

GIRLS' BASKETBALL Standing: E.E. Crick, C.L. Roth, N.J. Collins, Y. Tokuda Seated: T.N. Dumbrell, S.M. Waring, Miss K. Waring (Coach), T.A. Roth, S.J. Philips

The girls' basketball season began in May with matches being played against Geelong Grammar, Wesley College and Matthew Flinders Girls' High School. The senior team was victorious against Matthew Flinders, while the junior team defeated the three junior teams of all three schools. Many of the girls involved were inexperienced and these victories were a promising sign for the remainder of the season. The Division 3 team completed the season without any wins, although they were unlucky in several matches losing by margins of one and three points several times. The overall improvement of each individual and the development of teamwork made the season most successful. The team was led competently on court by their captain Sharon Waring who was the team's highest scorer for the season. Other fine players during the season were Tracy Roth, Susan Philips and Christy Roth. We must thank the junior team girls who filled in over

vacations and in times of injury, in particular, Fiona Halse who filled with a high degree of success. The U.18 team entered the competition with only a few girls having previous experience. They played teams who had been together for several years and found they were no match for this experience. However, through the season their enthusiasm never waivered and the make-up of the competition resulted in a semi-final berth against the Rovers. Early in the game the teams were close before the Rovers with a height advantage pulled away to win comfortably. Fine performances through the season came from Fiona Halse, Sally Forster, Judi Wilsher and senior representatives Tracy and Christy Roth. The foundation has been built for the future of girls' basketball at the College. Katrina Waring (Coach)

DIVISION TWO YMC A MEN'S The initial shock of finding ourselves placed in the Division 2 Men's competition (College's highest ever division placing), only on a small number of occasions gained the better of us. On the whole, players in this team proved to be brave and valiant fighters. On many occasions we almost brought about an upset victory only to be forced into a one point loss due to minor errors. Although our victories were few, our team had a number of outstanding features. Joshua "Magilla" McEwen with his aerial acrobatics, Damian Secen with his 3-point highlight show, Jock Heard with his "Kareen" like sky hooks, and Nick Hall and David Mickelson's battle for the boards, proved to make up a most entertaining and spectacular season. Not to be forgotten, the newer players in the team were a vital link in many plays and proved that they will continue to improve with playing experience. I conclude my report by thanking all those involved for their time and effort and by wishing all my team mates the best of fortune in their academic and sporting futures. David T. Leary Captain

U.18 BOYS The YMCA College team entered in the U.18 section of a local basketball championship, had a relatively successful season. After winning the first game, we looked to the season ahead with optimism, but as a result of many of the team members never playing together before, we produced a few inconsistent performances. Despite this, we managed to finish the season in fourth posi-

BOYS'BASKETBALL Back: M.M. Perkins, J.C. Hitt, J.T. Heard, B.J. King, M.C. Higgs, D.P. Mickelson, CM. Barnes, N.A. Synot, H.P. Williams, J.R King Front: S.A. Rowers, J.R McEwen (V-Capt.), D.T. Leary (Capt.), B. Barnes (U.18 Coach), T.A. Neagle (V-Capt.), S.R. Westhorpe, D.R Secen Absent: N.C. Hall, S.G. Kilfoyle, C.J. Polhemus, T.R. Casboult, Mr. D.A. Carroll (Master in charge)

tion, having defeated all but two teams. Unfortunately we lost our first semi-final to remain fourth. There were many fine performances during the season by all team members. These were complemented throughout the whole season by Scott Westhorpe, Cameron Barnes, Haami Williams and Joshua McEwen with valuable contributions both offensively and defensively. Thanks must go to Brad Barnes for his time and effort put into coaching us this year. With many of this year's players available next year, hopefully the future will bring more success to YMCA College. Trent Neagle

HOUSE ATHLETICS

U.16 1 st Fioran Bourke (WE) 2nd Kirsten Abbott (CO)

The 1989 inter-House athletics carnival finally got underway on Friday, 13th October after having been cancelled at the end of the previous term due to inclement weather.

U.17 1st KymPeake(SH) 2nd Lisa Mitchell (CA)

The weather during the week of the carnival was patchy with interruptions to the heats because of the wetness of the track. The day itself was fine although the track was heavy and this meant there was little chance of any track records. The highlight of the day was H. Williams' attempt to break a certain record in the U.17 age group. During this particular event the majority of students and spectators moved to the long jump pit to watch the attempt. Unfortunately for Haami and fortunately for Mr Sheahan, he missed the record. There was spirited competition for Champion House all day between Wettenhall and Calvert with Wettenhall eventually running out the winners with 1524 points. The other houses finished in the following order: 2nd Calvert 1489 3rd Morrison 1343 4th Shannon 1279 5th Keith 1169 6th McLean 1143 7th Coles 1087 8th McArthur 1050 The individual age champions were as follows: Girls U.15 1st Caitlin Spragg (CO) 2nd Tara Eason (MO)

Open 1st Elizabeth Nelson (WE) = 2nd Michelle Harris (ML) = 2nd Melinda Thomson (MA) Boys U.15 1 st Malcolm Sharkey (CO) 2nd Paul Crowe (KE) U.16 1 st Andrew Lambart (C A) 2nd Matthew Magarey (MA) U.17 1st Haami Williams (CA) 2nd Craig Williamson (KE) Open 1st Andrew Howie (MA) = 2nd Lawrence Price (KE) = 2nd Ryf Quail (MO) Many thanks must be extended to the grounds staff who toiled tenaciously to prepare the track in difficult conditions. Also, a very sincere thank you to Mr Cronk for all his efforts in organising the carnival; to Heads of Houses for mustering their athletes; and to staff who helped out on the day. Mr. D.A. Clifford

HOCKEY BOYS1 REPORT

Firsts On record, 1989 was a disappointing season. The team ended with only two wins and one draw from nine official matches. Despite this, the entire team had a very positive attitude, resulting in a much improved side by the end of the season. Our first match this year resulted in a loss to Geelong Grammar. This led to a disspirited performance in the next couple of games, and it was a credit to the coach and the members of the team that we came back to win two matches. The standard of teams in the draw was high, and the thrill of the season was to pressure Melbourne Grammar, the top team, harder than any other team in the competition. The convincing win in the return game against Geelong Grammar was very satisfying. A number of excellent individual performances occurred during the season which must be mentioned. Matthew McKinnon's brilliant work in goal against Geelong Grammar and Paul Schram's three successive flicks, coupled with his excellent overall performance were highlights. This earned Paul the "Best and Fairest" award, for the second year in a row. Ian Jackman's vast improvement through the season saw him take the "Most Improved" Award, and after his performance at Melbourne Grammar this was much deserved. Performances such as these inspired the team, and we finished a side much stronger and more capable than we began. It was the steadiness of players such as Lachlan Buchanan, Alexander Weddell, Paul Schram, Adrian Howard and Brett Anderson which kept the team to83

gether when the pressure was on. Matthew Dickie, Ric Cotton and Conrad Pearson put in good solid performances as well. Many players drifted in and out of the side in an effort to pick the right team, and these must all be thanked for their efforts. These were stolen mostly from the already depleted Under Sixteen side. This team appears to have an exciting future! Andrew Warmbrunn was the personality of the team this year, parading around in "hippy" clothes and making posters, advertising a few of our games. The attendance at matches of parents, teachers and fellow students boosted morale, and was much appreciated. Finally, I would like to thank Mr A.D. Miller for his coaching during the year. He picked up the team's performance and was rewarded with the two victories. Paul Schram, the Vice Captain, proved invaluable with his game experience and skill. Good luck in the future Paul. I would also like to wish the players next year the best of luck and hope they have an enjoyable season. Kim Connelly Captain

Boys' 1st XI Hockey Results 1989 V

Geelong Grammar School 5/6/89 lost 1-2 Goal: Warmbrunn v Caulfield Grammar School 13/5/89 drew 3-3 Goals: Cotton, Jackman, Warmbrunn v Trinity Grammar School 20/5/89 lost 3-6 Goals: Schram 2, Dickie 1 v Scotch College 27/5/89 lost 2-8 Goals: Schram, Warmbrunn

BOYS* lsts HOCKEY Back: M.T. Dickie, A.G. Warmbrunn, A.R. Howard, C.T. Pearson, M.CMcKinnon, B.G. Anderson, RG. Cotton Front: N.P. Murphy, L.D.S. Buchanan, K.A. Connelly (Capt.), Mr. A.D.C. Miller (Coach), PJ. Schram (V-Capt.), A.L. Weddell, LP. Jackman

v Carey Grammar School 3/6/89 lost 2-3 Goals: Dickie, Schram v Haileybury College 17/6/89 lost 03 v Ivanhoe Grammar School 15/7/89 won 1-0 Goal: Schram v Essendon Grammar School 22/7/89 lost 1-3 Goal: Schram v Geelong Grammar School 29/7/89 won 2-0 Goals: Schram, Dickie v Melb. Grammar School 5/8/89 lost 2-5 Goals: Jackman, Warmbrunn. Totals: Schram 7 Warmbrunn 4 Dickie 3 Jackman 2 Cotton 1 For

Against

Seconds J. Golding, S. McKeon, L. Taylor (Captain), A. Mason, B. Coulson, D. Engeler, S. Davis, D. Ratcliffe, J. Wilson, D. Smith, N. Farrow, C. Rawlings, B. Walker, P. Wells, M. Greville, D. MacFarlane, Coach: Mr. L.J. Quail Quite a fair performance overall. Defence was good most of the season but forwards too often failed to make the most of their opportunities. Leading goalscorer was Davin Smith; most valuable player, Dirk Engeler. Standard of the Open B was very high this year and we were near the top. Mr. L.J. Quail

Thirds

Under 15

J. Golding, S. McKeon, B. Nygaard, S. Newman, R. Mann, A. Hook, M. Hook, P. Goldsmith, P. Wells, M. Greville (Captain), R. Christmas, A. Grant, D. MacFarlane, Coach: Mr. J. Connelly

H. Hobday, N. Kaye, M. Paterson, M. Cirillo, J. Nelson (Captain), J. Gerrard, A. Stokes, S. Lewis, S. Wood, F. Pearson, T. Reichl, M. Whitehead, L. Perry, R. Spinks, Coach: Mr. T.A. Ferrier The U.15's lost only two matches in a season which included some excellent wins. They improved in all aspects of the game and throughout the second half of the season they played very good team hockey. Mr. T.A. Ferrier

"The Hellmen" were never disgraced. They had a most enjoyable year without winning most of their matches. Team spirit was high and a feature of the side. New players learnt many of the skills of the game - old players made every opponent know that they had a match on their hands. Mr. L.J. Quail

Under 16 D.Ashby, J. Bell, S. Black, J. Cardinal, H. Dennis, C. DuBourg, S. Gason, A. Grant, H. Hearn, D. Jeffrey, C. Jennings, M. Magarey, N. Murphy, R. Stevenson, A. Thomson, Coach: Mr. P.S. Goldsworthy The season began with three wins in a row and the pattern of being undefeated continued through until the end - seven wins and three games when the U.16A's drew with their opponents. This clinched for us the D.D. Davey trophy; due mainly to the consistently brilliant play of Nick Murphy and twelve goals for the season from Carl Jennings. Five of the U.16A players were selected in the 1st XI during the season - two of them for all games. Hugh Hearn and Sam Gason made very valuable contributions in their debut year for the College; Matthew Magarey and Stephen Black shared the task of Goalie and both acquitted themselves very well, as did Julian Cardinal, Hamish Dennis and Duncan Ashby during the season. Mr. P.S. Goldsworthy

GIRLS' HOCKEY REPORT The 1989 season for girls' hockey got off to an enthusiastic start, with the annual hockey skills clinic being held in early April. The two days concentrating on skills, tactics and fitness were well spent and were soon followed up with rigorous training sessions in the weeks to come, in preparation for our first match against Geelong Grammar.

The second XI played a consistent game of hockey winning many of their games, under the watchful eye of coach, Mrs Row. Heather Gibbs played especially well and was promoted to the lsts squad later in the season. The U.15 and U.16 players were expertly guided by Mr Parr, who improved their skills considerably as the season progressed. Thanks must go to Mr Parr and Mrs Row for their time and effort applied to coaching the girls and for passing on their knowledge of the game. The 1st XI had a relatively successful season, with a fairly even tally of wins, draws and losses. The initial disappointment felt after finding that we couldn't use Rankin Field, was quickly overcome with our enthusiasm to get on with the game. The assortment of teams we played during the season varied in skill but gave us the chance to see just how good we really were and how we compared with the other schools. With our 'lady-like' approach to the game we soon found that if we

GIRLS'HOCKEY Standing: Miss A.M. Huntington (Coach), K.J. Messenger, J.B. Siketa, C.A. Hawkins, S.N. Lanyon, H.M. Gibbs, S.A. Givoye, J.M. Kaaden, Mrs S.E Heath Seated: E.J. Matlock, C. Campbell, M.V. Harris, S.M. Boyd (V-Capt), G.M. Jones (Capt.), A.W. Rae (V-Capt.), S.S. Stevenson, K.E. McKaige

wanted to get anywhere, we would have to be more 'assertive'. Many of our games were played on the Astro Turf surface at the State Hockey Centre in Melbourne. It was of considerable benefit to our basic skills as we realised they are just as important as a back-stickflick into the top right hand corner of the goal. The last game. One of our highlights of the season, was our victory over a visiting Canadian school team. Our unexpected win was a great way to end the season for 1989 at The Geelong College. Our sincere thanks must go to Miss Huntington for her time and effort spent in coaching us, and also to Mrs Heath for her organisation of our matches and help with transport. A special thank you to Andrea Rae and Sybilla Boyd, the two vice-captains, for their support on and off the field. Finally, I would like to wish all those who play hockey in the future, good luck as hockey is a truly phantasmagorical experience! Georgie Jones Captain of Girls' Hockey

2nds K. Spragg, K. Hearn (Capt- part season), K. Guaran, S. Redpath, D, Parker, L. Bongiorno, N. Reid, M. Synot, J. Blyton, C. Edwards, J. Egan, T. DenDryver, C. Hart, H. Gibbs (Capt.Xpart season), J. Siketa (part season) Coach: Mrs H. Row A successful season. Forwards attacked again and again, although sometimes found it hard to score goals. Defence fought extremely well to keep some strong attacking teams at bay. Some difficult times when team members were unable to play due to other commitments or illness, and a couple of games without a goalkeeper. 5 wins, 5 draws, 2 losses.

U.16's N. Walker, S. O'Brien, C. Campbell, S. Whittaker, V. Mason, K. Douglas, L. Idle, M. Rowan, K. Hanley, S. Johnstone, A. Hatton, C. Harris, J. Colls, K. Wiggs, S. Gill, N. Carswell (Captain), Coach: Mr. I.G. Parr, Ms. F. Satchell The U.16 Girls' hockey squad combined into an enthusiastic and enjoyable team. In the varying conditions of the winter season they won a pleasing number of games and always competed strongly. Special mention for consistently good standard of play must go to Natalie Carswell (Captain), Sarah Gill, Kirsty Douglas, and Shannon O'Brien. Special thanks also to Fleur Satchell for her great coaching. Mr. I.G. Parr /Ms .F. Satchell

NETBALL The year 1989 proved to be a most successful one for The Geelong College Netball Club. With Mrs Sue Heath taking over as Netball Coordinator, the College teams represented a strong, driving force playing in the local G.N.A. competition and against other A.P.S. schools. Out of the eleven College teams, five reached the Grand finals, with Teams 4, 6 and 9 going on to win the Premiership. College 1 didn't reach the finals in the top A division. Finishing fifth on the ladder, the season was a mixed bag of wins and losses. We did try hard and our coach, Merryn Lancaster, guided us through a season of experience and improvement. We played as a team but there were on occasions, excellent individual performances. My ViceCaptain, Anissa Yttrup, was our most versatile player, we really needed her playing the seven positions on the court. Our shooters, Sally Jennings and Naomi Johns, played well all season, especially improving in the latter half. Our centre court players, Anna Tonkin, Narelle Darker and Lisa Johns, all mixed and matched positions, playing with enthusiasm throughout the year. The 'veteran' of our team, Julie Rankin played a consistent high standard while Samantha Haebich, our determined Goal Keeper, continually played in great form. Our final result really does little justice from what we gained playing for the College. In addition to our regular G.N.A. competition, the lsts competed in the Western Zone Independent Schools' Annual Tournament, held at the College. We managed to finish third out of six behind Westbourne Grammar and Ballarat and Clarendon College. We also played

three A.P.S. matches, defeating Caulfield Grammar and Carey Grammar School. We were narrowly defeated by Wesley Grammar School earlier on in the season. We also ventured out to Westbourne Grammar School, nursing many injuries we were defeated by a convincing score. The College also produced some excellent individual performances in the G.N.A. Best and Fairest competition. Kym Peake, Best and Fairest (College 2) Rachel Shirley (College 4) Amelia Matlock " (College 6) Karina Wieland (College 9) Olivia Nicholls (College 10) Anna Spurling, Runner Up (College 9) I also must thank Sharyn McKenzie and Melissa Bell who attended every GNA match for the 1st team, and kept statistics for our coach, Merryn to scrutinise. Thank you to all coaches: Miss M. Lancaster, Miss S. Cosic, Miss A. Schooneman, Miss D. Vahl Meyer, Mrs M O'Loughlin, Mrs A Parton and Miss N Rickard. I would especially like to thank Mrs Heath for her organisation and support of all netball teams throughout the season, for without her encouragement The Geelong College Netball Club wouldn't have reached the success it did. Kate Sears Captain

2nds Combining a schedule of APS and jocal competition the 1989 2nds enjoyed a successful season. Other than setbacks of injury and illness, the team combined together well as our training gained us a berth in the season grand final. The traditional rivalry with Morongo was main-

lsts NETBALL Standing: L.N. Johns, S.A. Jennings, S.J. Haebich, J.L. Rankin, A.C. Tonkin Seated: N.J. Darker, K.L. Sears (Capt.), A. Yttrup (V-Capt.), N.M. Johns

tained, and although they proved the stronger side on the day, it was an even contest that will be remembered by all. Thanks must go to our faithful supporters Freya Fitzgerald and Dirk Engeler who weathered extreme conditions throughout the season to cheer us on. Thanks must also go to Svetlana and Mrs Heath for their tireless efforts. Kym Peake and Cindy Lambart College 3 A. Cameron, A. Hosking, S. McCann, C. Gillespie, C. O'Donnell, M. Ganly, K. Evans, L. Mitchell, F. Thomson, Coach: Mrs M. O'Loughlin The thirds played consistent netball with great spirit throughout the season. Their efforts were rewarded with a berth in the first semifinal where they were narrowly defeated by Geelong Grammar. Team best and fairest winner: Caroline Gillespie.

College 4 J. Brushfield, J. Kent-Hughes, J. Davidson, L. Meyer, R. Shirley, E. Nelson, S. Piccoli, J. Buckley, J. Whittle College 4 battled well throughout the season with netball skills improving with each game. An exciting final series led them to a one goal victory in the grand final of their section. Rachel Shirley also won the Association's best and fairest award. Team best and fairest winner: Rachel Shirley Mrs. M. O'Loughlin

College 5 College 5 had an enjoyable, although not successful, netball season. All girls showed admirable enthusiasm and vigour, especially during training sessions and some wet and cold Saturday afternoons. Congratulations must go to Barbara Cronin, who was voted "Best and Fairest" player for 1989, and to all team members for their efforts throughout the season. Miss A.J. Schooneman

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Congratulations must go to all team members who competed in a very successful and enjoyable season, which resulted in College 6 being premiers of the A4 grade. Thanks must go to Super Sarah, Brilliant Barb and Colossal Caitlin our goal shooters, Jolly Jo the wing attack, Amazing Amelia in the centre, Jubilant Jacq and Keen Kristy our wing defense and the unstoppable duo in defence Kinetic Kim and Lightning Leanne. Well done also to Amelia Matlock who not only won the College "Best and Fairest" but also won "Best and Fairest" player for the A4 grade competition. Miss A.J. Schooneman

K. Stinchcombe (Capt), K. Stokes (V-Capt), M. Henderson, K. Perkins, E. Hunter, A. Lavery, K. Axelrad, M. Cripps, M. Pascoe, CDay, Coach: Mrs Anne Parton Early grading matches success saw College 8 placed in the elevated A4 section of the G.N.A. With five matches only won or drawn we struggled in this section and did not qualify for the finals. Over-ambitious shooting for goal spoilt many chances, however, some girls should be commended for trying hard all season and playing loyally for their team. Best and fairest: Kathy Stinchcombe, runner-up Karen Perkins. Mrs A. Parton

College 7 M. Sykes (co-capt.), M. Holmes, N. Gill, A. Langbein, N. Brown, K. Abbott, F. Dickie, A. Wilson, N. Armstrong, Coach: Mrs. A. Parton College 7 began the season graded against teams which eventually played G.N.A. sections Al and A5, and so were relieved when finally placed in B/Bl section, from where we rose to semi-finalists in the higher 'B' part of our section. The season had its high and low points, but the girls are to be congratulated for finally pulling together and attaining a good combination and team effort. It was therefore disappointing that illness marred our confidence and ability in the final, which we lost to a strengthened Lara 2. Well done Amy Langbein for participating in the G.N.A. Umpires course and congratulations to our Best and Fairest player Martine Sykes and runnerup, Monique Holmes.

College 11 D. Coleman, J. Koch, S. Andrews, K. Hall, J. Barrett, E. Peardon, K. Tierney, S. Yorke, C. Colless, R. MacLean The season started off well with a few good wins, although positions were not all sorted out. We had good shooting from Deirdre Coleman, Jodie Koch, Sarah Andrews and Kate Hall. Jane Barrett played great games in the centre followed up by Emma Peardon, Kim Tierney and Samantha Yorke on the wings. Christine Colless played well in goal defence and Rhona Maclean played superbly in goal keeper as well as Jodie Koch when needed. The team improved tremendously over the season only losing their games by a couple of goals. Unfortunately we had many illnesses and injuries which left us with only seven players on many occasions. The semi-final was a great game against Morongo. Everyone put in and played well and College 11 narrowly lost by two goals. Thanks for a great season - good luck next year. Miss N. Rickard

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BOYS' BADMINTON TEAM A. Leigh, D. Laught, T. Jarman, P. Fowler, S. Jarman

LITERATURE THE CORROBOREE Dusk, in hues of earth, wind and fire. A settling silence, a comfortable warmth - the source a big fat mother sun amongst a stretching surface of sweeping sand. A foot lifts and falls stamping the grainy earth beneath, enforcing an inborn history. Streams of light fall on softened grains that freely rise and fall. A swirling cloud forms and encircles the legs of man moving rhythmically to a beat, passed on from a time - a dreaming time. A mouth opens amongst an untamed beard and calls an echoing pitch. It travels eerily and disperses throughout the surrounding air, its wavelength appealing to every native being. Big fat mother sun strikes her final ray luring faces to look into her eyes - her energy enriches them and they darken in color. She then sinks slowly as she cools falling, falling. The earth is kept alive by the steady beat of a heart thub - thubbing in its centre - the elongated bark magnifying the breath pumped from swollen lips. White body paint begins to shimmer like the glowing embers of a dying fire - left to draw the last breath. And the earth darkens. Its soul and belongings left to move, with spear in hand, into the distance. Every step, every movement a part of what lay beneath. Julia Kent-Hughes (12)

NATURE AT NIGHT TIME The breeze blew softly amongst the reeds beside the moonlit lake, and their stirring made a whispering sound that mingled with the tremulo hum of the cicadas. Otherwise, silence. The still, mirror-like surface of the lake reflected in silvery rays the moon on its path through the opaque black sky. Overhanging ivy from the old church wall hid the remnants of the sandstone blocks, and each little leaf had a silver sheen. A sleepy bird sound came from a nest in the dark green depths of a river peppercorn, and the breeze died. The calm of the place was lulling, although the night was definitely awake, and everything was bathed in a silvery-green light. I reached for a stone and threw it into the centre of the lake. Silver ripples curled up from its depths and the rings grew larger and larger until they subsided at the other edge of the lake, under a ghost g u m which shone cruelly in the light, startlingly ressembling the myth of its namesake.

As the moon passed over to a further position in the sky, a possum came scurrying down the peppercorn and sat still near my feet. A frog croaked in the distance. I moved. The possum alertly scrambled up the tree again, and I was alone once more in the calm, cool night air, wide awake. The breeze calmly brushed through the reeds. A stray wind rustled the leaves of the ghost gum at the side of the old church, and the eucalyptus scent wafted refreshingly through the air. Suddenly sleepy, I stretched out on the soft, velvety carpet of dusty green moss . . . and slept. Emma Campbell (10) BLUE RIBBONS There they toil, the strangers to this world. We cannot understand them and they cannot comprehend us. We are useless to their ways, their lives are meaningless to us. I sometimes circle around their shelters. Their behaviour is strange and selfish. They do nothing but waste

energy, on useless ventures. They cannot fend for themselves, instead they create large shells, as strong as the wind, to stop all predators. These beasts of captivity are dangerous to all other living creatures. They hunt and stalk without skill or patience, but are fearfully lethal, using thunder to kill. There is one thing that draws me to these men of idle ways, that is the colour they so frequently portray. Its beauty cannot be described, nor can its attraction to me. I can only say that the spirit living inside of me, seeks oblivion in that colour. Eternal peace is buried within a shade of the spectrum. What is the colour, you may ask. It is not an unusual, or uncommon ,shade, but is found in the seas, the skies, and the rivers. This colour is blue, the blue of Eternal life. The life after you have lived. I have studied these humans, eternal life is what they call death. Therefore it is my mission in life to seek the colour blue. I cannot capture the sky, the sea or the rivers. I must face the thunder, to live my life.

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blooming flowers, given to me by Tiffany. Such a lovely scent, tied with a silk blue ribbon. I must put them somewhere, so every one can see them." "In the window." "What a surperb suggestion, in a vase in the window on the window sill."

"I have been circling the shell for days now, waiting patiently for a glimpse of blue, but to no avail. I ask myself why I must be so pa-

heights, for speed it what I need to break the barrier. To go beyond the living. Soon the last drop of blood will cease to flow within me. The force of my soul desires my destiny, I cannot challenge. I am beyond all resistance, I have none. I feel nothing, I am nothing, blue was my life. I was born for this moment.

"Mother look, the window is broken, and there on the floor lies a poor Bower bird." Hilary Idle (11)

SUMMER'S MYSTERIOUS FORCES The air itself seemed to radiate heat. As Jodi Miller drove home from work she silently cursed the climate in Cairns where she lived. Winding down her window at an intersection, Jodi was confronted by a bluff of still, hot air. There was no breeze at all, and the numerous insects seemed to be suspended in mid-air, too lethargic to even contemplate the decision of whether to fight the resistance of the solid air or to negotiate descent.

tient, but I know the answer. I have no alternative to finding my true happiness. I must feed my soul, and shrug off my life. It is there at last it is there. My adrenaline rushes, my time has come. I must capture the blue. It is before me, the gate way to bliss. I strengthen my courage, for I know there is pain. My mission is at hand. I seek the thermal, it's current I need. Upon it I will travel great

The car radio crackled, sputtered and finally died as she wove her way through the mountains to the isolated shack which she fondly referred to as 'her home away from all other homes'. Pulling into her driveway she exhaled slowly. "Thank God I'm home," she thought to herself. Jodi wished to reach the cool interior of her house as soon as possible as the merciless sun was beating down upon her bare head, further increasing her discomfort. Thus, on the way up the path she paused only momentarily to examine her wilting plants, in particular her precious, exotic flowers.

Turning her key in the lock Jodi absent-mindedly reached for the metal doorknob. She felt a sharp stab of pain and quickly withdrew her hand. The doorknob was hot, extremely hot. She removed a handkerchief from her purse and proceeded to us it as insulation, protecting the skin of her hand from the surface of the doorknob. Upon entering the house she examined her hand. Despite the usage of the handkerchief, it was covered in huge, weeping blisters. She went to the bathroom and placed her hand under the running tap. Although the water felt cool to the touch it did not soothe her wounds, and her hand began to throb. Moving to the kitchen she removed a glass from the cupboard and filled it with water. Her throat felt like a road newly laid with tar and she drank in gulps in an attempt to relieve this. However this futile act served only to constrict her throat further and make her even more aware of her seemingly unquenchable thirst. Jodi moved into the lounge room where she opened a large bay window, having to discover evidence of even a tiny fragment of a breeze. This blessing was not forthcoming The air was so hot and humid that the perspiration released through her pores evaporated immediately upon contact with the air Defying all basic scientific principles it then condensed into droplets on the ceiling. Looking up at the enviably saturated ceiling Jodi had the impression that it was silently mocking Drifting across the room Jodi opted against her favourite armchair whose leather covering had melted and run in rivulets where the springs sagged. Instead she sank into a pile of cushions arranged haphazardly next to the far wall. Jodi began to feel disorientated and

light-headed, wishing she had a phone or a radio so she could at least make contact with another human being. Jodi remained in her ossified state until hours after dusk, when although the sky was dark and sombre, she sensed an eerie glow as if somewhere deep within the earth's core, or possibly high in the heavens above, something was alight and angry.

appeared from behind the dispersing storm clouds, guiding the park ranger in his inspection of the after effects associated with the flooding. He was extremely surprised upon entering the clearing where Jodi Miller lived in her shack, to find that the house and all its contents had completely disappeared, leaving in its wake only a patch of beautiful flowers.

Just as Jodi thought the nightmare would never end, her mind consciously registered the sound of rain pattering on the roof. Her spirits fully recovered she dragged her thoughts from subconscious wanderings to the present, rose and proceeded quickly through the house. As the rain grew heavier so did her sense of urgency. She practically ran out of the front door and onto the lawn at the perimeter of the house, upturning her face to the sky. She fully expected to experience the cool refreshing sensation of icy cold rain and thus it took her a full minute to avert herself from the self imposed ecstasy and realise that the drops of rain were, in fact, intensely warm and scalding her face.

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Uttering a pathetic cry of pain, surprise and bewilderment she turned, stumbling and crawling back inside the house. She collapsed on her bed. Her mind now somehow detached from her physical self, Jodi felt every last drop of moisture diffuse from the cells of her body. Finally, as a pool of water lay beside an indefinable inorganic mass, the eaves supporting the roof of the hideaway gave way. Later that night a colossal cool change swept across the entire state of Queensland lowering the temperature a full fifteen degrees Celsius, and creating flash floods. As dawn approached, the sun coyly

MIRROR The bright silver frame, with its textured suface, somehow told a story. The story of a million lives, and a million faces, none different from the rest. In each raised leaf was a shy smile, and each raised bud a newly opened eye. The intricacies of life were interwoven in the climbing ivy, spread generously around the frame; tangled in the simple progression of the bud to a flower. And there she sat. Her blue eyes, narrow with disbelief, and her limp hair struggled to match the beauty of the mirror. Eyes once bright with youthful anticipation, now peering cautiously, knowledgeably, and not without disdain. Grey almost. And the dull straight hair, as if pulled down by some unseen weight; mousy and unflattering. The face, however, remained peurile, rounded well, and flushed - as one looks after having been in a cold wind. Her cheeks were highlighted with immaturity, and appealing. They were friendly and personable, and seemed to ask to be touched. The eyes beheld the warning to anyone so forward as to do so. And yet the warmth that exuded from her cheeks seemed to reflect the warmth of her person. The eyes were merely a distraction.

They told the story of deception and misplaced trust - of a childhood lost, and the burden of premature experience. They were a guard against any further violation of her dominion. Exclusive, and absolutely rational; they were betrayed by the partiality of her cheeks. Her face was one of duplicity and contradictions. The nose, simple and orthodox, again painted a picture of youth. Slightly upturned, it was handsome and comely. The nose and cheeks both. Together they issued an invitation. They remained unaffected through age and experience and knowledge. They were not suspicious - on the contary, they seemed, curious. Looking, perhaps for something the eyes had already seen.

brand new dresses as they stepped out into the freezing New Year snow. A new century hailed a new beginning. Tonight the past would be buried. He was held in high regard by London's social elite. Wealth, power, and position put him a far cry from his humble beginnings. Yet those early years still clung to him. Tonight Edward was due at a party by nine. Everyone would be there. But before all that he must shake off the past. London looked grey and cold. Edward's stomach twisted as the streets became vaguely familiar. The rattle of wheels on cobbles halted abruptly, he opened the carriage door and stepped into a dingy lane, a leather case in his white gloved

hand. The terrace door opened before he was aware of knocking. The woman standing before him had aged since his visit years ago. She ventured to his house many times; yet he would not see her. Messages were relayed through his maid. This woman wanted money, and help. She was not a person he would dare introduce to his friends. He was ashamed of her. The grey dress she wore hung loosely on her frame. Her face aged beyond its years appeared beneath a knotted mat of hair. She would not live many more years, though a payment might help. The arrangement was that after his delivery of five hundred pounds she would not bother him again.

Her lips were full, and yet appeared strained by the firmness with which they were held shut. The pinched lines and lack of any definite colour offered no visual relief - nor did they show any signs of compassion. Her mouth was hard and conditioned. Unwilling to betray any emotion, and unwilling to uncover the potential beauty within. It had been misused to gain entry into a world of unknown to the girl. Into a world of adult values and adult games. Deceit and abuse. So it remained firmly shut. Harsh and definite like the eyes; as a protection for the girl whose appealing immaturity had so obviously disadvataged her, and whose face told her story. Jane Brushfield (12) THE FACE Edward tugged at his shirt collar then lay his hands on the hat in his lap. Looking out of the carriage he could see Londoners preparing for the evening's celebration. Ladies pulled warm fur coats over their 94

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He could make out someone sitting by a table in the corner of her room, and a tiny fire dwindling just beside. The house seemed warm despite this pathetic glow, but the woman was cold. She took the case with the money, looked at him and then turned, leaving him staring at a rotting wooden door. Now Edward turned and climbed back into his carriage, carefully positioning his hat on his head. As the horses pulled away he could see into the room. The woman was rekindling the fire and for a second he saw his face in the young child staring back at him. Kate Guaran (12)

THE FOREST Behind two pools Of limpid blue And a little futher back, A forest has Begun to sprout. It grows in spurts Of fantasy Of fear Of feeling; In moments of Bliss, dogwoods And magnolias Bloom sweetly. When things are Painful or Full of stress, Animated ivy Strangles the beauty, And darkens And deepens The forest. Creatures of imagination Wander its secret paths. Cate Polhemus (10)

DEATH CALLS ON THE LIVING He left his restless wife that night And stumbled into town, The streets were bare, the lights turned off, The sun has long gone down. But from the bar of Percy Bill There came an evil sound, Of money shaking in the till, The roulette going round. The smoke-filled air met that of night When in the stranger walked, The music stopped, the lights went on, The patrons ceased to talk. They stopped and stared as if to say "You'll soon be dead my friend;11 But he just walked on out again, Too soon to meet his end. The savage cliff stood firm and strong, The ocean beat its walls. He never saw the edge that night, They never heard his calls. ***

She stood at his grave While the sun slowly set, A gleam in her eyes; But she hadn't won yet. He had departed, And she was alone; He was gone, She still had her home. All of their time Which together they spent, Was gone in a moment; No great event. She returned to her lover By the light of the moon, But she didn't know That death would come soon.

Later that night, His ghost came on home; 'Twas pity and shame She was found not alone. ***

In the annals of crime, Sgt. Hill read the story, He learned of their deaths, And viewed them as gory. He had lived in an age Where crime didn't pay, Wars didn't occur As peace had its way. He learned how the man Had gone for a leap; And read with surprise, That he walked in his sleep. The light was turned off, The file stayed where it lay; For old Sgt. hill, 'Twas the end of the day. Damian Secen (12) OBLIVION The water laps gently up to the shore, Clear blue, crystal like. Smooth and lovely it lies undisturbed, Stretching out to oblivion. The small white yacht bobs up and down, Lying floating on the glassy water. Its tall, lean masts reach up to the clear sky The silence penetrating. No sound is made, nothing to break the silence, Nothing seems to be alive. Not even a ripple on the surface Breaks the mirrored stillness. S. O'Brien (9)

THE SEARCH As I entered the edge of the bush, the shrub was only low, around my knees, but as I moved further in, the bushes grew higher. Soon the scrub was up around my chest. I felt like a young child insecurely entering the ocean for the first time, always wanting to venture out further, but not sure what was there waiting for me. Thin, wirey bush sat on the ground in a tangled mess, around my feet.

neath me was separating my feet from the ground. I walked into a veil of cobwebs stretched between the extended arms of the trees. I was peeling off my newly acquired second skin when I caught a glimpse of white below my feet. I had found what I had lost; there in the grass was the small white golf ball. I picked it up and headed back towards the safety of the shore of green grass on the fairway of the twelfth hole. Matthew Magarey (10)

have enough people to field an Olympic team. Their reasons were not so straight forward - there was some underlying reason, something just didn't seem right. There was something evil about the whole business. The three men could sense she was resisting, and she too could see that their patience was reaching an end. A bald headed man who had remained silent till then, drew out a clipboard from under his arm. "So we shall see you at 10.00am. Saturday morning at the clinic. Please be prompt," he spoke in a tone void of emotion, and on that note the three departed.

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Above me the twisted branches of the small trees and the large green leaves filtered out the sunlight, making it hard for me to find what I sought. I continued on into the shrub, searching through every clump of knife-like grass, looking behind all the umbrella-like trees, seeking the object I had held in my hand just a few minutes before. The smooth shore of grass beyond the shrub had now disappeared behind a wall of rugby-player trees. As I breathed in the air it became damp and heavier while the bushes grew closer together. I was now the centre of attention for a large group of leafy detectives in long overcoats. Despite my close scrutiny by these knotty eyes in tree trunks, I still pushed on. Soon the bushes were so thick I was almost swimming through them to find my lost treasure, the air was so damp I was almost drowning. The long, uncut carpet of grass under96

"We have reason to believe you've been ill every morning. You're pregnant again aren't you?" they had enquired this morning. Three men standing on her doorstep, dressed in their grey suits, with expressions of the same dour quality. They had looked her up and down with their icy glares, as if they expected to notice a bulge at three weeks. What right, she thought, had they to ask about such matters. It was her body, and her god-given right to do with it as she wished. "Of course you'll get rid of it," they had continued, looking her straight in the eye. "You know full well of the regulations we imagine. We shouldn't have to remind you of your duty - one child per family." Why? she had been tempted to ask. Why only one child per family? Why must I get rid of it? Of course she'd just get the same old rigmarole that they were promoting on T.V. about 'a better life for everyone', 'your duty to the country - the contraceptive pill'...the same old excuse of exponentially growing population being to the detriment of the country. She couldn't see the problem herself, the country didn't even

She had known all along that the knock would come on the door. It was inevitable really. No-one ever escaped from their ever watchful eye - they knew everything. Now they were asking her, demanding her, to sell her soul to the devil and slaughter her own child. She would ring her husband later on that day, and he would probably say, "Oh well, we tried didn't we?". He hadn't wanted the baby as much as she had; he had his boy, and a job at the government offices in charge of loans, and that was all that concerned him. He wouldn't dream of going against their wishes now that they had laid down the law. It would be an act of stupidity on his part to throw away his job just because of her. Without his support could she go ahead and have the child. Even with his support could she manage? She knew deep within her that she could never have the child, and never would, but it made her livid with rage that a handful of faceless government officials could tell her what to do, have the cheek to enter her house, sum up her condition and then tell her, "Sorry, no baby", and that was that. No chance for com-

promise, they had the power and they exercised the control. What right did they really have over her body, over life and death, only that ordained by their position, power they had usurped from God.

She could see no reason in it, because it simply didn't exist.

If she didn't turn up on Saturday morning, what could they do? After sacking her husband, sending more faceless officials to haunt her, what could they do? They couldn't simply charge at her with a knife - no that wasn't their style, it wouldn't look good politically. They would be more inclined, she thought, to take the baby from her after birth. She could visualize it now, her cradling her child in her arms with her husband sitting beside her, and then a crash as the swinging doors fling open, and those three faceless officials marching in taking her baby from her. And as she would be crying, they would be sneering at her, the bald headed man would draw out his clipboard and say "Seems it's a girl, call her Summer, (she is due then) sell her to the highest bidder." The other would look her over as he had this morning and in a menacing tone would say "that will teach you to disobey us" then he would laugh and say, "and to think you thought you'd get away with it!"

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What sort of country was this where you had so little freedom? There must be a country somewhere where you controlled your own body, where you could have as many children as you liked, where the only master of life and death was fate, or that being 'God' she had heard about - some sort of being filled with love and compassion. Here however their 'God' wer£ the Party; power hungry, evil men, who's only satisfaction arose out of their control over others. What she could not understand however, was why they didn't want this child, this child that could contribute to their country, another person to control.

were clanging up above. Animals sought shelter under dead trees; the rain pelted down like stones.

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Trotting along the old creek bed the farmer was fed up watching. It was bone-dry with weedy grass growing in long, thin strips. He paused for a moment and let his dog overtake him. The dog was a mix, with splotches all over his body as if someone had sprayed paint over him. The watcher looked around. There were many hills and valleys that looked like snakes rising over the landscape. Small shrubs grew on the rolling hills, brown and prickley. He kept walking. Grasshoppers not sure where to hide, flung themselves on to his boot and bounced back off the rubber and onto the mat of yellow grass beneath him. He wondered how they lived; there had not been rain for many years. Wirey trees cast shadows of stick figures. An eagle flew above in the fluorescent blue sky, its wings spread out as wide as they could go. It then drew them back to its side and shot down, plunging like a bullet through the air. The hunter swooped to the ground, grabbed something and curled back up in to the sky. A little creature clenched within its monstrous claws, it flew off. The farmer stood there in amazement. Slowly he turned back towards his torn-down old house, with its rickety door falling off its hinges. That evening a storm brewed and grew stronger, moving towards the old farm. Outside the lightning threw its electrical bolts down to the ground at tremendous speed. The thunder crashed as if cymbals

The next morning he woke up to see no old weedy creek bed, but a gushing, foaming white water rapid. It was a churning washing machine throwing rubbish out. Standing around were the animals all looking bewildered. The hills which had been brown were now growing new grass and turning into army green. The shrubs on the hillside had tiny heart-shaped leaves on them and red little berries that looked like they had been sewn on during the night. Many trees had fallen and were now lying around on the plains. Water was driving itself down the hillside; deep crevices had been formed where debris had slid down it at some earlier time. The man looked at the country-side. His sheep were no longer grey worn-down carpets, but were white and fluffy cotton wool balls with legs and heads. He staggered back to his house, which was leaking terribly, sat down and took three deep breaths. Claire Fisher (10)

HELL IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE WELL As I sit upon this worn out chair, I see my life as I have led it and my sorrow makes its presence known beneath my eyes. My life is confined to this one, cold, dark room. The freezing winds press.in on the walls and the drafts swing the weak globe that lights our home. The wall's dampness shows itself in great stains thrown across the rough boards. Rain beats down upon the roof and I can hear the ...plop..plop...plop...of its dripping in the corner. My little son is in the doorway watching the liquid darkness of the night. He sees what he sees every day; a filthy alley full

placed by a steady drone on the roof and the everlasting...plop..plop...plop... He takes our only blanket from the corner and brings it to me. As he snuggles in my lap, I realise what is wrong with those eyes that have sunk so far back into his head. Warm, salty tears wet my cheeks there's no life left under those lids and, no matter how far I search, I can find no hope. Like me, he knows that no one will offer him that pail on a string to help him rise out of this living hell. Tabsie Lowdon(lO) HMM...SALMON OR WHALE?

H. Williams (11) H . Williams (11) • • • • • • • of disease ridden cats. My heart breaks to think that I can offer him no other world. We are right at the bottom of the societal well. I have never seen the world at the top, yet I know of its rich existence. In brighter times I dream of the yellow sunshine and the rich, green grass. I imagine the clean skies hovering above pastures filled with milk-heavy cows and their calves. Then the hopelessness settles back in and my thoughts slither back down the well shaft. The further they fall, the wetter and dirtier they become, until they settle right back into the reeking mud at the bottom. Dirt and dampness and dejection. I see faces peering down on my life from over the crumbling well wall. Health blossoms from beneath their skin and, from within, their cleanliness and perfumery emanates. I hear their thoughts and I can see what their pitjfing faces say. You could get out of there if you tried ..But I can't. They have cut the rope that, perhaps, long ago, could have pulled me from this mess. Yes, perhaps they would be able to escape if 98

they were down her, but I have not been given the background that they have enjoyed. My little boy, Oh my only little boy. His fragile frame is supported by the leaning door. Eyes that have known no joy. Lips that never seem to smile. Cold, cold rain making rivulets around his thin, bare feet that rest upon the dirt stained piece of wood we call a porch. My pity wells from deep beneath my heart, and with it my sorrow and my grief and then an overwhelming cry of despair reaches out for an answer that will never reach down past these rounded walls of brick. His sticklike arms that should be reaching up to feel life in the falling droplets hang limply by his side. A blue, unhealthy colour shows through his skin, protesting against the cold. Not impatiently waiting for the rain to stop so he can go out and play in the sun. Perhaps wondering when his next meal will be and if he'll be well enough to eat it. Slowly he gathers enough energy together to rise and push the door closed. Gone is the sound of the pattering and splashing. It is re-

Personally I prefer the dolphin, but of course individuals have their own tastes. For those who still cannot comprehend what I am jabbering about, it is about your favourite subject - Boys! Yes, those pesky little brats who grow up into six foot creatures, who turn, your delicate pink hearts into lumps of burning coal. They are also the ones who let you twist them round your little finger once they are hooked (which is not a tough task, if you have the right bait). Now, back to my dolphin. As you know, a dolphin is known for its intelligence, understanding and humour. It is also easy to train. I like a guy like that. BUT... a dolphin is not timid. It has a mind of its own and does not like being pushed around. Do not take it lightly as one snap of its jaws can crush barracudas and it can kill sharks by merely ramming them. A dolphin moves fast...I like dolphins. What kind of guy would you choose? First you have to look at the selection on the market. Very likely

your choice would be good to look at (Tom Cruise), considerate (Jeff Colby), humorous (Bill Cosby), bright (MacGyver), has good taste (007) and believes in women as equals (Boy George). The mixture sounds fine, but that would be like dating a blue whale. Those mammals are becoming extremely scarce. Well, if you cannot find a dolphin, I recommend a whale (useful), a salmon (hard working), a flying fish (carefree) or perhaps an octopus (sexy). If you care for your welfare, stay clear of the shark (mean), the stingray (deceiving) or the jellyfish (spineless). Whatever you choose though is entirely up to you. The reason I am writing is to give you a couple of hints about "fishing" tactics; not that I'm an expert - merely trying to sound like a know-all. After all, they say anything is worth a try.

6. Make sure that you choose a guy who suits your personality, interests and intelligence. If your I.Q. is below room temperature, forget Alex P. Keaton (as in "Family Ties"). 7. Most important, be not deceived by the outward appearance and actions of a guy. That section of homo sapiens is just as good as acting as we are. Those are the few basic and vital rules.to follow. Be very aware of spiritual attraction because it is so much more important than physical attraction. However, if you find out too late that your guy is the wrong one, do not be distressed. If he dumps you first, do not worry either. Seek the advice of a mature adult, buy extra Kleenex and keep cool. After all there are other fish in the sea. Excuse me now. My dolphin needs attention. Lyn Foo (12)

THE MIST The mist is awakening Stretching its bones Crawling out of its coffin, The sea. First came its bony fingers Spreading wide Grasping the waves. The head peers out next Sea water pouring Through its ghostly eye sockets. Slowly the arms and torso flow out Blanketing the ocean With ribs of phantom white. Then last but not least, The legs drag themselves out Burying its toes in the sand And the skeletal mist Is free To spread its touch of deathly white. Cate Polhemus (10)

So my little damsels, here goes: 1. Never lose your head while mixing with the other species. If you feel excited, try to control yourself. 2. Do not be too obvious. If you want to attract attention, friendliness and poise will do the trick. Why breakdance in a mini skirt? 3. Do not chase guys. Let them chase you. 4. Never overdress, or underdress. As the world is suffering from recession, your guy should understand if you do not wear the latest GUCCI collection. 5. Listen to all he says, even if he tends to say too much. Pretend to be interested and agreeable (if you are truly desperate for his affection), but there is always the all-purpose adhesive tape.

DEJA VU

LIFE IS LIKE A GAME OF GOLF

IT was only a laugh, But it brought back So many memories, Of his daughter, before her death. Looking into the water, He saw her face appear slowly, And heard her say, "I love you, Daddy." It faded, And he wiped away a salty tear, And the innocent laughter stopped.

To be a success in life you have to play straight, avoid the hazards, play from any lie, putt firmly and enjoy the game as you play it.

TraceyRoth (12) FEAR Fear is a raging river, Controlling all my actions, When I cannot comprehend anything but The water washing over my body Suffocating me from outside life. KateWiggs(lO)

In the game of life the idea is to enjoy it while you can but still card a good score. The way to get a good score in life is to play like an amateur who wants to be a professional. The idea of playing straight is extremely important in both life and golf. If you stray from the truth or the fairway, then the hazards are brought into play. When caught in a hazard, many attempts can be made to escape it, but the score is added on. These extra shots can turn a good score into a mediocre one. Hazards are extremely dangerous: balls can be lost, washed away and

even caught up where no one can reach them. Life is much the same. The traps and bunkers set in life can often snare many unwary and inexperienced players. Some people plunge so deep into the pitfalls of life, that many cannot be retrieved. Putting is the most important strike in golf. The rationale behind putting is parallel to that of another major part of life, decision-making. The putt is a test of nerves. If the putt is nervous it will end up short of its mark. If the putt is too bold, it will race past the hole and force the player to take another shot. If the putt is firm and straight it will reach its mark and roll into the hole. The decisions of life are like putts. If the decision-maker is nervous then the end result will not be very useful or productive. If the decisionmaker is too bold then that person will often miss the desired result and fall into hazards which are always waiting for such players. When the decision-maker is calm, calculated and wary of the surface and surrounds, then success should follow. Enjoying a round of golf is also filled with concepts related to life. If the round is not going all that well then don't let it get you down. Keep on playing and learn from your mistakes. If you are playing well, don't try to better the score too much; because the harder you try to hit the ball, the more errors occur in yotir game. Be happy with a satisfactory game. When playing like an amateur there is always room for improvements in the game. You know that you have some weaknesses in your game, so always try to work on them. It is essential in life to stay on the fairway, avoid the hazards, putt firmly and enjoy life while you have it. Otherwise the cunning perpetra100

tor of the hazards will claim another victim. Murray Peel (12)

seem preferable to the days of solitude, where I have only memories to keep my companionship. Sometimes I imagine I smell the pure smell of the choir instructress.

BE A WALL The broken floorboards groan at the extra weight of the creature. Standing in front of me is a man. I can see danger in his rough presence but I am powerless to overcome it. The days of happy children singing and playing are over. The dances, the meetings - all distant memories fading like the photograph on the opposite wall. I often wanted to be that wall, to see the games from a different view, to hear the gossip from the cake stalls on that side of the room. I can still smell the spicy cakes of those stalls, freshly baked and still warm. But that is all in the past. The past which seems sometimes to be only a dream. The flowing dresses, genteel. Good Form. Waltzes on a Saturday, church on a Sunday. Beautiful memories. This mark on my wall, hardly distinguishable amoungst my ragged clothes, is from the organ that used to lie at my feet. Every Sunday the organ would sound so lovely that I would begin to quiver, trying in vain to move in time to its lilting tune. But now, now the organ has been replaced by a loud, vulgar creature. Hashing lights and silver balls replace the fragile decorations of the past. No more lilting tunes, no more sweeeping waltzes that rise the dust from my feet better than any caretaker. Now, there is only music that causes me to shake from volume and repulse, not from anticipation and delight. And those that dance wear foreign clothes, torn, shapeless outfits that make genders indistinguishable. Yet, even these abhorrent activities

Untainted by preservations, I could recognize her when she entered every Tuesday night by her smell. She smelt of home-made soap and bread. Cinammon was also faintly distinguishable. Then there were the children. Ah, many a scratch did I receive from their exhuberant games. Now, I do not see children playing at all, and the scatches I gain from them are inflicted not accidently and in fun, but by scapels that roughly tear away my skin, leaving wounds that scar as no one bothers to treat them. Time does not exist in this foreign world, just emptiness that reaches into eternity. And yet even eternity is now in threat. Unwanted visitors drawing plans on my surface. Radiating danger, talking of unimaginable things. At first I closed my eyes and ears, but they refused to disappear. They small of oil and dirt, no home-made soap ever touchad their skin. As I look at my neighbours, who have not changed in my lifeother walls. The empty stage that once provivded so much laughter and entertainment, the doors that admitted first quests and then intruders. I realise time does still exist and, like anhour glass, is quickly running out. I stand powerless, memories gone, the future a mere illustration. Today is the day. I can small the anticipation in the sweat of the men that fill the room for the last time. I feel no regret, no sadness, only exhaustion and emptiness. No matter how many people line in front of me, I see nothing. I have already gone, rejoined the past with which I so belong. I sense a growing anticipation within myself as well. Soon my

friends, I will rejoin you and once more become part of the reality of your life. KymPeake(ll) LIFE'S JOURNEY In the heart of a forest, draped over an inland mountain, I witness the birth of an infantile stream. I watch as she begins her journey with a childlike, gurgling giggle. Her first years are full of joy and laughter. I see her twisting, turning, dodging trees. Alive and singing, chattering and nattering about her existence.

THE WARMTH OF THE SUN

THE FINAL RACE

As tomorrow fades into yersteryear, And hopes become but a memory; As dreams slipped by turn to shadows of times, Where the future still held a promise, My thoughts turn to things taken for granted; Focus on small things now everything: A smile, The touch of a hand, A kind word, A tiny flower, The singing of a bird, The warmth of the sun.

We put the boat on the water, gently Like a mother putting a baby to bed My stomach is getting tight.

Cameron Price (12) MY PLACE Just down the valley -

Maturity and growth are in full swing upon reaching the flat land. She is settled down, into a straighter and more serious river. And as she wanders along, she has time to ponder her beauty. Nearing the end of her days... She had seen many sights, done many thingsBut she is ageing. Beneath the wind-wrinkled surface, She is not as clear as she used to be. And finally, she buries herself in the sea. T. Lowdon (10) MOON'S SONG

Where the green velvet Tumbles towards the centre Of the hill, Tall pine trees Encircling a clearing By the river; Where the carpet Is of soft, dry grass Midst the humid Atmosphere of the Evaporating pine; Where the butterflies And bees Fly lazily And dreamily And the breeze flows Soft and cool From the surface of the river Through the reeds -

We started rowing down the river, nervous Past our College crowd, cheering My heart is beating faster. We arrived at the start, and carefully lined up across, from bank to bank My arms are shaking. We were listening for the starter, anxiously waiting "Are you ready...Row!" My lungs are full of air. We are ahead of the others, just slightly It is half-way through the race My face is covered with sweat. We are all rowing to our fullest, but unfortunately one other crew is more powerful My legs are screaming for me to stop. We crossed the finish line, fatigued Half a length behind one other crew My body has collapsed in exhaustion. We sat in the boat, thinking Of all the hard work during the season My eye leaked a single tear. Matthew Magarey (10)

The full moon spoke to me One cool clear night, It's words floating down Through shafts of cold light. Though the message was lost On the whispering wind, I could still hear the meaning In the song it would sing. Cameron Price (12)

Is my place. Emma Campbell (10) Literary Section Editorial Committee T. Roth, R. Armitage, D. Synot, S. Lyn Foo, H. Idle, K. Peake, F. Edge, T. Gallacher, R. Shirley, E. Campbell, Mr I. Parr. Illustrators A. Lochead, S. Piccoli. 101

FOOTPRINTS The man stood alone, stark and alien on an empty, red-brown planet. To every side, dunes of sand rippled towards a glaring horizon, which shimmered and throbbed in a haze of intense heat. A violent wind caused sand to whip and twirl in torrents around the man's body the force of the thick grains penetrating through his protective black suit. Overhead, the black void of space pressed down on the angry planet; the lonliness and emptiness of space reflected on the planet's surface. Slowly, the figure removed his face-mask, allowing the cool, fresh oxygen within his suit to be sucked away and consumed by the planet's atmosphere in a matter of secconds. Suddenly, the alien

wind whipped into his face with a surge of heat, roaring and whistling past his defeceless ears. The sand swirled into the man's eyes with eerie precision, the coarse granules causing tiny stabs of pain on his bare face. The man sucked in his first breath of the planet's atmosphere, coughing and spluttering as the foriegn air burned and seared its way down to his lungs. Quickly, he slammed his face-mask back on, feeling relief as cool, familiar oxygen flooded his helmet, softly caressing his hot, battered face. Battling against the wind, the figure staggered down the side of a dune to the bottom, where he slumped down into the relative protection of a dune-valley. He felt lonely and scared, knowing that he was an alien on a violent, life-restricting planet. He was out of place and the sur-

roundings were doing their utmost to make him feel unwelcome. The hot, red sun was now directly overhead, its piercing rays penetrated every shadow among the rugged dunes. THe wind, having gained strength in the middle of the day, caused the red sand to swirl in mini-tornadoes, which swept along the dunes. The man staggered to his feet, and began shuffling towards the red, shimmering horizon, disappearing over a dune to the haze of sand and heat. The sand shifted to cover the trail of footprints, as the planet tried to eradicate all traces of it's contact with life and, within minutes the footprints were gone.

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HOUSE OF MUSIC Once again, the House of Music saw an extremely busy year, including a music camp at the end of Term 2, and the formation of The Geelong College Symphony Orchestra. Term 1 saw the early formation of both the Senior String Ensemble, and the Senior Concert Band. The concert band was called together for two special rehearsals as preparation for the dedication of the chapel and some of the string group attended a masterclass and workshop conducted by Spiros Rantos. During the second term it was the turn of the singers and some woodwind players as two masterclasses were held at the Austin Gray Centre. On 27th April, David Brennan, from "The Tales of Hoffman" conducted a masterclass for the singers and then sang an air from that show. On 25th May, oboists from College and other schools also partook in a masterclass held at the Austin Gray Centre. Year 9 and 10 students had an opportunity to see performances of Rigoletto on May 3rd and the Gondoliers on May 9th by the Australian Opera at the State Theatre in Melbourne, and a group of about thirty students from all levels of the school made trips to see the Abduction of Seraglio, La Travi-

SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Back: Richard Helmer, Ben Miller, Craig Salen, Bret Grace, Melinda Hobbs, Paul Roth, James Tucker, Nicholas Wauchope 4th Row: Tracy Roth, Fleur Dickie, Christy Roth, Joanne Siketa, Damian Secen, Michelle Sowerby, Murray Peel 3rd Row: Mrs. M. Dwyer, David Henderson, Ruth Dougherty, Melinda Thomson, Katrina Hosie, Alison Hatton, Roberta Armitage 2nd Row: Linda Cohn, Rachel Dickie, Laura Bridges, Samantha Armitage, Juliette Howden, Ben Collins, Andrew Jenner, Macgregor Haines Front Row: Nicholas Synot, Rebecca Brown, William Mills, Jono Spear, Mr. H. Hood, Lyn Foo, Brett Anderson, Duncan Fikkers, Mr. B. Edwards Absent: Deborah Warren, Yoko Tokuda, Mathew Shelley

ata, and the Israeli Symphony Orchestra. Preparatory School students were given a half hour performance by the Senior School Concert Band on May 23rd and Senior School students and staff were given a chance to hear high quality music with two lunchtime concerts on May 30th and 31st of soloists which were runoff from the Music Evening on May 25th which had to be limited to thirteen ensembles because of the enormous response.

The finish off Term 2, a music camp was held at Bacchus Marsh SENIOR CLARINET QUARTET Damian Secen, Danielle Synot, Joanne Siketa, Christy Roth, Mr. L. Trigg at the old Lion Park. Despite some obvious

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FLUTETRIO Mr. P. Hannah, Tracy Roth, Sally Jennings

tween dorms and dining hall, a high standard of music was achieved in each group. On the Thursday evening, the Senior String Ensemble travelled to Warrnambool where it

During this term, several College musicians were invited out to Geelong Grammar to form a symphonic orchestra accompaniment for Russian pianist, Boris Guslitzer.

SENIOR STRING ORCHESTRA Back: Nicholas Synot, Yoko Tokuda, Andrew Jenner, Alison Hatton, Katrina Hosie, Debbie Warren, Roberta Armitage, Jono Spear, Macgregor Haines, Melinda Thomson, Lyn Foo, Mr. B. Edwards Front: Mrs. M. Dwyer, Emma Spowartt (Christian College), William Mills, Peter Wilson, Brett Anderson

achieved a commendable second place against a full symphonic orchestra. Term 3 began much the same way as Term 2 had finished; busy. The first week saw Melbourne Symphony Orchestra's Principal viola player, Lawrence Jacks as Artist in Residence. The string group practised with him all week, both as a group and individually, and the concert on the Friday was magnificent, especially the viola concerto which featured Lawrence Jacks as soloist. Two masterclasses were arranged mainly for the benefit of Year 12 Music A students, but were attended by many others. These masterclasses were organised by the Melbourne Symphonic Players and held at the Victorian College of the Arts and provided students with an insight into what Year 12 Music A examiners look for.

One of the great achievements of third term, was the formation of

from the Concert Band, we were able to achieve a good enough sound to take first place in the Geelong Eisteddfod after only three practices.) In the Victorian Schools' Music Association Competitions held at Camberwell, the Senior Concert Band obtained an 'outstanding' in the 'A' grade section and the Junior Concert Band was the only band to achieve a 'good' in the junior section. In the Geelong Eisteddfod, the Senior Concert Band came first in their section as did the Senior Brass Ensemble, with the Year 9 Brass Ensemble coming second. In the singing section, the Large Vocal Ensemble came first, and the Music B Vocal Ensemble gained an honourable mention. The G.C.S.O. came first in the orchestral section with the Preparatory School Strings second. The Education Fund Concert capped off a successful year for the music department with all senior groups performing as well as the Preparatory School Concert Band and String Orchestra. The concert provided all who attended with an afternoon of excellent music and entertainment.

Finally, I would like to thank all members of the music staff for making the year so successful: Mr Hannah, Mr Edwards, Mr WOODWIND ENSEMBLE Back: Michelle Sowerby, Matthew Dickie, Stewart Venters, Carl Jennings, Trigg, Mrs Todd, Miss Mr. P. Hannah Kennedy and Mrs Front: Mr. L. Trigg, Fleur Dickie, Rachel Shirley, Joanne Siketa Dwyer. Thanks must also go to Mr Stone The Geelong College Symphony who worked so hard in transporting Orchestra (T.G.C.S.O.) (By combinpeople to and from the music ing the Senior String Ensemble with camp. Thanks must especially go to selected Prep. School players and Mr Hood, for putting in such a lot some wind and percussion players 105

of hard work, both at the music camp and back at school. Thanks to the music staff, the music department has enjoyed a very successful year. Nicholas Synot (11)

ARTIST IN RESIDENCE: LAWRENCE JACKS The String Department of The Geelong College has enjoyed a most successful and rewarding Term 2, and in particular the arrival of Lawrence Jacks, visiting Artist in Residence during the first week of Term 3. Lawrence Jacks is the principal

as well students and teachers from various Geelong schools, to whom we are most grateful.

Roberta Armitage (12) A final concert was held on Friday, July 14, and although the programme was short, the works presented were of a high standard. We had greatly improved in our sight reading skills and our sensitivity to the music, especially in the Telemann Concerto, in which Lawrence Jacks performed the solo viola part. In all, the week was most stimulating and all the students gained a great deal from Lawrence Jacks' visit. On behalf of the Music Department of The Geelong College and in

Mr. Lawrence Jacks performing with the Senior String Quartet

viola player with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, and we were most fortunate to welcome him to the school, for a week of rehearsals, master classes and individual tuition, which culminated in a most rewarding final concert. During the week there were four, one and a half hour rehearsals, which were very productive sessions. The orchestra doubled in size as a result of eight Preparatory School students who joined us, and 106

Orchestra, which augers well for a full Orchestra in the near future.

particular the String Department, I would like to extend my sincere thanks to Lawrence Jacks, for the tremendous effort and commitment he displayed; Mrs M Dwyer, for her organisation throughout the week, and all the students and teachers, who were involved with the Orchestra. The resulting performance proved that The Geelong College String Department is steadily increasing in numbers, and in fact will compete in the forthcoming Geelong Eisteddfod as a Symphony

1989 MUSIC CAMP On the 25th of June at 4.00 on a Sunday afternoon, 80 enthusiastic music students arrived at the Allfit Training Camp, in the hills of Bacchus Marsh. First impressions of the camp were not promising with comparison being made to an Army barracks. The distance between dorms and the practice hall was a freezing ten minutes walk. However, determined to make the 1989 Music Camp successful, we braved the arctic conditions and commenced the first of many rehearsals. Two hours later we concluded realising the enormity of the task ahead: Mr Hood's expectations amounting to ten new concert pieces being learnt to performance standard. After two days in our new surroundings we had settled in and were prepared to forego material comforts and combat the task ahead. Rigid practice sessions were lightened by activities in the afternoons. Jujitsu with Mr Hannah was both different but enjoyable as he enlightened us to the benefits of self defence. We also took part in orienteering, confidence course tracks and canoeing. Many people experienced the freezing water of Bacchus Marsh as they fell into the dam, while canoeing, causing great amusement to the onlookers. The amusement was not shared by those who headed back to the dorms cold and wet. Music students could not escape the rigours of school life as they were forced to run the Cross Country over an undulating course at Bac-

chus Marsh. The rehearsals continued, Mr Hood's dubious punctuality; Mr Hannah's somewhat interesting timpani playing and the continual failure of the generator, leaving us in darkness to play, typifying these sessions. The week concluded and exhausted we headed home to prepare for the presentation of the week's work as a concert for families and friends in the Morrison Hall. Thanks must go to the music staff and especially Mr Hood whose time and effort made the camp so worthwhile. The real success of the camp however can be gauged from the tremendous response from our concert that evening, at which one parent stated it would be remembered for a long time to come.

YEAR 9 BRASS ENSEMBLE Back: Warren Parker, Bret Grace, Paul Roth, Mark Elshout, Mr. H. Hood Front: Andrew McKie, Joel Gladman

SENIOR BRASS ENSEMBLE Back James Tucker, John Colless, Greg Lochhead, Brett Vale, Mr. H. Hood Front: Craig Salen, Nicholas Wauchope, Bryce Prosser Absent: Lucia Bongiorno, Mathew Shelley

Rachel Shirley And Mathew Dickie

CONCERT BAND Back: Mark Elshout, Gregory Lochhead, Brett Vale, Marcus Herrick, Andrew Graham, Bret Grace, Warren Parker, David Spear, Rhys Jones, Emma Campbell, Yoko Tokuda, Megan Walter, Melinda Hobbs, Paul Roth, James Tucker, Carl Jennings, Richard Helmer 3rd Row: Ben Coulson, Leon Taylor, Mathew Shelley, Simon Lewis, Michael Drew, Robert Cornes, Jonathon Reichl, Susan Philips, Andrew McKie, Matthew Stevens, Jonathon Bell, Martin Whitehead, Craig Salen, Ben Miller 2nd Row: James Griffiths, Mr. P. Hannah, Stewart Venters, Matthew Magarey, Judy Tymms, Christine Hood, Alyssa Turner, Emma Crick, Deborah Parker, Sophie Collins, Fioran Bourke, Kate Dethridge Front: Joel Gladman, Damon Crowe, Rachel Shirley, Joanne Siketa, Mr. L. Trigg, Danielle Synot, Damian Secen, Christy Roth, Murray Peel, Mr. H. Hood, Michelle Sowerby, Sally Jennings, Tracy Roth, Nicole Armstrong, Rhona MacLean, Alice Sykes, Nicholas Wauchope Absentees: Fleur Dickie, Matthew Dickie, Vincent De Stefano, Adam Harvey, Conrad Pearson, Bryce Prosser, Cameron Grebe, Ross Quail, John Colless, Geoffrey Cooper, Victoria Rippon, Claire Hart, Michelle Visser, Robert Mann

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STAGE BAND Back: John Colless, Greg Lochhead, Richard Helmer, Leon Taylor, Craig Salen, Damon Crowe Front: Mr. B. Edwards, Ryf Quail, Lucia Bongiorno, Susan Philips, Christy Roth, Aaron Wileman Absent: Mathew Shelley, Robert Cornes

LARGE VOCAL ENSEMBLE BACK: James Edwards, Harry Fallaw, Nicholas Wauchope, Penny Bain, Danielle Synot, Claudine Edwards, Caroline O'Donnell I racy Roth ' Front: Anthony Siketa, Damian Secen, Alistair Thomson, Lisa McArthur, Kristy Axelrad, Mrs. H. Todd, Lisa Johns, Melinda 1 nomson, Sally Jennings, Emma Campbell

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VOCAL ENSEMBLE To be a singer on Music Camp was very time consuming. While the rest of the camp was enjoying a leisurely afternoon off each day, there was no rest for the wicked, as we were called upon to sing for an extra two hours daily. Obviously it is impossible to sing, for six hours every day and remain in good voice, so much of our time was spent on other issues related to performance. Our focus was dissimilar to the other groups in that our aim was not for the eventual concert, but rather to overcome boundaries within us. Through lengthy group discussions and relaxation exercises we managed to overcome the fear of performance and become more confident with our own voices and the sounds we were producing. This was a vastly different approach to how we have tackled singing in the rushed school classes, and we had time to experiment with and study blending skills and part security, while also conquering the art of singing out with confidence, yet still remaining balanced with the group. No more than a third of our time was spent on actual singing, however, we still managed to cover an enormous repertoir, ranging from the Mikado to Steal Away (to Jesus). Through this work our sightsinging skills improved no end. Our final performance included only a small selection of the work we attempted. The quality of our singing and the unity of the group was doubtlessly an improvement on what it had been only five days earlier, however, only a small part of what we had gained and overcome during the course of the camp would have been seen by the audience, as our achievements were largely interior, rather than exterior.

Our thanks go to Mrs Todd for all of the little miracles she performed to release us from our little shells and turn us into confident singers in under a week. Lisa Johns (11)

STRINGS AT THE CAMP During our week at the Bacchus Marsh music camp, the senior string ensemble tackled many new and challenging works including pieces we were to play With Lawrence Jacks at the beginning of third term when he was Artist in Residence. Despite freezing temperatures and constantly breaking-down generators, the string group finally found a place to practise and were able to achieve a high standard of music. On Thursday night we attended the Warrnambool Eisteddfod and against a full symphonic orchecstra, the string group achieved a creditable second place. On the Friday there was a concert in Morrison Hall which provided parents and friends with an opportunity to hear the results of a week of hard work, and especially to hear the string group, who up until this year have not attended school music camps. Mrs Dwyer's hard work and dedication have certainly paid off this year, and for all her efforts she deserves many thanks. Thanks must also go to all the music teachers who made this camp such a success, and especially to Mr Hood who put such a lot of effort into organising and running the camp. Nicholas Synot (11)

DRAMA PRODUCTIONS 1989 proved to be another wonderfully exciting year of drama at Geelong College. The high standard, which we have come to expect, continued during the year. As production co-ordinators for 1989, the Year 12 students did a a sterling job. Their first performance, "Babes in the Wood", a madcap pantomime, was held in Morrison Hall during June. Kirsty Bellis turned in an excellent performance as Polly Flinders, receiving very high praise from VCAB theatre arts judging panel, and she must be thanked for her support as assistant director to Bronwyn Egan. Alastair Moody, as the devilish Frightful Fred, amazed the crowed with his hilarious antics. Naomi Johns and Andrea Tatman acted as chorus directos, helping to mould the cast into an efficient performing group. The second major year 12 production was Agatha Christie's thriller "And Then There Were None". Performed at the Blakiston Theatre in August, the production attracted a gret deal of interest and an enthusiastic response. Mr Terry Egan and Mr Fred Elliott must be thanked for creating a beautiful stage set. Fine performances came from Andrea Tatman, Jason Bamford, James Edwards and Lawrence Price. Naomi Johns is to be congratulated for being selected as best female performer in Victoria by the VCAB theatre arts judging panels. Year. Ten students also had a successful year in Drama, which included street theatre exercises and creative dance presentations. A programme of one-act plays was most impressive, as was a radio version of the Julius Caeser send-up "Rinse the Blood off my Toga", which was presented at school

assembly. A mediaeval miracle play "Noah's Deluge" was produced, as was Elizabeth Fry's "The Grey Angel" which provided a strong social commentary and at the same time thoroughly entertained a large audience. The same class devised a special programme for Remembrance Day's morning assembly. Scenes from Dennis' "A Sentimental Bloke" and Facey's "A Fortunate Life", along with dance and music, took the audience through the years of war to the present day. Students at this level also presented two other major productions. Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" saw fine performances turned in by Jane Colls, Tabsie Lowdon, Sheena Doherty and Scott Shirlow. The other production, based on the 1950s, saw Kate Walker, Evette Wenlock, Kim Wheeler, Rory Tonkin, Claire Fisher, Kristie Henderson and Kelly Thomson turn in high standard work. The 1950s theme was similarly evident in the Year 9 workshop presentation of scenes from the musical "Grease". This followed the successful earlier production of "Romeo and Juliet", a feature of which was the sensitive dancing by Lyndell Bade and the singing of the love song by Heather Clark. Top performances were exhibited by Peter McCann as Romeo, Amanda Tsung and Sally Farrow as Juliet, Hamish Whitehead as Paris and Stuart Day as Friar Lawrence. Another group used the same play to harness their responses in enacting and choreographing various aspects, and then presenting a full programme to another "full house"

of parents and friends. The trial scene from "Toad of Toad Hall" was also performed by these students, in assembly, as well as for a special matinee for students from Campbell House, who thoroughly enjoyed such a visit to the Senior School. An older capacity audience later in the year responded well to an evening comprising a Russian short play "The Dear Departing" and a Cinderella send-up "Red Hot Cinders".

Rock *nf Roll Eisteddfod The theme for this year's entry in the eisteddfod was "Desecration of Tombs in Egypt". Caroline Kent once again choreographed a superb dance for the 60 students involved in this year's competition. The aerobics room reverberated regularly to the music of Phil Collins on Friday afternoons, Friday evenings and Sundays, as the students sweated their way through the demanding practice sessions. We won our way through the heats to the grand final at the National Tennis Centre in August, and what an experience that was! Performing in front of 8000 people at the centre was fabulous. And although we did not win overall, our performance was regarded as outstanding. Jason Bamford was chosen as the best male dancer in the final. Special thanks must also go to Fiona Harvey, Kate Walker and Jason Bamford as assistant choreographers; to Tom Hanson, David Haines, Lawrence Price, Aaron Richardson and Sean Dumbrell for their efforts in stage management; and finally to Mr Terry Egan for his outstanding stage set for the eisteddfod, which won the award for the best stage design.

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WORK EXPERIENCE

long, students can benefit enormously from the reality of direct employer contact.

In a major change to our Work Experience Programme, Year 11 students became compulsory participants in 1989, in preparation for VCE Australian Studies. As a result, 50% more places were found in Geelong and surrounding districts, Melbourne, interstate and even one overseas.

This year we have used many employers from previous lists as well as being able to add new businesses. Employer support is much appreciated.

These placements, as in the past, have been put together by the school (56%), by students and by parents. Whilst most students worked in Geelong, one third chose to work elsewhere - primarily Melbourne, followed by country Victoria, and a few interstate.

Most work experience placements have their good moments and their not so exciting ones. Students are generally aware that placements are not constantly fascinating; after all, their major aim of this employment experience is to find out what it is like to be part of the workforce.

Ideally, all students should be able to organise their own placements. In Geelong, however, Work Experience is centrally organised to enable the placement of a large number of students among our employers, and to protect employers from continual student harassment. Registered employers, therefore, must be approached directly by the College. However, where this situation does not exist, or where students are seeking placements outside Gee-

Both students and parents see work experience as making a major contribution in helping students gain confidence - in themselves whilst working among strangers in strange work places, utilising a

complex public transport system, and so on. Comments from students such as"...I realised how truly different the adults' workforce is from students' part-time work", and "...I found work experience to be probably the one most useful thing that I have done all year. It was one of the few things the student must do almost independently" further make this point. And there are other reasons for enjoying placements: "One thing I liked about my placement was the dress code. It consisted of gumboots, jeans and your father's 25 year old moth infested jumper."! Although work experience is somewhat restricted by being available at only one year level and for one placement, students can still gain considerable benefits. The College, and our Work Experience students, are most grateful to employers for their interest and assistance; without them, we would not have a Programme. Mrs. Denise Barling and I look forward to coordinating next year's programme. Mrs. S.D. Fisher

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FRENCH SCENES: Campbell House students enjoyed visits from Senior School French students during the year. Pictured are some of the Year 9 students reading to their junior counterparts.

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EXCURSIONS SKI TRIP 1989 This year's ski trip was attended by a total of 57 senior school students and involved nine additional staff members and families, plus, a weekend visit from Michael (Slim) Whittle and his family. My sincere thanks must be extended to Hoys of Harrietville, who made the trip possible and the staff including Misses Schooneman, Val Meyer and Stephens and Messrs Grant, Simpson, Boyd, Crick, Seeckts and myself. Day one involved departure from the Talbot Street entrance at around 4.00 p.m. There was a mass of cars, parents, skis and students enthusiastically clammering onto two buses bound for Harrietville. The snow report was excellent and the mood was associated with a sense of gratitude for snow which had made its absence most notable in the June holidays. The staff counted and departed with a mixed group of skiers, ages and sexes.

ble of successfully attempting the more difficult runs. The lively group of Year Nine students were readily accepted by the more senior members of the group and this made things look hopeful for an enjoyable week. On each of the days we were accompanied by K J Raymond, the boss's son, and his presence appeared to be both a novelty and a concern for the more experienced ski heads. Needless to say his skiing was better than his culinary delights, although, after one and a half hours travelling to Hotham each day plus six to eight hours attempting to ski, not to mention air time, any nutritional delight was most nourishing, except perhaps for Sally Anne Wood and other unmentionables who would continually bring it up. Day 3 - after a few hours sleep, more videos, many discussions around the fire place with KJ, Eustace, Dynamo, Stevo, Robo, Nevs, Lara, Conno and the boys (and girls) the slopes were attacked on the same day Melbourne was to play Geelong. The weather was magnificent; the snow glorious; the crowds minimal and the skiing could only be described as Australian perfection.

The sixty seven participants were welcomed at the small town of Harrietvile but struggled for one hour to find comfortable living conditions and sound 'hire' skis. The evening was highlighted by the need for sleep and, apart from Mr Grant, who was visiting a doctor regarding a poisoned foot, the party ventured to bed around 12.30 a.m.

Saturday night we really celebrated as Rory recited the ski movie (what was it?) all the way down the mountain and we bought another video to watch on the clapped out TV.

Day two - Friday was overcast and misty and there was the possibility of snow then clearing. This proved to be the pattern of the day. The twenty-two novices took to the mountains with considerable confidence, and by the end of five days on skis everyone seemed to be capa-

Day four - Sunday was rather overcast and this was to be the pattern for the ski days on Monday and Tuesday. There were occasional pieces of drizzle, clear patches of sky, lots of snowfall, plenty of hot coffees and generally a variety of experiences in a changing environ-

ment. The skiing on the fourth, fifth and sixth days became repetitively good and my instructor even decided to make a comment about my lack of ability on the mogles without staring at the nine women whom he would regularly summon to his classes. I noticed many people opted for the KJ approach to classes and could be heard happily wandering around the mountain trying to avoid him. Congratulations must go to Justin Andrews, Nick Farrow, Andrew Mason and Anthony Osbourne for conquering the more difficult runs and still looking good. Also to Sam Stevenson, Sophie Robinson for never attending a lesson. Sarah Andrews would win the best female skier of the week, Cameron Grayson the biggest improver, Mat Wilson the worst Hat and Sally Ann Wood the biggest yodel! Other memorable achievements could often be heard as individuals proudly fell under chairlifts or cautiously meandered along Sun Run. The blessing of the week was the safe return of a rather exhausted number of students, staff and bus drivers. In any situation where an element of risk is undertaken we can only take the necessary precautions and enjoy life to its fullness. Sincere thanks are extended to Hoys of Harrietville, staff and students who made it such an enjoyable week. Mr. D.A. Curnow

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sense and fashion to the wind for our inaugural trek to the Grampians and Mitchell Plateau. Most of the group had a tough time trying to keep up with the frantic pace set by Nick Synot and Andrew Hook, but we arrived at the Plateau nonetheless. Things were off to a good start when the wind was so strong, and the ground so overgrown, that only a couple of the tents would stay up. Cait Hawkins found a cosy place to curl up, but Susan Philips, Stuart McKeon, Andrew Fernbach and I spent the night under the stars (it didn't even rain), with a 360° view, of spectacular fog to greet us in the morning. Cold is one of the biggest drawbacks of bushwalking, particularly in winter. So the campfire was an all-important feature of any campsite we made. Sue and Scott Newman gave their pyromaniacal skills a good workout and invariably protected us from impending frostbite. Despite a universal desire to keep warm, the boundary between brave and barmy was crossed when Sue, Stuart, Nick, Dirk Engeler and even Mr. McLeod went swimming in Lake Tarli Karng. Cait generously stayed back and held the towel. The event challenged any standing records for Shortest Swim. The food we ate was a peculiar assortment of things, and may even have provided a balanced diet had we all eaten each others' provisions. Cait and Sue ate baby food ("it comes in small tins"), while Stuart survived on army rations, which was an education in itself. Kim, Lach and I brought nothing which wasn't dehydrated, but Nick always brought enough tinned food to feed all of us and anyone else we may have met along the way. Andrew chose to live the healthy life, subsisting almost exclusively on capsicums. Of course, proper meal planning was a detail easily overlooked

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when shopping, and at least once, other "essentials" demanded over half the food budget for a four-day trip. As well as being relaxing (the way we do it, anyhow), bushwalking is very educational. Jacob Golding and I learned how to put up a tent when some of the poles are left at home. Also, the art of refrigeration in the bush was discovered. Scott taught us a good deal of astronomy; and Cait, well, she taught us all sorts of things we didn't want to know. Not surprisingly, the group saw quite a range of Victorian scenery. At the Hattah Lakes we canoed the waterways (singing heartily the whole way), admiring the magnificent river red gums when not running aground. The Prom revealed some of its treasures. On a weekend in the Otways, we wandered along the beach for miles, until we happily met Mr. and Mrs. McLeod, waiting with the bus, just as we did after walking the great sand dunes between Nelson and Portland. We even saw Mallee Fowl mounds with accompanying fowl at Wyperfeld. Of course we would never have left home without the interest and goodwill of everyone involved. Apart from learning how much our state has to offer, our greatest lessons were from the good company we discovered. Peter Cooper Hon. Captain of Walking and Sitting in the Bush.

GEOGRAPHY YEAR 11 ALPINE FIELD TRIP On the 14th of April this year, the two Year Eleven Geography classes went on an invaluable field trip to the Mt. Buller/Stirling region. Prior to this three day trip, we had studied the area with particular reference to a number of environmental issues - the impacts of logging, grazing, recreation and other examples of human intervention in the area. These sensitive social and ecological issues had been studied in the framework of the natural environments of the alpine wilderness area - the climate, topography, geology, flora and fauna. This study of Changing Environments formed a major part of our work in Semester I, because we were guinea pigs trialling a new V.C.E. Geography Unit. In fact, this was to be the pattern for the next semester also when we experienced the Work Requirements of the Contrasts in Living Conditions unit. But back to the living conditions on that initial fieldtrip. We all had different ideas about what to expect in the mountains. When we arrived at our accomodation at Merrijig Lodge and saw the ski equipment for hire, it made us realise that we were near the alpine region and that April was the wrong time of year to be there! The schedule for the first day was disrupted when we had to wait in Mansfield for two hours while one of the 22 seater buses was replaced the newer of the two had only just limped into town with a faulty gearbox. Our tasks eventually began at Sheepyard Flat where we had a delayed lunch and were greeted by a C.F.&L. ranger. He introduced us to

the area by explaining his role and describing the changes that had oc-

ence we noticed was that they have their weekends on Thursday and

curred over the past century. The highlight of this first day was the tiring and exhausting climb to the summit of Mt. Timbertop. The breath - taking views of the peaks and valleys; of the Bluff and the grazing lands towards Mansfield, made the effort worthwhile for those who actually reached the peak (one anonymous teacher couldn't make it).

Friday. It was also very noticeable that the school was based on comradeship and interdependence, living together in a relatively remote area and undergoing many outdoor experiences. During the entire three days we were each required to observe and record data and opinions in the question booklet as one of the Work Requirements for the semester. This kept us all on our toes and made us

well known cattleman Mr Graeme Stoney. Graeme's family have been cattle graziers on the high plains at the Bluff for several generations and he is also the uncle of one of this year's College Vice Captains, Andrew Howie. He was thrilled to be asked to join us and to give his 'unbiased' views to correct any imbalances in our opinions concerning the use of the high plains. Graeme gave us a brief run down of how cattle grazing is carried out and he highlighted the plight of families being forced away from their traditional livelihood. He explained about the cattlemen's ride on Parliament and distributed some stickers to us. Even the teachers acknowledged that they had learnt new facts and perspectives from what he had to say. In the cold and early hours of Saturday morning we rose to begin our second day's work. This included a bushwalk to the summit of Mt. Stirling which we reached by lunchtime - tired, hungry and cold as the clouds descended on us. Sheltering on the lee side of rocks we ate our lunch and as the clouds shifted the spectacular views of Buller and Howitt opened up before us. Again it had been worth the walk. On our way back down to King's Saddle we stopped at the GGS hut and Mr Claringbold reminisced about his years in the area. We all gained a greater insight into the challenges faced by those Year 9 students. There were also more observations to be made and recorded as we reached the buses. Despite nearly being run over by logging trucks and having the path blocked by groups of cattle, we continued to the next location, Mt. Buller.

Later that afternoon we were welcomed by the Master in Charge of GGS Timbertop. His talk opened our eyes and fired the imagination of many. The most obvious differ-

more observant than we may have been otherwise. Later on that first evening, we were introduced to our guest speaker, a

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We were able to observe the impact of the ski runs on the slopes of Buller, as well as looking beyond to other mountains. Walking back through the village we observed the skiing infrastructure and tried to evaluate its impact on the environment. The afternoon ended as we got into the buses again and headed to Merrijig Lodge but not before we stopped at the local pub to look at the displays of photos on the walls, and to have a lemon squash thanks to Mr Goldsworthy and Mr Claringbold. That night after dinner we watched a video about a group of students' experiences in the Alps and then some of us turned in for an early night. The following day was our final one and we spent it visiting Howqua, Jamieson and Eildon as we headed home. Driving through vast expanses of forest, many of us began to wonder whether geographers really do have it all mapped out! Many slept on the way, others filled out the evaluation sheet and we did make it safely back to Geelong without another mishap to a bus. Overall, we did appreciate all the effort put into the organisation of this trip by Mr Goldsworthy and Mr Claringbold. It was very successful as both an educational and enjoyable experience. Jason Foley and Marcelle Ganly YEAR 9 WESTERN VICTORIA FIELDTRIP

encouraging co-operation and independence amongst all involved.

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The Legend of WOMANISER "In the Dreamtime there once was a man named Womaniser and each month of the year he searched for a woman from a different tribe to have his child. One year he was particularly lucky and managed to 'score' a woman every month. By the time he had completed his rounds, the first of the bambinos were already born and growing strong.

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The mothers came to realise that they had been used, particularly when they all got together and discussed their plight around the campfire. They decided never to let Womaniser see his children again. When he heard this he was furious and he spent week after week, moon after moon, digging an enormous hole - we can recognise this today as the ocean and its coast. Then Vfomaniser summoned all of these woman and their children to the edge of his hole and then put them in it, trying to make them stay in a straight line. He then turned them into stone for trying to get back at him. Very soon the god Widgi heard of this terrible act and he punished Vfomaniser by turning his body into sand and his cold blood into blue water and put them into the hole. Here Vfomaniser could spend all of the Dreamtime and beyond, trying to get to his woman and their children. n those blue waters we can still see the twelve - known to white people as the Twelve Apostles. In the hearts of our people they will always remain known as Vfomaniserfs Twelve." Aysha Hansen, Shannon The Legend of Water In the dreamtime there were twelve families living in the big hills - known to white people as the Grampian Ranges. They had shelter, plenty of food, wood for fires, stone for tools and weapons and great vantage points to look out over the vast plains on every side. But they didn't have water. Whenever they needed water, they either had to walk many days to find a stream, drain it from rare trees, or collect it in their bark dishes when it rained. Not one of these ways was efficient enough for their constant needs. Therefore, each of the families came together one day around the great tribal campfire. They all agreed that something had to be done and so started to think what they could do about their lack of water. The chief of all the fami122

lies finally brought all the ideas into one and announced his decision - each family should make an offering to the god of water. As quickly as they could arrange it, each family offered the god of water a sacrifice. The god of water was not satisfied with the animals that had been sacrificed, and told them that he wanted a member of each family to be sacrificed into his beloved great water - the ocean. The tribe was so desperate for water that they immediately agreed to these terms. Every family that made up the tribe from the big hills, set off for many days walk towards the ocean. When they eventually arrived there very weary and fearful, the water god was already waiting they could see his face in the moving waters. The eldest from each family volunteered to be the sacrifice, so that no new or young lives would be wasted. Each of these men and women jumped off the cliff into the swirling waters below them, where the god of water was waiting to claim their spirits. After all twelve had been swallowed up, there arose out of the waves twelve mammoth pillars of rock. Full of sorrow, the families trudged back towards their hunting lands in the great hills. To their surprise and joy they found a great waterfall and river now flowed over the land which once was old and dry: the god of water had kept his promise and they would thirst no more. In memory of their sacrificed children, purple daisies were planted along the waters edge to always remind the families of the spirits which had been sacrificed so that many more could live. Appendix: We can still recall this legend thousands of years later when we visit the area. Unfortunately there are only eight pillars of iDck left because the white people have taken over the land of four of the families and have killed so many members of the tribe. White

people have never known the true meaning of the falls - they call them McKenzie for some strange reason but the spreading daisies will always signify the spirits of those who perished so that the water would flow forever. Chris O'Shea, Coles The benefits of conducting an integrated year level fieldtrip on an annual basis, can be gauged by extracts like those above, and by the overall evaluation responses from many students. The teachers who organized this year's trip agreed that it was extremely worthwhile and they were very positive in their praise of the diligence and cooperation shown by the students.

YEAR 12 GOLFING TOUR TO NORTHERN TASMANIA, JUNE 1989

Top: Crossing Bass Strait

Middle: The magnificent 7th green at the Penguin Course, surrounded by water.

Bottom: Another scene at Penguin.

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Top: Students involved in a mock court trial at the Lome Higher Elementary School.

Below: Studying the dairying and agricultural industries in the Colac area. Students inspect the geography of the area from Red Rock, and Mr. Warren Riches takes the group on an inspection of dairies in the district.

PRIZES 1989 SCHOOL HONOURS AND COLOURS * Denotes a re-award

ATHLETICS (Boys) Honours: Greg Lochhead Lawrence Price Haami Williams School Colours: Hamish Dennis Andrew Lambart Jason Nevins Ryf Quail Duncan Ratcliff Aaron Wileman Craig Williamson David Wilson Half Colours: Lachlan Buchanan Stephen Clark Damon Crowe Nick Dokos Dirk Engeler Jason Foley Andrew Harris Duncan Heard Andrew Howie Joshua McEwen Nathan Wileman Tim Wilmot ATHLETICS (Girls) School Colours: Kerri Andrew Michelle Harris Mary Henderson Jacinta Kaaden Lisa Mitchell Kym Peake Samantha Stevenson Kym Wheeler Half Colours: Catherine Dimmick Samantha Haebich Lisa Johns Ann La very Elizabeth Nelson Kate O'Hara Melinda Thomson Karina Wieland

BASKETBALL (Boys) School Colours: David Leary* Nicholas Hall Joshua McEwen Half Colours: Cameron Barnes Matthew Higgs Scott Kilfoyle* Brydon King David Mickelson Trent Neagle Damian Secen Scott Westhorpe Haami Williams BASKETBALL (Girls) Honours: Sharon Waring School Colours: Susan Philips Tracy Roth Half-Colours: Nadina Collins Emma Crick Thane Dumbrell Sally Forster Christy Roth CRICKET School Colours: James Black* Jason McDonald Matthew Rudolph* Travis Wiffen* Half Colours: Simon Howers Jason Foley William Hanson Jock Heard Travis O'Brien Donald Parton Simon Payne CROSS-COUNTRY School Colours: Tabitha Lowdon Ryf Quail

Melinda Thomson Half Colours: Fioran Bourke Paul Richmond Rebecca Taylor DRAMA Honours: Jason Bamford Naomi Johns School Colours: Kirsty Bellis David Haines Tom Hanson Fiona Harvey Aaron Richardson* Andrea Tatman Kate Walker Jenny Whittle Half Colours: Julian Cardinal Jane Colls James Edwards Cindy Lambart Alastair Moody Lawrence Price FOOTBALL Honours: Andrew Howie Andrew Neville Matthew Wilson School Colours: Jason Foley William Hanson Andrew Harris Leigh McCorkell Andrew Neal Andrew Rose Simon Payne Travis Wiffen* Haami Williams Greg Zeegers Half Colours: Justin Andrews Hayden Butler Daniel Coleman* 125

Peter Hart Marcus Lawrence David Wilmot TimWilmot Richard Wood* GENERAL School Colours: Damon Atkins (Careers Computing) Tim Barr (Surfing) Kirsty Bellis (Rowing) Paul Fowler (Badminton) William Frost (Surfing) Andrew Harris (Surfing) Jock Heard (Football Runner) Tim Jarman (Badminton) Catherine Ley (Athletics/Softball) Kym Peake (Debating) Aaron Richardson (Debating) Christy Roth (Debating) Rachel Shirley (Debating) Nicholas Wauchope (Cricket) Damien Wilson (Surfing) Half Colours: Lucia Bongiorno (Debating) Karly Day (Surfing) Timothy Drew (Rowing) Joel Glover (Surfing) Darren Hughes (Rowing) Simon Jarman (Badminton) Robert Lang (Cricket) Carlo Lowdon (Surfing) Tabitha Lowdon (Surfing) Matthew Sykes (Rowing) Brett T. Walker (Surfing) James Wilson (Cricket) HOCKEY (Boys) Honours: Lachlan Buchanan Kim Connelly Paul Schram* Alexander Weddell School Colours: Brett Anderson Richard Cotton Matthew Dickie Adrian Howard Ian Jackman Matthew McKinnon Conrad Pearson Andrew Warmbrunn Half Colours: Nicholas Murphy 126

Davin Smith Alastair Thomson HOCKEY (Girls) Honours: Sybilla Boyd Georgina Jones Andrea Rae School Colours: Michelle Harris Kirsten McKaige Samantha Stevenson Half Colours: Claudia Campbell Heather Gibbs Stefanie Givoye Cait Hawkins Jacinta Kaaden Shelley Lanyon Emma Matlock Kate Messenger MUSIC School Colours: Sally Jennings Tracy Roth Damian Secen Debbie Warren Nicholas Wauchope Half Colours: Lisa Johns Christy Roth Yoko Tokuda NETBALL Honours: Narelle Darker Kate Sears* Anissa Yttrup* School Colours: Kerri Andrew Kellie Barnet Debbie Bradshaw Catherine Dimmick Samantha Haebich* Jane Hosking Sally Jennings* Lisa Johns* Naomi Johns* Cindy Lambart Jodi Madden Kym Peake Julie Rankin* Anna Tonkin*

ROWING Honours: Glen Blarney Paul Curtis Marcus Greville Samantha Haebich Andrew Howie Julia Kent-Hughes Nicholas Kleiss Nicholas McCann Sarah McCann Saxon Nicholls Kate Sears Scott Selle Samantha Stevenson Matthew Wilson School Colours: Claudia Campbell Damon Crowe Christian Cuthbert Jocey Davidson Thane Dumbrell Anthony Hudson Megan Jackman Peter Lawson James McConnell Matthew McKinnon Kate Messenger Benjamin Mitchell Duncan Ratclif f Leon Taylor Half Colours: Duncan Ashby Paul Colless Matthew Magarey Jason Nevins Conrad Pearson Steven Richardson Christopher Sharkey Aaron Wileman Christopher Wills

SOFTBALL Honours: Anissa Yttrup* School Colours: Narelle Darker Kirsten McKaige Andrea Rae Anna Tonkin Half Colours: Penelope Bain Kellie Barnet Deborah Bradshaw

Kathryn Hearn Lisa Johns Naomi Johns Jacinta Kaaden Julie Rankin SWIMMING School Colours: Lisa Gacioch Half Colours: Barbara Cronin Kathryn Hearn Julia Kent-Hughes TENNIS School Colours: Sybilla Boyd* Matthew Considine Nicholas Gill Simon Jarman Sally Jennings Anthony Leigh Ashley Lochhead Andrew Neville Andrew Rose Rebecca Taylor James Tucker Sharon Waring* Timothy Wilmot David Wilson Peter Wilson Half Colours: Kerrie Andrew Melissa Bell James Bett Catherine Coulson Paul Fowler Georgina Jones Elizabeth A. Nelson Elizabeth M. Nelson Alexander Weddell David Wilmot UMPIRING School Colours: Ben Bates Michael Jones David Mayfield Cameron Price

ACADEMIC Year 12 Merit Award Prizes KIM CONNELLY: Biology, Chemis try, English, Mathematics A SUI LYN FOO: Biology, Chemistry, English, Mathematics A STEPHEN DAVIS: Art, Chemistry, English, Mathematics A TERRY GRIFFITHS: Change & Ap proximations - Extensions, Chemis try, English, Mathematics A, PhySics SAMANTHA HAEBICH: Biology, English, Graphic Communication, Mathematics A JEREMY HAMILTON: Australian History, Economics, Geography, Politics IAN JACKMAN: Change & Ap proximations - Extensions, Chem istry, English, Mathematics A, Physics JULIA KENT-HUGHES: Biology, Economics, English, Mathematics A ROBERT MANN: Change & Ap proximations - Extensions, Chemis try, Latin, Mathematics A, Physics ANDREA TATMAN: Biology, Drama, Economics, English, Envi ronmental Science DEBORAH WARREN: English, Eco nomics, Music A, Music B TIMOTHY WILMOT: Australian History, Economics, English, Politics

PRIZES Dux of the College, 1989, (donated by the President of the Old Geelong Collegians' Association, 1989, Mr T.W. Sproat): KIM CONNELLY Proxime Accessit Prize, for the Year 12 student who finished second to the Dux of the College; TERRY GRIFFITHS

The Principal's Prize, for the Captain of the School: KATE SEARS The T.W. Davies Prize for the ViceCaptains of the School: JANE BRUSHFIELD ANDREW HOWIE The Hobday Prize for a student in Year 12, who has won no other prize, in recognition of overall service to the College community: MATTHEW WILSON The Dr. Gus Kearney Memorial Prize for all-round ability and service to the college: JOCK HEARD The Alexander Coto and John Coto Memorial Prize for students not otherwise named on the Prize List who have worked consistently: KELLIE BARNET NICHOLAS HALL The Fen and Roy Pillow Bursary, incorporating the A.K.H. Thompson Bursary for a Year 11 student returning next year who is of sound academic merit and a member of a First Team: KYMPEAKE The James and Dolina Arbuckle Memorial Prize for a student who has given outstanding service to the College in work, sport and leadership: MICHELLE HARRIS The Hermitage Old Girls' Association Prize for the student, other than the Captain or Vice-Captain of the College, who has distinguished him/herself in work, sport, leadership and general service to the College: SALLY JENNINGS The James Fraser Sutherland Memorial Prize BEN COULSON 127

The Dr. A.J. Campbell Perpetual Trophy Prize for all-round sporting contribution to the College: ANDREW HOWIE SAMANTHA STEVENSON The Accounting Prize: JASON OAKLEY The Art Prize: MELISSA BELL LISA MEYER The Biology Prize: KIM CONNELLY The Chemistry Prize: TERRY GRIFFITHS The Classics Prize: ROBERT MANN The Computer Science Prize: DAMON ATKINS The Drama Prize: KIRSTY BELLIS

The Literature Prize: MICHELLE HARRIS

YEAR 11 PRIZEWINNERS

The A.T. Andrews Memorial Prize for Mathematics and Science in Year 12: WILLIAM BELCHER The Brian Lester Prize for Mathematics for the top Year 12 Mathematics Student: IANJACKMAN The B.R. Keith Modern Language Prize: ROBERTA ARMITAGE JANE BRUSHFIELD The Music Prize: TRACY ROTH NICHOLAS W AUCHOPE The Norman Atkins Choir Prize: PENELOPE BAIN

Memorial

The Alec G. Stewart Prize for Economics:

The E.R. Scott Prize for best instrumentalist: SALLY JENNINGS DEBORAH WARREN

JAMIE BLACK ANTHONY NEWSON

The Physical Education Prize: JOSHUA McEWEN

The Physics Prize: IANJACKMAN

Lin Da Chong Claudine Edwards Heather Gibbs Cindy Lambart Ben Mitchell Elizabeth Nelson Saxon Nicholls Kym Peake

SPORTING PRIZE LIST The Nigel Boyes Trophy for Field Games ANDREW HOWIE The A.J. Paterson Trophy for Hurdles DAMON CROWE The J.C. Cunningham Trophy for Shot Put: DAVID WILSON Girls' Senior Swimming Champion: JULIA KENT-HUGHES Boys' Open Swimming Champion: BENJAMIN MITCHELL

The C.A. Bickford Prize for the top Year 12 English student (donated by the Senior School Parents' and Friends' Association): JANE BRUSHFIELD SUILYN FOO

The Politics Prize: JEREMY HAMILTON TIMOTHY WILMOT

Girls' Open Athletics Champion: ELIZABETH NELSON

The Harry Hooper Environmental Science Prize: ANDREA TATMAN

The Stanley Calvert Prize for Debating and Public Speaking: DAMIAN SECEN

The J.H. Campbell Trophy for the Boys' U.17 Athletics Champion: HAAMI WILLIAMS

The Geography Prize: JOCK HEARD The Graphic Communication Prize: ASHLEY LOCHHEAD The History Prize: TIMOTHY WILMOT

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Girls' U.17 Athletics Champion: KYM PEAKE

The Geelong College Cup for Boys' Open Athletics Champion: ANDREW HOWIE Boys' Open Doubles Tennis Champions: NICHOLAS GILL, PETER WILSON Girls' Open Doubles Tennis Champions: SARAH GILL, RHONA MacLEAN

Girls' Open Singles Champion: SARAH GILL

MERIT AWARDS

The T.S. Hawkes Memorial Trophy for the Boys' Open Singles Tennis Champion: PETER WILSON

YEAR 9

The T.K. Maltby Trophy for best cricketer of the year: MATTHEW RUDOLPH The W.H. Hill Trophy for best allround cricket performance: TRAVIS WIFFEN

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SARAH ANDREWS Drama LYNDELL BADE Biblical Narrative, English, History, Science MATTHEW BATES English STUART BLYTON Science FIORAN BOURKE Biblical Narrative, Physical Education, History, Mathematics MATTHEW BRIDGES Biblical Narrative, English MICHAEL BRIGGS Science CAMERON BURGESS Latin MICHELLE CLARK Mathematics CHRISTINE COLLESS English SOPHIE COLLINS Drama STUART COSGRIFF History, Mathematics PAUL CROWE Mathematics SCOTT DENNIS Science KATHERINE DETHRIDGE Painting MARY DOKOS French, History TARAEASON English, History, Painting, Mathematics MATTHEW ELDER Mathematics MARKELSHOUT Music ANDREW FERNBACH Science, English, French, Latin, History SOPHIE FISHER Science SHEM FITZGERALD Science SARAH GILL Textiles

JOELGLADMAN French, Music JAMES GRIFFITHS History, Biblical Narrative, Science, English, Mathematics ELIZABETH HAINES Science KATE HALL English, Mathematics, Drama FIONA HALSE Painting, Drama FLETCHER HAMILTON Mathematics CLAIRE HANSON French, Drama MARCUS HERRICK Science MELINDA HOBBS Mathematics, Music CHRISTINE HOOD Painting MATTHEW HOOK Geography KATRINAHOSIE Music SALLY HUTCHINS Geography MARLEY HUXLEY Science, Drama LUCY IDLE Science, Painting LIAMJERINIC Mathematics SHELLEY JOHNSTON Physical Education, Painting SHANELLE JONES French NICHOLAS KAYE Biblical Narrative JODIE KOCH French, Graphic Communication, English AMY LAKER Science, Textiles, Geography ANDREW LAMB ART Mathematics, French, Biblical Narrative, English, Physical Education, History, Science, Geography MELANIE LO Ceramics CARLO LOWDON Mathematics SIMON LYNCH Mathematics

ROBERT MENZIES Mathematics, Physical Education, Science NAOMI MITCHELL Graphic Communication, History, Science, English ASHLEIGH MORELL Painting PETER McCANN Drama, Physical Education, Mathematics DANILAMcINTOSH Drama, Physical Education ANDREW McKIE Woodwork, Music, Mathematics JAMES NELSON French, English, Physical Education, History OLIVIA NICHOLLS Science, Mathematics, Biblical Narrative, English, French, Drama SHANNON O'BRIEN Ceramics, History JENNIFER O'DONNELL Drama, French, Biblical Narrative, Mathematics ANGELA O'HARA Biblical Narrative, Drama, History, Geography EMMAPEARDON Mathematics MILAN PERKINS Drama LUKE PERRY English, Latin, History WESLEY PHILLIPS Woodwork CAIN SARAH Physical Education MALCOLM SHARKEY Science, Physical Education, History JONATHAN SPEAR Biblical Narrative ROBERT SPINKS Mathematics CAITLIN SPRAGG Painting, Physical Education ANNASPURLING Mathematics, English, Drama AARON STOKES Physical Education CAMERON SUTHERLAND Mathematics

TOBY SUTTON Woodwork RACHAEL SWDMTON Ceramics, Physical Education ALYSSA TURNER Biblical Narrative, Graphic Communication, Physical Education, History, Science, English TAMAS WELLS French,Biblical Narrative, Science, History HAMISH WHITEHEAD English, History, Science MARTIN WHITEHEAD Mathematics, Science KARINAWIELAND Physical Education NATHAN WILEMAN Physical Education MARK WISE Physical Education STEPHEN WOOD Graphic Communication, History, Science CARLAYEE English, History SAMANTHAYORKE Mathematics

YEAR 10 KIRSTEN ABBOTT French, Latin BRETT ANDERSON Religious Education, Ceramics, History, Latin, Science, Mathematics NICOLE ARMSTRONG Mathematics DUNCAN ASHBY English ANDREW BILLING Commerce, Woodwork STEPHEN BLACK Painting NICOLE BROWN Literature KEITH CALVERT Religious Education, Painting EMMA CAMPBELL Religious Education, English JULIAN CARDINAL English

ELIZABETH CARTER Graphic Communication, History, Science JANE COLLS Drama, Painting PAUL CUTTLER Commerce, Physical Education, Mathematics JACKI DAVIS English ANDREW DAY Woodwork, Painting HAMISH DENNIS Science PETER DETHRIDGE English, History, Science LEANNE DEWAARD French, English, Drama, Physical Education, Science FLEUR DICKIE French, English, Music, Science SHEENA DOUGHERTY Religious Education MICHAEL DREW Graphic Communication, Commerce JAMES EDWARDS Physical Education BRENT ENTICOTT Physical Education HARRY FALLAW Science CLAIRE FISHER Religious Education STEWART FRENCH Mathematics CAMERON GREBE Religious Education, Painting SIMON HAEBICH Graphic Communication MACGREGOR HAINES English, French, Music, History KATE HANLEY Physical Education, History, Science CATHERINE HARRIS Religious Education, Mathematics ALISON HATTON Music HUGHHEARN Woodwork MARY HENDERSON French, English, History, Latin, Science

WARREN HENDERSON Science, Geography, History ELIZABETH HUNTER Religious Education SIMON JARM AN Commerce, Physical Education DAVID JEFFREY Religious Education CARL JENNINGS Physical Education ROHAN JOHNSTON Extension English, Mathematics CAITLIN JOLLY English, Commerce, Science GREGORY LOCHHEAD Commerce, Physical Education, Science TABITHALOWDON Drama, Literature, Mathematics, Commerce, English, Science MATTHEW MAGAREY Mathematics, Painting, Science GREGORY MILLS Mathematics GWYN MOORE English, History, Science ANNALISE MOSER English ASHLEY McHARRY Mathematics TRENT NEAGLE Physical Education, Latin, Science, Mathematics JASON NEVINS Commerce, Physical Education TIMOTHY NEWSON Physical Education TRAVIS O'BRIEN Physical Education Science MARK O'CALLAGHAN Commerce MEGAN PASCOE English, Geography CONRAD PEARSON Science KAREN PERKINS Mathematics CATE POLHEMUS English AARON RICHARDSON Drama, Science, Geography, History STEVEN RICHARDSON Science 132

ALANRUSHWORTH Religious Education, Commerce, History DANIEL SALTER Physical Education MARK SEARS Physical Education BRADLEY SELLER Mathematics, Geography DANIEL SMEDLEY French, Commerce, Latin, Mathematics, Science AARON SMITH Woodwork KATHERINE STINCHCOMBE Religious Education, Geography KATIE STOKES French, Commerce CONNIE TEE Textiles, Ceramics AL ASTAIR THOMSON Physical Education YOKO TOKUDA Music, Mathematics ZACHARY TOYNE Physical Education DALE URQUHART Woodwork, Geography STEWART VENTERS Science MICHELLE VISSER Commerce KARLWADDELL Mathematics KATE WALKER Drama LAUCHLANWARD Physical Education EVETTE WENLOCK English, Mathematics KIMBERLEY WHEELER Mathematics, Science ALASTAIR WILLS Painting CHRISTOPHER WILLS Ceramics ALISON WILSON Graphic Communication PETER WILSON Physical Education SALLY WOOD Religious Education LISA WOOD Religious Education

YEAR 11 KERRI ANDREW English, Physical Education, Biology CLYDE ATKINS Economics, Accounting SCOTT BOAL Economics, Chemistry MORGAN BRIDGEFORD Painting SARAH BUSKENS Economics HAYDEN BUTLER Physics, Economics, English, Physical Education, Mathematics B, Mathematics A SCOTT CANT Ceramics LINDACHONG Economics, Accounting, English, Mathematics B, Mathematics A STEPHEN CLARK French JOHN COBURN Biology MATTHEW CONSIDINE Economics, Literature, English, History, Australian Studies EMMA CRICK Accounting BARBARA CRONIN Economics, Physical Education DAMON CROWE Chemistry, Physics MATTHEW DICKIE Physical Education CATHERINE DIMMICK Mathematics C NICHOLAS DOKOS Physical Education THANE DUMBRELL English FELICITY EDGE English, French, Australian Studies CLAUDINE EDWARDS Biology, Ceramics JENNIFER EG AN Mathematics D DIRKENGELER Physical Education, Mathematics C, Biology BRENDAN ERWIN Woodwork

JASON FOLEY Physical Education, Geography FRANCES FONG Economics, Accounting, Mathematics A EMMA FORD Australian Studies PAUL FOWLER History, English TODDGALLACHER Economics, Mathematics B, Mathematics A, Australian Studies, Chemistry MARCELLE GANLY Graphic Communication HEATHER GIBBS Chemistry, Physics, English, Mathematics B, Mathematics A CAROLINE GILLESPIE English HELEN GRAHAM History, Mathematics A, Biology, Australian Studies AMANDA GRANT Graphic Communication, Painting DAVID HAINES Drama, Physical Education FIONA HARVEY Drama SIMON HAWKINS Woodwork, Australian Studies RICHARD HELMER Chemistry ADRIAN HOWARD Biology, Geography TIMOTHY J ARM AN Graphic Communication, Physical Education, Australian Studies LISA JOHNS Music JACINTAKAADEN French, Australian Studies NICHOLAS KENNETT Graphic Communication BRYDON KING English, Biology, Geography CHARLES KING Physics CINDY LAMBART Chemistry, English, History, Mathematics A, French SHELLEY LANYON Textiles PETER LAWSON Chemistry, Geography

CORRINE LEE Mathematics C ANDREW MASON Geography ANTHEA MILLER Human Movement BENJAMIN MITCHELL Chemistry, Physics, English, French, Mathematics B, Australian Studies, Mathematics A JACQUELINE MORPHY Mathematics C LISA McARTHUR Drama JASON MCDONALD Physical Education ELIZABETH NELSON English, History, Mathematics A, French, Painting SAXON NICHOLLS Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics B, Mathematics A CAROLINE O'DONNELL English, Economics KYMPEAKE English, Literature, Physical Education, History, Philosophy, Mathematics D SOPHIE PICCOLI Painting CRAIG RAWLINGS Mathematics D NICOLE REID Mathematics A CHRISTY ROTH Music MATHEW SHELLEY Music, Mathematics C, Physics RACHEL SHIRLEY Economics, Environmental Science SIMON SMITH Mathematics D NICHOLAS SYNOT Music, Latin, Mathematics A CARA TREDGETT Environmental Science, Australian Studies MICHELLE TURRILL English, Mathematics A, Australian Studies BRETT A. WALKER Australian Studies ANNE WALTER Physics

AARON WILEMAN Economics, Accounting, Physical Education, Mathematics A HAAMI WILLIAMS Physical Education CRAIG WILLIAMSON Biology

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HART, Mark A. HATTON, Alison J. HEARD, Dan B. HEARN,HughJ HENDERSON, Kristie E HENDERSON, Mary E. HENDERSON, Warren R. HOLMES, Monique HOSKING, Elizabeth F. HUDSON, Andrew D. HUNTER, Elizabeth A. JARMAN, Simon A. JEFFREY, David T JENNINGS, Carl W. JOHNSTON, Rohan C. JOLLY, Caitlin N. KELLETT, Mark LANGBEIN, Amy L. LA VERY, Ann E. LEIGH, Paul J. LENNOX, David A LEWIS, Scott M. LOCHHEAD, Gregory A. LOWDON,TabithaJ. MAGAREY, Matthew J. MATLOCK, Amelia T MILLS, Gregory R MITCHELL, Kurt P. MOORE, Gwyn MOSER, Annalise F. MURPHY, Nicholas P. McCALLUM, Simon F. M C C R A C K E N , Simon D.

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OBITUARY: J. H. CAMPBELL

A long association with the school was brought to a close on 13th March 1989 when John Hollis Campbell died in his ninety-fourth year. "J. H." was enrolled in 1904 and during his schooldays he was dux of several forms. Eventually he achieved the distinction in 1912, his final year, of being Dux of Geelong College as well as winning the Geelong College Cup for athletics. He became a member of staff in 1927, was Master-in-charge of the Preparatory School (1928-36) and later House Master of Warrinn (1939-60). A full account of his many contributions to the life of the College as a member of staff was published in "Pegasus" of December 1963, on his retirement. For almost thirty years, J.H. continued to display an active interest in College life after his retirement. He maintained his close connection with rowing and was a patron of the Albert Bell Club. His talent and passion for music enabled him to be tutor in the flute to many students at the Preparatory School. He maintained a close connection with the Old Collegians' Association being a regular and honoured guest at most of its functions and was elected a Fellow of the Association. The long, intimate association of J.H. with Geelong College is unique and he is assured of a lasting niche in its history.