1982 Yearbook by Loreto Toorak

LORETO MANDEVILLE 1982

Editorial

How does one describe Loreto. Mandeville? The main

impression. as one turns into the drive. is of a sedate impressive. grey. 1tal,anate building presiding gracefully

over its surrounds. Bel-ind that majestic facade. however. hundreds of blue-clad figures seethe through corridors and quadrangles in their pursuit of enlightenment. To the newcomer. it is obvious that though this school lic,lds individuals. there is one distinct. but intangible spirit - the Lozeto spirit - that binds them al

Ocr school gives each girl the security of being part of a whole. while leaving her free to develop as an individual. Every girl who is. or has been. a part of Loreto. experiences a certain rapport with those who have studied withiii these walls. The theme of our cover is ati attempt to explain the

enormous difference between merelv seeing the external parts of Loreto. and kni,wing the life that goes on within. This year we have atrempted to ·summarize and capture something of the atmospliere of Loreto. and the activities undertaken during 1982.

FROM SR. DEIDRE

School Principal:

Deptit\; Principal.

Sister Deirdre Rofe I.B.V.M

Mrs. Margaret Willis

From Sr. Deirdre

Last year, Sister Mary Wright. I.B.V.M.. now Principal of Loreto Convant. Kirribilli. was given time to do some research into current trends in education with a view to

clarifying factors which would influence the future direction of Loreto schools. Her research was published in a small booklet Education

for Uncertainty

which was circulated

among the staff of the Loreto Schools.

Mrs. Margaret Willis. the first Deputy Principal at Loreto

Toorak has played a great part in the development of the

The tit]e Educating for Uncertainty neatly captures the

Senior School over the last thirteen years. Her warm.

inherent tension in schools today. The future. indeed the

approachable manner has endeared her to all students,

present. is shot through with uncertainty - unemployment.

while students in trouble have found in her a wise and

nuclear warfare, changing technology. personal insecurity:

compassionate listener. Staff. too, have appreciated her

all are factors in establishing an environment in which

sense of humour and willingness to assist in all the practic-

people are hesitant to predict the future with any degree of

alities of school life.

confidence. Schools exist in this climate and are attempting

Over the years Mrs. Willis has served on many school

to prepare students to meet and cope with this type of

committees and in this capacity has helped guide the policy

future. It is at once prey to all these uncertainties yet it also

and direction of the school. We have been fortiinate to have

claims to educate - to broaden and deepen the students

had the benefit of her wide experience of schools and girls in

perception of herself and her world in such a way that she

the decisions that have beeii taken.

can approach the future with confidence. The curriculum

As Principal. 1 have valued her loyal support and assis

ancl teaching methods reflect the changes in society but

tance in the many situations that confront a School adminis-

schools also provide that stable base where each discipline or subject engages the student in a quest of truth. The

tration The breadth of her outlook and her understanding of

Catholic school cherishes this emphasis and promotes it with

her every happiness iii the future. I know I can speak for the

human nature make her a much valued adviser. In wishing

the vision of Jesus Christ expressed in His claim -1 am the

Loreto community who have kiiown and respected Mrs.

Way. the Truth and the Life- The Catholic school also

Willis over these years. We farewell her with the words from

attempts to provide a context where va!ues which are

Deuteronomy.

unchanging such as compassion. generosity, honesty and

"May the Lord bless her and keep her

kindness. find expression. These are the stable elements in

May He let His face shine upon her

education.

and grant her peace

The annual school magazine captures both the changes

and the enduring qualities of the school. Past students will riote the physical changes in the school grounds. the changes to the curriculum (such as the introduction of

computers) and the changes in staff but I hope they will also recognise the familiar in the spirit which animates the school

as it is expressed in the written word. but most explicity in the one thousand smiling faces of students and staff! Sr. Deirdre. I.B.V. M.

Principal.

All the davs of her life: Deirdre Rofe I.B.V.M.

SCHOOL CAPTAIN'S REPORT

Ode to 1982

While catching up on gossip from the summer holidays in our first free period of the year. it suddenly dawned on us that our eleven years of fun were over. Realising the

challenge ahead of us we had our first 'common room cup of coffee and "Breville" ' to recharge our batteries and

continue. We felt they helped bridge the gap between years, especially that of Year 7 and Year 12. The relationship between these two forms has become closer. and as a

councillor group we feel we have added to this. We would like to thank our classes for supporting us through all those morning assemblies and hope that the system of alternating

commence our uphill climb. From day one, right through

classes each term will continue. Mrs. Hunt has been a

the year, the days were too long and the nights too short.

special help to us and we thank also Mrs. Willis and Sister

The clock ticked constantly.

We stumbled along in the midst of first term. The monotony of solid academic work was interrupted by events which flew past us. There was memorable enthusiasm

displayed by the members of our school community in such events as the Athletics at Murrumbeena, the Swimming at the State Swim Centre, Staff-Student tennis matches and

inter-school sporting events. The atrnosphere was tremendous and exciting with a high standard of talent in all events. Looking back. the friendly. happy days were

clouded with the thought that next year we will only be 'Past Pupils' spectating. Fortunately. Virginia was able to witness a win to Mornane in her final athletics. but Cathy had to be content with second place. The month of May saw the introduction of Mother and Daughter Masses in honour of Mary, Our Lady. We hope these will develop into a tradition within the School. as the May crowning of Our Lady did in primary school years. Our deepest thanks to Sister Ruth for preparing the flowers and generally being so lovely and wellmeaning through our whole year.

The bond between all Year 12 girls was strengthened by

the camp held at Macedon. which touched each of us personally. Special thanks to Father Peter Quin for being so lovable.

We established also a termly event of Year 12 - Staff

morning coffee. We thank the staff. and hope they enjoyed ours.

Last year's councillor group began the svstem of student

forums which we found very unifying and hope they will

Deirdre for their constant support.

From the onset of secopd term, our thoughts were filled with bleak. grey days, 'flu epidemics. students huddled around the beaten a broken urn, emotional and physical outbreaks during Friday lunchtimes. Options. the English exam and deadlines. Even the bad moments were survived

and now we feel a great sense of satisfaction. The main and very successful school event of this term was the Performing Arts Festival at Robert Blackwood Hall. Monash. We were

both extremely nervous as on-stage announcers. but enjoyed the night immensely and would like to thank students, parents and staff who supported it. especially Miss Qu:rk.

The frightening reality of finishing school and leaving the homely environment is now here. Well girls. we've been through hard times. and we have made it this far. Don't let it stop here. but continue in later years. The support from staff members this year has been reassuring and readily given. Sister Deirdre. Mrs. Smale. Miss Holmes and again Mrs.

Hunt, all know how much we appreciate them. Thankyou. To Year 12. in the future. always remember that vou were part of 1982, Year 12. Mandeville. We thank you all for your most welcome support. especially the other councillors. and hope that as a form we will be remembered

in the schooi because. "we did it our way'.' Keep healthy and smiling.

Virginia Borghesi ('Mum" to Year 12) and

Cathy Bailey C'Bails" to Year 12)

1982 will see the departure of Mrs. Margaret Willis, FAREWELL MRS. WILLIS Deputy Principal, Maths Co-Ordinator and teacher at Mandeville for 12 years. But merely to list Mrs. Williss positions is to miss her main role at Mandeville and that was as a mediator between staff. students and administration. It was Mrs. Willis who solved conflicts between students and Form

Co-Ordinators: Mrs. Willis who granted permission for activities on campus: Mrs. Willis who implemented new school policy: and Mrs. Willis who consistently kept the school

community informed through the P.A. system. Through her activities. Mrs. Willis gave the school a human face both by her interest in the individuals who passed through it. and by

her good natured personality. As Form 1 students we rarely saw Mrs. Willis in a personal capacity: only heard her over the P.A. system or were addressed bv her at Wednesday Assemblies. She represented authority and spoke sternly of the standards expected of us now that we were in the Senior School. She was rather awe-inspiring. yet we must have detected some of her kindness for we appealed to her once regarding some unfair treatment and she was quick to act on our behalf.

As we progressed through the Senior School. we became increasingly aware of Mrs. Willis's understanding and concern for each student under her care and that resolute voice

which read the notices figured less in our impression of her. In Form 3. having graduated to the senior building. we

passed Mrs. Willis daily as we ran along corridors and she popped into and out of her office. She readily said. "Hello". or -How are you. and was often laughing. having shared an amusing story with another student or teacher. As Deputy Principal she had the unfortunate task of reprimanding

students and yet those who had seen her in this capacity developed an even warmer relationship with her and she

took a particular interest in their progress. Mrs. Williss sense of justice earned her respect amongst the senior students. and by the time we were in 5th form we regarded her more as a person willing to listen and give advice than as a Deputy Principal guarding the efficient operation of the school. Her departure will change the character of the Senior School for her personality is a distinct part of the tone of the school. Not onlv will we miss the voice that

gives the notices unfailingly at 12.30 each day. but we will also miss that bubbling personality that greets us every morning and which cheers us throughout the day. Mandeville regrets Mrs. Willis's retirement and hopes that

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she will frequently return to visit those she has left behind. We wish her well in the future. and hope that in her life

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away from teaching she will find as much enjoyment as she has given her students at Mandeville. Ave et Vale!

Mrs. Willis has been at Loreto for many years and she is a notable figure around the school. The younger forms see her as a teacher to be afraid of but as they progress to older forms they realise that she is not the disciplinarian that they saw her to be. She is in fact a person with a sense of justice and a lively humour. We will all miss the familiar voice over the P.A. and the

memorable notices such as "If you can't hear this message come and tell me'.' It will be strange to hear a different voice over the P.A. in the future.

Mrs. Willis will be missed by the entire school. The work she has contributed to the school as Deputy Principal and teacher is commendable.

Kerry Edwards

by M. McGlade

Mrs. Willis. a past pupil of Mary's Mount Ballarat came to Loreta Mandeville Hall in 1970. A senior mistress, Mrs.

Willis taught Mathematics to Years 11 and 12. Steeped in

the traditions of the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary. she took an interest in all extra curricular activities as well as

carrying a heavy work load in her own speciality. Mrs. Willis was appointed Deputy Principal of the school in 1973 and carried the responsibilities of acting Principal during Sister

Deirdre's absence in Rome during 198(). After 12 years of dedicated service to the school community she now leaves to pursue an undoubtedly quieter existence. Mrs. P. Schaefer

ANNUAL SENIOR SCHOOL REPORT PRESENTED TO THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

OF THE LORETO ADVISORY BOARD 1982 has been an eventful year both on the school front and the national front. Trying to predict the future of independent education in Victoria is an uncertain business. Crystal ball gazing·is an occupational hazard which is rivalled only by breast beating on the part of educationists or rather on the part of those who comment on education. We have now had six months of a Labour government and while there is still a strong anti-Independent School lobby in Government circles. the actual policy and position of the Government has vet to be defined. Whatever it is. every school will have to defend its resource usage and its mode of operation to a State Board of Education. Such accountability is not a new concept but time will tell as to how it operates in practice. My concern is that we will be able to maintain the quality and diversity of the education we offer.

We began 1982 with 570 students in the Senior School and 350 students in the Junior School. Those numbers

have been maintained on the whole over the year, In the Senior school there are 46 full-time equivalent members of the teaching staff. 4 full-time equivalent members of the Library staff and five full-time members of the administrative staff. We have 69 students presenting for the H.S.C. in a few weeks' time and the four class per year intake has now extended as far as Year 9. This will mean that we will reach

our maximum enrolment in 1985.

Last year I quoted a section from the School's educational philosophy. It is worth re-stating because it enshrines our aims.

"The goals of our education today are in essence the same as the goals of our Foundress: the spiritual,

intellectual and social development of the individual, and, the preparation of students to take their place in the society in which they live. as well as to achieve their ultimate goal. the knowledge and love of God. in so far as this can be attained-

The spiritual development of the student remains our central concern. The formal religious education programme received a boost from the creation of a new R.E. centre in

what had been Barry Hall. Two classrooms and a teachers' resource area have been created specifically geared to the

teaching of R.E. As in past years. an intrinsic part of the R.E. programme has been the programme of camps and

retreats at each year level. The experience of going away. being with each other and with staff in a more relaxed context seems to give the experience a unique and valuable flavour. We have used centres all over Melbourne and the

near country and have worked with a variety of clergydiocesan. Dominican and Jesuit. We are most grateful for their generous and talented assistance. However with the scarcity of clergy we are turning more and more to our own or other non-clerical sources for suboort in these ventures.

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Two prayer weekends were offered to past students at our beach house in Blairgowrie -- this continues to be a much valued asset in the school and community. The post-school apostolate is one which is of major concern in the Church our capacity to respond is limited but it is an area which I bring to the attention of parents. particularly those with senior students. to consider how they might encourage their children to become involved in the local Church scene or

Development was not being adequately covered in the school's curriculum. Accordingly a small sub-group of the

R.E. staff prepared a submission for the Curriculum Committee. This submission was discussed at Staff level but it was referred for further research and consultation with

parents and students before any decisions be made for implementation in 1984. The Curriculum Review mentioned above has been the

Year are centred on the Eucharist. The Father-Daughter

highlight of the school's academic programme this year. In essence it involves reviewing the curriculum and affirming what is working well. adjusting what needs to be changed of a minor nature and preparing strategies for change if a more

Masses continue to provide a very happy gathering of

radical step needs to be taken. As a result of the review

parents. staff and students. This year they have been extended as far as Year 11 with great success. To mark the month of May and the special patronage of Our Lady over

carried out by each faculty in the school. the following issues

tertiary institution Chaplaincy service. At the centre of our celebration as a Catholic community is the Eucharist and it is fitting that many of the events of the

Loreto Schools. Masses with the emphasis on mothers were

emerged as the most urgent. - Rationalization of the Core Curriculum in Years 7-10 - More effective use of the time available

held just before the end of First Term. They were most

- Vertical and horizontal coherence of the curriculum.

warmly received by the mothers who were able to attend.

A curriculum committee was set up consisting of Mrs. Joan Ryan (Chairman). Mr. George Butman. Sr. Elizabeth Donnan. Miss Gwen Quirk and Miss Mary Uren. Their work

Along with other faculties. the R.E. faculty reviewed its

aims and achievements as part of a total curriculum review. The contribution of courses offered by the Christian Family

over second term enabled the staff to discuss the issues and

Life Movement to Years 11 and 12 was acknowledged but

the School Policy Council to make the necessary decisions

there was concern expressed that the broad area of Human

for 1983. In summary they are:

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(l) That a foreign language be part of the core in Years 7

of Miss Jane Tolman early in First Term convinced us of the

(2) That two languages be offered from Year 9 on -

need for such a person in the school. Thus the arrival of Mr. Trevor Redmond in Third Term this year was mot timely.

French and Indonesian but that they be elective not core

Already he is proving to be of immense held in the guidance

(3) That music be part of the core in Years 7.8 and 9 (4) That a course in Computer Awareness be introduced at

of individual students and the organization of the Careers

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Year 9 level

Reference Centre. Assisting a student to find her particular strengths is one of the main aims of a school like this and it is

(5) That Remedia] English in Years 7. 8 and 9 be

in this context that I would see the Creative Studies

conducted largely on a withdrawal basis and not as a special class as an alternative to a foreign .language.

programme at Years 10 and 11. the wide variety of courses

These measures reflect our concern to ensure that the

ceramics or Public Speaking or to include in their course

curriculum offered by the School is meeting the needs of students. Because we have a policy of mixed ability entry we

something which because of elective choices has had to be

are committed to providing an education which meets a

part of the curriculum we offer. thus we are concerned at the

wide variety of abilities. However. given this. the preparation of students for the H.S.C. still remains as the

attitude adopted by some parents and students which is registered by organizing orthodontal or medical appointments on this day. A letter to parents in Years 10

most important single factor in determining the curriculum. Last year 69 students presented for the H.S.C. and the

offered permits students to try a new area of interest e.g.

excluded e.g. a Music or Art interest. We see it as an integral

and 11 is being sent regarding this matter.

school recorded an 83.54% pass rate. The majority of

The interests of a child need fostering, encouragement

students were able to commence courses of their first

and an opportunity for expression. Hence our attempts to

choice. Next year we plan to institute a comprehensive

provide such opportunities bY arranging festivals.

survey of what students do when they leave school. whether they stay in the courses they have chosen or whether they drop out altogether. The factors operating are complex. but

productions, musical evenings and the like. This year we

a recent criticism directed at independent schools .accuses

moral despite its title!) and The Mouse that

them of spoon-feeding students and so preparing them

were judged successful and entertaining. Under the

poorly for the more open market of the tertiary scene. As long as examinations form part of the H.S.C.

guidance of the new Music Director, Miss Gwen Quirk. the

assessment scheme. then it is thought important that students have practice in this skill. Thus mid-year exams and

culminating in a Baroque evening featuring works of

end-of-year exams will continue to be feature of the Senior

some Biblical music at their Concert - The Daniel Jazz and

have joined forces with St. Kevins in two productions How to succeed in Business without really Trying (highly Roared.

Both

school's musicians embarked on an ambitious programme Mandel, Pachelbel and Bach. Years 7 and 8 featured in

School. The assistance of parents with examination

Joseph and His Amazing Technicolour Dream Coat. The

supervision is most appreciated. The growing significance of teacher-based assessment is reflected in the weighting given

joint evening with the Xavier Orchestra proved highly

to this in school reports 60% in Years 7-9 and 40% in Years

in Choir and Orchestra demands time. a readiness to work

10-12.

Moving onto other aspects of the Curriculum ghting given to this in school reports 60% in Years 7-9 and 40% in Years 10-12.

successful and boosted the orchestra numbers! Involvement

hard and an ability to work in a team. 1 am hopeful that more students will display these qualities in years to come. Inter-school and intra-school sport continues to attract a large number of students and a high degree of enthusiasm.

Moving onto other aspects of the Curriculum aspect of

With a judicious use of community facilities such as the

today's world. Apart from formal teaching at Years 9. 10

Prahran tennis courts. John Romanis reserve and the Roly

and 11 and some limited exposure at Years 8 and 9. students have been encouraged to corne in their free time. This has been made possible by the generosity of Miss Mary

Simpson swimming pool we are able to supplement our

Uren of the Mathematics faculty who has given hours of free

water polo. softball. cricket. volleyball and athletics. With

time each week to encourage students in this way.

the planned construction of a full-sized gymnasium, the

own sporting programme with opportunities for such sports as netball. basketball. hockey, tennis, swimming. fencing,

The acquisition of a video camera and Porta-Pak system

physical education programme will be enhanced

has also added a new dimension to the audio-visual

considerably and should contribute to the general fitness of

education of the students. The boom in this area of learning

the students and the staff Can attempt has been made in this

is creating a pressure on space in the Library and part of the

area this year with a regular aerobics class after school once

proposed building extension plans to alleviate this problem.

a week for staff. regular tennis and the formation of a

A recurring comment made by parents and students is

Bushwalking Club among the staff) . Successes at inter-

that the student "doesn't know how to study'.' Late last year.

school sport have been notable and it is pleasing to record

Dr. Val Stewart, the Science Co-Ordinator. produced The

the high degree of sportsmanship displayed by the girls.

Study Know-How Book. geared to Year 7 level. The present Year 7 students al! have a copy which contains

demise of debating. This situation has been rectified and

some excellent advice on how to record. collate and retain

teams at Year 9. 1(). 11 and 12 were entered in the D.A.V.

In my report last year I registered concern about the

information. It needs constant use by the students if the skills

Schools Competition. The Year 9 teams did particularly well

outlined in it are to become habits.

finishing first and second in their zone. The first team then

Another valuable asset in this area of approach to work

went on to the Grand Final but were defeated by Siena

and suitability for courses has been the renewed availablity

College. With the skills being built up from below. it should

of a Careers Counsellor. The gap created by the departure

ensure a healthy future for debating.

In all these activities parents have been actively involved,

words for 1982 to an acknowledgement of the contribution

either as timekeepers. chauffeurs, audience, contributors

made over the past 13 years by Mrs. Margaret Willis. the

and in manv other roles. Their involvement in these aspects

helpful and educative contact with the school. The Mothers'

Deputy Principal. who is retiring from the school staff. The formal tribute w'ill appear in the School Magazine but I know 1 speak for all in thanking her for her personal interest and

Association under the Presidency of Mrs. Gae Interdonato

concern for both students and staff and to wish her well in

has organized successful functions such as the Annual

the years ahead. There will always be a warm welcome

Luncheon and continued to serve in the Tuckshop. The

when she comes to visit.

and through the respective Parent Associations provide a

increase in the number of working mothers is causing a

Finally I wish to thank Mr. Michael Ingwersen, the

reconsideration of the operation of the Mothers Association. The Fathers' Association under the Presidency

outgoing Chairman of the Board, for his service to the school community. His term of office has witnessed a

of Mr. Vin Doquile has proved to be just as energetic and

restructuring in the Board brought about by revised

involved. It certainly has been a vital addition to the level of

expectations and opportunities. It is to his credit that the

parent involvement and communication. My thanks go to all

Board sees its function in new terms and I am sure the next

these parents for their generous support of the school and its

of them have been with us for many years. all their school

Chairman will carry the momentum forward. To those members of the Board who are leaving 1 extend my thanks for their advice. their friendship and loyal support. They hae assisted the School in a most valuable way - Mrs. Jan English (Chairman of the Education Sub-Committee). Mrs.

life. others have joined the school more recently. There is so

Pam Barham (member of the Education Sub-Committee).

a i ms.

I will end the report with a reflection that usually comes as [ watch our senior students at the Graduation Mass. Some

much potential in these young women for the future of

Mrs. Pam Barham (member of the Education Sub-

themselves. their country and the Church in Australia. My

Committee). Mr. John Pool. Judge Joe OShea Coutgoing

hope is that they have been imbued with a sense of hope,

Past Chairman).

purpose and confidence in the future. based on a belief in

With the continued interest of parents, the enthusiasm of

the continuing love of God for each of them and in the deep

students and the dedication of staff, I feel confident about

interest those of us who have known them will always have

staff and the I.B.V.M. Community. ati often silent and

the future of the school. The proposed building extensions have been a rnatter of deep concern - 1 can only hope that the facilities they provide will enhance that we aim to give the girls as they respond to the present and prepare for the

hidden presence bllt a power for good in the school. Iii

future.

in their future.

Under the heating would come you. the parents. and the

closing the report. 1 think it is appropriate to devote the final

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JUNIOR SCHOOL

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Preparatory Back: M. Eli is. D. Pas

saro. J. Marker. C. Singh, S. Southall

Middle: B. 1-lenning. C 2. Chilsholm. H. Bourke-Finn. L. Bowen, T. Karanicolas. J. Laurence. L. Robertson. J. Bonollo

Front: S. W,augh. 0.

Burnes, M. A. Davies. J. Finniqan, F. Scott. F. Zahara. S. Collie, S. Clachertv

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Claire Singh

RI The Principal - Sister Teresa Felicity Zahara

The Mouse from 'The Christening Sally Waugh

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A Butterfly Sarah Southall

The Prep. Class Room Libby Bowen

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My School Friends Bianca Henning

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Year 1

Back role. A. Kimmorley. G. Jackman. N, Bowden. E, Kift, D. Quade, A. Bowen. K. rjohnston, S. Merlo. K. Laurence M. Keogh Middle: P.

Hanrahan. S. Aarons. E. Dunlevie. M. Benetti. A. Collie. S. Freeman, O. Jones. C. Nelson. M. Clark

T. Bowtell-Harris. K. McCarthy

Front: V. Griffith, E. Loncraine. A. Bongiorno. J. t-awrie. R. Connell. J. Carter. P. Doig. P. Nolar. G. McCorkell Class teacher. Sr Marie

Fitzroy Gardens - We went to the Fitzroy Gardens. 11 was good fun. We went on the swings and slides but I liked the climbing frame best. Margerv C'ark t

Leaves - Leaves grow on trees. In Autumn they go pretty colours and in winter they blow away. Emilv Kifi

Friends - One day I took my friends up to the farm. I liked it up there. It was very sunny. Emily L is my friend. Emily K is my friend. Michaela and Prue are my friends. 1 1

have lots of friends. Emma Dunlevie

The Christening - 1 saw the baby having water and the baby did not cry. Afterwards we went to their house and had

My Dog - My dog sleeps in a cupboard and he plays with me so i like him. At home sometimes he plays and tips the

some food. Olivia Jones

plants over. Mum doesn't like that.

Sarita Merlo

YEAR TWO

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YEAR 2

Back: A. Bowtell-Harris. N. Stipatiov, A. Giorgione, A. Blake, A. Clissold, J. McCorkell. Z. White. K. Ireland. A. Passaro

3rd Row: S. Calleri. T. Blackman. M. Francis. R. McHale. L. Gardiner. K. Morrison. L. D'Cruz. K. Canavan. S. Hubay 2nd Row: J. Mercovich. C. Chamberlin. E, Keith, C. Haridy. T. Gentile. J. Lincoln. G. Bonello. M Thomas. V. Charles. T. Ryan

Front: R. Burnes. M. Francazio. A. Jayamaha. P. Taveira

Sister M. Teresa Lowery (Principal)

Miss P Movlan (Vice Princioal)

Mrs S. Singh

Class

School

Everyone in the Junior school has to work hard and be good for their teacher.

At school I like Maths because its fun and very hard to do. I like Mrs. Singh very much because she reads stories and

Michelle Francazio, Year 2

other things too. I like Speech and Drama with Miss Sadler. I like spelling because it is very nice. Alexia Bowtell-Harris

Art

Miss Dillon is our Art teacher. She teaches us Art. Some

of the things we do are paintings and sewing and making puppets, and sometimes we paste and then we go back to our classroom.

School Tina Gentile, Year 2

I like sport because you can plav games and I like library because Mrs. Chancellor always reads a story to us and I like spelling when we are allowed to test each other. Sasha Hubay. Year 2

School

1 like spelling because then I know the words like tiger and where the coat and some. Michelle Thomas. Year 2

Art I like Art because I like Miss Dillon. This is what we do at

Art - puppet making. cards, bags, books. We have special School At school we have Art with Miss Dillon. For music we

scissors called snips. We have sewing boxes. Emma Keith. Year 2

have Mrs Frampton and we go to Mrs. Hull for music too. We learn songs. One of the songs is Father Abraham. and another song is Dr. Icybacky. It is fun. great fun. Natasha Stipanov. Year 2

School

I like Speech and Drama. The teacher's name is Miss

At School

have to change, then we come in and do our rainy day

Sadler. She teaches us poems. 1 also like Library because you can borrow books from the library. and I also like Sport

books. Then she has to hear our reading. We have to write,

and I like Music and I like Mrs. Singh.

Every day I go to school. When Mrs. Singh comes we

and we have to do maths.

Andrea Blake. Year 2 Jasmine Lincoln, Year 2

0 Mrs. B. Chancellor

School

1 love school and I like Mrs. Singh because she is very nice to me. and 1 like doing sums too and if I can t do a page Mrs. Singh helps me. Roberta McHale. Year 2

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Gardner. J. Ingwersen. C. Maimone. J. Borghesi. P. Connell. M. Steel. N. Hutton. F. Von Menge. K. Collie J. Lawler. L. Ryan. D. Burnes, S. Northam. C. Davies. M. Ireland. C. Giudice. H. Richardson

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Clancy. B. Peagram. D. Merlo. M. Walsh. L. Nathan. M. Graydon. V. Scarff

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Miss M. Dillon

Mrs. P. Tracy

On My Excursion

On Thursday, 1st July, we went on a bus to the Music

Wonder Why

I wonder why the sea comes back and forth. thrashing and crashing. I wonder why the stars shine. I wonder what it would be like to have a square world. I wonder how birds came to live. I often wonder about things. Kate Collie. Year 3 Blue

Branch. On the way I sat with Charlotte and we saw her dad's factory and Charlotte said that she could see her dad. When we got to the Music Branch we had to go up to the fourth floor and we had to use three lifts and some girls said they would be lift sick, When we got there we met a man

and he said his name was Bernard. and we had to sing some songs and then we had to have a look at the electronic equipment. and then we looked at some new instruments. We did another song and we over dubbed and we had four girls playing two at a time. On another song I had to play the meta[aphone and two other girls played the drums. At 12 o'clock we got on the bus and went back to school and had

My Dad

My dad is ace.

lunch.

What I like about my dad is that he iS kind and sometimes brings us lollies after work. I don't see him often because he goes away on trips all the time because he works with films.

Dominique Burnes, Year 3 Blue

it is nice to go somewhere all on our own with him like the Father/Daughter Mass.

My dad drives me to the bus stop in the morning. He has black hair. he is very tail and he wears casual clothes. Dad goes to the footy nearly ever weekend. Christy Davies. Year 3 Blue

My name is Emma. 1 am the youngest in my family and 1

don't like it very much because my brothers and sister tease rne.

Emma Callander. Year 3 Bold

year 3 Gold

Back: G. Kift. G. Cadden, A. Duke. S. Lira. V. Brown. G. Canty. K. Davison

Middle: M. Crosby. A. Pavlich. S. Keogh. M. Treloar, R. Howie, S. Willis. A. Cleland. K. Ball Front: D. Roche, K. Bono!10. E. Hicks. M. J. Hurry. L. Francis, G. Robinet. A. Loncraine. A. Clancv. E. Callander Class teacher:

Miss A. Tierney Absent: J. Ipavec

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FIRST HOlY COMMUNION

First Holy Communion - 3 Gold

Back Row: Kate Bail, Gabby Cadden, Phillipa Connell. Silvana Lira. Venessa Brown. Georgina Canty. Kirsty Davison. Miss A. Tierney Middle Row:

Lisa Francis, Marcelle Crosby, Amy Cleland, Simone Willis, Raelene Howie, Anthea Duke. Michele

Treloar. Suzanne Keogh Alice Kelly. Gaille Robinet Front Row:

Emma Hicks. Diana Roche, Kym Bonollo. Julie Ipavec, Georgina Kift, Mary Jo Hurry, Anita Clancy.

Emma Callander. Annabel Loncraine

I Wish

The Noise

The noise was incredible and that is true

Because of my children who were making some stew.

They stirred and they s:irred until there came a big bird So they popped him into the stew

1 wish I had a bed with a motor in it, so I cou}d be driven around and to school, sleeping. Georgina Kift. Year 3 Gold My Dog

And oh, the noise, when it flew!

Gabby Cadden. Year 3 Gold

My dog's name is Polly. 1 would like to be her. because she sleeps all day. Simone Willis. Year 3 Gold

My Dad

My dad has a racing car in the garage. He was going to race in the Grand Prix. But when he was practising his car

broke down. He couldn't fix it, so he didn't go in the Grand Prix.

Suzanne Keogh, Year 3 Gold

Croc

Crocodile, Crocodile you look lame But anyway what's your name?

Crocodile, Crocodile, may I cross the river? Why? said the Crocodile. do you like liver?

Crocodile. Crocodile. is there any bark? Why? asked the Crocodile. are you scared of the dark? Crocodile. Crocodile. is there a cup GrrIrrr said the

A Wonder

crocodile

When I was little I wondered why the grass was green. I wondered if mv friends liked me. 1 wondered why my dress was pink and why the flowers grew. Wouldn't you if you

PrrrTrr said I... Then the crocodile ate me up!

were as young as me? Wouldn't you wonder whY a pencil writes or trees bud? You d wonder all that if you were as

Once a month with a hop, hop. hop

Lisa Francis, Year 3 Gold

Off I go to the barber's shop.

Once a month with a snip. snip, snip

young as me.

Lucy Ryan, Year 3 Blue

He cuts my hair and home I skip. Marcelle Crosby. Year 3 Gold

What Would the World be Like Without Wonder?

Wonder

What would it be like without wonder Father? I wouldn't

Did you ever wonder why birds fly. you say goodbye. flies

wonder how the trees blow or how the river flows. I like the

fly. babies cry. bees fly? I did.

world of wonder Father. it wonder how a sail boat sails. how

Did you ever wonder why: girls giggle, boys giggle. bells ring. people sing. why birds sing too, why people talk as well

a rubber rubs out. how the world goes round like a ball on

the ground. Thank you. Father for the world of wonder.

as sing.

Amen.

Charlotte Giudice. Year 3 Blue

Danielle Merlo, Year 3 Blue

My favourite thing is my kitten. My kitten's name is Dandy. She is cute. After school she runs to the door and

When I sit in the sunshine I feel glad and warm inside.

rolls round on the ground. She is white and brown. She is

The sun gives a warm and tingly feeling. It makes me feel happy and it reminds me of my Grandpa when he was alive.

very playful. You can be rough with her because she is very strong. She kills lots of birds and leaves the feathers on the

Charlotte Giudice. Year 3 Blue

front verandah.

Melissa Graydon. Year 3 Blue

My favourite thing is my bedroom. I like to play in it, It

The Junior Library

has a big toy box and a bookshelf that my daddy made. I put my books and all sorts of things in it. I like to sleep in my bed and ! have a bed-head at the top with a light in it. My

1982 has been a busy year in the Junior School library. The girls on the committee have given Mrs. Chancellor help in keeping the shelves in order, attending to the borrowers

bedroom is special to me.

and giving reminders to girls with over-due books. They have helped to organise book competitions too.

Melinda Steel, Year 3 Blue

LORETO CONVENT

TOORAK

1982

3 BLUE

FIRST HOLY COMMUNION

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o right: Father Ian Ranson, Laidley Nathan. Megan Walsh. Catherine Maimone. Melinda Steel. Julia Borghesi.

otte Giudice. Rebecca Carnovale. Miss Ann McKenzie

e- Virginia Scarff. Hannah Richardson, Lucv Rvan, Monique h-eland. Fiona Von Menge. Brigid Peagram. eth Clancy

: Melissa Gravdon. Danielle Merle. Jennifer Ingwersen. Sarah Northam. Sarah Magee. Josephine Gardner. nique Burnes. Kate Collie. Alexandra Pelletier

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flock: S. Stewart. V. Gontier. M Hicks. M. Baragwanath. F. Price. A. Connell L. Bongiorno. A. Johnston. K Bottari Middle: K, ODwyer. A, M. Dickinson. S Fogarty, K. Reidy. T. Toscano. M. Preiss. L. Adams. F. Mars,iii. K. O Connor. R. Gardner

Front: K. Toclarn. R Thiel. S. Tester. A. Cole. S. Stokes. H. Thorn. A. I.urve. 1 Fahv. V. Keogh. S. 1.ethlean Ciass teacher. Mrs J Baskett

The Clown's Missing Smile

The Unhappy Prince Once upon a time, there was a prince and a princess. One

dav they decided to go for a walk in the woods. h was quiet and dark and they went too deep. The prince saw a cottage

and they went in. The house looked very gloomy and scarry. Then another door opened and a mean old wizard

came out and grabbed them. After manv days of slavery the wizard called them back. He turned the princess into a frog and let them go. The prince watched the frog for days and days and talked to her. Then the prince decided to see the wizard. He took some food and his sword. He went

travelling through bad weather and had to fight a dragon. Fhallv he reached the wizards cottage The prince opened the door. The wizard was so cross that he got out his sword and they started to fight. The prince killed the wizard and found the wand. The prince went back to the lake where the

frog was and turned her back into the princess. Soon they got married and lived happily ever after.

Alexandra Connell and Marlo Baragwariath. Year 4 Blue

One day a clown who was called Red Face was running to the big top when out jumped a witch. Of course she was going to play a trick on him so she said. "Bibbitv Bobbity Boo. Make your smile look sad on you- The clown was so astonished at these words that he ran to Henry and

Herbert's house. Henry and Herbert were the ringmasters of this show. When Red Face found the ringmasters they growled at him for being late for his act so Red Face explained that the witch had stolen his smile. Henry and Herbert were amazed at these words. That night they called

a meeting at their caravan. Henry thought it was a good idea to go to the castle next morning so they went. Meanwhile back at the castle the witch was making a potion. She said, "1 need a dot of horseradish and a clowns smile for my potion.' Puss. her cat went to get the smile. She was iust about to pionk it in when she heard someone climbing

through the window. She looked up. "So it is you Red Face and your stubborn friends. Herbert climbed through the

window. ran to the witch and pushed her into her potion. After. the clown got his smile back and they lived happily ever after.

Megan Priess. Kellie O'Dwyer. Fiona Price, Year 4 Blue

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In Autumn the leaves fall to the ground. There are many

kinds and colours. When I pick up a leaf and feel it I hear a crackling. crumbly noise. Catherine Gill. 4 Gold

Friends like being together, They care and share And are very kind to you. Samantha Rosich. 4 Gold

When I walk in the park in Autumn all the leaves go crackle and crunch. Autumn is a good time. Fiona Williamson. 4 Gold

I have a cat and her name is Pussums. She has five

kittens. four are black and one is grey. They are cute. I have to feed them and sometimes It is a nuisance. I love my cat. She is three years old.

Humpty Dumpty was a great star. Who went to a classy French bar Humpty Dumpty bumped his head

Elizabeth Peters, 4 Gold

Puppies are gorgeous,

And spent the rest of the day in bed. Georgina Borg. 4 Gold

Puppies are fun. Have you seen one eat a bun? Georgina Borg. 4 Gold

Whoo. Whoo. Hear the wind.

It wakes me at night

Nasty witches. nasty witches

It taps on my window and gives me a fright.

Tricking people all the time

Then Mum comes, turns off the light

Ifiputa spell on them

And says "Sleep tight' Kathryn Ryan. 4 Gold

They will surely DIE Katherine Vouvaris. 4 Gold

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Back: L. Cunningham. F. Scott. C. Gill. R. Chapman. M. Brown. C. Streten. K. Vouvaris, G. Borg, S. Rosich Middle: A. Galante. S. Merlo. D. O'Donoghue. G. Briglia. K. Rvan, L. Fraser. E. Peters. S. Fraticasio. M. Phingsthortie. E. Arthur

Front: K. McNally. F. Williamson. J. Mc-Carthy. D. Mealev. T. D Cruz. Z. Black. K. Brownell. S. Met-covich. C O'Brien Class teacher: Mrs Liersch

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Back: E. Doquile, B. Meldrum, L. Bongiorno. C. Nelson, S. Francis, K. Vanspall. S. Mchaughlin. S. Harrison. C. Cadden. S. Willis. S. Bonello Middle: S.

Rice. J. Tribe. N. Larobina. S. Field. 1. Perronnet. C. Gaynor, R. Ady. M. Ryan. S. Burford. D. Davis.

S. Mott. N. Edwards

Front: J. Heap. E. d'Apice. A. Raftis, N. Todarn. S. Watkins. A. Grant. V. Chamberlain, L. MoGuigan. S. Madigan. L. Burger. V. Adams

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Candyland by Anna Hedigan. Year 5

Year 2030 by Gisele Silk. Year 5

1 was going to school with Dad when we had a flat tyre on

Dear World-in-the-Past,

the freeway. While we were waiting for the RACV I sat

Well. I'm fifty-eight now. Ive been through all the good

staring at the bushes. I spotted a hole so I got out and

old days and now we are in the good new days. I'm married

walked over. The hole was a tunnel. I looked back. Dad was

to Robert Wagners son and he is a millionaire like his father!

busy examining the tyre so I wriggled through the tunnel

No one lives on earth any more because the sun blew that

until I came to the end of it.

away in the year 2000. Mars is the most popular place to

I stood up then tripped over a rock. I expected to get a

live on. Houses are known as Pilotmars and milkbars as

mouthful of dirt but discovered the taste was chocolate. I

Super 66's. Tonight I am off to a Fancy Mars party and I

decided to try a nearby leaf. It had a mint taste. Why

shall dress as Chucu Shim. the best looking Martian on

everything was eatable! 1 saw a figure in the distance. I ran

Mars. My name is Chuchu Marlow.

over to it and found it was a gingerbread girl. "Hullor I said. "You look yummy- "Oh please don't eat me!" she cried.

"Alright but your hair looks very messy and greasy. Would you like the loan of a brush? "No thank you-. she replied. "My hair is made from licorice'.'

Snow by Georgina Roche. Year 5 Snow, snow

Dont go.

"What is this place called?" I enquired. "This is Candyland. Would you like a tour of inspection?" "Yes please". 1 answered. So she took me everywhere.

Hours later I went back through the tunnel. When 1 came out at the freeway end I saw Dad stililooking at the tyra "I'rn back at last': 1 called.

"But you've only been gone a minute! he murmured.

Please stay So we can play. We're here for a week And we want some fun: Snowballs and snowmen

For everyone.

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year 5 Blue

Back: S. OCallaghan. E. Chester. C. Bray. J. Macey, A. Hedigan, C. Haddad. A. Page. E. Moore. A. MeNamara. A. Curtis. G. Silk Middle: S.

Watson. M. Stafford. C. Ostor, C. Leoncelli. M. Fox. B. Thorn, L. Esdaile. C. A. Folley. F. Bedford.

L. Davis. S. McHale. K. McGuigan Front: J.

Hyland. C. Mercer. S. Watt. K. Dunlevie, C. Boyle, A. Grant. G. Roche. B. Fogarty. N. Hubay. B. Mier,

L. Brearley

The Jewel Robbery by Lucy Esdaile. Year 5

Albert Van Goff the owner of a jewellery shop in New

School by Bridget Meldrum. Year 5 I get up at 7.15

York had asked Dr. Lord. a famous detective to find out

1 put on my tunic, shirt and tie

who had stolen a diamond from his shop. The diamond was

I put on my tights and shoes

worth 10,000 US dollars. When Dr, Lord arrived at the

I run downstairs to look for my hair brush

jewellery shop the first thing he did was to ask if there were any suspects. To his interest Dr. Lord found that Louise Hopkins and David Semore, Van Goff's partners had been doing the bookkeeping in the upstairs rooms the night of the robbery. He also found that Fletcher. the night watchman.

I find it in my brother's bag 1 prepare my lunch

had been iii the cellar at the time of the robbery. Dr. Lord

Then it's out the front door

I do my hair

I ran upstairs to clean my teeth

1 kiss mummy and daddy goodbye

decided to question each of the suspects including Van Goff

To run half a mile to the bus stop

separately. Dr. Lord first questioned Fletcher. Fletcher said that he had been looking around the front of the shop when

My tie is half undone

suddenly the power went off, Fletcher said that he went

My shoe is minus a lace

I just catch the bus

straight down to the cellar because that was where the main

Ive lost my hair ribbon on the way

power unit was. He added that he was just fixing the power

['ve left my lunch at home

when he heard a noise upstairs. He went straight up to find

The bus arrives at school

that there was nobody there. Dr. Lord found Fletcher's alibi

I run inside

quite interesting but he did not think Fletcher was the thief.

The 8.50 bell has just rung

Next Dr. Lord questioned Albert Van Goff. Van Goff said that he had been working at home when he realised that he

I rush into the classroom to say my prayer 1 go to English and forget my books

had forgotten to get something from the shop. Van Goff also said that when he got to the shop he heard a noise in the cellar so took the private lift down to have a look. At that moment Dr. Lord stopped him. "That's all the proof I need-

Then we have spelling

he said. 1 know who the thief is. Answer:

Albert Van Goff was the thief. He said he took the private lift down to the ce]!ar, but how could he if the power was off?

Water by Louisa McGuigan, Year F Bubbling and gushing Down the river

Splashing against the rocks Cold ancl icy, Clear and fresh.

Deep or shallow Rivers and lakes Pools and dams All need water.

Proverbs by Claire-Ann Follev. Year 5

If you never judge a book by its cover You'll soon read many others. If too manv cooks spoil the broth,

Yot '11 find that your cooking will turn to froth. if you dont look before you leap, You might end up in a heap. If al] that glitters is not gold, How much plastic will be sold?

I forget how to spell cat. dog and mat At Maths I forget that 2+2=4 Despite all these misfortunes I don't hate school

Because 1 can always look forward To going home each night

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Top: A. Drake. K. Johnston. T. Webb, S. Croagh. S. Pinner. M. Bradle·v. C. McBeath. F. Breen. L. McCarthy. R. Hill Middle: S. Healey. A. M. Tocigl. J. Davies, J. Gullace. D. Patterson. M. Brown, K. Northam. A. Zugna. N. O'Dwyer. L. OSullivan

Front: E. Conquest. R. Kudd. C. Kitchen. A. Dixon. S. J. Hingston. M. La Fontaine, K. OHalloran. K. Flynn. S. Ursini. A Fry

A Little City by Tara Webb. Year 6 Red On lifting a large scone 1 found a massive army of ants running about. As I bent down to get a better look. I saw little houses and bu:ldings coming into focus. It looked exactly like an ants village. Yes it was' I.ots of little ants were scuttling about evervwhere. What a thing to come across an ant citv! Lots of thouglits came rushing into my mind at once. Shall 1 tell Mum and get her to see if I was just dreaming or will I leave the little ants alone? As I was thinking this over I saw little tunnels coming from

What is Black? by Rebecca Hill. Year 6 Red

Black is a dull rainy day. causing a dark dull pavement. Black is death - a funeral procession. Black is cuddly and warm. A black furry cat purring on my lap. Licorice makes all things black including my teeth. A dark spooky night when the wind is bowling and the house is creaking. and the icv cold floor sends a chill up my spine. Black often scares

me when Im walking in an alley-way and I see a shadow. Ran!

the walls. -Probablv that's where all the tunnels from their nests end. This is their home". I said aloud. I decided to

leave them alone and keep this as my secret.

The Royal Baby by Monique La Fontaine, Year 6 Red

A Wet Day by Angela Dixon. Year 6 Red

The policeman said "You're speeding old chap

While the princess was being rushed to hospital Charles was caught bv a constable.

As I look out the window on a windy wet day. 1 can see

As he tilted his cap and said ''How about that?"

miserable people scurrying along the street with umbrellas

But Charles drove along with a $50 fine

above their heads. Black and grey clouds crowd the sky. and windscreen wipets slosh from side to side on the cars. as

and bought a bottle of celebrating wine.

thev creep along the road. Water is falling down the chin'tney tops. 1 feel very sad and gloomy as I w;atch the

A baby bov. how divine.

people hurrv bv.

A child to own.

He arrived there in tinie.

An heir to the throne.

What Does it Mean to be an Australian? Mathematics bv Alice Adams. Year 6 Blue

by Sarah Heath. Year 6 Blue

The tree of mathematics is verv tall.

I think it is good to be an Australian. For me to be an Australian it means that I am very lucky we dont have any

It makes us girls look verv small.

fighting or wars. We have plenty of food and water to keep us alive and that means that I can keep healthy. We have very good Education and good teachers. We learn about all

And when at last, a long time from now.

['ve reached the very topmost bough.

1 will feel I've reached my gain.

the soldiers that went to wars and we have a special clay for

Through all the struggles and the pain,

them called Arizac Dav.

Of division, subtraction. addition witli more,

Multiplication. fractions, geometry and now.

Sport! bv Kate Bonolllo. Year 6 Blue

That l've reached the verv topmost hough. Ill go away with a happy heart. And feel that maths is as easv as tart.

Mrs. Tracy and Mrs. Upjohn are our Sport teachers. Usuallv when we go to Sport we have to jog around the oval

two tinies and then with a skipping rope. skip 50 times forwards and 50 times backwards. We learn Softball. High Jump. Netball. Tennis. Swimming. Hockey and many

Social Studies

by Catherine Spillatie and Megan Here)n. Year 6 Blue

In Social Studies tliis year we liave been learning about Government and the Magna Carta. Social Studies is a fun mid interesting subject. At the moment we are doing a

project on Government. We read about the subject in the book then we answer the questions in the book sometimes we even act out what we have just read. There is a section

about famous people which we also read. On July 23rd we will be going to Parliament House.

more. Near the end of the year we have an Inter-School

sports day where we compete against otlier schools. Birthdays by Kate O'Hailoran, Year 6 Birthday presents are verv nice, Like sugar candy and chocolate mice. Open your eyes. what will it be, A big surprise, for you from me.

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Back: C. Broomhead. S. Hoare. G. Griffin. A. Adams. J. Bosci. E. Barllam, M. Godbv. M. Hi.ron. K. Todarn Middle: M. Sheppard. T. Burke. J. Sanders. K. Baragwanath. I.. Knott, A. Hollibone, E. Rosich. A. M. Dawson Front: S. Meagher, K. Bonollo. R. Wignev. A. Healv. S. Brittain. J. Dwver. C. Lester. S. Heath. K. Regan, G. Tange.

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Y by Felicity Cust. Year 6 Gold Y is for YEAR 1982. It was my first day at the new school. I was a bit scared at first then I was all right. I knew two friends who went to my old school but I wasnt iii the same classroom. 1 was by myself. We were put in our desks. I was

next to a girl named Katie Crosby. Now I love school. On the 1()th February I started Year Six. It was exciting going back to school after two months of holidays. Most of

I is for the IMAGINATIVE Puppet Show. On Monday the 31st May two wonderful girls came to Loreto to do a Puppet Show and it was very imaginative. They showed us how to make a finger puppet. All you need is some newspaper, pipe cleaners. stickytape and scraps of material. They had a finger puppet called Nevil the Dare Devil, who performed a diving act. They finished off with a puppet called Fred. He was very friendly.

all I wanted to see who my teacher was going to be and if any of my good friends were in my class. The whole class

X by Sarah Bell

had a practice week then we started to work harder. l'in glad

X is for the EXTRAORDINARY and EXQUISITE oakes.

we don't have white group and red group because I like

Sister Caroline came to our school and talked about India.

having the same teacher for both subjects. 1 have enjoyed

She showed us India's lifestyle and people with slides. Afterwards Year 6 girls decided to have a cake competition. It was judged by Sister Caroline and Sister Teresa. There

the last four weeks and I think I will enjoy Year Six Gold. Elissa Davison

E by Sophie McLean

E is for the EASTER Bonnet Parade. On the 7th April at assembly the whole of the Junior School had an Easter

were over 700 decorated and plain cakes. Some were quite

extraordinary with potato chips ancl bright blue icing. We

raised $148 which we sent to the Entally school in India.

Bonnet Parade. Each person made their own bonnet at art

with Miss Dillon. Each grade. one by one went around the hall to show their hats to the teachers who were the judges. There was a prize to a girl for each class. A by Freya Liddell

A is for ABORIGINES. On Tuesday the 19th April we

G by Natasha Prendergast G is for GOLD. the colour of our class. Year 6 gold

consists of 30 pupils. This year we have nine new girls. The five captains we elected were Samantha, Alex, Monique, Sara and me. Researchlab and WARDS are the favourite

subjects of the class.

saw a film called Manganinnie. At first when I hadn't seen it I thought it wouldn't be very interesting. But now that Ive

O by Melanie MeGuigan

seen it I've changed my mind completely. It really was an

adventures together too. Soon the aboriginal woman

O is for OUR LADY. Mary is very special at our school so in May we have a procession for her. Children bring flowers to honour her because May is Mary's month. We prepare and have songs to learn. Mrs. Burke made a beautiful crown for Our Lady. Year 6 had a vote to elect a person to crown Mary. I was very pleased because I was their vote. It was

interesting film. It was about a little girl who had just settled in Australia with her family. Her name was Joanna. Then she gets coaxed by an aboriginal woman to come with her

and the little girl stays with her. They go through many (Manganinnie) is about to die. Joanna's family find her but

time for the procession. All the children had brought

she is still not happy so she runs away to be with

bunches of flowers to decorate around. I led the children

Manganinnie when she dies. It is a wonderful film that made

about the school. We sang songs to Our Lady as we went.

me understand more about aborigines.

At the end we assembled the flowers near Our Ladv. When

it was time I ciowned Our Lady. R by Katie Crosby R is for the REALLY great Moomba Parade. The music

L by Gabrielle Mcinerney

was turned on and in they came - the band with their flutes

L is for "The LITTLE Matcli Girl'. Our grade. Year 6 Gold

and drums. the juggling clowns. the crowd. the lollipop

everyone said it with a great big cheer. It was an even bigger

had an assembly on the 1()th March. We started with The Little Match Girl" with Sara Dethridge as the Match Girl. There were some rich people in the play ancl everyone had a part to say. After we had finished the play all the new girls iii our class said something abollt themselves. When they

cheer for Miss Dillon and Miss Sadler who had put so much

had finished three girls did a talk on primary colours.

man. They showed some slides of Moomba and some people gave a talk. Monique did a magic trick and a girl an Irish dance. A class said a poem of Moomba and after

work into it.

D by Samantha Bruni S by Noelene Treloar

S is for SWIMMING SPORTS. The first swimming sports that I have ever been to were held at St. Catherine's on the

D is for the Father/DAUGHTER Mass. The Mass was at

9.()() a.Ill. Cars pulled up at the driveway and the girls were stepping out saying -Come on Dad'.' At the door of the

18th March. Of course it wasn't the first time for the school

Chapel Sister was there to greet us as we came in and sat

only for me and a lot of other girls. It was a long time before

clown wherever we liked. Father came in and said a few

my race came and I was petrified. I was to do butterfly and we came second. In the whole sports Loreto came fourth. It

words then it was time for the Gospel. After Mass tliere was

was a very exciting day for the Year 6's. I wonder if well

food for the fathers and their daughters. Everyone enjoyed themselves. We were disappointed when we had to go but

have more like it.

we knew we would see our friends again the next day.

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1982 D GRADE DEBATING TEAM

Year 9 Debating

Antr>inette Bongiorno. Therese Hill. Rebecca Intercionato. Gabrielle Quin, Justine Costigan (sitting), Maria Meldrum. Beth Cootiev, I.oreta Murphy.

DEBATING

Debating

After several years of absence within the school. debating was once again re-introduced at competition level. Many students became enthusiastic debators and five teams were

entered in a competition between the schools.

The Year 11 team consisted of K. Riddell, C. Raftis. K.

OBrien. S. Meehan. A. Bitsis and K. Dalton. With two

wins. two draws and one loss the team achieved a very good result amongst hard opposition.

At Year 9 level two teams were entered into the

The Year 12 team enjoyed two victories and showed that

competition. both being very successful. The two teams reached the top of the regional ladder. but as only one team call go into the final from the regional ladder. Team One went in as a result of a higher total score. Team Two members are T. Hill. L. Murphy. A. Bongiorno and M.

even though they are pressed for time they can still repre

Meldrurn and Team One members are G. Quin. B

Cooney. R. Interdonato and J. Costigan. Team One had great success in reaching the grand final.

sent the school very honourably. The team consisted of C. Bailey. J. Barham. C. English. M. Long. K. Streefkerk. T. Lee. M. Fogarty and A. M. Williams. Thanks goes to Sr. Deirdre (Year 10). Mrs. Lavery (Year 11). Miss Holmes Anci Mrs. Ryan (Year 12). who each helped the girls prepare their debates. Special thanks goes to Miss Spackman for organising the debating throughout

In Year 10 a team of five members entered in their Year

the school as well as at Year 9 level. After this successful

level. The team consisted of H. Cantwell. G. Caputi. M.

year of debating we hope it shall grow bigger and better iii

Ryan. J. Ryan and K. Walsh. Although the teams debates

years to come.

were of a very high standard. the team did not achieve the success it had hoped for and only had one win.

C. Walsh. Year 10

A' Grade Debating Team

Left to Right: C. English. T. Lee. M. Long, J. Barham. A. M. Williams. C. Bailey. M. Fogarty

CREATIVE STUDIES

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Journalism, S. Tighe

In journalism we compile Mandeville's student paper, Toorakanrooin. This publication presents radical student philosophy and has exposed numerous Toorak scandals. Practical Art - Wednesday Program, Liz De Castella Practical Art gives academic students the opportunity to

express their suppressed artistic abilities. Crayons. pencils.

charcoal. oil and acrylic are the means through which genius is revealed.

Creative Studies - Pottery, Maria Themistocleous In pottery this term by incorporating a combination of the unlimited capacity of such resources as our imaginations. our hands and the artistic qualifications of Miss Speyer. we managed to create pieces of work that have been a source of satisfaction not only to ourselves but to the school.

Poetry and Creativity by Rosemary Kiernan. H.Q.C. In Poetry and Creativity we explored the manv different styles of writing and learnt how to express our thoughts ancl feelings through this new medium.

Computer Studies by Sarah Meehan The computer age has brought the box to Mandeville and

now students sit diligently on Wednesday afternoons feeding intricate programs into the computers. We hope this will prove beneficial to our job prospects in the future. Pre-Driver by Kathy Dalton With the addition of Pre-Driver Education to the Wednes-

day Programme, Mandeville can no longer be consideied a conservative convent school. We challenge any boy's school

to a tyre changing contest and guarantee to change a flat in under 2 minutes.

Craft Workshop

Miss Tilley is back (we knew she couldnt keep away!) However. now she brings books. samples and ideas in a large basket: and tells us of "life in Olinda.' Craft Workshop presents a lot of options and the enthusiastic atmosphere makes it easy to "create"H Catriona Fogarty

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PERFORMING ARTS

The Performing Arts Festival by Caitlin English, Year 12 The evening of June 4th saw the culmination of the 1982 Performing Arts Festival. Thanks to the tireless efforts of the

The Loreta Choir bv Jacqueline Muiqueen. Year 12

music staff. in particular Miss Gwen Quirk and Mrs Lyn

During 1982, the Loreto Choir has undergone many ex-

Panetta. the Arts Festival reached a standard of excellence

citing changes. The most dvnamic is our new conductor

not seen iIi previous years. The venue. Robert Blackwood Hall. enhanced the professional performance of section

Miss Gwen Quirk. She has galvanized the choir into action with her enthusiasm to lead theni to perform at such events as The Oak Parlour in term one and a lunclitime concert oil

the final day of term one, Term two saw the choir

performing at ati epic orchestra/choir concert - The Messiah' by Handel, which was a delightful treat for the girls singing and the audience listening. We look forward to more concerts from the choir in 1983,

winners iii Drama. Music. Ballet and Gynmastics. The House Choir competition offered an exciting and diverse range of music. The set song was 'Old Abram Brown' by Beniamin Britten followed by one of personal choice. The music house captains did aii admirable job in conducting and special commendation is deserved by Barry House for winning tile House Choir Shield. The overall competition was won by Mornane House. and congratulations to all girls who participated.

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Eury, G. Sherman, D. Dodds. A. Wiltshire. R. Donovan. F. O'Shaughnessy, S. Meehan. M. Vitkos,

Willis, H. Cantwell. A. Clancy

id Row: F. Madigan, L. Murphy. D. Andersen, M. Fogarty. C. OShea, A. O'Shaughnessy. J. Press, L. Coperchini. M. Kennedy. J. Ryan. K. Cautero. A. Hallam or]t: T. Ovens, C. Maddy. S. Nietz. J. Mulqueen. M. Clancy. M. Machowicz. C. Fagan

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The Mandeville School Orchestra by Christine Fagan. Year 12

The Mandeville School Orchestra this year has performed on numerous occasions. It has played in the Oak Parlour and iii Mandeville Hall: but the most memorable exhibition was in Robert Blackwood Hall on June 4th. This hall is

noted as haviiig excellent accoustics (second onlv to the new Concert Hall). so the orchestra was extremely fortunate

to have the chance to perform there. The itenis displayed were two works by Ralph Vaughn-Williams. They were "Greensleeves" and two Elizabethan sketches.

A large concert is planned for the orchestra later in the year. Works by Bizet. Handel, Beethoven. Grieg. Schubert Miss Gwen Quirk

Mrs. Sue Saxon

and Pachelbel are being rehearsed for the performance. The orchestra is showing rapid improvement under the direction of Mrs Margaret Griffiths (the conductor) and the assistance of the other music staff. More and more students

are acquiring invaluable experience in ensemble playing as the orchestra continues to expand. Recently. there have been additions to the percussion. wind and brass sections and a promising growth, both in size and standard, of the string section.

Drama

A number of phenomenons have occurred over the year

The standard reached in the Drama Department has

at Mandeville. Mrs. Saxon has been busy with her play -Hiss

equalled. if not passed the levels of other activities iii the

the· Villian". on the Wednesdav Programme. and her Drama students. Different year levels have also produced assemb-

school and this is defilliitely something to cultivate as not oillv it is a medium through which you can extend your

lies whicli were extremely entertaining. now down to

capabilities in this area but it broadens your horizons iii

business.

many aspects. such as group activities. outside interests.

Loreta has again been eclipsed by the stunning perform-

and meeting new people.

alice of all those who participated in the Performing Arts

Thank Vou to al] the staff who have in any way

Festival. not to mention those who helped back stage. Tliis

encouraged or supported the students who have partici-

occasion was a great success, made even more so bv the

Dated iii this field as it is always easier to cio better when volt

memorable contribution of "The 4 Reactions.

know you've got someone behind vou. Jacqui Walker. Year 11

A long-time tradition of a I.oreto-St. Kevins musical was also brought to fruition in first term. The musical being "How

To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying". and was it a play to remember! I'm sure it will be by all of us in the cast and crew. congratulations again girls!

Third term is seeing us into yet another play. a comedy. The Mouse that Roared" starring Peter Sellers. that is in the

movie. The critics are vel to see it performed by us but l'in sure we'll bring the house down. Approximately 150 girls auditioned for the various parts which shows the interest throughout the school. This brings me to the topic of the new blood coming iiii the school from Years 7 and 8. Their performance of

'Joseph And His Multi Coloured Dream Coat" was thoroughly enioved by families. students and staff alike. Keep the great work up.

Mrs. L. Ross

Mrs. D. Langwell

LIBRARY

Library

Imagine the excitement of our Resident Library Staff when that well known newspaper "The Page" requested an interview to discuss the serious topic "A Day in the Life of a

Typical School'.' An appointment was made for the following Friday at 1.10 and at about this time a whitehaired, bespectacled gentleman could be seen

Mrs. Peg Goode

Mrs. T. Haas

tremulously waving his stick and battling his way through the throngs on the library steps. On being asked whether assistance could be rendered he replied that he appeared to have lost his way. He had been resurrected from the David

Lyme Home for Geriatric Journos to conduct an interview with a school librarian but felt he had inadvertently found his

way to Flinders Street Station. Having been informed that the multitude of bodies belong not to train travellers but to

eager juvenile scholars he turned a little paler and grabbed for a chair in the Librarian's office. After being assured that there was not a student insurrection taking place (he vaguely

remembered some report about high schools in New York)

he started reminiscing about his own school library in the far

off days in a small English County Grammar School. The books had been housed in a glass doored cabinet at the end

Mrs. Carol Black

Mrs. I. De Sovsa

of the school hall. He remembered the pleasure of choosing books when this cabinet was unlocked for an hour every Friday afternoon. Suddenly he remembered the purpose of his visit.

1 suppose you would have more books in your library

dictionaries, foreign language dictionaries and dictionaries

than we had in the old days'.' "Well yes" volunteered one of

of biology, geographical and political terms, the Thesaurus, encyclopaedias or art. music. film and many many more'.'

the librarians. "Approximately 26,000 books for loan, a large reference section. 500 video tapes. over 1.000 H.S.C,

There was a temptation to take him to view the extensive

study articles. slides. posters and.." but he was off on his

reference collection but the library was still full of students

musings again. "I was once in the British Museum. Lovely reading room. All those leather bound volumes. And the beautiful silence. Perfect peace. 1 expect your students learn to work in perfect silence.' Considering what was going on in the main body of the library the only silence evident was that emanating from the open mouths of the librarians. "Literature was my favourite subject at school. Ah, the

browsing, reading. studying. photocopying, making tapes, watching videos and listening to stories with headphones clamped firmly to their heads. Some were admiring the

pleasures of Shakespeare! Especially Macbeth. Would you have a copy on the shelves?" Ever eager to supply

and around the library shelves next week.

information as befitted her chosen vocation one of the

Civilisations of the Past?" The questions were coming fast and furious now. "Yes. some of our students are doing

librarians jumped into the fray. "Yes we have several copies and of course we have plenty of background information to

displays, some were on the floor. rear ends in the air as they frantically tried to finish a jigsaw before the ringing of the bell. Some were eyeing the location for the video film "Mandeville Grand Prix" which they were going to make in "Do the students come here to read books on the Great

Theatre and that sort of thing. The students have seen the

assignments on Ancient Egypt right at this moment. There are always assignments going on in the fields of all periods of history and other diverse areas such as art. war, witchcraft,

go with it. Notes on the characters, books on Elizabethan film - Polanski's version. and we have discussion tapes and

social mobility. ethnic cooking, the making of fancy dress

videos. A very interesting one parallels Macbeth's rise to

costumes, the history of ladies underwear. evolution. invitro

power with that of Hitler. Also . . .' But having given up on the spelling of Polsk .. Pulinsk ... the interviewer was off on his next searching question. "Do you subscribe to any

fertilization. acid rain to name but a few.'

journals?" and he mentioned some by name. He was a little nonplussed to find that most of them had ceased publication

having all those books to read. Do you find it very relaxing?" The school bell rang. Bodies disappeared from the library as

in the late thirties but was cheered to hear that the school did

in fact subscribe to over fifty current titles and two daily newspapers. He fixed a stern eye on tile librarian in charge.

9 hope you have a copy of Britannica" he said. "But of course and sets of other encyclopaedias too. English

The old man was looking very tired by now. "One final

question. It must be a lovely job working in the library.

if by magic. The machines were silenced. The librarians thought of the five minute respite before the first scheduled classes of the afternoon would arrive, "Oh yes" they chorused "it's a very peaceful life. Would you like a cup of tea f

LITERARY COMPETITION The Killing of the Seals by Melissa Rice, Year 9 Although most of you believe that the seals shouldnt be slaughtered. I am going to present a case to you that it is not unreasonable for the seal hunters of Canada to hunt down

thousands of baby seals each year. Throughout history man has always eliminated animals that stand in the way of his livelihood. A good example is farmers. Throughout the world rabbits are a big pest to them. They eat their crops so that the horses. cattle and

sheep don't have anything to feed on. They have to get rid of them so they kill them. That is the same as the fishermen of Canada. Day by day the seals are eating their fish. They kill them too. so why are we complaining so unmercifully about the seals when it is happening to many other animals too?

Many people are calling us hypocrites. 1 agree with them and I think it's terrible that we are being called that. If you dont happen to know our kangaroos are clubbed to death

and in some extreme cases, skinned alive. They are our national symbol and they have more chance of becoming extinct than the seals. We are sending petitions and money to the government to stop the slaughter. when in fact we

should be doing that about our kangaroos. Everybody is becoming weepy over the fact that the seals are going to become extinct. That is absolute rubbish. and 171 tell you why. On the 23/3/82 a Dr Terry Goldie wrote an article in 'The Age' stating that the North Atlantic Fisheries Organization which is the only organization in the world that can do a survey on how many species or animals there are in the sea. did one and found out that there are 3.000,000

harp seals and THAT THEY ARE GROWING RAPIDLY.

The main reasons that these seals are being killed is that

they are eating away all the fish. Fishing does not bring in a lot of money, as you know and the fishermen of Canada

have to bring up their families - they have to feed. clothe and educate them, just as your father does. As I said these fish are being eaten away and the only thing left to do is to kill them. We are being very selfish when we carry on about the seal killing because they have no chance of becoming extinct and we should look at it. not from our point of view but for the survival of man.

So many people are getting angry because they think that all we get from the seals is fur coats. But in actual fact. the meat is used not just the skin. For the Newfoundlanders this

meat is considered a delicacy and it would be too for the rest of the world if it wasn't for the biased television and

newspaper pictures and articles.

If you look at the farming aspect of it. it applies to that as well. Beautiful calves with large eyes, brown bodies, knobbly legs are taken on long, crowded journeys to be killed. Imagine how the mother would feel. We keep on eat:ng the meat and we don't have a single thought in our head about the poor animal. but in fact they are in the same position as the seals. and what are people doing about them?

Because the seals are so cute looking. with their big brown eyes and their white bodies, the backdrop just couldn't be better to show up the blood and gore. is one of the main

factors why people carry on so much about them. As I have told you that the kangaroos are clubbed to death also. think

about this: - "Brush up your cuteness kangaroos. Where is a bit of snow and show up the blood?" I suppose the argument could be presented that the seals have more right to the fish than we have. But throughout the world man survives by manipulating the environment. A

good example of that is cavemen. Many thousands of years ago they survived by killing their environment. If such a concept as "humane killing" is possible. the club is the most humane way of killing the seal. If the seal can be

killed as humanely with a gun and if the public would prefer such a change. do it. To my mind a quick kill is the most imporatant part. Dead is dead whether clubbed, shot or electrocuted.

The seal hunt must continue. Even if all the markets for

meat and pelts are destroyed it will be necessary to kill seals to protect the fish stocks. Think about this: A SEAL CAN EAT AS MUCH FISH IN ONE DAY AS HE WEIGHS.

Perhaps we could consider that the farming of seals should be no more controversial than the hunting of other animals which man uses for food, which I have explained to

you when I talked about farming. We should listen carefully to many sides of any one argument and not allow emotional words and pictures to sweep us along into support of only one point of view as many people are doing so with the killing of the seals.

From the Memoirs of H. G. Wells

by Therese Ovens, Year 7 Red

I sat at my desk and gazed out the open window opposite. 1. H. G. Wells, famous for my books on science-fiction cannot think of words to adequately describe the situation I was trying to create in my newest novel. Flung to the Darkest Planet. Hugh. Horace. Emerald Princess. Druid. the names of some characters in mv story seemed to drift

before my eyes. The fan whirred almost silently. bringing to me the cool relief every living creature sought. My throat

was dry and sore and I felt a strange, dizzy-like feeling creep over my exhausted body. 1 reached for my empty glass and rose. thinking solely of the bottle of cold squash the

fridge. 1 must confess that 1 do riot really know what exactly

happened after I reached for the glass, so I cannot retell it entirely. 1 do know, however. that the dizzv feeling seemed to have run riot within my brain. Everything went suddenly black as I was Flung to the Darkest Planet. After some time the blackness began to fade. 1 heard a

giggle and I jumped up. Unfortunately. for my already confused brain. 1 could not recognise my surroundings. 1

found. to my surprise, that I was lying on a low bed. upon

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which sat many green cushions. With horror. I now looked

down upon my clothing. Gone were my comfortable shorts and open-necked shirt. In their place was a green tunic similar to those of the early (Greeks. About six young girls

then pounced upon me and dragged mc before their leader. The leader was a girl, similar to those who now stood at a respectful distance. She was seated upon a golden throne set with emeralds. "Ah ha!" 1 thought. I'm iii the presence of the Emerald Princess. 1 had just realised that I was in my own book.

The Princess sent her servants away. As I gazed around me. it seemed that this palace was not so grand as my first impressions had told me. It was only then that I noticed that

It was then, more than any other time in mv life, I wished I could ride a horse. After making it out of the palace the horse became uncontrollable, 1 was eventlially flung into a

we weren't alone. A wrinkled old man leaned on a stick in a

ditch where I was left to clamber out alone, I knew that

corner. Whoever he was I could tell he was an official of the

returning to the pal ace was out ( >t the question . so 1 walked .

greatest importance. The Princess leaned forward and in a soft gentle voice introduced the Druid. Apparently I was the Princess' knight iii shining armour, a second St. George. I was requested to remove a drage,1 or something similar from her kingdom. The dragon had

bruises and all, along a rough track which led, I hoped. out of this land of nightmares, It scidlv led nle to the wor>,t nightmare I have ever had.

After following the track for Millost an hour I found mvself

lost iii the centre of a deep ic,rest. Then, suddenlv. from

The old Druid's face became somewhat older and wiser as

behind a tree came a shrill scream. A voiing girl came racing from the trees across the patti. Determineillv, I set my jaw and stepped forward to .see what it was that was so

already ruined the crops and stolen or kidnapped several of her subjects. one of them was her younger brother. Horace, the Princess pleaded with me. Something iii those soft.

terrifying. I did not have long to wait. for a fearsome

pleading eyes or gentle voice persuaded me to agree to her

creature stomped angrily toward me.

plans. When 1 awoke next morning. the full reality of inv

It was an ugl v thing with a single eve glaring from its head. It gnashed its teeth and leapt at me swaving its head to and fro. I froze for a split second, Then. as my wits returned to

agreement dawned on me. I sincerely wished then, that 1 could die peacefully and not be torn to shreds bv this beast.

-Me, I thought, "fight a dragon? hnpossible!" 1 rose. mv body aching for a good, hot shower. Where those girls came

me I deliberate|v turned and darted to and fro amongst the sturdy trees. 1 turned as I came up against a huge rock and taking mv spear drove it straight and true through it·s eye.

from is beyond me. but when they finished I looked better

Blood spurted forward. The greer blood of the dragon

than bonny Prince Charlie himself. I was wearing a different

covered the surrounding area. It still slashed its head vicious|v to and fro. snapping its teeth angrily,

green tunic. a long green robe and a helmet. After eating, i was placed on a rather fierv-tempered. magnificent white horse and brought to the co,irt-yard where the Princess awaited me. 1 was presented with a silver

Then. finally. with one great lunge its heart faltered and it fell heavilv to the ground. I stirred and vawned. 1 had not been on the Darkest

sword in an emerald-set scabbard and a bronze spear with a gold head. The horse wheeled off and carried me off the

Planet, but merelv asleep, 1 praved to God. as 1 completed my book. that no other man sliould have a nightmare ;ike

platform and out the gate,

that

How the Pig got the Twist in its Tail by Jackie Bailey, Year 10 Gold. Ward

When Pod made the universe. there were no plants on the earth and no seeds had sprouted. because he had not sent any rain, and there were no pigs to cultivate the land. Then Pod took some soil from the ground and formed a boar out of it, he breathed life-giving breath into his snout and the pig began to live.

Then Pod planned a garden in Sty, in the East, and there he put the boar he had formed. He made all kinds of rubbish

there to produce good food. In the middle of the garden stood the biggest rubbish heap that gives life and knowledge of what is good and what is bad. Then Pod placed the boar in Sty to cultivate it and guard

it. He said to him, "You may eat the rubbish of any pile in Sty but you may not eat from the biggest rubbish pile in the middle of Sty, for this rubbish pile gives you knowledge of what is good and what is bad. You must not eat the contents of this pile. If you do you will be hung upside down in a tree for most of your given life!"

The Pod said "it is not good for the boar to live alone. 1 will make a suitable companion to help him" So he took some soil from the ground and formed people. male and

female but these were not suitable companions for him. Then Pod made boar fall into a deep sleep. and while he was sleeping. he took out one of the boar's ribs and closed

the skin. He formed sow out of the rib and brought her to him. Boar said. -At last. here is one of my own kind - bone taken from my bone and skin from my skin. Sow is her name because she was taken out of boar.

Now the person was the most cunning animal Pod had made. The person asked the sow -Did Pod really tell you

not to eat the contents of the pile in the middle of Sty?

may eat the contents from any rubbish pile in the garden". Sow answered. "except the big pile in the middle of it. Pod told us not to eat the contents of that pile or not even touch it, if we do we will be hung up for most of the rest of our lifi'

The person replied -Thats not true. you will not die. Pod said that because he knows that when you eat it you will be

like Pod and know what is good and what is bad',' Sow saw how beautiful the pile was and how good its contents were to eat. and she thought how wonderful it would be to eat it and become wise. She then took some of the contents and ate it.

Then she gave some to her husband and he also ate it. As

The Eagle, Milly Fels. Year 8 Green He soars. high above the Earth, His sharp bright eyes. Like specks of flame Waiting to be kindled. Peering down. He surveys his kingdom With grey mirth.

Uncrowned king. Lord of the Wind Powerful. Fearless.

Yet even he,

The mighty conqueror, Is silenced

By the roar. Of a gun.

soon as they had eaten it. they heard Pod walking in the

garden. and they hid from him among the trees. But Pod called out to Boar, -Where are you?" Pod asked "Did you eat the contents of the pile that I told you not to eat?" Boar answered "The sow you put here with me gave me some

rubbish and 1 ate it'.' Pod asked sow -Why did you do this?" She replied -The person tricked me into eating it'.' -You will be punished!" Pod answered. He hung Boar and Sow on a tree by their tails. he turned people against them, he made people eat the descendants of them. When Boar and Sow finally came down from the tree.

when they were old and grey. their tails had a little twist in them So now al! descendants of these two pigs have a twist in their tail - so this is how the pig got the twist in it's tail!

Famine

by Breda Annesley. Year 9. Barry. Section C

Huddled around a small open fire,

Clenching their stomachs like valuable gold. A few niean rags is their total attire.

Very little to keep out the bitter cold. Their eyes are sallow. and lips are thin, And their skin is as w'hite as a ghost's.

But these people are strong and won't give in, Just because thev have less than most.

What made it happen. this potato famine, One will never know why, We have left it for God to determine.

Whilst they sit down and cry.

"NURSERY RHYMES"

Ladies and Gentlemen ... Nursery rhymes. For

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centuries. almost every child in western society has grown

up with Mother Goose's Nursery Rhvmes. I know I did and l'In sure many of you did too. But did anv of you, like so many others. discard those precious rhymes at the wise old age of about six? Yes. I can

see those guilty looks. Have you ever stopped to think how, why and where Mother Goose came from and how the nursery rlivmes originated? Well. Mother Goose is actually thought to have many

origins - some people even think she was the Queen of Sheba. One of the more likely notions is that she was Bertha, the mother of Charlemagne and the wife of Pepin

who lived in the 8th century. Bertha (who was nick-named "Queen Goosefoot" by her Sllbjects because of her large feet) loved children and in turn. was loved by them. She was always surrounded by them and telling them all the stories and fables of the day. This idea is all verv well. but the Americans maintain that

Mother Goose was Elizabeth Foster Vergoose who lived in Massachusetts during the early years of that colony.

Elizabeth. like Bertha. had many descendants and was always gleening her mind for little stories and rhymes to tell them.

Somehow, I think that Queen Bertha is the more likely candidate for the title of Mother Goose" because the term

"Mother Goose" seems to have been used iii England and Europe well before the 17th century when Elizabeth Vergoose was alive. But now to the nursery rhymes themselves. You may think they're just tongue-twisters, lullabys and nonsense verse. Well vou're partly right - some are. But others are steeped iii politics. history and even supposed magic incantations!

Take "Little Jack Horner" for example:"Little Jack Horner sat in his corner.

Eating his Christmas pie. He put in his thumb. And pulled out a plum.

And said 'What a good boy am l! During the reign of Henry VII! in England. there wai a Thomas Horner who was the steward of Abbot Whiting of Gloustenbury Cathedral. At the time when the monastries were being dissolved. the abbot sent a Christmas offering to appease the king: it was a pie. and hidden in it were twelve title deeds of manorial lands. Henry only received eleven because Jack Horner picked out a nice big plum for himself - the title deed to the land of Mells (where his descendants are reputed to have lived ever since).

If that doesn't convince you. take:"Little Miss Muffet Sat on her tuffet.

Eating her curds and whey, Along came a spider And sat down beside her.

And frightened Miss Muffet away-

There are two ideas as to how this nursery rhyme originated. One is that Miss Muffet was Miss Patience Muffet, the daughter of Doctor Thomas Muffet: a famous

entomologist. Doctor Muffet so vastly admired spiders and insects that he wrote volumes of verse about them(!) The Alternative to this is that Miss Muffet was Mari'. Queen of

Scots and the spider was John Knox. Knox, after

denouncing her at the pulpit at St. Giles, went to her and

demanded her repentance for her frivolous ways! (As you see from the nursery rhyme. he didn't have much luck.)

-Ring a Ring a Rosy" would perhaps not be so popular with young children if :ts origins were more widely known. The -Ring a Ring a Rosy" was the rash of the Black Death: -A pocket full of pos:es" were the herbs people carried around with them to sweeten the air. -A tishoo a lishor,

sneezing was one of the prime symptoms of the plague . and - They all fall ,lown" 1 think speaks for itself.

If you don't know about the 'Three Wise Men of Gotham". thev went to sea in a bowl. And if their bowl hael

been stronger. my song would be longer!' For over five centuries, Gotham has been tholight a city of fools,

This reputation perhaps started in the 14th centurv. when King John expressed an intention of passing through. At that time. whenever the king passed along a road, it automatically became a public highwav. The people of Gotham Oil<e manv (,f their contemporarv suburbanites) clidn't want this to happen to their town. so they started doing ridiculous thirgs to make John think thev were a town of lunatics to definitly be avoided. They did such things as attempting to drown eels in the village pond anc] trying to trap cuckoos so as to have perpetual summer On fact. this is where we get the idea of "cuckoo" meaning crazy from). Well. John was def:nitelv detered but tile reputation

certainly did stick. In fact. there are manv other tales of the -foibles of Gotham- such as the one of the man who was

riding on horseback with two sacks of wheat to market. This man was verv considerate actually. He didift want the horse

overburdened with the extra weight of the wheat as well as himself: so instead of putting the wheat on the horses back, he put it on his own. And incidentlv. if vou have ever watched -Batman" and wondered where Gotham Citv was.

Washington Irving called New York -(lotharn Citv" iii the early 19th centurv - 60 much for the "Big Apple'

Another nursery rhyme which concerns king and country is: -

'Doctor Foster went to Gloucester In a shower of rain,

He stepped iii a puddle Right up to his middle And never went there again'.' Dc,ctor Foster was Edward I. who once visited Gloucester

during a large storm. Quite by accident. his horse stepped into a huge mud puddle - in fact. the puddle was so deep that planks were needed to lift the horse out. and Edward was so furious about this that he vowed never to visit

Gloucester again (and he didn't!), One nursery rhyme thal has a slightly bitter note that is absent from many. is: -

-Bah Bah black sheep, Have you anv wool? Yes. Sir: yes. Sir: three bags full. One for the master. and one for the dame,

And one for the little boy who lives down the lane.

This nursery rhyme alludes to the export tax imposed on wool in 1275 in England. To the wool-grower, it seemed that everyone was making a profit from their wool except themselves. They had to give some to the "master" (who was the king). the aame (who was the nobility) and even the little boy who lived clown the lane! For something a bit different, there's: "Jack be ninible

Jack be quick. <Jack jumped over the candlestick.

Candie-leaping as a sport and a method of fortune-telling was practised bv the lace-makers in England for many centuries on St. Catherine's Day which is November 25th. A lighted candlestick was placed on the floor and a person wolild jump over it. If the flame was extinguished. it boded

Civies Day Blues by Carolyn Maddy, Year 9 Gold. Ward,

ill-luck for that person in the coming year. but if the flame

Section C

remained alight. it meant that person would have good luck

Bedlam: Bedlam:

in the next year.

Everywhere Temper tantrums

['m sure many of you have heard the song -Scarborough Fair" by Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel. Well this is actually adapted from a nursery rhyme of which the first verse is: "Can you make me a Cambric shirt?

In the air.

Oh! What will I wear?

Mother, she doesn't care!

Parsley. sage. rosemary ancl thyme.

Nothing new

Without anv seams or needle-work.

Oh! What to do?

rhen youll be a true love of mine'.' In past days. if a man asked a girl to make him a shirt. he was in fact, asking for her hand in marriage. And if she made the shirt. she was accepting his offer. (I suppose it'cl be too bad if you coukint sew). The parsley. sage, rosemary

Lu always looks brand new.

Gorgeous Gabbie she's never shabby And Kims smart and trim. Shirts and skirts.

and thvme could either be a witch's incantation or a

Scattered here and there.

housewive's recipe, but either wav. these herbs are

Why should I care?

supposed to have medicinal and magical properties. I hope today that Ive given you a bit of insight into some of the "hidden meanings" many nursery rhymes have. But

So there?

Oh, no it's nearly eight Ill be late.

there is one thing to remember when you are either trying to

Quick the uniform

interprete nursery rhvmes yourself. or reading other

That's the only thing to wear. There isn't enough time to spare,

people's interpretations. that is that some nursery rhymes are just nonsense - but even more nonsense has been written and said about them!.

So on a Civies Day Be n ice.

Gabrielle Capliti Year 10 Gold

Take your mother's advice By wearing your uniform Which is so precise!

Al),40¢t<,

Lord, let me grow to be that for which, planting, Thou has destined me. ¥i _ 42 2

That summer coming my leaves unfurled may show me to be a flower, herb or tree.

A flower - thy gaiety to speak unto a tear swept world

A herb - to heal man's hurt by mankind made A tree - to shelter and protect the weak,

Perchance an oliue tree to shade the Sufferer in Gethsemanel

Lord, only let me grow to be that

for which, planting, Thou has destined me. By courtesy of The Gail

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People often ask "What happens to your students after they leave school?" The following random selection of Past Pupils is an attempt to answer that

question. It is necessarily representative only, and

acknowledges, and pays tribute to all Past Pupils engaged in 'great matters' of mind and heart. Because 1982 is the Year ot the Tree,

the symbolism of the Tree, its comfort and beauty, its importance to the family of man. is interwoven with the

theme of the gradual growth of our students into the

educated womanliness

hoped for by Mary Ward.

It is fitting, theretore, to commence with her who

was the earliest Champion of Women! Four hundred

years before her time, she battled for recognition of

equal opportunity. "There is no such difference", she said,

"between men and women,

that women may not do great thi.ngs'.' She had the vision of

a new

type of

woman, educated. enjoying a greater freedom than

lf, t,

hitherto... ready for noble enterprises if God so willed

. believing that women, if they will be perfect, might do great matters'.'

9 hope to God it will be seen that women, in time to come, will do much. Women. if they be but perfect, can do great things." Mary Ward (1585 - 1645)

Moya O'Shea: Moya's enthusiasm for her work as Radio

Announcer at 3KZ is most impressive. She enjoys everything she does - giving the weekday traffic reports, running the Midnicht to Dawn Show on Mondaw romnering the KZ

Koala Club with the Koala, and also putting on air the

Nano preparing to play in "School for Scandali'

Sunday morning Children's Show which is the only Children's Show on Commercial Radio.

All of this is wonderful experience and preparation for Moya's ultimate goal of Film Production, and she knows how hard she must work to make a success of this. She

remembers all the little plays she did at school - plays in Religion, English, French etc. and she is sure that these helped to set her steps in the right path. From the process of

Nano Nagle: Nano was only sixteen when she left school in 1969 and went to Monash to study Economics and Politics. But her heart was in drama, and she deferred from

Monash to commence her workshops with Melbourne Theatre Company. She also auditioned for NIDA but was too young. However, she was determined to succeed. She worked hard with ChHdren's Arena Theatre Company

being given an assignment. having ideas on it. creating a

touring and teaching in schools. and saved enough money

scene and acting it out she acquired a skill which is useful now with her writing of scripts, her voice work in

to take herself to England to the Moun:view Theatre School, under the patronage of Dame Margaret Rutherford. By

Commercials, and her character work, and she traces all this

1974 she had finished Drama School and was in

to the enjoyment she was given of role playing at school. She offers Motivation, Hard Work and a little Luck as the

Experimental Theatre working in Amateur Theatre. From England Nano went to California and made herself

best ingredients for success in this work with the Media.

proficient in Children's Theatre. After a short time again in

Kate Coady: Fencing is Kate's area of sporting excellence. She learnt fencing at school and found it very challenging but also very absorbing. She went overseas and played in the Fencing Commonwealth Championships in

England she returned to Australia. established her own group "The Magic Mushroom Mime Group" and she wrote her own plays, developed and ran workshops and conducted plays for mentally retarded chikiren at Jaynefield and Yooralla.

1978. when Australia won both teams events. She was

Nano loves her work. and is now establishing herself back

again chosen to b:e in the team to fence ·in the World

in England. where she is performing in very rewarding plays

Championships in Germany, and in 1979 in the World

such as "School for Scandal'.

University Games in Mexico.

At this stage Kate was faced with the choice of either

dedicating herself to Fencing or continuing with her studies. She was not prepared to give all to Fencing. so she relinquished her position in the teams. and turned her attention to the studies she had begun for the Bachelor of Applied Science in Phys. Ed. with Diploma of Education to

follow. Now. though she still concentrates on Physical Activities, these are more of a recreational than competitive nature. Kate is a member of the Mandeville Phvs. Ed. team,

runs an Aerobics Class Group at the Orlane Gymnasium, and is personally active in Sport.

from walking with the trees.

LIBRARY AND CATERING i

Therry Haas (Asbjornsen): Therry's abilities at school

were mainly in the literary world, and the realisation of this led her away from her ambition to be an Industrial Chemist. and into the gentler sphere of a Librarian. After qualifying Therry worked in the State Library until she was married in those days married women were not employed in the

el•1 1 01)* .

Public Service! The following years were totally taken up with family responsibilities and five young daughters, but in 1975 Therry decided the time had come for her to return to work and she was fortunate to find a position in the nearby Sandringham Technical School in charge of their Audiovisual Department.

In 1978 TherrY came back to Mandeville on the Library Staff where she loves the variety of her work - both library and technical - and the friendliness of the girls. Now thai her own girls are growing up she is finding it easier to cope with the dual role of home and career, though this has never been a problem because of her working hours and school holidays. Also being on the same campus as her girls has given time for chatting on the way to and from school. Therry's professional satisfaction is rooted in little things such as being able to help people, particularly by finding information for an anxious student. Basically it is very easy to make Therry happy - library records up to · date, and audio-visual equipment returned in one piece!

Wendy Carew (Gerber): Although Wendy said that she had to "toss up" between Food and Nursing. and would still love to do some nursing it is obvious that her decision was a

good one, and that her career in the Food Services has been

a brilliant success! Wendy could smile her way through any crisis! She gave as her best trade experience "all the laughter behind the scenes when she was told once to get 200 cold

souffles on to dishes!" To grit your teeth, smile and get going is Wendy's recipe for overcoming such problems. This seems to be one good reason why she has had such immense satisfaction from life.

Wendy spent three years at the Emily McPherson College studying for her Diploma of Food and Food Service, and followed this with a whole series of interesting jobs - Home

Service Advisor at Gas and Fuel Corporation, on Staff of Hotel and Catering Department at William Angliss, Home Economist with Egg Board, Hostess at "Two Faces" etc. and in between travelling Europe and visiting all the Youth Hostels.

Wendy's husband and small children are now the centre of interest at home, but whatev, 2r she does will bear her own

inimitable stamp of a "Touch o f Class"

An old tree is hard to straighte n. (Vieil arbre est mail a redresser.) U nknown. A French proverb.

WOMEN IN 'GREAT MATTERS' OF MIND AND HEART AS... DOCTORS

Katrina O'Sullivan: When Katrina returned in 1977

Diane Woods (Wilso n): Most girls interested in the

from her travels and study experiences abroad and decided

healing aspect of Science dream of being Veterinary

to put her medical skills into practice, she thought that being

Surgeons. Diane was no exception. but for her, as for the

a woman might prove a handicap. On the contrary, she found it to be a bonus' Women have special gifts to add to a

decision had to be made she chose Medicine.

doctor's skill and many practices are seeking women partners. so Katrina found herself needed and appreciated.

majority of schoolgirls, the dreani passed, and when a final

In 1971 she became a member of the Royal Australian College of Physicians, and in 1975 was made a Fellow. By

Her first location on return was at Coonac. which is both a

this time she had begun to specialise in Nephrology. She

rehabilitation for disabled and a vocational training centre

went abroad and worked at Guy's Hospital in London. Of

for the unemployed. But it also participates in a General Practitioner's Training Scheme, and here Katrina learnt a

course, this was a great peak in her life, and she enjoyed the

lot. Coonac offered an unequalled chance to see how

who go to Guy's for experience.

fascination of meeting the people from all over the world

people coped. and. as road accident cases predominated,

On her return her first job was in the Renal Unit at the

to understand and co-ordinate all the Paramedical services

Austin where she now operates a Glomerulo Nephritis

available.

Clinic to prevent and cure patients on the Kidney Machines.

After this very valuable experience Katrina went into partnership at Deer Park. Here work offers great scope for

The rest of her time is divided between the Blood Pressure

counselling and many people seek help in this way. This is

Nephrologist at Box Hill Hospital

Clinic at the Repatriation Hospital, and her work as

partly because of the area - Deer Park is very isolated, and

Her work gives her the opportunity to move around. She

this isolation breeds r-nany domestic. marital and financial

finds more acceptance as a doctor from European countries

problems among its largely working class families, in other

than from Australia. though she has never really

words, a lot of unhappy anxious and insecure people. But

experienced any discrimination here. Her basic interest is

Katrina thinks it is also partly because she is a woman, as many people find it easier to relate to a woman doctor, and

patients come back year after year, and a doctor becomes

also feel freer to discuss their problems.

People. and this is readily recognisable. In the Renal Unit very involved not oniy with the patients but with their

The other aspect of her Deer Park practice that is rewarding for Katrina is that it is a young area, consequently there

families as well.

get sick quickly but they also get better quickly! This would

Memories of school days are happily linked with her Latin studies with M Brigid. Any spare time was filled with Latin and paid off wei', as she passed her Matriculation Latin with

boost the morale of any doctor!

First Class Honours. Diane's busy life, and the difficult hours

are very many children. and these are good patients. They

which are sometimes her lot, is made possible by the encouragement and support of her husband.

The tree that God plants no winds hurt

PARA-MEDICS

Margaret Healy: Margaret followed her training as a Physiotherapist in the '40's with the most interesting and varied experiences. working in hospitals ail over the world and in the navv and she finaily settled down and worked in England at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital for 13 years.

Margaret's most valuable experience has been meeting literally hundreds of people of different ages, creeds, colour and race, all of whom have enriched her life and from

whom she has learnt a great deal. She hopes that in return,

Lolita Frederico: Lolita has never regretted her decision to be a Physiotherapist, and have the opportunity to work with people in a hospital setting. She has worked at the Alfred and Royal Womens' Hospitals, where she did specialist work in neo-natal and post-natal physiotherapy, and in private practice before studying overseas for her Diploma in Neurological Physiotherapy at the Kaiser Foundation in California.

On her return she continued in private practice for a

while, then lectured at the Lincoln Institute before returning

she has contributed something to their well-being, especially

to Public Hospital Work at Western General where she was

during these latter years, when. from the wealth of her

in charge of the Physiotherapy Outpatients' Department. Another period of study followed during which Lolita obtained a Bachelor of Applied Science in Physiotherapy

experience, she has so much to offer. Margaret has no family of her own, and consequently her career :s very important to her. It has been her life. The most significant professional experience for her was

and a Post Graduate Course in Geriatrics. The latter led to a

from lectures given by eminent people. To Margaret the

renewed interest in Geriatrics which had begun with her experiences with her own Mother whom she had nursed at home. From Carnsworth Garoopna where she now works, Lolita visits other Geriatric hospitals such as the Freemasons

patient is a person with an incapacity. She prefers to think

and the Monte:iori Homes and is interested to see what the

that she is treating every aspect of the person and not just

various denominations are doing for their elderly.

the tirne she spent at the Royal National Orthopaedic, working with surgeons of international repute and learning

the injury. She now specialises in orthopaedies and rehabiE.tation. Her anatomy and physiotherapy are the basis of her skills but she has learnt more from her experience than from her training. She is also now a good Social Worker - untrained!

The things in life most personally important to Margaret are her faith and her health. With these she is content to

A herb -

to heal man's hurt

by mankind made

MIll -

Moya O'Shea: Moyas enthusiasm for her work as Radio nnouncer at 3KZ is most impressive. She enjoys everyting she does - giving the weekday traffic reports, running the Midnight to Dawn Show on Monday, compering the KZ Koala Club with the Koala. and also putting on air the

Nano preparing to play in *'School for Scandalr

Sunday morning Childrens Show which is the only Childrens Show on Commercial Radio.

All of this is wonderful experience and preparation for Moya's ultimate goal of Film Production. and she knows

Nano Nagle: Nano was only sixteen when she left school in 1969 and went to Monash to study Economics and Politics. But her heart was in drama. and she deferred from

remembers all the little plays she did at school - plays in

Monash to commence her workshops with Melbourne Theatre Company. She also auditioned for NIDA but was

Religion. English. French etc. and she is sure that these

too young. However, she was determined to succeed. She

helped to set her steps in the right path. From the process of

worked hard with Children's Arena Theatre Company touring and teaching in schools, and saved enough money to take herself to England to the Mountview Theatre School, under the pan-onage of Dame Margaret Rutherford. By

how hard she must work to make a success of this. She

being given an assignment. having ideas on it. creating a scene and acting it out she acquired a skill which is useful now with her writing of scripts, her voice work in Commercials. and her character work, and she traces all this

1974 she had finished Drama School and was in

to the enjoyment she was given of role playing at school.

Experimental Theatre working in Amateur Theatre

She offers Motivation. Hard Work and a little Luck as the

best ingredients for success in this work with the Media. Kate Coady: Fencing is Kate's area of sporting

excellence. She learnt fencing at school and found it very challenging but also very absorbing She went overseas and

From England Nano went to California and made herself proficient in Children's Theatre. After a short time again in England she returned to Australia established her own group "The Magic Mushroom Mime Group" and she wrote her own plays. developed and ran workshops and conducted plays for mental:y retarded children at Jaynefield

played in the Fencing Commonwealth Championships in

and Yooralla.

1978, when Australia won both teams events. She was

again chosen to be in the team to fence ·in the World

Nano loves her work, and is now establishing herself back in England, where she is performing in very rewarding plays

Championships in Germany. and in 1979 in the World

such as "School for Scandal'.'

University Games in Mexico. At this stage Kate was faced with the choice of either dedicating herself to Fencing or continuing with her studies. She was not prepared to give all to Fencing. so she relinquished her position in the teams. and turned her atten-

tion to the studies she had begun for the Bachelor of Applied Science in Phys. Ed. with, Diploma of Education to follow. Now. though she still concentrates on Physical Activities, these are more of a recreational than competitive nature. Kate is a member of the Mandeville Phvs. Ed. team,

runs an Aerobics Class Group at the Orlane Gymnasium, and is personally active in Sport.

Today l have grown taller from walking with the trees.

LIBRARY AND CATERING

Therry Haas (Asbjornsen): Therry's abilities at school were mainly in the literary world, and the realisation of this led her away from her ambition to be an Industrial Chemist.

and into the gentler sphere of a Librarian. After qualifying Therry worked in the State Library until she was married in those days married women were not employed in the Public Service! The following years were totally taken up with familY responsibilities and five young daughters, but in 1975 Therry decided the time had come for her to return to

work and she was fortunate to find a position in the nearby Sandringham Technical School in charge of their Audiovisual Department.

In 1978 Therry came back to Mandeville on the Library Staff where she loves the variety of her work - both library and technical - and the friendliness of the girls. Now that her own girls are growing up she is finding it easier to cope with the dual role of home and career. though this has never been a problem because of her working hours and school holidays. Also being on the same campus as her girls has

given time for chatting on the waY to and from school. Therry's professional satisfaction is rooted in little things such as being able to help people, particularly by finding

information for an anxious student. Basically it is very easy to make Therry happy - library records up to. date, and audio-visual equipment returned in one piece!

Wendy Carew (Gerber): Although Wendy said that she

had to "toss up" between Food and Nursing, and would still love to do some nursing it is obvious that her decision was a good one. and that her career in the Food Services has been

a briHiant success! Wendy could smile her way through any crisis! She gave as her best trade experience "all the laughter behind the scenes when she was told once to get 200 cold souffles on to dishes!" To grit your teeth, smile and get going is Wendy's recipe for overcoming such problems. This seems to be one good reason why she has had such immense satisfaction from life.

Wendy spent three years at the Emily McPherson College studying for her Diploma of Food and Food Service. and followed this with a whole series of interesting jobs - Home Service Advisor at Gas and Fuel Corporation, on Staff of

Hotel and Catering Department at William Angliss. Home

Economist with Egg Board. Hostess at 'Two Faces" etc. and in between travelling Europe and visiting all the Youth Hostels.

Wendy's husband and small children are now the centre of interest at home. but whatevc ?r she does will bear her own

inimitable stamp of a "Touch o f Class'.'

An old tree is hard to straighte n. (Vieil arbre est mail a redresser.) U nknown. A French proverb.

WOMEN IN 'GREAT MATTERS' OF MIND AND HEART AS... DOCTORS

-4.

Katrina O'Sullivan: When Katrina returned in 1977

Diane Woods (Wilson): Most girls interested in the

from her travels and study experiences abroad and decided to put her medical skills into practice. she thought that being

healing aspect of Science dream of being Veterinary

Surgeons. Diane was no exception. but for her. as for the

a woman might prove a handicap. On the contrary, she

majority of schoolgirls, the dream passed, and when a final

found it to be a bonus! Women have special gifts to add to a

decision had to be made she chose Medicine.

doctor's skiil and many practices are seeking women partners. so Katrina found herself needed and appreciated. Her first location on return was at Coonac. which is both a

In 1971 she became a member of the Royal Australian College of Physicians, and in 1975 was made a Fellow. By

rehabilitation for disabled and a vocational training centre

this time she had begun to specialise in Nephrology. She went abroad and worked at Guy's Hospital in London. Of

for the unemployed. But it also participates in a General Practitioner's Training Scheme. and here Katrina iearnt a

fascination of meeting the people from all over the world

course. this was a great peak in her life, and she enjoyed the

lot. Coonac offered an unequalled chance to see how people coped. and, as road accident cases predominated,

who go to Guy's for experience.

to understand and co-ordinate all the Paramedical services

Austin where she now operates a Glomerulo Nephritis

On her return her first job was in the Renal Unit at the

available.

Clinic to prevent and cure patients on the Kidney Machines.

After this very valuable experience Katrina went into partnership at Deer Park. Here work offers great scope for counselling and many people seek help in this way. This is

The rest of her time is divided between the Blood Pressure

partly because of the area - Deer Park is very isolated. and this isolation breeds many domestic. marital and financial problems among its largely working class families, in other words, a lot of unhappy anxious and insecure people. But

Clinic at the Repatriation Hospital, and her work as

Nephrologist at Box Hill Hospital. Her work gives her the opportunity to move around. She

finds more acceptance as a doctor from European countries than from Australia, though she has never really experienced any discrimination here. Her basic interest is

Katrina thinks it is also partly because she is 9 woman, as

People, and this is readily recognisable. In the Renal Unit

many people find it easier to relate to a woman doctor, ana also feel freer to discuss their problems.

patients come back year after year, and a doctor becomes

The other aspect of her Deer Park practice that is rewarding for Katrina is that it is a young area, consequently there

families as well.

are very many children, and these are good patients. They get sick quickly but they also get better quickly! This would

studies with M. Brigid. Any spare time was filled with Latin

boost the morale of any doctor!

First Class Honours. Diane's busy life, and the difficult hours

very involved not only with the patients but with their Memories of school days are happily linked with her Latin and paid off well as she passed her Matriculation Latin with

which are sometimes her lot, is made possible by the encouragement and support of her husband.

J. The tree that God plants no winds hurt

PARA-MEDICS

Margaret Healy: Margaret followed her training as a varied experiences. working in hospitals all over the world

Lolita Frederico: Lolita has never regretted her decision to be a Physiotherapist, and have the opportunity to work with peop]e in a hospital setting. She has worked at the

and in the navy and she finally settled down and worked in

Alfred and Royal Womens' Hospitals, where she did

Physiotherapist in the '40's with the most interesting and

England at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital for 13

specialist work in neo-natal and post-natal physiotherapy. and in private practice before studying overseas for her Diploma in Neurological Physiotherapy at the Kaiser

years.

Margaret's most valuable experience has been meeting literally hundreds of people of different ages. creeds. colour

Foundation in California.

and race. all of whom have enriched her !ife and from

On her return she continued in private practice for a while, then lectured at the Lincoln Institute before returning to Public Hospital Work at Western General where she was in charge of the Physiotherapy Outpatients' Department.

whorr she has learnt a great deal. She hopes that in return, she has contributed something to their well-being. especially during these latter years. when, from the wealth of her

experience. she has so much to offer. Margaret has no

Another period of study followed during which Lolita

family of her own. and consequently het career is very

obtained a Bachelor of Applied Science in Physiotherapy

important to her. It has been her life.

and a Post Graduate Course in Geriatrics. The latter led to a

The most significant professional experience for her was

renewed interest in Geriatrics which had begun with her experiences with her own Mother whom she had nursed at

the time she spent at the Royal National Orthopaedic.

working with surgeons of international repute and learning

home. From Carnsworth Garoopna where she now works.

from lectures given by eminent people. To Margaret the

Lolita visits other Geriatric hospitals such as the Freemasons

patient is a person with an incapacity. She prefers to think

and the Montefiori Homes and is interested to see what the

that she is treating every aspect of the person and not just

various denominations are doing for their elderly.

the injury. She now specialises in orthopaedics and rehabilitation. Her anatomy and physiotherapy are the basis of her skills but she has learnt more from her experience

tban from her training. She is also now a good Social Worker - untrained!

The things in life most personally important to Margaret A herb -

are her faith and her health. With these she is content to

to heal man's hurt

by mankind made i

Toni Meehan, Medical Technologist: Toni finds her

work as a medical technologist both enjoyable and absorbing. But she also finds it demanding as she is on call one week in five. and this means that she can receive a call at

any hour of the night or early morning, and must make the long drive to Glen Waverley to the rooms of the private

Diagnostic Group where she works. Here blood transfusions and checks and all the usual diagnostic tests are administered and assessed in this most important area of Medical Services.

The most significant experiences in her career were those she met in the haemotology departments in Dublin hospitals. As always the people involved prove the most enduring part of these experiences. Toni also works in the local Citizens' Advice Bureau and

finds this organisation a worthwhile and useful one. Despite the demands of her diagnostic work, and the needed presence she is to all at home. she gives generously of her spare time to share in this Community Service.

Patricia O'Connor: Patricia's Diploma of Occupational

Therapy and her Bachelor of Science Degree could have remained just qualifying pieces of paper had they not been held by a woman with a big heart. and determination to give

herself to the task of making people people again. And this is what Patricia has done. She worked for 17 years at Rockingham, a rehabilitation centre, owned and run jointly

by the Red Cross and the Department of Veteran Affairs for the treatment of ex-servicemen with war caused injuries Within this most humanising experience Patricia came ir contact with a wide variety of behavioural and physica! problems that gave such al understanding of personalities that Patricia feels she could never again be judgmental of either successes or failures.

Then the Red Cross sold Rockingham, and asked Patricia

to open a Day Centre at Brighton! She eventually agreed to undertake the hardest job of her life - that of moving the equipment from Rockingham and setting up the Anzac Day Centre. However. the Centre has flourished. The patients are long term, physical and psychiatric. with war-caused disabilities. The aim of the centre is to encourage the patients to exploit their strength socially and physically, and to help them cope as well as possible within their limitations.

Patricia's satisfaction comes from seeing them do this, knowing that because of her work many families have held together. The Patients are not doctors. lawyers etc. but members of humanity and Patricia works hard to restoie meaning and dignity to their lives.

NURSES

YOUTH WORKERS

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Kristin Hyland (Knorr): "it's evening time. winter in the Northern Territory, cold and windy but never a hint of rain. We're on our way home in the back of the ute - ten of us and a few dogs tightly packed for warmth. Weve been out

wallala (hunting) for Lirpriji (goanna) and manaji (bush potato). Our catch has been good - three relatively large lirpriji and lots of manaji. We'll go home and cook them in

the ground underneath the fire. Goanna is delicious, though fairly fatty. the meat of the tail the best. tasting better ihan pork.

Helen Shortell: is at present involved in a relatively new

I've been liv,ng in the N.T. for 21/2 years now. I'm

full time course at State College. Coburg. in Youth Work,

employed by the N.T. Department of Health as a Sister working in the Barkly Mobile Rurai Health team, based in

which is designed for work with 12-25 year olds. This course will lead Helen to work in local Communities and local

Governments: in Parishes: Reform Institutions for Youth. in

Tennant Creek. Another sister and myself drive out to the surrounding cattle stations visiting the Aborigines and

Hostels and Homes. in care for Refugees and Homeless Youth etc. The course is practical. Helen is enjoying it and

Europeans and treating whoever is sick. We cover a fairly large area, often driving 700 miles and holding many clinics

doing well!

in the three daks we spend out of town each week. Once a

At one time Helen wanted to do Physical Education, but was not accepted, so she worked for a bank for two years

month we fly out to the stations with a doctor on the Aeromedical Service. Some of the stations are very isolated,

and organised Stranger Camps and Retreats for young

especially over the "wet season" when rain can cut the roads

people in the weekends. She then began to realise that

and put airstrips out for weeks.

Youth Work could be a full time career for her, instead of

being on a voluntary basis.

Helen had also often thought of Social Work, but decided that she could not cope with the study. She thinks that she grew up more quickly than her contemporaries, and that her

time in the Bank gave her a chance to slow down and look around, and then the idea just grew and fell into p:ace. God was surely leading he¥ into the work she is now doing. When she is qualified she hopes she will get a Youth Ministry job in a Parish. This calls for dedication and commitment, but He;en is ready for this and says that she has a lot of fun as welli

Life up here is very interesting and challenging. 1 consider that it has been a real privilege working with and getting to know the Aborigina! people, who still retain much of their own culture and identity'.'

In October last year Kristin married Adrian Hyland, a graduate of Melbourne University who specialized in etymology. In his present capacity as Community Officer in liaison between aboriginals and government he has further opportunity of study amongst the many tribes in the area. Both he and Kristin are studying and speaking the mostused local language. They have been honoured with the 'skin' names of 'Jipunilla' and 'Nabanunga'.

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Catherine Simpson: On leaving school Catherine

wanted to teach Craft to the disabled. She was good with her hands. and Craft had been her strength at school. but she found that she was too young to qualify. She couldn't be a Secretary because she couldn't spell, but she remembered

before this goal was reached. Catherine saved enough money to go to England and worked in the Cardio-Thoracic Unit at Brampton Hospital for two years. On returning to Australia she ran Open Heart Surgeries and Thoracic Units at various Public Hospitals before settling into her destined

how her grandmother had always said that she would make a beautiful nurse - this says a :ot for the young Catherine!

area as a theatre sister.

- so nursing it would be.

teaching Craft as she had originally wanted, but as a theatre

sees the patients as people first. Es able to reassure the nervous, and comfort the anxious after the operation. At the same time she can be protection both for the patient and the surgeon. Al] this Catherine finds verY rewarding and stimulating, and she would never go back to straight nursing. Hers is a beautiful story of searching for and finding

sister. But it was to be some years and lots more experience

the place in Society God means her to fill.

After graduating at the Mercy she stayed to do more theatre work. She loved the theatre, and enjoyed using her hands. Surely "the Lord's ways are not our ways: Catherine's skill with her hands had found its true niche, not in

She works now with a leading surgeon and loves it! She

Frances Hennessy: Frances has never deviated from her initial plan to be a nurse. and from the commencement of her training at the Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital in

1962 she has enjoyed her experiences. Sensibly she went e

ahead and completed her midwifery before setting out on

her working and travelling enterprise. And an enterprise it certainly was - through Canada and Europe and home overland through South East Asia. Since 1980 Frances has worked at Fairfield. She has been

appointed Sister-:r,-Charge of the National Quarantine Unit to open later this year - the only one of its type in the wor!d! The setting up of this Unit has been particularly interesting, and very stimulating for Frances. who appreciates the compliment paid her by the Hospital ki asking her to do

it. Frances finds the standard of nursing very good at Fairfie!d. and thinks it superior to that given in ordinary

hospitals. 0

Life is very full and satisfying for Frances just now. As well as the establishment and organisation of the Quarantine Unit. she has also to supervise the renovation of a little house she-has just bought for herself at Northcote.

Sr. Veronica Brady I.B.V.M.: Academic. Lecturer, Writer. Prophet... all of these belong to Veronica, and it is difficult to place her in any one category more than another. and yet, above all these gifts. shining through them, complementing them is that other intangible. inescapable gift of grace of her religious vocation to the I.B.V.M. After her early studies at Melbourne University, and her teaching experience in Australian Loreto Schools, Veronica

Sr. Elizabeth Donnan I.B.V.M.: For the past seven years Elizabeth has been a very familiar figure at Mandeville. In fact it would be difficult to imagine the school without her. It is Elizabeth who master minds the Time-Tables: allocates

the rooms for teaching: supervises the cleaners; organises the Senior Camps and assumes a hundred and one other responsibilities to keep the mechanism of this vast school in working order. These administrative duties are only part of Elizabeth's

was sent overseas to study, and at the Universities of Chicago and Toronto she gained her M.A. and later her

day. Her studies - she has a Master of Science Degree and

Ph.D. Back in Australia, after a brief spell at Christ College,

is a Bachelor of Education - and her natural skills have

Melbourne, she accepted a position in the English Department of the University of West Australia first as Senior

of Physics. Mathematics. Chemistry and Religion. She

Tutor, then Lecturer and now Senior Lecturer.

enjoys teaching, which is one reason why she is so good at

Her experiences in North America left her permanently

made her a very competent. dedicated teacher in her areas

it. and is particularly happy with the senior students of Years

marked. She was there in the midst of the struggle for Civil

11 and 12. with whom she can share scientific concepts and

Rights, and the opposition to the Vietnam War. There she

the solving of challenging Mathematical problems. It is very

realized that the Gospel demands involvement in the struggle for Justice. Truth, and above all, Charity. She has been in that struggle ever since! She is always conspicuously

rewarding for her to find students who become enthusiastic

involved in opposition to whatever she sees as injustice.

relationships it is possible to develop with these older

especially as far as the Aboriginal people are concerned. For

students.

about a particular subject area, and are willing to work hard to master it. She also appreciates the less authoritarian

a time she was a member of the Appeals Tribunal for the

Other areas of school life that give satisfaction to Elizabeth

Department of Social Security in W.A., and saw to her disgust the human cost of the economic development we boast

and offer a creative challenge include working with the staff. unravelling the intricacies presented by the Time-Table, and

about.

Veronica's writings are a weapon of tremendous power W

hich she uses in her struggle for her beliefs, the rights of

uncer-privilegea people, ana me airection or Australia s

wealth and resources towards a more responsible future. She has published three books, The Future People. The Mystics. and A Crucible of Prophets, written numerous

articles in magazines and journals, and become a well known. almost regular, reader and speaker on national Radio.

This freedom of expression that Veronica shares with all great writers and speakers is a privilege indeed, but she values more the other freedom she has - the freedom to

love, to follow the truth, to seek justice and what is beautiful, which her vocation as a religious gives her - This is what gives her most satisfaction in life.

organizing Religion camps to complement the Religious Education Programmes. These camps are an integral part of our Christian life, and provide the environment and the time for students to think about and talk through ideas that concern them at their deeper level of being. Each year she is very happy to know a different group of students and in turn the students respond and appreciate Elizabeth's concern and selfless giving of herself to the School Community.Of such as E]izabeth does the prophet speak: "They that instruct others into Justice, shall shine as stars for all ."

eterntty.

Sr. Angela Slattery I.B.V.M.: Soon after leaving

school in 1960 Angela entered the I.B.V.M., studied for her

Sr. Gendrie Klein-Breteler left Mandeville at the end

of 1971 undecided whether to nurse or to teach. She hardly

Teaching Diploma, and then taught in Loreto Schools in

knows what finally prompted her to enrol at Christ College

Blackburn. Kirribilli, Marryatville and Nedlands. In 1975 she

to commence her training as a Primary Teacher. Whilst

was missioned to our newly founded outpost in Broome.

there she became involved with the work of the Good Shep-

W.A., and there she taught in the local Primary School - a

herd Sisters at Oakleigh. and suddenly, to use her own

multi-racial enterprise of Aborigines. Japanese. Malay,

words. 'like a thief in the middle of the night' the realisation

Philippino. European and Australian children. Because of the interaction between these different peoples - the world

came to her that she had a vocation to work for God in the

order of the Good Shepherd.

'race' is too technical for Broome - Broome has its own

After her novitiate, Gendrie worked with teenage girls in a

specific and special cultural quality. This is due. of course. to

hoste] in St. Kilda, and for four years lived in the hostel with

the history of the place. its early position as the centre of the

them. counselling. guiding, finding jobs and accommoda-

Pearling Industry. the subsequent process of assimilation.

tion. visiting those at Winlaton. going with others to court,

and a certain integration among the different cultural

and in every way supporting and encouraging them. These youngsters have very little hope for the future and very little

communities.

Compared with the high level of prejudice in other places in Australia where there are ethnic groups. and especially where Aborigines are involved. the prejudice undoubtedly

self-esteem. No wonder that they respond to Gendrie with her warm sense of humour and her interest in all that concerns them!

present in Broome is not dominant. The presence of the

Gendrie's satisfaction in her work comes from seeing

Church has been one contributing factor to this lack of anger

these youngsters grow in confidence. in the realisation that

among the people there - not the Australian Church. but

life is worthwhile and that they can become happy people.

the Church sent thro6gh the German and Irish missionaries.

Of course. some never pull themselves out - at least to our

Though the Christianising methods may not have been

manner of thinking. but there is really no way of measuring

those acceptable today in the light of present missiology. the underlying Christian quality of love and of being for the

success. What is a small step for one, may be a mammoth

step for another - success cannot be gauged. And yet, for

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f people has been the permeating factor that has led to the

Gendrie. living with these girls was a highlight. It cost her a

absence of the anger and hostility present in other countries

real withdrawal to leave, because they had taught her so

and in other parts of Australia.

much and given her so much out of their poverty.

Angela has just had a needed break in the South. but will return to Broome in 1983, well aware of the harsh climatic

conditions. of the heat and the isolation, of the problems and tensions of its utterly complex scene, knowing there will

Gendrie now lives with a small Community of nuns in Collingwood, but she continues her work with her teenage girls. She knows that what she is doing is right for her, and she feels strong in the support that has always been given

be no results. no return. no achievements... but that. after

her by her parents and the members of her Community.

all, is what being a missionary is all about.

Gendries whole being radiates the happiness she brings to others. and her life, like Mother Teresas is indeed 'Some-

thing Beautiful for God'

. like a tree that is planted

beside the flowing waters, that yields its fruit in due season and whose leaves shall never fade

SOCIAL WORKERS

Margarita Frederico is presently lecturing at La Trobe University in Social work. and is Director of Field Studies. Her teaching responsibility is in Family and Child Welfare. Before going to La Trobe, Margarita was chief Social Worker at Royal Melbourne Hospital where she was

involved in re-organizing the practice with regard to supervision and delivery of Social Work Services and continuity of care. This is something of which the General Public is not really aware. Public Hospitals are not credited with so much caring!

Prior to this Margarita won an overseas scholarship and

studied at the Smith College School for Social Workers in Massachusetts. She did her Masters of Social Work there,

she also studied at the Yale University Child Study Centre where she developed her interest in Family and Child

Welfare. She worked there at a Community Centre in a Black Ghetto. It was a clinic set up by the people themselves in reaction to what they saw as poor services given to them. The Child Health Centre was funded by the United States Federal Government and the majority of people working there were indigenous to the Community but there were some Professionals. like Margarita. who were not. The Community put an embargo on research because they

thought they were being used. This was probably the richest part of Margarita's career, personally and professionally. but also the most traumatic.

Penny Schaefer: Penny has fulfilled her original choice - she never wanted to be anything other than a Social Worker! But she had no idea what lay ahead when she

completed her B.A. and Diploma of Social Studies at Melbourne University. Basically, she wanted to be of use in the Community and thought that Social Work would meet that wish. Over the years she has developed a more realistic

approach to her Profession.

Apart from her time abroad. Penny has worked mainly at the Alfred Hospital where she is a Class 3 Social Worker and Team Leader. Currently a new system is being investigated

at the Alfred. and it is hoped that a social work service to a whole range of general medical and surgical units will be provided. with the idea of identifying problems faced by patients and their families. Penny finds the direct patient contact most satisfying - she would not want a total

administrative job. She has also found satisfaction in working with a whole range of units, and also with migrants.

There are many migrant patients at the Alfred who need help to adjust and to cope with themselves in their new life-

style.

Her years at the Alfred have been good ones for Penny, they have given her a practical working knowledge of the

organization. many contacts and earned her the respect and support of her colleagues.

As well as her work at La Trobe. Margarita is Editor of the Australian Family and Child Welfare Journal, and continues to be involved in all Social Work and Community Services.

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Pamela Stanley (Fetherstonhaugh): Pamela is c)n the

Faculty at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine,

New

York, as an Associate Professor. Her work involves basic.

scientific research for the most part. She has a laboiratory and works with technical assistants. post-graduate stu dents and post-doctoral fellows. and the support for this res earch enmoi frnrn tho Arnoriran G.nuornrnant .nA frnrn r .ertain Ul 'U

Marina O'Halloran: The years of teacher training at

Christ College are valued by Marina not only for the qualification she gained there, but because it was there she

broadened her horizons, and began to realise the existence of life styles different to her own. She taught at the Holy Family School, Brunswick before going overseas. Once back in Australia she settled in to St. John's School,

East Melbourne. and began her involvement with a very

high migrant population. Marina finds her teaching there very demanding and challenging, as it has to be geared to the needs of migrants who have not got the basic meaning of English words. It is all very rewarding when

enlightenment comes and something is learnt! At one time. Marina wanted to do Social work but

switched to teaching and has not regretted the change. She speaks happily of the comfortable memories she has of

school, but most of all she is grateful for her stable home, and a Mother and Father who shared so much with their

children, and supported and encouraged them during their adolescent years.

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private foundations such as the American Cancer Society. In addition to the experimental work. there is a small

amount of teaching to be done for medical students and for post-graduate (Ph.D.) students

Pamela's scientific research is focused on understanding the biological role (s) played by carbohydrate at the surface

of mammalian cells. Organising the laboratory and performing the duties of a faculty member at Einstein is a full

time job. which would not be possible without family support. Her husband is also a Faculty member of Einstein and shares the full responsibilities of home - they have a seven year old son. and a yet-to-arrive baby!

Pam and her husband find New York an exciting place to live - the Inain stimulation coming from the many different types of people met with from all walks of life. In particular. they enjoy the intellectual environment at Einstein. The

atmosphere reflects the general American attitude towards achieving excellence. and it is very refreshing when mixed with an appropriate degree of modesfy! The trend towards a common denominator which is apparent in Australia is

noticeably absent in America. This has advantages and disadvantages. of course, but is attractive over-all because it allows for a wider range of intellectual freedom, and encourages an adventurous approach to life!

If the roots are deep, no fear that the wind will

uproot the tree. (Ken shen pu 'pa feng yao tung.) Unknown. A Chinese proverb.

Pam graduated B.Sc. from Melbourne University in 1967, an Honours vear at Walter & Eliza Hall Institute

preceded her Ph.D. in 1972 from Microbiology Department at Melbourne University.

DENTISTRY

Mary-Ellen Wilkinson: People choose their careers in

various ways. Sometimes a person is so clear about the

desired path that all efforts are geared in the one direction. Other times. subjects taken, examination success,

Universities allocated etc. determine the course. Mary-Ellen

belongs to the latter group. At school she chose the subjects she liked. and these eventually became the reason for her to study Dentistry. She has never regretted her decision. She is a recent graduate. beginning her Professional life working part-time at two Dental Practices. one at Burwood and one at Footscray. Again. this rather novel way of beginning her career has been good for Mary-Ellen, and is

paying its own dividends with a wealth of experiences from two very differing suburbs.

She thinks that for about 99% of her time she finds acceptance in her career as a woman, but sometimes. particularly with migrant women. a man is sought after. Also. the attitude persists that women are good with the children. and although irritating at times, this does ensure a place in the

Felicity. at left. with friend Ellen.

Profession.

Felicity Clarke: Long years of hard study are the price that must be paid for a Degree in Dentistry. At the end of

hers Felicity Clarke put her books away. and went on her travels. in the pursuit of experience as well as pleasure. She

found both, but is particularly grateful for the fifteen months spent in England. in dental practices in Wimbledon. and in the country where she learnt the skills that text books alone cannot teach.

At present, a Dental Officer with the Victorian Health

For Mary-Ellen. young and fresh from graduation the ever-present challenge of difficult cases is stimulating. especially when accompanied by the discovery that she is able to do more than she thought she could, and she then finds herself caught up in the continuing process of learning. At

present. the contrasting demands of two busy dental practices provide sufficient highlights in her life to keep her days full and happy.

Commission, Felicity's job is to supervise the Dental Therapists. and to participate in the general dental work for children. In the Primary Schools of the Western and North-

ern Suburbs the needs are very great. and Felicity is always on call for any emergency. She loves her work. and enjoys being part of a dental team. moving around from Melton to Sunbury as well as through all the immediate schools in the St. Albans area.

Also, Felicity enjoys the children. It seems to be the

reward of a,7 who work with children to get more from them than they give. Felicity has great satisfaction in treating those from underprivileged areas knowing that they would not otherwise be having treatment. and to see them waik out of the surgery so much better than when they came in. Then there are the therapists. a;so young and engaging. and Felicity finds that their constant questioning keeps her ajert. Not that she has any chance of being otherwise. Afthough based in a clinic. she moves to other clinics and to the mobile van. Last year she drove a five ton truck. which was her dental surgery. around the remote country schools with a nurse for company and assistance.

Felicity has just bought a small. weatherboard house in Kew. and her main love and recreation now is oardening. -1

He that planteth a tree is the servant of God. He provideth a kindness of many generations.

Mary Duffy (Byrne): Mary's initial training in Social Studies was a good preparation for the busy, public life she now leads. She worked for a while with the Immigration Department and this sometimes meant meeting ships with 48 hours on end without a break, but Mary loved it! Magnificent! Her next job at the Psychiatric Hospital filled her with the same excitement and was another place where she could have gone on forever, though working in a hospital on case studies left her cold. If the cause is right. she

Madeleine Kift is a business woman with a difference!

She is a Director of the family Shoe firm, and functions, therefore. in a business capacity assisting the Managing Director (who is her brother) in everything he does. with all the capabilities and sensitivities of a woman. She has been working in the family business since she left school. because when a family runs a business as the Kifts do everyone is involved and all work as a team. Madeleine's obvious

enthusiasm is a flow-on from the general family spirit. They

is prepared to work any hours any time!

have one business interest - shoes. and one aim - to

After Mary married she lived at Echuca for 3 years. but she was soon back in Melbourne, getting into action again and beginning her interest in politics. In 1975 she was offered the position of Electorate Secretary to four State Liberal members of Parliament. She did this for four years. and then one day when she was at home in bed with the

make the team a success. The Shoe trade has been in the

'flu, she was asked to stand for Prahran Council with

nominations closing in one hour!! This appointment led to vast broadening of her horizons with interests primarily revolving around Local Government. Mary finds the

Kift blood for generations. Madeleine is there because she wants to be. because she enjoys what she is doing. and because she knows that her contribution is a worthwhile

one. In her quiet convincing way she is obviously very capable and a very important part of this special family team.

But life is not all work, even work as happy and satisfying as Madeleine finds hers. Perhaps what makes her so good in the business field is the intensity with which she also fills her

Council the most frustrating job that any thinking person could undertake. but she persists because she is a public spirited person and she likes the opportunity to challenge

leisure - Sorrento offers water-skiing, swimming.

people all the time. Under the most difficult circumstances - flat on her back after two car accidents - Mary has just

interest is People and both in business and at home she

won election for another term of Office. "Thy will be done. 0) Lord" she says and she means it. She does not know

else's need and be of service.

gardening, space for her dogs. and always wherever she is she can cook and make her beautiful tapestries. Her great quietly grasps every opportunity to help supply someone

here her career is leading her but supported by her family

nd her infinite faith in the Lord's direction she presses on.

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Mary Duffy. centre. pictured recently after a -Women in

Madeleine with one of her tapestries.

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SPORT

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Jo Henke: Jo has always been involved with the skiing

her first win in the open National Championships when she

industry. Her parents' business is in the snow, and Jo has

was fourteen. From there inclusion in the 1976 Winter

been skiing since she was three, and competitively since

Olympic Team at Innsbruck. and, just recently, an Austrian

eight years old. In a sense she has never left the mountains.

Ski Instructor's Qualification added to successful highlights.

After her H.S.C. year she was still involved in ski racing,

Other experiences of significance were times spent training

and as it was better for her to work actively in an outdoor

with the Austrian, French and British teams in Europe.

environment, she joined the Phys. Ed. Department at

Languages, friendships and skiing performances combined

Mandeville.

to make the European circuit physically and emotionally

Jo retired from ski racing after the World Championships in '78 due to severe tendonitis in her legs. She then worked in secretarial affairs with two different companies in the ski

demanding. Satisfaction with her career has come to Jo from working in such a beautiful environment, teaching a sport from

business. The snow fields, however, still continued to be her

which she derives such personal satisfaction and travelling

favourite area and drew her back as a ski instructor.

and learning from other countries and people.

Significant experiences in her career probably began with

WOMEN IN THE CITY ... AND THE COUNTRY

Angela Fletcher (Gilchrist) lives with her husband and

their three adolescent boys on a small farm near Stawell. They are now fulfilling an earlier dream of going back to a simple life and becoming as self-sufficient as possible. while giving the boys a better chance of learning to be self-reliant. and to cope with what looks like being a very difficult future. Angela has learnt the country ways - she separates the milk. makes butter. cheese and yoghurt. and grinds wheat from last year's crop into flour for bread which she bakes twice weekly. She and Terry grow all their own vegetables. have cropos of wheat, oats and barley. and have planted

ic i rennan: Ticki is another example of original

plans not coming to fruition! But as always, when the Lord closes one door, He opens another, and when the door of

the William Angliss School closed on Vicki's hopes of a catering career, the door of Stott's opened with a Secretarial course which led to a Receptionist desk at O.P.S.M.! This

has been good for Vicki. She was quickly appointed a Fashion Consultant which means fitting and adjusting g!asses and doing mincr repairs. Vicki loves her work, especially as she meets so many people, and has the chance

to talk to them in the process of her work. Not onlv does she help them by listening and by a kind word, but she learns much too. and she has been very interested in people with different faiths. and glad of the oppportunity to get to know and understand them.

Vicki is now on the :elieving staff at O.P.S.M. and travels constantly from suburb to suburb. This is a highlight in Vicki's life, as she is the first girl in this big Company to be used in this way. and true daughter of Mary Ward that she is. she has accepted the challenge very successfully. Vicki is now Treasurer of the Past Pupils' Association. and

fruit and nut trees. They also fatten pigs and cure their own ham and bacon. and, of course. have numerous "chooks-

and fresh eggs.

Angela says: "Weve always got a surplus of something to give to neighbours when they drop in, and we can always leae our work to go and help others when they need a hand. We've learnt over the years that money is handy to have, but you don't need very much to make you happy. and I hope that the boys have also learnt that being able to give to others. and help those in need is one of life's greatest

pleasures. We have an extended family! My aunt. 78, lives with us. and is fairly disabled. It is very good for the boys to have an older person around. and they have learnt a lot of tolerance. Looking back at my school years, 1 realise that being at Loreto gave me a self-confidence. which has enabled me to adapt to unfamilar situations. A more important lesson was given by the example of the nuns. who gave so much with no thought of getting anything in return'.

a weicome addition to this hard-workino Committep J

hope for a tree that has been cut down: come back to life and sprout.

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Adrienne McMahon (Williams): Adrienne had always wanted to be an Architect, but she did not think that she

could cope with the Mathematics. so, on leaving school, she enrolled at Melbourne University in the Physiotherapy

Department. After one week there, she was persuaded by a friend to go along and at least chat with the Architecture

Faculty, which she did and was immediately accepted. Fate was evidently interested in her career as she has become a

very special Architect. so interested in the relationship between Architecture and Landscape that -she did a Post Graduate Course in Landscape Design.

limitations imposed by family have to be accepted, and this is never seen as being a sacrifice.

Adrienne derives great satisfaction from talk'ng to people who have just built homes, and helping them go through the thought process in problem solving for the small plot for which they are responsible. There is nothing dynamic here

but the satisfaction that is part of any landscaping Job, big or small, and the challenge always of using the world's resources to best advantage.

Any difficulties in her career are purely Adrienne's own. She discriminates against herself and her career interests,

In her work with a Consultant Firm of Landscape Design

but has never found this detrimental. The children have

Architects Adrienne enjoys the creative opportunities this

grown up with Adrienne always having something to do.

gives her. She is always careful about getting too involved as she knows this raises the delicate question of maintaining a

balance between career and fami!y, So, at some stage. the

and her husband is supportive acknowledging the value it is for Adrienne to have interests that extend beyond the home.

Generations pass while some trees stand, and old fami'ies last not three oaks,

Mary Duffy (Byrne): Mary's initial training in Social

Madeleine Kift is a business woman with a difference!

Studies was a good preparation for the busy, public life she now leads. She worked for a while with the Immigration Department and this sometimes meant meeting ships with

She is a Director of the family Shoe firm. and functions. therefore. in a business capacity assisting the Managing

48 hours on end without a break. but Mary loved it!

the capabilities and sensitivities of a woman. She has been

Director (who is her brother) in everything he does, with all

Magnificent! Her next job at the Psychiatric Hospital filled

working in the family business since she left school, because

her with the same excitement and was another place where

when a family runs a business as the Kifts do everyone is

she could have gone on forever. though working in a

involved and all work as a team. Madeleine's obvious

hospital on case studies left her cold. If the cause is right. she is prepared to work any hours any time! After Mary married she lived at Echuca for 3 years. but

enthusiasm is a flow-on from the general family spirit. They

she was soon back in Melbourne, getting into action again

Kift blood for generations. Madeleine is there because she

and beginning her interest in politics. In 1975 she was offered the position of Electorate Secretary to four State Liberal members of Parliament. She did this for four years, and then one day when she was at home in bed with the 'flu. she was asked to stand for Prahran Council with

have one business interest - shoes. and one aim - to make the team a success. The Shoe trade has been in the

wants to be. because she enjoys what she is doing. and because she knows that her contribution is a worthwhile

one. In her quiet convincing way she is obviously very capable and a very important part of this special family team.

nominations closing in one hour!! This appointment led to

But life is not all work. even work as happy and satisfying

vast broadening of her horizons with interests primarily revolving around Local Government. Mary finds the

as Madeleine finds hers. Perhaps what makes her so good in the business field is the intensity with which she also fills her

Council the most frustrating job that any thinking person

leisure - Sorrento offers water-skiing. swimming,

could undertake. but she persists because she is a public

gardening. space for her dogs, and always wherever she is

spirited person and she likes the opportunity to challenge

she can cook and make her beautiful tapestries. Her great

people all the time. Under the most difficult circumstances - flat on her back after two car accidents - Mary has just

interest is People and both in business and at home she

won election for another term of Office. "Thy will be done.

else's need and be of service.

quietly grasps every opportunity to help supply someone

Lord" she says and she means it. She does not know

here her career is leading her but supported by her family 2/id her infinite faith in the Lord's direction she presses on. W

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Madeleine with one of her tapestries.

Politics" talk.

SPORT

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Jo Henke: Jo has always been involved with the skiing industry. Her parents' business is in the snow, and Jo has been skiing since she was three, and competitively since eight years old. In a sense she has never left the mountains. After her H.S.C. year she was still involved in ski racing, and as it was better for her to work actively in an outdoor environment, she joined the Phys. Ed. Department at Mandeville.

Jo retired from ski racing after the World Championships in '78 due to severe tendonitis in her legs. She then worked in secretarial affairs with two different companies in the ski business. The snow fields, however, still continued to be her favourite area and drew her back as a ski instructor.

Significant experiences in her career probably began with

her first win in the open National Championships when she was fourteen. From there inclusion in the 1976 Winter

Olympic Team at Innsbruck, and, just recently, an Austrian Ski Instructor's Qualification added to successful highlights. Other experiences of significance were times spent training with the Austrian, French and British teams in Europe.

Languages, friendships and skiing performances combined to make the European circuit physically and emotionally demanding.

Satisfaction with her career has come to Jo from working in such a beautiful environment, teaching a sport from which she derives such personal satisfaction and travelling and learning from other countries and people.

WOMEN IN THE CITY ... AND THE COUNTRY

Angela Fletcher (Gilchrist) lives with her husband and

their three adolescent boys on a small farm near Stawell. They are now fulfilling an earlier dream of going back to a simple life and becoming as self-sufficient as possible. while giving the boys a better chance of learning to be self-reliant. and to cope with what looks like being a very difficult future. Angela has learnt the country ways - she separates the milk, makes butter. cheese and yoghurt. and grinds wheat

from last year's crop into flour for bread which she bakes

ic i rennan: Vic i is another examole of original

plans not coming to fruition! But as always, when the Lord closes one door, He opens another, and when the door of

the William Angliss School closed on Vicki's hopes of a catering career, the door of Stott's opened with a Secretarial

course which led to a Receptionist desk at O.P.S.M.! This has been good for Vicki. She was quickly appointed a Fashion Consultant which means fitting and adjusting

glasses and doing minor repairs. Vicki loves her work. especially as she meets so many people. and has the chance

to talk to them in the process of her work. Not only does she heip them by listening and by a kind word, but she learns much too, and she has been very interested in people with

different faiths, and glad of the oppportunity to get to know and understand them.

Vicki is now on the relieving staff at O.P.S.M. and travels

constantly from suburb to suburb. This is a highlight in Vicki's life, as she is the first girl in this big Company to be

twice weekly. She and Terry grow all their own vegetables. have cropos of wheat. oats and barley, and have planted fruit and nut trees. They also fatten pigs and cure their own ham and bacon. and. of course. have numerous "chooks

and fresh eggs.

Angela says: "We've always got a surplus of something to give to neighbours when they drop in. and we can always leae our work to go and help others when they need a hand. We've learnt over the years that money is handy to have. but you don't need very much to make you happy. and I hope that the boys have also learnt that being able to give to others. and help those in need is one of lifes greatest pleasures. We have an extended family! My aunt. 78, lives with us, and is fairly disabled. It is very good for the boys to have an older person around. and they have learnt a lot of

tolerance. Looking back at my school years. 1 realise that being at Loreto gave me a self-confidence. which has enabled me to adapt to unfamilar situations. A more important lesson was given by the example of the nuns. who (lave so much with no thought of getting anything in return'.'

used in this way, and true daughter of Mary Ward that she is. she has accepted the challenge very successfully. Vicki is now Treasurer of the Past Pupils' Association. and a welcome addition to this hard-working Committee.

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Adrienne McMahon (Williams): Adrienne had always wanted to be an Architect, but she did not think that she

could cope with the Mathematics, so, on leaving school, she

enrolled at Melbourne University in the Physiotherapy Department. After one week there, she was persuaded by a friend to go along and at least -chat with the Architecture Faculty, which she did and was immediately accepted. Fate

was evidently interested in her career as she has become a very special Architect, so interested in the relationship between Architecture and Landscape that -she did a Post Graduate Course in Landscape Design.

In her work with a Consultant Firm of Landscape Design Architects Adrienne enjoys the creative opportunities this gives her. She is always careful about getting too involved as she knows this raises the delicate question of maintaining a

balance between career and family. So. at some stage, the

limitations imposed by family have to be accepted, and this is never seen as being a sacrifice.

Adrienne derives great satisfaction from talking to people

who have just built homes, and helping them go through the thought process in problem solving for the small plot for which they are responsible. There is nothing dynamic here but the satisfaction that is part of any landscaping job, big or small, and the challenge always of using the world's resources to best advantage.

Any difficulties in her career are purely Adrienne's own. She discriminates against herself and her career interests,

but has never found this detrimental. The children have

grown up with Adrienne always having something to do, and her husband is supportive acknowledging the value it is for Adrienne to have interests that exfend beyond the home.

Generations pass while some trees stand, and old families last not three oaks.

IN THE PARISH

AND FINALLY ... PEG FLYNN JUST BEING PEG FLYNN

Andrea driving Joseph home after a Day Care Session.

Peg's interests centre round her family and her friends, and the few following quotations given by her sum up her

Andrea Maule (England): Like so many of her

contemporaries Andrea spent the full thirteen years of her

characteristic philosophy. "It is strange peopie expect and demand reward for their simple duty" Anon.

scholastic life at Mandevilie On leaving school she went to Melbourne University and. after graduating Bachelor of Science, worked as a Bio-Chemist at St. Vincent's Hospital,

how to live to purpose: all other things. to reign. to lay up treasure, to build, are at most. but little appendices and

and later with Melbourne Diagnostic Group.

props.' Montaigne.

Her life-style has changed now that she is married and has a home and two small chi'.dren to care for, but she is

"The great and glorious masterpiece of man is to know

"There is nothing worth the wear of winning, but laughter and the love of friends'.' Belloc.

conscious of her many blessings, and wants to share what she has with others who because of age, ill health or other reasons have less comfort and family affection. So she joined a volunteer CARE Group in the Hawthorn Parish,

seeing this as her personal response and means of serving the Community. Andrea became a Co-ordinator which means that she handles all the calls from Agencies. or personal distress calls. and tries to tie these up with specialised volunteers.

Andrea finds great satisfaction in this work. because it is something she has been able to do without any specific training, and without demands on her family. Through it she has met great people both the ones she works with, and the ones she helps, and she realises just how isolated many would be without this caring Parish Group.

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Year 7 Gold

Class teacher: Sr Patricia Lohan

Back: E. O'Neill. M. O'Connor. M. Robinson. K. Callil. K. Hoare, E. Robinson. P. Harrison. L. Brownell. P. Launech S. Morrison

Middle: A. M. McCreery, B. Houston. Y, Dwyer, J, Kilbale. C. Griffin, A. Rice. R. Annesley, N Blake, C. Munro

A. Bennetts. Front: D.

Madigan, R. Griffith. N. Hicks, M. Todaro, M. Waters. S. McI)onald. M. Gunther, A. Bailey

A Storm at Sea by Kate Callil, Year 7 Gold We were sitting in our beach box on a hot summer's night

and there was an eerie quietness. Suddenly the ti-trees started swirling and the leaves rushed along the sand as if someone was chasing them. The sky became greyer and the

clouds started to push the moon behind them and close in like an army. Rain pattered down and the waves started to churn up the sea. 4

Suddenly there was an explosion. Rain pelted down and lightning flashed. The waves were pounding and the wind was howling like an animal in pain. The sky was dismal and

damp. Seaweed curled around like a deadly snake. Sand kept getting churned in the waves and the foam was eating the sandbank. We could hear the wind cutting the beachboxes.

After half an hour or so the wind quietened and the waves went back to normal. Everything died down and there was a dark dank feeling. The churned sand relaxed and the twisted seaweed and bits of driftwood ceased whirling around. The lapping of the water was quiet and gentle. The howl of the wind stopped and everything was smooth and peaceful again.

After dinner Craig. one of the staff. came with us to feed

Our Camp bv Roisin Anneslev. Year 7 Gold Two of my friends Alicia and Madeleine were standing at

the possums. They were lovely and very tanie. thev ate

the school gate when I arrived oIl Wednesday mc,rning

from our hands. All the way home we were singing.

''Hurry up Roisin" they cried to me. Just then "clang. clang

everyone was so happy. it was the end of our first day.

- the school bell rang out and girls appeared fr<,m

Needless to say we were all awake earlv next morning

everywhere. Sleeping bags and cases were soon piled up

and ready to eat our breakfast and set off for the

and Lex started to put them into the luggage compartment.

Cumberland Valley. On the way we saw the ta/lest tree in

At least we were ready but not until we were moving and the

Australia and went along the route the early settlers took

school was out of sight did I feel that Our Camp" had

when thev were mining for gold. We had a barbeque lunch

begun.

and back to Mary Lyn for group activities and a swim.

Our first stop was Healesville Sanctuary. Mrs Evans who

It was -concert night" and everyone was gathered iii

was employed by the Sanctuary to guide us. was at the gate

groups rehearsing what thev were going to perform. The

to meet us. She was very interesting and had a real love of

best performances were -Pebbles" and -The Rip off of the

Decade.' After the concert Sister Patricia reallv gave us a

the birds. koalas and kangaroos that she showed us.

surprise. two gigantic birtlidav cakes to celebrate Larissa s

Lunchtime was approaching and we enjoyed a heartv

birthdav. So ended another verv happi· day.

lunch at Maroondah Dam. Once again we boarded the bus

The last dav arrived and we at] felt sad but wanted to

and set off for Mary Lyn. By now we were all anxious to

enjoy it all the same. We packed and tidied oin- rooms and

reach our destination.

then down to breakfast. Sister told uS we were going to see

As soon as we reached Mary Lyn we fell in love with this beautiful old rambling guest house and knew we were going

sheep shearing today and that cheered us Lip. It was fun to

to enjoy our stav here. Sister told us to go to our rooms and

see them. the sheep. losing their coats, thev look strange

unpack. this we did very quickly for we were eager to go

without them!

ancl see our new surroundings.

On we went to Fernshaw and enjoyed (,lir lunch. There

Dinner time was organized

Wallabies. Sparrows.

was so much talkiiig and laughing iii the bus we did not

Wombats. Squirrels. Seals and Lyrebirds had dinner first. Kangaroos. Penguins. Koalas. Peacocks. and Emub were

realize we were back at school until the bus stopped.

second.

remember it and the friends I made.

Suddenly the camp was over. but not really for I will always

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Year 7 Red Class teacher:

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Back: L. Barrv. A. McAlister. R. Walsh. S. Dunn. D. Price. J. Petroff. M. Newell. M. McDonald. C. Bateman, C. pezos

Middle: A. Mercer. S. Kenny, A. Bell. P. Lee. R. Healey. L. Portelli, A. Byrnes. N. Tomlinson, V. de Nardis. L. Johnson

Front: D. Allen, F. Grunberg, G. I)avies. S. Clareborough, P. Leoncelli. N. Wittenberg, T. Ovens. A. Clancv

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Year 7 Blue Class teacher:

Miss I. Mamczur

Back: A. Jowett. M. Cutinelli. M. Smith. K. Cantwell, A. Mc[.aren. L. King. J. Mier, A. Sampieri.

Middle: S. Tammaro. S. Branton, K. Coakley. 1 McHale. A. Bountinos, J. Lee. M. Coady. K. Horsfall, J. Soppitt Front: M. McGahan. S. Suhr. K. Ingwersen, M. Holden. A. Martin. K. Shaw, S. Burke, O. Davis

Storm at Sea by Sara Morrison. Year 7 Gold My Teddy by Roisin Annesley. Year 7

The white, swirling clouds began to turn into a dull grevish

But to Teddy I give love and care,

colour. The late afternoon sun suddenly disappeared beliind the clouds, and the rain started to fall heavily. There was a quick desertion from the beach as 1 watched with awe.

He is my favourite toy

The sea began to churn and the height of the cold. whipping

I wor Teddy at the show

waves rose.

I have a little Teddy Bear He is old and torn. the worse for wear.

He was first prize for the coconut throw He looked so cute with his big red bow And so I called him Roy.

Teddy and I play games on the hill And he falls down just like Jill Other days we sit so still And watch the world go by.

He sits on my bed during the day And guards my room while I'm away He watches and watches his eyes never stray

The best of friends are Teddy and 1.

The pe'ting rain continued to fall. the ho·wling wind grew

in intensitv, and the crashing waves lashed against the cliffside. There was a crack from the sky with a thundering

explosion to follow as the lightning streaked down from the dark. black clouds and was swallowed bv the monstrous

mountain-sized waves. As the vicious wind whistled through the rocks. it gave a piercing screech which echoed in return. The water smashed onto the sand carrying the ferocious rip

with it. As it hit the sand. rhe tremendous frightening spray sprang upwards and entered the misty, black clouds. When I peered out the window about an hour latei-. the beach had become quiet. Although seaweed. pieces of wood and sand were blown everywhere, with signs of destruction. separation hae] started. The beach had a dank, but tranquil feeling about it. The smooth green water came lapping in and. iii relief, receded back to the sea.

Year 7 Camp

On Wednesday the 24th February the quadrangle was buzzing with excitement. Yes. the Year 7 camp had finally come. We left on schedule and visited Healesville

Sanctuary. where we saw many Australian animals. We stayed at the "Mary Lyn" guest house which was really beautiful and had all kinds of recreation. like a billiard table. table tennis tables and a pool. Places were visited like Maroondah Dam. the beautiful

Stevensons Falls and a long bushwalk where we saw Victoria's tallest tree. and a talent contest which was just great. To sum up. the camp in one word would be 'ace'. Catherine Fewster Year 7 Green

Year 7 Green

Class teacher: Mrs. J. Barrington

Back: L. Gaynor, L. Benke. M. Hardiman. A. Hayden. D. Reed. E. Lee. E. Newton Brown Middle: K. Prendergast. N. Cook. E. Readman. G. Haddad. J. Hess. C. Fewster. A. Baecker. R. Wood

Front: M. O'Callaghan. L. McCarthy. J. Fry. J. Kiely. S. Condon. S. Loncraine. H. Wills. J. Williamson

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V. Latham. E. Sca®. E. Turner. B. Hales. F. OShaughnessy. J. Wilczek. S. Knezic, R. Regan, L. Allen Lle: E, Carnovale. E. Webb, J. Preiss. R. Mocellin. G. Bourdou. M. Kennedv. K. Duke. J. O'Sullivan. M. Ralph ·· S Chapman. S. Perronnet. E, Ursini. C. Soutar. M Shield, B. McLaren, L, Ciavarella, C. Newman

The Donkey by Rachel S:okes. Year 8 Gold

The Horse, Fionna Madigan, Year 8 Gold

Slowly. slowlv on the road

The delicate head with placid poise.

Patientlv he trod

Surely you remember the joys

Carrying his precious load

Of feeling the mighty power beneath,

The mother of our God.

Streaming mane and flying feet.

In the night sku far ahead

Ebony black with arab head.

A warming gl ow was seen A place to lay his weary head

Surely there was no tear shed When you saw him gallop wild and free, Beauty grace. agility.

Was what it should have been.

But rest was not be his right

Was he the creature who challenged the thunder?

As inns ignored their worth

When all was quiet the world in a slumber?

But better far he shared that night

Is it the same who rears in glory?

in the new king'S birth.

The king of all, almighty surely.

Anci rest lie got. and glorv too As angels sang their song

I like to make party cakes with

And evermore his storv grew

Mummy. She reads the reepe

Through all the ages long.

from my book.

A Summer's Night by Felicity OShea. Year 8 Green

In Preparation for the Bomb delivered by The Governor-General by Milly Fels. Year 8 Green

On a warm summer's night The golden sun sets

17th June. 1990

1 know. that. as in the past. our country shall be a model of community caring during this hard time. This country. and this nation. shall not be either influenced or destroyed by the petty. power fights of larger nations. We will fight back! And fight back by doing our bomb preparations so well that we shall survive. We will be quiet and efficient. toiling without grumbles. We will unite. We will together strive to get rid of the menace of the bomb. We will. if needs be, fight to the last person. though I doubt it. But above all. we shall not give in! Eventually. be it in our lifetime or not. we shall

The day has now ended The world is at rest

The birds fly away The animals go home The night is still And the buffaloes roam

And then in the morning

A new day begins And the day o'er the night Finally wins

get rid of the dark shadow that threatens the world and shall view a world clean and free. This, is our ideal. This. is what

we shall strive for. This. is what we shall accomplish. We will not surrender. We will fight with all we have and we will win. We are right. If necessary. we shall fight alone. if necessary. we shall stand alone as the only free peoples of the world. But. in the end, we shall drive out these oppressors. for we

will not be squashed. We will not let the world fall into

Chalk by Judy Quin. Year 8 Blue A long white stick

Busilv moving in someones hand Crack!

The quietness is gone Out comes another one

darkness and barbarianism. We shall teach and work. and

To finish as the other one did

rise from the darkness when it is all over. and be free!

When? No-one knows.

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Year 8 Green

Class teacher: Sr Margaret Mary Flynn Back: M. Marshall. A. Crawford. F. Margossis. F. Hilbert. V. Fox. E. Fels. L. Stewart. E. Sweeney. V. McPhee Middle: F. Carroll. P. McKenzie. P. Bavies. F. OShea. P. Walsh. L. MeMullen. K. hicani. E. Rabl. G. OSullivan. D. Marini Front: L.

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Class teacher: Mrs E. G. Dowd >. Clancy, Uren, J. Doherty. C. Leeman. F

Back: A. OHalloran, 1, McCorkell. A. Doyle, P. McPherson T. McGowan, M. Derrick Middle. V.

Mailigan, M. Gialelli. T. McGwan, N, Molonev, A, Burke. M Grogan. L. Ellis. A. Need, R. Portelli Front· V. Phillips. C. Tomlinson. K. Halliday. A. Bailey. F. Toussaint, R. Stokes. K. Smith. V. Alevetsovitis

"Fossil" My Cutest Pet bv Buffv Mcharen. Year 8 Red I rushed off to school. thinking of my new and favourite pet. As I sat 0-1 the seat of the tram. 1 noticed an old lady s fur coat. It made me feel a bit warmer. and it reminded me

of my new pet. As I arrived at school, I saw a long rope. hanging from the roof. Some meri were working up there. once again this reminded me of my new and cutest pet.

As the mc)rriing slowly moved along. I kept waiting for lunch time so as I could tell mv friends about my new pet. I

had not yet picked out a name for her. but I knew. i was soon to find ove. When lunch time finallv arrived, I quickly grabbed mv lunch. and raced down to the luncheon area to tell my friends of my new pet. As I quickly unstacked some

chairs. 1 noticed a man with a moustache pass by the gate. He looked like my pet. When all of my friends had arrived. I quickly blurted out. as if thev knew all about it. What shall 1 call her then?

All of a sudden, they began to ask questions. 1 slowlv answered them by saving, ''I've got a new pet. What shall I call her?"

-What colour is she. Buffy?" Anna asked. curiously. -Why, shes browny-grey! ' I replied. "Then call her chocolate", she suggested. "But shes mainly grey". 1 said with a doubtful voice. After

a long discussion. I received mar-u,' suggestions. but I only liked two different ones. They were -Granny" and -Fossil"! 'I think Granny might seem a bit old for mv pet" 1 enquired. 'Well then. it's settled", Fiona announced.

All of a sudden. I said with a big grin. "Yes. now that you say it like that. 1 really do like that manie. and it's just the right one too- When I arrived home. I rushed to her cage and said. 'Your names 'Fossil and you are the cutest mouse I knowr

The Filly, Milly Fels. Year 8 G reen I saw her. as the dawn was breaking. I saw her for an instant.

Aboriginal Man by Milly Fels. Year 8 The once proud head hangs shamefully.

A memory. for ever to last.

The old feet drag along the sand.

With the dew still wet on the grass.

Aboriginal man. your time is over.

She seemed to be captured for eternitv.

Let your Spirit reach up to the hand.

In an instant clear as crystal.

But she was not. and the momelit passed.

Lay down your throwing stick.

Leaving a longing that swelled up inside.

Lay down your shield and spear. No more for you be sick.

Her forefoot raised from the ground.

Let your Spirit rejoice and go free.

Her body. halted in mid-canter. She raised enquiring eyes to mine.

The dreaming is over,

The age old eyes of the wise.

The dreaming past.

The campfires of the dead are calling.

She knew not of saddle nor bridle.

Calling. your Spirit of Life.

A wild thing. untamed and free.

Lie down. Aboriginal man.

And with the solitude of the bush about her.

Lie down. lie down and sleep.

She was quite alien to me.

Your Spirit is leaving your body.

Then. as the dawn broke.

Lie down. lie down. and sleep.

She wheeled. galloped off and was gone.

I searched after her with longing heart.

The Rainbow Snake is calling.

And the memory has stayed f orever.

The Lawmaker, Giver of Life.

1 have returned. countless times.

Let your Spirit. your Jaree answer. Join the campfires in the sky.

To look for the filly at dawn-break. And though I found her not.

The memory has stayed forever.

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Year 8 Blue Class teacher: Mrs P. Saul

Back: J. Quin. E. O'Neill. B. Crennan, S. Rhoden. R. Bates. N. Burford, E. Wvatt. J. Foley. C. King Middle. 3. Front: S.

Pillinger. L. Hebel, M. Briglia. L. Salmon. J. Press. N. Sanders. A, Wiltshire. E. Day. E. Braun Colombo. V. Pitsounis. L. Thomas. J. Penney. A. Esdaile. P. Malouf. L. Curtain. S. Nietz

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Back. L. Doig. M. Dwyer, S. Ralph. E. Rocke. C. Armstrong, J. Murphy. J. Fogarty, D. Hoppe. D. Dodds Middle: T. Branton. J. Thompson, C. Mitchell, A. Page. J. Walker. S. Tidey, F. Mchean. D. Curtain. S Clark K. Hanrahan

Front: L. Hede. B. Wood. R. Interdonato. G. Sheehan. J. Lee. L. White. R. Bailey. M. Machowicz

Mia - A Typical Student? by Sophie OShaughnessy, Year 9 Gold. Barry, Section A Her long. straggling hair. obviously whipped back in a moment of anxiousness. and bright eyes always alert. ready

Small White Cuddly Duncan by Samantha Worner Year 9 Gold, Mornane. Section C

to pick up any kind of amusement were Mia's trademarks.

He came to us on Christmas Night

She was commonly known as the class clown. Her rage was

With eyes of brown and fur of white

as constant as her facetious laughter which could be heard

The excitement had been building up Then here he was our new little pup.

rining in the halls after class had commenced. Although she was humorous. Mia's tongue often lashed out impairing everyone and everything in her path. On these occasions her eyes became as vicious as a cannibal and her throat

became destructive. Her lean. lanky body was always seen lumbering across the schoolvard and her acute nose could easily be spotted from any distance. Her imaginative mind

was well known among the Professors of the School. as it was constantly conjuring up jovial. witty comments and interfering tricks. Mia's smile was as wide as an elephant.

At first he was shy. a little unsure

But yes, he still managed to mess up the floor He loved to p]ay and run and chase

Everyone loved him. he had that kind of face. But the happiness he brought was not going to last For soon he started an ominous fast

He refused to eat anything day after day And soon they had to take him away.

which seemed to stretch across the room. touching studentss

Heart-broken we watched the little fellow fight

on it's journey and coaxing them to do the same. Yet

Could he hang on for just one more night?

despite Mia's unorthodox and outspoken ways. this very

But alas too weak the poor fellow died

peculiar strong-willed girl was somehow loved by many.

From a pain in the heart and a hurting inside.

The Storm by Kimiko Cantero, Year 9 Gold. Ward.

Troy by Jo-Anne Kvdd. Year 9 Red

Section C

Gone forever

The angry wind blows hard and strong.

Relic of the past

He pulls up trees and knocks down walls

Never to return

He has no mercy for anyone. He topples them over. one by one.

Lifeless in the dark

Fought for Helen

He kicks up sand. and splashes water. He booms and roars and howls with rage.

Gained a loss Fooled into death

He tears the clouds. he pushes and pulls them

by a wooden horse.

Until, at last. the clouds cry rain.

Their gods deserted them

Then he blows to the corner of the world.

iii their hours of need

Ancl quietly sulks until the next storm.

Perhaps to pay them back for their dirty deed.

Winter Morning by Kimiko Cantero. Year 9 Gold. Ward

Troy

Frost on the window,

Never to live again

Sun straining through the thick fog.

Forsaken to the Greeks

Cold winter morning.

Chamber of death Now buried beneath

The Surf by Alexandra Wilcox. Year 9 Gold, Mulhall.

A fortress below

Section C

Resting in peace

The lip of the wave.

All alone now

Huge and of a crystal blue.

Gone forever.

Engulfs the white shore.

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Year 9 Blue

Class teacher: Sr Wendy Hildebrand

Back: M. Meldrum. H. Hebel. C. Wills. D. Field, P. Gendron. E. Duffy Middle: S.

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Back: A. Fraser. E. Hart. S, Evans, S, Moulton, A. M, Ward, S. Messina, S. McPherson, R. Green. E, Thomas

Middle: B. Annesley. A. Hatcher. C. Lennon, T. McMullen, T. Hirle. A. Sinn. T. OBrien. P. Regan. J. Kydd Front: L.

Waters. A. Carnovale. L. Barry, C. Willis. D. Andersen. T. Hill. C. Drake. B. Cooey

Year Nine Ski Camp bv Vikki Bailey

One of the highlights in the life of the Year 9 students is

the ski camp to Harrieiville. So. on Tuesday July 2()th. approximately 80 excited girls. with their 6gear waited anxiously at the back gates for the buses to arrive. We left at about 6.00 p.m.. stopped at Seymour for a drink and then on to Harrietville. The bus was alive with chatter and song till our arrival at 11.00 p. m. E

Up early ort Wednesday to try on boots and prepare for

the trip to Mt. Buffalo - for some of us - our first expertence of skiing. It looks easv - but held many pitfalls. Balancing on the skis. then greeting the snow without an

invitation. We finished our first day's skiing and returned to camp. Some of us wondered if we would venture forth the next day. That night we saw two films and had a lecture on gold.

On Thursday we went to Mt. Hotham. Some of us were a little -nore experienced and had mastered the sport, but some of us hadnt. That night. we played games and prepared for the return journey. This was most interesting as we went on an historical tour of Beechworth. The whole trip

was an enthralling experience. enjoyed by all and most of us just cant wait for another chance to ski.

Year 9 Retreat - Our Retreat

On April the 5th Year 9 went on our Retreat. We let at 9.00 and nobody was really looking forward to it as we thought it would be a boring day. Wher we got there we did group activities and had discussior sessions. After lunch we prepared a Mass in which everyone took part. I think it wasn't as boring a day as we thought it would be. We learnt about each person in our group and it was a relaxing day.

Christmas Holidays Sydney. ice cream. fun beaches. friends. cousins. us

Playing iii the sun.

Dancing Class, 1982, Megan Tauro

by Tija McMullen. Year 9 Gold. Mornane

As usual dancing class was held this year at St. Kevins under the watchful eyes of Mr Emmett. Brother Bourke and

Evolution: Light from Dusk of Dew by C. Daniel.

an array of teachers from Mandeville. On February 19th.

Year 9 Gold. Mulhall

approximately sixty Year 9 and 10 girls travelled to St.

Perfect bulb did sprout, Shadowed beneath maple knot: Obscures crystalled mass.

Kevin's with an air of curiosity. nervousness and

expectancy. With clumsy feet and sweaty hands we stumbled through such dances as "The Progressive Barn Dance" and 'The Pride of Erin'.'

White Glory bv Tania Marshall. Year 9 Gold. Mulhall

Over the next nine lessons we were gradually introduced to the intricacies of ballroom dancing. Then suddenly it was June 18, the Dancing Class Social. The girls arrived resplendent in their finery and the boys in school uniform. Eventual and worthy winners of the dancing competition were Nicole Yap, Sally Martin and Gay Quin. Thank you to

Crystallised snow flakes Adorn the blanketed earth.

Trees limp with the weight.

Autumn by Genevieve Sherman. Year 9 Gold. Barry. Section C

all those who made it possible.

All the dead brown leaves.

Are scattered along the path. Showing depths of Autumn.

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Year 9 Gold Class teacher:

Miss G. Quirk

Back: J. Pelletier. K. Koukouvaos, A. Wilcox, S. Gray. B. MeNamara. C. Daniel. G. Sherman. S. Worner. C. Hicks Middle: L. Murphy, S. OShaughnessy. J. Lvnch, M. Wines. L. Doran. G. McMullen. K. Santo. T. Marshall. K. Turner. K. Cautero

Front: S. Martin. M. Wong. C. Rayner. A. Hallam. K. Papamarkou. V. Bailey. C. Maddy. N. Buckley. C. Maleney

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Year 10 Blue

Class teacher: Mrs J. Carpenter

Back: S. Leslie. K. Height. C. O]schytia. L. O'Bryan. E. ODea. S. Latham. L. Lavelle. L. McNamara. K. Smith Middle: A. Stokes. N. Fuscaldo. D. Coperchini. K. Johnston. G, Howard, T, Thornton, G. Duke. K. Burke, F. Smith Front: M. Clancy, C. Mcilenry, A. Ryan. K. McCaughey. A. Chisholm. E. Calanchini. S. Cundari. M. Tauro

One of Year 10's More Popular Activities? Exchange Students

This year 4 Year 1() students embarked on an international student program. The four girls are Hilary Cantwell. Jane Dickinson, Louise McNamara and Elizabeth

O'Dea. Jane, Louise and Liz have gone to the U.S.A. They

left in mid August and will return late June. Jane is sitauted in New Jersey. Louise in Ohio and Liz is in Illinois. Hilary has gone to Denmark and she left in July. She will be returning in May.

The girls will stay with a host family for the year and at:end the local High School. The program is called Youth For Understanding Student Exchange Program and it sends students to different countries around the world.

The whole of Year 10 wishes these girls a happy and enjoyable year.

by .Jackie Bailey and Anna Ring

- Yes all hope is squandered of ever being able to release ourselves from the deadly clutches of examinations. as the teacher gives voice to those pei-ilous words. the words we have heard so often "You may begin girls'.' At this moment the mental block hits. sweaty hands grip the pen. as one eye dismally stares at the clock - the other pinned to the paper. The seemingly endless questions WHO? WHY?

WHEN? HOW? flowing monotonously down the white sheet of paper. The teacher lip the front suddenly breaks the

silence "fifteen minutes left" - faces staring blankly out of the window for the answers - the silence broken once more

"Pens down.' I take one last glance at the paper - What

happened to the beautiful writing I started with it seems to have been reduced to a mere scribble. -Stand up. file out" - out into the corridor: where noise and confusion reigns. One down. six to go!!

The Big Parade by Hilary Cantwell. Year 10

At this the circus-master bowea and some clapped desultorily but most stayed in an awed silence. Slowly the

"Roll up! Roll up!"

curtains parted and a cage with several ferocious creatures

The circus master in his shiny black suit with red applique

rolled out into the ring. The drums rolled ominously and

stood on the podium and called to the crowd.

"Roll up, roll up and see the most magnificent collection of savage beasts in the Kingdom!"

The crowd was attracted and began moving in threes and fours toward the arena. The seats began to fill and the air began to feel electric with the excitement and apprehension of the audience. Hordes were still rolling through the doors, jostling and shoving one another. The circus-master appeared, looking smugly at the cash box and the crowd. At last the area was filled - packed to the seams. The atmosphere was stuffy and the conditions were not the most comfortable but who wouldn't put up with it to see this famous circus?

The circus-master stood in the great ring respiendent in his black and scarlet. He raised his whip as a signal for silence. At once the audience was quiet. their jaws grinding continuously on junk food.

'May 1 present to you", roared the circus-master with glowing pride. "my incredible collection of wild beasts - the

there was tension in the crowd. One after another the monstrous beasts came into view.

"The Big Parade!" yelled the circus-master. At once the crowd. amazed at what they saw. began to clap and cheer wildly.

"Stupendous!" they said. "Unbelievable!"

'So hideous!" said many. The crowd were amazed, they were shocked, the night

was printed idelibly on their memories. The circus-master stood in the centre of the ring. the cages forming a circle around the perimeter. The band was

playing wildly and the creatures were looking most ferocious. Some were roaring, some were pacing nastily and others were fighting some themselves. The audience

was clapping with all hands - six to each. "A night to remember. they thought. A night to tell their grandchildren of - when they saw Ladybird's finest collection of Human Beings in the Insect Kingdom.

greatest in the Kingdom!"

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C/ass teacher: Mrs V. Donald

Back: K. Purcell, D. Nash. J. Conquest. M. Males. C. Kryza. A. OShaughnessy. M. Fox. S. Ryan. S. Hill man. K. Ahearn

Middle: H. Cantwell. K. Regan. C. King. N. Kostokanellis. M. Soppitt. C. Gaynor. K. Walsh. C. Long. G Burford. D. Tammaro Front: R.

Haas. N. Leong. N. Mulqueen. B. Waters. M. Vandoras. M. Ubaldi. M. Siu. J. Dickinson

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Class teacher: Mrs J. Ryan

Back: B. McMahon. D. Shield. M. Lazarus. S. Junker. C. Tighe, C. Holley. M. Ryan, M. Feakes. M. Selar Middle: S. De Felice. S. Barry, J. Healey, C. Chiba. B. Smrekar. H. Von Schrenk, P. Lee. K. Margossis, S. Purcell, K. Amad. S. Rey

Front: H. Martin. B. Falkingham. G. Caputi, A. Ring. S. H. Or. N. Yap. C. Riordan, J. Bailey

Le Weekend Passe by Julitha Ryan. Year 10 Gold Le sarnedi matin, jai regarde le soleil se lever Le soleil: le soleil rouge sest leve au dessus du monde. Au dessus de l'Australie le samedi matir Quelle beaute! Jai eu de la chance.

Work Experience, Year 10. Gabrielle Howard The Work Experience program. on the whole, was a

Parce que fai ete seule

great success. On my part, however. it was not totally what I

Je n'ai pas su ce que le w;eekend me donnerait

had expected. I went to the R.S.P.C.A. Burwood. with Emma Calanchini. We spent most of the five days. July

La musique me penetrait tout le temps la sixieme svmhonie de Ludwig von Beethoven

12th to 16th, cleaning cages and feeding homeless animals.

Jai pense a mon amour

Although this was not veterinary experience it was very useful in the handling of animals. 1 was not paid. so this

Je me suis passionee tout comme Romeo ou <Juliette Ah! Quelle beaute! Jetais une folle

detracted from the idea of undertaking a job or career in the

Le dimanche m'a apporte la tristesse

future. The feeling of having to be on time and to do simple

Je ne reverrai jamais mon amour

tasks given to you was an important factor in the program. It

Mais je l'adore - le soleii se couche au dessus de ma vie!

is definitely a very useful program and it assisted many Year

- le weekend passe a change ma vie

10's to make decisions about the future.

Ah! Mon amour' Maintenant

je me sens triste parce que je tadore a jamais. FIN

Social Service by Jane Dickinson. Year 10 On Wednesday afternoon. 1 visit the Burnley Old

People's Nursing Home with Linda Lavelle and Nicole Briglia.

I knew quite a bit about the centre before going there as my sister. Sarah told me about it last year when she went there. But ! was just as nervous as Linda and Nicole on the first Wednesday.

When we arrived, the matron took us up to the dav room

All the other Wednesdays I have just talked to many of the patients which has also been fun and interesting.

1 really feel happy when 1 am there because both the staff and patients especially are so sweet. The patients really appreciate someone to talk to who is really interested iii what they have to say. 1 think they like to have cheerful. young faces around.

I loved going there this term and 111 miss them all very much.

where we met Julie. Julie. who is always friendly and cheerful towards the patients and ourselves. organises art and craft activities for the p a t i e n t s . S h e t o o k u s fro m 1 D o m t o room and introduced us to each patient. told us a bit about

some and gave us some helpful advice. By watching her we could also see how to talk to the patients. After being shown round we wandered off and talked to different patients. We were still a bit nervous but 1 became more confident then and in the next few Wednesdays.

I think it was on the first Wednesday that 1 first got talking to Tony Cone of my many favourites) . He told me funny stories of when he was younger. During the next two weeks he went blind. Now he sits in his chair and dreams that he is

back on the farm he grew up on.

Mr Mooney Calso Lindas favourite) was iii the navy and survived the sinking of 'The Perth. He also tells us stories and has written a book which he is very proud of. Mrs Hoppe was funnv the first week as she insisted she had lost her underpants. She always kisses us when we arrive and leave. Nearly every week she says she is going home. but decides to stay because she has either lost her key, wants to look after the ladv next to her or wants to see us again next week.

Then there's Annie and company. They also tell us funny stories about their childhood. I sometimes read to them from

magazines.

Les and Winnie sit down in the day room. Les. an extruckie. chain srnokes and swears a lot. Winnie reads

magazines and also smokes a lot.

Ron. Nicole's favourite. called her his granddaughter and flattered her by telling her she is pretty and has a lovely smile. He died two weeks ago and this upset us especially Nicole.

AH the nurses 1 have encountered are kind and cheerful

and joke with the patients. They really care and I think this means a lot.

One thing that did surprise me about the hospital is that it is modern, clean. well run ancl the patients receive good food and plenty of care. About the third Wednesdav, Linda and I took some

guitars and music. We sang to a group of 10 or so. Then we had a sing-a-long. I think they really enjoyed this and it was fun.

Another week 1 played cards with three ladies as the fourth had a visitor.

Last Wednesday it was sunny. Some of the nurses. Winnie's son, I.es's friend and ourselves took some of the

patients to the park. After walking for a while. we stopped so Winnie and Les could have a cigarette. Linda and I ran back and got a guitar ancl some cordial and we had another sing-a-long.

Down with . . .! by Cathie Gaynor. Year 10 Here I am again, back to the place I hate. Why am I so drawn to this place? It robs me, scares me to death and makes my physically ill. but 1 seem to end up here most weekends.

1 seem to be particularly attracted by one thing. I don't even know why. First it takes my money and gives me a small, coloured bit of paper. that is eventually ripped up, in replacement, then I am placed at the back of a seemingly endless line of others crowding and pushing to get to the front. I am in this line for at least half an hour. constantly being pushed around and crushed.

Then. just for a second. I catch a glimpse of the man at the front of the line. wearing a uniform and taking the pieces of paper and ripping them up before admitting a few at a time. Finally it is my turn. The man takes my bit of paper. rips it up and then I am admitted. Then there is another

wait. but this time only for a few minutes, before it arrives. Then I see it. It stops a few metres away to let its last load of victims. white faced and shaking, out. before moving on in our direction. It stops directly in front of me. I hesitate, trying to think of a way of escape. but before I could devise a plan. I am pushed in by others. The door slams shut as I sit down, and the man in uniform passes by. checking to make sure every door is locked securely. This is the time I hate the most. Here 1 have time to think

of the horrors that I will experience in the next few minutes.

Then, starting with a jolt, the machine in which I am trapped slowly starts moving. I close my eyes and say grace, the only prayer I know, only to open them a few seconds later to see that I have started up a huge hill that is the start of my horrors. Now is the time when I find 1 can not think straight. so I just scream to let others know of my frightening situation.

Now we have reached the top, and then suddenly before me I see a steeply descending hill which I am about to fly

down. Suddenly, I feel myself falling, going faster and faster. with a scream choked in my throat. I go down with my stomach in my mouth. down with thought of the rollercoaster coming off the tracks. down with wonder of how my mother will take the news of my tragic death. Then, as suddenly as it started, it stopped. After slowing down. it came to a complete holt to release me. The man in the uniform once more came along to unlock the doors. 1

got out. penniless, shaken and pale. wondering why I put myself through it, and knowing that next week I'll be back.

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Class teacher: Mrs P. Lavery

Back: K Massoud, C. Kelly. K. Riddell, S. Meehan, J. Bourke. J. Hedger, K. Lethbridge Middle: J.

Meagher, C. Raftis. K Murphy. J. Randles. R. Fagan, B. Russo, E. De Castella. A. Bitsis, 1 Landrigan

Front: H.

Mitchell. C. Westmore. R. Salmon. R. Gardner, B. Ellis. M Silk. E. Tribe. R. Kan

Year 11 Mandeville-Xavier Retreat bv Keith Riddell In second term the Year 11 students attended the Mande-

ville-Xavier retreat. This vear there were t[iree locations:

Merricks, Ocean Grove 'and Shoreharn. Staff from both

schools participated and for the first time Kilrnaire joined with Mardeville girls on the camp at Ocean Grove. The --Ill---/-4- 11

camps were religiously based. however topics under this heading ranged considerably: from social service to meditation. The duration of the camps was three days, which enabled all involved to initiate new friendships ancl broaden old acquaintances. Activities were wide and varied: for examp!e in pairs we discovered the traumas of a trust walk. Blind-folded, alone with a stranger and in rough terrain. we certainly found out who was trust-worthy!!! It was surprising

to see numerous people lead astray as they crawled across an oval. Basically the experiences that we had were very enjoyable, of course. we could not forget the wild night life: bush dancing and the fancy dress party. It proves that tile camp is yet another valuable experience that Mandeville offers at Year 11 standard. Undoubtedly, it is another aspect of our education. social adjustment and religious development.

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The City by Carolyn Raftis. Year 11 A place that never sleeps but only blinks in time with neon

lights. A jungle of tail grey buildings and chimnevs belch putrid waste into the smog ridden atmosphere. Trams and buses weave through the grid pattern of streets like snakes slithering through tall grass. Tiny ant like beings continually move like waves washing up on a beach. the colours of their

garments forming a patchwork guilt on the hard. grey pavement.

A continual cacophony of city sounds is emitted. The blasting of car horns, the drone of conversation. church bells chiming. cappuccino machines in action. pin-ball parlours releasing sounds of electronic games. music from department stores. Hare Krishna chants and in the midst of this the

distressed cry of a child can be distinguished. Solitary plants stand helplessly wilting in the contaminated atmosphere. There is no room for these organisms iii our synthetic world. Gutters of streets overflow with cigarette butts. beer cans and wasted food. confirming mans ignorance and uncaring attitude towards both himself and nature.

The vision is horrific. a scene of destruction. a man made

cemetery to bury nature. Tree lined avenues are replaced by lamposts and electrical wires. the new web of life. Cobblestoned streets are buried beneath tar. and horses

have been replaced by gas-guzzling automobiles. Man's city - a jungle of artificiality where nature cannot survive.

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Year 11 Red Class teacher: Mrs J. Bourke

Back: M. McGlade, P. Menoudakis. S. Tighe, G. Treloar. K. Dalton. C. McNamara Middle: L. Nguyen. V. Longmire. V. Banks. G. O'Halloran, J. Walker. C. Healey. E. Magee, M. Rhoden, A. Vaughan Front: C Nicholson. J. Edwards. M. Themistocleous. C. Fogarty. J. Cohen. E. Chisholm. R. Kostaras. C. Anthopoulos

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Year 11 Blue Class teacher: Sr Elizabeth Donnan

Back E. McPherson. S. Mott. C. Bradley. P. Bailey, A. Sweeney

Middle: A. Liddy, G. Derrick. S. Naulty. E. King. M. Roberts. H. Harangozo. H. Boutsis. K. Harty. L. Barry Front: C. Teo. M. Leonard. K. O'Brien, M. Long, G. Edgerton, H. OBrien. C. Soppitt. L. Lee

i. Marie-Louise Khamara

Mrs. Lilydjajamihardja

Mr. Michael Mulcahy

Miss MarY Uren

Miss Hilary VArd

Mr. Andrew Schmidt

Dr Val Stewart

Mr. Roger Gi!]

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YEAR 11 HQC

H. Q.C Class teacher- Mrs R. Haskell

Back: S. Veselik, R. Jaycock. A. Height, R. Kiernan, G. Potts, S. Bennett Front: P Wales, S. Feehan. N. Burke, M. Martin, P. Crawford

Absent: N. Briglia

Mrs. Anouk Smetana

Mrs. Elisabeth Neies

Sister Bernadette Gray Mrs. Barbara Edgerton

Miss Wendy Maning

Mr. George Butman

Mrs. Val Donald

Mrs. Kerrie Perry

Sister Susan Daily

Mr. Brian Nancarrow

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COUNCILLORS

The Councillors

Back: Kerrv Edwards. Robyn Johnston. Julia Barham. Caroline OShea, Louise Whelan. Front:

Louise Gunther. Cathy Bailey ¢Vice-Captain).

Virginia Borghesi (Captain). Anna McGoldrick. Jennifer Eurv.

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BAILEY, Catherine

BARHAM. Julia

BORGHESI. Virginia

Frozen Forgetfullness by Madeleine Fogarty. Year 12 Ward I woke

only to be suffocated by a heavy blanket My efforts to defend myself From the cold Had been in vain.

Grudgingly. I pulled back the woollen cover from my face . . - Icy cold My senses were awakened Simultaneously with the freezing Of my flesh. The kettle whistled from the kitchen. Encouragement. But still

My father's voice failed to call out.

CAMERON, Sarah

BORRACK, Jane

BYRNES. Gabrielle

Vigorously rubbing mv shivering feet In preparation for the Arctic conditions of bathroom linoleum.

I reached for my dressing gown. The iciness of the atmosphere

Produced goose pimples upon Goose pimpled flesh. 1 was just about to bare my torso To the wintrv frost When I was fervered by revelation.

- Saturday Like an animal I burrowed Into the warmth.

I slept.

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COOKE. Belinda

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CURTAIN. Brigid

CORCORAN. Fiona

Worming Through Time by Caitlin English, Year 12, Mornane, Section 4

The wood was worn smooth bv loving hands and the fine face had turned a tarnished mellow yellow colour which no amount of polishing could prevent. The classic and austere ronian numerals were nearly melting into the pervading oldness and the minute divisions had completely 4

disappeared. A tired vet hypnotizing pendulum swung to and fro. with slight irregularity - like a heart in love -

excitant then weary from the expenditure. A worm was slowly threading and lacing its way through 4

tbe ornate carving of the cedar. tracing the inlaid walnut patterns and diverging in tracks to form its own artistic deviations. This old worm was the last survivor from a

fumigation which attempted - yes - attempted to disk.,dge

h.m and his family from their timeless abode. From tlie day he insinuated himself through the floor boards up and up and up into the softer cedar he had circumnavigated. collect DANCKERT. Sarah

DAVIES. Judith

DICKINSON. Sarah

EDWARDS. Kern

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EURY. Jennifer

FAGAN. Christine

tangled and unravelled himself inch by inch for long vears and through the clock - taking care to avoid the spiteful and serrated cogs and keY in the heart of the beat. He had come and colonized - multiplied until hundreds of larvae generated into an army of hundreds - crawling

and seething their way through the soft wood. like water seeping its way through a gigantic sponge. And during the peak of activity and energy. when the oldest worm had felt iii need of a well deserved holiday and had slowly eased himself down to the floor boards again to nurture and rest in the refreshing pine - a thick and choking fog had come and turned the air opaque with malevolently purged and cedar

of the eager young worms. So when the oldest worm returned. a rn.ass genocide confronted him. Young worms were in heaps blocking the labyrinth like a peak hour traffic jarn.

But he did not despair - the throbbing pendulum echoed through the passages and the old worm continued on his

perpetual journeY.

FAGAN. Rebecca

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FOGARTY. Madeleine

GARRETTY. Sarah

GAYNOR. Ma,v

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GUNTHER. Louise

HAAS, Pauline

HAMDORF, Michelle

Maths Camp '82 by Jacqui Ryan, Year 12

Maths. maths and more maths. After returning from the camp I would have been quite happy never to see another equation again.

The Maths Camp. organised by the Maths Association of Victoria. was held at Glenaladale in January of this year. It comprised six days (Sunday to Friday) of a seemingly endless number of Maths activities and lectures interspersed with small amounts of free time.

We arrived at the designated accommodation of pine log cabins in a secluded spot miles away from any outside contact on what seemed like the hottest day of the year. The majority of us changed and proceeded to swim in the nearby

dam which was characterized by "harassing weeds. After returning. refreshed from our swim. those who were brave enough tackled tea while the remainder rested.

After tea we congregated in the main hall. The camp leaders were introduced to us and we commenced activities

related to the nature of the camp. First. we had a competition between different groups to determine the

group that was fastest in solving a set of problems. Next. we had group debating. The given topic was "What is your favourite number and why?" and our group, due to the persuasiveness of the speaker we chose. won.

The next morning after having an insubstantial night's sleep, we encountered the real maths. We were compelled to endure five one hour lectures per day. except for Wednesday. After the first lecture it was socially unacceptable to mention anything related to Maths during our free time for fear of grievous bodily harm and lectures from then on were. for the most part. dreaded.

HESS. Jenny

HURLEY, Dominique

JAEGGI, Carolyn

JOHNSTON. Robyn

JOWETT. Lisa

KAFENTZIS, Debbie

The topics were touched upon were quite diverse and were not the conventional type of topics taught at secondary school. Topics included: Boolean, Algebra. Operations Research. Information Codes, Paradoxes and Spatial

Ability. If one was prepared to draw ones eyes away from the male company and win the battle over sleep the lectures became quite interesting·

There was a wide range of people at the camp. There were students from many different backgrounds and schools from all over Victoria.

The friends I made at the camp I still keep in contact with. We had a most enjoyable reunion in April at the home of one of the girls. 1 now have an invaluable insight into the standard of Maths of H S.C. students this year.

KIELY, Gabrielle

KOCSIS. Eva

KOERNER. Deborah

KWOK. Jacqueline

LEE, Tracey

LONG. Marita

Play Review: A Whip Round for Percy Grainger by M Fogarty, Year 12, Ward

The stage is bare and surprisingly unprofessional in appearance. To the left stand several tall parcels each individually named. The upper stage is roped and bound and resembles a huge parcel. It is labelled 'not to be opened for ten years'. The atmosphere in the audience is one of anticipation for the stage is srewn with parceis that one associated with Christmas. However it is not the true

atmosphere of that festive occasion for there is no excitement. no sparkling eyes of children - just a bare stage.

The lights go on and a previously unnoticed parcel 'sitting' in the front row begins to move. Revealed within it is a blonde haired, blue eyed. spectacled young man: Percy Grainger. After a short introductory recite this 'fellow audience' autobiographer bounds onto the stage and holds his position.

Presently another parcel - this time from the back of the theatre - begins to shed its wrapping and reveals Percy

Grainger number two: the Concert Pianist. He is followed by three successive Percys: Percy Grainger. the

LUNN, Sarah

philandering sexual radical. Percy Grainter, the son and Percy Grainger, the artist.

The play has begun and the players like Percy Grainger himself are all Australian. straight from the crowd. Their

performance. which is presented in two hour long acts, creates an impression of improvisation. And like

improvisation, has the unique quality of not only captivating the audience but involving them. These players are the five faces of Percy Grainger's personality. But the play does not have a schizophrenic nature. These faces come together as

one man throughout the play. Instead of fighting against each other. as so many aspects of one's personality seem to do, they join to form the complete Australian, musical artist. A man who, as his mother says is 'everything a mother wants her child to be - a male god whom everyone worships but who himself worships only her. After the actors have almost convinced us that they are

the play and no props are required, the first stage parcel is opened. Percy Grainger's mother. creator, guidance, friend

but never (unfortunately) lover. Rose Grainger, is revealed. This mannequin is brought to life on the stage by Monica Maughan. who doubles as both the son and mother in the play. Throughout the play the audience come to recognise this prop as a player.

4 MeGRATH, Kellie

MORRIS. Nicola

MOTT, Sarah

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MACKINNON, Andrea

McCAIG, Catherine

McGOLDRICK. Anna

There are many simplar props contained in the parcels on stage and each is brought 'to life' by one aspect of Percy's character. This is very appropriate in a play about a man who saw people through his own eyes - who was loved. indeed extremely lovable. but never loved anyone except his mother and maybe his childhood sweetheart, Karen. The love between he and his mother was as she mentioned

in her suicide note, 'always pure and perfect' Throughout the play melodies from some of Grainger's most famous works create not only a background music but a basis for the mime of the actor. This completes the total concept and memorial to this famous Australian composer. The play, written by Therese Radic has been heavily altered by Rex Cramphorn, the director, due to the limitation of having only four weeks to prepare. This adds rather than detracts from the final product. It gives the play a certain freedom of expression and movement on which the players capitalize. As Therese Radic says, people remember Percy Grainger the way they want to. 1 feel that this play does not distort one's image of the man, it gives scope for the development

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of character. Not only Percy's character but to the character of each member of the audience in the role they play as the lucky but self-denied Australian.

MULCAHY. Fiona

MULLALY. Louise

MULQUEEN. Jacqueline

OLSCHYNA. Jacqueline

ORSINI, Gabriella

O'SHEA. Caroline

The first main obstacle is achieving silence. in fact, you

How to Conduct your House Choir, C. Fagan. Year 12. Mulhall

"It looks so easy, doesn't it? All they do is wave their arms in the air!" These were my first thoughts about conducting learn from me, and don't let them be yours. It did not take me long to learn that there is more to conducting a choir than meets the eye.

Do not be disheartened if you arrive at your venue and no

one is there. Wait patiently Practise conducting the choir, music stand, indoor plant or whatever else is around. When people do arrive. greet them all warmly. Then kindly direct them to sign a list (so that ycu can threaten them later if they

do not turn up). After about ten people (of the sixty that promised to come) have arrived. cheerfully issue the music.

may regard your first success in this area with pride. If you still have no accomplished this in your first few rehearsals, I suggest, either resorting to violence or. to fight fire with fire, turn the stereo up to full volume and with a crash on the

cymba!s you may gain their attention. However. for the first rehearsal. tap the baton on the music stand and calmiy ask for quiet. (After all. there is no harm in HOPING that they will be qu:et. for the first practice). Other tactics inc]ude stamping. yelling. jumping up and down. playing loud discords on the piano and pretending to faint. Once the choir's attention is captured, your next task is to

keep it. Generally. this can never be successful - so be prepared to speak loudly and to punctuate your speech with frequent clapping and stamping.

You may expect various complaints and tedious

Your main rivals for the choir's attention are observers

questions, such as "Who chose this song?", "Last year's song

and spies from other houses. These must be severely and mercilessly dealt with. I suggest instant eviction. Do not be thwarted by cries of "Well. power has gone to your head,

was better", "When can we go?" and "Is this ALL that are coming?" These sort of questions are best left unanswered.

so it is handy to have a couple of "change the subject" topics

hasn't it?", but quickly and abruptly scare them out by

at the back of your mind.

rushing at them. clapping your hands and shouting, "Out, out! Be gone! Depart! Vanish!" etc.

POLETTI. Fiona

POOL, Caroline

RALPH. Catherine

OXLEY. Amanda

PHILLIPS. Caroline

PHILLIPS. Elise

Teaching the song is the next problem. it the song is in two parts. you must begin by going over each part

Trying to keep your choir interestea ts one ot tne most

separately. To do this. one half of the choir will be

trying tasks. The enthusiasm of the choir is essential for

unoccupied. and expect to be amused. No matter how

good results. To create an linpression on your choir. you

enthusiastically you suggest that they follow their parts in

must repeat your statements about five times. Another

their minds. it never seems to appeal to them.

helpful method is to make up a joke or a short story to

Consequently. your conversation may easily end up like

denionstrate a point or explain the atmosphere. Bring up a

this. "Come on seconds! O.K. firsts, keep it down! From the top! Ready, Go! Stop! No. it goes like this ...Be quiet

keyword as often as possible. Do rot be afraid to express your opinions of the atmosphere and to act them out while

firsts! OK. seconds? Listen now ... da. daad -da daah.

conducting. For example. burst into tears at the mere

Got it? Good. Now you do it! one. two, three. go! Da. daa

suggestion of unhappiness and dance around the music

d-da daah! SILENCE, firsts! Well done, seconds! Once

stand for joy of the music suggests this. Remember - encouragement is necessary Be generous

again. louder, now and faster. etc. etc'.'

Remember - never let your choir get the better of you. Incidentially. at this stage. do not be surprised be

with praise and subtle with criticism. (However, if subtlety is not effective - be blatant and demanding.)

recurring nightmares in which the choir sings the wrong

The performance is the culmination of all your work.

song, out of time. and out of tune, and they take no notice

When you are on stage. face the audience. bow very low, and why not make the conducting look easy?

of your frantic efforts for attention. This is only natura!.

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RIORDAN. Marcia

RYAN. Jacqueline

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SEATTERY, Angela

STREEFKERK. Keryn

Life's Maze by A. M. Williams. Year 12

As if awakening from a dream. the baby unfolds from his embryonic state. Finally detached from his previous life source. he is now a single entity. as he makes those first unsure. jerky movements.

The darkness is lifted - shapes. lights. colours and movements appear. as he looks and focuses on the objects around. He appears to be in a long tunnel. which seems to have no end. yet he is pre-occupied with his first marvellous sensation of awareness.

Slowly the tiny baby begins to learn. and identify separately the things that are warm. ]oving and friendly from the things that hurt and cause pain. The tunnel becomes more beautiful every moment and the small infant is filled

with happiness and a warmth that envelopes his whole being. 'She' is with him. pushing him along with the kind. reassuring hands he grows accustomed to and loves. He learns to love many things - atl the beauty around him. the colours of the trees. the grass and sky and even the tur.nel.

WILLIAMS, Anne-Marie

THORNTON. Susan

The colours blur and fade - the tunnel darkens and

those supportive hands are gone - he is alone. His small body trembles with fear and uncertainty and his heart is filled

with a longing. a need for warmth. for love and security. Dawn seems to have broken - the storm of the night has

passed: calm and tranquility is restored and the warmth has begun to return. He goes further along the tunnel and veers off in a new direction in search of love and beauty to compensate for his loss in the storm.

A totally new world greets the boy. Everything appears clearer and the haze has lifted. A sensation of awe fills his

young body and he finds walking light and easy. His steps are quick. eager and firm. A thirst for knowledge and understanding overtakes him. He begins to run. in an endeavour to assuage this sudden insatiable hunger

Along the tunnel now. the young man notices many corridors. each new path branching off into different ways of life. each offering a totally new aspect, but becoming increasingly more difficult to follow and comprehend.

WR[GLEY Kate

WALSH. Carolyn

WHELAN. Louise

WALSHE. Elizabeth

Some of the corridors hold nothing but blackness. fear

storm clouds. They plod on with slow. painful steps and

and hate for the man. yet others have a warmth and love to rediscover that loss. the man follows many paths. learns

look back and see footprints of their lives embossed in each corridor. Each step is remembered - the light. easy. happy steps and the sad. mournful, painful ones. The clouds are

an abundance of knowledge and encounters many hard and

becoming darker and blacker and they sense their tunnel is

rocky uphill cl:mbs.

coming to a close.

that rekindles a sensation lost long ago. In desperate pursuit

Final'y the warmth returns and the sensalion of love fills

Distant noise! What is it? The weary, old couple become

his heart once again. Again. warm, loving. comforting

frightened. It is coming towards them. Black and fierce it

hands have found him. yet these hands are beside him. not

approaches. They can't escape - they are too worn to move. They separate. He is trapped. Blackness stall<s it's

behind hirri. More corridors to walk. more decisions to

make, but :t is easier now with someone to share his load.

prey: it is on him. He submits.

Hard paths are eased by the comfort of this 'love' beside

Nothing! He appears to be in oblivion now. There is no pain. no feeling and no warmth. He isnt tired any more -

him.

Many paths pass and the steps are slowed: both are tired

everything is serene. He drifts off into the realm of

and darkness can be seen looming about in heavy. dark

imperspicuity. and finally his journey is over.

Mrs. Anne Hunt

Miss Mart· Holmes

Mrs. Suzanne Smale

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Sports Captain, Anna McGoldrick

1 was elated to be reappointed as the School Sports Captain for 1982. It was a great privilige and honour to hold this position in consecutive years as this has never happened before.

My role as Sports Captain involves supporting the

Physical Education Staff. the House Captains and the other sports captains and obviously participating in the various sports.

Sport is an integral and important part of school life and I am grateful for the opportunity to make a contribution.

Tennis, Kerry Edwards. Tennis Captain

The standard of tennis this year was very high. We were invited by Korowa to participate in an inter-school tennis tournament. The team effort was commendable and the

enthusiasm was rewarded by gaining second place. It was pleasing to see that both senior and junior teams

did well this year and I hope that they enjoyed themselves in the process.

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Senior Tennis

Back: C. Raftis, K. Dalton. C. Bradley, T. Lee. M. Hales Front: K. Harty, M. Fogarty, K. Edwards (Captain), A. McGoldrick. S. De Soysa

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U/15 Tennis Winners of the Association Shield 1981-82 Left to Right:

Back: L. King. M. Feakes. E. Duffy. C. Armstrong. T. Thornton. S. Moulton. M. Rice Burke, A. Bongiorno. E. Calanchini. S. Ralph. S. Hillman. S. O'Shaughnessy. M. Tauro

Front: A.

Absent: K. Turner. E. Turner

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Senior A Volleyball Left to Right:

Back: K McCaig, A. McGoldrick, T. Lee. M. Gaynor. C. Bailey, K. Edwards Front: K. Wrigley (Captain)

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Dr Loreto Swimming Team

Back: A. Doyle. A. Ryan. J. Lynch. M. Ryan, G. Howard. S. Tighe, N. Burke. S. Moulton, N. Mulqueen. P. Bayles. L. Tribe, E, Scally, C, Walsh. E, McPherson, A. Bl irke. P. Walsh. M. Tauro. K. Coakley. M. Macdonald. A. McGoldrick. T. Thornton, S. Thornton (Calptain). V. Longmire, D. Mulqueen, L. Curtain Front: K. Ingwersen, A. Byrnes. N. Pillinger. M. Smith, S. Keriny. R. Stokes

Swimming bv Susan Thornton, Captain The 1982 swimming season saw a great involvement in competitions and ear|v morning training sessions, which were refreshing. to say the least!

The season began promptv with the Inter-House Swimming Sports which were held for the first time at the recently

refurnished State Swimining Centre. they were convincingly won by Barry. This day showed outstanding achievements in all age groups In particular Virginia Longmire. who not only won the champion swimmer award, but broke the

Softball by Kate McCaig. Softball Captain fhis year there has been a great deal of enthusiasm

shown by the girls towards Softball. This has been proved by the number of girls who have been attending training and bv Mandeville fie'ding both a Senior 'A" and Senior "B" team. The girls have shown great talent and enthusiasm while

practising and 1 hope when we plav in the Association competition in third terni against schools such as Cato. St. Michael's. Shelford. Firbank. and Mentone. that we will be

record for the hundred metre freestyle event.

able to produce our best form and uphold our school's

In diving. great interest and enthilsiasm were shown with Tina Thornton winning the award for Champion Diver,

tradition of being formidable and worthy opponents.

We participated iii The Eastern Suburbs Inter-School

Swimming Carnival at the Nunawading pool. the swim-

I hope Softball contnues to grow in popularity within the school and gives other students the enjoyment that it has given to me. On behalf of all Softballers at Mandeville I

meet at St. Catherine's and The All Schools Swim at The

would like to thank Mrs Schaefer and the Phys. Ed.

State Swimming Centre. Although we were not highly

department. and in particular Cathv Downey and Mrs

placed. much team spirit and valuable experience was gained.

Witney. for their support and encouragement throughout the year.

LORETO SENIOR

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MEDAL WINNERS

School Swimming Age Champions Left to Right: 12 years Lisa Curtain. 15 years Nicole Mulqueen. 14 years Tina Thornton, Joanna Walker. Open Virginia Longmire (School Champion). 13 years Antoinette Bongiorno. 11 years Rachel Stokes.

Senior Softball

Back: S. De Soysa. C. Raftis. M. Hales, S. Mott, C. McNamara. K. Harty Front: M. Gaynor. C. Bailey. K. McCaig (Captain) . F. Poletti. A. McGoldrick

LORETO SENIOR SCHOOL

TOORAK 1982 SENIOR FENCING

Senior Fencing Left to Right: L. White, K. Ahearn. S. Meehan, Mr. O'Brien (Coach). F. McLean. N. Mulqueen. E. Mulcahy. E. Magee (Captain)

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GYMNASTIC TEAM

Gymnastics Team

R. Haas, S. Martin. E. Magee, J. Walker, M. O'Connor. L. Benke

Athletics by Cathy Bailey. Athletics Captain and Madeline Fogarty, Vice-Captain

Due to injury. I was unable to compete in the interhouse athletics this year. However. while organizing Ward House I was able to watch the sports enthusiastically. The day was one of the best sport days I have experienced and I felt very sad as I gazed around to see every competitor trying her utmost. parents watching intently and girls cheering hard. to

Fencing by Erin Magee. Fencing Captain Well what a year it's been. Many of the new fencers, the

majority being Year 7's are exceedingly talented and have just as equally displayed fine fencing skills as well as endurance. All girls took part in some competition whether it was the ' Brian Nancarrow Award" or the "Jack Schaefer

think this was my last interhouse athletics day. Congratulations must go to Mornane House. captained by Kerry Edwards and of course Ward who were second (we'll win next year!) Thanks are extended to the Fathers' Committee who contributed towards the success of the day

Open'I as well as other competitions held throughout the

year. Fencing at Mandeville on Saturday afternoon has also proved popular because it is at these extra lessons students can acquire extra skill and more techniques. I would like to

thank all those who have helped throughout the year. especially Mr O'Brien (Fencing Master). Mrs Schaefer and

and also the Phys. Ed. department. in particular the special members who have helped me over the past seven years. Perhaps next year we might see a "Staff Race" so that the day is indeed memorable to all. Long live athletics at Loreto and with our past achievements we can well afford to hold our heads high with pride.

Mr Nancarrow. not forgetting all the fencers who have enabled the sport to grow because of their participation.

L OR ETO SENIOR

SCHOOL

TOORAK 1982

ATHLETICS MEDAL W-ERS

School Athletic Age Champions

Left to Right. 13 years Geraldine OSullivan, Gabrielle Quin. 16 years Jane Healey. Open Madeleine Fogarty and Anna McGoldrick (equal). 14 years Tania Branton. 12 years Sarrah Kenny. (School Champions - Sarrah Kenny, Jane Healey)

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SENIOR A NETBALL Senior A Netball

Left to Right. K. McCaig, J. Hedger, M. Gaynor. E. Walshe (Captain), A, M, Williams, A. McGoldrick, K, Edwards

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TOORAK 1982

U/15 Netball Winners of the Independent Schools Shield

Left to Right: J. Ley. J. Lynch, S. OShaughnessy. M. Feakes. T. Thornton. C. Chiba. E, Hart, T, Branton

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1982 BASKET BALL

Senior Basketball

Back: M. Ryan, M. Long. H. von Schrenk, J. Barham. C. Bailey. S. Cameron. C. Walsh Front: A. McGoldrick. T. Thornton. A. M. Williams (Captain). K. McGrath. K. Riddell. S. Nilsson

Basketball -

Anne-Marie Williams (Captain)

For the first time the Mandeville basketball team played in an inter-school competition. Basketball uniforms were

Cricket by Louise Gunther. Captain and Kate McCaig.

ordered and several games were arranged. Our first rnatch

Vice-Captain

against Prahran High School ended with a 1()-() win for

This year. for the first time. a cricket team was formed.

Loreto. This result really boosted the team's confidence. Iii

due to popular demand. All of the girls interested in playing

the second game Loreto was defeated by Windsor and our

cricket attended numerous training sessions so that a team

third game ended with another win over Prahran 8-6. A

could be chosen to meet the fury of St. Michael's. Shelford

Junior team was started and this team also played against

and Gimwacle. Of the games we played. we won the first

Prahran.

I would like to thank the Physical Education staff. particularly Mrs Schaefer. for their support. Many thanks

ancl lost the last two narrowly. But more importantlv

everyone involved enjoyed themselves at the practices and the games. On behalf of the team we would like to thank

must go to Mr Andrew Schmidt. coach of the Senior team

Miss Maning for taking time out from teaching within the

and Mr Roger Gill. Junior team coach. Finally niv sincere

classroom to coach us 'n the finer points of cricket.

thanks to Kellie McGrath and all the team members.

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SCHOOL

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1982 SENIOR HOCKEY

Senior Hockey

Back: S. Naulty. M. Soppitt, S. Junker. R. Fagan. M. Hales. K. Riddell. M. McG]ade. S. Thornton Front: A. Regan, K. OBrien (Vice-Captain). Mr. R. Gill (Coach). L. Gunther (Captain). Mrs. P. Allan (Coach and Umpire), C. Raftis, S. Rey

Hockey by Louise Gunther, Captain The Hockey season for 1982. was one of the best seen at

Mandeville for many years. With great response coming from both junior and senior teams. the overall results of our inter-school matches showed a marked improvement in the

Mrs. Patricia Schaefer

standard of hockey. We were not Magued by weather problems during the season. which allowed for more practices and a number of inter-house matches.

Special thanks must go to Mrs Allan for her encouragement and overwhelming support to the hockey teams throughout the school. We also thank Mr Gill, the newly appointed coach of the senior team. for his advice on how to be successful in the game of hockey!

HOUSES

Ward House, Madeleine FogartY. Captain It has been both a privilege and a pleasure to be Captain

of Ward this year. The enthusiasm and effort consistently dispiayed by the girls was reflected in our winning of the House Spirit Awards in both the swimming and arts festival. Ward's success this year has been. in one word: consistent. We came second in the Athletics. Swimming. House Choirs and Arts Festival. Well Hitler didn't win the war either!

None-the-less through their consistency "Wardie" has

displayed yet again the all-round talent it possesses. Thanks a lot girls. Yours in second. .

Madeleine Fogarty. Ward Captain Barry House, Liz Walshe. Barry Captain

1 was very fortunate to be appointed Barry House Captain for 1982. This year we won the inter-house swimming.

thanks to the combined efforts of cooperation of the whole team. Both the competitors and cheer squad deserve my congratulations. Hopefully next year we will be able to retain the Shield.

Despite the efforts of the team we came last in the

Athletics. I hope the girls achieve a better standard in Athletics next year. This term the Year 9's are involved in house netball.

which is still in progress. Over the next few weeks the results of this will be finalised.

Senior Hockey will also commence within the next few days. encouraging the Seniors to participate in a sporting activity and displaY house spirit. I would like to thank all the Barry girls for their support throughout the year especially the Year 12's whose assistance with organising the swimming and athletics was invaluable.

Mornane, Kerry Edwards. Captain

Mornane has had a very successful year this year. We came first in the Inter-House Athletics and first in the Arts Festival.

1 was very pleased to see how enthusiastic the girls were in participating and supporting their team. It is good to see the House Spirit that is present in Morrane. The Arts Festival on a House basis is very important because it enables girls whose interests lie in areas other than sport a chance to contribute to their team.

Thank you for your support throughout the Year.

Mulhall by Mary Gavnor

On the February 18th. 1982. Mulhall was ecstatic with excitement and determined to win the Interhouse

Swimming Sports. Clad in red. the cheersquad spurred on our confident and able swimmers. But. alas. Deborahs legs and Keryn's voice could not withstand the extreme pressure and Mulhall swam in a close and fighting fourth.

But Mulhall had not lost its enthusiasm and team spirit. With the Interhouse Athletics we proved a little more

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successful as girls like Patricia Fagan won the 1500 m run and Sarrah Kenny won almost everything else. including Junior Champion Athlete. This time we came in third rather

than last. our position having been boosted up one by the cheersquads great effort which finally won the tearn spirit award.

The Arts Festival. held in Term Il. also showed the

combined effort of Mulhall members. Christine Fagan led our not only talented athletes but also incredible singers and

musicians to a rewarding third place. Each event was a combined effort bv all. even one or two matrics!

Overall. Mulhall didnt go too badly this year. or too well. come to think of it. But everyone did put some effort into one thing or another which is just as rewarding as winning, 1 suppose.

Thank you to all those concerned.

Credits

The magazine committee would like to thank Mrs. Kerrie Perry. for typing all the material for the magazine.

Thank you to the English staff for their help with proof reading.

The photographs in this magazine were taken by Sr. Susan Daily I.B.V.M. Carolyn Raftis, Mrs. Shirley Chapman.

Magazine Committee

Left to Right: C. Raftis. S. Meehan. M. McGlade

Magazine Committee During this year. the magazine committee has attempted

to make this an interesting and informative magazine. We would like to thank all the people who have given up their time to contribute to this years magazine, We also

apologize for any omissions or errors, as these are impossible to avoid. We hope you enjoyed reading this year's magazine.

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