THE HAILEYBURIAN
JULY EDITION 2008
H a i l e y b u ry s t u d e n t s t o p P r e m i e r ’ s Awa r d s 1 5 0 Y e a r s o f o u r M o r e t o n B ay F i g
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ABOUT HAILEYBURY Haileybury is one of Melbourne’s leading independent schools with campuses in Brighton, Berwick and Keysborough. The School is acclaimed for its outstanding academic achievements, small class sizes, broad range of co-curricular activities and state-of-the-art facilities. From the Early Learning Centre to the Senior School, learning is student-centred and based on the different learning styles of students, and on their gender, age, interests and potential. Every year Haileybury achieves outstanding VCE results with about 30% of its students in the top 5% of Australia and more than 95% in the top half of the country. Haileybury is also the first Victorian independent school to guarantee classes that count towards the VCE and university entrance score will have no more than 15 students, with an average of 12 students per class. Haileybury’s commitment to small class sizes extends to all stages of schooling.
Haileybury’s parallel education is an enlightened method of learning and teaching that recognises the diverse educational needs of boys and girls. While boys and girls benefit from learning together in their early years, better educational outcomes are derived through single-gender classes in their middle and senior years. At Haileybury, boys and girls learn together until Year 4. From Years 5–12, boys and girls attend separate schools on the same campus. If you would like to find out more about Haileybury’s innovative academic program, outstanding sporting achievements and strong pastoral care environment please visit our website at www.haileybury.vic.edu.au or call 9213 2222 and ask to speak to our Registrar, Jeanette Hardy.
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CHAIRMAN’S
COLUMN
THE PRINCIPAL’S REPORT The remarkably busy last week of Term 1A highlighted how Haileybury as an institution and the Haileybury community are committed to ensuring students are well taught by teachers who see themselves as professionals, have an enjoyable experience at School and have experienced and celebrated success for themselves and others.
The cocktail party with which we mark the opening of each School was held in 2008 at Edrington. We gathered in the recently opened John Twist Hall, and in the course of the evening small groups were taken by students to inspect Stage 1 of the Senior School buildings. When Haileybury came to Berwick in 1989, it did so as a preparatory school. The range of instruction was to be the same as that of the existing Brighton campus: when students reached their Senior School years, they would go to Keysborough. Berwick was seen as a feeder school for the Keysborough Senior School.
The week saw a continuation of the ongoing classroom visits to the Junior Schools by Vice Principal Craig Glass and Head of Edrington John Fleming as the Fleming Effective Teaching Model for Junior School is embraced by the Haileybury teaching staff. It also saw Senior School staff begin the detailed analysis process of their VCE value added data which gives them the information they need to continue to develop as teaching professionals. Haileybury students were also involved in APS Swimming and Diving Premierships (five in a row for boys and consecutive titles for the girls), rowing success at the Heads of the River Regatta, a wonderful Year 10 play, a Twilight Music Concert, and a 25th consecutive victory in the Victorian Pipes and Drums Championships. In addition a successful round of Pre Senior Options was completed, Haileybury teams won gold medals at the Victorian Beach Volleyball titles and middle school swimming carnivals were held. The schedule for students is busy, the events outlined above are from just one week, but the aim is to ensure that they experience great teaching, enjoy School, feel supported and encouraged and enjoy and celebrate success.
As a result of surveys disclosing a parental desire that their children be able to have the whole of their schooling at the one site, it was decided to expand the educational offering up to Year 12, with the result that Edrington would become a school ‘entire of itself’. The Senior School is located beside John Twist Hall. Its design complements that of the Hall – basically white with protruding magenta panels. Stage 1 is occupied by Year 10 students. It consists of two classrooms, one for girls and one for boys, their separate spacious locker areas incorporating kitchen facilities, and an extensive area that will, on completion of Stage 2, become the library, occupying almost all of what is currently the front aspect of the building. Pending the completion of Stage 2, this area is used in part for staff accommodation and otherwise as a common room for student use and occasional small group teaching. At each end of what will become the library are secluded outdoor areas, with seating, where boys and girls can gather and read. Stage 2 of the Senior School will be ready for the Years 11 and 12 students by October this year. Thereupon the formal entrance to Senior School will be from the front of Stage 2. Hon Justice Ross Sundberg, Chairman.
Derek Scott, Principal
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Bill Waters, Dean & Director, Heritage & Archives
CASTLEFIELD AND THE MORETON BAY FIG Over fifty years on, it’s hard to believe that Haileybury’s boarding school captain used to sleep in the Castlefield tower. The tower was his dormitory, and the building was the preserve of the boarders. This was just one of the roles played by this historic mansion, built by Thomas Splatt in 1852 and enhanced by John Matthew Smith. With its eight rooms, kitchen and domestic quarters and various outbuildings, it resembled an English castle. Its features included castellated walls, a tower, Victorian stained-glass windows, marble fireplaces and plaster ceiling centre-pieces, a mounting block for lady riders’ easy access to the saddle, well– established trees and Italianate lamps. Under the paved courtyard was a water tank and pump. Outside, expansive garden areas included a fine ornamental fountain, pond, fernery, large vegetable patch, orchard and pasture for animals including cows, pigs and fowls. There was also a small zoo housing monkeys and a large aviary of exotic birds. After Smith’s death in 1898, however this place harboured an austere lifestyle. Two of Smith’s maiden daughters lived on there in seclusion. An Age article prior to Haileybury’s 1931 purchase of Castlefield described the estate’s isolated character. Around the mansion were Moreton Bay figs, cypress trees and eucalypts. The garden was secluded with a long, winding seldom-used drive, and the only sound for years was the singing of birds. For many years there was no electric light or gas, and subdued lighting glowed from an oil lamp by the kitchen window. A lantern at the edge of the courtyard provided limited vision for those who wanted to move around the house. An old crystal chandelier illuminated the sitting room, and deep-blue brocade curtains hung from the windows for 75 years. The mansion was rich with elaborate furnishings: flowered pile carpet, crockery including Napoleon wine glasses, hand-painted china, mosaic plaques, glass cupboards, rosewood footstools, cabinets and tea sets. With the arrival of Haileybury in 1932, Castlefield came to life again. At first the house was used for classrooms. The room at the right of the entrance acted as the Assembly Hall where the whole school met! Things changed in 1939, and the building became the preserve of the boarders who ate, worked and slept there. Former students recall the privileges, deprivations and high jinks that accompanied these times. The cessation of boarding in 1978 saw another change of direction. The Head of Castlefield, Paul Aldred, and Principal, Michael Aikman, plastered, painted and renovated throughout to re-create the building’s original historical character and grandeur. The old Assembly Hall became the stately Butterss Room, used for meetings of Council and official functions. Next door is the Principal’s office, and the back area is a thriving centre housing the Girls Middle School. And the Moreton Bay fig? It has witnessed Haileybury’s and Castlefield’s journey like a giant, spreading sentinel, overseeing good years and bad. Listed as a tree of significance, it is luxuriant and tropical in aspect, and a symbol of vitality , renewal and permanence. It has featured as a backdrop for movies, been the subject of artists’ paintings, and provided shade on many a hot day. Lovingly maintained, its future remains entwined with that of the School itself.
image - The Moreton Bay Fig and Year 5 students. From left: Nicholas Trivett, Victoria Rudnikov, Chloe Hunter, Joseph McDonald, Noah Pabst, and Sareth Colwill.
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Castlefield mansion and the Moreton Bay fig are synonymous with Haileybury. Both have survived and prospered for more than 150 years.
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pam chamberlain, Vice Principal and Head of Senior School
Q&A WITH PAM CHAMBERLAIN
Kubra Basak, Girls Captain
GIRLS CAPTAIN’S REPORT
Pam Chamberlain joined Haileybury in 2005 as the Head of Year 11 and an English and Legal Studies teacher. In 2007, Ms Chamberlain was appointed Vice Principal and in December of that year was also appointed Head of Senior School. Prior to 2005, Ms Chamberlain worked at Methodist Ladies’ College where she held a variety of senior positions including Head of House, year level coordinator and Head of the English Department. Ms Chamberlain is an essential part of Haileybury’s leadership team.
After a busy and exciting start to 2008, the Haileybury atmosphere continues to thrive on many successes, strengthening friendships, new experiences and overall enthusiasm. We are now well into a year that has seen much accomplishment and is assured to see much more.
Where did you study? What are your qualifications? I studied at Monash University. I have a Bachelor of Education and a Master’s degree from the Law School in Human Rights Law.
Haileybury Senior Girls College (now approaching its second birthday) is demonstrating exceptional outcomes, determination and commitment from all girls. Everyone must be commended on their hard work and efforts thus far. All students are enjoying the unique elements of Haileybury, such as the social activities (particularly at lunchtimes) and are continuing to demonstrate exemplary academic achievements, as well as sporting success. The arts, music and drama arena still shine in highlighting the wide variety of skills and distinctive talents we have here.
provide more choices for our students. A Year 9 student can choose a range of subjects from the VCE or the IB, and what campus they will study at. Dr Pargetter wanted all students to be What inspired you to pursue a career in education? happy at School and by providing choices we I loved being at school and I was very lucky that hope that we can cater for all the needs of our young men and women. I decided to teach – it wasn’t a goal in school it just happened! How do you think factors such the three–year VCE and Haileybury’s small class sizes policy contribute What does your role as Chief Accessor of Legal to VCE results? VCE results at Haileybury are Studies involve? Tell us about your work with the excellent. The fact that we had nine Premier’s VCAA? As Chief Assessor for Legal Studies I Awards in 2007 indicates that our students are supervise the assessment of the end–of–year among the very best in Victoria. We continue to exam for all Legal Studies students in Victoria. work hard to ensure we maintain our reputation I’ve been involved with the VCAA since the beginning of the VCE. I’ve been an assessor of as a high–achieving academic school. Haileybury’s small class sizes have a major impact in ensuring Legal Studies and English exams and I’ve also been involved in the development of the Legal good academic results. It means that teachers can spend more one-on-one time with students to Studies Study Design and any updates of this cater for individual needs. By spreading VCE (and Study Design. IB) studies across three years students are also What do you oversee as your role as Vice able to maximise their ENTER. Principal? As Vice Principal I oversee Student It’s been 18 months since girls have been welcomed Wellbeing, although we have some excellent to Haileybury’s Senior School. How do you think self-managing teams, like the Psychologists they have contributed to the new dynamic on and Nurses who help to look after students’ campus? Haileybury Girls College has made a wellbeing. Also, the Heads of Campuses have great contribution to Haileybury. The young great teams who take care of all our students. women in the Senior School have contributed Geelong College has been in the news lately to the dynamic nature of the school through with their ‘positive psychology’ and ‘Student their high academic results and desire to be Wellbeing Centre’ – I think that the whole of a part of this great school. Haileybury is a ‘centre for wellbeing’! What is your fondest memory of your time at What is it about Haileybury’s Senior School that makes it stand out from other schools? Haileybury’s Haileybury so far? I’ve enjoyed every minute of my time at Haileybury. I love the way our Senior School is better than other schools students develop strong associations with the because of its multi-campus/parallel model teaching staff and I appreciate the wonderful and Social Education program. The Haileybury sense of humour that our young men parallel model means that the Girls school and the Boys school are separate for academic demonstrate. It’s a pleasure to come programs but come together for ‘fun’ activities and work in such a strong community. in the quad, drama and music productions and other school occasions when we can really get a sense of what it is to be a Haileyburian. How has the addition of the Brighton and Berwick Senior Schools transformed life for Senior School students at Haileybury? Having senior students at Brighton and Berwick has meant that we can
What are you passionate about outside of education? I’m mad about my son and my two darling miniature dachshunds. I love going home (and staying there!), walking the dogs and then reading one of my favourite novels. My son and I share a love of reading and we have a lot of fun together.
House spirits continue to soar as the girls unite for activities and events, each taken on with great pride and celebration. The positiveness always makes Haileybury’s environment a happy and comforting one in which to learn and socialise. Looking around at the magnitude of the college and the greatness of all the students humbles me and I am honored to carry out my role in this position. I wish everyone the best of luck!
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Jay Fitzpatrick, boys Captain
Derek Scott, Principal
HAILEYBURY STUDENTS BOYS CAPTAIN’S TOP THE STATE IN PREMIER’S AWARDS REPORT Haileybury’s tradition as a leading APS school has continued into 2008 under the leadership of our new Principal, Mr Scott. Haileybury has achieved great success this year in all areas of the School, including premierships in the APS table tennis, volleyball, badminton, touch, swimming and diving. The school play ‘Metamorphosis’, held in Term 2 was labeled the best school play Haileybury has ever produced.
Haileybury students have again emerged at the top of the State for academic achievement, following the announcement of the 2007 VCE Premier’s Awards. Haileybury students received nine awards in total. This follows on from the 10 Premier’s Awards won in 2006. Premier’s Awards are given to the top three to five students in each subject area and the diversity of Haileybury students’ awards highlights the outstanding teaching program across the School.
The hard work of the students throughout Semester 1 has been exceptional, and students with midyear exams were well prepared. The extension of Haileybury’s precincts at Castlefield and Edrington into year 10 has been a great success as Haileybury continues to grow and flourish.
Derrick Ha received the highly prestigious Top All-Round High Achiever award as well as the subject award for English Language. Other awards are as follows: Shananthan Balachandran
Accounting
Timothy Bradford
Music Industry (VCE VET)
William Cross
Theatre Studies
The growing Haileybury Girls College has contributed greatly to the social aspects of the school, while the diligent and friendly culture of Haileybury continues alongside a strong sense of pride and school spirit. As the school moves into their second semester, I would like to congratulate the students on its success in Semester 1 and encourage them to keep up the spirit and hard work for the rest of the year.
James Lescohier
Electronics (VCE VET)
Alexander Powell
Electronics (VCE VET)
Matthew Robinson
Theatre Studies
Jonathon Somers
Music Industry (VCE VET)
I consider myself very lucky to have the opportunity to represent Haileybury as the School Captain and I look forward to the enjoyable experiences that the rest of the year has to offer.
Derrick Ha and Premier, John Brumby
VIVAT HAILEYBURIA.
I would like to congratulate all staff involved in teaching these students during their VCE year. The teachers involved in the individual subject teaching were Ms Monika Wagner (English Language), Ms Vicki Baron (Accounting), Mr Don Wallis (Music Industry), Mr Damien Power (Electronics) and Mr Stewart Bell (Theatre Studies).
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John Cantwell, Head of Swimming (Boys)
SWIMMING AND DIVING SUCCESS
Haileybury has a rich and proud tradition in aquatics. In the days before we joined the APS, we dominated the AGS, remaining undefeated for almost a decade. During this, time John Marshal emerged as the dominant performer, not just at highschool level but in the state, national and international arena. John attended Haileybury College from 1943-49 and was an all-round sportsman who represented the school in cricket, football and athletics, though it was in swimming that he excelled. In 1947, when 16 years old - and still at Haileybury, he won every Australian National freestyle title from 200m to 1500m. The following year he was selected in the Olympic team and took time off school to travel to London to represent Australia at the1948 Olympic games, where he won silver in the 1500m and bronze in the 400m. He went on to become a three-time Olympian and represent Australia at the 1952 and 1956 Olympics. In 1950, the year after he left school, he was virtually unbeatable and set 15 world records within four months, over distances from 200 yards to one mile. By mid-1951 he had set 28 world records.
When Haileybury joined the APS it meant a huge leap in the standard of competition. Once again it was the aquatics teams that stepped up and this time the divers led the way. In the 1960s, Haileybury’s pool was graced by the performances of Don Wagstaff who also went on to represent Australia at three Olympics (1968, 1972 and 1976), and win gold at the Commonwealth Games. He was followed by Russell Butler, who represented Australia at the 1988 Olympics and won gold in diving at the 1990 Commonwealth Games. Today, aquatics is still successful and producing champions. Haileybury has won the last five Boys APS Swimming and Diving Premierships and the last two Girls APS Swimming and Diving Premierships. Haileybury divers are still dominating the APS and in 2008, the Haileybury Boys and Girls broke a total of nine APS records in the swimming pool. A dozen swimmers traveled to Queensland in April to compete at the National titles. Many made finals and Grace Loh, in Year 11, won two National Titles in the 100m and 200m Backstroke. The proud tradition continues and maybe soon, we will have another young Haileyburian join the ranks of the Australian Olympians.
image - Paige Martin, Year 5 Newlands
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Constance Vanderwerp, Director of Rowing Coaching and Development
Still to come‌ Connie Vanderwerp
Haileybury boat club Haileybury College is a relative newcomer to the sport of Rowing, when compared to other schools, and Haileybury Girls College has only been seen on the water for two short seasons.
The Director of Rowing, Mark Doyle OAM, has been at the helm of the Club for the last ten years and has brought a real sense of order, as well as his experience that comes from competing at the highest level on the world stage. Rowing is, in so many ways, a sport like no other - it requires both a highly specialised skill base as well as a demanding fitness level. But it is a reliance on the whole crew to be able to perform as one unit that gives it that uniqueness. Timing, power and melding personalities to think as one, make the difference between this and other sports.
The Haileybury Boat Club has doubled in size with the advent of girls and therefore has the need for more personnel, which has led to a new structure and job allocation. There is now two extra staff guiding the Club, with the inclusion of a Head of Girls Rowing and a Director of Rowing Coaching and Development. This has provided dedicated expertise to the Senior Boys, Senior Girls and Intermediate/Junior students.
image collage of Senior School rowers, bottom left image Mark Doyle OAM, Director of Rowing
We now cater for approximately 130 rowers and employ around 20 coaches externally. If ever you travel past the National Water Sports Centre at Carrum on a training day, you will see a fleet of boats covering the course, filled with the black and magenta colours.
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Pam Chamberlain, Head of Senior School
Glenda Spiker, Head of Visual Arts, Media & Technology
SENIOR SCHOOL Canberra CAMPUS HEAD REPORT Art Tour Senior School has started the 2008 schooling year in fine fashion. The introduction of Senior campuses at both Brighton and Berwick has proved to be most successful and students are full of excitement each Tuesday when we meet to create one Senior School at Keysborough. These special days are often marked with live music in the quad, BBQs and pizzas, and many diverse activities. The Summer sporting season has been highly successful, with seven APS Premierships won, as well as outstanding results by our Year 10 girls rowing team, beach volleyball teams and yet again the Pipes and Drums. There is never a dull moment at the Senior School. The Arts have kicked off the 2008 performance calendar with their usual high standard, producing a brilliant Year 10 play ‘Children of the Black Skirt’ while the music department’s twilight concert was a sensational way to cap of the end of Term 1A. There is no doubt that Senior School is full of energy and enthusiasm as it plunges head first into the year ahead.
Craig Glass, Vice Principal
TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AWARDS This year at Haileybury will see the launch of a new Professional Recognition Process (PRP). The aim of this process is to give teachers authentic feedback on their performance across all aspects of their roles. An outcome of the PRP will be the identification of teachers who will be awarded the Exemplary Teacher Practice Bonus (ETPB): a financial reward which recognises their professional excellence. In particular, it will acknowledge their ability to add value to student academic outcomes. The PRP will assess teachers’ performance against seven standards that reflect the values of a Haileybury education. The standards include effectiveness of planning, the quality of instruction, the quality and use of assessment, the nature of the learning environment, the effectiveness of communication and the standards of professionalism. The teacher’s performance will be measured on these standards using a variety of indicators, some of which are compulsory and some are, voluntary. All teachers will be required to be formally observed in their classroom and will have to produce data that shows the positive impact of their teaching on student outcomes. Some of the other teacher
performance indicators that may be used include student surveys, contribution to the broader educational community, teacher portfolios, parent contact logs, contribution to curriculum development, contribution to meetings, professional development activities and staff leadership. An important outcome for teachers from the PRP will be the recognition of areas for future professional learning. Haileybury provides resources for teachers to undertake professional learning in a range of settings. Increasingly, we are providing in-house training to teachers so that they are better equipped to deliver our programs. An excellent example of this is the professional development our Junior School staff have undertaken through visiting each others’ classes and meeting to discuss their teaching practice. We also provide opportunities for teachers to engage in learning by participating in a range of activities outside of Haileybury. The Haileybury PRP and professional learning is an innovative model, which will provide teachers with both affirmation and opportunities for development. We believe it has the potential to significantly improve student academic outcomes.
On a Sunday afternoon in late February, a group of Haileybury Art students arrived in the national capital with the aim of spending two–and–half days viewing as much art as possible. All of Canberra’s points of interest are less than 15 minutes away from each other. Our tour commenced with a boat trip around Lake Burley Griffin as nightfall approached. The students were given a commentary about the history of Canberra and how it was planned. During the next two days we visited the National Art Gallery and its Sculpture Garden, the National Portrait Gallery, Old and New Parliament houses, and the War Memorial. Each of these places is home to an outstanding art collection. Students were exposed to a range of artworks from the past 300 years, including much Australian art. The National Gallery, which was our main focus, has collections arranged in such a way that the students were able to take a chronological tour of art, starting from the early 16th century and working through to Contemporary Art. Parliament House is a fantastic experience for its combination of architecture, industrial design and fine art, and the students gained an insight into the political structure of Australia as well. In an unscheduled but very enjoyable event, the students were given a welcoming ceremony at the nearby Aboriginal Tent Embassy. Haileybury wishes to acknowledge the National Capital Education Tourism Project for the financial assistance under the Parliament and Civic Education Rebate that contributed to our travel expenses.
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John Fleming, Head of Berwick
BERWICK REPORT The first half of 2008 has provided many highlights and significant achievements at Berwick. The strength of our student academic performance has gained wide media coverage in The Age and the Channel 7 current affairs program Today Tonight
The emphasis on explicit instruction that focuses on developing each student’s foundation skills in literacy and numeracy has been systematically acclaimed by parents and academics alike. For example, Statewide Student Achievement Testing reveals that 95% of Year 3 students at Berwick achieved Year 6 standard in number skills and 50% achieved Year 6 standard in reading, writing and spelling. The academic results achieved across the campus place Berwick at the top of schools in Victoria and in fact nationwide. Our new Principal, Mr Scott, regularly visits the Campus to view classrooms and address Staff Meetings on his vision for the College. The 2008 Founders Day Cocktail Party was an impressive evening and gave many of the visitors their first opportunity to tour our new facilities including the John Twist Hall, the indoor swimming pool and Stage 1 of the Senior School. Our Parents and Friends Group have been particularly active during Semester One. The Twilight Picnic proved very popular.. The weather was kind to us and we had a large attendance.
Coordinated by our Head of Girls Middle School, Ms Jane Gibbs, the Year 8 students demonstrated their outstanding leadership skills. They organised a series of activities for our Junior School students whilst their parents were able to mix and mingle. Other Parents and Friends activities included the Mother’s Day Stall and Special Assembly, the Clover Cottage Lunch and the Parent Forum visits to Middle School classrooms. Further highlights included the Induction of Reverend Bruce Wood at Castlefield and our Middle and Junior School Leadership Induction Assemblies. The Edrington House program has started the year with a full list of events. Firstly, our Middle School House Swimming Sports, won by Anderson for the first time in ten years. Other events included the Middle School House Music held on the last day of Term 1B, the Middle School House sports events and the House Cross Country. This year for the first time we have also held a Junior School House Sports Day. The Semester finished with the Middle School Music Concert which was an outstanding success.
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Scott Doran, Head of Brighton
BRIGHTON report Building a culture of learning within today’s schools requires teachers and students in partnership, to be involved with teaching and learning that is clearly defined, purposeful and relevant. In Castlefield’s first semester, we have witnessed many of these instances that have contributed to the building of this culture.
Scott Doran, Head of Brighton with Year 5 students
The Haileybury Early Learning Centre continually strives to be a leader in program design and delivery based on observation and high achievement standards. With the implementation of a formal literacy program and numeracy program, we are always evaluating and seeking growth and development. The introduction of the Interactive Whiteboard into the ELC is just one more way that we are keeping abreast of current technology and utilising advanced tools in the delivery of our programs. The opportunities for formal learning, incidental learning, cognitive development, critical thinking, problem solving, sharing, turn taking, tracking, hand-eye coordination, modelling and language development are endless. It is also a great deal of interactive fun! This is a multisensory experience as it engages not only sight, but also touch, hearing and physical skills, which accommodate a variety of learning styles within a group. Each class has a set time through the week to utilise the Interactive Whiteboard for a variety of experiences, which support the Jolly Phonics literacy program and the numeracy program we are implementing. Most importantly, the children think it is fantastic! In the Junior School, the focus has continued on the Fleming Effective Teaching Model, particularly on student work displays and the ‘We Do’ segment of a teaching session. In the ‘We Do’ segment, students interact with the teacher using consistent language and repetition to ensure knowledge becomes embedded in the long–term memory. The addition of ‘smartboards’ in the Year 3 and 4 classrooms is a great
teaching resource that assists with student interaction during ‘We Do’ and in keeping up the pace of the lesson. Middle School assemblies have celebrated an extraordinary diversity of student successes in the Academic, Sporting, Leadership and Performing Arts areas. Presentation Assemblies also provide important occasions to recognise and reward both achievement and effort. In such ways, we are able to develop an inclusive culture that celebrates learning and teaching. These celebrations will also act as moments of inspiration to others, to strive and achieve, no matter what the field of endeavour may be. This culture begins in the classroom and very quickly becomes reinforced throughout all areas of school endeavour. The impressive students and staff of the Senior School have set about the task of developing a new culture and they have built a fine reputation in their first year at Brighton’s Senior School. Haileybury’s Performing Arts staff has continued to impress with its dedication and drive to provide wonderful learning opportunities to the students at Brighton. The Arts Week festival, including the House Art, Music and Drama competitions, will be remembered by our students for some time. The recollections of a rich, rewarding and prosperous school experience are forged by the opportunities staff provide to students. Such meaningful relationships, with high expectations, build a wonderful culture that we celebrate at Castlefield.
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Shane Davey, Head of Newlands
NEWLANDS report Newlands commenced 2008 with 890 students. We welcomed many new girls and boys to all levels of the School. I am pleased to report a very smooth and effective start with students quickly settling into work and managing their new classes, timetables and homework requirements.
L-R: Newlands students - Devin Hamza, Mariam Succar, Laine Bramley, Jaymi O’Riley, Vincent Thai-Chan, Shien Fujihara.
Early in the year we held a special Founders Day Assembly and our guest Speaker was Mr Timothy Jacobs. He spoke about his many and wonderful experiences at Haileybury. He also noted the dramatic changes at the School over the last six years with the introduction of Parallel Education and extensive building program. Timothy was School Captain in 2005. The Camping Program was scheduled for Term 1 for Years 3–7 and students enjoyed a multitude of challenging exercises and social activities to get to know each other well and to work in teams of students with whom they will be working at School. The camps were all gender based, thus allowing leadership and teamwork to be practised by our girls and boys separately. This program extends into the Pre-Senior program whereby students could choose to venture to: Bogong High Plains, Commerce at Torquay, Wilsons Promontory, Central Australia, Point Nepean, Tasmania or they could take up Interest Options such as Dance, Scuba Diving, Palaeontology, Music Technology/Performance.
Nearing the end of Term 1 we celebrated as a whole community with the Newlands Fair. The aim of the Fair was for our community to enjoy a family event and this was achieved thanks to the effort and enthusiasm of our children, staff and parents. There was tasty food, exhilarating rides to suit all ages and an entertainment schedule that amused, enthralled and astounded the crowd throughout the evening. I was so grateful for the many contributions our generous families made to ensure the Fair was a success. We collected over $800 towards the Royal Children’s Hospital Appeal with our House Coin Trail Competition. Throughout the semester students were involved in House Swimming, Cross Country, and Music. Throughout the House rotation games students were involved in cricket, softball, tennis, netball, soccer and football. We have been busily rehearsing for the Newlands component of the TATTOO and look forward to showcasing our talent in Term 3.
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HON Justice Ross Sundberg, Chairman of Council
WELLINGTON - BRIGHTON COFFEE PALACE - HAILEYBURY Haileybury’s first home was on the corner of New Street and South Road, Brighton Beach. It was a mansion that had become a coffee palace and then been converted into a School by the first Headmaster, Charles Rendall, and his business partners Mr and Mrs Mills. Mr Mills was in charge of the junior school. His wife looked after the boarders. The Mills did not last long. At the end of Haileybury’s first year, 1892, they left for the Western Australian gold fields. Rendall bought their share of the partnership, and thereafter was the School’s sole proprietor. The mansion was built by a colourful merchant, land speculator and Member of the Victorian Parliament, James Balfour, who was a Minister without portfolio in colonial governments during the 1890s. It was quite a building, consisting of twenty two rooms on five and a half acres (2.2 hectares). We do not know when it was erected. An anonymous article in the 1954 Haileyburian says it was forty years old when Rendall and the Mills bought it in 1891. If that is correct, it was built in 1851. But it can’t be right, because Balfour did not leave Scotland for Victoria until 1852. Even if “forty years” is treated as “forty years or thereabouts”, it is unlikely in the extreme that a 23 year old employed as a clerk earning £200 per annum could have afforded a twenty two room mansion soon after his arrival in the colony. It is much more likely that it was built after Balfour established his own business, James Balfour & Co, in 1879 and went into suburban land speculation at which, at least until the early 1890s, he was financially successful. The probability is that it was constructed in the mid‑1880s. Whenever the mansion was built, Balfour lived there for only a couple of years. He and Jonathan Binns Were then exchanged houses: Were came to Brighton and Balfour went to Were’s place in Toorak. Were was the founder of the stockbroking firm JB Were & Son. In 1865 he became the first Chairman of The Stock Exchange of Melbourne. JB Were is now part of investment banker Goldman Sachs JBWere. Were named his new house Wellington after his birth‑place in Somerset, England. He lived there until his death in 1885. Set into the pavement at the corner of New Street and South Road is a black marble tablet recording Were’s occupation of the long‑demolished Wellington and that he died “at this address”. For some years after Were’s death Wellington seems to have been vacant. Then it became the Brighton Coffee Palace. Coffee palaces were a phenomenon of late 1880s Melbourne.
They came into being as a reaction to the excessive consumption of alcohol in a colony that still had many single men with too much leisure. Aided by maps and plans of Melbourne at the time, Professor Geoffrey Blainey takes the reader of his History of Victoria on an imaginary walk in 1868 along one side of Swanston Street, between Flinders and Collins Streets, and back again on the other side. In just two blocks the walker would pass nine hotels and four wine and spirit merchants. Influential in the rise of the coffee palace was a women’s petition to Parliament in 1886 complaining about the adverse effect of liquor on family life. True both to the reason behind the phenomenon and their name, coffee palaces provided accommodation but no alcohol. Some were very substantial constructions. Many were built by James Munro, a property tycoon, temperance advocate and politician. For a short time – November 1890 to February 1892 – he was Victoria’s Premier and Treasurer. He is remembered, amongst other things, for ceremoniously burning the Grand Hotel’s liquor licence at the official opening of the Grand Coffee Palace on the Hotel’s conversion into a teetotal coffee palace. The Grand Hotel, located in Spring Street near Parliament House, was built in 1883. It is the best‑known coffee palace survivor. It traded as such between 1886 and 1897. In the 1920s it became the Windsor Hotel, and is still in Spring Street. Other coffee palaces erected at the time were the Victoria in Collins Street (1880) and the Federal (1888). By 1888 there were more than 50 coffee palaces in Melbourne. Many of the hotels that became coffee palaces eventually reverted to their former incarnation, and many of those that were built as coffee palaces converted to hotels. The Grand and the Federal are examples. We do not know whether the Brighton Coffee Palace was a successful enterprise. Probably it was not, for it traded for only two or three years. The main Melbourne coffee palaces, the Grand, the Federal and the Victoria, were in difficulties by 1890.
It may be that by then all coffee palaces were on the wane. In 1891 the Brighton Coffee Palace was bought by Rendall and the Mills, and after necessary internal alterations, opened as a School in February 1892. There are many photographs of the converted Coffee Palace. Some appear in Haileybury’s Centenary History – The First Hundred Years. One depicts the staff and boys standing on the grassed slope on the south side of the main building (page 6). Another shows the double entrance gates at the New Street/South Road corner, flanked by smaller gates on each side, with a semi‑circular sign spanning the entrance bearing the name HAILEYBURY COLLEGE in twelve inch black block capitals (page 8). A third photograph is of students doing physical education in the Quadrangle (page 19). The Haileybury site was a good one for a school. Although it was not in or near the city of Melbourne, as were Melbourne Grammar, Wesley, the original Scotch College (Spring Street and later Victoria Parade), and the original PLC (Victoria Parade), it was only a ten minutes walk from the Brighton Beach railway station. In 1861 the steam train line had come through from Melbourne to Brighton Beach where, at least in 1861, it ended. The Terminus Hotel still stands next to the station, though the line now runs through to Sandringham. Rex Cumbrae Stewart, one of the original 1892 Haileybury boys, recorded that by then the line had been extended to Sandringham, but was operated on the extension by “the little train, consisting of a Pullman carriage drawn by a small saddle‑back engine (Type L), in which the driver and the firemen had very little room to move, and no protection from the elements”: Haileyburian (1956) p 22. A Pullman is a carriage arranged as a saloon. But a saddle‑back engine is less easy to envisage. Since the driver and firemen were exposed to the elements, it may be that it was an engine ridden by them
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Wellington – Brighton Coffee Palace
like a horse, with a saddle‑like seat on which they sat. Of the many meanings of saddle‑back provided by the Oxford and Macquarie Dictionaries (most relating to species of seals, pigs, oysters and birds), the only one that seems to fit the Cumbrae Stewart train is “having the back, upper surface, or edge curved like a saddle; having a concavely curved outline”. We know from Robert Lee’s recent Railways of Victoria 1854 to 2004 that in the 1880s Victoria’s rail fleet included saddle‑tank engines, where the water tank sat astride the engine. These engines were used on the suburban lines and were called L class locomotives. It is possible that Cumbrae Stewart misremembered saddle‑tank as saddle‑back. His ‘Type L’ is very like ‘L class’. In 1906 Melbourne’s first electric tram line linked St Kilda railway station and Middle Brighton station. Soon after the line was extended to Brighton Beach. Thus another mode of transport to Haileybury became available. For boys living in St Kilda, Elwood and Brighton’s north west, this would have been more convenient than the train line. Haileybury was a fifteen minute walk from the Brighton Beach Baths, built in 1876. Physical education in summer may well have consisted of a run down South Road to the Baths, a swim, and a run back to School. It did when I was at School in the 1950s.
The Haileybury buildings doubled as a school and the Rendall family home. Cumbrae Stewart has described the school part of the main building as follows: The so called ‘Big School’ (30 ft x 25 ft approx) was, I believe, the billiard room in the coffee palace days. In the middle of the south wall, a door set between two windows gave entrance to this room. There was another door with a fanlight on the west side, but this was rarely opened, and in front of it stood the blackboard. There was also a window opening into the adjacent study. Between this window and the fanlight door stood the ‘Old Man’s’ rostrum on a raised platform, from which prayers were read and notices given out every morning. The north side had three windows, and two on the east side. A passage ran from the ‘Big School’ between the studies to the dining room, stairways, lockers and wash‑basins. The stairs led up to a space similar to that occupied by the lockers etc below. Two classrooms above the dining‑room opened off this, and on the other side a passage, similar to that below, led to the dormitories. Other rooms are shown on Cumbrae Stewart’s ground floor plan accompanying his article in the 1956 Haileyburian. They are the Headmaster’s study, the Masters’ recreation room, a sitting room, the main hall, a reception room and a lumber room. He does not describe the Rendall living quarters. The plan shows that every room on the ground floor level was a school room. The family’s accommodation must have been upstairs, shared with the classrooms and dormitories there.
Wellington continued in use as a School until 1939 when the senior school boys, Headmaster Dickinson and his family, and various school buildings constructed on the site since 1892, moved east up South Road to Castlefield, which Mr Dickinson and his wife had purchased in 1931 and to which the rest of the School had thereafter progressively relocated. Frank Northcott, who joined Haileybury as a student teacher in 1935, and who taught while the School was at Brighton Beach, then at Castlefield and finally, while Vice‑Principal, at Keysborough, remembers wooden classrooms being hauled up South Road by a team of horses. Mr Dickinson’s original intention was to sell the “Old School” and use the proceeds to construct new buildings at Castlefield. However that is not what happened. When in 1938 he sold Haileybury to the newly incorporated company Haileybury College, the old site was not part of the sale. It was later sold, Wellington was demolished and the land subdivided and used for a succession of private dwellings. Near the site of the Old School there are two reminders that Haileybury was once there. The first is the bronze plaque let into the pavement in South Road on its south western intersection with New Street, next to the JB Were marble tablet referred to earlier. This records the centenary of the foundation of the School in 1892. The second reminder is Haileybury Street on the Old School’s southern boundary, a short street running between New Street on the east and Mair Street on the west.
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OLD HAILEYBURIANS ASSOCIATION Russell Davidson, Executive Director, OHA, Director of Development and Alumni Relations
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S REPORT Welcome all Old Haileyburians and members of the Haileybury Community. It is with pleasure that I write my first article in this role. After six years as a student and seven as a teacher at Haileybury, I am thoroughly looking forward to the challenge of leading the OHA into our next phase. We have some exciting times ahead having just welcomed our first female graduates at the conclusion of the 2007 school year. I have established a number of priority areas for the OHA office to focus on in the short term. These are as follows: - Developing a communications plan that will see regular communication across a wide variety of areas with our alumni. - Increasing the flow of traffic through our new and improved website.
- Utilising our website to communicate effectively to Old Haileyburians. - Maintaining a strong connection with our current group of Year 12 students as they look to further their horizons after leaving School. - Strong and vibrant support of current OHA Clubs. - Growing of future Clubs and Associations.
website (www.oha.org.au). In return you will receive regular communications from the OHA office regarding to upcoming events and activities. The website also allows you to keep in regular contact with fellow Old Haileyburians. Our events calendar for 2008 looks exceptionally busy. I have included a full list of the remaining events to be conducted in 2008 in this article.
- Seeking to further improve the range and scope of events provided by the OHA to reflect the diversity of our alumni. The Old Haileyburians website is a key ingredient in the success of our organisation. The website contains details of all upcoming events: OHA clubs, competitions, alumni updates and news items from the School. I encourage as many Old Haileyburians as possible to register their details on the
OHA Job Information Evening
City Business Luncheon
Monday 19 May
Friday 16 May: Athenaeum Club
This evening was attended by over 300 students and their families, and is an annual event on the OHA calendar. Students in Years 10-12 had the opportunity to listen to a wide variety of speakers representing a myriad of occupations, speaking about their experiences in their roles. Speakers represented occupations such as Medicine, Law, Horticulture, Building, Education, Pharmacy, Dentistry, Information Technology, Fashion Design, Nursing, Midwifery, Physiotherapy, Sports Management, Media and Communications, Accounting, Business Management and Engineering. We are indebted to the 45 speakers who
volunteered their time on the night. All speakers have agreed to be mentors for students as they progress through their schooling at Haileybury. Finally, I am very open to ideas about the future of the OHA. The OHA Council is working hard to continue to develop the profile of our organisation and I look forward to continuing on with their vision. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you require any further information or have any thoughts that you wish considered. Russell Davidson Executive Director, OHA Director of Development and Alumni Relations russelldavidson@haileybury.vic.edu.au
Over 50 Old Haileyburian’s and School Councillors enjoyed the magnificent surrounds of the Athenaeum Club on Friday 16 May at the first City Business Luncheon of the year. Our guest speaker for this luncheon was Principal, Derek Scott. Derek’s address was honest, forthright and entertaining as he discussed Haileybury education through the ages. Our next luncheon is Thursday 4 September at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Our panel will be discussing the topic - “Football : Past, Present and Future.” Panel members include ex St Kilda champions, Stewart Loewe and Danny Frawley and former Melbourne player and Old Haileyburian, Paul Hopgood. Old Haileyburian, Bruce Eva will facilitate panel discussions.
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Jamie Harris, President OHA
PRESIDENT’S REPORT I would like to take this opportunity, on behalf of the entire OHA community, to welcome Mr Russell Davidson to the position of Executive Director of the OHA. Russell brings a wealth of experience to the role, including recent time with Camp Australia. I look forward to working alongside him and the rest of the Council during the upcoming year. During 2008, the Council will continue to implement its strategy of reconnecting the OHA network. As Russell has already outlined in his report, this will be done by focusing on a number of key areas. We are delighted to have last year’s male and female School Captains and Vice
2008 CALENDAR Captains join the OHA Council, which further strengthens our connection to the young Old Haileyburians group. It is particularly important the OHA continues to work hard to form a bond with school leavers so they appreciate and value what it means to be part of an alumni such as Haileybury. The Council of the OHA looks forward to continued support and commitment to our Association by the new School Principal, Mr Derek Scott, and the School.
OBITUARY
DON ROBERTSON (1922 – 1927) The Haileybury Community was saddened to learn of the death of Don Robertson, its oldest living student who passed away on 24 October 2007 at the age of 96. Don joined the School in 1922 as a 12year-old at the original site on the corner of New Street and South Road. He and his elder brother, Colin, were the first of four generations of Robertsons to enrol at Haileybury. Don retained his interest in the School for more than 80 years during which time his sons, David (1942–53) and Graeme (1944–56), grandsons Jeffrey (1973–78), Andrew (1975–80), Stephen (1979–82), Mark (1982–85), Stuart (1983–89), Matthew (1987–92) and great–granddaughter Annica (2007) were students here. Don was a very keen sportsman who excelled in cricket, football, golf and lawn bowls. He was a member of the School’s premiership teams in cricket and football in 1926. Don’s last match for the 1st XI against Ivanhoe Grammar was a memorable occasion. Haileybury won the match outright by 72 runs to give the School its first premiership in cricket since 1911. This feat was not to be repeated until 1966 when the School won its first APS cricket premiership. The match was decided in the last 10 minutes. Had Ivanhoe held out 10 minutes longer in its
second innings they would have won on the first innings. The batting of Dethridge (94) and the bowling of Robertson were the big factors in enabling Haileybury to pull the game out of the fire. Don captured 5/23 in the second innings, including the vital last wicket. In a recent letter to me Don said “I can clearly remember the last wicket falling and the captain, Alec Sewell, calling out – we have won the premiership”. On leaving school, Don joined the State Bank working there for 49 years. It was with the State Bank that he continued his football career in the Victorian Amateur Football Association, winning the Best and Fairest award in ‘A’ grade. He was also a keen golfer and lawn bowler. In 1922 he was a member of the Old Haileyburians team which won the APS bowls competition. After service in World War II, Don joined the Old Haileyburians Committee, was Honorary Secretary and Treasurer from 1948–50 and served as Vice President for a number of years. His elder son, David, was President from 1980–82. Don was elected as a member of the College Council in 1949 and was an active member for 12 years. In the School’s centenary year in 1992 Don buried a Time Capsule at Castlefield, exactly 100 years after the foundation of the College in 1892. This marked the official beginning of the School’s centenary year. Don will be remembered as a true gentleman and a great sportsman who had a real affection for Haileybury. Our sincere sympathy is extended to the Robertson family.
Sunday 20 July
OHA Ken Phillips Community Day & Class of 2007 Reunion
Friday 1 August
Class of ’78 Reunion
Tuesday 12 August
Annual General Meeting, Old Haileyburians Centre, Keysborough
Thursday 4 September
City Business Luncheon, MCG
Saturday 6 September
OHA Day at the Races
Friday 12 September
Western Australia Branch Reunion
Friday 19 September
International Chapter Reunion, London
Thursday 16 October
YOHA Pub Night
Friday 17 October
Class of ’73 Reunion
Friday 31 October
Class of ’83 Reunion
Friday 14 November
Class of 2003 Reunion
Friday 28 November
Class of ’98 Reunion
1st Sunday of each term: OHA Family Chapel Services Commencing at 7.00 pm in the David Bradshaw Chapel Sunday 27 July Sunday 12 October
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NEWS CRICKET Club
Aerobics Club
Matthew Baxter, President
Chris Ku, President
The Old Haileyburians Cricket Club made progress this season towards the goal of once again being a force in the finals of the MCC Club XI cricket competition. The competition is one of the oldest turf competitions in Victoria and is the premier single–grade competition. Comprising mainly Old Boys teams from APS and AGS schools, one-day games are played at some of the finest venues available (including our home games at Keysborough) with a representative team playing the MCC on the Albert Ground each year.
The game was played in great spirit with many of the older Old Boys enjoying a game with their younger team mates against a school team that included the new Principal, Derek Scott. Thank you to all who attended and ensured the day was a success.
The Old Haileyburians Aerobics Club is up and running once again in 2008, with preparation and training already underway – we’ve got a full team and two singles competitors so it’s looking strong!
The Cricket Club celebrates its 40th Anniversary this year and plans to hold some suitable celebrations. The club also intends to field a women’s team in the future and is interested in hearing from anyone who would like to play.
This year, the School Aerobics organisation has created a new division designed specifically for sporting clubs and university students to enter - We will now be participating in this event in addition to the FISAF national circuit.
Whilst finishing outside the top–four this year, some satisfaction was gained late in the season when the Old Boys team overcame the School XI to claim the Sincock Cup – an annual competition held on the Main Oval.
The season commences in mid-October and runs through to the finals in early March. Anyone interested in playing or supporting next season should contact Matthew Baxter (President - 0414 955 770) or Tharaka Gammampila (Captain - 0417 304 775.)
FOOTBALL Club
NETBALL Club
Andrew Hicks, President
Rhiannah Carver, President
After a disappointing 2007, players and supporters of the Old Haileyburians AFC are enjoying the 2008 season.
The first ever Old Haileyburian Girls Netball Club is planning to be up and running for 2008. We have exciting numbers and will be competing in the night competition, run at Springers stadium. For the club’s first year we look forward to a great season and hope our current team will expand to many teams in the years to come.
We have recruited well - Jamie Shanahan (Ex Saint and Demon as Coach), Tony Brown (ex Saint and Magarey Medallist) and Brett Voss (ex Bear and Saint) so expectations are high. The players have been training since November and are raring to go. The club gets fantastic support from its sponsors including Astoria Honda, Bank Of Queensland, Maaxspa and Morgan Consulting - all with links to Haileybury College. The side, which is in B Grade VAFA, plays at McKinnon Reserve and offers very attractive membership packages.
We’re very much looking forward to both competitions and are expecting a solid performance throughout the year.
VOLLEYBALL Club Greg Schneiders, Chair of Volleyball
It is the largest of the Old Boys Clubs and fully supports efforts to bring the Old Haileyburians network closer together.
The OHA Volleyball Club is up and running for the 2008 year. With a great deal of enthusiasm and so many of our school teams entered into the Victorian Beach Volleyball titles and later this year the Indoor State and National titles (October and December respectively) we are keen to enter some of our OHA teams in a local competition in the coming months. To enhance the growing enthusiasm within the school community, we are seeking any OHA members who are keen to play (either beach or indoor) to express their interest with Mr Greg Schneiders.
For further details about the club, contact Andrew Hicks (1980) on 0407 220 952.
Local weeknight competitions are currently being held at the new State Volleyball Centre (Stud Road, Dandenong) with games being played most week–nights. For further information please contact Greg on 0410 587 445 or gregory.schneiders@haileybury.vic.edu.au
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ALUMNI REPORTS Matthew Hibbins (OH ’91)
Clive Pilley (OH ’64)
Robert Neilson (OH ’62)
Matthew practises in mergers and acquisitions and has recently accepted partnership with Minter Ellison Lawyers in Hong Kong. He will move to Hong Kong with his wife and daughter.
Latest news from Clive is that he is now in a new industry holiday parks in NSW just 20 minutes from Newcastle Airport. Apparently the location is stunning and he suggests you check it out on www. onemilebeach.com. Always happy to offer mates rates just call Clive on (02) 4982 1047.
Robert attended Haileybury between 1957 and 1962. He subsequently graduated from RMIT with a Fellowship Diploma of Architecture, and then completed a Graduate Diploma of Business Administration from Swinburne. Having worked as an architect, and then a consultant on IT, he is now retired. Robert lives in Doncaster and has belonged to the Rotary Club of Doncaster for 13 years, having been president during 2001-02.
Daniel Kinsey (OH ’04) This photo was taken at the recent 28th World University Debating Championships (hosted by Assumption University, Bangkok). Quite coincidentally, a number of Old Haileyburians happened to be competing at the tournament at which there were nearly 800 speakers. In the photo (from left to right): Sashi Balaraman (OH ‘03), Ravi Dutta (OH ‘03), Daniel Kinsey (OH ‘04), and Simon Thomas (OH ‘99). Sashi and Ravi were representing Monash University and Daniel and Simon were representing the University of Melbourne. Sashi was an Octo Finalist and Daniel a Quarter Finalist.
Grant B McConchie (OH ‘61) Mark has been living for some years in Portland Oregan and retired at the end of February after 30 years as sales co-ordinator at Halton Tractor Company, the local distributor for Caterpillar earthmoving equipment.
David Taylor
Our warm congratulations are extended to The Hon. Justice Lex Lasry who was recently appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court.
David advises us that he is now serving as Executive Director of APSA Australian Professional Selling Association (APSA).
OBITUARIES
Our thoughts and sympathies are extended to the families of the following members of the Old Haileybury Community who have died recently:
John Nixon (OH ‘68) Chris Davie (OH ‘66) DON ROBERTSON (OH ‘27) See page 15 for a full obituary Martin Dunsmore (OH ‘84) The Haileybury community was saddened to hear of the recent sudden passing of Martin Dunsmore at 41 years of age. As a student, Martin was a fine middle–distance athlete who ran in the four history-making Haileybury APS Premiership Athletics teams of 1981-4. Over those years he was placed in a number of individual 800 metre and 1500 metre events, was a member of two consecutive APS champion 4 X 800 metre relay teams, and broke a number of Haileybury athletics records. In his final year he was a prefect, Vice Captain of Thomason House, Vice Captain of the Athletics team and Captain of Cross Country. Later he taught at Haileybury Castlefield from 1989 to 1999 and, in more recent years, was a teacher at The Peninsula School. Bill Waters, Dean of Heritage & Archives
Lex Lasry (OH ’66)
Ian Brice (OH ’66) Those of you who were taught history by Ian Brice (or who were in the cadet corps with him) will be saddened to hear he died in Sydney on 20 January 2008. Ian came to Haileybury in 1965 straight out of the University of Adelaide, aged 22. I remember he introduced us to Barry Humphries’ characters – a much more timid Edna Everage, Sandy Stone, and the Snow Complications song – in between getting us keen on the Chartists and Disraeli v. Gladstone. I kept in touch with him when he left Haileybury to study at Oxford, and then when he taught history and education at the University of Adelaide for many years. He was a very keen traveller and himself led many cultural and historical [and gastronomical!] tours of Europe. I kick myself now that we never went on one with him. He moved to Sydney a few years ago with his partner and we saw plenty of them, particularly when they opened a terrific Vietnamese restaurant. Ian was a great friend not only to me but also to my wife Barbara and our children. Those of you who remember him, raise a glass, preferably of something decent (Ian was a bit of a wine snob, like me). Chris Davie (OH ‘66)
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