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PEOPLE & PROPERTY OF MELBOURNE

NOVEMBER 6-12, 2019

SUSAN CARLAND

THE POW ER OF THE MIND

VIRGINIA TRIOLI

IN TOUCH WITH MELBOURNE

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Dr Susan Carland gives First Lady vibes; whip-smart and elegant. Her intellect is as sharp as her manner is gentle; perfect for the role of host on a quiz show for little people with high intelligence. As the quizmaster on SBS’s Child Genius Australia, Carland is face-to-face with Australia’s cleverest eight to 12-yearolds, in a program overseen by Australian Mensa. She wears two hats – social commentator and mum – in this week’s feature by journalist Aaron Langmaid, observing the challenges of parenting in a digital world, and how intellect counts for one thing but kindness another.

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“ I am Marella Ryan ” … a V/Line conductor I’ve been a train conductor for seven years. Before that I was a flight attendant. I think I had had enough of flying. It’s nice to fly when you’re going on holidays, but it was enough flying for one job. I wanted something on the ground but I needed something similar. The two jobs are alike in a lot of ways. It is customer service, and really it’s all about safety as well. Of course, there are no trolleys, which is good. But it’s pretty similar in that you’ll walk up and down. You’ve always got to check things on board – check for ladders (in case you need to detrain), firstaid kits, fire extinguishers, whether the toilets have toilet paper. I’m on the Geelong line; we go between Warrnambool and Traralgon. We do Warrnambool

trains on the weekend and then during the week, Monday to Friday, we do one down to Traralgon. We cover a lot of kilometres in a day because Traralgon is about two hours and 20 minutes from Melbourne. The earliest train I’m on is the 4.31am from Waurn Ponds to Southern Cross. That’s when it leaves but we have to sign on here at Geelong first. The latest one departs Southern Cross a little after 1am, and comes back to Geelong. So, it’s almost 24-hour shift work. In the mornings, passengers like to sleep or they’re on their laptops because they’re on their way to work. Quite often at night, you will wake people up. I often say to people, “Don’t forget to set your alarm, just in case”. Not many miss their stop, but there’s a few who do.

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I enjoy working on the trains. You see all these country people, they’re very friendly; a lot of them want to chat. We have lot of regulars. I also enjoy it because you do have to help people. I help them with information. Sometimes older people especially struggle to read a timetable, or work out how to get from Southern Cross to Richmond or elsewhere. Footy trains can be fun, especially if it’s the Cats. Everyone’s in a good frame of mind, especially going there. Sometimes there’s singing on the way back, it depends on who wins, otherwise it’s very sombre, analysing the game. Some younger ones probably see this as being a stepping stone to becoming a train driver, not me. I’m happy doing what I’m doing. ●

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COVER STORY Mother of two, academic and TV host

Dr Susan Carland ponders the future for our children.

cademic-turned-television host Dr Susan Carland was about halfway through filming the first season of the hit SBS show Child Genius Australia when she found herself confronted by a parent with a very difficult outlook for their extremely smart son. The mother had shuffled her child before the cameras and stifling studio lights because she desperately wanted him to fail. Here was a primary school kid who had mastered almost everything. He was top of his class, an apt sportsman with off-the-chart intelligence to match. But he was yet to learn the power of consequence – of how making the wrong decisions ultimately steer us all in life. That, says Carland, was as much a lesson for her as it should be for all of us. The author and social commentator says Australia is nestled in a precarious era where parents hover, buffer and protect. She fears, as do many, it will be to our detriment. “It was quite a jarring thing to hear a mother say they want their kid to fail,” Carland says. “But the more I have reflected on it the more I think, ‘What a great mum’. “Because failure is such an important thing for all of us, but particularly for kids.” Like our immune system, which must be exposed to things so it can develop and look after us properly, Carland says teaching and discovering resilience should be embraced.

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“Yet, so many studies are showing we are raising the least resilient group of kids ever,” she says. “Kids aren’t being given a way to fail in a supportive way – in a way that’s not traumatic, but to experience the pain of failure so they can learn from it and work out how to bounce back and not cry and crawl away. “It is a very important skill to learn.” But as a mother of two herself, Carland says she understands why it can be a difficult concept for parents. “It’s hard because we want to shield our kids from unpleasant situations,” she says. “At university, I am teaching kids straight out of high school and I can see if kids haven’t experienced the consequences of failure – if they are only doing it for the first time as 18-year-olds, these are really hard lessons to learn. “With my own kids, I try to let them, in an ageappropriate way, make their own decisions so they can deal with the consequences of that.”

definitely,” she says. “When I was a kid, the heroes of the school were always the ones who were good at sport. Nobody is as impressed by the spelling bees or the maths whiz. “That hasn’t changed a lot, it’s very much part of Australian culture. I think we can feel a little bit uncomfortable around really smart people. So I hope this show helps normalise it. “I reckon one of the reasons the kids on this show want to participate is because it gives them a platform where they can be celebrated as exceptionally smart and hard-working.” But Carland doesn’t shy away from the debate around an issue that, in some ways, could prove the greatest hurdle for any kid hoping to make a difference. She says devices – or perhaps our addiction to them – is terrible. “I feel sorry for this generation,” she says. “They are a guinea pig generation where no prior

Susan Carland and husband Waleed Aly on the red carpet at the Logie Awards.

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“You can be really smart but if you can be kind as well, which a lot of these kids are, then you will go really far. All things being equal, I think we are in safe hands.” But she says the battle to override that innate parental sense to protect remains the challenge. “That is why the conversation with that mum will always stick with me because I thought it was some pretty exceptional parenting.” In returning to host series two of Child Genius Australia, Carland says she had learnt much. The series pits 16 gifted children aged eight to 12 against each other in a showcase of wit and memory. Overseen by Australian Mensa, quiz master Carland tests the participants’ knowledge of history, maths, spelling and science. She says her own intelligence was no match in a competition where junior players made short work of spelling words like rhabdomancy. While confessing to once being a garden-variety school nerd, she hopes the show might serve as a platform to empower intelligent kids. “I was teased for being a nerd at school,

experiments have been done to find out what the consequences of us all being on our devices all the time. “I was on a train last week and every single person on the carriage was staring at their phone. “We know it’s not good for our mental health and all these other things. But what about for kids and teenagers? “Their brains are responding in a way where we don’t know what it is doing because no previous generation has gone through it. “The only way we will work it out is in 30 years when we see what impact it has had and by then, it is done. There will be no undoing that.” She says there was very little evidence suggesting screen time was a good thing. “We are moving very fast in a bad direction and I think we will all look back at this time and realise it was bad for humanity. Our kids are the ones who will deal with the ramifications of that.”

However, Carland remains hopeful. She says the television program showcasing some of the nation’s naturally gifted young minds is a testament to a generation with enormous potential. “Every kid has to navigate the challenges of the future and you never know what is going to pop up,” she says. “One thing that makes me feel really confident about these kids is that they are incredibly intelligent and driven but also, they are just really nice. “There are no ratbags. “They are polite and funny and cheeky just like kids should be. They should be fidgeting and saying weird jokes and talking to me about their guinea pigs. That’s what kids should do. “You can be really smart but if you can be kind as well, which a lot of these kids are, then you will go really far. “All things being equal, I think we are in safe hands.” ●

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CULTURE

Australia’s story

ALAMY

The pledge to preserve the Kimberley’s ancient art.

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Indigenous Wandjina artwork in sandstone caves, Raft Point, top; Sash Gwion figures, Drysdale River National Park, above.

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ur earliest story is told on the walls of rocks in the Kimberley, in northern Western Australia, and in Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory. The rock art painted by Aboriginal people thousands of years ago is a priceless national treasure that few Australians have seen, and whose significance on an international scale even fewer realise. But all that looks like changing, thanks to the work of the Kimberley Foundation Australia and its partners at several universities around the country and with Aboriginal Corporations. And thanks to the work of Ian Waina. Growing up in the north-east Kimberley in Western Australia, the rock art has long been Waina’s passion. Now, at 32, he is at the forefront of work aimed at preserving it and helping scientists date it so we can know more about who painted it and when. “As an Aboriginal person we all have to play our role in looking after our art,” Waina tells me on the phone from the Kimberley. “I would rather share it than keep it [to ourselves].”

For a decade Waina has worked with the Kimberley Foundation Australia, a not-for-profit organisation established to research and preserve Kimberley rock art. He travels to the many sites of the art with Indigenous elders, scientists and with small tour groups. He is a veteran in the field: he has been guiding people to the art since he was at school. He has visited many of the thousands of rock art sites, rock paintings and engravings on sandstone outcrops and escarpments, artefacts and stone arrangements, which are found across a landmass the size of Germany. Waina believes the rock art is a priceless window to the lives of those who lived in the Kimberley tens of thousands of years ago. “Every rock art painting tells the story of what happened in the area,” he says. “Some let you know what animals lived then, what was good for eating, others are a prophecy. The paintings are like diaries. That is how people told their stories.” Just days after we spoke, Waina left on a five-week field mission accompanying scientists to rock art sites to test the Continued p11

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Myers says work is underway to discover through the art the story of the era. One major theory is based around climate change. “As the ice age settled on us the sea levels rose and 200 kilometres of country was inundated, so people had to move and it became drier,” she says. “Changes in the art are caused by changes in the climate. That’s the hypothesis that’s up for testing at the moment.” Myers’ interest in this field began in the 1970s when she would give talks on Aboriginal rock art.

Maria Myers, left; Raft Point Ngumburi Shelter Wandjina rock art, below.

“When I started, people never knew what I was talking about,” she says. “I’d come back and talk about the Bradshaw art I’d seen. I gave public lectures in Melbourne in the ’70s and people would throng to it. They’d never heard anything about it and it was mind-blowing hearing what was up there and what it may mean for our history and our story, and for understanding it.” (The “Bradshaw” art is named after pastoralist Joseph Bradshaw who brought attention to the rock art in 1892.) Myers would like to see a greater connection by Australians to the extraordinary archaeological discoveries on our doorstep and the efforts to preserve them. “It’s Australia’s story,” she says. She fears that Australians “don’t understand their own country and the people who lived here, and [need to] take it on as their culture, and understand the history of contact between Aboriginal and white Australia”. Says Cas Bennetto: “It is first and foremost an Indigenous people’s story but one with which nonIndigenous Australians identify and in which they take pride.” ●

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art’s age through various carbon-dating and other techniques. There are tens of thousands of rock art sites in the Kimberley providing, what the foundation says is, “primary evidence about how, when and why people first arrived in Australia” giving clues to “cultural beliefs, [and] how they lived and adapted to changing climactic conditions”. It notes that the rock art is the only record of how people saw themselves, each other, the natural world and the social systems that they made. “It is one of the largest figurative bodies of art to survive anywhere on the planet, and yet so little is known about it.” Waina’s role and that of many of the traditional owners in the massive Kimberley area have been critical in establishing the location of the art and whether it needs maintenance. “Some areas are safe,” he says. “Others are at risk through fire.” He knows the importance of caring for these sites. “Older people are telling me to look after it and keep the story going and the fire burning,” he says. His work with scientists is an invaluable scientific and cultural collaboration. “I teach them traditional stories and they teach me about scientific ways of looking at it,” he says. The Kimberley Foundation Australia is at the centre of research into dating and preserving the rock art. It is critical work. “All the rock art-related research we fund, the alliances with universities and scientists, and the collaborations with the Aboriginal Corporations is aimed at keeping culture strong for future custodians and informing the conservation and management of this priceless world heritage,” the foundation’s chief executive Cas Bennetto says. “The importance of the work cannot be overestimated. It’s for future custodians and generations of Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians and the world.” Bennetto says we now know from the work of archaeologists that people have been in the Kimberley for 55,000 years. “They were people with developed aesthetic skills and they painted this highly distinctive rock art,” she says. “The rock art paintings are helping us resolve some of the big questions in world archaeology.” Kimberley Foundation Australia’s deputy chairman Maria Myers first visited the Kimberley in 1995, using a helicopter to move around looking at rock art. “What we were shown was something quite extraordinary,” she tells me in the foundation’s office in Collins Street. “This is Australia’s story. When were they painted? And what was the culture that produced them?”

“The rock art paintings are helping us resolve some of the big questions in world archaeology.”

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PROFILE Broadcaster Virginia Trioli is getting in tune with her home town.

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irginia Trioli remembers meeting former ABC Morning’s broadcaster Jon Faine on her first day in the job as ABC’s Drive host in 2000. The now retired radio veteran imparted some sage advice. “He said doing a radio show is like a marathon not a sprint,” she says. “You just have to keep turning up day after day and you won’t get it in six months or a year – it’s about sticking with the community and the show. He said ‘be genuinely yourself’ – don’t be a radio construction or projection, the listeners will find you out like that.” The two-time Walkley Award-winning journalist has returned to the radio hot seat, replacing Faine as the ABC’s new morning presenter. For the first time in a decade Trioli can finally hit the snooze button, no longer required to get up at 2.30am for her ABC TV’s News Breakfast role, cherishing the extra sleep in.

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“I am loving the idea of strongly reconnecting to the Melbourne community again.” genuinely reflect our city and want as broad a conversation as possible.” Trioli was born in Bendigo – one of seven children – and moved to Nunawading with her Italian-born parents when she was aged two. She got her break as a reporter at The Age in 1990, and it’s also where she met her husband who was working as the features editor at the time. “I fell in love with Russell’s mind,” recalls Trioli, who had returned to The Age after a year’s leave to pursue a scholarship she won to do her masters in journalism at New York University in 1993. “When I returned to The Age, my feature editor had changed – it was Russell. I knocked on his office door and told him I was one of his reporters. We spoke for 45 minutes straight from politics to art to the wool price, design and industry policy. “We covered a lot of topics. I remember I left and I thought ‘I love that guy’; I was pretty much gone.”

Trioli wrote her ground-breaking book Generation F: Sex, Power and The Young Feminist in 1992 (it was a response to Helen Garner’s The First Stone) and plans to write a fiction and non-fiction book in the near future. “I’m of the opinion if you say it you don’t write it,” she says, not wanting to jinx her future intentions. She loves cooking, travelling, cinema, listening to podcasts about Ancient Rome and tunes into the BBC when she can. “I’d like to learn to sing and stand on a stage,” she says of unfulfilled dreams. “That’s long been a personal goal of mine. “I’d also love to be a contestant on Survivor, but living on rice and beans wouldn’t suit me. And there’s a TV and movie script in me too.” For now, the focus is warming listeners to her vivacious and firm interviewing style that she’s perfected in almost three decades in the media. ●

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OPINION

Thanks for the memories There’s no place like a childhood home.

always happy to take a trip down Memory Lane via Nepean Highway. Last year, London’s Independent newspaper published a survey, which found six out of 10 Britons consider their childhood residence to be their true home. “Nostalgia is the overriding reason for this,” the paper reported. “Almost two-thirds [of the 2000 people interviewed] revealed their affection for their childhood dwellings is entwined with fond memories of their formative years.” The survey found 38 per cent of respondents think their current home “lacks the magic of their childhood home”, while many say they have taken steps to make their current home reflect decoration and furnishing features of the place where they grew up.

arly last year a friend rang me to say that after more than 20 years of living in their two-storey Parkville terrace, he and his wife had just bought my old childhood home in Sandringham. We joked how he’d bucked the trend; when most empty-nesters are downsizing and moving closer to the CBD, Peter and Jenny have gone out to the ’burbs and into a sprawling family home with a swimming pool. “It was a pretty unexpected decision, really,” Peter said, adding that he’d fallen in love with the 1970s modernist-style house my parents built. “We’re looking forward to moving in, and then you’ll have to come around for a drink and see it.” We haven’t had that drink yet, but I am

I thought a lot about this while reading Ann Patchett’s new novel The Dutch House. Siblings Maeve and Danny develop a ritual of parking outside their old family house, sharing a cigarette and chatting about their childhood. After a while, they start the car and pack away the memories until the next visit. Australia actor and writer Barry Humphries was in his late 50s when he wrote his first memoir More Please. It was first published in 1992, nearly four decades after Humphries had moved out of his childhood home in Camberwell. Yet, his recollections of growing up on the old Golf Links Estate set the tone for this awardwinning autobiography. “Number 38 Christowel Street [or Christowell Street – it was spelt differently at each end of the street] in the ‘Tudor style’, was my father’s first speculative villa and we lived there until he had built a mock Elizabethan dwelling four doors up the

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Ingredients (Serves 2) Vegetable oil for frying Batter 2 cups plain flour 350ml instant dashi stock (mix 2 cups of boiling water to 1 tsp of dashi powder) 2 eggs, beaten 150g cabbage, shredded 2 tbsp oil, extra if needed Topping 1∏ cups cabbage, shredded ∏ cup carrots, shredded ∑ cup katsuobushi (dried bonito flakes), store bought To serve Tonkatsu sauce Kewpie mayonnaise Garnish Pickled ginger, store bought Katsuobushi (dried bonito flakes),

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Method F or the batter, place the flour and dashi stock into a large bowl and whisk until mixture is smooth. Add in the egg and shredded cabbage and mix to combine. ■ T o make the pancake, heat a large fry pan on medium heat. Add in the oil and allow to heat slightly. Pour in the batter using a ladle (one at a time) until a round pancake is formed about 15 centimetres in width and 2 centimetres thick. ■ P lace half of the topping cabbage and carrots on the pancake. Then sprinkle half the katsuobushi on top. ■ F ill a ladle with a bit of batter and drizzle it back and forth across the surface. Do not cover the entire surface. You want to cover some parts of the toppings so that they ■

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stick in between the bottom and top layer of batter. C ook for about 10 minutes until the bottom of the pancake is slightly golden brown and when you lift the pancake with a spatula, the pancake holds its shape. T urn it over with a spatula and cook for another 5 minutes or until the bottom of the pancake is slightly golden brown. P ierce through the middle of the pancake with a knife or chopstick to check if it’s cooked through. The chopstick should come out clean without any wet batter stuck to it. Transfer the pancake to a plate and repeat with the next pancake. Drizzle the tonkatsu sauce all over the pancake and do the same with the kewpie mayonnaise. Garnish with some pickled ginger, katsuobushi and spring onions. Serve warm. ●

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Opportunity beckons How to find which scholarships are on offer and apply for them.

hile some make take some digging to find, there are a variety of scholarship opportunities on offer at Melbourne’s independent schools each year. And it’s not just the academically gifted who can benefit. “I don’t think scholarships are front of mind for many parents in Australia,” says Ross White of the Good Education Group. White says that while scholarships in the US are widely advertised, here parents and students need to do their research to find out what’s on offer. “I also think it’s all too easy for a lot of families to count themselves out from scholarships because they may think they are only for brainy kids, and that’s not the case at all. “Doing some research and having a conversation

with schools about scholarships is very worthwhile. There are terrific scholarships out there that are worth tapping into.” Scholarships are offered by most fee-paying schools and may cover all or some of the tuition fees. Some are offered based on academic excellence while others are awarded to students who are talented in specific areas, such as music or sport. Students who have a proven record of showing leadership, of being community-focused and who are committed to helping people around them may also be eligible to apply for some scholarships. “Not all scholarships are about academic excellence and being top of the class – there are those but there are plenty more,” says White, who publishes the Good Schools Guide.

2021 SCHOLARSHIPS NOW OPEN A range of Day and Boarding School Scholarships are available: Academic Music / Academic Angela Sharman Music Boarding Indigenous Means-tested Applications close Monday, 19 February, apply now at mlc.vic.edu.au/scholarships 207 Barkers Road Kew Victoria | 03 9274 6316 | admissions@mlc.vic.edu.au

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“There are excellent sporting scholarships for kids with talent in a mainstream or niche sport and there are scholarships that recognise social citizenship for children who are involved in a charity, community and leadership. Schools want to recognise those kinds of qualities in students because it helps develop their own school culture.” White says there is no centralised resource that lists all available scholarships in Melbourne schools, so students and parents need to go online and check school websites to find out what is on offer. Or call schools directly and inquire about scholarship opportunities and the application process. “Shortlist schools that you think are going to be of interest based on things like their academic performance, their personal fit for your child and the school curriculum and its sporting or arts activities. Then, call them to find out if they have any scholarships,” suggests White. While the application process can vary, an exam or audition is usually required along with an interview involving parents and the student. “Musical scholarships will be based on a student’s

musical grades and ability and usually a child will have to demonstrate their ability in an audition. Similarly, with sport, a student may have had to compete at state level,” says White. “Schools are looking for students who will embrace the culture and values of the school and be a role model to other students. The school does benefit from scholarships because they get a motivated and engaged student who may have a special talent. “And students gain because receiving a scholarship can make a huge difference to a child’s opportunities. It can expose children to experiences that may previously been out of reach and they can be life-changing. “If you are a scholarship student, that has so many benefits after school because being the kind of person who has been seen as deserving of a school scholarship speaks volumes about who you are. Carrying that forward – it looks very good on your CV. It’s a great feather in your cap.” ● ● goodschools.com.au

SCHOLARSHIPS Academic, Music and General Excellence Scholarships will be offered in 2020 for boys entering the school in 2021. Applications and detailed information are available only online.

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chool scholarships are highly sought after and so the selection process is carefully designed to identify the most deserving students. “Students may be talented – but we are looking for more than that,” says Dr Mark Merry, principal of Yarra Valley Grammar. “We look at potential scholarship students with a global view – what can they bring to our school and what can our school bring them?” An interview is often a crucial part of the process and involves both parents and students. “Parents come to the interview because the decision to attend a certain school is a family decision,” says Dr Merry. “The interview is an opportunity to learn more about a student and to

Scholarships open for 2021 entry Our scholarship program recognises outstanding individuals who excel, not only in academic results, but also in the arts, music, sport, leadership or community service. We have a wide variety of scholarships available at our three metropolitan campuses, at Elsternwick, Glen Waverley and St Kilda Road. Academic for entry in Years 5, 7 or 10 General Excellence for entry in Years 5 – 11 R.G. Menzies (Leadership) for entry in Years 7 – 11 Glen Waverley Middle School for entry in Years 5, 6 or 7

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Register to attend our Scholarship Information Evening on Wednesday 27 November. To apply, visit: www.wesleycollege.edu.au/scholarships Email: scholarships@wesleycollege.edu.au Call: 8102 6508

find out their reasons for choosing the school. We often ask what the family knows about Yarra Valley Grammar and our programs, and we want to know where the student’s passion lies. “The interview is also a time for a student and parents to ask questions. You can find out what your son or daughter needs to do when they are a scholarship student and that’s not about getting high distinctions. Contribution, not achievement, is very important.” Yarra Valley Grammar in Ringwood is one of many independent schools in Melbourne that offers a range of scholarships. Dr Merry says most schools follow a similar application process but he says there is more to it than simply a positive interview. “What gets students in the interview room initially is their folio. I love to see what young people have been up to – to find out about the music competitions and concerts they have been part of or to hear about the best and fairest awards they’ve received. All that shows enthusiasm and that is what schools look for,” he says. Dr Deb Priest, principal at Ivanhoe Girls’

The interview is an opportunity to learn more about a student and to find out their reasons for choosing the school.

Grammar agrees that aside from academic excellence, schools are keen to find students who will embrace everything that a school community has to offer. General excellence scholarships, such as the Cooerwull General Excellence Scholarships at Ivanhoe Girls’ involve an academic test but emphasis is also placed on leadership, teamwork and citizenship. “I am looking for girls who have demonstrated persistence in learning an instrument, they might have been doing community service or spent a number of years with Red Cross, or they might be working hard at club sport level,” says Dr Priest. Applications for general excellence scholarships often require written answers to questions in order to highlight a student’s character and interests. “We might ask them what they like to do in their

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recreation time or what they most want to achieve from coming to our school,” says Dr Priest. Students who get through that stage are then interviewed. Dr Priest focuses firmly on the student during the interview and advises parents and students against rehearsing. “Some children have clearly been practicing their responses with their parents for months. They can come across like automatons and don’t show their personality. I would say to students ‘just be yourself’ because I want to know who you are now, today. I want to know you,” she says. “We look for students who can look at me eye-to-eye when they talk and who are eager and interested. I want to see their eyes light up when they talk about things they are passionate about.” ● SARAH MARINOS

Xavier College

Scholarships & Bursaries for 2021 At Xavier College, we strive to form exceptional graduates who are authentic, spiritual, positive, inspiring, resilient and empathetic, with generous hearts and minds who endeavour to make a difference in the world.

The College is pleased to offer a range of scholarships and bursaries for students entering Years 7, 9 and 11 in 2021. • Academic and Excellence Scholarships • Music Scholarships (including Boarding) • Boarding Scholarships • Bursaries (means-based)

Scholarship applications close 31 January 2020 For more information visit xavier.vic.edu.au/scholarships or contact Di Odgers, Head of Admissions on 9854 5373 Senior Campus 135 Barkers Road Kew Kostka Hall Campus 47 South Road Brighton Burke Hall Campus Studley Park Road Kew

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A chance to shine How a scholarship has changed the life of a girl from Wagga Wagga.

lly Spain enjoyed life at her local high school in Wagga Wagga but after a few years she knew it was time to move on. Ally had clear ideas of what she wanted to achieve. She knew she wanted to follow the International Baccalaureate program and she also wanted to study law and political science – and these weren’t on offer at her local high school. So, Ally, 16 and her parents began exploring interstate schools and scholarship opportunities. The internet and then a schools and scholarship expo in Wagga Wagga eventually led the family to Methodist Ladies College in Melbourne. This year, Ally joined year 10 and became a boarder at MLC. Her scholarship helps cover her academic and boarding fees and is particularly

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directed towards supporting girls from regional and country areas. “My dad went to boarding school and loved it and I was born in Melbourne and have always loved visiting the city, so I was very happy to come here. MLC was my first choice because it had a bigger subject range and the IB program and I liked MLC’s boarding system, too,” says Ally. Ally’s scholarship application began with a 200-word written report about why she wanted to go to MLC. “I wrote about wanting opportunities I didn’t have at home. It took me quite a while to write and condense why I thought MLC would be a good place for me,” she says. Following her written application, Ally and her

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parents took part in a Skype interview with the head and deputy head of boarding at the school. “My parents were with me for the first part of the interview and then it was just me,” says Ally. “I was asked about my favourite subjects at school and what I wanted to do after school. I explained that I wanted to go to university and study law and political science with a view to becoming a diplomat. “I remember one question took me by surprise. They asked me what sort of animal I was most like. I said an orangutan because they are curious, like to explore and often leave their home but always remember their family. It was an unusual question and an unusual answer!” A few months later, Ally’s parents received a letter from MLC offering her a scholarship. “When my parents told me, I was so happy and excited. But I love my family and being at home and it did hit me that now I would be going away for school,” she says.

“The first month was difficult because I was quite homesick but I knew that would pass and the girls in my house were lovely. I made friends that I will have forever.” Next year Ally will start the International Baccalaureate program, she’s joined the debating team and she is enjoying the drama program, too. “I have been part of the Model UN program where we recreate the assembly of the United Nations, are given a country to represent and then have a problem to sort out. I’ve also enjoyed being in our boarding house play and we’ve had boarding socials so I’ve got to know people from other schools. I would never have had these opportunities in Wagga,” says Ally. “Next year there are biology tours to Thailand and to the Great Barrier Reef and I am interested in those. I am so glad I’m here and I feel very grateful because I have opportunities I wouldn’t get elsewhere. I probably wouldn’t be here at MLC without the scholarship – it has changed my life.” ●

Empowering young women = the Sacré Coeur way At Sacré Cœur we believe that a commitment to academic endeavour and a strong sense of self leads to student excellence. Which is why we are pleased to offer our 2021 scholarships. We are looking for students who will build on our inclusive and diverse student community and are committed to living the Sacred Heart Values. There is a variety of scholarships available and applications close 7 February 2020. Visit sac.vic.edu.au/scholarships today to ﬁnd out more.

2021 scholars hips now avai ab e General Excellence Scholarships: Years 5, 9, 10 & 11 Academic Scholarships: Year 7 Music Scholarships: Years 7, 8, 9 & 10

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Travertine is such a costly rock, most decorators prefer to take it inside and lavish it on halls or luxurious bathrooms. Here, the creamy gold stone hugs the zigzag facade that makes this glistening pair of townhouses unique in Melbourne. Around the back, this house – the westerly of the two – embraces the great outdoors with gusto, with a grand deck overlooking the Yarra parklands and a garden gate to the Koonung Trail. The only thing hidden is the traffic. There’s no escaping the fact that the Boulevard is the last street off Burke before the Eastern Freeway. But this threelevel (with lift) residence is so cleverly oriented, its peace guarded by double glazing, that one could bask all day in the north-facing family room and never pay a thought to the car park that characterises the Eastern from 3pm onwards. Just completed, the 35-square, six-star-rated house is walkable to Kew High School and would suit a family who value a flexible floor plan; use it as five bedrooms or four and a study. The ground-floor living room, first-floor retreat and lower-level family and dining area offer brilliant options for all ages to hang out and entertain their guests. Right of the oak hall, the front double bedroom or study has a walk-in wardrobe. The fully-tiled bathroom, across the hall, has a glass shower and matt black tapware. The main bedroom suite has a walk-in wardrobe and a twin en suite tiled in Italian and Turkish marble, with a shower and free-standing bath. The carpeted living room has full-length windows, including louvres, to the parkland view. The laundry and

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