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BISHOP JAMES GRANT: NOT JUST ANY BISHOP
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Louis Dai (TC 2007)
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Sarah George (TC 1992)
The Rt Revd James Grant (TC 1950 and TCTS 1957) Bequests Officer, Trinity College
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Alex Horton (TC 2012) Professor John King (TC 1961) Sarah Lawrie Director, Marketing, Communications & Events, Trinity College Dr Muriel Porter Rosemary Sheludko Dr Benjamin Thomas Rusden Curator, Cultural Collections, Trinity College Paulette Trevena Marketing Coordinator, Trinity College Ben Waymire Foundation Studies Senior Regional Manager, Trinity College Pathways School The Revd Dr Robyn Whitaker (TCTS 1998) Bromby Lecturer in Biblical Studies, Trinity College Theological School
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Wednesday 23 August was an important day in the history of our College. After many months of consultation and planning, the Board approved the remaining six Flagship Initiatives in the College’s Strategic Plan.
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The planning process identified a range of external factors that could influence the College in the future. These included developments in international education, ongoing demand for Residential College places and the sources of residential students, and trends in theological education.
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More than 600 stakeholders were consulted during July and August 2016 as part of the planning process. These stakeholders played a role in shaping our vision to be a vibrant and diverse community, inspiring and enabling students of exceptional promise to imagine and achieve a better world. Our Strategic Plan outlines a vision of expanding, diversifying and strengthening what is already a truly transformative educational and life experience. Approval of the initiatives will have a profound effect on the future of the College, as the plan sets the direction for the next ten years. It demonstrates our desire to continue to provide students of exceptional promise with a community in which they can flourish. Central to the Strategic Plan are our goals for continual development of College programs and for facilities that are state of the art. These goals are ambitious, but we believe they are achievable. With your support, and with the support of our talented students, alumni and staff, we have every reason to be excited and confident for the future. I am deeply grateful to everyone who plays a role in helping us achieve our goals, and I look forward to your continuing support as we move toward the next exciting phase in the life of our College.
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EVELYN ARALUEN WINS NAKATA BROPHY PRIZE
BY TIM FLICKER
about Aboriginal country and the metaphysical world, and draws on magic realism, blending spirituality with the supernatural. It was the culmination of something Evelyn had been working on for several years, which she was unsure she would ever publish.
Evelyn Araluen at the Nakata Brophy awards ceremony in the JCR.
Evelyn Araluen is the winner of the 2017 Nakata Brophy Short Fiction and Poetry Prize, which recognises the talent of young Indigenous writers across Australia. Sponsored by Trinity College, the prize alternates each year between fiction and poetry. This year’s prize was for the best short story (up to 3,000 words) by an Indigenous writer under 30. The award included $5,000, publication in the literary magazine, Overland, and a three-month writer’s residency at Trinity College. Evelyn was runner-up for the prize in 2016 with her poem, Learning Bundjalung on Tharawal, being the first time Evelyn had submitted a poem for a writing competition. Despite not winning, she found the community aspect and meeting fellow entrants to be a highlight of the awards ceremony. ‘All round, it was a really positive experience, and ultimately it was just something I wanted to continue to be involved with,’ she says. In 2017, the competition was for short-fiction, a genre she is more familiar with. Her winning story, Muyum: A Transgression, is
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‘From the very first paragraph, it was so different to any of the prose that I’d written before,’ she says. But her decision to submit the story paid off. Evelyn will move from the University of Sydney, where she is a PhD candidate working with Indigenous literatures, to take up her three-month residency at Trinity next year. ‘Trinity College, just by the fact that they’re putting this competition together, I can tell they actually care about Aboriginals and Aboriginal representation,’ she says. The prize is named after the first two Indigenous scholarship students to be residents at Trinity College – Sana Nakata and Lilly Brophy – who both enrolled in 2001. Evelyn actively promotes Indigenous literature and has been critical of the lack of Aboriginal literature representation within the Australian school and university curriculums.
been creating a space for that, or how they’ve been denying a space for that.’ Evelyn is yet to decide what she will be working on while at Trinity, but is hoping to have her PhD finished by the time she arrives in Melbourne. She is excited by the prospect of working on her writing full time and making new friends. ‘I’ve got a lot of mates who live in Melbourne and they’re from all over the country,’ she says. ‘They obviously like Melbourne, so there’s a lot to be said about the sort of beacon it’s become for a lot of amazing and exciting young Aboriginals.’ Evelyn was born and raised on Dharug country in New South Wales and is a descendant of the Bundjalung nation from the central coast.
Jacinda Woodhead, Allanah Hunt, Evelyn Araluen,
Ken Hinchcliff and Gayle Allan. She acknowledges there is a need for Indigenous storytellers Trinity College sincerely thanks to be better at promoting their the late Peter Gebhardt (TC 1955), literature, but believes it is who died earlier this year, for his also incumbent on the broader contribution to reconciliation with public to discover the rich variety Indigenous Australians. A lifelong of Indigenous literature for supporter of the Aboriginal people, themselves. Peter was a driving force behind ‘We do need to be producing more, Trinity’s support of Indigenous and we do need to be widening students, and inspired the the understanding of what is establishment of the Nakata Brophy literature, and what is worthy of Prize. His poetry and essays on being read,’ she says. ‘But also, a Indigenous affairs have been widely lot of institutions need to take some published. accountability for how they have
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A DECADE OF DRAWING A CROWD BY TIM FLICKER
‘It wasn’t long before we decided that we were bigger and better than straight-up busking. We decided that we’d do these little surprise performances – on trams, in lines queing up for bars and inside McDonald’s. It’s amazing what eight dudes singing in harmony can do to a crowd at midnight in a CBD McDonald’s.’ Harrison’s advice for the current members of the Tiger Tones? Don’t take it too seriously and remember to keep having fun. Harrison Wraight (TC 2006) (front) singing a solo in the JCR with No Bul Barbershop, now the Trinity Tiger Tones.
For over a decade, Trinity’s much celebrated all-male acapella group, the Trinity Tiger Tones, has entertained audiences throughout Melbourne and across the world.
Enter Angus Turner. Angus had just returned as a resident tutor after a stint in Oxford, where he was the president of the barbershop group, Out of the Blue.
Like many successful groups, the Tiger Tones started from humble origins. Harrison Wraight (TC 2006), one of the three founding members, recalls a discussion with Nick Masters (TC 2006) which ultimately led to the formation of the group, known then as No Bul Barbershop.
‘It’s amazing what eight dudes singing in harmony can do to a crowd at midnight in a CBD McDonald’s.’
‘Nick and I used to hang out in his room listening to all kinds of music,’ says Harrison. ‘I had heard an acapella cover of ‘Come on Eileen’, and played it to him. We both loved it, and decided that we could do something like this. But we had absolutely no idea where to start.’
‘I think it was Nick who had discussed all this with Angus,’ says Harrison. ‘Gus was super keen to kick off another group at Trinity. So between the three of us we managed to muster up enough interested people, held auditions, and formed the first iteration of the Trinity Tiger Tones.’ The first performances were both ‘amazing and terrible at the same time’, says Harrison, as they struggled to find their rhythm performing as a group. However, it didn’t take long to get their voices in harmony and slick dance moves in step.
Nick Bernardo (TC 2014) and Jack Wright (TC 2014) entertain a large crowd at Founders and Benefactors in 2016.
‘I’ll never forget the first time we performed the Red Hot Chilli Peppers’ ‘Otherside’ in front of the College crowd,’ says Harrison. ‘We had Nick Masters and Jack Huang sharing the lead part. It went off! Totally unexpected, and awesome.
‘More importantly, when is the reunion gig?’ he asks. ‘We’d all love to fly in for it!’
TIGER TONES RAISE $10,000 FOR BEYONDBLUE It has been an incredible year for the Trinity Tiger Tones. Coming off the back of an amazing international tour where the group visited The Other Guys (St Andrews, Scotland), the Trinitones (Trinity College, Dublin) and Out of the Blue (Oxford), the group had huge plans this year to further their charity involvement. True to form, they managed to raise $10,000 for beyondblue, their biggest donation to date. The money was raised from a fundraising dinner, their Clash of the Tones concert (where they were joined by Dublin’s sensational Trinitones) and various other gigs, all of which allowed them to support an organisation that is very close to the hearts of many of the group’s members. ‘The Tiger Tones want to give a huge thank you to all those who have supported us over the past 10 years– you have allowed us to achieve extraordinary success,’ says Tiger Tones tenor, Stefan Geleta. ‘However, we still believe that we haven’t quite reached the ceiling in terms of our potential, and so all your future support will be enormously appreciated!’
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IN PRAISE OF KAY ATTALI BY LOUIS DAI
As Kay Attali, Advancement Associate, Major Projects, announces her retirement, journalist and documentary filmmaker Louis Dai (TC 2007) reminisces on the lifechanging influence Kay Attali had on him during his time at Trinity. Due in part to Kay’s assistance, Louis was able to secure the NCS Scholarship, and later a Trinity Scholarship, to study at Trinity College. Kay has had such a remarkable impact on my life that it’s hard to imagine what it would have been like had it not been for her kindness and generosity. Like most people she helped, I came from an unenviable background. My growth and potential, as is often the case for people from unsettled homes, played second fiddle to my circumstances. Kay was one of a group of people at Trinity who took it upon themselves to give me a chance during a time that was crucial for my emotional and intellectual growth. I was given a burden-free place to grow, make mistakes of my own, and live the privileged college life that my parents could only have dreamed of.
Kay Attali (second from the right) with students Tiana Oxenhan, Lorraine Jaffer, and Jacob Cubis.
As a scrawny Vietnamese– Australian boy, I will be forever indebted to Kay for believing in me, giving me the space to mature and allowing my ambitions to grow unhindered. Since graduating, I have had the luxury to follow my dreams, however impractical they may be.
Kay Attali is the Advancement Associate, Major Projects at Trinity. Kay was instrumental in securing $500,000 from Rio Tinto, which led to the formation of the Bachelor of Arts (Extended) degree, and obtaining Leith Trust funding so the course curriculum could be developed.
Kay’s commitment to the belief that no one should be left behind made Trinity a better place. Her mix of kindness and audacity has had a lasting impact on a number of students who went through Trinity, and I can only hope that the College continues to uphold Kay’s unerring belief in helping and supporting those who need it most.
Kay helped mentor and support many students throughout their time at the College and after they graduated. Kay will finish working at the College in December 2017. On behalf of students, alumni and staff of Trinity, we wish Kay all the best for a happy retirement.
GOVERNOR-GENERAL OPENS THE GATEWAY BUILDING BY TIM FLICKER
The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, His Excellency General the Honorable Sir Peter Cosgrove, officially opened Trinity College’s Gateway building on Thursday 2 March 2017.
by embracing different cultures, faiths and world views, grow closer to each other and less far away from that big wide world.’
The opening was attended by more than 170 guests, and included business leaders, church and government representatives, and senior figures within local and international education.
Key features of the Gateway building include 25 tutorial rooms, an auditorium with capacity for 250 people, five drama rooms, an art gallery, six music practice rooms, computer and physics laboratories, archival storage and student common spaces.
‘This building with all of its glass, wood and metal, reinforces what we know to be true as people that education is a pathway to our future,’ Sir Peter said. ‘It’s also a pathway to harmony between all people, and that we,
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‘This building is now officially open’, Lady Cosgrove and Sir Peter Cosgrove officially unveil the Gateway building plaque assisted by the Warden, Ken Hinchcliff.
The facility was designed by Trinity College alumni Craig Brown and
Steve McIldowie from McIldowie Partners, and built by Kane Constructions.
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IFFY STEPS ASIDE AS TED STEPS IN BY TIM FLICKER
The Senior Student in the Residential College plays an indispensable role in the College community. Elected for a one-year term by his or her peers, the incumbent ensures there is opportunity for all student voices to be heard and represented. The Senior Student is a driving force within the Trinity College Associated Clubs (TCAC), as well as in fostering good fellowship among members, and organising cultural, sporting, social and community activities. The Senior Student is also a member of the Trinity College Council and Board.
THANKS IFFY DONNELLAN; A JOB WELL DONE Iffy Donnellan says learning every residential student’s name was a highlight of her time as Trinity’s 2016–2017 Senior Student. That adds up to around 300 names of students hailing from a wide range of locations and ethnic backgrounds from overseas, as well as from Victoria, metropolitan Melbourne and interstate. ‘I know it sounds like a really “small” thing,’ says Iffy. ‘But I think it’s really important, especially working with and getting to know the freshers.’ For Iffy, the most significant aspect of being Senior Student was helping people on a personal level. Iffy says support from the seven other committee members of the TCAC Committee was vitally
important during her term as Senior Student. ‘In order to be successful, it’s not about having one person and seven others,’ she says. ‘Having “eightstrong” is so important. You’re all as capable as each other.’
Congratulations to Iffy and the seven other members of the 2016–2017 TCAC Committee – Sarah Abell, Eloise Bentley, Hugh Edwards, Harrison Emms, Katie Lynch, Holly McNaughton and Alistair De Steiger – on a successful year.
A significant achievement during her tenure as Senior Student was increasing the level of education for residential students on Indigenous affairs. Iffy grew up in Melbourne and graduated from Caulfield Grammar. She was inspired by her mother Dr Adaobi Udechuku (TC 1984) to come to Trinity, and is currently studying a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Melbourne.
Supported by teammates, Iffy Donnellan holds the Inter-Collegiate Women’s Softball trophy aloft in 2016.
TED WYLES: REVITALISING THE JCR AN IMPORTANT STEP
On 10 August, Ted Wyles was elected as Trinity’s 2017–2018 Senior Student in front of his peers and former Senior Students, including older brother Michael (2010–2011). A former Melbourne Grammar student, Ted is in his second year of a Bachelor of Arts degree, majoring in philosophy and politics.
A distinguished golfer and avid skier, Ted also plays football and cricket for the College. His election as Senior Student marks the first time two siblings have been appointed to this position.
Ted stresses the importance of all students and alumni from across the College engaging in a meaningful way. He believes revitalising the Junior Common Room (JCR) is important in achieving this goal.
Ted describes his election as ‘the most amazing night of my life’. ‘They had a lot of old Senior Students come down and have a chat to me, including my brother,’ he says.
‘If we can get the JCR functioning and have people talking about their ideas and passions and what they want to do, it will create a vibrant and innovative relationship between not only students, but everyone who walks in there.’
Ted’s key priority as Senior Student is to create an environment in which students can make the most of their time and the exciting opportunities that exist at the College. ‘The College for me, in a broad sense, is a place of real excitement,’ he says. ‘A place where no matter what you want to pursue, whether that’s academics, sports, drama, or anything you want to do, the College should be a platform.’
And a big welcome to the other members of the new TCAC committee for 2017–2018: Cam Beckingsale, Hugo Bienvenu, Matt Blair, Caris McClements, William Mullins, Caitlin Tjandra and Georgia Smith.
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MARCIA LANGTON PORTRAIT UNVEILED BY TIM FLICKER
Research Fellowship and has just returned from the Musée du quai Branly, Paris, as a Photography Residencies Laureate. Professor Robyn Sloggett, Director of the Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation at the University of Melbourne, highlighted the unique artistry Andrew adopted in the portrait.
Professor Marcia Langton (fourth from left) with Indigenous students and leaders at her portrait unveiling.
In July, Trinity College officially unveiled a portrait of Professor Marcia Langton AM at a dinner in the College Dining Hall. The painting is by Australian artist Brook Andrew. Professor Langton’s remarkable contribution to Trinity College includes shaping the Bachelor of Arts (Extended), a four-year degree for Indigenous students. Foundation Chair of Australian Indigenous Studies at the University of Melbourne since 2000, Professor Langton was elected in 2012 as one of only 30 Fellows of Trinity, and last November was Conference Ambassador for the inaugural Indigenous Tertiary Education Conference convened by the College. Residential student Eloise Bentley spoke of the impact Professor Langton has had on inspiring her and fellow Indigenous students. ‘During my four and half years at the University of Melbourne, I’ve been fortunate enough to spend time with Marcia here at Trinity and at the University,’ said Eloise. ‘My first impression of Marcia was one of both awe and intimidation, but over time this trepidation eased. I’ve since developed a great respect for Marcia for several reasons, but in particular for her desire to see all Indigenous students not only achieve, but excel.
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‘When I first came to university, and like so many of my fellow Indigenous students, I felt there were low expectations of us, and that other students thought we got an easy ride to university. But each and every time I speak with Marcia, what always stands out to me is her high expectations of us.
‘The paint is applied to the support through mesh, first using a flood bar to distribute the paint across the screen, and then using a rubber fill blade or squeegee to force the paint through the mesh and onto the support,’ said Professor Sloggett. ‘If you look carefully at the very thin space around Marcia’s figure you’ll see how absolutely perfectly this register has been produced and how important these finely precisioned cues are in how we read the portrait.’ The portrait of Marcia Langton can be seen in the reception foyer of the Bishops’ Building.
‘What my fellow Indigenous students and I have noticed is that the expectation of achievement doesn’t necessarily come from the wider University, but from each other, and this is what Marcia has instilled in us.’ The unveiling was also an opportunity to pay tribute to the artist, Brook Andrew, who has exhibited internationally since 1996, and whose art examines dominant Western narratives, specifically relating to colonialism. Most recently, Andrew was awarded a 2017 Smithsonian Artist
Brook Andrew, Portrait of Professor Marcia Langton AM (2017), mixed media on canvas.
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NEW CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD BY SARAH LAWRIE
In 2002, Charles was awarded the President’s Medal for services to the Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria. From 2006–2008 he was a board member of the Melbourne Football Club and from 2012–2017 was on the board of the Robin Boyd Foundation, being chairman from 2014 until March this year.
Chairman of the Board, Mr Charles Sitch.
In May, Trinity College welcomed Mr Charles Sitch as the new Chairman of the Trinity College Board. Charles is director of Spark New Zealand and Apiam Animal Health, and a committee member of the Melbourne Cricket Club. Previously, Charles spent twenty-four years at McKinsey and Company in New York, London and Melbourne. At McKinsey, he was a leader of the retail, consumer and marketing practices. In New York, Charles led North American recruiting.
Charles was a resident student at Trinity in 1980. He was an adviser to the College from 2001–2010 and joined the board in 2011. Charles has taken an active role in the Governance, Nominations and Remuneration Committee, and was formerly the chair of both the Pathways School Business Committee and the Executive Committee of the Foundation. He continues to regularly attend College events, including Founders and Benefactors, and the Cordner Oration, as well as various reunions.
Jim chaired the Buildings and Grounds Committee from 2009–2013 and became board chairman in 2013 at a time when the College was in a phase of significant transformation. Under his leadership the Board provided strategic vision, revised its governance structure, and provided support that has enabled us to continue our success. The College is extremely fortunate to have these two dynamic, accomplished and committed members of the Trinity community leading the organisation through such a critical stage in our progress.
Charles succeeds Mr Jim Craig, who served as Chairman of the Board for the past four years.
OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO TRINITY LIFE BY TIM FLICKER
At the annual TCAC (Trinity College Associated Clubs) Dinner held in August, former Foundation Studies and current Residential College students Yuma Tamura and Junyi (Dennis) Qian were presented with medals for their Outstanding Contributions to Trinity life. The annual awards were organised this year by TCAC and outgoing social secretary, Alistair De Steiger. Yuma, a 2015 August Main student, joined the Residential College in 2016 and is currently in her second year of a Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Melbourne. ‘Yuma has been doing fantastic things for bridging Residential College and Foundation Studies students,’ says Alastair. ‘She has been helping facilitate a variety of events between the students, and has stepped up to be a student coordinator this semester.’
Yuma says the support she gives to students ‘is the right thing to do’. ’Receiving an award like this means it’s being acknowledged by everyone,’ she says. Dennis, originally from Yuma Tamura and Dennis Qian show off their medals for their outstanding China, was a contribution to Trinity life. 2016 February of award makes me feel integrated Main student. with the community and the College He is currently in first year at the as a whole,’ he says. University studying for a Bachelor of Science. He loves taking photos and is ‘shining’ as College photographer, for which he received his award. ‘It’s my first semester in the Residential College, but this kind
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NOT JUST ANY BISHOP BY ROSEMARY SHELUDKO
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Cover Story When Trinity’s Bequest Officer, Bishop James Grant, AM, BA(Hons) Melb, ThL, BD, retires on 30 November, he will take with him not only the universal respect and affection of the College community, but also 67 years’ lived experience of Trinity’s history. He talked to Rosemary Sheludko about his involvement in the College, the Anglican Church and Australian history. If ever you need advice on how to handle a potentially difficult situation, or want details of a past event, then Bishop James Grant is your ‘go-to man’. And you won’t be the first to seek his wise counsel. Always low-key, but highly intelligent and astute, his influence in shaping both Trinity and the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne has been profound. He is also a walking encyclopedia of dates, people and events.
history and enrolled in a new fouryear Arts (Honours) course at the University of Melbourne. ‘A vicar in Geelong suggested I should apply to live at Trinity College, but the residential fees were too much – £208 per annum – so instead, for about £10, I attended non-resident tutorials in 1950.’ But this first experience of Trinity was, he says, ‘not positive’.
‘Professor AGL Shaw’s tutorials were brilliant, but Warden Ron But, how did a Scottish Presbyterian Cowan just read us his notes from boy become an Anglican bishop – Oxford. I did philosophy tutes at and Trinity’s ‘tribal elder’. Queen’s, but not being in residence, I often missed out because I didn’t ‘Latin tutes were very basic and taken know when they had at JCH by the principal, Miss Joske. She been cancelled or changed. Latin tutes was deaf and regularly lost the place as were very basic and taken at JCH by the we were translating around the table.’ Principal, Miss Joske. She was deaf and James Alexander Grant was born regularly lost the place as we were at Red Cliffs, Victoria, the son translating around the table. So I of an Australian engineer and a gave up non-residency after a year Scottish mother, in August 1931, feeling it was not adding value. but within a year the family moved ‘When I graduated, Australian to Dunoon, Scotland, to care for his historian Geoffrey Serle had just grandmother. been commissioned to write a ‘When we returned to Geelong documental history of Melbourne in 1946, I attended St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, but most of my friends at Geelong High School were Anglicans and very involved in activities at Christ Church,’ says Jim. ‘I sort of felt I was missing out, so I decided to go to a service there.
in readiness for the 1956 Olympics and he hired me for a year as his research assistant. However, he was extremely busy and, being a very generous man, he invited me to have a go at writing some of the commentary. The end result was ninety per cent my work and ten per cent his, so The Melbourne Scene, 1803–1956 was published under the joint authorship of Grant and Serle.’ This was the first of five books James Grant has written. With no positions then available in the University’s history department, Jim answered a Department of Education advertisement for temporary untrained teachers and was sent to North Fitzroy Central School. ‘I learnt a lot and I hope the kids learnt a bit at least. I enjoyed my time there but by mid-1956, when encouraged to enrol for a Dip Ed, I declined, instead applying to become a candidate for ordination in the Anglican Church. ‘So in 1957 I enrolled in the Trinity Theological School and came into residence in the “temporary” (since 1919!) Wooden Wing (finally demolished in 1963), with most of the first-year students. The Dean, John Poynter, apologised for this because I was a postgraduate, but
‘My friends introduced me to the Vicar who floored me by saying, “I’ve heard about you”. It was a very good tactic – and very welcoming – and I was confirmed at St Paul’s Anglican Church, Geelong in December 1948.’ He was far less certain about what to do on leaving school. After rejecting medicine – ‘I was more adapted to humanities than sciences’ – and law – ‘my father’s cousin was a lawyer and he wasn’t encouraging about job prospects’– Jim chose
James Grant (TC 1950) (back row: second from the right) with fellow theological students on the Summerhouse Lawn, 1958.
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Cover Story it meant I had lots of contact with these students and I thoroughly enjoyed them! It was a unique bonding experience with everyone on the same level. ‘In my second year, I lived in the newly-opened Jeopardy Building, and those two years in residence were a very fulfilling time.’ Ordained a curate for Murrumbeena in 1959, Jim spent the next six years in the Diocesan Task Force, establishing new congregations in Melbourne’s northern suburbs. ‘In February 1966, I was appointed Chaplain to Archbishop Frank Woods, and this was a wonderful experience. I was also his driver, so I lived at Bishopscourt, next door to the Archbishop. He was not very good on details, so I often briefed him while driving him to his engagements.’ Jim Grant’s talent for gently guiding others was becoming evident.
suggested that he should remain living at Trinity and continue on as Chaplain, with Jim Minchin looking after pastoral care.
‘I was wearing a neck-to-knee, striped bathing costume and the students put me into a bath full of water on the Bulpadock. The idea was to guess the volume of water I displaced!’
‘Robin also asked me what I was doing for my episcopal ring and suggested that I could borrow bishop Green’s ring which was held at the College, Bishop Green having been the first theological student at Trinity. And here it still is!’ he says, smiling as he extends his hand to display a simple gold ring containing a single amethyst. By now, Bishop Grant was not only College Chaplain, but had joined the College Council, was Senior Priest in the Theological School and was serving as Warden Sharwood’s ‘domestic prelate’. In this latter role he became a valued confidante to
laissez-faire approach to finances, the College was effectively broke. Bishop Grant was proactive in finding solutions. ‘I brought in a senior accountant from Arthur Andersen who studied the books over a weekend and then drew up a plan for our recovery. This included admitting women to help fill the vacancies. Robin Sharwood had already taken the decision to go coresidential before he left, but Rod Fawns and I had to implement it.’ Then, as now, College life also had its lighter moments and Juttoddie 1974 – the first to include women – provided a memorable one. Chuckling, the Bishop recalls: ‘I was wearing a neck-to-knee, striped bathing costume and the students put me into a bath full of water on the Bulpadock. The idea was to guess the volume of water I displaced!’ This good-natured Bishop has always been willing to laugh at himself.
James Grant having his ‘episcopal volume’ measured at Juttoddie, 12 May 1974. Trinity College Archives, MM 004534.
‘Following Barry Marshall’s move to Oxford, I returned to Trinity as College Chaplain in February 1970 and lived in the flat on the top floor of Leeper. In appointing me, Robin Sharwood had the idea that I might also be someone who could write the centenary history of the College, which I did,’ he adds, matter-offactly. Perspective of a Century was published in 1972.
whom Robin could relate as a peer. When Sharwood resigned in 1974, Bishop Grant was appointed Joint Acting Warden with the then Dean, Rod Fawns, who was a lecturer in the School of Education. ‘Although we both had full-time jobs outside Trinity, we ran the College at nights and on weekends for some seven months until Evan Burge arrived,’ he says.
At the end of that first year, James Grant was appointed a Regional Bishop, but Robin Sharwood
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‘I was then involved in Evan Burge’s appointment. This was a little controversial because the College hadn’t previously had a clerical Warden and some members of the Council wanted it kept that way. However, Evan was a nonstipendiary cleric and he proved to be a great pastor who performed numerous weddings and funerals for alumni.’ Bishop Grant’s own wedding to lawyer, Rowena Armstrong, AO, QC, took place at St Paul’s Cathedral in April 1983. They first met in 1966 at a church conference, but it was a chance encounter in the queue for the Tate Gallery in London in 1982 that prompted romance. Rowena was Victoria’s chief Parliamentary Counsel and had used her expertise to draft the Trinity College Act 1978, and all of
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They first met in 1966 at a church conference, but it was a chance encounter in the queue for the Tate Gallery in London in 1982 that prompted romance.
Peter Churcher, Portrait of Bishop Grant and Rowena Armstrong (2006), oil on canvas, 104.5x134.5cm.
Trinity’s subsequent constitutions under that Act. Both Jim and Rowena are Fellows of the College, and their double portrait, the only one in the College collection, hangs in the Dining Hall. Even while serving as Dean of St Paul’s Cathedral – a position he held from 1985 to 1999 – the Bishop worked closely with Evan Burge, including helping to set up the Trinity College Foundation in 1983, and establishing the Foundation Studies program in 1990. On Evan’s retirement, the Bishop again helped to select the next Warden, the young and energetic Don Markwell. Don, however, was soon to derail Jim’s original retirement plans. The Bishop remembers: ‘In April 1999, a month before I was due to retire from the cathedral, I received a visit from Don and Director of Advancement, Clare Pullar. They recruited me to work two days a week as Trinity’s Bequest Officer and “to fulfil other duties as assigned by the Warden”, starting in August that year.’ It was a stroke of genius. For the last 18 years, Bishop Grant has carried out this role to perfection and, during that period, the College has received bequests totalling over $11.2 million.
Joint Acting Warden James Grant at Juttoddie, 12 May 1974. Trinity College Archives, MM 004531.
But will he actually retire this time? Or will he take up Scotty Charles’ suggestion and just ‘change to being a consultant’? Let’s hope it’s the latter!
James Grant (TC 1950) attending the Nola Firth book launch in 2017.
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Indigenous Focus
GARMA STUDENT REFLECTION
Six students (Taylor Delmont, Clarrie Smith, Sarah Abell, Jad De Busch, Darcey Alexander and Jaz De Busch) from Trinity College, along with Warden, Professor Ken Hinchcliff, and Rusden Curator of Art, Dr Ben Thomas, attended this year’s Garma Festival held in Arnhem Land from 4-7 August.
Hosted, coordinated and organised by the Yothu Yindi Foundation (Y YF), Garma brings leaders from across the globe to discuss the most pressing issues facing Australia’s Indigenous people. Y YF is committed to improving the state of Indigenous disadvantage by engaging leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas.
‘Garma was an indescribable experience, where I was able to interact with Indigenous people and partake in cultural practices on a daily basis, instilling within me a strong sense of belonging and deep admiration.’ – Taylor Delmont, Bachelor of Arts (3rd year) ‘Garma would have to be one of my favourite experiences made available by Trinity so far. I learnt so much that I would not have otherwise in an academic context, and it has made me more determined to ensure that we can not only improve the lives of Indigenous Australians into the future, but also learn to appreciate Indigenous cultures.’ – Sarah Abell, Bachelor of Arts (3rd year)
‘As an Indigenous person, I feel so honoured to have shared this experience with such an awesome group of people. It is amazing how after a couple of days I now consider my companions family. My time at Garma reminded me that family comes in all different forms; in the earth, the animals, in the trees and the people around you. Garma was an incredibly humbling experience and will definitely not fade from my memory anytime soon.’ - Jad De Busch, Bachelor of Arts Extended (2nd year)
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Trinity’s students and staff came away from the Festival with a deeper appreciation of the importance of culture, language, storytelling and art for Indigenous people. Below are reflections from attending students on their Garma experience.
‘Garma is a unique learning experience. The things you hear and see make you ask lots of questions about yourself and what it means to be Australian today. Being there was not always easy, but the best and most valuable experiences never are.’ - Clarrie Smith, Bachelor of Arts (2nd year)
‘Garma gave me the incredible opportunity to learn more about Indigenous culture. Being able to see and hear art, storytelling and the proud use of language on country made attending Garma a few days I’ll always cherish.’ – Darcey Alexander, Bachelor of Arts (2nd year)
‘Going to Garma we were immersed in Yolngu culture; it was one of those experiences you can’t put into words. The people we met I will always hold in my heart. Coming back to Melbourne I had a different understanding of Yolngu people, culture and traditions that are the foundations of the Yolngu. The mix between urban influences and culture was incredible! I would recommend to anyone interested: go to Garma and experience two worlds!’ - Jaz De Busch, Bachelor of Arts Extended (3rd year)
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TOWARDS AN INCLUSIVE FUTURE BY ROSEMARY SHELUDKO
‘Closing the Gap’ is an Australian Government strategy aiming to reduce disadvantage among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with respect to life expectancy, child mortality, access to early childhood education, educational achievement and employment outcomes. Trinity is actively participating, and in 2017 has 28 residential Indigenous students. Torres Strait Islander Sana Nakata (TC 2001) observes that on entering Trinity as one of its first two Indigenous residential scholarship recipients she found the College to be ‘very old, very traditional, very wealthy and very white!’ ‘But it was incredibly exciting to be in an environment where ambition and excellence were affirmed,’ she says. ‘It made me a more curious and inclusive, and I’m grateful for that for so many reasons.’ Dr Nakata, BA(Hons)/LLB, PhD is now a lecturer in political science at the University of Melbourne and an Australian Research Council Discovery Indigenous Research Fellow undertaking research on Representations of Children in Australian Political Controversies. In October this year she was appointed to the Board of Trinity College. Educational outcomes like Sana’s are what inspire Trinity’s ongoing efforts to increase access to the best possible higher education for very able Indigenous Australians: not only through offering residential places and scholarships, but also by funding places in the Young Leaders Program and by contributing to the University of Melbourne’s development of the Bachelor of Arts (Extended) and Bachelor of Science (Extended) degrees. The release of the government’s ninth Closing the Gap report in February this year provided further encouragement in higher education outcomes. It revealed that in the decade from 2005 to 2015 there was a 93% increase in the number (from 8,330 to 16,062) of Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander students in higher education award courses, compared with 47% growth for all domestic students. It also stated that Indigenous university graduates find work faster and at higher pay rates than their non-Indigenous counterparts, with 74% of Indigenous graduates in full-time employment in 2016, as against 70.9% of non-Indigenous graduates. Clearly, such success is to be celebrated. But Dr Nakata also has some reservations. ‘It’s great to see more and more Indigenous Australian students obtaining pathways into university, but I do wonder how successful universities have been at identifying students with the strongest academic potential, and I worry a lot about the quality of curriculum across the sector as a whole,’ she says. ‘It’s essential that higher education allows students to break out of historical and ideological polemics in which “Indigenous” subject positions have sometimes been cast as anything that stands against “Western” knowledge. The Bachelor of Arts (Extended) program has been doing some really innovative work in developing curriculum that escapes these old binaries, which is essential to creating future leaders who can think critically and creatively about old problems.’
who have entrusted a repository of traditional Dhuwa learning to Trinity’s custodianship. Visits by Trinity students – originally to the remote Northern Territory community of Minyerri, later to Yirrkala and surrounding Yolngu country – to the Indigenous training College at Cairns called Wantulp-bi-Buya, and in 2017 to the Garma Festival, are among other initiatives helping to build bridges of knowledge and communication. But Dr Nakata believes ‘engendering respect for different ways of being and knowing in the world’ is key. ‘I think it’s about respect for the history of this country, before and since the arrival of Europeans, and an appreciation that history is contested and highly political,’ she says. ‘It’s about opening up a space in which we can have incredibly difficult conversations where we – Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians – are all required to think very critically about our own position in this country and how that relates to others around us. My experience at Trinity has equipped me well for being willing to enter into difficult conversations with the respect for others and intellectual rigor it requires.’
Creation of such leaders could be further accelerated if nonIndigenous Australians acquire a deeper knowledge and understanding of Indigenous social, cultural, economic and political matters. Providing opportunities for non-Indigenous members of the Trinity community to gain such insight is the other main aim of Trinity’s Indigenous engagement. The Visiting Indigenous Fellows program has included periodic visits by Marika Elders from the Rirratjingu clan of the Yolngu people of north-east Arnhem Land,
Sana Nakata.
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TRINITY COLLEGE’S VISION FOR THE FUTURE BY SARAH LAWRIE
The Trinity Board has now approved the remaining six key initiatives outlined in the Strategic Plan; 2018 will see us commence the exciting phase of implementation. The strategic planning process started in February 2016. Working with Social Ventures Australia, a team of specialists in the not-forprofit sector, Trinity developed its Strategic Plan, ‘Unlocking Exceptional Promise’. The Plan builds on our solid foundations while delivering on our priorities of enhancing the student experience, diversifying our student body, engaging our alumni, and embracing reconciliation. The process also identified a wide range of ideas for future opportunities. The result was eight Flagship Initiatives, the final six of which were approved by the Board on 23 August 2017. Our priorities are now clear. We will work to grow the Pathways School and provide more students with Trinity College’s transformative educational experience. We will continue to build our 25,800-strong alumni network by integrating alumni from across all our divisions.
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We will remain committed to increasing diversity and inclusion by attracting students from different backgrounds, experiences and aspirations while continuing to honour the strong alumni connection of the College. Our vision is to see more students from rural and regional areas, as well as public education backgrounds, having opportunities to excel. As such, a key focus will be to expand and grow our student scholarships and the size of the Residential College. We will continue to build the College as a centre for excellence in Indigenous education and provide Indigenous students with the chance to experience the highest quality in education and support. We will achieve this by establishing an Indigenous Higher Education Centre. We will further enrich academic life by expanding the membership and offering of the Senior Common Room (SCR). Leading scholars and influential alumni from Trinity College, the University of Melbourne and the University of Divinity will be invited to join the SCR community and build on our reputation as the pre-eminent university college in Australia.
And we will support our goal of investing in research to position the Trinity College Theological School as a leading academic institution, enabling it to hold a thoughtleadership position. Our new Strategic Plan is about expanding, diversifying and strengthening what is already a truly transformative experience. Our students remain central to life at the College. We want students who are socially conscious and community-minded, who can uphold our rich collegiate traditions as well as being open and accepting of changes, who can think globally and act locally, who are strong minded, yet able to listen to others. We want students who can imagine and achieve a better world. To enable this vision, the College is investing in staff experience and development, improved processes and technology, and facilities and infrastructure. Approval of these initiatives marks the (beginning of) a turning point for the College. While we pursue our exciting new vision for the future we will remain committed to offering students an experience that shapes minds and attitudes, motivating them to make a thoughtful impact in life.
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SPORTS REPORT Netball 1sts go down fighting Netball has become one of Trinity’s strongest sports, with the 1sts winning the 2015 and 2016 premierships.Captain Georgia Smith revisits the 2017 season and one of the closest premiership finals in the competition’s history. To start the season, our confidence was slightly shaken by the departure of Em Cameron (TC 2014) and Bronte Douglas-Scarfe (TC 2015), and a re-occurring injury to goal shooter Xenia Brookes early in the season. Fortunately, we gained new strengths with the team debuts of Lily Vagnarelli, Ruby Meredith and Claudia Martin. We finished the season strongly and managed to scrape into the finals in fourth place, where met Newman and beat them comfortably. For the third year in a row we faced St Hilda’s in the final. We started the game strongly and maintained a three-goal Star goal shooter Xenia Brookes out-jumps her St Hilda’s opponent to win the ball. lead throughout the first three quarters. St Hilda’s fought back in the final quarter with an impressive turnover to make scores even at full time, forcing us into extra time. St Hilda’s turned the ball over early in the deciding stage of the game for a threegoal lead. Despite fighting hard, our energy was spent and we were unable to level the game, losing by three goals. We were devastated, but the loss has only sparked our drive for next year.
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Women say ‘see ya later’ to football opposition Trinity’s women’s Aussie Rules Football team cemented their status as the dominant side in the inter-collegiate competition by winning backto-back premierships for the first time. Captain Marli Mathewson reports. We trained hard and Trinity played tough throughout the season. In an early game, a sassy Trinity ruck coined the phrase, ‘See ya later’, after knocking down an opposition player and it quickly became the team motto. After cleaning up Newman in the semifinal, we faced Ormond in the grand final. Tensions were high because in many sports this year, including hockey, soccer and rowing, Trinity had narrowly lost to Ormond. Before the game it began to rain and hail, but this only fired us up. We played brilliantly; several team members were VFL players who could kick goals from the fifty. Although a tough game early on, we soon got on top, easily taking out the premiership.
The women’s footy team celebrate back-to-back victories. BY MARLI MATHEWSON
Trinity takes rugby crown with crushing win Trinity’s rugby team produced one of the greatest winning margins in recent history by defeating Ormond 46–10. The victory continues a fierce rivalry that is believed to have begun in 1931 when Francis Denys Cumbrae-Stewart (TC 1926) established the Cumbrae-Stewart Cup at the University. Despite a host of injuries pre-season, the season began with eight freshers being welcomed to the team, as well as several senior players undeterred from narrowly missing out on selection in previous years. The former captaining duo of Andrew Roche (TC 2013) and David Dixon (TC 2014) returned to coach the team and give some much-needed guidance. Although the 46–10 score appears one-sided, it was a tough and fierce contest, and the Ormond players made us work hard for the victory. Stefan Geleta won Trinity’s best player in an emotional farewell from College rugby, while the referee The Trinity men’s rugby team extend their unbeaten run to four years over Ormond. awarded Vice-Captain Neerim Callope best on ground. It was also exciting for Trinity to field a women’s touch rugby team for the first time and begin a fantastic relationship between the two Trinity sides.
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A perfect ‘college’ musical BY PETER CAMPBELL
surely not aligned; he is a sports jock and she a science nerd, but when they both try out for the musical, their lives are changed forever. A large cast of principals, supporting parts and chorus is a perfect vehicle for a college musical, which is why the show has been one of the most performed in US high schools and colleges.
What a time to be alive! Students’ performing in High School Musical.
A great college musical must have good singing, committed acting, smooth direction, sensible sets, a well-rehearsed band and an up-beat atmosphere. This year’s Trinity College musical, High School Musical – the stage show based on Disney’s hit 2006 movie of the same name – had all that and more. The plot is an old one – the Romeo and Juliet story – and will be familiar to anyone who knows West Side Story, but musically is more accessible than Bernstein’s complex score. It’s classic boy meets girl, but then he finds out she is from the other clique, and their destinies are
As the star-crossed lovers, Beatrice Hart and Joseph Baldwin were excellent, although Baldwin suffered a little in his upper register from the vocal stress of long rehearsals. The supports were uniformly good, especially the two adult character roles of the Director and the Coach, taken by Jade Page and Taylor Delmont respectively. The choreography was well executed, while the fabulous band was under the very capable direction of Victoria Hofflin (3rd-year VCA). Importantly, the entire production was achieved using in-house talent, and the results were excellent. All in all, this was another triumph for musical theatre at Trinity.
Serendipity in an accidental world BY JOSH BAIRSTOW
In September, Trinity College Drama Society presented a production of This Random World at the University of Melbourne’s Guild Theatre. This Random World is an exploration by playwright Steven Dietz of some of the more esoteric forms of human connection: beholden, guilted, random, unspoken and narrowly missed. Specifically, the serendipity found in moments and interactions whose consequences would look far different if their timing or content were altered only slightly.
exercise for the audience as those on stage, but was in keeping with the approach of the script. A production and stage team led by producer Bec Szoka and director Lucinda Halls, and their intriguing choice of subject material, did a great job in bringing together a very engaging and entertaining performance. It was an excellent showcase for the talents of all involved, and a high bar was set for all future Trinity College Drama Society’s productions.
The play loosely trails the story of dying mother Scottie Ward (Coco Garner Davis), her children Beth (Lily Richard) and Tim (George Lean), and the crisscrossed lives of those around them. Their paths often coming tantalisingly close without touching. The Ward children grapple with obligations to their unavailable mother and the implications of her – and in turn, their own – limited time. The energy and levity of an otherworldly obsessed Rhonda (Ruhisha Subramaniam) was welcome relief to some of the play’s heavier themes, balanced against the portrayal of a slightly lost and despondent Claire (Claudia Martin), Bernadette (Tansy Pereira), Gary (James Cuming) and A Man (Alex Gall). The set and costume choices sat well with the stark themes and locations they helped to depict. The conclusion to all the colliding timelines was as much an
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Sitting (left to right): Ruhisha Subramaniam, Tansy Pereira, Coco Garner-Davis, George Lean and Claudia Martin. Standing (left to right): James Cuming, Lily Richard and Alex Gall.
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A MOTHER-DAUGHTER FIRST FOR FOUNDATION STUDIES
BY TIM FLICKER
Madam Choong (TCFS 1994) and Jessica Tan (Feb Main 2017) are the first mother-daughter to attend Trinity’s Foundation Studies program.
In February, Jessica Tan from Singapore created history by becoming the first child of a Foundation Studies alumna to also study at Trinity College. Jessica’s mother, Madam Choong Wai Lan, who studied Foundation Studies at Trinity in 1994, says she was ‘very surprised’ when she heard news of the milestone. Jessica is also studying Foundation Studies. The owner of a chain of hair salons in Singapore, Madam Choong says she enjoyed her time studying at Trinity and believes studying there made it easier for her to transition to the University of Melbourne, studying a Bachelor of Commerce. She has fond memories of the teachers in Foundation Studies, including the former director of the program and mathematics lecturer, Diana Smith, and drama subject leader, Rosemary Blight. ‘After lectures and tutorials we could always go and ask the lecturers questions, especially Diana,’ says Madam Choong. ‘She was very popular among the Foundation Studies students. A lot of us went to her for help in maths. If we had any questions we could grab her and ask for advice.’
During a recent visit to Trinity, Madam Choong says she was struck by how the standard of the facilities at the College had improved. ‘The Dining Hall, for example, is now bigger and more beautiful, and I heard the food is better as well.
‘The Dining Hall is now bigger and more beautiful, and I heard the food is better as well.’ ‘And there are more student facilities. During my studies, Foundation Studies students weren’t allowed to use the Leeper Library in the Evan Burge Building on campus, and we had to go to the Baillieu Library at Melbourne University. But now, all students have access to the Leeper Library.’ Meanwhile, Jessica is settling into life at Trinity and enjoying living in Melbourne. She says highlights so far have been attending the Big Noise music festival and the Fair Dinkum Festival.
any kangaroos – and the subsequent bonding with her fellow students. She says living with her student peers at Trinity’s accommodation in College Square has helped her settle into life in Melbourne. Both Jessica and her mother are excited by the prospect of Jessica’s brother coming to study at Trinity next year. ‘Next year I hope my son will also be coming to Trinity,’ says Madam Choong. ‘I hope Jess can look after her little brother and keep an eye on him.’ It looks like the family legacy is set to continue, with exciting times ahead for the Choong family and Trinity College. Although the Theological School and the Residential College have enrolled students from families with a history of up to four generations at Trinity, the Choong mother-daughter legacy marks a significant milestone in the history of Foundation Studies at Trinity, which commenced in 1990.
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TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE NOT INHERENTLY CHRISTIAN
BY ROBYN WHITAKER
In May 2017, tennis legend Margaret Court wrote an open letter to Qantas protesting the company’s support for same-sex marriage. In the letter she stated that the Bible’s ‘traditional definition of marriage’ was the reason for her objection, which she repeated in the media attention that followed. The Revd Dr Robyn Whitaker, lecturer in Biblical Studies at the Theological School, wrote a response that was published in The Conversation on 2 June 2017 and reported on ABC News. Below is an abridged version of that article. Reading the Bible to determine the shape of contemporary marriage is not an easy task. It is an ancient collection of 66 books, written in three different languages (Hebrew, Greek and Aramaic) and spanning over 1,000 years of human history. 2,500 years ago, when much of the Bible was written, family life was very different. In the Hebrew Scriptures, Abraham fathered children with his concubine as well as his wife, and Moses likely had two wives (one of whom is presented as problematic because she was a foreigner). Famous biblical kings, like David and Solomon, had entire palaces full of wives and concubines that served as symbols of their power and status. The reality is families in the Bible reflect the patriarchal structures of their period. Women were
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considered commodities to be married off for political alliances, economic reasons or to keep families connected. They had no autonomy to choose their partners. Polygamy was common, as was the use of slaves as sexual concubines. I don’t hear anyone advocating for a ‘biblical view’ of marriage, suggesting we return to these particular scenarios.
Paul... presents an ideology profoundly disruptive of patriarchal family structures, gendered roles and hierarchy.
In the New Testament, Jesus said nothing about homosexual relationships or marriage except that people should not divorce – a teaching widely ignored by many Christian denominations today. Most likely, Jesus’ concern in speaking against divorce was for the vulnerable place this left women in a culture where they could not usually earn their own money or inherit. Marriage was allowed in the New Testament, but the most prolific writer, Paul, thinks celibacy is preferable for a Christian. When Paul writes, ‘there is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus’, he presents an ideology profoundly disruptive of patriarchal family structures, gendered roles and hierarchy.
Theology This kind of Christian teaching led, if anything, to a breakdown of traditional marriage structures (in ancient terms). For example, the option to remain celibate and live in community was a radical, attractive and liberating alternative to arranged marriage for women in earliest Christianity. Jesus’ own mother, who is an example of faith in the church’s tradition, would fail the usual definition of ‘traditional’, as she appears to have left her husband and other children at home to follow her itinerant son. Not all opinions are of equal weight and while Margaret Court remains one of the most phenomenal sportswomen in Australian history, this does not qualify her as a spokesperson for Christianity on marriage equality. Nor does being a self-appointment leader of a church she created herself. Indeed, if Court applied the literalism with which she reads Genesis to the whole of the Bible she’d find herself in hot water since 1 Timothy 2:12 explicitly forbids women teaching or having any authority over men! This kind of culturally bound ideology is precisely why biblical scholars and mainstream Christian churches do not adhere to a literal interpretation of this ancient and diverse text.
This kind of culturally bound ideology is precisely why biblical scholars and mainstream Christian churches do not adhere to a literal interpretation of this ancient and diverse text. To criticise and expect a higher level of discourse from a public figure is not bullying nor persecution. Court willingly put herself into the public space by writing an open letter to Qantas. She could have lodged her complaint privately. There is nothing inherently Christian about the so-called traditional arrangement of the nuclear family. You can find that model
Concepts of family and marriage have evolved and changed throughout human history, including within the church. in the text if you look for it, but it is not the dominant view. Neither does the Bible condemn what we understand to be loving, mutual LQTBI relationships today. There is nothing like the contemporary concept of sexual orientation in the biblical text, and where the Bible does appear to condemn homosexual acts, it condemns same-sex acts that are a result of rape, adultery or imbalanced power dynamics such as an elite male with a youth. Interestingly, these same power dynamics are not critiqued when an elite male takes a young woman as a sexual concubine; a sobering reminder of the patriarchal worldview that lies behind the text and ancient ideals of penetration and masculinity. Concepts of family and marriage have evolved and changed throughout human history, including within the church. There is nothing inherently Christian or ’biblical’ about the nuclear family. Modern Christian families can be made up of gay couples, straight couples, single people in community, childless adults, foster parents, step-parents, grandparents and biological parents. It is their faith that makes them Christian, not their family structure nor sexuality.
ABOUT ROBYN WHITAKER
The Revd Dr Robyn Whitaker is Bromby lecturer in Biblical Studies in the Theological School, Trinity College, Parkville, and an accredited Lecturer of the University of Divinity. Robyn is a biblical scholar and historian with a particular interest in the contemporary use (and misuse) of the Bible in debates about sexuality, gender and ethics. She has research expertise in apocalypticism and the related topics of end of the world speculation, martyrdom and images of evil, and has published in the areas of the visual culture of the Graeco-Roman world and its impact on biblical rhetoric, the New Testament, and Judeo-Christian apocalyptic literature. Robyn is an ordained minister in the Uniting Church of Australia. She has appeared on Lateline and The Project, and has written for publications including, The Melbourne Anglican, The Age and The Conversation. She is featured in The Conversation Yearbook 2017: 50 Standout Articles from Australia’s Top Thinkers. In 2016, Robyn’s article, Treatment of asylum seekers is a moral issue (The Age, 22 June 2016) was republished in Trinity Today (November 2016). The opinions expressed in this article are strictly those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Trinity College.
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NEW BOOK ADDRESSES LIFE’S PERENNIAL CONCERNS BY MURIEL PORTER
Dr Muriel Porter reviews The Gospels Speak: Addressing Life’s Questions, a new book by the Revd Professor Dorothy Lee, Dean of Trinity College’s Theological School. Dorothy Lee is not just an internationally acclaimed Scripture scholar, she also has an extremely rare gift. She is able to make her scholarship meaningful not just to other academics, but also to the person in the pew. Her latest book, The Gospels Speak: Addressing Life’s Questions (New York: Paulist Press, 2017) demonstrates that gift par excellence. The Gospels Speak is not a conventional scholarly commentary. Professor Lee has drilled down into the four Gospels to examine their teaching on the major issues of suffering and evil, fear and anxiety, the quest for meaning, and divine purpose. Her peers in the academy will find here a rich lode of material rarely, if ever, explored from such a perspective. Preachers will revel in the way she has applied these Gospel insights to pressing contemporary concerns. What a boon for their pulpit ministries! And those in the pews will find it eminently accessible, as is all Professor Lee’s teaching and writing. More than that, they will find its subject matter engages them at the deepest level and enriches their own spiritual journey immeasurably.
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Dorothy Lee signs her book, The Gospel Speak: Addressing Life’s Questions.
For instance, the first issue Professor Lee deals with is high on the agenda of all thinking people; suffering and evil. These are of perennial concern, especially for Christians. Why do suffering and evil exist in a world created by a supposedly benign and loving God? How do we live with these realities? And how do we respond to those who find that suffering and evil either prove that God is not good, or that there is no God? Professor Lee’s method is to examine suffering and evil in Mark’s Gospel through the experience of Jesus. He himself ‘willingly, if agonisingly, embraces suffering and does so in order to draw freedom out of suffering and life out of death’, a path that costs him painful struggle, she writes. Jesus’ triumph over suffering and death assures us that they are not permanent and ‘not part of God’s full and final will for our lives, for our world, for creation’. Rather, the future is God’s and ‘always impinges on the present’. Mark’s Gospel offers no explanation for the existence of suffering and evil, she writes, but demonstrates ‘how God in Christ has taken on our suffering and evil, not abandoning us to our fate, but sharing it and transforming it from within’. Similarly, she explores what the narrative of Matthew’s Gospel has to say about fear and anxiety (another strong contemporary concern), what John has to say about the quest for meaning, and what Luke offers on the topic of the divine purpose.
In each case she provides not just scholarly interpretation but also deep insight into how the Gospels help us transform our spiritual response to these issues. The Gospels Speak will be invaluable as a parish teaching resource. An accompanying study guide would be a wonderful asset for parish educational programs. I hope Professor Dorothy Lee will soon produce one. Dr Muriel Porter is an Honorary Research Fellow of the University of Divinity.
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BOOK LAUNCHES, LECTURES AND SEMINARS BY PETER CAMPBELL
The Rt Revd Kay Goldsworthy (TC 1981) and Revd Canon Professor Dorothy Lee at the launch of Dorothy’s latest book at the Old Warden’s Lodge.
The Rt Revd Andrew Curnow (TCTS 1968) launches Dr Nola Firth’s biography, The Armour of Light: The Life of Reverend Doctor Barry Marshall.
Over recent months, two major books on religion and theology were launched at Trinity, and a number of well-attended events, hosted by the Trinity College Theological School.
revered former students. Barry Marshall was instrumental in introducing new ideas and practices during his subsequent years as College Chaplain (1961–1969).
a day-long Biblical Studies program in August titled, ‘Re-visioning Belief: Interpreting the Bible in Today’s Fractured World’.
In July, the Rt Revd Kay Goldsworthy, AO, Bishop of Gippsland (a Trinity alumna who was recently announced as Archbishop-elect of Perth – Australia’s first female Archbishop), launched Dorothy Lee’s new book, The Gospels Speak: Addressing Life’s Questions (Paulist Press, New Jersey). The Revd Professor Canon Dorothy Lee has been Dean of the Trinity College Theological School since 2011, where she is Frank Woods Distinguished Professor of New Testament.
Then on 9 August, a few days before the 47th anniversary of Revd Marshall’s death, Professor Peter Sherlock, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Divinity, presented the 2017 Barry Marshall Memorial Lecture in the Craig Auditorium of the Gateway building.
Barry Marshall was instrumental in introducing new ideas and practices during his subsequent years as College Chaplain.
Before the launch, a large gathering heard Dorothy speak at a seminar discussing the ideas she pursued while writing her book. Nola Firth’s biography, The Armour of Light: The Life of Reverend Doctor Barry Marshall, was launched in May by the Rt Revd Andrew Curnow. As noted in an article in last year’s edition of Trinity Today, Nola used the extensive archives at Trinity College as the basis of several chapters in the story of one of Trinity’s most
Peter’s lecture, ‘Why Australia Needs Theology’, examined the past and present place of Christian theological scholarship in Australian politics and society, showing how theology is almost entirely discredited as a result of the failure of the churches in a wide range of areas, most notably the sexual abuse of children. He proposed that Australia still needs theology, and explored how theological scholarship might contribute in the future. Former lecturer in the Theological School, Dr Meg Warner, and the Revd Canon Richard Burridge, Professor of Biblical Interpretation at King’s College London, presented
The program dealt with the difficult issues facing us today, which often feel like being faced with an unpalatable choice between inflexible traditional demands or accepting that ‘anything goes’ in modern society. Meg and Richard spoke about finding a ‘middle way’, of being faithful to the Bible while serving our people and culture. Small groups then workshopped various issues of the modern world from the perspective of Scripture.
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CHAPEL MARKS A CENTURY OF SERVICE BY PAULETTE TREVENA
The wedding of Caroline Craig and Callum Finlayson in the Chapel in 2014.
When baby Charlotte Finlayson was baptised in the Trinity Chapel earlier this year, she was blissfully unaware of the history that was taking place around her. Charlotte is the granddaughter of Trinity Fellow Anthony Buzzard (TC 1960). Anthony’s family have come together for many important events in the Chapel, including Anthony’s wedding to wife Pamela, and the baptisms of sons James (TC 2003) and Jeremy. They also celebrated Jeremy’s wedding to Jennifer Adler (TC 1995) and the wedding of daughter Caroline to Callum Finlayson in 2014. The baptism of Caroline’s daughter Charlotte marks the latest generation of this family to be welcomed into the Chapel.
In the early days, students attended a parish church, and then the common room in the Old Warden’s Lodge was used for prayers. Many generations of Trinity College and Janet Clarke Hall alumni have come together to welcome, celebrate, and farewell family and friends, and to worship, in this special place. For a century the Chapel has been an important
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expression of the Anglican foundations and Christian values of Trinity College and Janet Clarke Hall. Whether it be for Evensong services, the Commemoration of Founders and Benefactors, the celebration of Advent with Lessons and Carols, life events or for quiet prayer, the Chapel is both a symbolic and physical reminder of Trinity’s commitment to being a place of worship for people of Anglican faith, of all faiths, and none. This year we celebrate the centenary of the consecration of the Trinity College Chapel, more formally known as Horsfall Chapel, after Melbourne businessman John Sutcliffe Horsfall, its main benefactor at the time of construction. Although an integral part of the fabric of the College today, the Chapel we now recognise did not exist in the very early days of our College history. Students first attended a parish church, and then the common room in the original Old Warden’s Lodge (Leeper Building) was used for prayers. In 1878, this room was fitted as a chapel, seating about 40. However, with 60 to 70 students already in residence and requiring a space for worship, as well as women from Janet Clarke Hall, and staff, the need for a new chapel was clear.
Funds were slow to flow [until] a magnificent offer of £10,000 was received from John Sutcliffe in memory of his daughter. In 1909, the College Council decided to pursue the goal of building a new chapel and to procure a design for it through a competition. Advertisements were taken out in local and interstate press and a chapel committee was formed.
The Choir prepare to sing in the Chapel at Founders and Benefactors in 2017.
Feature Story Alexander North, a highly regarded Tasmanian ecclesiastical architect, was awarded first place, and North’s design was approved by council.
November. A long procession opened the proceedings, making their way from the old Chapel in the Leeper Building to the new Chapel. This included the Chancellor of the Diocese, Archbishop Carved possums, platypuses and Clarke, the Warden and bandicoots attributed to Prussianthe masters of Ormond and Queen’s Colleges, born Australian woodcarver Robert past and present Prenzel are depicted on the students, and members armrests of the pews. of the College. Many of those that had been involved, from initial The matter of funding the Chapel’s conception though to construction of construction was another the Chapel, must have felt a sense of consideration. Initially, funds were pride and achievement to see their slow to flow, but in a special meeting commitment and efforts coming of the Council in March 1913, a to fruition in the creation of such a magnificent offer of £10,000 was wonderful monument and addition to generously received from John the College. Sutcliffe Horsfall in memory of his daughter Edith Carington who had A similar procession took place died in January 1908. this year when the centenary of the Chapel’s consecration was Builders and craftsmen were celebrated with a Choral Eucharist carefully selected to incorporate service on Saturday 25 November. the many specialised elements and finishes that were required in the Alumni memories of the Chapel construction of the Chapel. The The Chapel has played an important Chapel’s interior is an excellent part in the life events of many example of the Arts and Crafts Trinity alumni over the past century. style. Alexander North used native Generations of families have held timbers, particularly Tasmanian and attended christenings, weddings oak, and local materials exclusively and funerals in the Chapel. throughout the Chapel’s interior. During the years when Trinity He depicted native flora and fauna was a male college and female in the decorative woodwork, with students resided at Janet Clarke eucalyptus leaves and waratahs portrayed in art nouveau style. Carved possums, platypuses and bandicoots attributed to the leading Prussian-born Australian woodcarver Robert Prenzel are depicted on the armrests of the pews. North designed a woodcarved eagle as a book-rest for the Chapel lectern, which was carved by sculptor JJR Tranthim-Fryer.
Hall, males would sit on the right side of the Chapel and females on the left, facing each other across the nave. Alumni have shared their memories of looking forward to Chapel services, where eye contact and smiles were inevitable. Several marriages between Trinity College and Janet Clarke Hall alumni are the result of relationships that grew from these first glances. First World War Armistice Commemoration in 2018 The Chapel also commemorates the almost 300 alumni of Trinity College and Janet Clarke Hall who served, and the 42 who lost their lives, in the First World War. The loss of so many young people of promise was a tragedy felt deeply within our community. Their names can be found on the mosaic honour board at the Chapel’s western end, alongside stained-glass windows gifted by grieving families. In November 2018, the College will commemorate the centenary of the First World War Armistice with a service in the Chapel, yet another. All will be welcome to attend as we recognise another milestone in the life of the Chapel. Acknowledgement is made of Caroline Miley’s, Trinity College Chapel, An Appreciation, for many of the details in this article.
In 1914, the foundation stone of Malmsbury bluestone was blessed by the Archbishop and laid by the donor in a special ceremony. A document prepared by the Warden, comprising the history of the College and a record of the donation, were wrapped in a Union Jack and placed beneath the stone. In 1917, construction was finally complete and the Chapel was consecrated on Saturday 24
View looking west towards the Horsfall Chapel after the addition of the annexe, late 1950s. Trinity College Archives, MM 003042.
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‘Conversation’ critical to responsible business ethics BY TIM FLICKER
‘The vision for the Professorship is to inspire best practice and raise awareness of business ethical issues among students, business people, government and leaders in Australia.’ Professor Phillips delivers the keynote address at the Gourlay Business Breakfast.
Professor Robert Phillips, Professor of Management and Philosophy, Politics, Economics and Law at the E Claiborne Robins School of Business, University of Richmond, Virginia, took up his second residency at Trinity College in May 2017 as the Visiting Professor of Business Ethics. Professor Phillips is internationally recognised as one of the leading thinkers in stakeholder theory and organisational ethics. During his stay at Trinity, Professor Phillips facilitated workshops with students at Trinity and the University of Melbourne, spoke at a number of functions, including with leading business people around Melbourne, and worked with the Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (ACCSR). At the beginning of his residency, Professor Phillips delivered his Gourlay Public Lecture, ‘Organisation and Responsibility’, to a diverse audience at Trinity’s new Gateway building. His lecture explored how today, when innovations in economic activities have caused profound changes, our ability to assess and motivate responsible business practices has lagged behind.
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He said in the process this has created in many cases a ‘rule of no one’ when it came to assessing the accompanying ethical challenges. He presented his ideas on how to better understand responsibility in a world of complex value chains and diffuse corporate responsibility. Jono Gourlay (TC 1991) introduced Professor Phillips to more than 130 business leaders and members of the Trinity College community at the Gourlay Business Breakfast at the Melbourne Athenaeum Club on 16 May. Jono, on behalf of the Gourlay family, outlined the reason for the establishment in 2005 of the Gourlay Visiting Professor of Ethics in Business at Trinity. ‘The vision for the Professorship is to inspire best practice and raise awareness of business ethical issues among students, business people, government and leaders in Australia,’ Mr Gourlay said. Presenting his keynote address, Professor Phillips reflected on how organisations are increasingly being held responsible for activities ‘up and down their value chains’. He said business ethics and corporate responsibility continued to be contested, and ‘by talking about these things is precisely how we
come to some level of agreement, even if it is contingent, even if it is temporary’. He added that authenticity and consistency are pivotal for businesses to act ethically. In 2004, John and Louise Gourlay provided a $2.5 million endowment to establish the Gourlay Visiting Professorship of Ethics in Business. Under the Professorship, an internationally distinguished lecturer resides at Trinity College each year to teach ethics in business to students at the College. The Professorship exposes students from many disciplines to the world’s best minds in applied ethics and to critically important principles, values and decision-making frameworks.
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CHOIR TOUR-DE-FORCE BY TIM FLICKER
for the Chapel service at the Commemoration of Founders and Benefactors. ‘The service turned out to be the hardest thing we’ve sung all year, and the Choir sang it beautifully, and were then also brilliant at the dinner later that evening,’ says Chris.
Evensong held in the Chapel on 7 May 2017, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Choral Foundation.
2017 has included tours to Brisbane, where the choir sang at St Stephen’s Cathedral and Evensong at St John’s Cathedral, and to Sydney, with the choir performing alongside the Choir of St James’, King Street.
The Choir of Trinity College has developed an international reputation for its wide variety of old and new music, and is delighted to announce it will be touring Europe in June 2018.
The Choir were also guest performers at the Australian National Choral Association’s annual choralfest, held a special Evensong to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the choral foundation at Trinity, and recorded a CD in celebration of the centenary of the consecration of the Trinity Chapel in November.
A new Director of Music In January, Trinity welcomed Chris Watson as the new Director of Music. Chris is the former Director of Music at St Edmund Hall at the University of Oxford. An internationally acclaimed tenor, choir conductor and Tallis Scholar, he has more than twenty-five years’ experience in church music.
This year also saw the establishment of the Trinity Community choir, which includes both Foundation Studies and Residential College students.
The Choir has continued to enhance its reputation over the past year, including performing a new setting of the Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis
Also in 2017, Trinity’s own talented choral scholar and residential student, Ruby Smith, released her first EP, ‘The Quick and the Dead’. Ruby composed and sang all of the songs herself (rubysmithmusic. bandcamp.com/album/the-quickand-the-dead). The European Tour 2018 In June 2018, the Choir will embark on their ninth international tour as they tour Europe for a month (23 June – 22 July). The Choir is looking forward to rehearsing and performing in southern France before singing in some of the great churches of the UK. Chris describes the support of donors and benefactors as ‘invaluable’ and the reason why these tours are possible. ‘The choristers give a month of their time and most of their annual scholarship for these big international tours, but they wouldn’t be possible without the generosity of our donors and benefactors,’ he says. ‘I’d like to thank them for their continued support, and encourage them to join us for part of the tour if at all possible!’
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CAMBODIA SCHOLARSHIPS BY BEN WAYMIRE
In 2003, when Hollywood executive Scott Neeson stood on the toxic Stung Meanchey rubbish dump on the outskirts of Phnom Penh surveying the plight of hundreds of children and families scavenging among the garbage, he had an epiphany. Scott sold his Hollywood home, cars, boat and household contents, and in 2004, established the Cambodian Children’s Fund (CCF). Since then, CCF has worked towards improving the lives of impoverished and disadvantaged children in Cambodia. The Cripps family – well-known donors and supporters of Trinity College – began a partnership in 2015 with the CCF to establish the Neeson-Cripps Academy (NCA), a state-of-the-art high school with a focus on STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education, built on the site of the former Stung Meanchey dump. The Cripps family and the NCA have partnered with Trinity to establish Cripps Scholarships for NCA students in Phnom Penh. The Cripps Scholarship program aims to select two of the best and brightest students from the NCA
each year to study bachelor degrees at the University of Melbourne while residing at Trinity College. The scholarships will include academic preparation through the Trinity Foundation Studies program. Over the past year, a selection process commenced to identify which students are suitable for these scholarships. Ben Waymire, Trinity College Foundation Studies Senior Regional Manager, has been working with the NCA, interviewing and meeting with students from years 10 to 12. His focus has been on assessing students’ academic suitability, English proficiency and most importantly, personal resilience and determination. What started as a group of 70 interested students has been shortlisted to five. It is envisaged that the first Cripps Scholar will enter the TCFS March Extended program in 2018. After this, the plan is to bring two students each year into the program before they go on to study their bachelor degrees at the University.
As a way of identifying potential younger students for the Cripps Scholarships, Trinity will invite four NCA students from years 10 and 11 to the Young Leaders Program at Trinity for two weeks in December 2017. They will receive hands-on experience of what it is like to study on campus at the University, while interacting with students from Australia and across the world. Thank you to the Cripps family – Amy (TC 1996), Tom (TC 1998) and their parents Robert and Jan (Benefactors and Fellows) – for their generous support of Trinity’s philanthropic endeavours.
Ben Waymire with the four NCA students who will attend the Young Leaders Program in December 2017: On Seng Hoarng, Soun Borey, Met Chan Mouy and Yem Souvannry.
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BEYOND WOOP WOOP
BY BENJAMIN THOMAS
Top: Beyond Woop Woop features 57 paintings produced during John Kelly’s time as artist-in-residence in Antartica. Left: John Kelly with art curator Lara Nicholls (TC 1986).
He is renowned as a provocateur of the Australian art world and described as both an ‘awkward bugger’ and a ‘free radical’.
obscured by a pop-up café. The café had indignantly ‘popped-up’ some three years ago directly in front of the work – and never popped down.
engaging in their serene stillness but nonetheless charged with the harsh realities of painting en plein air out on the ice.
John Kelly’s long-running ‘feud’ with the Australia Council for the Arts has seen him appropriate the Council’s logo and publish it as the branding graphics on Moo Brew beer cans in partnership with the Australian art world’s other controversial figure; art collector, director of Hobart’s MONA and craft beer brewer, David Walsh.
Kelly’s representations – paintings and sculptures – of cows suspended in trees have earned him an international following, with sculptures being exhibited from Paris’ prominent Champs-Elysées to Monte Carlo, Glastonbury (UK), Cork (Ireland), and Melbourne’s Docklands.
Always supportive of the arts, Kelly made a number of limited edition carborundum prints and original etchings available for sale to College members, with proceeds going towards the establishment of an artist-in-residence fund at Trinity College.
Kelly’s representations – paintings and sculptures – of cows suspended in trees have earned him an international following. Arriving in Melbourne in June from Ireland – Kelly’s ‘other’ home-country – this Sunshineborn lad caused a tiff played out in Melbourne’s newspapers when he drew attention to his sculpture of a cow up a tree at Docklands that has for the last several years been
Earlier this year, Kelly was nominated for a Walkley Award for Art Journalism, a first for an artist in a field that has traditionally gone to career journalists.
A fantastic opening night preceded a steady stream of visitors to see Kelly’s works.
Trinity was delighted to exhibit Beyond Woop Woop, a beautifully poetic exhibition of Kelly’s paintings on loan from the artist, in the College’s first-floor Sir Joseph Burke Gallery in the Gateway building from June to November. The exhibition featured 57 paintings produced during Kelly’s time as artist-in-residence with the Australian Antarctic Division in late 2013. Together, they are an evocative portrait of the majesty of the ‘Great Southern Continent’,
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SHOWCASING OUR (NEW) STORED COLLECTION BY BENJAMIN THOMAS
Over a year ago, the College consolidated its three former art and archival storage areas – office spaces and a basement prone to flooding – by relocating them to a purpose-built, climate-controlled storage facility in the Gateway building.
RECENT ACQUISITIONS College embossed buttons Six college-crested metal buttons as used on mid-20th century Trinity blazers were donated by Sandra Ingpen, having belonged to her late husband Murray Ingpen (TC 1957). Barry Marshall Eucharist Robert Pratt (TC 1962) donated an Order of Service booklet for the ‘Eucharist of Thanksgiving for the life and priestly work of the Revd Dr Barry Russell Marshall’, held at the College on 15 August 1970. 1930s tennis trophies Transferred from Korowa Anglican Girls’ School were two tennis trophies awarded to the late Marion Orme Page (née McPherson), an alumna of the Trinity Women’s Hostel. Marion won them playing at the College’s mixed doubles tournaments in 1936 and 1937. Student social events of the 1970s University of Melbourne Law Librarian Carole Hinchcliff (née Taylor, TC 1978) donated five lapel pins for the Trinity Trolley Ball (1979), and pins for the 1978 and 1979 College plays, The Bride of Gospel Place and Man and Superman, respectively. Warden Ken Hinchcliff (TC 1976) donated an original invitation to the 1978 College Ball, ‘Trinity’s Virgin on the Ridiculous’. Juttoddie mementos Barry Johnson (TC 1954) donated a pewter mug that he won in his fresher year for his participation in that long-held traditional steeplechase. He recalls: ‘My handicap was one brick for the heats, and one and a half for the
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final! “Heavies” were employed to interfere with the runners to “work the odds” in betting. They hid behind the Chapel to do this!’
We gratefully acknowledge the generosity of alumni and friends of the College for their donations.
Retiring Bequests Officer Bishop James Grant (TC 1950) donated five photographic prints taken at the 1974 Juttoddie depicting Grant – then Joint Acting Warden with Rod Fawns (prior to Evan Burge’s commencement) – being led to a bathtub on the Bulpadock to be dunked in order to determine ‘the Episcopal volume’. Photos from the 1980s Penny Harrop (TC 1987) lent for digitisation a student photo album she had kept across the last years of that heady decade. Early ceramic ware The Asche family donated a glazed earthenware plate with a handinscribed crest of Janet Clarke Hall, along with a more formal, post-1964 Trinity-crested butter dish. Artworks In July, we unveiled a commissioned portrait of Trinity Fellow, Professor Marcia Langton, by renowned artist Brook Andrew. In October, we unveiled another painting commissioned by the College; Nicholas Harding’s portrait of Bill Cowan (TC 1963). The residential student art club, the ER White Society, made a discerning choice for their 2017 purchase by selecting an Australian Indigenous larrakitj (memorial) pole, Yathikpa, by acclaimed senior Yolngu artist, Nonggirrnga Marawili.
Nonggirrnga Marawili Yathikpa 2013 (AK19054) Larrakitj: Earth pigments on hollowed trunk Height: 255 cm Image courtesy of the artist, Buku-Larrnggay Mulka and Alcaston Gallery, 2017 Artwork photography: Chris Groenhout
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Joint venture to exhibit Indigenous art BY SARAH GEORGE ( TC 1992) Upcoming exhibition
For the first time, Trinity College will collaborate with Melbourne Indigenous Transition School (MITS) in 2018 to present an exhibition of Indigenous artwork. The artwork is sourced from the communities that MITS engages with. Opened in 2016, MITS is a residential transition school for Indigenous students from remote Northern Territory and regional Victorian communities. It creates a culturally safe and celebratory environment for students in Melbourne, dramatically improving educational and wellbeing outcomes. Culture is embedded and expressed throughout the MITS curriculum, and students are provided with opportunities to engage with Indigenous artists and cultural organisations within Melbourne. The exhibition of up to 50 works from leading art centres in the
Northern Territory and by Victorian contemporary Indigenous artists will be on display from June to November 2018 in the Gateway building and surrounds. The contemporary Victorian artwork will be juxtaposed with the artwork from remote Northern Territory communities to highlight the breadth of Indigenous culture. The artwork will be for sale with the proceeds going first to the artists, and then to the MITS Scholarship Fund. MITS will use the exhibition to advocate for the communities it supports, engage with partners and raise funds for scholarships. A catalogue of the artwork with an introductory essay will be distributed both electronically and in hard copy. Other committee members include: Director, Monash University Museum of Art (MUMA), Charlotte
Day; Artistic Director and CEO, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA), Max Delany; Senior Curator of South Eastern Aboriginal Collections, Museum Victoria, Kimberley Moultan; Acting Head of Australian Indigenous Studies, University of Melbourne, Genevieve Grieves; Head of Art, Leonard Joel, Sophie Ullin; and Hanging Valley Art Consultancy, Kade McDonald.
2017 MITS students with Dustin Martin from the Richmond Football Club.
VICKY WATTS BY BENJAMIN THOMAS
The works are Watts’ personal evocation of the seemingly impenetrable Australian bush in the vicinity of her country studio, depicting scenes around the Mount Buangor and Langi Ghiran State Parks, and Hepburn Regional Park. Vicky Watts, Mt Buangor #12 (2016), acrylic on linen, 120 x 210cm.
Following a hugely successful inaugural year for the Burke Gallery, with two stunning exhibitions – First Light: Indigenous Art from the Trinity Art Collections and Beyond Woop Woop: John Kelly’s Antarctic Paintings – we are excited to present the work of a College alumna in 2018. Paintings by noted Australian artist Vicky Watts (TC 1980) will open in February with a series of her landscape paintings of western Victoria and Tasmania.
Yet rather than being broad panoramic reflections of the landscape that so often typifies this genre, they are tightly focused, cropped to the scene directly in front of the viewer. Watts’ portraiture presents a view that is immediate, placing the viewer directly in these captivating environments of filtered light and form. ‘The bush is its own world,’ Watts notes. ‘Beneath the canopy of forest leaves, thick trunks springing upwards, creating a maze of
horizontal lines. The lushness of the landscape is contrasted almost immediately, stumbling upon a patch of burnt bark and scorched the earth.’ Many of the Victorian scenes depict the area in the aftermath of controlled burning and then some months later with fresh green sprigs of regeneration. There is a clear sense of renewal amidst the blackened trunks of towering eucalypts. These works contrast wonderfully with the lush, cool temperature forests of Tasmania that seems to be all but resistant to fire. Together, the works speak of the diversity of the Australian bush. Watts’ landscapes will open in late February through until early May in the Burke Gallery. The Gallery is open on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10am–4pm, or by prior appointment.
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CLARKE: A BRIEF HISTORY
BY BENJAMIN THOMAS
As students packed their bags and emptied the College for the approaching summer holidays last November, teams of tradesmen almost simultaneously replaced them. Phoenix-like, the Clarke Building was being ‘revitalised’ through a major renovation, the first since the 1960s. The Clarke Building – also known as Clarke’s and the Clarke Buildings – is the second-last of the residential wings to undergo such a transformation, being part of a rolling capital works program that has become an annual summer occurrence over recent years as our heritage buildings are renewed and brought into the 21st century. Trinity College opened in 1872, and that same year admitted its first residential student. As the student population grew, so did demand for accommodation, which quickly outstripped available beds. The College decided to build a dedicated student residence, and the 23-room Bishops’ Building opened in 1878. It filled almost immediately. Such was the demand that some students were given lodgings in
College-owned properties along Royal Parade. Once again, the College Council faced an urgent need to provide additional student accommodation. It was decided that a new residential wing would be built.
Set at right angles to Bishops’, Fundraising for the new wing the new two-storey building was commenced in April 1881, with conceived in a similar neo-Gothic Melbourne businessman Richard style of Hawthorn brick with Grice pledging £250. An anonymous decorative Waurn Ponds sandstone donor committed a similar amount features. A south-facing cloister at a public meeting held at the end runs the length of the building, of the month to further the cause. intended to form the northern wing Delighted at this promising start, the of an enclosed ‘Great Quadrangle’ of Argus newspaper on 30 April 1881 Leonard Terry’s original 1869 master reported that ‘a good beginning has plan for the College. been made in the work of raising the funds required for the enlargement The project would cost £5,000, but of Trinity College’.
the College Council was intent on first It was estimated the project would removing an outstanding debt of £4,000. cost £5,000, but the College Construction of the building’s first Council was intent on first removing stage commenced in late 1882 an outstanding debt of £4,000 from according to Blacket’s design, the construction of the Bishops’ under the supervision of Melbourne Building. architect William Pritchard However, in June 1881, the College’s (Blacket died only months into the fortune changed sharply. Pastoralist construction). By July the following Joseph Clarke, year, the first students moved in. younger son of the In recognition of Joseph Clarke’s renowned colonial munificence, the College Council pastoralist and determined to name the new land baron wing the Clarke Building, also William ‘Big’ acknowledging his brother Sir Clarke, pledged William’s past support of Trinity. £5,000 to Trinity, the largest gift yet presented to the College. The funds were directed towards the new residential building.
Looking towards Bishops’ Building from the Clarke cloisters, c. 1900 – 1909, Trinity College Archives, MM 000119.
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Sydney architect Edmund Blacket (1817–1883), already well-known for designing that city’s St Andrew’s Cathedral and the University of Sydney’s main quad and St Paul’s College, was commissioned to design the new residential block.
Visiting Trinity to inspect the results of his brother’s philanthropy in 1883, Sir William himself now committed £3,000 towards the building’s cost, reinforcing the Council’s earlier decision to acknowledge both brothers. Joseph then promised a further £1,000 to the building fund, which almost covered the
Art & Archives In October 1974, the Clarke Building was justifiably added to the Victorian Heritage Register as being of state significance, being the Blacket family’s only contribution to the architecture of Melbourne. It continues to be one of Trinity’s highly-valued suite of heritage buildings that make up the Royal Parade campus.
Herbert Hunter (TC 1903) and a fellow student in a College study, probably in Clarke, c. 1903. Trinity College Archives, MM 002571.
entire costs of the project, now approaching £11,000. In March 1887, Sir William committed yet another £3,000, and work on the second stage commenced immediately under the supervision of the late Edmund Blacket’s architect son Arthur, and was completed the following year. The Clarke Building was officially opened on 30 July 1888. Clarke’s holds a special place in the history of Trinity, and like all the buildings is replete with its own stories and memories. Alumni often recall with great fondness their rooms in Upper or Lower Clarke. The building’s completion allowed the number of students in residence to rise to 50, a figure that would remain largely consistent until the First World War. Furnished with a Billiard Room, a Common Room and – for a time – a Wireless Room, the building has always catered for student recreational activities. Following the tragic death of student Max Bannister in a car accident in 1949, the Wireless Room was renamed the Bannister Room in his memory. For a time, however, students were denied the use of the building. Following the outbreak of war in 1939, Trinity housed the RA AF
School of Administration in the Clarke Buildings and the (now long gone) Wooden Wing. Students were relocated to the neighbouring Behan Building. The RA AF departed in late 1944. In the late 1950s, the size of the Common Room was doubled by ‘consuming’ the neighbouring Dethridge Library and toilets at the eastern end of the building. Photos of the renovation show the Billiard Room on the floor above seemingly precariously propped-up with timber struts as a huge steel roof beam was installed.
Almost 130 years after its opening, the Clarke Building continues to serve the residential student community in much the same way as it always has. The Billiard Room remains a place to relax, the billiard table augmented these days with gaming consoles and a flat-screen TV. The original Common Room, now the Junior Common Room (today, one of three Common Rooms), caters for a range of student events, fireside discussions with visiting scholars, and – of course – the Buttery (student-run bar). In 2017, the building also housed
The Clarke Building was justifiably added to the Victorian Heritage Register as being of state significance. freshman Will Clarke, the greatgreat-great-grandson of Joseph Clarke; a wonderful continuation of an enduring history of the Clarke family with Trinity College.
As Warden, Robin Sharwood had beautiful Shakespeare windows by 19th century leadlight artist William Montgomery installed on the central stairway landing, having been recovered from the now demolished Brighton mansion, ‘Norwood’. A companion suite of four windows was installed in the Bishops’ Building, which was being renovated at the View looking north across the Bulpadock towards Clarke Building and Bishops’ Building, c. 1903. Trinity College Archives, MM 002558. same time.
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making new friends, the stimulation of university and college life, the academic, social, sporting and cultural activities, and the freedom which college life provides. We have the opportunity to meet students from many disciplines during our time in college and make many friends for life. Nostalgia is not always a delusion. Professor John King (TC 1961), President of the Trinity College Alumni Association.
Nostalgia is a powerful emotion. The word is derived from the Greek nostos (to return home) and algia (pain) and describes a type of homesickness or melancholia caused by prolonged absence from one’s home or country. Nostalgia is a yearning for the lost past, and is particularly strong in college graduates who see days gone by in a rosy light while forgetting the stress of exams, finances, relationships and finding one’s place in the world. The fond memories arise from
Returning to Trinity these days is quite uplifting; the grounds are magnificent and the student body is remarkably diverse, talented and successful. One can’t help feeling how lucky one was to spend time in Trinity, so close to the University and among so many students destined to make major contributions to Australian life. A great deal of thought goes into the selection of each annual intake, and while academic merit is fundamental, the College is mindful of ensuring it takes a cross-section of our community. In many cases this
means providing or contributing to scholarships for some talented students who need financial support. Any alumni interested in this program should contact the College Advancement Office. The College’s Strategic Plan is now complete. It is about the future, the purpose of the College, the size and composition of the residential student body, the Pathways School, the Indigenous programs, the new buildings required, and many other aspects which will determine the course of the College over the next 10 or more years. If you are in the area, visit the College and if possible attend the various functions during the year to catch up with old friends. Alumni of all ages are very welcome at the Drinks Under the Oak in early March each year.
2017 QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY HONOURS Trinity College extends its congratulations to the following alumni and friends of Trinity who were recognised with Queen’s Birthday Honours in 2017. COMPANION (AC) IN THE GENERAL DIVISION OF THE ORDER OF AUSTRALIA Mr Julian MCMAHON (TC 1986 and Past Res Tutor) VIC For eminent service to the law and the legal profession, through pro bono representation of defendants in capital punishment cases overseas, as an advocate for the abolition of the death penalty, and to human rights and social justice reform. OFFICER (AO) IN THE GENERAL DIVISION OF THE ORDER OF AUSTRALIA The Right Reverend Kay Maree GOLDSWORTHY (TC 1981 and Current Board Member) VIC For distinguished service to religion through the Anglican Church of Australia, as a pioneer and role model for women, to church administration, and to pastoral care and equality. Professor Donald James ST JOHN (TC Non-Res 1959) VIC For distinguished service to medicine, and to medical research, as a gastroenterologist, to innovative public health cancer screening programs, and as a mentor of young clinicians.
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MEMBER (AM) IN THE GENERAL DIVISION OF THE ORDER OF AUSTRALIA Mr Peter Mark BUTLER (TC 1972) NSW For significant service to the community through a range of charitable organisations, and to the provision and promotion of pro bono legal services. MEDAL (OAM) OF THE ORDER OF AUSTRALIA IN THE GENERAL DIVISION Mr James Donald HIGGS (TC 1969) VIC For service to cricket. Mr Nathaniel John WHITE (TC 1959) VIC For service to the wine industry. MEDAL (OAM) OF THE ORDER OF AUSTRALIA IN THE GENERAL DIVISION Professor Margaret Mary SHEIL (Current Board Member) VIC For distinguished service to science and higher education as an academic and administrator, through significant contributions to the national research landscape, and to performance standards.
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ALUMNA WINS BILL COWAN ALUMNUS OF THE YEAR AWARD
BY TIM FLICKER
THE BILL COWAN AWARD A LU M
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Bill Cowan (TC 1963) and Lisa Gorton (TC 1990) standing as the sun sets on the Bul at Drinks Under the Oak in March.
Fittingly, on a glorious autumn evening on her favourite reading spot at Trinity College, the Bulpadock, acclaimed poet, essayist and novelist, Dr Lisa Gorton (TC 1990) was awarded the Bill Cowan Alumnus of the Year Award 2017, an award that recognises outstanding achievements by a Trinity alumnus or alumna during the previous year.
It explores a number of themes, including sex, class, family, love, death, change, and the pull of the past.
Lisa is a Rhodes Scholar and writer. She was the winner of the inaugural Vincent Buckley Poetry Prize in 1994, and won the 2008 Victorian Premier’s Award for Poetry for her collection of poems, Press Release. For her second poetry collection, Hotel Hyperion (2013) she received the 2014 Philip Hodgins Memorial Medal.
Lisa’s success is significant in celebrating the contribution of women to the arts.
In 2016, Lisa’s debut adult novel, The Life of Houses, was chosen as a joint winner of the Fiction Prize at the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards, and the People’s Choice at the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards. The Life of Houses, which had initially started as a prose poem, was converted into a novel to give the work a stronger narrative.
Lisa received the Bill Cowan award at this year’s Drinks Under the Oak event, held this year on the Bulpadock. It was attended by a record 244 alumni from across several decades of the College.
Lisa said she was a little embarrassed, but very honoured to be this year’s recipient of the award. ‘I feel so honoured to receive this medal, it’s named after Bill Cowan (TC 1963) for his really extraordinary commitment to the College, more than 20 years on the finance committee and more than five years as Chair,’ she said. The inaugural recipient of the award was Dr Jack Best AO (TC 1958), and the previous two winners were
lawyers Julian McMahon AC (TC 1986) and the Hon. Justice Geoffrey Nettle (TC 1974). With so many impressive alumni candidates across a wide range of areas, Lisa’s success is significant in celebrating the contribution of women to the arts. While studying and living at the College, Lisa remembers ‘very strong, impressive women’ in the arts at Trinity. ‘One of the things I feel privileged to have experienced at Trinity, was my contact with powerful, creative women,’ she says. ‘Susie King (TC 1988), who produced an amazing musical with Lucy Wilson (TC 1989), Mel Gray (aka Meow Meow) (TC 1988), Georgie Richter (TC 1989), Kiera Lindsey (TC 1989), and a lot of other women who have gone on to have careers in the arts. ‘There was also an opportunity to try things that you otherwise wouldn’t have the opportunity to try, and to spend time with people with other interests, and to discover their variety and their roundness and their quality of surprise.’
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REIMAGINING OUR SOCIETY THROUGH SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP BY ALEX HORTON (TC 2012)
threatens our longterm existence, a US populist president threatens the escalation of nuclear war in a destabilised Asia-Pacific and humanitarian crises litter the Middle East and South-East Asia. At the same time – as I navigate my path through my early 20s – we live in a world Colin Gifford (back row right) and William Mullins (not pictured) where our ability to piloting their initial social enterprise at Trinity. effect change is like no other period in Trinity is offering a new program human history. For example, rapidly aimed at teaching students developing technology means that I the principles of social can contact my friends at the touch entrepreneurship, including of a button from almost anywhere providing mentors to assist in the world, and learn about them in creating their own social practically anything with little more enterprises. than some smart Googling. This follows the successful Yet the societal ‘systems’ that guide development of a pilot project by my interaction in this new world students Colin Gifford and William belong to the old world. For example, Mullins that addressed mental our third largest export is education health awareness by encouraging yet we educate our students with a student participation in sport. higher education system out of touch The project was undertaken with the opportunities this new world in partnership with US-based provides. Rather than engaging Headspace, a company whose students and designing educational mission is ‘to improve the health experiences around student and happiness of the world’ through passions and talents, we have mindfulness and meditation become preoccupied with forcetraining via smart phone apps. The feeding students information and initiative demonstrates student knowledge that may not be relevant capabilities when given guidance in achieving their life goals. and mentorship to deal with issues they believe need addressing.
As the mentor tasked with building Trinity’s Social Entrepreneurship program, I have been given invaluable insight into my own capabilities to effect change. Support from the Trinity community has allowed me to kick-start my career on terms that suit my own values and allow me to maximise my opportunities. As I write this, humanity stands at a turning point. We live in a world where climate change increasingly
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It is clear to me that young people want to change things for the better. However, they are too soon confronted with the realities of needing to earn a living within outdated structures, and ultimately must adopt mindsets inherited from a past way of life. We need to fundamentally alter the way in which we face global problems, while redesigning our societies to adopt more cost-effective and environmentally friendly systems conducive to learning and change.
Social entrepreneurship, with the aid of technology and ever-growing networks in the government, business and community spheres, is an answer to conceptualising and implementing such changes. The Social Entrepreneurship program at Trinity will be designed to guide students from the ideation stages in conceptualising their own social enterprise, to launching initial pilots and giving them the opportunity to pitch their ideas to a panel of social entrepreneurship experts. The program will be supplemented by an extracurricular course and monthly workshops that will address topics from angel investing to applying for government grants. Entrepreneurship and start-ups are now omnipresent, and are increasingly becoming a choice for graduates. It excites me to see a program, initiated by Trinity, that allows students to apply their entrepreneurial zeal where they can address the challenges we face as a global community. As a pre-eminent education provider in the Asia-Pacific, Trinity is well placed to leverage regional and global trends to position itself as an effective global change-maker. While its Social Entrepreneurship program is very much in its beta stages, I believe it is possible through pertinent collaborations and the identification of relevant mentors for it to play a significant role in equipping young people with the skills to begin reshaping the societies they live in. Alex Horton (TC 2012) is currently running the Social Entrepreneurship program at Trinity. If you are interested in being involved, becoming a mentor or have any questions, please contact hortona@student.unimelb.edu.au
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BILL COWAN PORTRAIT UNVEILED, BUT MISSING BY BENJAMIN THOMAS
It was likely a Trinity College first; a newly commissioned portrait absent at its own unveiling. Such were the unusual circumstances surrounding the unveiling at the Founders and Benefactors Dinner in October of a superb portrait of Bill Cowan (TC 1963) – alumnus, past Board chairman and long-standing supporter of Trinity – by the acclaimed artist Nicholas Harding. When guest speaker and Director of the National Portrait Gallery (NPG) in Canberra, Angus Trumble (TC 1980), made his way to the lectern to share his characteristic wit and erudite musings on both the subject and genre, the portrait was hanging in his workplace in Canberra, being one of a select
group of works in the exhibition, Nicholas Harding: 28 Portraits. Standing at the lectern, Mr Trumble nevertheless showered high praise on the (missing) portrait, as well as the artist.
He observed with some amusement that the gallery had described [his portrait] as both ‘zesty’ and ‘benign’. ‘It is one of the stars of the NPG exhibition, as the portrait is one of Nicholas Harding’s finest,’ he said. Harding’s rich application of paint with a palette knife gives his paintings a dynamism and energy,
and this is particularly evident in his Cowan portrait. Those who know Bill will immediately see how the portrait accurately portrays his seemingly boundless enthusiasm and excitement – and Trinity is often the beneficiary of that energy. Addressing the guests at the blacktie dinner, Mr Cowan said when he visited the work in Canberra he observed with some amusement that the gallery had described it as both ‘zesty’ and ‘benign’. ‘I can assure you, these two words – zesty and benign – have never been used in relation to me personally,’ he said. Cowan’s portrait will be returned to the College at the end of the year and hung in the Dining Hall.
Installation view of Nicholas Harding: 28 Portraits, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, 2 September - 26 November 2017.
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Hugh, Claire, David, Victoria and Sam Middleton.
Baden Hitchcock, photo by Tiffany Parker.
THE MIDDLETON FAMILY Congratulations to the Middleton family - David, Victoria, Sam, Claire and Hugh – for their winery, Mount Mary, being recently awarded ‘Winery of the Year 2018’ at the Halliday Wine Companion Awards.
BADEN HITCHCOCK (TC 2013) Baden, a descendent of the Saibai people who inhabit an island in the Torres Strait, has had an amazing year. Early in 2017 he began training and performing with Bangarra, through the Russell Page Graduate Program. He performed in the national tour of Bennelong, premiering in Sydney and touring to Canberra, Brisbane and Melbourne. He then travelled to the Torres Strait Islands, with the company taking the work IBIS back to country, and also had the opportunity to tour internationally to Denmark and Germany with the programs, ‘Spirit’ and ‘Our Land People’s Stories’. He will also be performing later this year in ONE’S COUNTRY – The Spine of Our Stories, from 24 November at Carriageworks in Sydney. Baden is so grateful to be able to learn more about his culture and connect with family through song and dance. In his words, ‘Bangarra is such a unique company, being able to share the stories of this country intertwined with both traditional and contemporary knowledge.’
Mount Mary was started by the late Dr John Middleton (TC 1946) and his wife Marli (Janet Clarke Hall 1971), while John was practicing medicine in Lilydale. Introduced to fine wine by school friend, and later Seppelts Great Western senior winemaker, Colin Preece, John’s passion for wine was encouraged and fed by patients of his who were workers from the former Yarra Valley vineyards. To quote James Grant’s obituary for John in Trinity Today 2006, John planted his first vines in 1956, and began to experiment making wine ‘in plastic bins and glass demijohns’. The winery remains family-owned and operated, with John’s son David (TC 1970) CEO since 2006 (the year John passed away), and David’s children also involved in the daily operation and management of the estate. Claire Podsiadly (nee Middleton, TC 1999) is business manager, Sam (TC 2001) is head winemaker and Hugh (TC 2005) is responsible for Mount Mary’s web-based systems, in addition to his musical commitments and full-time role as a software engineer and web developer. Victoria (David’s wife and mother to Claire, Sam and Hugh) oversees the operations from behind the scenes. Mount Mary, one of the first vineyards planted in the resurgence of the Yarra Valley as a premium grape growing region, grows and produces premium quality table wines under two specific labels, Mount Mary Vineyard and Marli Russell by Mount Mary. The four Mount Mary Vineyard estate wines are comprised of two blends traditionally grown and made in Bordeaux, (Quintet and Triolet) and two varieties traditionally grown and made in Burgundy, (Pinot noir and Chardonnay). On accepting the Halliday award, David said, ‘To receive this commendation from such a renowned and wellrespected wine expert as James Halliday, means a lot to us and gives us great confidence for the future’.
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Baden completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts in dance at the Victorian College of the Arts. During his time at the VCA he worked with choreographers, including, Antony Hamilton, Lee Serle, Maria Randall, Line Limosani, Rebecca Hilton, Jacob Boehme and Prue Lang. While in residence at College, he was very active in the orchestra, Outreach Committee, Cooking Club, and was a participant in and Assistant Choreographer of the 2013 musical A Chorus Line. In 2016, he was part of ‘Dance Massive’ performing in Antony Hamilton’s work Nex and was also offered a place in ‘Indigenous Dance Residency’ at Arts House. He was a part of the Time Place Space Laboratory 2016, discussing and workshopping sustainable art practises and was also a part of the Water Futures Conference (Asiatopa) Melbourne sharing and collaborating with scientists and artists on how dance and/or art can be used to share indigenous knowledge of sustainable water and land practises. He most recently choreographed a work for Yirramboi First Nations Festival supported by Public Art Melbourne called In the Absence of. Baden was also a member of Short Black Opera company working with Deborah Cheetham on regional workshops focused on Indigenous youth and the production of Pecan Summer 2014 in Adelaide.
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CAITLIN MURRAY (TC 1987) It’s been 30 years since Caitlin was at College, and in her words, she was ‘bummed’ that she missed the 30-year reunion. ‘The photos were great!’ she says. ‘Looks like you had a fabulous night.’ These days, Caitlin works as an illustrator–designer for the children’s toy company, Tiger Tribe, and is currently illustrating a children’s book for publisher, Hachette Australia. Caitlin also has her own fine art practice under the name PESKY, and describes her work as ‘street-based photo–illustrations with a design edge’. Many of her representations of Melbourne inner-city structural icons, such as the Moran & Cato and Paterson buildings in Fitzroy, consciously feature webs of tram lines as being as integral to the artwork as the lines of the buildings themselves. Caitlin is represented by Port Jackson Press Gallery in Collingwood where she exhibits regularly. You can see her fabulous prints at portjacksonpress.com.au and her illustration work at caitlinmurrayillustration. com Caitlin lives in Melbourne with her husband, her cat and her many art projects.
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JU-HAN SOON (TC 2003) Work-life balance is something most of us aspire to, but rarely achieve. Ju-Han Soon is a man enjoying balance. An FS and Residential College alumnus, he completed his Bachelor of Engineering (IT) in 2006. Since then, Ju-Han has contributed to the delivery of many major projects for the Victorian railway industry, including creating passing lanes and upgrading level crossings along the MelbourneSydney railway and creating a new dedicated line for regional train services between Melbourne and Geelong (Regional Rail Link). He is currently a Systems Engineering Lead on the Rail Systems Alliance of the Metro Tunnel Project. But the creative side of Ju-Han, that complements his work life, lies in the performing arts. A consummate dancer in all forms – ballroom, Latin, ballet, jazz, contemporary and tap – as well as an actor and singer, he balances his challenging career with performance. His recent theatre roles include King Mongkut in Babirra’s The King and I, for which he was nominated for ‘Best Male Performer in a Leading Role’. We will keep you posted about upcoming performances!
MORGAN KOEGEL (TC 2010) At the age of 25, Morgan Koegel is not only the youngest member of the One Girl team, but also its CEO. One Girl is an organisation committed to educating girls across Sierra Leone and Uganda through programs that target gender inequality and factors that keep women out of the classroom. It was the focus on sustainable and smart development that drew Morgan to take up this post after studying the JD at the University of Melbourne. Previously, Morgan was Sector Development Manager of Prison Legal Education Australia, where she worked in prisons across the state, and CEO of Engage Education, a not-for-profit keeping Australian students from low socioeconomic backgrounds in school. She is a passionate believer in the power of education and the capacity for young people to do anything they set their minds to. The ambitious target to ‘educate one million girls across Africa’ is what in her words ‘gets her out of bed every morning’ and is what inspires her team. If you are interested in donating to or reading more about this amazing organisation and the work that Morgan is doing, go to onegirl.org
EUGENIE BUCKLEY (TC 1996) Eugenie is a trailblazer in the sports law industry, and was recently recruited to become Head of Commercial and Strategy, for the establishment of the Indo-Pacific Rugby Championship (IPRC). After living in College and studying Sports Law at the University of Melbourne, she created her own sports law practice, Ebsworth & Ebsworth, with clients such as the Australian Rugby Union and Olympic federations. She then moved in-house as Head of Legal and Commercial, Rugby World Cup 2003 and then General Manager, Business & Legal Affairs for Football Federation Australia and the International Cricket Council. The inaugural IPRC season is set to feature six teams, starting in August 2018. The season will run for 10 rounds between August and October, with the top four teams reaching the finals. Countries that have expressed interest include Japan, China, Singapore, Hong Kong, Samoa, Fiji, South Korea and Malaysia. We are pleased to report that if the ARU endorses the competition, players who sign for the IPRC will remain eligible to play for the Wallabies.
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JOHN THORN (TC 1983) John is responsible for launching the Trinity College musicals, producing and conducting, The Mikado (1984), The Boyfriend (1985) and Grease (1986). At Trinity, he formed the jazz band, Neo-Penguin with Nik Yeo (TC 1983) while completing his Bachelor of Science (Chemistry and Maths). He has since made music his career, completing a Bachelor of Music in 1990 and working as a full-time composer and musician. He has written five musicals and scored many cabaret and theatre shows, and has an international reputation as an accompanist for cabaret performers and improvisational theatre, including the shows, Spontaneous Broadway and Random Musical, which he also produced. John received the 2015 ‘Outstanding Contribution To Cabaret’ Green Room award and has received a further 15 Green Room nominations (winning twice). His recent projects include an original one man show, Background Boy, music for the movie, Ali’s Wedding, and an album of musical settings of Henry Lawson poems called, Looking For Lawson, described by Barry Humphries as ‘miraculous’. He has just returned from the Edinburgh Festival where he performed with Trinity alumna Melissa Madden Gray (TC 1988).
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JENNIFER PEEDOM (TC 1995) Jennifer Peedom is an Australian documentary filmmaker. Her documentary, Solo, (co-directed with David Michôd) won the 2009 Australian Film Institute Award for Best Documentary in Under One Hour. Her documentary, Sherpa, filmed during the 2014 Mount Everest avalanche, was nominated for a BAFTA Award in 2016 for Best Documentary. Jen‘s latest feature documentary, Mountain, is a cinematic and musical collaboration with the Australian Chamber Orchestra under the musical direction of Richard Tognetti. The film was distributed nationally in September this year, becoming the highest grossing (non-IMAX) Australian documentary of all time at the Australian box office. We hear that Mountain is the second in an ‘unofficial trilogy’, beginning with Sherpa, and planning to conclude with a dramatic feature on Tenzing Norgay, the Nepalese sherpa who in 1953 summited Mount Everest for the first time. You can read a wonderful interview with Jen about the making of Mountain at screenaustralia.gov.au (search for Jen Peedom).
IMOGEN COWAN (TC 2013) After leaving College in December 2014, Imogen joined Projects Abroad as a volunteer English teacher, working at Faraja Orphanage and Children’s Home in Arusha, Tanzania. Upon returning to Melbourne, she continued working for Projects Abroad in an ambassadorial role. Visiting College to speak at a Careers and Alumni Office workshop on volunteering, Imogen inspired students with stories about her experiences in Tanzania. She will travel to Nepal in January 2018 to focus on early childhood development in impoverished communities. While completing a Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Melbourne, with a double major in history and gender studies, Imogen was recently appointed as the Events Coordinator at Oaktree Foundation HQ. She is also an academic tutor with Tutoring for Excellence, specialising in English and Humanities across all ages including VCE. We were thrilled to recently welcome Imogen back to Trinity for Founders and Benefactors, where she witnessed the unveiling of the portrait of her father, Bill Cowan (TC 1963).
STEPHEN AMES (TCTS 1962) The Revd Canon Dr Stephen Ames is an adjunct lecturer at Trinity College Theological School and lectures in the History and Philosophy of Science program at the University of Melbourne. He is an associate priest at St Paul’s Cathedral in Melbourne. He holds PhDs in both Physics and Philosophy of Science. He is also the leader of Science Week at the Cathedral as part of the annual National Science Week. Earlier this year, in conjunction with Melbourne Writers Festival, Stephen helped arrange for Clive Hamilton to speak at the Cathedral about his new book, Defiant Earth. Respondents were Stephen and Ghassan Hage. In this session, before over 400 people, they ruminated on humankind’s undeniable impact on the planet, making the case for a new kind of anthropocentrism and the best ways in which humans should respond to challenges facing the Earth. Stephen recently presented two papers at Emmanuel College at the University of Queensland: ‘From Physics to Metaphysics, One Way or Another’ and ‘Human Inquiry and Icon of God’. Stephen is completing a book to be published in 2018, On God, Beginning with the Problem of Natural Evil.
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Drinks Under the Oak 2017 The president of the Union of the Fleur-de-Lys welcomed a record 244 alumni and guests to the annual Drinks Under the Oak on 3 March. It was a splendid evening with alumni spanning sixty-eight years, and plenty of inter-generational networking.
Iain Jennings (TC 1988), Leila Lee (TC 2004) and Pete King (TC 1989).
Peter (TC 1981), son Kit (current student) and Melissa Hebbard.
Sam Seward, Simon Hann, Campbell Jones and Simon Glover (all TC 1989).
Noaya Tashiro, Kane Lo, Hanna McCreath and Rhiuaridh Williamson (all TC 2012).
George Coleman (TC 2014 ), Edgar Bruce (TC 2013) and Will McFarlane (TC 2015).
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Senior students unite.
Greta Williams (TC 2012), Kirsten Callendar (TC 2012), Ness West (TC 2011) and Gaby Lefevre (TC 2012).
It was all you needed for a great night – mini golf, a competition, drinks and almost 100 young alumni! – David Dixon, Georgie Davie, and Jack Young were among those commended for their ‘skills’ (or lack of!).
Imogen Smith-Waters (TC 2011) and Marika Hall (TC 2014).
Sarah Van Der Post (TC 2014), Jack Young (TC 2013) and Hugo Edwards (TC 2012).
Will Breidahl (TC 2009).
Winners are grinners! David Dixon (TC 2014).
Jirra Moffatt (TC 2012), Charlie Martin (TC 2013) and Jack Dawson (TC 2014).
The Bar was pumping!
Olivia Whitaker (TC 2012), Lauren McKenzie, Fiona Gunn, Georgie Davie and Vicky Tan (all TC 2013).
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Singapore Gathering Many thanks go to Dr Susan Lim and Deepak Sharma, the very generous hosts of this year’s Trinity gathering in Singapore. News of the gathering, one of Trinity’s eleven alumni events held overseas in 2017, is spreading with over 30 in attendance this year.
Charles Taylor (TC 1994).
Claire Peterson (TC 2013) and Ken Hinchcliff (TC 1976).
Susan and Deepak’s beautiful residence.
Ken and Carole Hinchcliff, Dr Susan Lim and Deepak Sharma.
Luis Duhart (TC 2011).
Senior’s Lunch
James Murray (TC 1990) and Pheobe Ang (TCFS 1993).
Bryan Tan (TC 2004), Kai Shian Tan (TCFS 2004) and Leanne Kong (TCFS 2004).
At the Senior’s Lunch in the Dining Hall in April, Taffy Jones PSM AM spoke amusingly of his College days 60 years ago, to which fellow alumnus Dick Sutcliffe gave an apt and heart-felt response.
David Fenton (TC 1962), David Hedger (TC 1963) and Andrew Farran (TC 1957).
Geoff Burrage (TC 1947) and George Lucas (TC 1948).
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Nigel Buest (TC 1957) and Charles Clark (TC 1941).
James Houghton (TC 1953), Jennifer Wraight and Susan Simmons.
Taffy Jones (TC 1957).
Harold Riggall (TC 1960), Daryl Wraith (TC 1959) and John Guthrie (TC 1959).
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Founders and Benefactors The annual Founders and Benefactors took its traditional and elegant form this year with a splendid Chapel service and formal dinner in the Dining Hall. The occasion was further dignified by the unveiling by Angus Trumble of the College’s latest portrait - of Bill Cowan.
Bill Cowan AO (TC 1963) and Imogen Cowan (TC 2013).
Ian Solomon (TC 1989), Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Trinity College Foundation.
Matt Blair (current student).
The perfect evening.
BIll Cowan with family and friends.
The elegant table setting.
Ken Hinchcliff (TC 1976), Bill Cowan (TC 1963), Angus Trumble (TC 1983) and Campbell Bairstow.
20-year Reunion
Thanks to Hugh Abey, Jen Miller, Kate Huntington and Tim Bain for their amazing help getting the 1997 gang back together in April. The 90’s’ sound track and Tim’s amazing gold lamé pants brought all the memories back!
Marnie McQueen and Stephanie Williams (both TC 1998).
Nick Agar (TC 1997), Will Spraggett (TC 1996) and Julian Clark (TC 1997).
Hugh Abey (TC 1997), Patrick Renwick (TC 1996), Robert Craig and Tim Bain (both TC 1997).
Jen Miller and Nicol Gaffney (both TC 1997).
Meg Caffin (TC 1996), Anna Spraggett, Kelly Cooch and Sam Mellett (all TC 1997).
Don Markwell and Nick Armstrong (TC 1995).
Zoe Keon-Cohen, Marney McQueen ( both TC 1998), Tom Snow (TC 1996), Kate Huntington, Eliza Helm and Melissa 41 Hanton (all TC 1997).
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Cordner Oration The annual Cordner Oration, in honour of the Trinity family of footy legends, was held during the week of the preliminary finals, with another legend, Kevin Sheedy as guest speaker. With 91 people in attendance, the Dining Hall was in festive footy mode.
Current students James Wiffen and Matt Blair with Ruby Crysell, nee Ponsford (TC 1981).
Stuart Watson (TC 2012) and Philip Hall (TC 2011).
Campbell Bairstow, Stephen Cordner (TC 1971) and Ian Cordner (TC 1971).
Guest speaker Kevin Sheedy (fourth from right) with the Cordner family.
Chooty (Chicks Footy) team members and current students Caris McClements, Shannon Hanning, Stephanie Long and Lily Richards.
Kevin Sheedy entertaining the gathering.
London Gathering
Kind thanks to Julie Grills (TC 1989) and her husband Simon who very graciously hosted a gathering of Trinity alumni at their residence in London when Ken was visiting there in March. The London crowd are keen to get together soon, so stay posted. 44
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DR BRYAN DESCHAMP 3 JUNE 1943 – 28 FEBRUARY 2017
Bryan was born in Townsville, the son of Wallace and Winifred Deschamp, and educated by the Christian Brothers at Our Lady’s Mount, Townsville. From school, he entered the novitiate of the Carmelite Order, then at Hunters Hill, Sydney. After his first profession, he went to Whitefriars, Donvale, Victoria, where for the next five years he pursued his studies for the priesthood. His ordination, the first of a Carmelite in Queensland, was at St Stephen’s Cathedral, Brisbane, in 1967. Soon after, Bryan went to the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome to study medieval history, and then to the Catholic University of Louvain in Belgium where he began his doctoral studies on the writings of Blessed John Soreth. Back in Australia, he became student master at the Carmelite House of Studies at Donvale, and a lecturer at Yarra Theological Union in Box Hill. Bryan took leave from the Carmelites in 1976, and after teaching briefly at the Star of the Sea Convent in Brighton, was appointed resident tutor in history and psychology at Trinity College by Dr Evan Burge. Bryan also took up a position with the Commonwealth Department of Immigration and
Ethnic Affairs as the Senior Assistant Director of its Community Affairs and Information Branch.
courtesy, patience and gracious hospitality are warmly remembered by his many friends.
At Trinity, in 1978, he was appointed to the position of Dean and Deputy Warden. He continued to serve until September 1984 when he was appointed Regional Director for the Department of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs in South America, based in Buenos Aires. Bryan’s final words to the College are worth noting: ‘I have great hopes for the future of the College. The basis of this hope is the enthusiasm of the students and of the whole Trinity family for what the College stands for; discernment and the pursuit of excellence, modesty in its achievement and graciousness on sharing its rewards with others.’ In 1989, he joined the UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) on secondment from the Commonwealth Government. He retired from UNHCR in 2006 as Deputy Director of the Division of Operational Services. In retirement, Bryan was Director of Career Planning at the University of Geneva for its MBA program. He was also a co-founder of Humanitarian and Development Network. Bryan’s final move was to Rome where he died at Ostia. His unfailing BY JAMES GRANT AND BARBARA BURGE
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PETER GEBHARDT 23 AUGUST 1936 – 22 JULY 2017 ‘A lawyer with great understanding, a judge with great compassion, and a poet with great vocabulary’– Dr Siobhann Bourke, a former student of Peter’s at The Geelong College. The son of a South Australian farmer of German descent, Peter was sent to boarding school at Geelong Grammar at the age of six. Having a German surname during World War II meant he was made to feel like an outsider, even though his father was fighting with the Allied forces in Tobruk and New Guinea. A boarder until he was 18, Peter learned that he was vulnerable and that institutions can be damaging; he came to believe that the teaching process should encourage confidence – mental and physical. His maternal grandfather, whom Peter idolised, was Major General Edmund Drake-Brockman, a distinguished Australian soldier, statesman and post-war Chief Judge of the Federal Arbitration Court. Fittingly, in 1955, a 19 yearold Peter commenced law at the University of Melbourne. Following graduation, Peter taught English and Latin at Geelong Grammar before moving to Shore (SCEGS) in Sydney. As well as English, he was called upon to teach geography (new to Peter) as well as being the rugby coach, a game which he had only ever played once. He once wrote: ‘Monday morning assembly was sheer agony as 50-plus teams reported on their wins and losses’. In 1963, Peter married Christina and left for America where Peter was to take his Master of Arts in Teaching at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. It was at Harvard that Peter became acutely aware of the racial divide that was to influence so much of his life and work. ‘I became acutely conscious of our own dreadful history with respect to the original owners of the land,’ he wrote. ‘For me it was a moral turning point.’ After a stint at Milton Academy, Massachusetts, Peter, aged 29, became Headmaster of All Saints College, Bathurst (1967–1975), where he is remembered for his extraordinary vision and energy, and early advocacy of Indigenous education.
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Peter, aged 50, returned to law. First as a clerk, then barrister, and was appointed a judge of the Victorian County Court in 1996, where he served with distinction until his retirement 10 years later. His down-to-earth candour and championing of the underdog earned him criticism as a judge. A favourite saying of his that echoed both callings was, ‘Opening the doors for young people will save the need for keys to a cell.’ In 2008, Peter was enlisted as ‘a foot soldier’ by Trinity’s sixth Warden, Don Markwell and then Director of Advancement, Clare Pullar, to assist in furthering the Indigenous programs at Trinity. Peter commented that working with Aboriginal students, giving them support, care and love, made his post-retirement years a wonderful time. One of those students was Kyle Lancaster (TC 2008), who wrote: ‘I met Peter during a very difficult time. Many people came in and out of my life during this stage, but not Peter, he was always there for me during good times and bad times. Whenever my life felt as if it were spiralling out of control, his calm jovial voice would always give me comfort.’ Another former student, now medical doctor, Robert James (TC 2008) wrote: ‘Peter had a deep understanding of Aboriginal culture and tradition, and the difficulties most Aborigines face as a result of colonialism and displacement. Many of us came from fractured lives and Peter was the father figure in whom we could confide and from whom we could seek guidance. He frequently advocated for us, and through his incredible sense of justice and conviction, Peter ensured we had opportunities free of racism and equal to our peers. His passing signifies a great loss to us all.’ His last book of poetry, Crabbed Age and Youth, was a collaboration with another former Trinity student and poet, Dougal Hurley (TC 2011). In Dougal’s words, ‘Peter brought self-deprecating wit and a radiant ease to all of his encounters. He was a monumental man who taught me the value of reciprocity. His rare gift for making people hopeful and exultant about living will not be soon forgotten by all who knew him.’ Peter is survived by Christina, their children Nicholas, Sophie and Anna, and grandchildren Ruby, Max and Matilda.
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THE COLLEGE IS SADDENED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PASSING OF THE FOLLOWING ALUMNI AND FRIENDS OF TRINITY Mr Robert Charles BEARD (TC 1949)
Michael JOHN AO (TC 1950)
Dr Frederick Nicolet BOUVIER (TC 1942)
The Revd Canon Donald Walter JOHNSTON (TC 1948)
The Revd Roy Algernon BRADLEY OAM (1947)
Mr Ian Frederick LANGFORD (TC 1955)
The Rt Revd Robert Leopold BUTTERS (TC 1949)
Mr Lance Vane LANSELL (TC 1946)
Dr Graham Edward CARROLL (TC 1951)
Ms Melinda Jane LAW (TC 1984)
Mr Michael John COOK AO (TC 1950)
Mrs Jill LOTONw, wife of Brian Loton (TC 1950), Senior Fellow, and mother of Warwick (TC 1984), and Grandmother of Lachie (TC 2010) and Jackie (TC 2013)
Mr John Pruen CORDNER (TC 1947) Dr Bryan Desmond DESCHAMP (TC 1976) Sister Margaret DEWEY SSM, first Principal of JCH His Honour Judge Sheamus Peter GEBHARDT (TC 1955) Mr Antony GRAGE (TC 1959)
Mr Donald MICHELL (TC 1942) Dr John Craze Henry MORRIS AO MBE (TC 1948) Mr Peter Gustav Bryan NELSON (TC 1955) Mr Martin William O’DONOVAN (TC 1972)
Mr Andrew Douglas GRUMMET AM
Mr Peter OSBORNE (TC 1949)
Dr Janet Robin GUTHRIE (JCH 1960) Dr Margaret HENDERSON (JCH 1933, TC Non-Res 1933) Mr Raymond Franklin HENDERSON (TC 1940) Lady Leila INGLIS, widow of Sir Brian Inglis, past Senior Fellow, and mother of Barbara, Alison (TC 1977) and Andrea (TC 1980) Wiliam (Bill) Robert Mitchel IRVINE OAM, the inaugural Chairman of the Trinity College Board
Ms Tanya Cheree ROBINSON, former staff 1998–2004 Mr Philip Anthony Vere ROFF (TC 1956) The Hon Adrian Allfree SMITHERS (TC 1953) Mr Michael Hugh STANNUS (TC 1954) Mrs Roberta Mary Cobbold TAYLOR (JCH 1946) Mr Donald Henry VON BIBRA AO (TC 1951) Mr David William WILLSHIRE (TC 1954)
SAVE THE DATES 2018 EVENTS
••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Friday 16 February – ‘Sub 40’ Drinks in Melbourne Friday 2 March – Drinks Under the Oak Thursday 8 March – International Women’s Day Breakfast Saturday 24 March – Hobart Gathering Wednesday 11 April – Senior’s Lunch Saturday 14 April – London Gathering Saturday 28 April – 20-Year Reunion (1998) Friday 18 May – 30-Year Reunion (1989) Friday 1 June – Sydney Gathering
Saturday 30 June – Young Alumni Event Friday 17 August – 40-Year Reunion Friday 21 September – Cordner Oration Breakfast Friday 26 October – New York Gathering Saturday 27 October – Los Angeles Gathering Friday 9 November – Hong Kong Gathering Saturday 10 November – Shanghai Gathering Friday 16 November – 50-Year Reunion (1968) Friday 23 November – Young Alumni end-of-year drinks
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