Impact Report
2020
Our Purpose Brisbane Grammar School educates boys within a strong learning culture that is innovative yet respectful of its traditions, by nurturing their intellectual, physical and emotional wellbeing to become thoughtful and confident men of character who contribute to their communities.
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Our Ambition Brisbane Grammar School aspires to be the best school for boys in Australia, and an international leader in teaching and learning. The School is committed to offering premium educational and leadership opportunities for boys of all backgrounds, strengthening its global connections, and building a vibrant school community among students, parents, staff, Old Boys and the broader society.
Our Values • Endeavour • Respect • Community
• Learning • Leadership
Our Motto nil sine labore — nothing without work
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Message from Anthony Micallef Headmaster
It is my great pleasure to share the 2020 Impact Report with you. The following pages contain abundant evidence of the contribution our Old Boys make in their careers and to the wider world, and the ongoing generosity of the BGS community. Despite the challenges of last year, our donors continued to make an impact – supporting the School’s Bursary Fund and our exciting STEAM Precinct development. I thank you. In May 2020, amidst the height of the pandemic, we managed to open our junior residential boarding facility in the refurbished SW Griffith Building. Griffith House is our new home for Middle School boarders, and the modern accommodation has proved popular with the boys. This development, and the complete renovation of Harlin House currently underway, is thanks to the generosity of Old Boy Matt McLennan ’86 and the P&F Auxiliary. The School acknowledges their generosity, and I know the boys are very appreciative. I look forward to opening the new Harlin House facilities to our boarders in Term 4 2021. Our immediate focus is the STEAM Precinct, the state’s best-in-class facility that will further elevate the BGS learning experience and streamline our students’ transition to tertiary education. Demolition has begun, with the precinct set to open at
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the beginning of 2023. We are almost halfway to achieving our ambitious fundraising target of $10M, another indication that our community sees the value in investing in education for the future. Details of the STEAM Precinct and the construction timeline appear on pages 19-21. I trust you will be as excited about the School’s most significant capital project-todate as I am. These building projects will ensure Brisbane Grammar School maintains its ability to educate the leaders of the future. However, while infrastructure is important, teaching and learning continues to be our focus. The BGS Strategy seeks to position Brisbane Grammar School as the best school for boys in Australia. Our purpose is to nurture each student’s personal development through the delivery of a high-quality education and a commitment to fostering a community of learners. This community is strengthened by diversity, and our Bursary Fund allows us to extend the opportunity of a BGS education to boys who would otherwise not be able to attend. Your contributions directly impact our ability to realise these goals. Read about the impact of a BGS bursary on page 9. I thank you for continuing to support BGS boys and for strengthening our school community.
Message from Stephen Bizzell Advancement and Community Relations Committee Chair
In 2020, it was my privilege to be elected to join the BGS Board of Trustees and to also assume responsibility for the Advancement and Community Relations Committee (the ACR Committee) from the retiring ACR Committee Chair, Chris Morton. I bring a number of personal and professional attributes and experiences to these roles. Importantly, I am both a current parent and Old Boy, and this gives me an insight into the quality of the educational outcomes the School is able to achieve. I strongly support the Board’s vision to make BGS the best school for boys in Australia – a vision that can be delivered with the ongoing support of the BGS community. On the professional front, my experience as a company director and corporate advisor of over 25 years has given me a particular interest in governance matters, and this will be one of my focuses as ACR Committee Chair. The ACR Committee is responsible for overseeing and monitoring performance in the areas of fundraising, marketing and communications, and enrolments on behalf of the Board. I look forward to continuing the good practice and procedures established by Chris Morton and Executive Director Advancement and Community Relations
Inma Beaumont and her team. A current priority is the fundraising efforts to ensure delivery of the School’s STEAM Project – a facility that will enable our educational offering to continue to adapt and provide our boys with the skills required for our changing society. This project exemplifies the School’s commitment to investing to stay at the forefront of providing leading teaching methods and learning outcomes. I am also keen to further develop and grow the School’s Bursary Fund, to assist more boys who would not otherwise be able to take advantage of the educational opportunities of Brisbane Grammar School. The Bursary program also allows the broader school community to benefit from the diversity bursary recipients bring to the School, and for other students to be able to experience and learn from boys from different backgrounds and communities. We will also be encouraging stronger ties between donors and bursary recipients – the boys who benefit from a BGS education. I hope you enjoy reading about how you have made a difference in 2020, and I thank you for your continuing support of the School and its future.
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BGS Giving Day 2021 We are calling on the BGS community to support our inaugural Giving Day on Thursday 26 August. The action-packed 24-hour event will bring together our community of students, teachers, parents and Old Boys.
We aim to raise funds for needs-based bursaries and our transformative STEAM Precinct.
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Message from Inma Beaumont Executive Director Advancement and Community Relations
A warm welcome to the 2020 Impact Report. Looking back, I have been heartened and amazed by the generosity of the Brisbane Grammar School community. Despite the uncertainties of the last year, so many of you have put faith in the future, helping create the best possible educational environment for BGS students. Of course, 2020 wasn’t without its challenges. In February, I took up the role of Executive Director Advancement and Community Relations with energy and enthusiasm, eager to meet as many members of the BGS community as possible. Just weeks later, we were plunged into lockdown, adjusting to the reality of home-based learning and social distancing. A year on, our busy events calendar is once again up and running, and I look forward to having the opportunity to discuss our exciting vision for the future of BGS at an upcoming function. The transformative STEAM Precinct is at the heart of this vision. We hope to be able to celebrate STEAM’s opening for the start of the 2023 school year. I am pleased to report this inspirational project has captured the imagination of our community, with $4.5 million of the $10 million target raised so far. We are also focused, with no less impetus, on increasing diversity in the
student cohort by providing financial assistance to those who otherwise could not afford a BGS education. Our vision is to financially support 170 students or 10% of the student population by growing the Bursary Fund to $20 million. With the support of the generous BGS community, the fund is currently at $16 million. My role in helping the School achieve this target has a personal dimension. Originally from rural Spain, my father was a blacksmith and he and my mother worked hard all their lives to give my brothers and me an education. But their earnings were not enough, and we were supported by bursaries from primary school to university. Thanks to the generosity of donors like yourselves, my family broke the poverty cycle, so this is my way of giving back. I fundraise to change people’s lives. The following pages illustrate the enormous impact of your contribution to BGS boys, now and well into the future. Whether through a bursary to benefit a boy who could not otherwise attend the School or through a donation to our STEAM project, please know that your contribution enriches the community. You are helping to educate the future. Once again, thank you for helping us realise our vision: to make Brisbane Grammar School the best school for boys in Australia.
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A passion for supporting the disadvantaged Former refugee and Old Boy Raziq Qasimi ’14 continues his inspiring journey since graduating from Brisbane Grammar School, recently admitted as a lawyer to the Supreme Court of Queensland. Raziq attended BGS in Years 11 and 12 thanks to a bursary before attending QUT and graduating with a Bachelor of Justice/ Bachelor of Laws in 2019. “Being admitted as a lawyer to the Supreme Court of Queensland was a very memorable and joyful day as my hard work and dedication paid off,” he said. “It was an absolute dream of mine to be admitted to the legal profession, and this being a reality now brings me joy and tears at the same time.” “I consider myself a human rights activist and want to become a human rights lawyer. For me, human rights are all about small acts of kindness towards the most marginalised members of our society.” His experience fleeing Afghanistan inspired him to help others. While at BGS, Raziq volunteered at the BGS Homework Club, helping refugee children like his younger self. BGS students can volunteer at the Homework Club, supporting refugee students with their learning. For the last five years, he has been on the board of the Queensland Program of Assistance to Survivors of Torture and Trauma (QPASTT), and he says it’s a huge honour and privilege to contribute to the broader multicultural society of Brisbane.
“In 2019, I attended the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees’ annual consultation with non-government organisations representing QPASTT,” he said. “During this visit, I shared the concerns and issues of refugees in Queensland to the UNHCR consultation.” Raziq also runs the public affairs portfolio at National Refugee-led Advisory and Advocacy Group (NRAAG). The group aims to inform policies, service delivery, campaigns, research and initiatives affecting the lives of refugees. “My passion and desire will always be to assist the most disadvantaged members of our domestic and global society in any capacity that I can,” he said. The Qasimi family is a member of the Hazara, an ethnic group native to central Afghanistan. It was his older brother who paved the way to a future in Australia, travelling here by boat in 1999. Raziq says he’s very proud to be the first Afghani-Australian refugee to have attended Brisbane Grammar School. “BGS is an institution well known for nurturing boys of high academic and professional excellence,” he said. “I met some wonderful and inspiring teachers at BGS. The education that you receive at BGS is certainly second to none.” “I will always be grateful for the generosity of donors who provided me with this amazing opportunity. I made extraordinary and lifelong connections at BGS.”
I met some wonderful and inspiring teachers at BGS. I will always be grateful for the generosity of donors who provided me with this amazing opportunity. I made extraordinary and lifelong connections at BGS.
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p The Story Bridge lit in the light dark blue for BGS150 celebrations in 2018
Grammar Generations Story family Perhaps few people crossing Brisbane’s Story Bridge today know the story of the man the bridge is named after – one of Brisbane Grammar School’s most influential Old Boys, Queensland public servant John Douglas (JD) Story. When he left BGS at 15 for a clerk’s job in the education department, JD Story himself was unlikely to have foreseen the impact he would have on Queensland’s growth and development. The year was 1885, and Brisbane Grammar School
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Headmaster Reginald Heber Roe recommended JD for the clerk’s role. Story’s employer noted: “nice intelligent look – rather small and lean and does not look robust. Brain…stronger than body.” Clearly industrious, JD eventually became Under Secretary of the Department, overseeing the opening of Queensland’s first state high schools in 1912, raising the school leaving age from 12 to 14, and introducing medical and dental examinations in State schools. As the son of Scottish migrants, one of seven children who was
out earning at 15, JD Story was proud to have made education more widely available, writing in 1915: “secondary education in Queensland is free to those who prove their fitness…it is just as possible for the son of the wharflabourer, the sugar-worker or the shearer to enjoy a full course of secondary education as for the son of the shipowner, the sugarplanter or the station-owner.” Recognised for his ability to get things done, JD Story was asked to conduct a Royal Commission into public service wages and allowances. Subsequently serving
as public service commissioner from 1920-39, Story founded the Council of Agriculture and was a member of the Bureau of Industry, responsible for the building of UQ at St Lucia, Somerset Dam, and the bridge named in his honour in 1940. Perhaps unsurprisingly, JD sent his sons John Dunmore Campbell Story ‘27 and Keith Campbell Story ’28 to BGS. The second John Story became a solicitor and senior partner of Chambers McNab and Company. Advancing Queensland education remained a lifelong interest for JD. With his former Headmaster Roe, he championed the establishment of The University of Queensland in 1910 and served on its Senate for 50 years. After retiring from the public service in 1939, he became UQ’s first fulltime Vice Chancellor, an unpaid role he held for 21 years. Seventy years later in 2009, JD’s grandson, the third John Story to attend BGS, would become Chancellor of the university his grandfather had worked to establish. John Story AO ’63 followed his father John Dunmore Campbell Story to BGS, studied Law at UQ and was National Chairman of Corrs Chambers Westgarth. He had an extensive directorial career including the chairmanship of Suncorp Group Limited and the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He was made an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2015 for distinguished service to business
p UQ Chancellor John Story AO. Photo courtesy of The University of Queensland
and commerce in the public and private sectors. In a development that would have no doubt pleased his grandfather, John was named UQ Alumni of the year in 2017, following his tenure as Chancellor, and for chairing the TC Beirne School of Law fundraising committee to fund the renovation of the Forgan Smith Building. A fourth generation of the Story family came to BGS when John and his wife Georgina sent their sons John ’91, Tom ’93 and Bill ’95. All three have followed their father in studying Law at UQ, with John now working in finance, Tom as a solicitor and Bill in the public service in Canberra. This generation has grandfather Old Boys on both sides, with Georgina’s father, George Whitfield, finishing in 1920. He was a dentist at Coorparoo. Georgina is a History graduate who wrote JD Story’s entry in the Australian Dictionary of Biography.
“John’s grandfather was certainly a grand old man of Queensland history; with his varied careers he had a real influence,” Georgina said. “But I don’t think you can’t make too much of his leaving school at 15; there were no state high schools in Queensland, remember, and no further education available at the time. As one of seven children he was off and earning, like many of his contemporaries.” While the Story family’s connection to BGS is a long one, John and Georgina’s six grandsons all live interstate. “All the boys know about the family’s connection to the Story Bridge though, and how it’s named after John’s grandfather. It’s part of the family history.”
John’s grandfather was certainly a grand old man of Queensland history; with his varied careers he had a real influence. - Georgina Story p JD Story circa 1925 (Qld State Library)
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p Clockwise from top left: operating in Phnom Penh; assessing a young patient in PNG; sewing up a patient in the medical room at Northgate; with colleagues on ward rounds in Bangladesh
Empowering the next generation A pioneer in his field, with a Medal of the Order of Australia awarded in 2006, oral and maxillofacial surgeon Old Boy Dr John Arvier ’70 remains modest when talking about his work and achievements. In his 35-year career as a specialist, John has combined public hospital work and a busy private practice with training the next generation of oral surgeons
in Australia and overseas. Since 2003 he’s also been on the sidelines at State of Origin, Super 15 and Wallabies rugby matches, to treat facial lacerations, broken jaws and cheekbones. “I had ambitions as a child of playing rugby for Australia, so hanging around the players is the next best thing,” he says. “My son Matthew and I were the first
father and son pair to wear the same dark blue jersey (No.8) for the First XV.” Countless patients in Australia and overseas will be glad John chose surgery over rugby. Since his first trip to Bangladesh in 1991, he has made 38 largely self-funded overseas trips as a volunteer surgeon. John’s work overseas falls into
Seeing people living in terrible poverty brings home how lucky we are to be in Australia. You can’t not go then. You always feel like you could do a bit more.
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two categories. “Conditions like cleft palate are treated in children here, but in many developing countries they go untreated and grow. Road trauma is also a huge problem – roads are chaotic and no one wears seatbelts. “Seeing people living in terrible poverty brings home how lucky we are in Australia,” he says. “You can’t not go then. It gets into your system and you always feel like you could do a bit more.” ‘A bit more’ has included trips to Congo and Somaliland with Australian Doctors for Africa, and helping to establish university training in Bangladesh, PNG and Cambodia. John and his colleagues from the Australian and New Zealand Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons have developed the curriculum and student examinations. “There’s that old adage – if you want to feed a man for a day, give him a fish. If you want to feed him for a lifetime, show him how to fish. It’s a very superficial analogy, but we thought training people who could show others was logical.” At home in Queensland, John also taught and supervised the next generation of specialists. Surgical colleague and current BGS parent Dr Geoff Findlay met John as an undergraduate and found his overseas trips fascinating. “John would come speak to us, and at the end of the lecture, throw up a few slides of his volunteer work,” Geoff says. “You could see it took a huge amount of energy. The cases are Treating a Queensland Reds player q
p J ohn (far right) brother Peter and mother Alison at unveiling of the centenary foundation stone, 1968
complex, and the conditions he’s had to work under are nothing like what we take for granted here in Australia.” Geoff says while most surgeons share their skills, John stands out for his commitment to fostering a sustainable, home grown workforce in developing countries. “He’s been tenacious in setting up the training programs. He doesn’t stop asking until it happens. He’s just a top bloke.” In 2019, Geoff operated on a teenage girl from PNG who John had first treated as a child. She was flown to Brisbane for treatment by Rotary Overseas Medical Aid. With Rotary, John and his wife Louise, a physiotherapist, have volunteered in Tanzania at the School of St Jude. The school was set up by Australian expat, Gemma Sisia, to educate the most disadvantaged children in that country. John is grateful for his own education, and proud of his family’s association with both BGS and BGGS. Daughter Rebecca is a paediatrician at Qld Children’s Hospital. “I am now aware I was very privileged to go to BGS. I was on a half scholarship, and I was always being told I wasn’t doing as well as I should have been,” John laughs. “I didn’t win any academic prizes, that’s for sure!” “I’m the only one in the family
whose name isn’t on any of the School Honour Boards: my father, my brother (Peter ’71), my two sons (Tim ’00 and Matthew ’07) are, but I’m not. “However, Tim and I share a sporting achievement: we were the first father and son to have won the same GPS Track and Field event in the metric era (4x100m relay).” John’s father, Astley (known as Maurie) ’36 was Captain of the BGS Rifle Club, served in World War II, and endured three and a half years in a Japanese POW camp after the fall of Singapore. While Maurie was imprisoned, John’s grandfather paid for a life membership to the Old Boy Association, in a moving sign of hope that Maurie would return. John’s mother Alison (BGGS Head Girl in 1944) later called this “a good investment”. John himself joined the RAAF after graduating from UQ Dental School. After serving in Townsville, he left in 1978 to further his surgical and medical studies in London and Adelaide, before returning to Brisbane. Asked why he has dedicated so much of his time and energy to helping others, John says the rewards run both ways. “I’ve gained experiences and sights and friendships that no amount of money can buy. There’s professional satisfaction. That’s the bottom line.”
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p Old Boy Allan Davies ’69 and his wife Lyn’s Dalara Foundation support various charitable projects, including the Salvation Army (above) and the Australian Rhino Project (opposite)
Dalara Foundation Allan and Lyn Davies Growing up in Mount Isa, working in South Africa and seeing the power of philanthropy in the United States have informed Allan Davies’ desire to make a difference through his Dalara Foundation. BGS Old Boy Allan ’69 and his wife Lyn set up Dalara in 2007 to fund charitable projects they found worthy and interesting, focusing on education, medical research, and human and animal welfare. “We’re finding these days more of our distributions focus
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on educational outcomes within those four categories,” Allan says. Among its many projects, Dalara has funded research into stroke treatment and Hendra virus; engineering, veterinary and agricultural scholarships; and training for outback nurses and midwives working for the Royal Flying Doctor Service in Mount Isa and Charleville. “We’re also really keen on a not-for-profit group called the Clontarf Foundation, which focuses on education for Aboriginal boys,” Allan says.
“We feel really passionate about education because it’s the fundamental building block for any society to continue to improve itself. There are so many
things that could be fixed if people were better educated.” Allan’s secondary education started at Mount Isa High School, until his parents moved to Tennant Creek and he and his brother Robert ’73 started boarding at BGS. “I loved it. I swam, played rugby. I was really happy boarding, and I met some terrific people I’m still very good friends with today,” Allan says. “Boarding set me up for university because I knew how to live away from home.” An Engineering degree from UQ led to three years working as an engineer and miner in Mount Isa, then a stint in South Africa where he and Lyn had their first son. “Apartheid was in place, and we travelled and saw a lot of things that affected us. It had some bearing on the philanthropy my wife and I do now.” Saving the African rhino from extinction, for instance. Allan is co-founder and Chairman of the Australian Rhino Project, an ambitious international conservation plan to import 35 rhinos and provide a genetically diverse ‘insurance population’ that will eventually be returned to the wild. Details at theaustralianrhinoproject.org. Returning to Australia, Allan went back to shift work to obtain his statutory mining certificates and manage coal mines. “University is one thing, but you need to learn how to deal with people and the practical aspects of mining, and the best way to do
that is to get your hands dirty, so that’s what I did.” Working for a US resource company and living in Cleveland, Ohio in the late 1980s exposed Allan and Lyn to the American way of philanthropy. Several years later they were in a financial position to form a private ancillary fund and the Dalara Foundation was born. “Back in Australia, a group of us set up a little company called Excel Coal and over a period of 12 years built it into a sizeable coal mining operation, listed on the ASX. It was a lot of fun working for yourself, backing yourself in. But along came an American company and purchased our business from us. That gave us the capacity to get serious.” The Dalara Foundation is now worth several million dollars and last year made grants of almost $400,000 to Australian charitable projects. “Efficiency is important to us. When talking to a not-for-profit we suggest a three to five-year time frame, to minimise the time an NFP spends asking for support.” Very much a family affair, Allan, Lyn, their two sons Robert and Andrew, and their partners choose projects as a committee for Dalara. “We’ve included our children and their families in the decision-making process because when my wife and I disappear, they’re more likely to pick up the ball when it’s their turn to do so,” Allan says. Robert manages one of the
Dalara Pastoral properties, and projects benefitting rural communities have been a focus, such as a recent water tank project for the Salvation Army. Andrew’s family lives in New Zealand, and as both daughtersin-law are nurses, they all have an interest in medical research, animal welfare and education. “We’ve been very fortunate. It’s not by accident, it’s because of hard work and taking the opportunities as they’ve arisen, but I think it’s really important to give back, and we’re trying to inculcate that approach to life in our children and their families.” Into the future, Allan says he hopes to “join the dots” between BGS and the Clontarf Foundation, and see the BGS 1969 Year Group Bursary continue to grow. “Back when we were at school, people didn’t talk about this stuff, no one even thought of it. I think bursaries are a fantastic way to assist the philanthropic effort at BGS. It’s a privilege to be able to help people, frankly.”
We feel really passionate about education because it’s the fundamental building block for any society to continue to improve itself. There are so many things that could be fixed if people were better educated.
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p Retired Art Teacher Bernadette Moy and Old Boy Scott McLeod ‘85 in the Francis Lymburner Gallery
Art donation honours teacher As Brisbane Grammar School’s longest-serving female teacher, Bernadette Moy has seen many
She has spent countless hours in and out of the classroom inspiring the people at the School – students and staff.
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changes in her 40 years at the School. When she arrived in February 1981, her Art classes took place on four ping pong tables under the Boarding House. In the years that followed, Bernadette established Senior Art, devised inspiring learning tasks, organized several exhibitions, and passed on her passion for art to generations of BGS students. On her retirement in 2020, BGS Curator and former Head of Art Stewart Service commented, “Bernadette touched the lives of
a third to half of all BGS students as they came through Years 8, 9 and 10. She has spent countless hours in and out of the classroom inspiring the people at the School – students and staff.” One such student is Scott McLeod ’85, who attended Bernadette’s extracurricular Friday afternoon classes, where students could explore print making, clay or whatever art they wanted to do. Years later, a chance meeting rekindled Scott’s interest in collecting artwork by BGS Old Boy Francis Lymburner ’33, who
has a gallery named in his honour in the Art Centre. “I hadn’t been back to the School for many years, but when my son Andrew was in Year 5, I went to Open Day and ventured down to the Art Centre as I hadn’t seen the conversion from the old gym,” Scott says. “I noticed there was a gallery named after Francis Lymburner, who I hadn’t realised was an Old Boy.” Looking around, Scott bumped into Bernadette and they talked about the School and Art in the 1980s. “I was absolutely hopeless at Art at school, I but always enjoyed the one lesson a week we had in Form 2 in the basement of the old Boarding House, now the Roe Building. And yes, the Boarding House ping pong tables were pushed together for the purpose! “Life has changed a lot since the 80s and today the boys have a wonderful opportunity to study Art for more than just one year,” Scott says. “After catching up with Bernadette, I started to look for Lymburner at antique and art auctions. I thought it would be good to increase the number of
pq On this page: artworks by Francis Lymburner ‘33
works on display in the gallery.” BGS Curator Stewart Service has organised a special cabinet to display some of the 11 pencil drawings and ink washes. Bernadette, Scott, Stewart and Headmaster Anthony Micallef recently met to view the works. “I thought Bernadette’s retirement was the perfect opportunity to gift the works to the School in recognition of her incredible
service and contribution over many decades,” Scott says. “Somehow I think Bernadette’s service of 40 years may stand as a long record.” Bernadette didn’t expect her chance meeting with Scott would lead to this gift to the School. “I was overwhelmed at how the School acknowledged my longevity at BGS. Scott’s donation is a very generous gesture.”
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Celebrating our Community Brisbane Grammar School recognised several former and current parent volunteers at the Betty Howell Awards in October 2020. The awards were presented at the School’s annual Celebrating Our Community function for volunteers and donors. The Betty Howell Awards, established for volunteers in 2011, are named in honour of Mrs Joan Elizabeth (Betty) Howell, who was a passionate volunteer with the Art Committee and Auxiliary during her 25-year association with the School as the wife of the Headmaster.
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The 2020 Betty Howell Awards recipients are: • John Ferris (past parent) for service to Fencing • B rett ’82 and Jane Halliday (Old Boy/past parents) for service to Cricket and Rugby • M argaret Henderson (past parent) for service to the Art Committee • Di Morton (past parent) for service to Rowing • W ill and Louise Siganto (past parents) for service to Swimming, Moogerah Support Group and Art Show • Bruce Wilson (past parent) for service to Fencing
BGS STEAM Precinct timeline announced Brisbane Grammar School has commenced its most significant infrastructure project in the School’s 153-year history. After seven years of planning, design and research, the School has partnered with BESIX Watpac to build the BGS STEAM Precinct.
combines scientific inquiry with technological implementation, engaging the problem-solving of engineering, the creativity of art, and mathematical modelling to support student comprehension and understanding of the real world.
Why STEAM?
Impact of STEAM
The acronym STEAM – Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics – refers not just to these standalone disciplines but to a way of thinking. STEAM education instructs students in critical thinking and shifts the STEM concept into the contemporary world of innovation and entrepreneurship. Instead of teaching subjects in isolation, STEAM disciplines can be taught in a way that
The STEAM Precinct will provide the School with the opportunity to lead education in Australia, differentiating the BGS education experience from other schools in the country. Exposure to a collaborative and creative environment where diverse disciplines work together to solve problems will equip BGS students with vital technical and social skills and provide them with a competitive advantage at
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p T he STEAM Precinct footprint on the BGS campus
university and in the workplace. This is the School’s most substantial project in its 153-year history. When the development is complete, the BGS community will be the beneficiaries of this extraordinary educational venture.
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The STEAM Precinct will open early in 2023.
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The Steam Fundraising Campaign Over the School’s history, the BGS community has demonstrated strong philanthropic support. During The Lilley Centre fundraising campaign, the community donated $5.8M to support the construction of the building. Since it was established, the Bursary Fund has grown to approximately $16M thanks to generous donations. So far, the BGS community has committed $4.5M of a target
of $10M towards the STEAM Precinct. The School is extremely grateful for this generosity and hope to achieve our target. Donors who have committed funds to the STEAM Precinct have done so by signing five-year pledges – non-legally binding agreements that express the donor’s intentions. Donors can contribute different amounts each of the five years depending on their tax situation, and they only need to notify BGS of the amount
they will be contributing in June each year. Donors are also offered the opportunity to choose a space in the precinct to honour their family name or the name of a loved one. For more information on making a gift or a copy of the Naming Opportunities Brochure, please contact Inma Beaumont on inma.beaumont@ brisbanegrammar.com or 0407 996 794.
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Lifetime Giving We recognise donors who have supported the School throughout their lifetime. We celebrate individuals who have contributed to the history of Brisbane Grammar School. Over $500,000
Nick Mather
Rob and Bec Pullar
Andrew Jenkins*
BGS P&F Auxiliary
Doug Moffett*
John and Ingrid Rorke
Alan Jones AO
Bob Bryan AM
Chris and Di Morton
Sudarshan and Surinder Saini
Richard and Jo Kahler
Tim and Elaine Crommelin
Bruce Roberts*
Bob and Belinda Sharpless
Piyoosh and Priti Kotecha
Simon Fenwick
John Story AO and Georgina Story
Will and Louise Siganto The Siganto Foundation
David and Loraine McLaren
Richard and Adele Theile
Walter Monz* Morgans
David Weedon AO
Henry Thorburn Rod Thorburn Thorburn Trust
Mac and Lucy Woolcock
Doris Townsend*
Jamie and Louise Pherous
Norman Traves*
David and Christine Purvis
Matthew McLennan Sir John Pidgeon* Howard and Hilary Stack Stack Family Foundation
Over $100,000
Peter Thompson Richard Vanstone Chris and Linda Vella
David and Sandi Abernethy
Anthony and Susan Micallef
Frazer and Rachel Moss
Anonymous
Over $50,000
Keith Woollam*
Donald Radford*
BGS Art Support Group
Australia and New Zealand Bank
Steven Zhang and Cindy Shi
David and Gillian Ritchie
Stephen Bizzell John Blaiklock*
Athol Crawford*
Andrew Brice
Bruce and Anna Davidson
Bill and Valda* Byth
Ian Dickinson AM and Margaret Dickinson
Allan and Lyn Davies Dalara Foundation Andrew and Asako Hay Betty Heath Nick Heath Lesley Huxley AM Ken MacDonald AM and Marian Gibney David Malouf AO
Over $25,000 Paul Barrett Belinda Barrett
Daryl Holmes OBE and Lisa Holmes
BGS Old Boys Association
James Lin and Judy Wu
Graham Davies AM
David and Marlene Little
Brian Hirschfeld
Geoffrey and Jan Moles
Ross and Kylie Hirst
Normanby Blues
Ian and Johanna Hodgetts
David Perel
Duk Hong and Gyoung Mi Kim
Warwick* and Anne* Power
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Albert and Nancy Chung
Neville Sandford and Patricia Matthews Peter and Caroline Steadman Rodney Taylor* Thyne Reid Foundation Francis Tomlinson and Beverley Rowbotham AO Graham and Judy Turner
*Deceased
Great Hall Society The Great Hall Society was established in 1997 to honour those who have made a bequest to Brisbane Grammar School. Anonymous*
Stuart Grassie
David Malouf AO
John Story AO
Peter Armstrong
Arthur Harris*
Donald Matheson*
Neil Summerson AM
Ralph Beckingham OAM*
Peter Heywood
Graham McBryde
Rod Thorburn
John Blaiklock*
John Hoare
Doug Moffett*
Henry Thorburn
Bob Bryan AM
Peter Jempson
Bruce Paulsen
Grenville Thynne
Ian Carver*
John Knott
John Pearn AO RFD
Doris Townsend*
Lawrence Casey
John Leslie AO*
Tim Porter
Norman Traves*
Ronald Clarkson
Ronald Lindner
Donald Radford*
Katherine Trent
John Cotterell
David Little
Bruce Roberts*
Jim Truesdale
John Cranley
Stephen Lonie*
Howard Stack
Geoff Voller
Tim Crommelin
Chris Lovelock
Geoff Stevenson
Ian Whittle*
Jack Farr*
Ken MacDonald AM
Phip Stewart
Ronald Wyllie
*Deceased
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Building Fund We recognise donors who have taken a lead in donating to the STEAM Precinct, and those who have helped provide our boarding students with contemporary accommodation and facilities. BGS STEAM Precinct Alan Arnold
Adrian Hamra
Brian Meade and Rebecca Schull-Meade
Steve Wallis and Jenny Mackie
Anonymous
Rodney Harden
Jonathan and Yvette Askew
Andrew and Asako Hay
Peter Melloy
Craig and Heather Walter
Barry Baker
John and Sandra Hazzard
Anthony and Susan Micallef
Rebecca Webber
Inma Beaumont
Eric Hewett
Richard Wheeler
Peter and Cathy Beckingsale
Adam Howarth
Bill Morrissey and Kylie Downes
Rod Bellamy
Simon and Andrea Hurwood
Robert Nieh
Di Xiao and Huiqun Liu
Stephen Bizzell
Grahame Jardine-Vidgen
John Peden
Zhen Yang and Anni Wang
Claire Blake
Mark Jempson
Simon and Caroline Prebble
Tony and Linda Young
Andrew and Karen Bond
Peter Johnson
John Puttick
Jacqui Zervos
John Boo and Jenny Terrado
Nick Jorss
Rod Borrowdale
David and Wendy Keir
Malcolm and Tammy Robinson
Alan and Amanda Brand
Andrew Kemp
Paul and Joelle Brittain
Sudarshan and Surinder Saini
John Knott
Harlin House Donors
Bob Bryan AM
Anubhav and Anshu Sarikwal
Anonymous
Peter and Nicole Bryant
David Ko and Machiko Koganezawa
Dmitry Saulov and Asta Saulova
BGS P&F Auxiliary
Mike and Maria Carter
Rob and Catriona Labrom
Dan and Naomi Chambers
Yit Nah Lau
Philip Chen
Joseph Lee and Michelle Chong
John Cranley Dick Cribb Tim Crommelin Greg Dabelstein Les Davey Donald Davies John and Rachel Emery John Fenwick AM and Marye Fenwick Michael Forrest and Angie Ryan Adrian and Michelle Frick Ken Fung Greg Gilbert Brett and Karen Gregor
Raymond Wu and Emily Mo
QLD Education Science Techs
Thomas Saunders Mark Schumann
John Boo and Jenny Terrado Chris Cooper Stephen and Sharon Danzig
Gray Shen
Mervyn and Margaret Eadie
John Siemon
Cameron and Trudie Early
Andrew and Jen Slatter Henry Smerdon AM
Alec Evans AM and Kay Evans
David and Marlene Little
Tim Solomon
Andrew and Margot Evans
John Lonie
Howard and Hilary Stack
Duncan Evans
Christopher and Selga Lusink
Stack Family Foundation
David Fraser
Robin and Kim Lyons
Kenneth Steele
Fiona Macfarlane
Rob Stevens and Katherine Semple
Matthew and Patricia Garraway
Peter and Sandra Lennox Chung Lun Leung and Wai Kwan Wong
Patrick and Mary Mahoney AO Donald Matheson* Tim McCarthy and Miranda Crisci Frank McClatchy
Nik and Irma Gresshoff
Paul McEniery and Karen Seifert
Robert and Marion Hamilton
Kerry McKeon
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John Story AO and Georgina Story
Robert and Marion Hamilton John Knott Darren and Amanda Lewis
Peter Thompson
David Liu
Jane Tsai
John Marriott
Steve and Anna-Marie Uscinski
Matthew McLennan
Chris and Linda Vella
Neil and Marita Peacey
Geoff Voller
Qichao Su and Daisy Feng
Leon and Jan Misfeld
*Deceased
Bursary Fund We recognise donors who give the opportunity for a BGS education. Immediate Needs 2020 Anonymous Anthony Beal Ian Brusasco AO* and Patsy Brusasco OAM Roy Casey Robert Charlton John Cranley Prue Galley Ngaire and David Groves Peter Heywood Roy Li James May Henry Thorburn Rod Thorburn Thorburn Trust Warren Traves John Woodley Ronald Wyllie
Indigenous Bursaries Anonymous Anne Armour Nigel Brock Mark and Catherine Brusasco Angus Campbell Ronald Clarkson Simon Fenwick Ross Finemore Maher Gandhi and Catherine Duffy Catherine Gulhane Peter Hastie and Suzanne Sheridan Betty Heath Nick Heath Lesley Huxley AM Bob Holeman Alison Kearney Glenn King and Susan Rowland Bill Lansbury Mauro and Megan Liberatore Hugh Macintosh and Deb Almering Philip McNicol and Liz Dann Angela Mullan Dan and Shelagh Mullany Jim and Jill Nicklin Nikolaos Papas Tony and Nicola Rahman Michael Rice Colin Spencer and Viv Braybrook Kenneth Steele
*Deceased
Mike Tardent and Kerry-Anne Powell Peter Taylor Duncan Thomson Dennis Waight
Ron Cochrane Bursary $46,302
Anonymous Matthew Adi Ron Cochrane Tim Crommelin Jon Fenwick Simon Fenwick Ashley Feuerheerdt Petrina Gilmore Sean Martin James Morris Joe Rich David, Phillip, Tim Shaw Howard and Hilary Stack Tom Stack Thomas Stephens Harry Theile
Year Group Bursaries 1936 $1,500 Stan Mellick OAM ED
1939 $20,000 Norman Traves*
1942 $250,000 Doug Moffett*
1943 $196,965 Anonymous Brian Hirschfeld
1944 $249,326
1956 Under $999
1957 $1,500 Michael Bolton AM Alec Evans AM and Kay Evans
1958 Under $999 John Allpass Barry Mayfield
1970 $1,050 Len and Suzanne Gainsford Stephen Matthews
1962 $158,615
1971 $3,015
Robert Brown Warren Kinston Van Richards-Smith John and Ingrid Rorke Howard and Hilary Stack Rod Williams
Ian Bragg John and Susan Humphrey
1973 Under $999 Gary Sully
1976 $11,150
1963 $73,260
Cameron Bell Warwick Horsey Graeme McAdam
Anonymous Michael Crommelin AO Clyde and Ada Dunlop John and Robynne Siemon John Story AO and Georgina Story Ian Wilkinson
1977 $1,185 Mark and Catherine Brusasco Daryl Clifford Peter and Joanne Foreman
1979 $62,833
Anonymous
1952 Under $999
1966 $139,700
Bruce Gibson-Wilde OAM and Dorothy Gibson-Wilde OAM
David and Sandi Abernethy Bob and Diane Holeman Tim and Janet Porter
Anonymous Bruce Spender BEM*
Tim and Elaine Crommelin Ross Jones
1955 Under $999
1969 52,023
1961 Under $999
1965 $20,260
Peter and Janette Jempson Ross Thomas AM David Walters
Stephen Lonie* Mark and Shauna Schulz
John Gralton John Knott David and Marlene Little David Perel David and Gillian Ritchie
Roy Giesemann John Marriott
1954 Under $999
1968 $15,300
1960 $97,750
1946 Under $999
Gordon Johnson John Woodley
Anonymous Phillip and Delwyn Cameron
Robert Grice AO Peter Taylor
1964 Under $999
1953 Under $999
1967 Under $999
1959 $2,250
Bill Heron Bruce Roberts*
Richard Pegg
Andrew Jenkins* Alan Jones AO Ken MacDonald AM Stuart Markwell John and Judy Mewing Alexander Morrow* Philip Neilsen Ross and Susan Parry David and Christine Purvis Tony Verner Graeme and Dianne Whitelaw
Anonymous Roy Casey Robert Grice AO
Don and Philippa Adsett Anonymous Wally and Mary Arndt Ian Dickinson AM and Margaret Dickinson David Dunlop and Julie Hammer Stephen Gray Simon Hamlyn-Harris Bob and Janet Hunter Warren Hutton Max and Lea Hutton Robert Ingram
William Boydell James Henderson Mark and Angela Martin Stuart and Catherine Rees Brett Salisbury Michael Sullivan Andrew Wilson and Tracey Lennon
1980 $75,718 Jon and Patrice Cafferky Matt Coulter Michael Elmer David and Siobhan Fielding John Greig Mal and Amanda Harrison Michael Hellen Andrew Henderson Jonathan Hill
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Ian Knights Cam Lillicrap Greg Martin David Phillips Andrew Powell Niren and Charu Raj Graham Thomas Peter Van De Graaff
1982 $188,267 Bruce Baker Benjamin Bopp Scott Chapman Bruce Davidson Brett and Jane Halliday Richard and Jo Kahler Paul Lathouras Thomas Martin Ian Martin James Morris and Caroline Tsen Frazer and Rachel Moss John and Mandy Peden Christopher Shirley Robert Sinnamon Nigel Spork and Natasha Christa Stephen St Baker Richard and Adele Theile Grenville and Kylie Thynne Warren and Elisabeth Traves Giles Worthington-Wilmer
1984 Under $999 Graham Sandeman
1985 $25,000 Jamie and Louise Pherous
1987 $33,250 Dan and Naomi Chambers Simon Fenwick Michael Forrest and Angie Ryan Shayne Gilbert Heather Hamilton Graham and Caroline Ramsay Simon and Kylie Tolhurst Iain and Andrea Tucker
1988 $10,000 Dominic and Sarah O’Sullivan
1992 Under $999 Ken Fung
1998 Under $999 Greg Howes James Bright
2000 $14,084 Anonymous Inma Beaumont Jeremy McKenzie Peter Shaw Tom Stack
2002 Under $999 Christopher and Selga Lusink
2005 Under $999 Anonymous
2007 $5,125 Julian and Bethany Potten Mark Somerville
2008 $2,640 The Charles Vincent McMahon Bursary Alastair Blenkin Fred Croker Sam Gardner Harry Houston Michael and Annie McMahon Jack Murday Anonymous Pat Smith
2009 Under $999
Colin Kenny and Liz Kenny AO
2011 Under $999 Anonymous
2012 Under $999 Kate Borger
2014 Under $999 Anonymous
2015 Under $999 Kate Borger
2016 $77,462 Class of 2016 gift Howard Stack Peter Thompson
2017 $50,905
Chris and Ginni Anderson Anonymous Bruce and Katie Baker Kate Borger Rajesh Brijball and Malini Ramsay-Brijball Bob and Helen Brown William Cheng and Diane Chiang Charles and Livia Chin Garson Chin Class of 2017 gift Nick and Penny Comino Berkeley and Sarah Cox Bill Everson David and Ngaire Groves Kris and Nilmini Gunawardana Paul and Meryl Huth Peter Knee and Carolyn Daunt O Ick Kwon and Hyun Ok Kim Rob and Catriona Labrom Anton Loewenthal and Jenny Strachan Chengzhi Lu Mitch Manning Michael and Kerri-Ann Martin Mick and Lyndall McCormack Anthony and Susan Micallef Kim and Jane Morison Frazer and Rachel Moss Alex Nguyen Mark Osmand Graham and Caroline Ramsay Steve Reynolds and Marian Wheeler Tim and Andrea Ripper Sam and Jo Sciacca Howard Stack Ross Tyrrell Rastie and Erica Van der Westhuizen Vipul and Mamta Vyas Craig and Kirsten Whip Poppy Wilson Dapeng Zhang and Lucy Shang
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2018 $50,651 John and Sophie Barton Darren and Natalie Black Christopher and Margot Blue Rob and Karen Campbell John Clift and Nicky Cheng Alex Coleman Jeremy Davis Peter Eccleston and Fay Zhong Adam and Elisabeth Findlay John and Julie Fison Peter and Catherine Hudson Lawrence and Paula Lau Michael and Zora Liu Hamish Macintosh Hugh Macintosh Ron and Kym Martinenko James Morris and Caroline Tsen Rohan and Marianne Mortimore Graham and Julie Murray Son Ngo and Thuy Nguyen Jesse and Nikki Nihill James and Anna Owen Richard Qiu and Connie Shen Malcolm and Tammy Robinson Howard Stack Teck and Michaelina Tang Robert and Caroline Ting Paul and Nerida Trappett Eddy Tse and Kina Mak Clayton and Kerri White David and Mary Wong
2019 $41,238 Jan Andersen and Ling Zheng Mirry Bryan Jon and Patrice Cafferky Andrew and Tori Cardell-Ree Robert and Louise Carius John Cavalerie Nick and Jane Corbett Craig and Renee Dawson Angus Edwards and Trudie Murrell Ghobad Ensafpour and Tracey Gordon Michael Forrest and Angie Ryan Luca Fu and Silvia Peng Charley Guo and Sandy Chen Paul and Kathy Henry Roger Lago Amanda Lago Albert Lam and Ciska Boentoro Jun Kim and Joo Ok Lee Son Nguyen Ngoc and Ann Nguyen Thi Michael O’Connor and Bernice Watson Antonio Pais and Nivea Pereira Pais Nalin Perera and Thushara Pussella John and Dominique Richards Tom and Lisa Shakespeare Mahmud Taib Sang Jin Yeo and Jiyoung Hwang Hongbo Yu and Leiyan Zhao
2020 $85,711 Chris and Ginni Anderson Anonymous Alan and Gayle Austin Russell and Leanne Bowie Ian Brown and Anna Burrows
Dan and Naomi Chambers Berkeley and Sarah Cox Adrian and Michelle Frick Eugene and Cindy Fung Maher Gandhi and Catherine Duffy Andrew and Asako Hay Michael Ho and Lillian Tram Dave and Miranda Holt Susan Huang Ahmad Husain and Tawfika Makbul Santiago Jara Melagrani and Maria Cossia Jack Kwong Rob and Catriona Labrom Huy Dung Le and Dieu Anh Trinh Dane and Louise Lockyer Hugh Macintosh and Deb Almering James May Lachlan and Shannon McCallum Tim McCarthy and Miranda Crisci Paul McEniery and Karen Seifert Cyrus Moeini and Gina Chou Luke Na Seongsu Na and Alice Lee Tony and Katrina O’Connell John Pan and Mei Hong Graeme Paull and Helen Armstrong Sam Penman Benedikt Pfisterer and Antonia Maier Majella Pollard Anonymous Philip and Holly Richardson Ken Situ and Annie Luk Nigel Spork and Natasha Christa David and Marie-Louise Theile Keith Thornton and Michelle Reiken Mayooran Veerasingham and Thushyanthi Mayooran Leanne Waldron Trinity Ward Rumintha and Celia Wickramasekera Charlie and Sarah Willmott Ralph and Lisa Willson Drew Wolrige Jason Yang and Sue Zhang Yingmin Zhong and Wendy Duan
2021 $120,183 Laileen Ahloo Soe Aung and Vivian Ting Kesh and Sue Baboolal Bruce and Amanda Butler Anthony and Kate Crilly Greig and Vickie de Zubicaray Mark and Leta Dempsey Matthew and Samantha Duncan Ian Duncan and Lizzie Coulson Ken Goldberg and Anne-Maree Coyne Yuwei Gong and Wei Shi Jason and Julie Griffiths Henry Ho and Tammy Liang Cameron Johnson and Marika Nearhos Ram and Nala Kangatharan Min Kim and Mi Sun Jo Graham Lee and Anita Chang
*Deceased
Shuke Liang and Yan Qin Frankie Look and Connie Luk Michael and Rachel Lusis Greg and Kristine Malone Gary and Sarah McCarthy-James Randall McHugh and Stephanie Daveson James Morris and Caroline Tsen Son Ngo and Thuy Nguyen Chris O’Neill and Tabitha Goodreid Jo Pace Davin and Kate Patterson John and Dominique Richards Tony Robertson and Jennifer Dietz Dmitry Saulov and Asta Saulova David and Carmen Shuttleton Andrew and Jillian Stallmann Paul Strooper and Alena Griffiths Mark and Chrisanthy Stutz Paul and Nerida Trappett Sally Trestrail Damien van Brunschot and Jackie Trad Terry and Belinda Vardy Tuan Vu and Thuy Do Chris and Carrie Watchirs Joseph and Cynthia Wong Steven Zhang and Cindy Shi
2022 $90,361 Phil and Leigh Baxter Matt and Leanne Caines Con and Ellie Cayas James Chen and Jessica Wan Johnny Cheng and Joanna Lee Jason and Salish Donald Anne Duncan Peter and Kirilly Dutton Peter Eccleston and Fay Zhong Adrian Esler and Alison de Groot Peter Fan and Cathy Zhang Annamaria Ferencz Tony Gu and Jenny Wang Matthew and Priscilla Hocking Matthew Howes and Susan Hogarth Matthew and Julia Horton Simon and Andrea Hurwood Rob and Michaela Jackson Dhammika Jayalath and Weena Lokuge Benjamin Kang and I-Lin Chen Jon-Paul and Tara Khoo Rob and Catriona Labrom Chung Lun Leung and Wai Kwan Wong William and Sainian Leves Douts Li and Grace Qiu Cam and Kym Mackay David Martin and Grace Zeng Mark McCauley and Sacha Hennessy John and Gillian Miller Frazer and Rachel Moss Arnold Ng and Carolina Ling Glenn and Peta O’Brien Malcolm and Tammy Robinson Ed and Monica Roper Mohamed Shanavas and Babitha Pulikkathody Chris and Wendy Smith John Sneddon and Vanessa O’Sullivan
*Deceased
Hee Soo and Marisa Teng Gavin Sun and Sophia Su Bibo Tan and Lina Ma Simon Tang and Jing Ge Steve and Fara Tavakol Chandra and Amila Tennakoon Simon and Kylie Tolhurst Kate Tyszkiewicz Ralph and Lisa Willson Chi-Hong and Janet Wong Michael and Jaime Wood
2023 $99,699 Peter and Cathy Beckingsale Derrick Brown and Rachael Browning Greg Bryant and Claudia Roy Xuan Bui and Thi Nguyen David and Peta Bunce Ken Cao and Sabrina He Victor Chen and Shirley Lin Charlie and Poppy Choi Jeff Chou and Connie Ko Alex Coleman Megan Corfield Tung Do and Duyen Tien Ben and Rachel Driessen Peter and Kirilly Dutton Rob and Raechelle Finch Craig and Danyal Fitzgerald Angus and Carla Forbes Simon Gatehouse and Lara Kane Martin and Danielle Giles George and Eunice Gware Peter Haley and Melissa Daly Darren and Samantha Harris Troy and Kylie Harry David and Maria Hirschfeld Rod and Karyn Huntley Savindra and Palika Ilangamage Zak and Subarna Islam Phillip and Allison Kay Steve and Alison Kearney William and Leanne Keeley Sumith and Kokila Kodithuwakku George Lee and Uni Yang Philip and Lillian Lui Allan and Lindy Mackintosh Scott McCoy and Louise Franklin Scott and Susan McLeod Brian Meade and Rebecca Schull-Meade Chris and Lorna Meads Richie and Michelle Mizutani Bill Morrissey and Kylie Downes Shaun Munday and Allison McKelvie Michael Murphy and Keryn Metcalfe Mark and Heather Norris Nalin Perera and Thushara Pussella Martin Qin and Emma Zhang David and Kate Rutter Sam and Jo Sciacca Matt and Katrina Strotton Joshua Taylor and Hee Young In Philip Thomas and Tania Davey Nicholas Ting and Emily Tiang Simon and Moko Treacy Michael and Kay Whyte Miao Zhang and Juan Wang
2024 $67,655 Kieron Bigby and Laura Wee Bang Bui and Tram Nguyen Dennis Chang and Hiromi Yasuda Craig and Kara Chudleigh Robert and Kitty Deane Jason and Salish Donald Bruce Elliott and Helen Bailey Dimitri Fedorov and Milana Stotland Alan Fitzpatrick and Lo-An Vu Michael Gao and Michelle Sun Robert Gottliebsen Ken and Kath Gottliebsen David and Vicki Gracen Nayyar Hussain and Mary Kissane Tom Joyce and Helen Boocock Ben and Michelle Klaassen Jin Hee Lee and Jiyoon Park John and Eun Lee Mauro and Megan Liberatore Tony Lin Sean Martin and Frances McInerney Mark and Elisa Milner Simon and Nikki Mortimer Balaji Motamarri and Sumi Pillarisetti Matthew and Ellen Murphy Chris O’Neill and Tabitha Goodreid Tom Pincus and Rebecca Armstrong Simon Poh Bing Qu and Lucy Wang Angela Sclavos Brad and Katrina Scott Greg and Susan Siemon Amarjeet and Sandeep Sihota Andrew Smith and Kate Slaughter Jodie Springall and Jane Schouten Andrew and Sally Topping John Webb and Megan Keleher Aaron and Leann Webb
2025 $39,637 Mark Anderson and Catherine Tichbon Andrew Bottomley Reagan Brosnan and Leigh Winston Andrew and Ros Clarke Chris and Carla Clayton Thomas and Anh Do Mark and Jacinda Geritz Peter and Catherine Hudson Saso and Katie Ivanovski Nick and Katie Jorss Sebastian Leotta and Naoko Kojima Leotta Darren and Amanda Lewis Vincent and Ayaka Liang Eddie and Karen Liu Eric Ma and Jackie Hua Mark and Susan Middleton Glen and Sarah Millar Kendal and Jackie Redmond Andrew and Jen Slatter David and Bronwyn Small Rob and Jane Swan Christian and Leah Telford
Rob Turra and Robyn Fraser Rudy and Sarah Van der Westhuizen John and Donna Wacker
2026 $46,561 Anonymous Dhamma Abeysinghe and Sarangi Ratnayake Sanghoon Ahn and Soyoung Park Junying Ai and Jun Wei Damian Amato and Linny Sampson Alasdair and Rebecca Begley Nandan and Suruchi Bhende Peter and Carolyn Butler Jun Chen and Grace Zhu Ming Deng and Carly Cao Ashwani Garg and Shilpi Gupta Andrew and Asako Hay Sharon Hoare Nayyar Hussain and Mary Kissane Lawrence Lee and Jennifer Chen Charles and Leith Lilley Chi-Wei Liu and Jennifer Chien Chris and Donna McManus Paul and Lisa McMaster Cameron McNeill Sandy Miller and Fiona McDougall Tony and Katrina O’Connell Damien Petersen and Sharyn Van Alphen Tom Pincus and Rebecca Armstrong Peter Prentis and Ana Pavasovic Christina Su Qichao Su and Daisy Feng Ben Tan and Josephine He Anuj and Laura Timblo Cooper Yuan and Shirley Chung
2027 $15,000 Alan and Amanda Brand David Chin and Jacinta Amies Dean and Lisa Harris Covan Ho and Joyce Lin Saul and Robyn Holt Ross and Catherine Savage Peter and Eva Scott Brent and Heidi Stevens Paul and Lana Szumowski Rudy and Sarah Van der Westhuizen Simon and Sally Yong Gee
2028 $10,000 Matt and Vicki Clarkson Obi and Bimpe Ekeocha Matthew and Juliet Grigg Alex and Ann-Elise Incani Amanda Lago John Lee and Judy Ku Rob and Andrea McDonald John and Kim Quinlan Ravi Sriskandarajah and Anna Plunkett Tristan Van Riel and Lisa Honeychurch
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BGS Funds review BGS Deductible Gift Recipient Fund Review The School has three funds with Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) status: the Building Fund, the Bursary Fund and the Library Fund. The Rules for Deductible Gift Recipient Funds (25 September 2018) and the BGS Bursary Fund Investment Strategy (6 December 2018) prescribe the governance obligations of the
Finance Committee for funds held and invested in the School’s DGR Funds. The objective of the BGS Bursary Fund is to generate sufficient earnings from its corpus base to fully fund needs-based bursaries, without eroding said corpus, or requiring financial subsidy from the operating cash flow of the School.
Investment Overview At 31 December 2020, the combined funds of the School’s DGR Funds were invested in the Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) Long Term Diversified Fund, ANZ Bank (for immediateneeds liquidity) and shares as follows:
Core Investment Profile 31 December 2020 ($000)
QIC Long Term Diversified Fund Strategic Asset Allocation
$319 $259 2% 1% $18,193 97%
Alternative assets 30%
Global equities 50%
Fixed interest 20% Shares
ANZ Bank
QIC Growth Fund
Alternative assets comprises direct real estate, direct infrastructure, private debt, private equity, insurance-linked securities and liquid managed funds.
QIC Long Term Diversified Fund Performance
QIC Long Term Diversified Fund (‘Fund’) performance is summarised as follows: • Positive earnings of 2.23% for the year ended 31 December 2020 reflecting the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic
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• Positive average earnings of 7.48% for the five years ended 31 December 2020
• Positive average earnings of 7.28% for the 10 years ended 31 December 2020.
The QIC Fund seeks to achieve an investment return of the Bloomberg AusBond Bank Bill Index + 3% p.a after expenses but before QIC management fees and tax over rolling five-year
periods. The QIC Fund is classified as a medium product risk, reflecting an expectation that the distribution of possible annual returns has a standard deviation of between 5-10%.
Investments in shares
At 31 December 2020, the following investments in donated shares were held by the DGR Funds: DGR Fund
Market Value $
Bursary
$52,000
Building (STEAM)
$267,000
Application of Funds
DGR funds were applied as follows throughout the year ended 31 December 2020: Other
$000
Bursary Funds
$000
# Students
Building Fund
1,085
Library Fund
7
Total
1,092
Year Group Needs based Indigenous Total
13 846 105 964
1 34 2 37
Bursary Fund Activity for Year Ended 31 December 2020 20,000 19,000
1,190
2
622
16,000
965
84
14,000 12,000 10,000 8,000
15,500
16,265
31 DEC 2018
31 DEC 2020
6,000 4,000 2,000
The above graph reconciles the movement in the Bursary Fund for the year ended 31 December 2020. We thank all Year Group Bursary donors listed on the previous pages for the opportunity they provide to students who would not otherwise be able to attend the School.
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2020 Fundraising Report The School has been overwhelmed by the generosity of the community despite the uncertainty experienced in 2020. We received 607 gifts (from 466 in 2019) from 394 donors (299 in 2019), an amazing increase in support for which we sincerely thank you all.
Total raised 2020
$2,598,403
Gifts
Donors
607 394
Significant gifts Former BGS Chairman Howard Stack ’62 and Hilary Stack pledged an additional $500,000 to STEAM taking their total commitment to $1.5M. The P&F Auxiliary pledged $500,000 towards the refurbishment of Harlin House and continue to honour their 2017 pledge of $500,000 over five years for a needs-based bursary. Old Boy Bob Bryan AM ’52 donated $250,000 to the STEAM Precinct. Old Boy and Board of Trustees member Stephen Bizzell ‘84 pledged $200,000 to the STEAM Precinct over five years. Past parent Peter Thompson also pledged $100,000 over five years to STEAM. An anonymous donor donated $100,000 to the STEAM Precinct.
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Giving destinations
$2,179,692 Infrastructure projects
$905,469 Harlin House
$1,274,223 STEAM
$398,316
Bursarial support for boys in financial need
$20,396 BGS sports
Contact Inma Beaumont Executive Director Advancement and Community Relations Telephone +61 7 3834 5212 Mobile 0407 996 794 Email inma.beaumont@brisbanegrammar.com
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BGS STEAM PRECINCT The future is here.
The BGS STEAM Precinct will create an environment that excites, engages and inspires our students and teachers. A hub for ideas and innovation, the transformative precinct will help us educate Australia’s future leaders. Headmaster Anthony Micallef