Light Blue - Semester 2 2021 by Geelong Grammar School

ISSUE 109 SEMESTER 2, 2021

Members of the Geelong Grammar School community have faced significant challenges from the hurt of the past. In recent years, the School has been working to provide an authentic response to survivors of sexual abuse.

Survivor Liaison Coordinator

Principal, Rebecca Cody, has observed: “I have met with survivors and I am deeply sorry for their pain and suffering: to be sorry though, is not enough; complying with new legislation is not enough – we need to set an example and lead. We need to move forward by recognising the devastating impacts and effects of childhood sexual abuse and by never losing sight of the learnings from them”.

Independent Counsellor

In 2019, Ms Cody said: “Whilst we cannot undo the failures of the past, together we can acknowledge the harm, recognise the pain caused and together, we can support and enable a culture which fortifies against such devastating harms and places child safety at its core. Together, we can make a positive difference towards shaping a better world”. For survivors, for victims of trauma, for those struggling in challenging times – there are options for reaching out and finding support. You are not alone – you are a valued member of the Geelong Grammar School community – we are thinking of you, and we care.

Editor: Brendan McAloon Design: Chloe Flemming Claire Robson Photographers: Nick Fletcher David Henry (FB’70) Jill Nicholls (Holmes, The Hermitage ‘68) Katie Rafferty (Spry, Ga’84) Drew Ryan Anna Tucker (Kimpton, Clyde ‘71) Contributors: Sophie Church Katie Rafferty (Spry, Ga’84) Nick Sculley Website: www.ggs.vic.edu.au Email: lightblue@ggs.vic.edu.au

Renee Handsaker provides outreach and support for survivors of child sexual abuse at the School. Renee can be contacted by phone on 0432 707 355 or by email: renee@ sustainingconversations.com

The School continues to provide the services of an independent counsellor, Pauline Ryan. This service is available to those in our community wishing to access counselling or support regarding abuse. Pauline can be contacted directly during business hours by calling 1800 799 139. For further updates and links to services please visit the Healing and Hope webpage by searching Healing and Hope Geelong Grammar School, or by visiting www.ggs.vic.edu.au/ explore/healing-hope/

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SOLVITUR AMBULANDO Principal’s Perspective

A YEAR OF INTENTIONAL CONVERSATIONS Rev Gordon Lingard

BRODIE’S VOICE Brodie Murray (M’19)

BOSTOCK HOUSE

20 POSITIVE EDUCATION

28 SPORT

MONARCH OF THE MOUNTAIN

22 TOORAK CAMPUS

30 LORNE 160

YEAR 12 RESULTS

24 MAMMA MIA!

CONTINUOUS REPORTING

26 IF: REVIVED

32 SCHOOL CAPTAINS

34 HEAD OF MIDDLE SCHOOL 35 HEAD OF TIMBERTOP

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YEAR 8 CAMPS

36 FOUNDATION CHAIR 38 SCHOLARSHIPS 40 MAILROOM 54 OGG PRESIDENT 58 CORIO BOOK CLUB 60 QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY HONOURS

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Change is inevitable. So it’s pleasing to be able to relay that change for the collective good of the GGS community is now well under way. Led by our Principal Rebecca Cody and Council, the School has begun the development of a new Corio Campus Master Plan. This is a significant, strategic project.

The Master Plan will assess the existing learning and living experience of the Corio Campus, analyse conditions of existing buildings, facilities and landscapes, and identify future needs and initiatives to help advance our Strategic Framework – generated by Rebecca, endorsed by Council and launched in 2019 – and enrich our three pillars of Adventure Education, Positive Education and Creative Education.

The global pandemic has forced much change upon us. Further changes lie ahead as we traverse our way beyond the pandemic. When change arises we must search for and align ourselves with its positive elements. The School’s Strategic Framework focuses on advancing our present status and securing our future sustainability. Rather than simply react to the current circumstances, for the past two years we’ve been guided by the Strategic Framework and deliberately chose to keep innovating and moving forward – to embrace change for the good and to live our promise of Exceptional Education. The Master Plan is one of a number of strategic projects that the School has been advancing.

We understand that the Corio Campus functions in many ways more like a small town than a typical school. As a result, the Master Plan needs to consider the many aspects and attributes that are exclusive to the GGS ‘way of being’. Our aim is that the Master Plan will enhance the cohesion of the campus and deepen the School’s sense of community. Informed by the rich history of the campus, the Master Plan will embrace and strengthen our distinctive sense of place at Corio for future generations.

The Master Plan will deliver plans and guiding principles for development that align built form, landscape and operational considerations with the School’s strategic direction. Council believes that the plan will provide the framework to guide wise decision-making and elevate the School’s sense of place and belonging.

GGS has a proud heritage of innovation. The Master Plan provides an unparalleled opportunity for the School to extend this leadership and enliven a campus-specific sustainability strategy towards carbon negative status. At GGS, the vision of sustainability is to coexist with our environment, meeting our current needs without compromising the needs of future generations. Early in 2021, the School hosted a Sustainability Workshop with staff, Old Geelong Grammarians (OGGs) and specialist consultants to explore opportunities in energy systems, water, and land usage, as well as looking beyond infrastructure to curriculum development and student engagement. The Master Plan will integrate a range of sustainability considerations, including designing for resilience, climate crisis scenarios and developing mechanisms to monitor change and progress.

The School has compiled an outstanding project team to collaborate with our expert educators, operational teams and the broader GGS community to advance the coordination and design of the Master Plan. The project team includes MALA Studio Landscape Architecture, led by Bob Barton (FB’98), Andrew Burns Architecture, and engineers from GHD Sustainability. We are also engaging with specialist consultants such as Indigenous heritage advisors Murri : Yul, and regenerative agriculturist Darren Dougherty. LIGHT BLUE - GEELONG GRAMMAR SCHOOL

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Director of Community Engagement, Brendan McAloon, reports that the ‘wisdom-holder’ interviews, surveys and workshops rendered “some fantastic feedback” and that the final workshop question captured how people felt about the engagement process: “One of the most pleasing aspects for me is the really positive responses – the top ones being ‘included’, ‘excited’ and ‘optimistic’.”

So far, the School – led by the project team – has completed:

These ideas will be refined as priorities emerge and there will be a number of opportunities for engagement across the first six months of 2022 via surveys, working groups, presentations and more workshops as the Master Plan gains momentum and takes shape.

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A dozen in-depth ‘wisdom-holder’ interviews with people with an important perspective on our history with the Corio Campus – long-serving staff (teaching and operational), current students, parents, OGGs, Council members (past and present), the Foundation Board and traditional owners. These interviews captured a wide variety of perspectives, including the hopes and concerns that people across our School community have for the future.

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Staff surveys of our House/pastoral, learning and teaching, sport, operational and facilities teams to help inform the architects, landscape architects and engineers of what works well about the current living and learning spaces and what the staff think needs attention and/or could be improved.

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Visioning Workshops with more than 70 participants representing diverse stakeholder groups – staff, students, support groups, parent associations, OGGs, Council and the Foundation Board. The workshops have helped to kickstart the process of imagining what is possible for our Corio Campus; stimulating creative conversations to inspire great ideas that will inform the School’s future direction.

https://corioggsmasterplan. crowdspot.com.au

In shades of the GGS motto, Christus Nobis Factus Sapentia, the Master Plan process is about enabling wisdom for the collective good. Paddy Handbury (M’72) Chair of Council

The School is inviting members of the wider GGS community to participate via an interactive CrowdSpot survey, a visual map-based tool designed to allow people to provide input on geographic locations. Using a map of the Corio Campus, we are encouraging our community to add a spot to the map and/or comment on existing spots to assist us to make improved, better-informed decisions that reflect the views and priorities of the community.

The purpose of the Corio Campus Master Plan process is to: •

understand and plan for ‘beyond effective practice’ learning and teaching experiences, building in adaptability for advancements in technology and new teaching methods;

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understand and imagine new sustainable systems for the School (physical and functional);

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understand and plan for better ways of living on campus and in creating communities that connect with place;

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unite facilities and supportive functions of the School with the educational experience; and

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understand and plan for mutually beneficial relationships with adjoining land, land uses and neighbours.

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The School is undertaking an extensive stakeholder engagement process with our broad community to develop a shared vision for the Corio Campus and shape a successful Master Plan. It will require the power of people, collaboration, and knowledge to enact the transformation we need to see now, and in generations to come.

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Throughout 2021 we faced months of seemingly constant challenge. In conversation with many members of our community it became clear that, from time to time, each of us struggled. On occasion, our resolve weakened; our strength waned; our faith in knowledge and experience was tested. Doubt and uncertainty were commonplace; the pandemic encircled us in a low hum of menace (Ira Glass). Amidst this hum, and the chaos oftentimes associated with reacting to fast-moving Government restrictions, it became important to prioritise space for reflection. It would seem that across the globe reflection led to reassessment; as an example, the Harvard Business Review article titled The Great Resignation generated chatter about a reassessment of life choices and priorities that led to changes in career direction. It felt as though the impact of the pandemic became a catalyst to reflect and then courageously shift a rhythm that had perhaps been set or even stuck for lengthy periods. Informed by Donald Schon’s theory of reflective practice, Professor Elizabeth Anne Kinsella, Director of the Institute of Health Sciences at McGill University, brings attention to reflection and its many forms. It can be “deep, interior, emotional, and introspective; it can be intentional and based in reason; it may also be tacit, embodied and revealed in intelligent action; and further, it may be used to critically interrogate assumptions about taken-for-granted understandings in professional life” (Kinsella & Pitman, 2012). For me, whatever the purpose of reflective practice at any given moment, the space to do so is best created moving through nature: Solvitur Ambulando – it is solved by walking. The benefits of walking towards improved cognition and wellbeing were clearly understood by the Ancients. Socrates’ teachings were lessons whilst walking, and much later Nietzsche’s muse seemed to be walking itself: “All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking.” Thoreau too, as if completely aligned with Geelong Grammar’s Strategic Pillars, upheld its importance to a fulfilling life: “the walking of which I speak has nothing in it akin to taking exercise... but is itself the enterprise and adventure of the day.” More recently in The Lost Art of Walking, author Geoff Nicholson asserts: “Words inscribe a text in the same way that a walk inscribes space. Writing is one way of making the world our own, and... walking is another." These descriptions of walking are of course subjective. So too are my experiences of this daily discipline. Morning, afternoon or evening, walking along Limeburners Bay has been a dependable tonic. Is it the by-product of improved oxygenation or the dynamic interaction with the landscape that brings comfort and energy? Is it the relief of stepping aside from technology that improves mood? Is it the synergy of the body and mind in awe of nature’s majesty?

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– Nietzsche

Exactly why walking is restorative will perhaps remain unknown yet the science of the positive results from this practice must be compelling enough as some General Practitioners and Psychologists prescribe it as a medication. Since 2020, with the myriad of new complexities unfolding, I went searching for a medication; a way to proactively help myself through periods of struggle. These past two years it has been a joy to be reminded how powerful it can be to walk as a way to reconnect with oneself; to move through problems; and to unearth greater perspective. The ensuing reflections have been a great source of strength. Overwhelmingly, such reflections have been not only about the challenges brought upon us, but on how we have chosen not to allow them to defeat our aspirations. The choices we have made as a community to keep each other safe, to achieve, and to maintain our moral purpose – these choices have not wavered. Our 2021 leavers’ accomplishments are testament to this. Despite the many disruptions and uncertainty across the past two years, our Class of 2021 achieved amongst the strongest academic results in the School’s history. 143 students completed the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) in 2021, with 57 students undertaking the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma. When combined, the School’s median Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) was 84.5, which places 50% of our students in the top 15.5% of the State, with 38 of our IB students receiving an ATAR score of 95 or higher (top 5%) and 29 of our VCE students receiving an ATAR score of 90 or higher (top 10%). These results are outstanding for an academically non-selective school committed to holistic education.

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In other contexts, the symbol of the Phoenix also entered conversation – the giant, supernatural firebird that has been a mythological icon for millennia. Near the end of its very long life, a Phoenix builds itself a nest then ignites it; dying in a fire of its own making, only to rise again from its own ashes. Reborn to live again; beautiful and powerful. The representation of renewal by this creature resonates with the aspirations of our School and perhaps even all of humanity. We cannot stand still or allow the pandemic to defeat our ambitions; we must keep moving to shape a brighter future. As educators, and indeed learners, our role is to enable sage voices and choices to emerge, despite the hum. Thank you to all those in our Geelong Grammar community who walked the conversations and choices of 2021, uplifting wisdom and championing renewal. The steps you took support 2022 to now unfold hopefully, inclusively, and progressively… Rebecca Cody Principal

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A Year of Intentional Conversations D

uring recent storms the power went out. No TV was my first thought, followed by the thought that we’d just have to have a Thai take away. What a sacrifice! I’d need to go and get a supply of candles too. Chocolate would also cheer us up in such times as these. Chocolates are essential when a state of emergency arises. There was a flurry of activity with the purpose of making sure that we had the basics we needed as the light faded in order to make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear. Yet, 142 years ago, this scenario we were interpreting as a minor disaster, was the norm. It wasn’t until 1879 that electric light burst onto the scene. Prior to that time, candles were essential, and not just for soft light ambience and aroma.

What a difference 142 years makes, on many levels. One stark difference that the entrance of electricity meant was perhaps the subsequent reduction of conversation. Today, it is much easier to switch our attention to the various screens at our disposal. We are obsessed with screens, and with good reason. This amazing technology has given us incredible insights; windows of opportunity for information, commerce, and the maintaining of relationships around the globe. On the other hand, it has also given opportunity for more toxic behaviour as well. Conversations still happen of course, and some might argue perhaps in contradiction to my earlier comment, that conversations have, in a way, increased. I guess it depends on how you define conversation. Is texting conversation? Is an email conversation? Is social media chat conversation? During this particular power outage, with no TV and only candlelight to read by, we reverted to speaking to each other. By ‘we’ I mean Mrs Chappy and myself. We actually talk a fair bit to each other, usually on a walk or during a meal. This was different though; it was more intimate, intentional. All through this year we have been exploring the theme of conversation: the power of conversation (Term 1), conversations we need (Term 2), and more than words (Term 3). In Term 4, our theme was uplifting voices. On reflection these have been excellent themes; challenging and, at times, confronting. Confronting that is if we actually practise the principles taught. Humans, we have rediscovered, have a deep need to communicate. I’m in a boarding house lounge at the moment and all seven students present are on their

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phones (it’s lunch time). They are texting, even with those in the same room! Is it because our screens provide a thin veil through which to peer and perhaps feel a little more secure? A more overt and much publicised (and anticipated) conversation has been the recent one in Glasgow between world leaders and experts in the field of climate change. These are conversations that our young people (among others) feel should have happened decades ago. The ramifications of not doing so will be a price mainly paid by them and they are angry and frustrated. During a speech at Italy’s Youth4Climate summit, Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg accused politicians of failing to act on climate change and described their promises as 30 years of “blah blah blah”. Facta non verba rather than “blah blah blah” is the preference and was similar to our catch cry for Term 3 (more than words). The meaning of facta non verba is acts not words, often expressed as “actions speak louder than words”. True, it’s easy to speak a good game, much harder to actually play it. Spectators always know better, which is a frustration to those who are actually involved in the playing. Of course, being involved will cause bruises, errors, sweat, tears, but also the thrill and reward in taking part. Actions before words is what catches our attention. Words are in plentiful abundance. Take politicians for example. The common complaint that we sometimes have with this group is that they can be found wanting when it comes to practising what they preach.

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The reason why multitudes followed the carpenter from Nazareth was His example of the opposite. He was a consistent shower and teller, practising what He preached. He taught with unmatched insight but also actioned His teaching with remarkable effect. At times, the telling came after the showing because the intrigued onlookers were requesting an explanation. How good would it be if our actions for good prompted the need for explanation? The challenge of climate change and COVID-19 has highlighted just how powerful conversations can be, either to pull down or lift up. When conversations are uplifting they spur us, persuade us, and jolt us into action. The major factor for conversations that encourage and lift up are always to be found in the mirror. We have incredible power for change through the way we speak, discuss, assess, and comment. The culture we want to see in our families, communities, nation, and world depend on the words we speak and the actions that arise as a result. In the letter written by Jesus’s brother James, he writes: ‘A bit in the mouth of a horse controls the whole horse. A small rudder on a huge ship in the hands of a skilled captain sets a course in the face of the strongest winds. A word out of your mouth may seem of no account, but it can accomplish nearly anything – or destroy it!’ Rev Gordon Lingard Senior Chaplain

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merging Indigenous playwright and actor Brodie Murray (M’19) has used his experience of navigating change, homesickness, and the transition to adulthood to create the critically acclaimed play, Billy’s Choice. The play premiered at the Melbourne Fringe Festival in October and Brodie won both the Best Emerging Indigenous Artist and Young Creatives Awards. “It’s not autobiographical but there are definitely elements from my experience, elements of homesickness and being away from home,” Brodie said. A descendent of the Wamba Wamba people, whose country stretches from Deniliquin to Swan Hill, Brodie joined Geelong Grammar School in Year 8. “Five years away was a long time. My younger brother was only five when I moved away, and I missed some of the important cultural times with my family, [but] it was a good experience for me.” After graduating from GGS, Brodie moved to Perth to study Aboriginal Performance at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA). Although his studies were interrupted by COVID-19 lockdowns and WA’s strict travel restrictions, Brodie found his voice as a playwright, including

during hotel quarantine. “It was interesting to be in a small room, have my computer in front of me and just put pen to page,” Brodie said. His debut play, Soul of Possum, was written as part of the Yirra Yaarnz play reading series, drawing on stories handed down from his grandfather, respected Wamba Wamba elder Bes Murray, and his father, Ron Murray, an internationally renowned didgeridoo artist, storyteller, and sculptor. The play was presented at Perth’s Blue Room Theatre in 2020. It was then commissioned for the 2021 Yirramboi Festival and performed at North Melbourne’s Meat Market in May, while Brodie was rewarded with an artist-in-residence at the Castlemaine State Festival. “I’d hope that in doing this I’d be able to make a difference in telling the stories of Indigenous Victorians, to express what’s important to me about sharing knowledge and making connections between cultures.” Brodie had hardly drawn breath when he started on Billy’s Choice, which was one of several Fringe shows that switched to digital due to lockdown. Brodie tweaked the script, and the play was adapted into a film by award-winning stage director Rachael Maza. Set during Melbourne’s extended lockdown in 2020, Billy’s Choice explores the “big decisions” that confront young people, including the challenges of moving away from home and family/cultural expectations. “It’s about young people seeking independence with a focus on cultural and societal expectations,” Brodie explained. The play also tackles big cultural and political issues – including the “traumatic legacy for Aboriginal people since European

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OFF COUNTRY Filmed across 2020, the feature-length documentary Off Country follows the lives of seven Indigenous students as they leave their homes (“on country”) to spend the school year at GGS (“off country”). “Wrestling with their conflicting identities as students move between boarding life and home life, Off Country creates a historic record of one of Australia’s key Indigenous education pathways and a complex portrait of what it is to be an Indigenous child in Australia today,” the film’s directors, Rhian Skirving and John Harvey, said. The documentary premiered at the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) in August and screened at a select number of cinemas across Australia in October-November. It is being re-edited as a TV series to be broadcast on SBS’s NITV channel in April 2022.

settlement” – with a painful family secret at its heart. “It reveals with psychological insight the importance of confronting trauma at an individual, as well as a collective, level,” according to The Age’s Stephen Russell. “Brodie Murray seems wiser than his years… [his] dramatic talent deserves to be nurtured by the full power and presence of live theatre.” While his plays have made a large noise, Brodie is softly spoken, yet quietly determined for his voice to be heard. “I grew up with a love of theatre and storytelling, coming from a performing family,” he recalled. Brodie’s mother, Sarah, is a talented fiddler and vocalist of Scottish descent, and he is inspired to tell stories that make a positive difference, influenced by his late grandfather Bes, who “championed reconciliation all his life”. “I would like to keep writing and developing more stage plays; being able to further express my Wamba Wamba and Scottish heritage through my writing,” he said. “I am grateful for the opportunities I’ve been given so far, and the people who’ve guided me. I hope to keep working as a theatre maker.” To that end, Brodie will commence a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Theatre) at the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA) in 2022. “I’ve been very lucky,” he said. “I’ve got a lot to learn, but I’m committed.”

The School’s Indigenous Programme provides an important education pathway for Indigenous students from across Australia, enriching our community and celebrating diversity and inclusivity. From just one student in 2006, more than 80 Indigenous students have or are still studying at GGS, including a record eight Year 12 graduates in 2020. GGS partners closely with Indigenous scholarship provider Yalari and shares Yalari’s belief that education is the key to generational change and a brighter future for Indigenous children. The Indigenous Programme is also supported by the Geelong Grammar Foundation and our generous community through the Indigenous Scholarship Fund, the Pope Family Indigenous Scholarship, and the Warrambat Indigenous Scholarship.

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our bostock best Our Year 4 student leaders shared an evening of storytelling and smiles as they celebrated graduating from Bostock House, reflecting on how they each used their signature character strengths and demonstrated compassion in action (CIA) in 2021.

SIBELLA’S SLINKY I have worked out that life at Bostock House for me has been a bit like life with a certain toy. That toy is a SLINKY! The slinky was created in 1943, from a mistake, when a shipping engineer knocked a spring over and saw the spring come to life and walk. There have certainly been times in my journey at Bostock House that things just flowed, like that perfect slinky move, going down the stairs. Me at my best, like with my Leadership Assembly, when working with Year 3s, and when we had our classroom on the beach. But sometimes for me too, especially with COVID-19, things got pretty tangled. Last year (2020), I didn’t really do remote learning, so I did not really know what it was about, but I certainly found out this year! Did you know that most tangled slinkies can actually be untangled if you pause, be gentle, and rewind the slinky by spinning it anti-clockwise? This was a year that even when we were untangled, the slinky seemed to be going perfectly fine down the stairs and then, it would stop… we went into lockdown AGAIN… but as if by magic, it would start going again. A kind word from a friend, a teacher, a positive comment on a padlet, some encouragement from a Paralympian online from Tokyo, to keep going – and so we did, BOUNCE, FLIP, BOUNCE, FLIP. I wonder what the slinky might tell us about what happens next? As a toy, the slinky had a promising start back in 1943, but no one really expected it to stay popular. The makers kept being creative and coming up with different uses for it: science lessons in school, spin-off toys that even made it big in Hollywood with Toy Story, saving soldiers as an aerial for a broken radio in Vietnam, and even making it to space for a demonstration of zero gravity by NASA. The slinky reminds us that sometimes we just need to pause, rewind a little, and then get creative. Thank you Bostock House for helping me bounce back and be at my “Bostock Best”, ready for the future. Sibella Richter (Yr4)

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WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU LEMONS

We got a letter back from Red Cross and it said we were creative and thoughtful. We were at our best. I was at my best. When life gave me lemons, I helped make lemonade for others. We all have some tough times, but I think I learnt the secret is help others – then you will both have hope.

What is my “Bostock Best” and where did it come from? One of the places was from having hope! We all need hope, and when we had the HOPE (Helping Our People and Environment) Market with Mrs Clancy in Year 2, I realised that there was a lot of power in helping others. We made a company called Fun Fair and we raised money to Benjamin Fabretto (Yr4) help Aboriginal children to have the same chances as us. We could see from our work in the community that there are lots of people in life who are not as lucky as us. They might have dementia, or they might have a disability, or they are sick, or they don’t have many books to read. So, we helped, and I felt so proud. Then, in 2021, I got the chance to help again. Felix (Bergmuller) wanted to help people in the big floods, and so I was there, ready to do what I could. We sold about 500 lemons and we raised $1,000. The Friends of Bostock (FOB) doubled the amount of money – thanks FOB, you always give us hope too. We all wore something yellow to represent the colour of lemons. It was fun, and it was an amazing FUNdraiser too.

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The Monarch of the Mountain run itself is without a doubt very challenging and arguably only achievable by a small percentage of people. Starting at the speed hump outside the library, where all Timbertop runs start, students make their way up the steep fire break for about 6km to Doughty Road. There is then a short reprieve of about 3km of relatively flat running along the dirt road to Forest Creek. From here the climbing resumes along a single track to Round Hill, where the might of Mt Buller comes into view. With nearly 10km already in the legs and much of it climbing, the view of

Mt Buller entices both awe and despair, and questions such as “are we going all the way up there?” can be heard amongst the puffing and panting. The final 4km scales the spectacular West Ridge, which is a combination of jagged rocky terrain and rugged trails. Many students are forced to combine a shuffle and power walk up much of this section as they near the summit of Mt Buller. Once at the top, weary legs are quickly forgotten as students are greeted with amazing 360-degree views across the vast high country. What seemed impossible and what was an entire day of hiking in Term 1, has now been accomplished in a matter of hours with strong legs and determined minds. The 14km journey rises from 600m above sea level on campus to 1805m at the top. After a short drink and snack stop, students finish with a gentle 10km jog down the Klingsporn Bridle Track to Mirimbah, where the community gather for a BBQ lunch by the river. It is here where one can look across the student cohort with amazement and admiration at what they have achieved, as they sit amongst their friends, sharing stories of struggle and triumph, with a humble sense of pride. Ross Hopkins 2022 Head of Timbertop

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One of the big physical challenges students face in Term 4 at Timbertop is the Monarch of the Mountain. This challenge, like many in the final stages of the year, embodies our Term 4 theme: ‘What is Possible?’. It is one of those moments where achievement, progress, and growth are abundantly obvious; and the students are reminded of how far they have come in their Timbertop year. This does not just come in terms of their physical fitness and capacity, but more importantly, their mindset to respond with confidence and gusto to something significant and daunting. No longer does dread or nervousness tempt the students to lean away from what could be viewed as insurmountable, but rather they lean in and tackle the challenge knowing that struggle and discomfort in this context is often coupled with significant reward and fulfilment.

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YEAR 12 RESULTS

Mody Yim (FB’21) is Geelong Grammar School’s Dux for 2021. Mody achieved a perfect IB score of 45, which equates to an ATAR of 99.95.

MODY YIM (FB’21) Mody, from Hong Kong, joined the School in Year 8 on a Lee Hysan Scholarship and is the second Geelong Grammar student in three years to achieve a perfect IB score after Frank Zhao (M’19) in 2019. “I was quite thrilled and delighted,” Mody said after receiving his score. “There was also the great relief of knowing that I have achieved what I wanted to, especially through many years of hard work. I am lucky that I have always been motivated to strive for this ultimate goal, but finally achieving it was a very remarkable and special moment.” He spent his Senior School years in Francis Brown house and speaks very fondly of his experience. “Even though I have written a whole page in the Corian about Francis Brown house, I still don’t think it captures fully what significance it has to me. I am very grateful to be able to spend three years of my life with such a nice group of people, of which many of them would go on and become my life-long friends.” Mody hopes to study Medicine at Monash University in 2022. Acknowledging the difficulties of spending effectively two years away from home, Mody was able to embrace the positives of spending more time in Australia than he perhaps initially expected. “In these past two years, I have gotten to know and appreciate the Australian culture a bit more, which is a big positive if I am staying here post-GGS.” Mody is the third Lee Hysan scholar to be Dux of Geelong Grammar in the space of five years, following in the footsteps of Nat Lam (Ga’17) and Bernice Ng (Ga’18). Mody recalls having little interest in the scholarship “until one of my teachers put the application form in my hands with my name already on it.” “It was life-changing,” Mody said of receiving the scholarship. “Without the support I have gotten in the past four-and-a-half years, I wouldn’t be sitting here today. I could not thank the Lee Hysan Foundation enough for the opportunity it provided me.”

NICHOLAS LESTER (M’21) Nicholas, from Glen Iris in Melbourne’s south-east, joined the School at Toorak Campus in Prep. “As someone who is a product of the complete GGS experience from Toorak (onwards), I can say that I am immensely grateful for the environment which GGS has provided, and for the great guidance of excellent teachers and mentors especially in Year 12,” Nicholas said, reflecting on his Geelong Grammar experience. That guidance assisted Nicholas in achieving a score he is immensely proud of. “I have always had (lofty) aspirations academically, having always enjoyed my studies and learning in general. I knew for a while that shooting for a top score was within my grasp and something that would give me genuine fulfillment in my education journey.” The sense of community at Corio Campus is what Nicholas will remember most fondly as he moves onto the next stage of life. “There is something special about living on campus, about seeing peers every day,” he said. “This was particularly evident to me in my final weeks at school where I studied in the library. This is something that has not only allowed me to meet my closest friends, but I believe it also has bestowed upon me a genuine love of school life, daily optimism, and a desire to do well.” He was heavily involved in school life, captaining the Boys’ 1st Tennis team in addition to representing the School in debating, hockey and public speaking. “While from the outside I may have seemed busy, to me I was just doing what I enjoyed. I believe this was essential to my success – I chose things to do which I was passionate about, and I believe that if we all strive to do this, no matter what those activities are, we will be granted success.” Nicholas hopes to study Mathematics at The University of Melbourne.

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The School’s median IB score of 38, which converts to a median ATAR of 96.25, is our best result in a decade and one of our strongest results since the IB was introduced at GGS in 1999. Nicholas Lester (M’21) is Proxime Accessit for the Class of 2021, achieving a near-perfect IB score of 44 out of 45, which equates to an ATAR of 99.75. Skyler Waring (A’21) is the School’s top VCE performer, achieving an ATAR of 99.6. 17 IB students achieved an IB score of 40 or higher in 2021, including Mody and Nicholas. In addition, Jacky Cao (FB’21), Amelia Roberts (Fr’21), Anna Sherwin (Fr’21), Emma Sin (He’21) and Amy Thomas (He’21) each achieved an IB score of 43. VCE students Frankie Jackson (EM’21), Iris Jeffrey (Fr’21), Olivia Shergold (Cl’21) and Ned Worboys (A’21) each achieved an ATAR score of 97 or higher. Note: A number of IB students’ results may change as they are waiting for the re-evaluation of scores. Consequently, it is possible that the above information may change. The results detailed in this article are correct as of January 21.

SKYLER WARING (A’21) Skyler, from Lara, joined the School in Year 7 and spent Senior School in Allen. “I was really lucky to be in a really close year level in Allen for the past three years. It’s always nice to just hang around the people in your house,” Skyler said. Speaking at this year’s Leavers’ Celebration, she reflected on what has been two years full of interruptions and setbacks, while commending the class of 2021 for continuing to do their best even when they felt like closing their books/ laptops and giving up. “Towards the end it was a grind – working non-stop – I just had to keep in mind that it goes really quickly and it’s only one year of your life. If you are able to push through, you get to the end and you can really see the results of all your hard work.” For Skyler, the relationships built and friendships formed over the past six years are an enduring legacy of her time at the School. “Middle School was all about making new friends at a new school. And I’m lucky enough that I’ve kept a lot of those friends over the past couple of years. At Timbertop, I enjoyed the times when the unit was all together; unit celebrations; finishing runs and going to see your friends after, and everyone would have this great sense of achievement. It did make all the running seem worth it.” Beyond GGS, Skyler hopes to study osteopathy. “That’s probably been my top preference for most of the year,” she said. “I would really love to study in the health/ science sector, so osteopathy while maybe specialising in sports medicine, or even just overall wellbeing.”

FRANKIE JACKSON (EM’21) Frankie, from Federal in NSW’s Byron Shire, received her ATAR of 98.1 on what felt like Christmas morning. “My body clock decided to wake me up really early so I could open my presents,” she said. “When I opened the email from VCAA I didn’t immediately see my ATAR but I saw all my study scores and I was just so proud of my English and my Literature scores, in particular. I was just blown away. I didn’t expect it at all.” After finishing exams and returning home for the first time since June due to border closures, Frankie was able to switch off and “forget about the whole ATAR thing” until December, enjoying some much-needed time with family and friends. “From June ’til November (when I finished exams), I was either staying in EM or going to friends’ houses when all the lockdowns were happening. Looking back, it was so crazy and turbulent but, looking at my ATAR now, I’m like ‘it’s okay’, you can go through that kind of thing and maybe come out stronger on the other side.” The Hawker Library has been revitalised in 2021 as a quiet place for Senior School students to study, and Frankie certainly utilised the space. “The library was like my little home – my bubble from COVID – where I felt like I could forget everything that was happening in the world and just delve into school work,” she continued. “The support from EM, and the School, was invaluable. In EM there were so many girls from interstate. It was terrible that none of us could go home but it was also something that made it a lot easier as we were all in a similar boat; we could be upset together and we could be happy together, which was really comforting.” Frankie hopes to study something in the media and communications field, with a focus on literature/ film. “My score has opened up even more pathways for me that I can now consider before I need to finalise my preferences.”

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CONTINUOUS REPORTING Following a successful pilot programme in Term 4, GGS will adopt a Continuous Reporting model for secondary students in 2022, providing timely and targeted feedback about learning progress to students and parents via Hive (the School’s online Portal and Learning Management System).

WHY CONTINUOUS REPORTING

ACADEMICS @ GGS At the heart of our approach to assessment, feedback and reporting at GGS is a belief that all students can continually improve and experience positive progress in their learning. We are keen to give our students every opportunity to experience growth and demonstrate their learning as they move through a continuum of experiences in a course/subject of study. Complementing this, with the support of Learning Coaches, we challenge students to reflect on their learning and set targets and implement strategies that enable them to strive for their personal best.

In a nationwide review of reporting processes commissioned by the Australian Council for Education Research (ACER) in 2019, it was found that Continuous Reporting allows for a more efficient integration of assessment, reporting and feedback in the learning process. Continuous Reporting is designed to communicate student learning by providing real time access to feedback on progress in terms of increasing skills, knowledge and understanding within an area of learning over time. Continuous Reporting does not mean that feedback will be updated every day or even every week – it simply means that grades and feedback are provided as Reportable Assessment (RA) tasks are completed rather than waiting until the end of semester. Continuous Reporting has been shown to provide better opportunities for parents and carers to work in collaboration with their child and the School by enabling conversations about learning progress throughout each semester, supported by frequent, detailed, and timely information about their child’s learning, linked to evidence from assessment tasks.

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The aims of the new Continuous Reporting system include:

Continuous Reporting will be further developed to support the reporting of progression alongside achievement. This will be done through the informed use of rubrics to track progression within learning domains. A rubric is a learning and assessment tool that outlines expectations by listing criteria, and for each criterion, clearly describing levels of quality/achievement. Rubrics provide clarity and show students what success looks like.

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Giving students and their parents/guardians greater visibility of academic and behavioural progression throughout the semester;

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Over the next 18 months, the feedback given in Hive will evolve to broaden the focus of reporting to include both achievement and progression, allowing both parents and students to tune into their learning growth and future focus. Feedback will follow an intentional and consistent format that provides actionable information for students to use moving forward: •

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Our primary campuses will also move to a Continuous Reporting model by 2023, but the model will differ from secondary to provide age-appropriate feedback regarding student progression. We look forward to working with our expert primary school teachers during 2022 to develop a Continuous Reporting model that helps guide and direct positive progress for our younger learners.

PHASE 1 In 2022, every course/subject our secondary students undertake will provide achievement grades and feedback comments for each Reportable Assessment (RA) task that contributes to the overall semester grade. Parents/guardians will be notified of published grades and feedback on the day they are published via the Hive email digest and on the Hive App. Parents/guardians will receive Each term, student self-assessment and teacher assessment of learning behaviours for each course/subject undertaken, capturing: •

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POSITIVE EDUCATION 2022 We believe Positive Education places wellbeing at the heart of our learning community. As our School continues to manage the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, we remain steadfastly committed to our pillar of Positive Education. Earlier this year, through a series of workshops and focus groups, we set about redefining what Positive Education means to us at GGS. We were most grateful to have input from current students, parents, teachers and operational staff members, along with valuable insights and contributions from representatives of our younger Old Geelong Grammarians (OGGs). We arrived at the following revised description: At our School, Positive Education is engaging whole-heartedly with proactive practices that support and strengthen community wellbeing. We are committed to living and fulfilling this vision as we continue to evolve Positive Education at GGS. Due to the pandemic and the current needs of our School, our Institute of Positive Education (IPE) will be moving its focus to supporting our own GGS community. In 2022, our theme for our Positive Education pillar will be ‘Prioritising Proactive Practices’. Our team in the IPE will be offering a number of important wellbeing projects across our key stakeholder groups, including students, staff, parents, OGGS, and our wider community. These projects fall under five key GGS wellbeing focuses for 2022: Wellbeing Support: Helping our community to help our community Wellbeing Transitions: Assisting and optimising change Wellbeing Beyond Year 12: Intentionally extending our care Wellbeing for all Staff: Supporting our staff, practically, to be well Wellbeing Collaborations: Connecting and collaborating within and beyond GGS At GGS, we are proud of the meaningful contribution our IPE team has made to the growing field of Positive Education. For a period, the IPE will be reducing its outreach work, so that it can focus on the wellbeing needs of our School community. We are fortunate that whilst our Institute Director, Justin Robinson, will shift his attention to consultancy work, this will include ongoing projects with GGS, and that our School will continue to benefit from Justin’s tireless commitment and extraordinary enthusiasm for Positive Education.

STUDENT WELLBEING “At our School, Positive Education means engaging wholeheartedly with pro-active practices which strengthen community wellbeing.” The focus on supporting and enhancing student wellbeing in schools has increased in recent years – at a programme, research and policy level. This emphasis has never been more pertinent than in the past 18 months, as teachers, students and their families have navigated the twists and turns of the pandemic and remote learning. Our School has been committed to a wholeschool approach to Positive Education for over a decade now; adopting a range of proactive approaches to wellbeing, involving an emphasis on social emotional learning, resilience education and character strengths, with the aspiration of cultivating a flourishing school community. We define Positive Education as “engaging wholeheartedly with pro-active practices which strengthen community wellbeing”. We do so according to the tenets of ‘Learn it, Live it, Teach it, Embed it’ – emphasising the importance of prioritising staff professional learning in the area of Positive Education, then applying this learning to our own daily lives – before we seek to teach these skills and strategies to our students. Importantly, this Positive Education philosophy is embedded throughout school policy and practice.

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The Learning Coaching model delivers these programmes in a collaborative, solutions-focused and systematic way, which is aimed at enhancing self-directed learning and wellbeing. The goal-oriented, strengths-based process of coaching has the potential to empower individuals to achieve their best. There is also encouraging research which suggests that coaching can enhance wellbeing, goal striving, resilience and hope in both adults and young people. Therefore, coaching not only has the potential to increase the efficacy of existing wellbeing programs – but engaging in the coaching process can be considered a wellbeing intervention in its own right. Rhiannon McGee Director of Student Engagement and Experience

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Like all schools, we have continued to adapt and evolve our approach to student wellbeing to respond to contemporary research and practice – as well as the changing needs of our community. Most recently, our School has introduced a coaching approach as the next iteration of our whole school wellbeing model – with the intention of amplifying our Positive Education programmes and enabling student agency. To this end, each of our secondary students is now supported by a Learning Coach, with whom they engage in regular coaching conversations to determine their individual goals for wellbeing and learning.

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TEACHING ART DURING LOCKDOWN A REFLECTION...

I remember a workshop during a Staff Conference in 2018 where we were involved in ‘Collaborative Problem Solving’. The provocation was to imagine schooling in the future. The team I worked with envisaged ideas such as a decentralised scenario, where students could work from home and have teachers deliver lessons to them online. Come 2020/21, we were there. As much as teaching remotely had its challenges and restrictions, there were many positive aspects to the experience. Some stretched me as a teacher and others came as a surprise. Many students engaged well during remote learning, which was a pleasing surprise. One bonus with teaching Visual Art within the Primary School sector is that many younger students have a craft space set up at home, with art materials ready to go. Art and craft is an activity that many younger students participate in during their recreational time, while older students are interested in computer graphics and applications. Already there was some scope for me to play with. What also surprised me was that many students concentrated with a fuller attention and the standard of artwork produced during remote learning was often of a higher quality than the artwork produced on campus. Year 4 students, for example, explored drawing techniques. 22

The students looked at a range of artists, including Giorgio Morandi and Pablo Picasso, drawing still life and Cubist works. The students chose subjects such as glass bottles, drinking glasses and mugs from around the house. They discovered that Morandi drew such simple objects but made them look interesting by adding shading. Using grey lead pencils, the students tried this and, in a subsequent lesson, extended their work by adding colour. The opportunity for students to set up their own still life, while on Zoom, enriched the students’ engagement and provided them with an opportunity to work off screen for most of the lesson – just coming back to share their work and get feedback. While not all students rose to the occasion with zest, many of them did. I would say that there was a certain Zen about the lesson – enhanced by the fact that each student was in a comfortable place and could concentrate. After becoming a little familiar with observational drawing, the students learnt about Picasso and were able to develop Cubist techniques. The use of technology aided this experience, with the use of images and videos. The challenges were that some students needed more instruction and direction, and it was not always easy to access and/or provide that additional support. Some students also require the motivation of a classroom setting and are not as self-regulated as others. LIGHT BLUE - GEELONG GRAMMAR SCHOOL

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A similar surprise happened when working with Prep students. We explored the images in children’s picture books for inspiration. Looking at some of the students’ favourite picture books and investigating some new ones was a fun and engaging way to learn. The students looked at images from books such as Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Hairy Maclary from Donaldson’s Dairy, and The Rainbow Fish. I found that many students had these books and were able to therefore connect with the storyline in a way that was meaningful to them. Had we not been working remotely, I may not have thought to explore these texts. The challenges of this were that some small students were too tired to engage with online lessons. Again, I was open to new possibilities.

interesting topic for the Year 6 students. They were able to research logo designs and create their own. I know they will develop these skills in Visual Communication Design (VCD) in later years, why not have a sneak peek now? Perhaps I will retain areas of this investigation in subsequent years. During an individual project connected to their PYP Exhibition, the Year 6 students were also able to research into an area of Art or Design which interested them, such as Architecture. Had we been on campus, the students may not have researched or explored as deeply as they did during such a project. It is my experience that given a choice about an Art or Design project, many students take the option to develop a clay piece. Both have their merit, of course, and in 2022, it will be great to be back to hands-on work!

In terms of developing visual analysis and art terminology, the platform used by the younger years – Seesaw – was an ideal way to do this. Students were able to look at their images and type into the Justine Siedle Art Teacher comments what art elements they had used. Toorak Campus The older students also benefitted from the experience of remote learning by exploring more graphic design and computer-based work. Exploring the key aspects of logos, for example, was an

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What a thrill it was to see our students perform the Senior School Musical, Mamma Mia!, in The David Darling Play House in August. After multiple setbacks and missed opportunities throughout the year to perform, it brought so much joy to those in the audience to see our students express themselves on stage once again.

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If Revived lasted for a decade, and since then has been revived again at various times including If Revives Again in 2007. In 2021, a group of Year 11 students has contributed to this fine literary tradition with the publication of a new magazine if: revived, presented as a time capsule of 2021. These students aspire “to keep print culture alive through active engagement with contemporary and pre-existing zine formats and design, to provide space for information about current student-led initiatives, and to develop a structure and format that can survive over a period of years”.

“Your ‘if’ is the only peacemaker; much virtue in ‘if’.” In Shakespeare’s As You Like It, the power of the simple word “if” was drawn upon by the jester Touchstone (Act V, Scene IV), who harnessed it to make the point that “if” announces possibilities, promotes reflective thought, and even mends bridges.

“If” has always been an uplifting little word – and an optimistic note on which to bring 2021 to a close.

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At GGS in 1929, If was chosen as the name of the School’s new literary magazine: “We represent all the hopes and sorrows of humanity. We are the very mortal IF! There is a magic in our name that has haunted the centuries. It is a word that electrifies the imagination. It is the Open Sesame to speculation”.

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The magazine lasted until 1935, during which time it was edited in succession by two of the School’s literary giants, the poets Michael Thwaites (Cu’33) and John Manifold (M’33). It was brought back to life in 1949 as If Revived, to publish the output of the School’s new Literary Society. The first editor of If Revived was Rupert Murdoch (Cu’49), whose father, Sir Keith Murdoch, donated a press on which the magazines were hand-printed by a team of students. Dr Darling (Headmaster 1930–61) complimented Rupert on his efforts, noting that the magazine showed that “real literary talent exists in the School, so much so that I find it hard to convince myself that they really write the articles themselves”. In congratulating Rupert for his enterprise and business acumen, Darling also noted that the advertising charges were the highest in Australia, at about 40 times the going rate!

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When did time begin to speed up, passing us by in such an unseemly manner? Not only that, but how does it somehow seem to move at such a glacial pace at the same time? These questions lead me to Mx Martin Beaver, a well-respected man and one of the few who can somewhat tolerate my often-sense-less shower theorems, usually regarding the likes of the universe, space, and the art of living itself (with the occasional debate concerning the ultimate recipe for a flawless slice of toast). It was by Millie Forwood (Yr11 EM) with Mx Beaver that my journey through Winner – Cuthbertson, the depth of time began. A tastefully Sanderson & Isabel humble soul who lives by the wind, and Henderson Essay Prize the type of guy to quietly protest for world peace while furtively walking his dogs, hough ostensibly ordinary, a question time spent in Beavis’ presence always I now find myself asking more often seems to stop, yet somehow still pass by than not: What day is it today? A person so incessantly. Discussions of childhood usually far too caught up in the ‘now’, my and growing up, boredom and sanity with customary angsts surrounding time have Beavis made me addicted to the concept strangely grown increasingly meaningless of time, but more so, thirsty for the answers to me over the past two years. Citizens of to my questions. A particular conversation this human world, we rely on the imposed with Beavis ended with the ironic line that pressure to adhere to timetables, itineraries, ‘only time will tell’. It was then that I began and meetings for our survival. The pressure to research. to book ahead, to stay up to date, to not Time, essentially, is the measure of change, be late; it consumes us and relies on us to and is a concept once famously pondered get with the program. But what exactly is by philosopher Aristotle. It does not merely the program? And why do I usually feel so exist as a receptacle to place things into; guilty when I lose track, when I fall behind? it is dependent on what is shifting and Or more importantly, why have I suddenly remodelling, as well as what remains stopped worrying about it? constant. Time is the observation of what Today, I woke up and checked the date on has been and what is yet to come. The my calendar, then checked again. Thursday never-ending beginning and the indefinite the 12th of August 2021. I was hit with the end. The coronavirus became the centre of sudden realisation that eight months of this change in 2020, and with that, something year’s twelve had already surpassed me, happened to time along the way. the equivalent of three of those months Things are no longer measured in days spent in lockdown. As a little girl, the 17th but counted in COVID-19 cases, like the of July, though it occurred like any other ticking hands on the face of a clock. We day on an annual basis, was a date that now cynically determine our futures and consistently took virtual years to arrive. generate tomorrow’s plans not based on The date marked my birthday, and a day our schedules or the weather, but on a tally for which the planning would start months of death. before. This year, however, the usual lengthy count down was eliminated as July swung around at lighting speed, and to make matters worse, on the 13th day of the month, the Victorian government decided to commence state-wide lockdown number five, one that would supposedly last a minimum of three days. Supposedly, they said, however, as I blew out the seventeen candles on my birthday cake four days later, I sat in the boarding house in my flannelette pyjamas, locked away. The sun on that winter’s day, pinned in a cloudless sky, rose and set without an audience,

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without anyone to sit out to enjoy it, and rather than leisurely making its usually anticipated arrival, the 17th of July came and went like any other day.

little separation between a day and a week, a Monday and a weekend, morning and night, the present and the recent past, and while the pandemic’s impact has been unevenly distributed across geography, race, and class, these time distortions seem surprisingly uniform. For millennia, philosophers have been mesmerised by time’s elasticity, and for generations, it has been a source of inspiration for writers. More recently, it has piqued the interest of psychologists, who have devised tests and trials to better understand how we as people perceive time when we are hot or cold, tense or relaxed, monitoring the clock or focusing on something else. But what psychologists found most interesting was the discernment of time in cases of extreme boredom. Our perceptions of time can become unbearably slow when nothing changes. Boredom and loneliness become periods that can feel both terribly long and, in retrospect, almost insignificant, and getting a grip on time becomes difficult and illusive. Especially if you’re confined at home day after day. It is famously said that ‘the brain likes novelty’. To get geeky about it, the sluggish lump of brain that lives inside our head squirts dopamine every time something striking or magical transpires, and although scientifical, dopamine is what puts these experiences on a timeline. The brain clocks these novelties, these out-of-the ordinary experiences and stashes them away as memories, recounting them later to estimate the passage of time. However, no novelty means no dopamine, and in turn, time becomes an ever-rolling valley of nothingness. In this era of quarantine and isolation, seclusion and loneliness, we are deprived of novelty, drained from originality; the WOW factor that our brains crave and find so sexy is removed, and in turn, we lose our sense of placement in the discourse of time. This led me to the interminable conclusion; it is not because we now exist in scenes of isolation that time has becomes extraneous, but it is the fact that we lack excitement, new joys and true sentimental passions in our lives that has me constantly asking the same million-dollar question: What day is it today?

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SPORT IN THE TIME OF COVID COVID-19 was extremely disruptive to APS Sport in 2021, with the Winter Season beset by cancellations and lockdowns, and both the Term 3 Athletics and Term 4 Summer sport fixtures abandoned. There was a slice of joy amid the gloom when, on Saturday 20 November, the School hosted a round of unofficial ‘scratch’ matches against teams from The Geelong College and Scotch College. After a sporting year “when everything that could go wrong, did go wrong”, the School’s Director of Sport, Paul La Cava, said that the brief cameo of competition brightened the end of Term 4. “We had planned a round of matches with College the week before, but it had been rained out, so it was a relief that we finally got there,” Paul explained. “Our kids had been into training boots and all, so there was certainly a sense of excitement and anticipation to get out and do what they had been training for after such a long period of time – the last competitive match that they’d had was nearly six months ago.”

Paul said that COVID-19 had underlined the importance of the School’s sporting programme to mental and physical wellbeing. “I think particularly for the younger kids, when there’s been so much uncertainty, sport has enabled them to have purpose and routine,” he said. “It has been difficult without regular competition and the Saturday matches, because that does give you focus, but there are so many benefits of training and playing together, like the social connection, teamwork, structure and physical activity. We’ve also been more fortunate this year (than in 2020), that we’ve had so many kids together on campus (at Corio).” Paul is optimistic that the APS sporting landscape will revert to something “closer to normal” in 2022. “We’re all looking forward to sharing in that experience – Saturday morning on campus at Corio is pretty hard to beat when the whole community comes together, and you’ve got matches on all the ovals, tennis courts, Handbury Centre. I’m hopeful that it will reset, that we’ll be up and running, and off we go.”

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The number of Old Geelong Grammarians on AFL/ AFLW lists swelled to 14 – potentially 15 – heading into the 2022 season. Tom Brown (Cu’21) and Jai Serong (Cu’21) were drafted by Richmond and Hawthorn respectively, while Paddy McCartin (Fr’14) appears likely to resume his AFL career with the Sydney Swans via the supplemental selection period. Richmond used Pick 17 to draft Tom, described by Richmond’s recruiters as a rebounding defender who “possesses an uncommon but very desirable ability to impact both in the air early to spoil or intercept mark, as well as provide genuine rebound out of the back half with speed.” Tom was vice captain (alongside Jai) of the Boys’ 1st XVIII in 2021 and, despite a serious ankle injury, he had a major impact whenever he stepped out to represent the light blue. Jai was selected by Hawthorn with the first pick of the fourth and final round, Pick 53. “I was very nervous going into and throughout the night, not knowing whether it would happen or not, but as soon as it happened it was just pure joy, I can’t describe the feeling,” Jai said. Jai and Tom were members of one of the School’s most competitive Boys’ 1st Football teams in recent memory in 2021; the success of which was built on a culture of “hard work, inclusiveness and a real family feel” established by students and coaches over the past five years. “Training at Geelong (Grammar) with a talented group of boys and high-quality coaches in a club environment allowed us to build an immense bond,” Jai said. The Serong name already had a legacy at GGS when Jai commenced in 2020. Older brother Caleb (Cu’19) captained the 1st XVIII in 2019 and was drafted to Fremantle with the eighth pick in the 2019 draft. Caleb was instrumental both in fostering the culture that Jai referenced, and in convincing his brother that GGS would be a good fit for him.

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AFL DRAFT “Initially I was scared to come to Geelong Grammar as I was afraid a country kid like me wouldn’t fit in,” Jai said. “But after some reassurance from Caleb, Damian Shanahan and Paul La Cava, I was super excited to grasp the opportunity.” As Tom and Jai begin their AFL journey, the curtain comes down on the career of one of the most decorated Old Geelong Grammarians to play at the highest level. Easton Wood (Cu’07) announced his retirement in October 2021 after 188 games with the Western Bulldogs. Easton led the Bulldogs to their first VFL/ AFL premiership in 62 years in 2016; the highlight of a career which featured one All Australian selection, one Western Bulldogs best and fairest medal, and countless Mark of the Year nominations. Speaking after the 2015 season, Easton credited mindfulness expert Richard Maloney and Luke Beveridge (the Bulldogs’ new coach in 2015) for turning his career around; first by developing tools with Richard to help deal with the rigours of AFL life after injuries threatened to derail Easton’s career, and secondly through a gameplan developed by Luke that encouraged Easton to attack and use his physical traits to intercept mark and counter from defence. When Easton informed Luke of his decision to retire with one year left on his contract, there was no attempt to change his mind. Rather, the pair mutually expressed their gratitude. “He said he was a little bit surprised, which was I suppose nice to hear, flattering. But he didn’t attempt to change my mind, he just thanked me for what I’d done. And obviously I thanked him because when he came along he turned me into a different player. I’ve had exactly half my career with him, and I became probably twice the player I was before he came along,” Easton told The Age.

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LORNE 160 After months of interruptions to their training and fundraising efforts due to COVID-19 restrictions and an assortment of lockdowns, it was only fitting that the 20 Year 11 students completing this year’s Lorne 160 on Thursday 9 December would face yet another obstacle when they commenced their run just after midnight. As if a 160-kilometre relay run from Corio to Lorne and back again wasn’t difficult enough, the students were met with torrential rain and wild winds as they set off from Corio Campus in complete darkness. “Once we finished these (early) legs, we were all amped up and excited - still warm from the run and the initial excitement of starting what we had been working towards - but slowly that energy would fade away until we were just left wet, cold and sweaty, cramped up in the back of a stuffy bus,” Ben Wedgwood (Yr12 FB) recalled of the early stages. “As the sun came up, this challenge went away and we could focus more on running hard rather than keeping warm.”

The 2021 cohort chose to support Geelong Mums, whose mission is to ‘collect, sort and redistribute essential nursery equipment, clothing, books and toys for babies and school age children.’ At the time of writing, the fundraising figure is to be finalised. For Grace Forbes (Yr12 He), having the Lorne 160 to focus on helped her to maintain a balance during the second half of 2021. “Many of us had the pressure of 3/4 exams in Term 4 and some of the nerves were eased by the consistency and routine of Lorne 160 fundraising and the weekly runs,” Grace said. “The ability to make such a difference to our local area is really important to so many of us and while there was the stress of school, sport, house etc., Lorne helped us to connect with our community through our fundraising.”

weather and the fact we were running on little to no sleep, and it was just so amazing to watch the sunrise and appreciate that we’d put the hard yards in and were doing the thing we’d been waiting months to do.” Ben was just thrilled to make it back in time to be greeted by his classmates following the final assembly at Corio. “On our way out of Lorne it was looking like we would be running back to an empty school,” he explained. “We were all pretty bummed out about the idea of that, so we turned on the gas and made up the time, arriving back at school about 20 minutes early!” Students and staff lined Biddlecombe Avenue, celebrating the achievement of the second Lorne 160 group in the past two years to show incredible resilience and adaptability to reach their goal.

For Grace, the highlight of the run was watching the sunrise at Airey’s Inlet. “We had made it through the worst of the

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YEAR 8 CAMPS With the postponement of this year’s Great Victorian Bike Ride, our Middle School staff needed to be creative when it came to organising our Year 8 camps. Day trips were what the situation called for, with students setting off to the Surf Coast to surf, stand-up paddle board and mountain bike, sailing and canoeing was held on Limeburners Bay, as well as a session of rock climbing and a trip to laser quest. The week culminated with a run from Geelong back to Corio Campus, with students receiving their ‘ticket to Timbertop’ upon completion.

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What were your first impressions upon

Caitie: I started my GGS life at Timberto was excited (and nervous!), wondering the first moment I unpacked my bags in home. My initial nerves and homesickn began to understand what a safe and p closely with my own.

The memories I formed at Timbertop – experience at Timbertop is different an me a about a part of myself that I never through I would be able to climb – both flourish through/in and I would have ne the friendships that I continue to nurtu

Harry: I began my first year at Geelong and sister attending before me. I’ve gro was getting bigger and bigger and I gre

What made you want to be school capt

Harry: I’ve always wanted to find ways I 160 and the Academic Student Commi background experiences that allow me school and I look forward to working wi

Caitie: This school has given me so mu school captain in order to build on the through this journey. I also wanted to a even more positive school spirit. I hope being school captain is so much more t school unity and inclusivity. I hope to h

What type of leader do you aspire to be

Harry: As we are hopefully coming out School prefects, would like start plannin the last couple of years has been with s with one another and to support each o

Caitie: My aim is to encourage all memb I believe that courage, respect and com through passion for our school, to succ others through the strength of respecti

This Year 12 cohort hasn’t had a “norma foster to help our community to thrive?

Caitie: It’s been a tumultuous 18-24 mon and I both really want to help foster tha at home here again. Obviously coming learning and boarding environments. I t to really strengthen our community.

Harry: Having been here in Middle Scho running and in full flow, and we’re excite and come out of the pandemic as Geel students of GGS have adopted to overc

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joining Geelong Grammar School?

op in 2019, as a new student from NSW, with little prior knowledge of the school. Regardless, I if I would like boarding school or how I would function in this new community. However, from n P unit, I knew that this was the place I wanted to be. This was the community I began to call ness quickly settled as I made many friendships, which I continue to build upon to this day. I progressive community GGS is and found comfort in the morals that it embraces, as they fit

– the place that helped shape me into the person I am – will stay with me forever. Though every We are delighted that Caitie Remen nd people are met with individual challenges, these endeavours that I now look back on taught r knew was there; they(Yr12 taught meEM) how to face everyday challenges and led me to places and Harry Roe (Yr12 FB)I never are h metaphorically and literally! GGS has truly given me so many opportunities to thrive and representing as that School ever been where, or who, I am today without GGS;GGS the adventure has taughtCaptains me so much, ure and the person I see myself as, are owed much to Geelong Grammar School.

in 2022. Light Blue spoke to Caitie and Grammar in Year 7. However, I have been visiting the school for a while due to my older brother Harry about the year ahead. own up with the school but even still, every trip down School Rd as a kid I thought the school

ew more excited to join the community.

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WERE FIRST WHAT MADE WANT TO BE I can give back to theWHAT community thatYOUR has given me so much. After being a part of theYOU Lorne IMPRESSIONS JOINING ittee I realised how much I love workingUPON with a team to help give back.SCHOOL I believe I CAPTAIN? have lots of GEELONG GRAMMAR e to offer new perspectives to solving problems. ItSCHOOL? is such a huge honour to be of this Harry: I’vea part always wanted to find ways I can ith Caitie and the other school prefects. Caitie: I started my GGS life at Timbertop give back to the community that has given

2019, and as aanew student NSW, with and inspired me so much. After being uch, a home away frominhome place whichfrom has challenged me. I wanted to bea part of the Lorne little prior knowledge of the School. I was 160 and the Academic Student Committee School’s solid foundations and to be able to give back to a community that has supported me excited (and nervous!), wondering if I would I realised how much I love assume a leadership role to help create new ways to bring our school together and promote an working with a boarding or how I wouldtofitlook intobeyond team toown helpworld. give back. I believe I have lots e that, in this role, I canlike continue to school encourage students their For me, this new community. From the first moment of background experiences that allow me to than just the title, it is a position where I can hope to create positive change, by encouraging I unpacked my bags in P Unit,Grammar I knew that offer new perspectives to solving problems. have an effect both within and beyond the Geelong community. this was the place I wanted to be. My initial It is such a huge honour to be a part of this nerves and homesickness quickly settled as School and I look forward to working with e? I made many friendships, which I continue Caitie and the other School Prefects. of this pandemic andto online theTimbertop next year I,taught with the help of Caitie and the buildlearning upon to within this day. Caitie: This School has given me so much; ng new initiatives thatme willabout have aa part positive impact on Istudents As I know how difficult of myself that never and staff. a hometoaway home, and a place which sport being cancelledknew and classes/ exams beingme rearranged, it is important keepfrom connected was there. It taught how to face has challenged and inspired me. I wanted other. everyday challenges and led me to places to be School Captain in order to build on I never thought I would be able to climb – bers our community to advocate for each other, stand united togetherthe and care forsolid onefoundations another. and to be School’s both metaphorically and literally! I began to mpassion remain central to service leadership. I therefore aspire to courageously lead others able to give back to a community that has understand that I belonged to a safe and ceed in practicing compassion and curiosity. I also believe in inclusivity, positivelyme inspiring supported through this journey. I also progressive community; one which has truly ing and learning from each other’s differences; I aspire to inspire. wanted to assume a leadership role to given me so many opportunities to thrive help create new ways to bring our School and flourish. I would have never been where al” year during their time in Senior School. Is there anything that you’re looking to implement/ together and promote an even more I am or who I am today without GGS. ? positive school spirit. I hope that in this role Harry: I began my first year at Geelong I can continue to encourage students to nths, and it’s been hard on our community spirit; that’s ultimately what GGS is built on. Harry Grammar School in Year 7 in Otway. look beyond their own world. at community spirit with a focus on reconnecting with lots of different people so everyone feels For me, being However, I haveinbeen visiting the School it’s for verySchool Captain is so the much more than just back and forth, from Corio to home, and out of lockdowns… disruptive for both a while due to my older brother (Jack, A’17) the title; it is a position where I can create think we're really going to try and inspire a strong connection between everyone at the School and sister (Caroline, A’14) attending GGS positive change by encouraging school before me. I’ve grown up with the School. unity and inclusivity. But even tripwhen downit School Road ool (pre-COVID), I certainly sawstill, theevery School was at its best with everything up-andas a kid, I thought theplan School getting ed to see that once again in 2022. We will newwas events to reignite the GGS community bigger bigger, I grew and and the lifelong skills that the long Grammar, the school to and embrace theand new way more of learning more to join the community. come all the challenges weexcited have faced.

WHAT TYPE OF LEADER DO YOU ASPIRE TO BE? Harry: Hopefully we are coming out of the pandemic and online learning. With the help of Caitie and the School Prefects, I would like start planning new initiatives that will have a positive impact on students and staff. I know how difficult the last couple of years have been, with sport being cancelled and classes/exams being rearranged. It is important to keep connected with one another and to support each other. Caitie: My aim is to encourage all members of our community to advocate for each other, stand united together, and care for one another. I believe that courage, respect, and compassion remain central to service leadership. I also believe in inclusivity; positively inspiring others through respecting and learning from each other’s differences.

THE 2022 YEAR 12 COHORT HASN’T HAD A “NORMAL” YEAR DURING THEIR TIME IN SENIOR SCHOOL. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU’RE LOOKING TO IMPLEMENT/ FOSTER TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY TO THRIVE? Caitie: It’s been a tumultuous 18-24 months, and it’s tested our community spirit. Obviously coming back and forth to Corio, in and out of lockdowns, has been very disruptive for both the learning and boarding environments. Harry and I both really want to focus on reconnecting with lots of different people and ensuring everyone feels at home. Harry: Having been at Corio in Middle School (pre-COVID), I certainly saw the School when everything was up-andrunning and in full flow. We’re excited to see that once again in 2022 and will plan new events to reignite our community spirit. We have also embraced news way of learning to overcome all the challenges we have faced and will come out of the pandemic even stronger, having developed lifelong skills.

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WHAT ATTRACTED YOU TO GEELONG GRAMMAR SCHOOL?

sther McRae joins GGS as Head of Middle School in 2022. Esther has spent the past 11 years at Bendigo South East College (BSE), which is a specialist middle years’ secondary school for students from Years 7-10, created in 2009 through the merger of three schools (Kangaroo Flat, Golden Square and Flora Hill) as part of the Victorian Government’s Bendigo Education Plan. Esther has served in a variety of learning and leadership positions at BSE and brings extensive expertise in middle years’ education to her new role at GGS. Most recently, as Year Level Leader, Esther led the learning and wellbeing of approximately 400 students, House Leaders, and associated staff.

During her time at BSE, Esther and her team pioneered a new curriculum, including the development of a Self-Directed Learning subject that focuses on building life skills, incorporating elements of Positive Education and Design Thinking, with an emphasis on fostering the core-skill capacity for inquiry, critical thinking, problem solving and collaboration. Esther guided the implementation of the new subject as Instructional Learning Coach. She has also served as a Head of House and Student Council Facilitator, leading student voice and student leadership. Principal, Rebecca Cody, said that she was “very excited” to welcome Esther and her family to GGS. “I am confident that you too will be struck by her warmth, clarity and strength in seeking exceptional outcomes for our learners and the team who support them,” Rebecca said.

Esther: I love the holistic nature of the Geelong Grammar School experience. Meeting current students and Old Geelong Grammarians, it is easy to notice their genuine character and well-rounded nature, which is an inherent by-product of their educational experience. I am also blown away by the beauty of the campus at Corio and the history of the School. It’s an honour for me to be a part of the legacy, and one that I don’t take lightly.

YOU’VE HAD SOME INTERACTIONS WITH OUR COMMUNITY DURING TERM 4 AND A GLIMPSE OF LIFE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL. WHAT EXCITES YOU MOST ABOUT YOUR NEW ROLE? I am so excited about the potential for connection and community again in 2022. I am particularly interested to explore how the Middle School experience fits within the larger Geelong Grammar School journey. I have also met some wonderful staff who give me great hope for collaboration and innovation.

YOU HAVE SAID THAT YOU ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT MIDDLE YEARS’ EDUCATION. WHAT IS SO VITAL ABOUT THESE YEARS IN A STUDENT’S JOURNEY THROUGH SCHOOL? Despite having worked in middle years for some time, it never ceases to amaze me how students possess an innate ability to learn and grow within these years. Every student is so unique, but each can grow and change. The middle years are pivotal, both personally and academically. Years 7 and 8 in particular can have lots of “fork in the road” moments. It is my privilege to coach and empower young people through this process and a pleasure to see progress and personal achievement.

HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE AN ‘EXCEPTIONAL EDUCATION’? One where students are at the heart, where it is obvious that the educational opportunities are empowering and bringing out the potential and ideas in our children. It is explorative, creative, and recognises that as humans we are all different and there are many facets of ourselves that we can “educate”. It is an education that students can proudly reflect upon and feel gratitude for their time and experience.

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Ross Hopkins is Head of Timbertop for 2022, temporarily replacing Tom Hall, who will be spending the year as Resident Experiential Education Consultant at Shawnigan Lake School in Canada. Ross joined Timbertop in 2011, having spent the previous seven years at Lauriston’s Year 9 Howqua Campus, including a period as Head of Outdoors. Ross has considerable expertise and experience. He has been Deputy Head of Campus since 2016 and spent Term 2 in 2019 as Acting Head of Timbertop when Tom relieved Charlie Scudamore as Acting Vice Principal - Culture and Community. “This is an exciting and richly deserved step for Ross,” Principal, Rebecca Cody, said. “His character, professionalism, drive, and optimism all mean he will thrive in this new role.”

I started at Timbertop in Outdoor Education and working in the Hike Store. I loved that role, but I missed teaching. I missed engaging with the entirety of the programme and I really wanted to be a Head of Unit. Fortunately, after that first year, a teaching position became available, so in 2012, I began teaching Maths and PE, and I was appointed a Head of Unit, then became Deputy Head in 2016. Timbertop is complex. There are layers and lots of different ingredients. There is a really rich culture and community. You immediately feel like you’re part of something much bigger than yourself. People feel like they’re part of something really special. That is the overwhelming sentiment – that you are contributing to something really unique and special. That is really humbling and rewarding.

Timbertop is not normal. I think Timbertop is also really courageous, in that it creates its own normal, and it does that by sticking to its values and what it believes in. For example, the decision to remove personal laptops from students. That decision has absolutely been to the benefit of our programme and to our students, but in the context of the time that the decision was made, it was really courageous. There are lots of examples of Timbertop doing things on its terms so that we can achieve what we do. If you wanted to start Timbertop today, you couldn’t – people would think you’re crazy. It’s a privilege to be in our position but there are lots of things to consider – there is Timbertop’s long and rich history, there are lots of different stakeholders, and there are new generations of students and staff. There are lots of philosophical discussions about our purpose and what we’re trying to achieve. The School is very supportive of Timbertop, so if you do want to push things, the School fully backs you because there is that history of Timbertop doing its own thing, creating its own normal. I loved being Acting Head of Timbertop (in 2019) but it felt like I was a caretaker. It didn’t really feel like it was mine. I’m approaching this year with a completely different mindset. I’m not going to waste this opportunity. I’ve enjoyed the Deputy Head role and I’m quite comfortable in that role – I’ve absolutely loved it. But it is comfortable and I’m looking forward to a new challenge and being a bit uncomfortable. I’ve been able to work closely with Tom and learn from that experience. It is a massive responsibility, and they are huge shoes to fill, but I feel ready now. I am really, really lucky. I have so much gratitude for having the opportunity be a part of another year at Timbertop, with a great group of staff and a new cohort of students. Leading that is a really exciting prospect. Because Timbertop is a shared experience, we are all in it together and we do everything, it creates a really tight knit community. There is a very strong team first approach, which is really important to success. People are selfless. It is part of the fabric of Timbertop. It is that sense of being part of something bigger than yourself, of being part of something really special, which is a privilege and a responsibility.

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was working at Howqua, so I’d heard a lot about Timbertop. I had been at Howqua for seven years, so it was time for something different. When a position popped up at Timbertop, I made the move, which was as much out of curiosity as anything.

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I am incredibly grateful to our generous community, who raised $3,180,299 in 2021 to enable the Foundation to continue to fulfill its purpose of supporting our School and its provision of ‘Exceptional Education’. The vast majority of gifts in 2021 were directed towards scholarships. As we continue to grapple with the impact of COVID-19, it is clear that there is an even greater need for scholarships and endowments to ensure that a Geelong Grammar School education remains accessible to the greatest number of students possible. We can only provide these life-changing opportunities with the ongoing support of our community.

This kindness and the connectedness of our GGS community is at the heart of giving to the Boz Parsons Scholarship, which has now exceeded $567,000, with the most recent fundraising effort to celebrate Boz’s 103rd birthday in September seeing a further $121,500 contributed to the scholarship fund. Boz (M’36) and Barb Parsons have been humbled by the support received for the scholarship. At 103 and 100 respectively, they remain deeply committed and connected members of the GGS community and recorded a heartfelt message of thanks to acknowledge those who have given. Boz having been a scholarship recipient himself, courtesy of the Bertie Manifold Scholarship, we are delighted that the Boz Parsons Scholarship will support students from rural and regional areas to attend the School, with the inaugural scholarship recipient to commence at GGS in 2023. It is timely to reflect on the community contributions to our Scholarship Programme in 2021, and particularly the success of our GGS Giving Day, which raised $1,248,560 through the support of more than 600 donors in the space of 24 hours, including more than $500,000 for the Australian Rural and Regional Scholarship. Giving Day underlined the importance of staying connected and helping each other. I would like to thank all our marvellous donors and amazing volunteers who achieved this exceptional outcome. These community efforts were enhanced in 2021 by the inspiring leadership and generosity of Tim Fairfax AC (M’64), Hugh MacLachlan (P’52), John McBain AO, Gordon Moffatt AM KSJ (M’48), Roderic O’Conner (P’74), Jeff Peck (Ge’42) and Silver Harris,

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Tony Poolman (FB’60), and Ern and Diedre Pope. I would like to acknowledge our sadness at Jeff’s passing in June 2021. Jeff and Silver have been munificent supporters of scholarships for many years, establishing the Jeff Peck and Silver Harris Day Boarding Scholarship, which has provided life-changing opportunities for local Geelong students. We are honoured that Jeff’s legacy will continue through this scholarship and that future generations will benefit from his kindness and generosity. While acknowledging that scholarships are essential to the continued diversity and vibrancy of our School community, the Foundation contributes to the School in many other ways as well, through initiatives like the Richard and Janet Southby Visiting Fellows Programme and the transformative funding of Creative Education, which has emerged as one of the School’s defining pillars. Driven by the philanthropic leadership of Min and Ian Darling AO (P’79), Creative Education nurtures the development of collaboration, problem solving and critical thinking skills. The School’s Creative Education team has played a vital role in the rapid transition to remote learning during COVID-19 and the ongoing development of the School’s online Learning Management System (LMS) and Portal – the Hive. I was delighted to welcome our new Head of Advancement, Elissa Gale, in late August. Elissa joined the School from Melbourne University’s Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences where she was Deputy Director of Alumni and Stakeholder Relations. Elissa is an experienced Advancement professional with considerable experience in philanthropy, alumni engagement, donor relations, and advancement operations, having previously held roles at Western Sydney University and the University of Wollongong. I am impressed and gratified to see how quickly Elissa has settled into her new position and the connections she has already made across our community despite the various COVID-19 restrictions. I have been particularly impressed with her strategic planning and her leadership of the Advancement team. I am very excited to be working with Elissa to develop an ambitious vision and successful strategy for philanthropy at Geelong Grammar School. In addition to Elissa, I would also like to welcome our newest Foundation Board members, Michael Stapleton (P’91) and Vanessa Mahon, who have both made important contributions since joining the Board in 2021. I would like to thank all Foundation Board and Committee members for their efforts and enthusiastic attendance at Zoom meetings across the year. I would particularly like to acknowledge our Allocations and Investments Committee (AIC) for guiding prudent and positive growth of the Foundation corpus. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic continues to challenge almost every aspect of our lives. It also challenges us to take an active role in our community’s response and recovery. It is to the benefit of each of us and to the community as a whole to stay connected and look after each other, and we will be doing our utmost to remain closely linked to our wider community. I wish all members of the GGS family a safe, happy and prosperous 2022. Penny McBain Chair, Geelong Grammar Foundation

Pictured: Boz (M’36) and Barbara Parsons recorded a heartfelt message of gratitude to acknowledge those who have supported the Boz Parsons Scholarship: www.ggs.vic.edu.au/ggs-giving/projects/scholarships/bozparsons-scholarship/boz-parsons-scholarship

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2022 arrived with muted celebrations as the coronavirus pandemic, fuelled by the fast-spreading Omicron variant, continued to have a profound impact on our lives. The new year is a time of reflection and, with my three daughters and their partners all infected by the virus and isolating in different locations across Victoria, I have reflected deeply on the importance of staying connected and helping each other during difficult and uncertain times. As new variants emerge, it is natural to feel overwhelmed and oversaturated by the pandemic. It is therefore even more remarkable to reflect upon the wonderful kindness and generosity of our community who continued to support the Foundation in 2021 to such a magnificent extent.

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Sophie Ritchie-Crichton (Fr’21) vividly remembers the moment she received her scholarship offer to attend Geelong Grammar School. “I watched the mailman come up the footpath, and I ran outside and opened the letter: ‘Congratulations, you have been successful in the scholarship process!’ Mum and I just cried and cried.” A Geelong Grammar School education had been Sophie’s dream for a long time. Her mother, Julie Ritchie, works as a nurse in the Kennedy Health Centre at Corio, and Sophie had used the school pool and the Handbury Centre facilities from about the age of six, giving her the opportunity to observe the students. She liked what she saw, and Julie was keen to encourage her daughter to become part of a school where she had seen for herself how passionate the staff are about getting the most out of their students. They were both disappointed when Sophie’s application for a Year 9 scholarship was unsuccessful, but with quiet determination, Sophie resolved to try again: “There are a million different ways to get into something or to succeed. If one method doesn’t work, don’t be down. If you fail, always try again.” Travel restrictions imposed by the pandemic prevented Sophie meeting her scholarship donors, Jeff Peck (Ge’42) and Silver Harris, before Jeff passed away in June 2021. Like Sophie, Jeff was a Geelong local who was a scholarship recipient and a day student. Eight decades before Sophie, Jeff also enjoyed a broad exposure to many types of people from around Australia and the world at GGS, an experience that was of great benefit to him when he lived and worked overseas in later life, and which motivated his wish to establish a day boarding scholarship. “From the bottom of my heart, words can never describe how grateful I am”, said Julie. “They have given so much to both Sophie and me.”

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when dreams come true “It’s ok to be unique; I have really learnt to embrace myself and not just follow other people. I will take that away with me and, hopefully, I can change someone else’s life just as Jeff and Silver have changed mine.” Even though Sophie is from Geelong, coming to GGS was a big change from the Catholic girls’ school that she had previously attended. “I feel like I have grown as a person because of Grammar, the teachers, the kids and the facilities — just the whole experience. I feel like you become more of a family at Grammar; you are with the students 12 hours a day, five days a week. I’ve also learnt to communicate better with boys and understand them. I have become more of a diverse, accepting and understanding person than if I had stayed at a girls’ school.” Julie agrees that coming to GGS has widened Sophie’s world. “She is no longer a Geelong girl; she now has a world outlook. She won’t be frightened to work overseas or travel for her career. It has opened her eyes to the fact that people come from different cultures and different families. I think Grammar has made her more flexible and compassionate.”

After school, Sophie hopes to follow her mum’s example and enter the healthcare industry, and she knows she will take many of the skills she learned at Geelong Grammar School with her. “I will never forget the great friends, the support network and especially the teachers who helped get me through Year 11 and 12. I definitely learnt how to ask for help and I think this is a vital lesson in life. It’s ok to be unique; I have really learnt to embrace myself and not just follow other people. I will take that away with me and, hopefully, I can change someone else’s life just as Jeff and Silver have changed mine.”

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Fred Fry

and our rescue of

by Sandy Mackenzie (FB’59)

ll those of our 1956 Timbertop year will have recollections of that extraordinary old

man, Fred Fry, then in his early sixties, who lived in a hut beside the wonderful Howqua River. Fred, the master bush craftsman; his horses and his draft Clydesdales with their drag chains and heavy harnessed collars; the wonderful flying fox cable platform that we all used; and his so welcoming, patient and tolerant demeanour with the weekend interruptions of 14 and 15-year-old boys who were fascinated by this lone man.

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He seldom ventured away from the valley; he always seemed to be there. Did he have a dog or two? I don’t recall. He must have lived on damper, rabbit stew and freshly caught trout. He lived in one large room inside his hut, although there were other rooms, one with a single iron bed, and smaller rooms opposite the veranda for harnesses, feed and the like. Floors were pit-sawn planks or tongue-and-groove pine, and there was one earthen floor complete with a rabbit hole which Fred tolerated. The dozen or so heavy roof bearers extended the length of the hut and must have been horse-hauled into place. There was no power, only a kero lantern, and a memorable wood fire and camp oven. No fridge. No water, basin or loo.

We sat by the cheery warmth of his fire as he drew on his “roll-your-owns” and tolerated our questions. And then we reluctantly got the message to head off to our cold tents and leave him to his contented solitude. But Fred had many friends and visitors, and he was kept very busy building huts and cabins for others, all from adzed hardwood slabs that were at least two inches thick. Ritchie’s at the 14 mile, Gardiner’s, Upper Jamieson and Helen Schusters on the other side of the river remain as testament to Fred’s hutbuilding skills. When Fred died in May 1971, aged about 76, his executor RG (Bob) Ritchie and the then Victorian Forestry Commission reserved seven acres around his hut as a reserve to control camping. Much has since been done to restore and secure the hut by locals and the Victorian Walking Clubs.

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Fred’s uncle, Jim Fry, was a carrier for the Howqua Hills gold mine in the early 1870s. Known as the Great Rand Mine, it had a huge, 50-ft diameter timber water wheel fed by a 2 km hand-dug channel from the river. Prospectors had worked the river valley previously and the tracks are still used by walkers today. One crossed the river 35 times in 20 miles. By the time Fred was eight his limited schooling was over. He learned his bushcraft skills, including his mastery of the broadaxe, over seven or eight years working for the Hoskins at Jamieson for his ‘keep’ (food and bed) and 10 shillings per week pay (15 d daily). Fred worked as a stockman at Wonnangatta and for the Forestry Commission. He also had a team of draught horses until trucks took over.

Fred offered his horses to others and I well recall my mother and Bob Ritchie fishing in the river from horseback at the 14-mile. Ritchie’s Hut (now rebuilt after the fires of 2006) has distinct memories for me as one of my hiking colleagues (name not revealed!) spilled bacon fat on my bare foot and I wound up in the San while the 1956 marathon took off, and which I was determined to win! “Well, what do you expect if you have bare feet in front of the fire?” Point taken! Now back to Dolly-the-horse and the rescue story. We early Timbertoppers revelled in the freedom of the hills and mountains. Every weekend our group – known by some as the “Flog and Glory” lot – headed off, more often than not, with only a vaguely declared outline of where we were going. In midwinter (there was no organised skiing in those days) we often headed past the temptations of the Merrijig pub to my uncle’s farm some 15 km towards the Jamieson Road. The prospect of my aunt’s home-cooked tucker and the luxury of the shearers’ quarters was so irresistible that we usually jogged the full distance along the Chapel Hill Road. I have no recollection of where we declared we were going in the sign-out book on the Friday afternoon, but it certainly wasn’t to Uncle Ian’s and Norma’s! One planned escapade became a near tragedy as they were to be away that weekend. What were we going to do instead in filthy, cold, wet weather? “Oh bugger it – let’s go down to the Howqua.” (Was there someone else with us? Again, I can’t remember – but if there was, please let us know.)

So, having crossed on the Flying Fox we called in to see Fred. No response and dead quiet. The horses were hanging around looking miserable and expecting a feed. When we opened the door and found no Fred– no fire as there always was, even the coals were dead – we nearly left. Then we heard a faint cough. Fred was in a terrible state in bed, shaking with a fever, yellow mess on the floor and barely coherent.

What to do? Give him a mug of tea, light the fire and hike back to the school and raise the alarm? We hesitated and stood fast. With nobody around, or at least as far as we could see, the three of us, being country kids, decided to immediately get him back to Timbertop before darkness set – hence the wonderful Dolly. I led this gentle giant with a single rope halter, while Roger held Fred in front of him to prevent him falling off – both bareback as a heavy stock saddle would have been a complication. Fortunately, the river, although running fast, was not high enough to prevent us crossing and having to risk using the Flying Fox platform which was not large enough for two people. We certainly didn’t look forward to having to rescue Fred from the Howqua.

In due course, with Dolly sensing that this was a crisis, we covered the 9 km up and over the Timbertop saddle where Dave ran ahead to warn of our coming. From recollection, Dolly had us nearly there by the time a Land Rover came to meet us. Fred recovered from his serious bout of pneumonia in the Mansfield Hospital and, after a rest for a couple of days, we walked Dolly back down to her mates at the hut and we were treated to a lift back in the school’s Land Rover.

what they could for other people. One weekend party to the Howqua called at Fred Fry’s as usual and found him in bed and off-colour. They built up his fire, cut some wood and before pushing on made him a cup of tea. Some time after leaving they discussed Fred’s state and came to the conclusion that he wasn’t just offcolour. They caught one of the horses and hoisted the old man aboard, and holding him on, walked back to the school. The matron immediately diagnosed pneumonia and soon Fred was in the Mansfield Hospital where he made a good recovery. He says, as do others, that if the boys had not acted then he would have died.” NOTE – not guaranteed to be entirely accurate details from my recollections of the experience of 65 years ago.

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Dr Owen McKay (Kay) Coltman (FB’46), who was born on 12 May 1929 and died on 20 July 2021, was a highly regarded Geelong-based obstetrician and gynaecologist. Known as Kay from his mother’s maiden name, because his father was also named Owen, he started school in his hometown at Ballarat College before coming as a boarder to Geelong Grammar School in 1944. He played drums in the orchestra, won swimming races, served in the Cadet Corps, and was a member of the First VIII, for which he won colours for rowing. In 1947, he commenced a medical degree at The University of Melbourne, where he rowed in a number of highly successful crews, winning several intervarsity boat races. Soon after commencing his career as a young registrar at the Alfred Hospital, he met a nurse named Barbara Dalton. They married in 1955 and in 1958 moved to London for Kay’s specialist training in obstetrics and gynaecology. He was admitted as a member of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in 1961. Geelong beckoned and the family, now including two children and another on the way, moved back to Australia where Kay became one of only three obstetricians working in the town, quickly building a reputation for care and compassion. Many future Geelong Grammarians were delivered by Kay! His professional achievements included starting the first family planning clinic in Geelong and filling the role of Dean of Monash University’s Clinical School at Geelong Hospital from 1974–76. In retirement, from 1997, he and Barbara travelled extensively through the outback, forming friendships along the way and pursuing their love of camping. Kay also returned to university to study philosophy at Deakin, quenching his ongoing thirst for knowledge. Barbara predeceased him after over 65 years of marriage, and he is survived by his children Robyn Fitzgerald (Coltman, Li’75), Ian (A’77) and Chris (A’80), and seven grandchildren.

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Dr John Maurice Court AM (Cu’47), who was born on 24 September 1929 and died on 2 July 2021, was a worldrenowned pioneer in paediatric diabetes care and the Senior Medical Officer for Geelong Grammar School from 1996 to 2010. John grew up in Melbourne, the son of Maurice, an accountant who established several businesses, and Edna (née Ambler), a professional musician. He attended primary school first at Glamorgan and then Wadhurst, the junior campus of Melbourne Grammar. Aged five, he modelled for the sculptor Paul Montford for the sculpture at the centre of the Macpherson Robertson fountain; a secret he kept and revealed only recently. By the time he entered GGS in 1941 at the age of 12, John had already decided he wanted to become a doctor, having been impressed by his older cousin Jim who was a medical student. He had also experienced a significant change in his personal life, after his father overnight lost his business, Joy Toys, when the Commonwealth Government banned toy manufacturing on the outbreak of war. The sudden loss of income caused the family to leave their home, his mother to find work, and John to enter boarding school. These proved to be formative years under the

influence of headmaster Sir James Darling (1930–61) and the art master, Ludwig Hirschfeld-Mack (1942–57). John was one of the students who assisted Hirschfeld-Mack to paint the Life of Christ frieze on the walls of the art studio in 1943. Literature and writing were a particular passion, and John was editor and head printer of the Corio Courier, a recipient of the EA Austin English Poem Prize in 1946 and the John Sanderson Essay Prize in 1947. He was also a student librarian and president of the debating society, Areopagus. John entered Melbourne University in 1948 to study medicine, having matriculated two years in a row because he was considered too young for university the first time. He met his future wife, Judy, when they both had lead roles in a university play. They married in the Chapel at GGS after John graduated. He began his medical career as a locum for his cousin Jim, who had inspired him as a boy, and with an internship at the Royal Melbourne Hospital before taking up a position as a medical resident at the Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH). Here he came under the influence of leading surgeons Vernon Collins and Howard Williams, and John started on his own pioneering paediatric career. Paediatrics was not yet an established discipline, and as a result John had some freedom to experiment, an example of which was his invention of the first butterfly intravenous needle – known as the Court needle – which revolutionised the previously painful process of intravenous infusions in babies and children. At RCH, John was asked by Vernon Collins to take over the diabetic service. Over subsequent years, John created an internationally renowned service with an emphasis on patientcentred care. He developed diabetic camps, wrote textbooks and popular books for parents. He extended his expertise in the field of adolescent care, creating the first adolescent medical ward in Australia and eventually the development of the Centre of Adolescent Health and the Department of Adolescent Health. He became president of the Australian Association for Adolescent Health and a council member of the International Association for Adolescent Health, and in 1976 he took over the editorship of the Australian Paediatric Journal, remaining in the role for 25 years. Retirement from RCH in 1994 was not the end of John’s medical career. He set up in private practice, becoming renowned for his profoundly gifted ability to understand adolescents and positively affect their lives. He also made significant contributions to the Medical Practitioners Board of Australia. At GGS, John’s long service as Senior Medical Officer was enormously significant. He took on the role with great enthusiasm, travelling regularly to Corio and Timbertop, and developing innovative health pathways include a radical drug program focusing on education and rehabilitation rather than expulsion. Many students reported their lives were changed for the better as a result of this compassionate approach. Within the Handbury Centre for Wellbeing at GGS, John is remembered in the naming of the John Court Café. Away from his professional life, his family benefitted from the same commitment and engagement that he brought to his work. Watercolour painting was a lifelong passion, along with attending the theatre and classical concerts, and playing royal tennis. In 2019, John published his autobiography A Boy’s Life: The shaping of a medical pioneer. Judy predeceased him and he is survived by his children Andrew (an adolescent psychiatrist), Jane and Madeline, and five grandchildren.

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Edward Percy (Eddie) Oldham (M’48), who was born on 29 March 1932 and died on 27 June 2021, had a long career in banking and was a generous friend. His parents were Doris and Dr Edward Percy Oldham, who was the first qualified medical practitioner in Lorne. Eddie entered Bostock House in 1940 and Manifold House in 1942. After school, Eddie attended Dookie Agricultural College and having gained an agricultural diploma became a jackeroo in far west New South Wales near Ivanhoe. Discovering this was not for him, he studied accountancy through the Hemingway and Robertson Institute while working at the Commercial Bank of Australia, which later merged with Westpac. He remained with Westpac until his retirement. Eddie derived much enjoyment from his membership of the Sandringham Bowls Club, which he joined in 1976 and continued as a member for over 45 years. He won the Club Pairs Championship in 1994 and was a member of the winning Club Championship Mixed Fours two years in a row. Eddie made generous donations to the club, including a significant contribution to a new synthetic green in 2017, which is named in his honour. Eddie was unmarried and lived alone but valued the friends he had made over the years. His final years were spent at Mayflower Aged Care Home in Malvern. His younger brother, Harold Oldham (M’50), predeceased him.

Bruce was Academic Visitor at the London School of Economics in 1990 and Visiting Fellow at the Center of International Studies at Princeton in 1996, researching the origins of the Cold War. He retired from ANU in 1997 but continued his research into the Cold War throughout his retirement. During his years in Canberra, Bruce contributed widely to civic life through diverse interests such as playing second violin for the fledgling Canberra Symphony Orchestra, acting at the Riverside Theatre, helping to found the ANU Rugby Club, and captaining the ACT side in 1961. He was also a champion of Canberra’s public assets, and was a founding member of the Guardians of Lake Burley Griffin and the Canberra Chapter of the Walter Burley Griffin Society, and a defender of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy. In March 1973, he became secretary of the committee known as the Save Black Mountain campaign, which took a public interest case to the ACT Supreme Court seeking an injunction to prevent the Post Office tower being erected. In 1966, Bruce married Ann Garland, a China scholar and partner in supporting civic causes. She survives him along with their sons Rohan and Cris. His older brother, David John Kent (P’47), who was born on 29 July 1929 and died on 30 June 2020, also attended GGS, where he was a notable pianist. He was awarded the Elizabeth Hebden Scholarship to Trinity College Melbourne, where he became organist and choirmaster before teaching music at various schools.

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Dr Bruce Eric Kent (P’49), who was born on 15 February 1932 and died on 28 September 2018, was a scholar of European and Chinese history, and a distinguished historian at ANU. The son of an Anglican clergyman, Rev. Eric Kent, and his wife Beatrice, Bruce attended Geelong Grammar School from 1943 to 1949, and was a member of various societies and committees, including the Library Committee and Areopagus. He played the viola in the school orchestra and also served as a platoon commander in the school Cadet Corps. In the operetta Once Aboard the Lugger, he gave the outstanding performance as Sludgy Meagles, with The Corian recording, “He was a tower of strength in holding the operetta together, and his acting never once fell below the standard of first-rate comedy”. On leaving school, he matriculated with nine subjects, including first class honours in Latin, Greek, and Greek and Roman History. He was awarded the History Prize, Instrumental Music Prize and the Bessie Fairbairn Leaving Scholarship, as well as a General Exhibition and a major scholarship to attend Trinity College. After graduating from The University of Melbourne in 1953 with a Bachelor of Arts majoring in history and Greek, he was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship and went up to Magdalen College Oxford, where he played cricket and rugby with distinction. He graduated with a BPhil in 1958 and returned to Australia to study for his doctorate at ANU, which was awarded in 1962. He remained at ANU for the next 35 years, becoming a key figure in

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the history department led by Professor Manning Clark (staff 1940–44). He was a Fulbright Visiting Fellow at Stanford and Princeton in 1970, and from 1975–76 was Australia’s inaugural lecturer for the Australia-China Cultural Exchange Program based at East China Normal University in Shanghai. He was president of the Australian Association of European Historians from 1984–86. His seminal work, The Spoils of War: The politics, economics and diplomacy of reparations 1918–32, was published by Oxford University Press in 1989.

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Barrie Campbell Coltman (FB’50), who was born on 4 September 1932 and died on 3 September 2021, was a highly regarded Ballarat businessman and philanthropist. Barrie came to GGS in 1947 after commencing his education at Ballarat College. He was a proficient cricketer, captaining the Second XI and topping the batting average in 1950, including on one occasion scoring a century before lunch in a match against Xavier. He left school in 1950 and returned home to Ballarat to work in the family business, WF Coltman Pty Ltd, founded by his grandfather William Coltman in 1892. The store became a Ballarat icon and remained that way after joining the Mitre 10 group, becoming known as Coltman Mitre 10. Barrie served on the board of Mitre 10 for many years. He played a key role in the amalgamation of Ballarat College and Clarendon College, working effectively with the boards of the two schools to ensure neither lost its identity in the merger, and served as chair of the Foundation for many years. He has been honoured at the school in the naming of the Barrie C Coltman Theatre. He was heavily involved in business networks in the town and willingly supported several local organisations including the Fiona Elsey Cancer Research Institute, Ballarat Arts Foundation, Kids Foundation, Springfest Market, Royal South Street Society, RSPCA, Salvation Army and Agricultural and Pastoral Society. In doing so, Barrie became a pillar of the Ballarat community.

60 years designing new machinery, mechanisms, production plants and research equipment – Dianne was recognised in 2010 with Australia’s most prestigious mechanical engineering award, the AGM Mitchell Medal, and in 2012, was elected an Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Engineers. Mallacoota’s Memoirs of Recovery is a collection of memoirs by residents about the devastating fires, published by local GP, Dr Mubashar Sherazi. All proceeds from sales of the book have been donated to emergency services.

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In his personal life, Barrie was an active sportsman and especially enjoyed golf. He joined the Ballarat Golf Club in 1949 and at the time of his death had the distinction of having been the club’s youngest captain as well as its longest serving member. It was at the golf club that he met his wife, Carole, whom he married in 1960. She predeceased him in 2012. Barrie is survived by their children Craig, Steven, Lisa and Tania, 11 of his 12 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Rob Joyce (P’54) returned to the MCG, where he competed in the 110m Hurdles at the 1956 Olympics, on Thursday 5 August - the same day the corresponding event was taking place at the Tokyo Olympics. Accompanied by his grandson, Jack Joyce (M’20), the 84-year-old reminisced about competing in the Games and running on the ‘straight’ of the athletics track, which straddled what is now the Northern Stand wing. “It’s a lot smaller than I remember it,” Rob said. “It looked a lot bigger with the crowd, the ceremony, and the rest of the track.” The 110m Hurdles event at the 1956 Olympics was, at the time, one of only 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. Rob was one of three Australians to represent the host country in the 110m Hurdles, alongside Kenneth Doubleday and John Chittick (FB’54), although none qualified for the semi-finals - Rob and John were just 18 years old and The Argus newspaper reported that “Australia’s hurdling babies” succumbed to “big-day nerves”. “I didn’t go as well as I would have liked it,” Rob admitted. “I would have liked to have won the race. But I still have fond memories.”

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Dianne Blood née Boddy (Elford, P’51) has written of her harrowing experience of the 2019/2020 Black Summer bushfires for the locally published book, Mallacoota’s Memoirs of Recovery (Mubashar Hussain Sherazi, 2021). As the out-of-control fire swept towards the small Gippsland town, Dianne and her 93-year-old husband, who live in Mallacoota, were evacuated by Black Hawk helicopter to Sale. Dianne arrived in Sale with only a handbag and the clothes she was wearing and, once discharged from the Emergency Department of Sale Hospital, spent the next few days moving between local motels “in search of clothing, essentials and food”. Dianne eventually found refuge with her twin brother Hugh Elford (P’48) in Wodonga, “increasingly anxiously” to learn when they could return home and what they might find – more than 100 homes were destroyed by the fire. After almost a month of uncertainty, they were eventually flown back to Mallacoota from Albury Airport on an Ambulance Victoria aircraft. “It seemed that the Victorian Emergency Authority, along with Ambulance Victoria and possibly The Red Cross, all decided to rescue us.” Surviving the Black Summer bushfires is another chapter in Dianne’s extraordinary life. As a mechanical engineer, she spent

Robert Anthony Crichton-Brown (P’61), who was born on 22 July 1943 and died on 10 January 2021, was a businessman, pastoralist and sportsman. Known as Ant, he was the only son of Sir Robert Crichton-Brown, former treasurer of the Liberal Party and chairman of Rothmans International, and his wife Norah (Nono). At GGS, he was a sub-prefect and won school colours for rugby and athletics, and was a cadet under officer. Ant received a Commonwealth Scholarship to read economics at the University of Sydney, after which he joined the Lumley Insurance Group, quickly working his way up the chain to become CEO of Edward Lumley Ltd Sydney. He successfully transformed the company, as a result of which he became chairman and chief executive of Edward Lumley Holdings in London, where he presided over a period of growth resulting in the sale of the company to Wesfarmers in 2003. In 1990, while living in London, he purchased the historic Riverina property Deltroit Station near Gundagai, where he implemented an extensive program of improvements and built up a breeding herd of high-quality Shorthorn cattle as well as a lamb and wool operation of 3,000 breeding ewes. He committed himself to LIGHT BLUE - GEELONG GRAMMAR SCHOOL

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In his spare time, Ant enjoyed sporting interests at a high level. He was a crew member of his father’s yacht Balandra when it won the Admiral’s Cup in 1967, the first Australian team to do so. He participated in the Sydney to Hobart race nine times, including as a member of the winning 1970 crew of his father’s yacht Pacha. He also took up polo, including at the Guard’s Club at Windsor Great Park, where he was a board member for 11 years, and became patron of the Nutcrackers team in the UK. His charitable interests included serving on the committees of the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children and the Children’s Medical Research Foundation. Charismatic, energetic and full of fun, Ant was a family man. Married first to Edwina Sparke-Davies, with whom he had three children, Samantha, Georgina and Matthew, he married secondly Nicola Wynn, with whom he had a daughter, Antonia. He died in London of coronavirus.

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Andrew John Cameron (P’73), who was born on 2 December 1955 and died on 3 August 2021, was a conservationist and farmer, and the driving force behind the Midlands Conservation Fund in Tasmania. He was the third son of Diana and William Cameron, a family whose heritage in the Tasmanian Midlands reached back to the first Camerons who settled as farmers in the area around Nile (originally known as Lymington). Andrew came to GGS in 1969 where he won colours for services to the school community, half-colours for rowing, and was captain of Perry House. After school he spent several months in India teaching English and a period studying drama at Flinders University, before returning to Tasmania in 1977 to share the farming of the family properties with his brothers Ewen (Cu’65) and Bill (Cu’67). Andrew decided to develop one of the properties, Marathon, into an environmentally sustainable sheep property, a concept that at the time was barely recognised as viable. Dedicated to strengthening links between farmers and conservationists, he became a negotiator for Private Forests Reserve Tasmania from 1998 to 2006, was the wool export and marketing coordinator for Biodynamic Marketing from 1994 to 2007, and was a consultant to the Tasmanian Non-Forest Vegetation program in 2005. In 2007, when he was appointed conservation programs officer for the Tasmanian Land Conservancy, he entered the most fulfilling period of his work. As the coordinator of the Midlands Conservation Fund, which was established to protect one of the most threatened ecosystems in the world within the framework of a working landscape, he brought conservation groups and landowners together to protect threatened species on working farms, and to manage the native grasslands. Renowned for being a dedicated advocate for his local community, a champion of conservation with vast knowledge spanning farming to ecology, and a man who truly lived his values through his actions, Andrew’s legacy is to have left the Tasmanian Midlands a better place. He passed away following diagnosis of a brain tumour and is survived by his wife Diana, their sons Tom and Robbie, and five grandchildren.

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Lyndsay Sharp (McKendrick, The Hermitage ’75) was recently appointed as a director of the Geelong Football Club, joining fellow OGG, James Sutherland (P’83) on the Cats board. Regarded as one of the region’s most successful business leaders, Lyndsay has extensive experience in journalism, marketing, and public relations. She is the co-owner and director of the Sharp Group, leading all marketing, sales, and customer experiences of four businesses on the Bellarine Peninsula – Jack Rabbit Vineyard, Flying Brick Cider Co, Leura Park Estate and Curlewis Golf Club. She is also a director of the Geelong Cats Foundation. “I have long admired all that the club stands for and supports in the local community and beyond,” Lyndsay said. “The joy, connection and inspiration Geelong Cats bring to so many people, on so many levels, is tangible within our community’s DNA. To have the opportunity to give back and make a small contribution to the future of Geelong Cats is truly humbling and exciting.” Lyndsay holds a Master of Professional Communication from University of Southern Queensland and Bachelor of Arts from University of Melbourne. She worked as senior consultant with the Clemenger Group (HOLT PR), as a journalist with Reed Publishing and as a lecturer at RMIT and Deakin University. She also served as the inaugural publicist of the Melbourne Food & Wine Festival.

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Ian Chesterman (A’76) should have “earned the gold medal for patience” for his “calm and forgiving approach” as Australian chef de mission at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics according to the Herald-Sun. Having successfully led the Australian Winter Olympic teams since the 1998 Nagano Games, Ian navigated a global pandemic and resultant COVID restrictions, as well as “Australian athletes’ wayward village and plane antics” to oversee the Australian team’s sixth place on the medal tally, just behind Great Britain. Ian gave the Australian team a mark of 11 out of 10. “It’s a great privilege, an incredible privilege to be here and witness the incredible achievements, but also to witness the camaraderie, the sense of togetherness of these Games,” Ian said. “But once every four years is definitely enough.”

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Annie Devilee Whish (Cl’78) released a music video of her song ‘I’m not just Flesh’n Bone’ on You Tube in August. Annie said producing the music video was “not for fame and fortune but because it (the song) has something to say”. “It’s about women’s empowerment to take control, to set boundaries, to say I’m much more than my body parts and my physical appearance and I expect to be treated with respect,” Annie explained. “Overall, it has been a wonderful new experience. My role was producer, director, set designer, roadie, singer, songwriter, guitarist, choreographer and editing assistant.”

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holistic farming methods and environmental initiatives, and invested in several additional properties in south-western New South Wales. After years of absence from Deltroit, and then a period splitting his time between his home in London and the property in Australia, he settled permanently at Deltroit in 2006.

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uilding things together with others is more joyful and satisfying to me than doing it alone”, said Sarah Harden (Vickers-Willis, A’89). “I really learned at school that ‘the only way through it is to do it’ – that if you want something you have to put your head down and do the work and then bring others along with you. There are generally not many short cuts that turn out well! If you want to climb the mountain you just need to get after it, step by step.” Sarah’s mountain is a remarkable one. After school, she studied arts at the University of Melbourne and embarked on a successful consulting career, but in 1998 made the decision to move to the US having been awarded both a Menzies Scholarship and the John Clendenin Fellowship to attend Harvard Business School to complete an MBA. She graduated in 1999 with a Baker Scholarship (High Distinction), having also received three fellowships from Harvard to undertake entrepreneurial studies while studying. Together with three classmates from Harvard, she founded an internet start-up, leveraging the intersection between technology and entertainment that had captured her interest. Roles followed with News Corp and Fox, where she was senior vice-president of business development, before she joined Otter Media, a video streaming company formed in 2014. Within two years she had been promoted to president of the company and had helped to build it from the ground up to generating $200 million in revenue by 2015. “GGS really gave me the courage to try lots of different things – whether I was good at them or not – and not to be too afraid of looking bad if I wasn’t. There’s a collaborative work ethic I have that I do think was developed at Timbertop and through being on lots of teams through school”, explained Sarah. She was co-captain of Allen House, as well as captain of softball and a member of the hockey First XI, and trod the boards on several occasions, including starring as Anne in The Diary of Anne Frank, in which her twin brother Scott played the role of Otto Frank. “That fearlessness and just ‘give it a go’ approach has really stayed with me as I have built my career. I am a pretty curious person and I have never been afraid to ask the ‘dumb question’!”

advantaged business strategy.” Hello Sunshine now employs 70 people and, earlier this year, was sold to US private equity giant Blackstone in a deal valued at US$900 million. Sarah and Reese will maintain their equity stakes and continue to run Hello Sunshine and promote women-led ventures. Hello Sunshine also produces podcasts, animations and the highly popular Reese’s Book Club, whereby Reese selects a book each month and promotes it on Instagram. “Books sit at the centre of our company, and many of our film and TV adaptations come from books”, explained Sarah, a selfconfessed bookworm. “It’s one of my greatest joys that I have to read a lot for my job. Part of me will always be the kid reading with a torch underneath my blanket way too late!” Having reached the top of her own mountain, Sarah has learnt a thing or two on the way up about how to manage the journey – and to be sure to enjoy the view from each lookout along the way. “Don’t be in too much of a rush! I am always surprised by how quickly people want to move through steps in life. Focus on quality not speed. Assume there won’t be any short cuts so make sure the path you are on is one you authentically enjoy.” Her final piece of advice for today’s school leavers is one she learnt from one of her professors at Harvard. “She encouraged us to think of our career/life over 50 years as 10 x 5 year parts. You don’t need to have parts two to nine worked out now. What’s important to you for the next five? And the five beyond that? Notice along the way what work and other creative pursuits give you natural energy. Follow that energy! Never in a million years when I left school did I think I would be where I am now, but if I look back I realise that one step led to another and to another.”

Her next step up the mountain was a giant one. Having met the actress Reese Witherspoon while working at Otter Media, Sarah decided to join her in a business venture with the idea of creating movies and television series focused on women. Hello Sunshine was formed in 2016, and over the past five years has won acclaim for dramas such as Big Little Lies, Morning Wars and Little Fires Everywhere. “Our mission at Hello Sunshine is to change the narrative for women and we do that by putting women at the centre of everything we create. We are fuelled by a driving belief that if we can build truly inclusive stories and products (and workplaces) then we unlock a lot of value not just for women – who wield incredible power as consumers – but for our whole society. It’s not just the right thing to do but it’s an incredibly

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From Dux to Judge – Her Honour Catherine Button (Ga’91)

hirty years after she completed her Geelong Grammar School education as dux of the school, Dr Catherine Button QC (Ga’91) was appointed a judge in the Supreme Court of Victoria, sitting in the Commercial Court. Justice Button graduated from the University of Melbourne in 1997 and completed her articles at Minter Ellison. She was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship in 1999 and undertook postgraduate studies in law at Oxford University, where she completed a BCL and PhD in international trade law, as well as teaching contract law.

After completing her studies at Oxford, Justice Button worked for the Law Commission in London before returning to Minter Ellison as a Senior Associate in commercial disputes. She came to the Bar in 2007 where she practiced predominantly in commercial law. She was appointed Senior Counsel in 2018. She is also the author of The Power to Protect: Trade, Health and Uncertainty in the WTO, on the subject of international trade law, as well as several scholarly journal articles. Light Blue spoke to Justice Button and asked what impact her schooling had on her career and subsequent successes. Did your interest in the law begin at school? Yes and no! I was interested in doing law, and back then law and medicine were the default options for high-achieving students, but I wasn’t sure I fitted that cookiecutter mould. I actually studied architecture initially but hated it very soon into the course and after a year I switched to law! Which teachers would you nominate as being particularly influential? Straz (Anthony Strazzerra, Staff 1981-2015) was my literature teacher. He was very influential with the group of students I was part of. He was constantly challenging us to refine our work, to work through concepts, ideas and expressions. His message was that ‘good enough was not good enough’! Michael Collins Persse didn’t teach me, but in Year 12 I was part of a group that studied in the Hawker Library and he would look after us and produce a Tim Tam, which was an unheard-of luxury in a boarding school. What were the most useful or important skills that you gained from your GGS education? I learnt the value of hard work and resilience. The school didn’t sugar-coat anything. There was support to achieve academically if you wanted to put in the hard yards, but success was driven very much by individual student achievement. Do you have any advice for students considering studying law? It’s a wonderful field of study. It is also very broad and students considering law shouldn’t take a narrow view about where law could take them because the field is very wide-ranging.

1994

Sam Strong (P’94) directed the Queensland Theatre production of Trent Dalton’s blockbuster novel, Boy Swallows Universe, which opened to critical acclaim as part of the Brisbane Festival in September. Adapted for the stage by playwright Tim McGarry, the play successfully draws out the key themes of Dalton’s epic book and translates them into a physical space, with the story of Eli Bell’s traumatic childhood set against a 1980s soundtrack, a rotary stage ensuring constant movement, and the clever use of video montage for the sets. “Our job was to bring it to life in a way that only the theatre can – adding theatrical value to the story,” Sam explained. “It wasn’t just one of the greatest Australian novels I had read, it was something that was already inherently theatrical, and it was crying out to be adapted.” The adaptation process started in 2018 when Sam was Artistic Director of Queensland Theatre, and the premiere was rescheduled from 2020 due to the pandemic, but it was worth the wait – the play was the biggest-selling show in Queensland Theatre’s 50-year history and opened to rave reviews; The Guardian described the play as “a booming argument for the supremacy of the live theatre experience”. Sam left his permanent position at Queensland Theatre in 2019 to return to Victoria, where he was appointed Chair of Melbourne Fringe in 2020 before being appointed Executive Director Creative Industries at Creative Victoria in October. Creative Victoria is the State Government body responsible for growing and supporting creative industries, which contribute $22.7 billion to Victoria (or 8% of the total economy). Sam will lead Creative Victoria’s investment in the nongovernment arts and cultural sector, First Peoples arts and creative practice, and the screen, contemporary music and design industries. He will also be responsible for strategy development, research and international engagement.

Finally, what advice would you give your Year 12 self? Not to work too hard! But if I hadn’t worked hard in the years since, I wouldn’t be where I am now. I would emphasise that it is important to carve out time for the things you enjoy and the people who mean a lot to you.

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1994

Harry Moore (FB’94) has belatedly relocated to London after he was appointed Global Head of Distribution of First Sentier Investors in May 2020 to provide global oversight of sales and distribution leadership (the move having been delayed by COVID-19). Harry is a member of the Executive Committee and the Enterprise Leadership Team at First Sentier, where he has worked for a decade. Prior to this role, he was Managing Director, Australia, New Zealand and Japan with responsibility for business development and client service in these markets. Before joining the firm in 2010, Harry spent six years at Russell Investments as a consultant in the Institutions and Governments team, providing strategic investment advice and implementation to domestic and pan-Asian clients. Harry has also worked as a client advisor and analyst at UBS Wealth Management Australia and Johnson Taylor Potter.

1995

Zoe Young (Ga’95) held her first solo exhibition in Los Angeles in October. One of Australia’s leading contemporary painters, Zoe’s exhibition Still. Life. featured large-scale acrylic paintings that depict imaginary dinner party scenes in Hollywood that the artist created while in lockdown in Australia. “The exhibition is looking at the beautiful side of the chaos of postponement,” Zoe said. “It is not being able to make it out to the big party or throwing a big party and nobody can turn up. It is the beauty of adapting to the disappointment experienced through an array of objects.” Zoe was an inaugural winner of the NSW Rural Scholarship Program, which inspired her to explore exhibiting overseas and ultimately led to the exhibition at Gruin Gallery in LA. A twotime Archibald Prize finalist, Zoe is a graduate of The National Art School and was most recently shortlisted for the Sovereign Art Prize in Hong Kong. She has previously won the Portia Geach Women’s Art Prize (2018) and the Calleen Art Prize (2020). Her work was featured in the Sydney Contemporary Art Fair (2018) and the Sulman Prize (2019).

1997

Symon Wilde (Cu’97) saddled up lively lightweight chance Tralee Rose in this year’s $7 million Melbourne Cup. The five-year-old mare won the Group 3 Geelong Cup to gain a start in “the race that stops the nation”, where it finished ninth. The Warrnambool-based horse trainer also had runners in the Victoria Derby and the Empire Rose Stakes on Derby Day, building on his success in country Victoria, which has included winning the Warrnambool Cup (twice), Hamilton Cup and Colac Cup as well as the Brierley and Grand Annual Steeples.

Australia to work at Lindsay Park Stables in the Barossa Valley under the tutelage of Peter Hayes and Tony McEvoy, followed by a short stint in the USA working for Laura De Seroux. Eventually he returned to work with his father, as foreman and co-trainer before becoming head trainer of Wilde Racing in 2014. “It’s been a 10-year process,” Symon told The Age newspaper. “We are nearly where we want to be. Our facilities are good, we have got good support from owners, we have cut our teeth on the country circuit, and we are getting lots of winners.” Symon said that although the stable now had 60 horses in work, it remained a relatively small, hands-on operation. “I still ride myself and am very involved,” he said.

1998

Kate Matson (A’98) became a meme in August after she asked young Victorians to “make a GIF” of her to encourage their friends to not breach lockdown. Kate is Deputy Secretary of the COVID-19 Public Health Team at the Department of Health. In this role, Kate leads Victoria’s COVID-19 testing and pathology system, community engagement, public and major events and compliance and enforcement activities. “If you have got TikTok on your phone, if you have got Snapchat on your phone, if you have Binge on your phone, if you do online gaming, feel free to make a GIF or a meme of something I am saying,” Kate said at a press conference during Victoria’s sixth lockdown. Kate joined the COVID response in July 2020 from the Department of Transport. Prior to joining the Victorian public service, Kate spent over a decade in the private sector, including seven years in New York as a financial consultant

2000

Sid Hewison (Fr’00) has found fame during the pandemic as a TikTok tour guide. Sid now has almost 1 million followers on his @sids.ventures TikTok account. Sid has been guiding multi-day, remote camping tours across Australia since 2012. As COVID-19 wreaked havoc on the tourism industry, Sid pivoted to the video-sharing platform to share his passion for Australia’s natural world, culture, and adventure. “Part of the inspiration behind it was basically to bring the tours to the people who I couldn’t actually get to, or who couldn’t get to me,” Sid explained. “And I wanted to still be able to bring what I felt I could actually provide to the world. If they are in lockdown watching, that’s the plan.” Sid set off on six-month motorbike trip around Australia in May, with hundreds of thousands of followers from all around the world coming along (virtually) for the ride.

2002

Jess Hall (A’02) recently completed a Doctor of Business Administration at the University of Southern Queensland, publishing her thesis on The Emotional Intelligence of Directors and the Effectiveness of Symon has established himself in the top 10 of the Victorian Board Governance Decision Making Trainers Premiership across the past four years, but it has been Behavioural Processes in the Australian a lifelong journey – he initially worked alongside his father Bill, Financial Services Sector. Jess is a a dentist who turned his love of horse racing into a part-time Senior Manager at Ernst & Young’s career as a trainer. Symon then spent time overseas in England, Financial Services tax practice and works extensively with working for Lord Huntingdon at Newmarket and then at the yard clients across the financial services industry, both in Australia of leading jumps trainer Nicky Henderson, before returning to

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Julia Roche (Davies, He’03) held a solo exhibition entitled ‘Under a Winter Moon’ at the Murray Art Museum Albury (MAMA) from AugustNovember. The exhibition consisted of large-scale landscape paintings on canvases, completed by leaving them outdoors and inviting environmental elements, such as mist and debris, to become part of the work. In a glowing review of the exhibition, Art Monthly Australasia said Julia’s paintings “move beyond simply depicting her surrounds and reflect the atmospheric changes and emotive qualities of the land at night… Her surety of touch reveals her empathetic relationship with the environment and deep understanding of the power of nature.” Julia works from a woolshed studio on her family farm ‘Wooroola’ near Mangoplah, and from the regenerative farm ‘Bibbaringa’ at Bowna. She completed a Bachelor of Visual Arts at Sydney College of the Arts (University of Sydney) in 2008, majoring in Painting, and went on to complete a Master of Teaching – Arts in 2012 at University of Western Sydney.

2005

Mimosa Schmidt (A’05) is the founder and creative director of SÜK Workwear. Pronounced “sook”, the brand aims to subvert the meaning of the word and instil confidence in wearers of its unique workwear. Mimosa spent her twenties working in hyper masculine spaces, on building sites, farms and long-haul ships – often being the only woman on site. Dressed in standard-issue, ill-fitting workwear (think sagging overalls and baggy workshirts), she started to dream up designs. Founded in 2018, SÜK Workwear is the culmination of years of research and design prototypes. The garments are utilitarian but feminine; functional but fitting. Based in Melbourne, the brand’s boilersuits, overalls and pants are made ethically in Pakistan with 100% Fairtrade cotton and transparent supply chains. SÜK also supports multiple charities, including One Tree Planted, The Social Studio, and Pay The Rent.

2010

Keita Matsumoto (Cu’10) was named on Forbes Asia 30 Under 30 list for Social Impact, recognising his work with Our Place and, previously, Teach for Australia. Keita is the partnership manager for Our Place, which is the first partnership of its kind in Australia between government and philanthropy that supports early childhood through to adult education and healthcare. In a profile on the Teach for Australia website following the announcement, Keita gave a subtle nod to GGS. “As far back as I know, exceptional education and in

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particular, exceptional teachers, have played a critical role in my family’s history,” Keita told teachforaustralia. org. “In my experience, the value of an exceptional education becomes increasingly apparent with time, and this is exactly how I’ve felt since graduating in 2010,” he told Light Blue. Prior to enrolling at GGS, Keita attended an international school in the Philippines and was weighing up schools in Japan, Switzerland and Australia before a visit to Corio sealed the deal. “I thought I was at Hogwarts,” he joked of the first time arriving at Corio Campus. “I came and visited and walked into one of Wayne Bowden’s music classes and I was sold.” While Keita didn’t discover his passion for education until he was inspired by Teach for Australia’s mission post-university, the seeds were planted during his time at GGS. He pinpoints three elements of his school experience that inspired him to pursue a career in education: Personal transformation - “I valued the School’s equal emphasis on character formation as well as cognitive development. OGG are very well-rounded and I was inspired to pursue a similar philosophy in my work.” Commitment to Service - “Be it through community service at Timbertop or IB CAS hours, I was influenced by the School’s commitment to public service. Those opportunities showed me how fortunate we were at GGS, and as such, our responsibility to contribute to social progress.” Community and lifelong friendships - “The beauty of boarding school is the deep relationships one forms with friends and teachers; it’s like inheriting a second family. To facilitate similar bonds for any human being is worthwhile. To do so for disadvantaged children is crucial.” Which brings us back to Keita’s work with Our Place. “We partner with the Victorian Government to transform schools – primary schools and community hubs – in disadvantaged areas.” Keita hopes the Forbes listing would help him showcase the world-class social impact work happening in Victoria. He also hopes to motivate more people to see that positive, significant change is possible.

2012

George McFarlane (M’12) is aiming to eliminate the production of an estimated 1 million single-use plastic milk bottles every year through his start-up Mindful Milk. Concerned about climate change and the environment, George and Tom Morrison (OGC’12) explored the waste management of Melbourne’s cafés, estimating that the average café will go through approximately 200 litres of full cream milk per week, equating to over 5,000 plastic milk bottles every year, of which less than half are being recycled. They are hoping to break this cycle by distributing milk to cafés in reusable, plastic free kegs, and providing a more sustainable option. Mindful Milk will initially be focusing on the full cream milk market, as this is the most commonly used and will have the greatest impact. As the start-up grows, they will be looking to branch out into alternative forms of milk, giving all coffee drinkers a plastic-free option.

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and overseas. “It was an absolute privilege and an extraordinary opportunity working with the participating directors of our large banks, superannuation funds and insurers,” she said. Jess previously co-authored a paper, Australian tax treatment of foreign investments by Australian collective investment vehicles paper, for Tax Institute’s 2018 Funds Management seminar. She has a specialised focus on taxation in the large superannuation and managed funds industry, including investment structuring and risk governance with a strong interest in property and infrastructure investments, both onshore and offshore, in the context of asset class portfolio management and investment strategies of large superannuation funds. Jess has completed a Master of Business Administration and a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting, Law, Finance) at Deakin University.

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After two seasons plying his trade in the Serbian and Lithuainian basketball leagues, the pandemic sparked a decision for Jock Landale (M’13) which would culminate in an NBL championship, a Bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics and the realisation of his ultimate dream; signing a two-year deal with the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA. Jock mutually parted ways with Lithuainian champions Žalgiris Kaunas in August 2020 and returned home to Melbourne, signing a one-year deal with Melbourne United in the NBL. “The decision was easy in the end. Melbourne is one of the safest places to be during this pandemic and that is hard to turn down,” Jock told NBL.com.au. After a dominant season which saw him crowned United’s MVP, Melbourne defeated the Perth Wildcats in the 2021 NBL Grand Final with Jock earning the Larry Sengstock Medal for most valuable player in the series. “This has been the goal since the start of the year,” Jock said post-game. “Everything’s been directed towards winning a championship.” There was little time to celebrate as Jock boarded a plane for Los Angeles to link-up with the Australian Men’s Basketball team for a pre-Olympics training camp, then on to Tokyo where he would go on to start every game for his country, averaging 12.8 points and 4.7 rebounds per game as Australia claimed its first ever men’s basketball medal - a Bronze - at an Olympic Games. “Going into that Bronze Medal game against Slovenia, I’ve never been more nervous or felt more of a pressure-filled moment,” Jock said. “Those emotions tied in with the buzzer sounds in the fourth quarter, it sunk in that we were the first team to medal at a major tournament... you can’t really put those feelings into words. Walking back into the Olympic Village and all of Team Australia’s out the front clapping us because they know how much it means to us... those waves of emotion keep coming up.” He joins a select group of Old Geelong Grammarians to medal at a Summer Olympics which includes Kate Allen (nee Slatter), David Dickson, Rebecca Joyce, John Landy, Garth Manton and Adrian Monger. On the eve of Australia’s semifinal clash with eventual gold medallists the USA, Jock received a call from his agent which he believed was a primer for what to expect in the NBA free agency period. Thankfully, the phone call

was more absolute than hypothetical. “He said, ‘I’m not calling you to talk about how it’s going to go, I’m calling you to tell you that you’ll be in the NBA next year, you’ve got an offer from San Antonio.’” Jock’s NBA career has had an interrupted start, spending time on the sidelines due to concussion and the NBA’s COVID-19 protocols. A dominant two-game stint at the Spurs’ G-League affiliate in Austin in December was a timely reminder of what he can bring to an NBA team, elevating him to the role of back-up centre upon his return. “It was good to be able to reiterate to them (San Antonio) why I’m here and show them they picked me up for a reason.” Jock’s journey to the NBA has had plenty of twists and turns, not unlike the slopes at Mt Buller where an unfortunate accident set Jock on the path to basketball stardom. “I had an incident where I fell over in the last hour of our last skiing day for the year and I snapped my wrist really badly,” Jock told the Rogues Bogues podcast. “I had surgery and the doctors were looking at the growth plates in my wrist and saying ‘you’re already like 6’ tall and your growth plates are wide open like you haven’t hit puberty yet... you might grow to be 7’2” or something like that.’” He began to ask himself “what he could do with this height” and, after taking a break from the sport for a few years, Jock rekindled his love of basketball playing on “a little dirt quartercourt” at Timbertop. The Timbertop experience was a turning point for Jock. “It is hands-down one of the most life-changing and defining years of my life,” Jock said. “I don’t think I would be here without learning as much about myself as I did that year.” He had taken a break from basketball in Year 5 in part because he hated waking up early to go and work out and play basketball. At Timbertop, he gained a love of hard work and the resilience required to face whatever the day would throw at him. Fast-forward to Year 12 and Jock is being scouted by Saint Mary’s College of California; a famous pipeline to college basketball for many Australian players including Patty Mills and Matthew Dellavedova. One of their scouts was in Melbourne watching another prospect and asked Jock if there was an opportunity to come to Geelong to watch him play. With no Geelong Supercats or representative games on the calendar, he was able to throw together a scrimmage on the Handbury Centre courts with a bunch of schoolmates. “Saint Mary’s flew a coach out to watch me play against a bunch of football players... that’s what they recruited me off,” Jock recalls. “As the story goes, the scout called back to the coach of Saint Mary’s and said ‘I’ve just seen him play and he looks like Lebron James... but he’s also playing against a bunch of five-foot kids and he’s 6’11” and that’s all I’ve got to go off’.” A week later, Jock flew to Saint Mary’s for another workout, was offered a scholarship on the spot and the rest is history.

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Bridget Sharp (He’14) released her debut single ‘Overgrown’ in September, “officially ushering in her arrival as a soft-pop phenomenon,” according to Beat magazine. Bridget is the frontwoman of art-rock fusion fourpiece Dandecat, whose debut single ‘Meat’ reached #2 on the Triple J Unearthed charts in 2018. Bridget’s solo debut was described as “a stunning combination of soulful songwriting and pop sensibility, tinged with sun-kissed synths and natural vibrancy” by Beat. The song also won a fan in ABC’s National Music Correspondent and host of Double J Mornings, Zan Rowe. “Really powerful and heartfelt pop, produced with soaring skill,” Rowe enthused. “Balladry at its finest.” Bridget tapped into her OGG connection for ‘Overgrown’, with George Coltman (FB’14) creating the album artwork and Pru Illingworth (A’14) painting the body art for the music video. The song was written towards the end of 2020, amidst Victoria’s COVID-19 lockdowns, and captures the “all-consuming drudgery, uncertainty and lonely claustrophobia of lockdown”. Bridget said the song depicts “how in my most clouded, untamed moments of deep self-doubt, there was always a way to seek patches of light and work towards them”. “No matter how dark it got, there was still hope,” she said.

2015

Tayla Honey (Ga’15) has joined London Pulse in the UK’s Netball Superleague. After five seasons with the Melbourne Vixens, Tayla’s move coincided with former Australian Diamonds Head Coach, Lisa Alexander AM, joining the London club as Performance Director. Having progressed from the Geelong Cougars in the Victorian Netball League (VNL) to the Victorian Fury in the Australian Netball League (ANL) and eventually the Vixens in Australia’s top level netball league, Tayla has had limited court time over the last couple of COVID-interrupted years after missing the 2019 season with a ruptured Achilles tendon. “With Melbourne in lockdown for so long, and (secondary leagues) VNL and ANL either being postponed or cancelled, it’s touch and go as to when we would next get out on court,” Tayla explained. “It’s great knowing that I’m heading to a competition that is going to be played, with the possibility of getting some consistent court time.”

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Summah BedfordMcGinty (EM’17) has completed a Vocational Training and Employment Centre (VTEC) program with Fortescue Metals Group (FMG), which offers opportunities and career development for Indigenous people. A Kidja and Jaru woman from Halls Creek in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, Summah joined GGS in Year 7 and completed Year 12 in 2017. Summah said that her education at GGS “made a difference in my life, which is something that I could only wish for more Indigenous kids to have”. “The opportunity to go to a boarding school on the other side of the country exposed me to a totally different culture and mentality of Australia,” she said. Tarryn Love (A’17) has artwork featured at the pakayn marree weerrath (bone, stone, string) Women’s Tools exhibition at the Warrnambool Art Gallery, which opened in November and runs until June 12. The exhibition brings works by Gunditjmara women artists together with selected artefacts from The Leonhard Adam Collection (Melbourne University). Exploring socio-political perceptions about the ownership and artisanship of tools as well as gender protocols attributed in Aboriginal culture to the making and use of tools by women, for women, the exhibition offers a rethinking of the commonly understood term “tools”. As co-founder of Koorroyarr Arts, Tarryn is also leading the Still Here, Now exhibition at Geelong’s Platform Arts in January-February, which brings together works by artists based on Wadawurrung Country, celebrating the artists’ stories, experiences, connection to place, family, and to each other.

2020

Sophie Ward (Cl’20) represented Australia in rowing in June in the most unconventional of events. Sophie was selected in the Australian Under 21 Women’s Coxed Eight after a successful racing season with the Melbourne University Boat Club (MUBC) and an impressive showing at the National Rowing Championships in Tasmania in March. Rowing Australia confirmed at the time of selection that National teams, excluding Olympic teams, would not travel overseas in 2021, and the Under 21 and Under 23 teams were slated to compete in a simulation regatta in Adelaide in line with the World Cup event in Sabaudia, Italy. Of course, as has been the case for the past 18 months, the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry and Sophie, along with three other members of the crew based in Victoria, were unable to travel to Adelaide due to COVID-19 travel restrictions. Credit to Rowing Australia, who facilitated for the crew to compete as a four on the Patterson River in line with the simultaneous regatta in Adelaide, ensuring they had the opportunity to wear the green and gold on the water. While the lead-up to the Rowing World Cup event has been somewhat chaotic, Sophie had the wonderful experience in the lead-up to travel to Sydney and train under the watchful eye of National coaches and former Olympic coaches.

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2017

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he ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has brought into even sharper focus the importance of community and connection. Although the health consequences of the pandemic have not been as severe in Australia compared to many other countries around the world, the social and economic effects have been profound. The restrictions on movement, gatherings and “non-essential” services continue to impact us. For some people, these periods of social and/or work-related restrictions have led to feelings of loneliness and disconnection. One of the fundamental objectives of the OGG Association is to unite former students of GGS, The Hermitage and Clyde – to help foster our unique sense of community and connection. Throughout the pandemic, when we have been unable to host our usual schedule of reunions and events, we have explored ways to stay connected with each other. This has included a very successful series of online OGG Business Lunches, the continuing development of our OGG mentoring programme and, more recently, the launch of our new alumni website. Reunions are arguably the central reason that the OGG Association exists and our inability to host reunions has been an unfortunate consequence of the pandemic. As I have previously noted, OGGs attend reunions at higher rates than most other alumni associations in Australia and overseas, which is even more remarkable when you consider the geographical spread of our community. In light of the rolling lockdowns, travel restrictions and COVID-related isolation periods, reunions are perhaps more important than ever – to reconnect with old school friends, to relive memories from times together, to renew our sense of belonging, and to just “catch up”. When reunions briefly resumed

at the beginning of 2021, we recorded the highest attendance ever at an OGG reunion, with 140 past students attending the 2016 five-year reunion in April. The substantial backlog of reunions from across the past two years was discussed at our most recent OGG Committee meeting. Whilst we are cautiously optimistic that we will resume face-to-face reunions in 2022, we are unable to hold all those reunions postponed by COVID-19 in the next 12 months – the amount of administrative assistance provided to reunion committees will simply not stretch to running 23 reunions in 2022. For each reunion to be properly administered by the OGG Office (including venue hire/deposits, invitations, online bookings, name tags, photography, etc.), the committee decided the best approach was to ask all reunion committees to consider smoothing the backlog out across the next five years and help “flatten the curve”. Our Alumni Manager, Katie Rafferty (Spry, Ga’84), has been in touch with all reunion organising committees. Those committees unwilling to wait have decided to organise their reunions themselves. Others are still deciding. Ever mindful of the unpredictability of COVID-19, an outline of what we can confirm as our planned reunion schedule is available at https://ogg.org.au/#whenismynextreunion? We were thrilled by the wonderful response to the launch of our new alumni website on September 30. As we navigate a pathway beyond the pandemic, the OGG Association is committed to strengthening the OGG network, utilising contemporary technology, and making communications easier for all. A simple login and an easier LIGHT BLUE - GEELONG GRAMMAR SCHOOL

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way to update your details are key elements of the new site, which also features an OGG Business Directory and OGG Mentoring tool. Within the first month, the site received more than 12,000 page visits and almost 5,000 logins, including 1,490 new user logins, with 1,754 people completing the Update My Details form, 1,751 people searched for classmates and 1,112 people viewed the OGG Mentoring site. We are excited to continue developing the site, with a particular focus on providing secure access to the School’s digitised archive of publications and photos. Until then, stay safe, and look after each other. Ian Coltman (A’77) OGG President The annual OGG Motoring Event, organised by David Henry (FB’70) was one of the few OGG events held in 2021. It took place on the Mornington Peninsula on Sunday the 21 November. Competitors took the road less travelled, taking in scenes from Baxter to Arthurs Seat, through to Flinders and then back up to Point Nepean Quarantine Station with lunch at Watsons Pavilion in Portsea. Pictured clockwise from left: 1. The drivers briefing showing the 1973 MGB GT crewed by third place getters Tom Manifold (M’68) and Andrew Urquhart. Next to that is a 1964 E Type Jaguar convertible crewed by Brian Perkins and Simon Waters (FB’69), The next car is a beautiful 1964 E Type Jaguar Coupe, crewed by Jelena Markovic and John Hardie (FB’76); 2. Jane and Peter Strauss’s (P’66) 1972 Dino Ferrari. 3. Shows the interior of John Hardie’s 1964 E Type Jaguar, taken at the Flinders Golf Couse looking towards Bass Strait. 4. 1955 MG ZA Magnet crewed by winners of the event Rob and Louise Ades.

1981 40 Year Reunion, Melbourne Saturday 19 March 2022 Women’s Inter-school Golf Challenge Cup, Commonwealth Golf Club Monday 21 March 2022 Geelong Grammar School and Geelong Grammar Foundation Black Tie Dinner Thursday 7 April 2022

1970, 1971, 1972 50th Timbertop Reunions Saturday 9 April 2022 APS Golf Day, Victoria Golf Club, Cheltenham Friday 6 May 2022 1991 30 Year Reunion Saturday 21 May 2022 1980, 1981, 1982 40th Timbertop Reunions Saturday 17 September 2022 OGG Golf Day, Barwon Heads Golf Club Friday 21 October 2022 Tower Lunch Saturday 5 November 2022 OGG Motoring Event Sunday 6 November 2022

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HOGA After a lackluster 2021, the HOGA Committee is looking forward to a very busy and different 2022. We have some interesting activities being organised and, if COVID-19 is kind to us, it should be a great year. We are hoping that several Reunions will be held in 2022 and have tentatively re-scheduled the 1971 Reunion, are planning to host the 1977 Reunion (1975 Year 10) at Old Girls’ Day in September – we have wonderful girls from this year’s group as our guest speakers at Old Girls’ Day, so it should be fun – and are progressing plans for a 1952 Reunion. If you know of anyone from the 1952 year group who has recently changed postal address, please let me know on 0400 800 136. I am also looking for ladies who are willing to assist me in organising reunions for the 1962, 1972, 1981 and 1982 year groups. It would be wonderful if we could get these reunions organised for 2022. I realise that the girls from 1981 and 1982

were only at The Hermitage for a short while. However, I had an inquiry from one of our past students from the 1982 year group, wondering where her old school friends were, so that is why we are attempting to arrange a gathering, even if only a few attend.

A new venture we are planning is an Art Show, which will be held in the Barwon Heads Hall on November 18-20. We would love our many talented ladies to show your interest and contact Susie Donald (The Hermitage ‘75) on 0407 798 999 or email: foodstyle@bigpond.com

Despite the ongoing uncertainty with COVID-19, we have started to confirm dates for upcoming functions and events, including the Autumn Luncheon at the Royal South Yarra Tennis Club on Friday 29 April, Old Girls’ Day on Saturday 3 September, HOGA Golf Day at Barwon Heads Golf Club on Monday 26 September, and our Christmas Lunch on Monday 5 December. We are also planning a day’s outing to Barwon Park at Winchelsea on Wednesday 9 March, which will include a box lunch, a tour of the historic bluestone mansion, and a visit to other places of interest in the area.

As the year has been very sparse with functions, I would really appreciate you all to just write me a small Cooeegram, or just send some photos and a short story of happenings in your life, or reflections of life at school for us to enjoy. As you know, the newsletter is all about you and we all love to keep track of our school friends. Jill Nicholls (Holmes, The Hermitage ‘68), Secretary HOGA

1977 The Hermitage Girls' Lunch: Susan Evans (Peake, Cl'76), Angela Baldwin (Fr'77), Janet Yeates (Bone, Fr'76), Mandy Kelly (Pescott, A'76)

CALENDAR DATES The Hermitage School 1971 50th Reunion Saturday 12 February 2022 Visit to Barwon Park, Winchelsea Wednesday 9 March 2022 Women’s Inter-school Golf Challenge Cup, Commonwealth Golf Club Monday 21 March 2022 The Hermitage School 1952/53 70 Year Reunion Wednesday 23 March 2022 HOGA Autumn Lunch, Melbourne Friday 29 April 2022 HOGA AGM and Old Girls’ Day Lunch Saturday 3 September 2022 The Hermitage School 1977 Year Leavers - 1975 Year 10 Girls Reunion Saturday 3 September 2022 HOGA Golf Day, Barwon Heads Golf Club Monday 26 September 2022 OGG Golf Day, Barwon Heads Golf Club Friday 21 October 2022 HOGA Art Show, Barwon Heads Hall 18-20 November 2022 HOGA Christmas Lunch Monday 5 December 2022

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COGA AGM The COGA AGM was held by Zoom on Sunday 24 October 2021. Thanks to the School’s Alumni Manager, Katie Rafferty (Spry, Ga’84), who organised the link, and COGA Treasurer, Peta Gillespie (Clyde ’69), who hosted the meeting on the day. There were 40 Clyde Old Girls who zoomed in, including Bronwyn Willis (Kirton, Clyde ’63) from Albuquerque, New Mexico USA, and several from country Victoria and interstate. There were five former COGA Presidents attending: Ros Allen (Wilkins, Clyde ’62), Sue Schudmak (Sproat, Clyde ’64), Jackie Mackinnon (Kelly, Clyde ’69), Katie Senko (Whiting, Clyde ’73) and Joan Mackenzie (Bloomfield, Clyde ’52). Long term COGA supporters, Sally Salter (Stevenson, Clyde ’51) and Janet Calvert Jones (Murdoch, Clyde ’56) tuned in together, and Tim Gillespie (Street, Clyde ’46) just back from Queensland was staying with daughter Peta. After the formal meeting, instead of a guest speaker, Peta Gillespie was invited to talk about her work for Legacy Australia. Elected in 2013, Peta is the first female President of the Ballarat branch of Legacy. She follows in the footsteps of her father Geoff Gillespie (President, Legacy Warrnambool 1980) and her grandfather Jim Gillespie (President, Legacy Melbourne 1938). Founded in 1923, Legacy Australia is a non-profit organisation which provides support to the families of Australian Defence Force men and women who have lost their life or health in conflicts such as World War 1 or 2, Vietnam War, Iraq and Afghanistan. There are 4,000 volunteer members, called Legatees, who provide assistance, accommodation, medical

and social support to more than 40,000 widowed spouses, disabled dependants and 1,800 children throughout Australia. Peta oversees support for more than 500 beneficiaries in the Ballarat region. There was general conversation for nearly two hours, discussing Legacy and other volunteer organisations which Clyde Old Girls are involved in. Ros Allen mentioned Special Olympics Australia, part of a recognised global Olympic organisation for people with intellectual disabilities (differing from the Paralympics, which are for athletes with a physical disability). Overall, it was a successful and enjoyable gathering for everyone with lots of news shared.

THE CLUTHAN COGA’s annual magazine, The Cluthan, was distributed in September. The Cluthan editor, Julia Ponder (Clyde ’69), who lives in Queensland, has accepted a nomination to rejoin the COGA committee in 2021, with meeting attendance facilitated by Zoom. Julia has a long association with Geelong Grammar – her father, Professor John Ponder (Staff 1934-1965), taught Greek and Latin, and was also the author of Patriots and Scoundrels, a play performed at the School which described his war service in Nazi-occupied Greece. Julia spent her childhood on the Corio campus, attending kindergarten with other staff children, then The Hermitage, before she boarded at Clyde School 1966-69. Other GGS staff children who attended Clyde School included Judith Colman (Clyde ’73), daughter of David ‘Frosty’ Colman, who later taught science and archery at Clyde, and Alison Foran (Garnett, Clyde ’69), daughter of Tommy Garnett

(Principal 1961-74). Sadly, Alison died recently. She is greatly missed. Her family is preparing an obituary for publication in The Cluthan and Light Blue. Other GGS staff members who taught at Clyde School after leaving GGS were Ken Mappin (Staff 1948-67), who taught Chemistry and Drama, and Douglas Fraser MC (Staff 1931-1963), who was Master of Junior School/Middle School at GGS and eponym of Fraser House. These teachers were appreciated for their valuable experience, willingness to participate in school events at Clyde, their kindly help in careers advice and their sense of humour. They were marshals and timekeepers, awarded ribbons and trophies at athletic and swimming sports, supervised excursions, attended school entertainments and other events. Mr Colman even launched a cardboard rocket from Fruit Tuck lawn as part of a science fiction movie he was directing. No doubt his science class starred as astronauts… life is full of possibilities.

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Margie Gillett (Cordner, Clyde ‘71) COGA President

Joining in the COGA AGM via Zoom: Liz Smart (Goode, Clyde '57), Ann (Roo) Rawlins (Hornabrook, Clyde '59) and her sister Meg Hornabrook (Clyde '57)

CALENDAR DATES COGA committee meeting (& dinner), Royal South Yarra Tennis Club

22 February 2022 Women’s Inter-school Golf Challenge Cup, Commonwealth Golf Club

Monday 21 March 2022 COGA Annual General Meeting

October 2022 – Date TBC COGA Fun Cup Golf

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CORIO BOOK CLUB

Clive Blazey (P’62) has published his eighth book, We Speak for the Trees (Diggers Club, 2021), which is a gardener’s guide to achievable solutions for the global climate change crisis. Clive suggests that planting trees and gardening sustainably are some of the simplest solutions to combat the long-term effects of climate change. “By planting trees, we can all play our part to accelerate the drawdown of carbon,” he explained. “Now, more than ever, we must all speak up for the trees.” The book includes articles on David Attenborough and wilderness protection, as well as detailed information on almost 100 ornamental, fruit and nut trees selected for climate suitability, shade, habitat protection and bushfire prevention. Clive and his wife Penny founded The Diggers Club in 1978 with an initial focus on rescuing old varieties of vegetables, posting out the very first Diggers Seed Catalogue with 300 varieties of flowers and vegetables. The Diggers Club is now Australia’s largest gardening club, working to preserve heirloom plants and vegetables, whilst also becoming an increasingly active voice on climate change, genetically modified seeds and food, industrial agriculture, and the corporatisation of our food supply.

Mike Sabey (M’63) was inspired by a true story when penning his debut novel, Fractured Trust (Sid Harta Books, 2020), which travels from war-torn England during the Blitz in the 1940s to Melbourne in 2019 and the uncovering of a family scandal. For more than twenty years Mike has written and published a long list of best-selling non-fiction books, including nine editions of the Victorian Bike Paths Guide, History of the Brownlow Medal (1997) and the popular Café Guide series. He has an extensive background in corporate marketing, more recently consulting to the manufacturing industry. Mike is also an experienced offshore sailor and a well-known expert voice on 3AW and ABC 774 radio reporting yacht racing. Michael Thornton (M’66) has written Pissed Off: 3,300 Baby Boomer Gripes (Sid Harta Books, 2021), in which he takes a satirical look at life through the eyes of a grumpy baby boomer. Among his 3,300 gripes are leaf blowers, not knowing how to use most of the functions on his phone and the exorbitant cost of building Australia’s major roads ($155 per inch per lane). As one reader said: “Thornton says what most of us think but are too scared to say it”. Michael has worked as a jackaroo, journalist, fundraiser and farmer. He has also written a number of books, including Jackaroo: A Memoir (Penguin, 2013) and 27 Days a Pilgrim on the Camino de Santiago de Compostella (2014).

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Di Walker (Je’82) has published her second children’s novel, Everything We Keep (Omnibus Books/Scholastic Australia, 2021) to widespread acclaim. “Walker has succeeded in creating a deeply moving story that tears at the heartstrings,” according to Kids’ Book Review. Di tells the story of 13-yearold Agatha, who has spent her life in and out of foster care. Just as Agatha finds a calm and settled place, she’s yanked back home, to a place of chaos and parents who have been distant and unable to care for her since an accident many years ago. “It has an uplifting and hopeful feeling about it that readers will fall in love with,” according to The Book Muse. Di, who works as a secondary school English teacher in northern Victoria, had her debut novel Unpacking Harper Holt published in 2018 by Walker Books Australia. She writes for middle grade readers aged 10+ and also writes a blog about her experiences of writing and getting published. Matthew Ricketson (M’75) and Andrew Dodd (Timbertop ’80) have turned an in-depth research project about the digital disruption and structural change of Australia’s media into a fascinating book, Upheaval: Disrupted lives in journalism (NewSouth Publishing, June 2021). Walkley Award-winning foreign correspondent, Tony Walker (FB’64), is among the 57 Australian journalists interviewed for the book, which charts the radical transformation of Australia’s mainstream media through firsthand accounts of those on the frontline. The book explores the impact and disruption of the digital age, like the tension between public interest journalism and ‘clickbait’ news, but equally captures the personal stories of some of Australia’s leading journalists of the past five decades. Having both enjoyed long careers in the media, Andrew is now the Director of the Centre for Advancing Journalism at Melbourne University, whilst Matthew is a Professor of Communication at Deakin University.

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Myke Mollard (P’89) has worked tirelessly through the last two years of COVID lockdowns, knuckling down to not one but four new children’s book titles. A talented illustrator, Myke started a project with founder of the School Broadcasting Radio Network, Viarnne Mischon, to produce, design and illustrate her children’s book, An Antechinus in the Attic (SBN Publishing, 2020), which also features a foreword by Dr Jane Goodall DBE. The book gained the attention of Woodslane Press, who relaunched Myke’s bestselling book An A-Z of Australian Bush Creatures (Woodslane Press, 2021) as well as commissioning three new Bush Creatures titles, which will be published across 2022. Myke’s artwork has been gaining a profile on social media, on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok, and via his Sketching Wild project that teaches children how to draw Australian bush animals. John Goddard (Staff 1979-91) returns to a school setting for his second novel, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (Pegasus, 2021), which continues the story he started in Conversations, with Clocks (Pegasus, 2019). “After a career in schools, I wrote about the only thing I know – schools,” John explained. “I made very sure that the characters were fictional, but I have to admit that, needing a picture of the boarding school in which the novel is set, in my mind I did envisage the Corio Campus at some points. I still have the fondest memories of life, and teaching, at Corio.” Continuing the story from his debut novel, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes provides a sympathetic and shrewd analysis of the lives and aspirations of the various characters thrown together in a close school environment, following the fortunes of the headmaster, Allan Parslow, and the idealistic young teacher, Doug Anderson. John is planning a third instalment of the series, but is currently working on a murder mystery, “mainly because I love reading them myself”. “I spent so many years teaching young people how to read novels, for enjoyment and for insight, and so I wanted to see if I could make one work myself. It has been a fascinating and enjoyable exercise.”

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Mansfield’s Vivienne Ritchie (Knox-Knight, Clyde ’53) was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for significant service to the Anglican Church of Australia, and to the community. Vivienne has had a long association with the Anglican Diocese of Wangaratta, where she is a Member of the Diocesan Council and has served as a counsellor for 25 years. She has also been an ongoing supporter of the Melbourne Recital Centre, Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition, Australian National Academy of Music and Musica Viva. Vivienne came to Mansfield (Delatite Station) in 1952 after marrying Robert (P’49) and together they founded Delatite Winery – Vivienne planted the first vines in her vegetable garden, and they planted their first vineyard in the spring of 1968. Four years later, they made their first wine, using a small press and a baby’s bath. By 1982, they had built their own winery and cellar door.

Elaine Mitchell (Hands, The Hermitage ’61) was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for service to the performing arts. A life member of the Geelong Repertory Theatre Company, Elaine helped establish the Woodbin Theatre before co-founding the Theatre of the Winged Unicorn with her husband Dennis in 1993. Based in Ceres, the independent theatre company hosts performances at the historic Ceres Hall, the Art Studio also known as The Scarecrow Patch, and Barwon Park Mansion in Winchelsea. Elaine is the Artistic Director and oversees productions of original works and 19th Century classics, including adaptations of Dickens, Eliot, Bronte, Hardy, Austen, the plays of Chekhov and Ibsen, as well as 1920s comedies and thrillers by Noel Coward and Agatha Christie.

Prudence Campbell (Hayes, The Hermitage ‘60) was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for service to the community of Birregurra. Prudence is a stalwart of the Country Women’s Association (CWA) of Birregurra, having been a member since 1965, including a period as the organisation’s secretary. She was also a founding member of the Birregurra Charity Quilting Group in 2008, in which she still quilts, and has been a volunteer at the Birregurra Community Health Centre for the past 13 years.

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Geoffrey Knight (P’63) was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for significant service to professional dental associations, and to the community. Geoff is an internationally renowned expert in aesthetic and adhesive dentistry, pioneering several innovative clinical procedures and publishing more than 100 articles in international dentistry journals. He has served as President of the Victorian Branch of the Australian Dental Association (1995-96), Chair of the Dental Practice Committee of the Australian Dental Association (1996-2000) and has been Honorary Visiting Lecturer at the University of Papua New Guinea Dental School since 2007. He received a Distinguished Service Award from Australian Dental Association in 2013 and is an Honorary Life Member of the PNG Dental Association. Geoff has also served as President of the Rotary Club of Brighton, Director of the East Yarra Friendly Society, and Chair of the Brighton Recreation Centre.

Alistair Horne (Ge’67) was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for service to youth through Scouts. Alistair began as Assistant Cub Leader at 1st Heatherdale Scout Group in 1985 before becoming Scout Leader in 1991. He was appointed District Commissioner for the Whitehorse District in 1998 and served as State Commissioner of Scouts Victoria for eight years (2000-07). Alistair has continued to hold a variety of executive roles at Scouts Victoria, including Executive Manager and General Secretary. He is currently Assistant State Commissioner (Training) and is also responsible for the ANZA Scout Group based in Singapore. In 2016, Alistair was awarded the Silver Kangaroo, which is the highest award for adult leaders in Scouts Australia.

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Justin Miller (Cu’79) was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for significant service to the museums and galleries sector, and to the community. Justin is one of Australia’s most trusted art advisors has been instrumental in the sale of many of Australia’s most iconic artworks during his career in the fine art auction industry, which includes 11 years as Chairman of Sotheby’s Australia. He is also a Director and Foundation Trustee of the Sydney Theatre Company, a member of the board of Governors of the Taronga Zoo and an Ambassador of the Australian Museum of Contemporary Art. He holds an Honours degree in Fine Art and Anthropology from the University of Sydney and is an approved valuer for the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program. David Jones (Cu’82) was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for significant service to the museums and galleries sector, and to the community. David was Chair of the National Museum of Australia (2015-2021), having served as a Council Member since 2010. He is also a Board Member of the Cape York Partnership and a member of the Leadership Council of Social Ventures Australia. David has over 30 years’ experience in investment markets and is currently Executive Director of VGI Partners Limited. He began his career as a business analyst at McKinsey & Co. in 1987. He holds a Mechanical Engineering degree from the University of Melbourne (First Class Honours) and a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School.

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Philip Cornish (Cu’73) was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for significant service to the telecommunications sector, and to the community. Well-known for establishing Vodafone in Australia in 1990, Philip was Director of Vodafone Australasia until 2001 and has continued involvement in the telecommunications industry, serving on the Federal Telecommunications Export Task Force, Austel Law Enforcement Advisory Committee (ASMA) and Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman (TIO) Council. He is a Director of the Telco Together Foundation and has served as a Governor of The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, and a Director of the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) Foundation, establishing the Cornish Family Prize for Art and Design Publishing. He was Vice-President of the Melbourne International Festival of the Arts and is a long-time supporter the Melbourne Writers’ Festival.

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Heide Museum of Modern Art celebrated its 40th anniversary as a public art museum in November. The sprawling site, with three distinct exhibition buildings and 16 acres of heritage-listed gardens and a sculpture park, was a rundown dairy farm on Melbourne’s fringe before it became the home of John Reed (M’21) and his wife Sunday (née Baillieu) in 1934. The Reeds named the property Heide in reference to the impressionist art movement that developed in nearby Heidelberg in the 1880s. John and Sunday shared a passion for art, literature, nature, and innovation. They transformed Heide into an alternative community for the avantgarde. “It became a meeting place for modernist artists and an incubator for modern culture as the Reeds opened their home to similarly inspired people,” Anson Cameron (M’78) explained in his profile of John in 100 Exceptional Stories (Hardie Grant, 2014). “Heide cultivated a bohemian atmosphere that would empower young artists to take risks and explore.” Those young artists would become some of Australia’s best-known modernist painters, including Sidney Nolan (who painted his iconic Ned Kelly series in the dining room), Joy Hester, John Perceval, Albert Tucker, Danila Vassilieff and Arthur Boyd in the 1940s, followed by Charles Blackman and Mirka Mora in the 1950s.

The Reeds amassed a vast art collection (including the Kelly paintings, which Nolan left at Heide as a parting gift to Sunday, who was his lover and muse) and outgrew the original farmhouse (Heide I). In 1963, they commissioned architect David McGlashen to design a new residence, Heide II, which has been described as “Australia’s pre-eminent example of international modernism”. Heide II was designed as “a gallery to be lived in” and it was the Reeds home until the property was purchased by the Victorian Government. It was opened as a public art museum and park in November 1981. Both John and Sunday died shortly afterwards, in December 1981, ten days apart – their ashes were scattered at the base of a river red gum on the hillside between their two houses.

Their story is a significant and colourful thread that weaves through the fabric of modern art and literature in Australia. It is layered with mythology and scandal, from Nolan’s complex relationship with the Reeds and later marriage to John’s sister Cynthia Nolan (Reed, The Hermitage ’26), to the infamous Ern Malley poems published by the Angry Penguins literary journal co-edited by John and Max Harris – Ern Malley was a hoax perpetrated to undermine the legitimacy of modernist poetry, which later inspired the 2003 novel My Life as a Fake by Peter Carey (FB’60). The story of the Reeds and the Heide Circle has been a source of public fascination for decades, retold and reinterpreted through films like Absolutely Modern directed by Philippe Mora (son of Mirka) in 2013, and books like Modern Love: The Lives of John & Sunday Reed (Miegunyah Press, 2015) by Lesley Harding and Kendrah Morgan. “The Reeds made no friends among their own class by establishing an artistic salon dedicated to modernist art in a time of political orthodoxy and cultural conservatism,” Anson Cameron observed in 100 Exceptional Stories. “At a glance, John Reed might look like a mere patron. In truth, being the sponsor of a movement neither understood nor desired by your country takes the courage and conviction of a missionary.” John’s early years were spent in Tasmania, where his English-born father Henry Reed had sheep stations and homesteads at Logan and Mount Pleasant. John attended boarding school in England but, at the outbreak of World War I, returned to Australia and was enrolled at GGS in 1915. He read Arts and Law at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, and returned to Australia to complete further studies at Melbourne University before joining the law firm Blake & Riggall in 1926, becoming a partner in 1933, and setting up his own private practice in 1935. Sunday was the daughter of well-known Melbourne businessman Arthur Sydney Baillieu, who was a director of Baillieu Allard real estate and the Commercial Bank of Australia. She completed her education at St Catherine’s School, whilst the younger of her two brothers, Everard Baillieu (P’32), attended GGS. Sunday was 21 when she married American Leonard Quinn in 1926 and the newlyweds spent two years travelling in Europe, where

she contracted a sexually transmitted disease which left her infertile and was subsequently abandoned by her husband in Paris. John met Sunday at a tennis party in Melbourne in 1930. Her divorce was finalised the following year and they married in January 1932. Together, they formed an extraordinary partnership that had an enormous influence on the direction of contemporary art in Australia.

Their legacy lives on at the Heide Museum of Modern Art, which is now regarded as one of Australia’s most important cultural institutions. A new purpose-built gallery (Heide III) designed by Andrew Andersons was added to the complex in 1993. This building was extended when Heide underwent major redevelopments in 2005–06, when the Sidney Myer Education Centre was built, and Heide II and the surrounding gardens were restored. Now in its 40th year as a public art museum, Heide’s programming balances retrospectives of significant Australian artists with showcasing emerging talent, like the current exhibition of Singaporean/Australian sculptor Nabilah Nordin. “Supporting emerging talent was what the Reeds did and that’s what Heide is still doing,” Chair of the Venice Biennale Council, Kerry Gardner, recently told The Age. LIGHT BLUE - GEELONG GRAMMAR SCHOOL

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Alexandra (Alex) Foster (Cl’07) and Tamim Batcha, a son, Tamim Foster, on 7 March 2021 Ella née Cooper (Cl’05) and Julien Denizot, a son, Louis Gaspard Addison, on 22 May 2021 Frances and Myles Gillespie (M’08), a daughter, Angharad Elizabeth, on 18 August 2021 Chelsea and Rob Hunter (M’03), a son, Alexander George Kimpton, on 18 July 2021 Jacqui McKendrick (He’08) and Hugh McDonald, a son, Thomas Hamish, on 10 May 2021

Edward Percy (Eddie) Oldham (1940-48) on 28 June 2021

Edmund Ferrier Dickson (1946-53) on 8 November 2021

Deborah Pahor née Wilkins (Clyde 195056) on 7 September 2020

Margaret Henrietta (Mitzi) Everett née Herman (Clyde 1950-54) on 18 November 2020

Jeffrey Ronald (Jeff) Peck (1940-42) on 28 June 2021

David Otway Falkiner (1954-58) on 30 January 2021 Alison Hope Foran née Garnett (The Hermitage 1961-62, Clyde 1963-69) on 20 September 2021 Jennifer (Jennie) Gorman née Lowing (Clyde 1957-62) on 11 November 2019 Rodney John (Rod) Granat (1945-49) on 9 September 2021 Rosemary Robyn Green (The Hermitage 1965-69) on 17 May 2021

Deaths

Diana Jane Griffin née Rouse (Clyde 196569) on 16 June 2019

Bruce David Adams (1946-50) on 23 July 2021

Rhonda Lillian (Plum) Haet née Rutherford (Clyde 1939-44) on 21 May 2019

John Wield Adams (1945-49) on 27 October 2021 Charles Brian (Brian) Adey (1937-41) on 1 August 2021 Mark Steven Andrew (1972-76) on 22 May 2021 Angela Mary McLaren Archer née John (The Hermitage 1954-58) on 7 September 2021 Lady Henrietta Margaret Elizabeth Bennett née Crane (Clyde 1940-41) on 4 December 2018

Alison Jill Hemingway (The Hermitage 1975, GGS 1976-80) on 2 May 2021 Sophie Jacqueline Fern (Fern) Henderson née Welsh (Clyde 1951-59) on 8 July 2021 Ian Leslie Hore-Lacy (1950-58) on 2 December 2021 Beatrice Margaret Hortin née Winterbottom (The Hermitage 1943) on 15 November 2021 Paul Anthony Jaboor (1949-55) on 9 September 2021

John Matthew Bigge (1955-60) on 7 October 2021

John Daniel Jaffe (1965-69) on 18 October 2021

Montague Phillip (Monte) Bonwick (1954-60) on 14 October 2020

Phyllis Kathleen Kiggell née Thompson (Clyde 1941-44) on 9 January 2020

Audrey Diana Brayne née Thompson (Clyde 1941-44) on 21 April 2021

Monica MacIntosh MacCallum (Clyde 1935-39) on 22 December 2018

Christian Robert Seaforth Bright (1982-85) on 8 August 2021

John Fraser Maddison (1960-61) on 5 October 2021

Andrew John Cameron (1969-73) on 3 August 2021

Suzanne Maddison née Berry-Smith (Clyde 1941-42) on 15 March 2018

Barrie Campbell Coltman (1947-50) on 3 September 2021

Thelma Iris (Bill) Mappin née Birdsey (The Hermitage 1928-39) on 19 May 2021

Owen McKay (Kay) Coltman (1944-46) on 20 July 2021

Thomas Haxton (Tom) McNeilly (1943-46) on 15 June 2021

Dr John Maurice Court AM (1935-47; Staff 1995-2010) on 2 July 2021

Diana Margaret Mills née Wolfhagen (Clyde 1941) on 27 February 2021

Margot McEwin Craddock née Goss (The Hermitage 1946-53) on 22 June 2021

Jocelyn Eleanor Moore née Shipp (Clyde 1947-49) on 30 March 2019

Patricia (Tink) Diamond née Hoban (Clyde 1948-50) on 7 December 2018

David Glen Morley (1988-89) on 16 May 2021 Lisa Anne Napier née Sutherland (198488) on 26 July 2021

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Beverley Julia Pepper née Britten (The Hermitage 1949) on 1 March 2021 Margaret Letitia Pickering née Shaw (Clyde 1944-45) on 14 March 2006 Joshua John (Jos) Pitt (1934-37) on 13 August 2021 Roslyn Irene Lempriere Poulton née Agnew (Clyde 1941-45) on 31 July 2020 Margaret Gillian (Gillian) Preston née Tomkinson (The Hermitage 1947-57) on 9 May 2021 Minnie (Billie) Rowley née Patching (The Hermitage 1941-46) on 17 September 2021 William Nicholas Wright (Nick) Scott (1961-64) on 26 September 2021 Elizabeth Irma Sevior née Creswell (194548) on 25 September 2021 Janet Bowman Shea-Simonds née White (The Hermitage 1952-64) on 11 June 2021 Stephen Peter (Steve) Solomonson (Staff 2007-21) on 1 July 2021 Anne Catherine Stranks née Bingley (The Hermitage 1950-58) on 19 January 2021 John David (David) Street (1956-57) on 30 November 2021 Julian Peter Stutt (1985-88) on 27 November 2020 Timothy David Swann (1988-91) on 20 November 2021 Jeanette McLaurin (Jennifer) Symonds née Falkiner (Clyde 1951-52) on 16 October 2021 William Stephen Villiers (Bill) Tunbridge (1951-63) on 19 August 2021 Vivien Marguerite Watts née de Vreugt (Clyde 1975) on 1 August 2019 Miriam Louisa Welton née Williams (Clyde 1968) on 19 May 2021

Marriages Nicholas Bouvier (A’08) married Emma Greenland on 26 June 2021 Edward (Teddy) Laycock (P’04) married Crystal Whiteley on 20 March 2021 Peter Morphett (FB’07) married Loryn Johnston on 15 May 2021 Gavin Wylie (FB’11) married Samantha Jai West on 21 August 2021

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Brian Dickinson (1945-47) on 24 August 2020

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GEELONG GRAMMAR SCHOOL GEELONG GRAMMAR FOUNDATION DINNER

Thursday, 7 April 2022 State Library Victoria, The Ian Potter Queen’s Hall, Melbourne, Victoria Book online www.ggs.vic.edu.au/community/events

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MONARCH OF THE MOUNTAIN

A YEAR OF INTENTIONAL