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David Roche (Cu’48), who died in March, was posthumously appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the Queen’s Birthday Honours of 2013 “for significant service to the community, particularly as a benefactor to cultural institutions”. Our December 2008 issue carried a substantial paragraph about his great decorative arts collection and generous Foundation, subjects of Christopher Menz and Robert Reason’s book, Empires & Splendour: The David Roche Collection (Art Gallery of South Australia, 2008). Robert Jamieson (M’53), who died in May, was a grandson of Robert Jamieson (OS1881), whose father, also Robert, bred Merino sheep and Hereford cattle at the two Western District properties, Bolac Plains and Stony Point, which have descended in the Jamieson family and from which five generations of the family have come to GGS. His parents were Robert Jamieson
(M’21) and Betty née Anderson, and from his ancestors he inherited a tradition not only of farming that went back centuries in the Lowlands of Scotland but also of generous service to the community. Rob was a stalwart member of his generation at the School for eleven years (at Bostock and Barrabool Houses before Manifold), finishing as a House Prefect and number five in a notable crew, the victorious (and record-breaking) 1st VIII of 1953. After National Service, he began his own long career of farming, first at Bolac Plains, then at Stony Point. In 1964 he married Rosalind Mann, only daughter (with three OGG brothers) of Ian Mann (P’25) and Audrey née Poolman, and the births followed of Wendy (Brockhouse) (Cl’83), Clive (M’85), and Belinda (Cl’86). His involvement in the management of Stony Point, at first with his father and latterly with Clive, spanned more than 60 years. Motor racing was a passion, modestly pursued but with high professionalism and achievements that included the fastest times at the 1960 and 1961 Geelong speed trials and winning the Sports Car scratch race at Sandown Park in 1962. He was a member of the Darlington Fire Brigade for well over 50 years (captain for eight) and an active member of the Lower Mount Emu Creek Land Care Group (president 1994-2001). On the Darlington Cemetery Trust he was involved in the establishment of Kurweeton Vertical Burials in 2010. Active, too, in other community work, he was a respected leader in his district. Ros, their children, and four grandchildren - including Jamima Jamieson (CoYr8) - survive him. Dr Peter Pockley (Ge’53), who died in August, had a distinguished academic career at GGS (where he was Captain of Geelong House, a School Prefect, a Cadet Lieutenant, and winner of the prizes for both military history and military efficiency), the University of Melbourne, and Balliol College, Oxford, where he was elected President of the Junior Common Room and rowed in a crew with the present King of Norway. After teaching Chemistry at Wellington College in England, he returned to Australia and became the country’s premier science journalist. Senior Correspondent for Australasian LEFT 1953 Head of the River First VIII (Robert Jamieson 5)
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Science and engaged in many other projects including the Oral History programme of leading scientists, he was presented by the Governor-General in 2010 with the Australian Academy of Science’s Medal (normally awarded not more than once in three years) in recognition of his “outstanding contributions to science by means other than the conduct of scientific research” – work which has greatly “advanced the cause of science and technology in Australia”. Professor Robyn Williams, Fellow of the Academy, said that Peter “ was one of the pioneers of science broadcasting when it had hardly yet been invented. In radio and television, both in Australia and around the world, he led teams and fronted programmes which transformed the medium”. He is survived by his wife, Jenifer, their daughter, Kate, and three grandchildren. His father, Robert Pockley, was proprietor of the Studio which for many years took group and other photographs for GGS. Norman Crossley (Cu’61) is a greatgrandson of James Whitley Sayer (1847-1914), of whom he has written a privately-published “biography featuring some of his artworks”. Sayer was a bank manager, amateur artist, and founder of the Geelong Art Gallery where, in December 2012 and January 2013, under the curatorship of Veronica Filmer, an exhibition was held of his paintings and illuminated addresses. He was the father of James Marshall Sayer (OS1893+), William Thomas Sayer (OSc1906), and Herbert Alexander Sayer (OS1906). James Nelms PSM (P’69) was awarded the Public Service Medal in the Queen’s Birthday Honours of 2013 “for outstanding public service to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal”. Vicki Steggall née Mendelson (P’74) is the author of children’s books including The Goannas of No. 1 Martin Place, illustrated by Danny Snell (Harper Collins, ABC Books, 2010), and collaborated with her brother, renowned aesthetic plastic surgeon Dr Bryan Mendelson, in In Your Face: The hidden history of plastic surgery and why looks matter (Hardie Grant, Melbourne, 2013). Her first book, Lunchtime Rules, was translated into several languages.
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A son, with two OGG brothers and an OH sister, of Basil Hall (OS1913) and grandson of the subject of Gwen Rankin’s recent book, L. Bernard Hall: The man the art world forgot (New South, Sydney, 2013) , he went straight on from GGS to the Forestry School at Creswick. A Master’s degree in Forestry from Melbourne University followed, and for many years he was a technical manager for Australian Paper Manufacturers Ltd. He published many research papers in forestry, represented private forestry owners, served on many committees, and from 1982-90 was National President of Australian Forest Growers. He is survived by his wife, Joan, their two children, Frances and David (FB’78), and three grandchildren.