Celebrating 100 Years PLC Old Collegians’ Association
Bonner Collection. Friends on camp at Darlington, 1924.
Thiel Collection. Hermanie ‘Babe’ Thiel, centre, 1926.
Bonner Collection. ‘Dick’, Bae, Marie and Sheila at PLC, 1925.
Relaxing at PLC Cottesloe, 1920.
Thiel Collection.
PLC girls at Cottesloe Beach, 1927.
Contents In the beginning... .........................................................................................................................................................................................4 A century of support .....................................................................................................................................................................................6 The Black Diamonds ....................................................................................................................................................................................8 Marion Walsh ............................................................................................................................................................................9 Chrissie Dodds ........................................................................................................................................................................ 10 Ada Waite ...................................................................................................................................................................................11 Kathleen Morrisby ...................................................................................................................................................................12 Jane Thompson ........................................................................................................................................................................13 OCA Office Bearers.....................................................................................................................................................................................14
Front cover illustration is from the 1920 Kookaburra
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In the beginning … Paraphrasing Isabel Piper (McConaghy 1919) “Leaving school does not mean saying good-bye to your old companions. If you join the Old Collegians (called by the impolite ‘Old Girls’), you will keep in touch with school and school friends long after your studying days are over.” Isabel McConaghy (1919), Inaugural OCA Report, 1920 Kookaburra At the end of 1919, with PLC then nearly three-and-ahalf-years-old, a group of senior students and young Old Girls decided they then had enough girls who had left the School to form an Old Collegians’ Association. With support from Miss Agnes Scorgie (Principal 19161921), a meeting was held at School in April 1920, during which the Old Collegians’ Association was officially formed for the girls who had left PLC - in any year - but who had not since attended any other school. Marion Cooke, a Boarder from Grass Valley since third term 1917 and Head Prefect of 1919, was appointed inaugural Secretary and Treasurer. They decided, since most of the new members lived in the country, they would meet twice a year - a tennis party in summer and a dance in winter, when country friends would most likely be in town. On 31 July 1920 Miss Scorgie hosted the OCA’s inaugural dance. The new members of the OCA cleared and decorated two large adjoining rooms, which could only be the room behind Reception in Scorgie House, and served a dainty supper in the newly-built dining room (now the Boardroom). After, the girls were giddy with the evening’s stunning success, and the OCA Dinner Dance gradually evolved into an annual ball which continued on ‘Show Saturday’ until 1973. On 28 October they held an impromptu gathering at School and presented Miss Scorgie with a travelling rug for her upcoming trip to Scotland; from which no one then knew she would not return. At that meeting they decided members of the OCA should wear some kind of 4
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badge, in the form of a brooch or embroidered pocket on a sports coat, to recognise other members. They decided the School colours of brown, gold and pale blue were “not sufficiently beautiful to decorate our newly-established association,” so chose royal blue, maroon and gold, and cheekily suggested the School might also like to choose new colours in the near future. In 1934 the OCA launched a new, navy blue blazer with green, white and blue check binding with the embroidered ‘OCA’ on the pocket. This had gone by the wayside before 1960. The new Association closed its first year with around 25 members, optimistic their numbers would swell with the girls leaving at the end of that, and every year to follow. “We regret that, so far, there are no engagements or marriages to gossip about, but we may have better luck for next Kookaburra.” Isabel McConaghy (1919), 1920 Kookaburra
Did you know? All graduating PLC students are now automatically member of the Old Collegians’ Association?
Did you know? In 1921 the inaugural OCA President was our Acting Principal, Miss Frances Dumaresq. The same year, the inaugural OCA Vice President was Miss Marjorie Battye (1917) - but from 1922 to at last 1947, the Vice President’s position was held by the Principals: Miss Finlayson (1922-1927), Miss Janet Phemister (1928-1933) and Dr Vera Summers (1934-1961).
By 1921 they had 40 members. Miss Frances Dumaresq (Acting Principal 1921) was appointed inaugural President of the Association and Miss Marjorie Battye, inaugural Vice-President. Marjorie was President in 1922 and Treasurer in 1923. Snippets about Old Girls’ engagements, weddings, births of babies, travel, sporting, educational and career victories proliferated the next 40 odd years of OCA Reports in the Kookaburra. “By 1925 the membership had increased … to 135 and four additional office-bearers were elected. The activities were increased and card and film evenings were held at regular intervals throughout the year. It was also decided that the Old Girls should raise money yearly, the sum total to be handed to the school fund for the Cot in the Children’s Hospital.” “During the years 1939 to 1945 the Association’s activities were cut to a minimum, with many Old Girls fully occupied with war service, but by 1946, with the war over, our activities started to become a little more frequent.” “Since 1949 a steady increase has been received in
Did you know? The OCA’s first constitution was drafted by Supreme Court Justice John Hale in the 1940s (BW 1988 June).
membership and it is hoped that a still greater interest will be shown in this association in the years to come. Each year a ball, dinner, tennis afternoon and golf day are held, and … always regarded as a great success by those who attend.”
Top left: 1925 girls Top right: 1956 leavers Above: PLC uniform 1920s
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A century of support Since April 1920, the OCA has proudly existed to continue to nurture the connections between the women who have had the privilege of attending PLC with each other, with this amazing school and also with the larger PLC community. For a century the OCA has been an enviable friendraiser bringing together Old Collegians each and every year at various events. For many decades the OCA Committee organised the very successful annual school ball, annual school birthday dinner, golfing days, reunions and regular country luncheons to bring together Old Girls to reconnect and remain in touch with each other and PLC. Many events are fondly noted in past Kookaburra publications, like the 1946 entry stating: “On August 19th, the School's Birthday, the first dinner since the war is taking place and promises to be a great success and re-union as some Old Girls are coming up from country towns to attend, and there are others coming who were at school in 1921”. Now together with PLC, the OCA continues to provide Old Collegians the opportunity to connect and reconnect with each other at regular reunions, events and activities each year like the annual OCA Art Exhibition. The investment made by the OCA Committee working tirelessly ‘to foster a spirit of community between past and present collegians and the College’ and to consolidate the special relationship established between collegians during their college years’ as outlined the OCA’s Constitution, is evidenced by nearly 20 per cent of PLC’s current student base being daughters, granddaughters, or relatives of Old Collegians. The OCA and PLC also have a long history of offering learning opportunities for Old Collegians and PLC students dating back to 1969, when Principal Heather Barr suggested at an OCA Committee meeting, not long after she commenced as the Principal of PLC, a “Talks to Girls” concept “suggested inviting Old Collegians who had been successful in any particular field speak to the Old Girls on some future occasions” (4 March 1969 OCA Committee Meeting Minutes). Miss Barr’s first group of Old Collegians nominated were science and medically focused. “The following offers or suggestions were put forward concerning Miss Barr’s 6
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suggestion at the AGM that arrangements be made for Old Collegians to tell the girls at school about their careers. Barbara Finch (1950), Physiotherapist; Barbara Evans (Baty 1951), Physiotherapist; Margaret Benson (Martin 1964), Chemical Research; Audrey Chrystal (Bolton 1950), Biochemistry; Tricia Wood (Hodgkin 1951), OT; Nancy MacKenzie (Hardie 1935) Psychology Department, UWA.” (1 April 1969 OCA Committee Meeting Minutes). In the OCA President’s 1991 AGM Report it shares: ”During 1991 the OCA has taken an active part in giving career information to students. Thirty members of the Network will be involved in the Careers Information Evening for Year 10 girls and their parents on August 27th”. Miss Barr’s idea set the stage for the next 50 years as these lifelong learning opportunities continue today through various professional development, mentoring and career networking functions like the Tartan Lawyers’ Breakfast and Inspiring Women Programmes offered to Old Collegians and PLC girls alike. Since its inception in 1920 the OCA has always worked with and supported the School Principal and School Leadership Team to further the educational objectives of PLC through donations and bursaries for the benefit of all PLC students. Thanks to the OCA’s ongoing fundraising activities which have been so well supported by all in the PLC community for a Centenary, the OCA have been able to give annual scholarships and bursaries, as well as make other financial donations to PLC for generations. The OCA has proudly made regular financial donations of varied sizes since its inception. Numerous accounts of the OCA’s continued support of PLC are mentioned in the OCA Kookaburra Reports and Committee Meeting Minutes; from an annual library fund from the 1950s though to the 1980s; to Scholarships and Bursaries funds since the 1950s; and annual gifts to PLC from the 1970s through to the 1990s.
In 1932 the OCA Kookaburra Report shares “after a successful fundraising event proceeds from this entertainment were donated towards to the upkeep of the School Cot at the Children's Hospital”. When Carmichael Hall was officially opened in 1956 “Mr Baird expressed his gratitude to the OCA for their donation of the grand piano” (1956 Kookaburra). “Our Association has made a number of presentations to the school, including donations to the Library, Cot Fund, Prize Fund, Kookaburra Magazine, and a tennis trophy”. (1968 Kookaburra). The OCA has also made ongoing contributions to the School’s building projects like the swimming pool in the 1960s “The new school swimming pool, named in honour of Dr Summers, was built this year by the Parents' Association with considerable help from the Old Collegians' Association” (1960 Kookaburra). Science room upgrades and other school equipment was gifted to PLC in the 1970s and 1980s. In 1997 the OCA proudly donated the magnificent stained-glass windows featured in the School Chapel. More recently the OCA has contributed to the Senior School Building Fund and donated funds for the Year 12 Common Room, Quad Rowing Boat and Junior School STEM Room. Paramount to the enduring and ongoing success of the OCA is thanks to the extraordinary number of Old Collegians who have volunteered countless, days, weeks and even years as Committee Members contributing to each and every event and activity undertaken by the OCA. Thanks to all these wonderful women the OCA has existed and thrived for 100 years. The OCA and its managing committee has been and continues to be an integral part of the ongoing success of our beloved school, PLC. Jessamy Mahony (Carroll 1988) PLC Old Collegians’ Association President
Top left: PLC OCA blazer pocket in OCA colours, introduced in 1934. Top right: Twins Joan and Betty Hanlin, with friend (centre), 1943. PLC excursion in North Perth, 1917. (Oldest known photo of our Panama.) Centre right: 1960s Above: 1970 Prefects Left: The first PLC OCA tie pin, 1920, once belonging to Jean Yelland (Tassie 1920).
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The Black Diamonds Black diamonds are tougher than any other form of natural diamond. More difficult to cut, they don’t shine in the traditional sense because they absorb, rather than reflect light. Largely unrecognised, they are the less obvious choice… These are some of our Black Diamonds, briefly recognised for their extraordinary contribution to the Old Collegians’ Association.
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Marion Jean Walsh (Cooke 1919) 1917-1919; 1919 Head Prefect Jean came to PLC with her sister Ada Waite formerly Gooch (Cook 1920) in October 1917, just a few months after our Cottesloe campus opened. In April 1920 she was one of those who decided to form the OCA, and was our inaugural Secretary and Treasurer until 1923. She nurtured the OCA through its infancy, until it was firmly established. Jean rowed, played bridge, was an excellent tennis player, and was active with the Girl Guides; but horses were her real passion. She started pony clubbing and formed a large and very successful show jumping team, taking out many prizes in the Royal Agricultural Show. In 1935 she married Justin Walsh, of Egoline, Northam, and, in time, raised their two daughters. She also established Walsh’s Horses, a riding school, and began to breed horses, many of which were champions. In 1954 when HRH Queen Elizabeth came to Perth, one of Jean’s horses - Cotton Tail - was chosen for her to ride. Polio meant the Queen never rode him, but the Governor did. Soon came ‘the Educated Horse’, which led to Dressage, Jumping, and Equestrian Federation Australia, in all of which Jean was heavily involved. Jean was one of WA’s best known horsewomen but when not working with her horses, she was impeccably dressed, and she loved, in particular, hats. During shopping trips to Perth she always stopped by Belle Gladstone’s to try on the many beautiful hats on display, but despite her usual glamorous style, there are very few photos of Jean, as she hated having her photo taken. Jean was still riding at 70 when, in September 1971, she suffered a massive stroke from which she died, in March 1972. Without Jean’s dedication in those early years, the OCA is unlikely to have become what it is today.
Top: Jean Walsh (Cooke 1919) in Rome, 1962. Courtesy Penny Taylor (Walsh 1958).
Above: Jean Walsh (Cooke 1919) riding Cotton Tail which was to have been the Queen’s mount in WA in 1954. Courtesy Penny Taylor (Walsh 1958).
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Christina ‘Chrissie’ Nisbet Dods (1920) Founding student 1915-1920
Left: Christina ‘Chrissie’ Nisbet Dods (1920) at PLC in 1919, aged 16. Right: Chrissie Dods as president of the 1969 building appeal, aged 66.
Chrissie was the only daughter of PLC Founder Rev George Nisbet Dods. She was one of our School’s first students in 1915, aged 12, until 1920 when she went on to study at UWA. Graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 1924 – the third PLC Old Girl to do so – she taught English Literature at Princess May’s in Fremantle.
today. She fought to have the library named for her father and decades of determined campaigning finally came to fruition with the naming of the Rev George Nisbet Dods Memorial Library on 22 September 1972, when the buildings for which she’d led the 1969 appeal were proudly opened.
In 1935 Chrissie was President of the OCA and, in 1945, she and Margaret Stewart (1922), daughter of PLC benefactor John Stewart, were the second and third females appointed as the OCA’s representatives on PLC Council, and served until 1959.
Chrissie never married or had children, but lived with, and cared for her mother and her younger brother George (who was not able to live independently) at their home in Renown Avenue, Claremont. After a lifetime dedicated to her family, education and PLC, Chrissie died at home on 19 February 1987, aged 83.
Princess May’s had become what is now John Curtin School of the Arts in 1956, and by the time Chrissie retired in 1968, she had been deputy principal for many decades. In 1969 Chrissie was president of our appeal which successfully raised the finances to build the south and west arms of the Senior School still in use
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In 2014 Dods, in honour of Chrissie and Rev George, was top of the list of potential new House names. The girls, given the choice, decided Dods sounded too much like ‘duds’ and sadly, Dods House was not established at that time.
Ada Waite formerly Gooch (Cooke 1920) 1917-1920; Prefect Ada was still in her final year at School when her older sister Jean helped form the OCA in April 1920. In 1924 Ada was the OCA’s Rural Member but stepped away when she married Jack Gooch in 1928, to raise her family at Manberry Station, Carnarvon. She returned in 1955 as the OCA’s Representative to Council, and served as the Vice President of the metropolitan area from 1957 to 1960, after which she joined the OCA Committee. She was widowed in 1964, and retired from both Council and OCA Committee in 1966. In 1975 Joan Hale (Blackall) hosted a morning tea attended by Miss Barr (1949, Principal 1968-1989), of a gathering of Old Girls who were at PLC in its first few years. Among those present was Chrissie Dods (1920), Margaret Stewart (1922), Jean Hyde (Wingrove 1922) and Clare Briggs (McLintock 1920). Unable to attend was Enid Jenour (Clarke 1922) and Mrs Edna Slee (Rose 1921). Of course these are the women who feature very strongly in the OCA - not only from its inception, but over many ensuing decades. Ada remarried in the late 1970s – in her mid70s - to James Waite, but was widowed again in 1984. She died at the grand age of 99 in 2002. Ada retained a lifelong interest in the OCA, attending events and fostering interest in the Association. That dedication and commitment passed on to her daughter Susan Mercer (Gooch 1960) who was active in the OCA from 1963 to 1996, and returned in 2018 to the OCA Committee; her granddaughter Ann Mercer (1990) who has also been involved in the OCA in recent years; and in future, we hope, to her two great granddaughters; one of whom is in our Year 10 cohort, and the other entering Year 7 in 2023.
Top: Ada Waite formerly Gooch (Cooke 1920) aged 70 in 1973, courtesy Sue Mercer (Gooch 1960). Above: Ada Waite formerly Gooch (Cooke 1920) aged 87 in 1990, courtesy Sue Mercer (Gooch 1960)
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Kathleen Edith Mary Morrisby (1923) 1922-1923; Deputy Prefect Born in Roebourne in 1906, Kathleen grew up in Geraldton where her sisters, Elinor Morrisby (1926) and Isabel Lee (Morrisby 1929), were born. She came to PLC in 1922-1923, after which she worked as a monitor at her old school, Geraldton High, and captained the 1st Geraldton Guide Company. She then attended Claremont’s Teachers’ Training College, with her first posting as Head Teacher at Kulikup State School, in Yallingup, in 1928. From 1929-1930 Kathleen was the OCA’s Geraldton Branch Secretary and, in 1937-1938, OCA President. The next year she became the first female appointed to PLC Council as the inaugural OCA Representative to Council. She served until 1952, and was OCA President again from 1942-1945. In 1944 she led a new scheme, educating orthopaedic patients, aged 3-15, in the Children’s Hospital. She visited interstate specialists to study their methods and, from 1948, embarked on a tour of England and Europe, learning new techniques in the education of tubercular, blind, deaf and mute children. Finding Western Australia led the way in some methods, she brought others back when she returned in August 1950. She then rejoined the OCA committee and, as Girl Guide Commissioner for Extension Guiding, set up a play therapy unit for girls at the Claremont Mental Hospital. In 1951 Kathleen was appointed Deputy Principal of Palingswick House School in London, for 80 “educationally subnormal” girls aged 8-16, but was soon the Principal of Larchfield House, a home and school for children with cerebral palsy, near Harrogate. Returning to Perth in 1955, Kathleen was appointed Principal of Minballup Occupational Centre and, from 1962, the Specialist Section of South Kensington Occupational Centre until retiring in 1970. She and her sister Elinor then moved into different apartments in the same complex in Nedlands, where she died in December 1990, aged 84.
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Kathleen Morrisby (1923), the inaugural full-time teacher at the Children’s Hospital, with a young student, 1944.
Jane Thompson (Stimson 1958) 1952-1958; Prefect Jane is the daughter of Dr Gordon and Freda Stimson (Gates, Head Prefect 1926), who was twice OCA President, and OCA Representative to Council from 1966-1987.
Whenever she was in Perth, Jane reconnected with the OCA. She was on Committee in 1958-1965, 1977-1978 and 2002-2003; Vice President from 1978-1980; and President from 1980-1984.
Immediately on leaving PLC in 1958, with strong encouragement from Freda, Jane joined the OCA Committee, on which she sat until 1965.
From 1985-1996 she was Membership Secretary and from 1992-1999, like her mother, she was an OCA Representative to Council, where she learnt a lot about education. She retains strong ties to the OCA and to PLC, with her granddaughter Tikky Smith in Year 1.
She graduated from Law at UWA in 1963, having studied at Stott’s Business College during holidays. She did her articles at Parker & Parker and passed the West Australian Bar in 1966. She then worked for WAPET in the days soon after Barrow Island’s first oil field was established.
Today, Jane and Peter enjoy a busy retirement running Thompson Estate in Wilyabrup, and have generously donated their wine for today’s event.
In 1967 Jane married physician and cardiologist Peter Thompson, and they moved to Melbourne for three years, followed by three years in Boston, and a few years in Sweden. Returning to Perth in 1979 with three young children - James (Kindy 1973), Alexandrea (1988) and Angus (Kindy 1980) - Jane worked at Cocks Macnish doing conveyancing, from 1982. She was then at the Law Society of Western Australia, followed by many years at the Legal Practise Board. She also sat on the Parole Board and, while she was part-time, there were many long days with hearings running late. Freda stepped in, when needed, to help look after Jane’s young family.
Top Left: Jane Thompson at the 2020 PLC OCA Bursary Honour Board unveiling Back Row L-R: (House Captains) Kate Merry (Fisher), Marion Young (Teasdale), Elizabeth Atahan (Kent), Julie Laurisson (Lukin). Centre Row: Joy Owen (Parnell), Lib Wetherell (Baker), Annie Parker, Mary Knott (Clarke), Jane Thompson (Stimson), Pixie Lake (Ockerby). Sitting: Diane Cook (Gribble), Jenny Cook (Abernethy), Dr Summers, Alison Bevon (Ward) Head Prefect, Jennifer Kaan (Staniland). Kneeling: Elizabeth Dare (McDougall), Margaret Palmer.
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Office Bearers OCA from
to
Principal Dr Vera Summers (Principal 1934-1961) Eileen Dunstan (Principal 1962-1967) Heather Barr (1949, Principal 1968-1989) Hazel Day (Principal 1989-1998) Beth Blackwood (Principal 1998-2015) Dr Kate Hadwen (Principal 2015-2019) Cate Begbie (Principal 2019 to present)
1951 1962 1968 1989 1997 2015 2019
1961 1967 1989 1996 2015 2019 Current
OCA Representatives to Council Kathleen Morrisby (1923) 1939 Chrissie Dods (1920) 1946 Jean Vincent (Wilson 1921) 1951 Anne Blankensee (Alexander 1943) 1952 Clare Briggs (McLintock 1920) Chrissie Dods (1920) 1954 Ada Gooch (Cooke 1920) 1955 Valerie Barrett-Hill (Bailey 1941) 1960 Freda Stimson (Gates 1926) 1966 Hon June Craig (Lynn 1947) 1988 Helen Grzyb (Brine 1970) 1988 Jane Thompson (Stimson 1958) 1992 Dinah Walker (Solomon 1965) 1997 Rowan Maclean (1983) 2001 Carol Hardie (Anderson 1964) 2001-02 Katrina Burton (Fairweather 1982) 2008 Kathy Lefroy (Bonus 1983) 2011 Morgen Lewis (1987) 2016 Linda Kenyon (1976) 2016
1952 1949 1953 1953 1954 1959 1966 1987 1987 1992 1996 1999 1999 2008 2009-10 2017 2020 Current Current
President Frances Dumaresq (Acting Principal 1921) Marjorie Hardie (Battye 1917) Clare Briggs (McLintock 1920) Nessie Lambert (Horgan 1923) Margaret Anderson (Officer 1921) Norma Rolland (1923) Nancy Hyde (Martin 1923) Audrey Thiel (1923) Nancy Hyde (Martin 1923) Jean Hyde (Wingrove 1922) Nessie Lambert (Horgan 1923) Jean Hyde (Wingrove 1922) Dulcie Bell (Armstrong 1928) Chrissie Dods (1920) Gwen Campbell (Dean 1931) Kathleen Morrisby (1923) Jean Woods (Otto 1925) Kathleen Morrisby (1923) Nancy Bailey (Barnden 1942) Winsome Murphy (Noble 1917) Meg Summers (McGibbon 1919) Alison Baird (1923) Clare Briggs (McLintock 1920) May Nash (Verschuer 1925) Eena (Bae) Bonner (Bick 1925) Valerie Barrett-Hill (Bailey 1941) Freda Stimson (Gates 1926) Mary McLennan (Hendry 1933) Freda Stimson (Gates 1926) Betty Hicks (Ross 1937) Freda Stimson (Gates 1926) Mary Hendry (McLennan 1935) June Kerr (Gwyther 1952) Anne Blanckensee (Alexander 1943) Margaret Martin (Benson 1964) Margot Langdon (Watson 1951) Jan Turner (Nathan 1952) Jane Anne McLarty (Symington 1964) 14
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1921 1922 1923 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1940 1942 1946 1947 1949 1951 1953 1954 1956 1958 1960 1962 1964 1966 1968 1968 1969 1970 1972 1973-74 1975-76 1977-78
1921 1922 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1938 1941 1945 1946 1948 1950 1953 1955 1957 1959 1961 1963 1965 1967 1968* 1968* 1969 1971 1973 1974-75 1976-77 1977-78
Helen Chomley (Purdie 1954) Patricia Sproule (Brown 1964) Patricia Sproule (Brown 1964) Jane Thompson (Stimson 1959) Penny Hoffman (Ward 1955) Patricia Hatch (Bailey 1953) Helen Grzyb (Brine 1970) Francesca Moir (Nelson 1980) Gaye Hayes (Hamilton 1957) Sandy Viol (White 1962) Karen Liggins (Hungerford 1965) Karen Liggins (Hungerford 1965) Linda Arnold (Vuletic 1979) Jen Henderson (Kopke 1989) Colette James (Wilmot 1969) Colette James (Wilmot 1969) Jenny Freemantle (Busby 1983) Francesca Moir (Nelson 1980) Kate Wilson (Crompton 1999) Liz Langdon (1978) Sally Cook (1982) Katrina Burton (Fairweather 1982) Jennie Eastwood (Deykin 1982) Jessamy Mahony (Carroll 1988)
OCA from 1977-78 Mar-1979 1979-80 1980-81 1984-85 1987-88 1988-89 1990-91 1991-92 Feb-1993 May-1995 1995-96 1997-98 Dec-1999 2001 2002-03 2007-08 2010-11 Jan-2012 Sep-12 Aug-13 2013-14 2017-18 2020-21
to Mar-1979 Aug-1979* 1979-80 1983-84 1986-87 1987-88 1989-90 1990-91 Nov-1993 May-1995 Aug-1995* 1996-97 Dec-1999 2001 2002* 2006-07 2009-2010 2011 Sep-12 Nov-12 2013-14 2016-17 2019-20 Current
*Acting President
Vice-President Marjorie Hardie (Battye 1917) 1921 Elizabeth Finlayson (Principal 1922-1927) 1923 Janet Phemister (Principal 1928-1933) 1928 Dr Vera Summers (Principal 1934-1961) 1934 Clare Briggs (McLintock 1920) 1951 Helen Parkinson (Thomas 1947) 1951 Edna Slee (Rose 1921) Precious Johnston (Rose 1922) 1954 Valerie Barrett-Hill (Bailey 1941) 1956 Ada Gooch (Cooke 1920) 1956 Enid Jenour (Clarke 1922) 1957 Valerie Barrett-Hill (Bailey 1941) 1957 Jean Officer (Campbell 1926) 1958 Ada Gooch (Cooke 1920) 1958 Valerie Barrett-Hill (Bailey 1941) 1961 Mary McLennan (Hendry 1933) 1961 Mary Shepherd (1930) 1962 June Craig (Lynn 1947) 1962 Betty Hicks (Ross 1937) 1964 Penny Hoffman (Ward 1955) 1966 Carol Bomford (Rosier 1963) 1966 Judith (Nicky) Hudson (Wilkins 1964) 1967 Cecilie Clarke (Harmer 1954) 1970 Jean Taylor (Seddon 1950) 1969 Margaret Martin (Benson 1964) 1969 Devon Cuneo (Nankivell 1965) 1971 Margot Langdon (Watson 1951) 1972 Lesley Mullings (Silcock 1966) 1972 Tasma Rose (Clifton 1954) 1973 Una (Muffie) Rogers (Prater 1948) 1973-74 Mary Hillman (Alexander 1966) 1973-74 Margot Langdon (Watson 1951) 1975-76 Jane Anne McLarty (Symington 1964) 1976-77 Helen Grzyb (Brine 1970) 1976-77 Patricia Sproule (Brown 1964) 1977-78 Jane Thompson (Stimson 1959) 1978-79 Geraldine Bunning (Avery 1959) 1979-80 Margot Stretch (Brown 1955) 1980-81 Charmian Bourne formerly D’Orsogna (Urquhart 1955) 1980-81 Carol Olson (McCrae 1959) 1980-81 Diana Lefroy (Morgan 1952) 1981-82
1927 1933 1947 1953* 1956* 1956 1956 1961* 1957** 1960** 1960** 1665 1961 1962 1970* 1665 1966 1967 1967** 1972* 1970** 1971** 1971** 1973** 1973** 1979-80* 1974-75** 1975-76** 1975-76 1976-77 1976-77 1978-79 1979-80 1979-80 1990-91* 1982-83 1981-82 1987-88*
Patricia Hatch (Bailey 1953) Penny Farrell (Ward 1955) Margot Langdon (Watson 1951) Patricia Hatch (Bailey 1953) Rosemary Whish-Wilson (Hines 1953) Nan Richardson (Jenour 1962) Nita Armstrong (Isbister 1962) Francesca Moir (Nelson 1980) Alice-Joye O’Donnell (Law 1984) Gaye Hayes (Hamilton 1957) Sue John (Simpson 1962) Patricia Miles (McLennnan 1960) Helen Grzyb (Brine 1970) Felicity Bradshaw (Seale 1955) Margi Johnston (Piesse 1962) Kerry Anderson (Chiew 1965) Karen Liggins (Hungerford 1965) Mally Blake (Beavis 1965) Jayne Anderson (1979) Cathy Mackie (Budd 1963) Caroline Roderick (Patterson 1980) Jenny Glasfurd (Love 1978) Colette James (Wilmot 1969) Jecky Harvey (Forrester 1966) Helen Gianotti (Linton 1968) Jen Henderson (Kopke 1989) Ra Stewart (1982) Georgiana Lilley (1999) Liz Langdon (1978) Sally Cook (1982) Vacant Chris Crossing (Longwill 1978) Jennie Eastwood (Deykin 1982) Jessamy Mahony (Carroll 1988) Carolyn (Winks) Shephard (Sheedy 1988)
OCA from to 1982-83 1986-87 1983-84 1983-84 1984-85 1984-85 1986-87 1986-87 1987-88 1987-88 1988-89 1988-89 1988-89 1997-98* 1989-90 1989-90 1989-90 1989-90 1990-91 1990-91 1990-91 1990-91 1991-92 2001-01* 1991-92 1992-93 1991-92 1991-92 1992-93 1992-93 1993-94 2004-05* 1994-95 1994-95 1994-95 1995-96 1997-98 1997-98 1998-99 1998-99* 1998-99 1998-99 1999-00 1999-00* 2001 2001 2001-02 2004-05* 2001-02 2005-06 2003-04 2003-04 2007-08 2009-10 2010-11 2010-11 2010-11 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2112-13 2013-14 2014-15 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2019-20 2020-21 Current
Mary Hillman (Alexander 1966) Mary Hillman (Alexander 1966) Lesley Mullings (Silcock 1966) Kathy Digwood (1970) Helen Gryzb (Brine 1970) Margot Langdon (Watson 1951) Constance Thorn (Livermore 1941) Penny Hoffman (Ward 1955) Carol Olsen (McCrae 1959) Helen Grzyb (Brine 1970) Felicity Bradshaw (Seale 1955) Patricia Hatch (Bailey 1953) Yonnene King (Pearce 1992) Rosemary Lukin (1968) Helen Gianotti (Linton 1969) Claire Glatz (1990) Julie Rose (1976) Helen Gianotti (Linton 1969) Julie Rose (1976) Helen Gianotti (Linton 1969) Chris Crossing (Longwill 1978) Liz Langdon (1978) Lisa Riley (1997) Katrina Burton (Fairweather 1982) Natusha Wenn (Petrelis 1995)
OCA from 1969 1970 1970 1972 1973-74 1976-77 1978-79 1980-81 1982-83 1986-87 1988-89 1990-91 1996-97 1997-98 2003-04 2003-04 2007-08 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2012-13 2014-15 2015-16 2018-19 2019-20
to 1969 1970 1971 1973 1975-76 1977-78 1979-80 1981-82 1985-86 1987-88 1989-90 1995-96 1996-97 2001-02 2003-04 2004-05 2007-08 2007-08 2008-09 2011-12 2013-14 2015-16 2016-17 2019-20 Current
Treasurer
Marion (Jean) Walsh (Cooke 1919) Clare Briggs (McLintock 1920) Marjorie Hardie (Battye 1917) Nessie Lambert (Horgan 1923) Audrey Thiel (1923) Nancy Hyde (Martin 1923) Audrey Thiel (1923) Jean Vincent (Wilson 1921) Grace Drummond (1929) *Vice President Country (from 1990 VPC was known as Country Liaison) Dulcie Bell (Armstrong 1928) **Vice President Metro/Town Phyllis Gildersleeve (Martin 1942) Ellen Williams (Foulds 1923) Inaugural Secretary & Treasurer Trixie Cheyne (1928) Marion (Jean) Walsh (Cooke 1919) 1920 1923 Marjorie Cartledge (Lissiman 1938) Beryl Bassett (Turnbull 1943) Secretary Mary Shepherd (1930) Margaret Anderson (Officer 1921) 1924 1925 Pat Weston (Wilton 1945) Nancy Hyde (Martin 1923) 1926 1926 Berwine Barrett-Lennard (Cook 1945) Audrey Thiel (1923) 1927 1927 Mary Shepherd (1930) Nessie Lambert (Horgan 1923) 1928 1928 Geraldine Bunning (Avery 1959) Nancy Hyde (Martin 1923) 1929 1929 Helen Shilkin-Reinhold (Shilkin 1960) Jean Hyde (Wingrove 1922) 1930 1930 Elizabeth Hantke (Somervaille 1965) Freda Stimson (Gates 1926) 1931 1931 Patricia Hatch (Bailey 1953) Helene Seaward (Forster 1927) 1932 1932 Betty Hicks (Ross 1937) Dulcie Bell (Armstrong 1928) 1933 1933 Janice Howell (Barrington 1966) Jean Weber (Staff 1932-1938) 1934 1934 Patricia Trezise (Hocking 1938) Gwen Campbell (Dean 1931) 1935 1935 Helen Gortmans (Darling 1970) Kathleen Baird (1932) 1936 1937 Ann Macliver (Bird 1952) Essie Ellis (Neilson 1927) 1938 1938 Jane Somes (Temperley 1962) Shirley Taylor (Angel 1938) 1940 1940 Margaret Prickett (Medcalf 1961) Joyce Hardey (McKee 1936) 1941 1942 Isla McDonald (Cornwall 1963) Phyl Gildersleeve (Winter 1942) 1943 1945 Sue Hobson (Ledger 1980) Beth Spencer (Dunn 1943) 1946 1947 Helen Freame (Oliver 1982) Barbara Dunkley (1946) 1951 1951 Nicky Williams (McCandless 1990) Effie Knowles (Hocking 1925) 1954 1954 Claire Glatz (1990) Ann Macliver (Bird 1952) 1956 1957 Nicky Williams (McCandless 1990) Margaret Towie (Tyler 1954) 1958 1958 Nicole Telford (1982) Margot Stretch (Brown 1955) 1959 1960 Kate Wilson (Crompton 1999) Sharon McColl (1955) 1961 1961 Rachel Ashby (Page 1987) Valerie Frearson-Lane (Lane 1961) 1962 1962 Chris Crossing (Longwill 1978) Susan Mercer (Gooch 1960) 1963 1964 Justine Burke (Cerini 1988) Mary McLennan (Hendry 1933) 1665 1665 Dawne Horrex (McKeown 1963) 1966 1967
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E&OE: This list has been produced from incomplete records. Please advise omissions and changes accordingly.
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