Somerset Lifetimes Forty-Seventh Edition – July 2014
Remember When | 1994 This year, the Class of 1994 will be celebrating their Twenty Year Reunion on Saturday 13 September 2014. We remember back to the year of 1994. Class of 1994 – Twenty Year Reunion Date Claimer
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Calling all Alumni from the Class of 1994 – we look forward to welcoming you back to Somerset on Saturday 13 September.
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Class of 1994 – ‘Missing Persons’
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We will be sending out reunion invitations in the near future, and need contact addresses and phone numbers for the following students. Can you help us find these classmates? If so, please email their details to alumni@somerset.qld.edu.au.
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Hamish Andrews John Opitz Sarah Breakspear Christopher Peyton Cameron Bristow Ariane Pouillet Phoebe Brodie Emma Pursey Braedon Clark Mark Reid Richard Corkey Ashley Robinson Matthew Dean Ratna Rodelsperger Natalia Fielder Matthew Schofield Drew Finlay James Smout Cynan Ful-Wood Melinda Wilson John Gamvros Robin Yates Christopher Gowing Amy Greening Ghislaine Grummitt Jensen Lee Bianca McCormick Kerstin Meisinger Tina Maria Nielsen-Englyst
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Paul Keating continues in his second term as Australia’s Prime Minister, Bill Clinton is president of the United States of America and Sir John Major is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom New South Wales State MP John Newman is shot outside his home, in Australia’s first political assassination since 1977. African National Congress triumphs in first multi-racial elections and on 10 May 1994 Nelson Mandela becomes President of South Africa Michael Schumacher wins his first Formula One World Championship in controversial circumstances at the Australian Grand Prix In the United States of America, the Major League Baseball Players Association begin a 232-day strike, causing the 1994 MLB season to end prematurely The Winter Olympic Games are held in Lillehammer, Norway, while the Commonwealth Games are held in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Telephone numbers in Australia begin transitioning to eight digits The PlayStation, or PS1, was officially launched in late December 1994 in Japan, however it would take almost 12 months to reach Australian shores The population of Australia was 17,854,738 Kurt Cobain, frontman of grunge band Nirvana, is found dead in his home at just 27 years old Past President of the United States of America, Richard Nixon, passes away after a stroke at the age of 81
Popular Culture in 1994 The top music hits for 1994 were all about love, with songs such as Love is All Around by Wet Wet Wet, All for Love by Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart and Sting, The Power of Love cover by Céline Dion and I’ll Make Love to You by Boyz II Men. One of Green Day’s most notable albums, Dookie, was also released in 1994, eventually selling over 20 million copies worldwide. Blockbuster movies were rife in 1994, with Pulp Fiction, Forrest Gump, True Lies and Shawshank Redemption exploding on to the screens, and Schindler’s List taking home 7 Oscars at the Awards evening, including Best Picture and Best Director (Spielberg). Two notable Australian films, Muriel’s Wedding and The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, showcase Aussie humour to the world, and still to this day, there is barely a dry eye in the room when watching The Lion King or Four Weddings and a Funeral. The same could be said when watching Jeff Daniels and Jim Carey’s trip across America in Dumb and Dumber.
Network with other past students at the new official Somerset College Alumni Facebook group, which can be found at
www.facebook.com/groups/ somersetcollegealumni.
Both Mother and Son and Hey Dad...! air their final episodes, after ten successful years for the Australian television programmes. In their place, Blue Heelers premiered on Channel 7, and would continue for 13 seasons as one of the most loved police drama series in Australian television history. In 1994, the world was also introduced to six lovable Americans living in Manhattan, spending the best of their days at Central Perk, catching up over coffee as Friends do.