Co-ordinator: Helen Beasley
Text: Sophie Church
Design: Claire Robson
FROM THE PRINCIPAL 4 Rebecca Cody
FROM THE CHAIR 8 Penny McBain
OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS 12 Lilli Cowan
MORE THAN A PERFECT SCORE 18 Mody Yim
IT'S ALL IN THE FAMILY 24 Sebastian and Holly Durran
A TRUE GENTLEMAN 28 Max Schultz
A GGS JOURNEY 34 Marlley, Tahlia and Cassie EVERY NEW DAY IS A BONUS 40 Tony Poolman
Amidst the ongoing impact of COVID-19 and its associated turbulence, our School community’s unwavering willingness to care, cooperate, and so generously support each other was an overwhelming highlight. It is my privilege to thank you for your kindness and belief in future generations of Geelong Grammar School (GGS) students. The leadership and philanthropy of the Geelong Grammar Foundation and its members enables our learners to feel a genuine sense of belonging and a confidence to open their hearts and minds to the myriad of opportunities available at GGS. Thank you for your generous and enduring support of our School.
Our annual Impact of Giving report is a powerful reminder of the positive difference we can all make to be an uplifting example to others. Against the backdrop of a relentless pandemic, the characteristics of a caring and resilient community are self-evident in the following pages and stories, which are defined by a profound desire to help others. The compassionate and encouraging role of community is a compelling thread that brings to life Luke’s Gospel: “For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required.”
Community is at the heart of our Annual Giving Scholarships. Funded by the many donors who have contributed to the Foundation’s fundraising campaign, donations large and small have supported the education of numerous students; twins Sebastian (Seb) and Holly Durran, who finish Year 12 at the end of 2022, are a fine example of this. Similarly, community is integral to the Hermitage Scholarship that gifted Lilli Cowan (He’21) a life-changing opportunity to join GGS from Darwin. Now at Monash, Lilli is studying for a dual Bachelor of Laws with Honours and Bachelor of Global Studies, determined to shape a better world for her community.
Community came in different shapes and sizes for Mody Yim (FB’21), who was our 2021 dux with a perfect IB score of 45 (equating to an ATAR of 99.95). Mody came to Australia from Hong Kong in Year 8. Thanks to a scholarship sponsored by
the Lee Hysan Foundation, a family foundation that has supported seven students to receive a GGS education since 2013, Mody was immediately welcomed into our own Hong Kong community, especially by the incomparable Roland Wu (P’93). When the pandemic struck, Mody was sustained by the beautiful care of his Australian guardian, Susie Officer (Potter, Je’83), and her family. Mody spent two years living with the Officer family and “learned how to become a better person because of them”.
The ability of our community to improve the lives of others resonates too through the kindness of Tony Poolman (FB’60) and Max Schultz (FB’50), whose selfless generosity is making a positive difference. Their legacy exists in the belief that an exceptional education is an aspiration to be lovingly shared; ultimately, such a legacy lives on through future generations of GGS students.
It was thrilling and humbling to announce that we exceeded our target of $1 million for our GGS Giving Day in June 2021, raising $1.3 million from 671 donors. Thanks to the generosity of our matched donors, gifts on the day were doubled until we reached our target, boosting fundraising efforts for our Australian Rural and Regional Scholarship (ARRS), as well as other scholarships and appeals. Our first ARRS recipient started at Timbertop in 2021.
We are so fortunate that our students today are supported in their access to exceptional learning opportunities through the ongoing generosity of our community. Currently, almost 25 percent of students at our School receive some form of financial assistance. Scholarships are vital to the ongoing diversity of Geelong Grammar School. The provision of life-changing opportunities for so many young people who otherwise could not afford a GGS education, especially those from remote, rural, regional and Indigenous communities, is a blessing that would not be possible without the Foundation’s support, led by Penny McBain’s ambition for the School and our young people.
Our bequest society exemplifies our community’s philanthropic leadership – leadership that strengthens and sustains our provision of Exceptional Education. We are buoyed that the Biddlecombe Society grew to 223 members in 2021. I am thankful for all those who have provided a Bequest in their Will to the Foundation, thereby benefiting the future of our School.
The function and spirit of the Geelong Grammar Foundation and its members continues to serve our community well. Throughout the often tempestuous times of 2021, we were calmed and energised by the Foundation’s generosity and expertise in supporting our students and the future of our School.
Yours warmly and gratefully, Rebecca Cody Principal
We are so fortunate that our students today are supported in their access to exceptional learning opportunities through the ongoing generosity of our community.
Thank you for your wonderfully generous contributions to the work of the Foundation in 2021. It was another challenging year for many, as we began our emergence from a long COVID winter, and we are incredibly grateful for the ongoing support of our community. The net value of the Foundation’s corpus as at December 31 had grown to almost $71 million (from just under $62 million at end of the previous year), comprising almost $31 million in the Endowment Trust, and just under $40 million in the Scholarship Fund. Donations received totalled $2.3 million (up from $1.4 million in 2020), inclusive of $895,000 in bequests, with donations to the Scholarship Fund, Endowment Trust, and small amounts to both the Building Fund and Library Fund.
A highlight of 2021 was the extraordinary success of our second Giving Day, which raised an astonishing $1,305,570 from 671 donors. My sincere thanks go to all those involved in supporting Giving Day in 2021, including the Board Members who contributed to the Giving Day Working Group, and the 19 call centre volunteers from across our School community. I believe that this excellent philanthropic result reflects the emphasis on stewardship by the Advancement team during the pandemic, when very few events were able to be held and very little active fundraising was possible, and the active involvement of the many volunteers.
Over 90% of donations received in 2021 were directed towards the Scholarship Fund, and I wish to record yet again my grateful thanks to all those members of our community who, by their extraordinary generosity, have enabled truly life-changing opportunities for so many of our young people. There are currently 39 named donor-funded Scholarships supported through the Foundation. A total of 26 scholarship sub funds received donations in 2021, with substantial contributions to the Australian Rural and Regional Scholarship, Jonathan K Breadmore Scholarship, Richard ‘Dick’ Crummer Scholarship, Boz Parsons Scholarship, Jeff Peck and Silver Harris Scholarship, Handbury Family Scholarship,
I wish to record yet again my grateful thanks to all those members of our community who, by their extraordinary generosity, have enabled truly life-changing opportunities for so many young people.
Gordon Moffatt Scholarship, Moffatt Family Scholarship, Anthony Poolman Scholarship, Pope Family Scholarship for Indigenous Students, Maxwell Herbert Charles Schultz Scholarship and Warrambat Indigenous Scholarship.
In 2021, the Foundation made distributions to the School of $1.5 million, including $1.1 million for Scholarships and Prizes, supporting 36 Scholarships and/or Bursaries, and also contributing funds to assist nine students on Academic or Indigenous Scholarships, and a further 54 students on J. R. Darling Memorial Scholarships. Other benefactions to the School included funding to support the Creative Education programme and Staff Study Awards, including the Frank Callaway Endowment. The Board also approved funding for the employment of a Sustainability Manager for two years, commencing in 2022.
The Biddlecombe Society is for those who have indicated that they have made provision for the School in their Will or intend to do so. The Society continues to go from strength to strength, with 14 new bequests notified in 2021 and membership growing to 223 people. Four bequests totalling $895,000 were received in 2021, accounting for almost one-third of donations received, underlying the importance of a vigorous bequest programme. As I have done on previous occasions, I commend Garry Pierson for his tireless commitment to the flourishing of the Biddlecombe Society.
Foundation membership stood at 982 at the end of 2021, including 21 Eminent Members, with the richly deserved elevation of Bill Ranken (M’72) to this highest category of membership in recognition of his many contributions to the School, among them being Chair of the Foundation for nine years, overseeing the Exceptional Futures Campaign which raised over $30 million, chairing the Allocations and Investments Committee and, with his wife Katharine, establishing the Ranken Family Scholarship.
I wish to thank the Directors of the Foundation Board, the two Deputy Chairs Will Jones and Mary Morton, the Committee Chairs – Justin Arter, Chair of the Allocations and Investments Committee, Charlie Sutherland (P’86), Chair of the Biddlecombe Society Committee, and Charles Henry (FB’67), Chair of the Major Gifts and Scholarships Committee – and all Committee Members for their generous and important contributions to the work of the Foundation. The Board elected two new Directors – Vanessa Mahon and Michael Stapleton (P’91). Each brings valuable expertise, and we are delighted to welcome them to the Board.
Significant progress has been made on separating the Scholarship and Endowment Trust Funds, both in respect of Investment Strategy, and into clearly distinct Scholarship and Non-Scholarship pools. The Board and the individual Committees also approved the adoption of Charters for the Allocations and Investments Committee, the Biddlecombe Society Committee, and the Nominations Committee. I am very grateful to the members of these Committees, our Director of Corporate Services, Bronwen Charleson, and our legal advisors for their patient and practical support and assistance.
I would like to record my gratitude to Elissa Gale, Head of Advancement, Brendan McAloon, Director of Community Engagement, and the Advancement team for their outstanding efforts and achievements during 2021. The appointment of Elissa as Head of Advancement in August was another highlight of 2021. Elissa comes from a strong background in philanthropy, most recently at Melbourne University, and brings a wide range of skills, as well as a truly authentic character, to this most important position.
I am indebted to the Principal, Rebecca Cody, the Chair of Council, Paddy Handbury (M’72) and members of the School Council, particularly our Company Secretary and Director of Corporate Services, Bronwen Charleson, Director of Finance and Operations, Fiona Holmes, Management
Four bequests totalling $895,ooo were received in 2021, accounting for almost one-third of donations received, underlying the importance of a vigourous bequest programme.
Accountant, Andrew King, Relationship Coordinator, Helen Beasley, and Josephine Tito, Assistant to the Head of Advancement, for their invaluable and unfailing support during the year.
Finally, I wish to acknowledge the warm-hearted, generous, and kind support of all Members of the Foundation, who through their philanthropy underpin the activities of the Foundation and enable our School to flourish. Without you, there would be no Foundation. With you, we can achieve so much. Thank you.
Penny McBain Chair, Geelong Grammar Foundation
Lilli Cowan
‘The Timbertop year really built my confidence. At the time you think it’s hard, but it puts everything into perspective; after that, you look back and think, why am I making a big deal out of this? It is not a big deal. Look what I have achieved before.’
Lilly with her sister Mae (Yr11 He) and father Andy at Timbertop in 2020.
Lilli Cowan (He’21) was visiting her grandparents in Benalla from her home in Darwin in early 2017 when they went on a day hike up Mount Timbertop. Lilli had already heard about the Timbertop campus in the mountain’s foothills from an older friend, Emma Rogers (EM’14), who was accepted to GGS on a Yalari scholarship. ‘I can remember her coming back every holiday and she would tell us the most amazing stories’, recalled Lilli. The day hike reinvigorated Lilli’s interest, and after doing some research on her grandparents’ computer, ‘I just put the idea out there for Mum and Dad. They were 100 per cent supportive of me going to GGS but they said I would have to get a scholarship to go. So I put my mind to it.’
Lilli’s parents, Michelle and Andy, were both teachers, and they could see that schooling in the Northern Territory would be limiting for Lilli. ‘She was a child who needed something more’, explained Michelle. ‘We didn’t drive her interest in GGS. She is always open to new opportunities and takes things into her own hands to learn more.’ This sense of possibility carried through to the first day of Timbertop. ‘I was on cloud nine! It was the most incredible opportunity we had ever
had’, recalled Michelle. ‘Looking back, I didn’t give much thought to the fact that I was completely moving away’, said Lilli. ‘I didn’t have that feeling of separation from Mum and Dad because I knew they wanted me to be there. I didn’t really struggle with homesickness. My mindset throughout the year was not to waste my time worrying about what I couldn’t control.’
Fast forward 12 months, and Lilli completed the Timbertop year as the recipient of both the John Furneaux Mann Memorial Prize for excellence, endeavour and determination in the Timbertop programme, and the Harriet Nixon Prize. ‘I remember picking her up at the end of the year, and she did not stop talking for three days with excitement’, recalled Michelle. ‘It is a compromise to send your child away for that experience, but when you hear their stories and see that spark, it is all worthwhile.’ For Lilli, completing the marathon was her proudest achievement. ‘Halfway through Term 1, I said to myself that I wouldn’t walk on any more of the runs. And I didn’t! Finishing the marathon with everyone else was such a special feeling.’
Lilli entered the Hermitage House in Year 10 as a recipient of the Hermitage Scholarship,
and over the next three years threw herself into school life with the vigour that she had already displayed at Timbertop. She rowed and played soccer, becoming captain of soccer in 2021, achieved outstanding academic results, and was elected house captain in Year 12. Studying the International Baccalaureate, participating in the Lorne 160, and undertaking so many extracurricular pursuits are opportunities that Lilli knows she was lucky to receive. But it was the people she met during her four years at GGS that Lilli nominates as the highlight of her schooldays. ‘There are many different perspectives and people at GGS, and I feel like I have met so many people from different walks of life. That’s made me more aware and more knowledgeable. I think it makes you a lot more tolerant, understanding, and flexible. It lays the foundation for particularly good life skills.’ Michelle agrees that GGS has equipped Lilli with the ability to relate to and converse with a broad range of people, imbuing her with levels of confidence that she would not have achieved if she had stayed in Darwin. ‘Even if she doesn’t tap into those connections, it has expanded her mindset and given her a broad perspective.’
Now at Monash, Lilli is studying for a dual Bachelor of Laws with Honours and Bachelor of Global Studies. ‘I did law just for the skills, but now that I have started it, I am really enjoying it. Global Studies is just incredible. I love it, it’s so good!’ She has applied for a two-week immersion program in India and, after university, hopes to do an overseas internship, or work in remote communities in Australia. Being pushed outside her comfort zone will be familiar territory for Lilli. ‘The Timbertop year really built my confidence. At the time you think it’s hard, but it puts everything into perspective; after that, you look back and think, why am I making a big deal out of this? It is not a big deal. Look what I have achieved before. Over the years, I did get more confident in myself, and I felt more secure in my decisions. The support from the staff made me realise that if I put my mind to it, I could do it.’
Both Michelle and Lilli are enormously grateful that a Hermitage Scholarship changed Lilli’s life. ‘I think that sense of generosity is also something that has really settled into Lilli, and she would return the favour in a flash. That’s been really lovely to see’, said Michelle. ‘I would not have been able to go to GGS without their support and would not have been able to meet so many incredible people and do so many awesome things while I was there’, reflected Lilli. ‘I hope they know how important and impactful their donation is in helping many kids. I am so thankful.’
Right: Lilli being interviewed alongside Margie Gillett (Cordner, Clyde '71) at the Biddlecombe Society Luncheon
Mody Yim
‘For Mody and every other Lee Hysan scholar, one thing they take away from School deeply in their heart is that an academic school report is not everything.’
The achievement of a perfect IB score of 45 (equating to an ATAR of 99.95) was a proud moment for Geelong Grammar School’s 2021 dux, Mody Yim (FB’21), but it wasn’t the proudest moment of his schooldays, overall. ‘It is more holistic’, says Mody. ‘I have been trying to balance academics, music, sport and performing arts, I just do a bit of everything. That is my proudest achievement. I have always tried not to be too one-sided.’
Mody came to Australia from Hong Kong in Year 8 on a scholarship sponsored by the Lee Hysan Foundation, a private family foundation established in 1973 which supports a variety of meaningful and impactful initiatives in Hong Kong. Education is one area of focus, and since 2013 the Foundation has supported seven scholars to receive an education at GGS. Roland Wu (P’93), who works with the Lee Hysan Foundation to select scholarship recipients, explained that GGS’s focus on holistic education is extremely important. ‘For Mody and every other Lee Hysan scholar, one thing they take away from school deeply in their heart is that an academic school report is not everything. If Mody had remained in Hong Kong, I think his academic result would represent him. But at GGS I saw him jumping into school life – he was a stage manager for one of the school musicals, he constantly spoke about mates in Francis Brown House, he really cherished the friendships, and he really loved the boarding school environment.’
Mody understands full well that his scholarship made the difference between possibly not leaving Hong Kong until after graduation from university, and having a whole new world opened to him at the tender age of 13. ‘Without this scholarship, I would not have even dreamed of going to Australia for a vacation, let alone studying here’, reflected Mody. ‘Here I am now, possibly staying for the next seven years or more while I finish my degree.’ With incredible generosity, the Lee Hysan Foundation is also supporting Mody’s university studies. He has embarked on a three-year Bachelor of Biomedicine degree at the University of Melbourne and will then proceed to the four-year medical degree course.
‘I wanted to become a doctor as early as I can remember. It is one of my first memories. I suppose it’s because I am the type of person who likes to know how everything works – and what’s more complex than a human body?’
No doubt, the long years of study before Dr Yim takes up his stethoscope will not be without their challenges, but Mody is prepared for that. ‘Every year brings a different challenge. It’s situational. I found the Timbertop marathon incredibly challenging at the time, but sitting here and looking back, I think – was it that challenging? The feeling diminishes with time. The key takeaway from Timbertop is that attitude of buying into something even though it is not something you might necessarily enjoy. If it is good for you, you give it a red-hot go. That still rings true to this day with the things I do.’
When he arrived in Australia in 2017, Mody was fortunate not to experience homesickness – ‘I’ve always been fairly independent!’ – but certainly there were challenges in adapting to a new culture. His Australian guardian, Susie Officer (Potter, Je’83), remembered that Mody ‘got by through sheer determination — he was very reserved and shy, and incredibly disciplined. At first, he didn’t understand nuances in conversation, but his sense of humour developed enormously over time.’ Mody was embraced into the Officer family, who became his guardians having no idea that a pandemic was on the horizon, and that Mody would in fact spend two years living with them – enough time to earn his learner’s permit by driving around in their paddocks, and do homely things like learning to make pizza dough. Roland is certain that ‘the best thing that ever happened to Mody was Covid, because he was stuck with the Officers. The whole family – Susie, Bruce (M’78) and their children, Amy (Yr12 Fr) and Thomas (Fr’20), and niece Emma Doak (Fr’19) – did an amazing job. They changed Mody’s life. I wondered at first if he would have a tough time at school, but he did very well. I give most of that credit to the Officers. They are loving and caring, and I think Mody has learned a lot from them.’
Mody agrees. ‘They are fantastic. Because of the pandemic we built a much stronger relationship together. I got to learn more about the Australian culture. That is when I got into footy. I follow the Blues! They helped me a lot. I learned how to become a better person because of them.’ This homestay experience, partnered with living in a boarding house when he was not staying with the Officers, has been particularly beneficial for Mody now that he is living in a residential college. ‘In a boarding house you get to see many diverse cultures. I think it makes you more understanding and more open-minded about the way you think, and the way you approach things.’
The experience of living through the pandemic also taught Mody that, sometimes, spontaneity is a good thing. ‘There are just so many events in life that can put you off track. I learned not to fix my mind to only one thing because life circumstances can change at any time.’ Luckily, GGS has equipped him well to be adaptable, which Mody attributes to his education beyond the classroom. ‘It is much more about how to communicate with others, how to work with others or as a group, or how to lead a group. Qualities like this I have found to be beneficial. I appreciate this more and more every day. I can see the importance of it, and I can see how not everybody acquires this skill and I think being at GGS has really helped me with that.’
Mody doesn’t know where his medical degree will take him, but he does know one thing for sure: ‘I will give back to the Hong Kong community’. In sponsoring young people from Hong Kong to study overseas, this is exactly the outcome that the Lee Hysan Foundation hopes to achieve. Whatever path he chooses, Roland and Susie are certain that his Australian experience will be of enormous benefit to Mody in the years ahead, and that great things lie in store for him. ‘He is destined to do something of note, it’s just the way his brain works’, said Susie. ‘If there’s a problem, he’s got to solve it. He’s incredible.’
(Je’83)‘He is destined to do something of note, it’s just the way his brain works.
If there’s a problem, he’s got to solve it. He’s incredible.’
Susie Officer (Potter)
When twins Sebastian (Seb) and Holly Durran finish Year 12 at the end of this year, no-one will be prouder than their grandfather Ken Durran (Ge’59). ‘Geelong Grammar has been a part of our family life for three generations now – over 70 years’, he noted. The Durran family’s connection started when Ken’s brother Jim (Ge’56) was offered a scholarship to both The Geelong College and Geelong Grammar. Their parents chose GGS because of its Anglican church ethos, and Ken and Jim subsequently sent their own children to the School. Sebastian and Holly are the children of Ken’s youngest son, Peter (A’90), and his wife Michelle. ‘We have a history in our family of each generation winning a scholarship’, explained Ken. ‘It has certainly been a helping hand.’
For Sebastian and Holly, GGS ‘was something which we had always heard about and was in our DNA’, explained Sebastian. ‘Our parents married in the Chapel here, so we visited the campus several times. They wanted us to see it in case we were not lucky enough to receive scholarships and attend. We never thought of any other option
except Grammar. It was just a case of working out how to make it happen.’ Holly and Sebastian went to a local primary school in Geelong, and GGS was not a typical destination for its students moving into secondary school. ‘We hadn’t told anyone except for the teachers who wrote references for us in Year 6’, remembered Holly. ‘I remember getting home and the letters were there. Seb and I went to separate rooms to open them in case one of us didn’t get in. We were both successful. I was so excited! My mum cried.’ Peter said, ‘It was fantastic. I was very proud of them, as it’s not easy to get a scholarship. The school saw something in them.’
Both Peter and Michelle have worked hard for their twins to attend GGS. ‘It was never hard for me when I was looking at my kids. I always wanted better for my children than what I had. It wasn’t a challenge; just put your head down and do it,’ Peter said. Sebastian and Holly were both offered the Annual Giving Scholarship, funded by the many donors who have contributed to the Foundation’s annual fundraising campaign. This means that donations large and small have supported Sebastian and Holly’s education. ‘I am extremely grateful for what they have done for us and others’, said Holly. Sebastian added: ‘For many people, Geelong Grammar is an exceptional education, but not everyone can afford a GGS education. My parents have stable jobs, but my family wouldn’t have been able to afford the School without scholarships. I have always wanted to attend the School and I could not be more grateful to the donors for giving me the opportunity, which I wouldn’t have had otherwise.’
Ken’s own experience of GGS in the 1950s, and later as a parent in the 1980s, was that it ‘worked on the principle that you had to earn it to get there – it wasn’t handed to you’. This philosophy applied not only to the selection of prefects and the awarding of colours, but also the scholarship programme which opened up a GGS education to a wide range of people. ‘There are a lot of students on scholarships or receiving some sort of financial assistance; so many kids who would
be unable to attend a school like GGS without this vital support,’ Peter adds. Sebastian agrees and nominates Yalari as another example of the diversity of the School’s programme. ‘I am friends with many Indigenous students, who are all incredible. Bringing everyone’s unique experiences together helps you develop as a person.’
Holly and Sebastian both have had individual success at school beyond their academic studies. Sebastian was awarded a choral scholarship, most recently performing a poignant solo in the Senior School musical, Anastasia Peter was very proud of Holly when she was named sailing captain. His own passion for sailing accelerated during Senior School. ‘Over summer I would sail five days a week. My whole family love sailing, which started with my grandfather.’
Holly hopes to study international relations, while Sebastian is thinking about a gap year first, followed by a degree in psychology – informed in part by his own personal challenges experienced while living in a unit at Timbertop. ‘Resilience and managing through hardship’ are the attributes that
Sebastian will take away with him from school – to which Holly adds empathy. ‘You have a greater ability to connect with people and to work things out. You are put in situations where you practice these skills, particularly at Timbertop.’
Their grandfather, Ken, is happy that Sebastian and Holly have set themselves a direction for their future careers. ‘I hope what they want comes about for them’, he says. ‘It doesn’t matter what a person wants to do in life as long as they are happy. One of the things I admire most about Seb and Holly is their attitude towards what they want to do and how well they speak to you – I’m pretty proud of that.’ He is hopeful that future generations of Durrans will attend GGS but, in the meantime, the future is in Sebastian and Holly’s hands, and it looks bright. ‘I think they’ve used their scholarship well’, says Ken.
‘One of the things I admire most about Seb and Holly is their attitude towards what they want to do and how well they speak to you –I’m pretty proud of that.’
Ken Durran (Ge’59)
‘Max was very polite, understated and generous. He really wanted to keep out of the limelight.’
It is typical of the understated character of Max Schultz (FB’50) that a very generous bequest left to the School in his will came as a complete surprise. Max had been a regular donor to the School from 1976, when the Geelong Grammar Foundation (known then as the Endowment Fund) was established, until he died in April 2020. With his final bequest, the School has been able to establish a new scholarship in Max’s name, which will assist rural and regional students to attend GGS.
Max grew up as an only child in the small but prosperous Wimmera town of Nhill, located halfway between Melbourne and Adelaide, where he attended the local primary school. His parents, Herbert (Herbie) and Lucy, lived on the Schultz family farm at first, but after that was sold they took on various business interests in Nhill, including the Theatre Royal which had been built some decades earlier. In January 1924, seven years before Max was born in 1931, the citizens of Nhill flocked to the grand opening night of the renamed HV Schultz Royal Pictures. Three years later, Herbie built a new theatre next door to the old one, in the popular Art Deco style, and this opened in May 1927. The venue accommodated dancing and other entertainment, and even roller-skating when the seats were moved back. Max’s early childhood was spent riding around on his bike with a bucket of clag paste and a bunch of posters, which he pasted around the town to advertise the latest pictures. It was a happy childhood, and by the time Max came to GGS in 1946 – the same year in which his father sold the theatre – a love of the performing arts had already been cemented.
At Corio, Max had an equally happy time. His parents thought that boarding would be good for him because, although bright, Max was very reserved. He earned the nickname ‘chook’. The School encouraged his love of the arts, sport and learning, and in later life he found that his appreciation of Shakespeare was ‘enhanced by memories of readings by Dr Darling at school’. In old age, he enjoyed regaling the family with stories of his cricketing exploits – including a legendary
wicket haul. The Corian reveals that, as captain of the Third XI in 1950, Max did indeed take a nifty four wickets for 27 runs against Scotch College!
Max sat his Leaving certificate in 1949 and matriculated in 1950 with a form prize for science, the Mackinnon Prize for mathematics, and an HJ Whittingham Leaving Scholarship. He went up to Trinity College at the University of Melbourne where he studied civil engineering. Upon graduation, he took a job as an engineer with the Country Roads Board (now Vic Roads) where he worked for the next 25 years, mainly on the design management of various bridges on the state’s freeways. In his mid-thirties, Max met Jill, an early childhood teacher. They married and bought a house in Essendon where they remained for the rest of their lives. Unable to have children, Max and Jill dedicated themselves to their wider family of Jill’s three nephews and, in time, their nine children. ‘They were fantastically generous to all of us and very loving towards our children’, explained Jill’s nephew, David Steele.
This generosity extended well beyond the family circle. Following Max’s retirement in 1983, he and Jill became active supporters and patrons of the arts, attending concerts, plays, ballets and operas on a regular basis, and quietly donating to numerous causes. ‘Max was very polite, understated and generous’, said David. ‘He really wanted to keep out of the limelight. One of his and Jill’s key interests in all the things they have given money for was the development of youth. They didn’t want their money just frittered away on something that would disappear.’
After Jill’s death in 2015, Max displayed remarkable resilience even with the onset of Alzheimer’s disease. The family rallied around to help Max stay in his own home, among his huge collection of books and music records, until he died in April 2020 following a brief stay in hospital. In their wills, Max and Jill left bequests to a number of institutions, including Geelong Grammar. ‘He was enormously appreciative of his education’, said David. ‘As
a rural kid, GGS had such a strong influence on his life. It was never overstated but he really appreciated the opportunity that he’d had.’
David has absolutely no doubt that both Max and Jill would be enormously proud that GGS will offer a scholarship in Max’s name from 2023. ‘I can’t emphasise enough how very polite and unassuming Max was. One of the things our family always remembers is that, towards the end of his life, Max would often say “Remember me to all who would remember me”.’ Through the Max Schultz Scholarship, Max will be remembered long into the future by other rural children who will never know him, but who because of him will benefit from the lifechanging experience of a GGS education.
‘Remember
‘Geelong Grammar opens up the world to you, which is so much bigger than your small town. It is important to see what the world has to offer.’Tahlia See
For Marlley McNamara (Yr12 Ga), Tahlia See (Yr12 Ga) and Cassie Perris (Yr12 Ga), completing their GGS journey together in 2022 represents the next stage in a friendship that started in Year 7. In 2017, they came from different parts of Australia to GGS on Yalari scholarships, all three isolated from family and friends but quickly forming a close bond living together in the Middle School boarding house. ‘We stuck with people we knew at first, and because we had already met for an orientation we started hanging out’, explained Tahlia.
Yalari is a not-for-profit organisation that provides Indigenous children from regional and remote communities across Australia the opportunity to attend a leading boarding school for their secondary education. ‘It began with my mum slapping an application form down on the table
in front of me!’ remembered Marlley. ‘She always aspired for me to go to boarding school.’ While preferences can be expressed, applicants do not get to choose the school they will attend. Ending up at Australia’s largest co-educational boarding school was something that Tahlia considers a piece of luck. ‘Because boarding is a massive focus at Geelong Grammar, all the teachers and staff have boarding students in mind. It wasn’t until I compared that to other schools where boarding is an add-on that I realised how cool Geelong Grammar is. Everything is built around the boarders. You are spending more time with people, so you get to build better relationships because you’re not going home every afternoon.’
Inevitably, all three girls were homesick at times and especially at Timbertop without the ability for video calls, but seeing family was something
positive to look forward to at the end of every term. The House community at Corio and being around everyone all the time is something that Cassie will miss. ‘It is great that we were all put together in Garnett – it means a lot to all of us to be together.’ Being boarders has also fostered independence and self-reliance, which all three girls have valued. ‘It’s going to make it easier to adapt to the outside world’, said Tahlia. ‘When you’re at home you rely on your parents to cook and clean and do the laundry for you, but being here has given me the freedom to look after myself. I am grateful for that opportunity’.
Marlley and Tahlia also had the unusual experience of being followed by a camera crew for some of their time at Corio. They accepted the invitation to take part in the SBS documentary Off Country, filmed during 2020 and therefore coinciding with a school year that was already unlike any other due to the COVID pandemic. They both enjoyed participating in the program, which followed the journey of seven Indigenous students at Geelong Grammar. ‘I look back on it fondly’, said Marlley. ‘It was very strange to have people you don’t normally communicate with discuss matters about your private life. I felt like such a celebrity! It was nice to be able to share my experiences. I got used to the camera and it was easy to be authentic.’ Tahlia was keen to be involved, even though when she first agreed to participate, she didn’t realise how big it was going to be. ‘It was strange when people whose names I didn’t even know knew my name! Everyone was very encouraging, and I really appreciated the support.’
Now that they are at the end of their Geelong Grammar School journey, there are many highlights to look back on. For Cassie and Tahlia, seeing snow for the first time at Timbertop was an amazing moment. Marlley loved the opportunity to become involved with the performing arts at Corio and ‘to be part of a community interested in the same stuff as me’.
Netball for Cassie and badminton for Tahlia have been highlights. And they’ll miss the food! Having adult mentors on tap, and tutors just down the corridor, has been appreciated. For Tahlia, her science teacher Andy Beauchamp was ‘really fun, on the ball and a very clear teacher’; Cassie fondly remembers Charlie Scudamore ‘who helped us quite a bit – he was amazing’; and Marlley has appreciated the presence of their Head of House, Amanda Scott. ‘She is caring and understanding and very supportive, no matter what.’
For all three young women, the future is bright. They are confident their friendship will endure, and they may even continue living together while at university. Tahlia is looking forward to taking a gap year and spending some time back in Darwin with friends and family, having lived away from home for so long. Cassie wants to stay in Victoria, and start uni straight away. She hopes to fulfill a long-held dream to become a teacher. Marlley plans to study a Bachelor of Arts, perhaps majoring in History or English, but may do a teaching degree yet. All of them would have no hesitation in recommending GGS to other Indigenous kids. ‘It opens up the world to you, which is so much bigger than your small town’, said Tahlia. ‘It is important to see what the world has to offer.’
And as for what they would say to their younger selves, coming to GGS in Year 7? ‘Stay the course, things are going to change all around you but focus on your end goal and you will get there’, said Tahlia. Marlley admits to being ‘unsure if I would get a word in if I talked to her!’ but would advise ‘putting in effort, taking advantage of all opportunities, and being calm’. Cassie agrees: ‘Just back yourself. Have more confidence in yourself. Everything will work out in the end.’
Tony Poolman
Lily is the first recipient of the Anthony Poolman Scholarship, established thanks to Tony’s very generous donation to the Geelong Grammar Foundation.
‘It’s just something I thought would be nice to do, and I like to do, and I’m pleased I’ve done it’, said Tony
Tony (top right) with the 1959 First XI cricket team
One of the wonders of Timbertop is that the experience of living through that challenging year bridges the generations. Even if that experience is more than 60 years apart, as it is for Tony Poolman (FB’60) and Lily Power (L Unit, 2022), Timbertop delivers a common bond that enables an immediate connection. Through the old-fashioned medium of letter writing – another Timbertop tradition –Tony and Lily have exchanged stories. ‘On the long runs I fell into a rhythm where I can enjoy the nature’, wrote Lily. ‘I am going to be running up Mt Timbertop – I cannot believe I will be running up a mountain!’ Tony related that, in 1957, as well as the ‘two cross-country runs each week’ and the ‘Up Timbertop’ run that Lily was about to experience, all the students helped in the continuing building of the campus, which was then in its second full year.
Tony and Lily have not yet met in person, but Tony’s support goes beyond playing a part in building Timbertop itself for the benefit of Lily and so many others over the decades. Lily is the first recipient of the Anthony Poolman Scholarship, established thanks to Tony’s very generous donation to the Geelong Grammar Foundation. ‘It’s just something I thought would be nice to do, and I like to do, and I’m pleased I’ve done it’, said Tony, who is entirely pragmatic about his motivation to support a scholarship. ‘School fees are not going to go down. It’s harder and harder for people. It is important to reflect on the sacrifices people make to get them there.’
day in office. John later became chairman of the School’s 1969 Appeal, which successfully raised significant capital for numerous school projects. The family has a philanthropic trait. Tony’s paternal grandmother made a very generous donation to the Royal Melbourne Children’s Hospital, which established a travelling scholarship. In retirement, John became honorary medical director and deputy chairman of the Buoyancy Foundation of Victoria, an unfunded drug and alcohol counselling service in Melbourne. ‘He was unbelievable in his dedication to the Foundation’, reflected Tony.
This same tenacity is equally a character trait of Tony’s, especially in relation to his schooldays. Tony loved Glamorgan, but the rest was another story. ‘Most of my good feelings about Geelong Grammar and Timbertop are in hindsight.’ Though classroom work was a challenge – more from apathy than a lack of ability – the sports field was where Tony was happiest. The Corian is full of praise for his exploits on the oval: ‘Poolman gave a very fine exhibition of spin bowling against Scotch… With the score a worrying 1/86, Poolman was given the ball, and his advent to the bowling crease was to be the turning point of the match.’ He was vice-captain of both football and athletics. ‘I should have been captain of football, but Dr Darling (quite rightly) didn’t allow it because of my academic non-performance.’
His award of triple colours in 1959 was testament to the breadth of his sporting skills. He enjoyed treading the boards too, appearing in several house plays, including an ‘awe-inspiring and amusing’ interpretation of Capone in Derek Benfield’s Wild Goose Chase and as Creon in Antigone, the 1960 school play, for which he was awarded the Drama Prize.
In his own words, Tony ‘muddled through’ on the academic front, and surprised his teachers when he passed his matriculation exams. After a couple of false starts at university, he graduated Bachelor of Commerce and later qualified as a chartered accountant working for Price Waterhouse and later the Australian Shipping Commission and the Clemenger Group before turning his hand to managing the family investment
company. Retirement was the opportunity to give something back through volunteering, first with Vision Australia and more recently at the Epworth Hospital. Golf and real tennis are passions, and he has captained various Australian real tennis age group teams. A dream is for real tennis to be played at Geelong Grammar, and Tony has already explained the sport’s ancient origins to Lily, who was impressed that he had been selected as captain of the Australian over-80s team!
Tony regrets that his own children did not attend Geelong Grammar, but he is happy to be helping Lily and others who follow her on the Anthony Poolman Scholarship with their education. He is reluctant to dispense advice – ‘you make your own decisions and make your own mind up’ – but suggests that finding a balance between classroom and non-classroom activities is important. ‘Grab everything you can get and run as hard as possible!’ He has written to Lily about ‘the very strong bond’ among his Timbertop cohort, which he described as ‘a huge plus’ from that formative year. As with the hiking and running, Lily’s experience will be similar to Tony’s in the close friendships she makes. ‘Me and my friends have bonded through challenges and experiences’, she wrote. ‘I am extremely grateful for this and for you for providing my scholarship.’ And he always signs off his letters with perhaps the best advice of all: ‘Every new day is a bonus. Dolce far niente. Stay safe.’
‘Every new day is a bonus. Dolce far niente. Stay safe.’
Tony Poolman
The inaugural Geelong Grammar School (GGS) Giving Day was held in 2019, replacing our traditional Annual Giving programme. It energised and excited our community’s spirit of philanthropy, raising $1.15 million. In 2021, we set our sights even higher but this time against a backdrop of challenging times across Australia, and particularly Victoria; cut off from the world and constantly in and out of lockdowns.
It was incredibly humbling to exceed our ambitious $1 million target for our 2021 GGS Giving Day on Wednesday 2 June. Together, in just 24 hours, we raised $1,248,560 through the support of 647 donors. Our seven matched donors contributed significantly towards the campaign to ensure that all gifts made on the day were doubled until we reached our target. Donations continued well beyond Giving Day, with recorded gifts to the entire campaign surpassing $1.3 million. A total of 758 donors generously contributed, including 229 giving to the School for the first time. Donors could direct their funds towards the Library, Timbertop or Building Fund, or a range of scholarships, with 98.2% of donations directed to support scholarships. There is an even greater need for scholarships and financial support in these challenging times. This support provides lifechanging opportunities for so many young people who otherwise could not afford a GGS education, especially those from remote, rural and regional areas, with $500,000 supporting the Australian Rural and Regional Scholarship.
For the 2021 Giving Day to be successful, we had to engage our community and ask for help. We needed a team of fundraisers and 19 people from across the GGS Support Group network volunteered in our virtual ‘call centre,’ calling our community on Giving Day to seek support.
We formed a Giving Day working party with four Foundation Board members remotely volunteering their marketing expertise and public relations skills over weekly Zoom calls. Our marketing campaign included a whole school approach. We filmed the Giving Day video across all four campuses; our students were the stars in our campaign along with OGGs, past parents, Principal, Rebecca Cody and Chair of Council, Paddy Handbury (M‘72). It was exciting to be recognised at the 2022 Educate Plus Excellence Awards held in Adelaide earlier this year, winning the Annual Giving category. It was wonderful to be showcased as producing best practice campaigns amongst our peers.
We would sincerely like to thank all the volunteers and generous donors who supported Giving Day. Our entire community came together because we believe in the transformational power of a GGS education. It was a massive collaboration across our entire community. It was simply a superb community effort and one that should give us a great sense of pride.
Why do you give to Giving Day/Annual Giving each year (because you have since starting work at GGS)?
“I was fortunate to attend GGS from years 5 – 12 on a scholarship. I then worked as an assistant and as a teacher at Timbertop. I ended up meeting my husband through work at Timbertop – we got married in the chapel and our second child was born in a (very accidental!) homebirth on campus at the start of the pandemic. So GGS (and particularly Timbertop) has played a huge part in my life and it’s our way of acknowledging that and saying thank you. When I was a bit younger, I thought I needed to make a seriously significant financial donation for it to be worthwhile. I remember Alumni Manager Katie Rafferty (Spry, Ga’84) telling me about a first year OGG who had given $10 and I realised then that any amount would be appreciated, and we have donated annually since.”
Annabel Bainger (Southey, Cl’02)
Moffatt Family Scholarship 4.6%
McBain Family Scholarship 4.6%
Australian Rural and Regional Scholarship 37.9%
Jeff Peck & Silver Harris Scholarship 22.8%
Other scholarships included:
Jonathan K Breadmore Scholarship 2.9%
General Scholarship Fund 9.9%
James Gordon M Moffatt Scholarship 4.6%
Indigenous Scholarship 2.4%
Michael Collins Persse Scholarship 2.0%
Hartley Mitchell Scholarship 1.8%
Annual Giving Scholarship 1.5%
J. R. Darling Memorial Scholarship 0.7%
Tommy Garnett Scholarship 0.7%
Neil Robertson Scholarship 0.5%
Richard James Chester Guest Memorial Scholarship 0.5%
Other 0.8%
Other gifts included:
Heritage Building Fund 0.1%
Timbertop 1.5%
Library 0.2%
Other donors include
Future Parents 2.2%
Current Staff 3.4%
Past Staff 3.5%
GGS Friends 0.4%
Board members of the Geelong Grammar Foundation Front row (left to right): Head of Advancement Elissa Gale, Serena Mitchell (Mackinnon, Cl'83), Susannah Calvert-Jones, Chair of the Foundation Penny McBain, Principal Rebecca Cody, Chair of Council Paddy Handbury (M’72) and Deputy Chair of the Foundation Will Jones (Cu’73).
Back row (left to right): Andrew Cochrane, Charles Henry (FB’67), Vanessa Mahon, Deputy Chair of the Foundation Mary Morton (Weatherly, Cl'85) and Justin Arter.
For over 150 years Geelong Grammar School has been entrusted with the formation and education of young men and women. Many parents, Old Geelong Grammarians and friends of the School have provided gifts and endowments, helping to create the School we have today. The foresight and generosity of donors has been and is transformational. The Geelong Grammar Foundation now leads the philanthropic and fundraising activity for the School and is responsible for ensuring that each gift is used or endowed effectively and as intended by each benefactor. The Foundation is appointed by the School Council to be Trustee for the Geelong Grammar School Scholarship Fund and the Geelong Grammar School Endowment Trust.
The major committees working under the Geelong Grammar Foundation are the Allocations and Investment Committee, the Biddlecombe Society Committee and the Major Gifts and Scholarships Committee.
Foundation
Penny McBain — Chair
Will Jones (Cu’73) — Deputy Chair Mary Morton (Weatherly, Cl'85) — Deputy Chair
Justin Arter
Susannah Calvert-Jones
Andrew Cochrane
Rebecca Cody — Principal
Elissa Gale — Executive Director
Paddy Handbury (M’72) — Chair of School Council
Charles Henry (FB’67)
Vanessa Mahon
Serena Mitchell (Mackinnon, Cl'83)
Bill Ranken (M’72)
Michael Stapleton (P’91) Charlie Sutherland (P’86)
Justin Arter — Chair
Angus Coote (FB’94) Jacinda Dixon Will Jones (Cu’72) Penny McBain Harry Moore (FB’94) Bill Ranken (M’72) Michael Stapleton (P’91) JANA Investment Advisers
Charlie Sutherland (P’86) — Chair Mary Morton (Weatherly, Cl’85) — Co President Bill Ranken (M’72) — Co President
Ros Adams (Ritchie, Cl’76) Andy Beauchamp Susannah Calvert-Jones
Susie Donald (The Hermitage ’75) Elissa Gale
Susie Greig-Rouffignac (Greig, Cl’85)
Ben Grodski (FB’91) Michael Lane (FB’80) Penny McBain Jo McDonald (Ga’87)
Serena Mitchell (Mackinnon, Cl’83) Rob Perry (A’83)
Tony Strazzera Cathie Vickers-Willis Sam Wilson (M’84)
Charles Henry (FB’67) — Chair Susannah Calvert-Jones Elissa Gale Will Jones (Cu’73)
Penny McBain Mary Morton (Weatherly, Cl'85)
OF
AS AT 31ST DECEMBER 2021
Endowment Fund Scholarship Fund Total
Assets $000’s $000’s $000’s Cash 10,106 3,160 13,266
Investments - Equity and cash trusts 21,095 36,547 57,642 Receivable from related party - 64 64
Sundry receivables 86 159 245
Total assets 31,287 39,930 71,217 Sundry creditors and accrued liabilities 307 10 317 Net assets 30,980 39,920 70,900
SUMMARY OF INCOME AND EXPENDITURE, AND MOVEMENT IN FUNDS HELD FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2021
Endowment Fund Scholarship Fund Total
Income $000’s $000’s $000’s Interest, dividends and other distributions received 1,361 3,145 4,506 Realised profit/(loss) on disposal of investments 149 50 199
Total investment income 1,510 3,195 4,705 Increase/(decrease) in investment revaluation reserve 347 - 347 Total investment return 1,857 3,195 5,052
Return on funds 18.2%
Bequests, gifts and fundraising activities 1,025 2,994 4,019 Fair value gain on financial assets through P&L (1) 881 1,562 2,443
Total income 3,763 7,751 11,514
Foundation grants (1,446) (976) (2,422) Fund expenses (54) (49) (103) Surplus/(deficit) for the year 2,263 6,726 8,989
1 The introduction of AASB9 - Financial Instruments in 2018 resulted in the recognition of the market movement in a large portion of our portfolio to be recognised directly in profit or loss where previously those movements had been contained within a revaluation reserve on the balance sheet, impacting our result from 2018 onwards.
2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016
$ $ $ $ $ $
Endowment Trust (Foundation Fund) 1,025,361 25,215 413,805 211,300 2,238,901 201,560
Scholarship Fund (1) 2,114,944 1,322,775 2,590,778 1,190,949 893,340 1,373,224 Building Fund 39,060 54,947 159,718 923,084 3,117,541 1,521,279 Library Fund 2,201 14,570 22,948 25,525 32,974 19,203
Total Gifts 3,181,566 1,417,507 3,187,249 2,350,858 6,282,756 3,115,266
The investment objectives are to maximise investment returns over a rolling ten-year investment horizon subject to limiting the risk of a reduction in the real value of the corpus. Performance is measured against a benchmark of CPI + 5% (after fees) for the Scholarship Pool and CPI + 3% (after fees) for the NonScholarship Pool.
1 Year 3 Years 5 Years 10 Years
% % % %
Geelong Grammar Foundation 13.6 12.1 8.8 10.2 Market Benchmark 16.6 13.2 10.1 10.9 Objective 8.5 7.1 7.1 7.5
NON-SCHOLARSHIP POOL
Geelong Grammar Foundation Market Benchmark Objective
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1 Net of donations between related entities 0
1 Year 3 Years 5 Years 10 Years % % % %
Geelong Grammar Foundation 5.9 9.6 7.3 9.4
Market Benchmark 4.8 9.3 7.7 9.7 Objective 6.5 6.4 6.7 7.3
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Geelong Grammar Foundation Market Benchmark Objective
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Investment Scholarship Pool Amount ($’000) %
Non-Scholarship Pool Amount ($’000) % Total Amount ($ %
Australian Shares 19,948 39.7% 5,299 25.7% 25,247 35.6%
Overseas Shares 16,806 33.4% 5,281 25.6% 22,087 31.1% Alternatives 7,914 15.7% - 0.0% 7,914 11.2%
Credit 2,393 4.8% - 0.0% 2,393 3.4%
Term deposits 1,021 2.0% 9,908 48.1% 10,929 15.4%
Cash & pending purchase 2,223 4.4% 115 0.6% 2,338 3.3%
Total 50,305 100% 20,603 100% 70,908 100%
SCHOLARSHIP POOL
Australian Shares 39.7% $19.9M
Managers/Funds:
Alphinity Investment management
Cooper Investors Brunswick Fund
JANA Small Caps Australian Share Trust
JANA High Alpha Australian Share Trust
Overseas Shares 33.4% $16.8M 1
Managers/Funds:
JANA High Alpha Global Share Trust
JANA High Alpha Global Share Trust (Hedged)
JANA Emerging Markets Share Trust
Alternatives 15.7% $7.9M
Managers/Funds:
Ardea Real Outcome Fund
AMP Capital - Community Infrastructure Fund
Credit 4.8% $2.4M
Managers/Funds:
Bentham Global Opportunities Fund
Term Deposits 2% $1M
Cash 4.4% $2.2M
Total Assets $50.3M
Australian Shares 25.7% $5.3M Managers/Funds:
Jana High Alpha Australian Share Trust
Overseas Shares 25.6% $5.3M 1 Managers/Funds: JANA High Alpha Global Share Trust Crestone Managed Portfolio
Term Deposits 48.1% $9.9M
Cash 0.6% $0.1M
Total Assets $20.6M
Australian Shares Overseas Shares
Alternatives Credit Loans to GGS Term deposits Cash & pending purchase
1 The level of currency exposure is subject to variation via use of both hedged and unhedged funds.
Whilst all care has been taken in the preparation of the numbers presented, performance figures are unaudited and subject to revision. In addition, asset allocations and fund managers will vary over time based on the Allocation and Investment Committee’s recommendations.
SCHOLARSHIP POOL
Investment return target
2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012
Objective: CPI + 5% pa (6% up to 2018) 8.5% 5.9% 6.8% 6.3% 7.9% 7.5% 7.7% 7.7% 8.7% 8.2%
Actual: 13.6% 4.6% 18.2% (4.3%) 11.9% 7.2% 5.5% 7.6% 22.3% 15.0%
Ahead of/(behind) objective 5.1% (1.3%) 11.4% (10.6%) 4.0% (0.3%) (2.2%) (0.1%) 13.6% 6.8%
Cumulative performance index (01 Jan 2004 is 100) 267.4 253.8 249.2 231.0 235.3 223.4 216.2 210.7 203.1 180.8
Cumulative performance against objective 21.0% 15.9% 17.2% 5.8% 16.4% 12.4% 12.7% 14.9% 15.0% 1.4%
10 year rolling average - Actual 10.2% 8.1% 8.0% 8.6% 8.1% 8.5% 8.9% 9.8% 10.3% -
10 year rolling average - Benchmark 10.9% 8.8% 8.8% 9.2% - - - - - -
10 year rolling average - Objective 7.5% 7.6% 7.8% 8.0% 8.3% 8.4% 8.6% 8.7% 8.8%
NON-SCHOLARSHIP POOL
Investment return target
2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012
Objective: CPI + 3% pa ((part of overall portfolio prior to 2021) 6.5% 5.9% 6.8% 6.3% 7.9% 7.5% 7.7% 7.7% 8.7% 8.2%
Actual: 5.9% 4.6% 18.2% (4.3%) 11.9% 7.2% 5.5% 7.6% 22.3% 15.0%
Ahead of/(behind) objective (0.6%) (1.3%) 11.4% (10.6%) 4.0% (0.3%) (2.2%) (0.1%) 13.6% 6.8%
Cumulative performance index (01 Jan 2004 is 100) 2 59.7 253.8 249.2 231.0 235.3 223.4 216.2 210.7 203.1 180.8
Cumulative performance against objective 15.3% 15.9% 17.2% 5.8% 16.4% 12.4% 12.7% 14.9% 15.0% 1.4%
10 year rolling average - Actual 9.4% 8.1% 8.0% 8.6% 8.1% 8.5% 8.9% 9.8% 10.3% -
10 year rolling average - Benchmark 9.7% 8.8% 8.8% 9.2% - - - - - -
10 year rolling average - Objective 7.3% 7.6% 7.8% 8.0% 8.3% 8.4% 8.6% 8.7% 8.8%
Opening balance Donations
A A Buley Bursary Fund
Investment return Balance pre-distribution
Scholarship distributions to students Balance post distribution
$ $ $ $ $ $
1,496,226 - 203,487 1,699,713 (67,989) 1,631,725
Annual Giving Scholarship 1,157,868 19,068 158,622 1,335,558 (53,422) 1,282,135
Anthony Poolman Scholarship 250,000 250,000 34,000 534,000 (11,022) 522,978
Australian Rural & Regional Scholarship 1,198,476 544,190 199,933 1,942,599 (29,392) 1,913,207
Bob and Rona Robertson Scholarship 558,332 - 558,332 (17,475) 540,857
Bostock Music scholarship 617,863 - 84,029 701,892 (1,200) 700,692
Boz Parsons Scholarship 36,612 534,801 36,414 607,827 - 607,827
Bruce Lawrence Scholarship 347,320 - 47,236 394,556 (15,782) 378,774
Clyde Old Girls Scholarship 862,232 3,036 117,416 982,684 (13,980) 968,704
Dato Tan Scholarship 192,279 - 26,150 218,429 (3,822) 214,606
David William Robert Knox Scholarship 263,029 5,000 36,282 304,311 (12,172) 292,139
Frank Callaway Endowment 2,441,562 - 332,052 2,773,614 (99,709) 2,673,905
General Excellence (The Foundation Scholarship) 995,399 - 135,374 1,130,773 (39,091) 1,091,682
General Indigenous Scholarships - 79,276 - 79,276 (79,276) -
Gordon Moffatt Scholarship 311,473 50,000 45,760 407,233 (16,289) 390,944
Handbury Scholarship 275,166 20,000 38,783 333,949 (13,358) 320,591
Hartley Mitchell Scholarship 428,867 19,568 59,661 508,096 - 508,096
Hermitage Old Girls Association Scholarship 5,084,316 1,386 691,554 5,777,256 (214,976) 5,562,280
Jeff Peck & Silver Harris Scholarship 922,817 250,000 142,503 1,315,320 (35,840) 1,279,480
John Emmerson Scholarship - Corio 505,559 - 68,756 574,315 - 574,315
John Emmerson Scholarship - Toorak 411,313 - 55,939 467,252 (18,690) 448,562
John Peter Alston Wallace Scholarship 1,824,822 - 248,176 2,072,998 (62,458) 2,010,540
Jonathan K Breadmore Scholarship 194,871 46,552 29,838 271,261 - 271,261
JR Darling Memorial Scholarship 4,726,281 31,278 643,995 5,401,554 (216,062) 5,185,492
McBain Family Scholarship 338,911 50,000 49,492 438,403 (17,536) 420,867
Maxwell Herbert Charles Schultz Scholarship - 400,000 27,200 427,200 - 427,200
Michael & Gina Murray Scholarship 1,148,752 - 156,230 1,304,982 - 1,304,982
Michael Collins-Persse Scholarship 2,439,241 50,751 335,159 2,825,151 (102,872) 2,722,279
Moffatt Family Scholarship 366,482 50,000 53,242 469,724 (18,789) 450,935
Neil Robertson Scholarship 848,443 5,000 115,728 969,171 (36,740) 932,431
Pop Fink Scholarship 2,296,616 - 312,340 2,608,956 (28,000) 2,580,956
Pope Family Scholarship for Indigenous Students 725,013 50,000 98,602 873,615 (17,475) 856,140
Ranken Family Scholarship 428,756 - 58,312 487,068 (14,696) 472,372
Richard Crummer Scholarship 875,248 45,000 122,094 1,042,342 (29,392) 1,012,950
Opening balance Donations Investment return Balance pre-distribution
Scholarship distributions to students Balance post distribution
$ $ $ $ $ $
Richard James Chester Guest Memorial Scholarship 259,602 7,501 35,816 302,919 - 302,919
Richard & Janet Southby Visiting Fellows program 106,824 3,000 14,834 124,658 (4,986) 119,671
Russell Drysdale Scholarship for Visual Arts 586,764 351 79,824 666,939 (22,044) 644,895
Sevior Family Scholarship 1,582,242 - 215,185 1,797,427 (62,458) 1,734,969
Tommy Garnett Scholarship 618,284 12,934 84,773 715,991 (21,680) 694,311
Warrambat Indigenous Scholarship - 300,000 21,182 321,182 - 321,182
Whittingham Scholarship 2,535,073 - 344,770 2,879,843 (83,786) 2,796,057
Other Scholarships and prizes maintained by Geelong Grammar Foundation
Total Scholarships and prizes maintained by Geelong Grammar Foundation
453,367 28,663 63,457 545,487 (6,925) 538,562
40,712,302 2,857,355 5,624,200 49,193,857 (1,489,386) 47,704,471
The Geelong Grammar Foundation warmly thanks and acknowledges the support of our Foundation members for their generosity, belief in and support of the School. Following is a list of our members throughout 2021. Thank you to the many donors who have chosen to remain anonymous; we appreciate your generous support.
* Eminent member listing recognises members in perpetuity.
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Calvert-Jones Janet AO
Calvert-Jones John AM
Darling Ian AO
Darling Min
Fairfax John AO
Gibson Diana AO † Handbury Geoff AO Khoon Chen Kuok Mitchell Hartley Ranken Bill
† Reid Margaret Robertson Anne Robertson Brigid Robertson Hugh Robertson Mark OAM † Robertson Neil Simson Belinda Simson John
Bender Helene AM
Calvert-Jones Janet AO
Calvert-Jones John AM Crummer Patsy Darling Ian AO Darling Min Fairfax John AO
Fairfax Tim AC Geelong Grammar School Gibson Diana AO Gorman Rebecca Harris Silver Ivory Sandra Khoon Chen Kuok McBain John AO McBain Penny Moffatt Gordon AM KSJ
Muir Family Murray Michael Old Geelong Grammarians Association
† Peck Jeff Pierce Armstrong Trust Poolman Anthony Pope Deidre
Pope Ern Robertson Anne Robertson Brigid Robertson Hugh Robertson Mark OAM Sevior John Simson Belinda Simson John
Thyne Reid Foundation
The Vincent Fairfax Family Foundation
Albert Robert AO RFD RD
Bamford Family Foundation
Bei Shan Tang Foundation Gailey Lazarus Foundation
Guest James MLC Handbury Helen Handbury Paddy Luo Dan Newman Mark O’Connor Roderic O’Reilly Cameron O’Reilly Ilse Premraj Eugene Premraj Prem Ranken Bill Ranken Katharine Southey Lady Marigold AC
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