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ALOYSIA D<br />
‘Men for Others’
from the rector<br />
It is often the case that when renovations or a house move<br />
are undertaken, a forgotten-about treasure pops out of the<br />
recesses of a cupboard or drawer. Just that happened<br />
earlier in the year when some of our offices were relocated.<br />
A small book appeared, beautifully bound in leather with<br />
gold lettering: Vita Aloysii, “The Life of <strong>Aloysius</strong>”. Written in<br />
Latin. And there was an inscription:<br />
“Presented by Joseph J Spruson to <strong>St</strong> <strong>Aloysius</strong>’ College,<br />
Auburn, Bourke <strong>St</strong>reet Sydney, on the occasion of the<br />
opening of the College, 17 September, 1883.”<br />
The youngest boy in the College, Christopher Kohout (Year 3),<br />
examines the oldest artifacte in our possession (apart from the<br />
sandstone wall?). Vita Aloysii is nearly fifty times Chris' age.<br />
Auburn was the name of the old house on the second<br />
College site at Darlinghurst. Spruson had no connection<br />
with the College. He was an Irish Catholic, a patent and<br />
copyright officer with the government, who also owned the<br />
impressive Royal Princess Hotel at Victoria<br />
Cross North Sydney (which boasted<br />
three floors and twenty rooms). He<br />
is recorded as one of the founders<br />
of the <strong>St</strong> Vincent de Paul Society in<br />
Sydney. A good man. And also a<br />
collector of books.<br />
I looked more closely at the<br />
book and was more surprised.<br />
It was the second edition of<br />
this “Life of <strong>Aloysius</strong>”, printed<br />
in 1609 – only eighteen<br />
years after <strong>Aloysius</strong> died.<br />
More than 400 years<br />
old. Spruson would<br />
have appreciated the<br />
antiquity of the book.<br />
He would have known<br />
the Jesuits at the time<br />
would also have<br />
appreciated it for<br />
their library. So<br />
this book will, at<br />
last, find its way<br />
to our Archives. But being Latin, few will ever read it from<br />
now on. A four-hundred-year-old collectible.<br />
<strong>Aloysius</strong> Gonzaga the <strong>St</strong>udent.<br />
Attributed to El Greco<br />
But that “fate” does<br />
not disappoint me at<br />
all. It does not worry<br />
me because the life of<br />
<strong>Aloysius</strong> is not something<br />
trapped in a costly antique<br />
book. Rather, it is a story<br />
everyone here knows. It is<br />
a story of appeal because<br />
it is full of youthful idealism<br />
and energy. It is a story<br />
of virtue and service, of<br />
faith and justice. I know<br />
many Aloysians, old and<br />
young, who aspire to it.<br />
Many model and live it<br />
– from the youngest boy<br />
engaging in his first Arrupe Outreach Programme in the<br />
Junior School to Old Boys expressing their generosity in<br />
service years upon graduation.<br />
Recently I was given another book from Italy on the<br />
life of <strong>Aloysius</strong> – this one in Italian! The book was of extra<br />
interest in that it contained a portrait of the fourteen-year-old<br />
<strong>Aloysius</strong> painted while the family were with relatives at the<br />
court of Spain. The artist was said to be none less than<br />
El Greco. I had read that such a portrait existed, but had<br />
never seen a copy. Though not everyone agrees it is from<br />
the hand of that master, it certainly has some “El Greco<br />
touches”, especially the fine hands. Cards have been<br />
printed from it for the boys this <strong>Aloysius</strong>’ Day.<br />
Vita Aloysii is not the only slice of antiquity to come our<br />
way in recent times. The other concerns <strong>St</strong> Francis Xavier.<br />
One of the first Companions of <strong>St</strong> Ignatius – that band which<br />
was later to become the Society of Jesus – was Xavier. The<br />
two Spaniards shared a room in college at the University<br />
of Paris where they studied together. And Xavier was the<br />
hardest for Ignatius to win over. They were to become the<br />
best of friends.<br />
The young Xavier surely once imagined that upon<br />
his graduation, he would have returned to a secure<br />
and comfortable life, administering the family estates in<br />
Navarre, northern Spain. How wrong he was. Then, after<br />
joining the Jesuits, it seemed (given all his talents and noble<br />
connections) that an attractive ministry in Europe lay ahead<br />
of him. Wrong again. A need suddenly arose for Jesuits<br />
in the East. The King of Portugal had asked for two Jesuits<br />
for Goa in India. This at a time when the Jesuits numbered<br />
only ten. The night before sailing, one of those chosen fell<br />
ill. Xavier was to substitute. When told of the task, it is<br />
recorded he simply replied to Ignatius, “Good! I’m here<br />
and ready.” Within twenty-four hours, he found himself en<br />
route to a mission which took him to the very edge of the<br />
known world. He was never to see Ignatius again. Did he<br />
agonise over his limitations? Or over the risks (fifty percent<br />
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Year 12 Geography students (l-r) Tom Doolan, Ben Patterson and Alex Agius explore the Scherer map.<br />
of such travellers in those times perished at sea through<br />
shipwreck, disease or pirates)? Was he self-preoccupied? I<br />
think not. He was a free man and disponible. “The world is<br />
our home” is how early Jesuits interpreted Ignatius’ concept<br />
of mission and mobility. That is how Xavier lived. For the<br />
next twelve years he journeyed through India, present day<br />
Malaysia and Indonesia, then Japan. He died a lonely<br />
death off the coast of China in 1552, believing that if he<br />
could convert that nation, all of Asia would follow. In his<br />
missionary journeys, Xavier was at first intolerant of other<br />
faith traditions. But along the way, he began to understand<br />
what Jesuit “accommodation” (adaptation to times, places<br />
and circumstances) really meant. With simple beginnings,<br />
what we now know as inter-religious dialogue began. After<br />
his canonisation, Xavier was named the Patron Saint of<br />
Missions. So, when Australia was yet a missionary land, he<br />
was adopted as one of our national Patrons.<br />
With the assistance of a generous gift from the families of<br />
the 2009 Year 12 graduates, the College has been able to<br />
acquire a three-century old map which outlines “The Journey<br />
of <strong>St</strong> Francis Xavier from Europe to India and Japan”. The<br />
map was made by the noted Jesuit map-maker, Heinrich<br />
Scherer SJ (1628-1704). Scherer taught as Professor<br />
of Hebrew, Mathematics and Ethics at the University of<br />
Dillingen. Thereafter he obtained positions as tutor to the<br />
sons of various European nobles. It was during this period<br />
that his lifetime's work as a cartographer received acclaim<br />
and recognition.<br />
Scherer's World Atlas, the Atlas Novus – comprising of<br />
seven separate volumes – was first published in Munich in<br />
1702. Scholars say it formed a singularly unusual, almost<br />
revolutionary, work in terms of the development of European<br />
map-making at the beginning of the 18th Century. What<br />
makes Scherer's maps so unusual is their highly decorative<br />
Catholic iconography and the thematic nature of many of<br />
the maps, which draw heavily from the history and growth of<br />
the Jesuit order. Why would a Jesuit become a map-maker?<br />
In one sense, some of Scherer’s maps were “promotional”<br />
items, displaying very graphically the Jesuit missionary<br />
enterprise. But more than that. It is yet another expression<br />
of “finding God in all things”. Scherer had an artistic and<br />
technical gift, so he gave God glory by expressing it. The<br />
world – and all those geographies and cultures which it<br />
embraced – was also God’s gift. So Scherer’s pen and<br />
palette captured and shared that gift with others.<br />
Xavier’s response to Ignatius at the start of this heroic<br />
mission was bursting with enthusiasm. In the last letter he wrote,<br />
still fired up and only three weeks before his death, that he was<br />
planning to go to Siam should his entry to China be frustrated.<br />
A man of bold dreams and desires to the end.<br />
“Direct me for the best!” prayed <strong>Aloysius</strong>. “I’m here and<br />
ready!” was Xavier’s response to an apostolic need. Fine<br />
Patrons for our boys. Models for us all.<br />
Fr Ross Jones SJ<br />
Rector<br />
THE ALOYSIAD<br />
Executive Editor: Fr Ross Jones SJ<br />
Editor: Murray Happ (SAC 1985)<br />
Assistant Editor: Magar Etmekdjian<br />
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<strong>St</strong> <strong>Aloysius</strong>’ College<br />
Senior: 47 Upper Pitt <strong>St</strong>reet, Milsons Point NSW 2061<br />
Telephone: 02 9922 1177, Fax: 02 9929 6414<br />
Junior: 29 Burton <strong>St</strong>reet, Milsons Point NSW 2061<br />
Telephone: 02 9955 9200, Fax: 02 9955 0736<br />
Website: www.staloysius.nsw.edu.au<br />
Cover pic: The Cast of The Producers.<br />
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from the principal<br />
At our opening Senior School Assembly for 2010,<br />
thirty-three of our graduates of 2009 were our<br />
guests. Others of our top forty academic achievers<br />
were overseas on Gap years. Alex Cubis, son of Brent<br />
Cubis (SAC 1977), was acknowledged as College Dux<br />
and spoke of his experience of school. The presence at the<br />
Assembly of the graduates from the prior year has become<br />
something of a tradition in recent years. They are rightly<br />
held up as models for the younger students, for as I noted<br />
at the assembly:<br />
At this school we refer frequently to the ideal of generosity<br />
and to the goal of the formation of the whole person. These<br />
young men have embodied our ideals and they show that<br />
one can achieve academic excellence and at the same time<br />
be generous in participation and involvement. Two have<br />
represented Australia in sport; many played for our Firsts in<br />
various sports. Four have had their work selected for <strong>St</strong>ate<br />
exhibition in Drama, Music and Art. Thirty-six undertook the<br />
Kairos Retreat. Some have just returned from an immersion<br />
experience in Vietnam; some will be working this year in<br />
an orphanage in Africa. Some were leaders of the College<br />
Cadet Unit, while others were members of our <strong>St</strong> Vincent<br />
de Paul and Benenson Societies. Some were outstanding<br />
school leaders, while others were among the quiet members<br />
of the Year level. They were involved across every aspect<br />
of school life. They grew in friendship and in generosity.<br />
Their presence here is a reminder that whether you aspire<br />
to excellence in your studies, or in any other area of activity<br />
or interest, it is possible to achieve success and to be ‘men<br />
for others’. It is possible to develop the whole person – this<br />
is our dream for every student here this morning. Their<br />
presence this morning should give us confidence in this task<br />
of growth and education.<br />
This year the academic performance of the school, as<br />
with all schools, has come under added scrutiny thanks to<br />
the launch of the Federal Government’s My School website.<br />
The launch has been accompanied by ongoing debate<br />
about the accuracy and efficacy of this approach. Many<br />
parents are attracted to the ideas of accountability<br />
and transparency, while many<br />
professionals in the area argue<br />
about its equity and its impact<br />
on teaching and learning. The<br />
press also played the launch as<br />
a freedom of information issue<br />
and provided a spectacular<br />
four-page <strong>St</strong>ate-wide league<br />
table.<br />
<strong>St</strong> <strong>Aloysius</strong>’ fared well<br />
in The Sydney<br />
M o r n i n g<br />
Herald’s<br />
tables, ranked<br />
twenty-second<br />
in the <strong>St</strong>ate<br />
in the Senior<br />
School (and ranked the second highest non-government<br />
school) and thirteenth in the <strong>St</strong>ate in the Junior School. In the<br />
Government’s own listing of ‘like schools’ across the nation<br />
we stood out in our grouping of schools, second only to<br />
Sydney Grammar School. The spotlight was heightened<br />
when The Weekend Australian published in May what<br />
it described as ‘the definitive list of Australia’s best 100<br />
primary and secondary schools for literacy and numeracy’.<br />
<strong>St</strong> <strong>Aloysius</strong>’ featured in the top thirty schools in all four lists<br />
in the newspaper.<br />
It should be said that while such results were very<br />
pleasing, broadly speaking they should be expected, as<br />
we are a partially selective school. We are not selective<br />
in the sense of a James Ruse High School or a Sydney<br />
Grammar School, but we do have an entry examination<br />
as a factor in the selection process because of our more<br />
limited curriculum in the Senior years. On the other hand,<br />
we do not offer any academic scholarships (one way that<br />
schools have of maintaining a certain level of HSC results).<br />
It could also be argued that many other schools are de<br />
facto partially selective through their interview process and<br />
the fees they charge. Additionally, one could note that <strong>St</strong><br />
<strong>Aloysius</strong>’ has relatively large class sizes and more modest<br />
resources than some of the bigger, more expensive schools,<br />
though of course we compare well in resources to the<br />
majority of schools.<br />
Leaving aside the issue of publicity for the moment, My<br />
School will have some value to the College, especially<br />
as information accumulates over a number of years. It<br />
might enable us to recognise relative weaknesses in our<br />
programme in a particular area of the curriculum, or a<br />
relative weakness in a particular cohort that needs more<br />
attention. The ability to compare ourselves to other schools<br />
that we judge as relevant to our style and population is of<br />
more use than simply having our statistics compared to a<br />
generic <strong>St</strong>ate average.<br />
It is worth noting, however, from the point of view of the<br />
site’s intention to better inform parents, that parents need<br />
to be fully aware of its limitations and of the problems that<br />
may be associated with a publically accessible site and the<br />
attendant league tables.<br />
Firstly, in terms of accountability, schools such as ours<br />
already provide consistent, hard evidence of what is, or is<br />
not, working. The national Naplan testing of literacy and<br />
numeracy in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9, the Year 6 Religious<br />
Education test in Sydney, the numerous University-sponsored<br />
competitions we enter, the fifteen formal school examination<br />
periods from Years 3-12, the School Certificate and the<br />
Higher School Certificate, all give specific feedback to<br />
parents on their sons’ academic progress.<br />
Secondly, the publicity surrounding My School carried<br />
too much ideological colour. Much initial coverage was<br />
framed around government versus non-government schools,<br />
often with inaccurate or superficial detail. Such reports are<br />
often linked to comment on Federal Government funding of<br />
non-government schools, ignoring the fact that 80% of all<br />
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Top achievers 2009 HSC<br />
Government funding goes to government schools, when, for<br />
example, in cities nearly 50% of secondary school students<br />
attend the non-government sector.<br />
Thirdly, what was largely ignored was that perhaps<br />
the biggest issue in public education, especially in NSW,<br />
namely the relation between Government selective and<br />
comprehensive schools. The data clearly identifies this as<br />
being the biggest range in results between schools. It is<br />
clear that there are a number of factors that could influence<br />
or distort rankings, as distinct from the quality of each<br />
school, factors that render comparisons in league tables<br />
questionable. Recorded differences based on geography,<br />
between states, and between city and country, go beyond<br />
the performance of individual schools. The evidence suggests<br />
that the socio-economic status of parents has an impact in<br />
determining the ‘best’ schools, though it is encouraging to<br />
see a school such as Macquarie Fields High School do so<br />
well, while some very wealthy schools are not on the lists.<br />
Gender is also a factor, so that, for example, over 50% of<br />
the top fifty secondary schools in literacy are girls’ schools,<br />
while less than 25% in numeracy are girls’ schools.<br />
The downside to this competitive, public outing is that<br />
schools may focus strongly on teaching to the Naplan tests.<br />
Anecdotal accounts already point to some schools heavily<br />
focusing on this testing, even though, unlike say the HSC,<br />
such tests were not intended for such use. They are meant<br />
to be diagnostic tools for identifying issues with students<br />
and teaching, and not as mechanisms of assessment.<br />
Tutoring and coaching and undue focus in the classroom<br />
will distort such results and even render them invalid as<br />
tools to improve literacy and numeracy. Another drawback<br />
of the focus on Naplan testing is that such a narrow focus<br />
may impact adversely on the teaching of the creative arts,<br />
science, social sciences and the like.<br />
The focus on academic results should not blind us to the<br />
wider implications of the various approaches to the roles of<br />
schools in contemporary education. One of the challenges<br />
facing schools is the sheer range of expectations placed<br />
on them – educating the young and/or preparing them for<br />
the workforce, conferring life-skills and/or teaching students<br />
to think, acting as substitute parents and being part of the<br />
welfare net, transmitting cultural identity, and so on. In all this<br />
there sometimes seems to be an ever-rising tide of pressures<br />
on students and schools alike: the impact of technology in<br />
areas such as cyber-bullying and social networks, drugs,<br />
violence, family breakdown and conflicting models of<br />
parenting, mental illness, confusion over values, and so on.<br />
Naturally enough we question as to how we can provide<br />
a safe and nurturing environment, as well as one that is<br />
competitive and successful.<br />
The novelist, Kurt Vonnegut, has reflected: “What should<br />
young people do with their lives today? Many things<br />
obviously. But the most daring thing is to create stable<br />
communities in which the terrible disease of loneliness can<br />
be cured”. I’m not sure that many of us would associate<br />
community building with being “the most daring thing”, but<br />
however we look at the world, whether from the point of the<br />
environment or economics, from the viewpoint of justice, or<br />
the healthiness of relationships, to issues of depression and<br />
acceptance, the challenge to make better community is a<br />
compelling one.<br />
The New York Times recently detailed a study identifying<br />
the root of many problems in schools (poor academic<br />
performance, bullying etc) as resulting from the fact that<br />
“some students just don’t feel any ‘connectedness’ to their<br />
school, the teachers, other students or even their parents”.<br />
This can lead them to believe that no one will worry or<br />
even notice if they do badly, and can even encourage<br />
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from the principal (cont'd)<br />
poor behaviour to attract attention. The study, from the<br />
American Centre for Disease Control and Prevention and<br />
the Division of Adolescent and School Health, focuses on<br />
the various protective factors that influence the well-being<br />
of students. It concludes that “of the protective factors,<br />
school connectedness was found to have huge impact on<br />
the health, well-being and educational outcomes of the<br />
students”. The challenge then, for schools and parents was<br />
to forge connectedness.<br />
Educational research has increasingly validated this<br />
focus on community, and on the significance that is<br />
attached to school community and to student connectedness<br />
with school. Authors over recent years have increasingly<br />
highlighted school culture or climate, teacher-student<br />
relationships, student engagement and school spirit or<br />
bonding, to describe that sense of belonging that can<br />
influence, positively or otherwise, student learning, and<br />
even student well-being.<br />
The nurturing of a sense of community at <strong>Aloysius</strong>’ thus<br />
serves both a formative role in preparing the boys for the<br />
world, and an educational role in influencing learning and<br />
performance. Encouraging participation and involvement in<br />
a wide range of school activities, providing opportunities<br />
for community, giving priority to experiences of belonging<br />
and connecting, all help prepare the boys for a world in<br />
need of a stronger sense of community, both locally and<br />
globally, while also improving their educational outcomes.<br />
By and large, friendships are made and treasured at<br />
<strong>St</strong> <strong>Aloysius</strong>’ College, and comments from the outsider are<br />
frequently made as to how well the boys know each other,<br />
even across Year levels. Our relatively small size ensures that<br />
the boys do come to know each other. The Tutor System,<br />
the Pastoral Services’ Team, our retreat programmes, the<br />
involvement of Prefects with the younger Years, all seek to<br />
build connectedness. It must be stressed that they are not<br />
incidental to the academic enterprise. We seek to forge<br />
opportunities for connectedness by providing opportunities<br />
for teamwork or creativity or friendship. The remarkably<br />
wide co-curricular programme here at the College, which<br />
gives priority to student participation in activities where they<br />
will gain life, and where they can give support to each<br />
other, plays an important role in helping the boys to feel<br />
that they belong, are valued and are happy. Sport, Music,<br />
Drama, Debating and Cadets all play an invaluable role<br />
in connecting the boys, in providing good experiences<br />
of belonging and participation. <strong>St</strong>udies have also shown<br />
that faith and active membership of a faith community are<br />
also significant protective factors. In a school context our<br />
expression of our faith, through liturgy and prayer, can<br />
strongly reinforce our sense of belonging and the values that<br />
shape our identity.<br />
The College is a strong academic performer; I would<br />
like to think that it is an even strong performer as an<br />
educational community.<br />
Fr Chris Middleton SJ<br />
College Principal<br />
AMDG<br />
The 2010 Australia Day<br />
Honours List<br />
The College warmly congratulates the following Old<br />
Boys who were recognised in the 2010 Australia<br />
Day Honour's List:<br />
Rev Fr Dr Peter L'Estrange SJ, AO (SAC 1966) who<br />
was awarded an Officer in the General Division of the<br />
Order of Australia (AO) for service to higher education<br />
and to the community through the Catholic Church as an<br />
administrator and academic. Fr L'Estrange was for many<br />
years the Rector of Newman College at the University<br />
of Melbourne and is a Past Rector of Campion College,<br />
Oxford. He is currently at Georgetown University in<br />
Washington DC as Special Assistant to the President of<br />
the University.<br />
Don Burke OAM (SAC 1964) was awarded a Medal<br />
in the General Division of the Order of Australia (OAM)<br />
for service to conservation and the environment through<br />
advisory roles, to the horticulture industry, and to the<br />
media as a television producer and presenter. For many<br />
years Don hosted his own show, Burke's Backyard on<br />
the Nine Network and has produced a number of other<br />
lifestyle shows for television.<br />
Professor Andrew Short OAM (SAC 1963) was<br />
awarded a Medal in the General Division of the Order<br />
of Australia (OAM) for service to science in the area of<br />
coastal studies, and to the Australian Beach Safety and<br />
Management Programme. Andy is widely regarded<br />
as Australia's foremost authority on coastal issues like<br />
beach erosion and is leading research into the possible<br />
effects of climate change on Australia's coastline.<br />
Barry Rubie OAM (SAC 1949) was awarded a<br />
Medal in the General Division of the Order of Australia<br />
(OAM) for service to the community through the Asthma<br />
Foundation of Western Australia. Barry has been<br />
involved in the Asthma Foundation of Western Australia<br />
for many years and was honoured for his work by being<br />
appointed an Honorary Life Member of the Foundation.<br />
He has served on the board of the Foundation for many<br />
years and has been a tireless fundraiser and advocate<br />
for Asthma.<br />
The College warmly congratulates each man for his<br />
award.<br />
Laus Deo Semper<br />
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from the development office<br />
In every corner of the College, students, staff and Jesuits<br />
are benefiting from the faith-filled generosity of you, our<br />
benefactors. The extraordinary generosity of the Aloysian<br />
Family over the past year has enabled the College to<br />
provide better facilities for our boys, more educational aids<br />
to promote and encourage a greater sense of learning and<br />
has assisted a large number of boys through the provision<br />
of means-tested bursaries.<br />
Dalton Hall rises from the excavation site.<br />
Junior School - new buildings.<br />
The ongoing financial support of the entire Aloysian<br />
Family is vital if we are to remain at the forefront of boys’<br />
education in Australia.<br />
Phase I of the College Masterplan, the extension of and<br />
renovation to the Junior School was completed in October<br />
2009. This work, costing over $2.5 million has seen<br />
the construction of a multi-purpose room, specialist Music<br />
facilities, a Science laboratory, sports storage equipment,<br />
a new under-croft play area and some tutorial rooms. The<br />
Junior School students and staff report that the facilities are a<br />
great improvement and have enabled the College to reduce<br />
the number of students in classes, whilst retaining the overall<br />
student numbers in the Junior School.<br />
Phase II of the Masterplan, the construction of a new<br />
building next to Wyalla commenced in October 2009. This<br />
building, to be known as Dalton Hall, after the Founder of<br />
the College, Rev Fr Joseph Dalton SJ, will provide the College<br />
with much needed facilities. Dalton Hall will be home to a<br />
new College Gymnasium, a championship size basketball<br />
and volleyball court, a 25 metre indoor pool, eight new<br />
classrooms, some tutorial and seminar rooms, change room<br />
facilities, off-court training areas and the College Uniform<br />
Shop. Dalton Hall is scheduled for completion in late 2010,<br />
ready for Day 1 of Term I, 2011.<br />
Phase III of the Masterplan, the renovation of the<br />
Main School Building will hopefully commence in 2012,<br />
depending on funds being available.<br />
This work will see the creation of specialist Music and<br />
Drama facilities, the construction of a new College Canteen<br />
and casual dining area (very popular with the boys!) and<br />
the renovation of existing classrooms<br />
The College is humbled by the active generous support<br />
of so many people. In 2009 over 3,000 donations were<br />
made to the College Foundation. These gifts totalled more<br />
than $1,800,000, a significant increase on the 2008<br />
figure of $1,300,000.<br />
On behalf of the students, staff and Jesuits of the College<br />
I would like to thank every member of the Aloysian Family<br />
for their generous financial and personal support of <strong>St</strong><br />
<strong>Aloysius</strong>’ College. With the ongoing support of everyone,<br />
our great school can only get better!<br />
Murray Happ (SAC 1985)<br />
Director of Development<br />
Junior School - new buildings<br />
Excavation work on the site of Dalton Hall.<br />
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A Jesuit School for Boys _ Founded 1879 aloysiad / page 7
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<br />
Mr and Mrs V Aboud Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs D Acton SAC 1988<br />
Mr and Mrs A Alexandrou Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs A Ashcroft Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs G Ashton-Maxwell Past Parent<br />
Mr A J Avery<br />
Current Parent<br />
Dr P Bannon SAC 1944<br />
Mr and Mrs S Bartels SAC 1981<br />
Mr and Mrs A Baumgart Past Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs B Begbie Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs R Benitez Current Parent<br />
Mr N Bennett SAC 1946<br />
Mr S Biddle SAC 1989<br />
Mr L D Blattmann and Ms B M McGree<br />
Current Parent<br />
Dr G Boffa OAM and Mrs L Boffa Past Parent<br />
Mr J F Bourgeois SAC 1959<br />
Mr and Mrs D F Brimson SAC 1977 Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs W P Burton SAC 1944<br />
Mrs P Cahalan<br />
Past Parent<br />
Dr and Mrs A P Cahill SAC 1935<br />
Anonymous<br />
Current Parent<br />
Dr G E Carroll SAC 1973<br />
Mr T J Cavill and Ms A J Mirams SAC 1980 Current Parent<br />
Mrs A Chalk<br />
Past Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs A P L Chalmers Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs B Chan Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs D P H Chan Past Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs J M Chase Past Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs R Chen-Chow Past Parent<br />
Dr and Mrs C Cheng Current Parent<br />
Mr D J Chick and Dr K E Ilbery Past Parent<br />
Mr B J Clarke SAC 2000<br />
Mr and Mrs B Clibborn Past Parent<br />
Mr M R Cockburn and Mrs R Crowe<br />
Past Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M Conlon Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P F Cordi Current Parent<br />
Mr P Cornwell and Ms C Rice Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs D P Courtenay Current Parent<br />
Dr K R Cramer SAC 1956<br />
Mr R D J Crawford and Ms A Gum Gee<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr L J Creek and Ms H M Barrett<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P Crellin SAC 1986<br />
Mr M A Cromer SAC 1993<br />
Mr M G Crooks SAC 1985<br />
Mr L P Crowley SAC 1942<br />
Mr and Mrs M S Crumpton Current Parent<br />
Mr A M Daly and Ms R A Burton Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs D Dang Current Parent<br />
Dr S M Danieletto Past Parent<br />
Mr C W Davies and Mrs G Wong-Davies<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr R De Fina SAC 1958<br />
Mr and Mrs P J de Gail Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs D L Deetlefs Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs R A Dembecki Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs R Dennett Past Parent<br />
Mr X H J Desdoigts and Ms F Coonan<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs K F Dixon Past Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs S J Dixon Current Parent<br />
Dr and Mrs T D'Netto Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs T J Doolan Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P J Downs SAC 1987 Current Parent<br />
Mr P Doyle and Ms M Cassidy Current Parent<br />
Mr H W Driver SAC 1993<br />
Mrs L Duffy and Mr J Duffy Current Parent<br />
Mrs M C Duncan and Dr R Baber Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs D A Dwyer SAC 1988<br />
Dr and Mrs R P Eaton Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs B M Egan SAC 1967 Past Parent<br />
Mr V Egan OAM SAC 1935<br />
Mr J Elhindi and Ms J Mansour Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs D H Emanuel SAC 1962 Current Parent<br />
Dr and Mrs R E Evans SAC 1983 Current Parent<br />
Mr P Evans SAC 1964<br />
Mrs S Favaloro<br />
Past Parent<br />
Mr P F Flynn SAC 1952<br />
Mr and Mrs P T Ford SAC 1954 Past Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs J Fox-Smith Past Parent<br />
Dr and Mrs P Freeman SAC 1968<br />
Mr and Mrs J Fuentes Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs T D Gabbedy Current <strong>St</strong>aff Member<br />
Dr L E Georgeson OAM SAC 1944<br />
Mr and Mrs M Georgeson Past Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs R L Giannone Current Parent<br />
Dr G Gibson SAC 1945<br />
Mr N J Gibson and Ms I Rusak Current Parent<br />
Mr P D Grace and Ms A G Pearman<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs J B Grant Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs C S Greaves Past Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs D Green Current <strong>St</strong>aff Member<br />
Mr and Mrs K Greenaway SAC 1955<br />
Mr and Mrs G Hajjar Past Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs B D Hamer SAC 1959 Past Parent<br />
Mr M G Hand and Ms R <strong>St</strong>anley Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M J Happ SAC 1985<br />
Current <strong>St</strong>aff Member<br />
Mrs S P Harrison<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs J M Hartigan Past Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs B L Hayes Current Parent<br />
Assoc Prof and Mrs B T Haylen SAC 1970 Past Parent<br />
Mr P Haylen SAC 1978<br />
Mr and Mrs B J Heddle Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs A J K Hioe Past Parent<br />
Mr R H L S Ho and Mrs E I Lie Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M J Humphreys Current Parent<br />
Mr A Hyde SAC 1955<br />
Mr and Mrs P Iliffe Past Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs R Ingui Current Parent<br />
Investec Bank (Australia) Limited Friend of the College<br />
Mr and Ms J P Jacobs Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs R J Janssen Current Parent<br />
Mr B J Jenkins SAC 1943<br />
Mr and Mrs J B Kain Current Parent<br />
Dr and Mrs P J Kavalamthara Current Parent<br />
Mr R Keaney SAC 1982<br />
Mr H Kendy and Ms M Odagaki Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs S R Knight Current Parent<br />
Dr and Mrs A J Knox Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs E B Korhonen Current Parent<br />
Mr F Kunc SC, KHS and Ms F J Rourke<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mrs D Landers<br />
Past Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs O E Larach Past Parent<br />
Mr L B S Lee<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs K A Leighton Current Parent<br />
Mrs C J Leong<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mrs I L'Estrange<br />
Past Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs S D Levy Past Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P Lewis Past Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs S D Lewis Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs D A Lidbetter SAC 1988 Current Parent<br />
Mr D Lill and Ms M M C Leung SAC 1983<br />
Mrs N Lill<br />
Past Parent<br />
Mr M Lopresti SAC 1997<br />
Mr Y Lui and Mrs S Cheung Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P C Lynch Current Parent<br />
Dr and Mrs L Macken SAC 1983<br />
Mr and Mrs G J Malouf Current Parent<br />
Mr C J Manion and Mrs C M Logan<br />
Current Parent<br />
Dr F Martin AM and Mrs M Martin<br />
Past Parent<br />
Mrs V Maruno<br />
Past Parent<br />
Mr J F Mastrangelo Jr and Mrs L Mastrangelo Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs V Mateffy SAC 1979 Past Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs G P May Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs T M Mazaraki SAC 1986 Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs D P McCarthy SAC 1944<br />
Mr N McCarthy and Ms S J Vincent<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M McClatchey Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs S J McEwen Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M McFadden SAC 1948 Past Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P McGirr SAC 1965 Past Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs A J McGloin Current Parent<br />
Dr G R McNally and Dr S Lynch Current Parent<br />
Mrs B McNally and Mr J McNally Friend of the College<br />
Miss M Meyer<br />
Current <strong>St</strong>aff Member<br />
Emeritus Professor J F Miller AC FAA FRS SAC 1948<br />
Mr and Mrs G J Mitchell Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs A Molloy SAC 1988<br />
Mr A J Moon SAC 1987<br />
Mr and Mrs M Morris SAC 1955<br />
Mr R G Morris and Dr P Hector Past Parent<br />
Mr P Morton SAC 1947<br />
Mr and Mrs B Moscaritolo Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs R Murphy Current Parent<br />
Mr L A Newton SAC 2006<br />
Mr and Mrs A Nicotra Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs I A Nimac Past Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M C Nissen SAC 1983 Current Parent<br />
Mr and Dr J W Nolan Past Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs B C Noonan Current Parent<br />
Mr C H Norville SAC 1944<br />
Professor Emeritus Sir G Nossal AC CBE FAA FRS<br />
and Lady L Nossal SAC 1947<br />
Mr and Mrs D Nott Past Parent<br />
Mrs J Nysen<br />
Past Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M J O'Donnell Current Parent<br />
Mrs L M Oehlers and Mr J G Oehlers<br />
Past Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs A S Ojong Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs B O'Loughlin SAC 1987<br />
Mrs M O'Loughlin Past Parent<br />
The Hon Judge J O'Meally AM, RFD and Mrs M O'Meally<br />
Past Parent<br />
Mr G O'Neill SAC 1956<br />
Dr K O'Shannessy SAC 1959<br />
Mr S A Pacak and Ms R M Nelson<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs T E Parker Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M L Pastega Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs R J Pelletier SAC 1968 Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M Peric Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M Perkins Current Parent<br />
Assoc Prof and Mrs V Perkovic Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs S G Perks Current Parent<br />
Mr T Perriman SAC 1949<br />
Mr A Perry SAC 1959<br />
Mr and Mrs V C Pham Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs J J F Playoust SAC 1949<br />
Mr H J Polin SAC 1936<br />
Mr and Mrs K Poon Past Parent<br />
Rev Fr P Quilty SAC 1954<br />
Mr and Mrs A B Raeside Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P M Rafferty Past Parent<br />
Mr B Rathborne SAC 1953<br />
Mr P L Richardson Past Parent<br />
Mr A Robertson SAC 1942<br />
Mr H Robinson<br />
Friend of the College<br />
Mr and Mrs C T Rowbotham SAC 1971 Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs I Russell SAC 1948<br />
Ms A Rustamzadeh Current Parent<br />
Mr A J Ryan SAC 1946<br />
Mr A T S Ryrie and Ms S M Sherwood<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs G San Pedro Past Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs T P Scollon Past Parent<br />
Mr J B Scroope SAC 1942<br />
Dr J H Seymour FRCS, FRACS SAC 1940<br />
Professor A G Shannon AM Past <strong>St</strong>aff Member<br />
Mr and Mrs P W A Sherlock Current Parent<br />
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A Jesuit School for Boys _ Founded 1879<br />
aloysiad / page 8
Mr J H Sherwin SAC 1945<br />
Mr and Mrs C S Shum Past Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs S Sims Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs S G Sinclair Current Parent<br />
Prof and Dr A P Sindone Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs T Smyth Past Parent<br />
Dr and Dr R M Sorial Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs E D Spooner Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs L Sudarmana Past Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs J B Sullivan SAC 1943<br />
Mr V P Sweeney and Mrs J Pastega<br />
SAC 1972<br />
Mr and Mrs K Szymanski Past Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs R Tai<br />
Past Parent<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr S Tandjung and Mrs J Wijono Current Parent<br />
Mr G M M Thompson SAC 1949<br />
Mr P A Thompson SAC 1948<br />
Mr and Mrs L A Ticehurst SAC 1979 Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs S Trovato Current Parent<br />
Dr and Mrs V Tsang Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M T Tsang Past Parent<br />
Mr I A Tsang SAC 2005<br />
Mrs D Vincent<br />
Friend of the College<br />
Mr and Mrs E Vozzo Current Parent<br />
Mr W G Wade and Ms P McCarthy<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M J Walcott Current Parent<br />
Mr V M Walsh SAC 1948<br />
Mr and Mrs S B Walters Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs T M White Past Parent<br />
Mr L A White and Mrs C E Allibone-White<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mrs J Wilkinson<br />
Past Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs W Winship SAC 1944<br />
Mr and Mrs H H C Wong SAC 1983<br />
Mr P G Wyatt SAC 1963<br />
Dr and Mrs B Wyeth Past Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs K Yee Past Parent<br />
Mr C J Yee SAC 2003<br />
Mr and Mrs G Zakos Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs W Zhang Current Parent<br />
<br />
Mr and Mrs D Acton SAC 1988<br />
Mr and Mrs R M Aldridge Past Parent<br />
Dr and Mrs P W Anderson Current Parent<br />
Ms M Armstrong<br />
Past Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs G Ashton-Maxwell Past Parent<br />
Mr J A Barnes SAC 1956<br />
Mr and Mrs J P Bartolotta Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs L Benaud Past Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs J R Bergin SAC 1957 Past Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs W M Bergin SAC 1968<br />
Dr G Boffa OAM and Mrs L Boffa Past Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs T G Bradbury SAC 1983<br />
Mr S J Bright SAC 1969<br />
Mr and Mrs D F Brimson SAC 1977 Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M Brown Past Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs B J Buncle Current Parent<br />
Mr K Burges SAC 1946<br />
Dr and Mrs T Carroll Current Parent<br />
Dr and Mrs M A Casey Current Parent<br />
Mr A J Chalk and Ms S M Singarayar<br />
SAC 1980 Current Parent<br />
Dr and Mrs E S K Chan Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P Choy Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M D Collins Current Parent<br />
Mr D C Collins SAC 1962<br />
Mr and Mrs A Coulton Past Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs L Crisanti Current Parent<br />
Mrs P Cunningham Past Parent<br />
Mr P G Currie SAC 1948<br />
Mr and Mrs A J Darwell SAC 1981<br />
Mr C T Davitt SAC 1996<br />
Mr and Mrs P J de Gail Current Parent<br />
Mr P de Lasala SAC 1975<br />
Mr D J Dignam SAC 1964<br />
Mr H C Dillon and Mrs A K Britton<br />
SAC 1970<br />
Mr P B Donnelly SAC 1944<br />
Mr H W Driver SAC 1993<br />
Dr and Mrs D M Droulers SAC 1944<br />
Mr and Mrs X Droulers SAC 1947<br />
Mr and Mrs P Dugan Past Parent<br />
Mrs M C Duncan and Dr R Baber Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P M Ellis Current Parent<br />
Mr and Ms R P Emery Current Parent<br />
Mrs J M Evans<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M I Fitzgerald Current Parent<br />
Dr and Mrs M P France Current Parent<br />
Dr and Mrs P C Frederiksen Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs C P Gall Current Parent<br />
Dr G Gibson SAC 1945<br />
Mr and Mrs T W Gillis SAC 1980 Current Parent<br />
Mrs L Gillis SAC 1940 Past Parent<br />
Dr and Mrs P Goldrick SAC 1984<br />
Mr and Mrs K Greenaway SAC 1955<br />
Rev Fr J F Grumitt SJ Friend of the College<br />
Mr D I Hamilton SAC 1948<br />
Mr and Mrs M J Happ SAC 1985<br />
Current <strong>St</strong>aff Member<br />
Mr and Mrs B L Hayes Current Parent<br />
Mr M D Healey and Mrs M A Hamilton<br />
Past Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs A M Hogan Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs G A Holloway<br />
Dr R Honner SAC 1952<br />
Mr and Mrs L Ioannou SAC 1996<br />
Mr P M Irvin SAC 1944<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs A G Johnston Past Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs F Jordan Current Parent<br />
The Late Hon J Kearney QC, KCSG and Mrs M Kearney<br />
SAC 1938<br />
Anonymous SAC 1955<br />
Mr and Mrs A Kinnear SAC 1983<br />
Mr C Kitching SAC 1981<br />
Dr and Mrs F X Lah Past Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs R Lamerand SAC 1949<br />
Mr and Mrs S H Lee Current Parent<br />
Mr L B S Lee<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P A Lewis Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs D A Lidbetter SAC 1988 Current Parent<br />
Mr R N Lipinski SAC 1992<br />
Dr and Mrs J E Macken SAC 1940<br />
Mr and Mrs C Madden Past Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs R J Masson Past Parent<br />
Mr A C Masson SAC 1988<br />
Mr M E Masson SAC 1995<br />
Dr M A McGuigan SAC 1943<br />
Mr and Mrs S A McSweeney SAC 1975<br />
Mr and Mrs R Meagher Past Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs B G Menzies Past Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs A Molloy SAC 1988<br />
Mr and Mrs T E Moult Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs W Mueller Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P G Nacard SAC 1960 Past Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P J Naughton SAC 1955<br />
Mr and Mrs P Nicolaou Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs A Nicotra Current Parent<br />
Mr C H Norville SAC 1944<br />
Mr P T O'Connor SAC 1975<br />
Mrs E M O'Toole<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr S A Pacak and Ms R M Nelson<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr G Parry SAC 1956 Past Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs D Patterson Past Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs R S Pearsall Past Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M J Peck Past Parent<br />
Dr and Mrs R D Perry Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs J Pfister Current Parent<br />
Mr S Porcaro and Ms N Ackarie Past Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs F Pucci Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs W E Rathborne SAC 1965 Past Parent<br />
Mrs A Roach<br />
Past Parent<br />
Dr J S Roarty SAC 1941<br />
Mr and Mrs P J Roberts Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs A P Robertson SAC 1954<br />
Mr P J Robertson AM and Mrs L Robertson<br />
SAC 1970<br />
Mr I Rolfe SAC 1964<br />
Mr and Mrs L I Rozman Past Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs S J Rubic Current Parent<br />
Mr V P Ruehl and Ms J A Hewett Current Parent<br />
Mr R T Ryan SAC 1943 Past Parent<br />
Mr R Scarf (Memorial Foundation)<br />
Friend of the College<br />
Mrs A Schaafsma<br />
Past Parent<br />
Dr and Mrs M Shanahan Past Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs J Simic Past Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs I E Skinner Current Parent<br />
Mr P Sochacki SAC 1965<br />
Mrs S Y Soohoo<br />
Past Parent<br />
<strong>St</strong> <strong>Aloysius</strong>' College Old Boys' Union<br />
<strong>St</strong> <strong>Aloysius</strong>' College Parent and Friends Committee<br />
The Hon Mr Justice T J <strong>St</strong>uddert QC and Mrs J <strong>St</strong>uddert<br />
SAC 1952<br />
Mr and Mrs H Sutanto Current Parent<br />
Mr W Taylor and Ms V Howard Past Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs J T Toohey Past Parent<br />
Mr S T Toohey SAC 2007<br />
Mr and Mrs P J Verschuer Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs R von Gutzeit Past Parent<br />
Dr and Mrs D Walker Past Parent<br />
Mrs S Weress<br />
Past Parent<br />
Dr W L Williams SAC 1940<br />
Mr and Mrs J Woerde Past Parent<br />
Dr E Wong and Dr C Ko SAC 1983<br />
Mr and Dr T Woodbury SAC 1985<br />
Rev Fr W J Wright PP SAC 1970<br />
Rev Fr B C Yates SAC 1947<br />
<br />
Mr and Mrs D Acton SAC 1988<br />
Anonymous<br />
Past Parent<br />
Dr G Boffa OAM and Mrs L Boffa Past Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M G Boffa SAC 1982 Current Parent<br />
Mrs and Mr L M Boffa Current Parent<br />
Mr J F Bourgeois SAC 1959<br />
Mr and Mrs D F Brimson SAC 1977 Current Parent<br />
Mrs H Burch and Mr D Burch Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs W P Burton SAC 1944<br />
Mrs P Cahalan<br />
Past Parent<br />
Dr and Mrs P M Carter Current Parent<br />
Mr C Cheuk SAC 2006<br />
Mr P Cornwell and Ms C Rice Current Parent<br />
Mr M J Crawford and Mrs C M Finlay<br />
SAC 1980<br />
Mr and Mrs C D'Cruz Current Parent<br />
Mr P A De Baun SAC 1955<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs B Devaraj Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M J Donohoe SAC 1967 Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs J F Duffy Current Parent<br />
Mrs M C Duncan and Dr R Baber<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr P Evans SAC 1964<br />
Mr M A Fargas SAC 1974<br />
Mr P I Farmer<br />
Past <strong>St</strong>aff Member<br />
Mr M J Fisher<br />
Past Parent<br />
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Mr and Mrs T J Giersz Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M J Happ SAC 1985<br />
Current <strong>St</strong>aff Member<br />
Mr and Mrs A M Hogan Current Parent<br />
Mr J A Holland<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs C J Holmes Past Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs R Kassabian Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs S Kim Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P Knoblanche Current Parent<br />
Mr F Kunc SC, KHS and Ms F J Rourke<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P J Larbalestier Current Parent<br />
Mr J A Law SAC 1948<br />
Mr and Mrs J Le Gras SAC 1953<br />
Mr L B S Lee<br />
Current Parent<br />
Dr I S Lovett and Ms C M Mullane<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs N Macken SAC 1974 Current Parent<br />
Mr T A Mackerras SAC 1973<br />
Mr J P Mair and Ms L Malady SAC 1987<br />
Mr and Ms M Maneschi SAC 1979<br />
Mr M Marriner<br />
Past Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M J McCann Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs R Meagher Past Parent<br />
Mr E M Meyer SAC 1943<br />
Mr P T Morrison SAC 1974<br />
Mr and Mrs P Mouret SAC 1984<br />
Mr and Mrs K J Murray Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs A Nicotra Current Parent<br />
Mr P M O'Donnell SAC 1978<br />
Mr and Mrs W M Painter Current Parent<br />
Mr T Peh and Ms G M Banks Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs F Peronace Current Parent<br />
Mr A T S Ryrie and Ms S M Sherwood<br />
Current Parent<br />
Dr and Mrs R Sahagian Current Parent<br />
Mrs M Salmi and Mr M G Salmi Past Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs B J Scott Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs L D G Sheldon Current Parent<br />
Mr J H Sherwin SAC 1945<br />
Mr and Mrs C S Shum Past Parent<br />
Prof and Dr A P Sindone Current Parent<br />
Dr and Mrs V Tsang Current Parent<br />
Anonymous<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mrs G J Veersema Past Parent<br />
Mrs D Vincent<br />
Friend of the College<br />
Mr and Mrs A Vlachos Current Parent<br />
Mrs C Waddle<br />
Past Parent<br />
Rev Fr B C Yates SAC 1947<br />
<br />
Mrs D M Alexandrou and Mr A Alexandrou<br />
Current Parent<br />
Dr and Mrs T Carroll Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M D Collins Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M S Morgan SAC 1973 Current Parent<br />
Dr and Mrs R Sahagian<br />
Current Parent<br />
<br />
Mr and Mrs C Adams Current Parent<br />
Mr S Cray and Mrs M Austin Cray<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr L J Creek and Ms H M Barrett<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs J J Barry Current Parent<br />
Mr A Baume and Mrs R Arthur Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs T M Blythe Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs T Borden Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs G M Browning Current Parent<br />
Mr R I Chambers and Ms G Y S Chan<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs A Chan Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs K Chan Past Parent<br />
Dr and Mrs C Cheng Current Parent<br />
Mr W Cheng and Dr T Lai Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs A Chin Current Parent<br />
Mr P Christie and Ms M Hardy Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M Conlon Current Parent<br />
Mr M A Connaghan and Ms F M Tiver<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P Coolentianos Past Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P C Corkill Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P L Cornelius Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs D P Courtenay Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs F J Daher Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs A C Dainton Current Parent<br />
Mr R V Quirk and Ms R A Davies<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs R A de Waal SAC 1980 Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs J E Dennett Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs L J Diamond Current Parent<br />
Mr R Dick and Ms E Shiel Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs D M Ebbs Current Parent<br />
Dr and Mrs R E Evans SAC 1983 Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs J O Ferreira Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs J Field Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs S A Fittler Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs A Francis Past Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs T J Freed Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M J French SAC 1985 Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs J S Garnon Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P J Gibson Current Parent<br />
Ms I Rusak and Mr N J Gibson Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P R Gillman Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M J Goodman Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs D F Gorman Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs S J Graham Current Parent<br />
Mr D P Murray and Ms C H Gygax<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs A Handisurya Current Parent<br />
Cpt and Mrs D R Haywood Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P Heuzenroeder Current Parent<br />
Mr I Ho and Mrs D Tcheng-Ho Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs A M Hogan Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs A J C Hughes Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M J Humphreys Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs T Ibrahim Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs R Ienco Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P A Irving Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs R A D Jackson Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs W J Jammal Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs B J Jenkins SAC 1976 Current Parent<br />
Mr H Kendy and Ms M Odagaki Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P J Kingston Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs E B Korhonen Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs W J Laukka Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P A Lewis Current Parent<br />
Anonymous<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M S Lindsay SAC 1978 Current Parent<br />
Mrs W Linsao and Mr W Linsao Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P Long Current Parent<br />
Mr Y Lui and Mrs S Cheung Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P R MacIntyre Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs O Mann Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs A I Marks Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs C J May Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs T M Mazaraki SAC 1986 Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M F McAlary Past Parent<br />
Mr N McCarthy and Ms S J Vincent<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs D G McCreton SAC 1979 Current Parent<br />
Mr S D McDonagh and Ms E M Tydd<br />
Current Parent<br />
Dr and Dr A E Mechtler Current Parent<br />
Ms N Mencinsky<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs G Milosavljevic Past Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs D Moiso Current Parent<br />
Dr and Mrs G Morel Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M S Morgan SAC 1973 Current Parent<br />
Mr P G Mouatt and Ms T Daly Current Parent<br />
Dr and Mrs R W Mowbray Current Parent<br />
Dr and Mrs G M Murray SAC 1974 Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs Z Nalbandian Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs A Nicotra Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M Nissen SAC 1983 Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M Nissen Current Parent<br />
Mr W O'Mara and Ms L J Booth Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs W M Painter Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs F Peronace Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs S F Pierce Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P W Pindsle Current Parent<br />
Ms M Pitton and Mr L Hereward Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs A B Raeside Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M R Riches Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs G A Russell Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P T Ryan Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs H Sarkissian Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P L D Scicluna Current Parent<br />
Mr C Scott and Ms J C Ryan Current Parent<br />
Prof and Dr A P Sindone Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs D R N K Siow Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs E D Spooner Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs B N <strong>St</strong>ene Current Parent<br />
Mr R Talas and Ms E Quinlan Past Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs J E Tapang Current Parent<br />
Dr and Mrs D A Taylor Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs A Tcharlassian Current Parent<br />
Mr and Dr F Telan Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs B Testa Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs C H Thomson Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs W D Thomson Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs E Vozzo Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs J L Walker Current Parent<br />
Mr C Walsh and Mrs S Odorisio Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P E Ward SAC 1985 Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs C Whittle SAC 1979 Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M A Wigney Current Parent<br />
Mr M Willson and Ms J V Archer SAC 1979 Current Parent<br />
Mr M A Witts and Mrs G A Blohm-Witts<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs D A Wunder SAC 1970 Past Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs T Zhang Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M J Zwar Past Parent<br />
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Mr and Mrs M M Abolakian<br />
Mr and Mrs V Aboud<br />
Mr and Mrs C Adams<br />
Mr and Mrs C J Adams<br />
Mr and Mrs N Agosta<br />
Current Parent<br />
Current Parent<br />
Current Parent<br />
Current Parent<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs R P Alessi<br />
Mr and Mrs A Alexandrou<br />
Mr and Mrs J Amirtharaj<br />
Dr and Mrs P W Anderson<br />
Mr and Mrs A Anderson<br />
Mr and Mrs S Angelis<br />
Current Parent<br />
Current Parent<br />
Current Parent<br />
Current Parent<br />
Current Parent<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr E Angelucci and Mrs I Voyage<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M V Antico SAC 1985 Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs R M Aprile SAC 1983 Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs D J Archibald Current Parent<br />
Mr F J Argent and Ms O <strong>St</strong>osic Current Parent<br />
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Ms M Armstrong<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr P J Arnold and Ms J M Southward<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs A Ashcroft Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M Avanus Current Parent<br />
Mr G M Bain and Mrs S C Lobo-Bain<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs A R Bainton Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs T Barakat Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs J Barassi Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs J J Barry Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs J P Bartolotta Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs S P Bartter Current Parent<br />
Mr A Baume and Mrs R Arthur Current Parent<br />
Mr P A Baumgart SAC 1986 Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs B Begbie Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs R Benitez Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs A P Bentley Current Parent<br />
Mr A Bertini<br />
Current Parent<br />
Dr and Ms M T Biggs SAC 1977 Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs J Biviano SAC 1989 Current Parent<br />
Mrs J Blau<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs T M Blythe Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs S Bodie Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M G Boffa SAC 1982 Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M F Booth Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs T Borden Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs H G Boudakin Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P R Bounds Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs A L Boyd Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs A L Boyle Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs J R P Boyle SAC 1987 Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs S Bradley Current Parent<br />
Ms A E Brassil<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P D Brennan Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs A J Breznik Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs D F Brimson SAC 1977 Current Parent<br />
Mr K J Brotherson and Ms L M Byrnes<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Ms G M Browning Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs D R Buckley Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P Burke Current Parent<br />
Mr M E Butler and Mrs E Koutiris-Butler<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs C S Caccamo Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs D J Caleo SAC 1981 Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs L Cali Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P C Calov Current Parent<br />
Mr T R Candido and Mrs R Nielsen-Candido<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs D M Carbone Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs F A Carbone Current Parent<br />
Mr J Carmichael and Ms C Cox Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs S P Carmody SAC 1983 Current Parent<br />
Dr and Mrs T Carroll Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs J Carroll Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs J Carrozzi Current Parent<br />
Dr and Mrs P M Carter Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs K M Carter Current Parent<br />
Dr and Mrs M A Casey Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs G Casey Current Parent<br />
Mr T J Cavill and Ms A J Mirams SAC 1980 Current Parent<br />
Mr A Cerbara and Ms M D Horgan<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr A J Chalk and Ms S M Singarayar<br />
SAC 1980 Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs A P L Chalmers Current Parent<br />
Mr R I Chambers and Ms G Y S Chan<br />
Current Parent<br />
Dr and Mrs E S K Chan Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs K Chan Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs G R Chapple Current Parent<br />
Dr and Mrs C Cheng Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P Chia Current Parent<br />
Mr D J Chick and Dr K E Ilbery Current Parent<br />
Dr R M Chin<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs A Chin Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs D Chowdry Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P Choy Current Parent<br />
Mr P Choy (Peter) Current Parent<br />
Mr P A Christie and Ms M M Hardy<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs D J Clarke Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P Colinares Current Parent<br />
Dr and Mrs D Collins Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M D Collins Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M J Collins Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs C G Colosi Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs D C Comerford Current Parent<br />
Mr Z Cong and Mrs A J Joyce Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M Conlon Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M Connaghan SAC 1983 Current Parent<br />
Mr M A Connaghan and Ms F M Tiver<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mrs J M Conroy and Mr J A Conroy<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P F Cordi Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P C Corkill Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P L Cornelius Current Parent<br />
Mr P Cornwell and Ms C Rice Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs K F Cosgriff Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P C Cotton Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs D P Courtenay Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs K J Craft Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M J Craven Current Parent<br />
Mr M J Crawford and Mrs C M Finlay Crawford<br />
SAC 1980 Current Parent<br />
Mr S Cray and Mrs M Austin Cray<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr L J Creek and Ms H M Barrett<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr J R Crepaldi and Ms M C Milone<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs L Crisanti Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M D Crocker Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs B Croft Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs G T Crosby Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs A Crott SAC 1980 Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M S Crumpton Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P Cubelic Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs C F Cunha Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs R P Curulli Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs F J Daher Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs A C Dainton Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M C Daly Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M T Daly Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs D Dang Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs G D'Angelo Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs T J Dardare Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P J Darwell SAC 1981 Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs J Dath Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs J C David Current Parent<br />
Mr C W Davies and Mrs G Wong-Davies<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr J F de Constantin and Mrs A R de Pietra Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P J de Gail Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs S J De Lorenzo SAC 1984 Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs J D de Mestre SAC 1979 Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M J De Vera Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs R A de Waal SAC 1980 Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs D L Deetlefs Current Parent<br />
Mr R A Delezio and Ms C Martin-Delezio<br />
Current Parent<br />
Dr and Mrs R A Denny SAC 1984 Current Parent<br />
Mr X H J Desdoigts and Ms F Coonan<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs S P Dettre SAC 1974 Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs B Devaraj Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs S Di Sano Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs J Diamant Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs L J Diamond Current Parent<br />
Mr R Dick and Ms E Shiel Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M E Dirckze Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs D G Dixon Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs S J Dixon Current Parent<br />
Dr and Mrs T D'Netto Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M Dobson Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M Dolores Current Parent<br />
Mr S Dong and Ms Y Ding Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M J Donohoe SAC 1967 Current Parent<br />
Mr R R Doughty and Ms G A Collins<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P J Downs SAC 1987 Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs J Doyle Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs J M Doyle Current Parent<br />
Mr P Doyle and Ms M Cassidy Current Parent<br />
Mrs V Doyle<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs I S Drewe Current Parent<br />
Ms M P Drewe<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs B C D'Souza Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs J E Ducklin Current Parent<br />
Mrs M C Duncan and Dr R Baber Current Parent<br />
Dr and Mrs P J Dunkin Current Parent<br />
Dr and Mrs R P Eaton Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs D M Ebbs Current Parent<br />
Dr R Edwards and Mrs A M Brosnan<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr J Elhindi and Ms J Mansour Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P M Ellis Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M Er<br />
Current Parent<br />
Dr and Mrs R E Evans SAC 1983 Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P A Evans Current Parent<br />
Mrs J M Evans<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs A Facchin Current Parent<br />
Mr and Dr F Fadhil Current Parent<br />
Mr M Fane and Ms L Spencer Current Parent<br />
Mr A A Farley and Ms V Scarf Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs A Farmakis Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs L H Fay SAC 1972 Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs E T Felipe Current Parent<br />
Mr Fernie and Mrs Maxwell Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs S R Finniecome Current Parent<br />
Dr and Dr J R Fisher Current Parent<br />
Mr M J Fisher<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs S A Fittler Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M I Fitzgerald Current Parent<br />
Mr B T Fitzgerald<br />
Current Parent<br />
Ms A M Flahvin and Mr R Dale Current Parent<br />
Mr S Flanigan and Ms V McGrath<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M K Foldi Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M Fong Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs S Foo Current Parent<br />
Dr and Mrs A Forrest Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs N J Forster Current Parent<br />
Dr and Mrs M P France Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs A Franklin Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs D J Fraser Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M B Fraser SAC 1974 Current Parent<br />
Mr P D Frater and Ms J M Cooper<br />
Current Parent<br />
Dr and Mrs P C Frederiksen Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M J French SAC 1985 Current Parent<br />
Anonymous<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs S J Gageler Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs C P Gall Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P Gallart Current Parent<br />
Mrs L Gan-Bedson Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs J S Garnon Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P Gavan Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P N Geldens Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs N Giannini Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs R L Giannone Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P J Gibson Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs T J Giersz Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs R Gillespie SAC 1976 Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P R Gillman Current Parent<br />
Mr M J Gillon SAC 1978 Current Parent<br />
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Mrs D M Gillon<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P J Gilroy Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs J D Goode Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M J Goodman Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs E J O Gorga Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs D F Gorman Current Parent<br />
Mr P D Grace and Ms A G Pearman<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs J B Grant Current Parent<br />
Mrs A M Grant-Puentes and Mr T Grant<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs S A Gregg Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs R Greves Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs R M Gyoery Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs G Hajjar Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M Hall Current Parent<br />
Mr P C Hall and Ms D W Litherland<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr M G Hand and Ms R <strong>St</strong>anley Current Parent<br />
Dr and Mrs R A Harris Current Parent<br />
Dr R D Harris and Dr G Webb SAC 1984 Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs A W Harrison Friend of the College<br />
Mrs S P Harrison<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P P Hart Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs R L Harvey Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs A F Haworth Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs B L Hayes Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs J E Hayes Current Parent<br />
Mr J D Hayes and Ms J O'Meara Hayes<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs D R Haywood Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M G Heath Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P D Heaton SAC 1977 Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs B J Heddle Current Parent<br />
Dr M P Hennessy and Dr F M Boyle AM<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs J R Hesketh Current Parent<br />
Commander and Mrs M J Hickey SAC 1981 Current Parent<br />
Mr G J Hickey and Ms T S O'Donoghue<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Ms F W Hides-Pearson Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs J Hill Current Parent<br />
Mr I Ho and Mrs D Tcheng-Ho Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs A M Hogan Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs C J Holmes Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs E A Holtsmark Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P K Hora SAC 1978 Current Parent<br />
Mr J N Hortle and Mrs B Tan Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs D Huang Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M L Hudson Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs A J C Hughes Current Parent<br />
Mr H Huitema and Mrs E Ivancsics<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M J Humphreys Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P J Humphreys Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M P Hundleby Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs G Hunt Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P A Hurley Current Parent<br />
Mr B E Hyde and Mrs P M Kiernan<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs T Ibrahim Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs R Ienco Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs R Ingui Current Parent<br />
Mr A K L Ip and Mrs M B C Chung-Ip<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P A Irving Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs R A D Jackson Current Parent<br />
Mr and Ms J P Jacobs Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs A I Jansson Current Parent<br />
Mr J V Jeffery and Mrs C De Villecourt<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs B J Jenkins SAC 1976 Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M P Johnston Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs F B Jolley Current Parent<br />
Mr and Ms G Jones Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs F Jordan Current Parent<br />
Mr A G Jordan and Ms A F Repton<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs D N Judge Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs S Kafes Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs K G Kartun Current Parent<br />
Dr and Mrs P J Kavalamthara Current Parent<br />
Dr D Kell and Mrs K Jamieson-Kell<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs D J C Kells Current Parent<br />
Mr M A Kelly and Ms M M Diamond<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mrs L M Kelly<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr P I Kemsley and Ms M M Kerbage<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs S Keniry Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs A D Kennedy SAC 1969 Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs G Q Kennedy Current Parent<br />
Mr B Kennedy and Mrs L Arthur Current Parent<br />
Dr and Dr G Keogh Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P M H Kewin SAC 1983 Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs S Kim Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P J Kingston Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M Kishore Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs R Klaric Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs D A Klarich SAC 1979 Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs S R Knight Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P Knoblanche Current Parent<br />
Dr and Mrs A J Knox Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs E B Korhonen Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs R Krslovic Current Parent<br />
Mr F Kunc and Ms F J Rourke Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs W Kwan Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M Lalic Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs S J Lalor Current Parent<br />
Dr and Dr A Lam<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs W Lam Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs E G Lapitan Current Parent<br />
Mr P J Latham and Ms S M Leahy<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs R Latimer Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P Lau Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs I M Lauder Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs A M Lavan SAC 1970 Current Parent<br />
Mr A F Lawson and Ms M A Eckersley<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs S H Lee Current Parent<br />
Dr R W Leeds and Dr G Y Pei Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs K A Leighton Current Parent<br />
Mr M Lennon and Mrs N O'Leary<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mrs L Liang<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs D A Lidbetter SAC 1988 Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs V P Liew Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P I Lim SAC 1979 Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M S Lindsay SAC 1978 Current Parent<br />
Mr M S Lindsay and Dr J E Daly SAC 1978 Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs W Linsao Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs G J Logan Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P Long Current Parent<br />
Dr I S Lovett and Ms C M Mullane<br />
Current Parent<br />
Miss T Lowe<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr Y Lui and Mrs S Cheung Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs N Lush SAC 1970 Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P C Lynch Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs L M Maas Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P R MacIntyre Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M Mahoney Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs C Mak Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M B Makin Current Parent<br />
Mr C J Manion and Mrs C M Logan<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs O Mann Current Parent<br />
Mr I R Markley and Ms B M Doherty<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs J S Martin SAC 1975 Current Parent<br />
Mr G J Masters and Dr N Bolzan<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr J F Mastrangelo Jr and Mrs L Mastrangelo<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs G J Matthews Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs G P May Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs T M Mazaraki SAC 1986 Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs T Mazaraki SAC 1986 Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M F McAlary Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M J McCann Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M J McCarthy Current Parent<br />
Mr N McCarthy and Ms S J Vincent<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M McClatchey Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs D G McCreton SAC 1979 Current Parent<br />
Mr S D McDonagh and Ms E M Tydd<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs J M McFadden SAC 1986 Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs A J McGloin Current Parent<br />
Mr P A McGrath and Ms M L Hardeman<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P F McGraw Current Parent<br />
Ms S A McHugh<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mrs C McHugh - Hookway Current Parent<br />
Mr and Ms J R McKenzie Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs J T McKeon Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs A S McLean Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M A McLellan Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M G McLennan SAC 1991 Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P J McNab Current Parent<br />
Dr G R McNally and Dr S Lynch Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs A McSpedden SAC 1974 Current Parent<br />
Ms M J McVeigh<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M A Meagher Current Parent<br />
Dr and Dr A E Mechtler Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs C M Mendes Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M J Mendezona Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs S Miller Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs G Milosavljevic Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs G J Mitchell Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs S P Mitchell SAC 1985 Current Parent<br />
Ms M Moffitt<br />
Current Parent<br />
Dr and Mrs I Mohan Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs D Moiso Current Parent<br />
Dr P Mol and J Raheb-Mol Current Parent<br />
The Hon and Mrs T D Monckton Current Parent<br />
Mrs C M Montgomery Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P J Moore SAC 1983 Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs R B Moran Current Parent<br />
Dr and Mrs G Morel Current Parent<br />
Dr and Dr G J Morgan Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M S Morgan SAC 1973 Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs B Moscaritolo Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs N Moser Current Parent<br />
Mr P G Mouatt and Ms T Daly Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs T E Moult Current Parent<br />
Dr and Mrs R W Mowbray Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs W Mueller Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs D G Mulcahy Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs H Munoz Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs R Murphy Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs K J Murray Current Parent<br />
Mr D P Murray and Ms C H Gygax<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs E K Mytkowski Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs J D L Nelson SAC 1949 Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs B A Nettleton Current Parent<br />
Mr M A Newton and Ms C T Bradstreet<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs A H C Ng Current Parent<br />
Mr V Nguyen and Mrs K Pham Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P Nicolaou Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs A Nicotra Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs I A Nimac Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P Noble Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs B C Noonan Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P Noone Current Parent<br />
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Mr J A Nowlan and Ms G L Gardner<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P W O'Brien Current Parent<br />
Mr G J O'Donahoo Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M J O'Donnell Current Parent<br />
Mr A O'Grady and Mrs C McShane<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr W O'Mara and Ms L J Booth Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M H O'Neill Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs N D O'Shea Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs K O'Sullivan Current Parent<br />
Mrs E M O'Toole<br />
Current Parent<br />
Dr M A Ott and Ms R G Bowerman<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs D Owens Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs W M Painter Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs D Palomo Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M Pappas Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs A Park Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs D J Parker Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs T E Parker Current Parent<br />
Mr P S Parker and Mrs C M Kennedy-Parker<br />
Current Parent<br />
Dr and Mrs S Parsons Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M L Pastega Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs E Patniotis Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs A W Paton Current Parent<br />
Mrs C Patterson and Mr M D Patterson<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M S Payne Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs R S Pearsall Current Parent<br />
Mr T Peh and Ms G M Banks Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs R J Pelletier SAC 1968 Current Parent<br />
Ms D Pellicer<br />
Current Parent<br />
Dr and Ms A G Pemberton Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M Peric Current Parent<br />
Assoc Prof and Mrs V Perkovic Current Parent<br />
Dr and Mrs V Perkovic Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs S G Perks Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs F Peronace Current Parent<br />
Dr and Mrs R D Perry Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs J Pfister Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs V C Pham Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs S F Pierce Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs J M Pigott Current Parent<br />
Dr and Mrs B A Pirola Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M J Pittman SAC 1979 Current Parent<br />
Ms M Pitton<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs L J J Playoust SAC 1983 Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs G J Pointing Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M C Pollack SAC 1980 Current Parent<br />
Mr and Dr C R Potter Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M Price Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs J K Priddis Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs F Pucci Current Parent<br />
Mrs F A Quaglia and Mr R Lee Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P J Quattroville Current Parent<br />
Mr R V Quirk and Ms R A Davies Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs A B Raeside Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P M Rafferty Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs A J Rahme SAC 1981 Current Parent<br />
Mr S R Raisin<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs A Reisch SAC 1988 Current Parent<br />
Mrs J Rejc-Droga and Mr D P J Pallos<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs S J Renshaw Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs R J Reynolds Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M R Riches Current Parent<br />
Dr and Dr L J Ridley SAC 1984 Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P J Roberts Current Parent<br />
Dr G H Romans<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Dr D Ronzani Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs C T Rowbotham SAC 1971 Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs S J Rubic Current Parent<br />
Mr V P Ruehl and Ms J A Hewett Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M Rundle Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs G A Russell Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs S G Russo Current Parent<br />
Ms A Rustamzadeh Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs G W Ryan Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs J F Ryan SAC 1982 Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P T Ryan Current Parent<br />
Ms E M Ryan<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr A T S Ryrie and Ms S M Sherwood<br />
Current Parent<br />
Dr and Mrs R Sahagian Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P J Sammut Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs G San Pedro Current Parent<br />
Mr C J Sanderson and Ms M C Paul<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs H Sarkissian Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs B A Sato Current Parent<br />
Mrs J M Scarf<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr C Scott and Ms J C Ryan Current Parent<br />
Col M Shephard CSC and Mrs H Shephard<br />
SAC 1981 Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M J Sheppard Current Parent<br />
Mr P Shmigel<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr H K Siew and Ms S F Johnson<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs S J Simek Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs J Simic Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs G M Simmonds Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs S Sims Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs J P Sinclair Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs S G Sinclair Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M P Sindone Current Parent<br />
Prof and Dr A P Sindone Current Parent<br />
Dr and Mrs M W Size Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs I E Skinner Current Parent<br />
Mrs J Slater<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs A Sleiman Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P M Small SAC 1979 Current Parent<br />
Mr and Ms K N Smith Current Parent<br />
Mr K G Smith and Mrs L M Wallwork<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs J Soerjoko Current Parent<br />
Mr G D Sommers and Ms J B Fahey<br />
Current Parent<br />
Dr and Dr R M Sorial Current Parent<br />
Mr P Sotiriou SAC 1968 Current Parent<br />
Mr and Ms S N Spano SAC 1980 Current Parent<br />
Mr R J Spano SAC 1978 Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs J Spiteri Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs E D Spooner Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs D S <strong>St</strong>anton Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs D <strong>St</strong>eindl Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs A E <strong>St</strong>ephenson Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs C J <strong>St</strong>ephenson Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs H <strong>St</strong>ilin Current Parent<br />
Ms V K <strong>St</strong>orey<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs J H <strong>St</strong>retch Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P W <strong>St</strong>untz Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M G <strong>St</strong>ylianakis Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs L Sudarmana Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs R J Suffield Current Parent<br />
Mrs L P Sullivan<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr A M Sunderland and Ms J M O'Keefe<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs G Surman Current Parent<br />
Ms A J Swann<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr V P Sweeney and Mrs J Pastega<br />
SAC 1972 Current Parent<br />
Mr and Ms G Tafft SAC 1987 Current Parent<br />
Mr S Tandjung and Mrs J Wijono<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs J E Tapang Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs D Tardo Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M Tarlinton Current Parent<br />
Dr and Mrs D A Taylor Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs A Tcharlassian Current Parent<br />
Mr and Dr F Telan Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs C D Thomas Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs C Thomas Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P B Thompson Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M S Thomson Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs L A Ticehurst SAC 1979 Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs N S Tindick Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs A To<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs R W Tobias Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs J Tobin Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P B Tonkin Current Parent<br />
Mr M E Tooth and Mrs N R Hodson-Tooth<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr R W Townsend and Mrs C Hasegawa<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr A W Tracy SAC 1981 Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P L Trevaskis Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs G C Trigg SAC 1982 Current Parent<br />
Dr and Mrs V Tsang Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs R G Tuckwell Current Parent<br />
Mr P J Tully<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs K Turnbull Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs J M Tweedie Current Parent<br />
Mr C A Van Brugge Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs J van Deventer Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs W J van <strong>St</strong>olk Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs N Velcic Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs R Vella Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P J Verschuer Current Parent<br />
Mr I D Vickovich and Mrs A Nicholl<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs J F Viney Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs A Vlachos Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs A M Vozzo Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs E Vozzo Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M A Vrisakis Current Parent<br />
Mr W G Wade and Ms P McCarthy<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M J Walcott Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P J Walden Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs J L Walker Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P T Wallace Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs E Walsh Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M S Walsh Current Parent<br />
Mr C J Walsh and Mrs S L Odorisio<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P E Ward SAC 1985 Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs S Waters Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs A D Wells Current Parent<br />
WESTPAC MATCH GIFT Friend of the College<br />
Mr C J White and Ms S Nobles Current Parent<br />
Mr L A White and Mrs C E Allibone-White<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr P Whittingham and Ms R Dorter<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs C Whittle SAC 1979 Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P J Wilkinson SAC 1979 Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs R H Williams Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs S A Williams Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M Willock SAC 1983 Current Parent<br />
Mr M Willson and Ms J V Archer SAC 1979 Current Parent<br />
Mr M A Witts and Mrs G A Blohm-Witts<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr S Wong and Ms T Chan Current Parent<br />
Mr S Wong and Ms T Chen Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs C A Worrall Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P Wrzos Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs D J Xenos Current Parent<br />
Mrs E M Yates<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr G Young and Mrs C A Knox Current Parent<br />
Dr P P Youssef and Dr T Brama Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs G Zakos Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs T Zhang Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs W Zhang Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs J Ziaziaris Current Parent<br />
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Dr and Ms M T Biggs SAC 1977 Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P Heuzenroeder Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs G A Holloway Current Parent<br />
Dr M A Ott and Ms R G Bowerman<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs J F Ryan SAC 1982 Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs T Zhang Current Parent<br />
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Mr and Mrs G M Browning Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs J E Dennett Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs J F Ryan SAC 1982 Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs C Thomas Current Parent<br />
Mr S Wong and Ms T Chan Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs T Zhang<br />
Current Parent<br />
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Mr and Mrs V Aboud Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs R Benitez Current Parent<br />
Mr J F Blackall SAC 1957<br />
Mr and Mrs T Borden Current Parent<br />
Mr J G Bowie AM and Mrs P Bowie<br />
SAC 1957<br />
Past <strong>St</strong>aff Member<br />
Ms L F Burgett<br />
Current <strong>St</strong>aff Member<br />
Mr and Mrs E Cheuk Past Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs R Chowdry Past Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P C Corkill Current Parent<br />
Mr P Cornwell and Ms C Rice Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs L Crisanti Current Parent<br />
Mr C W Davies and Mrs G Wong-Davies<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P J de Gail Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs R Dennett Past Parent<br />
Mrs P Donohoe<br />
Past Parent<br />
Dr and Mrs R P Eaton Current Parent<br />
Anonymous<br />
Past Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs N Giannini Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs E Goodwin Past Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs S J Graham Current Parent<br />
Ms C H Gygax and Mr D P Murray<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr M J Hall SAC 1957 Past Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs A M Hogan Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs G A Holloway Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs A J C Hughes Current Parent<br />
Mr P Iacono SAC 1969<br />
Mr B J Jenkins SAC 1943<br />
Mr and Mrs F B Jolley Past Parent<br />
Dr and Mrs P J Kavalamthara Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs E B Korhonen Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs S J Lalor Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs A M Lavan SAC 1970 Current Parent<br />
Mr L B S Lee<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mrs I L'Estrange<br />
Past Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs S D Lewis Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs W Linsao Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs G J Logan Current Parent<br />
Mr N McCarthy and Ms S J Vincent<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P A McCreanor SAC 1987<br />
Dr C Morgan and Dr G J Morgan<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs B Moscaritolo Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs D G Mulcahy Current Parent<br />
Mrs E M Mulcahy and Mr D G Mulcahy<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs J S Murray SAC 1966<br />
Mr P R Nettheim<br />
Current <strong>St</strong>aff Member<br />
Mrs R M Nott and Mr D Nott Past Parent<br />
Mr D P J Pallos and Mrs J Rejc-Droga<br />
SAC 1976 Current Parent<br />
Mr Paton<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M Peric Current Parent<br />
Dr and Mrs R D Perry Current Parent<br />
Mr and Dr C R Potter Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs A P Robertson SAC 1954<br />
Dr and Mrs R Sahagian Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs G San Pedro Past Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs T Shatek Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P W A Sherlock Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs A Sleiman Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M G <strong>St</strong>ylianakis Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs L Sudarmana Past Parent<br />
Mr V P Sweeney and Mrs J Pastega<br />
SAC 1972 Current Parent<br />
Mr S Tandjung and Mrs J Wijono<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs D Tardo Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M J Walcott Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs J L Walker Current Parent<br />
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Mr and Mrs R P Alessi Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs D J Archibald Current Parent<br />
Mr F J Argent and Ms O <strong>St</strong>osic Current Parent<br />
Mrs M Armstrong and Mr M Armstrong<br />
Friend of the College<br />
Mr and Mrs A R Bainton Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs T Barakat Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs G A Barbera SAC 1980 Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs J Battaglia Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs A R Bell Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs A L Boyd Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P A Boyd Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs K R Buddee Current Parent<br />
Mr T R Candido and Mrs R Nielsen-Candido<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs J Carroll Current Parent<br />
Mr A Cerbara and Ms M D Horgan<br />
Current Parent<br />
Dr and Mrs E S K Chan Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs K Chan Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M E Chandler Current Parent<br />
Mr D J Chick and Dr K E Ilbery Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs D Chowdry Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P Coolentianos Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P F Cordi Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs A D Crouch Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs R Dennett Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs W J Dent Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M Dobson Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M J Downes Current Parent<br />
Dr and Mrs P J Dunkin Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M Er<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs A Facchin Current Parent<br />
Mr B T Fitzgerald<br />
Current Parent<br />
Dr and Mrs A Forrest Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs A Francis Current Parent<br />
Anonymous<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mrs L Gan-Bedson Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs A Gaudioso Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs A J Godley Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs C S Greaves Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P P Hart Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs S P Hipkin Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P A Hurley Current Parent<br />
Mr B E Hyde and Mrs P M Kiernan<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M P Johnston Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs F B Jolley Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs D N Judge Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs K G Kartun Current Parent<br />
Mrs C J Kingston and Mr P J Kingston<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M Kishore Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs D A Klarich SAC 1979 Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs W Krygsman Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P I Lim SAC 1979 Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs S G Lyons Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs J W Makepeace Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs V Mariniello Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs J H Marshall Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs J S Martin SAC 1975 Current Parent<br />
Mr G J Masters and Dr N Bolzan Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs G J Matthews Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M F McAlary Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs G Milosavljevic Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P Noone Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs D Owens Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M D Patterson SAC 1979 Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs R S Pearsall Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs R J Pelletier SAC 1968 Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs K Poon Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs J K Priddis Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P M Rafferty Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs G J Rattue Current Parent<br />
Mrs M B Roberts and Mr P J Roberts<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P A Rowland SAC 1973 Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs S J Rubic Current Parent<br />
Ms A Rustamzadeh Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs G San Pedro Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs S J Simek Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs J Simic Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M P Sindone Current Parent<br />
Dr and Mrs M W Size Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs K J Slaven Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs J Spiteri Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs D <strong>St</strong>eindl Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs R J <strong>St</strong>ewart SAC 1961 Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs L Sudarmana Current Parent<br />
Mrs L P Sullivan<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs J Tobin Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs R G Tuckwell Current Parent<br />
Mr M S Wilson and Ms B V Hornas<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs J Ziaziaris Current Parent<br />
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Mr and Mrs A Alexandrou Current Parent<br />
Mr A J Avery<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs S P Bartter Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P Burke Current Parent<br />
Mr J Carmichael and Ms C Cox Current Parent<br />
Mrs L Carroll and Mr J Carroll Current Parent<br />
Ms M Cassidy and Mr P Doyle Current Parent<br />
Mr A J Chalk and Ms S M Singarayar<br />
SAC 1980 Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs D A K Cohen SAC 1977 Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs C J Collins Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M Conlon Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M C Cooper Current Parent<br />
Mr P F J Denvir and Mrs A L Cowan<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs D G Dixon Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs J E Ducklin Current Parent<br />
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Dr and Mrs M P France Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs D F Gorman Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs S Hampton Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs A Handisurya Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M L Hudson Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs P A Irving Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs B J Jenkins SAC 1976 Current Parent<br />
Dr D T Kell and Mrs K M Jamieson-Kell<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs J T McKeon Current Parent<br />
Dr and Mrs G Morel Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs D G Mulcahy Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs I A Nimac Past Parent<br />
Mr J A Nowlan and Ms G L Gardner<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mrs H D O'Neill and Mr M H O'Neill<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr K B Peric<br />
Friend of the College<br />
Mr and Mrs V C Pham Current Parent<br />
Mr and Dr C R Potter Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs F Pucci Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs S J Renshaw Current Parent<br />
Ms R H Sewell and Mr T Sewell Current Parent<br />
Ms E Shiel and Mr R Dick Current Parent<br />
Mrs P M Sobb and Mr J R Perry Current Parent<br />
Ms L Spencer and Mr M Fane Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs B Testa Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs N S Tindick Past Parent<br />
Mr A W Tracy SAC 1981 Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs S Trovato Current Parent<br />
And those donors who wish to remain anonymous<br />
Mr and Mrs N Velcic Current Parent<br />
Ms S J Vincent and Mr N McCarthy<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs A M Vozzo Current Parent<br />
Mrs J A Walsh and Mr E Walsh Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs M C Waugh Current Parent<br />
Mr L A White and Mrs C E Allibone-White<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs C Whittle SAC 1979 Current Parent<br />
Mr M A Wigney SC and Mrs S A Wigney<br />
Current Parent<br />
Mr and Mrs C A Worrall Current Parent<br />
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2009 HSC Report<br />
The Class of 2009 has received an exceptional set of<br />
results in the Higher School Certificate (HSC). One<br />
of the easiest points of comparison in performance is<br />
the number of students in the Merit List. Two hundred and<br />
thirty-six mentions is an excellent result maintaining upon the<br />
strong results of recent years. This is an outstanding result<br />
by a group of hard working students who have participated<br />
fully in the cultural, sporting, religious and service life of the<br />
College.<br />
Year 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009<br />
Total students 144 134 145 145 142<br />
Distinguished Achievers 131 165 198 258 236<br />
A close reading of all the results indicates that the<br />
results across the board were strong. This trend has been a<br />
pleasing feature of results in recent years. Too often results<br />
can be measured by only looking at the top students. There<br />
has been a pleasing improvement in the performance of<br />
students of all abilities reflecting in stronger means and the<br />
continued lack of a ‘tail’ in our results.<br />
The following tables reflect strong results across the<br />
top bands with fewer students outside the top 2 bands. In<br />
2009 we had the highest proportion of students in the top 2<br />
bands for both 2 unit (73%) and extension subjects (95%).<br />
Band Results for all 2 unit courses<br />
2006 2007 2008 2009<br />
Band 6 119 (19.2%) 162 (21.2%) 209 (28%) 194 (26.6%)<br />
Band 5 265 (42.9%) 343 (45%) 308 (41%) 337 (46.2%)<br />
Band 4 204 (33%) 217 (28.5%) 193 (26%) 160 (22%)<br />
Band 3 28 (4.55) 34 (4.46%) 31 (4%) 38 (5%)<br />
Band 2 1 6 (0.79%) 8 (1%) 1<br />
Band 1 0<br />
(2009: Total of 730 individual student results in 2 Unit<br />
courses, including 1 unit <strong>St</strong>udies of Religion)<br />
Band Results for all Extension courses<br />
2006 2007 2008 2009<br />
Band 4 42 (33%) 36 (40%) 49 (47%) 42 (43.3%)<br />
Band 3 66 (51.9%) 49 (54%) 48 (46%) 53 (51.5%)<br />
Band 2 19 (14.9%) 5 (5.5%) 7 (6%) 1<br />
Band 1 0 0 1 1<br />
(2009: Total of 97 individual students in Extension<br />
courses)<br />
All-Rounders<br />
There were 12 students named in the Premier’s<br />
All-rounders list. These students scored 90 or better in<br />
10 units. They were: Mitchell Bainton, Robert Barakat,<br />
Roman Barbera, Benjamin Carrozzi, Christopher Chan,<br />
Alexander Cubis, Ben Holmes, Thomas Kingston, Robert<br />
Makepeace, Marcello Puglisi, John Slaven and James<br />
<strong>St</strong>ephenson.<br />
Top Achievers<br />
This is an area of continued improvement. There were<br />
55 scores of 95 or better. Of particular note were:<br />
Mathematics<br />
Two Year 11 students from our Accelerant Class achieved<br />
outstanding results. Daniel Farinha scored 100 placing him<br />
6th in the <strong>St</strong>ate while James Ross achieved a mark of 99<br />
and was placed 18th in the <strong>St</strong>ate.<br />
Extension History:<br />
Matthew Rubic and Frederick (Alex) Jolley both scored<br />
50/50. Matthew was placed 5th in the <strong>St</strong>ate and Alex<br />
8th.<br />
Drama:<br />
Alexander Cubis scored 99 placing him outright second<br />
in the <strong>St</strong>ate.<br />
<strong>St</strong>andard English:<br />
Joseph Gaudioso, through dent of hard work, achieved a<br />
score of 93 and was placed 11th in the <strong>St</strong>ate.<br />
Accounting:<br />
Mitchell Bainton scored 100 in this course and was placed<br />
3rd in the <strong>St</strong>ate.<br />
ATAR calculations<br />
Nine students achieved an Australian Tertiary<br />
Assessment Ranking (ATAR) above 99. A few others<br />
missed by the smallest of margins, with thirty-six<br />
students scoring between 95 and 99. Sixty-nine boys<br />
achieved ATAR’s over 90 – 49% of the Year the top 10% in<br />
the <strong>St</strong>ate. The median ATAR was 89.85.<br />
Creative Arts<br />
We have had an unprecedented number of our<br />
students selected to display/perform in the<br />
varying showcases for HSC creative arts courses.<br />
This reflects very well on the healthy state of Creative Arts<br />
at <strong>St</strong> <strong>Aloysius</strong>’ and our ongoing commitment to holistic<br />
education.<br />
Visual Arts: 4 students Jayson Fong, Luke Fussell, Michael<br />
Mariniello and William Marshall have had their major<br />
artworks selected for ArtExpress 2010.<br />
Music: Four students, Ben Holmes, James Chick, Liam<br />
Chandler and Timothy Geldens were nominated to perform<br />
in Encore, a selection of exemplary performances from HSC<br />
students<br />
Drama: Alexander Cubis. Adrian Forrest, Charles Newton<br />
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and Ciaran Tobin have been selected for On<strong>St</strong>age to present<br />
their group performance entitled To A De (greed). Also<br />
Joseph McKenzie had his play performed by professional<br />
actors in Writers On <strong>St</strong>age, while Mitchell Bainton’s short<br />
film was a part of OnScreen.<br />
This reflects the excellent performance skills of our Drama<br />
students in the Class of 2009.<br />
Faculty Highlights<br />
English: The English results were once again outstanding.<br />
The policy of directing boys to the appropriate courses,<br />
along with the work ethic of staff and students, has led to<br />
this pleasing outcome. The <strong>St</strong>andard English results were the<br />
best ever with 2 students achieving Band 6 and the school<br />
mean being 12.6 above the <strong>St</strong>ate mean. The Advanced<br />
course improved on last year with 43% of students<br />
achieving a Band 6. Similar results were achieved in both<br />
Extension courses.<br />
Mathematics: At times the consistently strong results of this<br />
faculty, across all courses, can be taken for granted. 36%<br />
of courses attempted in Maths achieved in the top band<br />
which compares favourably with other schools across<br />
the <strong>St</strong>ate. The excellent results of our Accelerant class<br />
(including 6th & 18th in <strong>St</strong>ate) are proof of the success of<br />
this programme.<br />
History: The results in Ancient History were the best in recent<br />
times with a mean 14.72 above the <strong>St</strong>ate. 41% of students<br />
achieved a Band 6. The Extension History results were also<br />
exceptional, with two students in the top 10 of the <strong>St</strong>ate and<br />
58% of candidature in the top band.<br />
Economics/Business <strong>St</strong>udies: A strong set of results were<br />
again achieved in these subjects. We have had consistently<br />
good results in Economics so the improvement in the<br />
Business <strong>St</strong>udies results was particularly welcome.<br />
General Comments<br />
One of the most outstanding characteristics of the<br />
Class of 2009 has been their ability to assist each<br />
other and work together. The effectiveness of study<br />
groups, the generous sharing of notes and the willingness<br />
to assist those struggling has been readily apparent across<br />
the year. Mindful of ethical student behaviour they have<br />
approached their studies in a communal manner. This was<br />
evidenced in their use of the library; their commitment<br />
to study in “<strong>St</strong>uVacs” and the willingness to create and<br />
maintain a culture that encouraged all to achieve to their<br />
potential.<br />
Mr Neville Williams<br />
Director of Curriculum<br />
School Certificate - 2009<br />
The College has received a pleasing set of results in the<br />
School Certificate for 2009.<br />
Some of the significant features include:<br />
Five ‘All-Rounders’ received a Band 6 Result for<br />
every subject. These boys were: Harrison Collins,<br />
Patrick Horne, Justin Lam, Luke McAlpin and Matthew<br />
McEwen.<br />
Continued strong results in Mathematics and English<br />
Improved results in Science resulting in 80% of students<br />
being placed in top two Bands,<br />
The maintenance of the College’s outstanding results in<br />
Australian History<br />
The results indicate the following:<br />
There is a growing culture of academic achievement<br />
within the middle years of schooling at <strong>St</strong> <strong>Aloysius</strong>’.<br />
If one examines the table immediately below this is<br />
evidenced with a growing percentage of students in<br />
top two Bands.<br />
Despite the commitment to extensive co-curricular,<br />
service, cultural and liturgical programmes; academic<br />
achievement is maintained while hoping to grow well<br />
rounded men for others.<br />
To put the results in their broader context I have included<br />
the performance of our students in the top two Bands (i.e. 80<br />
or above) and compared that to the percentage of students<br />
in the <strong>St</strong>ate that achieved the same results in 2009.<br />
<strong>St</strong> <strong>Aloysius</strong>’ College vs <strong>St</strong>ate comparison<br />
Subject<br />
SAC (top<br />
2 bands)<br />
2006<br />
SAC (top<br />
2 bands)<br />
2007<br />
SAC (top<br />
2 bands)<br />
2008<br />
SAC (top<br />
2 bands)<br />
2009<br />
<strong>St</strong>ate (top<br />
2 bands)<br />
2009<br />
English Literacy 74% 77% 78% 79% 41%<br />
Mathematics* 64% 62% 79% 74% 24%<br />
Science 70% 68% 70% 80% 36%<br />
Geography, Civics &<br />
Citizenship<br />
75% 82% 59% 58% 27%<br />
Australian History, Civics<br />
& Citizenship<br />
88% 87% 89% 87% 23%<br />
The following tables compare School Certificate results<br />
over the past five years at <strong>St</strong> <strong>Aloysius</strong>’ College.<br />
English<br />
All figures are in percentages that are rounded. The figures<br />
in brackets are the state percentages.<br />
Year Band 6 Band 5 Band4<br />
Band 3 and<br />
below<br />
Exam mean<br />
2009 18 (6) 61 (35) 19 (42) 1 (16)<br />
84.51<br />
(77.43)<br />
2008 11 (6) 71 (33) 18 (38) 0 (23) 84.03<br />
2007 19 (6) 58 (28) 23 (39) 0 (27) 83.89<br />
2006 24 (6) 50 (25) 25 (40) 1 (27)<br />
84.71<br />
(74.11)<br />
2005 8 57 34 2 81.83<br />
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Mathematics<br />
Year Band 6 Band 5 Band4<br />
Band 3 and<br />
below<br />
Exam Mean<br />
2009 25 (6) 49 (18) 20 (25) 4 (48) 84.3 (70.6)<br />
2008 31 (7) 48 (18) 16 (24) 4 (51) 85.48<br />
2007 18 (6) 45 (15) 28 (23) 9 (56) 81.67<br />
2006 27 (6) 37 (14) 26 (21) 8 (57)<br />
2005 28 (7) 45 (18) 20 (26) 6<br />
Science<br />
82.77<br />
(67.87)<br />
84.66<br />
(71.01)<br />
Year Band 6 Band 5 Band4<br />
Band 3 and<br />
below<br />
Exam mean<br />
2009 22 (7) 58 (29) 15 (34( 3 (29) 84.8 (75)<br />
2008 17 (6) 53 (26) 28 (33) 1 (35) 83.48<br />
2007 10 (4) 58 (23) 29 (38) 3 (35) 82.16<br />
2006 14 (5) 55 (25) 29 (33) 2 (36)<br />
82.35<br />
(72.86)<br />
2005 11 66 21 2 82.98<br />
Year 9 - Introduction of Netbooks<br />
<strong>St</strong> <strong>Aloysius</strong>’ College has taken bold new steps in our<br />
journey towards a new digital learning environment,<br />
further harnessing 21st Century technologies in<br />
the service of learning. We have initiated a Netbook<br />
Programme for all students in Year 9. This will be supported<br />
by the introduction of the College’s new intranet portal;<br />
both programmes combining to create a diverse array of<br />
learning opportunities for students, their teachers and the<br />
wider Aloysian Family.<br />
In week two of Gonzaga Term, Year 9 students were<br />
issued with a College Netbook. This opportunity has been<br />
readily grasped by the boys who have eagerly begun to<br />
digitise their class work. The Netbooks also enable the<br />
boys to maximize their interaction with electronic resources.<br />
Our new portal will expand these possibilities by providing<br />
a digital learning management system to support the work<br />
of both students and teachers through the provision of<br />
high quality digital resources to best achieve curriculum<br />
outcomes for all. Because the learning platform is digital, it<br />
can be customised and personalised to address the diverse<br />
teaching and learning styles of the learning community.<br />
History<br />
Year Band 6 Band 5 Band4<br />
Band 3 and<br />
below<br />
Exam mean<br />
2009 46 (5) 41 (18) 10 (35) 1 (40) 87.6 (71.6)<br />
2008 59 (5) 30 (18) 9 (28) 0 (49) 89.45<br />
2007 43 (6) 43 (18) 13 (36) 1 (40) 87.14<br />
2006 51 (7) 37 (17) 11 (28) 1 (46) 88.28 (71)<br />
2005 28 52 17 1 84.58<br />
Geography<br />
Year Band 6 Band 5 Band4<br />
Band 3 and<br />
below<br />
Exam mean<br />
2009 8 (5) 50 (22) 31 (31) 8 (41) 80.4 (72.3)<br />
2008 16 (7) 43 (21) 39 (37) 1 (35) 82.31<br />
2007 27 (6) 55 (26) 16 (38) 1 (30) 85.62<br />
2006 28 (8) 47 (22) 23 (35) 2 (32)<br />
84.98<br />
(74.38)<br />
2005 8 57 31 3 81.11<br />
Computing Skills<br />
Year<br />
Highly<br />
Competent<br />
Competent CND Exam mean<br />
2009 93 (62) 6 (37) 0 91 (81.7)<br />
2008 97 (57) 3 (41) 0 (2) 90.04<br />
2007 86 (58) 14 (40) 0 (2)<br />
2006 89 (59) 11 (39) 0 (1) 87.3 (80.56)<br />
Year 9 students, Marco DeVera and Brendan Chan, with their<br />
Netbooks.<br />
It is an exciting time in education for students and their<br />
teachers at <strong>St</strong> <strong>Aloysius</strong>’ College and we are looking forward<br />
to the imaginative new ways that teachers and their students<br />
will embrace the digital curriculum learning opportunities<br />
that advanced technologies can create and sustain.<br />
Mrs Marie Taylor<br />
Head of Design and Technology<br />
Mr Neville Williams<br />
Director of Curriculum<br />
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from the junior school<br />
Mr Martin Lobo - 30 years of<br />
Outstanding Service to <strong>St</strong> <strong>Aloysius</strong>’<br />
College Junior School<br />
We congratulate Mr Martin Lobo and thank him for<br />
the thirty years of dedicated and faithful service<br />
that he has given to the Aloysian Community. I<br />
have had the privilege of knowing and working alongside<br />
Martin for the past fifteen years.<br />
As Head of the Junior School, Mr Lobo has worked<br />
alongside our Jesuits over the past thirty years and his very<br />
strong commitment to the Ignatian mission and vision has<br />
always been at the centre of all his decisions.<br />
The Junior School operates with effortless efficiency.<br />
The school’s stable and calm organisation enables staff<br />
to work effectively and our boys to feel safe. This feature<br />
of our school has largely been the result of Mr Lobo in<br />
his role as Head of Junior School. He has ensured that<br />
the daily organisation of the school is first rate. He is an<br />
exceptional administrative leader and a gifted teacher.<br />
He is compassionate and caring and has always been<br />
motivated by what is best for the staff and boys of our<br />
community and has worked tirelessly to secure this.<br />
His generosity, love and care are evident in his dealings<br />
with his staff, the boys and the parents. His impact will<br />
Mr Lobo addresses the Junior School<br />
continue to resound in many ways; particularly in the lives<br />
of the boys who have been inspired by his leadership and<br />
through his many initiatives at <strong>St</strong> <strong>Aloysius</strong>’.<br />
Humble, well-respected, committed, loyal, funny, reliable<br />
and just, are all words that spring to mind to describe<br />
Martin. He would not want any of these accolades<br />
bestowed upon him and he knew nothing about the surprise<br />
tribute in September that was given to him by the College<br />
Community. It was once said: ‘Great men are among the<br />
best gifts which God bestows upon a people’. We thank<br />
God for the gift of Mr Lobo and we wish him all God’s<br />
blessings in the next thirty years. He is an inspiration to all<br />
of us and truly a Man for Others.<br />
Mr Joe El-Khoury<br />
Deputy Head of the Junior School<br />
A Tribute to Mr Lobo<br />
Commitment is something many people have problems<br />
with these days, including me. With this in mind try<br />
committing yourself to something for thirty years. Mr<br />
Lobo is a man who has managed to achieve this. He has<br />
amazed us all by staying committed for thirty years to <strong>St</strong><br />
<strong>Aloysius</strong>’.<br />
Mr Lobo has poured all his wisdom and knowledge<br />
into our school for thirty years. With this in mind let’s go<br />
back thirty years to get an idea what it was like for Mr<br />
Lobo to enter into <strong>St</strong> <strong>Aloysius</strong>’ College in 1979. In 1979<br />
Mr Lobo would have been entering the Junior School in<br />
Wyalla in the Senior School as this was where it was<br />
located then. The Prime Minister at the time was The Rt<br />
Hon Malcolm Fraser. Mr Lobo probably used to watch the<br />
most popular television show, The Sullivans, as it scooped<br />
the Logie Awards for that year. Given that disco reigned<br />
supreme in 1979, Mr Lobo might have boogied on the<br />
dance floor like John Travolta and listened to music of the<br />
Bee Gees or even Donna Summer. Mr Lobo was more<br />
than likely wearing baggy jeans after throwing out his<br />
flared jeans and his hair would have been considerably<br />
longer than what it is now. In 1979 I was not born, Mr<br />
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Coventry was not born and I think Mr El-Khoury would still<br />
be in Primary School.<br />
Now this was happening when Mr Lobo started<br />
teaching at <strong>St</strong> <strong>Aloysius</strong>’ College. He has seen an enormous<br />
amount of change, particularly in the change of the Junior<br />
School moving to its present site and the changes that we<br />
see around us now.<br />
So what is so special about Mr Lobo that would want<br />
him to stay at <strong>St</strong> <strong>Aloysius</strong>’ for thirty years?<br />
Firstly, Mr Lobo loves <strong>St</strong> <strong>Aloysius</strong>’! He has a very happy<br />
personality and we rarely see him get mad. You can always<br />
guarantee to see a smile upon his face at most times.<br />
Secondly, Mr Lobo is always generous with his time<br />
making sure that he is there for as many events possible.<br />
He was there for our Debating Grand Final, Year Camps,<br />
Family Masses, Concerts and many other performances.<br />
Mr Lobo is the Head of the Junior School and helps with<br />
the direction our Junior School is taking. He always puts<br />
in an enormous amount of effort and has great pride in<br />
our College. We thank him for his amazing thirty years of<br />
service at the College.<br />
Xavier Gould (Year 6)<br />
National Young Leaders Day<br />
- Reflection<br />
On 15 March, Mr El-Khoury, Mrs Breznik, Mr<br />
O’Byrne, twenty-three boys including House<br />
Captains, Prefects and Chess and Debating<br />
Captains went to the National Young Leaders Day at<br />
the Sydney Entertainment Centre in Darling Harbour. This<br />
is where we would listen to inspirational speakers and<br />
learn about leadership and how to lead well. This day<br />
was about leadership and how to be a leader and a role<br />
model.<br />
There were 7,000 Year 6 students from all over NSW<br />
and ACT at the Entertainment Centre, to learn how to be a<br />
leader. There were five guest speakers who were leaders<br />
in their own league who came to speak to us about how<br />
they were leaders and how to be a good leader, showing<br />
how to lead by example. The guest speakers were: Mike<br />
Martin (World Vision Australia), Nikki Bart (Mountaineer),<br />
Melissa Doyle (Channel 7 Sunrise), Bill Harrigan (NRL), and<br />
Michael Milton (Paralympics Gold Medallist).<br />
Mike Martin is a spokesman for World Vision Australia<br />
and is involved in most of their campaigns. He is a leader<br />
because he is leading Australia in helping out other countries<br />
and supporting people less fortunate than us.<br />
Nikki Bart is a mountaineer who has achieved some<br />
marvellous feats in her life. She and her mother were the<br />
first Australian mother and daughter team to climb Mt<br />
Everest. She and her mother have also climbed the seven<br />
peaks which meant that she has climbed the highest peak<br />
in every continent. She sees herself as a leader by being<br />
inspirational to young climbers that want to climb Mt Everest<br />
Junior School attendees at the National Young Leaders Day.<br />
and do the 7 peaks just like she did. Her strategies are to<br />
take one step at a time and to follow every rainbow. The<br />
first one is about patience. On Mt Everest you have to take<br />
17 breaths before each step so that means you would<br />
only do 100m in 30mins. Her other motto was to follow<br />
every rainbow. After they started, the mountain was closed<br />
and they had to wait three months, but one day she saw<br />
a rainbow and that same day the mountain was opened<br />
again so she believes you have to follow every rainbow in<br />
your life.<br />
Melissa Doyle is the co-host on the Channel 7<br />
programme, Sunrise. Melissa co-hosts the programme with<br />
David “Kochie” Koch. She reports news stories and talks<br />
to famous people on a daily basis. She is a leader of the<br />
Sunrise team as she is the anchor woman. She shared with<br />
us how Sunrise supports many campaigns and projects<br />
towards charity and bullying and all kinds of things that<br />
involves making a difference in the world. Melissa spends<br />
lots of her time supporting these charities and using the fact<br />
that she is a celebrity in a good way to get support from<br />
the general public.<br />
Michael Milton was amazing! He is known as the fastest<br />
skier (able or disabled) in Australia. He has one leg and has<br />
won 6 Paralympics gold medals in the Super G, Downhill,<br />
Slalom, and Giant Slalom. At 9 years of age he was<br />
diagnosed with bone cancer. They had to remove his leg<br />
so that the cancer would not spread to the rest of his body.<br />
He loved to ski so he was really disappointed that he lost<br />
his leg. When he was in hospital his parents showed him<br />
a video of a one legged skier so he decided he wouldn’t<br />
give up and wouldn’t let his disability affect his desire to<br />
achieve lots of things.<br />
I would have to say that I found the day to be exciting<br />
and interesting because these ordinary people were able<br />
to show us that a leader is not just about being the head of<br />
something but about doing good things for other people.<br />
It’s about being inspirational and showing the way to make<br />
a difference.<br />
Nicholas Angelucci (Year 6)<br />
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Debating Report<br />
The year started with a bang when the debating trials<br />
were held. About seventy students trialled to make the<br />
squad of 14 and the competition was intense. In the<br />
end a strong squad was chosen, consisting of Years 5 and<br />
6 students split into two teams, the A and B team.<br />
Junior School Debators with their Coaches, Sam <strong>St</strong>evens (SAC 2008)<br />
and Nick Sunderland (SAC 2006) and Mr Joe El-Khoury.<br />
Junior School Debators with their trophies.<br />
With our two Old Boy coaches, Nick Sunderland<br />
(SAC 2006) and Sam <strong>St</strong>evens (SAC 2008), along with<br />
the Debating Coordinator Mr El-Khoury, both teams were<br />
unstoppable. The season looked promising with both teams<br />
scoring wins against some very strong schools, such as<br />
Trinity Grammar, Tangara School for Girls, Barker College<br />
and The King’s School.<br />
Due to the success of our debating teams we went into<br />
the finals placed at the top of the group, winning all of<br />
our debates but one. In the semi-finals, the intensity was<br />
astounding, but we pushed through to win. However, the<br />
final hurdle, the toughest of them all, had to be overcome<br />
before being champions, the Grand Final!<br />
The A team went up against Sydney Grammar School<br />
and the B team against rival CAS school Trinity Grammar<br />
School. The topic debated was That we should ban<br />
animal testing for medical research. The adjudicators<br />
were persuaded and awarded <strong>St</strong> <strong>Aloysius</strong>’ College, in a<br />
unanimous decision, the win in both the A and B divisions.<br />
The teams celebrated into the night with many thanks to<br />
our coaches, Mr. El-Khoury and all the debating boys. Now<br />
<strong>St</strong> <strong>Aloysius</strong>’ College Junior School debaters are the crowned<br />
debating champions making them the best in NSW.<br />
We would like to thank all the parents who helped<br />
transport us to our debates, as well as organising us on a<br />
weekly basis. We couldn’t have done it without you.<br />
Liam Thorne and Xavier Gould (Year 6)<br />
Debating Captains 2009<br />
Presentation of the trophies at a College Assembly.<br />
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junior school sport<br />
Junior School – Term I Sport<br />
In what would be one of the busiest terms to date<br />
we certainly have had our fair share of success and<br />
dominance in the blue and gold. From Swimming to<br />
Cross Country, Basketball and Cricket, Tennis and Chess<br />
Term 1 has seen many highlights. Before any sporting<br />
competition took place there was a need to elect our<br />
sports leaders and these boys have certainly lived up to the<br />
expectations required of them.<br />
HOUSE CAPTAIN VICE CAPTAIN<br />
OGILVIE Alexander Heath Peter Zenos<br />
CAMPION Peter Slaven Patrick Brimson<br />
SOUTHWELL Matt Dainton Vincent Hrdina<br />
OWEN Jeremy Nissen Jack Mazaraki<br />
Swimming<br />
Their first role was to prepare their houses for the<br />
Swimming Carnival held in week two. Following the<br />
success of the last years’ twilight carnival at Sydney<br />
Olympic Park Homebush another exciting carnival was<br />
planned for 2010. This twilight carnival format allowed<br />
for the carnival to be run away from the harsh element of<br />
the sun but also the destructive element of rain which is the<br />
greatest fear of all sports masters worldwide.<br />
This year proved to be a great success again both<br />
in the pool and from the number of parents who were in<br />
attendance. By having 10 lanes to swim in we were able<br />
to finish well ahead of time despite having more entries<br />
than we had in previous years. This year also saw 37 more<br />
heats of various strokes added to the program which reflects<br />
on the boys’ enthusiasm to participate in the carnival. Boys<br />
were also fortunate enough to use the racing start blocks<br />
that were used in a few weeks later at the Telstra Swimming<br />
Championships where our Commonwealth Games Team<br />
was selected. Boys can also say that <strong>St</strong>ephanie Rice,<br />
Eamon Sullivan, Jessicah Schipper swam in their lane!<br />
Southwell House won the event, only 18 points in front<br />
of Ogilvie House and raised their house flag in celebration<br />
the following day at school. Age champions for the event<br />
included Luke Jepson and Patrick Butler in the Opens, Lucas<br />
Anderson and Harrison Scott in the Under 11’s, Thomas<br />
Gillis and Jack Spano in the 10’s and Ben Pollack and Joe<br />
Bonadeo in the Under 9’s<br />
As we entered our season there was a need for a<br />
Swimming captain to be nominated to take on the role of<br />
leadership from within the team. Luke Jepson was selected<br />
for this position and performed this role diligently.<br />
Our first carnival was our annual Brothers Invitational<br />
Swimming Carnival held at Riverview. The following schools<br />
were involved; <strong>St</strong> Ignatius’ College, Riverview, <strong>St</strong> Patrick’s<br />
College <strong>St</strong>rathfield, Waverley College, <strong>St</strong> Pius X College<br />
Chatswood and Christian Brothers’ High School Lewisham.<br />
Our 9s and 10s age group performed considerably well<br />
and will certainly be a force to be reckoned with in the<br />
years to come. Our 10years 6x25m relay made up of<br />
Tom Gillis, Darcy Hampton, Jack Spano, Harry Hertz, Jack<br />
Vozzo, and Tom Van Dongen won the race and also won<br />
the 4x25m relay. Our 11s and 12s came third and fourth<br />
respectively. All up we had 18 first places, 15 second<br />
places and 7 third places.<br />
In a fiercely contested carnival with the lead changing<br />
just before the relays’ <strong>St</strong> <strong>Aloysius</strong>’ came second place<br />
overall and second place in aggregate which is based on<br />
results and numbers of enrolments.<br />
From there our Junior School Swimming Team competed<br />
at Homebush in the IPSHA Swimming Carnival. Notoriously<br />
difficult, this competition allows successful swimmers to go<br />
on and represent IPSHA at the CIS Carnival. The day started<br />
well with the Junior Relay team (Gillis, Hampton, Spano,<br />
Hertz) posting the fastest time of the meet with 2:28.65.<br />
The Senior Relay team (Anderson, Jepson, Mazaraki, Dong)<br />
faced some tough competition and came out seventh fastest<br />
overall with a time of 2:18.16. We also had some good<br />
results in the 200m IM with Tom Gillis finishing second in his<br />
race (3:28.47), Luke Jepson finishing first in his (3:09.10)<br />
and Lucas Anderson finishing third (3:00.21).<br />
With the start of 50m freestyle, we had many strong<br />
performances from Junior School Swimmers. Notable<br />
swimmers included Ben Pollack (42.52s; fourth), Jack Spano<br />
(36.35s; first), Tom Gillis (35.90s; second), Lucas Anderson<br />
(32.20s; first) and Luke Jepson (33.86s; fourth). In the 50m<br />
butterfly, Lucas Anderson again showed what an all round<br />
swimmer he is with a strong first place in 37.50s.<br />
This year we had 5 boys selected to swim at IPSHA<br />
carnival for possible CIS selection. Darcy Hampton, Jack<br />
Spano, Harry Hertz and Thomas Gillis in our relay team<br />
and Lucas Anderson and Thomas Gillis in their individual<br />
events.<br />
Jack Spano (Year 5) reports on the IPSHA and CIS<br />
carnivals below.<br />
I am very happy that I made it into the IPSHA Swimming<br />
Team along with my fellow team mates Darcy Hampton,<br />
Harry Hertz and Thomas Gillis. This meant we are off to<br />
compete in the NSWCIS Carnival which was held on<br />
Friday, 26 March 2010.<br />
Early Friday morning Mum and I were in the car at<br />
7:00, off to SOPAC at Homebush for a very exciting day.<br />
After I collected my uniform, I went down and I am on the<br />
blocks about to dive in to do my 200m warm up and I am<br />
feeling very nervous and excited all at the same time. After<br />
I have done my warm up, we go back and sit with our<br />
parents for a rest and have a snack. About 2 hours later we<br />
are called down to marshalling for the relay heat.<br />
It’s about 10.00am and our heat is about to get<br />
underway with Darcy our first swimmer, followed by Harry,<br />
then Tom and I bring it home for <strong>St</strong> <strong>Aloysius</strong>’. We did<br />
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a great time of 2.25.81 – We were the second fastest<br />
overall. So we have made it to the final! Can’t believe it.<br />
So now we rest and eat, and then finally we are<br />
marshalled at about 12.30pm, we are all feeling anxious<br />
and can’t believe we are here with all these other schools<br />
and children. Darcy is on the blocks, the horn goes and<br />
he is off, we are in lane 5, he touches first, then dives in<br />
Harry and is swimming his best and keeps us in the race<br />
touching the wall in second place, then in dives Tom, with<br />
his work cut out keeps our second place, then I dive in and<br />
swim my guts out and trying to catch the boy near me and<br />
we did it! We came in first and got gold for <strong>St</strong> <strong>Aloysius</strong>’ at<br />
the NSWCIS Carnival for the 4 x 50m Freestyle. Also we<br />
did a personal best time of 2.23.59 and our parents were<br />
going crazy with support in the grandstand.<br />
Now we are off to represent CIS at the <strong>St</strong>ate NSWPSSA<br />
Carnival the following week, Friday 1 April 2010.<br />
Jack Spano (Year 5)<br />
Our Junior Relay team made of up Jack Spano, Harry<br />
Hertz, Darcy Hampton and Tom Gillis, having already<br />
qualified for IPSHA and CIS participation and teams swam<br />
at the NSW PSSA carnival at Homebush. There were<br />
accompanied by Lucas Anderson who was swimming his<br />
individual events of Breaststroke and Freestyle. Harry Hertz<br />
(Year 4) reports on the NSW PSSA carnival<br />
The Junior Relay (L-R) Jack Spano, Harry Hertz, Darcy Hampton and<br />
Tom Gillis<br />
The day of <strong>St</strong>ate (NSWPSSA) arrived. As my mum and<br />
I walked from the car to the entry at SOPAC, the fire alarm<br />
went off. They weren't letting anyone in, but they weren't<br />
letting anyone out either. Jack, Darcy and Tom were all<br />
inside. After a very long time, we could go in.<br />
We came first in our heat and were second fastest going<br />
into the final. The fastest qualifier was Cromer. We were<br />
excited about making it into the final; we even received a<br />
ribbon just for making it.<br />
It was a long time from the heat to the final. I knew<br />
we all had to swim fast as I train with one of the boys on<br />
the Cromer team and he is very fast. We came fourth in<br />
the end. Cromer came first, Lindfield came second and<br />
Burraneer Bay came third. I am very proud of us all. We<br />
did our best. We are the fourth fastest U10 Boys Relay<br />
Team in NSW... and it was a lot of fun to get there.<br />
Harry Hertz (Year 4)<br />
IPSHA Cross Country<br />
In what would be our most successful team yet, in terms of<br />
placing and qualifications, the 2010 SAC team was one<br />
made of some extremely talented runners as well as men<br />
for others. For the boys who attended training in the weeks<br />
prior, to the way the boys conducted themselves on the day;<br />
all should be commended for their enthusiasm and athletic<br />
professionalism that extends beyond their years.<br />
We were fortunate enough to have six boys through to<br />
the CIS team which ranks <strong>St</strong> <strong>Aloysius</strong>’ as the equal top Boys’<br />
School alongside Barker, Cranbrook and Shore.<br />
These boys will be competing at the CIS Cross Country<br />
carnival in June at Eastern Creek Raceway.<br />
Thomas Gillis, Liam Gorman, James McFadden, Tom<br />
Van Dongen, Gus and Hugo Whelan will now run for<br />
IPSHA at CIS carnival later this term.<br />
Rugby<br />
The Armidale School Rugby Tournament<br />
SHHHHHHH... the television static signalled the<br />
premature end of the movie on the bus. The DVD<br />
player had overheated and we’d only seen the<br />
beginning of The Mighty Ducks. When we left it, the team<br />
was in shambles having never had a proper training session<br />
together. The story certainly sounded familiar to the touring<br />
Under 12 <strong>St</strong> <strong>Aloysius</strong>’ College Rugby team. Apart from one<br />
session prior to the team’s departure, the <strong>St</strong> <strong>Aloysius</strong>’ side<br />
had not in fact trained or played together before. Twenty<br />
boys from teams ranging from the 2009 11As to the 2009<br />
11Cs comprised a quick and courageous outfit to compete<br />
in the annual TAS Armidale Rugby Carnival. Over the three<br />
pool games and warm-up sessions, the boys gelled as a<br />
unit and built on their previous performances. How would<br />
the story end though? Hopefully the DVD player would be<br />
fixed by the time we headed home to Sydney.<br />
In a new format this year; teams were placed in<br />
pools before playing off in a final series with the Grand<br />
Final being played as a full game on the last day. <strong>St</strong><br />
<strong>Aloysius</strong>’ drew a reasonably tough pool featuring <strong>St</strong> Mary’s<br />
Armidale, Tamworth RUFC and Lismore RUFC. <strong>Aloysius</strong>’<br />
first game against Tamworth RUFC highlighted the clear<br />
talent among the boys as they triumphed 18-0 on the back<br />
of some wonderful attacking moves. Despite a slow start<br />
in the second game against Lismore which saw them fall<br />
behind on the scoreboard, <strong>Aloysius</strong>’ superb attacking flair<br />
came to the fore in the second half scoring two tries to win<br />
the match 12-6. We needed to win our last pool match<br />
to finish top of our group and progress to the semi-final<br />
and when <strong>St</strong> Mary’s Armidale scored a converted try after<br />
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some very poor defence it would have been easy for the<br />
boys to hang their heads. As there was no extra time in the<br />
carnival games, the team to score first in drawn matches<br />
was awarded victory. Therefore, our boys needed to score<br />
twice in the remaining 15 minutes to win the match without<br />
conceding. Cometh the moment, cometh the man as it was<br />
then that Peter Slaven decided to take the game by the<br />
scruff of the neck, scoring a try from a perfectly weighted<br />
chip and chase. With only minutes remaining, <strong>St</strong> Mary’s<br />
again looked to set up another promising backline move<br />
before Peter advanced at an amazing speed from defence<br />
to intercept a ball and run half the field to score again. If the<br />
game hadn’t provided enough twists and turns, with only<br />
seconds remaining, <strong>St</strong> Mary’s kicked the ball downfield and<br />
one of their players chased it down, leaving him one on<br />
one with Alexander Heath, 20 metres from the line. Despite<br />
the player being almost twice his size, Alexander made<br />
the tackle and support arrived as the air horn sounded out<br />
across the field. <strong>Aloysius</strong>’ had made the semis!<br />
The coaching staff and travelling parents had been<br />
given a few scares and grey hairs in the minor round so<br />
a few holes needed to be plugged and areas addressed<br />
for the finals. However, before some small targeted training<br />
drills, boys were encouraged to rest and recover in our two<br />
hour break. Looking at the draw, we assumed we would<br />
be playing King’s School; however, <strong>St</strong>. Andrew’s Anglican<br />
College from the Sunshine Coast had knocked them out<br />
in the last game. We had heard rumours that <strong>St</strong> Andrew’s<br />
had a phenomenal running side who loved getting the<br />
ball to their fast backline. Thus, the training session before<br />
our game revolved around clearing out, recycling the ball,<br />
defensive pressure and tackling. We would aim to hold<br />
on to the ball and control the tempo of the game in the<br />
forwards. The boys listened to these instructions and carried<br />
them out to perfection. Two brilliant individual displays from<br />
Aaron Jeffrey, which saw him firstly score a try, running<br />
freakishly fast down the wing one way before chasing the<br />
opposition the other way 5 minutes later, making up 15m<br />
to drag him down inches short of the line, had us up a<br />
converted try at the break. <strong>St</strong> Andrew’s came out like a team<br />
possessed in the second half scoring two converted tries.<br />
With only 3 minutes to go, Vincent Hrdina made a great run<br />
up the wing before Peter Sleiman put the ball down coolly<br />
by the corner post. The coolest player on the field though<br />
was Matt Dainton who, with great poise and composure<br />
slotted the ball between the posts (like he had done all day)<br />
despite being under enormous pressure.<br />
game before suiting up for the final. The coaches spoke to<br />
the boys half an hour before the game and the message<br />
was clear; in order to beat Toowoomba Souths, we would<br />
use the same game plan that had worked for us in the semi<br />
final. We ran through the same drills to target those areas<br />
that would help us win the game before running out and<br />
playing the most intense first ten minutes you’re likely to ever<br />
see in junior rugby. Todd Gillman and Nick Hrdina led the<br />
forwards like they had all day, fearlessly picking and driving<br />
and making big tackles. If there was one word to describe<br />
the <strong>Aloysius</strong>’ team, it would “hard”. At least 8 of our players<br />
made enormous hits on bigger players and watching this<br />
inspired everyone else in the team. The forwards absolutely<br />
dominated and our backs’ defensive pressure and tackling<br />
was flawless. By half-time, <strong>Aloysius</strong>’ was in a commanding<br />
position, three tries up. Toowoomba kept pressing but we<br />
kept our heads and some very smart decisions from Matt<br />
Dainton and Jack Mazaraki in pressure situations allowed<br />
us to hold our nerve and hold on for a memorable 17-0<br />
victory.<br />
A big thank you must go firstly to the boys for not only<br />
their wonderful performance on the field but also their<br />
wonderful behaviour off the field. They were an absolute<br />
pleasure to take on tour and made it a very enjoyable<br />
experience for the teachers involved. Secondly, a big thank<br />
you to the support from the travelling parents who also<br />
added to the wonderful experience and a final thank you<br />
to coach Mr David Hegarty and assistant Will O’Byrne.<br />
Mr Hegarty’s specific instructions were well carried out by<br />
the boys and were the keys to the team’s success. Both<br />
Mr Hegarty and Will’s composure throughout all games<br />
seemed to rub off on the boys who were focused, yet at<br />
ease when facing difficult opponents and situations.<br />
We boarded the bus home, receiving the good news of<br />
a repaired DVD player and immediately resumed viewing<br />
Mighty Ducks and guess what? That team that many people<br />
thought would struggle to win a game actually won the<br />
whole competition!<br />
Mr Mark Coventry - Tour Manager<br />
Mr David Hegarty - Coach<br />
Once again though, there was one last twist as <strong>St</strong><br />
Andrew’s threw everything at us. Everyone’s heart sank as<br />
the opposition winger made a dashing run down the wing<br />
only to be brought down by our ever reliable fullback, Jack<br />
Mazaraki. The full time whistle blew and the first try scoring<br />
team in the drawn game progressed to Sunday’s Grand<br />
Final... <strong>Aloysius</strong>!<br />
After a relaxing morning, the boys arrived at the ground<br />
later than all other teams and casually watched another<br />
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from the deputy principal<br />
Induction and Welcome for New<br />
Teaching <strong>St</strong>aff<br />
Ms Jessica Jorna (Kircher Library)<br />
We welcome the<br />
following new staff to<br />
<strong>St</strong> <strong>Aloysius</strong>’ College<br />
for 2010 and look forward<br />
to their involvement in this<br />
collective endeavour of Ignatian<br />
Education.<br />
Ms Danae Craig<br />
(Technology)<br />
Mrs Mary Diggins<br />
(Religious Education)<br />
Mrs Katie Lee (Senior School Reception)<br />
Mrs Barbara Irwin (Science)<br />
Ms Maryanne Magri (Head of Learning Support)<br />
Ms Carla Maxted (English)<br />
Mr Gary Molloy (Science)<br />
Mrs Michelle Reay (Junior School 6.4 Homeroom)<br />
Mr Mijo Ticinovic (Youth Minister)<br />
Ms Monica Wei (Languages)<br />
It is said that maintaining and developing the Jesuit<br />
identity of our school depends on the careful selection of<br />
such people as these new teachers and on a programme<br />
of appropriate formation in the Ignatian Charism and<br />
pedagogy for them. Their induction programme covers not<br />
only the administrivia of commencing in a new workplace,<br />
but more significantly an understanding of the distinctive<br />
quality and nature of our tradition. New staff are led<br />
through an interpretation of what we understand of Jesuit<br />
Schools in the Ignatian tradition; namely, to<br />
Seek and to find God in the experiences of our<br />
everyday life.<br />
Be involved in a conversation, between God and<br />
ourselves.<br />
Desire to do the will of Christ and in our actions bring<br />
His Kingdom alive.<br />
Be witnesses to charity and service in helping and<br />
working for others.<br />
The process of formation for new teachers commences<br />
with this induction and continues with days of reflection<br />
throughout the year. <strong>St</strong>aff are given insights to the story and<br />
life of Ignatius, his spirituality and the legacy of his formation<br />
of the Jesuits in Schools, as well as an introduction to the<br />
meditations and prayer experiences of Ignatius.<br />
New parents too participate in a similar process of<br />
formation when commencing at <strong>St</strong> <strong>Aloysius</strong>’ College,<br />
through The New Parent Ignatian Evenings. Using a variety<br />
of information and media, we enable new members of our<br />
school community to access our faith story and its heritage.<br />
So far we have had the first part of a two evening induction<br />
for parents in each year group.<br />
The two-evening presentation for parents mirrors the<br />
programme for staff induction and what is also presented<br />
for Year 7 students through their Religious Education classes<br />
in Term I where they study School and Church Communities<br />
such as their own context. It is this emphasis on bringing<br />
people ‘into the fold’ as it were that provides for a more<br />
informed and better equipped school community.<br />
Jesuit schools today seek to sustain a tradition which has<br />
honed many to be fine instruments of God in the service<br />
of others; men and women of contemplation, competence,<br />
compassion and commitment.<br />
We wish all our new staff, parents and boys every<br />
encouragement as they settle into the Aloysian Family and<br />
look forward to a prosperous collaboration and contribution<br />
for many years to come.<br />
Mr Sam Di Sano<br />
Deputy College Principal<br />
Matteo Ricci SJ<br />
The cover of the 2010 <strong>St</strong>udent Diary shows an image<br />
of Matteo Ricci SJ. The Society of Jesus worldwide<br />
celebrates 2010 as marking 400 years since his<br />
death. Ricci born 6 October 1552, died on 11 May<br />
1620. Incidentally, 1552 marked the passing of one<br />
missionary giant, <strong>St</strong> Francis Xavier, and the beginnings<br />
of another, Matteo Ricci, who was born that year. Father<br />
Jeremy Clarke SJ an Australian Province Jesuit, is a visiting<br />
fellow in Pacific and Asian history at the Australian<br />
National University. He will be an assistant professor in<br />
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from the deputy principal (cont'd)<br />
the history department of Boston College in Massachusetts<br />
beginning in the 2010–11 academic year and has written<br />
a wonderful paper on Matteo Ricci’s legacy, from which I<br />
have put together this summary.<br />
Over the next 30 years following Ricci’s death<br />
missionaries from many orders sought to enter China,<br />
but because the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) rigorously<br />
controlled its borders at the time, they were all unsuccessful.<br />
Some were deported, others died in prison. In the end the<br />
church was able to bypass Ming defenses by applying<br />
a new missionary policy of rigorous adaptation to local<br />
culture. It was in this way that Ricci made his mark.<br />
In 1578 he entered China and became the first Catholic<br />
missionary to that land. Once there, he started learning the<br />
Chinese language and customs – the beginnings of a long<br />
project that, eventually, made him one of the first western<br />
scholars to master Chinese script. Ricci’s varied and impressive<br />
works testify to his genius. Once he mastered enough spoken<br />
and written Chinese to communicate freely he tried his hand<br />
at whatever would help him develop relationships with<br />
officials. In pursuit of his ultimate evangelical goal, Ricci<br />
produced works in many scientific fields.<br />
Ricci worked with one of the leaders of the early Chinese<br />
Christians, the Ming dynasty statesman Xu Guangqi<br />
(1562-1633). The statue depicted on the front of the<br />
diary shows them together. The statue is found in Guangqi<br />
Park in the Xujiahui District of Shanghai. Together they<br />
translated geometry into Chinese. This task was made all<br />
the more difficult because concepts like parallel lines and<br />
acute angles, for example, had no Chinese equivalent<br />
terminology. Ever creative, Ricci and his companion<br />
invented terms for them, which today are still used by<br />
Chinese mathematicians.<br />
Ricci was a true Renaissance man, representing the<br />
breadth of the humanistic learning undertaken by Jesuits<br />
throughout Europe at that time. He was a man of deep<br />
faith too, regularly translating language dictionaries so other<br />
missionaries could compose prayer books and catechisms.<br />
His remarkable feats of scholarship were achieved in the<br />
face of much adversity and peril, being a stranger in a<br />
strange land. His success was due in no small part to his<br />
ministry being one of friendship.<br />
Mr Sam Di Sano<br />
Deputy College Principal<br />
from the registrar<br />
Our next Open Day will be held in Term IV this year.<br />
So please come along! It is an opportunity to speak<br />
with staff, parents and the students themselves as<br />
well as to see the progress of our new building Dalton<br />
Hall in Jeffrey <strong>St</strong>reet. This will house a championship-size<br />
basketball/volleyball court, change rooms, classrooms, a<br />
25m swimming pool, weights and cardio studio, specialist<br />
classrooms and tutorial rooms.<br />
OPEN DAY 2010<br />
Sunday 24 October<br />
9.30am - 12.30pm (Junior School);<br />
10.30am - 1.00pm (Senior School)<br />
Entrance examinations were held in February this year<br />
and we had record numbers sitting these examinations.<br />
Approximately 90 boys sat the Year 3 2011 examination<br />
for 48 available places, 90 sat for Year 4, 2011 for 20<br />
places, over 200 sat for Year 5, 2011 for 60 places and<br />
approximately 140 sat for Year 7, 2012 for 30 places.<br />
This year was the last time we tested for Year 4 entry. From<br />
2012 (ie for entrance examinations held in 2011), entry<br />
points will only be in Years 3, 5 and 7 (and in other Years<br />
only if places become available).<br />
Currently no places are available for 2011 nor Year<br />
7, 2012. However, sometimes there is movement in our<br />
waitlists towards the end of the year. Orientation Day<br />
for boys starting at the College in 2011 will be held on<br />
Wednesday 3 November 8.30am – 12.40pm.<br />
Information for new students commencing at the College<br />
next year will be available via a link on the College<br />
website in the last week of Term III this year. This will<br />
include information regarding the Orientation Day, uniforms,<br />
textbooks, travel arrangements to school etc).<br />
Entrance examinations for entry into Years 3, 5 and<br />
8 to 11, 2012 as well as Year 7, 2013 will be held in<br />
mid-February 2011. Any new applications for these entry<br />
points need to be submitted by December this year.<br />
Bursary applications for 2012 entry will open in<br />
November this year. The College Bursary Programme is<br />
means-tested and offers students on opportunity to avail<br />
themselves of a Jesuit education in circumstances when such<br />
enrolment is not affordable or sustainable. These bursaries<br />
are offered to new students entering the College at all<br />
Year Levels and are reviewed annually. Please contact the<br />
Registrar if you would like more details about this scheme.<br />
The closing date for all applications will be in the first week<br />
of February 2011 (exact date to be advertised on the<br />
College website later this year). The entrance examination<br />
will be held in mid-February.<br />
If you would like more information on enrolments,<br />
please contact the Registrar on +61 2 9936 5535 or<br />
email: registrar@staloysius.nsw.edu.au. Alternatively, this<br />
information can be accessed on the Admissions page of<br />
our website: www.staloysius.nsw.edu.au<br />
Mrs Anne-Maree McCarthy<br />
Registrar<br />
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from the senior school<br />
LIFE FOR KIDS<br />
LIFE FOR KIDS’ programmes and activities continue with<br />
a great sense of community amongst our Aboriginal<br />
children and their families (from Woolloomooloo,<br />
Redfern, Waterloo, Marrickville and nearby areas) and<br />
our many committed volunteers, a number being students<br />
from <strong>St</strong> <strong>Aloysius</strong>’, Riverview and other schools. Our weekly<br />
Saturday BBQ breakfasts and activities enable us to focus<br />
on extended programmes for some one hundred and fifty<br />
children well known to us and to respond to their many<br />
needs.<br />
Haircuts.<br />
Joe Williams (Souths player) - mentor.<br />
The highlight of each year is our Christmas Party and,<br />
once again, this was a wondrous time of joy and goodwill<br />
for each other, regardless of the many difficulties facing our<br />
families each day. A number of organisations and groups<br />
assisted us with donations of presents and the <strong>St</strong> <strong>Aloysius</strong>’<br />
school community gathered foodstuffs and Christmas fare,<br />
thence packed into magnificent hampers for each family.<br />
Special thanks are extended to everyone who gave so<br />
generously.<br />
Our extended support in education, health, social,<br />
sporting and cultural arenas has made for a very busy<br />
year so far, commencing with provision of ‘back to school’<br />
uniforms, books and shoes and the continuation of tutoring<br />
and assistance with school work and assignments. Joe<br />
Williams, a Souths’ player, was extremely popular when he<br />
mentored the kids at breakfast and with a game of Austag.<br />
We had a ‘big day out’ at Jamberoo, have had surfboard<br />
riding lessons, days at indoor bowling and rock climbing<br />
and ‘just fishin’ and ‘goin’ bush’.<br />
We are constantly seeking medical and dental treatment<br />
for our children. A local identity comes to breakfast each<br />
month for $1 ‘hair cuts’ – the ‘kids’ are looking very smart!<br />
Mothers of our fourteen babies born during the last year<br />
have been supported by one of our volunteers who is a<br />
lactation professional. Other volunteers make home visits<br />
and we’ve made many visits to hospitals and to parents<br />
in correctional centres and to some older teenagers who<br />
are in detention. Pro bono legal support has been of great<br />
assistance and we have been fortunate in securing priority<br />
housing for single mothers and older teenagers who seek<br />
opportunities in training for the workplace, unable to do so<br />
in their sometimes dysfunctional domestic situations.<br />
So, it has been a very busy year! – and we continue to<br />
imbue confidence, hope and dignity for our children who<br />
are so proud of their Aboriginal heritage, yet confused<br />
with their ‘grass roots’ in an urban environment. We are<br />
indebted to our many dedicated volunteers and to those<br />
who offer us support in so many ways - THANK YOU!<br />
Ailsa Gillett OAM<br />
Co-ordinator of Life for Kids<br />
At Jamberoo.<br />
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senior school sport<br />
The College experienced its most successful season ever,<br />
winning three of the five CAS Summer Competitions<br />
- Tennis, Waterpolo and Volleyball. Outside CAS<br />
competition, our 1st IV Tennis team won the Australian Jesuit<br />
Schools Tennis Championships whilst our 1st VIII Waterpolo<br />
team won the Tasman Cup which brings together the very<br />
best waterpolo schools from both Australia and New<br />
Zealand. Following these competitions, a number of our<br />
boys were selected for <strong>St</strong>ate and National Teams.<br />
Basketball<br />
The 1st V finished fifth in the CAS competition, winning<br />
three matches against Waverley College, Cranbrook<br />
School and Barker College. The 1st V almost beat the<br />
undefeated Trinity Grammar School away at Trinity losing<br />
on the buzzer. Under Old Boy coach Dom Pelosi (SAC<br />
2000), the team improved noticeably throughout the season<br />
and with many players returning next year, should be a real<br />
force in the competition. Captain Liam Andrew (Year 12)<br />
was selected in CAS 1st V Team and Fabijan Krslovic (Year<br />
9) and Alex Perkins (Year 10) in CAS 2nd V.<br />
The 5th V, under Old Boy coach David Telfer (SAC<br />
2006), was our best performing team, winning nine out of<br />
ten games. For the first time, a 1st V and Development Team<br />
toured overseas in December 2009, playing games against<br />
Jesuit Colleges on the west coast of the United <strong>St</strong>ates.<br />
Cricket<br />
The 1st XI competition was the closest in many seasons<br />
with any one of the six teams in contention for the CAS<br />
title during the year. The 1st XI, coached by Mr Andrew<br />
Quinane, won four CAS matches in the season and should<br />
have finished much higher in the final standings. In the last<br />
game against Trinity Grammar School, if the team had taken<br />
the final Trinity wicket, they would have secured overall third<br />
placing. Only seven competition points separated five<br />
schools in the final tally. Patrick Kennedy (Year 11) was<br />
selected in the CAS 1st XI team.<br />
The 1st XI made the final of the Australian Jesuit Schools<br />
Cricket Carnival, losing only narrowly to Xavier College,<br />
Melbourne, who they had beaten in the earlier rounds.<br />
Four boys were selected in the Australian Jesuit Schools<br />
Cricket Team; Nic Donohoe (Year 12), Jordan Daly (Year<br />
11), Alec Cornelius (Year 11), and Will Craft (Year 12).<br />
The 10As were unofficial winners of their competition.<br />
Dom Thompson (Year 10) made the Combined Independent<br />
Schools Under 15 Team for the second year in a row.<br />
Throughout the season, four boys hit centuries in various<br />
grades.<br />
Swimming<br />
The 79th Annual CAS Swimming Championships were<br />
held in early March at Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic<br />
Centre. Our team performed very well on the night finishing<br />
fourth overall and ahead of both Waverley College and<br />
Cranbrook School. We had six wins, eight seconds and<br />
eight thirds at the carnival. Matt Jepson (Year 10) broke two<br />
CAS records in the 100 metres freestyle (53.26) and 200<br />
metres freestyle (1.55.75) Matt now holds eight personal<br />
CAS records, more that any other CAS swimmer from any<br />
school. Paul Sindone (Year 11) also broke the 17 years 50<br />
metre breastroke record with a time of 30.32. Our seniors,<br />
led by Captain Jack Grant (Year 12) and Vice Captain Trent<br />
Klouzal (Year 12), swam superbly at the meet.<br />
Winners on the night included: Elliot Long (Year 11) 16<br />
years 50 metre freestyle, Matt Jepson (Opens 400 metre<br />
freestyle), Paul Sindone (17 years 50 metre breastroke),<br />
Matt Jepson (16 years 100 metre freestyle), Matt Jepson<br />
(16 years 200 metre freestyle) and Elliot Long (16 years<br />
50 metre butterfly)<br />
The swim team competed at a number of lead up events<br />
to the CAS Championships. The team won the <strong>St</strong> Patrick’s<br />
College Invitational and were runners up in the SCECGS,<br />
Oakhill College and our own invitational carnival.<br />
Individually, Matt Jepson won four gold medals at the<br />
NSW Metropolitan Championships, five silvers at the<br />
NSW Aged Championships and only recently won gold in<br />
the 400 individual medley at the Australian Championships<br />
and narrowly missed winning the 200 individual medley.<br />
Consequently he was selected for the Australian Trans<br />
Tasman Team to compete in New Zealand in July.<br />
A number of our boys competed recently at All Schools<br />
Swimming. Elliot Long won the 50 freestyle; Paul Sindone<br />
was placed third in the 50 breastroke whilst the relay team<br />
of Trent Klouzal, Paul Sindone, Jack Grant and Marcus<br />
Anderson (Year 11) was placed third.<br />
My thanks extend to Coach Graeme Brewer and MIC<br />
Miss Erin Hogan for their tireless efforts in preparing the<br />
team for the Championships. <strong>St</strong>aff members Mr Damian<br />
Corrigan (SAC 1971) and Ms Marie Taylor also worked<br />
well behind the scenes in swimming. Many thanks also<br />
to all the parents who assisted at carnivals and morning<br />
breakfasts.<br />
Whilst on swimming, twenty of our boys competed in<br />
the annual Head of the Harbour Classic, a two kilometre<br />
swim. This is an opens event and again this year about one<br />
thousand people swam. Our swimmers again dominated<br />
the event with the school filling the first three places. Trent<br />
Klouzal beat Matt Jepson by the narrowest of margins.<br />
Elliot Long was placed third. The team of Trent Klouzal,<br />
Matt Jepson, Elliot Long, Marcus Anderson and Joseph<br />
Mastrangelo (Year 10) was the winners of the team event.<br />
Tennis<br />
Our 1st IV summer tennis team won their third summer<br />
CAS competition in a row. The team went through<br />
undefeated after ten rounds and accumulated 114 points.<br />
The closest school in second place was Waverley College<br />
on 67 points. All boys in the team, Nic Fuentes (Year 12),<br />
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Harry Kelleher (Year 11), Matt Rowland (Year 11) and Benji<br />
Pfister (Year 12) were selected in CAS teams.<br />
The 1st IV plus Ben Lalic (Year 11), Justin Lam (Year 11),<br />
Nic Mytowski (Year 11) and Scott Murray (Year 10) won<br />
the Australian Jesuits Schools Tennis Carnival in Melbourne,<br />
to emulate last year’s first win ever in the competition. Nic<br />
Fuentes, Harry Kelleher and Matt Rowland were selected in<br />
the Australian Jesuit Schools Tennis Team.<br />
Our 2nd IV and 10As were also unofficial winners of<br />
their respective CAS competitions. The 10As went through<br />
undefeated whilst the 2nds lost only one game in the season.<br />
Volleyball<br />
Our 1st VI volleyball team won their first ever CAS summer<br />
competition. Under staff member Ms Jen Zongor, the<br />
team improved considerably throughout the season and<br />
eventually won all but two games. The team was well led<br />
by Captain Julian Wilson (Year 12) and benefitted from the<br />
presence of NSW Representative Ben Lalic. The 2nd VI was<br />
unofficially placed second in their competition.<br />
Waterpolo<br />
Our 1st VIII Waterpolo team for the second year in<br />
a row went through undefeated in the demanding<br />
combined CAS/GPS Competition. The team showed great<br />
character to beat both Newington College and <strong>St</strong> Ignatius’<br />
College, Riverview, in the final games of the season. The<br />
latter game was played in the Gartlan Centre in front of a<br />
packed crowd of boisterous supporters from each school.<br />
The team was well coached by Old Boys Peter de Gail<br />
(SAC 2002) and Jeremy May (SAC 2002) and managed<br />
by staff member Mrs Margaret Loomes.<br />
The team also won the Tasman Cup, beating the best<br />
waterpolo schools from New Zealand and Australia. Paul<br />
Sindone was the highest point scorer in the competition<br />
and scored six goals in the final. Paul was voted most<br />
valuable player of the tournament. Both Paul Sindone and<br />
Michael de Gail (Year 12) were picked in the Team of the<br />
Tournament.<br />
Under the skilful coaching of parent Mr Mario Sindone,<br />
our 16As was the best performing CAS team in the Under<br />
16s CAS/GPS Competition.<br />
1st VIII Waterpolo CAS/GPS Champions.<br />
Paul Sindone and Michael de Gail both played in the<br />
NSW Under 18s that won the Australian Championships.<br />
Michael represented Australia in the Under 18s and along<br />
with Paul, were selected in the Australian Under 19 team<br />
that played over Easter. Lachlan Viney (Year 12), Harrison<br />
Williams (Year 10) and Paul Sindone all played for CIS<br />
Under17s this season.<br />
Chess<br />
Chess at the College continues to improve. Overall results<br />
throughout the CAS competition placed <strong>St</strong> <strong>Aloysius</strong>’<br />
either third or fourth in standings. Our Seniors team, under<br />
Captain Julian Wilson (Year 12), beat Cranbrook School<br />
and Waverley College in competition.<br />
Individually, Connor O’Shea (Year 7) in the Juniors went<br />
through undefeated in matches in the CAS competition.<br />
Fencing<br />
Hayden Fitzgerald (Year 12) represented Australia<br />
in the Asian Fencing Championships in Manila. In<br />
2009, Hayden competed in the Under 20 National<br />
Championships, finishing seventh overall.<br />
At the recent <strong>St</strong>ate Championships, Hayden Fitzgerald<br />
was placed third in the Seniors, Lachlan Fitzgerald (Year 9)<br />
third in the Under 15s and Edoardo Crepaldi-Milone (Year<br />
8) second in the Under 13s.<br />
Athletics<br />
Luke Gorman (Year 7) competed for NSW Little Athletics<br />
in New Zealand during the Christmas holidays. Alex<br />
Diamond (Year 7) won three events at the NSW Junior and<br />
Youth Athletic Championships.<br />
Rowing<br />
Elliot Hunt (Year 11) qualified for and rowed at<br />
Nationals.<br />
Surf Life Saving<br />
Nic Mulcahy (Year 12) was selected in the NSW Team.<br />
Nic won silver in the Under 17 sprint and was a<br />
member of the winning Under 17 relay team at the NSW<br />
Titles. Trent Klouzal(Year 12) was placed third in the Under<br />
17 Ironman and was a member of the Under 17 taplin<br />
team that won gold.<br />
Matt Jepson (Year 10) won silver in the Under 17 swim.<br />
<strong>Winter</strong> Preview 2010<br />
Rugby<br />
The 1st XV rugby team will again be coached by Messrs<br />
Greg Austin and Sinclair Watson. Mr Austin is both<br />
Rugby Director and MIC.<br />
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A number of boys from last year’s 1st XV and 2nd XV<br />
will be backing up again to form what should be a highly<br />
competitive outfit this season. Will Thompson (Year 12) was<br />
appointed as 1st XV Captain and Tim Duncan (Year 12) as<br />
Captain of Rugby.<br />
The team has already played a number of trials against<br />
Oakhill College and <strong>St</strong> Pius X College. The 1st XV won<br />
back the Shields-Moran Shield in their 22-10 defeat of <strong>St</strong><br />
Pius X College.<br />
An opens squad toured Coffs Harbour during the holiday<br />
period and stayed at Camp Rabbito (ex-Camp Wallaby)<br />
In the opening CAS match of the season, the 1st XV went<br />
down 15-22 to Barker College in a physical encounter at<br />
The College War Memorial Oval. However the team<br />
bounced back in Round II to beat Cranbrook School 20-19<br />
at Hordern.<br />
Old Boys involved in coaching this season in the<br />
Senior School include: David Telfer (SAC 2006), Alex Er<br />
(SAC 2009), Tim Spiteri (SAC 2009), Chris Wells (SAC<br />
2009), Felix Buddee (SAC 2009), Sam Morrison (SAC<br />
2009), Liam O’Hare (SAC 2009), Jayson Fong (SAC<br />
2009), Tim Rowland (SAC 2009) and James Edwards<br />
(SASC 2008)<br />
Football<br />
Mr Ian Gillan continues this season as 1st XI coach<br />
and staff member Mr Antony Sindone as MIC and<br />
1st XI Manager. Sean Casey (Year 12) was appointed 1st<br />
XI Captain and Nicholas Aboud (Year 12) as Captain of<br />
Football.<br />
The 1st XI have already played a number of trial<br />
games and participated in the <strong>St</strong> Andrews’ Cup where<br />
they had wins over Oakhill College and Sydney Grammar<br />
School. The 1st XI lost their first CAS game, going down<br />
disappointingly 0-4 to Barker College. However the team<br />
had a morale boosting 2-1 win over Cranbrook School in<br />
Round II.<br />
Old Boys involved in coaching this season in the<br />
Senior School include: Callum Pendleton (SAC 2007),<br />
Ben Carrozzi (SAC 2009), Jonathon Coolentianos (SAC<br />
2009), Matt Carnuccio (SAC 2007), Rocco Pirello (SAC<br />
2007), James Flint (SAC 2008), <strong>St</strong>eve Kelly (SAC 2008),<br />
Alex Koumarelas (SAC 2007), Carlo Colosi (SAC 2008),<br />
Toby Douglas (SAC 2008), Tom Kelly (SAC 2007), Adam<br />
Pasfield (SAC 2008) and Jack McLean (SAC 2009).<br />
Volleyball<br />
The College will be fielding two relatively inexperienced<br />
volleyball teams in this winter competition. The 1st VI is<br />
being coached by staff member Mr Garry O’Neill.<br />
Cross Country<br />
small number of boys will compete in the weekly<br />
A combined CAS/GPS competition. <strong>St</strong>aff Member Mr<br />
Paul Batten has replaced Mr Justin Langley as MIC.<br />
Mr Paul Rowland (SAC 1973)<br />
Director of Co-Curricula<br />
Fencing – NSW Schools Fencing<br />
Championships 2010<br />
Saturday 29 May 2010 saw the conclusion of the<br />
NSW Schools - Fencing Team finals, an event which<br />
had been building up over the past few weeks with<br />
poules matches. Our teams were placed very conveniently<br />
in all three divisions - U13s, U15s and Opens - and all<br />
had a very good chance to take home the gold. The U13s<br />
did just that, overcoming a very game Sydney Grammar<br />
School team in the final match to bring home the shield for<br />
the second year in a row. Mentions especially to Emmanuel<br />
Lapitan (Year 6), who won the final bout of the match. The<br />
team consisted of Emmanuel Lapitan, Shaun Foo (Year 7),<br />
Matthew Fisher (Year 7) and Edoardo Crepaldi-Milone<br />
(Year 8).<br />
Our U15s, ranked second going into the finals, fought<br />
hard to overcome a strong Newington College side in the<br />
semi-finals, only to fall narrowly short in the finals 45-39 to<br />
a very strong Sydney Boys High School team - picking up<br />
silver. The U15s consisted of Joel Patniotis (Year 9), Brendan<br />
Chan (Year 9), Nathan Depangher (Year 10) and Lachlan<br />
Fitzgerald (Year 9).<br />
The Opens boys, who ranked third heading into the<br />
elimination rounds, faced stiff competition against Sydney<br />
Grammar School in the finals. In a match where the boys<br />
were trailing for the majority of it, Matthew McEwen (Year<br />
11) was able to turn around our fortunes in the second last<br />
Tennis<br />
The 1st IV tennis team will be hoping to secure a second<br />
consecutive CAS <strong>Winter</strong> Competition this year. With<br />
three boys back, the team has a real chance of securing<br />
back to back titles but will face strong opposition from<br />
Barker College. The team has already won its first two<br />
CAS matches against Barker College and Cranbrook<br />
School.<br />
U13 Gold, U15 Silver, Jeff Gray, Frank Bartilillo and Hayden Fitz.<br />
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<strong>St</strong>ate School Championship-U13 Boys Team - Gold.<br />
bout, and we managed to come through and win a close<br />
42-38 matchup. Unfortunately, despite a valiant comeback<br />
effort, the boys lost the final to <strong>St</strong> Andrew’s Cathedral<br />
School 45-43 - a remarkable effort against the top team in<br />
the comp - and took home silver medals. The team consisted<br />
of James Lauder (Year 12), Matthew McEwen (Year 11),<br />
Tom McGloin (Year 11) and Hayden Fitzgerald (Year 12).<br />
Additionally, we had very strong results in the individual<br />
field. On 1 May, the U11s, U13s and U15s fenced - and<br />
we achieved some very commendable results. In the U11s<br />
Emilio Lapitan from the Junior School took out a bronze<br />
medal. In the U13 Boys, Edoardo Crepaldi-Milone picked<br />
up silver, while Emmanuel Lapitan and Shaun Foo ranked<br />
9th and 12th respectfully. The U15s too had a strong<br />
showing, with Lachlan Fitzgerald winning a bronze medal<br />
and Nathan Depangher ranking in the top 16.<br />
The Opens boys took to the piste on 8 May. They, too,<br />
ranked very highly. Hayden Fitzgerald took out a bronze<br />
medal, while Matthew McEwen ranked in the top 8 and<br />
James Lauder in the top 16. In a spot of bad luck, Hayden<br />
had to knock out both boys to progress further - both tough<br />
matches which indicated the strength of our Opens team.<br />
Other commendable results included Marcele Gemperle<br />
(Year 10), Tom McGloin and Alex Hui (Year 11) all making<br />
Seniors Boys - 2010.<br />
the top 32. Although some boys were not mentioned, all<br />
of the <strong>Aloysius</strong>’ squad performed remarkably well and<br />
represented their school with pride.<br />
Overall it was a superb effort from all the boys, and<br />
<strong>Aloysius</strong>’ were the most successful school of the competition.<br />
The performances of the last few weeks have left me assured<br />
that not only will the remainder of this season be successful,<br />
but fencing will be left in good hands in the following years.<br />
Much thanks must go to our coaches – Mr Jeff Gray, our<br />
head coach who constantly works tirelessly for our boys<br />
not only coaching wise, but in repairing and providing<br />
our equipment, and assistant coach Mr Frank Bartolillo,<br />
(Australian Olympian in Athens 2004 and top ranked fencer<br />
in Australia) who provides us with his priceless knowledge<br />
on the sport. And, of course, many thanks to all the boys<br />
who turn up every week without fail to training - none of<br />
these results would be possible without you.<br />
Hayden Fitzgerald (Year 12)<br />
Captain of Fencing<br />
Swimming<br />
The CAS Swimming Championships were held at<br />
Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre (SOPAC) on<br />
Thursday, 11 March. <strong>St</strong> <strong>Aloysius</strong>’ College achieved<br />
fourth placing - an outstanding achievement for the 2010<br />
CAS Swimming Team. The College won first place in 6<br />
events on the night, congratulations to Matthew Jepson,<br />
Elliot Long and Paul Sindone.<br />
Special congratulations to Matthew Jepson for breaking<br />
the 16 years 100 Freestyle CAS Record with a time of<br />
53.26 and the 16 years 200 Freestyle CAS Record<br />
1.55.75.Congratulations to Paul Sindone for breaking the<br />
17 years 50 Breastroke CAS Record with a time of 30.32.<br />
Many team members improved their personal best times<br />
reflecting their hard work at training. The Year 11 and 12<br />
students and the Blue and Gold Army were an excellent<br />
support on the night as their cheered on the CAS Team.<br />
The Head of the Harbour Swim Classic was held on<br />
Sunday 14 March at the Opera House. The College had<br />
13 competitors on the day complete a 2km swim from the<br />
steps of the Opera House to Mrs Macquarie's Chair and<br />
back to the Opera House. The boys competed both as<br />
individuals and as part of a team. Matthew Jepson and<br />
Trent Klouzal were placed equal first overall winning the<br />
2km swim with a time of 19.28 over 800 other competitors<br />
from age groups 13-65 - a wonderful achievement. Elliot<br />
Long was third placing overall. This is an exceptional<br />
achievement by the swimmers. The Senior Team of Marcus<br />
Anderson, Matthew Jepson, Trent Klouzal, Elliot Long,<br />
Joseph Mastrangelo were the fastest team to finish on the<br />
day winning the overall team category and the Schools<br />
category. It was wonderful to see so many Aloysians on the<br />
podium competing on the day.<br />
The 2010 season drew to a close with the All Schools<br />
Swimming Championships at SOPAC. Congratulations<br />
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Head of Harbour 2010 Team 1<br />
to Matthew Jepson, Elliot Long, Paul Sindone and Trent<br />
Klouzal on their individual swims and medals at a <strong>St</strong>ate<br />
level. Captain of Swimming Jack Grant wrote the following<br />
on the senior relay team at the meet. “The medley relay<br />
was the highlight of the meet with Trent Klouzal, Marcus<br />
Anderson, Paul Sindone and I, competing against the best<br />
relay teams in all of New South Wales. The race was<br />
started with Trent clocking a PB to give the boys a handy<br />
lead alongside that of powerhouses, Trinity Grammar and<br />
Oakhill College. With Paul following behind closely, he<br />
touched in second place leading myself into butterfly, where<br />
I touched closely behind the two schools. The final leg was<br />
swum by Marcus, who held our place and established us<br />
as the third fastest medley relay team in New South Wales.<br />
The day was great, however, due to the perseverance of<br />
all the boys and the hard early morning sessions we were<br />
able to carve our names into swimming history as the third<br />
fastest school in the state! Nonetheless, the effort from the<br />
boys was immeasurable and all thanks must go to them and<br />
the coaches”.<br />
Miss Erin Hogan<br />
MIC Swimming<br />
Jack Grant (Year 12)<br />
Captain of Swimming<br />
Water Polo<br />
The 2009-2010 Water Polo season has been the<br />
most successful since its inception at <strong>St</strong> <strong>Aloysius</strong>’<br />
in 1987. Not only were the Opens’ teams highly<br />
successful, illustrated primarily through wins in the CAS/<br />
GPS Premiership and the Trans Tasman Cup, but the<br />
talent and improvement shown by the younger boys has<br />
demonstrated the broad success of <strong>St</strong> <strong>Aloysius</strong>’ Water Polo<br />
and the bright future ahead.<br />
1sts Water Polo had a wonderful season, reclaiming their<br />
CAS/GPS Premiership of 2008/2009 with an outstanding<br />
7-6 victory over Riverview. It was a fairy tale season.<br />
Despite two uncharacteristic defeats to both Newington<br />
and Riverview in trial matches, the boys regrouped and<br />
consolidated quite a successful first half of the season. This<br />
featured big wins against Waverley and Knox.<br />
After the conclusion of Term IV, the team flew across<br />
to Auckland to compete in the Trans Tasman Cup – a<br />
schoolboys’ competition comprising the best sides from both<br />
Australia and New Zealand. Disheartened by the narrow<br />
loss we experienced in this same tournament 12 months<br />
earlier, we had one goal here – to win. Tough competition<br />
from Westlake BHS (Christchurch), Melbourne High (the<br />
side who beat us last year) and Newington College<br />
created what was, a very close tournament. Eventually<br />
however, we met Melbourne High in the final, defeating<br />
them 8-6 – Lachlan Viney (Year 12), our goalie, was voted<br />
Man of the Tour by his Aloys’ teammates.<br />
The first three fixtures of Term I included wins over Scots<br />
College, Trinity and Barker. Following this, our season<br />
heated up. We met Newington at Newington in the second<br />
last round. The winner would progress in the premiership<br />
race, and the loser would fall behind on points. It was a<br />
classic match. Thankfully, with the help of the enthusiastic<br />
Year 12 crowd we were able to overcome Newington in a<br />
blockbuster 7-5 victory.<br />
The Grand final was against Riverview at the Gartlan<br />
Centre. For those who made it to the game, it was an<br />
amazing morning. For those who didn’t, picture a crowd of<br />
400 + exuberant Aloys’ and Riverview supporters equipped<br />
with voice, drums and trumpets, all fuelled by one desire -<br />
CAS/GPS glory. A great game from all the boys, notably<br />
Paul Sindone (Year 11) with his 4 great goals and a solid<br />
defensive performance by Marcus Anderson (Year 11),<br />
capped off a wonderful Grand Final victory.<br />
Other notable mentions include Christian Colosi and<br />
Harry Williams. Both players really stepped up toward the<br />
end of the season and had wonderful games in the semi<br />
final and grand final. Also, Trent Kllouzal who missed our<br />
Newington game was an influential member of our grand<br />
final winning team – he had a wonderful season. I’d like<br />
to thank our big men, Ciaran Macwhite, Will Thompson<br />
and Alex Huitema who played out of their skin in the last<br />
few games of the season when we had a few key players<br />
missing. Without these guys the team would not have<br />
achieved all that it has over the past year.<br />
Finally, big thanks goes out to the governing bodies,<br />
notably, Fr Middleton, Fr Ross, Mr Rowland, Mr Watson<br />
and Mr Braithwaite. Their continuing support for <strong>Aloysius</strong>’<br />
Water Polo has been influential. To Mrs Loomes, your<br />
tireless managerial campaign has not gone unnoticed - your<br />
behind-the-scenes logistical works have greatly helped the<br />
running of our season and I hope you have enjoyed your<br />
time with us. Thanks to our three coaches for the year,<br />
notably Mario Sindone for taking us to Trans-Tasman cup<br />
and Peter de Gail and Jeremy May without whom the<br />
team would not have matured and regrouped to win the<br />
premiership. To all Water Polo boys, well done on a great<br />
season and good luck for the future.<br />
Michael de Gail (Year 12)<br />
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drama<br />
Twelfth Night<br />
While the Soccer boys spent their summer running<br />
drills, and the Rugby boys spent theirs in the<br />
gym, it was the Drama students who pushed their<br />
physical, mental and emotional fortitude to the limit, in what<br />
can only be regarded as the ‘Twelfth Night Experience’.<br />
Lachlan McNab.<br />
We were the 1st XV of Drama being let onto a field<br />
without a coach. While Shakespeare is hard to perform at<br />
the best of times, it was not made easier by being the first<br />
entirely student produced play in many, many years. There<br />
were inevitable complications, namely, difficulties regarding<br />
rehearsal spaces. When it became apparent that public<br />
parks weren’t good enough, it was the generosity of the<br />
Gageler family who came to the rescue, and for this they<br />
deserve a special mention.<br />
Twelfth Night was a play rehearsed during the holidays,<br />
solely in the free time of students during their HSC year. It<br />
was given no budget, and although having the blessing<br />
and support of the College, was largely a demonstration<br />
of the ability and talent residing within this group of<br />
Benjamin Gageler and Nathaniel Pemberton.<br />
students. The experienced cast consisted of Vincent Power<br />
(Count Orsino), Lachlan McNab (Sebastian), James Ross<br />
(Sir Toby Belch), Sean O’Grady (Sir Andrew Aguecheek),<br />
Nathaniel Pemberton (Malvolio), Benjamin Gageler (Feste),<br />
Dominic Byrne (Maria), Luke Jones (Fabian), Samuel Murray<br />
(Antonio), James Lauder (Sea Captain, Officer 2), Giancarlo<br />
Puglisi (Valentine, Officer 1, Priest) and two students from<br />
North Sydney Girls High School; Madeline Miller (Viola)<br />
and Shalia Eime (Lady Olivia). It was the individual work<br />
of actors through the countless hours spent rehearsing that<br />
Vincent Power, Madeline Miller and Shalia Eime.<br />
James Ross and Dominic Byrne.<br />
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ultimately resulted in the brilliant performances that the play<br />
exhibited. There was certainly times of conflict throughout<br />
the process, some more dramatic than others, but all this<br />
was ultimately overcome.<br />
On a personal level, I will say that this has been a<br />
highlight of Drama at the College, and I hope that later<br />
years continue this example, and form a tradition of student<br />
led productions. It is an entirely different experience working<br />
together as an ensemble to create a piece of theatre which<br />
you all care about. Theatre isn’t just about the final result,<br />
it isn’t just about the rehearsal process of developing a<br />
performance which you would be proud to present to<br />
others, it is about the experience and who you share it with,<br />
and that’s just what Twelfth Night was, an experience.<br />
Bennett Sheldon (Year 12)<br />
Director<br />
Bear Hug<br />
Originally scheduled as a twilight performance in<br />
the Junior School amphitheatre, the Year 12 drama<br />
production Bear Hug made its Australian premiere<br />
in February 2010 at The Miguel Pro Playhouse. With a<br />
small cast of only three actors, Bear Hug, written by Robin<br />
French, is a play unlike any other produced at the College<br />
in the recent past. Directed by Ms Melinda Pedavoli, the<br />
production is an absurdist parable about the damage<br />
children can inflict on their parents – whether through<br />
adolescent angst or more serious problems such as drug<br />
addiction and mental illness.<br />
Adam Ibrahim and Nicholas Cordi.<br />
Bear Hug delves into the private lives of a typical, yet<br />
hyperbolic family whose son, Michael, has transformed<br />
into a bear (Daniel Farinha). As the action unfolds and<br />
the prospect of returning Michael to the zoo becomes a<br />
real possibility, we see each character express universal<br />
emotions such as frustration, desperation and isolation.<br />
Despite the ambiguity surrounding the bear metaphor, it was<br />
the grotesque transformation (both literal and metaphorical)<br />
of the bear’s parents, David (Adam Ibrahim) and Linda<br />
Adam Ibrahim, Daniel Farinha and Nicholas Cordi.<br />
(Nicholas Cordi) that resonated with the audience long after<br />
the play ended.<br />
Much of the play’s success turned on the cast’s ability<br />
to effectively capture the comic surrealism of the situation,<br />
whilst simultaneously conveying the futility and despair that<br />
underscore French’s writing. To this end, the cast undertook<br />
a very intensive rehearsal process that began in late 2009<br />
and continued throughout the Christmas holidays.<br />
Ms Pedavoli is to be commended for her efforts in<br />
challenging each of us and our theatrical abilities, as we<br />
worked on creating real-life characters that were performed<br />
with great conviction. One could only imagine the difficulties<br />
involved in such a task, considering the cast consisted of a<br />
bear, his supportive mother who loses a finger in the chicken<br />
Kiev after a… well… bear attack, and his father who must<br />
teach his son how to drive amidst surprised onlookers.<br />
Despite the usual last minute stress, the opening night<br />
was received extremely well by audience members, who<br />
witnessed a piece of drama that was atypical of previous<br />
productions at the College. We were all overwhelmed by<br />
the large numbers in the audience, with some members<br />
unfortunately being turned away as the playhouse reached<br />
full capacity earlier than expected. Admittedly, as each<br />
row was filling up with eager audience members, the cast<br />
became increasingly nervous. However, as we entered the<br />
performance space, Daniel, Adam and I relished at the<br />
sight of an audience in whose presence we could finally<br />
perform the tumultuous story of Michael, David and Linda.<br />
The play did not disappoint and many described it as<br />
“comical”, “confronting” and “emotional”.<br />
Thanks must go to Ms Pedavoli who spent so much<br />
of her time dedicated to the success of the production,<br />
ensuring that each of us not only grew as actors but that<br />
our experience remained a most memorable one. Further<br />
thanks must go to Mrs Michelle O’Donnell as well as Mr<br />
David Clancy as Master-in-Charge of <strong>St</strong>age Crew whose<br />
combined efforts and assistance with wardrobe, props<br />
and a wonderful 70’s inspired set were invaluable to the<br />
production. Finally, we would like to thank Mr Peter Gough<br />
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and the College Drama Department for their continued<br />
support with co-curricular Drama. Your assistance did not go<br />
unnoticed and it was greatly appreciated by all involved.<br />
Nicholas Cordi (Year 12)<br />
Biloxi Blues<br />
Our Year 11 Drama<br />
production this<br />
year was Neil<br />
Simon’s Biloxi Blues. Mr<br />
Gough chose this piece<br />
because of its witty<br />
dialogue, appealing<br />
themes and interesting<br />
characters. An executive<br />
decision was made to<br />
double cast the play, with<br />
the Blue Cast to perform on<br />
Thursday night (opening<br />
night) and Saturday night,<br />
whilst the Gold Cast to<br />
perform Friday night and<br />
Thomas McGloin.<br />
Sunday afternoon. This<br />
created the opportunity for<br />
most of us to take on a production role which would aid<br />
in understanding the logistical aspects of the play, as well<br />
as what had to be done behind the scenes to create this<br />
wonderful production.<br />
The two-act play narrated by Eugene Jerome played<br />
by Tim Boyd and Tom McGloin, follows the journey of<br />
seven recruits in their basic training in ‘the murky swamps<br />
of Mississippi”. Jack Lee played by James Nguyen in<br />
all four performances, was of Chinese descent and had<br />
an exceptional love for Chinese Food. James Hennesey<br />
played by Robbie Walcott and Matthew Reynolds, is a<br />
Patrick Horne and the recruits.<br />
rather quiet, respectful man yet further into the play it is<br />
revealed that Hennesey is a homosexual and he is sent to<br />
gaol for three months. Roy Selridge played by Ben Jacobs<br />
and Joshua Begbie, is the joker in the group with a loud<br />
mouth. He restrains his emotions and always follows Joseph<br />
Wykowski’s lead. Wykowski played by James Wilkinson<br />
and Charlie Pitt-Rawlinson is the belligerent loudmouth<br />
who craves power over his fellow men. He becomes<br />
the unofficial spokesperson yet his opinion is affected by<br />
prejudice especially for the Jewish population. Arnold<br />
Epstein played by James Conroy and Nick Elderton is<br />
an intellectual individual who has a sensitive mind and<br />
stomach. He refuses to follow orders and refuses to give in<br />
to Sergeant Toomey’s demands. He is steadfast in his pursuit<br />
of truth and justice. He enjoys doing things the hard way<br />
because it is more interesting. Sergeant Merwin Toomey,<br />
played by Pat Horne and Oscar Lush, is a sadistic leader<br />
of men who challenges the men and attempts to make them<br />
obedient ‘khaki idiots’. He has very unusual methods of<br />
teaching lessons and is very harsh with discipline.<br />
Yaer 11 Drama production cast members.<br />
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Patrick Bell.<br />
Don Carney played by Paddy Bell and Zach Parker<br />
loves to sing, is incredibly indecisive and insecure and<br />
‘isn’t too strong in the arms’ when ordered to do push<br />
ups. The narrator, Eugene Jerome is from Brooklyn New<br />
York. He provides incites to further character development<br />
throughout the play by interacting with the audience. He<br />
tells the audience that he has three goals in the war; not to<br />
get killed, to lose his virginity and to become a writer. He<br />
keeps a record of events occurring in his memoirs which is<br />
a critical part to the play. The play also involved two girls.<br />
Claire Henessey from Monte Sant’ Angelo Mercy College<br />
played Daisy Hannigan, Eugene’s love interest from the<br />
local catholic school. Rowena, the prostitute who takes<br />
Jerome’s virginity was played by Polly Nowicki who is a<br />
graduate from The Sydney Acting School.<br />
The interaction between characters provides a hilarious<br />
encounter in which the audience is thrusted into the drama<br />
of the play. They are kept on the edge of their seats with the<br />
witty one-liners, and side-splitting situations.<br />
The other side of the production; that being the<br />
production roles were filled by; James Carr Rufle, Will<br />
Frolich as <strong>St</strong>age Managers, Josh Begbie and Ben Jacobs as<br />
Deputy <strong>St</strong>age Managers, Charlie Pitt- Rawlinson and Paddy<br />
Bell as Assistant <strong>St</strong>age Managers, Matt Reynolds and<br />
Robbie Walcott as Props<br />
Managers, Zach Parker<br />
and James Wilkinson as<br />
Sound Technicians, and<br />
James Nguyen as Lighting<br />
Technician. This is a very<br />
insightful experience as<br />
it is rare for actors to<br />
take on these roles. I am<br />
sure that we all gained<br />
a lot from these and<br />
began to understand the<br />
extensive work stage crew<br />
have to put in to assist a<br />
production.<br />
The cast would like<br />
to extend our immense<br />
Nicholas Elderton.<br />
gratitude to Mr Peter<br />
Gough for the countless<br />
hours he put into this production and his faith in us to create<br />
this great performance. His assistance in creating our<br />
characters and developing our acting skills is appreciated<br />
by all. We would also like to thank the <strong>St</strong>age Crew for<br />
their hours of sacrifice to put into our production. We would<br />
particularly like to thank Mr David Clancy for his tiresome<br />
effort. He is axiomatic to the <strong>St</strong>age Crew.<br />
The Head of Drama, Mr Peter Gough, hard at work.<br />
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William Nelson (Year 12) “Springtime for Hitler”.<br />
Chronicle of a Musical:<br />
The Producers 2010<br />
<strong>St</strong> <strong>Aloysius</strong>’ College has a proud tradition of presenting<br />
superb musical theatre. In March of this year that<br />
tradition continued with the presentation of a season<br />
of Mel Brooks’ hilarious and irreverent recent Broadway hit,<br />
The Producers. The process of staging a full-scale musical<br />
is long and complex and commences at least 18 months<br />
before the actual season opens. Once the decision had<br />
been taken to stage this work, the performance rights to<br />
the show were obtained from the Australian holders of the<br />
international copyright. The Producers had only recently<br />
become available for world-wide, amateur production<br />
and as such had never before been attempted in Australia<br />
at the high school level. We would be breaking new<br />
ground with this show. This proved to be a most complex<br />
musical requiring multiple casts, a great deal of demanding<br />
choreography, large sets with technical and staging<br />
demands far beyond the capacity of our The Great Hall at<br />
the College. In order to make a season of The Producers a<br />
reality, a large and talented production team would firstly<br />
need to be assembled and then a suitable theatre found off<br />
site. Eventually with the generous support of the College,<br />
The Parade Theatre at Kensington was secured for one<br />
week for the late March 2010 season. This wonderful<br />
venue is home to our own National Institute of Dramatic Art<br />
(NIDA) and as such is replete with every possible technical<br />
and artistic requirement for a successful staging of a season<br />
of The Producers.<br />
Auditions were held in October 2009, with more than<br />
250 hopefuls trying out from the College and from a number<br />
of Girls’ schools. Some wonderful principal singers and<br />
dancers were discovered in this process as well as a large,<br />
enthusiastic chorus of boys and girls. The collaborating<br />
schools in the project were Loreto Kirribilli, Monte Sant’<br />
Angelo Mercy College, PLC Sydney and Santa Sabina<br />
College. The final cast, crew and orchestra numbered<br />
in excess of 140 students. Rehearsals commenced in<br />
November of 2009 for chorus and principals.<br />
With the new 2010 school year, the preparations<br />
continued under the direction of Mr David MacSwan and<br />
choreographer Ms Patricia Cotter. The auditioning of the<br />
24 piece orchestra which was comprised of student, staff<br />
and professional musicians was completed. The production<br />
team continued the very complex planning of the myriad<br />
details associated with this, our most major musical<br />
undertaking ever. It was decided at the outset to create a<br />
spectacular-looking and sounding show as the budget would<br />
allow. Key professional designers and subcontractors were<br />
retained to develop the set design, lighting plan, audio<br />
scheme Dominic Scarf and plays other Franz technical Liebkind. matters. Timetabling of all<br />
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Jonathan Chan (Year 11) - Max Bialystuck and Benjamin McCann<br />
(Year 10) - Leo Bloom.<br />
events associated with this production would prove to be<br />
the critical factor as the theatre could be accessed for one<br />
week only and all set elements, lighting and sound would<br />
have to be installed in a single day before the arrival of the<br />
cast for final rehearsals in the venue.<br />
As noted, the staging of The Producers proved to be one<br />
of the most technically demanding ever staged by SAC,<br />
requiring the highest degree of technical theatrical expertise.<br />
Fortunately notable amongst the production team was Old<br />
Laura Hadfield - Villa, Loretto Kirribilli (Year 10).<br />
Boy of the College Mr Cameron Hissey (SAC 2005). He<br />
managed the design, planning, sourcing, installation and<br />
operation of the technical department of the production.<br />
By the beginning of March all of the elements of the<br />
impressive set designed by Mr Adam Lindberg had been<br />
completed and lay on the floor of The Great Hall ready to<br />
assemble, awaiting transport to Kensington. A key element<br />
in the set design was to be a state-of-the-art large data<br />
projector screen which was to provide, through digital<br />
imaging, the setting, historical context and ‘atmosphere’<br />
for each of the many complex scenes in this musical and<br />
requiring a digital library of still and video images. The<br />
technical specifications also called for ‘live feed’ video of<br />
John Walden (Year 11) - FDR and William Nelson.<br />
Benjamin McCann, Dominic Scarf, and Jonathan Chan<br />
“Guten Tag Nop-Klop”.<br />
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“Prisoners of Love” - Act II Finale.<br />
the action on the stage. This advanced technology proved<br />
to be one of the ‘big hits’ of this production.<br />
Rehearsals for principals and chorus were ongoing<br />
throughout February and early March and orchestral<br />
rehearsals were in full swing by the third week of term<br />
under the baton of the Musical Director, Mrs Sia Mastro<br />
(SAC <strong>St</strong>aff). Teams of costume sewers ably led by Costume<br />
Coordinator, Associate Professor Fran Boyle AM (Current<br />
Parent) worked tirelessly for months: measuring, sewing<br />
and at times seeking at op-shops and <strong>St</strong> Vincent de Paul<br />
outlets the weird and exotic fabrics and retro 1950s<br />
costumes required for this period production They sourced<br />
by scrounging, borrowing, everything from formal wear<br />
to German Nazi uniforms. Only Fran Boyle could have<br />
supplied 20 little old ladies with matching walking frames!<br />
On Sunday March 14 the complex process of<br />
transporting and installing the set, costumes and musical<br />
paraphernalia to NIDA commenced at sunrise. In record<br />
time and with military precision under the guidance of<br />
Mr David Clancy (SAC <strong>St</strong>aff) and his willing stage crew<br />
(plus a number of dragooned parents!), the set was safely<br />
installed at the theatre. The sound systems were completed<br />
by Loud & Clear Audio, the lighting array, data projector<br />
and cabling installed by Mandy Lights. Then, as all of the<br />
many components rapidly came together, it was becoming<br />
clear by the time the cast arrived at the theatre that this<br />
production was going to be very different from the average<br />
student musical.<br />
By opening night, the months of preparation and attention<br />
to detail bore fruit. The spectacular production setting,<br />
the wonderful orchestra, fabulous singing and amazing<br />
choreography (of Ms Patricia Cotter) had all coalesced<br />
Jonathan Chan and Claire Hennessy (Monte Year 11). The accountants sing “I wanna be a Producer”.<br />
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James Muy (<strong>St</strong>ormtrooper) and William Nelson (Hitler).<br />
Thomas McGloin (Year 11) “Lady in Pearls”.<br />
to create a professional standard student musical in the<br />
magnificent setting of the Parade Theatre. Word spread<br />
across Sydney of this exceptional student production and a<br />
series of packed houses bore tribute to this amazing effort.<br />
This student cast, orchestra and crew worked magnificently<br />
to ensure that the tradition of first class <strong>St</strong> <strong>Aloysius</strong>’ College<br />
musical productions continues. Following the last standing<br />
ovation of the packed theatre and the last curtain call with<br />
the sweeping of the empty stage in the quiet of the now<br />
darkened theatre, there was a feeling of satisfaction in<br />
the knowledge that those who come after the College’s<br />
ground-breaking season of The Producers will have indeed<br />
a hard act to follow!<br />
My sincere thanks to all involved.<br />
Mr Michael Hissey<br />
Director of Music<br />
Mr De Bris' Production Team. Act I Finale.<br />
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honour board<br />
Fr Ross Jones SJ addresses the gathering.<br />
Honour Board for Long Serving <strong>St</strong>aff<br />
<strong>St</strong> <strong>Aloysius</strong>’ College, like comparable schools, has its fair<br />
share of Honour Boards celebrating the achievements<br />
of students which reach back to the beginning of<br />
the College. This is understandable and appropriate.<br />
There are also Boards which offer proper recognition of<br />
the contributions over the years of many parents. Father<br />
Anthony Smith SJ, during his term as Headmaster, noticed<br />
one omission was a Board to acknowledge the service<br />
of staff, both Jesuit and Lay. He began a process, which<br />
the school’s Development Office brought to completion, to<br />
address this.<br />
On March 8 2010 twenty two former staff members<br />
gathered for a Mass of Thanksgiving which celebrated the<br />
collaboration of the Jesuit/Lay partnership at the College.<br />
They then moved to The Lawrence Campbell Common<br />
Room to witness an Honour Board unveiled by Father Geoff<br />
Schneider SJ, now in his fortieth year at the College, and<br />
blessed by the Principal, Father Middleton SJ. It lists those<br />
staff who have given the College twenty or more years of<br />
generous and loyal service. Currently the Board displays the<br />
names and years of service of forty-five teachers and other<br />
servants of the College.<br />
In reporting events in The Gonzagan, the Rector, Father<br />
Jones SJ, drew attention to the range of service. “What a<br />
community this Board represents... Lay and Jesuit... Junior<br />
Mrs Maureen Power, wife of Mr Harry 'Hal' Power points to his name<br />
on the Honourboard.<br />
and Seniors School staff... teachers of the Humanities,<br />
the Sciences and the Arts, peripatetic Elocution and P.E.<br />
teachers, an O.C. of the College Cadet Unit, a Secretary,<br />
a Librarian, a Bursar, a Manager of the Print Room and two<br />
groundsmen”. Father noted that in sum their generous and<br />
dedicated service totalled 1,215 years. The Board will be<br />
a living testament on the staff Common Room, particularly<br />
as other names are added in time and in turn.<br />
Former Deputy Headmaster, Mr Paul Meagher and his wife<br />
Bernadette.<br />
The events of the day finished with a morning tea, to<br />
which the current staff were invited to join their former<br />
colleagues. It was a very happy and moving day. One of<br />
those recognised on the day wrote to me to express her<br />
delight with these words. “I felt so honoured to be at <strong>St</strong><br />
<strong>Aloysius</strong>’ on our big day and was so happy to renew old<br />
acquaintances. <strong>St</strong> <strong>Aloysius</strong>’ holds a very special place in<br />
my heart. How blessed was I to spend those happy days<br />
in the Junior School”. It might be appreciated quickly that<br />
the benefit of this employer/employee partnerships was<br />
mutually rewarding.<br />
The workplace was also a home.<br />
Fr Rector with Mr Deegan, Fr Schneider SJ and Mr Clarkson.<br />
Mr Bruce Clarkson (SAC Hon Old Boy)<br />
(SAC <strong>St</strong>aff 1976-2009)<br />
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micronesia 2009<br />
A year in the islands,<br />
or How we learned to live life and<br />
love laziness.<br />
What to say, how to capture one magical,<br />
unforgettable year in a few words. From the<br />
moment we boarded the plane at Sydney,<br />
leaving behind slightly bereaved parents, we were thrown<br />
into something entirely new. Travelling, on our own, to a<br />
strange country, with our all-important entry permits waiting<br />
to be picked up at Chuuk’s not-so International Airport, was<br />
a daunting prospect. Yet as soon as we deplaned, onto the<br />
only smooth tarmac that any of us would see for months,<br />
now sweating in the high humidity and tropical sun, we<br />
knew that we’d made the right decision.<br />
We were greeted at the airport by the local Jesuit<br />
Superior, Fr Jim Croghan SJ, who at about ten foot tall, give<br />
or take a few inches, was easy to locate in the crowd of<br />
families welcoming home their relatives. Piling our luggage<br />
into two small SUVs, we began the drive up to Xavier High<br />
School, the most prestigious school in the region and our<br />
home for the next 12 months. One thing we quickly learned<br />
about life on the little island of Weno – an island so small<br />
that no atlas had more than a pin prick of green in the vast<br />
blue of the Pacific Ocean – was that going anywhere took<br />
on average 45 minutes by car, truck or bus, while walking<br />
around the island took no more than six hours.<br />
Once we arrived at Xavier High School, sitting atop<br />
Mabuchi Hill at the eastern corner of the island, we<br />
Transporting fruit and vegetables in Chuuk.<br />
Joe Croft (SAC 2008) with some of his students at Xavier High School.<br />
were warmly welcomed by staff and students, everyone<br />
equally curious to see the newest set of arrivals in a world<br />
almost entirely dependent on short-term volunteers. We<br />
soon discovered this curiosity to be symptomatic of a sad<br />
truth – many of Xavier’s teachers are only at the school for<br />
two school years, while the students attend for four. This<br />
extreme turnover rate, combined with constant financial<br />
pressures, makes the job of the Director, Fr Rich McAuliff<br />
SJ, a demanding and anxious one. We soon saw how<br />
truly miraculous it is that the school continues to function,<br />
let alone that it has educated Micronesian leaders for over<br />
50 years.<br />
Its proud history and dedicated alumni notwithstanding,<br />
Xavier still faces great difficulties in educating each new<br />
generation of Micronesians. Even basic necessities like<br />
water and electricity cannot be taken for granted at Xavier,<br />
let alone in the rest of the state of Chuuk. As we found<br />
out, repeatedly, the island’s power, supplied at exorbitant<br />
rates by two large diesel generators, often cut out,<br />
without warning and with any number of possible causes.<br />
Occasionally a coconut tree would fall across the power<br />
lines, but usually the generators would break down – in<br />
any case, Xavier still needed power to educate its students,<br />
and this was and continues to be provided by an ancient<br />
generator of its own, which is currently dying a slow death<br />
due to lack of maintenance and lack of funds. Clearly,<br />
Xavier relies on the kindness of strangers, and from time<br />
to time receives government grants, as well as private and<br />
corporate donations, all of which are gratefully accepted<br />
and implemented into a remarkably holistic education,<br />
constantly adapting to the resources and staff available at<br />
any given time.<br />
In spite of these many challenges, or perhaps because<br />
of them, Xavier seems to exist in its own world where the<br />
unwritten rules that govern much of the developed world<br />
cease to apply. With around 160 students across four<br />
grades, Xavier makes Aloys seem truly Ignatian in its size.<br />
This small number of students, combined with the nine or so<br />
months of each year they spend living in close proximity to<br />
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one another, fosters an incredible family dynamic, with older<br />
students playfully ‘adopting’ younger students and becoming<br />
a ‘mommy’, ‘daddy’, or any other relation imaginable.<br />
While impossibly confusing to us, informed in our first week<br />
that 12th graders had ‘children’ in 9th grade and too<br />
disoriented to know any better, these strange relationships<br />
showed us how close-knit the community was and continues<br />
to be. Indeed, the alumni tend to flock together wherever<br />
they go after graduating, many to universities and colleges<br />
in Micronesia and some even to mainland America.<br />
We all found the teaching experience, especially in<br />
such a familial environment, to be immensely rewarding,<br />
from the slight thrill of being thrust into positions of authority<br />
(even if, as we found out later, some students were a year<br />
or two older than we were) to the well-documented joy of<br />
seeing comprehension dawn in their eyes. As an aside<br />
to our teachers, and indeed all educators, we quickly<br />
appreciated how hard it can be to teach people as forgetful,<br />
disorganised and stubborn as high school students, yet we<br />
instantly understood their motivations.<br />
What struck us, however, and many other westerners<br />
passing through Xavier, was how, for better or worse, the<br />
traditional teacher-student barriers became much more<br />
informal. For instance, the day we arrived, after about 18<br />
hours’ travel, with only a handful given to sleep, I was told<br />
I had my first music class with 15 seniors. This was an<br />
exciting prospect, for we were all keen to try our hand at<br />
teaching, but I soon ran out of introductory things to say<br />
and, unable to fill the 50 minute period, let the class go<br />
much earlier than usual. Needless to say, they liked their<br />
new music teacher, and the principal had some helpful<br />
suggestions for the next day. On another occasion, after<br />
the day’s classes, a few faculty and students went to pick<br />
some coconuts – that is, the Americans and Australians<br />
collected dozens of coconuts that the nimble students sent<br />
raining down, before all sharing in the spoils. Shortly after,<br />
the students shuffled off to study, while the teachers finished<br />
off the coconuts – the informality only went so far.<br />
As I alluded to earlier, however, my most memorable<br />
moments were those spent with students outside the<br />
classroom. This, I believe, is what makes Xavier such<br />
a magical place – once the largely western volunteers<br />
(most from the US, with some from Japan, the Philippines,<br />
Indonesia, Burma and, of course, Australia) have finished<br />
teaching in the classroom, the roles reverse and the students<br />
can teach us about themselves and their cultures (for<br />
excellent articles about all things Micronesian, Micronesian<br />
Seminar is the place – http://www.micsem.org).<br />
Living in such close proximity with the other staff and the<br />
boys (the boys boarded on campus, while the girls stayed<br />
with host families around the island) – although thankfully<br />
not sharing their meals (usually rice with a combination<br />
of canned tuna or mackerel) or accommodation (their<br />
shower-house and toilet block had the distinct smell of<br />
a zoo enclosure) – afforded many opportunities to build<br />
lasting relationships. Indeed, on weekends, we would go<br />
Some local children in Chuuk.<br />
swimming with the boys (which always ended up as ‘push<br />
the American/Australian into the water’), or play basketball,<br />
watch a movie, or simply chat about anything and<br />
everything. No matter the activity, however, their affinity for<br />
photos was clear, with various hand gestures, some totally<br />
innocent, following the first signs of a camera.<br />
Island life is a far cry from the rush of city life, not to<br />
mention the demands and stresses of Year 12, and we all<br />
greatly enjoyed the year-long change of pace. While there<br />
were inevitably times where we would have liked a little<br />
more action, we learned to love the notion of ‘island time’,<br />
a tropical variation of Timon & Pumba’s ‘hakuna matata’.<br />
Things happened in their own time, if at all, and you didn’t<br />
worry if they didn’t – after all, there’s always tomorrow. This<br />
excellent outlook had its limitations in a school environment,<br />
particularly in the school’s M&R (maintenance and repair)<br />
department, which more often resembled R&R, but came<br />
into its own when technology, in its various forms, failed<br />
(often). For instance, we once had to change a tyre, only<br />
to find the spare was also flat – an apparent nightmare,<br />
but really just another opportunity to share a coconut with<br />
the locals.<br />
Life in the islands was like nothing we expected, and<br />
was everything we had hoped for. We had the opportunity<br />
to teach, to serve, to relax, to reflect, to experience new<br />
things and forge lasting friendships, to stand on our own<br />
feet in some ways. While we are even now trying to<br />
discern exactly what our year in the islands means for us in<br />
future, it offered us an insight into the joys of teaching, as<br />
well as a new perspective on another life, adapted to the<br />
heat of the sun and the proximity of family.<br />
Robin Jordan (SAC 2008)<br />
2009 Micronesian Scholar<br />
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east timor<br />
A reflection on my time in Timor<br />
When I got off the plane at Comoro Airport on<br />
19 March 2009, I was struck by an immediate<br />
culture shock. Having been on the College<br />
Philippines Immersion two years before, I thought I had<br />
some idea of what to expect from a new, poverty-stricken<br />
country. Instead, I came to realise that my experience there<br />
and the experience of East Timor would be entirely different<br />
to anything I’d previously even imagined.<br />
Early in the morning, Fr Quyen Vu SJ picked me up in<br />
a dilapidated Daihatsu, whose steering wheel was held<br />
together by a tightly wound piece of string. In itself, the<br />
fifteen-minute drive from the airport to the Jesuit residence<br />
in Taibessi was an eye-opening experience. We drove<br />
past the shells of cars destroyed in the civil crisis of 2006,<br />
as well as the façades of houses that were ruined during<br />
Indonesia’s violent withdrawal in 1999.<br />
The cars dangled with children using them as playground<br />
equipment, while the houses stood empty and deserted out<br />
of both superstition and a belief that their owners may yet<br />
come back to claim them. Once we had crossed Comoro<br />
Bridge – which runs parallel to one that fell down only a<br />
few years ago – we entered the centre of Dili, where I<br />
was struck by the entirety of East Timor’s poverty. None of<br />
the buildings looked finished, the roads swarmed with UN<br />
four-wheel drives and on the footpaths (where footpaths<br />
existed), and people stood around trying to sell things or<br />
Henry Cornwall (SAC 2008) with Nobel Laureate and President of<br />
East Timor, HE Jose Ramos-Horta on a ferry in East Timor.<br />
Henry Cornwall (SAC 2008) takes part in a Passion Parade in Dili.<br />
looking for work. It was incredibly hot and children were<br />
everywhere, especially in the open sewers that were<br />
bridged by stray bonnets and car-doors between the street<br />
and people’s homes.<br />
As soon as we arrived at the Jesuit candidates’ house,<br />
Casa Gonzaga, I was warmly welcomed by the priest and<br />
eighteen other young men with whom I would be living. I<br />
was shown to my room and informed that as the house was<br />
not connected to the town mains, water for cooking and<br />
washing would be collected each week. Electricity would<br />
come on occasionally and unpredictably.<br />
The city of Dili itself is an interesting mix of chaos and<br />
lethargy. This is largely due to the contrasting influences<br />
of Indonesian and Melanesian culture, along with the<br />
self-important busyness of government and UN officials<br />
compared to the sky-scraping unemployment rates of the<br />
general population. Downtown, the poverty is squalid and<br />
cramped, yet just past the headlands at the city’s eastern<br />
end; people enjoy an incredibly simple yet vaguely idyllic<br />
dependence upon fishing and hunting for shellfish. Beautiful<br />
old Portuguese buildings stand next door to ramshackle<br />
unplanned shacks, from which you can see two of the most<br />
picturesque beaches in the world. During the dry season the<br />
surrounding hills and mountains are as parched and brown<br />
as North-Western New South Wales, until the wet season’s<br />
first rains suddenly transform Timor into the archetypal<br />
tropical island.<br />
East Timorese culture is as varied as the sixteen language<br />
groups to which people can belong – variation which has<br />
been furthered by four hundred and fifty years of Portuguese<br />
rule and twenty-four years of Indonesian occupation. Despite<br />
the nation’s recent history of violence, I have found the<br />
people to be naturally friendly and easygoing. Ninety-eight<br />
percent are Catholic and in general far more pious than<br />
Australians, though a widespread belief in ghosts and faith<br />
in traditional medicine demonstrates the surviving presence<br />
of their ancient animistic beliefs.<br />
One thing that astounded me was how much the<br />
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city changed in the nine months between my arrival and<br />
departure. On the first drive with Fr Quyen we passed<br />
a number of UN vehicles and only a few motorbikes<br />
and trucks. But by November, the streets were regularly<br />
jammed with traffic, and it seemed that within only a few<br />
months almost every family in Dili had a vehicle. While<br />
I was there, a scenic walk along the beach was built<br />
(as well as benches and a car park), work began on a<br />
number of public and administrative buildings, and the<br />
Chinese-donated Presidential Palace was finished (though<br />
unfortunately it looks more like a foreboding warehouse<br />
than a palace). Social, cultural and political development<br />
take a lot more time than I spent in Timor, though that<br />
didn’t stop me from getting upset on occasion by just how<br />
slowly things seemed to be progressing. After ten years of<br />
Independence and UN help, corruption is still rife, children<br />
are still starving, safety is never guaranteed and education<br />
remains far behind what any Australian would consider<br />
acceptable.<br />
Last year was the first time that students were allowed<br />
to fail the National Exams (until then, results were buoyed<br />
so that everybody passed, regardless of their performance).<br />
Those who failed rioted and a number of schools were burnt<br />
down. Recently the police department attempted to follow<br />
suit by not letting all candidates pass the promotions exam,<br />
so in a display of originality and professionalism, the police<br />
have threatened to riot as well.<br />
While I went to East Timor with a genuine desire to<br />
repay some of my blessings and live in differently to the<br />
more familiar North Shore safety and comfort, I’m not<br />
ashamed to admit that tied to my (possibly clichéd) idealism<br />
was an entirely primal, boyish commitment to adventure.<br />
Of course, one of my first lessons was that routine becomes<br />
routine no matter where you are. Having said that, I still<br />
think I got a decent taste of adventure. Every morning on<br />
my way to classes, for instance, I would take a shortcut<br />
through a shell-hole in a wall. Most weekends I went to the<br />
mission station at Railako, where I participated in coconut<br />
harvests (at which I made a little girl cry for hours because<br />
she’d never seen a white person before), walks through<br />
the jungle to help transport sacks of rice, and drove to<br />
tiny mountain villages as part of a feeding programme to<br />
improve children’s diets. Memories of a trip to the island<br />
of Atauro will stay with me forever. Rising at 4am to find a<br />
fishing boat that would take us back to Timor, negotiating<br />
the cost through language barriers and seriously drunk<br />
skipper, and finally watching the sun rise over Dili harbour<br />
as we made our way back were the types of encounters<br />
I couldn’t have dreamt of a year earlier. Sitting in the<br />
passenger seat of a four-wheel-drive as it rolled over a cliff,<br />
and a week convalescing with malaria were adventures of<br />
a rather different kind to what I sought – yet even still, they<br />
left me with an understanding of the world that I believe I<br />
am now better for.<br />
These experiences led me to understand aspects of<br />
myself and this world that I never could have touched upon<br />
if I’d spent the year back at home. It was a year that I<br />
was prepared and driven towards by my time at school,<br />
demonstrating that what we’re taught to value at Aloys –<br />
challenging, confusing and even veiled in rhetoric as it<br />
may sometimes be – can become the seeds of the future’s<br />
experiences and lessons. The option to carry them with us<br />
is ours alone.<br />
Henry Cornwall (SAC 2008)<br />
Gap Year in Vietnam<br />
For our first year out of high school we chose to spend a<br />
Gap Year volunteering as English teachers in Vietnam.<br />
Finding ourselves in a devout Catholic community in<br />
Communist, non-English speaking Vietnam has made for a<br />
fascinating four months.<br />
When we first arrived at our new home – the parish<br />
of Thuan Nghia in the poor province of Nghe An in the<br />
North – we found a village of 13,000 people located just<br />
off the national highway, 200 kilometres South of Hanoi,<br />
and 60 kilometres north from the nearest city, Vinh. The rural<br />
setting is certainly striking where rice fields are a two minute<br />
walk away with buffalos and motorbikes winding their way<br />
through the streets – little more than widened footpaths. It is<br />
certainly a big change from Sydney!<br />
Bernard Greaves (SAC 2009) and Ben Holmes (SAC 2009).<br />
Within three days we were put to work, teaching English<br />
in a classroom attached to the Priest’s house. Faced with the<br />
daunting task of trying to get 250 students speaking fluent<br />
English our work was compounded by the vast age and<br />
skill bracket – our youngest students are 8 whilst the oldest<br />
is a man of 42. Teaching two – 2 hour periods a day is<br />
certainly tiring work – trying to help children who replied to<br />
the question “How old are you?” with “I’m fine thanks” was<br />
certainly a struggle, not least because we had no teaching<br />
experience before.<br />
The enthusiasm that greeted us when we arrived was not<br />
because of any credentials we had – it’s because foreign<br />
speakers are the best way for students to learn English, a<br />
skill they struggle to pick up in local schools.<br />
Indeed, the poverty in Nghe An means the standard<br />
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vietnam gap year<br />
Ben Holmes teaching some children.<br />
of schooling is shockingly low; teachers who can’t even<br />
speak English attempt to teach from atrociously incorrect<br />
textbooks (false grammar and invented vocabulary are<br />
not uncommon) – meaning that the students who can even<br />
afford to go to school can hardly speak or understand the<br />
language. History is taught from an interesting point-of-view<br />
to say the least.<br />
The poverty we witness is seen in most families, living<br />
with usually 11 or 12 children in a two roomed house,<br />
everyone sleeping on wooden slats that pass as beds and<br />
surviving on a meagre income. The occasional open sewer,<br />
the extended daily blackouts (meaning cold showers and<br />
dinner on a mat by candlelight) helps paint a picture of the<br />
difficult living conditions. Most parents of the children are<br />
farmers who work long, backbreaking days under the sun<br />
in the rice paddies. For their children to escape this poverty<br />
cycle, they need English – an essential skill requisite for<br />
many jobs in a rapidly globalising Vietnam.<br />
Vietnamese culture itself is starkly different to life in<br />
Australia. Vietnam is a place where time is as flexible as<br />
rubber (the timetable for our lessons is a mere formality –<br />
anywhere between 30 and 80 kids turn up when they<br />
choose). Being the only white people in a province well<br />
off the tourist trail certainly draws a few strange looks (or<br />
in some cases, a shifty photographer with a camera phone<br />
from behind a tree). The immersion extends to the food as<br />
well – sampling traditional fare such as chicken and duck<br />
foetus, eel rice porridge, worms and duck innards dressed<br />
in blood are a few of the more interesting. However, the<br />
food is generally as good (if not better – sorry Mum!) as<br />
any food back home.<br />
Living in a religious community in a communist society<br />
has allowed us to appreciate the importance of individual<br />
freedom. The relationship between the Church and the<br />
Government is one that would never be understood in<br />
Australia. Witnessing the ways things operate here has<br />
made us grateful for parts of life in Australia that we took<br />
for granted.<br />
The Catholics in Thuan Nghia remain steadfastly devout<br />
and sure of their faith; indeed, all life revolves around the<br />
Church. The larger part of the community attends Mass<br />
every morning at 4.30 and kneels in prayer for an hour<br />
each night – more of the congregation usually spills outside<br />
the already packed church.<br />
Without a doubt the greatest attribute of this country is<br />
its people. Their generosity and gratitude goes a long way<br />
and has also influenced our decision to stay longer than<br />
we had first predicted. Where else can you walk around<br />
town and have people you’ve never seen before drag you<br />
into their living room for beers and a friendly conversation?<br />
Where else can you sit outside for 5 minutes before there<br />
is a crowd of 20 beaming children grabbing your ‘noodle’<br />
hair? It is the people here that have made our stay so<br />
enjoyable. As an experience that’s opened our eyes to the<br />
world we recommend it fully to anyone considering taking<br />
a ‘Gap Year’ in Vietnam.<br />
Bernard Greaves and Ben Holmes (SAC 2009)<br />
Ben and Bernard with a family in their home.<br />
<strong>St</strong> <strong>Aloysius</strong>’ College<br />
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french tour<br />
On 29 December 2009, 31 intrepid adventurers<br />
and 3 courageous teachers arrived at Sydney<br />
Airport ready to embark on a three week trip of<br />
a lifetime. Of course no trip was going to be without its<br />
problems as we quickly discovered. We managed to lose<br />
one of the boys at the airport and we hadn’t even taken<br />
off! Having paged him twice, he wandered back eventually<br />
as they were closing the flight, giving us the excuse that he<br />
had gone looking to find out how to get his GST back on<br />
his duty free purchase.<br />
So we ushered him onto the Singapore Airlines new<br />
A380 and found our seats ready for the 23 hour flight.<br />
Arriving in Paris in the dark we cleared customs and<br />
immigration without a problem and then had to find our<br />
bus driver. Driving along the Périphérique, many of the<br />
boys were fascinated with what they were seeing and all<br />
desperately looking for a monument that they recognised.<br />
So began our first week of the tour, five days in Paris.<br />
The first day we had to keep the boys upright and moving<br />
or they would have all been asleep so we took them off to<br />
La Sainte Chapelle to see the stained glass windows, half<br />
of which were covered with tarpaulins and scaffolding as<br />
they were getting cleaned. Then off to Notre Dame and one<br />
of the Rose windows was undergoing a good clean too.<br />
Next the Bastille, well the roundabout where it stood. The<br />
boys weren’t too sure about this as they expected to see a<br />
stone prison of some sort. By 4pm, the boys were starting<br />
to wilt so we went back to our accommodation. Dinner was<br />
not spectacular as it was at the accommodation, however a<br />
posh restaurant would have been a waste of money the first<br />
night as they were all fighting to stay awake long enough<br />
to get some food into themselves.<br />
Day 2 saw us go to les Invalides and Napoleon’s tomb<br />
where we were treated to a full dress ceremony, military<br />
band and marching soldiers, as an American officer was<br />
awarded the Legion D’Honneur, France’s highest honour for<br />
a civilian. Then off to the sewers which of course produced<br />
the usual “toilet humour”. Our guide was very good, having<br />
no English , he simplified what he was saying very well<br />
so that the boys needed very little help from staff in their<br />
understanding of what he was saying. Finally the day was<br />
ended with a walk up the Arc De Triomphe and watching<br />
the Ravivage de la Flamme preparations where the flame<br />
burning on the grave of the unknown soldier is rekindled<br />
every evening at 1830h.<br />
Day 3 we spent a long day out at the Somme battlefields.<br />
After numerous conversations with Father Middleton SJ and<br />
Mr Williams about what to see and what to do in a<br />
day, we chose to go to the Australian Museum at Villers<br />
Bretonneux, the Lochnagar Crater, The Australian War<br />
Memorial and the Newfoundland Memorial with its miles<br />
and miles of trenches which we were able to walk through.<br />
This day had quite an impact on the boys as they saw<br />
gravestone after gravestone of young Australians, most only<br />
a year or two older than them, and each country had their<br />
own memorial or cemetery.<br />
Moulin de daudet.<br />
Dinner that night, which was booked at the last minute,<br />
was in Le Procope in <strong>St</strong> Michel, the world’s oldest café. This<br />
was where great writers and philosophers would gather to<br />
discuss their ideas over a drink. It was like stepping back<br />
into the 17th Century with its old books on the shelves, the<br />
crooked walls and the sympathetic décor.<br />
Day 4 in Paris we were up early and on the train going<br />
out to Versailles. We arrived to find lots of people standing<br />
around. Having found a poor fireman to interrogate, we<br />
found out that the staff of Versailles were on strike. It was<br />
as simple as that. The only Versailles worker to be found<br />
was some poor lady manning the toilets and of course she<br />
had no idea what was going on. So we had to come up<br />
with an alternative plan and took the boys to Montmartre<br />
for the afternoon. Then we went onto the Pantheon with it’s<br />
fascinating Foucault Pendulum which had us all mesmerised<br />
as we tried to get our heads around the fact that we were<br />
the ones moving not the dial of the clock.<br />
Day 5 we set off for the Louvre and were met this time<br />
with a big demonstration. TV cameras were there, chanting,<br />
shouting and general mayhem met our eyes. The French<br />
were on strike at the Louvre as well, having come out in<br />
sympathy with Versailles. Anyway having discovered that<br />
the staff were going to take a vote in half an hour we hung<br />
around and were able to get into the Louvre. The staff<br />
having voted to send in a skeleton staff and then everyone<br />
else went home to be on strike!!<br />
Day 6 meant we were off to Avignon, this however was<br />
marred by the fact that we were supposed to be on the 9am<br />
train and our tickets said the 11am train so the boys all had<br />
to phone their host families. Upon arrival in Avignon, one<br />
family accosted us wanting to know why they hadn’t been<br />
informed of the late arrival. Having questioned our boy, he<br />
swore he had phoned his family, had spoken to the father<br />
and told him what had happened. This was not the case, so<br />
there was some puzzled man in Avignon, wondering why<br />
he should be at the station in Avignon at 1pm to pick up a<br />
strange Australian child!<br />
The two weeks in Avignon passed reasonably quietly<br />
and we all counted our blessings when we found out that<br />
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french tour (cont'd)<br />
the Metro was on strike in Paris and the RER (express Metro)<br />
was having a few sympathy strike days too. So we started<br />
off with the usual day in Avignon exploring the Palais<br />
des Papes and the Bridge. We explored the villages and<br />
towns around Avignon visiting the Roman town of Vaison<br />
la Romaine, Orange, Nimes, La Fontaine de Vaucluse, Isle<br />
sur la Sorgue, Les Baux de Provence. We had a couple of<br />
new things on the agenda this time including horse riding in<br />
the Camargue and visiting Les Bories de Gordes.<br />
The horse riding experience was the best fun. The farm<br />
we used was fantastic having organised their own 20<br />
horses plus another 14 from a neighbouring farm, plus 6<br />
very good guides. We spent a good 40 minutes being<br />
matched to our horses and having our stirrups adjusted so<br />
we could ride safely and then we set off on a 2 hour trek<br />
down narrow bridle paths, along the lagoons and water<br />
ways of the Camargue. We got to see the wild bulls and<br />
the Camargue ponies as well as the odd flamingo who had<br />
forgotten to fly south for the winter. It was bitterly cold and<br />
everyone was so glad to get back on the warm bus despite<br />
the fun we had had on the horse trek. Most of the horses<br />
were well behaved however we had a couple of injuries,<br />
with one horse trying to bite one of the boys for overtaking!<br />
Ben McCann’s horse was quite undisciplined and the horse<br />
and Ben caused quite a lot of amusement as they did their<br />
own thing. Vincent Culina, who was cold, kept his hands<br />
in his pockets most of the way and of course his horse had<br />
its reins around its ears, so it did as it wanted. We had<br />
the best time on that horse ride despite the freezing cold<br />
wind.<br />
The other new place we visited was les Bories near<br />
Gordes, which is probably the most picturesque village in<br />
France. Les Bories is a village about 5 km outside Gordes<br />
which was straight out of an Asterix comic. The buildings<br />
Palais de papes.<br />
were all made of local stone, stacked on top of each<br />
other like dry stone walls. The building had been there<br />
for centuries and were only abandoned in the early 20th<br />
Century. The boys studying Extension found this of particular<br />
interest as it gave them an insight into the Provence of Jean<br />
de Florette by Pagnol which they are currently studying.<br />
Once again our attempts to visit the Chateau D’if in the<br />
bay of Marseilles were thwarted. We had it all organised<br />
and the morning of the trip we rang to check everything<br />
was still on, only to find that the Harbourmaster in Marseilles<br />
had stopped all ferries going out to the Island of If. So we<br />
took the boys to a Hypermarket instead.<br />
Finally the other new activity we had come up with was<br />
the Musee du Bonbon in Uzes – the Haribo factory where<br />
the boys bought kilos of lollies, on the pretence that the<br />
lollies were for their siblings!!<br />
We then went back to Paris for 3 days. As we are<br />
standing on the platform in the freezing cold in Avignon<br />
waiting for the train, it starts to snow. Our train arrived 45<br />
minutes late into Paris because it couldn’t run at its normal<br />
speed because of the ice on the tracks. As we got closer to<br />
Paris, the landscape got whiter and whiter.<br />
We took the boys out that afternoon to go up the<br />
Eiffel Tower, having spent 2 hours the day before trying to<br />
organise a group booking. We arrived at our designated<br />
time to find no one queuing. Odd? Having found a hapless<br />
woman having a quick cigarette, we established that the<br />
Eiffel Tower was closed because of snow and ice and<br />
would not open that afternoon and that all personnel had<br />
in fact gone home!! We then asked the same smoking lady<br />
where we could get our money back having had to pay<br />
for it all on line. As only the French can, she shrugged her<br />
shoulders, pointed at the sky and declared “ no refund, it’s<br />
not our fault, it’s ze wezzer”. So our boys only got to see<br />
the underside of the Eiffel Tower. We even tried Cimetière<br />
Père Lachaise as some of the boys wanted to see the grave<br />
of Jim Morrison and would you believe it, it too was closed<br />
because of snow and ice.<br />
To add insult to injury, the RER express metro Line A was<br />
on strike causing the EuroDisney trip to have to be timed to<br />
the 4 trains running there. Due to the school holidays in the<br />
UK and France having started on the Friday, the boys were<br />
greeted with not thousands of French people, but thousands<br />
of English tourists, mainly it seemed from Liverpool!.<br />
We got home safely on 22 December, our families<br />
waiting for us at the airport. It has to be said that the tour<br />
was our best from the point of view of the language. The<br />
boys were constantly bombarding us with questions about<br />
why you said one thing in French but not another, what<br />
the vocabulary was for anything and everything, how the<br />
grammar worked. The boys showed great curiosity for the<br />
French language and French life and customs and this was<br />
very gratifying to see after the huge organisation that goes<br />
into the tour.<br />
Mrs Karen Downes<br />
Head of Languages<br />
<strong>St</strong> <strong>Aloysius</strong>’ College<br />
A Jesuit School for Boys _ Founded 1879<br />
aloysiad / page 48
men for others<br />
Warmun sunrise.<br />
The Outback... visiting the Hughes<br />
Family<br />
I’m sitting in a small dusty cemetery in an isolated outback<br />
community in the Kimberley just on dusk. The sun has<br />
disappeared behind the red hills and a full moon is rising<br />
slowly behind me, pushing through the grey storm clouds<br />
that have been gathering all day. Far away in the distance<br />
a thunderstorm is lighting up the sky, threatening to upstage<br />
the All Souls Mass taking place before me. I take a moment<br />
to reflect on the week that I’ve just experienced in this tiny<br />
and remote Aboriginal community, thousands of miles from<br />
my family back in Sydney.<br />
It’s not a typical mass, that’s for sure. Firstly, it’s a<br />
combined Sunday mass and All Souls Mass, taking place<br />
on a Monday night to work in with the priest who’s driven<br />
from Kununurra, 200 kilometres away and secondly, it’s<br />
taking place in a cemetery dotted with graves piled high<br />
with plastic flowers. Father Mark is sitting at his makeshift<br />
altar, a trestle table lit only with a big heavy-duty torch<br />
borrowed from someone’s 4-wheel drive. Behind him, a<br />
road train rumbles along the highway, its driver oblivious to<br />
the ‘goings on’ in the cemetery.<br />
Around me on plastic garden chairs sit members of the<br />
Warmun Aboriginal Community, here to pay respect to their<br />
deceased. Next to me sits Michael Hughes, my son’s Year 7<br />
Coordinator from <strong>St</strong> <strong>Aloysius</strong>’ College in Sydney, Michael’s<br />
wife, Rebecca, and a fellow <strong>Aloysius</strong>’ parent, Jenny Carter.<br />
Michael’s five-year old daughter, Juliette, perches on my lap,<br />
desperate to stay awake for as long as possible.<br />
Moments before the mass I am honoured to meet<br />
Shirley Purdie and her partner Gordon Barney, two<br />
highly respected Aboriginal artists whose works hang in<br />
boardrooms, offices and homes around the globe. The<br />
mass, or Ngapuny time as the Gidja people call it, proves<br />
to be a memorable mix of Catholicism and Aboriginal<br />
ceremony and I doubt I will ever experience anything as<br />
moving or spiritual again in my lifetime. But then, after all,<br />
this is the Kimberley and in my short time here, I’ve come<br />
to expect the unexpected.<br />
When my fellow traveller, Jenny Carter and I, had first<br />
talked about visiting the Hughes family many months before,<br />
we had no idea what was in store for us, or the impact it<br />
would have on our lives. We’d both been impressed by<br />
Michael and Rebecca’s decision to move to the Outback<br />
and teach in an indigenous community for 12 months and<br />
we’d had done all we could to coordinate the collection of<br />
much-needed items for the kids at Ngalangangpum School.<br />
Thanks to the support of many families from <strong>St</strong> <strong>Aloysius</strong>’<br />
College, my daughter’s local Catholic primary school, our<br />
close friends, and the amazing generosity of Australian Air<br />
<strong>St</strong> <strong>Aloysius</strong>’ College<br />
A Jesuit School for Boys _ Founded 1879 aloysiad / page 49
men for others (cont'd)<br />
Express, dozens of boxes had been freighted across to<br />
Warmun, free of charge.<br />
While collecting the items had been something we could<br />
do to support Michael and Rebecca on a practical level,<br />
it had also provided an invaluable connection between<br />
Michael and our boys in Year 8 at <strong>St</strong> <strong>Aloysius</strong>’. Michael<br />
had been their Year 7 Coordinator the previous year and<br />
now our boys were witnessing, through the Hughes’ actions<br />
what it truly meant to be men for others. Rather than just<br />
teaching it, Michael and Rebecca were living it.<br />
Rebecca’s monthly blog Hughes Kimberley Calling had<br />
also provided many people with an amazing glimpse of<br />
their outback experience and the huge challenges they had<br />
faced along the way. In our conversations with Michael,<br />
both Jenny and I had both wondered if such an experience<br />
would be something that could be of benefit to the <strong>Aloysius</strong>’<br />
boys and whether they too could also do something of value<br />
within their own country. And so, dozens of emails and<br />
phone conversations later, here we are, sitting in a cemetery<br />
in far north Western Australia, praying in the dark!<br />
Fittingly, we’d arrived in Warmun the week before<br />
in the dark. Against our better judgement we’d left<br />
Kununurra Airport just before sundown and driven most of<br />
the 200-kilometre journey in the pitch-black desert night,<br />
passing only an occasional 4WD and several terrifyingly<br />
large road trains. While we’d lost mobile phone reception<br />
only minutes after we’d driven out of town, we were more<br />
concerned about the animals we’d been told to watch out<br />
for along the unfenced highway. Not just kangaroos, but<br />
scrub bulls, wandering cows and wild horses! Needless<br />
to say we passed many and mercifully hit none, arriving in<br />
Warmun several hours later.<br />
In the days that followed, we were constantly confronted,<br />
challenged and overwhelmed by what we saw and<br />
experienced. The poverty, unemployment, social issues and<br />
alcohol-related problems combined with the intense heat<br />
and extreme isolation proved to be quite a reality shock at<br />
first. Looking beyond that we saw hope in the work being<br />
carried out at Ngalangangpum School, the determination,<br />
Ngalangangpum school.<br />
Warmun community.<br />
compassion and dedication of the teachers and staff and<br />
the way in which the school bridges the gaps between the<br />
cultures. The younger kids were gorgeous with their wide<br />
smiles and their willingness to accept Jenny and I into their<br />
classroom. The older kids were much harder work and our<br />
hearts went out to Michael and Rebecca and the daily<br />
struggles they encountered trying to engage with and teach<br />
these young people.<br />
For Jenny and I, or ‘Miss Jenny’ and ‘Miss Sue’ as<br />
we were called, our work was of a practical nature from<br />
teaching the Year 1-2 Kids how to swim, to playing Water<br />
Polo with the high school kids, cleaning out classrooms,<br />
making breakfast for the kids before school or doing the<br />
50 kilometre Bow River school bus run with Michael. We<br />
were thrilled to help the high school kids get ready for the<br />
Barefoot Ball, the first of its kind for the community and<br />
fortunate to meet some of the local artists at the Warmun<br />
Art Centre. Climbing Mirillingki Hill in the early morning<br />
heat and swimming with the goannas at Winiper Springs<br />
definitely put us outside our comfort zones.<br />
I loved the way the heat forced everything and everyone<br />
to slow down to what I now call “Screen Saver Mode”<br />
and was enthralled by the warm, engaging and diverse<br />
nature of everyone we met, including the complete strangers<br />
that Jenny and I ‘door stopped’ every afternoon at the<br />
Roadhouse. When we first set out on our journey, neither<br />
Jenny nor I imagined that we’d be sitting under the desert<br />
stars, enjoying a BBQ in the Hughes’ front yard, sipping a<br />
warm beer and talking to their friends Pete and Di about<br />
their recent trip to Iceland!<br />
While I may never get used to the snakes, the heat and<br />
the ‘cheeky’ bulls, I constantly crave the wide, open spaces<br />
and the intense colours of the Outback and every now<br />
and then I find myself back there, in my mind at least. In<br />
the meantime, my hope is that many more will travel to the<br />
Kimberley and follow in Michael and Rebecca’s footsteps.<br />
Sue Boudakin<br />
SAC Parent<br />
<strong>St</strong> <strong>Aloysius</strong>’ College<br />
A Jesuit School for Boys _ Founded 1879<br />
aloysiad / page 50
from the P&F<br />
The Parents and Friends Association is a time-honoured<br />
tradition at <strong>St</strong> <strong>Aloysius</strong>’ and plays an integral role<br />
in creating a supportive and inclusive environment<br />
for the parents of the College, particularly new parents<br />
to the school. Each incoming P&F Committee inherits the<br />
accumulated wisdom and experience handed down by<br />
previous presidents and committees; this has helped the<br />
Association keep a clear focus on ‘friend raising’ within our<br />
large parent body through connecting our families within<br />
the Aloysian Family.<br />
Committee changeover occurs in Term IV when we<br />
provide the BBQ at the Christmas Carols. In Term I of the<br />
new academic year the P&F activities focus on welcoming<br />
and informing our new parents and the establishment of the<br />
2010 Parent Coordinator, Class Parent and Helper Teams<br />
that organise the Class and Year social functions and Class<br />
Masses throughout the year.<br />
As a parent association we are also committed to keep<br />
up to date and informed on issues that concern us all. Our<br />
Forum nights are opportunities for parents to hear relevant<br />
and inspirational speakers in their areas of expertise.<br />
We are very fortunate that many parents volunteer to<br />
be involved in a variety of ways, sharing time, talents, and<br />
interesting skills with stories and laughs along the way.<br />
Consequently many friendships are formed which is what<br />
we are all about. In my role as President I have found it a<br />
privilege to experience firsthand the day-to-day operational<br />
management of the school and work with the dedicated<br />
executive, staff and teachers of <strong>St</strong> <strong>Aloysius</strong>’. The Jesuit and<br />
Aloysian spirit is alive and well in the day-to-day life of our<br />
school.<br />
Mrs Anita Lee<br />
P&F President<br />
Guests at the 2010 Commencement Cocktail Party.<br />
The 2010 P & F Executive.<br />
<strong>St</strong> <strong>Aloysius</strong>’ College<br />
A Jesuit School for Boys _ Founded 1879 aloysiad / page 51
from SACOBU<br />
SACOBU President’s Report<br />
This year has seen the rejuvenation of the Old Aloysians<br />
Cricket Club (OACC). Under the guidance of Nick<br />
Garling (SAC 1983), the new captain Carl Henschke<br />
(SAC 2000) has built up a strong side which has shown<br />
continually good results throughout the season. The numbers<br />
have grown significantly from a wide range of year groups,<br />
and there is a hope that two sides may play under the<br />
banner next year.<br />
On the back of the success of the OACC, there is a<br />
growing push in the Old Boys community to establish an<br />
Old Boys Soccer Club, lead vocally by Chris Chase (SAC<br />
2003) and Ben Wilford (SAC 2001). The Club would give<br />
Old Boys an opportunity to continue to play at a decent<br />
level with their former team mates and friends. The Club<br />
would hopefully be entered into the KDSA competition<br />
and a push would be made to entice Old Boys playing<br />
elsewhere to join the Club. This endeavour will need the<br />
ongoing support of the College as well as Old Boys to get<br />
off the ground.<br />
Saturday 1 May saw a gathering of Old Boys, parents<br />
and teachers at Alberts in North Sydney, to celebrate<br />
the ten year reunion of the 2000 Athletics team and its<br />
performance. Organised by Peter West (SAC 2000)<br />
and James Nakkan (SAC 2000) it was a chance to<br />
reminiscence on a proud sporting moment that saw the<br />
College come second at the CAS carnival (with the most<br />
points ever amassed by an Aloysian Athletics Team). Jeremy<br />
Scott (SAC 2000), Captain of the team, spoke about the<br />
hard work that made it possible and remarked that despite<br />
the different Athletic pursuits essentially being individual<br />
sports, that particular year had a great team environment.<br />
This was due in part to the personalities involved and the<br />
fantastic support from teachers such as Mr Rowland, Mr<br />
Saltos and Mr Zolezzi.<br />
Old Boys continue to do fantastic work in Australia<br />
and around the globe. The last couple of years has seen<br />
a growing trend among Old Boys to continue with the<br />
principle of ‘giving back’ promoted by the College and<br />
has seen the establishment of a number of initiatives and<br />
charities. David Braithwaite SJ (SAC 1990), a Jesuit at the<br />
College, led a group of young Old Boys on an Immersion<br />
trip in January of this year to Vietnam where they visited<br />
and supported local communities, particularly a school<br />
for disabled children. Two of the boys, Bernard Greaves<br />
(SAC 2009) and Ben Holmes (SAC 2009) actually stayed<br />
on for a ‘gap’ year in the local community. Another trip is<br />
planned for the beginning of 2011 and anyone interested<br />
in supporting or participating can contact David at David.<br />
Braithwaite@staloysius.nsw.edu.au.<br />
Kickstart Kids International, the creation of James<br />
Woodward (SAC 2006) and James Harrison (SAC 2006),<br />
continues to expand their projects and good works in<br />
Africa. Tom Cavanagh (SAC 2006) is currently in Kenya<br />
overseeing the work on a new project. This project aims<br />
to provide an environmentally and financially sustainable<br />
home for around 100 orphans in the town of Ulturoto,<br />
south of Nairobi. More information about the project and<br />
the charity can be found at http://www.kickstartkidsinternational.com/.<br />
Nicholas Edwards (SAC 2000)<br />
President, SACOBU<br />
Old Aloysians’ Cricket Club (OACC)<br />
Season in Review<br />
It is no stretch to liken the OACC’s season of 2009-2010<br />
to that of ‘Lazarus with a triple bypass’. After a number of<br />
lean years, which included 1 win from 10 matches in the<br />
previous season, OACC was rejuvenated with some much<br />
needed young blood into its playing ranks and an able<br />
and enthusiastic leader in Carl Henschke (SAC 2000), who<br />
under the tutelage of Nick Garling (SAC 1983) has put the<br />
club back on the path to former glory.<br />
With a winning percentage for the season of 70%,<br />
including resounding wins over some of the strongest teams<br />
in the comp in the form of Knox Old Boys and Yaralla, not<br />
to mention a run to the semi-finals of the Jack Pace Shield<br />
knock out competition, order has slowly been restored<br />
to the City and Suburban Cricket Association with the<br />
OACC resuming its position amongst the competition’s<br />
heavyweights.<br />
With Old Boys Jono Hill (SAC 1998), Daniel McGirr<br />
(SAC 1999), Justin Drew, James Nakkan, Hugo de Jong,<br />
Tony Perna (SAC 2000), Abe Robertson (SAC 2001) and<br />
David Coburn (SAC 2002) forming the nucleus of the side<br />
and regular appearances from the Chase brothers, Chris<br />
and John (SAC 2003) and Michael (SAC 2005) as well<br />
as Matthew Fernandez (SAC 1998), Richard Sullivan (SAC<br />
1997), Russell Skinner, Mark Elizondo (SAC 2000), John<br />
Donohoe (SAC 2001), Chris McKenzie (SAC 2002), Ed<br />
Nethery (SAC 2002), Simon Danieleto, Patrick Nakkan,<br />
Bernard Foley, Geoffrey Lodge (SAC 2007) and James<br />
Edwards (SAC 2008); the OACC is looking to build upon<br />
its watershed season.<br />
With the emphasis on having fun, enjoying our cricket<br />
and the opportunity to catch up with old friends the OACC<br />
is going from strength to strength. The sky is the limit for<br />
season 2010-2011, which incidentally will be the club’s<br />
semi sesquicentennial anniversary.<br />
Any Old Boys that are interested in playing next season<br />
or becoming social members of the OACC should contact<br />
Carl Henschke by phone: 0412 097 331 or email:<br />
oldaloys.cricket@gmail.com. The OACC is hoping to field<br />
two sides next year so would welcome any new players<br />
and support.<br />
Carl Henschke and Justin Drew (SAC 2000)<br />
<strong>St</strong> <strong>Aloysius</strong>’ College<br />
A Jesuit School for Boys _ Founded 1879 aloysiad / page 52
1975 Reunion<br />
In mid May, 50 class mates attended The Class of 1975<br />
thirty five year reunion. The event started at the Waverley<br />
versus Aloys home rugby match (W29:A13). The<br />
Reunion Mass followed in The Boys’ Chapel, concelebrated<br />
by class mate Father Greg Homeming (OCD Carmelite)<br />
and Rector Father Ross Jones SJ. Class mate Pastor de<br />
Lasala played the organ magnificently as usual. Father<br />
Greg gave us an almost tangible homily that we could take<br />
home and ponder. The Dinner in The Juana Mateo Room<br />
on level 4 of the College overlooking the Harbour Bridge<br />
and the Opera House was a most enjoyable affair. The<br />
evening also included a humorous speech from Father Ross<br />
Jones SJ, great food, a static photo and slide show display<br />
and, of course, excellent company all round. Four hours<br />
is never enough time to catch up with everyone, but still a<br />
very enjoyable evening, until next time. A big thank you to<br />
Murray and Terry from the SAC Development team, whose<br />
help in organising the event and liaising with the SAC75<br />
Committee is much appreciated.<br />
The Class of 1975 has established its own website.<br />
Please visit www.sac75.com for more information.<br />
1979 Reunion<br />
The Class of 1979 at their 30 Year Reunion.<br />
On 6 November 2009, 61 old boys from the<br />
Centenary Year of the College gathered for our 30<br />
year reunion. It was also a 29th anniversary from<br />
the time when we revisited the school after our first reunion.<br />
This time we were actually invited to the wonderful level<br />
4 vista of the college known as The Juana Mateo Room.<br />
There was an extremely large turnout at the Mass preceding<br />
the function which was most impressive. Thank you to<br />
John Ledlin and Wax Anderson and others for helping<br />
in the Mass ceremony. As always a great time was had<br />
by all. One of the highlights was Brendan Elkins looking<br />
resplendent in all black. Thanks to Peter Haylen and Don<br />
Hardman for their organisational help and Terry Gabbedy<br />
from the Foundation. I hope everyone is looking forward to<br />
the next one! Photos of the night can be accessed at the<br />
following Facebook group: <strong>St</strong> <strong>Aloysius</strong> College Class of<br />
1979 (Centenary Year).<br />
Paul Wilkinson (SAC 1979)<br />
<strong>St</strong> <strong>Aloysius</strong>’ College<br />
A Jesuit School for Boys _ Founded 1879 aloysiad / page 53
from SACOBU<br />
Old Boys News<br />
John H Sherwin is married to Betty and<br />
1944 retired in 1990. Now in good health and<br />
aged 83. Looks forward to The <strong>Aloysiad</strong> and attending<br />
some College functions. Living in Mooroobool, near Cairns<br />
Qld.<br />
Barry Rubie OAM. Barry, in the 2010<br />
1949 Australia Day Honours Awards was awarded<br />
a Medal in The Order of Australia for Community Service<br />
through 30 years of service to the Asthma Foundation of<br />
Western Australia. As a Life Member he continues to serve<br />
on the Boards of both the Asthma Foundation and the<br />
Busselton Population Medical Research Foundation. He was<br />
the Founding Chair of the Asthma Foundation of Australia.<br />
In an extended career with Shell Company Barry worked<br />
in NSW and several overseas assignments. In 1968 Barry<br />
was posted to Perth and settled there with his wife Colleen<br />
and five children. Now retired he lives in Jolimont close to<br />
Perth. Barry’s father Rupert Rubie was an Old Aloysian from<br />
the Class of 1909 and his brother Paul Rubie was in the<br />
Class of 1952. In a recent edition of The Post Newspaper<br />
Subiaco, it is noted that the success of WA based research<br />
into asthma, which had been recognised internationally,<br />
was among Barry’s proudest achievements.<br />
Paul Lenehan. The Class of 1955 – Fifty<br />
1955 Five Years Reunion is being arranged by<br />
Paul to take place on Friday 3 September. The day will<br />
commence with Mass in The Boys’ Chapel at 11:30am<br />
followed by Lunch at the new venue of the Vibe Hotel,<br />
88 Alfred <strong>St</strong>reet North Sydney. Invitations will follow to<br />
also include The Class of 1954 via Peter Ford. For those<br />
wishing to stay overnight, the Vibe Hotel will be offering a<br />
special rate to SAC Old Boys. Paul’s email is – spoiltdog@<br />
optusnet.com.au<br />
Jerry Weingarth. According to Paul Lenehan (SAC 1955),<br />
Jerry has emigrated and now lives in Begur, the capital<br />
of Girona, Spain. Jerry recently returned to Sydney to sell<br />
his house. He plans on buying a computer and will send<br />
e-mails to all his fellow class mates. He loves living in Spain<br />
and visits Andorra, France and all of Europe.<br />
Charles Watson. Charles tells us that he<br />
1959 married Prue Morrow, a Loreto girl from<br />
Brisbane, when he was in fifth year medicine. The couple<br />
have two girls, Julia and Anna, both of whom have<br />
produced two beautiful grandchildren. After finishing<br />
medicine Charles lectured in Anatomy for 14 years at UWA<br />
and UNSW, during which time he became interested in<br />
brain mapping and began a 30 year collaboration with<br />
George Paxinos. In 1982, Charles left the university to<br />
take up a career in public health, and later became Chief<br />
Health Officer in WA. He returned to the university scene<br />
as a Dean at Wollongong and Curtin from 1994 to 2006.<br />
Since then he has been occupied full-time in brain research<br />
at Curtin, making atlases of rat, mouse and chicken brains.<br />
Our rat brain atlas is the most cited Australian publication<br />
ever!! Prue and Charles separated 15 years ago, and he<br />
now shares his life in Perth with partner Anwen Williams.<br />
Charles’ hobbies are swimming and music – he plays the<br />
baritone saxophone in a concert band. Charles cites his<br />
greatest debt to SAC is undoubtedly the inspired English<br />
teaching he received from Mr Geoff Deegan (SAC Hon Old<br />
Boy and SAC <strong>St</strong>aff 1950 – 1985).<br />
Jon Duggan was born in Canada to Australian Parents and<br />
arrived in Sydney in 1949. Jon worked as a Computing<br />
General Manager and is now consulting to Four Soft on<br />
a part-time basis. He married Diana in <strong>St</strong> Francis Xavier<br />
Church Lavender Bay. The couple have three children<br />
Rachel, Gabriella and Nicholas and two grandchildren,<br />
Jemima and Joel. Jon tells us that he attends Mass at <strong>St</strong><br />
Ignatius’ College most Sundays and often sees Father<br />
David <strong>St</strong>rong SJ (SAC 1956).<br />
Michael Hallett reports that he continues to<br />
1960 be married to Helen, the girl he met at the<br />
Loreto Kirribilli Fourth Year Dance. They have two children,<br />
Chris who is a Vet at Coolah and Fiona who works with<br />
Telstra Bigpond. Michael remains as a sole-practice<br />
solicitor. In the past he has pursued rural interests owning<br />
land near Muswellbrook with a vineyard and a cattle<br />
enterprise. In the recent past Michael has acquired a<br />
residence at Wamberal (NSW Central Coast) in which<br />
he seeks peace and tranquillity! Over the years Michael<br />
has been involved in horse racing with mixed success<br />
(isn’t that always the case), there appears to be a reverse<br />
equation in that the more one spends on a horse the worse<br />
it is! Helen and Michael have had the benefit of personal<br />
travels to the United <strong>St</strong>ates, England and the Continent,<br />
India, Nepal, Iran, Croatia and even the North Pole. He<br />
sends his warmest regards to all.<br />
John Garrett writes in reference to Michael Prendergast<br />
(SAC 1960). Michael was listed as a missing-in-action for<br />
the reunion of the Class of 1960. John tells us that he was<br />
killed in a car crash about 1962. The crash occurred as he<br />
was returning from attending the Head of the River rowing<br />
regatta. “The Prendergasts were friends of my family, hence<br />
my knowledge of this sad event. Michael was an only son<br />
and the family survivor is his sister Diana (and her family).”<br />
Michael was remembered at a recent Mass in The Boys’<br />
Chapel.<br />
Joe Horan lives is Tamworth. Sadly, Joe suffers from<br />
Vascular Dementia and is a resident in Nazareth House,<br />
Nursing Home. He retired from his legal practice in<br />
2006. Joe is married to Sue with three children and three<br />
grandchildren.<br />
Dave Ekman attended the Class of 1964<br />
1964 Reunion last year and during Mass in The<br />
Boys’ Chapel, he couldn’t help but notice a large brass<br />
vase near the lectern. A quick glimpse on the way out<br />
suggested it might be a 4.5” cartridge case used by several<br />
classes of UK and RAN frigates (now well and truly out of<br />
commission). “I have a vague recollection of maybe giving<br />
the vase to the College around the time of our wedding in<br />
<strong>St</strong> <strong>Aloysius</strong>’ College<br />
A Jesuit School for Boys _ Founded 1879 aloysiad / page 54
the Chapel nearly forty years ago. I can’t be certain as I<br />
swapped a few of them with other Australian and visiting<br />
services from time to time. It would come as no surprise if<br />
the mouth of the case was very slightly belled out. If your<br />
Archivist has no recollection as to the source of the vase,<br />
this may be the missing link. The thought of it standing<br />
there during countless student Masses, weddings and<br />
funerals is a powerful image. It’s of no great importance but<br />
certainly of passing interest. Finally I thank the College for<br />
the hospitality shown to us Old Boys. It was a warm and<br />
wonderful get together, albeit with some sense of sadness<br />
for those no longer with us.”<br />
Gordon Bauer. Gordon tells us that he is<br />
1965 ‘alive and well’ on the Gold Coast, Qld.<br />
Gordon is involved in selling pharmacy businesses around<br />
Australia and running the management rights therein.<br />
Mark O’Sullivan recently joined the Queensland Competition<br />
Authority, a statutory body that regulates prices for various<br />
utilities and enjoying the most challenging analytical work<br />
in his career. He has four married sons, two of whom<br />
completed their legal studies overseas: one with a D.Phil<br />
from Oxford and another with a Masters from The American<br />
University in Washington, DC. Mark has eight grandsons<br />
and one granddaughter who live in Brisbane. One son is<br />
still in the USA working on climate change issues. Mark,<br />
who divorced in 2001, married Janine Hancox in 2007.<br />
Mark sends his warmest greetings to Mick Limerick.<br />
Louis Izzo is a Senior Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at<br />
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney. He has five children,<br />
no grand kids (yet!). Louis tells us that with three children still<br />
at home, it looks like retirement is a long way off!<br />
Gavin Carney is a Physician and Nephrologist in Canberra<br />
and a father of five. Gavin reports that he is a very content<br />
Aloysian!<br />
Father Andrew Bullen SJ, is the Rector of <strong>St</strong> Ignatius’<br />
College, Riverview. Andy reports “John Knight and I were<br />
friends during my time at Aloys. Although we had no<br />
contact after I joined the Society, he came to my Ordination<br />
in 1979. At that time he lived in Bundeena. Andy has had<br />
no news of him since, (and wonders why anyone would<br />
move away from Bundeena!). He is keen to make contact<br />
with John and wonders if anyone has any contact details?<br />
Paul Nysen lives with his wife Debbie in the USA on a<br />
Native American Indian Reservation at Pala, California.<br />
Paul and Debbie recently flew into Sydney for the reunion<br />
of The Class of 1965 and to see his Mum, Jean who still<br />
lives in Cremorne.<br />
<strong>St</strong>eve Weingarth owns Pro Doco Pty Ltd a video production<br />
company. The firm offers 17 Geography DVD Kits for<br />
the NSW HSC Syllabus. Winner of numerous education<br />
awards including the Australian Geography Teachers’<br />
Association Award for his programme Coastal Management<br />
– Australian Beach & Development Issues.<br />
David Parle lives in Peppertree Cottage at McLaren Vale,<br />
SA. David is a well regarded artist and is holding an<br />
Exhibition of his work at the Headland Gallery (Suite 2<br />
Gunshot Alley, Suakin Drive, Mosman) opening on 24 July.<br />
The exhibition is entitled, Mosman Foreshore Views.<br />
Philip Iacono has been involved in the retail<br />
1969 and automotive industries and is the former<br />
general manager of a large Sydney dealership. In 2004<br />
he joined Mark Walsh International, a global specialist<br />
organisation in automotive training. As Director, he heads<br />
the Toyota and Mercedes Benz retail training programmes<br />
for Australia, New Zealand, Canada and China. Philip<br />
now lives in Bella Vista, NSW. He writes “I would like to<br />
thank every SAC class mate for the friendship they gave and<br />
the fantastic memories I cherish from my school years.”<br />
Tony Edmond tells us that after leaving Aloys he went<br />
to college and pursued a career in Accountancy. After<br />
deciding that he wasn’t destined to be an auditor, he<br />
travelled to England, toured Europe and crossed Africa<br />
overland. Tony ended up in the Australian Lifeguard Team<br />
that went to California where he met his wife (although he<br />
didn’t know at that time!). Married and settled in Orange<br />
County near Disneyland, Tony is a manager for Family<br />
Health overseeing 300 doctors, dentists, nurses and allied<br />
health professionals. He and his wife Diane have two<br />
beautiful daughters. Tony plans to retire shortly and busy<br />
himself with charitable work. “We have had a blessed life<br />
with plenty of travel (my wife is a professional photographer)<br />
mainly to places with palm trees and lagoons. We visit<br />
Sydney every few years”.<br />
John Kramer continues to work in General<br />
1971 Practice in Woolgoolga (25 kms north of<br />
Coffs Harbour) and has been in the region since 1981.<br />
John still works one day per week at UNSW Rural Clinical<br />
School in Coffs Harbour as a Senior Lecturer. He has just<br />
taken up the position as Inaugural Corlis Travelling Fellow<br />
with the NSW Faculty of the RACGP. John is keen to hear<br />
from any Old Boys working in General Practice in rural<br />
and regional Australia. John recently became a grandfather<br />
for the first time. He is married to Annette, who is also a<br />
General Practitioner.<br />
<strong>St</strong>ephen May graduated from the University of Sydney with<br />
an MBBS in 1978. After three years studying in England<br />
in the early 1980s, he has lived in Coffs Harbour since<br />
1985. He works as a procedural GP (in Obstetrics and<br />
Anaesthetics) and is also conjoint lecturer with the University<br />
of NSW Rural Campus. <strong>St</strong>ephen is married to Mary and<br />
they have five children. <strong>St</strong>ephen was honoured to be made<br />
Coffs Harbour Citizen of the Year in 2003.<br />
Nicholas Talley is a Gastroenterologist and<br />
1973 has been lured back to Australia from his<br />
position at the respected Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, USA,<br />
to head up the University of Newcastle’s Faculty of Health.<br />
According to The Australian, Professor Talley is excited to<br />
be working at Newcastle University which he describes<br />
as “a dynamic and young university”. Nicholas wants to<br />
explore introducing a ‘competency-based’ curriculum that<br />
involves giving medical students explicit benchmarks and<br />
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the resources to achieve them, while giving them more<br />
freedom to decide ‘how and why’.<br />
John Cashmore writes “Angie and I recently<br />
1975 returned from our three fantastic years in Fiji<br />
and we are now living in Melbourne and still working with<br />
Westpac. Our second Grandchild is due shortly and all our<br />
family is well and enjoying life. See you in five years time<br />
at the 40th Reunion!”.<br />
Mark McGuire is managing the Lenah Valley RSL Club in<br />
Hobart, Tasmania. Mark still lives on 8 acres in the Huon<br />
Valley south of Hobart. “Now that our daughter Kathleen has<br />
left home, wife Cherie and I are enjoying being a couple<br />
again, doing more travelling and trying hard to maintain the<br />
balance of working to live not living to work”.<br />
David Hardman lives in Canberra and is married with one<br />
daughter aged six years. Currently Adjunct Professor of<br />
Surgery and Anatomy at the University of Canberra and<br />
Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Surgery at The<br />
Australian National University, David works as a Vascular<br />
Surgeon in both public and private practice. David’s spare<br />
time is spent skiing, practising his French (still trying to get<br />
rid of Father Barden’s Irish accent) and drinking his share<br />
of good wine.<br />
Peter Ryan lives on his property near Byron Bay and grows<br />
avocados and bananas and is building a new home. Peter<br />
tells us that he is not travelling like he used to and says ‘life<br />
is fine, the kids are nice young adults, and peace reigns’.<br />
William Walsh returned to Australia in<br />
1978 September 2007 after working and living<br />
in the UK for nine years. Married to Cathy with one son<br />
named Harry, William is a solicitor and in-house counsel.<br />
The family are living in Lilyfield.<br />
Craig <strong>St</strong>apleton has recently become engaged to Sennia<br />
<strong>St</strong>ahl a Swedish lady he met whilst teaching in Bourke!<br />
Craig and Sennia became engaged on a visit to Sweden<br />
over Christmas 2009.<br />
Andrew Heggie is married to Paula. The<br />
1979 couple have two children, James and<br />
Rhiannon and live in Woolwich. Andrew owns Origin<br />
Industries which trades pre-owned CT, MRI and Ultrasound<br />
scanners and other diagnostic imaging equipment.<br />
Peter McAniff lives and works in Pasadena,<br />
1984 USA, recently visited the college. He has<br />
worked in the mergers and acquisitions groups at Bank of<br />
America Securities and JP Morgan. Peter holds an MBA<br />
from UCLA and also a JD from the UCLA School of Law. Of<br />
late he has achieved extensive publishing of books relating<br />
to investment banking, corporate finance and banking<br />
recruitment sectors.<br />
Patrick Crehan. Patrick and his wife Suzy<br />
1989 welcomed their first child Bridie Alys Collier<br />
in November 2009. Baby and parents all doing well and<br />
grandparents ‘over the moon’. The family are living in the<br />
Lenah Valley, Tasmania.<br />
Richard Allan is presently living in London<br />
1991 with his wife Monica and three daughters<br />
April, Annabel and Alexandra. Richard was recently<br />
appointed a Managing Director in Morgan <strong>St</strong>anley’s<br />
Investment Banking Division where he covers the global<br />
mining sector. He dreams one day of returning to his house<br />
in Sydney and swimming at the beach each morning!<br />
Christopher Doherty studied and has worked<br />
1992 as a geologist in various parts of Australia<br />
since leaving the College. Keen for a change in direction<br />
he joined the law enforcement sector and completed<br />
a Masters Degree in Criminology. He is now working<br />
overseas for the United Nations.<br />
<strong>St</strong>uart Smith recently purchased a house in Wheeler<br />
Heights, NSW and is busy with renovations. He has<br />
recently taken up new position with Battery Energy who<br />
specialise in gel batteries designed for uninterrupted power<br />
supplies. <strong>St</strong>uart is married to Rebecca.<br />
Anthony Hamer is a solicitor and married to Judith. Every<br />
Australia Day, approximately 30 Old Boys from the Class of<br />
1992 (and a few from other years) play a game of cricket<br />
at the College Oval in Willoughby. This annual event has<br />
become somewhat of a tradition for the Class and a trophy<br />
has been produced to record the annual winners.<br />
Michael Thorpe is currently playing his fifteenth season<br />
of Sydney Grade Cricket for the North Sydney Bears 4th<br />
Grade side. Michael reports he is ‘a Calypso type batsman<br />
and wicketkeeper’. Michael works as a professional cricket<br />
tipster for luckypunter.com.au. So if you like a punt use a<br />
pro. Michael adds ‘I'm single which is probably the reason<br />
my cricket career has had such longevity!’.<br />
Christopher Iffland married Elizabeth Sidik<br />
1993 from Bandung, Indonesia at <strong>St</strong> Catherine<br />
Laboure, Gymea, in 2005 and their daughter Catherine<br />
Mary was born in October 2007. Christopher is an<br />
Electrical Engineer. The family are living in Lilli Pilli.<br />
Matt Masson. For the past six years Matt<br />
1995 has lived in Vietnam and worked in the<br />
travel industry. His residence and main office is in Saigon<br />
(Ho Chi Minh City). He is the Chief Operating Officer<br />
for ‘Trails of Indochina’, an inbound tour company. As<br />
well as Vietnam, he manages offices in Cambodia, Laos,<br />
Thailand and Burma. Now married to Tiana Hoang in<br />
Hoi An, Vietnam. Matt recently organised a trip for David<br />
Braithwaite SJ (SAC 1990) and several members of the<br />
Class of 2009 who were in community work with Jesuits<br />
in central Vietnam, followed by a little sightseeing. Another<br />
SAC group of students and parents, organised through<br />
SACOBU, will travel to Vietnam in July for a two week<br />
visit. For further details of Matt’s company, please visit<br />
www.trailsofindochina.com<br />
Andrew McMillan is working in Hydrabad<br />
1999 India for Engineers Without Borders.<br />
Greg Egan is the President of the <strong>St</strong>udent<br />
2003<br />
Association of the Canberra Campus of the<br />
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Australian Catholic University. Greg is currently spending a<br />
month teaching at two of the schools (Efogi and Manari)<br />
along the Kokoda Track in PNG.<br />
Upcoming Reunions<br />
Class of 1955 – 3 September<br />
Class of 1985 – 28 August<br />
Class of 1990 – 25 September<br />
Class of 1995 – 18 September<br />
Class of 2000 – 25 September<br />
The Gonzaga Society Christmas Mass and Lunch will be<br />
held at the College on Thursday, 2 December 2010.<br />
Does the College have your correct e-mail, postal address<br />
and telephone number? Please use the enclosed fly-sheet or<br />
contact Terry Gabbedy at the College on 02 9936 5568 or<br />
via e-mail terry.gabbedy@staloysius.nsw.edu.au<br />
Past <strong>St</strong>aff News<br />
Harry ‘Hal’ Power (SAC Hon Old Boy and SAC <strong>St</strong>aff<br />
1948 – 1978). Son Shane Power writes – “I am responding<br />
to you on behalf of my father, Harry Power. He wishes<br />
to thank you very much for your kind invitations to Class<br />
Reunions. Regretfully, he is not able to attend due to a lack<br />
of mobility. He hopes all Reunions will be very successful<br />
and extends his good wishes to all of his former students.<br />
He appreciates he is remembered when these important<br />
occasions occur. My father turned 97 years of age in<br />
May this year. Whilst physically ‘not so sturdy’, he remains<br />
a genius in all things scientific and mathematic, as well<br />
as brilliant at everything else. His ten grandchildren (and<br />
five great grandchildren) constantly test him out with<br />
homework requests (from university to primary school level).<br />
The answers and explanations roll out with rapidity! Dad<br />
remains an avid reader and is a source of great knowledge<br />
on current events, history, politics and sport. We all want<br />
him on our team for trivial pursuit. His beloved Balmain<br />
Tigers nearly made it to the finals last year and he cheered<br />
them on via FoxSports in every game. No-one in the family<br />
acknowledges the merger with Wests – so Dad calls out for<br />
‘Balmain’ as they play. He won the footy tipping competition<br />
for the last few years and picked the AFL grand final winner<br />
and score margin. He loves cricket. These days, his home<br />
is his palace He doesn’t venture out too often because it’s<br />
not easy moving around. But he never misses Sunday Mass.<br />
He loves visits from all the family and thrives on the devotion<br />
of his beloved bride of 60 years, Maureen. He keeps up<br />
to date on the latest news of <strong>St</strong> <strong>Aloysius</strong>’ via contact with<br />
former colleagues and Old Boys. He enjoys hearing of their<br />
successes and adventures. Please pass on my father’s news<br />
to all and with best wishes.”<br />
Obituaries<br />
The College is saddened to hear of the passing of the<br />
following Old Boys. We ask you to remember them and<br />
their families in your prayers.<br />
1937<br />
Fr Roger McGinley SAC. Fr Roger was an enthusiastic<br />
Old Boy of <strong>St</strong> <strong>Aloysius</strong>’ College. In fact, after a reunion of<br />
The Gonzaga Society in 2004, Fr Ross Jones SJ wrote in<br />
The <strong>Aloysiad</strong>.... ‘it seems he even joined an Order (The<br />
Pallottine Fathers) bearing the initials of his old College’.<br />
Fr Roger’s brother Barry (SAC 1935) also attended <strong>St</strong><br />
<strong>Aloysius</strong>’ as did his great nephews, Andrew Hunt (SAC<br />
1990) and Tim Hunt (SAC 2002).<br />
Roger joined the Pallottine Fathers and went to Melbourne<br />
to study for the priesthood. During his life he was a<br />
missionary in India and parish priest at Riverton in Western<br />
Australia. He also worked at Beagle Bay with Aboriginal<br />
people. Later in life he stayed with Fr Bede Griffiths at<br />
his Ashram in India. When he returned to Melbourne, Fr<br />
Roger established his own ashram at Montserrat in the<br />
Victorian mountains near Warburton. He was known as a<br />
great friend and a holy man and he gave counsel to many<br />
who were suffering. Montserrat became a place of quiet<br />
contemplation and prayer for people who needed time to<br />
think about their God.<br />
For his family Roger was always a man who enjoyed<br />
life. He loved a good meal with friends and family and<br />
we have many happy memories of a special Christmas<br />
when he celebrated Mass with the family and we were all<br />
together from overseas and in Sydney. He was always an<br />
example of a man who could find God everywhere. He<br />
learnt from the example of Jesus and was totally accepting<br />
of all. We will miss him.<br />
Andrew Hunt (SAC 1990) and Tim Hunt (SAC 2002)<br />
1940<br />
Dr James (Jim) Macken passed away on 19 January<br />
2010 at <strong>St</strong> Vincent’s Hospital. Jim was an active member<br />
of The Gonzaga Society and enjoyed visiting the College<br />
regularly.<br />
1942<br />
John Scroope died on 28 February 1942 after a battle<br />
with cancer. His wife Jessie, known as Pat, predeceased<br />
him. He is survived by his daughters Maria and Jane and<br />
sons <strong>St</strong>ephen, Martin (SAC <strong>St</strong>aff 1980 – 1984 and 1994<br />
– 2000), Matthew and Damian.<br />
1944<br />
Charles Henry Norville died recently aged 84 years.<br />
1946<br />
Captain Charles Flaherty AM, RFD, RANVR (Rtd) died in<br />
Melbourne on 27 December 2009.<br />
1948<br />
Peter Currie died on 10 February 2010 in Brisbane. Peter<br />
was a stalwart of the Jesuit Mission Indian Bazaar and used<br />
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to come down from Brisbane each year to set up the event<br />
held at Riverview.<br />
David Wallis died on 3 May 2010, older brother of John<br />
(SAC 1952) (deceased). David lived for many years in<br />
Adelaide where he worked as the Chief Financial Officer at<br />
The Adelaide Advertiser, before he retired to Queensland.<br />
1952<br />
Bob Lenehan died on 23 April 2010. Brother of Paul<br />
Lenehan (SAC 1955).<br />
1963<br />
Joe Dwyer wrote to the Sydney Morning Herald in March<br />
2005:<br />
"As Robin Hood said, here's how it works: we take from<br />
the rich and give to the poor – keeping only enough<br />
for the waterfronts and cruisers, Mercs and Beemers,<br />
Whiteleys and Nolans, Ascham fees and Aspen skis and,<br />
if there's any change, then a gross of Grange."<br />
Joe Dwyer, Rose Bay<br />
Joe Dwyer was born in Mosman in July 1945 and<br />
christened Joseph Richard after his Great Uncle, Dr Joseph<br />
Wilfrid Dwyer (SAC 1884), the Bishop of Wagga Wagga.<br />
His Dwyer great grandparents immigrated from Ireland in<br />
1856. The family connections with <strong>St</strong> <strong>Aloysius</strong>’ College<br />
date back to the year the School opened in 1879, when<br />
his Grandfather and two Great Uncles attended the<br />
College. Joe and his younger brother Jim (SAC 1964) were<br />
third generation Aloysians.<br />
Joe was the third child of the late Mr Justice Frank and<br />
Anne Dwyer and grew up in Mosman. His father died<br />
suddenly when Joe was 8 years old leaving his mother to<br />
raise four children under thirteen. Life was not easy.<br />
Whilst at the College Joe developed a great love of<br />
English and history. He had the greatest respect for English<br />
master, Geoff Deegan. He considered the teaching skills<br />
and sermons of Fr Emmet Costello SJ to be legendary. Joe<br />
liked people to get to the point and to express themselves<br />
clearly and succinctly. He was punctilious when it came<br />
to use of the English language. He was involved in the<br />
Gilbert and Sullivan Productions, the SAC swimming team<br />
and played cricket and rugby. He enjoyed his years in<br />
the College Cadet Unit and, in his final year, acted as the<br />
Quarter Master in charge of the Q <strong>St</strong>ore.<br />
On leaving school he studied law but decided that his<br />
preference was in the world of real estate. He developed a<br />
circle of friends from both school and university and became<br />
an active member of the Palm Beach Surf Club. As his close<br />
friend, Michael Crimmins, said at his funeral Mass:<br />
"Joe was a people person who was very worldly with an<br />
ability to mix with people from all walks of life."<br />
He had a great sense of "family" and provided rock solid<br />
support to his older sister, Metta, and her husband, Richard,<br />
in New York following the tragic accident which resulted in<br />
the death of their son, Simon Nottidge, in 1989. Joe was<br />
extremely close to, and regularly spent time with, his sister,<br />
Anne Marie, and her five children. Joe often stayed at Jim<br />
and Anne's home where he had his own "separate quarters"<br />
and library. The family loved these visits and looked forward<br />
to his cheeky remarks and amusing stories.<br />
He was proud of his family and the achievements of<br />
his nine nieces and nephews. Joe's presence at family<br />
gatherings always gave rise to witty and entertaining stories<br />
concerning current and former politicians. Joe shared many<br />
happy years with his partner, Penny Conlon. They both had<br />
a strong sense of humour and affection for each other and<br />
her unexpected death changed Joe's life.<br />
Joe was a prolific reader of history and a keen follower<br />
of Australian politics. He was extremely proud of his Irish<br />
heritage and kept in contact with his first cousins in Ireland<br />
and in New York. Joe's passion for current affairs and history<br />
was in part reflected by the fact that over 40 years he had<br />
several hundred letters to the editor published in The Sydney<br />
Morning Herald and a number in The Australian, some of<br />
which were referred to or read on commercial radio. His<br />
sign off: "Joe Dwyer - Rose Bay" became very well known.<br />
His sense of humour and incisive wit never left him.<br />
1964<br />
Harley Adams died on 3 November 2009 from motor<br />
neurone disease.<br />
1968<br />
James Scott passed away on 7 February 2010 after a<br />
battle with cancer.<br />
1979<br />
Jeremy Vermeesch died in Melbourne on 7 February<br />
2010. Jeremy leaves behind his children Max and Olivia.<br />
Jeremy worked for the Australian Workers Union as their<br />
National Media Manager and was a former member of<br />
band called Wrong Kind of <strong>St</strong>one Age.<br />
I first met Jez around 1970, when we both became<br />
‘prisoners’ at <strong>St</strong> <strong>Aloysius</strong>’ College. Over the years I got<br />
to know and like him more and more. He had a great<br />
and Dadaesque sense of humour, for example muttering<br />
in Science one day that the teacher was a 'muffin' and a<br />
'cupcake', and sending me into hysterics. In a school ruled<br />
by Rugby fanatics, Jez was a shining light of gentleness. He<br />
had a refreshing lack of interest in football and competition,<br />
although he enjoyed wagging study periods to talk and play<br />
basketball. He was a great student of Latin (completing 3 Unit<br />
Latin for his HSC), and no doubt this contributed to the deep<br />
understanding of language that underpinned his writing.<br />
Although intellectual, Jez was also quietly rebellious.<br />
He was part of a group that scared, alarmed, intrigued<br />
and excited me they met before school at a cafe and<br />
smoked cigarettes; they took off their ties on the way home.<br />
They went away on surfing holidays. They seemed to be<br />
anti authority in general and the school in particular. Some<br />
were very left wing and had fewer hang-ups about sex.<br />
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They seemed to walk the line, and one was expelled. I'm<br />
pleased to say now that I occasionally raided my brother's<br />
secret cigarette stash and joined them at that cafe, to share<br />
in that underground frisson and try to understand what the<br />
hell they were on about.<br />
Having finished school, Jez and I occasionally met<br />
in the eighties before losing touch. I next met Jez around<br />
1992, after uni, travel, and immersion in protest movements<br />
and communes had opened my eyes a little. I was<br />
finally catching up politically with Jez. We spent a great<br />
evening in his bohemian Newtown digs, talking about the<br />
Erskineville 'peoples park' protest nearby (the park is still<br />
there, saved from the developers), and about his coverage<br />
of the treatment of asylum seekers (which was way ahead<br />
of his time). He was passionate about his work and life in<br />
general, although a fainting spell indicated that even then<br />
he was working and living too hard.<br />
I last spoke with Jez last year. It was 30 years since we'd<br />
left school, and I wasn't sure I wanted to attend the official<br />
reunion, so I was organising an alternative reunion/surf<br />
trip. Jez was someone I definitely wanted to catch up with.<br />
Fortunately, I was able to track him down through a mobile<br />
number on an old AWU press release on the web. Once<br />
again, we had a great rave, covering a wide range of<br />
political topics, including some of the characters we knew<br />
in common, such as our former schoolmate Joe Hockey<br />
(SAC 1983).<br />
Jesuit schools are said to produce people who are either<br />
very radical or very conservative. Hockey and Tony Abbott<br />
(SAC 1975) are examples of the latter, upholding the status<br />
quo. Jez was an example of the former a free thinker who<br />
was dedicated to social change, egalitarianism and a fair<br />
go for all.<br />
He was kind, generous and thoughtful. I never met his<br />
children, but I know he would have been a great father.<br />
News of his death was an enormous shock to his mates<br />
from the class of 1979. As a small child, I will never forget<br />
being on the steps of the church outside my grandfather's<br />
funeral. My grandmother, summing up all that was good<br />
about him, said to me: 'He was a gentle man'.<br />
Jez Vermeesch was a gentle man, a scholar and<br />
someone who dedicated his life to making the world a<br />
better place. I can't believe he has gone. Like so many<br />
others who were touched by him, I will miss him terribly.<br />
My condolences to Genevieve, Olivia and Max, and all<br />
his family and comrades.<br />
Dr Marty Branagan (SAC 1979)<br />
Lecturer in Peace <strong>St</strong>udies, University of New England,<br />
Armidale NSW<br />
Deceased Past <strong>St</strong>aff Members<br />
Mrs Maureen Porteous (SAC Past <strong>St</strong>aff)<br />
The Hon Mr Justice Terry Sheahan AO (Past Parent) wrote<br />
to advise the College of the sad passing of Mrs Maureen<br />
Porteous, who taught at the College (as both Miss Sheahan<br />
and later Mrs Porteous). Although a gifted violinist and<br />
music teacher, her days at <strong>St</strong> <strong>Aloysius</strong>’ were spent as<br />
a classroom teacher in the Junior School, where she is<br />
believed to have been the first woman to teach a class as<br />
senior as Year 6. Maureen died on 14 February 2009 and<br />
her husband John predeceased her by only nine weeks. She<br />
had no children but her nephew Paul Sheahan (SAC 2004)<br />
attended the College. After leaving <strong>St</strong> <strong>Aloysius</strong>’, Maureen<br />
taught for almost 25 years at <strong>St</strong> Francis of Assisi Primary<br />
School in Paddington.<br />
Mr James ‘Jim’ Barnett (SAC <strong>St</strong>aff 1995 – 2003)<br />
Passed away on 25 May 2010 at home surrounded by<br />
his loving family after a battle with cancer. Jim worked at<br />
the College for eight years as the <strong>St</strong>udent Supervisor after<br />
a very long and distinguished career at Sydney Boys’ High<br />
School. Jim had a gruff exterior, but underneath was a<br />
warm and friendly man. He played his role ‘by the book’<br />
and the boys respected him for his integrity.<br />
Fr John Grumitt SJ (SAC Hon Old Boy)<br />
Fr John Grumitt SJ<br />
(SAC Hon Old Boy)<br />
<strong>St</strong> <strong>Aloysius</strong>’ College lost<br />
a great friend on 19<br />
October, 2009 when<br />
Rev Fr John Grumitt SJ<br />
(SAC Hon Old Boy) died<br />
unexpectedly in the United<br />
Kingdom.<br />
Fr Grumitt was born<br />
and baptised in 1930 in<br />
Penang in Malaysia, where<br />
his parents owned rubber<br />
plantations and tin mines.<br />
He, along with his mother<br />
and brother, managed to<br />
escape Singapore on the<br />
last ship to successfully leave the city as the Japanese<br />
invaded in WWII. Arriving in Sydney, Fr Grumitt went to<br />
our brother Jesuit School, <strong>St</strong> Ignatius’ College, Riverview. At<br />
the end of the War, the Grumitt family returned to the UK<br />
where Fr Grumitt finished his schooling at our brother Jesuit<br />
School, <strong>St</strong>onyhurst College in Lancashire.<br />
Fr Grumitt SJ and his family were forever grateful to<br />
Australia for providing them with a home during the War,<br />
and from this point, he developed a great love of this<br />
country and its people.<br />
Upon completing his A Levels, he joined the Society of<br />
Jesus in 1947. He did the normal course of Jesuit studies,<br />
which included teaching for three years at <strong>St</strong> Mary’s Hall<br />
(<strong>St</strong>onyhurst College Prep School) for his Regency. He was<br />
ordained in 1961 and after his Tertianship he went to<br />
Zimbabwe (then known as Rhodesia) for nine years, first of<br />
all in charge of the Lower School (Hartman House) at our<br />
brother Jesuit School, <strong>St</strong> George’s School, then spending<br />
three years doing a degree in English at the University of<br />
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Rhodesia, then a couple of years as Assistant Headmaster<br />
at <strong>St</strong> George's School.<br />
He returned to the UK in 1972 and taught for four<br />
years at the Jesuit school in Glasgow, <strong>St</strong> <strong>Aloysius</strong>’ College.<br />
In 1976 he was appointed Headmaster of Mount Saint<br />
Mary's School, a highly responsible position which he held<br />
for 15 years. While at the school Fr Grumitt’s reputation<br />
as a somewhat eccentric educationalist grew. An urbane<br />
man with a keen sense of humour, Fr Grumitt was also a<br />
considerable raconteur.<br />
While at Mount <strong>St</strong> Mary’s Fr Grumitt established a<br />
programme for alumni of UK and Australian Jesuit schools,<br />
allowing them to spend time in international service<br />
placements. At the heart of this enterprise was the Ignatian<br />
maxim that we be men for others.<br />
Fr Grumitt, through the generosity of The Grumitt Family<br />
Trust, established the Young British Jesuit Alumni Programme.<br />
The Programme involved Old Boys travelling to the UK for a<br />
12 month period where they would work in a Jesuit School<br />
and do some very challenging work with marginalised<br />
people (for example severely disabled children, who our<br />
boys had to care for each day for three months).<br />
From 1989 until the programme ceased in 2002,<br />
twenty-seven Old Boys of the College benefitted from this<br />
life-changing experience of service. The College, in return,<br />
hosted two students from Jesuits Schools in the UK each<br />
year. Originally, and correctly, referred to as the Young<br />
British Jesuit Alumni Programme, it soon affectionately<br />
became referred to as ‘The Grumitt Scholarship’ and those<br />
fortunate to be selected to take part in the programme as<br />
‘Grumitt Scholars’.<br />
Father Grumitt was born into a life of privilege and ease.<br />
Despite this he used his inheritance for the benefit of others.<br />
He had an abiding interest in youth and was aware of their<br />
capacity for idealism and service. Thus he established the<br />
Programme to give those chosen an experience away from<br />
their comfort zones. This, he hoped, would challenge them<br />
to respond to the needs of those around them.<br />
Our twenty-seven Grumitt Scholars owe a significant<br />
debt to this man. He gave them opportunities they would<br />
not have had otherwise. When we assess the success or<br />
otherwise of Fr Grumitt’s Programme, we look to the kind of<br />
people it produced. If they are still aware of their blessings<br />
and have a sense of justice, if they are committed to those<br />
less fortunate, if they are people of compassion and service,<br />
then his programme may be judged successful.<br />
Through their hard work and generous disposition, Fr<br />
Grumitt developed a great love and admiration for the boys<br />
of <strong>St</strong> <strong>Aloysius</strong>’ College. Despite never attending the school<br />
or working here, he developed a genuine interest in the<br />
wellbeing of the school and our boys.<br />
He told me of the incident that cemented in his mind that<br />
Aloysians were a ‘cut above the rest’, when he inoccuously<br />
mentioned one morning to a group of assembled Grumitt<br />
Scholars that he thought the garden at his London home<br />
needed a general clean up. He returned later that day<br />
to find the garden looking immaculate after the Aloysian<br />
Grunitt Scholars had toiled all day in the garden, whilst<br />
others living in the house had spent the day seeing the sights<br />
of the city.<br />
I had the privilege of getting to know Fr Grumitt through<br />
being appointed the ‘Grumitt Master’ at the College. I<br />
co-ordinated the applications of our boys heading to the<br />
UK and looked after the UK students who worked at the<br />
College. At the cessation of the Grumitt Scholarship in<br />
2002, Fr Grumitt contacted me to advise of the news. Over<br />
a series of telephone calls and faxes, Fr Grumitt expressed<br />
a desire to continue to assist the College. Eventually he<br />
decided that in lieu of spending the funds on sending Old<br />
Boys to the UK, he would provide the funds to the College<br />
for use in our Bursary Programme.<br />
Since 2003 The Grumitt Family Trust has generously<br />
provided funds so that a number of boys, who would not<br />
normally have the opportunity to attend the College due to<br />
their family’s financial situation, have had the benefit of an<br />
Aloysian education.<br />
Father Grumitt was a regular attendee at our annual Old<br />
Boys’ Dinners in London. He married a number of Old Boys<br />
living in the UK and enjoyed frequent dinner invitations to<br />
Old Boys’ homes.<br />
His love of <strong>St</strong> <strong>Aloysius</strong>’ College and generous support<br />
of the College and our boys was recognised when the <strong>St</strong><br />
<strong>Aloysius</strong>’ College Old Boys Union made him the seventh<br />
Honorary Old Boy in the 131 year history of the College.<br />
Since 2003 he had been living at Corpus Christi Jesuit<br />
Community, a care home for elderly or sick Jesuits, but even<br />
here he became Assistant Chaplain to the local Catholic<br />
primary school. Father Grumitt died very unexpectedly in his<br />
sleep in the early hours of 19 October 2009.<br />
The College hosted a Memorial Mass and Wake for Fr<br />
Grumitt where past Grumitt Scholars from <strong>St</strong> <strong>Aloysius</strong>’ and<br />
other Australian Jesuit Schools were present.<br />
His extraordinary generosity will continue for many years<br />
to come and his name and legacy, will endure in a place<br />
he loved.<br />
Murray Happ (SAC 1985)<br />
Director of Development<br />
Eternal Rest grant to them O Lord<br />
and let perpetual light shine upon them,<br />
may their Souls and all the Souls<br />
of the faithfully departed Old Boys of the College,<br />
through the mercy of God, rest In Peace. Amen.<br />
<strong>St</strong> <strong>Aloysius</strong>, pray for us!<br />
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