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QUICK BITES FROM OUR OLD SCHOLAR COMMUNITY C A SSIE T WEMLOW
Communications & Marketing Officer
THE PENFOLD SISTERS Bonnie (2015), Molly (2017), Jemima (2019) and Matilda Penfold (2021), have been recognised for their resilience and innovative approach to diversifying their family’s beef business taking out the Inaugural Youth Shine Award. Together with their parents, Karen (also an Old Scholar, 1988) and Daniel, they run a 150-day, grain fed Angus beef operation on Queensland’s Western Down, with their own brand, Four Daughters. Originally launched to supply beef to Wuhan, the business lost its export market overnight when China banned Australian abattoirs last year. The girls drummed up domestic demand for their premium beef, delivering meat boxes directly to consumers. Four Daughters has become a thriving business, driven by their passion to deliver high-quality beef to the plates of loyal customers. Their determination, passion and efforts bridging the gap between Australian city and country life have made them the winner of the Shine Youth Award category (The Australian, 24 November 2021). Well done ladies!
BRUCE CLARK
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etired former St Peters Senior English teacher, Bruce Clark (2006 – 2020), was awarded third prize, from over 700 entrants, in the 2021 Australian Catholic University’s prestigious National Poetry Prize competition. The chosen theme was Resilience. Bruce’s poem 'Mister Micawber' drew on references to the literary character of that name (from Charles Dickens), and on a background of devastating Australian bushfires, where resilience is the vital ingredient for recovery. Bruce has been an aspiring writer all his life. When he came to St Peters, Bruce had already written over 25 school musicals, earning two Australia Day Community Medals, a Queensland Theatre Regional Musicals Award, one publication, and Third Place in an International Libretto Competition. At St Peters, he contributed to the first five Year 8 Productions, being there from their inception, prior to the PAC, directing four of them, and, in the era when each production was an original work commissioned by St Peters, wrote the libretto to two of them, being lucky enough to work with now internationally-known composer Joe Twist. You can enjoy Mr Micawber in full by scanning this code. Congratulations Bruce!
Plus Ultra | June 2022
