Ringaroo June 2015 Old Collegians News

Ballarat Clarendon College 06/15 23Reunions 12 3 430-Year Saturday 21 February 2015 - MacFarland Hall1 David Robinson, Bruce Campbell 2 Heather Mather, Bruce Garner, Andrew Draffin 3 Matthew Webb, Annette Keegan (Matthews), Janet Fraser (Mather),Timothy Emery 4 Jane Wilding (Shippen), Kylie McLennan, Simone Byrne (Titheridge), Helen Morris (Wheaton) 2 1 3Rowing Saturday 28 February 2015 - K.D. Baird Boatshed1 Principal David Shepherd, Jaclyn Smith, Phillipa Bain 2 Tom Liubinas, Jack Ronaldson, Andrew Lansdell, Sandy Stewart, Oliver Dalton 3 Cate Littlejohn,Claire Boatman, Grace McDonald, Emma Littlejohn, Tash Wrigglesworth, Rachael Maher, Jessica McIver

24 Reunions 2 1 3Clarendon Ladies Saturday 2 May 2015 - Watson Hall1 Joan Leeder (Swan), Annette Moodie, Barbara Kinnersly (Paige), Sandra Ballard (Deveson), Beverley Neil (Rickard), Ramona Keenan (Sutton) 2 Rosalie Bushnell(Butler), Margaret Alpen (Hirth), Helen Woodhouse-Herrick (Woodhouse), Jan Faulkner (Lee), Jennifer Bawden (Lockhart), Helen Drew (McCoy) 3 Mary Greene(Cameron), Robyn Hanson (Peters), Faye Baker (Henderson),Wendy Graham (Peters) 1 23 4Stawell Wednesday 13 May 2015 - Brix Hotel1 Clarendon Ladies enjoy catching up over lunch 2 Rita Perry (Rowland), Fay Matthews (Dunlop) 3 Rosemary Darwinkel (Pearse), Jean Smith, Beryl Hair(Rogers) 4 Jan Clarke, Joan Burke (Cooper), Margaret CochranUpcoming 2015 Reunion Dates5-Year 50-Year 10-YearSaturday 25 July Saturday 8 August Saturday 17 OctoberPlayers for Pink Girls Football Reunion 20-YearFriday 7 August Saturday 22 August

Ballarat Clarendon College 06/15 25 Gifts to Clarendon… John Garbutt’s medals 1930 CPLC school photo Ballarat College sports and school lists Thank you to the following people who have Kelly, Mary (staff) generously donated items to our collection in Ballarat Clarendon College event programs - Into the Woods 2012; recent times. Many of these items have been Showcase 2005; The Her Majesty’s Concert; Hey Mr Vendy Concert 2000; catalogued to the Museums Victoria database RAGS 1993 Victorian Collections and can be viewed @ victoriancollections.net.au Leckie, Harold G B (BC 1940) Miniature photographs of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th 1939 Ballarat In the following notes, the initials BC stand for Ballarat College, College rowing crews CPLC for the Clarendon Presbyterian Ladies College, and BCC for our present school. Peer years (ie the year the peer group would have McInerney, Joan (CPLC 1938) completed Year 12) appear in brackets after names. CPLC school prize awarded to Joan Oddie for Dancing (Gift of Miss These notes were compiled by Archivist Heather Jackson. Lascelles) signed by Janet M McDonald, Principal, December 1937 Davies family – Richard (BCC 1986), Kizanne (BCC 1987), Photograph – whole of CPLC school on postcard, c 1930s, taken in Samantha (BCC 1990) and Cameron (BCC 1993) quadrangle Mair Street campus Medals awarded to John Garbutt (Principal Ballarat 1877-1909) CPLC Workbook (Biology) - Geelong National Grammar School 1858 medal and ribbon Exercise book for 5D Biology notes - Geelong National Grammar School 1860 Dux of the School The lamp burns brightly, CPLC 1964 - P W V V L H Sword Competition, Ballarat Troop, 1880, 4th prize Oxlade, Peter Three book prizes awarded to R P J Oxlade (1934py), Dux of Remove Badge - The Kings Royal Rifle Corps Upper 1932 (2 vols) and Fifth A Upper 1934, Ballarat College. Newspaper excerpt relating Ballarat College to John Garbutt Ravindranayagam, Noel (BCC 2013) and Mark (current student) Notes re John Garbutt’s education and career Bound copy of The Minervan 1933-1938 Gordon, Debbie (CPLC – BCC 1975) Clarendon Presbyterian Ladies College 1967 Christmas Card

26 Gifts to Clarendon… 1939 3rds crew 1939 4ths crew Ballarat College Cadet Corp badge 1939 2nds crew 1939 1sts crew Schlipa, Reg Skinner, Helen (CPLC 1956) CPLC blazer with embroidered pocket and lapel pin Clarendon Presbyterian Ladies College brown wool tunic c1968. Worn by Christine Bland (CPLC 1967) Karmouche, Robert (BCC 1975) Ballarat College school list 1945, 1946 Philippa Rowland (CPLC 1968) Ballarat College Athletic Sports programs 1945,1946 The Touchstone, 1957 -1959, 1962 – 1967, 1969 Woodhouse-Herrick, Helen (CPLC 1967) Ballarat Old Collegians cuff-links CPLC Progress Prize, Form II B, awarded by Principal Margaret Ballarat College Cadet Corp badge McPherson, December 1959 Ballarat College High Jump over 16 medal awarded to J Rintoule (BC 1891) for 2nd place 1890 Philippa recalls… Miss McPherson used to come once a week to the Prep School to read to us and the books chosen were then presented Unidentified donor as prizes at the end of the year. Mrs Langham was the Head of the Clarendon College Old Collegians’ Association 48th Annual Report Junior School, and Mrs Tolliday and Mrs Alexander (who used to play and Balance Sheet the piano for our morning assemblies) the other teaching staff. We Mounted photographs: CPLC 1920 Tennis would gather, at the bell, in the concrete yard at the back of the school, firsts; CPLC [c1920] Hockey team; CPLC Gymnasium class in in rows on the concrete lines, before filing in to the large room for schoolyard; CPLC students in residential garden assembly. We would have our fingernails and uniform inspected and we also had to show a handkerchief. We also had lunch and afternoon naps in the large room, and had folk dancing, plays, and other special events. Royal, Ann (CPLC 1957) CPLC blazer embroidered pocket The Touchstone 1957 Authorisation receipt for 1957 pocket embroidery Pocket braid for house and school colours Photographs Chitra (Boonsoong) Tonsakull (1960py); 1956/7 Hockey team (informal), named; 1957 Athletics team with Miss White, named

Ballarat Clarendon College 06/15 27Old Collegians NewsThese notes were compiled by Heather Jackson her Intermediate Certificate in 1948 with Norman Dunlop, front row third from leftwith assistance from Di Hook. They include news passes in English Expression, English Literature,received to mid-May 2015. Geography, General Science, Arithmetic and Norman Thomas Dunlop (1951) boarded at Drawing. She was affectionately known Ballarat College 1948-1949. A keen sportsmanTo ensure information is published please notify as “Campbell” by her friends at school. On Norman was on the Sports Committee 1949the school of any death, engagement, marriage completing school she returned home to and Vice-Captain of the First XI, obtainingor birth, and receipt of a personal-information Marnoo to care for her mother who had colours in cricket and tennis.update is always welcome. been unwell. Andrew and Margaret farmed firstly at Mitchell’s Hill, then Gre Gre South Marjorie Annie Edith (Geddes) Wills (1933) onDeaths before moving to Streatham in 1969. They left 12 November 2014, wife of James (dec), mother farming in 1978 and retired to Ballarat. Margaret and mother-in-law of Ian and Barbara, JoyWhere the information is known, notification is remembered by her family as ‘a true lady of a and Douglas, Anne and John, Susan and Johnof the death of an Old Collegian will include the bygone era, with impeccable manners and very and Andrew, grandmother of 11 and great-name of the spouse, the names of all children, gracious - a quiet and faithful woman of prayer’. grandmother of 13. Marjorie boarded at CPLCbut only the names of grandchildren if current from 1930-1933, obtaining her Intermediateor past students. CPLC 1943 Prefects - Dorothy Joyce (Brazenor) Coburn Certificate in English, French, History, (1943) back row, far right Geography, Arithmetic, Algebra, Commercial Neil Douglas top right Principles and Practices. Dorothy Joyce (Brazenor) Coburn (1943) onNeil Douglas (1949) on 29 June 2014. Neil entered 18 August 2014, wife of David Coburn (1943), William Purcell, third row centreBallarat College in 1945 gaining his Intermediate mother of Pam (1968), Jane (1971), Alison (1973),in 1947. A member of the First XVIII, Neil obtained Peter (1975), grandmother of Isabel (2009), William Peter Purcell (1945) on 28 Septemberfootball colours in his final year. Charles (2012), Prue (2015). Joy attended CPLC 2014, husband of Marie. Peter entered Ballarat from 1933 until gaining her Leaving Certificate College in 1937 . In his final year, Peter was Margaret (Campbell) McPherson far right, in 1943. Joy was a Prefect, a member of Walker School Captain, Garbutt House Captain and with two friends House and played in the 1st Hockey and Tennis Head Prefect. He was awarded a Harold Boyd teams. She became an active Old Collegian Wanliss Memorial Prefects’ Prize and the JMargaret (Campbell) McPherson (1950) on and was President of the Clarendon Old Lobban Memorial Athletics Prize, obtaining13 March 2015, wife of Andrew McPherson, Collegians in 1965, Secretary of Ballarat College school colours in football, cricket and athleticsmother of Greg, Ian and Sue. Margaret grew Ladies’ Committee 1972-73 and sub-committee and house colours in football, cricket, athleticsup on the family farm locally known as the member of the Inaugural Ballarat and and tennis. Peter was a member of the Library“Ridge” about 5 miles west of Marnoo and Clarendon Old Collegians Association. committee and the Minervan committee. Heattended Clarendon Presbyterian Ladies recorded the following impressions of his timeCollege from 1946 as a boarder, completing Jennifer (Mackay) Neels (1976) on 23 April 2014, sister of Pam Conner (1977), Dianne Price (1980) and Maxine Troon (1986). Jennifer attended Clarendon from 1974-76.

28 Old Collegians Newsat Ballarat College. I was initially sent to a From 1974-1992 Frank lectured at Aquinas Birthstiny state school at Jeruk but must have been College. He also served on the Buninyong Shirea problem [!] as I was then sent to Ballarat Council before its amalgamation in 1992. Alison and Aaron Kerr (1994) – a sonCollege as a boarder in the second term of 1937. Geordie DavidI was the only new boy and two years younger Mark Andrew Wilson (1975) on 13 April 2015, Megan (Fraser) (1991) and Richard Thachthan the next youngest boarder. Little did I husband of Melinda, step-father of Jeromy and – a daughter Sarah Claire Fraser Thachknow that I would go on to love school life, Emily. Mark boarded at Ballarat College frombecome a highly respected School Captain and 1972-1975. Meg and Kain Richardson (1998) – a daughtercaptain of the football and athletic teams! Sophie Elizabeth The school notes the sad passing ofFrank Ritchie (1944) on 7 May 2015, husband Sally-Anne Vawdrey on 11 April 2015. Fiona (May) (1998) and Luke Amery – a sonof Elizabeth, father of David (1972), Stephen Sally-Anne taught speech and drama at William James(1974) and Alastair (1988) and grandfather of the school since 1991. Her contributionsix. Frank attended Ballarat College during to the life of Clarendon, including the Penelope (Jackson) (2005) and Sam Braidthe war years serving as School Captain, Head broader Performing Arts community, was – a daughter Jemimah RosePrefect and Vice-Captain Henderson House in highly regarded by students and fellow1944. He rowed (3rd crew, 1941; 2nd crew 1942; staff members. The school recognises the Sally and Kyle Ponder (2011) – a son1st crew 1943-4) and in 1943 the College crew legacy that she has left with her students Archer Abramwon Head of the Lake. Frank was a member of over 24 years, which included much morethe first Football Team and the Athletics Team than just speech and drama. Kyoko and Jeremy Russell (2002) – a daughterin the Combined Sports, obtaining school and Emika Gracehouse colours in football, rowing and athletics. EngagementsHe was also a member of the Library and Lily Chirnside to Rob Cameron (2005) Kathryn (Sutherland) (2002) and EdwardMinervan committees. Jessamy Kaval (2005) to Nicholas Avery Harcourt – a son Thomas McHughIn 1944 Frank joined the Navy serving Marriages Jane (Kearney) (2001) and Ryan Stevens (1998)overseas on the minesweepers HMAS Cowra Stephanie Van Velzen (2005) to Eamonn Nolan – a daughter Frankie Joanand HMAS Echuca. Following the war he Aliesha Robertson (2002) to Daniel Daltoncompleted his education at Ballarat High Andrea (Armstrong) (1999) and Colin MilnerSchool and the University of Melbourne Angus Brown (2002) to Courtney Allingham (2002) – a daughter Hannah Gracegraduating with a degree in Fine Arts andHonours in English Literature. Catherine (Faull) (1987) and Julian Sunter – a daughter Jacqueline FyfeIn 1966 Frank returned to Ballarat Collegeas Head of English, teaching English and Michelle (Longhurst) (2002) and Mark Brutyeconomics, directing the annual senior school – a son Edwin Jamesplay and coaching the rowing firsts to winningHead of the Lake in 1970, 1972, 1973 and 1974. Samantha Davies (1990) - a daughter AvaTwo memorable races included 1970, whenthe “super-crew” powered by the Gaunttwins easily won the Head of the Lake thencontinued on to win the Australian NationalSchoolboy Championships against fierceopposition from Victorian and interstate crewsand 1973, when the crew, stroked by Frank’sson Stephen, won from behind in a nail-bitingfinish against the favourites, a strongermore experienced Grammar crew.

Ballarat Clarendon College 06/15 29Courtney (Walker) (2005) and Ryan Luke Lois (Fraser) (1956) and Peter Fisher (1954), firm practice Family, Commercial/Business– a daughter Sophie Rose have retired to Esperance, WA after farming and Litigation Law. in the area.What are they doing now? (chronological) Adam Trafford (2003) won two categories at Julie Ann Morrison (1975) has recently been AFL Victoria’s 2014 season community footballJohn Irwin (1942) celebrated his 90th birthday based in London as Managing Director of media awards. His photograph titled Mascoton 27 April 2014. He is in good health and lives both Bulgari UK and Australia. Previously, Julie was judged the Best Football Photographin Ivanhoe with his wife Janet. Ann has been MD in the fashion industry and (Character). Adam also took out the Best Action completed a MA in creative media. She has Photograph in the VFL/TAC Cup competitionIan Sloan, AO, FAA (1954), Professor of the now returned to Australia to take up some for Hands In.School of Mathematics and Statistics at the board roles and consulting on marketing, retailUniversity of New South Wales, has told us that and the arts in both London and Australia. Brooke Lockett (2004) has been namedhe was incorrectly referred to as a member ambassador for the Australian Ballet’sof the 1954 premiership football team in the Patrick Irwin (1978) is a structural engineer Philanthropy program 2015-2016.December 2014 issue of Ringaroo. Prof Sloan’s specialising in forensic investigation. Currentlybrother, Charles, was a member of the 1954 the National President of the Building Dispute Rebecca Boschert (2008) has continued toteam while his father Alec Sloan, Principal from Practitioners’ Society and member of the Building pursue her career as a Clinical Pharmacist1946-1956, was the coach. Ian Sloan was in fact Appeals Board. Patrick lives in Port Melbourne. at The Royal Melbourne Hospital along withthe time-keeper of the 1954 match and told being Chairperson of the PSA Early Careerus that “it was a job with some responsibility, Lyndall Jenkin (1986) is currently undertaking Pharmacists’Working Group. She was awardedgiven that in 1953 the timekeeper rang the bell a Master of Teaching (Secondary). She has the Victorian & Australian Pharmacy Studentrang five minutes early, (‘because the man in been working in the family’s retail business of the year award in 2013.black told me to’) just after St Pat’s took the for 22 years.lead!” The identity of the ‘man in black’ remains Keith (Jen Chea) Wong (2010) is now based ina mystery, despite much speculation. Adam Taylor (1997) has recently become Hong Kong with Morgan Stanley. Director and Principal Solicitor of Taylor Stratmann Lawyers, a mid-sized Law Firm Chloe Rinaldi (2014) has been awarded the $15,000 with offices located in both Hamilton and George Alexander Foundation Scholarship at Casterton in Western Victoria after purchasing Australian Catholic University. Chloe is currently Stratmann & Co Lawyers in January. Adam studying nursing and paramedics. practices law mainly in the fields of Property and Probate while the other solicitors in the