2022 Impact Report
Our Vision
Brisbane Grammar School aspires to be the best school for boys in Australia.
Our Purpose
Brisbane Grammar School educates boys within an innovative learning culture that nurtures their intellectual, physical, and emotional wellbeing to become global citizens who contribute to their communities.
Our Values
• Learning • Leadership
• Endeavour • Respect
• Community
Our Motto
nil sine labore
nothing without work
Message from Anthony Micallef
Headmaster
It is my pleasure to share with you the 2022 Impact Report.
The following pages will provide you with an overview of the generosity of the Brisbane Grammar School community.
I am always humbled by the giving spirit which defines the BGS community. This propensity to give is evident in the initiatives, programs and organisations supported by our students, staff, parents, Old Boys and volunteers. That altruism promotes social connectedness and binds people together.
This year resulted in generous support for the Bursary Fund, which enables means-tested places for students and the STEAM Precinct, which is set to be completed in late 2023.
The second BGS Giving Day, held on 25 August 2022, was a resounding success. An unprecedented $1.5 million was raised by 306 donors in support of ongoing endeavours at the School. I would like to extend special
thanks to Dave and Sophia Johnson who committed $250,000 to the STEAM Precinct, they like many within this community recognise the value of providing best-in-class facilities for our teachers and students to explore new opportunities in education. Read their story on page 10.
As we adopt modern philanthropic practices and honour those who have given to the STEAM Precinct by naming spaces in the building, we look back at those who generously gave to the Lilley Centre during our last capital fundraising campaign, in 2010. Join us in fond remembrance of Sir John Pidgeon on page 18.
As always, this year’s report acknowledges our alumni’s impact outside the school community. It is a delight to see Old Boys and current students involved in common causes.
Page 14 highlights the School’s involvement in Guide Dogs Queensland. The charity has
benefited from the support of Old Boy Richard Anderson ‘63 for more than four decades and is a favourite with students in the Public Purpose Program, many of whom serve as guide dog ambassadors.
The School’s contribution is spread across many causes and industries. Old Boy John Macdonald ‘99 is preserving Brisbane’s architectural history and challenging the ways people think about workspaces in the process. Learn more on page 12.
Every year, BGS welcomes new families. Watching how quickly they become an integral part of the BGS fabric is a joy. After their youngest son joined BGS last year, Hanh Luu and Anthony Yap are an excellent example of newcomers embracing the community and giving spirit of the School. Meet their family on page 8.
I thank you for your continuing support of BGS students and the entire BGS community.
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Message from Stephen Bizzell
Trustee
Since joining the Board of Trustees of the Brisbane Grammar School in 2020 and becoming the Chair of the Community Relations Committee, I have seen the ongoing importance of volunteer support, in addition to philanthropic support, at the School. It has been pleasing to see the continuing commitment from students, parents, staff, and Old Boys to giving back to the BGS community.
BGS has a number of independent associations run by volunteers who tirelessly support the School and who make a significant contribution to the educational and wellbeing outcomes of our boys, both during their time at the School and for the rest of their lives.
The BGS Parents and Friends’ Association, through the BGS P&F Auxiliary, runs the commercial operations of the Tuckshop and the Grammar Shop. Both are staffed
by hundreds of volunteers who donate their time to serve our boys and the BGS community.
In a time when most schools outsource the running of their cafeterias and clothing stores to external commercial parties, it is great to see the tradition continues at BGS, where these operations continue to be volunteer led, adding significantly to the strong community of the School.
The P&F Auxiliary also makes a significant financial contribution to the School with the surpluses from these well run operations being used to support capital projects, such as the Lilley Centre and the STEAM Precinct, as well as to support students on a needs basis by donating to the Bursary Fund. The P&F Auxiliary is run by a committee made up of executive and year level representatives, of whom all are volunteers.
The BGS Parents and Friends’ (P&F)
Association is comprised of a number of groups that support educational, cultural and sporting cocurricular activities at BGS. The P&F has a committee comprised of presidents from these support groups and an executive committee, of which all members are volunteers who help support the boys in their cocurricular interests.
The Old Boys’ Association also has a committee run by Old Boy volunteers. The group’s purpose is to engage, connect and help students once they leave the School. They organise events for young and notso-young Old Boys, and provide mentoring, networking, reunions and casual catchups as part of the School’s promise to provide connectivity for students during their time at BGS and beyond.
All three associations have the single purpose of providing the best possible experience to students and parents during
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their time at BGS and throughout their life, long after they pass through the school gates for the final time. They also support the School in achieving the best educational outcomes for the boys.
This year, in particular, I am happy to report that stronger bonds and collaboration between these associations have led to more inclusive community events, where all feel welcome.
Both philanthropy and volunteering make a big impact on students, staff
and the broader BGS community. The boys learn valuable lessons about the importance of giving back and making a positive impact in their community when they see various parent volunteers around the School and can utilise facilities that have been made possible by generous philanthropic contributions.
It is also heartening to see this spirit of philanthropy – which our community has long been known for – being carried forward by the latest generation of BGS men through their
work undertaken through various Public Purpose initiatives, which support programs in the broader community. Their commitment to making a positive contribution, and their creativity and grit in getting the job done is remarkable.
In conclusion, I would like to take this opportunity to thank all our donors and our volunteers who equally contribute to the betterment of our School. I look forward to your continuing support of our boys and our community.
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Dispensing Wisdom On Giving Back
BGS parents Hanh Luu and Anthony Yap were just 23 years old when they opened their first pharmacy together. The couple opened Good Price Pharmacy, in 2001. Today, they own more than 50 stores across six states and manage more than 800 employees.
Making extraordinary differences to people’s healthcare and giving back to the community is at the heart of why they started their business.
“We hope to promote a sense of community and social responsibility, which can inspire others to support their own communities,” they said.
“We have the pleasure of donating to fantastic organisations in areas, such as medicine, domestic violence, sports, education and our local community.
“Philanthropy is vital as these charities often struggle to secure funding and resources, which can limit their ability to make a positive impact.”
Brisbane Grammar School’s community spirit and commitment to creating a positive change was a drawcard when choosing a school for their son Zachary Yap, who joined the Year 7 cohort last year.
Part of a new generation of BGS families, they embody the School’s core values of Learning, Leadership, Respect, Endeavour and Community.
“Contribution to education can provide valuable resources that align with the BGS vision of nurturing global citizens who contribute to their communities.
“This sets the standard for our children and their friends to make a positive impact in the future.”
The family has made a positive impact at BGS, having generously donated to the STEAM Precinct. The $70 million dollar project will usher
in a new era of education, combining the disciplines of Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics.
The couple is impressed by the amount of support other parents provide to the School.
“Through Zachary’s participation in sports, bands, choirs, musicals, and debating, we have met an amazing cohort of parents who generously devote their time and resources in effort to make each activity the best it can be.”
Year 8 student Zachary has signed up as a Youth Ambassador for Guide Dogs Australia, proving he is eager to help good causes too.
Inspiring their two sons to make a difference isn’t something the couple takes lightly.
“As parents, we have tried to educate them on the reality that many people are less fortunate and may require support to overcome their challenges,” they said.
“Zachary has accompanied us on various occasions where we have volunteered or donated to those in need, such as the homeless and children in hospitals.”
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Leaving a Legacy Of Paying It Forward
A promise to care is not your typical mantra connected to a construction company, but BGS parents Dave and Sophia Johnson make compassion their mission in both business and life.
“We believe the true meaning of life is giving to others.”
In 2015, the couple established Eastern States Engineering, which is in the business of demountable steel structures. The company is rapidly growing, with operations in Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide.
The company’s mission statement ‘we promise to care’ has not been chosen at random; the acronym CARE (Connection, Accountability, Respect and Excellence) truly represents what the Johnsons stand for.
As a way of celebrating their professional wins, they support a range of charitable organisations.
“We choose worthy causes as they cross our path,” they said.
“A worthy cause, to us, is our church, school and anything that helps disadvantaged people.”
Their son Daylin Johnson is in Year 9 at Brisbane Grammar School and is a rising star of the Fencing Program. Investing in his and other students’ future is a cause close to their heart.
At Giving Day 2022, the family donated to name a collaboration pod in one of the STEAM towers. Daylin chose the flooring design of the biology pod, which represents DNA sequencing. The Precinct is currently taking shape at the western end of the School, but as Headmaster Anthony Micallef says, “there is more to STEAM than just the remodelling of the campus.”
The $70 million project will be transformational in how education
is delivered at BGS, through the emergence of digital technology, artificial intelligence and DNA mapping, just to name a few.
The generosity and philanthropic culture at the School impressed the Johnsons when they first joined the BGS community.
“You only get out of life what you put into it…become involved as much as your time allows.”
“We were inspired, especially by the Old Boys who carry on the tradition of giving back to the School for future generations.”
Leaving behind a legacy of paying it forward speaks to the Johnsons.
“One day your grandchildren may attend the same school, and they will benefit directly from your involvement in philanthropy.”
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We believe the true meaning of life is giving to others, whether it is time, knowledge, money or kindness.
Cultivating Community Spirit Through Great Space
Growing up, Brisbane Grammar
School Old Boy John Macdonald ‘99 learned the importance of a close-knit community and family ties by osmosis — his family established a clothing alteration business in Queen Street, in 1934.
Macdonald worked for his father, BGS Old Boy George Macdonald ‘66, for many years, and strong family values have followed him into adulthood and into opening businesses of his own.
After gaining experience in London, Barcelona and Paris for many years, Macdonald returned to Brisbane with creative ambitions of his own and opened Lightspace, a boutique event venue and coworking warehouse.
Many developers and entrepreneurs would have viewed an old smash repair garage, hidden in the corner of the Fortitude Valley near train tracks, as a rundown eyesore. When the building became available in the mid-2000s, however, Macdonald saw an opportunity to bring something new to Brisbane while preserving historical charm.
Seated in the cocktail area of Lightspace, surrounded by a small
jungle of potted plants, Macdonald explained: “Restoring and bringing new life to character-rich buildings is fundamental — it is an important part of Brisbane’s story that deserves to be appreciated.”
Established in 2009 and the first of its kind in Brisbane, Lightspace is an architecturally transformed space available to hire for weddings and events, as well as coworking and private office space.
“There wasn’t really anything like this in Brisbane when we first started — we took a leap and thankfully it worked.
“Everyone who has hosted events with us has made their own special mark on the space.”
Following the success of Lightspace, Macdonald opened Prospect Studios in 2015, which is another plant-rich, converted 1960s warehouse.
The two coworking spaces are now home to creatives, designers and small business owners.
In 2018, Macdonald and his partner in life and business, Danielle White, revived another heritage-listed building in The Valley, which turned 100 this
year. Tucked behind James Street, Loyal Hope of the Valley is the smaller sister wedding and events venue.
This year, the couple and their team will host 300 events of which 100 will be weddings. They expect about 25,000 people to pass through their doors.
Staying true to his roots of valuing tight-knit relationships in business, John credits his success to his team and Danielle, who was named as one of Brisbane’s leading wedding and events planners.
Keen to keep things local, the couple and their two sons — who Macdonald hopes will go to BGS in a few years — live in a heritage-listed cottage, just a short stroll from both Lightspace and Prospect Studios.
“When we started 14 years ago, there was nothing here — no neighbours, only warehouses.”
Now, the couple’s home and businesses are surrounded by a thriving hub of creative activity — very much their natural habitat.
There wasn’t really anything like this in Brisbane when we first started – we took a leap and thankfully it worked.
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Canine Connections Making a Difference
BGS Old Boy Richard Anderson OAM ‘63 has dedicated more than four decades to changing the lives of blind and visually impaired people through the help of guide dogs.
When Anderson joined the Board of Guide Dogs Queensland in 1980 and began serving as President in 1990, he never expected his involvement with the charity to be a lifelong passion.
Anderson, who is a former member of the Board of Trustees of Brisbane Grammar School, was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia for services to Guide Dogs for the Blind Association of Queensland and the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation, in 1997.
“I don’t think it ever occurred to me that I was entering into a commitment that would last 40 years,” Anderson said.
Once
you stumble into something you find enjoyment in, there is no reason to stop.
“Then again, I don’t think that thought would have stopped me.
“Once you stumble into something you find enjoyment in, there is no reason to stop.”
His ambition to provide blind and visually impaired people with more freedom and independence has helped the organisation expand, despite the rising costs of living, increasing demands and dwindling resources associated with running a charity.
Demand is high, Anderson said, with around 300,000 Australians living with vision impairment of which 90,000 are classified as legally blind.
Guide dogs cost $50,000 to raise and two years to train. The charity is run by volunteers, and 85 per cent of its funding comes from donations.
“The working life of a guide dog is between eight and 10 years, so some people have to be matched with up to six replacement dogs throughout their lifetime.”
When Anderson first worked at the charity, fundraising was done at an individual state level; however, the service provider itself, Guide Dogs Australia, was based in Melbourne.
“It was a flawed system because it meant costs were higher than they needed to be, and services were not readily available in states outside Victoria.”
Anderson and his team pushed for Queensland to become the first state to separate from the national organisation in a bid to make the service more accessible to people outside of Victoria. In the early 1990s, Guide Dogs Queensland purchased land to build its own breeding and training centre at Bald Hills. At the time, around 50 dogs per year trained at the facility – this has jumped to some 150 dogs per year.
Anderson pointed out many other members of the BGS community provide crucial support to Guide Dogs Queensland. Past parents Guy and Wendy Mauger have been strong supporters for many years. They volunteer as puppy walkers, which is an instrumental phase in guide dog training.
A fight for hope
“Guide dogs has been one of the boys’ favourite causes,” said Crystal Thompson, the Director of the Public Purpose Program.
Last year, through bake sales, spider stalls and an excursion to the training centre at Bald Hills, Brisbane Grammar School students raised more than $16,000 to train a puppy who they named Hope.
Much to their delight, Hope paid a visit to the School as part of the students’ continued campaign to pay for her education.
The students hosted around 90 guests for a Dining in the Dark event –one of the charity’s biggest fundraisers –where guests are challenged to eat their meals while blindfolded to simulate the experience of low vision.
Anderson, who has a son who attended BGS and two daughters, is delighted his old alma mater continues to be involved in the cause closest to his heart.
“It is important for young people to get involved,” he said.
“My three children were all involved as volunteers when they were still in school and have continued their association in one way or another.
“I’m hoping organisations like ours can maintain the charitable ethos.
“These services can truly be life changing.”
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I’m hoping organisations like ours can maintain the charitable ethos, these services can truly be life changing.
Remembering Sir John Pidgeon
The life of Brisbane building and property developer Sir John Pidgeon is nothing short of a masterclass on leaving a mark.
Sir John and his sister Valmai Pidgeon AM built F.A. Pidgeon and Son into the biggest construction company in Queensland, during the 1980s. The family business was founded by their parents in 1927 and left an unmistakable imprint on Brisbane’s landscape.
Sir John passed away, aged 89, in 2016.
His legacy, however, is not limited to his construction achievements. His philanthropic pursuits have had a significant impact on his chosen beneficiaries, including Brisbane Grammar School, where six of his 14 grandchildren attended (those six being from the Morton and Wikman families).
Sir John contributed $1 million to the construction of the Lilley Centre — a gift with lasting impacts for many generations of BGS students.
Throughout his life, Sir John
supported a range of charitable organisations in the arts, sports, education and much more.
He was awarded Life Membership of Surf Life Saving Australia and earned his Bronze Medallion, in 1943. He served as a chairman of the Salvation Army’s Red Shield Appeal and was also a major contributor to the Queensland Cancer Fund. He also served on many industry bodies and corporate boards.
Sir John was known for his selflessness.
“Many times, I’ve seen ego and greed contribute to the downfall of people and other companies,” Sir John told QUT professor Ray Weekes, in 2009.
“Ego and greed always seem to go together.”
Sir John joined the family business in 1945, starting as a carpentry apprentice after a short stint in the Australian Imperial Force. By the early 1950s, his father passed the reins of the already successful business over to his son.
The company soared under Sir John’s leadership. By the 1990s, an astonishing 30 per cent of Brisbane’s CBD had been built by his company, including iconic landmarks such Waterfront Place, Eagle Street Pier and the Cathedral Square Office precinct.
He was commended for his ability to develop new buildings that aesthetically enriched the city, by adding or preserving green spaces and including revolutionary design features. He held a deep affection for existing architectural landmarks, and he donated generously
to the completion of the façade of St. John’s Cathedral and to the restoration of Brisbane City Hall.
In 1989, Sir John received a knighthood in acknowledgement of his “significant contribution to the construction industry and to the community”. With knighthoods abolished shortly thereafter, he is often referred to as the “Last Knight”. Sir John was one of the inaugural inductees into the Queensland Business Leaders Hall of Fame.
He always acknowledged his sister Valmai Pidgeon AM, who is now 98, as being a major part of the success of the family business. Valmai is also
a significant contributor to education as evidenced by The Valmai Pidgeon Performing Arts Complex, at Brisbane’s Somerville House.
Sir John was also known as a practical person with an extraordinary ability to ignore outside distractions and “a person who made everything seem so simple”.
In his acceptance speech when he was inducted into the Property Council Hall of Fame, Sir John said: “Many people have asked me to nominate my favourite project…I have never been able to single out any one in particular.
“My response has always been: the next one.”
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raised at BGS Giving Day 2022
The second Brisbane Grammar School Giving Day exceeded expectations when 306 donors joined forces to raise an astounding $1.5 million.
The donations support the Bursary Fund and the construction of the STEAM Precinct.
We extend a heartfelt thanks to Sophia and Dave Johnson, members of the BGS parent community, for their generous donation of $250,000 to the STEAM Precinct. A collaboration hub in one of the STEAM Precinct towers will be named in their honour.
A special thanks goes to Allan and Lyn Davies who donated $150,000 to bursaries to support Indigenous
students through a collaboration with the Clontarf Foundation.
We were moved by the overwhelming support for the STEAM Precinct. The P&F Auxiliary donated $100,000 and will name the STEAM Cafeteria. Eric and Sarina Lau gave $50,000, as did Old Boy Wren Bligh, who will name one of the senior multidisciplinary classrooms. $25,000 was donated by Anthony Yap and Hanh Luu, Chris Tan and Yin Vun, Boon Kua and Karen Chau, and Norman Ma and Ida Lo to name junior multidisciplinary classrooms.
Donations of $15,000 to name one of the atrium steps proved popular. The first eight namesakes to the atrium steps
were Mark and Lynda Dunglison, Geoff and Cathy Findlay, Kieran and Rachael Dauber, John and Donna Wacker, James and Geraldine Chin-Moody, Richard Wong and Huong Phan, John Lee and Judy Ku, and Reza and Jacqueline Pribadi.
BGS received an anonymous donation of $100,000 to support the STEAM Precinct and a further $60,000 to go towards our needs-based Bursary Fund.
The Board of Trustees of Brisbane Grammar School generously matched donations to the Bursary Fund to the amount of $220,000 and to the amount of $350,000 for the STEAM Precinct.
Thank you to all donors on Giving Day. In total, the Bursary Fund increased by approximately $0.5 million and the Building Fund (to be spent on the STEAM Precinct) increased by $1 million.
$1.5M
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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
Anonymous
BGS P&F Auxiliary
Bob Bryan AM
Tim and Elaine Crommelin
Simon Fenwick
Matthew McLennan
Sir John Pidgeon*
Howard and Hilary Stack
Stack Family Foundation
Tom Strachan* (Strachan Family)
Over $100,000
David and Sandi Abernethy
Anonymous
BGS Art Support Group
Stephen Bizzell
John Blaiklock*
Andrew Brice
Bill and Valda* Byth
Allan and Lyn Davies
Dalara Foundation
Ian Dickinson AM and Margaret Dickinson
Daryl Holmes OBE and Lisa Holmes
Lesley Huxley AM, Nicholas Heath and Betty Heath
Johnson Family
Rob and Catriona Labrom
Ken MacDonald AM and Marian Gibney
David Malouf AO
Nick Mather
Doug Moffett*
Chris and Di Morton
John Nguyen and Joyce Ho
Matthew Peters and Juanita Pappalardo
Bruce Roberts*
John Story AO and Georgina Story
Peter Thompson
Norman and Iris Vanstone
Richard Vanstone
Chris and Linda Vella
David Weedon AO
Mac and Lucy Woolcock
Over $50,000
Australia and New Zealand Bank
BGS Normanby Blues
Wren Bligh
Laurel Bright
Angus Campbell and Belinda Mellen
Athol Crawford*
Bruce and Anna Davidson
Andrew and Asako Hay
Eric and Sarina Lau
James Lin and Judy Wu
David and Marlene Little
Geoffrey and Jan Moles
Frazer and Rachel Moss
Shaun Munday and Allison McKelvie
David Perel
Warwick* and Anne* Power
Rob and Bec Pullar
John and Ingrid Rorke
Sudarshan and Surinder Saini
Bob and Belinda Sharpless
Will and Louise Siganto
The Siganto Foundation
Chris and Wendy Smith
Richard and Adele Theile
Henry Thorburn
Rod Thorburn
Thorburn Trust
Ben Thynne
Doris Townsend*
Norman Traves*
Geoff and Diane Voller
Keith Woollam*
Matt Yang and Tina Tang
Over $25,000
Anonymous
Jonathan and Yvette Askew
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*Deceased
Paul Barrett
Belinda Barrett
Bemrose Family
BGS Old Boys Association
Dan and Naomi Chambers
Albert and Nancy Chung
Geoff and Shirley Clarke
Graham Davies AM
Doig Family
Clyde and Ada Dunlop
John Fenwick AM and Marye Fenwick
Janine Griffiths
David Hewitt
Brian Hirschfeld
Ross and Kylie Hirst
Ian and Johanna Hodgetts
Duk Hong and Gyoung Mi Kim
Andrew Jenkins*
Alan Jones AO
Richard and Jo Kahler
Piyoosh* and Priti Kotecha
Kua Family
Bruce Lawford and Sue Shadforth
Norman Ma and Ida Lo
David and Loraine McLaren
Anthony and Susan Micallef
Walter Monz*
Morgans
Jamie and Louise Pherous
David and Christine Purvis
Donald Radford*
Matt and Heather Raine
David and Gillian Ritchie
Neville Sandford and Patricia Matthews
Brian Short and Pauline Harvey-Short AM
John Siemon
Peter and Caroline Steadman
Rodney Taylor*
Thyne Reid Foundation
Francis Tomlinson and Beverley Rowbotham AO
Warren Traves
Graham and Judy Turner
Stuart Voller
Scott Wharton and Marina-Portia Anthony
Anthony Yap and Hanh Luu
Great Hall Society
The Great Hall Society was established in 1997 to honour those who have remembered Brisbane Grammar School in their Will.
Anonymous*
Peter Armstrong
Ralph Beckingham OAM*
John Blaiklock *
Bob Bryan AM
Ian Carver *
Lawrence Casey
Ronald Clarkson
John Cotterell
John Cranley
Tim Crommelin
Jack Farr *
Stuart Grassie
Arthur Harris *
Peter Heywood
John Hoare
Peter Jempson*
John Knott
John Leslie AO*
Ronald Lindner
David Little
Stephen Lonie *
Chris Lovelock
Ken MacDonald AM
David Malouf AO
Donald Matheson *
Graham McBryde
Doug Moffett *
Bruce Paulsen*
John Pearn AO RFD
Tim Porter
Donald Radford *
Bruce Roberts *
Howard Stack
Geoff Stevenson
Phip Stewart
John Story AO
Neil Summerson AM
Rod Thorburn
Henry Thorburn
Grenville Thynne
Doris Townsend *
Norman Traves *
Katherine Trent
Jim Truesdale
Geoff Voller
Ian Whittle *
Ronald Wyllie
*Deceased
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.
STEAM Donors
Keith and Kerry Adam
Junying Ai and Jun Wei
Don Aitchison
Jason Aitchison and Melanie Stutsel
Seia and Rochelle Akhavan
Mark Anderson and Catherine Tichbon
Richard Anderson OAM
Ross Anderson
Megan Andrews
Michael Angelini
Anonymous
Michael and Geetu Anthonisz
Andrew Arkell
Alan Arnold
John Arvier OAM and Louise Arvier
Jonathan and Yvette Askew
David and Anna Bade
Barry Baker
Andrew and Margie Bale
Misbayanti Bandia
Daryl and Nina Barlow
Michael and Marg Batchelor
Phil and Leigh Baxter
Anthony Beal
Robert Beaney
Inma Beaumont
Peter and Cathy Beckingsale
Alasdair and Rebecca Begley
Justin Beirne
Rod Bellamy
Bemrose Family
Jody Bendell
Kerrie Benham
Lee Benjamin
BGS P&F Auxiliary
Nandan and Suruchi Bhende
Siobhan Bickle
Paolo Biscaro and Sam Bilyk
Stephen and Karyn Bizzell
Alastair Black and Sally Chai
Claire Blake
Christopher and Elspeth Blenkin
Wren Bligh
Matt Bolam
Andrew and Karen Bond
John Boo and Jenny Terrado
Rod Borrowdale
Peter and Emma Boutcher
Alan and Amanda Brand
Will Brice
Marcus Bromet
Mark and Tracy Brooke
Reagan Brosnan and Leigh Winston
David Brown
Lachlan and Amy Brown
Nick Brown
Bob Bryan AM
Peter and Nicole Bryant
David and Peta Bunce
Bruce and Amanda Butler
Peter and Carolyn Butler
Angus Campbell and Belinda Mellen
Rebecca Campbell
Clint Cao and Mariah Liu
Andrew and Tori Cardell-Ree
Mike and Maria Carter
Roger Cater
Con and Ellie Cayas
Dan and Naomi Chambers
William Chan
Andrew and Jennifer Chang
Michael Chang and Alice Wang
Edward Chen and Christy Zhao
I-Lin Chen
Jun Chen and Grace Zhu
Michael Chen and Linda Li
Philip Chen
Henry Cheng and Angelar Wang
Jennifer Chien
David Chin and Jacinta Amies
James and Geraldine Chin Moody
Roderick Chua and Cynthia Ong
Brett Clark
David Clark
Andrew and Ros Clarke
Geoff and Shirley Clarke
Matt and Vicki Clarkson
Daryl Clifford
Benjamin Coates
Sam and Sarah Coates
Alex Coleman
Susan Collins
Richard Cooper
Peter and Callie Coroneo
Richard Cosgrove
Matt Coulter
Brendan and Brooke Cowie
John Cranley
Dick Cribb
Tim Crommelin
Sean Crookes and Nicolie Jenkins
Greg Dabelstein
Sean Dalziel
Kieran and Rachael Dauber
Stephanie Daveson
Les Davey
Donald Davies
Mitchell de Groot-Esler
Angela de Gunst
Sandun De Silva and Niro Jayawardena
Phill and Fiona Deacon
Ming Deng and Carly Cao
Ian Dickinson AM and Margaret Dickinson
Louis and Patti Ding
Doig Family
Chad Donnelly
Nigel and Amanda Dore
James and Kelly Douglas
Jon Douglas AM
Cameron Dowling
Marion Dowling
Sacha Drake
Mark and Lynda Dunglison
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*Deceased
Russell Dwyer and Vivia Bora
Lachlan and Serena Dyson
Peter Eccleston and Fay Zhong
Obi Ekeocha
Bruce Elliott
Roger Ellwood
John and Rachel Emery
Peter Fan and Cathy Zhang
Cam Feltham
John Fenwick AM and Marye Fenwick
Simon Fenwick
Lindsay Few
Troy and Claire Fidler
Luke Filei and Qiu Laying
Geoff and Cathy Findlay
Craig and Danyal Fitzgerald
Michael Forrest and Angie Ryan
Amanda Foss
Adam Franklin
David Fraser
Adrian and Michelle Frick
Ken Fung and Jean Ho
Matthew Garraway
Peter Gasteen*
Simon Gatehouse and Lara Kane
Mark and Jacinda Geritz
Rodney Gibson
Bruce Gibson-Wilde OAM and Dorothy
Gibson-Wilde
Roy Giesemann
Greg Gilbert
Ken and Kath Gottliebsen
Robert and Barbara Gottliebsen
Geoff Greenhalgh and Diane Phillips
Brett and Karen Gregor
Nik and Irma Gresshoff
Janine Griffiths
Juliet and Matthew Grigg
Tony Gu and Jenny Wang
Steven Guo and Leily Chen
Catherine Gulhane
Kebrom Habte and Almaz Haile
Richard Hall
Richard Ham
Robert and Marion Hamilton
Adrian Hamra
Peter Harbison
Rodney Harden
Jeffrey Hardy
Ritesh and Kavita Hargovind
Dean Harris
Troy and Kylie Harry
Andrew and Asako Hay
Martin and Patricia Haymes
John and Sandra Hazzard
Carol He
Sabrina He
Nick Heath and LeeAnne Elms
Fletch Heinemann
Eric Hewett
Sam Higgins
David and Monique Hilford
Andrew Hill
Covan Ho
Daryl Holmes OBE
Dave and Miranda Holt
Robyn and Saul Holt
Adam Howarth
Alan Hu
Bo Hu and Vivian Li
Ricky Hu and Qimeng Yu
Peter and Catherine Hudson
Ping Ping Hung
Robert Huo and Ellen Li
Simon and Andrea Hurwood
Jason Hyde
Savindra and Palika Ilangamage
Alex and Ann-Elise Incani
Matt and Jules Irwin
Grahame Jardine-Vidgen
Mark Jempson
Pauline Jiang
Johnson Family
Peter Johnson
Tony Jones and Ann Nguyen Jones
Nick and Katie Jorss
Tom Joyce and Helen Boocock
Llew and Ceri Jury
Ram and Nala Kangatharan
Bipphy Kath and Prashanti Marella
David and Wendy Keir
Mark Kelley
Brendan Kelly
Andrew Kemp
George and Andrea Kennedy
Harold Kennett
Brendan Kerr and Jane Phillips
Cobi Kim and Jackie Koo
Danny Kim and Emily Ha
Yongun Kim and Yuju Lee
Michael and Alicia Klumpes
John Knott
David Ko and Machiko Koganezawa
Akshay and Alka Kothari
Boon Kua and Karen Chau
Haritha Kuppam
Edward and Carol Kwok
Kyle Kwok and Sylina Cheung
Ki Kyoung and Na Lee
Rob and Catriona Labrom
Amanda Lago
Sach and Navi Lashand
Eric and Sarina Lau
Sam Lau and Amanda Lee
Yit Nah Lau
Brian Lee and Wendy Jeong
Dennis and Winny Lee
George Lee and Uni Yang
Jin Hee Lee and Jiyoon Park
John Lee and Judy Ku
Joseph Lee and Michelle Chong
Lawrence Lee and Jennifer Chen
Peter and Sandra Lennox
Chung Lun Leung and Wai Kwan Wong
Benjamin Li
Jingjing Li and Brenda Fan
Vincent and Ayaka Liang
Mauro and Megan Liberatore
Cheng Wei Lin and Pei Ying Chen
Jack Lin and Christine Chu
Peter Lin and Yin Yin Chua
David and Marlene Little
25 IMPACT REPORT 2022
*Deceased
Arthur Liu
Eddie and Karen Liu
Michael Liu
Richard Liu and Ling Lin
Una Liu
John Logan RFD
Jason Lollback
John Lonie
Brendan and Nicole Louie
David and Elizabeth Low
Amy Lu
Bill Lu and Helen Chen
Philip and Lillian Lui
John Luo and Annie Wu
Christopher and Selga Lusink
John and Helen Lynch
Robin and Kim Lyons
Deling Ma and Dongxue Li
Eric Ma and Jackie Hua
Norman Ma and Ida Lo
Fiona Macfarlane
Douglas and Jenny MacGibbon
Allan and Lindy Mackintosh
Patrick Mahoney and Mary Mahoney AO*
Marc and Clare Maguire
Ian Marrinan
David Martin and Grace Zeng
Tony Martinson and Helene Li
John Mason
Donald Matheson*
Richard Maybury and Fiona CampbellMaybury
Iain McBride
Nicole McCarthy
Tim McCarthy and Miranda Crisci
Frank McClatchy
Ross McCormack
Bill McCredie and Kate Ashwood
Paul and Alicia McEniery
Paul McEniery and Karen Seifert
Kim McGrath
Kerry McKeon
Sean McManus and Libby McBride
Paul and Lisa McMaster
Cameron McNeill
Alex Mees and Kylie Barns-Mees
Ravi and Chhaya Mehta
Jurgen Mejan-Fripp and Nancy Wang
Peter Melloy
Tony Meng
Leo and Sally Mewing
Anthony and Susan Micallef
Blake Micallef
Mark Middleton OAM and Susan Middleton
Miles Moody
Cassie Moore
Jonathan Moore
Michael and Rebecca Moore
Bill Morrissey and Kylie Downes
Frazer and Rachel Moss
Balaji Motamarri and Sumi Pillarisetti
Shaun Munday and Allison McKelvie
Vanda Mura
Matthew and Ellen Murphy
Stuart Murray and Kathy Lau
Rachael Myers
Ragu Nadarajah
Masa Nakasato and Isabella Hui
Henry and Tess Nguyen
John Nguyen and Joyce Ho
Uyen Nguyen
Robert Nieh and Christine Chen
Gary and Sarah Nielsen
Peta O’Brien
Tony and Katrina O’Connell
Rory and Stacey O’Shea
Michael and Ify Okonkwo
Ben and Minure Omowaire
Keerthi and Lasanthi Paranavithana
Tony and Wendy Pascoe
Andrew and Carley Patten
Arash Payervand
Luke and Jen Peacock
John Peden
Richard Pegg
Nalin Perera and Thushara Pussella
John and Jessica Pesch
Matthew Peters and Juanita Pappalardo
Damien Petersen and Sharyn Van Alphen
Kylie Petersen
Jamie and Louise Pherous
Simon Poh
Simon and Caroline Prebble
Reza and Jacky Pribadi
John Puttick
Martin Qin
QLD Education Science Techs
Bing Qu
Grace Qiu
Gary and Meryta Quagliotto
Martin and Danielle Quinell
Drew and Georgia Raad
Matt and Heather Raine
Ram Rajasekaran and Ramya Gopinath
Tony Robertson and Jennifer Dietz
Malcolm and Tammy Robinson
Michael Roe
Ian Rose
Graham Rowles
Sudarshan and Surinder Saini
Melinda Samai
Chris and Pamela Sandford
Ian and Paula Sandford
Tony Sangster and Virginia Stirling
Anubhav and Anshu Sarikwal
Bradley and Emma Sartori
Dmitry Saulov and Asta Saulova
Thomas Saunders
Tim and Nina Sayer
Mark Saywell
Lara Schliebs
Kem Schmidt
Lachlan and Susan Schmidt
Mark and Shauna Schulz
Mark Schumann
Anna Maria Sciacca
Sam and Jo Sciacca
Darren Scott and Kirrily Hoole
Peter Scott
Raj and Lakshmi Selvarajan
Kalmin Senaratne
Raymond Sham and Julie Tan
David Shan and Catherine Yang
Mohamed Shanavas and Babitha
Pulikkathody
Scott and Danae Sharry
Jo Shearer-Smith
Gray Shen
Jim Shen and Lena Xiong
John and Danielle Shepherd
Brian Short and Pauline Harvey-Short AM
Greg and Susan Siemon
John Siemon
Ben and Yasmin Silverston
Manas and Jyoti Singh
Nick and Jade Singleton
Bhaskar Siraparapu and Manju Koka
Andrew and Jen Slatter
Henry Smerdon AM
Andrew Smith and Kate Slaughter
Chris and Wendy Smith
Lee and Allyson Smith
Matt Smith
Nicole Smith
Paul and Sam Smith
Tai and Kelly Smith
Tim Solomon
Pradeep Sonwalkar
Angela Sophios
Hugh and Amanda Spalding
Richard Spencer
Jodie Springall and Jane Schouten
Ravi Sriskandarajah and Anna Plunkett
Howard and Hilary Stack
Andrew Staib
Mark Stanton
Kenneth Steele
Rob Stevens and Katherine Semple
Andrew and Aida Stevenson
John Story AO and Georgina Story
Matt and Katrina Strotton
Melanie Stutsel
Qichao Su and Daisy Feng
Nicholas Sullivan
26 BRISBANE GRAMMAR SCHOOL *Deceased
Aly Sultan
Sophia Sun
Rob and Laura Sutton
John Swayne
Corey and Katrina Swift
Darren Swindells
Chris Tan and Yin Vun
Christian and Leah Telford
Andrew and Hue Thai
Peter Thompson
Henry Thorburn
Rod Thorburn
Ben Thynne
James Tierney
Alan Tilse
Nicholas Ting and Emily Tiang
Jackie Trad
Simon and Moko Treacy
Rebecca Tuma
Steve and Anna-Marie Uscinski
Tristan Van Riel and Lisa Honeychurch
Andrew Vann
David Vann OAM
Ross and Fang Vasta
Chris and Linda Vella
Sumedha Vernon
Geoff and Diane Voller
Stuart Voller
John and Donna Wacker
Brett Walker-Davies
Malcolm Wallace
Steve Wallis and Jenny Mackie
Andrew Walsh and Caroline Law-Walsh
Andrew and Sharlene Walsh
Craig and Heather Walter
Alan Wang
Amy Wang
Chris Wang and Alice Li
Michael Wang and Anne Ling
Sharon Wang
Kylie Warlow
Aaron and Leann Webb
Myles Webb and Stephen Mego
Rebecca and Ian Webber
Meighan Wells
Torben and Angie Wentrup
Scott Wharton and Marina-Portia
Anthony
Richard Wheeler
Saminda Wijesooriya Mudiyanselage and Dona Nagasena
Manu and Ima Wickramasekera
Ralph and Lisa Willson
Peter Wong and Anita Lau
Richard Wong and Huong Phan
Michael and Jaime Wood
John Woods and Emma Fynes-Clinton
Dan Worthley and Liza Phillips
Raymond Wu and Emily Mo
Sandra Xia
Di Xiao and Huiqun Liu
Leo Xin and Ivy Qiu
Frank Xu and Yumei Liao
James Yang and Anni Wang
Matt Yang and Tina Tang
Samuel Yang
Chen Yao
Anthony Yap and Hanh Luu
Richard Yee
Jack Yeh and Iris Lee
John Yesberg
Simon and Sally Yong Gee
Dennis Yoon and Amy Kim
Tony and Linda Young
Caty Yu
Chris Yu
Andrew and Kerry Zaghini
Jacqui Zervos
Doug Zhang and Vivian Chen
Shaun Zhang and Nadia Ji
Xingbo Zhang and Wendy Huang
Allan Zhao and Kate Wu
Josh Zheng and Calvina Qu
Ying Zheng and Summer Dong
Ivan Zhong and Fendy Yin
Pengyang Zhu and Xiaoping Yang
Harlin House Donors
Anonymous
Bgs P&F Auxiliary
John Boo
Chris Cooper
Sharon Danzig
Mervyn Eadie
Cameron and Trudie Early
Alec Evans AM and Kay Evans
Andrew Evans
Duncan Evans
David Fraser
Matthew Garraway
Robert and Marion Hamilton
John Knott
Darren and Amanda Lewis
David Liu
John Marriott
Matthew McLennan
Leon Misfeld
Nikolaos Papas
Neil Peacey
Graham Sandeman
Qichao Su and Daisy Feng
*Deceased
Immediate needs 2022
Anonymous
James and Geraldine Chin Moody
Alan Duffield and Sam Betzien
Stuart Fitzpatrick
Michael Forrest and Angie Ryan
David Fraser
Prue Galley
David Hewitt
Peter Heywood
Robert Mahar and Greer Wilson
Matthew Murphy
Susan and Graham Palmer
Matthew Peck
Paula Sandford
Shauna Schulz
Hariet, Inness and Madison Shannon
Neil and Monika Shannon
Kith and Thamara Tennakoon
The Siganto Foundation
Henry Thorburn
Rod Thorburn
Thorburn Trust
Warren Traves
Doris Townsend* (Waraker Estate)
Rumintha Wickramasekera
Janette Wrigley
Indigenous Bursaries
Anonymous
Anne Armour
Anthony Beal
Suzzanne Birch
Laurel Bright
Nigel Brock
Mark and Catherine Brusasco
Bursary Fund
Angus Campbell and Belinda Mellen
Andrew Chang
Ronald Clarkson
Allan and Lyn Davies
Ross Finemore
Michael Forrest and Angie Ryan
Maher Gandhi and Catherine Duffy
Catherine Gulhane
Peter Hastie and Suzanne Sheridan
Bob Holeman
Andrew Hoyling
Alison Kearney
Glenn King and Susan Rowland
Bill Lansbury
Darren Lewis
Mauro and Megan Liberatore
Jason Limpus
Hugh Macintosh and Deb Almering
Philip McNicol and Liz Dann
Madanlal Mohanlal
Angela Mullan
Dan and Shelagh Mullany
Frank and Thea New
Jim and Jill Nicklin
Nikolaos Papas
Bruce Paulsen*
Tony and Nicola Rahman
Michael Rice
Chris and Pamela Sandford
Colin Spencer and Viv Braybrook
Kenneth Steele
Chris Stephens AM
Mike Tardent and Kerry-Anne Powell
Peter Taylor
Duncan Thomson
Dennis Waight
Ron Cochrane Bursary
$57,817
Matthew Adi
Anonymous
Ron Cochrane
Tim and Elaine Crommelin
Bruce and Natasha Davies
Simon Fenwick
Jon Fenwick
Ashley Feuerheerdt
Michael Forrest and Angie Ryan
Petrina Gilmore
Ross and Nicholas Given
Sean Martin
James Morris
Joe Rich
David, Phillip and Tim Shaw
Howard and Hilary Stack
Tom Stack
Thomas Stephens
Harry Theile
Year Group Bursaries
1936 $2,350
Stan Mellick OAM ED*
1939 $20,000
Norman Traves*
1942 $250,000
Doug Moffett*
1943 $204,965
Anonymous
Brian Hirschfeld
Bruce Paulsen*
1944 $249,728
Bill Heron
Bruce Roberts *
1946 Under $999
Roy Giesemann
John Marriott
1952 Under $999
John Nicholson
Richard Pegg
1953 Under $999
Gordon Johnson
John Woodley
1954 $1,850
Peter Jempson*
Ross Thomas AM
David Walters
1955 Under $999
Bruce Gibson-Wilde OAM and Dorothy
Gibson-Wilde OAM
John Woodley
1956 $3,240
Anonymous
Roy Casey
Robert Grice AO
1957 $2,020
Michael Bolton AM
Alec Evans AM and Kay Evans
Ken Webb
28 BRISBANE GRAMMAR SCHOOL
1958 $1,604
John Allpass
Alec Evans AM and Kay Evans
Barry Mayfield
1959 $4,765
Robert Grice AO
Peter Taylor
1960 $138,700
John Gralton
John Knott
David and Marlene Little
David Perel
David and Gillian Ritchie
1961 Under $999
Anonymous
Dave Edwards
Bruce Spender BEM*
Jon Voller
1962 $163,865
Robert Brown
Warren Kinston
Van Richards-Smith
John and Ingrid Rorke
Kem Schmidt
Howard and Hilary Stack
Rod Williams
William Winstone*
1963 $93,030
Michael Crommelin AO
Clyde and Ada Dunlop
John Lonie
John and Robynne Siemon
Chris Stephens AM
John Story AO and Georgina Story
Ian Wilkinson
1964 $1,606
Anonymous
Llewellyn Davies OAM
1965 $21,404
Robert Charlton
Tim and Elaine Crommelin
David Izatt
Ross Jones
1966 $174,200
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
Andrew Jenkins *
Alan Jones AO
Ken MacDonald AM and Marian Gibney
Stuart Markwell
John and Judy Mewing
Alexander Morrow *
Philip Neilsen
Ross and Susan Parry
David and Christine Purvis
Tony Verner
Geoff and Diane Voller
Graeme and Dianne Whitelaw
1967 $1,506
Anonymous
Phillip Cameron
Kenneth Steele
John Swayne
1968 $15,650
Keith Early
Stephen Lonie *
Mark and Shauna Schulz
1969 $59,329
David and Sandi Abernethy
Allan and Lyn Davies
Bob and Diane Holeman
Natasha Laukens
Tim and Janet Porter
1970 $1,506
John Arvier OAM and Louise Arvier
Len and Suzanne Gainsford
Stephen Matthews
Michael Pascoe
1971 $13,015
Ian Bragg
John and Susan Humphrey
1972 Under $999
Charles Diehl
David Fraser
Don Markwell
William Young
1973 Under $999
Gary Sully
Rodney Matthews LLB*
1974 Under $999
Adrian Cameron
1975 $1,088
Wayne Matthews
1976 $11,650
Cameron Bell
Peter Hastie
Warwick Horsey
Graeme McAdam
1977 $1,185
Mark and Catherine Brusasco
Daryl Clifford
Peter and Joanne Foreman
1979 $64,448
Andrew Arkell
William Boydell
Stephen Cook
James Henderson
Bill Lansbury
Mark and Angela Martin
Stuart and Catherine Rees
Brett Salisbury
Michael Sullivan
Andrew Wilson and Tracey Lennon
1980 $75,968
Clive Bateman
Jon and Patrice Cafferky
Matt Coulter
Michael Elmer
David and Siobhan Fielding
John Greig
Mal and Amanda Harrison
Michael Hellen
Andrew Henderson
Jonathan Hill
Ian Knights
Cam Lillicrap
Greg Martin
Donald McAllister
Reg Nash
David Phillips
Andrew Powell
Niren and Charu Raj
Graham Thomas
Peter Van De Graaff
1981 $100,000
Daryl Holmes OBE and Lisa Holmes
1982 $203,847
Bruce Baker
Benjamin Bopp
Scott Chapman
Bruce Davidson
Brett and Jane Halliday
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Richard and Jo Kahler
Paul Lathouras
Ian Martin
Thomas Martin
James Morris and Caroline Tsen
Frazer and Rachel Moss
David and Cathy Nash
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 $5,445
Stephen Bizzell
Graham Sandeman
1985 $30,020
Brett and Maria Clark
Jamie and Louise Pherous
1987 $197,391
Anonymous
Wren Bligh
Dan and Naomi Chambers
Adrian Cool
Simon Fenwick
Michael Forrest and Angie Ryan
Jamie Forster
Shayne Gilbert
David Goffage
Heather Hamilton
Peter Harbison
Simon and Andrea Hurwood
Aaron Lavell
Stuart McKinnon
Paul Mitchell
Graham and Caroline Ramsay
Ben Sawley
Ian Thompson
Simon Tolhurst
Iain and Andrea Tucker
John Wacker
Sean Weier
1988 $20,278
Dominic and Sarah O’Sullivan
Class of 1988
1990 $1,015
Andrew Moore
1991 $2,299
Anonymous
Linus Chang and Kim Ku
1992 $1,270
Ken Fung
Arthur Liu
1993 $2,070
Anonymous
James Hiller
Michael Liu
1994 Under $999
Anonymous
Greg Di-Losa
1995 $6,356
Omar Chaudari
David Fraser
Matthew Garraway
Scott Wharton
1996 $1,356
Lee Benjamin
Andrew Hoyling
1997 Under $999
Tim Cederman-Haysom
Andrew Sandford
1998 Under $999
Greg Howes
James Bright
2000 $15,728
Anonymous
Inma Beaumont
Jeremy McKenzie
Peter Shaw
Tom Stack
2001 Under $999
Michael Bonning
Ross Geddes
2002 $23,783
James Brotchie
Samuel Izatt
Christopher and Selga Lusink
2003 Under $999
Sam Murphy
2005 Under $999
Anonymous
Duncan Evans
2006 $1,000
Dan Rothnie
2007 $7,125
Julian and Bethany Potten
Mark Somerville
The Charles Vincent McMahon Bursary
2008 $2,660
Alastair Blenkin
Fred Croker
Sam Gardner
Harry Houston
Michael and Annie McMahon
Jack Murday
Tom Schumann
Pat Smith
2009 Under $999
Edward Fleetwood
Colin Kenny and Liz Kenny AO
2010 Under $999
Michael Moloney
2011 Under $999
Anonymous
2012 Under $999
Kate Borger
Santiago Chamon Kovalenko
Alister Harper
2013 Under $999
Anonymous
Matt Renshaw
2014 Under $999
Anonymous
Nikolaos Papas
2015 Under $999
Anonymous
Kate Borger
2016 $78,630
Anonymous
Class of 2016 gift
Scott McQuade
Howard Stack
Peter Thompson
2017 $73,530
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
30 BRISBANE GRAMMAR SCHOOL
Garson Chin
Class of 2017 gift
Nick and Penny Comino
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
Bruce Lawford and Sue Shadforth
Anton Loewenthal and Jenny Strachan
Chengzhi Lu
Adrian and Kylie Manning
Mitch Manning
Michael and Kerri-Ann Martin
Mick and Lyndall McCormack
Anthony and Susan Micallef
Blake 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
2018 $51,050
Anonymous
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 and Deb Almering
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 $42,007
Jan Andersen and Ling Zheng
Anonymous
Nataly Baker
Tom Bizzell
Lisa Brock
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
Amanda Lago
Roger 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 $92,156
Chris and Ginni Anderson
Anonymous
Alan and Gayle Austin
Blair Bowden and Alison Menzies
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
Hamish Macpherson and Millie Yee
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
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 $135,608
Anonymous
Laileen Ahloo
Soe Aung and Vivian Ting
Kesh and Sue Baboolal
Sam Bizzell
Bruce and Amanda Butler
Anthony and Kate Crilly
Greig and Vickie de Zubicaray
Mark and Leta Dempsey
Ian Duncan and Lizzie Coulson
Matthew and Samantha Duncan
Yong Fang and Ying Li
Michael Forrest and Angie Ryan
Ken Goldberg and Anne-Maree Coyne
Yuwei Gong and Wei Shi
Mal and Kathryn Griffin
Jason and Julie Griffiths
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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
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
Jo Pace
Davin and Kate Patterson
Meryta Quagliotto
Ramanan Ratnasingam and Nirupa Ramanan
John and Dominique Richards
Tony Robertson and Jennifer Dietz
Dmitry Saulov and Asta Saulova
David and Carmen Shuttleton
David and Alex Spiez
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
Mark and Kylie Wilson
Joseph and Cynthia Wong
2022 $116,298
Anonymous
Peter Aitken and Jo Wong
Phil and Leigh Baxter
Matt and Leanne Caines
Con and Ellie Cayas
Mui Khoon Chang
James Chen and Jessica Wan
Johnny Cheng and Joanna Lee
Jason and Salish Donald
Anne Duncan
Peter and Kirilly Dutton
Sarah Earnshaw
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 and Tracey Holmes
Matthew Howes and Susan Hogarth
Karuna Hoole
Matthew and Julia Horton
Simon and Andrea Hurwood
Rob and Michaela Jackson
Benjamin Kang and I-Lin Chen
Nick and Maria Karanicolas
Jon-Paul and Tara Khoo
Akshay and Alka Kothari
Rob and Catriona Labrom
Chung Lun Leung and Wai Kwan Wong
William and Sainian Leves
Douts Li and Grace Qiu
James and Paula Lilley
Paul and Michelle Logan
Sven Lotzvie and Karla Fraser
Cam and Kym Mackay
Hamish Macpherson and Millie Yee
David Martin and Grace Zeng
Mark McCauley and Sasha Hennessey
John and Gillian Miller
Frazer and Rachel Moss
Arnold Ng and Carolina Ling
Glenn and Peta O’Brien
Ben and Florence Ong
John Puttick
Tony and Nicola Rahman
Malcolm and Tammy Robinson
Ed and Monica Roper
Mohamed Shanavas and Babitha
Pulikkathody
Simon and Danielle Siganto
Chris and Wendy Smith
John Sneddon and Vanessa O’Sullivan
Peter and Tina Sprott
Gavin Sun and Sophia Su
Bibo Tan and Lina Ma
Simon Tang and Jing Ge
Steve and Fara Tavakol
Hee Soo and Marisa Teng
Chandra and Amila Tennakoon
Kylie Tolhurst
Simon Tolhurst
Kate Tyszkiewicz
Belinda Vardy
Ralph and Lisa Willson
Chi-Hong and Janet Wong
Michael and Jaime Wood
Frank Xu and Yumei Liao
Pengyang Zhu and Xiaoping Yang
2023 $107,983
Anonymous
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
Andrew Cardell-Ree
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
Jacqui and Matt Du Payne
Peter and Kirilly Dutton
Rob and Raechelle Finch
Craig and Danyal Fitzgerald
Harrison Fitzgerald
Angus and Carla Forbes
Simon Gatehouse and Lara Kane
Martin and Danielle Giles
George and Eunice Gware
Darren and Samantha Harris
Troy and Kylie Harry
David and Maria Hirschfeld
Rod and Karyn Huntley
Savindra and Palika Ilangamage
Zak and Subarna Islam
Jill Johnston
Kylie Kaandorp
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
Hugh Macintosh and Deb Almering
Allan and Lindy Mackintosh
Scott McCoy and Louise Franklin
Scott and Susan McLeod
Brian Meade and Rebecca Schull-Meade
Chris and Lorna Meads
Alex Mees
Richie and Michelle Mizutani
Bill Morrissey and Kylie Downes
Shaun Munday and Allison McKelvie
Michael Murphy and Keryn Metcalfe
Mark and Heather Norris
Lasanthi and Keerthi Paranavithana
Nalin Perera and Thushara Pussella
Martin Qin and Emma Zhang
David and Kate Rutter
Filippo Sciacca
Sam and Jo Sciacca
Adam and Belinda Siddle
Andrea and Robert Skerl
Matt and Katrina Strotton
Joshua Taylor and Hee Young In
Nicholas Ting and Emily Tiang
Simon and Moko Treacy
Juan Wang
Michael and Kay Whyte
Miao Zhang
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2024 $83,105
Anonymous
Chandeep Bakshi
Kieron Bigby and Laura Wee
Sharon Brennan
Dennis Chang and Hiromi Yasuda
Craig and Kara Chudleigh
Susie Cooke
Robert and Kitty Deane
Jason and Salish Donald
Gino Du
Samantha Edwards
Bruce Elliott and Helen Bailey
Dimitri Fedorov and Milana Stotland
Alan Fitzpatrick and Lo-An Vu
Michael Forrest and Angie Ryan
Michael Gao and Michelle Sun
Ken and Kath Gottliebsen
Robert Gottliebsen
David and Vicki Gracen
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
Thomas 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
Sam Smith
Jodie Springall and Jane Schouten
Aaron and Leann Webb
John Webb and Megan Keleher
Helen Webster
2025 $55,895
Anonymous
Mark Anderson and Catherine Tichbon
Andrej and Yolanda Babnik
John Boo and Jenny Terrado
Andrew Bottomley
Kylie Bottomley
Paul and Stella Bowker
Reagan Brosnan and Leigh Winston
David and Peta Bunce
Andrew and Ros Clarke
Chris and Carla Clayton
Greg Cook and Yeni Yu
Suey Cooper
Thomas and Anh Do
Mark and Jacinda Geritz
Melissa Goss
Peter and Catherine Hudson
Wayne and Mel Huff
Saso and Katie Ivanovski
Nick and Katie Jorss
Ram and Nala Kangatharan
Jueun Kim
Sebastian Leotta and Naoko Kojima Leotta
Darren and Amanda Lewis
Alice Li
Vincent and Ayaka Liang
Eddie and Karen Liu
Mark and Susan Middleton
Glen and Sarah Millar
Hom Poudel
Gary and Meryta Quagliotto
Kendal and Jackie Redmond
Andrew and Jen Slatter
David and Bronwyn Small
Qichao Su and Daisy Feng
Rob and Jane Swan
Christian and Leah Telford
Rob Turra and Robyn Fraser
Rudy and Sarah Van der Westhuizen
John and Anna Vellacott
John and Donna Wacker
Charles Woodhouse and Sirie Palmos
Ashley Zhou
2026 $70,135
Anonymous
Dhamma Abeysinghe and Sarangi Ratnayake
Sanghoon Ahn and Soyoung Park
Junying Ai and Jun Wei
Damian Amato and Linny Sampson
Ben Anderson
Alasdair and Rebecca Begley
Nandan and Suruchi Bhende
Peter and Carolyn Butler
Jun Chen and Grace Zhu
Ming Deng and Carly Cao
Philip and Susan Collins
Fiona Deacon
Ashwani Garg and Shilpi Gupta
Andrew and Asako Hay
Sharon Hoare
Daylin Johnson
George and Andrea Kennedy
Lawrence Lee and Jennifer Chen
Charles and Leith Lilley
Chi-Wei Liu and Jennifer Chien
Helen Lynch
Libby McBride
Chris and Donna McManus
Paul and Lisa McMaster
Cameron McNeill
Sandy Miller and Fiona McDougall
Masa Nakasato and Isabella Hui
Tony and Katrina O’Connell
Daniella Peters
Damien Petersen and Sharyn Van Alphen
Thomas Pincus and Rebecca Armstrong
Peter Prentis and Ana Pavasovic
Andrew Smith and Kate Slaughter
Max Smith
Sam Smith
Christina Su
Eric Su
Qichao Su and Daisy Feng
Anuj and Laura Timblo
Kylie Warlow
Nirvan Wijesekera and Nel Jayasinghe
Simon and Sally Yong Gee
Cooper Yuan and Shirley Chung
Ivan Zhong and Fendy Yin
2027 $22,380
Anonymous
Alan and Amanda Brand
Philip Chen
David Chin and Jacinta Amies
Scott and Kylee Creighton
Dean and Lisa Harris
David and Monique Hilford
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
Andrew and Elizabeth Warde
Simon and Sally Yong Gee
2028 $12,831
Aron and Jody Bendell
Matt and Vicki Clarkson
Obi and Bimpe Ekeocha
Matthew and Juliet Grigg
Alex and Ann-Elise Incani
Hanyi Jiang
Amanda Lago
John Lee and Judy Ku
Jack Lin
Rob and Andrea McDonald
Paul and Alicia McEniery
John and Kim Quinlan
Jim Shen
Ravi Sriskandarajah and Anna Plunkett
Tristan Van Riel and Lisa Honeychurch
2029 Under $999
Sarah Bender
33 IMPACT REPORT 2022
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
Investment Overview
BGS Funds Review
(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.
At 31 December 2022, the combined funds of the School’s DGR Funds were invested in the Queensland Investment Corporation (‘QIC’) Long Term Diversified Fund, ANZ Bank (for immediate-needs liquidity) and shares as follows:
QIC Long Term Diversified Fund Strategic Asset Allocation
Alternative assets comprises direct real estate, direct infrastructure, private debt, private equity, insurance-linked securities and liquid managed funds.
$1,450 7% $18,493 91% $320 2% Core Investment Profile 31 December 2022 ($000) Shares ANZ Bank (cash) QIC Growth Fund Fixed interest 20% Global equities 50% Alternative assets 30%
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QIC Long Term Diversified Fund Performance
QIC Long Term Diversified Fund (‘QIC Fund’) performance is summarised as follows:
• Positive average earnings of 2.59% for the three years ended 31 December 2022.
• Positive average earnings of 4.2% for the five years ended 31 December 2022
• Positive average earnings of 6.54% for the 10 years ended 31 December 2022.
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 2022, the following investments in donated shares were held by the DGR Funds:
Application of Funds
DGR Funds were applied as follows throughout the year ended 31 December 2022:
Other $000 Building Fund 1,585 Library Fund 0 Bursary Funds $000 # Students Year Group 46 3 Needs-based 633 33 Indigenous 82 2 Total 761 38
DGR Fund Market Value $ Bursary $240,000 Building (STEAM) $79,975
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2022 Fundraising Report
In 2020, Brisbane Grammar School launched a comprehensive campaign to fundraise $10million for the STEAM Precinct and the Bursary Fund.
At the time of writing, the BGS community has contributed $8.5M. We are humbled and grateful for this outstanding result.
In 2022, we received 737 gifts from 542 donors.
Old Boy Bob Bryan has allocated $500,000 towards STEAM in his will. To honor this gift, the School will establish the Bryan Geosciences Centre within the STEAM Precinct.
Dave and Sophia Johnson gave $250,000 to name one of the collaboration spaces within the STEAM Precinct. John Nguyen and Joyce Ho gave $125,000 to name one of the laboratories. An anonymous donor gave $100,000 to the STEAM Precinct and the P&F Auxiliary also gave $100,000 to the STEAM Precinct on Giving Day.
Matt Yang, Shaun Munday and Allison McKelvy, Wren Bligh, Geoff Voller and Eric Lau all gave $50,000 to name some of the senior multidisciplinary classrooms in the STEAM Precinct.
Stuart Voller, Janine Griffiths, Chris Tan and Vin Yun, Boon Kua and Karen Chau, Norman Ma and Ida Lo, Sean Bemrose, Anthony Yap and Hanh Luu, Scott Wharton and Marina Portia, Matt and Heather Raine all gave $25,000 to name some of the junior multidisciplinary classrooms in the STEAM Precinct.
Allan and Lyn Davies donated $150,000 for Indigenous students to attend Brisbane Grammar School through a collaboration with The Clontarf Foundation. An anonymous donor gave $60,000 to the Bursary Fund.
Chris and Wendy Smith kindly gave $15,000 to install fans at the Tuckshop to keep P&F Auxiliary volunteers cool in the warmer months.
I take the opportunity to thank members of the BGS community who helped with fundraising efforts by hosting STEAM Precinct dinners, namely Stephen Bizzell, Howard Stack, Reza Abib, Ian Dickinson, and Terry and Meera Honan.
A special mention to Deputy Headmaster Teaching and Learning
Steve Uscinski who tirelessly spoke about the STEAM Precinct at all the STEAM dinners, and in addition hosted six STEAM events at Suncorp, during the 2022 rugby season.
Thank you to BGS Chairman
John Humphrey and Headmaster
Anthony Micallef for their support and encouragement.
I thank the BGS community for its support, which is transformational to the education of our boys.
Inma Beaumont Executive Director Community Relations
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Total Raised 2022 Inma Beaumont Executive Director Community Relations Telephone +61 7 3834 5212 Mobile 0407 996 794 Email inma.beaumont@brisbanegrammar.com Contact Total $2,163,295 STEAM/Infrastructure projects $1,622,589 Other $79,639 Bursaries $461,067
Raziq Qasimi ‘14
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