The Haileyburian Anniversary Edition 2012 by Haileybury

The Haileyburian

120 years anniversary

1892 -2012

CONTENTS

Haileybury Today

Haileybury People

History

HAILEYBURY IN 2012

Arts

1892 –1906

A DIVERSE COMMUNITY

Business

1907 – 1921

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Law

1922 – 1936

SPORT

Sport

1937 – 1951

ACADEMIC RESULTS AND UNIVERSITY STUDY

Social Justice

1952 – 1966

Teachers

1967 – 1981

CLASSICS AND LATIN

Academic

1982 – 1996

MUSIC AT HAILEYBURY

Science and Innovation

1997 – 2012

Politics

Contributors

Haileybury Foundation

Tom Poulton Derek Scott Bill Waters Keith White Sarah Bryant

In Haileybury’s 120th year, we have at last established a formal structure to support regular giving to Haileybury. Three funds have now been established and have received ‘deductible gift recipient’ status from the Australian Taxation Office: the Haileybury Scholarship Fund, the Haileybury Building Fund and the Haileybury Library Fund. We are delighted that a number of members of the Haileybury community have decided to show the way to others by donating to one or more of these Funds since our launch.

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For further information or to make a donation, please contact Russell Davidson on 9213 2218 or russelldavidson@haileybury.vic.edu.au

CHAIRMAN’S REPORT 120 YEARS OF CHANGE – WITH MORE TO COME Over those 120 years Haileybury has developed many outstanding traditions, but it is not hidebound by them. Rather, Haileybury has grown and re-invented itself in a continuous quest for relevance to its community, successful achievement of its ambitions, and greatness. Successive outstanding, often brilliant, headmasters and principals have successfully led Haileybury through difficult times, and answered great challenges while making their mark on the School. They have been supported by parents and committed, highly skilled, staff members. Charles Rendall (Headmaster from 1892 to 1914) established a small school on the corner of New Street and South Road in Brighton – an English public school in a land that was not England. The School progressed under Louis Berthon (1915 to 1922) and Sydney Dickinson (1923 to 1942) despite periods of global war and immense economic difficulty. Under Dickinson, Haileybury acquired the Castlefield property, where it developed strongly under Sholto Black (1942 to 1953).

David Bradshaw (1954 to 1973) led the School into membership of the APS and saw the need for the acquisition of the Keysborough property and the development of a campus there. A period of great building took place under Michael Aikman (1974 to 1998) when Haileybury also acquired and began to develop its Berwick Campus. Robert Pargetter (1999-2007) continued great capital works and introduced parallel education as he brilliantly led the School into its second century. The French sometimes say “Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose” (the more things change, the more they remain the same), but the more Haileybury has changed, the greater it has become. It will continue to change under Derek Scott and, through that change, it will surely achieve its vision of recognition as a great world school. Vivat Haileyburia! Tom Poulton Chairman of Haileybury Council

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT 2012: A LOT TO BE PROUD OF Haileybury’s 120th anniversary comes as the School enjoys strong academic performance from its students; offers them a breadth of sporting, cultural and social opportunities; has a strong reputation for innovation and a successful international program. Haileybury is also one of the largest independent schools in Australia and one of its real strengths is its diversity. This is reflected in three different campuses under the ‘One School’ banner and the wonderful cultural and ethnic diversity of the community. The 120th Anniversary Special Edition of the Haileyburian provides an overview of the history of the School, notes the achievements of a few of the graduates of Haileybury, and gives an update of some of the current programs in place. All the Haileybury community should have great pride in the history of the School.

Haileybury has graduated more than 10,000 students over the past 120 years. Only a few of them are mentioned here and several lists of equally interesting alumni and staff could have been created. It is not meant to be, by any means, an exhaustive list but rather, is intended to highlight the breadth of endeavours that the Haileybury community has been successful in. Of course, the fact that Haileybury was a boys school for most of its history is reflected in the writings on interesting alumni. Haileybury Girls College graduated its first students in 2007 – it is wonderful that this edition of the Haileyburian shows how quickly so many of them are making their mark. DEREK SCOTT PRINCIPAL

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Haileybury Today

HAILEYBURY IN 2012 Haileybury is one of the largest independent schools in Australia, with more than 3500 students. The 120-year history shows that Haileybury has had a strong capacity to reinvent itself to adapt to changing times and the needs of society.

Haileybury’s success in 2012 can be attributed to outstanding teaching producing strong academic performance, small class sizes resulting in individual attention for students, Parallel Education – an effective method of teaching for boys and girls, a commitment to social justice, and the development of a global outlook for staff and students.

a vibrant, thriving, contemporary education institution

The framework for Haileybury’s contemporary success goes back to a challenging time in the mid-1990s when Haileybury’s numbers had dropped to 1500 students, not enough to sustain three campuses. The Council, led by Justice Ross Sundberg, made the bold decision to appoint Dr Robert Pargetter, a former Deputy Vice Chancellor at Monash University, as Principal and gave him licence to drive through the changes required. The results were dramatic as Pargetter introduced girls through the Parallel Education model, significantly changed and broadened the curriculum, introduced a Pre-Senior Program and three-year VCE, announced that Senior Schools would open at Berwick and Brighton, and commenced an extensive building program. The changes did come at a cost, with some long serving staff being forced out and initial resistance from some members of the community.

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Pargetter’s vision quickly took hold, however, as evidenced by the rapid increase in enrolments of boys and the strong numbers of girls who joined the School. The School courted controversy in 2006 with the large scale enrolment of girls on scholarships. Pargetter was keen to ensure that the Girls Senior School (Years 10-12) had enough numbers to quickly develop its own Haileybury Girls College culture. 370 girls commenced in Years 10-12 in late October 2006 as the first group at Haileybury Girls College Senior School. Pargetter did not live to see the first group of girls graduate. His Haileybury legacy is strong: a vibrant, thriving, contemporary education institution. Taking over as Principal in 2008, Derek Scott refocused the academic program through curriculum changes, a strong professional development program for teaching staff and a commitment to merit-based pay. In addition, the School has broadened its international outlook with opportunities and benefits for staff and students. Principal Scott has emphasised that students should have a commitment to social justice. This has been embraced by students and staff at all levels of the School.

A DIVERSE COMMUNITY Haileybury is a diverse, multi-cultural community. The School respects cultural diversity and promotes strong connections with local communities and a sense of mutual respect between the different components of the School community. Haileybury has a proudly global outlook.

According to census data one-fifth of Australia’s population was born overseas or had one or both parents born overseas. People in Australia recognise multiple cultural and ethnic backgrounds, while still being proudly Australian. Former Prime Minister John Howard was not a supporter of multi-culturalism but his government still recognised that Australians could be proud of their diverse cultural heritage by introducing dual citizenship rights at the turn of the century. Haileybury’s graduating class of 2011 had students from around 40 different cultural and ethnic backgrounds. As an example, the graduating boys with surnames starting with S were: Salgado, Saraswat, Sathasivam, Schneider, Scully, Sealock, Secatore, Seccull, Shand-Gost, Shanmugananthakumar, Shearn, Shen, Shimmin, Siapkas, Siu, Smallman, Spasevski, Stevenson, and Sun – a wonderful collection of young men with a great diversity of ethnic and cultural heritage. Haileybury students have a wealth of opportunities to expand their cultural horizons. The curriculum, too, reflects a global outlook; language study is compulsory to Year 9 and there are many opportunities for travelling. In 2011 Haileybury students will have been a part of trips to Japan, China, France (three trips), United States, Mauritius, Indonesia, United Kingdom and Nepal. As well as these trips, in 2012 additional trips will be going to the Galapagos Islands, Cambodia and Sri Lanka. Haileybury has hosted students from Indonesia, France, Japan and China.

Haileybury staff are involved in delivering the VCE in partnership with six schools in China and Haileybury recently opened its office in Shanghai to promote this program. The teaching staff will also be involved in the delivery of the VCE in Dili in 2012. In 2011, staff also attended the American Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) Annual Conference in San Francisco – the largest education conference in America. Six staff completed an education course at Harvard and participation in the International Baccalaureate has seen many staff engaging in detailed discussion with colleagues from other countries. Haileybury’s international outlook is encapsulated in the School’s Mission: “To develop high achieving students who are connected globally, to each other and to the communities in which they live and which they will serve.”

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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Haileybury is moving into an exciting new phase of information technology use with the deployment of a major iPad trial at the School in 2012.

All Year 9 students across all campuses and an additional group of students at Berwick have received iPads for use at School and at home. Haileybury has a well-developed Learning Management System, Haileybury Online, which delivers coursework and information to students when they access it from their computers or other portable devices. The iPad trial will assess the best use of iPads for research in the classroom, suitable applications for specific subjects and the use of eBooks. The trial takes place with the full knowledge that, for the foreseeable future, students will still be expected to complete hand written, highstakes subject examinations at the end of their Unit 3 and 4 subjects and their International Baccalaureate studies.

the School is anticipating a 50 per cent reduction in the use of paper

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Haileybury spent $2.5 million on an IT infrastructure upgrade in 2010. This upgrade has left the School in a strong position to roll out the iPads. With some additional work done on wireless points students will have access to online learning from anywhere within the School grounds. The iPad will extend learning beyond the classroom with the provision of quality digital resources. With students being in charge of their own iPad, it will promote an increase in independent as well as collaborative learning. There is also an environmental benefit: With the majority of classwork being completed on the iPad and transferred electronically to teachers, the School is anticipating a 50 per cent reduction in the use of paper. A significant portion of the cost of the initial phase of the iPad deployment is being funded by the Federal Governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Digital Education Revolution money. Haileybury is aiming to move to a full iPad deployment for students in Years 5 to 12 in 2013.

SPORT Cricket and Classics was the formula the founder of Haileybury, Charles Rendall, used to develop young men. Today Haileybury has reintroduced Classics but the sport program is a far cry from the tight range of traditional sports offered for much of Haileybury’s history.

While many will fondly remember the 1970s when the entire school turned out to watch a 1st XVIII Football game, Haileybury today offers more than 40 sports for the boys and girls of the School. More than 2000 students play for the School on Saturdays during the main weeks of the summer and winter season. The underlying philosophy of the Haileybury sport program is that all students should be able to find a sport they can enjoy participating in and all students should have some success within their chosen sport. Haileybury had some of its most successful years for sport, in terms of Premierships won, between 2000 and 2006. This did come with controversy though, as the School ran an extensive sporting scholarship program which was resented by some competitor schools – despite many of them having their own scholarship programs.

Haileybury today has a scholarship program based on academic performance and a social justice commitment to provide some scholarships for students who would not otherwise be able to afford Haileybury. Without many sporting scholarships the Haileybury premiership cupboard is not quite as full, however, the spirit of students who have earned the right to play in a 1st team is extremely strong and Haileybury’s teams are well trained and playing with great energy and enthusiasm. In 2011 Haileybury won premierships in boy’s table tennis and rugby and state titles in volleyball, golf, sailing and aerobics. The girls won an APS diving championship, volleyball premiership and state titles in aerobics, sailing, golf, beach volleyball and crosscountry. Haileybury, of course, is still a strong APS cricket performer. In December the team played in the first APS 20/20 competition. Mr Rendall might not have approved!

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ACADEMIC RESULTS AND UNIVERSITY STUDY The very first student enrolled at Haileybury in 1892, Barney Allen, was a strong academic who went on to study Classics at the University of Melbourne. He then became a university lecturer and Vice-Master of Ormond College. Ever since Allen set the example, Haileybury has been encouraging its students to aim for a university degree. Class of 2011 – high achieving students

BARNEY ALLEN

This year the university landscape for Haileybury graduates has changed significantly with the introduction of many of the recommendations put forward in the higher education review conducted by Emeritus Professor Denise Bradley in 2008. The Bradley Review implementation means that in 2012 students will enter a deregulated university entrance market. For the first time universities will have the flexibility to decide the courses they will offer and the number of students they will accept. The Bradley Review noted that Australia was facing a significant shortage of people with university qualifications and that demand for these people

For the first time universities will have the flexibility to decide the courses they will offer and the number of students they will accept

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was outstripping supply. To overcome this, deregulation of university places was proposed alongside a ‘voucher’ system whereby the money for a course follows the student, rather than the university receiving it and being able to offer a place. In addition, the Federal Government has set a target of 40% of young people attaining a minimum bachelor level qualification by 2020. The Federal Government has allocated $491 million over four years with the particular aim of funding an additional 50,000 university places by 2013. For Haileybury students this is good news as the demand-driven system is predicted to increase participation and should give students a better chance of winning a place in their first preference course.

Joseph Moore achieved the highest possible ATAR of 99.95 placing him in the top 0.05% in Australia

L-R: DUX Joseph Moore with fellow high achievers, Kenneth Lam and Darien Narain

All 39 Australian universities have indicated that they are aiming to increase their student numbers. The danger of this is that universities may lower standards in order to attract students and meet specific student number targets; however, getting a university place is still dependent on students attaining a sound Australian Tertiary Admission Ranking (ATAR). Haileybury students achieved outstanding ATAR results in 2011: 10% were 98 or above (top 2% in the country), 35% were 90 or above (top 10%), 62% were over 80 (top 20%) and 80% were over 70 (top 30%). All of the students with an ATAR over 60 will have the opportunity to attend university.

Haileybury students also achieved some remarkable individual subject results: 21% of girls and 20% of boys achieved a Study Score of 40 and above, placing the students in the top 8% for those subjects. 25 perfect Study Scores of 50 were achieved. This is a record for Haileybury. Joseph Moore achieved the highest possible ATAR of 99.95, placing him in the top 0.05% in Australia. In recent years, 78% of boys and 90% of girls have chosen to go to university, 12% of boys and 6% of girls have gone to TAFE and 8% of boys and 2% of girls have chosen apprenticeships. Monash University is the most popular university for Haileybury students, followed by University of Melbourne, Deakin University, Victoria University and Swinburne University.

2011 Results: 10% of all students in the top 2% in the Country. 80% of all students in the top 30% in the Country

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CLASSICS AND LATIN Charles Rendall founded Haileybury in 1892 for the study of Classics and the playing of cricket. Haileybury continued with Classics right through until the late 1980s. A lack of numbers saw it disappear from the curriculum but it was brought back in 2006 on the basis that a leading academic school should have a Classics program.

Students who are in the top 10% in Humanities studies during their Year 7 academic year are invited to join a special Classics and Latin Program through Years 8 and 9 before having the option to continue with one or both of the studies through the Senior School Program.

been outstanding, with an average scaled study score of 49.6 across the two years. In 2010, Brittany Van Der Lugt was in the top five students in the state in Latin. Brittany was also the DUX of Haileybury Girls College in 2011 with an outstanding ATAR of 99.85.

The program is co-ordinated by Chris Scholten-Smith, a Classics scholar who is also fluent in Mandarin Chinese.

The Classics component at VCE Units 1-4 has been run by Jeremy Daly, Head of History and Politics, since 2009. He has expanded the program to include both Greek and Roman history and philosophy as well as epic poetry, complementing the work done in Years 8-9.

The selected students (the highest-achieving 30 students of the year level) do two years of Classics; reading Homer, Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides. They also study mythology and classical history, and are responsible for structuring their own responses to a number of rich, open-ended tasks. In addition they also do a highly intensive two-year Latin course which prepares them for VCE. Students have commented on the organisational strategies the study of Classics and Latin has taught them. Students have the option of doing VCE Units 1-4 in both or either subject in Years 10-11. The results for the two cohorts of Latin students who have completed the program have

The philosophy that underpins the model is that Classics is, as it has always been, about achieving a truly rounded education, which teaches students as much about who they are and what they believe as course content. Gordon Chen, completing Units 3-4 Latin in 2011, summed it up consummately: “It has been a privilege to participate in the Latin and Classics Program, a journey filled with challenges but which has also been incredibly fulfilling. Being a student of the Classics is now something I consider to be part of my identity and a source of great pride.”

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MUSIC AT HAILEYBURY The Haileybury Music Department provides an extraordinary range of opportunities for students of all ages across all campuses. The Music Department has a dynamic leader in Amanda Rowarth who is in her second year at Haileybury.

In 2011 the Department provided individual instrumental tuition for 641 music students. A further 153 students were involved in the compulsory Year 2 String Program, 68 students studied VCE or International Baccalaureate Music and a further 25 were involved in the VET Music Industry course of study. A remarkable 707 places were available in the various music ensembles based at each of the three campuses and Senior School. At Berwick alone there were 14 music ensembles for Middle School students to be involved in, with similar opportunities available at Brighton and Newlands.

A remarkable 707 places were available in the various music ensembles

The Senior School Winter Concert, always a highlight of the Haileybury Music calendar, saw 102 students take the stage. Another favourite event on the calendar is Jazz in the Inn, which sees Haileybury’s many jazz ensembles take over the Berwick Inn for a lively evening of entertainment as parents and friends watch on over a meal and a drink. Some of the outstanding repertoire presented at concerts this year has included works by prominent composers from many musical genres. From the orchestral music of Bernstein (West Side Story) and Mussorgsky (Night On Bald Mountain) through to exciting

contemporary pieces from the Wind Symphony and Stage Band (Bublé and Johnson). Chamber Music groups have performed a Piano Trio by Beethoven and a Guitar Quintet by Boccherini. Many students have had the opportunity to be featured as soloists performing the beautiful Violin Concerto by Bruch, the first Organ Symphony by Guilmant and some jazz works by Miles Davis. 34 music students also embarked on a highly successful tour of the East Coast of the United States at the end of Term 1. Accompanied by five staff, the students had a major performance every second day. Performance venues varied and students had to adapt as an ensemble to each new setting, often without rehearsal or sound-check. On every occasion they performed with distinction. Boston was a particular favourite for the students who immersed themselves in American school culture and the Boston music and academic scene. Three of Haileybury’s notable music performers in 2011 have been Year 9 students, Edward Chua and Allan Tao and Year 12 student, Koon-Siong Tan. Edward and Allan both achieved a Distinction in their Licentia of Music Diploma, a university level qualification, while in Year 9. Koon-Siong is the first of Haileybury’s organ scholars. In 2011 he enjoyed a three week organ training expedition to the United Kingdom where he honed his skill with organ players from around the world. Koon-Siong played the organ for his VCE music program. Niran Dasika finished off a fine year for Haileybury musicians by achieving a maximum Study Score of 50 for Music Investigation.

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Haileybury People

The following profiles are by no means a comprehensive list, but rather a brief overview of a small handful of past students who have achieved in their chosen fields. The introduction of Senior Girls in late 2006 has meant that young and aspiring past students from Haileybury Girls College are included in some of the following fields.

THE ARTS William Delafield Cook 1952 Elton John bought five of Bill Cook’s paintings at one of his London exhibitions. Based in the UK, Bill’s work sells for six-figure amounts internationally, and he exhibits in many of the world’s great galleries. His paintings possess a magical detail, perspective and sense of reality, perhaps reflecting the fact that at times he has been influenced by photographic works. He is a fine painter of abstracts, but is known also for evocative landscapes, many of which feature Australian scenes. Bill obviously inherited a portion of his artistic talent from his grandfather of the same name, who was associated with the 19th-century Heidelberg School of Australian painting. At Haileybury, Bill was a fine all-rounder, being Deputy School Captain in 1952, a prominent opening batsman in the 1st cricket team and determined footballer, secretary of the Music Club, staff sergeant in the Cadets and winner of the Citizenship Prize in his final year.

Ross Wilson 1966 A magnificent survivor from the early days of Australian rock, Ross is an Australian ‘rock’n roll’ legend. At school in the wild 1960s he formed a rock band the Pink Finks, which performed around the Brighton area. His group Daddy Cool morphed into one of the great Australian bands. He penned the legendary anthem Eagle Rock and John Farnham’s hit Touch of Paradise. Best heard live, Ross is a multi-talented singer, composer and producer of numerous memorable rock ballads, and remains 10 120 YEARS 1892-2012 HAILEYBURY PEOPLE

as young-at-heart as ever, continuing to perform regularly around Australia and beyond.

Ian Henderson 1970 As one of the most recognisable faces in Victoria, Ian embodies the perfect mix of gravitas and good humour as he reads the news on ABC television each weeknight. Career moments which remain indelible in his memory include reporting the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, adjudicating state election debates, and serving as MC at functions for Nelson Mandela, the Dalai Lama and at the memorial service for Victoria’s Black Saturday bushfires. He is inspired by the values of loyalty and the power of positive thinking. This latter quality has sustained him through years of supporting the Melbourne Football Club. Of school days he recalls contributing seven goals to a school record Under 15 score of 33.20 (218) against Geelong College in 1968, and leading the School’s first debate against the girls of St Leonard’s. He claims the girls won on the grounds that they were better looking!

Adam Elliot 1989 An Academy Award for Harvie Krumpet as the best Short Animation Film for 2003 made Adam a household name. But Krumpet is only one example of his prolific output. His clay animated biographies are based on real lives and real issues. His quiet, mild manner belies an intense work ethic and a burning desire

to articulate the cause of the underdog and those marginalised in society – all this while entertaining his audience at the same time! Into realism rather than fantasy, he is now working on a six-year project to produce, what he calls, a full-length romantic comedy exploring the human psyche. This movie, to be named Ernee, is directed to an international audience. Nevertheless, he remains a devout Melburnian, with strong links to the artistic work of Barrie Humphries, Geoffrey Rush and Michael Leunig. Adam has very happy memories of his time at Haileybury, especially his forays into school drama, and his performances as a drummer with the pipes and drums. Anyone who recalls Adam’s early work as the Haileybury school cartoonist in the late 1980s will be pleased to hear of the recent release of his cartoon book A-Z of Unfortunate Dogs.

Angie Wong 2011 Angie came to Australia from Hong Kong when she was six and has danced ever since. This has stood her in good stead for the disciplines of life, and she now combines her passion for dance with a commitment to academic success: she finds that one provides a release from the other. Angie started at Newlands in Year 6. She recalls that on reaching Year 10 her perspective on school changed. She expanded her friendship group by meeting students from all three campuses. Prior to her outstanding performance in the 2010 VCE exams, where she achieved a 50/50 perfect score, Angie felt very well-prepared and confident. Undecided on her future, she tosses up between dance and university studies, perhaps in the field of journalism.

business Sir William Vines 1932 Sir William came to Haileybury on an academic scholarship before leaving to forge a career in the wool industry. This was appropriate as he had been raised on a sheep farm in the Riverina. His business career blossomed prior to the outbreak of WWII, where his leadership skills saw him promoted to the rank of Major. He was recommended for gallantry at El Alamein, and was mentioned in despatches. After the war he rose to the highest echelons of rural industry, becoming Managing Director of the International Wool Secretariat in 1961 and holding many directorships in the UK and Australia. He became Chairman of the ANZ Bank, and in 1977 was invested as a Knight Bachelor for his services to rural industry. In 1987 he became a Companion of the Order of Australia. He launched Haileybury’s centenary celebrations at Speech Night 1991. In later life he lived in Sydney until his death in 2011. Robin Fildes OAM 1957 As a member of school cadets in the 1950s, Rob recalls riding his bike to Castlefield with his .303 rifle slung over his shoulder. He harbours great memories of the dedicated and caring teaching staff of that era. Matching a desire to perform to the best of his ability with a strong sense of integrity, Rob possesses an innate ability to interact effectively with people and has carved out a diverse and highly successful career in a variety of business and sporting fields. As an outstanding athlete, Rob played at centre-half-back for Collingwood in the VFL and became Australia’s top decathlete, at his peak ranking no.14 in the world. As an outstanding coach and administrator, he is presently the President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Athletics Australia and Chairman of the successful Fildes Group of companies. Today the Fildes Group of companies includes a manufacturing division, Fildes Food Safety, Stirling Fildes, Source N Supply Hong Kong and financial positions in other companies.

Richard Bouris 1968 Richard’s parents owned a string of restaurants, leading to him attending some eight different schools before landing at Haileybury Castlefield in 1966. This unsettled existence possibly contributed to his sporadic attempts at school examinations and he left Haileybury after failing his Leaving (Year 11) Certificate. Harbouring a desire to pass mathematics so that he could qualify to be become a commercial pilot, he then studied at night school and spent a frustrating period in a menial public service job. In a portent of his latent entrepreneurial skills he paid someone a modest fee to sit his maths exam, passed, and in 1968 returned to Haileybury and achieved a sound pass in Matriculation (Year 12 in those days). After one unsuccessful year at Monash University, he tried several jobs in purchasing; married and became involved in commercial flying operations in New Guinea for three years. Returning to Australia, he eventually founded a little shop in Caulfield called Soundair until in 1983 he and his business partner were offered a small company comprising a single East Keilor store. This blossomed into JB Hi Fi, now Australia’s largest home entertainment retailer and listed on the stock exchange with a sales turnover of $3 billion. Having sold a major share in the business in 2000, Richard now happily assists his son Jeremy, also a former Haileyburian, with his business importing hi-fi equipment. Richard emphasises that success doesn’t happen overnight, that the passion may not always be there, but that sometimes it is necessary to persist at work that is pure drudgery. The important thing to remember is that nearly any job provides some skills and experience, which can come in very handy when future decisions have to be made and opportunities taken.

John Cracknell 1971 John studied science at school aiming to become a pharmacist and was appointed School Captain in 1971. He was a

fine footballer and cricketer, and a Cadet Sergeant-Major, and was highly respected by staff and students alike. Of school days he recalls the winter, kicking the dew off the grass in early morning football matches; and the summer, escaping to the beach after labouring through long, hot days in class at Castlefield. Cadet Camp is etched in the memory bank too: snow, rain, leaking tents and a broken thumb. On leaving school, he worked with Pacific Dunlop where he was General Manager of the Malvern Star Bicycle Division. John was headhunted in 1992 to set up a division of an ‘Entertainment Company’, which turned out to be the Walt Disney Company, and has been there ever since, now as the Senior Vice President and Managing Director. He oversees all lines of Walt Disney business in Australia and New Zealand. He travels extensively and loves his corporate involvement with one of the world’s biggest companies.

Young Women in Business Beth Keamy 2007 Beth was a member of the first group of girls to graduate from Haileybury. After finishing school Beth went on to study a Bachelor of Professional Communication at RMIT. As her final semester drew to a close, Beth was offered an internship at the Sydney office of fashion house, Burberry. Now as their Marketing & Communications Assistant, Beth has started what is hoped to be a long career at the 155-year-old brand.

Amy Dowel 2007 Amy was also a member of the graduating class of 2007. She loved all that Haileybury had to offer and had no regrets about the time she spent at the School. Amy has just completed her 4th and final year of her Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) at Monash University. In January 2012 she will commence work at the large Australian construction engineering company, the Abigroup, in Sydney.

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LAW Sir Wilfred Fullagar 1909 Possessing one of the finest legal minds of his era, Sir Wilfred was a highly decorated barrister and judge. Appointed a King’s Counsel in 1933, he rose to the position of Judge of the Supreme Court of Australia, and was appointed to the High Court in 1950. In the same year, he was knighted. More than simply a wise and knowledgeable exponent of the law, he was noted for his humanity and his lovable nature. Sir Wilfred had been an excellent student from his earliest school days, becoming Dux of Haileybury in 1908 and 1909, and then achieving outstanding results at the University of Melbourne in Latin, Greek, Logic and English. Early school magazines mention his involvement in dramatic performances, and include examples of his fine penchant for creating evocative original poetry. He edited the 1909 edition of The Haileyburian. His commitment to the School was underlined when he was appointed the first Haileybury College Council Chairman in 1938. Sir Wilfred died of a stroke in 1961. Jeffrey Sher QC 1952 Jeff is a distinguished and colourful character who built a stellar career in law in over 50 years of practice. He carries an outstanding reputation forged through his legal work throughout the length and breadth of Australia. He was a Haileybury boarder from 1944 to 1952, under the headmastership of Sholto Black, when Haileybury was a small suburban school based solely in Brighton. Graduating in Law at Melbourne University in 1956, he completed articles and spent two years in practice with a small suburban firm before going to the Bar in 1961. As a Queen’s Counsel he earned a reputation for integrity and hard work, for working tirelessly in the interest of his clients, and for being irresistible in conducting the cross-examination of witnesses. He has worked in all areas of the law: in criminal cases including murder, armed robbery and rape; in civil cases involving

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newspapers fighting to enjoy the freedom to express their views, Royal Commissions and huge defamation claims; and in commercial cases where he represented people such as Cathy Freeman, Shane Warne and a range of high-profile companies. On notable occasions, he appeared for the Northern Land Council, representing aboriginal interests where their land was threatened in northern Australia. As busy people do, Jeff still found time to engage in other interests. Amongst them, he has been Chairman of the Victorian State Opera, and he created from scratch an award-winning boutique vineyard at Red Hill.

Dr Ross Sundberg QC 1960 Ross graduated from Melbourne University as a Bachelor of Laws with first class honours. After being admitted as a barrister and solicitor he took a Master of Laws degree and went on to Oxford University where he graduated as Bachelor of Civil Law with first class honours and was awarded the Vinerian Prize. On returning to Australia he built a highly successful career at the Bar, becoming a QC. He lectured at the University of Melbourne and RMIT and took two further degrees, as a Master of Arts and as a Doctor of Philosophy. Imbued with a desire to serve society and looking for a fresh challenge he was appointed a Judge of the Federal Court where he served from 1995 until his retirement in 2010. This was onerous but satisfying work, in which decisions needed to be both made and satisfactorily explained. Ross was a great contributor to Haileybury, serving as College Chairman from 1998 to 2009 during the years of Dr Pargetter’s principalship. He recalls the Haileybury of his day as a school which lacked the resources of the establishment schools, but which provided some outstanding teachers. He has special recollections of the dedication of Frank Northcott and the caring and nurturing work of Brian Clark.

The Hon Justice Lex Lasry 1966 Lex was a quiet achiever in his days as a boarder at Haileybury, but since completing a law degree at Monash, he has graduated to handling some of Australia’s most high profile criminal cases. He is motivated by clear values: Everyone must get a fair trial when accused by the State of a crime. No Government should kill its citizens. Nobody is above the law. We need to be vigilant concerning abuses of Executive power. In recent years, as a judge of the Supreme Court, he has presided over some of our most notorious murder trials including those of people such as Robert Farquharson, Matthew Johnson and Judith Moran. In his days as a barrister he acted for “Jihad” Jack Thomas, was the Law Council of Australia’s Independent Observer in the Military Commission of David Hicks at Guantanamo Bay, and acted for Australian police officer Peter Halloran in Sierra Leone. He acted for Van Nguyen in Singapore between his arrest in 2002 and his execution in 2005. He regards his time at Haileybury as the most formative time of his earlier life, and values the input of teachers such as Bill Trueman, Jim Brown, Frank Elmore and others. He retains a keen interest in the Old Haileybury Football Club. In his limited spare time he still attempts to race sports cars, where he has achieved some track successes, and he features as the drummer in an ageing lawyers’ rock band.

SPORT Gerry Hazlitt 1906 Louisa Hazlitt offered Headmaster Charles Rendall a deal. She would teach music to his students if he would educate her sons at Haileybury. Rendall agreed, and the result created history. Gerry Hazlitt went on to become the young school’s first Test cricketer. He had other talents, too, being blessed with a fine singing voice and a talent for Classical Studies. Tragically, Gerry suffered from health problems from an early age. His cricketing talents were prodigious, and he played for Victoria whilst still at school. He went on to play nine Tests for Australia, and in 1912 at The Oval in London he skittled the Englishmen with his fast swerve bowling, taking 7 for 25. For a time he tutored at Haileybury and then, on marrying, he moved to King’s School in Parramatta NSW where he earned high respect as a mentor and teacher. Ill health continued to dog him, and he died in 1915 at the tender age of 27. The Hazlitt Oval at Haileybury and the Hazlitt Gates at King’s School perpetuate his name to this day. His great great grandson, Xavier Roche, played for Scots School, Sydney, against Haileybury in a Grade 6 cricket match at Keysborough late in 2011. In 2011, former student James Pattinson (OH 2008) became Haileybury’s second Test Cricketer.

embarked on a harsh training regimen that yielded many more records. In a fourmonth period in 1950 he set 15 world records, over all distances. There is a theory, however, that he burned out and he never managed to win the gold Olympic medal he seemed pre-destined for, winning silver in Helsinki in 1952 and a fifth place in Melbourne in 1956. A glamour figure with model wife Wendy, his post-swimming life was cut short, tragically when he died in a 1957 car accident. The funeral held in the Memorial Hall at Castlefield was the largest the School has seen, with hundreds of well-known Melburnians present.

Her ethos is to make the most of every opportunity she is given. On her trips overseas she spends any spare time travelling and sightseeing. Of her time at school she has special memories of Haileybury’s three consecutive victories in APS swimming and diving, the Year 12 formal, her final school days and the Valedictory Night.

Tom Scully 2009 Laetisha Scanlan 2007 Laetisha’s diminutive figure conceals a huge heart and a tremendous will to win. Her determination, rigorous training program and sense of self-belief enabled her to win a Commonwealth Gold Medal at Delhi in 2010 in the Olympic Trap Pairs. She first became involved in the sport of shooting following the example of her father who shot marauding foxes. Her earliest involvement was in ‘Down the Line’, a variety of trap shooting. As a resident of Berwick, she trains at the Frankston Gun Club in Carrum Downs and, with some support from the Victorian Institute of Sport, she is now aiming towards the 2012 London Olympics. Academically, after Haileybury, she completed a Bachelor of Communication with a Minor in Journalism, and with her bright and incisive personality she may well be destined for a career in some branch of the media.

Controversy has followed Tom Scully since his selection as the AFL No 1 Draft Pick of 2009. After two years at Melbourne, his move to Greater Western Sydney on a multi-million dollar contract has only increased the interest in his future. Tom wore the no.14 guernsey at Haileybury and was a fine on-baller in his three years in the School 1st XVIII. Now he plays AFL alongside and against a number of Old Haileyburians including Stefan Martin, Tyrone Vickery, Jack Gunston, Ashley Smith and Alex Silvagni. Lightningquick, skilled and courageous, his ability to clear packs through the use of kick and handball is rarely matched.

Grace Loh 2009

Tom was a little sceptical on coming to Haileybury, but now regards it as one of his best decisions, cherishing the quality people he has met and the life lessons he has learned. Away from football he has been studying Exercise Science and has completed a Personal Trainer’s course. He has explored the possibilities of future work in the media.

A picture of elegance and physical prowess, Grace has enjoyed a fine swimming career, travelling the world to represent Australia in her favoured backstroke event. At the Delhi

He is a devoted family person who values loyalty and honesty, and he knows he gave everything he had to the Demons while playing at Melbourne. Despite his high profile, Tom has always conducted himself in a responsible, mature and undemonstrative manner and this has earned him the respect of those who know him personally.

John Marshall 1948 John Marshall put Haileybury on the map in the late 1940s when his Ian Thorpe-like hunger for world swimming records made him front page news throughout Australia. He loved his football but the risks of injury meant that John was forced to act merely as goal umpire for the School team. This dedication ultimately paid off and he represented Australia at the 1948 London Olympic Games while still a schoolboy. Moving to Yale University, USA he

Commonwealth Games she finished fifth in the final of the 50m event. She won the World Junior Championships in Mexico in both 50m and 100m, and in 2011 was Australian champion in the 50m backstroke. Grace somehow manages to balance a life involving serious physical discipline and study. She is partway through a University of Melbourne Commerce degree, and is looking to a career in business.

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SOCIAL JUSTICE Alec Sewell 1926 Something of a Peter Pan, Sewell was a man who achieved measurable success in many fields, but whose passion was the celebration of the innocence and wonder of childhood. Shrewd investment of his family inheritance ensured material wealth, but Alec eschewed the more obvious trappings, and in later life moved to his childhood home at country Toolangi. Believing that all children deserve a stimulating and stable upbringing, he focused his philanthropy on the young. He eventually bequeathed his home for the use of children in need, and provided scholarships for prospective Haileybury children who needed financial assistance to achieve their obvious potential. The remainder of his estate was passed on to the Ian Potter Foundation to be used for the benefit of young children throughout Australia.

Paul Ronalds 1989 In his early adult life, Paul was a highly competent, well-remunerated corporate lawyer who then became involved in creating a successful internet business wishlist.com.au – an online store for gifts and merchandise. From there, however, he began to question his mission in life, and his drive to help

others influenced a radical change in career direction. He took to working on the streets of Melbourne with the charity Urban Seed. He was deeply affected by a trip to the Thai-Burma border where he saw the impact of human trafficking and enslavement. He travelled to slums in Latin America, Africa, South Asia and elsewhere over six years with World Vision. In 2010, he took up a senior position with the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, implementing social policy to maximising the effective allocation of foreign aid. Paul is a graduate of the St James Ethics Centre’s Vincent Fairfax Fellowship in Ethics and Leadership and has degrees in Economics and Law with Honours from Monash University, a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and a Masters in International Relations from Deakin University.

Ben Sze 2002 Ben and his fiancée Heidi, who he met backstage at a school musical, are actively involved with a children’s home and community service centre for orphaned children named Baan Dada, in western Thailand. Ben and Heidi sponsor a young boy named Mongkon. On visits to the centre, they help with various projects such as vaccination programs, eye checks, the distribution of prescription glasses,

and building works. They also spend a lot of time tutoring in subjects such as English and Mathematics. Ben works at JB Were, a private wealth management firm with a prominent history. He believes that passion, self-belief and commitment are keys to success, and values the qualities of honesty and integrity.

Rebecca Hibbert 2007 An ambition to provide medical help to those in Australia and third-world countries drives Rebecca. She has spent three months in East Africa working with mothers and babies and has seen first-hand the desperate plight of women and children. She has observed the rejection and isolation of women who, through no fault of their own, suffered injury in childbirth. One day she hopes to be involved in providing essential surgery to overcome this inequality. She has already completed a Bachelor of Nursing at Monash, and now is completing a graduate year at Royal Children’s Hospital in the Neurology Ward. How did she cope coming to Haileybury for one year? She was stunned by its size and facilities, by the opportunities provided, but more importantly by the fact that the students had a voice, and were treated on equal terms by the teaching staff.

TEACHERS Morris Brown 1956 As the weather warms, 72-year-old Morris is still seen on the Rendall Oval instructing students in the finer points of athletics. His ability to marshal chaotic hordes of students into orderly heats of competing sprinters is marvelled at by his peers, many of whom are less than half his age. He has spent his life at Haileybury, commencing as a student in Grade 1 in 1943, and becoming a leader at senior school level in football, cricket and athletics. Enticed back as a young teacher, Morris helped to mastermind Haileybury’s successful sporting era in the 1980s before being appointed APS sports supremo in 1990. A person of unique character, integrity and wise counsel, Morris has played a significant part in Haileybury’s development over the years.

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Melanie Lane Melanie has the sort of bright, infectious and caring personality whose very presence lightens any room she enters. She arrived at Haileybury in 2010 as the first female Head of Science, having forged out an outstanding teaching career as teacher and house tutor at Melbourne Girls Grammar School. Her particular passion is for physics, and she has a special drive to provide girls with the opportunity to study in this field. Melanie embraces every aspect of Haileybury’s myriad activities while still finding time to act as a panel member and Assessor for the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority, to lecture at Melbourne and Monash Universities and at the School for Excellence, and to write on VCE examination subjects for the Education section of The Age.

ACADEMIC Barney Allen 1892 One of the original 17 students of 1892, Barney was lured by Headmaster, Charles Rendall, to the fledgling Haileybury from Scotch in his final year of schooling. As an outstanding Classics student, he was instrumental in establishing Haileybury’s early academic credentials. He went on to achieve high honours at the University of Melbourne and in 1900 was appointed its first Australian-born lecturer in Classics. As Vice-Master at the University’s Ormond College, he resided there for 51 years. Barney was a loyal and dedicated supporter of Haileybury, and was heavily involved in founding the Old Haileyburians Association in 1903.

of Master of Arts in Economics and Doctor of Philosophy at Harvard University. Stephen specialises in microeconomics and industrial economics. Now the Dean of the Faculty of Business and Economics at Monash University, he has researched in many areas involving the application of microeconomics and industrial economics, is widely published internationally and has presented papers around the world. He has built up an outstanding record of academic leadership, scholarship and industry engagement. His greatest memory of Haileybury is of the stimulating and caring teachers who inspired their students to take their studies to a higher level.

A dynamic and dedicated student, Moni was a major contributor in many social and cultural activities at Haileybury. As a fine academic, she became Dux of Haileybury International Baccalaureate in 2008. She is studying for a major in Economics and in Visual & Environmental Studies at Harvard University, while being active in dance troupes, international groups and fashion shows. She spends time between Boston and her native country, Cambodia, where she interns at a mobile banking company.

Dr Leng Lee 1999 A strong academic at school, he was also Vice Captain of the 1st Hockey and 1st Volleyball teams.

Professor Stephen King 1979 Successful in the sciences and mathematics at school, Stephen changed focus at university and studied economics. He graduated as Bachelor of Economics with honours from ANU, receiving the University medal for his undergraduate studies. He later completed a Masters in Economics at Monash University and attained the degrees

Moni Trac 2008

He completed Honours Degrees in Economics and Law and a Diploma of Arts (Politics) at The University of Melbourne before being awarded a 2006 Rhodes Scholarship to study at Oxford University. Leng used the scholarship to complete his Doctorate on the economic and social impact of rural-urban migration in China. With strong interests in education and business, he is now working in a start-up IT online training company in New York.

Pamela Chamberlain

Lynn Wang 2010 The first Haileybury girl to achieve a perfect 99.95% VCE score, Lynn maintained a balanced approach to Year 12 incorporating academics, music and sports. Now studying Commerce at the University of Melbourne, with an ambition to become an actuary, her secret to success is efficient organisation. She likes to work towards clear goals and by following the maxim that “constant dripping hollows out a stone”, proves that persistent little steps count even if they seem insignificant.

Stewart Bell

Pam is a born teacher. From her earliest days as a young graduate at Melbourne Girls Grammar she loved every minute in the classroom. Prior to coming to Haileybury, where she heads the Senior School, she taught at Methodist Ladies College where she held many positions of leadership in both curriculum and pastoral care. She holds a Bachelor of Education and a Masters degree in Human Rights Law from the Monash University Law School.

He grew up on a large sheep station in country NSW, but it was as a boarder at Geelong College that Stewart developed a love of performing and a desire to work in a creative, caring profession. Straight out of university he was appointed to Haileybury in 1982 as a young teacher of English and Drama. Stewart was integral in the School’s intention to rival the achievements in the Arts of the large establishment schools.

Prior to coming to Haileybury, where she is Vice Principal and Head of Senior School, Pam has developed an admiration for the parallel model of education and believes it offers outstanding benefits for girls in particular. She values character, effort and a sense of justice, and works hard to model these and foster them in the young men and women under her guidance. Pam feels blessed to be working in education and is especially proud and happy to work at Haileybury.

Having the set collapse around the cast on his very first production as director was hardly in his original vision but, undeterred, Stewart was on his way! Haileybury became the first boy’s school to win the Rock Eisteddfod with Wild Boys and Stewart wrote the play 100 Years On for the School centenary. Now appointed Director of the Performing and Visual Arts, Stewart enters his fourth decade at Haileybury with dedication and energy undiminished and his vision undimmed. HAILEYBURY TODAY 120 YEARS 1892-2012 15

SCIENCE AND INNOVATION Basil Watson 1911 At Rendall’s Haileybury, Basil proved to be a lively student with an enquiring mind, and a fine athlete. As a result, the Watson Trophy is named after him. As a pioneer flier and showman in the early days of man-made flight, he worked with the Australian aviator Hawker and subsequently joined the air branch of the Imperial Army early in WWI. In a 1915 test flight, his Sopwith biplane crashed into a tree after the engine failed. As a result he was deemed unfit for further war service. Injured but still capable he went on to become a legendary figure, exhibiting his flying skills in front of huge crowds by looping the loop, doing vertical nose dives and setting speed records. Tragically in 1917, at the age of 23, he was killed when the biplane he had built himself crumpled during a spectacular exhibition at Point Cook.

Douglas Travis 1974 Douglas graduated in Medicine at the University of Melbourne in 1980. Over the next decade he explored the hospital system in Australia and England, eventually completing an Australian surgical fellowship in urology in 1990. He then spent a further year in Ireland practising urology and “learning to be Irish”. On return to Australia he started private practice in Urology in the western suburbs and continues serving the people of the west as Head of the Urology Department at Western Health. Along the way he had four daughters, all of whom are in secondary school. He pursued an interest in Medical Politics, being AMA Victoria President from 2007-2009. Currently he is on the Executive of the federal AMA. Douglas has vivid memories of starting at Haileybury Castlefield in Grade 3 in 1965. His first classroom was an old weatherboard down the back end of the Junior School with the rifle range running along the southern wall of the classroom. The courtyard outside the Grade 3 rooms was shared with the ‘big boys’, the Form 6 (Year 12) Prefects study. The other side of the courtyard was the Junior School sports changing shed, one wall being a canvas awning. It was chilly in winter. Those were the ‘good old days’! 16 120 YEARS 1892-2012 HAILEYBURY TODAY

He recalls teachers, including stalwarts of the junior teaching staff, Jim McLean, who he describes as “skinny and quiet”, and Colin McLear, who was the opposite! Mr McLear would sweep across the wing at lunchtime taking a mark while spreadeagling the Grade 6 pack, his academic gown fluttering in the breeze like the bat cape. Omnipresent even in Junior School was Frank Northcott, who strolled the quadrangle with a large stick and booming voice encouraging swift passage at the end of lunch, recess and between periods. Douglas emphasises that Haileybury provided a great start in life, engendering such positive energy and a sheer joy of spirit.

Dr Ian Watterson 1975 As a former winner of the Haileybury Medal, Ian is heavily engaged in doing research to help Australia deal with the climate change issue, with an emphasis on improving the understanding of the potential impacts on rainfall. He is driven by a desire to ensure the sustainability of the earth, and to contribute to a happy, harmonious society. Ian recently revived playing his cello in the Frankston Symphony Orchestra, something he started in his school days. He remembers football in swampy fields in the early Keysborough days, and the bus trips to and from Glen Waverley, plus the dedicated teachers who provided inspiration, especially in the areas of Senior School Mathematics and Science.

PROFESSOR Julian SavUlescu 1981 As one of Australia’s leading thinkers and ethicists, Julian was named in The Australian as one of Australia’s Top 100 Emerging Leaders. He specialises in practical ethics, researching at Oxford University, University of Melbourne and elsewhere. He has been interviewed by Andrew Denton on Enough Rope and has presented papers in hundreds of publications and public addresses.

Motivated by notions of freedom and perfectionism, he believes the individual person should work hard to create for him/herself the best possible life. He has fond memories of Haileybury school days, the football and cricket teams and assemblies. He fondly recalls many outstanding teachers, and the strong environment for learning that they created.

Jessica Shill 2007 Leaving her local school took an enormous step of faith, but Jessica arrived here in late 2006 to become one of Haileybury’s first groups of girl graduates. At first she baulked at the quirks of assembly: Who baptises a boat at Assembly? Who applauds those who strive for high academic achievement in advance of their normal years? Who thrives on the consuming nature of total commitment to studies, sport and drama? But thrive she did, becoming Dux Proximus in Year 12 and winning a Kwong Lee Dow Young Scholar Award at Melbourne University. Now four years on, she has already completed four years of her Medical degree at Melbourne University. Her spirit for life is infectious, and her desire to succeed individually and as part of a team is central to her being. A career in medicine awaits, and the community will be the beneficiaries of her dedication.

POLITICS Henry Bruce 1901 If you’ve driven along the Queensland coast between Brisbane and Cairns you will have travelled the Bruce Highway. It is named after a Haileybury student, Henry ’Bronco’ Bruce, who on hearing that he was to be commemorated in this way uttered the words, “I have honoured my father!” Henry was the first Haileyburian elected to Federal Parliament and was a leading figure and minister in Queensland state and federal politics over many years. He had lost his father at 10 years of age and his mother at 12, and as a boarder he came to recognise the School as his home and regarded Haileybury with immense affection for the rest of his days. Leaving Haileybury in 1901 he moved to Queensland the next year, where he became well known in the mining industry. As an imposing heavyweight boxer, he became involved in union activity at a young age and was elected a union organiser in 1917. He was successful in achieving better conditions, wages and hours for miners. In 1923 he was elected to the Queensland state parliament before entering federal parliament in 1951.

Martin Pakula 1986 As a high-profile politician, a caring husband and a father to two daughters, and a keen Carlton supporter, Martin leads a busy life. He has forged a prominent role in labour and state politics over recent years. He completed degrees in Economics and Laws at Monash University by 1991, and embarked on articles, being admitted to legal practice in 1993. In 2006 he was elected as MLC for Western Metropolitan Region, ultimately serving as Minister for Industrial Relations, for Industry and Trade and then for Transport in the Brumby Government. Currently he holds the position of Shadow Attorney General and other shadow ministries. Martin attended Haileybury for 9 years, having won an academic scholarship to enter Grade 4. He remembers happy days at Castlefield, the class getting up to antics in the late Harry Knox’s German classes, and receiving the cane from the powerful hand of the then Principal, Michael Aikman.

Harry Quick 1960

Alan Tudge 1988

Along with the other boarders at Haileybury in 1960, Harry rose each morning at 6.00 am, went for a three-mile run then endured a cold shower, all before breakfast.

Alan completed a Law and Arts degree at the University of Melbourne, and went on to complete an MBA at Harvard University. He then held various senior roles in business and government before his election as a Liberal Party candidate to Federal Parliament, where he has been the Member for Aston since 2010.

On entering the work force, Harry became a teacher, an education officer and then an electoral officer. From there he embarked on a distinguished political career, securing the seat of Franklin in Tasmania for the Labor Party for 15 years. A straight-talker with a strong social conscience, he was regarded by some as a maverick through his opposition to issues such as the 2003 Iraq war, inappropriate business developments and the divisiveness of Labour factional disputes. Now retired, Harry cooks breakfast for disadvantaged students at their school three mornings a week, conducts adult literacy classes for Burmese refugees, assists senior citizens to seek help when stymied by bureaucracy and travels regularly to Beijing to teach English to Chinese students.

Like most successful people, he is driven to achieve to the best of his ability. For him this involves acting through compassion for others and a desire to serve the community. He helped establish a corporate secondment program to support remote indigenous communities in Cape York and was a founder of Teach for Australia, a body aimed at encouraging bright young graduates to enter teaching in disadvantaged areas. Alan often says that his time at Haileybury gave him one of the biggest breaks in his life.

Nick Wakeling 1988 Nick is another of the ‘young’ former Haileyburians to have entered parliament in recent years. On graduating from Haileybury in 1988, he completed an Arts degree and then studied in the area of Industrial Relations. These studies culminated in him being awarded the top graduate student in a Masters in Industrial Relations and Employee Relations degree at Monash University in 2001. Nick entered Local Government and was elected a Councillor with the Knox City Council in 2003. He was elected as the Liberal Member for Ferntree Gully in 2006 and is currently the Parliamentary Secretary for Health in the Baillieu state government. As a Liberal, Nick believes in promoting a society that rewards individuals for their effort and entrepreneurship but he also possesses a strong sense of the importance of community, and in that regard he is working to develop policies that help build community capacity.

Tim Holding 1990 Playing the evil revolutionary Chauvelin in Haileybury’s production of The Scarlet Pimpernel, and participating in debating, were perhaps a perfect preparation for a life in politics. Tim achieved high academic honours at Haileybury, and went on to complete a Bachelor of Laws at the University of Melbourne. He progressed from being elected one of the youngest-ever councillors in the City of Waverley to assuming the position of representative in the Lower House for Springvale in 1999. His dynamism and commitment enabled him to rise swiftly to positions of responsibility in the Bracks and Brumby Labor governments. Tim assumed a number of ministerial responsibilities, including Manufacturing, Police, Finance, Tourism and Water. He is now Shadow Treasurer and Shadow Minister for Industry.

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1892 -1906 History School founded with 17 students

First cricket premiership

1892

1898

Commonwealth of Australia proclaimed

1901

First school magazine.

70 students

OHA founded

1903

1904

Charles Rendall, a graduate of Haileybury College

Hertfordshire (1873) and Oxford University (1879) migrated to Australia, probably for health reasons in 1882. He quickly established a reputation as an outstanding teacher of Latin and Ancient Greek at Melbourne University, Melbourne Grammar and later at Scotch College. In 1892, with five staff and 17 students, he opened his own Haileybury ‘altera terra’ (in another land) in a 22-room mansion on the corner of New Street and South Road, Brighton, close to the Brighton Beach railway station. Magenta, from his old school, and black were adopted as school colors. The School was based on the traditional English public school model with a strong emphasis on the classical texts of ancient Greece and Rome for the mind and cricket for the body and character. Rendall purchased nearby Bolton Park for playing fields in 1908. The School offered 12 years of secondary education and averaged 40 to 50 students through the Depression years of the 1890s. Discipline was enforced through the cane and the prefect system. Also on the staff were Mr and Mrs Mills who contributed financially to the founding of the School. Rendall bought them out at the end of 1892 and in 1893 married Louise Fanny Cardweaver, who became school housekeeper. For such a small school Haileybury produced an impressive number of scholars. Equally impressive were the cricket results under Rendall’s fierce coaching with successive premierships between 1898 and 1901. Gerry Hazlitt was selected for the Victorian XI while still at school.

1903 1903 saw two significant milestones in the short history of the School: the foundation of the OHA and the publication of the first school magazine. The 1903 magazine, which described itself as “a journal of all matters of interest to past and present Haileyburians”, was a modest 16 pages and covered general school news, sports results, concerts and student writings. There were no illustrations. There was a lengthy report on the formation of the OHA which included names and addresses of old boys and their doings since leaving school. Honorary membership of the Association was extended to all past and present masters of the School and to all old boys of Haileybury England. Rendall was the first president and Barney Allen, the School’s first student, was heavily involved. Early proposals were for the OHA to donate prizes to the head boy and to the athletics champion and to run a ‘smoke night’ social event during the winter months.

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1907-1921 WWI breaks out New Prep School under Miss Charity

100 students

1914

1907

1914-18 War causes staff shortages

WWI ends

Berthon becomes second headmaster

First football premiership

1915

1918

1920

Louis Berthon had joined Rendall’s staff in 1894.

Due to Rendall’s continuing health problems, especially after 1906, Berthon was often in charge. Although Berthon had a less domineering personality than Rendall both men regarded supportive staff/student relationships as paramount. After Rendall’s wife was thrown from the car he was driving and killed, he sold the School to Berthon at the end of 1914. The Bolton Park playing fields were sold off as part of the transaction, which meant the School now had to share Brighton Beach oval with the local community. By this time numbers had risen to 100. This included a Preparatory School for boys below primary school age which had opened in 1907 under the care of Miss Charity. Berthon did not have Rendall’s reputation or lofty ambitions, however, and school numbers began to decline. This was compounded by the difficulty of finding good teachers during the war. Berthon’s personal circumstances deteriorated when his son Eric tragically died of wounds in 1918 and his wife passed on a little later. Nevertheless, he battled courageously to keep the School going. It was not all bad news in this period. Gerry Hazlitt had made the Australian XI in 1907 and toured England in 1912. Another cricket premiership was added in 1911. By 1920 enrolments were rising again and the football team broke through for their first premiership.

1919 Magazine A large section of the 1919 school magazine was devoted to the 22 Haileyburians who had died in the war. This was a large number for such a small school. For the Haileybury of 2012 it would mean a loss of approximately 600 lives. The magazine included portraits of the fallen with biographies of their time at school and their war service. An especially moving tribute to Louis Berthon was penned by L.M Pullman (1905) in which he revisited a 1904 magazine article noting a presentation to Berthon for his interest in his students. Pullman continues that Berthon “is held in as high esteem today as he was in 1904. The School under his guidance has advanced to the greatest enrolment since its foundation and now that the war is over it is hoped that progress will be of such a nature that the cry will be ‘More room required.’” Indeed it would be, but not for some time yet.

Views of Berthon as a mere caretaker in Rendall’s shadow do not do him justice. From the rigors of war he had ensured that the School had emerged intact.

1920 Football Premiers

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1922 -1936 Population of Melbourne reaches 1 million Dickinson becomes third headmaster

Cricket and football premierships

Enrolments peak at 160 students

Purchase of Castlefield

Classes begin at Castlefield

Enrolments fall to 110 students

1923

1926

1929

1931

1932

1935

Sydney Dickinson bought the School from an exhausted Berthon in 1923. Although he shared Rendall’s admiration for the Classics his views on education were far more progressive. His vision was for a school of around 150 students with small classes and responsive to the needs of the local Brighton Beach community – middle-class rather than elite. The teaching of science was expanded and a range of other subjects introduced to the curriculum. When enrolments reached 160 in 1929 it was obvious that the New Street property was too small and the School desperately needed its own playing fields. In 1931 the Dickinsons purchased the Castlefield estate just over one kilometre further up South Road with Mrs Dickinson’s inheritance from the Cadbury family. From 1932 the School operated on both campuses. Castlefield was used for classrooms and games while the New Street property remained as the boarding house and Junior School. At the height of the Great Depression in 1935 numbers dropped to just over 100 as many middle-class families were hit hard. Privately-owned schools were becoming a thing of the past. The Dickinsons pragmatically looked for external support because the conversion of Castlefield into a school, even with assistance from the school community, was a drain on their resources. Many of the surviving private schools from Rendall’s era were now controlled by various churches. Dickinson approached the Methodist Church without success in 1936. Later in the year he approached the Presbyterian Church and preliminary discussions were held. Salvation was at hand.

Castlefield With the sale and eventual demolition of the New Street property Castlefield became the symbol of the School’s history, particularly for those who were there from 1932 into the mid-1960s. The property originally belonged to Thomas Splatt, pastoralist and magistrate who began developing it in the 1850s. John Matthew Smith bought the property in 1856 and by 1980 it boasted a stately residence set on 20 acres of land. On Smith’s death in 1898 it was run in succession by his daughters, the youngest of whom, Miss Alice Smith, died at the age of 80 after which the property was put up for sale in 1931. The land had shrunk to 10 acres and comprised an eight-room villa with kitchen and domestic quarters. Nearby was a wooden dwelling known as Coronation Cottage and there were a number of outbuildings; but it was not a school. That would take considerable time and effort.

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1937-1951 WWII breaks out

Link with Presbyterian Church established. Haileybury registered as a company

1938

Trenches dug at Haileybury in preparation for air raids

WWII ends

Sholto Black becomes fourth headmaster. Silver Jubilee year

Prime Minister Menzies opens new buildings

1939

1942

Future Olympian John Marshall leads swimming team to premiership

1945

Significant building program begins

1947

1949

New South Rd entrance/ memorial gates

1950

In 1939 the School consolidated on the Castlefield site and Dickinson relinquished his position as proprietor. The Presbyterian Church assisted with mortgage repayments and the provision of loans. The School now operated as a limited liability company under the control of a school council. The Dickinsons had seen the School through the Great Depression and put much of their own time and money into the fulfilment of their educational ideals. When Dickinson retired in 1942 in the depths of the Second World War, numbers had dropped to 81. Urgent action was needed and it came from within. From New Zealand, Sholto Black had joined Dickinson’s staff in 1939 and he became Haileybury’s fourth headmaster in 1942. He immediately embarked on a vigorous recruiting campaign, opening a kindergarten and focusing on building numbers in the junior years. By the end of 1943 there were 190 students on the roll. Two years later the number had risen to 300. With the end of the war a building program gained momentum to cater for the steady increase in students. Black shared Dickinson’s educational philosophy of creating well-rounded members of society. He preferred to do this by kindness and inspiration rather than by Dickinson’s sometimes harsh discipline and was immensely popular with all members of the Haileybury community. Rising numbers were reflected in marked improvements in sport, which had languished during the enrolment decline of the Depression. A master plan for the site was drawn up around 1950 and the shape of the modern Castlefield campus began to emerge.

Sydney Dickinson and staff 1939

Changi Reunion On 18 August 1945, while awaiting repatriation at the end of the Second World War in Changi Prison, Singapore, six old Haileyburians held an informal reunion. Four of them were from Haileybury England, Lt Bill Smith and Lt Frank Hiddlestone were from the Brighton school. These two were the only survivors of six Australian Old Haileyburians involved in the Singapore campaign. The menu apparently was a tin of carefully hoarded beef dripping and some native beans. Lt Smith drew the six commemorative souvenirs by hand, and one copy survives today in Archives. It was given to the School by Smith and Hiddlestone in 1946. Postscript In September 2011 Mark Radford, son of one of the English Haileyburians visited Keysborough and met the sons of Lt Smith, Dennis (OH 60) and Clinton (OH 64). Lt Smith later wrote diaries of his experiences and these are also held in Archives.

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1952 -1966 Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II

1953

Melbourne hosts Summer Olympics

David Bradshaw becomes fifth headmaster

Drums band formed

1954

1955

Prime Minister Menzies opens new buildings. Pipes join drums

1956

1957

Haileybury joins APS

1958

Purchase of Keysborough

Years 7 and 8 begin at Keysborough

First APS football premiership

First APS cricket premiership

1961

1963

1965

1966

When Sholto Black retired in 1953 there were nearly 600 boys at Haileybury – an amazing turnaround in a little over a decade. His mission had been accomplished – the foundation of the modern Haileybury had been laid. The opening of the Memorial (Dickinson) Hall in 1956, which he attended, was the culmination of a dream he had begun. David Bradshaw, Headmaster of the Junior School at Scotch College, was appointed Haileybury’s fifth headmaster in 1954. In 1958 Haileybury was one of five Associated Grammar Schools invited to join the six schools which comprised the prestigious Associated Public Schools of Victoria. Facilities had become inadequate for over 1000 boys, especially if Haileybury was to compete effectively in the APS. In 1961 a large tract of farmland was purchased at Keysborough. From 1963 the School operated at both Brighton and Keysborough. Facilities at Keysborough in the early years were quite primitive. Although the first years in the APS brought little success, the foresight of moving to a larger property was vindicated with a football premiership in 1965 and a cricket premiership in 1966. In 1963 the Fathers Association constructed a four-room hut on a leased property at Cockatoo for camps and other outdoor activities. For similar purposes the School acquired a six-hectare property in 1966 near Bairnsdale, named Camp Pelican. This signalled a focus on training in resilience and independence in the years to come.

Wes Perry, Frank Northcott, Ian Cox and David Bradshaw discussing the plans for the Senior School at Keysborough

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HAILEYBURY COLLEGE PASSING OUT PARADE

Cadets The introduction of compulsory military training in 1911 marked the foundation of cadets at Haileybury, not as a separate cadet unit but in concert with Brighton Grammar, as part of the Australian Military Forces. After the war this training was abandoned but in 1930 Headmaster Dickinson decided that Haileybury should have its own cadet corps. Beginning with 27 students the corps hovered around the 40 mark until 1945 when the effects of Sholto Black’s recruitment drive produced increasing numbers. These numbers steadily grew until the halcyon days of the early 1960s when Haileybury could boast one of the largest and best cadet units in Australia. The unit provided a valuable source of leadership training for generations of Haileybury boys. Frank Northcott who assumed command in 1938 was the inspiration behind the unit for most of its life, ably and generously assisted from 1948 by Ian Cox, head boy in 1947, in a voluntary capacity.

1967-1981 Advance Australia fair becomes the National Anthem Senior School First APS tennis title. begins at Ivor MacGregor Keysborough. library opened Computing begins

1969

CAST OF HMS PINAFORE 1978

1970

Michael First Aikman Tattoo becomes sixth head (now principal)

1974

first APS Athletics premiership

Keysborough Junior school opens at Newlands

1975

1969 marked the completion of the Senior School transfer to Keysborough with the Brighton property becoming a Junior School. The transition in 1974 from Headmaster David Bradshaw to Michael Aikman, who preferred the title of Principal, was generally very smooth. Both men had a similar approach to education – the development of all-round character by involvement in a wide variety of educational experiences both academic and physical. Aikman, a 1956 Olympic bronze medallist in rowing, had a more passionate dedication to sport than his predecessor and laid the foundations for what would become Haileybury’s golden age in the 1980s. Tennis, however, was already making its mark with five premierships between 1969 and 1979. Michael Aikman was equally passionate about the contribution that music and drama could make to a boy’s personal development. The first Tattoo in 1975, although a modest affair by today’s standards, was a harbinger of the lavish music and drama productions in future years. In Aikman’s first year the decision was taken to establish a separate Junior School at Keysborough and this was opened in 1976. It took its name, Newlands, from the name of the original Keysborough property. School numbers increased steadily from 1411 in 1968 to 1541 in 1979. The cadet unit, an important part of the School throughout most of its history, was decommissioned in 1975 when the army withdrew its financial support. The vacuum this created in leadership training was gradually taken up by senior boys taking more responsibility in the running of school and house events.

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1981

1977

Pipes and Drums A drum band was formed in 1955 as part of the cadet unit. Pipes were added in 1957. The Cadet Pipe Band, as it was known, was an integral part of the unit until it was disbanded in 1975, playing at important parades throughout the cadet year. After 1975 the band assumed a separate identity and became known as Pipes and Drums. It was extremely successful over a period of years winning numerous national titles. As well as entering state and national competitions, Pipes and Drums play an important role throughout the school year at Founders Day, Anzac Day, Remembrance Day and other ceremonial occasions. In 2010 a beautifully-designed tartan was officially registered with the Scottish Register of Tartans and became an integral part of the uniform. The stirring sound of the pipes and drums serves as a powerful reminder of the School’s links to Scottish traditions through the Presbyterian Church.

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1982 -1996 Victorian Certificate of Education introduced

Great Hall opens

1983

First land purchase Berwick

1985

Chapel built

Edrington Junior School commences

1987

1989

Centenary YEAR

Caning abolished

1992

1993

Indoor pool at Keysborough

1995

This was probably one of the most spectacular periods in Haileybury’s history. An amazing 56 premierships across 14 sports, three major building projects and the opening of a new campus added the stamp of greatness to the Aikman era. The opening of the Great Hall in 1983 set the tone for these years, providing a world-class venue for music and drama productions which had become an integral part of life at Haileybury. Academic successes that had steadily risen in the Bradshaw years continued. A new campus at Berwick, built on land purchased in 1985, opened in 1989 as a Junior School. It was subsequently named Edrington, the property’s title since 1911. At Keysborough the college chapel designed by renowned architect, Philip Cox, and with stained-glass windows by Leonard French was opened in 1987.

RECREATING THE 1892 PHOTO OF Haileybury’s first class

The School reached its peak enrolment of 1811 in 1990 but there was a steady decline over the next seven years, in part attributable to the recession of the early 1990s. An aggressive marketing program was created in 1991 to halt this decline. Japanese was introduced; bus routes were extended to Cranbourne and later to Mornington. The library was revamped with computer networks and Internet access. However an external review in 1996 advised that changes were needed to modernise the School’s culture. It was significant that the cane was still used in 1992. Although the School still had much to be proud of, relying on past achievements would not guarantee success in the new millennium.

The Centenary Celebrations began in February 1992 with a ceremonial pilgrimage of over a thousand people with school banners, led by the Pipes and Drums to the New Street site, where a commemorative plaque in the footpath was unveiled. An official coat of arms was adopted and a school history was written by Don Chambers. The Centenary Tattoo was the most lavish to date and the Centenary School Play celebrated the School’s history. The Centenary Dinner was held in grand style in the National Gallery. The entire school population was photographed on a specially-built structure on the Main Oval. There was much to celebrate. From 17 students in 1892 the School had survived through wars, depressions, and near closures to become a paragon of academic, sporting, and performing arts achievements in Victorian schools. From one building on one site Haileybury had grown onto three campuses with impressive buildings on each. 24 120 YEARS 1892-2012 HAILEYBURY TODAY

1997-2012 Sydney hosts Summer Olympics

Robert Pargetter becomes Principal

1999

Girls begin at Junior School. Small class policy

Melbourne hosts Commonwealth Games Robert Pargetter dies in office. Girls Senior School commence expands to at Senior Brighton School in and Berwick October

Enrolments reach 2000

2000

When Aikman retired in 1998 the selection of the next Principal became crucial. An exhaustive process under the inspired leadership of Council Chairman Ross Sundberg, a former student and Federal Court Judge, selected Dr Robert Pargetter from Monash University. This was in many ways an unusual appointment. Although Pargetter had trained as a teacher, he had spent most of his life in academia. His blueprint for Haileybury, presented as Haileybury 2000 would involve the most fundamental changes in the School’s history and involved six interwoven initiatives or planks. The first was the introduction of coeducation from ELC to Year 4. The second was the introduction of a separate Middle School from Years 5 to 8, and the third was the introduction of a special Year 9 Pre-Senior Program, prior to the VCE. The fourth included a broadening of the curriculum, a focus on more student-centred learning and spreading the VCE over three years. The fifth included an emphasis on individual needs, adding value to all students rather than focusing on the elite few. The sixth plank, and the most contentious, was the introduction of Parallel Education.

2006

2004

2007

Haileybury celebrates 120 years

Derek Scott becomes eighth principal

2008

ROBERT PARGETTER

Sport options widened considerably. Although still competing fiercely and celebrating success, Haileybury gradually became less dependent on sport to define itself. Implementation of Pargetter’s plan began in 2000, culminating in October 2006 when girls joined the Senior School for the first time. Enrolments climbed dramatically and totalled over 3000 when Derek Scott became Haileybury’s eighth principal, after the untimely death of Pargetter in 2007.

Haileybury girls Ever since 1971 when St Leonard’s Girls School in South Road began accepting boys, the issue of a coeducational Haileybury had been discussed. By 1981 five APS schools had become co-educational. The 1991 marketing plan advised Haileybury to follow suit but the status quo remained. It took a change of principal and a creative solution. Cast of grease 2011

Research data suggested that boys and girls benefited from being together in their junior years, so Pargetter’s first plank, coeducation from ELC to Year 4, was not particularly contentious. But how would the girls be accommodated after Year 4? Pargetter’s plan was to then separate students for their academic classes but allow them to share social life and extracurricular activities. This involved creating a separate Haileybury Girls College from Year 5. Although this was an expensive solution it has been demonstrably successful. The introduction of girls has changed Haileybury more fundamentally than any other event in its history.

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