GALLERY OF ACHIEVEMENT INDUCTEES 2024
Mr John K M HART (1991)
(1975)
John has been involved in coaching the sport of Gymnastics for more than 30 years. Over this time John has coached athletes to represent Australia at ten World Championships, Commonwealth Games and Olympic Games. Notably, he is the only Australian Gymnastics coach to have had gymnasts represent Australia at the past four consecutive Olympics (2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) as well as being the only Women’s Artistic Gymnastics (WAG) Australian coach to have had gymnasts medal at the last four consecutive Commonwealth Games (2010, 2014, 2018, 2022).
John has been named in the Coaching Team of the Year numerous times over the years by both Gymnastics Victoria and Gymnastics Australia, has been a finalist for Victorian Sport Coach of the Year on three occasions and was the Australian Women’s Gymnastics Head Coach at the Rio and Tokyo Olympic Games.
John received a Centenary of Federation Scholarship in 2001 and was awarded the Australian Sports Medal in 2021. Most recently, he received the International Gymnastics Federation Honorary Coaches’ Diploma which is awarded to a coach who has represented his or her country at a minimum of eight International Gymnastics Federation competitions (Olympic Games, Youth Olympic Games, World Championships) as a National Coach or a personal coach. John is one of the first WAG coaches in Australia to be awarded this Diploma.
John is renowned for his exceptional coaching techniques, work ethic and passion for learning and is considered one of Australia’s most highly regarded gymnastics coaches.
In 2024 John was inducted into the Gymnastics Australia Hall of Fame with Legend status.
Don McLardy has an extensive insurance career starting in the 1980s with the progressive insurance broker OAMPS. In 1996, Don joined the fledging broking business Insurance Advisernet and subsequently became a Director & Shareholder. Insurance Advisernet grew to a national insurance brokerage with over 100 authorised representatives.
In 2007, Don sold out of Insurance Advisernet and with close friend Mike McShane concentrated on building his own broking business – the now wellknown McLardy McShane Group. Don is still the CEO and has presided over the tremendous growth of the Group. In 2024, McLardy McShane now have 26 branches and joint ventures and over 100 Authorised Representatives across Australia generating a gross written premium of over $500 million. McLardy McShane has a great reputation for still maintaining a strong family culture and a community minded focus.
A former President of the Melbourne Football Club, Don is still a passionate fan. He joined the Melbourne Football Club board with Jim Stynes in 2008, and in February 2012 assumed the position of President after Jim stepped down to focus on his courageous health battle. Don eventually stepped down from the Melbourne Football Club in June 2013 after 5 years as board member.
Don and all at McLardy McShane are strong supporters of many community initiatives including the Reach Foundation, created by Jim Stynes to inspire and empower Australian Youth to achieve their dreams. Don is a former board member and Chairman of Reach, and a former Governor of the Jim Stynes Foundation. He is also heavily involved with the amazingly successful FightMND campaign, led by his friend and AFL legend Neale Daniher.
In 2023, Don was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia for his service to charitable organisations and to the AFL.
David Pringle PSM was formally appointed by the Governor-General as the CEO & Principal Registrar of the Federal Circuit and Family Court in 2020. His legal and public service career has included high level experience as a litigation lawyer and mediator, and playing a leading role in court reform in a number of Commonwealth Courts.
As a Partner and legal practitioner, David specialised in commercial, contract and intellectual property litigation, including, in 2002, successfully running the High Court case known as Daniels, in which the Full Court of the High Court found legal professional privilege to be a fundamental human right requiring protection.
In 2009 David Joined the Federal Court of Australia rising to the role of Deputy National Operations Registrar. In his 10 years at the Federal Court, David specialised in mediating complex disputes, including large class actions such as the Banks Fees case and the Queensland First Nations-related Stolen Wages case. David also played a leading role in reforming the Federal Court under its practice area based National Court Framework structure.
In his current role as CEO and Principal Registrar of both Division 1 and Division 2 of the Federal Circuit and Family Court, David has worked closely with the Chief Justice to spearhead fundamental reforms in the Courts’ operations in family law to develop an efficient and effective case management pathway for families, including parties and children at risk of family violence.
In 2024, David was awarded the Public Service Medal for outstanding public service through innovative leadership and vision. One of the reforms that David played an integral part in was also recognised internationally with the Courts’ Lighthouse program being awarded the Irwin Cantor Innovative Program Award in the AFCC in 2023.
Mr Peter RASHLEIGH OAM (1965)
Peter was admitted to practice as a barrister and solicitor in 1971. After three years overseas, in 1974 he joined the firm then known as Phillips Fox & Masel. Fifty years later, he is still with the firm which is now part of a global legal firm known as DLA Piper. Peter has enjoyed a diverse insurance and commercial litigation practice. This has covered all aspects of liability and insurance law and a broad range of commercial litigation.
He is now a consultant, having previously been managing partner and national chairman of the firm.
Peter has been a member of the Preliminary Evaluation Committee, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Victoria, since 2012, member of the Law Institute of Victoria, since 1971 and member of the Australian Professional Indemnity Group.
Since the early 1980s Peter was a founding member and committee member of the Victorian Branch, Australian Insurance Law Association.
He is a former member and alumnus of the Committee for Melbourne.
In 2016 Peter was awarded the Insurance Law Prize, Australian Insurance Law Association and has received the LIV President’s award for legal ethics.
He also received an award for distinguished service to the Victorian branch of the Australian Dental Association.
Peter was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in 2023 in the General Division for Service to the Law.
The Gallery of Achievement
The Camberwell Grammar School Gallery of Achievement was established to acknowledge and celebrate the success of generations of Old Camberwell Grammarians.
It is an ongoing, evolving project, which aims to inspire current and future students to pursue excellence in a wide range of careers, community service and sport.
A detailed biography of each past student inducted will be included in a Gallery of Achievement Perpetual File, to be held in the Camberwell Grammar School Community and Development Office.
Some of these biographies have been edited for space. Full biographies are available at www.ocga.org.au.
