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plays viola with the Philharmonic South West Orchestra, and also enjoys singing and is a member of a local choir. Amy is married to husband, Samuel and enjoys living locally with their much-loved fur babies.

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Trinity Edwards nee Golding

(05) 12 passion for livestock and the land was inevitable having been born into a seedstock cattle enterprise. After finishing school, Trinity’s passion for livestock opened many doors including employment with WA’s leading agricultural newspaper, Farm Weekly, working alongside Australia’s single biggest independent digital trading platform in the agricultural community, AuctionsPlus and launching her own business, Graze Media. Trinity and her husband Jayden live on acreage in Trinity’s hometown of Dardanup and together raise their three boys, Finn (9), Van (7) and Lawson (5). Andrew Fry (06) graduated with an Honours Degree in Environmental Science and has extensive experience working on environmental matters in the Pilbara and Metropolitan area. Andrew was recently part of an expansion of a Perth-based Environmental consultancy in the approvals sector in Bunbury. He is very happy to have relocated back to the South West and is expecting his first child in June this year. Isabel Fry (13) 13 studied Urban and Regional Planning at Curtin University and is now a Town Planner for the Shire of Collie. Isabel is busily renovating her newly acquired home in Eaton and is also looking to pursue further study in Business Administration and Management. Courtney Eaton (13) is currently living in Los Angeles and stars as Lottie Matthews in the hit new television series Yellowjackets which streams on Paramount Plus. With the success of the first season in 2021, the second season will start screening at the end of this year. Courtney is hoping to get back to WA sometime this year to see her family. Damon Scurria (13) 14 recently moved to Sydney and is working for international commercial law firm, King & Wood Mallesons in the Corporate and Financial Litigation team. Damon has a keen interest in the Banking and Financial sector and wishes to continue to gain further experience and exposure to this area of law as he progresses his career. Damon is enjoying his new role and says each day is never the same as the one before.

After graduating from Bunbury Cathedral Grammar School, Julie Bettens (14) 15 moved to Sydney and completed an Advanced Diploma in Acting at Sydney Theatre School. Julie later graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) which enabled her to strengthen her skills in musical theatre, while adding stage combat, parkour and fly training to her arsenal, as well as extensive professional quality screen time and is now working as a professional actor. Tara Anderson (21) 16 was recently awarded The George Alexander Foundation Scholarship. Tara is currently in her first year of Veterinary Medicine at Murdoch University. Grace Satie (21) was selected as one of a small group of students to audition for the Performing Arts Perspectives, which is a showcase of the best performance works from the year, performed at His Majesty’s Theatre in Perth. Grace achieved 100% in the Scripted Monologue section of the 2021 ATAR Drama Practical Examination, which places her in approximately the top five Drama students in the state for the Scripted Monologue.

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ARTISTIC VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!

Evan Jackson (10) is a Detective Senior Constable with the WA Police Force and is kicking off a project called Creative Wellness for First Responders. Evan is looking for creative minded people willing to volunteer their time to help facilitate creative workshops in the Perth metropolitan area for emergency frontline workers. The program aims to enhance the wellbeing of emergency frontline workers through creative expression. Participants are made up of police, fire and ambulance workers, along with veterans – a group who are vastly overrepresented in mental health injury within the workplace. If you have artistic abilities in painting, sketching, ceramics, sculpture, or woodwork and would like to volunteer your time to facilitate these workshops please contact Evan on 0436 837 617 or email evan.jackson@police.wa.gov.au

IN MEMORIAM

Since our last Grammarian, we have been saddened by the loss of the following people from our School community. Our thoughts and prayers are with these families. Stanley Jacob, father of Gavan (84). Linda Young, wife of Campbell and mother of Matthew (80).

David Shales, husband of Gladys (former staff).

Aaron Mattner (03), son of Lynnette and sister of Courtney (05). Luella Lindberg, mother of Steven (86) and Susan Wright nee Lindberg (80). Dinah Brocksopp, wife of David and mother of Michael (87) and Josephine (89). Catherine Thorne, mother of William Maxwell (97) and Alexander Maxwell (92).

Rev Graeme Weaver, husband of Sara and father of William (05) and Katherine (07).

Leonard Kirkpatrick, husband of Judith and father of Glenn (93), Peter (91) and Fiona (97).

Michael Kikeros (99), son of Jenny and brother of Andrew (09). Jim Taylor, father of Andrew (89) and Merrylee Legros nee Taylor (91). Koolmatrie (16), granddaughter of Joyleen Koolmatrie. John Valli, husband of Rae, father of Brett (76), Donna Kitchen nee Valli (78) and Darlene (79) and father-in-law to Ray Kitchen (78). Valerie Brown, mother of Todd (79) and Chris (82) grandmother of Romelly Brown (21). Eamon McInerney (15), son of John and brother of Lizzi (13). Frank Cavallo, husband of Rosa Cavallo, father of Maria Cavallo (98) and grandfather of Victoria Bridger (Year 3). Fred Oostryck, father of Robert (75) and Philip (82) and grandfather of Joshua (04) and Hannah (07).

Judith Wood, mother of Susan Wood (00).

Fr Gary Priest, husband of Robyn and father to Kirrily (99). Elizabeth Anne Middlemas, mother of Ian (77), David (79), Sam (81), Sally Barrett nee Middlemas (83), and grandmother of Caitlin (16) and Emma Barrett (19).

Paul Ferguson, husband of Rita and father to Kelvin (84), Bradley (87) and Jarrod (89) (dec).

Margaret Blackmore, mother to Mark (83).

Gillam (Gill) Thomas, father to

Belinda Peterson nee Thomas

(86), Joanna Stoddart nee Thomas (87), grandfather to Hannah Peterson (Year 10) and Oscar Peterson (Year 2), father in-law to Ian Peterson.

Dr Daniel Hugo, wife to Heather and father to Sally (77), Daniel (78), Nicky Latham nee Hugo (79) and Susan Earle nee Hugo (82), grandfather to Georgia Latham (18).

Rev Michael Harford, father to

Alison Grygorcewicz nee Harford

(77) and Catherine (78).

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