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Creating a Bollywood storm Record Premiership wins
Music Magic
Bringing out the best in your child
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about Haileybury Haileybury is one of Melbourne’s leading independent schools with campuses at 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 studentcentred 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 ranked 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 that classes which 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 to 12, boys and girls attend separate schools on the same campus. Girls first started at Haileybury in 2000 and a progressive pathway for girls to Year 12 is being developed. 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 on www.haileybury.vic.edu.au or call 9213 2222 and ask to speak to our Registrar, Jeanette Hardy.
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Principal’s Report 2004 will be remembered as a remarkable year in sport for Haileybury; APS Summer Premierships in Swimming and Diving, Tennis and Table Tennis; APS Winter Premierships in Football, Hockey and Basketball; Premiership level performance in Touch and exceptional performances in Aerobics; Strong performances in many other sports, and involvement at a new level in Snow Sports. Girls Sport has been at the development stage as we prepare for Years 7 and 8 competition in 2005. A growing culture of sport participation across the whole School. Australia has sport as part of its identity, so it is good for our students to be involved in sport in all sorts of ways. Haileybury’s drive for excellence is a drive in the broadest sense. Excellence in sport matters like excellence in the Arts, and, of course, Academic excellence. Some of our students see a future in sport just like many see a sport in the professions or in the Arts. Success for a person is a holistic thing. Perhaps it is hard to perform at your best academically if other aspects of your life are not taken seriously, or where failure is acceptable. Ultimately a person is at his or her best when the whole of the person’s life is as successful as it can be. There are also the benefits of sporting success; learning to cooperate, training to achieve a goal, looking for strong physical well-being, and the social joys of being part of a successful team. Congratulations to all our successful teams in 2004, and to all those who have engaged in sport during the year.
Robert Pargetter Principal
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Vice Principal Nicholas Dwyer and Director of International Affairs, Richard Pickersgill have recently returned from China, having signed agreements with three more schools to deliver the VCE in partnership with Haileybury. Two of these schools have a particularly interesting history. The Qinghua Middle School Chongqing was established in 1937 by Qinghua University at the personal direction of the President of China, Chiang Kaishek, during the National Government’s forced evacuation to Chongqing during the anti-Japanese war. Today, it is a model school strongly supported both by the Party and the Government. The Zhixin Middle School Guangzhou was established by China’s first President, Dr Sun Yat Sen, in 1921 as a memorial for his revolutionary comrade-in-arms and trusted lieutenant Zhu Zhixin. Dr Sun is revered as the ‘Father of China’ after leading the revolution to overthrow the Qing dynasty in 1911. He believed that the future of China lay in the education of the people and founded this school as a testament to this belief. The Zhixin Middle School has a national reputation as one of China’s leading schools.
Vice Principal Nicholas Dwyer signing a Memorandum of Agreement with Principal and Party Secretary Guo Wenhou of the Qinghua Middle School to deliver the VCE Program in Chongqing, before senior members of the District and Provincial Education Commissions
Farewell Ian
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fter 47 years at Haileybury (five as a student and 42 as a staff member), Ian Greenaway, Dean of Staff and the longest serving current member of staff, retires at the end of this year. Ian was appointed to the staff by David Bradshaw as a student teacher in 1963. He taught Mathematics and Science at Junior Secondary level at Keysborough. He was one of the original staff members on this campus when it opened. He gained registration as a trained teacher in 1965. Ian has been Head of Allen House (1984-1999), Head of Swimming, Water Polo, Football, Chess, Associate Dean Staff Welfare (20002004), President of the Staff Association and Scoutmaster. He was also a resident Master in the Boarding House.
He has given a great deal of time to extracurricular activities. Although he coached the 1st XVIII to a premiership in 1970, there is no doubt that his most important contribution has been in the field of swimming where he was Master in Charge of Swimming and Coach of the 1st Swimming team. He was first appointed to this position in 1969, the year when the Senior School moved from Brighton to Keysborough, and he remained in this position for a record term of thirty-two years. During this time he made a unique contribution to sport at Haileybury. With an infectious enthusiasm for swimming, he devised and personally supervised a rigorous training schedule of early morning sessions, covering several months of the year.
Ian has made a unique contribution to sport at Haileybury The administration of a large training squad drawn from each of the Preparatory Schools and the Senior School was extremely demanding. Ian inspired each member of the squad to achieve his personal best. In doing this he achieved great success in APS competition, gaining first place on nine occasions in 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989 and
Year 7 Newlands student, James Fulton, is the first student to be awarded a Scholarship from Alec Sewell. An ex-Haileybury student, Mr Sewell left behind a $450,000 legacy to Haileybury to use for scholarships. Under the terms of Mr Sewell’s will, the scholarships are to be awarded to assist students who couldn’t otherwise afford the fees to complete their education. The School will use the income from the bequest to offer a scholarship every two years. Mr Sewell’s legacy follows the tradition of many past students who have left a bequest to Haileybury to assist students in their schooling.
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1998. With the respect of his team and its loyalty he put Haileybury to the forefront of APS Swimming. Ian is well-prepared and organised, and thorough in anything he undertakes. His pastoral care skills made him a very good Housemaster, concerned for the welfare of all students in his care. Since 2000 he has been responsible for staff welfare where his duties have included: daily organisation of staff, preparation of the examination timetable and arrangements for the conduct of Base level and Units 1/2 exams, supervision of Dip Ed students and professional development of staff. His work in this area has been greatly appreciated by his fellow teachers. We wish Ian and his wife, Margaret, good health and happiness in retirement.
INVITATION ‘University and Alternative Pathways – Uni is not the only option’ Parents from Haileybury and the broader community are invited to attend this forthcoming free seminar, to be held on Wednesday, 13 October in Aikman Hall, Keysborough. Bookings are not required.
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Entrance to the Zhixin Middle School Guangzhou
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Captain’s
Corner Brenton Pollard, School Captain
The Haileybury first semester has already concluded, in what seems to be no time at all. With the Year 12 students only having approximately ten weeks of school left, it is now getting down to the business end of the year. Summer sports have been extremely successful with APS Premierships from Tennis, Table Tennis, Swimming and Diving, as have the winter sports, that look set to take out the Football, Hockey and Basketball premierships. This will no doubt make Haileybury the overall APS premiers in sport. This year’s play, The Tempest, was a challenge that saw a major success, selling out nearly every night. With the Tattoo approaching, United We Stand, it looks as though the School communities’ interest in the Arts is thriving. I would like to congratulate the three Junior Schools for their yearly musical held near the end of Term 2 that showed just how much talent we harbour here at Haileybury. Apart from this, there has been an array of successful events such as: the Year 12 Formal, the Heads of the River, the Haileybury Leadership Conference, our Pipes and Drums and the success in our Debating teams. These all have contributed to the cheerful environment that has been created here at Haileybury. The next three months will definitely be a time to put our heads down for the hard work ahead. I can only hope that our academic results at the end of the year will reflect our successes in all aspects of school life so far. Brenton Pollard School Captain 2004
Urban survival This year Haileybury’s Pre-Senior students have been introduced to a new program called the Urban Survivor Program. This unique program develops the competencies and skills of students in a number of domestic and everyday areas that many of us take for granted. All Pre-Senior students work in small groups, aided by staff and volunteer parents and friends, in a variety of activities aimed at assisting them to develop helpful life skills. The program is delivered in modular form towards the end of each term. Activities include: Domestic Skills Ironing, vacuuming, cleaning, washing clothes, sewing buttons on shirts Home Safety Electrical safety, water problems in the home, home security, fire precaution and action Finances
The inclusion of the Urban Survivor Program has added to the diversity of the popular Pre-Senior year. Students have approached tasks and challenges enthusiastically and eagerly look forward to their next round of activities. John Twist Vice Principal
Banking, budgeting, financial and taxation forms Car Changing a tyre, checking petrol and oil, the law and driving (including .05 and drug laws), Learner plate test Cooking Vegetable preparation, barbecue cooking, baking. L to R, Gary Wong, Duncan Nicol, Stephen Mitchell (Castlefield)
Preparing for the Future During the first week of Term 2 all Year 10 students spend one week in the workplace. This year five students were selected into the Mindshop Excellence Work Experience program that organises small groups of students to work as a Consultancy Team within a specially selected Host Organisation. Mindshop facilitators donate their time to the program and assist students to develop skills to solve a problem related to the Host Organisation’s needs. The skills developed include: Data Gathering, Brainstorming, Mindmapping, Goal Setting and Flow Charting. The Host Organisation this year was Fuji Fasteners located in Dandenong South and the students worked on improving the organisation’s market share in wheel fastener production worldwide. The highlight of the week is the presentation that students give to management of the Host Organisation. Alison Frankhauser Director, Courses and Careers
‘At Work With Sound’ Year 10 student Tas O’Doherty at company, Good Audio Sense
Bosko Necovski, Dennis Wang and Danny Issa enjoying the Great South West
The other Options consist of two groups: one group covers a range of special co-curricular interests and the other covers academic interests.
A year full of
options e are heartened by the research data that comes from the Middle Years Research and Development Project (MYRAD) – a project commissioned by the Department of Education and Training and Melbourne University in which Haileybury participated.
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The data shows startling graphical representations of students’ attitude toward school, teaching and learning showing the dramatic decline in attitude in the Year 9 year at Victorian Schools compared to the Haileybury data that showed an improved attitude toward school, an attitude that our students carry with them into Year 10 at Senior School. This is the time where students need, absolutely, a healthy attitude toward their school, their learning and to have developed strong bonds with their peers. Throughout 2003, we were helped by the Australian Catholic University researcher Beth McLeod, who undertook a study to investigate the usefulness of the Pre-Senior Program in terms of what are called Life Effectiveness Skills. Life Effectiveness Skills are skills that we all develop in the areas of Time Management, Social Competence, Motivation, Intellectual Flexibility, Leadership, Emotional Control, Initiative and Self-Confidence. Hiking in the High Country
Over a ten-month period, most of our Pre-Senior students were monitored and questioned about their experiences in the Pre-Senior Program and initial results have shown us that all of these Life Effectiveness Skills have increased markedly following students’ participation in one of the Options. It seems that Time Management, Social Competence, Leadership and Emotional Control showed the most significant increases.
It is pleasing to know that the research gives us such positive indicators for areas of the program that students find to be most fun.
Students select one of the following Options in each of Terms 1, 2 and 3: Wilsons Prom Autumn in the High Country Great South West Scuba Diving Central Australia Palaeontology Drama Grampians Searching for Ned Kelly Tall Ships Music Technology/Performance Victorian Alps Mitchell River Rafting Marine Biology Aviation Sailing Hospitality. Graeme Harris Director of the Pre-Senior Program
Although the Pre-Senior Program contains many elements that we believe foster an interest in Education (Arts/ Technology at Chisholm TAFE, Physical Education at local Fitness Clubs and Golf Courses, First Aid conducted by Australian Red Cross, a City Unit in the City of Melbourne, VCE Units in the Core Studies), it is the Options Program that excites so much interest in the students. There are 17 different Options. One group of Options is the expeditions: all challenging programs to develop personal skills, to promote individual development and address a range of learning issues over Key Learning Areas. The unique locations of all Outdoor Expedition Options are chosen to help foster an appreciation and understanding of Victoria’s different natural environments. The expedition components and adventure activities are aimed at furthering the personal development of students and their ability to work alone, in group situations and as a community.
Peter Dennis
Tall Ships expedition
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Students should expect to be challenged in a variety of ways during each of these Options.
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L to R: Haileybury players Daniel Beckwith, David Comben, Scott Lockwood, Ashley Salter
Simply the best!
Our First XVIII Football team has won the 2004 APS Premiership, our first Football premiership since 1987. The 2004 team is to be congratulated on its success, which is only the second time we have won the APS title outright, and the first Football premiership we have won since the competition changed allowing each team to play all other APS schools during the season. With the new arrangements existing for our Years 7 and 8 teams in each sport, where each precinct comes together to form unified Haileybury teams, the Football teams at these levels are experiencing much greater success through a more structured and consistent coaching program focusing on a much stronger talent pool. Experienced Old Boy footballers, Paul Corrigan (ex-Geelong) and brother Mark have assisted in the coaching of our junior teams and their input has had a lot to do with the improved performance of all our junior teams, especially the Year 10A team, currently enjoying a very successful season. During the mid-year vacation, Haileybury Senior School played host to a football camp run over three consecutive days involving both boys from Haileybury as well as boys from many other schools.
The clinic saw over 80 boys attend, varying from ages 8 to 15 where they received expert coaching from senior accredited coaches within our School’s outstanding facilities and grounds. The program included innovative drills and skills, modified games, individual attention and appraisal, matches and competition. Apart from the drinks and snacks provided, undoubtedly the highlight of the camp was the appearance and coaching by St Kilda stars Stewart Loewe, Brett Voss and Max Hudghton. Each boy had the opportunity to ask questions, have a kick and get an autograph from each AFL player. As an added bonus, each boy was presented with a footy in his favourite club colours, a showbag filled with sports socks, posters and other football memorabilia, a comprehensive coach’s report and attendance certificate.
Playing Scotch, Shane Valenti
Playing Brighton Grammar, Aaron McKillop
Andrew Lynch Head of Football
...we are experiencing much greater success through a more structured and consistent coaching program...
SAILING AWAY The Haileybury Sailing team had a successful summer competing in what is known as ‘Teams Racing’. A school team, which consists of six sailors in three identical Pacer dinghies, competes against another school in three identical boats in a short race. The team raced regularly on Wednesday nights at Sandringham Yacht Club, which was valuable experience for new team members Iain McCowan (Year 11), Cameron Dale (Year 7), Jai Burgess-McIntosh (Year 9), Matthew Macauley (Year 10) and Michael Stowe (Year 10). In March, Haileybury competed in the ‘Grandprix Regatta’ and managed to finish fourth out of 19 schools.
We sailed really well but Sandringham was too strong. Confidence dented, small mistakes in the following races proved costly in the heavy conditions, however, the team finished the day with one great win.
Vice Captain Travis Wyeth’s calmness was invaluable and all team members showed great mental resilience to win all their races on the second day to finish sixth in Victoria. The team should be proud of its 2004 season, as this was a creditable result and Haileybury was the only APS school to be selected for the Victorian Championships. Allan Goodall Head of Sailing
Premiership team (L to R): David Atkins, Julius Perks, Adam Stevens, Dean Francis, Lyle Smitsdorff, Matthew French, Jon Dissanayake, Stefan Martin, Zach Ngauraka and Mr John Cantwell (coach)
On top again After defeating St Kevins 59 – 35, the Haileybury basketball team came out on top again, winning the APS premiership for the third year in a row. The team finished the season with an average winning margin of over 20 points and two games clear on top of the ladder. Captained by Stefan Martin, this is the 7th win in 13 years for the team and is a mark of Haileybury’s continued dominance of APS basketball. It is also the third APS Premiership for the Captain, Stefan, and Year 12 student, Jon Dissanayke.
Our final competition was the Victorian Championship and Haileybury was one of only 12 schools throughout Victoria selected
Premierships all round
L to R: Cambell Tosh and Brenton Pollard playing Carey
The Haileybury team will now play in the McDonalds Invitational Cup, which is the qualifying tournament for the Australian Schools Championships and will also tour the US in December.
our third goal to equalise well into the second half. Finally the Haileybury supporters had relief from their tension when Ian Smyth shot the fourth goal. The longest eight minutes began to tick away and it was with much relief that the final whistle blew.
Ian Smyth
Four years ago when the current captain of Hockey, Brenton Pollard was in Year 9, he had an ambition for Haileybury Hockey to win a premiership – a goal achieved this season.
our team bonding and helped players to support each other both on and off the field.
The 1st XI team is undefeated and on top of the APS ladder sharing this position with Xavier College, both teams have nine wins and one draw.
We have also been blessed with a great improvement in our skills through our very able coach Mr Gerard Anastasio. Mr Anastasio has a passion for the game and instils a greater understanding and knowledge for the sport.
At the start of the Easter holidays the team travelled to Adelaide to play in a pre-season tournament. We were hosted by Prince Alfred College and I realised the trip would be successful when we stepped off the plane to discover our host school had just won the Head of the River. This trip was invaluable to
Each of our ten games played has seen the team work together to outwit the opposition and our final game against Scotch College was no exception. Knowing that we had to win the game to share the APS Premiership we were 1-0 down early on in the game, we then equalised. The score see-sawed until we shot
Captain Brenton Pollard has lead by example and has helped and guided new members of the firsts and has been instrumental in putting together the ‘Bloods’ newsletter. Brenton is an excellent mentor to the younger members of the team. Vice Captain, Ian Smyth has made a huge contribution to developing skills, working with members of the team at lunchtimes to improve their hitting and trapping. Ian is a member of the Under 21 Victorian team and we will miss his contribution to training and during the game. Our other Vice Captain, Jeff Herbert continues to have the hardest job on the field, the one of stopping the opposition putting the ball in the net. Jeff has been an excellent Goalkeeper and has conceded only a handful of goals during the entire season. We wish them well in their future studies and long may their interest in Hockey live on! Alma Tooke Head of Hockey
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to compete. The first day of racing at Blackrock Yacht Club saw windy conditions and Haileybury had a tough draw being pitted against last year’s winners, Sandringham SC, in their first race.
Tim Kelly, left, and Maiuran Poobalasingam
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A Bollywood storm
he vibrance of Indian character and music made famous in the ‘Bollywood’ film genre was recently injected into Shakespeare’s The Tempest, by students from Haileybury and Toorak College.
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According to Director Malcolm Berry, the play was a celebration of our multicultural diversity, love, music, magic and laughter, set against the background of a dark political situation with its treacherous and violent struggles for power.
The atmospheric live music under the direction of Donald Mayes (guitar) and our three incredible Indian drummers, Kanna Thavarajah, Danushan Sampantham and Karrtik Jeyakumar gave the play a moving and complete soundtrack.
The high energy and colourful production included a cast of over 40 and combined a live band with Indian drumming, an amazing light show with a chorus of over 20 performers, snow, and a seductive Bollywood dance sequence choreographed by Indian dance instructors.
“We borrowed some of the conventions of the ‘Bollywood’ film genre – the non-naturalistic combination of comedy, tragedy and romance, the wedding and the dance sequences, the watery images and the colourful costumes to create ‘something rich and strange’ for the audience‘s entertainment,” he said.
Audiences thrilled to the dance and movement sequences created by choreographer Ms Lauren Stewart and the Bollywood dance movements by Old Haileyburian Krishanu Chaudhuri and Indian dance specialist Sweta Deb. James Panther’s technical direction was remarkable. Theatre Studies student Nicholas Bourke was an admirable assistant director.
The Tempest is a complex story that is very moody and weaves various themes into a strong climax about power, greed and forgiveness.
the play was a celebration of our multicultural diversity, love, music, magic and laughter It is about a group of high profile people shipwrecked on the island of an old dead witch, populated by spirits, sprites, her bastard child, a half-man, half-creature Caliban, and two abandoned mortals – Prospero and his child Miranda. Prospero has been banished to the isle and through magic he has conjured the very people responsible for his exile to him, to ultimately make amends.
The students rehearsed for three months perfecting some classical Indian moves and newer Bollywood styles for the production. The show went for six nights with the sixth being by public demand and a sell-out season. Beautiful genuine costumes combined with super talent created a sparkling tale, worthy of Siddartha or Scheherezarde. Praise must be given to all cast and crew but particularly the outstanding performances of Robert Michaels as Prospero, Maiuran Poobalasingam as the lithe spirit Ariel, Stuart Macaulay as the earthy comic Caliban and Tim Kelly and Michael Vlasic as the Laurel and Hardy caricatures Trinculo and Stephano. The girls from Toorak College are also to be lauded for their performances, especially Chin Shen as Miranda.
The cast, crew and director have received over one hundred emails and letters of congratulation on such a high standard of performance. Many cast were on stage for over three hours each night. A remarkable feat! Well done to all concerned. Malcolm Berry Director
AR Right, Daniel Kinsey and Maiuran Poobalasingam
Left, Lucien Reynolds and Robert Michaels Robert Michaels
On entering the reverse stage, audiences were met with the sight of headstones that appeared to almost float over the cloud of fog enveloping the stage. Contrary to the eerie mood set by subdued lighting, haunting music and the promise of a ‘living dead’ cast of characters, the story of Johnny and the Dead unfolded to reveal comical moments and endearingly funny characters. Congratulations to the cast, crew and staff of Johnny and the Dead for their amazing efforts and contributions to a successful performance. It was well attended and received and has paved the way for future Year 10 plays to come. Thank you to Robert Pargetter, staff, parents and students for their ongoing support of the Haileybury Performing Arts tradition. Serena Wong Deputy Director of Performing Arts
Visual Feast As we approached another Haileybury Tattoo I marvelled at the way our students embraced this performance with interest and enthusiasm. This year’s Tattoo was not only a wonderful performance but also a visual feast. Our students at the Edrington, Newlands and Castlefield precincts created and made some wonderful sets and props to complement their Tattoo work. At Newlands, under the guidance of Ms Lesley Hill, large shadow puppets were constructed for their ‘Arrival in Australia’ piece presented by the Year 7 students directed by Mrs Rachael Taberner. They also created decorative t-shirts, hand printed and painted by many staff and students for all 200 Junior School students. The Newlands Junior School students presented marvellous colour, movement and music to embrace the friendly multicultural and eclectic mix that reflects the ethos and spirit of the School. Castlefield was extremely ambitious and constructed, painted and decorated a Dragon that was over 100-foot long. Mrs Judi Robertson worked tirelessly with her students at lunchtimes to get this amazing sculptural piece completed ready for rehearsals.
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The Dragon was accompanied by four Dancing Chinese Lions, which were constructed from wire and papier mâché around milk crates. The amazing traditions associated with Chinese Dragons have engaged and excited the Castlefield students who were all involved with the traditional ‘Awakening of the Dragon’ ceremonies.
a hard act to follow...
With bagpipes and all, Haileybury rock band, Gank stunned a packed Hamer Hall at this year’s Top Acts 2004. Top Acts is the culmination of last year’s best Performing Arts VCE acts for dance, drama, music and theatre. Voted one of the top music acts in the State, the four-piece rock band joined more than 20 of Victoria’s top dance, drama and music students in a range of spectacular performances. The band is made up of drummer Luke Wilson, guitarist Don Mayer, Alex Limon on
bagpipes and Alex Yates playing bass. The group formed last year as part of the students’ VCE Performance subject and impressed State selectors, receiving an A+ for their final VCE score. Following their outstanding VCE results, the group went on to perform in Top Class – a music only concert staged by the Victorian College of the Arts prior to being selected to appear in Top Acts. Top Acts was part of the VCE season of Excellence – a four-month festival of arts showcasing the State’s top secondary students.
Ms Lisbeth Height, at Edrington, worked around a French theme. Large painted scenery, influenced by Seurat, took us on a visual journey of France old and new. Oversized African inspired heads and puppet hands were part of the spectacle accompanying the French/African tribal dance. Working on a project like the Tattoo gives each student the chance to be part of something much bigger than the normal class art activities. They have to work collaboratively, constantly need to problem-solve, work across age groups and gain valuable skills from the tasks they do. Students also begin to understand basic design principles and are learning how to meet deadlines. Working on Tattoo was an exciting time for us all, debating our ideas, choosing colours, thinking about construction. We work away from the theatre but have firm ideas about our vision. Alma Tooke Director, Visual Arts
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and eloquence. In 1993, a two-year study in Switzerland conducted with 1,200 children in more than 50 classes conclusively showed that playing music improved children’s reading and verbal skills through improved concentration, memory and self expression. Ongoing research conducted at the University of California and the University of Wisconsin in the US has demonstrated that learning and playing music builds or modifies neural pathways related to spatial reasoning tasks. This is important, as it is this area of development that can greatly assist in the ability and functioning of the brain in activities such as mathematics, chess and science.
Joshua (Castlefield, Prep)
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lato wrote, “Education in music is most sovereign because more than anything else rhythm and harmony find their way to the inmost soul and take strongest hold upon them, bringing with them and imparting grace if one is rightly trained.” On 10 February, 2004, Hansard records the following discussion about the value of music in our schools. Mr Pearce (Aston) moved that this House: 1 recognises the importance and value of all children learning music as part of their school education; 2 appreciates how the learning of music can provide additional benefits to a child’s overall academic and educational development; 3 acknowledges the significant contribution and effort that people from all walks of life make to their local communities through music and arts initiatives, particularly those that support our youth; 4 recognises the positive link between the well-being of our youth and their appreciation and active participation in music activities; and 5 calls on the Government through the Ministerial Council on Education Employment, Training and Youth Affairs to actively support and encourage: a) an increased presence and heightened importance of learning music within the
various education curricula throughout Australia; and b) an increase in funding for school music education programs from respective State and Territory governments. Every child in Australia should have a comprehensive education in music. For centuries, the value, importance and impact of music in society and on human beings has been extolled. One way a child’s life can be enriched is through music, whether by learning, understanding, appreciating or actually performing. Music has been identified as making a major difference in our world in many ways, and these differences
At Brown University, research has revealed that children aged between five and seven who had been performing under par in their general schooling had rapidly improved and somewhat caught up with their fellow students after several months of music lessons. The fact is that the more music a child can experience, the more likely that child will develop, improve and excel in academic achievement overall. Louis Harris said: “Music is a great uplifter of the spirit. It liberates depression, raises the levels of exhilaration and cleanses the soul.” If we want our youth to be happier – and more connected with and more active in our communities – music and the great experience of sharing and performing music together can help. There is an abundance of evidence that links music making and wellness. Nicole Lehmann from the University of Wisconsin said: “Music gives us hope in sadness and depression, releases our feelings of grief. It can put a smile on our face and a rainbow in our heart.”
...the true value of music lies in its ability to shape an individual’s abilities and character. come together for both the individual and society. Let us look at the benefits to the individual. In the area of education, there is a raft of evidence from around the globe that demonstrates the potential benefit of music to the development of our young children. Research in Hungary in the 1950s comparing the academic success of children at special music kindergartens and primary schools with that of children in mainstream schools found that playing music increases memory and reasoning, time management skills
I want to conclude by restating that the true value of music lies in its ability to shape an individual’s abilities and character. It lies in its capacity to positively affect the creative, intellectual and emotional development of human beings. Quite simply, I cannot imagine my life without music. It is this value that we should promote. Lyn Watts Head of Edrington
staff development On other occasions I have written about the importance of developing leadership skills in all students at Haileybury, and the ways we are seeking to achieve this outcome. There is a complementary goal concerning the development of leadership both for the institution and for the professional staff.
development
For the institution we have sought to be the leading educational institution in Australia. We have already achieved much recognition in this regard. This is seen not only by the roles our staff are now achieving in serving on boards, committees and working parties and in running special events on innovation, but also in the way our School is seen as the model of best practice in so many areas. Groups of teachers and other professionals frequently visit the School or make contact in other ways to look at our work. The Pre-Senior Program, the three-year VCE, our work in middle years and early years, our enhancement program in the Early Learning Centres and, of course, parallel education.
leadership
The development of leadership skills in our professional staff has been a major priority in the last five years. We now have an extensive professional development program and monitor the advancement of each staff member through the individual professional recognition interviews. We run four professional development days each year for teachers, and between twelve and fifteen late afternoon professional development sessions each year. Additionally, many staff choose to engage in other professional development through further study, attendance at conferences and subject association run sessions, and various professional networks. Professional leadership is one of the key areas in the professional development program. It prepares teachers for various areas of positions of responsibility in the School, as well as for leading teams of teachers in a variety of teaching and professional activities. These skills are important for young teachers, for teachers moving into leadership roles and for those in the more senior leadership positions.
performance
Effective leadership is acknowledged as one of the key factors in the performance of schools. During Term 2 in 2004, the entire teaching staff attended a professional development conference weekend at Lorne where the theme was leadership. A range of workshops by top consultants catered for all staff reflecting the stage of their professional careers. Mr John Tudor gave the keynote address following the Conference Dinner. The following day included a briefing by Adshan Consulting on the School’s marketing and client relationships, and the Chairman of Council on the corporate structure of the School. As with many conferences, there was also the benefit of spending time together away from the business of School.
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The staff members evaluate the value and effectiveness of the Conference very highly, and it is planned to have such an event about every two to three years. A new arrangement for professional development in 2005 will see an even more individually targeted approach, whereby staff members fulfil their professional requirements balancing certain mandated sessions with sessions reflecting their particular needs and interests. Professional leadership will continue to be a key theme in this program. Robert Pargetter Principal
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around the precincts?
Castlefield
Transit of Venus
Stretching Young Minds
Middle School students at Castlefield took part in a once in a lifetime astronomical event – The Transit of Venus.
At lunchtimes and after school if you were to wander around Castlefield you would find pockets of children involved in a range of activities designed to extend and enrich classroom learning. You might see them: • designing and testing a model solar vehicle for the Victorian Solar challenge. If our young inventors are in Years 7 and 8 they might also be mentoring Years 5 and 6 students on how to build a solar boat • discussing the implications of Artificial Intelligence as they prepare for their Future Problem Solving competition • devising a scenario-based performance for their Tournament of the Minds competition • researching whether we should export live animals as they prepare to debate this topic • honing their chess strategies in the Chess Club • creating animations in the Computer Lab • planning a ‘Green Day’ in Eco Club to raise our awareness of recycling. Academic extension activities form a synergy with our thinking skills curriculum. They are like a dynamic loop each enriching the other as we encourage children to trial, experiment, problem-solve, project manage, design, create, perform, analyse and conceptualise.
100 Days of School On Friday, 23 July 2004, the Prep and Year 1 students celebrated ‘100 Days of School’. Each student proudly wore a badge stating that they had been at school for 100 days and a ‘100’ crown they had made. The classes were involved in many activities including, decorating 100 footprints, weighing 100 items, placing their 100 items along the ground to see which were the longest and shortest, counting to 100 by various patterns and drawing what they think they may look like when they reach 100 years of age! After completing all our fun activities each student was presented with a certificate to commemorate their 100 days. The party was a huge success, with a large variety of food and music for dancing.
Keeping green
These higher order thinking skills are vital in the development of our children as they learn for a changing world.
The Transit of Venus occurs when Venus passes between the Earth and the Sun, so becomes visible during the day, silhouetted by the Sun. This event is a very rare occasion as it occurs twice in every 120 years, each time being 8 years apart to the day. Over 120 Haileybury students and parents took part in an excursion to the Astronomical Society of Victoria’s Heathcote site to view the transit and then watch the rising of the stars in the gathering darkness. Andrew Zeegers from Year 5B adds, “We also watched a video about the nine planets in our solar system and learnt so much stuff like the Earth spins 15 degrees every hour. A projector lit up the whole dome and we saw where the stars are in our galaxy and learnt how to find them.”
L to R, Emily Scott, Georgina Bruce and Sarah Bartlett
On 22 June, a Green Day was organised at Castlefield to encourage students to become more environmentally friendly. Students were asked to donate a gold coin to go towards purchasing recycling bins for our School, have no plastic in their lunchbox (use paper and paper bags only) and wear green! The organisation for the day was provided by the Eco Club and competitions were held including ‘Who Wore the Most Green’ and the ‘Greenest Class‘. The greenest class in the Middle School was Year 5B. Castlefield’s donations totalled $592.40. Green Day Awards also went to Pre-Prep P, and in the Junior School, Prep H.
Most important of all, these skills are developed in contexts that depend on close collaboration with their peers. And the very best part: It’s fun! Joan Gill Head of Castlefield
Georgina Oakley, Year 5G
Going Solar The Solar Club, combining both Years 7 and 8 students, met together over the holidays to start building our entry for the Solar Car Challenge. We built the framework in a teardrop design for aerodynamics, soldered the connectors on to the wires of the solar panels, built the chassis and made the wheels.
Brighton Solar Club L to R, Marcus Paton, Matthew Secatore, Ashesh Jalota
The Solar Car Competition is held at Scienceworks. There are some very strict rules about the design and build of the car. This term all the Year 8 students that are competing in the solar car race have the pleasure to coach the Years 5 and 6 students in their quest to build a solar boat. Ashesh Jalota, Matthew Secatore, James Scott
Newlands
During the middle of Term 2, Newlands held a ‘Festival of The Arts’ celebration which included a variety of workshops, performances from numerous artists and a multitude of Music, Visual Arts and Drama activities and of course our grand Newlands Fair.
Girls at Newlands in 2005 Newlands is currently a school of 600 students. We have over one hundred girls in Junior School and l am very much looking forward to welcoming our first Middle School girls to Newlands. The year 2005 will be the most important and dramatic development in the School’s 100-yearplus History.
The Fair was purely for the enjoyment of our own families and provided an opportunity for the entire community to come together and enjoy a festive day. We had a variety of foods available, craft stalls, drinks and ice creams, amusement rides and a full day’s performance schedule.
Haileybury has, for some time, wanted to cater for its families’ sons and daughters but we wanted to do this in a unique way. We believe that girls and boys have, in a general sense, special gender needs and therefore support the theory of gender schools. However, at the same time we see the social development needs of our adolescent students. There is a rigorous induction program introducing families of girls and the girls themselves to the School and the program. This has already commenced and involves various Information Nights, numerous correspondence, a ‘Practice – 2005 Day’ and a final Orientation Day just prior to the School’s official opening late in January of next year. Our building program for 2004 is in full swing and on completion will cater for all Schools at Newlands. The Newlands Hall, recently named the Berthon Hall after Haileybury’s second headmaster, Louis de Crillon Berthon, is being completely refurbished, adding an extension and performing stage to the northern end. The Science Laboratories are being updated and redesigned and the Pre-Senior Centre has some extension work planned early in 2005. Haileybury Girls College Centre is scheduled to be handed over to the School late in December of this year. Shane Davey Head of Newlands
Further to this celebration Year 8 students, in association with Toorak College, performed The Truth during this week as part of the festivities.
Mothers Day Chapel We were thrilled that many mums were able to join us at our Mothers Day Chapel. Many Junior School students ably assisted Reverend McUtchen throughout the service. A highlight was the performance by our students of two songs, Seasons of Love and Put a Little Love in your Heart.
A hive of activity Term 2 has been a most productive period with the Festival of The Arts, the play The Truth, House activities highlighting the calendar and an added number of special occasions as outlined in this report. Presentation Assembly held in Aikman Hall closed the term and many students received appropriate recognition and applause for their efforts and/or academic ability.
ANZAC Day Service The term commenced with a special Anzac Day Service. Mr Furlonger, a member of the armed forces (Lieutenant Commander in the Royal Australian Navy) was the guest speaker at this assembly.
Work Experience Excursions Year 7 students visited the Yakult factory during the term and Year 8 students were given the opportunity to visit the ‘Volgren’ bus factory. This latter manufactures buses for Grendas and other transport companies throughout Australasia. These excursions formulate part of the Careers Program.
Medieval Day Medieval Day was celebrated at Newlands bringing together Year 6 students from all campuses. There were numerous knights, kings and queens roaming the grounds. Students thoroughly enjoyed the activities prepared for them, particularly the food.
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Festival of the Arts
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Edrington This year ‘Leadership’ is a major focus for Haileybury Edrington. Teachers attended a weekend residential in May where they studied Leadership strategies such as team building, conflict management, vision sharing, and the concepts of cultural, educational and transformational leadership. Students have also had enormous opportunity to develop themselves as leaders via: • Year 8 Executive Team – A group of 21 Year 8 students have volunteered to work with Mr Doran (Head of Middle School) to achieve three important projects this year • PALs Program – This group of Years 8 and 9 students works with Ms Summers (School Counsellor) to undertake a variety of programs that provide peer support for their fellow students. On 17 March the PALs team spent a day at Newlands training to be effective student counsellors • House Captains and Vice Captains – These students are elected to their positions and undertake a variety of roles in leading and supporting their respective Houses in competitions such as Athletics, Swimming carnivals and House Music and Drama festivals • Student Representative Councils (SRCs) – This year we have both a Junior and Middle School SRC. Both groups have already begun some active planning, including a number of worthwhile social service projects. On 22 March, Middle School Student Leaders spent the morning at Senior School in Leadership training, with further training in public speaking and presentation to be provided. I encourage all students to ‘have a go’ and join in with some of these excellent self-development opportunities. Lyn Watts Head of Edrington
Grandparents Day An atmosphere of warmth and excitement surrounded Grandparents Day celebrations at both the Junior and Middle Schools. Students prepared their classrooms for visits, and performed a wonderful array of music, drama, dance and literary extravaganzas. The Edrington Parents and Friends Association prepared two beautiful morning teas in honour of our special guests. Set up in the Middle School courtyard, the tables with their starched white cloths and pretty flowers looked magnificent.
Year 1 students prepare some fine entertainment for Grandparents Day
Haileybury Girls to the National Aerobics!
‘Techno’ Parents
The exciting news rushed through the Edrington precinct – Haileybury girls have made it through to the Schoolaerobics National Championships in Adelaide. Apparently once all of the results were in, our girls’ performance was considered better than many of the place-getters in the other states. This led to them being invited to compete in the Nationals. The Girls team will fly to Adelaide on Friday, 20 August, stay overnight, practice a session in front of the judges on Saturday morning, compete Saturday afternoon, and then fly back to Melbourne Saturday evening. What an experience for these fit young women!
Lisa Eastaugh left, and Faye Owen
A new course for parents in Computing has been conducted during Term 3 at Edrington. The ‘Techno Parents’ course has seen many parents return to school and learn new skills in an effort to keep up with their children! Over the course of nine evenings, the participants gained new knowledge in a range of different Software Titles and sampled the range of technology to which Haileybury students have access. Mr Travis Campbell, the Junior School ICT Coordinator at Edrington, conducted the course. Proceeds went towards a new Video Editing Suite to allow students to create their own edited movies.
Congratulations! Late last year parents of children in the ELC were surveyed to determine the quality of service that teachers in the ELC were providing. The outcomes of this survey indicated that parents believed the service was outstanding. Typical comments were:
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Aerobics team below, and Hockey Premiers below right
Senior School
SRC Conference 2004 After months of planning, the Haileybury Student Representative Council (SRC) Conference finally came into fruition. Over 400 SRC representatives converged onto the campus for what was to be a tiring but wholly rewarding experience. The day began with an entertaining keynote address from motivational speaker, Mr Mark Dobson. His words of advice and ability to make issues relevant struck a chord with the participants and set the scene for the rest of the day. This year there were over 20 different seminars to choose from with all members doing three. They ranged from the typical SRC seminars such as Chairing Meetings, Public Speaking, Individual Responsibilities and Conflict Resolution aimed at refining leadership skills. To more active seminars – Be Empowered, The Leader Within You, Rumad and Group Challenges intended to develop individual SRC members. As well as seminars designed to raise the profile of the leadership body within the school – Marketing, Fund-raising and Networking. These seminars were run by either senior leaders or guest speakers, which included some of our
teaching staff, and all were highly effective. After attending their seminars, the students all returned for the final plenary session. Here students were able to get back into their school groups and discuss definite action plans. It also enabled time for feedback, not only from specific sessions but the event as a whole. Judging from the results of that feedback the participants left extremely satisfied with their time at Haileybury. A special thank you must go out to all those who helped on the day from teachers to staff, those who ran seminars and those who simply helped to direct traffic or man barbecues. Also Mr Galanis, the Assistant Dean of Student Leadership at Senior School should be thanked for all of his hard work throughout the course of the year to run such a successful event. Rukmal De Silva, Year 12 Prefect Leadership Portfolio
The Winter Sports season has been one of excitement and triumph for Haileybury. The Football, Basketball and Hockey premiership cups can now be added to our catalogue of premierships won this year. The winter teams were faced with the challenging task of carrying on the successes of the Summer Sports season, which brought about premierships in Swimming and Diving, Table Tennis and Tennis as well as Touch Football. Nevertheless, against many predictions, the teams did exactly that and established Haileybury as the champion APS sporting school. The efforts of Mr Lynch, Firsts Football coach, Mr Cantwell, Firsts Basketball coach and Mrs Tooke, Firsts Hockey coach are to be congratulated and are evident in their results. The development of the Haileybury Firsts Soccer team and Cross Country team has also been impressive this winter season with many of the members returning next year. Looking ahead to the spring sporting calendar, the focus of the School shifts to Athletics where we look forward to finishing off a record-breaking and truly amazing sporting year for Haileybury. Matt Fankhauser, Year 12 Captain of Sport
Barwon Prison As far as class excursions go, the Legal Studies one is, to say the least, probably seen as the most shocking and confronting. This was in relation to our recent study of the types of punishments given to people who commit criminal offences. On that note, we were off for the one-and-a-half hour trip to H M Prison Barwon.
SRC Conference
After the mandatory security checks, standard for a maximum-security prison, it was off to meet the prisoners. The rest of the afternoon was spent asking five inmates (whose offences ranged from armed robbery to murder) questions about life ‘on the inside’. The trip provided us with insight as to how our system works in regards to detaining and rehabilitating prisoners. Yianni Kordos, Year 11
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Great SportS
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Assembly Visitor
Dr Jim Fox less-than-helpful advice my sons (now in their twenties) have given me over the years when I have attempted to offer gratuitous advice on this direction or that. Their response usually includes phrases along the lines of ‘you are such a Dinosaur Dad’. I can only assume that ‘Dinosaur’ is a term of affection and respect when delivered by a teenager to his Dad.
Dr Jim Fox
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n 2002 the Old Haileyburians Association established a Haileybury Hall of Fame and at the Centenary Dinner held last year, a number of distinguished Old Boys were inducted. Among them was Dr Jim Fox who attended the School from 1961 to 1968. On leaving he undertook three degrees at the University of Melbourne – Bachelor of Engineering, Master of Engineering Science and Doctor of Philosophy. In 1980 he joined PA Consulting International and in 1984 he became Managing Director of PA Technology Asia Pacific. Today, Jim is the CEO of Vision Systems, Australia’s largest private sector technology-based consulting company, providing services to major manufacturing industries and government. During Term 1, Jim gave this stimulating address to Senior School Assembly: “Receiving the invitation and then actually being here today is a little scary for a couple of reasons. Firstly, it is over 35 years since I was last at a school assembly! I cannot believe that it is so long ago and how fast it’s gone and what 35 plus my school age equals in estimating how old I am now. Scary! So my first message to you is to seize the moment – grab chances in every area of your life as they come and give it a go – life just races by before you know it!
Seize the moment – grab new experiences and opportunities as fast as you can. The second scary factor is that although in my day-to-day work, I would make two to three speeches a week and chair meetings in our company on a daily basis, standing here today in front of all of you is a much tougher task in deciding what to say. Ringing in my ears is the
Aside from all the fun things that life has offered me from family and friends to sport and flying, I am very fortunate to be involved in a company called Vision Systems that is listed on the Australian Stock Exchange and that is built around the skills of young Australian engineers and designers. In our engineering group, we help other companies design and produce new products, which range from sophisticated medical instruments and devices to computer products to new home appliances, which they then set about manufacturing and selling. The biggest commitment we have made is to products that assist in the diagnosis of cancer by pathologists, who in turn are then able to provide information about cancers that are found to the medical teams that then design the best treatment program for each particular cancer patient. We manufacture the instruments that process the human tissue samples that may contain signs of cancer in Melbourne and the biological reagents that the instruments use in Newcastle, England. This is a very exciting and important business, which employs scientists and engineers all over the world and helps in the fight against cancer on a daily basis.
So, my take on this is – don’t worry about unplanned direction changes – just keep moving. It is hard to steer a car if its wheels are not turning. Looking back, I would have gone nuts as a long haul Qantas pilot sitting in automatically flown aeroplanes going 20 hours up to London and back. Ironically, engineering has had me to be travelling the world for months each year, so I have been long haul flying from the best seat in the house – in the cabin! Engineering has seen me involved in and with some amazing projects around the world from new telecommunications products in Australia to rubber plantations in Malaysia to 747 repairs in British Airways and Boeing to products that improve health outcomes in the USA to the latest toys in China. And, it has meant that I have been able to go back to flying our own plane to places we choose! So, four messages from a Dinosaur:
1 Seize the moment – grab new experiences and opportunities as fast as you can 2 Get out and see the world and get a better understanding of our place in it and how the competition is going about building their living standards and wealth 3 Don’t sweat changes in directions or temporary setbacks – get moving in any direction then use this movement to go where you want
4 Think about the creative end of careers – the world has plenty of lawyers and accountants. People that build things have lots more fun.
...don’t worry about unplanned direction changes – just keep moving. It is hard to steer a car if its wheels are not turning. Although I spent nine years at university gathering three engineering degrees, which ultimately led to the decision we made to start a new company, when I left school, this was not what I wanted or planned. On completing Year 12 here at Haileybury, I declined the place that I had won to do Engineering at the University of Melbourne and headed into Qantas’ cadet pilot program – which was my dream, I thought. Within weeks, the program had been shut down and I was back on the street. I rang the University and was fortunate to get quickly back into engineering, which leads me here today.
If you grab it for the opportunity that it is presented to you by being here at Haileybury for what it can be, which is a wonderful gift from your hard-working parents, then it will surely propel you on your way. If things aren’t rolling for you, talk to your parents and to your favourite teacher – they are there to back you in whatever you set your heart on. As a near-retiring Dinosaur, I hope you are all very successful.” Jim Brown Honorary Dean
OHA Report developed a flair for special Loire cuisine to share with family and friends. At Haileybury, he was a member of my Senior Choir for four years, a keen chorister with a sensitivity for good music. At the conclusion of the service, the senior girls formed a guard of honour for the funeral cortege to pass through as a final tender tribute to one whom they admired. Ivan Collins Geoffrey Joachim BA, Dip Ed (Melb) (1968)
Following his sudden heart failure on 23 May 2004 while still teaching, Geoffrey died at 53 years; his funeral service was held at St Andrew’s Anglican Church, Brighton. The service was an inspiration to all those who attended.
Old Haileyburians, David Byrne, Peter Burton and Tim O’Connor paid tribute to him by their presence at the service – there may have been others – as the host of mourners filled both the nave and overflowed in standing space in the transept. Many girls were obliged to sit on the pavement. So this large church was full, a fine tribute to a fine teacher. Family tributes were made by Geoffrey’s sisters, Bronwyn and Pamela Wood, the latter reading the lesson. The Principal and Vice Principal of Melbourne Grammar Girls School also read tributes representing the school and staff. We learnt that Geoffrey was a considerate and sympathetic mentor whose opinions were original and positive. He was a great traveller, rather than a tourist, enjoying especially France. He
On his retirement in 1983 this tribute was paid in the School magazine: ‘It has often been said that good Schoolmasters are born, not made. Stan Brown was a ‘natural’. He immediately entered fully into the life of Scotch, and in the ensuing years there was hardly an area of School activity to which he did not make a rich and wholesome contribution.’
Geoffrey was a true son of Founder Rendall’s Haileybury since he combined scholarship in Classics and interest in cricket. Brian Clark reported that Classics Master, George Lightfoot, thought him one of his outstanding Classics students.
Geoffrey taught at both Melbourne Grammar School boys and girls schools with distinction. His latest appointment was VCE Coordinator at the girls school and a respected Classics teacher. So, the service was attended by many students, parents and staff of the school. He also taught at Kingham Hill School, Oxford for six years.
as paramount. It was in those roles that he had a major influence on the many boys who passed through his hands. He was Group Master of Forms 1 and 2 for twenty-four years and it was in this role that he was best known – he counselled countless concerned parents, supervised and encouraged his boys and comforted the nervous newcomers as they faced for the first time the wide and complex life of Scotch College.
Stanley Francis Brown BA, TPTC (1936) Stan Brown, the youngest of three sons, attended Haileybury at its original site on the south-west corner of New Street and South Road where he completed both his primary and secondary education. In his final year (1936) he was Captain of the School, Captain of Cricket and Tennis, Vice Captain of Football, Warrant Officer Class II in cadets and winner of the Sid Vickery Memorial Prizes as well as excelling in his studies. He commenced a long teaching career as a trainee teacher at Ballarat Grammar in 1937. Two years later he matriculated at the University of Melbourne and qualified as a teacher with a TPTC. In 1939 he moved to Camberwell Grammar as Housemaster of the boarding house where he stayed for fifteen years punctuated by war service from 1941 to 1944 in the 46th Battalion, serving in Papua New Guinea. Stan’s appointment to Scotch College in 1954 by Richard Selby Smith began a thirty-year involvement with the school. Scotch’s pastoral and co-curriculum program was a great attraction to Stan who saw the education of the whole boy
That teaching was Stan’s life was emphasised by the gathering of friends in support of his widow Ray, their son Howard and his wife Jenny and their five children, to fill St Barnabas, Balwyn, on 17 May with strong representations from Camberwell Grammar and Scotch College. Camberwell Grammar sent a guard of honour of tall, very fit young men in their Cadet uniforms. Stan Brown was a good man whose loyalty to old comrades and to his old school held true and he was properly celebrated. David Jarrett and Jim Brown
Sympathy Sincere sympathy is extended to the families of Edgar Wilkins (1923), Stanley Brown (1936), Geoffrey Joachim (1968), Bill Wilkinson (1956) and David Tremewen (1989) on their recent bereavements.
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Obituaries
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OHA Report a note from the PRESIDENT My three year term as OHA President is coming to a close, and I am handing over the reigns to our Senior Vice President Ian Herman, who I know will be an outstanding president. My term in office has been an extremely enjoyable and satisfying experience, with many highlights. Socially, two of the largest functions in OHA history, the Teams of the Century Dinner and the Centenary Dinner were held in 2002 and 2003. Both were very well supported by the Old Boy community. In 2001 we held our first Back to Brighton Dinner in the Castlefield Assembly Hall, which was also bursting at the seams. All three were memorable evenings.
the relationship between the School and OHA continues to go from strength to strength I am delighted to report that the relationship between the School and OHA continues to go from strength to strength, due to the support and encouragement we have received from Dr Robert Pargetter from the time he was appointed Principal of Haileybury. The School has enjoyed outstanding growth in the past six years under Dr Pargetter, and it is pleasing to know that the number of Old Boys who have enrolled their children at the School continues to grow each year. I am fortunate to have worked with a dedicated group of Old Haileyburians who are members of the OHA Council. I would like to thank them for the support they have given me, particularly our Honorary Secretary Alan Lougheed, who has attended a number of functions on my behalf when I have been overseas or interstate with business commitments, and Executive Director Dennis Smith for his tireless work and enthusiasm. I am pleased to report that we soon hope to have our own OHA website, which will enable Old Boys to directly communicate with each other, and to keep informed of our range of activities, year group reunions, social functions and the updated results from our various sporting teams. This will be the most important innovation we could introduce in the ongoing development of our communication with all Old Haileyburians. Special mention also must be made of the contribution Jim Brown continues to make to the OHA each year. At the Principal’s request Jim has recently spearheaded a committee to explore ways that the School could increase its support of the OHA. Jim’s advice on OHA matters has been invaluable to me during my term. Whilst I am stepping down as President, I look forward to being part of the OHA committee and the exciting future we have ahead of us. Andrew Langford-Jones
OHA CRICKET Old Haileybury Cricket Club enters the 2004/2005 season as defending premiers. The season commences on 16 October, and promises to be an exciting one with new teams entering the MCC Club XI and a mix of one-day and two-day games to be played on the premier turf wickets in Melbourne. Following the retirement of some players from last season the club is looking to recruit players of all standards who will enjoy playing competitive cricket amongst friendly teammates and opposition. For all enquiries please contact Matthew Baxter on 0414 955 770. The MCC also seeks anyone interested in umpiring on Saturday afternoons. Matthew can assist with any enquiries.
OHA Football After the success last year in reaching the finals in our first year back in A Grade we looked forward to another successful season. However, we suffered injuries to key players from the first game, which continued throughout the year, and we were never able to put anything like our best team onto the field. We have retained our place in A Grade however, so we put a disappointing season behind us and look forward to 2005. After eight years as president I am handing the reins over to Tim Chegwin (‘89), a former player and club stalwart. He will be an outstanding president, and I wish Tim, his committee and the club every success in our quest for the Holy Grail. My thanks to everyone at the club who have made the past eight years such an enjoyable experience. Dennis Smith
Old Haileybury Hockey Club By the time that you read this report, the winter 2004 season will be over. However, at the time of writing, we are still battling it out on the field, with a few rounds of the regular season still to go! So here’s the bold prediction: a premiership for our Second XI, playing in Metro 3 South! The team has been a consistent performer all season, and has been on top of the ladder for many rounds now. Whatever the result, it has been a great season for the team, ably led on and off field by Stephen Harper, Daren Trewin and Steve McIntyre. The First XI has had a rebuilding year... isn’t that the sporting term when you haven’t done as well as you hoped at the start of the season? Playing in State League 5, the team lost a few of its regular players of previous seasons but has achieved some hard-fought wins. However, it has also drawn some games it should have won, and lost some games it should have drawn! Likely to finish around the middle of the ladder, there’ve been plenty of exciting matches in any case. Ash Marriott and Warwick Bishop have been in charge of this crew. The Third XI has been getting better throughout the season, showing the benefits of regular training. Led by Malcolm Steel and James Watts, the team will finish the season anywhere from 5th to 7th in Metro 4 South, a creditable performance from a team with many new players. And all matches played with gusto. They’ve enjoyed themselves alright. Well done to the players and the supporters. We’ll have celebrated with a Presentation Dinner on a party boat out from Docklands... a sufficient break before the summer season (both indoor and outdoor teams) for some to have recovered their land legs. Check out the Club’s web site for details of our winter results, our summer teams and to get involved. You’ll find us at www.ohahc.com.au. We’d love to have you on board! Jamie Harris President
The OH Athletics Club has continued its clean sweep of the winter season winning all four of the point scoring events to date. Such has been the strength of the club, that our first three teams finished first, third and sixth respectively at the most recent event in Gembrook. These results elevate the club to a seemingly unbeatable position for the premiership and poised to create history by retaining three teams in the first division. Our womens team took their first win for the season at Gembrook, putting them back in the hunt for the premiership, in second behind Old Wesley Collegians.
Year Group Reunions The Class of ‘79, ‘83, ‘84, and ‘03 were held in Term 2. Good attendances at each function, and most enjoyable for all those who attended. Our thanks to the members of the committees who spent many hours contacting their former classmates to ensure the success of the functions.
Year Group Reunions 2004 remaining
Year Group Reunions 2005 Friday 18 March
Class of ‘95
Friday 15 October
Class of ‘74
Friday 25 March
Class of ‘90
Friday 12 November
Class of ‘64
Friday 13 May
Class of ‘85
Friday 19 November
Class of ‘69
Sunday 17 July
Class of ‘04
Sunday 28 November
Class of ‘99
Friday 5 August
Class of ‘80
Friday 14 October
Class of ‘75
Friday 21 October
Class of ‘70
Friday 18 November
Class of ‘65
Friday 25 November
Class of ‘60
Class of ‘83
Our Winter Captain Justin Wilson is all but assured of winning the Athlete of the Year competition and has been given strong support from Nigel Adkin and Old Boys Michael Reddie and Alex Davey. A promising sign for the club has been the strong return runs of Old Boys Matt MacDonald and Ryan Taylor. Both runners have overcome serious illness and injury and the club is optimistic they will return to top form. Success for the club this winter has created a surplus of silverware even taking an unexpected team win at a handicap event at Brighton; it seems we can’t lose. With two races left in the season, the club is looking forward to the summer season where many current students will compete on the track for the Old Boys club.
Class of ’83
This initiative, devised by Craig Furber, is not only aimed at strengthening the School team, but also at increasing the flow on to Old Boys Sport after school, indicating a bright future for the club and the sport. Ashley Peacock
Class of ‘79
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Swooping success
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Alumni Notes Gilbert Albury (1960)
Scott Laing (1983)
Russell Smyth (1987)
Recently returned to ‘The Depot’ in Broken Hill after spending six months in India, mainly in Gujarat state.
Senior Manager with Pitcher Partners (Chartered Accountants). In his spare time Chief Timekeeper for the Australian Superbike Championships.
Has been appointed Professor, Department of Economics at Monash University. On leaving Haileybury, Russell completed degrees in Economics and Law at Monash and a PhD in economics at the University of London and joined the Economics Department at Monash in 1997.
John Gollings (1963) Leading Architectural photographer, has catalogued every picture he has taken. It is a major resource for authors, academics, property developers, graphic designers, architects and magazines. Rodney Tiffen (1967) Associate Professor of Government at Sydney University. Has just published ‘How Australia Compares’ (Cambridge University Press). In doing so he sifted through mountains of statistics for eighteen countries – Australia, New Zealand, the USA, Canada, Japan, the UK, Ireland and eleven countries in continental Europe. Richard Cockburn (1969)
Dean Diamond (1984) A financial controller with Telstra. Hayden Fricke (1984) General Manager, Estate Planning Solutions, State Trustees Limited. Campbell Graham (1984) Qualified accountant (CPA), owns and manages third generation family business, Keables Pty Ltd. Tony Hood (1984) A partner at Webb & Co, Chartered Accountants in East Hawthorn. Tony’s interests include scuba diving, surfing and motorcycle riding.
Executive Director with the Australian Securities Commission, recently awarded a Public Service Medal in the Queen’s Birthday Honours. Richard was recognised for his work in pioneering corporate law reform in Australia.
James Kydas (1984)
Bruce Benjamin (1972)
Stephen Matthews (1984)
After twenty years working on major infrastructure projects in South East Asia, of which eleven years have been at the Hong Kong International Airport, Bruce took up a position in March, heading the development of an international airport in Hyderabad, India.
After teaching at Scotch College, then St Michael’s Grammar, has moved to Ballarat and is teaching at Ballarat Grammar. Stephen is coaching the 1st and 2nd Xl Hockey teams, playing drums for the University of Ballarat Pipe Band, currently Victorian and Australian Drumming Champion. He is a former President of the Victorian Geography Teachers Association.
Richard Flockart (1973) Now teaching in Somerset, UK. Greg Bartlett (1981) After graduating Bachelor of Chemical Engineering at Monash, Greg is now a Patent Attorney with Philips Ormonde & Fitzpatrick. He is the manager of the Adelaide office. Michael Harvey (1981) Herald Sun journalist in Canberra, won a major award for excellence in journalism for the best news report in print. Rodger Brook (1983) College Bursar/Business Manager at the Genesis Christian College in Brisbane. Bill Giantsos (1983) Chemist at Mayne Pharmacies.
Is a risk management consultant. After working in the USA and Europe, James has developed a unique financial and management program to reduce excessive workers compensation costs.
Peter Pickering (1984) Working as a barrister, now living in Kingsville. Sean Ralphsmith (1984) Married with two young children. General Manager, Freemarkets Australia. Craig Russell (1984) Living in Somerville and involved in local community radio and basketball. Still an avid motorcycle enthusiast. Eric Van Den Bossche (1984) Senior psychologist for South West Gippsland Community Mental Health Services. Eric is also a consultant forensic psychologist for Melbourne University Private.
Ben Chia (1989) Runs his own information technology software business and is Youth Pastor at the Waverley Christian Fellowship. In the latter role he oversees the leadership committee of the Overseas Christian Fellowship Group at the University of Melbourne and Monash, Clayton. Ashley Hayden (1989) Victorian Marketing Manager with a large international marketing company. Recently visited the US and Canada, photographing polar bears for his photography consultancy business. Chris Jeffares (1989) General Manager, Automotive of Wunderman, one of the world’s largest marketing services companies. Peter Kambouris (1989) Environmental Program Manager for Parks Victoria’s East Gippsland District. Based in Bairnsdale and living in Paynesville. Michael Smallwood (1989) Working for the Commonwealth Government finding sustainable employment for persons with severe injuries/disabilities. Jason Smith (1989) Formerly with Price Waterhouse Coopers, is now Group Tax and Accounting Manager at Computershare Ltd. Andrew Breadham (1994) Aeronautical engineer with the RAAF at Richmond, NSW. Brian Mason (1998) Visited Washington DC for international mooting competition. Mark Griffiths (2001) Now in his third year of Engineering at Swinburne University. Mark is looking towards a career in Automotive Engineering.
Stepping
Haileybury in 1903
by Justice Ross Sundberg
1903 Haileybury College 1892 Standing: C H Rendall, Esq, H B G Macartney, C H Fisken, J W McComas, H W Allen, M Jenkin, R Ingram, E S Bowen Sitting, Middle Row: J W Thomson, Esq, Mrs H W Mills, H W Mills, Esq, H D Rust, Esq, W T Finalayson Front Row: R G Cumbrae Stewart, T Nankivell, M Withers, L Erson, H V Pittam, G Crawford, H Crawford, J Davies, W Crawford
Haileybury’s first annual magazine –
The Haileyburian of Australia – was published in December 1903. It reviewed the School’s activities in 1903, the twelfth year of its existence. 1903 was also the year the Old Haileyburians’ Association was formed. The twelfth magazine (1914) marked Charles Rendall’s retirement after twenty-four years as Headmaster.
The first twelve publications throw light on the life after School of the students who enrolled at Haileybury in its first year, 1892. The photograph of these boys and the staff is well-known. It has pride of place in the Archives display. It appears in the Centenary History – The First 100 Years – and has been reproduced from time to time in the annual magazine and in other publications. There are seventeen students and five members of staff.
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back in time
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himself (between Erson and Pittam) is Withers. Cumbrae Stewart’s identification is likely to have been correct. The caption to the photograph in the 1956 magazine correctly gives the names ‘– Erson, M Withers’. It also shows that Cumbrae Stewart could not remember Erson’s first name. More recent reproductions of the photograph follow the Cumbrae Stewart attribution of the relevant names.
The History names the students in the front row as R G Cumbrae Stewart, T Nankivell, M Withers-Erson, HV Pittam, G Crawford, H Crawford, J Davies and W Crawford. These are the younger boys. Those in the back row are HBG Macartney, CH Fisken, JW McComas, HW Allen, M Jenkin, R Ingram and ES Bowen. The student at the end of the middle row is WT Finlayson. The staff members are the Headmaster in the back row and Mr JW Thompson, Mrs HW Mills, Mr HW Mills and Mr HD Rust in the middle row. There are eight boys in the front row, sitting cross-legged on the ground. That accords with the number named in the History. But there is one small boy located between the front row and what I have called the middle row. He must be sitting on a step or a box. He is not named. He appears behind, between and above Withers-Erson and Pittam. Assuming the History’s sequence of names is correct, what should have appeared between Nankivell and Pittam is ‘M Withers, – Erson’, the dash indicating that Erson’s first name was not known to the attributor of the names.
By 1903, the year covered by the first Haileyburian, all the ‘original’ boys had left. Many of them had done remarkably well, as appears in that magazine. Horace William Allen, generally known as Barney Allen and reputedly the first student to enrol, is recorded as having moved from a lectureship at Ormond College in the University of Melbourne to the Classical lectureship at the University. Evan Bowen was practising dentistry in Collins Street, Melbourne. Walter Finlayson was studying medicine and ‘keeping wickets for St Mary’s Hospital’. Cecil Fisken was with Malleson, England & Stewart, solicitors. Jack McComas was a flourishing solicitor in Collins Street. M Withers was at Balliol College, Oxford ‘and was likely to represent his University at lawn tennis’. Pausing there, that means six of the original seventeen had either graduated from a university or were studying there. Other entries are less informative. Thus Ingram is reported to be ‘doing well in Adelaide’, and ‘W Pittam’ as having ‘gone in for practical engineering’. Pittam’s initials ‘HV’ in the History are derived from the School’s account for the fees for the first term of 1892 addressed in manuscript to ‘HW Pittam Esq’, the boy’s father. The student’s name at the top of the account appears to be ‘HV Pittam’ though the ‘V’ could be any number of other letters. In the list of Old Boys in the early magazines (1903 and 1904) he is described variously as H Pittam, ‘– Pittam’ and, as in the 1903 magazine, W Pittam. In fact his first name was Henry. Rex Cumbrae Stewart is said to be doing well at the Ballarat School of Mines, Hussey Burgh George Macartney to have recovered from his severe wound received in action at Colenso in South Africa, and G Crawford to have returned from active service in South Africa. (Australians fought in the Boer War from 1899 to 1902.)
There were three Crawford brothers in the 1892 class. All were young boys. They are in the front row on the right-hand side. The family resemblance is unmistakeable. They lived in a vast mansion called ‘Kiora’ at 81 South Road, Brighton Beach. Until the 1930s Haileybury was located at the corner of South Road and New Street. It would have taken the Crawfords about five minutes to walk to school, and a little less to get there by pony or bicycle. Kiora is still there. It was built in 1890. It has three storeys and two towers. One of the towers is square with windows, and is suitable for occupation. The other is a purely decorative cone-shaped turret. There are other substantial dwellings of the same vintage in the immediate area, suggesting that when Charles Rendall acquired JB Were’s former house and turned it into a school, he was buying into a prestigious location. Pittam also lived nearby, at Bolton Park, another mansion with extensive grounds. Getting to school would have taken him about five minutes. Although the original school buildings were spacious, its grounds were not extensive, and cricket had to be played on a public reserve a block down South Road. But Rendall wanted his own oval, and in 1894 leased and later purchased from Pittam’s father some six acres of Bolton Park land on which he, his staff and students constructed a cricket pitch. The 1903 Haileyburian contains information about fourteen of the seventeen students in the photograph. Eleven appear as entries under the heading ‘About Old Boys’, and three under the heading ‘Names and Addresses of Old Boys’. The three about whom nothing is recorded (other than their names) are ‘– Erson’, ‘– Davies’ and ‘M Jenkin’. The editors sought information about them from their contemporaries, but so far as appears from subsequent magazines, nothing was forthcoming. However by the time of Cumbrae Stewart’s 1956 reminiscences, Davies had acquired the initial ‘J’.
1903 Curiously the list of students year by year recorded in the History does not mention Erson, but does name Withers. The History’s order of names is probably not correct. In his reminiscences in the 1956 magazine, Rex Cumbrae Stewart identified those in the photograph. The only difference between his line up of the front row, of which he was a member, and the History’s is that the boy next to Nankivell is Erson, and the boy all by
in the careers of some of the 1892 class. Thus Allen became Senior Tutor and then Vice Master at Ormond. Withers (the Balliol man) took Holy Orders and later became a curate in London’s East End. There are several entries about McComas’ success as a solicitor, though by 1909 he seems to have come down in the world, being ‘very busy selling bricks’. Fisken also appears to have changed his vocation. In 1903 he was in a solicitor’s firm in Melbourne, and lived in Orrong Road, Toorak. In 1905 he went to Queensland. In 1906 he became President of the Old Haileyburians’ Association, and ‘we trust he will stir things up’. By 1910 he was on a station near Tumut, and in 1914 was on the land at Yarra Glen. Pittam, who had gone in for practical engineering, was working at the Newport Workshops near Melbourne. Later he went to Tasmania. Cumbrae Stewart left the Ballarat School of Mines and went to Broken Hill. Then he joined the Government Survey Group at Macorna, and subsequently the Survey Camp at Cohuna. By 1909 he was with the Water Commission at Kerang, but soon moved to the NSW Irrigation Department. By 1905 Finlayson was at Poona, India in the medical service, and married to a Miss Nevill of Winchester, England. The three Crawfords ended up on the land: G and H in Queensland and W in the west.
If we assume that the 1892 photograph was taken at the beginning of the school year, that all students then enrolled appear in it, that student numbers were the same at the beginning and end of the year, and that one was expelled in the course of the year, the probability is that two left for business, and there were three replacements – Turner, Teague and Collins. That treats the Headmaster’s ‘several’ as meaning two, which is not within the usual meaning of the word. But the foregoing probability accords with the other facts of which we can be reasonably certain.
In his First Annual Report, delivered at Speech Day at the School, Headmaster Rendall said there were seventeen boys at the opening and there were still seventeen at Speech Day, ‘though several boys have left at different times in the year for business: one boy also left through declining to take a punishment’. This may explain why nothing is known about the activities of some boys after they left. Their stay may have been so short that they felt insufficient affinity with the School to remain in contact or provide details of their progress and achievements. The one who was expelled would have had no reason to stay in touch.
As things stand, we know Erson suffered three Haileybury-inflicted indignities: omission from the History’s list of original students, confusion with Withers, and ignorance of his first name. It would be sad if there were another indignity inflicted by Queen’s College. Mrs Jerrett has donated a Year 10 prize – The Erson Family Award for Attitude and Effort – awarded for the first time at the 2003 Senior School Speech Night, at which she was a guest.
We knew nothing about Erson until last year, when the School contacted his granddaughter, Marie Jerrett. She told us the family lived in Brighton when Erson was at School, that his first name was Ledger, and that he went to the medical faculty at Melbourne University, living at Queen’s College there, and became a prominent obstetrician, practising in Collins Street. Queen’s College has no record of an Erson. However the Medical Registers for the late 1800s show that a Dr Ledger Erson practised in Victoria during this period. He qualified in Edinburgh at a much earlier date. Accordingly, it may well be that Mrs Jerrett was speaking of her great grandfather rather than her grandfather. The fact that the great grandfather’s name was Ledger does not mean his son did not have the same name. But the supposed Queen’s College connection is a mystery. The family is investigating these uncertainties, and the true story may be unearthed.
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Later issues record further stages
The 1892 photograph, with its seventeen students, was almost certainly taken at the beginning of the school year. At least one other boy joined in the course of the year, because the first Haileyburian speaks of eighteen boys. The History says there were nineteen, though it appears to count Cumbrae Stewart twice, under that name and as ‘R Stewart’. As indicated earlier, Erson is not listed. The additional names in the History for 1892 are CS Turner and L Teague. In his reminiscences in the 1951 Haileyburian, McComas, one of our best informants about the early years, says Turner, Teague and Edmund Collins were there in the first year. The History records Collins in 1893, though since 1892 was McComas’ one and only year at Haileybury, he is unlikely to have mentioned Collins if he did not join up until after McComas had left. All the early Haileyburians disclose about Turner is that in 1903 he was in Brisbane, married, and ‘the father of a future Haileyburian’. There were two Turners at the school five years later, and one may be the future Haileyburian. All the magazines tell us about Teague is an address – C/- Dr Teague, Collins Street, Melbourne. However, from other sources we have ascertained that Teague is probably Lionel Teague, born in 1882, the son of Dr James Teague of 89 Collins Street, Melbourne, and the half brother of well-known artist, Violet Teague (1872-1951). Collins was said to be ‘the possessor of a small daughter’ and conducting a flourishing wine business. He was President of the Old Haileyburians’ Association on several occasions.
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