KOROVIAN NEWS Leah Jing McIntosh (2009) has been nominated for Young Australian of the Year. Kay Oke (Rossiter 1963) received an OAM in June 2017 for her contributions to fertility counselling and to the general community. Giorgia Scott (2012) appeared on stage in The Dance of Death at the Belvoir State Theatre in Sydney in a performance directed by Judy Davis and alongside Pamela Rabe, Colin Friels and Toby Schmitz.
Emma Anvari (2017, Music Captain) has been accepted into the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus as a soprano 2/ mezzo-soprano. Daughters of Jodi Russell (1989), Amélie-Rose and Chloë-Madeleine Jessop, were christened on 30 September 2018 at the John Wilson Memorial Chapel by Reverend Fiona Raike, the School Chaplain. The girls are in Year 3 and 5 at Korowa. Louise Page (1980) recently coauthored a new developmental model ‘The Nine Degrees of Autism’ with other experts in the field of Autism. Wendy Suiter (1971) graduated with a PhD in Philosophy of Music from ANU in December 2017. Diana Sawyer (Camm, 1959) recently published Queenscliff: The Harbour Story.
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Los Angeles-based actress Bella Heathcote (2005) is back in Melbourne filming the psychological horror movie Relic, alongside Emily Mortimer and Robyn Nevin.
Eleanor Downie (2008) recently presented at the Swinburne Design Factory Gala on a product that she and her team designed which monitors the movements of a person with MS and uses the data to provide information about their condition. This is part of her Master’s Degree in Design Strategy. Jeanne Chang and Sarah Yang (both Class of 2017) received well-deserved scholarships to study Engineering at Monash University. Olympian and Captain of the Australian Women’s Water Polo Team, Rowie Webster (Class of 2005), has been nominated for the Sarah Tait Spirit Award by the Victorian Institute of Sport.
Bella Heathcote (Photo: DFree)
KOROVI A N
‘Hinterland’, a novel by Caroline Brothers (Class of 1980), was adapted and performed on stage at this year’s Melbourne Festival.
WEDDINGS Meaghan Bruce (2000) and Mark Turner married on 19 October 2018 at Zonzo Estate. Meaghan’s sister Stef Bruce (2005) and friend Mikaela Lewis (2000) were in the wedding party. Mark’s mother, Korowa’s Archivist Sandra Turner (Burton 1970), taught Meaghan in 1995 when she was a Year 7 student. Hazel Flex
Jessica Harker, Annie McGlenchie, Nonie Kay, Becky Marnell (Shea), Maya Abeysekera and Martha Daggian (Class of 2007)
Bhairavi Raman (2009) married Nanthesh Sivarajah in September 2018.
BIRTHS Amy Westley (Higginbotham 1993) – a son, Julian Westley Yvette McCormack (1998) – a son, Walter McCormack Miller Alexandra Flex (Akehurst 2000) – a daughter, Hazel Flex Dominique Kazmierczak (Mavroyeni 2005) - a daughter, Zoe Kazmierczak
DECEASED The School has been informed of the death of the following Korovians. We extend our sympathy to their family and friends:
Yvonne Aburrow (Mitchell 1948) Elissa Bullen (1982) Robin Burke (Harrison 1958) Sue Caddaye (McIntyre 1953) Jill Carroll (Smith 1969) Julie Collis (Robertson 1971) Brenda D. Degenhardt (Smith 1947) Joan Harder (Fenn 1947) Michelle Heaney (1997) Carley Irene Jobson (1947) Leonie Johnston (Rutter 1962) Mary Lewis (Phillips 1944) Pauline Mann (Richards 1948) Elizabeth June Milne (1946) Julie Newlands (Mills 1972) Fiona Quayle (1988) Louise Satchell (1951) Karen Skewes (Price 1978) Helen West (1962)
US-based Fleur Coe (Kharsas 2008) eloped with partner Ian in 2016. The couple held a belated wedding celebration in Washington State in July 2017, with Class of 2008 peers Laura McLean and Steph Giles in attendance. Fleur and Ian welcomed a baby boy, Sullivan in 2017. Congratulations to Meagan Lowe (2008) who married Nick Mulcahy on 17 February 2018.
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Jade Pearce (1998) married Bryan Wee on 11 August 2018. Yvette McCormack (1998) was matron of honour. Several girls from Korowa’s Class of 2007 celebrated Becky Marnell’s (Shea) wedding on Rhodes in Greece this year.
Parents of the bride and groom: Korowa Archivist Mrs Sandra Turner (Burton 1970), in blue, at the wedding of her son Marker Turner and Meaghan Bruce (2000).
Laura McLean, bride Fleur Coe, and Steph Giles (Class of 2008)
Kay, with husband Rob, in the State Ballroom at Government House
Reverend Fiona Raike, School Chaplain, christened Amélie-Rose and Chloë-Madeleine Jessop at Korowa
Kellie Jane Rosenfeld, Shayla Jane Barbary, Mel Russell, Diana Elizabeth Russell, Lisa Jennifer Russell, Jodi Sarah Russell, Kerri-Anne Elizabeth Russell and Chloë-Madeleine Jessop and Amélie-Rose Jessop.
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