Autumn 2013 - St Aloysius

ALOYSIAD 

‘Men for Others’ 

 

Father Schneider SJ turns 100!

from the rector 

New Principal of the College 

On 11 March 2013, the Provincial of the Australian 

Jesuits, The Very Reverend Father Steve Curtin 

SJ, announced that the College Principal, Father 

Chris Middleton SJ (SAC Staff 1984 – 1986 and 2003 – 

Present) will complete his term as Principal of the College at 

the end of Term I, 2014. 

Father Middleton has devotedly served the College 

and the Aloysian Family as Principal since 2003. Father 

Provincial, in advising the College Council of his decision 

to relocate Father Middleton to another role, informed the 

Council that there is no suitably qualified Jesuit to take 

Father Middleton’s place at this time and that the Council 

should begin the process to recruit a Lay Principal of the 

College. 

The news that Fr Middleton will finish at the College 

causes some sadness. His next assignment will be 

announced in due course. There will be an opportunity 

for the Aloysian Family to say ‘thank you’ and to farewell 

him in the coming year. Father Middleton epitomises the 

Jesuit ethos of cura personalis through his care and sense 

of fairness. His encouragement and wisdom have been 

invaluable for so many. His preparedness to hang in there 

with some difficult students has been so important for the 

young men concerned. 

Traditionally at the College we had a Jesuit Rector 

who was Head of the School and Superior of the Jesuit 

Community at the College. In the 1970’s the decision was 

taken to split the roles – a Jesuit Headmaster was appointed 

to run the School and a Jesuit Superior ran the Jesuit 

Community. This model worked for a time, but with the ever 

growing pressures of the Headmaster role, it was decided 

that all four Jesuit schools in Australia would move to a dual 

leadership model. When Father Middleton commenced 

his role as Principal of the College in 2003, the dual 

leadership model was instituted at 

St Aloysius’ College. 

The Rector oversees 

the religious and 

Ignatian identity of 

the School and 

the administration 

of the College 

(the finances, 

the College 

Foundation, 

admissions et al.) 

and the Principal 

oversees the academic 

and co-curricular 

management of 

the school. 

With the 

recruitment 

of a lay 

principal now, it is likely that some of these roles may 

change. This dual leadership model works well at Saint 

Ignatius’ College Riverview (with Father Ross Jones SJ [SAC 

Staff 1974 – 1983 and 2003 – 2010] as Rector and 

Mr Shane Hogan [SAC Staff 1980 – 1992] [Dr Paul 

Hine from Term II, 2013] as Principal) and Xavier College 

in Melbourne (with Father Tom Renshaw SJ as Rector and 

Dr Chris Hayes as Principal). Only Saint Ignatius’ College 

Adelaide (with Father Stan Hogan SJ (SAC 1962) as Rector 

and Father Rob Davoren SJ as Principal) still has Jesuits in 

both roles. 

In independent schools, most Principals tend to serve 

about 10 years in the role. Not only are the demands 

many and the hours long for the individual, it is important 

for a school to get new personnel and perspectives in a 

changing educational climate. Also for a Jesuit, it is the 

nature of our vocation to be available to be missioned 

by our Provincial to various jobs according to the more 

universal need. 

The role of Rector in our schools is usually a six year 

appointment. The Province has planned that ideally there 

will always be an overlap when the school changes Rector 

or Principal. When Father Jones left the College in 2010 to 

go to Riverview, Father Middleton helped settle me into the 

role. Now Father Middleton is leaving, I will assist the new 

Principal settle into their life at the College. 

At a time where most Catholic schools in Australia 

have few, if any, Religious on the staff, let alone Religious 

leadership of the school, we at St Aloysius have much to 

be grateful for. There are currently several Jesuits involved 

at St Aloysius’ including Fathers Bruce SJ (SAC Staff 1974 

– 1985 and 2004 – Present) and Schneider SJ (SAC 

Staff 1965 – 1980 and 1982 – Present) and two Jesuit 

Scholastics – Nico Lariosa SJ and Kamil Mrowka SJ. We 

are fortunate to have a strong Jesuit presence and we 

remain very much a Jesuit School. 

The Chair of the College Council, The Hon Tim Studdert 

QC (SAC 1952) will oversee a sub-committee of the 

Council who will work with a recruitment consultant to 

source and select a new Principal. The Council will in good 

time forward the preferred candidate to Father Provincial SJ 

for his approval and appointment. 

After 135 years we are about to commence the search 

for the College’s first lay Principal. Please join us in asking 

God for discernment and guidance as the College Council 

undertakes this process. I have known Father Middleton for 

nearly 40 years and assure you that he will treat his last 

twelve months at the College in the same way as he has the 

past 10 years – with the best interests of the College and 

our students in mind. 

Father Peter Hosking SJ 

Rector 

St Aloysius’ College 

A Jesuit School for Boys _ Founded 1879 

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from the principal 

The College’s commitment to the development of the 

whole person is explicit and reflects an Ignatian 

educational philosophy that sees schooling in terms 

of the formation of the whole person, and not simply 

as instruction or information giving. Dr Paddy Moran, 

Aloysian and Captain of the first Wallaby side, pointed 

to this a century ago when he wrote that he was proud 

that an Aloysian education was “not a school course nor a 

university course, but a life course”. The spiritual, emotional, 

physical, social, aesthetic and intellectual, all demand 

nourishment for balanced personal development, and the 

sporting life of a school can be a powerful element in 

providing such nourishment. 

As reported by Mr Paul Rowland (SAC 1974) in the 

pages of The Aloysiad, there is much to look back on with 

real pride in terms of sport at the College. Some highlights 

standout – in Rugby, defeating Knox Grammar School at 

Knox under lights was a special moment; so too was the 

Opens relay winning the final event at CAS Athletics. More 

recently, our Basketballers defeated Trinity Grammar School 

– the first loss by Trinity in over forty CAS games and three 

undefeated seasons. There has been success also in other 

ways – for the first time one school, St Aloysius’ College, 

holds all five trophies from the Australian Jesuit Schools’ 

carnivals in Basketball, Cricket, Debating, Football and 

Tennis. In CAS competition this past year, the College was 

ranked first in Water Polo, second in Basketball, third in 

Football, Chess, Winter Tennis and Volleyball, and fifth 

in Athletics, Cricket, Swimming and Rugby. Additionally, 

we have had national representatives selected this year in 

Basketball, Fencing, and Water Polo. The record in terms 

of involvement of students across some seventeen sports at 

the College, as well as the strength of support from students, 

has been very pleasing. 

As we know, there are few things that can drive 

Australians to determined reflection and self-questioning more 

than sport. Our performance in the London 

Olympics occasioned precisely this 

sort of reaction. It is as if our 

athletes have failed us, and that 

we have failed some test as 

a country, that our self-worth 

was at stake! Winning Silver, 

coming second in the world, 

somehow was marked as a 

negative. The medals’ ladder 

determined our outlook, 

regardless of whether 

our athletes have 

performed well 

or whether the 

competition was 

becoming more 

competitive as 

more countries 

improved 

their sporting 

programmes. Our love of sport can almost become 

pathological. Fired up by the media, it can be an alarming 

lesson that we give our young people about the nature 

of success and failure, about creating a culture in which 

winning is everything. Only occasionally did an individual 

performance, such as our reaction to young Stephen 

Solomon in Athletics, defy the media’s drive to measure 

success by wins or losses. 

Sport does not exist in a vacuum, nor is it, or should it 

be, free of values. For us, sport fulfils a number of functions, 

but there is always an educational dimension to it. Over 

the last few years, I have articulated ten principles or goals 

that underpin our sporting programme at the College, which 

aim to ensure that our sport reflects our values as a school 

community. 

First, students are encouraged to participate in the 

sport of their choice to the best of their ability (within the 

constraints of what we, as a school, are committed to by 

membership of associations), with recognition given to 

all who give their best to what they undertake. We value 

choice in sports offered, and, while realistically some sports 

enjoy a higher profile than others, and some have a richer 

tradition here than others, we value all. Our distinctive 

tradition of the double header of Football and Rugby is one 

illustration of this conviction. Our Colours policy also seeks 

to reflect such a view. Students who excel in sports not 

offered by the College are also supported and celebrated 

by its community. We have boys involved in Rowing, 

Hockey, AFL, Judo, Gymnastics, Sailing, Rugby League, 

amongst others. 

Second, the boys are encouraged to do their best and 

achieve the best results possible, and thus we seek to ensure 

that high standards of training, coaching and fitness are 

reached to achieve such a goal. Excellence is not something 

we should shy away from, and the numerous State and 

National representatives from the College across a wide 

range of sports are an indicator of the quality of sport here. 

Another is our competitiveness in CAS competition, where 

we are the smallest school in a competition that has very 

high standards. All coaches now have to meet minimum 

recognized coaching qualifications. The strength of our 

programme in the Junior School also ensures that good 

foundations are laid. The addition of Dalton Hall and the 

opportunity of supervised fitness programmes have also 

provided the boys with good support in their sport. 

Third, priority is given to care of the individual student, 

with care taken to balance their commitments within the 

College in light of their academic and other needs. Sport is 

not our primary priority. We seek to protect the classroom 

as much as possible so that our best athletes can achieve 

academically. The notion of ‘an unthinking jock’ is foreign 

to our culture. We want to maximize sporting opportunity 

without sacrificing our core responsibility to education and 

formation. In the mid-year holidays a few students gave up 

opportunities to represent in Firsts teams in order to attend 

a Kairos retreat, and this has also occurred with immersion 


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from the principal (cont'd) 

experiences, another indicator of a balanced approach to 

the role of sport for us. 

Fourth, we seek to make the most effective use possible 

of our human resources (boys, teachers, parents and Old 

Boys alike) in delivering our sporting programme. Our 

participation rates in sport are very high and we field 

numbers of teams across a range of sports comparable 

to any school in Sydney. We have a proud tradition of 

young Old Boys coming back to coach in various sports, 

as they do with their involvement in Debating, Cadets and 

other elements of our co-curricular programme, as well as 

in our academic and retreat and immersion programmes. 

Our teaching staff is involved with the boys through the 

co-curricular programme – we see this as important in 

building relationship between staff and students, thus 

enhancing the learning environment. Importantly, in recent 

years, we have tried to match, more fully, the talents of 

teachers with the breadth of our co-curricular programme 

and to establish a payment system that acknowledges skill, 

time and commitment. 

Fifth, sport is undertaken within a holistic framework of 

formation that values and encourages the sportsman also to 

be involved in our wider co-curricular programme of Music, 

Drama, Debating and Cadets. The ideal of an all-rounder 

is an important one for a tradition of education that has 

its origins in the Renaissance. It is not unheard of for a 

sportsman in a Firsts team to miss a weekend of sport so that 

they can be in a Musical or Drama production. On Tuesday 

afternoons, Music and Drama have prior claim over sports 

training. The fact that our Firsts Rugby and Football teams 

will often turn up in numbers at Debating on Friday nights is 

another indicator of the type of sports culture that we seek 

to inculcate. 

Sixth, we do not offer sporting scholarships, but 

rather rely on home-grown talent and on maximizing the 

opportunities for all our boys. More broadly, we commit 

ourselves to not allowing a win-at-all-costs mentality to 

drive our school sport. This year we included in our sports 

programmes on Saturdays, the starting date at the school 

next to our students’ names – taking pride in this sense of an 

Aloysian formation. Aloysians also know how to celebrate 

well a win, as anyone who was at Knox under lights in this 

past Rugby season can attest, but hopefully we also know 

how to recognize effort and commitment. 

Seventh, we will compete in the Aloysian spirit, 

achieving results far above what our size and resources 

would indicate. The ‘underdog’ tag is one we wear, and 

as long as it does not become an excuse, it helps define 

our spirit. While we do not seek to embrace losing, there 

is a sense that victories that are hard come by, do build 

character. 

Eighth, we maintain our tradition of wonderful voluntary 

student support across so many sports, a support that is 

freely given, and that exemplifies enthusiasm, passion and 

sportsmanship. Additionally, we appreciate the level of 

parental support, which enables much of what we do in 

our co-curricular programme. That support was exemplified 

by the introduction of a very well-attended Football lunch 

this year, and by the regular Rugby lunches which have 

long been part of the Aloysian calendar. At the latter, 

former Wallaby coach Rod Macqueen was the guest of 

honour, and it was a privilege to have three Old Boys 

representatives as guests: Pat McCabe, Bernard Foley and 

Tom Kingston. The support of many young Old Boys is 

another significant contribution not only to our sport but to 

our whole co-curricular programme. 

Ninth, opportunities for tours are provided and sporting 

links with Jesuit schools in Australia and internationally 

continue to be developed. Overseas tours occur in Football, 

Basketball, Swimming and Water Polo. Australian Jesuit 

carnivals involving our schools and sometimes partner 

schools are held for Cricket, Tennis, Basketball and Football. 

Tenth, our sporting programme seeks to meet the needs 

of boys for both physical and team experiences, and 

assists in addressing the health needs of our boys. Obesity 

is a problem for our society, and it is easy for boys to find 

themselves as ‘couch potatoes’ with the latest electronic 

gismo at hand. A sporting programme that involves nearly 

all our students contributes to creating a more healthy 

society (a contribution, by way of an aside, that funding 

discussions by government seldom acknowledge or factor 

in, in terms of comparative costs of education). 

It is our conviction that all aspects of school life should 

reflect Aloysian values and contribute to the formation of 

character. Success is worked for, welcomed and celebrated, 

but within the context of the whole Aloysian experience. 

Fr Chris Middleton SJ 

Principal 

THE ALOYSIAD 

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Father Schneider SJ turns 100! 

Father Schneider SJ with his signed Hawthorn jersey 

The author, former Jesuit and Old Boy of St Aloysius’ 

College, Michael McGirr (SAC 1979) penned a letter 

in the Australian Catholics magazine to Fr Schneider SJ. 

He said I know you won’t be looking for praise as it is not in 

your nature to ask for praise or thanks. Michael reminisced: 

some years ago, we were both at a conference where 

various learned people gave impressive reflections about 

the ministry of education. You were asked what advice 

you’d give a young teacher. “Make yourself reliable”, you 

said simply. It is exactly what you have been yourself. I am 

sure the Lord has used your faithfulness to speak volumes in 

a world of puffed up egos and shiny surfaces. 

This celebration marks a milestone in the life of one our 

loved members of the Aloysian Family. On 23 December, Fr 

Schneider turns 100 years old. He will be the first Australian 

Jesuit to do so. Fr Schneider is Captain of the Jesuit First 

XI. He succeeded Br John Malone SJ from Burke Hall who 

died last year just a few months shy of a century. The other 

opener is Fr John Bachelor SJ now at Canisius College 

(Pymble) who turns 99 a few weeks before Fr Schneider 

turns 100. As Fr Schneider approaches this significant 

event, he is still keenly engaged in Chaplaincy work in 

the Junior School. He is one of the longest serving member 

of staff at St Aloysius’ College and probably most other 

schools! Fr Schneider has dedicated his life in the service of 

Father Schneider SJ with members of the College Jesuit Community 

others – for the greater Glory of God. In this his hundredth 

year he is curious about all the fuss. His is a simple life – 

one without fanfare or a need for accolades. 

Fr Schneider completed his secondary education at 

Xavier College. He began his novitiate at Greenwich 

in Sydney in 1933 and was part of the first group to 

move into the new Jesuit Novitiate, at Loyola, Watsonia. 

In 1946 he was ordained a priest at St Mary’s Church, 

North Sydney by His Eminence Sir Norman Thomas 

Gilroy KBE. Fr Schneider's mission has been principally 

in the field of education. He taught for three years at St 

Louis’ School in Perth, and at the two preparatory schools 

of Xavier College Melbourne – Kostka Hall (six years) 

and Burke Hall (twelve years). Since 1965, he has spent 

forty-seven years at St Aloysius' College in a number 

of roles that have included: Deputy Head of the Junior 

School, Prefect of Studies, Religious Education teacher, 

Prefect of Games and Chaplain to the Junior School. Next 

February he will have been a member of the Society of 

Jesus for eighty years. 

He was born the year that Scott reached the South 

Pole and the Titanic sank. The first Keystone Kops film was 

released on his actual birth date. He was 44 years old 

before Television came to Australia. During his life there 

have been nine Popes, six Superior Generals of the Society 

of Jesus, and twenty-three Prime Ministers of Australia. Fr 

Father Schneider SJ with guests at his 100th Birthday Party. Mrs Pat 

Horton (SAC Past Staff and Past Parent), Mr Joe Sacco (SAC Staff 

1974 - 1995) and Mrs Peggy Sacco 

Parents celebrate Father Schneider’s 100th Birthday 



Father Schneider SJ turns 100! (cont'd) 

Father Schneider SJ speaks to the 800 guests and international media 

at the birthday celebration 

Schneider joins a special group of centenarians which 

includes about 800 males and 2,900 females in Australia. 

Our life expectancy of 82 years is one of the highest in the 

world. The world average is about 69 years, and some 

countries have an average life expectancy in the low 40s. 

To live to 100 is an extraordinary achievement. And to 

still be healthy and well is a real blessing indeed. I recall 

another centenarian saying: if I knew I was going to reach 

100 I would have looked after myself better. 

Fr Schneider’s faith in his vocation to serve God’s people 

has kept him going. In 2007 then Provincial, Fr Mark 

Raper SJ AM (SAC 1960) said: Fr Schneider’s ministry 

is characterised by a selfless humility. He is tireless in his 

faithful service, quietly attentive to his tasks. Everything is 

done for love of the students and with confidence in their 

essential goodness. In Fr David Strong’s SJ (SAC 1955) 

history of the College, The College by the Harbour, he 

writes of Fr Schneider, His patience, energy, commitment 

and dedication were admired by staff and students. After so 

many years as a Jesuit, Fr Schneider still teaches, interviews 

and counsels boys. He spans a pre – and post – Vatican II 

Church, and a Jesuit Society that has rediscovered its roots 

and embarked upon a renewed call to social justice – all 

of this with ease. Cardinal John Henry Newman once 

remarked that To love is to change, and to be perfect is 

to have changed often. For countless colleagues, Father 

Schneider has modelled just that. Freedom and fidelity are 

his hallmarks and his lesson for us all. 

Fr Schneider has corrected thousands of essays and 

homework assignments and watched countless games of 

rugby, cricket, basketball, football and other sports – more 

often than not walking to the venue. He still has daily 

classes in religious education and prepares our students 

for their First Reconciliation and First Holy Communion. He 

has taught generations of students to pray, and given them, 

through his example, a devotion to the Eucharist. Over 

the years Fr Schneider’s influence has shaped the lives of 

generations of students, including parents and grandparents 

of current students. He continues to celebrate the occasional 

wedding of Old Boys and the baptisms of their children and 

grandchildren. 

His ministry as a priest-educator has been characterised 

by dependability and enormous affection for the students 

under his care. Those who have been formed by him speak 

of his vigour, reliability and guidance. To teachers, parents 

and his fellow Jesuits, he is a model of one who continues 

to read, renew and update himself for his work. As a Jesuit 

school-master has been an exemplary priest and outstanding 

educator. In our Jesuit community, he witnesses to a life of 

hard work, kindness, equanimity, constant cheerfulness and 



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prayerfulness. He is something of a legend in the history of 

the College and the custodian of many memories both in his 

heart and in the heart of St Aloysius’ College. Thank you for 

all your days, Fr Schneider. 

Father Peter Hosking SJ 

Rector 

The Celebration of a Century – 

The 100th Birthday of Father Geoff 

Schneider SJ 

St Aloysius’ College is blessed to have so many 

members of staff who have so faithfully served the 

College and our boys for long periods of time. 

Those staff members bridge the generations and faithfully 

carry the traditions and culture of our great school. Those 

who have served on the staff for longer than twenty years 

are listed on an honour-board located in the Lawrence 

Campbell MBE (SAC Staff 1898 – 1941) Common Room 

in the Senior School. The longest serving staff member in 

the history of the College is currently Father John Forster 

SJ who served on staff 1894-1898, 1900, 1907-1921, 

1941-1964 – a total of 45 years, but his longstanding 

record is under threat from the Junior School Chaplain, 

Father Schneider SJ. 

On 12 October 2012 some 815 members of the 

Aloysian family gathered to celebrate a significant milestone 

in the life of one of the much loved characters of the College. 

For 2012 marked the 100th birthday of the Chaplain to the 

Junior School, Father Geoffrey Schneider SJ. 

Father Schneider has served on the staff of the College 

1965 – 1977 and 1981 – Present – a total of more than 

44 years. Father Schneider is the first Jesuit of the Australian 

Province to reach 100 years and still works full time at the 

College. 

The College organised an official party to celebrate this 

great milestone. The Celebration of Century – the 100th 

Birthday of Father Schneider SJ, was a great event – it gave 

the Aloysian family an opportunity to acknowledge Father’s 

great contribution to the school and a chance to thank him 

for all he has done and all that he continues to do for the 

College and our boys. 

Guests at the event covered every part of the Aloysian 

family – past and current staff members, Old Boys from the 

1950s through to recent years, past parents from the 1960s 

through to the parents of the Class of 2012 and of course, 

current parents. We even had a number of parents whose 

sons will commence their Aloysian education in 2013! 

In the lead up to the event promotional material detailing 

the celebration made mention that the College believed 

that Father Schneider was the oldest teacher in Australia. 

This piece was picked up by an Old Boy of the College 

and Australian/Pacific Representative of Guinness World 

Records, Chris Sheedy (SAC 1988) who researched the 

claim and was later able to confirm that Father Schneider 

was in fact, the oldest practicing teacher in the world. On 

the night of the celebration Chris presented Father with a 

Guinness World Record, proclaiming him as the World’s 

Oldest Practicing Teacher. Chris commented that this was 

the first time in his 13 years of service to Guinness that he 

has been able to make a presentation to someone he had 

a personal connection with. Father Schneider taught Chris 

when he was a student in the Junior School. 

At Father Schneider’s specific request The Celebration of 

Century became a major fundraiser for the College Bursary 

Endowment Fund. Through a combination of donations, live 

and silent auction and the raffle a sum of over $185,000 

was raised. 

Father Schneider celebrated his official birthday (23 

December) with a private event for family and his brother 

Jesuits on 21 December at the College. 

2013 marks the start of Father’s 73rd year of teaching 

– he first taught in 1940 – and his 44th year of service to 

the boys of St Aloysius’ College. 

Father Schneider, may your service to the College 

continue for many years to come and may the Good Lord 

continue to Bless you always. 

Murray Happ (SAC 1985) 

Director of Development 



Father Schneider SJ turns 100! (cont'd) 

Chris Sheedy (SAC 1988) presents Father Schneider SJ with his 

Guinness World Record officially making him the world's oldest 

practicing teacher 

Father Schneider SJ with his Guinness World Record 

Father Geoffrey Schneider SJ and 

the Guinness World Record 

We Guinness World Records staffers are well 

trained to avoid becoming personally involved 

in a record. After all, if we have to deny the 

breaking of a record – as occurs quite regularly – we 

must do so without concern or emotion. We must only be 

interested in the facts. But every now and then a record 

hoists itself upon us and we can't help but feel personally 

involved. Such was the case with the world's oldest active 

teacher. 

You see, of all of the teachers in all of the schools in all 

of the countries of the world, the oldest active teacher is one 

that taught me. But his current record was not immediately 

obvious. In fact, I only discovered that Father Schneider SJ 

was still teaching at St Aloysius' College after receiving a 

regular email sent out to Old Boys of the College by the 

Director of Development, Murray Happ. In the e-mail it 

stated that Father Schneider was about to turn one hundred, 

and the fact was accompanied by an offhand comment that 

he may be the oldest teacher in Australia. I took the bait. 

After Murray Happ supplied me with various pieces 

of evidence, including employment records and a birth 

certificate, I passed them on to several heroic (and less 

personally involved) members of the Records Management 

Team in GWR head office. They painstakingly searched the 

world, communicating with gerontologists and education 

departments, and almost three months later came back 

with the news that Father Schneider was, in fact, the oldest 

active teacher in the world. 

It was wonderful news for me and for the school 

community. The record was announced at a Gala Cocktail 

Party to celebrate Father Schneider's upcoming 100th 

birthday. To hand Father the certificate was a great honour 

– he is a man who has touched the lives of tens of thousands 

of students, always in a positive and supportive way. He 

has been a part of the life of many of our country's leading 

sports stars, musical talents, politicians (he taught the current 

Opposition Leader Tony Abbott MP (SAC 1975) and 

Shadow Treasurer Joe Hockey MP (SAC 1983)), actors, 

authors, artists, medical professionals and business people 

... and one very thankful GWR representative. 

And they all listened to the gentle words Father Schneider 

had to share. When your teacher is almost 80 years old, 

as Father was when I attended St Aloysius' College, you 

can't help but absorb all they say. After all, they have more 

knowledge and life experience than many other teachers 

combined. I can only imagine how the boys at the College 

today feel when they are being taught by one a century old. 

A little bit blessed, perhaps. 

Chris Sheedy (SAC 1988) 

Guinness World Records Australia – New Zealand 



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from the development office 

Thank You! 

Every day you receive mail and emails from many 

worthy charities seeking your support. So many of 

you are generous to many important causes and 

outreaches. Yet, each year as I review the College’s Annual 

List of Donors I am reminded that you choose to support our 

students and the Jesuit, Catholic mission of the College. You 

are not only supporting our students, the teachers and Jesuits 

of the College, you are investing in their future and the future 

of our great school. 

A day never goes by without the College realising that 

without your generosity, we could not continue our excellent 

education programme, our faith formation initiatives and the 

many opportunities that are afforded to our boys. Words of 

thanks are sometimes taken lightly. That does not happen at 

St Aloysius’ College. 

On any given day our students learn in a special 

environment that you helped create. The College is built 

on a 135 year history of philanthropic support from the 

Aloysian Family. Our school fees, unlike the vast majority or 

private schools, does not include a Capital component in 

our fee structure – we rely on the generosity of the Aloysian 

Family to ensure that our boys have the best educational 

facilities possible, the best educational aids to learn with 

and that we are able to provide means tested bursaries to 

74 boys and their families. 

Our boys come to us from over 185 suburbs across the 

greater Sydney metropolitan area – a phenomenal figure 

for a school our size. Of the 150 new boys who started 

at the College in 2013, they have come from 91 different 

primary and infants schools. Currently close to 8% of the 

Senior School population attends the College through the 

College Bursary Programme – a programme that is funded 

entirely through donations from the Aloysian Family – these 

boys would not be receiving an Aloysian Education if it 

were not for the generosity of you, the donors to the school. 

Ours is not simply a ‘thank you’ but rather a humble, 

genuine and passionate expression of gratitude for your 

support of the College. 

While the current economy remains a challenge for 

fundraising, you can see in the following report that each 

of the school’s constituencies – Old Boys, Current Parents, 

Past Parents and Friends of the College – were passionate 

and generous in their giving. 

The College does not stand on our record of academic 

success, we use our past success as a springboard to 

greater success in the future. In 2013 the College became 

only the second school in Australia to issue an Apple 

iPad to each boy in the Senior School. This cutting edge 

technology will not replace the pen and paper, rather it 

will put technology and a world of learning, research and 

information at the fingertips of all our boys as they strive for 

the better, the greater – the Magis as St Ignatius of Loyola 

called it. 

As we look to the year ahead, we know there will 

always be challenges, but with your prayers, your support 

and your love of the College those challenges will be 

transformed into opportunities. 

The Annual List of Donors shows that because each one 

of us has come together to affirm the value of an Aloysian 

education and to imagine, collectively, a future for our 

school that is far brighter and more impactful than any one 

of us could have imagined on our own. 

Ad Majora Natus 

Murray Happ (SAC 1985) 

Director of Development 

The Annual List of Donors includes those members of the 

Aloysian Family who made a donation to the College in 

2012. Where requested, anonymity has been noted. If an 

error has been made, please accept our apologies and 

contact me so we can ensure that the error is not repeated 

in future years. 

To each and every donor, please be assured that 

the College greatly appreciates and acknowledges the 

sacrifice that you have made in making a gift in support of 

our boys. To each and every donor, you are in the thoughts 

and prayers of the College. 

If you would like your name to appear in our Annual 

List of Donors, please contact the College Development 

Office to find out how your tax-deductible gift can make a 

difference to the life of the College and the lives of the boys 

we seek to serve. 

2012 Aloysius Annual Fund – Building 

The following members of the Aloysian Family donated to the 2012 Aloysius Annual Fund 

Appeal – Making Our Great School Greater! Their gift was directed to the Building Fund and 

used for the renovation of the Science Laboratories in the Senior School, the creation of a 

Year 12 Art Room and the renovation of The Canisius Room and the creation of a café style 

eating area. 

 

Mr and Mrs N Abbott SAC 1985 Current Parent 

Mr and Mrs V Aboud 

Past Parent 

Mr C F Aboud SAC 2005 

Mr and Mrs D Acton SAC 1988 

Mr and Mrs C J G Adams 

Current Parent 

Mr and Mrs F Adshead 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs G P Alexander 

Mr and Mrs A Alexandrou 

Mr G P Au-Yeung SAC 1989 

Dr R Baber and Mrs M C Duncan 

Mr K C Ball and Mrs A M P Perille-Ball 

Dr P Bannon SAC 1944 

Mr D Barnett 

Ms H M Barrett and Mr L J Creek 

Mr and Mrs A Baumgart 

Mr R Baxter 

Mr and Mrs B G Begbie 

Mrs L B Benitez and Mr R Benitez 

Mr N Bennett SAC 1946 

Mr and Mrs A P Bentley 





Past Parent 


Past Parent 

Past Parent 



Past Parent 



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from the development office (cont'd) 

Mr and Mrs J R Bergin SAC 1957 Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs W M Bergin SAC 1968 

Mrs K Besgrove and Mr G Besgrove 


Mrs M E Birrell and Mr M W Birrell 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs C Birrell 


Mr and Mrs J Biviano SAC 1989 Current Parent 

Mr and Mrs T Bland SAC 1957 Past Parent 

Dr G Boffa OAM and Mrs L Boffa 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs P G Bolster 


Mr J F Bourgeois SAC 1959 

Mrs M K Boyd and Mr P A Boyd 


Mr and Mrs T G Bradbury SAC 1983 

Mrs P Branley 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs D F Brimson SAC 1977 Current Parent 

Mr and Mrs M Brown 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs G M Browning 


Mrs E P Buckley and Mr D R Buckley 


Mr and Mrs M C Bullen SAC 1972 Past Parent 

Dr and Mrs R J Burke SAC 1949 

Prof L Burke 

Past Parent 

Dr and Mrs P J Burke SAC 1958 

Mr L J Byrne and Ms L J Hill 


Mr and Mrs A Campbell SAC 1987 Current Parent 

Mr J Carmichael and Ms C Cox 


Dr and Mrs M A Casey 


Ms M P Cassidy 


Mr and Ms B Cavalletto 


Mr T J Cavill and Ms A J Mirams SAC 1980 Current Parent 

Mr and Mrs D P H Chan 

Past Parent 

Mr P H K Chan and Mrs J Poh 


Mr and Mrs J M Chase 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs M D Chavez 

Past Parent 

Mrs F Chavez (Fatima) 

Past Parent 

Mr A Chavez SAC 2006 

Dr and Mrs C Cheng 


Mr W Cheng and Dr T Lai 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs A Chin 

Past Parent 

Mrs M Cipriano and Mr N Cipriano 


Mr and Mrs D A K Cohen SAC 1977 Current Parent 

Mr and Ms M J Coleman 


Anonymous SAC 2010 

Mr and Mrs M W Conlon 


Mr and Mrs M L Connaghan SAC 1983 Current Parent 

Mr and Mrs S S Conoplia SAC 1990 

Mr and Mrs J T Cooke 


Mr P Cornwell and Ms C Rice 

Past Parent 

Mr A L Cox and Ms S Scarica 


Dr K R Cramer SAC 1956 

Mr R D J Crawford and Ms A Gum Gee 


Mrs J Cronin 

Past Parent 

Mr C W Davies and Mrs G Wong-Davies 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs C D'Cruz 


Mr and Mrs P J de Gail 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs B D Dean 


Mr R De-Fina SAC 1958 

Mr P Delaney SAC 1955 

Mr and Mrs R A Dembecki 


Mr and Mrs R A Denny SAC 1984 Current Parent 

Mr and Mrs L J Diamond 



Mr and Mrs K F Dixon 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs S J Dixon 


Dr and Mrs T D'Netto 

Past Parent 

Mr H Dong and Mrs T Luong 


Mrs S Donovan 

Past Parent 

Mr J Doran 

Past Parent 

Mr P J Doyle 


Mr and Mrs X Droulers SAC 1947 

Dr and Mrs P J Dunkin 


Mr and Mrs D A Dwyer SAC 1988 

Dr and Mrs M N Eather 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs M F Edwards 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs T Ee 

Past Parent 

Mrs J M Evans 


Mr T Faulkner O.M.E. SAC 1945 

Mrs S Favaloro 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs I A Favotto 


Mr and Mrs E T Felipe 


Mr P Ferguson and Ms K Maughan 


Mr P F Flynn SAC 1952 

Anonymous 


Mr and Mrs P T Ford SAC 1954 Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs J Fox-Smith 

Past Parent 

Ms S Francisco 

Past Parent 

Dr and Mrs P C Frederiksen 


Mr and Mrs M J French SAC 1985 Current Parent 

Anonymous 

Past Parent 

Mr P N Gale 

Friend of the College 

Mr and Mrs F A M Gardner SAC 1949 

Mr and Mrs J S Garnon 


Mr and Mrs W P Gayton 

Past Parent 

Mr J P Gelagin and Ms M E Branson 


Mr M F Gemmell SAC 2005 

Mr and Mrs M Georgeson 

Past Parent 

Dr G Gibson SAC 1945 

Ms A Gillett OAM 

Current Staff Member 

Mr and Mrs M J Gillis SAC 1979 Current Parent 

Mr and Mrs D J Grace SAC 1988 Current Parent 

Mr P D Grace and Ms A G Pearman 


Mrs M Green 

Past Parent 

Mr K Greenaway SAC 1955 

Mr G Gum Gee and Ms T Lee 


Mr D Guo and Mrs P C Wong 


Mr R Gustafson 


Ms C H Gygax and Mr D P Murray 


Mr P C Hall and Ms D W Litherland 


Mr and Mrs S Hallett SAC 1985 

Mr and Mrs E J Halliday 


Mr and Mrs B D Hamer SAC 1959 Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs A J Hamer SAC 1992 

Mr and Mrs B Hamer SAC 1963 Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs D I Hansen 


Mr and Mrs M J Happ SAC 1985 Current Parent 

Master E M J Happ Current Student Year 5 

Dr and Dr R D Harris SAC 1984 Current Parent 

Mr and Mrs B L Hayes 


Assoc Prof and Mrs B T Haylen SAC 1970 Past Parent 

Mr P Haylen SAC 1978 

Mr and Mrs D R Haywood 


Mr and Mrs B J Heddle 


Mr D J Heffernan and Ms S J Stephenson 


Mr and Mrs M W Hill SAC 1985 Current Parent 

Mrs S Hiscoe 


Mr and Mrs A M Hogan 


Mr and Mrs G A Holloway 


Ms C M Hollyoak and Mr W J Kember 


Mr and Mrs N E Hoskins SAC 1994 Current Parent 

Mr J W Hughes SAC 1949 

Mr and Mrs G Hunt 


Mr and Mrs R Ienco 


Mr and Mrs J L Ingate 

Past Parent 

Mrs P L Ingram and Mr B L Ingram 


Mr and Mrs R M Ingui 


Investec Bank (Australia) Limited 


Mr and Mrs A I Jansson 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs L Jeyaraj 


Mr and Mrs N Joannides 


Mr G E J Johnson and Ms L E Shearman 


Mr and Mrs A G Johnston 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs G M Johnston SAC 1990 

Mr R T Johnston SAC 2000 

Mr and Mrs K Kander 


Mr and Mrs R Kassabian 


Mr R Keaney SAC 1982 

Mr and Mrs D J C Kells 

Past Parent 

Mrs L M Kelly 


Mr R Kelly and Dr M Byrne 

Past Parent 

Mr H Kendy and Ms M Odagaki 


Mr and Mrs J G King 


Mr K T Kishore SAC 2009 

Mr C Kitching SAC 1981 

Mr C L Knight SAC 2010 



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Dr and Mrs A J Knox 


Dr and Dr M P Kohout SAC 1980 Current Parent 

Mr and Mrs E B Korhonen 


Mr D T M Lai SAC 1983 

Mrs D Landers 

Past Parent 

Mr J T Langley SAC 1965 

Mr and Mrs W J Laukka 


Anonymous SAC 1970 Past Parent 

Mr J A Law SAC 1948 

Mr and Mrs B Lawrence 


Mr D F Laws SAC 1954 

Mr and Mrs M Lawson SAC 1989 

Assoc Prof and Mrs R P Lee 


Mr and Mrs S H Lee 


Mr L B S Lee 


Mr and Mrs P Lenehan SAC 1955 

Mrs C J Leong 


Mr and Mrs J L'Estrange SAC 1974 

Mrs I L'Estrange 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs T Leung 


Mr and Mrs P A Lewis 


Mr and Mrs D A Lidbetter SAC 1988 Current Parent 

Mrs N Lill 

Past Parent 

Mr M S Lindsay and Dr J E Daly SAC 1978 Current Parent 

Mr and Mrs G M Lohan 


Mr M Lopresti SAC 1997 

Dr and Mrs D B Lowe 


Mr Y Lui and Mrs S Cheung 


Mr and Mrs J Luscombe 


Mrs N Q Luu and Mr S K So 


Mr and Mrs P C Lynch 


Mr and Mrs L M Maas 


Dr and Mrs L Macken SAC 1983 Current Parent 

Mr J A MacNaughton and Dr R M Braid 


Mr and Mrs C Madden 

Past Parent 

Mr J P Mair and Ms L Malady SAC 1987 

Mr and Mrs O Mann 


Mr and Mrs A L Manning 


Mrs J Marchione and Mr E Marchione 


Mr and Mrs A I Marks 


Dr F Martin AM and Mrs M Martin 

Past Parent 

Mr and Dr J F Martin SAC 1993 

Mr J F Mastrangelo Jr and Mrs L Mastrangelo 


Mr and Mrs V K Mateffy SAC 1979 Current Parent 

Mr S A Mateffy 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs N Maurer SAC 1984 

Mr and Mrs H Mayer 


Mr M F McCarthy 


Mr and Mrs M McClatchey 


Mr E P McClintock AO and Mrs E McClintock 


Mr and Mrs D R McEvoy 


Mrs C M McEvoy and Mr D R McEvoy 


Mr and Mrs S J McEwen 


Anonymous SAC 1991 Current Parent 

Mr and Mrs H I McLennan SAC 1947 

Mr and Mrs J P McNamee SAC 1985 

Mr and Mrs G K McRae 


Mr P McSweeney 


Mr M T Meaney and Ms S M Perera 


Mr and Mrs J Mellino 


Mr and Mrs T J Menzies 


Mrs H Miller and Mr S Miller 


Mr and Mrs G J Mitchell 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs A Molloy SAC 1988 

Mr A J Moon SAC 1987 

Mr R Morath SAC 1965 

Dr GJ and Dr C Morgan 

Past Parent 

Mrs S Morgan and Mr D P Morgan 


Mr P Morton SAC 1947 

Mr and Mrs J Moschella SAC 1987 

Anonymous 


Dr and Mrs T R O Newton-John 


Dr and Mrs K Ng SAC 1989 Current Parent 

Mr and Mrs A Nicotra 


Mr and Mrs M C Nissen SAC 1983 Current Parent 

Mr and Mrs B C Noonan 


Sir G Nossal AC CBE FAA FRS 

and Lady L Nossal SAC 1947 

Mr and Mrs D Nott 

Past Parent 

Mrs J Nysen 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs M J O'Donnell 


Ms T S O'Donoghue and Mr G J Hickey 


Mr and Mrs J G Oehlers 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs G O'Loan 


Mr and Mrs B O'Loughlin SAC 1987 

Mrs M O'Loughlin 

Past Parent 

The Hon. Mr Justice J O'Meally AM, RFD 

and Mrs M O'Meally 

Past Parent 

Mr G O'Neill SAC 1956 

Mrs E M O'Toole 


Mr W Overman SAC 1997 

Mr S O Pacak and Ms R M Nelson 


Mr and Mrs W M Painter 


Mr and Mrs A Park 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs D J Parker 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs A W Paton 


Mr and Mrs D J Payne 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs M S Payne 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs R S Pearsall 

Past Parent 

Mr T Peh and Ms G M Banks 


Mr and Mrs R J Pelletier SAC 1968 Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs S G Perks 

Past Parent 

Dr and Mrs R D Perry 


Dr R Pirola OAM and Mrs M Pirola OAM SAC 1951 

Ms M Pitton 


Mr and Mrs J J F Playoust SAC 1949 Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs J P F Playoust SAC 1985 

Mr and Mrs G J Pointing 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs M Polin SAC 1970 

Mrs M Polin 

Past Parent 

Rev Fr P Quilty SAC 1954 

Mr C Radam 

Past Parent 

Ms P L Raisin 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs W E Rathborne SAC 1965 Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs A Richardson 


Mr A Robertson SAC 1942 

Mr and Mrs D A Roughley 


Mr and Mrs C T Rowbotham SAC 1971 Current Parent 

Anonymous 


Mr and Mrs G A Russell 


Ms A Rustamzadeh 

Past Parent 

Mr R T Ryan SAC 1943 Past Parent 

Mr A T S Ryrie and Ms S M Sherwood 


SAC Parents and Friends Association 

Past Parent 

Mr and Ms U S Santopaolo 


Mr and Mrs P J Saxton SAC 1964 

Mrs A Schaafsma 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs D A Schmidt SAC 1984 Current Parent 

Mr and Mrs B J Scott 


Mr and Mrs A Q Seffrin 


Professor A G Shannon AM 

Past Staff Member 

Mr T Sheahan SAC 1934 

Mr and Mrs P W A Sherlock 


Mr and Mrs J H Sherwin SAC 1945 

Mr and Mrs C S Shum 

Past Parent 

Mrs P Sidgreaves 

Past Parent 

Dr and Mrs J M Smelt SAC 1980 Current Parent 

Mr and Mrs P V Smith SAC 1955 

Mr M H Smith SAC 1980 

Anonymous 


Ms C F Stephen 


Dr and Mrs T D Stephens SAC 1992 

Mr and Mrs B A Storey SAC 1943 Past Parent 

The Hon T Studdert QC and Mrs J Studdert SAC 1952 

Mr and Mrs J B Sullivan SAC 1943 

Dr M S Sywak and Ms A Shoemaker 


Mr and Mrs K Szymanski 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs R Tai 

Past Parent 

Dr P W Tait SAC 1973 

Dr K Tapia-Sealey 


Mr and Mrs P Tapp 

Past Parent 

Dr and Mrs D A Taylor 




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Mr P A Thompson SAC 1948 

Professor G G Tian and Ms M M F Pan 


Rev Fr B Tiernan SAC SAC 1946 

Mr and Mrs A To 


Mr and Mrs S Trovato 


Mr and Mrs M T Tsang 

Past Parent 

Dr and Mrs V Tsang 


Ms E M Tydd and Mr S D McDonagh 


Mr and Mrs N Velcic 


Mrs J T Vlachos and Mr A Vlachos 


Mr and Mrs E Vozzo 


Mr and Mrs M Vucic 


Mrs M Wachnik and Mr M Wachnik 


Anonymous 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs A E Walbank 


Mr and Mrs P M Walker SAC 1952 

Mr and Mrs J L Walker 


Ms L Walker and Mr D Walker 


Mr V M Walsh SAC 1948 

Mr and Mrs M W Walsh 


Mr and Mrs P E Ward SAC 1985 Current Parent 

Mr and Mrs D P Weber SAC 1988 Current Parent 

Westpac Banking Corp 


Mr and Mrs A Wheelahan SAC 1993 

Mr G P White SAC 1989 

Mr and Mrs C Whittle SAC 1979 Current Parent 

Mr and Mrs M Willock SAC 1983 Current Parent 

Mr M Willson and Ms J Archer SAC 1979 Current Parent 

Mr M A Witts and Mrs G A Blohm-Witts 


Mr P G Wyatt SAC 1963 

Mr and Mrs K Yee 

Past Parent 

Mr C J Yee SAC 2003 

Mr and Mrs W Zhang 


Ms F L Zhou and Mr H Li 


2012 Aloysius’ Annual Fund - Bursary 

 

Ms N Ackarie 

Past Parent 

Dr H R Allen SAC 1962 

Anonymous 


Mr and Mrs L Aunedi 


Ms M Aymonier 


Mr P M Barr SAC 1970 

Mr and Mrs J P Bartolotta 




Mr and Mrs T M Blythe 

Past Parent 


Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs R A Bordignon 


Mr J G Bowie AM and Mrs P Bowie SAC 1957 Past Staff Members 

Mr and Mrs A L Boyd 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs R Brennan 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs A J Breznik 

Past Parent 



Mr K Burges SAC 1946 


Dr G Burton SAC 1975 

Mrs T Calingao and Mr N Calingao 


Mr and Mrs P K C Callanan SAC 1981 

Dr F Carrigan and Dr S Armstrong 

Past Parent 

Dr G E Carroll AM SAC 1973 

Mr R Cavanagh SC and Mrs F Cavanagh SAC 1976 Past Parent 

Mr R I Chambers and Ms G Y S Chan 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs G R Chapple 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs C Cheung SAC 1995 

Mr and Mrs A Choi 

Past Parent 

Dr and Mrs M J Cleary SAC 1992 

Mr R Clifton 



Mr D C Collins SAC 1962 

Mr and Mrs M D Collins 


Mrs J Coras 

Past Parent 

Estate of the Late Keith John Cosack 


Mr and Mrs A Coulton 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs K J Craft 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs D A Cramer 


Mrs P Cunningham 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs S Daggett SAC 1999 

Mr S Daly SAC 1997 

Mr and Mrs T J Dardare 


Mr and Mrs H N Darwell SAC 1978 

Mr and Mrs J C David 


Mr P de Lasala SAC 1975 

Mr and Mrs D L Deetlefs 



Mr and Mrs M L Depangher 

Past Parent 

Mr R Donnelly SAC 1964 

Mr and Mrs M J Donohoe SAC 1967 Past Parent 

Mr J Doran 

Past Parent 

Mr H W Driver SAC 1993 

Mr M B Droga 


Dr and Mrs D M Droulers SAC 1944 

Mr and Mrs D H Emanuel SAC 1962 Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs A P Esteban 


Dr and Mrs M V Evans SAC 1975 

Dr J Farjo and Mr F Fadhil 


Mrs G Felipe and Mr E T Felipe 




Mr and Mrs J O Ferreira 


Mr G F R Firth and Ms M J Sloane SAC 1970 Current Parent 

Mrs A Fitzgerald and Mr M I Fitzgerald 


Mr M Forsyth SAC 1975 

Dr and Mrs M P France 




Dr and Mrs P Freeman SAC 1968 

Mr and Mrs M Furneaux 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs T D Gabbedy 


Mrs L Gan-Bedson 

Past Parent 


Past Parent 

Dr and Mrs P Goldrick SAC 1984 

Ms B Gow and Mr C Farrugia 


Mrs K M Gray 

Past Parent 

The Estate of the Late Rev Fr J FGrumitt SJ 

SAC Hon Old Boy 

Mr and Mrs R M Gyoery 


Mr and Mrs M M P Hallett SAC 1960 

Mr D I Hamilton SAC 1948 


Master E M J Happ Current Student Year 5 

Mr and Mrs J G Harverson SAC 1982 Current Parent 

Mr M D Healey and Mrs M A Hamilton 

Past Parent 

Dr R F Hicks SAC 1967 

Mr and Mrs C F Hodgson 


Mr and Mrs A Hogan 


Dr R Honner SAC 1952 

Mr C Iacono SAC 1954 



Mr and Mrs L Ioannou SAC 1996 

Mr and Mrs T Ishak 


Mr A Jenkins SAC 1987 

Mr and Mrs W B Joel 

Past Parent 



Mr and Mrs F G Jordan 


Mr and Mrs J B Kain 


Mr J J Kenyon SAC 1998 

Dr A D Kidman AM PhD MAPS 

and Mrs J Kidman SAC 1955 


Mr and Mrs S J Lalor 


Mr D F Laws SAC 1954 

Mr A F Lawson and Ms M A Eckersley 


Mr S Lee SAC 1997 

Mrs I L'Estrange 

Past Parent 

Mrs D A Lewis 


Mr A Liu SAC 1993 

Dr I S Lovett and Ms C M Mullane 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs A D Low SAC 1986 

Dr S Lynch and Dr G R McNally 



Mr and Mrs P MacMillan 

Past Parent 



Mr J Madden SAC 1960 



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Mr and Mrs C P Marning 


Mr M Marriner 

Past Parent 

Mrs V Maruno 

Past Parent 


Mr R McManus and Mrs N E Flutter SAC 1989 

Mr and Mrs J McNally SAC 1984 

Anonymous 


Mr and Mrs S A McSweeney SAC 1975 Current Parent 

Mr and Mrs F Messina 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs J Meyer SAC 1987 

Ms M S Meyer 



Mr and Mrs A E Moors 


Mr and Mrs J Moschella SAC 1987 

Mr B Mungoven OAM SAC 1941 

Mrs M Naughton 


Mr P J Nolan SAC 1962 

Mr and Mrs R E O'Callaghan 


Mr P T O'Connor SAC 1975 

Mr J O'Farrell and Ms K L McIntyre SAC 1981 

Mr J A O'Mara and Ms T M Whelan SAC 1970 Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs R A Orlando 




Mr S O Pacak and Ms R M Nelson 




Mr and Mrs M D Patten 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs D Patterson 

Past Parent 

Mr C Perez and Mrs J Jabbour-Perez 


Mr T D Petry and Ms J Gordon SAC 1979 Current Parent 

Mr and Mrs F Pucci 

Past Parent 

Dr J S Roarty OAM SAC 1941 

Mr and Mrs A P Robertson SAC 1954 

Mrs R Rose 

Past Parent 

Mr E Rozario 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs L I Rozman 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs S J Rush SAC 1985 Current Parent 

St Aloysius’ College Jesuit Community 

The Mr R Scarf Memorial Foundation 


Mr and Mrs D J Schroder SAC 1977 

Mr C L Scott and Ms J C Ryan 


Mr and Mrs J Simic 

Past Parent 

Dr and Mrs M W Size 

Past Parent 

Mrs S R Spalding and Mr C M Spalding 


Dr and Mrs M J Stevens 

Past Parent 

Anonymous 


Mr and Mrs H Sutanto 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs P J Sweeney 


Mr P A Thompson SAC 1948 

Mr and Mrs J T Toohey 

Past Parent 

Mr G D Van Den Bos and Mrs D Duggan 


Mr and Mrs P J Verschuer 


Mr and Mrs D R Waller 

Past Parent 

Mrs J A Walsh and Mr E Walsh 


LCDR A N Williams RAN SAC 1974 

Mr and Mrs M Williams 


Mr P A Winters and Dr L P Goggin 


Dr E Wong and Dr C Ko SAC 1983 

Dr A H P Wonhas and Ms R L Curtin 


Dr P P Youssef and Dr T Brama 


2012 Aloysius’ Annual Fund - Library 

 


Past Parent 


Mr and Mrs W P Burton SAC 1944 Past Parent 

Dr and Mrs B P C Cahill SAC 1942 

Mr and Mrs P J Cameron SAC 1955 

Mr M Chan SAC 2001 

Mr and Mrs A S Chandler SAC 1990 

Mrs S Chen-Chow 

Past Parent 

Mr B J Clarke SAC 2000 

Mrs L M Clarke 


Mr and Mrs S S Conoplia SAC 1990 

Mr and Mrs M T Corcoran SAC 1992 

Mr and Mrs A J Darwell SAC 1981 Current Parent 


Mr H W Drive SAC 1993 

Dr and Mrs M N Eather 

Past Parent 

Mr M P Eckert and Dr L E Bilston 


Prof and Mrs G R Elliott 

Past Parent 

Mr P I Farmer 

Past Staff Member of the 

College 

Mr and Mrs J Ferragina 


Anonymous 


Mrs E Fletcher 

Past Parent 


Past Parent 









Mrs D Landers 

Past Parent 

Mr J P Mair and Ms L Malady SAC 1987 

Mr S Martin and Ms S Clarke 



Mr and Dr P W McNamara 


Mr and Mrs R Meagher 

Past Parent 



Mrs S Morgan and Mr D P Morgan 




Mrs K A O'Brien and Mr L O'Brien 


Mr J M Oconer SAC 2003 

Mr P M O'Donnell SAC 1978 

Dr and Mrs A O'Loughlin SAC 1988 

Mr and Mrs P O'Meally SAC 1990 Current Parent 

Mr and Mrs E Patniotis 


Mr and Mrs A R Rae 


Ms K A Raskob and Mr J Esman 


Mr and Mrs W E Rathborne SAC 1965 Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs F Rebecchi 



Mr and Mrs R Sharpe 


Mr and Mrs J H Sherwin SAC 1945 

Dr and Mrs M W Size 

Past Parent 

Dr P W Tait SAC 1973 



Mr and Mrs K Turnbull 


Mr and Mrs C T F Virgona SAC 1961 Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs R von Gutzeit 

Past Parent 



Ms D Welch 


Rev Fr B C Yates SAC 1947 

2012 Bursary Endowment Fund Donors 

 

Mr and Mrs V Aboud 

Past Parent 

Ms N Ackarie 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs D Acton SAC 1988 

Mr and Mrs P Anquetil 

Past Parent 

Mr P M Barr SAC 1970 


Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs A Beresford SAC 1955 Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs J R Bergin SAC 1957 Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs W M Bergin SAC 1968 

Mr and Mrs T Bland SAC 1957 Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs D G Blues 

Past Parent 


Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs T G Bradbury SAC 1983 

Assoc. Professor A B X Breslin 


Mr K Burges SAC 1946 

Dr and Mrs R J Burke SAC 1949 

Prof L Burke 

Past Parent 




Ms H J Carr 

Past Parent 

Dr G E Carroll AM SAC 1973 



Dr and Mrs D J Chahoud 




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Anonymous 

Past Parent 

Dr and Mrs M J Cleary SAC 1992 

Mr D C Collins SAC 1962 

Mrs J Coras 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs P F Cordi 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs W P Cotter SAC 1988 

Mr and Mrs A Coulton 

Past Parent 

Mr P L Crennan SAC 1973 

Mrs J Cronin 

Past Parent 

Mr L P Crowley SAC 1942 


Past Parent 

Mr P de Lasala SAC 1975 

Mr and Mrs R De-Fina SAC 1958 

Mr and Mrs A L Do SAC 1994 


Mr and Mrs A J Douglas 


Mr H W Driver SAC 1993 

Dr and Mrs D M Droulers SAC 1944 

Mr and Mrs W E Drysdale 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs D A Dwyer SAC 1988 

Mr and Mrs W Elton 

Past Parent 

Dr and Mrs M V Evans SAC 1975 

Mr E P Evans SAC 1964 

Anonymous 




Mr and Mrs J G Flipo SAC 1947 

Mr and Mrs P T Ford SAC 1954 Past Parent 

Mr M Forsyth SAC 1975 

Ms S Francisco 

Past Parent 



Mr F W Gageler SAC 2008 

Dr W P Gaha SAC 1951 

Dr G Gibson SAC 1945 

Mrs L Gillis SAC 1940 Past Parent 

Mrs M Green 

Past Parent 

Mr K Greenaway SAC 1955 



Anonymous 


Mr and Mrs S Hallett SAC 1985 

Mr and Mrs D Handley 

Past Parent 


Dr and Mrs R A Harris 


Dr A G Harris PhD and Dr J Shaw SAC 1980 



Assoc Prof and Mrs B T Haylen SAC 1970 Past Parent 

Mr P Hofstetter SAC 1976 



Dr R Honner SAC 1952 

Mr C Iacono SAC 1954 

Mr and Mrs J L Ingate 

Past Parent 

Mr P M Irvin SAC 1944 

Mr and Mrs L Jeyaraj 


Mr and Mrs F G Jordan 


Mr and Mrs R Keaney SAC 1982 

Mr P I Kemsley and Ms M M Kerbage 


Mr H Kendy and Ms M Odagaki 


Dr A D Kidman AM PhD MAPS 

and Mrs J Kidman SAC 1955 

Mr and Mrs A Kinnear SAC 1983 

Dr D Kitching SAC 1973 


Mr J A Law SAC 1948 

Mr and Mrs J Le Gras SAC 1953 

Mr and Mrs S D Levy 

Past Parent 

Mr C A Liell-Cock and Ms M J O'Brien 


Mr and Mrs R E J Logie 


Mr J Low SAC 1989 

Mr A L Luciano SAC 1954 

Mr and Mrs P R MacIntyre 




Mr and Mrs C Madden 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs J A Maher 


Dr F Martin AM and Mrs M Martin 

Past Parent 

Mr P J McAuley and Ms L Macnaught 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs D P McCarthy SAC 1944 

Mr and Mrs S P McCarthy 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs M McFadden SAC 1948 Past Parent 

Ms M S Meyer 


Mr and Mrs R Mimmo 

Past Parent 



Past Parent 

Mr R G Morris and Dr P Hector 


Mr and Mrs D G Mulcahy 


Anonymous 

Past Parent 

Mr B Mungoven OAM SAC 1941 

Mr and Mrs D P Murphy 


Professor and Assoc. Professor G M Murray SAC 1974 Current Parent 



Mr F T E Neill and Mrs J M Foulkes 


Mr and Dr J W Nolan 

Past Parent 

The Hon. Mr Justice J O'Meally AM, RFD 

and Mrs M O'Meally 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs P O'Reilly 

Past Parent 

Dr K O'Shannessy SAC 1959 



Mr and Mrs V Pelle 


Mr and Mrs J Pfister 


Mr and Mrs S Pribula 


Mr R Rathborne SAC 1956 

Mr and Mrs M S Raven 


Anonymous 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs S Richardson 


Dr J S Roarty OAM SAC 1941 

Mr A P Robertson SAC 1954 


RobotI Australia Pty Ltd 


Mr and Mrs G Rossiter 


Mr and Mrs L I Rozman 

Past Parent 


Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs M Salha 

Past Parent 

Dr J H Seymour FRCS, FRACS SAC 1940 



Dr J S Sheldon SAC 1955 

Mr and Mrs H Stephens 

Past Parent 

The Hon T J Studdert QC and Mrs J Studdert SAC 1952 




Rev Fr B Tiernan SAC SAC 1946 

Ms G Timmerman 


Anonymous 

Past Parent 

Mr R W Townsend and Mrs C Hasegawa 

Past Parent 



Ms S Tse 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs M Wachnik 




Anonymous 

Past Parent 

Ms D Welch 



Mr and Mrs HHC Wong SAC 1983 

Mr and Mrs P Woodward SAC 1956 

Dr and Mrs B Wyeth 

Past Parent 

Rev Fr B C Yates SAC 1947 

Mr and Mrs B Yau 

Past Parent 

Class of 1985 Bursary 

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of leaving the College, the Class of 1985 established the 

Class of 1985 Bursary so that a boy from a family whom could not normally afford a private 

school education could have the chance to experience an Aloysian education and share the 

joyful experience the Class of 1985 had whilst they were at the College. The Class of 1985 

challenges other Classes to establish their own Class Bursary! 

 








Anonymous 

Teacher of the Class 

of 1985 



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The Tom Doolan (SAC 2010) Memorial Bursary Fund Donors 

Following the tragic accidental death of Tom Doolan (SAC 2010) whilst he was on a Gap 

Year in the UK, Tom’s family asked family and friends to make a donation in memory of 

Tom. Following discussions with Tom’s family, the College established the Tom Doolan 

(SAC 2010) Memorial Bursary. Through the generosity of Tom’s family and friends a boy 

from a family who could not normally afford a private education will be given a chance to 

attend St Aloysius’ College. 

 

Mr and Mrs G R Andrew 


Mr and Mrs J Bowmer 


Mr and Mrs B J Buncle 

Past Parent 

Ms J L Bywater 


Mrs P Cahalan 

Past Parent 

Dr and Mrs T Carroll 

Past Parent 


Mr and Mrs T J Doolan 

Past Parent 

Ms M A Doolan 


Ms C M Doolan 


Miss E P Doolan 


Anonymous 


Mr and Mrs P M Ellis 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs J B Grant 

Past Parent 

Mrs Y C Grisaffe and Mr B G Grisaffe 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs S P Grundy 

Past Parent 


Ms E Harris 


Anonymous 


Anonymous 


Mr and Mrs A Ireland 


Mr R T Kelly and Dr M Byrne 

Past Parent 

Mr A Khoury 


Mr and Mrs T P Lonergan SAC 1984 Current Parent 

Anonymous 


Ms M Mackney 


Mr and Mrs G P May 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs M A McGahey 


Mr and Mrs P McGregor 


Mr and Mrs J McHugh 


Ms K J McMurray 


Monte Sant' Angelo Mercy College 

Mrs C M Montgomery 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs J G Morgan 


Mr M Nolan SAC 1975 

Northern Suburbs Basketball Association 


Mr S O'Connor 


Mr and Mrs M J O'Donnell 


Ms A O'Grady 


Mr and Mrs M D Olds 

Past Parent 

Mrs P M Pindsle 

Past Parent 

N M Powell 


Mr and Mrs M S Rodgers 


Mrs K Roulstone and Mr S Roulstone 




Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs M Scott 


Ms M Sloane 


Mr and Mrs K Spencer 


Mr and Mrs D Steindl 

Past Parent 

Mr A Still 


Mr D T Tardo SAC 2005 

Mr M E Tooth and Mrs N R Hodson-Tooth 

Past Parent 

Ms P Tooth 


Mr C J Walsh and Mrs S L Odorisio 


Mr and Mrs J Walsh 


Anonymous 

Past Parent 

Australian Independent Schools USA Foundation Grants - 2012 

 

Mr and Mrs E Binnie SAC 1998 

Mr J T Berkemeier and Ms L Lerner SAC 1967 

The Ganzi Family Foundation 


Mrs E Welsh 

Past Parent 


2012 School Building (Maintenance) Fund Donors 

 

Mr and Mrs N Abbott SAC 1985 Current Parent 

Mr and Mrs E Abeleda 


Dr D Abi-Hanna and Dr A Katrib 


Mr and Mrs C J G Adams 


Mr and Mrs S Addicoat 

Past Parent 





Mr and Mrs S P Allen SAC 1987 Current Parent 

Ms A Al-Zahab 


Mr and Mrs K Anderson 

Past Parent 

Dr and Mrs P W Anderson 




Mr and Mrs S Angelis 


Mr E Angelucci and Mrs I Voyage 


Mr S P Anquetil SAC 2000 Current Parent 

Mr and Mrs D J Antico SAC 1989 Current Parent 

Mr and Mrs M V Antico SAC 1985 Current Parent 

Mr and Mrs D N Armstrong 


Mr and Mrs A Ashcroft 


Mr and Mrs M Avanus 


Professor and Mrs M F Back 


Mr G M Bain and Mrs S C Lobo-Bain 




Mr and Mrs J Barassi 


Ms S Barlow and Mr K Barlow 


Mr and Mrs J J Barry 


Mr and Mrs J P Bartolotta 


Mr and Mrs S P Bartter 


Mr and Mrs G Batongbacal 


Mr A Baume and Mrs R Arthur 

Past Parent 

Mr P A Baumgart SAC 1986 Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs L C Beale 




Mr and Mrs A R Bell 


Mr and Mrs R Benitez 


Mr and Mrs A P Bentley 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs G Besgrove 


Mr S Bhartiya and Mrs M D Souza 




Mr and Mrs J Biviano SAC 1989 Current Parent 

Mr L D Blattmann and Ms B M McGree 


Mrs J Blau 


Mr and Mrs A Blomfield 



Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs M G Boffa SAC 1982 Past Parent 

Mr and Ms B L Bonadeo 


Mr and Mrs M F Booth 




Mr and Mrs P R Bounds 


Mr and Mrs J R P Boyle SAC 1987 Current Parent 

Mr and Mrs A L Boyle 


Mr and Mrs S T Branagan SAC 1977 Current Parent 

Mr and Mrs R N Brennan 


Mr and Mrs P D Breslin 



Past Parent 


Mr and Mrs A P Brooks 


Mr K J Brotherson and Ms L M Byrnes 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs G M Browning 


Mr and Ms D K A Bruce 


Mr and Ms J T Bruce 


Mr and Mrs D R Buckley 


Mr and Mrs T A Burt 




Mr and Mrs D J Caleo SAC 1981 Current Parent 

Mr and Mrs M J Callaghan 


Mr and Mrs J B Callanan SAC 1990 Current Parent 

Mr and Mrs P C Calov 


Mr and Mrs P Campbell 


Mr and Mrs F Canturi 


Mr B P Cantwell and Ms K D Herd 




Mr and Mrs S P Carmody SAC 1983 Current Parent 



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Dr F Carrigan and Dr S Armstrong 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs J Carroll 


Dr and Mrs B J Carson 


Mr and Mrs K M Carter 


Dr and Mrs P M Carter 

Past Parent 






Mr A J Chalk and Ms S M Singarayar SAC 1980 Current Parent 

Mr and Mrs A P L Chalmers 

Past Parent 

Mr R I Chambers and Ms G Y S Chan 

Past Parent 

Dr and Mrs E S K Chan 

Past Parent 

Mr P H K Chan and Mrs J Poh 



Past Parent 

Dr and Mrs C Cheng 


Mr and Mrs P Chia 



Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs S Choe 


Mr and Mrs T Chow 


Mr P A Christie and Ms M M Hardy 


Mr and Mrs N Cipriano 


Mr D J Clarke 


Mr and Mrs F N Cleghorn 





Mr and Mrs M J Colley 


Mr and Mrs M D Collins 


Dr and Mrs D W Collins 


Mr and Mrs M W Conlon 


Mr M A Connaghan and Ms F M Tiver 




Mr and Mrs M C Cooper 



Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs K F Cosgriff 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs D P Courtenay 






Mr and Mrs G B Cramp 


Mr and Mrs M J Craven 




Mr L J Creek and Ms H M Barrett 


Mr and Mrs P J Crellin SAC 1986 Current Parent 

Mr J R Crepaldi and Ms M C Milone 


Mr and Mrs L Crisanti 


Mr and Mrs M D Crocker 


Mr and Mrs G T Crosby 


Mr and Mrs M S Crumpton 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs P T Cubelic 


Mr and Mrs F J Daher 


Mr and Mrs A C Dainton 


Mr and Mrs E M Daley 


Mr and Mrs M C Daly 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs M T Daly 




Mr and Mrs P J Darwell SAC 1981 Current Parent 

Mr and Mrs J C David 


Mr C W Davies and Mrs G Wong-Davies 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs J R A Davis 


Mr and Mrs S J De Lorenzo SAC 1984 Current Parent 

Mr and Mrs P F de Mestre SAC 1981 Current Parent 

Mr and Mrs J D de Mestre SAC 1979 Current Parent 

Mr and Mrs M J De Vera 




Mr and Mrs D L Deetlefs 


Mr R A Delezio and Ms C Martin-Delezio 


Mr and Mrs D Delic 


Dr and Mrs R A Denny SAC 1984 Current Parent 

Mr and Mrs M L Depangher 

Past Parent 

Mr X H J Desdoigts and Ms F Coonan 


Mr and Mrs S P Dettre SAC 1974 Current Parent 

Mr and Mrs L J Diamond 


Mr R A Dick SC and Ms E Shiel 


Mr and Mrs C Dinh 


Mr and Mrs M E Dirckze 


Mr and Mrs D G Dixon 





Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs M Dolores 

Past Parent 

Mr S Dong and Ms Y Ding 


Mr H Dong and Mrs T Luong 


Anonymous 


Mr and Mrs A J Douglas 


Mr and Mrs P J Downs SAC 1987 Current Parent 

Mr P J Doyle and Ms M P Cassidy 


Ms M P Drewe 


Mr and Mrs J E Ducklin 


Mr and Mrs J F Duffy 


Mrs M C Duncan and Dr R Baber 




Mr and Mrs T Dusevic 


Mr R J Eaton 


Mr and Mrs D M Ebbs 


Mr M P Eckert and Dr L E Bilston 


Mr J Elhindi and Ms J Mansour 



Past Parent 

Mr and Ms R P Emery 


Mr J Esman and Ms K A Raskob 




Dr and Mrs R E Evans SAC 1983 Current Parent 

Mr and Mrs P A Evans 


Mr F Fadhil and Dr J Farjo 


Mr M Fane and Ms L Spencer 


Mr and Ms M P Fardy 


Mr A A Farley and Ms V Scarf 


Mr C Farrugia and Ms B Gow 


Mr and Mrs I A Favotto 


Mr and Mrs L H Fay SAC 1972 Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs E T Felipe 




Mr Fernie and Mrs Maxwell 




Mrs K A Ferrari 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs J O Ferreira 



Dr and Dr J R Fisher 


Mr and Mrs M I Fitzgerald 


Mr and Mrs L A Fitzgerald 

Mr and Mrs M B Flaherty 


Mr S Flanigan and Ms V McGrath 


Mr and Mrs T J Fletcher SAC 1987 Current Parent 

Mr and Mrs D L Fogarty 


Mr and Mrs M K Foldi 


Mr and Mrs M Fong 


Mr N J Forster 


Mr and Mrs B P Forsyth 


Mr V Fotea and Ms G Romeo 







Mr and Mrs S G Frith 


Mr A Fumagalli and Mrs C Cappelli 


Mr D Z L Gao and Ms L H P Gu 


Mr and Mrs J S Garnon 


Mr B G Geary and Mrs F A Emmett 


Mr J P Gelagin and Ms M E Branson 


Mr A Ghosh and Ms M Zoljalali 


Mr and Mrs N Giannini 


Mr and Mrs R L Giannone 


Mr and Mrs P J Gibson 

Past Parent 

Mr N J Gibson and Ms I Rusak 


Mr and Mrs T J Giersz 


Mr and Mrs R Gillespie SAC 1976 Current Parent 


Mr and Mrs P R Gillman 


Mr M J Gillon SAC 1978 Current Parent 

Mr and Mrs P J Gilroy 


Dr and Mrs M A Glase 


Mr and Mrs K L Gonzales 


Mr and Mrs J D Goode 


Mr and Mrs R Goodearl 


Mr and Mrs M J Goodman 


Mr and Mrs E J O Gorga 

Past Parent 



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Mr and Mrs D F Gorman 


Mr and Mrs D J Grace SAC 1988 Current Parent 



Mr and Mrs R A Graham 


Mr and Mrs R Greves 




Mr D Guo and Mrs P C Wong 


Mr and Mrs R M Gyoery 


Mr and Mrs M J Hade 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs M Hall 


Mr P C Hall and Ms D W Litherland 


Mr and Mrs E J Halliday 


Mr M G Hand and Ms R Stanley 


Mr and Mrs A Handisurya 




Prof J L Harkness and Dr C M Whyte 




Dr and Dr R D Harris SAC 1984 Current Parent 

Mrs S P Harrison 



Mr and Mrs R L Harvey 




Mr J D Hayes and Ms J O'Meara Hayes 


Mr and Mrs D R Haywood 


Mr and Mrs M G Heath 






Mr S A Henry and Ms M L Gunn 


Mr and Mrs P Heuzenroeder 


Mr and Mrs S S Heyen 


Capt and Mrs M J Hickey SAC 1981 Current Parent 

Mr G J Hickey and Ms T S O'Donoghue 


Mr I Ho and Mrs D Tcheng-Ho 




Ms R A Holland 




Mrs S M Walker 


Mr and Mrs E A Holtsmark 


Mr and Mrs P K Hora SAC 1978 Past Parent 

Mr L Hremiako and Ms Y Le Bas 


Mr and Mrs M L Hudson 


Mr and Mrs S F Hughes 


Mr and Mrs J A Hughes 


Mr and Mrs A J C Hughes 


Mr and Mrs M J Humphreys 

Past Parent 



Mr M Hutchison and Ms A Hayes 


Mr D S Hyde and Ms A A O'Flynn SAC 1980 Current Parent 



Mr and Mrs R P Ingle 


Mr and Mrs B L Ingram 




Mr and Mrs P A Irving 


Mr and Mrs R A D Jackson 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs A I Jansson 

Past Parent 

Mr J V Jeffery and Mrs C De Villecourt 


Mr and Mrs B J Jenkins SAC 1976 Current Parent 



Mr and Mrs D C Jones 


Mr A G Jordan and Ms A F Repton 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs A E Jullienne 


Mr and Mrs J B Kain 


Mr and Mrs K Kander 


Mr E Kastrissios and Ms C Montresor 


Mr C W Kavanagh 


Mr and Mrs J O Kayik 


Mr and Mrs P Kellick 


Mr and Mrs R A Kelly 


Mrs L M Kelly 


Dr and Mrs J J Kelly 


Mr W J Kember and Ms C M Hollyoak 




Mr and Mrs S Keniry 


Mr B Kennedy and Mrs L Arthur 


Mr and Mrs A D Kennedy SAC 1969 Current Parent 

Mr and Mrs D Kennedy 


Dr and Dr G Keogh 


Mr and Mrs P M H Kewin SAC 1983 Current Parent 

Mr K S Kim and Mrs C W Hwang 


Mr and Mrs J G King 


Mr and Mrs C M Knight 


Dr and Dr M P Kohout SAC 1980 Current Parent 



Mr and Mrs R Krslovic 


Mr and Mrs W Kwan 


Mr K R Kyle and Ms E Krnjak 


Mr and Mrs S J Lalor 


Mr and Mrs P J Larbalestier 


Mr and Mrs A F Larkey 


Mr and Mrs E J Larkin 


Dr S R Larsen and Dr L Lee 


Mr and Mrs J A Latouche 


Mr and Mrs P Lau 




Mr and Mrs P K Law 




Assoc Prof and Mrs R P Lee 


Mr and Mrs S H Lee 


Mr L B S Lee 


Mr M Lennon and Ms N O'Leary 


Mr and Mrs P Leodaritsis 


Mrs C J Leong 


Mr and Mrs P X L'Estrange SAC 1982 Current Parent 



Mr and Mrs S D Lewis 


Mr and Mrs T R Lewis 


Mr H Li and Ms F L Zhou 



Mr C A Liell-Cock and Ms M J O'Brien 


Mr and Mrs V P Liew 


Mr H Lim and Mrs D Kim 



Ms J Lines 


Mr and Mrs W Linsao 

Past Parent 

Mr and Dr D M Livingstone SAC 1980 Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs R E J Logie 




Mr and Mrs T M G Long SAC 1983 Current Parent 

Mr and Mrs P J Loughnan 


Dr and Mrs D B Lowe 


Mr Y Lui and Mrs S Cheung 




Mr I W Lynch APM and Mrs D A Lynch SAC 1978 Current Parent 



Mr and Mrs C J MacDonnell SAC 1981 Current Parent 


Mr A G MacMahon and Mrs A M Stacey-MacMahon 




Mr and Mrs D C Maguire 


Mr and Mrs G F Maher 


Mr and Mrs J A Maher 


Mr M B and Dr A M Makin 


Mr and Mrs P Manconi 


Mr C J Manion and Mrs C M Logan 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs O Mann 




Mr and Mrs D Manu 


Mr and Mrs E Marchione 


Mr I R Markley and Ms B M Doherty 




Mr and Mrs G D Martin 


Mr G J Masters and Dr N Bolzan 

Past Parent 




Mr and Mrs M E Mathias SAC 1980 Current Parent 

Mr and Mrs G J Matthews 


Mr and Mrs C J May 


Mr and Mrs H Mayer 


Mr and Mrs T M Mazaraki SAC 1986 Current Parent 

Mr and Mrs M J McCann 

Past Parent 

Mr M J McCarthy 

Past Parent 

Mrs J McCarthy 




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Mr N McCarthy and Ms S J Vincent 




Mr E P McClintock AO and Mrs E McClintock 


Mr and Mrs D G McCreton SAC 1979 Current Parent 

Mr and Mrs A McDermott 


Mr S D McDonagh and Ms E M Tydd 






Mr and Mrs J M McFadden SAC 1986 Current Parent 

Mr I J McGillicuddy and Ms K L Henderson 


Mr and Mrs T P McGowen SAC 1985 Current Parent 

Mrs C McHugh - Hookway 


Mr and Mrs R W Mcinnes 


Mr and Mrs J T McKeon 


Mr D B McLaughlin 


Mrs L McLean and Mr J Moses 


Mr and Mrs M A McLellan 


Mr and Mrs M G McLennan SAC 1991 Current Parent 

Mr and Mrs W V McManus SAC 1982 Current Parent 

Mr P J McNab 

Past Parent 

Dr G R McNally and Dr S Lynch 


Mr and Dr P W McNamara 


Mr A P McNamara and Ms A Lewis 


Mr and Mrs G K McRae 



Ms M J McVeigh 


Dr and Dr A E Mechtler 


Mr and Mrs J Mellino 


Mr and Mrs G P Menendez 




Mr M Michelis and Mrs A B Toohey-Michelis 


Mr and Mrs S Miller 


Mr P Minns and Ms M Marsden 


Mr and Mrs S P Mitchell SAC 1985 Current Parent 

Mr and Mrs J V Mitchell 



Past Parent 

Ms M Moffitt 


Dr and Mrs I Mohan 


Mr and Mrs D Moiso 


Dr P Mol and Ms J Raheb-Mol 


Mr and Ms G R Molloy 


Dr J J Moore and Dr K De Silva SAC 1983 Current Parent 

Mr and Mrs P J Moore SAC 1983 Current Parent 

Mr and Mrs A E Moors 


Mr and Mrs R B Moran 


Dr S K Moran 


Dr and Mrs G Morel 


Mr and Mrs D Moreno 



Past Parent 



Mr and Mrs M S Morgan SAC 1973 Past Parent 

Mr R G Morris and Dr P Hector 


Mr and Mrs M A Morrison SAC 1979 Past Parent 

Mr S D Morton and Ms M Itzcovitz 


Mr and Mrs B Moscaritolo 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs T E Moult 


Dr and Mrs R W Mowbray 




Dr C F J Munns and Dr W Ochtman 


Mr and Mrs D P Murphy 


Mr B Murphy and Mrs E M McArdle 


Mr D V Murray AO and Mrs S Murray SAC 1965 Current Parent 

Professor and Assoc. Professor G M Murray SAC 1974 Current Parent 

Mr D P Murray and Ms C H Gygax 


Mr and Mrs E K Mytkowski 


Mr F T E Neill and Mrs J M Foulkes 




Dr and Mrs G M Nicholson 

Past Parent 

Dr and Dr I A Nicholson 


Mr and Mrs P Nicolaou 




Mr and Mrs M C Nissen SAC 1983 Current Parent 

Mr and Mrs P Noble 




Mr J A Nowlan and Ms G L Gardner 


Mr and Mrs P W O'Brien 




Mr S H O'Connell and Ms E M Melville 


Mr and Mrs D P O'Dwyer 


Mr and Mrs J E O'Farrell 


Mr A O'Grady and Mrs C McShane 


Mr D R O'Kane and Ms V Kalan 


Mr and Mrs G O'Loan 


Mr W O'Mara and Ms L J Booth 




Mr and Mrs N D O'Shea 




Dr M A Ott and Ms R G Bowerman 


Mr D Owens 


Mr and Mrs W M Painter 


Mr and Mrs A Park 

Past Parent 

Mr A Park and Mrs J Lee 


Mr P S Parker and Mrs C M Kennedy-Parker 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs T E Parker 


Mr and Mrs M D Partington 


Mr and Mrs M L Pastega 


Mr and Mrs E Patniotis 




Ms A E Pearman 


Mr T Peh and Ms G M Banks 


Mr N C Peiris and Ms D A Turrin SAC 1979 Current Parent 

Mr and Mrs V Pelle 


Mr C Perez and Mrs J Jabbour-Perez 


Mr P S Perianayagam and Ms C M Rush 


Mr and Mrs M Peric 


Mr and Mrs M Perkins 

Past Parent 

Assoc Prof and Mrs V Perkovic 


Mr and Mrs F Peronace 





Mr and Mrs J Pfister 


Mr and Mrs V C Pham 


Mr and Mrs J M Pigott 


Mr and Mrs F S Pilling 


Dr and Mrs B A Pirola 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs L J J Playoust SAC 1983 Current Parent 


Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs M C Pollack SAC 1980 Current Parent 

Mr and Mrs D J Poole SAC 1985 Current Parent 

Mr and Dr C R Potter 


Mr and Mrs A B Powe SAC 1974 Current Parent 

Mr and Mrs R D Powell SAC 1980 Current Parent 



Mr and Mrs F Pucci 

Past Parent 

Mrs F A Quaglia and Mr R Lee 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs A R Rae 


Mr and Mrs A B Raeside 


Mr and Mrs A J Rahme SAC 1981 Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs D Rahme 


Mr T M Rannard and Ms A M Ryan 


Mr and Mrs D C Rasmussen 


Mr and Mrs F Rebecchi 


Mr S G Reid 


A and J Reisch SAC 1988 Current Parent 

Mrs J Rejc-Droga and Mr D P J Pallos 


Mr and Mrs S J Renshaw 


Mr and Mrs P W Rice 




Mr and Mrs M R Riches 


Dr and Dr L J Ridley SAC 1984 Current Parent 

Dr and Mrs A Rizzo 


Prof and Mrs P Roach 


Mr and Mrs P J Roberts 


Mr and Mrs N D Robinson 


Mr and Mrs B T Robinson 


Mr and Mrs M Rosi 





Mr and Mrs P M Rozenauers 


Mr S I Rudd and Ms M P Rooney 


Mr and Mrs A Rupolo 


Mr and Mrs S J Rush SAC 1985 Current Parent 



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Mr and Mrs G A Russell 


Mr S G Russo 



Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs J F Ryan SAC 1982 Current Parent 

Mr and Mrs P A Ryan SAC 1977 Current Parent 



Mr and Mrs A Sahagian 


Mr S C Salier and Ms A M Whitehead SAC 1986 Current Parent 

Mr A R Sanchez and Ms S A Burden 


Mr C J Sanderson and Ms M C Paul 


Mr and Mrs B A Sato 



Mr and Mrs P L D Scicluna 


Mr and Mrs B J Scott 




Mr and Mrs J J Senior 




Mr and Mrs T Shatek 


Mr and Mrs L D G Sheldon 


Mr and Mrs T J Sidgreaves SAC 1985 Current Parent 

Mr H K Siew and Ms S F Johnson 


Mr and Mrs G M Silva 


Mr and Mrs S Sims 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs A W Sims 


Mr and Mrs S G Sinclair 


Mr and Mrs T Sinclair 


Prof and Dr A P Sindone 


Mr and Mrs N Singhi 

Past Parent 

Mrs J Slater 


Mr and Mrs K J Slaven 


Mr and Mrs A Sleiman 


Mr and Mrs D Sloan 


Dr and Mrs J M Smelt SAC 1980 Current Parent 

Mr and Mrs K N Smith 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs G A Smith 


Mr P Smith and Ms S Jenner 


Mr and Mrs P Solichin 


Mr G D Sommers and Ms J B Fahey 


Mr and Mrs C M Spalding 


Mr R J Spano SAC 1978 Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs J T Spitznagel 


Mr and Mrs E D Spooner 


Mr T J Spurtacz and Ms A J Kulesz 


Mr and Mrs A D Squires 


Mr and Mrs R F St Julian 


Mr and Mrs G Stack 


Mr and Mrs D S Stanton 


Mr and Mrs H Stilin 


Mr K J Struthers and Ms K M Gardner 


Mr and Mrs C C Stuart 


Mr G J Sturt and Ms M M Stewart 


Mr and Mrs M G Stylianakis 


Mr and Ms R J Suffield 

Past Parent 

Mr and Ms M J Sullivan 


Mr A M Sunderland and Ms J M O'Keefe 


Mr V P Sweeney and Mrs J Pastega SAC 1972 Current Parent 



Mr and Mrs G J Tabuteau 


Mr G Tafft and Mrs P Robinson-Tafft SAC 1987 Current Parent 

Mr and Mrs D Tagle 


Mr and Mrs M Tallentire SAC 1988 Current Parent 

Mr A S Tandany and Mrs W T D Tjandra 


Mr S Tandjung and Mrs J Wijono 


Mr and Dr R Tapia-Sealey 


Mr and Mrs M Tarlinton 


Mr S C Taylor and Ms L M O'Brien 




Mr and Mrs A Tcharlassian 


Mr and Dr F Telan 


Mr and Mrs B Testa 


Mr and Mrs N J Thill 


Mr and Mrs A R Thomas 


Mr and Mrs M J Thomes 


Mr and Mrs M S Thomson 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs P L Thorne 


Professor G G Tian and Ms M M F Pan 


Mr and Mrs A To 


Mr and Ms J J K Tong 


Mr and Mrs P B Tonkin 


Mr R W Townsend and Mrs C Hasegawa 

Past Parent 

Mr A W Tracy SAC 1981 Current Parent 

Mr and Mrs G C Trigg SAC 1982 Past Parent 



Mr and Mrs K Turnbull 


Mr and Mrs J M Tweedie 

Past Parent 

Mr G D Van Den Bos and Mrs D Duggan 




Mr and Mrs P J Verschuer 


Mr I D Vickovich and Mrs A Nicholl 


Mr and Mrs A Villanueva 


Mrs D D Vincent 


Mr and Mrs A Vlachos 


Mr and Mrs E Vozzo 


Mr and Mrs M A Vrisakis 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs M Vucic 




Mr W G Wade and Ms P McCarthy 


Mr and Mrs A E Walbank 


Mr and Mrs P G Walburn 




Mr and Mrs P T Wallace 




Mr and Mrs E Walsh 




Mr and Mrs M S Walsh 


Mr and Ms S B Walters 



Mr and Mrs S Waters 


Mr M Waters and Ms L Busby 


Ms D Welch 


Mr and Mrs H D Wells SAC 1988 Current Parent 

Mr D and Mrs E Wells 


Westpac Banking Corp 

Mr and Mrs B E Whelan 


Mr and Mrs S J Whiston 


Mr L A White and Mrs C E Allibone-White 


Mr P Whittingham and Ms R Dorter 


Mr and Mrs C Whittle SAC 1979 Current Parent 

Mr M A Wigney SC and Mrs S A Wigney 


Mr and Mrs P J Wilkinson SAC 1979 Current Parent 

Mr and Mrs S A Williams 


Mr and Mrs R H Williams 




Mr and Mrs M Willock SAC 1983 Current Parent 

Mr M Willson and Ms J V Archer SAC 1979 Current Parent 





Mr and Mrs E J Wolohan 




Mrs L S Wood 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs C A Worrall 


Mr and Mrs D J Xenos 


Mr X Xiao and Ms W Y Guan 


Mr A T E Yap and Ms L Yulisna SAC 1987 Current Parent 

Mrs E M Yates 


Mr and Mrs C Yee Joy 


Mr and Mrs J J Young 


Mr M Young and Ms J Whelan 


Dr P P Youssef and Dr T Brama 


Mr J D Zadro and Ms E M Porter 


Dr and Mrs D G Zahra 


Mr and Mrs G Zakos 


Mr and Mrs T Zhang 


Mr and Mrs M Zovko 


New Parent Appeal Pledge Donors 

 





Mr and Mrs S Bartels SAC 1981 Current Parent 

Mr A Baume and Mrs R Arthur 

Past Parent 



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Dr and Ms M T Biggs SAC 1977 Current Parent 



Mr and Mrs G H Braid 

Past Parent 

Anonymous 




Mr and Mrs M J Callaghan 


Anonymous 

Past Parent 

Mr P Christie and Ms M Hardy 


Mrs E L Cleghorn and Mr F N Cleghorn 




Anonymous 


Mr and Mrs G B Cramp 






Anonymous 


Mr and Mrs J R A Davis 


Mr and Mrs D Delic 


Mr and Mrs J E Dennett 


Mr and Mrs A R Fikkers 

Past Parent 



Mr and Mrs S G Frith 


Anonymous 


Anonymous 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs R Geokjian 




Mr and Mrs D F Gorman 


Ms S I Griffin and Mr J G Griffin 


Anonymous 


Mr M J Happ and Mrs C M Happ SAC 1985 Current Parent 

Anonymous 




Mr I Ho and Mrs D Tcheng-Ho 


Mr B J Hogan and Ms C A Harbridge 


Anonymous 









Mr D Abi-Hanna and Dr A Katrib 




Mr and Mrs D Kiely 




Mr K R Kyle and Ms E Krnjak 




Dr S R Larsen and Dr L Lee 


Mr and Mrs P K Law 




Dr and Mrs D L Lee SAC 1987 Current Parent 

Mr and Mrs P J Lee 




Mr H Lim and Mrs D Kim 


Anonymous 

Past Parent 

















Mr P Minns and Ms M Marsden 


Mr and Mrs D Moiso 


Dr and Mrs G Morel 



Anonymous 





Dr and Mrs G M Murray SAC 1974 Current Parent 

Anonymous 


Mr and Mrs R L Neely 




Mr and Mrs J A O'Brien 






Mr W O'Mara and Ms L J Booth 


Anonymous 




Mr and Mrs P W Pindsle 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs B A Pirola 

Past Parent 




Mr R V Quirk and Ms R A Davies 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs P W Rice 


Mr and Mrs M R Riches 


Dr and Mrs A Rizzo 


Prof and Mrs P Roach 






Anne and Peter Rozenauers 




Mr and Mrs A Sahagian 


Mr S Salier and Ms A Whitehead SAC 1986 Current Parent 

Mr and Mrs B A Sato 


Mr and Mrs G M Silva 


Mr and Mrs T Sinclair 


Mr and Mrs P Solichin 






Mr and Mrs B N Stene 




Mr and Mrs C C Stuart 


Anonymous 


Mr and Mrs J E Tapang 


Mr and Mrs B Testa 


Mr and Mrs A R Thomas 


Mr M A Connaghan and Ms F M Tiver 


Mrs D D Vincent 


Mr and Mrs L Vo 


Mrs S M Walker 


Ms D Welch 






Mr and Mrs J J Young 


Mr and Mrs T Zhang 


Year 6 Library Appeal – 2012 

Each year the College invites parents of boys in Year 6 to donate funds to the Mackillop 

Library in the Junior School to honour their son’s time as a student in the Junior School. 

Funds donated through the Year 6 Farewell Gift Appeal are directed to the purchase of books, 

computer programmes and other educational aids for the boys in the Junior School. A 

bookplate is affixed to each item listing the name of the Year 6 student and his years at the 

College. 

 

Ms G M Banks and Mr T Peh 


Mr J Barry 


Mr and Mrs S Bartels SAC 1981 Current Parent 



Mr and Mrs R N Brennan 





Mr and Mrs S Choe 


Mr and Mrs C J Chow 


Mr and Mrs P J Crellin SAC 1986 Current Parent 



Mr A P Djafar and Ms J Halim 


Mr M B Droga 




Mr and Ms M P Fardy 




Mr and Mrs S Hampton 


Mr and Mrs M L Hudson 




Anonymous 


Mrs P Judge and Mr D N Judge 


Dr D T Kell and Mrs K M Jamieson-Kell 


Mr and Mrs C M Knight 







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Mr S J Martin 


Mr and Mrs P Menzagopian 






Mrs S Perkovic and Professor V Perkovic 


Mr and Mrs M C Pollack SAC 1980 Current Parent 

Ms K A Raskob and Mr J Esman 




Anonymous 


Mr L A White and Mrs C E Allibone-White 


Dr C M Whyte and Prof J L Harkness 




2012 Year 12 Library Appeal 

Each year the College invites parents of boys in Year 12 to donate funds to the Kircher Centre 

in the Senior School to honour their son’s time as a student at the College. Funds donated 

through the Year 12 Valete Gift Appeal are directed to the purchase of books, computer 

programmes and other educational aids for the boys in the Senior School. A bookplate is 

affixed to each item listing the name of the Year 12 student and his years at the College. 

 

Mr and Mrs S Addicoat 

Past Parent 

Mrs E A Anderson and Mr K Anderson 

Past Parent 

Mr P J Arnold and Ms J M Southward 



Past Parent 



Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs A P L Chalmers 

Past Parent 

Dr and Mrs E S K Chan 

Past Parent 


Past Parent 


Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs A Chow 




Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs M S Crumpton 

Past Parent 

Mrs K G Daly and Mr M C Daly 

Past Parent 

Anonymous 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs C Dinh 





Past Parent 

Mrs K A Ferrari 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs B R Foulkes 

Past Parent 



Mr M P Furlong and Mrs M I Alexanderson de Furlong Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs M Furneaux 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs M L Gemperle 


Mr and Mrs P J Gibson 

Past Parent 

Dr and Mrs J Goh 

Past Parent 

Mrs K M Gray 

Past Parent 

Mr J A Holland 


Mr A G Jordan and Ms A F Repton 

Past Parent 

Dr and Mrs A J Knox 



Past Parent 

Mr G J Masters and Dr N Bolzan 

Past Parent 


Past Parent 

Mrs V K McCarthy 

Past Parent 


Past Parent 


Past Parent 


Mr and Mrs G Mullarkey 

Past Parent 

Dr and Mrs G M Nicholson 

Past Parent 



Mrs F O'Malley and Mr J G O'Malley 

Past Parent 




Past Parent 




Past Parent 


Past Parent 




Past Parent 

Mr S R Raisin 

Past Parent 


Past Parent 


Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs J P Sinclair 

Mr and Mrs K N Smith 

Mr and Mrs P W Stuntz 

Mr and Ms R J Suffield 

Mr and Mrs S Trovato 


Mr and Mrs D T Wheatley 

Mr and Mrs R H Williams 

Past Parent 

Past Parent 


Past Parent 



Past Parent 


Fr Geoff Schneider SJ 100th Birthday Bursary 

Father Geoff Schneider SJ (SAC Staff 1965 – 1977 and 1982 – Present) turned 100 in 

December 2012. The College celebrated Father’s birthday with a number of events across the 

school. A number of members of the Aloysian Family asked Father what he would like for his 

birthday – he responded by asking people to make a donation to the College Bursary Fund. 

Gifts made to the appeal will be used to assist a boy from a financially challenged to attend 

the Junior School. 

 



Ms S V Ahern 






Mr and Mrs J D Anstee SAC 1989 Current Parent 

Mr and Mrs M V Antico SAC 1985 Current Parent 

Mr and Mrs A Ashcroft 


Mr A J Avery 


Dr R Baber and Mrs M C Duncan 


Mr D J Baker 

Past Parent 

Mr S Batliwalla SAC 1989 


Past Parent 

Mr A Baxter 


Mr and Mrs A R Bell 


Mr and Mrs R Benitez 



Dr and Mrs T Bohane 

Past Parent 



Mr and Mrs A L Boyle 


Mrs P Bradbury 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs J P Brady SAC 1970 Past Parent 

Prof and Mrs D Branagan 

Past Parent 

Anonymous 

Past Parent 



Mr and Mrs M A Buhagiar 

Past Parent 



Mr J Caillard 


Dr H Cannon 

Member of the College 

Council 



Mr and Mrs B Catt 

Past Parent 

Mr A J Chalk and Ms S M Singarayar SAC 1980 Current Parent 

Mr and Mrs B Chan 

Past Parent 

Mrs C Chan and Dr E S K Chan 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs P Chia 


Mr and Mrs W R Clark 

Past Parent 

Ms V D Cobb 


Mrs S Cohen and Mr D A K Cohen 




Ms G A Collins and Mr R R Doughty 


Mrs M J Collins and Mr M D Collins 


Mr and Mrs C J Collins 


Mr and Mrs R Connolly 


Mr and Mrs M C Cooper 



Past Parent 

Anonymous 




Mr and Mrs L Crisanti 


Mr and Mrs M D Crocker 



Past Parent 



Dr S M Danieletto 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs P J Darwell SAC 1981 Current Parent 

Mr R A Delezio and Ms C Martin-Delezio 


Mr P F J Denvir and Mrs A L Cowan 




Mr D W Doherty 





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Mr P J Doyle and Ms M P Cassidy 


Ms M P Drewe 




Mr M Dunlop and Ms M Travers 


Mr and Mrs H Eagleton 

Past Parent 

Mrs D Edwards 


Mr and Mrs M F Edwards 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs D H Emanuel SAC 1962 Past Parent 



Mr Q Evans SAC 1967 Current Staff Member 

Mr A A Farley and Ms V Scarf 


Mrs S Favaloro 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs J J Fitzgerald 

Past Parent 



Anonymous 


Mr and Mrs T Flitcroft SAC 1968 

Mr and Mrs D L Fogarty 







Mr B G Geary and Mrs F A Emmett 


Mr and Mrs G J Gemmell SAC 1974 Past Parent 

Ms A Gillett OAM 




Dr and Mrs M A Glase 


Mr and Mrs M J Goodman 


Ms P A Gormly 

Past Parent 



Mrs K M Gray 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs D Green 


Mr G Griffin SAC 1999 

Mr M G Hand and Ms R Stanley 


Mr and Mrs A Handisurya 





Prof J L Harkness and Dr C M Whyte 




Mr and Mrs J M Hartigan 

Past Parent 









Mr M Hickey and Mrs M Jacobson-Hickey SAC 1983 

Mr G J Hickey and Ms T S O'Donoghue 






Mr and Mrs E A Holtsmark 




Mr and Mrs M J Humphreys 

Past Parent 





Mr and Mrs T B Jenkins SAC 1972 Past Parent 

Ms D Jennings 






Mr and Mrs D N Judge 


Mr and Mrs A E Jullienne 


Mr E Kastrissios and Ms C Montresor 


Mr C W Kavanagh 




Mr W J Kember and Ms C M Hollyoak 


Mr and Mrs G A King 

Past Parent 


Mr and Mrs M Koh 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs A Kyriazis 



Mr and Mrs A F Larkey 


Mr J D Larkin SAC 1967 



Mr and Mrs A M Lavan SAC 1970 Past Parent 



Ms P A Lee 


Mrs C J Leong 





Mr and Mrs M Liebmann SAC 1990 



Mrs N Lill 

Past Parent 

Mr D Lill and Ms M M C Leung SAC 1983 


Mr M P Lobo 






Mr and Mrs L M Lynch 

Past Parent 



Mr and Mrs L M Maas 






Mr and Mrs P MacMillan 

Past Parent 

Ms L M Maher 





Past Parent 



Mr and Mrs R J Masson 

Past Parent 




Mr and Mrs G J Matthews 



Past Parent 

Mr M F McCarthy 




Mr and Mrs D G McCreton 








Mrs D McSweeney 




Mr M Michelis and Mrs A B Toohey-Michelis 


Anonymous 


Dr J J Moore and Dr K De Silva SAC 1983 Current Parent 



Mr and Mrs B Moscaritolo 

Past Parent 

Mr J Moses and Mrs L McLean 


Dr and Mrs R W Mowbray 







Mr and Mrs J S Murray SAC 1966 

Mr J A Murray and Ms A Coyne 


Mr P R Murtough SAC 1975 

Mr P R Nettheim 






Mrs J Nysen 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs P W O'Brien 


Mr S H O'Connell and Ms E M Melville 


Mr M O'Dea AM, KCSG and Mrs M O'Dea 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs J E O'Farrell 


Dr and Mrs A O'Loughlin SAC 1988 

Mr J A O'Mara and Ms T M Whelan SAC 1970 Past Parent 





Mr C Oxley SAC 2004 Current Staff 


Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs T E Parker 


Mr and Mrs D G Pearman 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs M J Peck 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs I W Perkes 

Past Parent 


Past Parent 

Professor and Mrs V Perkovic 



Past Parent 






Mr and Mrs V C Pham 




Dr and Mrs B A Pirola 

Past Parent 


Mrs M A Powe and Mr A B Powe 


Mr and Mrs A B Raeside 




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Mr and Mrs D Reay 






Mr and Mrs P M Rozenauers 


Ms I Rusak and Mr N J Gibson 


Mr S G Russo 




Mr C J Sanderson and Ms M C Paul 


Dr and Mrs M Shanahan 

Past Parent 

Col M Shephard CSC and Mrs H Shephard SAC 1981 Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs A Shephard 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs G M Short SAC 1965 Past Parent 

Mr H K Siew and Ms S F Johnson 


Mr and Mrs G M Simmonds 

Past Parent 


Past Parent 

Mr J C Sloman OAM and Mrs E M Sloman 

Past Parent 





Mr and Mrs G Stack 


Mr and Mrs D S Stanton 


Mr and Mrs H Stephens 

Past Parent 

Dr and Mrs T D Stephens SAC 1992 

Mr and Mrs H Stilin 


Mr and Mrs M A Still SAC 1972 

The Hon T J Studdert QC and Mrs J Studdert SAC 1952 Member of the College 

Council 

Mr and Mrs M G Stylianakis 


Mr and Mrs P J Sweeney 


Mr and Mrs D Tagle 


Mr and Mrs C H Thomson 


Mr K J H Van Stade 


Mrs J L Vecchio and Mr R M Vecchio 

Past Parent 



Mr and Mrs M Villon 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs A Vlachos 



Past Parent 



Mr W G Wade and Ms P McCarthy 


Mr and Mrs P G Walburn 


Mrs J Walker 




Mr and Ms D Walker 


Mrs J A Walsh and Mr E Walsh 



Mr and Mrs C Wilkinson SAC 1976 

Mr and Mrs P J Wilkinson SAC 1979 Current Parent 

Mr M A Williams SAC 1999 









Mr and Mrs B Yau 

Past Parent 



Corporate Sponsors and Gift in Kind Donors 

The College Foundation would like to thank the following individuals, small businesses and 

corporations who kindly gave in-kind support to the College or sponsored events run by the 

College in 2012. The College would encourage all members of the Aloysian Family to support 

those businesses that support the College and our boys! 

 


Past Parent 


Mr and Mrs A R Bainton 

Past Parent 





Mr W Bergin SAC 1968 

Mr L D Blattmann and Ms B M McGree 


Mrs J Blau 


Mrs M Boyd 


Mr G Bookallil SAC 1985 

Mr P Brennan 


Mr S J Bright SAC 1969 

Mr T P Brooks SAC 1994 

Mr and Mrs F Canturi 


Mr and Mrs S J Capper SAC 1969 



Mr G Catchpoole 

Current Staff 

Mr and Mrs M J Collins 


Mr and Mrs M L Connaghan SAC 1983 Current Parent 

Mr D A Cook SAC 1996 







Mr M J Curtin SAC 2008 Current Staff 

Mr J J Curtin SAC 2003 Current Staff 

Mr and Mrs A C Dainton 




Mr and Mrs S J De Lorenzo SAC 1984 Current Parent 

Mr and Mrs P F de Mestre SAC 1981 Current Parent 


Past Parent 

Mrs S Donovan 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs P J Doyle 


Ms M P Drewe 


Mr R L Ellis 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs G E Evans 


Mrs J M Evans 


Mr M Fargas SAC 1974 




Mr and Mrs T J Fletcher SAC 1987 Current Parent 



Mr S A Fraser and Ms B M Cooksley 


Mr and Mrs J Fuentes 

Past Parent 

Mr and Mrs T W Gillis SAC 1980 Current Parent 

Mr and Mrs K L Gonzales 


Mr and Mrs M J Happ SAC 1985 Current Parents 



Mr and Mrs M W Hill SAC 1985 Current Parent 

Mr and Mrs J Hill 


The Hon J B Hockey MP and Ms M Babbage SAC 1983 

Mr and Ms D A Horton SAC 1989 Current Parent 

Mr and Mrs T Hughes SAC 1984 Current Parent 

Mr and Mrs B G Hunt 


Mrs L C Huntley and Mr A C Huntley 





Ms Dawn Jennings 






Mr A H Knox and Ms M C McDonell 




Mr and Mrs S Lee 

Past Parent 

Mr M Lopresti SAC 1997 



Mr and Mrs P Manconi 


Mr and Mrs D Manu 


Mr and Mrs A Martin SAC 1987 

Mr and Mrs K Maurer 

Past Parent 


Mr and Mrs D G McCreton SAC 1979 Current Parent 

Mr D McCreton 

Current Student 

Mr S D McDonagh and Ms E M Tydd 



Mr D Melloy SAC 1989 

Ms M S Meyer 


Mr and Mrs D Moreno 



Mr and Mrs F P Moujaes 


Mr and Mrs H R Munoz 


Mr and Mrs N H Mushan 




Mrs S Nicotra 


Mr J R Perry and Mrs P M Sobb 



Mr S G Reid 






Mr and Mrs N D Robinson 


Mr C Saltos 



Mr and Mrs P A Schmidt SAC 1989 



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Mr Paul Schaafsma SAC 1990 



Mr and Mrs J J Senior 


Mr and Ms T Sewell 


Mr A J Smith SAC 2008 

Mr and Mrs R F St Julian 


Mr and Mrs B N Stene 


Mr V P Sweeney and Mrs J Pastega SAC 1972 Current Parent 




Past Parent 





Mr M Waters and Ms L Busby 


Mr and Mrs D P Weber SAC 1988 Current Parent 

Mr and Mrs S J Whiston 


Mr P Whittingham and Ms R Dorter 


Mr M Williams SAC 1989 



Mr and Mrs M T Woodland SAC 1993 

Mr and Mrs D J Xenos 


Sponsors 

Accolade Wines 

Andres Party Hire 

Arnott's 

Balmain Brewing 

Better Homes and Gardens Magazine 

Bob Stewart 

Bowerhaus Jewellery 

Anahata Therapies 

Apple Corporation 

Bacino Café Kirribilli 

Bar Luca 

Bing Lee 

Boo Radley - Mosman 

Box Catering 

Budweiser Beer 

Campari 

Cantarella Bros 

Canturi Jewellers 

Caltex Channel 7 

Channel 9 

Clarence St. Cyclery 

Coca-Cola Amatil 

Commonwealth Bank 

Concord Golf Club 

Cultiv8 Landscaping Services 

Diversity Management 

Ferrero Rocher Chocolates 

Flight Centre - North Sydney 

Freedom Furniture 

Gelatissimo Gelato 

Gilbarco Veeder-Root 

Gillis Delaney Lawyers 

Ginger Flower - Kirribilli 

Gordon Rossiter 

Hachette Australia 

Hilton Hotels 

Hoyts Corporation 

JBWere 

Kirribilli Laundry 

Knox Hairdressing 

Legends Under Glass 

Lion Nathan 

Litsa Flowers – Milsons Point 

Love to Celebrate - Balloons 

Madura Tea 

Modern Teaching Aids 

Navico 

No Chintz - Textiles and Soft Furnishings 

Our House in France 

Peter Brennan Photography 

Qantas Airways 

Romanus Security 

Royale Limousines 

Santa Vittoria Mineral Water and Italian Sodas SESL – Sydney Environmental 

and Soil Laboratory 

Skimstone Wines 

Seppelt Wines 

Star City Casino 

Stephanie Donovan Catering 

STW Group - Advertising 

Triangle Partners UK 

Twinings Tea 

2CH Radio Sydney 

2GB Radio Sydney 

UCC Australia 

Vet Friends 

Vibe Hotel – North Sydney 

Vittoria Coffee 

Waratahs Rugby 

White Umbrella – Bespoke Marquees 

 

Yes, I would like to Make a Difference and 

support the 2013 Aloysius Annual Fund 

I would like to make a gift of: 

$100 $250 $50 $500 $350 

$750 $1,000 Other $ ........ to the 

Building Fund – for the new Masterplan works 

Library Fund – Library resources and new computers 

Bursary Fund – bursaries 

Enclosed is a cheque made payable to the 

St Aloysius’ College Foundation 

Please debit my Credit Card 

Amex MasterCard Visa 

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I am an: 

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I wish for my gift to the College to remain anonymous 

Please send me some information about leaving the 

College a Bequest in my Will 

Sons of St Aloysius’ – current and future 

– will benefit from your support 

St Aloysius’ College Foundation 

 

 



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HSC 

2012 HSC 

The Class of 2012 have received a very pleasing set 

of results in the HSC. One of the easiest points of 

comparison in performance is the number of students 

in the Merit List. 273 mentions is an excellent result 

maintaining the strong results of recent years. 

This is an outstanding result by a group of hard working 

students who have participated fully in the cultural, sporting, 

religious and service life of the College. 

There were a number of highlights: 

56 % of students achieved an ATAR rank of 90 or 

better with the median being 91.5, this compares very 

favourably with the state average of 17% of students 

achieving a mark over 90 

11 Students in the All-Rounders Achievers List 

A continuation of strong results in English and 

Mathematics 

The percentage of Band 6 results achieved from exams 

sat is 31%. (273 from 886 exams sat). 

3 mentions in Top Performers in Course, with Jonathon 

Parker placed first in state in Advanced English, Ned 

Latham placed eighth in the State in History Extension, 

and Timothy Morgan placed tenth in the state in 

English Advanced 

Excellent results in all of the Creative Arts 

In terms of z –scores (which compare the school mean 

in a subject to the state mean) we achieved the best 

results in Physics and Chemistry since the introduction 

of “new” HSC in 2001 

Very pleasing results in French Continuers course 

Perhaps the best comparison can be made to past 

performance at the College. 

Year 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 

Student 

134 145 145 142 151 138 150 

Numbers 

Distinguished 

165 198 258 236 275 287 273 

Achievers 

A close reading of all the results indicates that the 

results across the board were strong. This trend has been a 

pleasing feature of results in recent years. Too often results 

can be measured by only looking at the top students. There 

has been a pleasing improvement in the performance of 

students of all abilities, reflecting in stronger means and the 

continued lack of a “tail” in our results. 

In 2012 there has been a further marked reduction in 

individual subject results below Band 4 (below 70%). Thus, 

in terms of average results and contributions to the ATAR 

ranking, this has been perhaps our strongest set of overall 

results since the introduction of the “new” HSC in 2001. 

The following table illustrates this trend. 

Band Results for all 2 unit courses* 

2009 2010 2011 2012 

Band 6 194 (26.6%) 223 (28.7%) 236 (32.8%) 221 (28.6%) 

Band 5 337 (46.2%) 388 (50%) 330 (46%) 412 (53.3%) 

Band 4 160 (22%) 141 (18.1%) 116(16.3%) 135 (17.4%) 

Band 3 38 (5%) 25 (3.2%) 34 (4.7%) 4 (0.005%) 

Band 2 1 0 2 0 

Band 1 

(2012: Total of 772 individual student results in 2 Unit 

courses, including 1 unit Studies of Religion) 

Band Results for all Extension courses* 

2009 2010 2011 2012 

Band 4 42 (43.3%) 52 (50%) 51 (53%) 52 (45.6%) 

Band 3 53 (51.5%) 51 (49%) 44 (45.8%) 60 (52.6%) 

Band 2 1 1 1 2 

Band 1 1 

(2012: Total of 114 individual student results in Extension 

courses) 

All-Rounders: 

There were 11 students named in the Premier’s All-rounders list. 

These students scored 90% or better in 10 units. They were: 

Daniel Burlutsky (SAC 2012) 

Liam Carrigan (SAC 2012) 

Victor Chan (SAC 2012) 

James Courtenay (SAC 2012) 

William Hade (SAC 2012) 

Ned Latham (SAC 2012) 

Jonathon Parker (SAC 2012) 

Marcus Paxton (SAC 2012) 

Matthew Sindone (SAC 2012) 

Dominic Thomson (SAC 2012) 

Jean-Luc Vrisakis (SAC 2012) 

First Place in Course: 

English (Advanced): Jonathon Parker 

Top Achievers in Course: 

English (Advanced): Timothy Morgan (10th in the State) 

and Jonathon Parker (1st in the State) 

History Extension: Ned Latham (8th in the State) 

ATAR calculations: 

6 students achieved ATAR above 99. A few others 

missed by the smallest of margins, with 46 students 

scoring between 95 and 99. 

85 boys appear to have ATAR’s over 90. Thus 56% of 

the cohort achieved this rank compared to 17% in the state. 

The median ATAR was 91.5 .The State median was 

69.55. 



HSC (cont'd) 

Creative Arts: 

The class of 2012 has had a significant number of students 

nominated to display/perform in the varying showcases for 

HSC creative arts courses. This reinforces the healthy state 

of Creative Arts at the College and the important place they 

play in both its cultural and academic life. 

Visual Arts: 

5 students have had their major artworks nominated for 

ArtExpress 2012. 

They were: 

Erik Addicoat Naturally man-made 

Dimitri Farmakis Architectural Possibilities: Destruction 

& Decay 

Sam McGraw He said/she said; the subtle intricacies 

of having friends 

Eliot Stuntz Dynamic equilibrium 

Matthew Thomson Rapid expansion 

Two of these were selected for inclusion; Sam McGraw 

(Art Gallery of New South Wales and the Broken Hill 

Regional Gallery) and Eliot Stunz (The Armory Sydney 

Olympic Park) 

The overall results in Visual Arts reflect the quality of work 

the boys produced. 18 students out of class of 30 received 

a Band 6. The school mean was 89.55 

Music: 

The Class of 2012 continued the strong recent history of 

academic achievement. The results in both Music 1 and 

Music 2 were pleasing while all four students studying 

Extension Music achieved a top band result. 

We had four nominations for inclusion in Encore. Rohan 

Hora and Matthew Thompson had compositions nominated 

for inclusion. Matthew Thompson was also nominated for 

his performance, along with Dominic Scarf. This reflects the 

continuing high standards of our Music students 

AMDG 

JESUIT JUBILEES 

The College warmly congratulates those members of the 

Society of Jesus with a connection to the College, who 

celebrate significant jubilees in 2013: 

In The Society of Jesus for 80 Years: 

Father Geoffrey Schneider SJ 

(SAC Staff 1965 – 1977 and 1982 – Present) 

In The Society of Jesus 75 Years 

Father Thomas O’Donovan SJ 

(Rector of the College 1968 – 1973) who sadly died on 

26 January 2013. 


Father Michael Stoney SJ (SAC Staff 1974 – 1980) 


Father Gerard Healy SJ 

(Member of the College Council 2001 – 2011) 

Father Stanislaus Hogan SJ 

(SAC 1962 and SAC Staff 1983 – 1989) 

In the Priesthood 50 Years 

Father Gregory Jordan SJ 

(Headmaster of the College 1974 – 1978) 

Our prayers continue for these men as they serve God, 

The Society of Jesus and the Church. 

Drama: 

The class of 2012 has excelled in drama in their years at 

the College. The talent and energy was evident in strong 

performances and excellent results. 

Year 12 Drama students received three nominations 

for NSW OnSTAGE: two group devised performances 

– Man: A Concept, consisting of Benjamin McCann, 

Luke Nicholson, David Quaglia and Adrian Sims, and 

Technology Vs Humanity, consisting of Maximillian Baume, 

Elliott Miller, Dominic Scarf and Claudio Trovato, as well 

as Benjamin McCann’s individual performance, Terminus. 

These nominations are a great tribute to what has been a 

talented and committed Drama cohort this year. 

Neville Williams 

Director of Curriculum 



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australia day honour's list 

The College warmly congratulates the following members 

of the Aloysian Family whose service to our nation was 

recognised in the 2013 Australia Day Honour’s List 

Paul Dyer (SAC 1972) AO 

AMDG 

Paul was made 

an Officer in the 

General Division 

of the Order of 

Australia (AO) 

for distinguished 

service to the 

performing arts, 

particularly 

orchestral music as a director, conductor and musician, 

through the promotion of educational programmes and 

support for emerging artists. Paul is the Founder and 

Artistic Director of the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra 

(ABO) since 1990 and was admitted to the Australian 

Council for the Arts in 2003. This is just recognition of 

Paul’s wonderful contribution to music in Australia over 

many years: 

 

for 21 years. 

 

Music Council of Australia. 

 

2000-2003. 

 

 

Opera 

Australia, Sydney Symphony Orchestra; Queensland 

Symphony Orchestra; Australia Ensemble; and 

Australian Chamber Orchestra. 

Sydney Symphony Orchestra; Australian 

Youth Orchestra; West Australian Symphony Orchestra; 

Queensland Philharmonic Orchestra; and Victorian 

Opera. 

 

involves students to perform with the ABO. 

 

Grammar School Chapel Choir; and Choir of Trinity 

College, University of Melbourne. 

Paul was awarded the Centenary Medal in 2001. 

James was made 

an Officer in the 

Military Division 

of the Order of 

Australia (AO) 

for distinguished 

service as 

Commander, 

Border Protection Command, Commander, Joint Education 

and Training, and Commandant of the Australian Defence 

Force Academy, and for outstanding scholarship in the 

study of Australian naval history. He was a senior officer 

in the Royal Australian Navy until he retired from full time 

service in 2012. He is an author and a naval historian 

and analyst of contemporary naval and maritime affairs. 

James currently holds the position of Fellow at the Sea 

Power Centre – Australia and is a Visiting Fellow of 

the Lowy Institute, an Adjunct Professor in the School of 

Humanities and Social Sciences in the University of New 

South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy 

and a Professorial Fellow of the Australian National Centre 

for Ocean Resources and Security at the University of 

Wollongong. 

Rear Admiral Goldrick's distinguished service and 

devotion to duty in senior command positions have been 

critical to the effectiveness of the Australian Defence 

Force now and into the future. His contribution to the 

knowledge and study of Australian's naval history has 

been outstanding. Rear Admiral Goldrick has greatly 

increased the operational effectiveness and enhanced 

the national and international reputation of the Australian 

Defence Force. 

James Goldrick joined the Royal Australian Navy 

in 1974 as a fifteen-year old Cadet Midshipman and 

graduated of the Royal Australian Naval College, he 

holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of 

New South Wales and an M.Litt. from the University 

of New England. He is a graduate of the Advanced 

Management Programme of Harvard Business School and 

has been honoured with the degree of Doctor of Letters 

honoris causa by the University of New South Wales. 

James served as a Principal Warfare Officer and 

anti-submarine warfare specialist, he has seen sea service 

around the world with the RAN and on exchange with the 

Royal Navy, including the patrol vessel HMS Alderney, 

the frigates HMS Sirius, HMAS Swan and HMAS Darwin 

and the destroyer HMS Liverpool. He has served as 

Executive Officer of HMAS Tarakan and HMAS Perth. He 

was Commanding Officer of HMAS Cessnock and later 

twice commanded the frigate HMAS Sydney, and later 

served as the inaugural Commander, Australian Surface 

Task Group. During this posting, he commanded the 

Australian task group deployed to the Persian Gulf in early 



australia day honour's list (cont'd) 

2002 and also served as commander of the multinational 

naval forces conducting maritime interception operations 

to enforce UN sanctions on Iraq, including units from the 

RAN, the United States Navy, the Royal Navy and the 

Polish Armed Forces. He was appointed a Member of the 

Order of Australia for this service. 

Shore postings have included serving as Aide to 

the Governor-General of Australia, as an instructor 

on the RAN's Principal Warfare Officer course, as 

Officer-in-Charge of the RAN's tactical development, 

tactical training and warfare officer training faculty, as 

Research Officer and later as Chief Staff Officer to the 

Chief of Navy, as Director of the RAN Sea Power Centre 

and as Director-General Military Strategy in the Australian 

Department of Defence. For his service, particularly at the 

Sea Power Centre, he was awarded the Conspicuous 

Service Cross. 

He took command of the Australian Defence Force 

Academy in September 2003. He was promoted to 

Rear Admiral and assumed duties as Commander Border 

Protection in May 2006. In May 2008, he was 

appointed Commander Joint Education, Training and 

Warfare (a position retitled in 2009 as "Commander 

Australian Defence College"). After completing his posting 

in August 2011, he served as Acting Commandant of the 

Australian Defence Force Academy until March 2012. 

James Goldrick has lectured in naval history and 

contemporary naval affairs at many institutions. He spent 

1992 as a Research Scholar at the US Naval War 

College. He has been a long term and active member of 

the Australian Naval Institute including a significant period 

on the Institute's governing council where he was President 

between 2005-2008. He is an Overseas Corresponding 

Member of the Society for Nautical Research and is a 

Councillor of the Navy Records Society. 

Dr Brian Boettcher (SAC 1958) AM 

Brian was appointed a Member in the General Division 

of the Order of Australia (AM) for distinguished service to 

Psychiatry as a clinician and educator. Brian is a Forensic 

Psychiatrist and a Member of the Mental Health Review 

Tribunal, 1992-2004 and since 2005. He is a Founding 

President, Institute of Australasian Psychiatrists, 1990-1994 

and was the President, of the NSW Chapter, 1992-1999. 

Brian was a Director of Aftercare, 2006-2010. Aftercare 

provides an extensive range of programmes and services 

to assist people who might be experiencing mental illness 

and intellectual disability. Brian was instrumental in setting 

in train the actions that led to the ending of the practice 

of Deep Sleep Therapy at Chelmsford Hospital in the late 

1970s. Brian is the author of Eleven Bloody Days – The 

Battle for Milne Bay. 

Eric Goodwin (Past Parent) AM 

Eric was appointed a 

Member in the General 

Division of the Order 

of Australia (AM) for 

distinguished service to 

the community through 

educational organisations, 

and to business. Eric is a 

Past Parent of the College 

and has served the College, 

The Society of Jesus, the 

Church and industry in the following roles: 

 

since 2011. 

 

Council Member, 1993-1997 and since 2003; 

Chair, Building Sub-Committee, 1993-1997 and since 

2001; Chair, Finance Committee, since 2001. 

 

Mary's Cathedral, since 2006; Member, since 2004; 

was also involved with planning and renovating St 

Mary's Cathedral House for World Youth Day, 2008. 

 

Revolution Implementation Taskforce, Australian 

Government, 2010. 

 

since 2006; Member, Audit and Risk Management 

Committee; Member, Corporate Responsibility and 

Communications Committee; employee, 1963-2004; 

established Community Day at the New York Branch, 

1997-2000. 

 

Member, Audit and Risk Committee; Member, 

Remuneration Committee; Member, Nomination 

Committee. 

 

Audit and Risk Management Committee; Member, 

Sustainability Committee. 

 

Ltd, since 2004. 

 

Eric’s association with the College commenced in 

1963, when he was a Cadet Engineer with Lend Lease 

he worked on the design and construction of the main 

College building. 

Eric is the Father of Daniel (SAC 1992) and Josh 

(SAC 1994) and his daughter Jennifer is married to Peter 

Schmidt (SAC 1989). 



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John Sidgreaves (Past Parent) OAM (Deceased) 

John was posthumously 

awarded a Medal in the 

General Division of the 

Order of Australia (OAM) 

for service to pharmacy 

and to the community. 

During his life, John served 

as: 

 

the Chemist Group, 

1983; Chief Executive 

Officer, 1983-2009; 

Chairman, 1996-2011. 

 

Group, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Sydney. 

 

Scholarship, since 2011; $5,000 scholarship to fourth 

year Pharmacy student. 

 

including a Business Skills Programme, since 2008 

 

 

Committee Member; Life Member. 

 

1982-1984. 

 

75 containers of goods to communities in Fiji. 

John was a recipient of the Cross pro Ecclesia et 

Pontifice, a Papal Honour in 2010. 

John died on 16 December 2011 and is survived by 

his wife Pat, his sons Tony (SAC 1983) and Tim (SAC 

1985 and Current Parent) his daughter-in-law Raelene 

(Current Parent) and grandchildren including Tom (Year 5). 

Dr Gregory Buckley (Past Parent) AFSM 

Was awarded the Australian Fire Service Medal for 

exemplary service to Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) and 

to the community of New South Wales. Mr Buckley was 

appointed to the permanent firefighter ranks in 1983 and 

has since given exemplary service. During his distinguished 

career, he has served in a wide range of command 

and specialist positions with distinction. Since March 

2007, Mr Buckley has served as Assistant Director Built 

Environment and Research, with state-wide responsibility 

for the organisation's critical efforts in community safety, 

research and prevention through improvements to the 

built environment. In this challenging field, he has been 

responsible for numerous initiatives that have enhanced 

public safety. As well as initiating significant improvements 

in the capability, policy and procedures of the FRNSW, Mr 

Buckley has represented the organisation with distinction 

on numerous multi-agency committees and work groups, 

both within New South Wales and nationally, and 

consistently demonstrates his exceptional value to the 

FRNSW as one of its pre-eminent experts in the built 

environment and research. Throughout his distinguished 

career, he has displayed exceptional professionalism, 

unwavering commitment, and unquestioned integrity. 

While his range of appointments has seen him undertake 

some of the most challenging roles within the FRNSW, Mr 

Buckley has consistently performed at the highest possible 

level to the benefit of the organisation and the community. 

In doing so, he has demonstrated a deep passion for 

improving its prevention capability, training and regulatory 

functions. 

Past Parent Appointed to the High Court of Australia 

The College extends its congratulations to Mr Stephen 

Gageler (Past Parent) on his appointment to the High 

Court. Justice Gageler is the Father of Francis (SAC 2008) 

and Benjamin (SAC 2010). Prior to his appointment to the 

High Court, Justice Gageler served as the Commonwealth 

Solicitor General 2008 – 2012. The position of Solicitor 

General is second law officer of the Commonwealth 

(behind the Federal Attorney General), advising the 

Government and appearing as counsel in significant cases. 

In this role he successfully defended the Commonwealth in 

the challenge to the new tobacco plain packaging laws, 

when they were challenged by the tobacco companies. 

Justice Gageler has a Bachelor of Economics (ANU), a 

Bachelor of Laws with First Class Honours (ANU) and 

a Master of Laws (Harvard). He previous served as an 

Associate for High Court Justice Sir Anthony Mason. Justice 

Gageler has a black belt in taekwondo, a sport that he 

took up in his early 40s after seeing his sons training whilst 

they were students of the College. 



from the junior school 

From the Head of the Junior School 

The year 2012 will 

certainly go down in 

the College’s history as 

the year of the great man, 

centenarian extraordinaire 

and the holder of the 

Guinness Book of Records 

for being the world’s oldest 

active teacher, the one and 

only Fr Geoffrey Schneider 

SJ who has been such a 

major player in the life of 

the Junior School. There has 

been so much said, seen 

and written about the man 

that Father Schneider would be more than happy for me not 

to say any more except ‘well done Father’. 

The characteristic generosity of the Aloysian community 

was on full show throughout the year but none more so 

than through our Loyola and Xavier Terms Arrupe Outreach 

Programme. For those unfamiliar with this programme, it is 

a series of awareness heightening and fundraising initiatives 

and activities with a hands-on emphasis undertaken by all 

the Junior School classes. Every year each class takes on 

a special cause to learn more about and lend a hand in 

as practicable terms as possible so the boys learn firstly to 

appreciate everything they have and take for granted in 

stark contrast to the ‘have nots’ in our society. Pedro Arrupe 

is the most well-known General of the Society of Jesus in 

its 450 year history, second only in fact to its founder, St 

Ignatius of Loyola. Pedro Arrupe SJ coined the phrase ‘Men 

for Others’ which has become the unofficial motto for the 

College. This motto found its true expression this year in the 

many innovative ways in which the boys supported their 

pet projects. Air Guitars for Africa was a brilliant showcase 

event by the boys in 5.4, their teacher Mr Greg Marinan 

and every one of the Class parents. They all came together 

one Saturday night to sing, eat, dance, entertain, listen and 

learn from experts and each other all in the name of the 

Acting Headmaster Sam Kember (Year 5) 

Familia Mojo Orphanage in Kenya established by two of 

our young Old Boys, James Woodward (SAC 2003) and 

James Harrison (SAC 2003). The event was not only one 

of the most successful in terms of raising valuable funds but 

also a great community building exercise. Ms Virginia Cobb 

and her 6.3 class have an ongoing relationship with the 

Georgian House Nursing Home North Sydney where the 

boys correspond regularly the good old fashioned way by 

sending and receiving handwritten letters to and from their 

“adopted” grandparents, exchanging gifts and at the end 

of year coming together for a Christmas celebration. Mrs 

Johnson’s boys in 6.1 have support the JRS (Jesuit Refugee 

Services) by helping fold and mail out their quarterly bulletin 

as well as raising funds for its work. Readathon 2012 in 

which all boys in the Junior School participated and raised 

a most impressive$17,000 to support the work of the 

Australian Jesuit Mission here and abroad. The list goes on 

particularly when take a look at all the efforts by the student 

leadership such as initiatives undertaken by the Social 

Justice, Environment, Transport and Liturgy Prefects and their 

committees. 

The Junior School Music Showcase 2012 which is a 

biennial event was a spectacularly successful and entertaining 

night proudly supported by the extended families of the Junior 

School boys. While the best of all vocal and instrumental 

music performances by the boys were on show, for the first 

time a couple of teachers and parents also got into the act 

adding that extra touch and variety. 

Academically our proud tradition continued with 

outstanding results being achieved by our boys in the Years 

3 and 5 NAPLAN testing. A significant number of our boys 

managed to secure a High Distinction in a number of the 

University of NSW ICAS competitions such as in English, 

Mathematics, Science and Computer Skills. In sport, both 

Football and Rugby, we concluded the season on a high 

note with a number of teams with an unblemished record 

and a number of others getting close to recording an 

“undefeated” title for the season. A record number of our 

athletes gained PSSA (State) honours in 2012. 

Year 5 Air Guitar Competition 

Martin Lobo 

Head of Junior School 



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Simon Hyland (Current Parent) and mass Junior School Choir at Choral Showcase 

Music in the Junior School 

The 2012 marks a satisfying year in terms of the students’ 

musical development and their musical achievements 

over the academic year. 

Following a comprehensive audition of each musician 

at the beginning of the year, each student was allocated to 

James Armstrong (Year 6) 

an ensemble suited to their talent level and which reflected 

their area of interest. Among the ensembles we offer in the 

Junior School are the Zipoli Choir, Junior Choir, Concert 

Band I, Concert Band II, String Orchestra, String Chamber 

Orchestra, Jazz Combo, Rock Band and Guitar Ensemble. 

The performance experiences grew exponentially as 

the year progressed with the various ensembles presenting 

for Grandparent’s Day, the College Open Day and the 

Carols Festival as well as for the many assemblies and 

liturgies celebrations which mark our religious calendar. The 

premier event for this year, however, remains our biennial 

showcase. This year’s theme was ‘This is it’! and it was our 

nod to songs from the musical theatre genre. 

The concert featured performances from all the 

representative co-curricular ensembles as well as the 

combined talents of Years 5 and 6 joining in the ‘all-singing, 

all-dancing’ songs from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and 

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat. These 

massed singing items were accompanied by the Senior 

School Stage Band and our brilliantly talented parent, Mr 

Simon Hyland. The boys rose to the occasion to present a 

programme that was polished and reflected their efforts over 

the past year. 

However, it was not only in the area of co-curricular 

performance that saw the students achieve. This year there 

has been a range of activities on offer within the class 



from the junior school (cont'd) 

Curtis Lau (Year 6) 

music programme that have served to enrich the boys’ 

overall musical experience from the Year 3 and Year 4 visit 

to the symphony to enhance their regular musical tuition 

offered under the umbrella of the string programme, to the 

improvisation and Blues units enjoyed by Year 5 and the 

Year 5 Wind and Brass Programme, to the ‘techno music’ 

module for Year 6. 

Another major event which the boys took part in was the Fr 

Willcock SJ Instrumental and Vocal Competition. Following 

a gruelling series of heats the competition culminated in the 

semi-final performance which this year was judged by none 

other than Fr Willcock SJ himself along with the star of Mrs 

Carey’s Concert – Mrs Karen Carey. Congratulations go 

to this year’s winners of the Junior Section: Francis Bolster 

(Violin) and Anthony Sahagian (Flute). 

Gerard Scelzi 

Junior School Music Coordinator 

In early March the boys in Year 3 went on an excursion 

around Kirribilli to familiarise themselves with the local 

area. Part of the excursion included a visit to Kirribilli 

House, the Sydney home of the Prime Minister. As the 

lads were walking past the residence the Prime Minister 

appeared and was happy to have this photo taken with 

some surprised Year 3 students. 



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from the senior school 

The Relic of St Francis Xavier SJ 

arrives at the College 

As part of the Year of Grace, a relic of Saint Francis 

Xavier – his right forearm – was in Australia from 

16 September through to 4 December, 2012. With 

the support of the bishops of Australia, the Archdiocese of 

Sydney arranged the tour. Auxiliary Bishop Comensoli said: 

Given the missionary significance of Saint Francis Xavier for 

the Church in Australia, as well as his importance for the 

Jesuits, and the obvious spiritual link to the Year of Grace, 

my hope is that the relic will be generously received. When 

Australia was still considered a ‘mission territory’, St Francis 

Xavier was one of our Patron Saints. 

Francis Xavier was born in 1506 into an aristocratic 

family in the Kingdom of Navarre in north-eastern Spain. 

In 1525 he went to study in Paris, where he met Ignatius 

of Loyola. Xavier was eventually convinced by Ignatius 

to become one of the first companions who formed the 

Jesuits. Xavier worked in India, Japan, parts of modern-day 

Indonesia, Malaysia, Moluccas, and the Philippines. 

Where European colonisers had carried Catholicism often 

with the sword, Xavier sought to bring people to faith by 

The relic of Saint Francis Xavier (his right forearm) in its display case 

Boys observe and pray for Relic of Saint Franis Xavier 

his relationship with them, the ministry of the word and 

works of mercy. He knew nothing of horizons. There was 

no limit to his voyaging in the name of Christ. Enthused 

with the love of God, his preaching went straight to 

people’s hearts. 

He died on December 3, 1552. Francis Xavier is said 

to have converted more people than anyone else except 

perhaps Saint Paul. In 1614 his right forearm, which 

baptised tens of thousands of people, and with which he 

tended the sick in Europe and in Asia, was detached at the 

request of the then Superior General of the Society of Jesus, 

Father Acquaviva SJ and has been displayed since in a 

reliquary in the Gesù in Rome. 

The relic arrived at the College on Monday, 17 

September. At 7.30 am it was welcomed by students 

and staff at the doors of the College. Four senior students 

led by the Rector, Fr Peter Hosking SJ, carried the relic in 

procession to the sanctuary where it was placed on a small 

table for Exposition. Our 8.05 am morning Eucharist was 

attended by a large number of students, staff and parents, 

and concelebrated by Fr Peter Hosking SJ (Rector), Fr 

Chris Middleton SJ (Principal) SJ, Fr Robert Bruce SJ and Fr 

Geoffrey Schneider SJ (Junior School Chaplain). Fr Hosking 

reminded us how Saint Francis Xavier committed himself 

to his faith, his friendship with his Jesuit companions, and 

going to the frontiers. He spoke of the unusualness of a relic 

and the value of a physical connection to remain close to 

the person we love. 

Following the Mass there were two Liturgies – one for 

about 150 students from the Year 7 and Year 8 Religious 

Education Classes and one for 330 students from Years 

3 to 6. The Liturgies focussed on St Francis Xavier’s life 

and his relevance in the lives of the students today. We 

reflected on Francis Xavier, one of the first Jesuits, and how 

his life was transformed by grace and a love of Jesus to do 

extraordinary things for others. We considered our call to 

follow the example of Francis Xavier, with creativity, energy 

and courage. 

There was also an opportunity for the students to 

venerate the relic if they wished. In both Liturgies and 

morning Eucharist, Fr Chris Willcock’s beautiful Hymn for St 



from the senior school (cont'd) 

Francis Xavier - We Thank You Lord - was sung. Between the 

two Liturgies there was a period for quiet personal prayer 

and a reflection time for individual visitation. 

Many students, staff and families of the College took 

the opportunity to make a personal visit to the relic. 

Some individually, some in pairs and others in groups 

– some out of curiosity and at all times with reverence 

and respect. Over 600 people visited the relic during its 

time at the College. Our Religious Education and other 

teachers discussed the practice of devotion to relics both in 

preparation for the visit and afterwards. The Church offers 

a wide range of devotional practices and spiritualties, 

and each person will find some helpful and others less 

so. Veneration of a relic may be unusual for some people 

and there was no obligation for any person to engage in 

the devotion. 

It was an occasion for our community, especially the 

students, to embrace a tangible part of our Jesuit history. 

As our Jesuit General Congregation 35 reminded us, we 

are called to the frontiers, just as much as Xavier was. 

But while his frontiers were geographical, Jesuits and their 

companions today are called to the frontiers of our time – 

spiritual, cultural, religious. 

The arrival of this relic gave us a unique opportunity to 

call on Xavier’s intercession as we carry out that mission 

in our day, and to imitate him, as he imitated Christ. 

Following its time at St Aloysius’ College the relic then 

travelled to Saint Ignatius’ Riverview and from there began 

a clockwise journey through almost all the dioceses in 

Australia, spending about three days in each. It returned 

to St Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney for St Francis Xavier’s Feast 

Day on 3 December before returning to its resting place in 

Rome. 

Michele Curtin 

The Richie Fernando Centre 

Companions Programme 

Companions is a mentoring programme conducted 

by the College in collaboration with the St Aloysius’ 

College Old Boys’ Union (SACOBU). The programme 

matches students (mentees) who may be in need of 

additional adult support with trained Old Boys (mentors) 

who act as a positive role model, providing guidance 

and encouragement. Prospective mentees are proposed 

by a parent or Year Co-ordinator. Students often come 

from families where a parent has died or is absent due to 

employment or marriage breakup. In some cases a student 

may request a mentor himself. 

There is an initial conversation with the Rector, Fr Peter 

Hosking SJ, or one of the Programme Supervisors – Mr 

Chris Gould and Mr Joe El-Khoury. Once the guardians 

have discussed the programme with their child, a formal 

application is made. Mr Gould (Senior School) or Mr 

El-Khoury (Junior School) meet with the student to explain 

the aim and structure of the programme and, if they are 

interested, will look to match him with a suitable mentor. 

Participation in the programme is voluntary for both mentees 

and mentors. 

The mentors are Old Boys who are familiar with the 

College’s mission and values especially its commitment to 

service and care for the whole person. The Companions 

programme provides Old Boys the opportunity to give 

back, and stay connected, with the College. Mentors 

commit to social and recreational activities with their 

mentee for approximately two to three hours once every 

two to three weeks. The mentor provides a sustained 

presence of another caring adult in the young person’s 

life. The structured involvement and genuine concern of a 

responsible and trained volunteer helps develop a formative 

relationship over time. The mentor is not a replacement for 

a parent or other family member, nor is he a counsellor or 

teacher. He is a companion to help a student navigate the 

everyday challenges of school and society. 

The Old Boys involved in the programme have learnt 

that a mentor needs to be a good listener, as well 

as patient, tolerant, flexible, non-judgmental, reliable, 

consistent, and have a sense of humour. I have been 

the liaison person for the Companions Programme within 

SACOBU and responsible for the recruitment of mentors 

since the programme’s inception. We are blessed to have 

an inspiring group of young Old Boys who feel passionate 

about the programme and the opportunity to make a 

difference in a young person’s life. 

Recruitment of prospective mentors and mentees occurs 

throughout the year with formal training for the mentors 

taking place in March. Most matches are made when 

we have suitable mentors. Since the Programme began in 

2010 we have trained twelve Old Boys as mentors and 

have matched eleven mentees with mentors. While mentors 

and mentees commit to one-year, four of our five mentees 

matched in July 2011 continue to meet with their mentors 

and plan to continue meeting. 

They meet every three weeks for a few hours to play 

golf, have coffee, watch a film or join up with other matches 

for group activities. In 2012 we matched five more mentees 

with mentors and these have been meeting regularly. 

Messers Gould and El-Khoury, in their roles as Programme 

Supervisors, continually check on the matches – speaking 

regularly with the mentor, mentee, and guardian, in both 

formal and informal settings, to ensure that the relationship 

between the matches is developing well. 

The Programme has been organised to include mid-year 

and end-of-year reviews and social get-togethers. This is an 

opportunity for all participants – guardians, mentors, mentees 

and College personnel – to reflect on their experiences. As 

this is still a new initiative, these get-togethers are essential. 

They assist open discussion between all members of the 

programme. They allow us to see what is going well and 

what we need to do better. 

We have another three mentees for matching in 2013 

and so invite any interested parties, mentees or mentors, to 



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approach Fr Hosking SJ, Mr Chris Gould, Mr Joe El-Khoury 

or myself for further information. 

A note of appreciation must go to Fr Hosking for his 

ongoing support and coordination of the programme. 

Thank you to Mr David White, from the Ladder Project, who 

provides expert and valuable training for the mentors before 

they are matched and helps mentors already matched review 

their experience. The overwhelming sentiment from mentors 

is that the programme has been an incredible experience 

– treasured by the Old Boys as much as the mentee. The 

training and experience gained will be of benefit beyond 

the Companions programme and the College. 

As one mentor said: I have learned so much from the 

mentee and his family, especially how important it is to take 

the time to do things together as a family. 

Abe Roberston (SAC 2001) 

The Bellarmine Academy – fides et 

ratio 

Writing in 1784, the hugely influential philosopher 

Immanuel Kant said of enlightenment: 

"The motto of enlightenment is therefore: Sapere aude! 

Have courage to use your own understanding!" 

Despite the self-evident irony in Kant's statement, in that 

his life was dominated by his own unadventurous regimen, 

mostly staying at home instead of using his enlightenment 

to directly help the people of Prussia to which he was a 

citizen, Kant elucidates quite explicitly a guiding principle 

of the human experience. We must find the courage within 

ourselves to use all our education, all our understanding 

to the greatest effect in life. And as Kant further explains, 

we must triumph over the boundaries of ignorance or 

"immaturity" in order to exercise most effectively this notion 

of understanding and enlightenment. 

The Bellarmine Academy has thus been instrumental in 

helping us students find that sense of understanding about 

the human condition. Periodically meeting in The Juana 

Mateo Room, arguably the best room in Sydney view-wise, 

we sat and had conversations discussing the prescribed 

reading material, each focussing on a different facet of the 

vast breadth philosophy. From Plato to David Hume, Michel 

Foucault to the utilitarianists Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart 

Mill, amongst other philosophers of diverse specialty, we 

explored what it was to exist, to live and choose the 'moral' 

path at a moment of crisis, under the stewardship of a 

notion of God. These discussions were by no means easy 

or simple ones, and I can say with a degree of certainty 

that we never really came to definitive conclusions, for in 

philosophy it is axiomatically impossible to do so. However, 

it was the mere consideration of such topics through the 

conversations we shared that displayed the value of the 

Academy. 

To that end, I would like to mention Liam Thompson, 

Jackson Scott, Max Evans, Stan Zovko, Ben Fong, Conor 

O'Mara, Kieron Mohan and Adam Vozzo for their unique 

views and input into these conversations. Moreover, I would 

like to especially thank Mr Kamil Mrowoka NSJ and the 

Rector, Fr Peter Hosking SJ, for regularly attending and 

offering interesting insights into each topic. 

However above all, I, on behalf of the boys, would like 

to thank Mr Magar Etmekdjian for directing and organising 

The Bellarmine Academy. 

Though it is the end of our journey, collectively as 

a group, I believe we will all take away the memories 

of our conversations over dinner or about the topics at 

hand. The Bellarmine Academy has opened new doors 

of understanding and enlightenment, new opportunities to 

consider the things around us and the life we lead. Betrand 

Russell, an agnostic philosopher once said: 

"A good world needs knowledge, kindliness and 

courage; it does not need a regretful hankering after the 

past or a fettering of the free intelligence by the words 

uttered long ago by ignorant men. It needs hope for the 

future." 

It is in this vein of breaking down ignorance and 

applying our learnt understanding, courageously and 

unreservedly, that we can become that hope for the future. 

Sapere aude. 

Steven Weng (Year 12) 

Year 9 Science – Special 

Programme 2012 

The College’s annual Year 9 Science Excursion to 

Sydney Harbour foreshores is a two-day and one 

night experience designed to provide activities for 

Year 9 students to interact with each other and with their 

environment. Aspects of group work including problem 

solving, leadership and initiative will be framed with 

physical activity and a greater awareness of water 

safety. Science curriculum skills components of planning 

and conducting investigations and values and attitudes 

towards understanding the world around them are also be 

addressed. Students work collaboratively in small groups 

on different projects and a staff member assists a number of 

groups during the course of the excursion. 

The students are involved in activities like snorkelling, 

surveying a rock platform, water quality testing and aquatic 

initiatives. Representatives from the Sydney Institute of 

Marine Science, and PhD research students also presented 

to the boys on site. Programmes like this enable the students 

to gain an insight into aspects of Science in the real world 

that may generate further interest and foster a deeper 

understanding of Science and their environment. 

A special Day of Science Discovery was also held 

at the College in 2012. The day started with a lecture 

by Dr John O’Byrne (SAC Past Parent), Senior Lecturer at 

Sydney University and the Secretary of the Astronomical 




had to snorkel out to a designated spot in the water and 

take notes whilst following along a transect that had been 

placed under the water. 

Overall, the experience was enjoyable and fun, even 

though the water temperature did have a bite! On behalf of 

all Year 9 I would like to place on record our sincere thanks 

to the staff of the College, the lecturers and instructors at 

UTS and the guides and instructors at SIMS who made this 

experience so memorable. 

Harry Hickey (Year 9) 

Simon Turner (SAC Staff 1992 – Present) and Year 9 boys at the 

Chowder Bay Excursion 

Society of Australia. Dr O’Byrne, who had two sons 

attend the College, maintains a very healthy interest in the 

College and is well positioned to nurture and encourage 

the natural interest that Year 9 boys seem to have in all 

things astronomical. Following Dr O’Byrne’s lecture, the 

students broke into three small groups and rotated through 

workshops and activities provided by the College Science 

faculty. After lunch, the Students met Ruben Meerman, 

ABC Radio’s ‘surfing scientist’, to explore the latest news, 

data and projections in the very relevant topic of ‘Climate 

Change … fact or prediction, evidence or opinion, expert 

or amateur?’ 

Justin Varjavandi 

Science Department 

Year 9 Science – Special 

Programme 2012: A Student’s 

Perspective 

The four-day science programme run in collaboration 

with The University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and 

The Sydney Institute of Marine Science (SIMS) was a 

highlight of the science year. The programme challenged us 

on all levels – mentally in the classrooms of UTS and in The 

Bellarmino at the College and also physically in the chilly 

waters of Balmoral and Clifton Gardens. 

The Programme was run so that the cohort was divided 

into two groups, with one group going to the SIMS facility 

for two days whilst the other group attended classes at UTS 

and at the College, then the two groups swapped. 

At the UTS we had to test our skills at maths, crime 

solving and general knowledge. The day was run well and 

it provided an enjoyable environment for us to learn more 

about science and also about the university itself. This gave 

us a valuable hands-on experience of attending a university 

for a day. 

On the second half of the trip we were sent to the 

SIMS facility to take notes and look at the abundance and 

distribution of sea urchins in the area. In order to do this we 

Senior School iPads 

The integration of iPads into the Senior School was 

completed at end of January. During the summer 

holidays 650 iPads were rolled out to students in Years 

7 to 10. The rollout continued throughout January and went 

very smoothly, managed by a trusty band of the College IT 

Staff, tech-savvy young Old Boys, a few teaching staff and 

Fr Jack McLain SJ who was in Sydney over summer and 

happy to help out. 

In preparation for the use of iPads, Head of Library 

Services, Ms Serena Ahern, with the help of Ms Anna Vitiello, 

developed a flexible learning space which allows students 

to work in a group setting. The Library’s new iCollaborate 

Space utilises many students’ natural preference to work 

collaboratively using the iPads. 

The iPad was chosen by the College because, unlike 

a laptop, it is more than an educational tool, it is a 

personal device. The iPad will prove to be a formidable 

educational tool in the service of learning but our students 

will also gain the ability to manage a personal device for 

communication and organisation, as well as achieving a 

highly sophisticated educational workflow. 

The iPad is an excellent tool for document creation 

and storage but its real benefits lie in allowing students 

to easily create multimedia in the form of film, screencasts 

and presentations and then share or submit those creations 

easily through cloud technology. Students can be expected 

to respond to their learning by utilising the iPad in an 

increasingly sophisticated way through collaboration with 

other students and by completing more complex tasks than 

they have done in the past. The iPad allows the teaching 

staff to do things in the classroom that we haven’t been able 

to do before. 

The Apple infrastructure surrounding the iPad allows 

staff to deliver to students evermore engaging and student 

centred resources. To date, College faculties have produced 

over twenty interactive textbooks and more are in the 

pipeline. The creation of interactive textbooks by many 

faculties enables departmental resources and multimedia 

to be compiled into wonderfully engaging, student-centred 

resources. The fact that these resources can be used offline 

allows the student learning to occur almost anywhere. 

The revolution within the publishing industry is also 

gathering steam with textbooks and resources being 



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accessible online and in increasingly more interactive 

formats. The days of students traveling to and from school 

weighed down with textbooks are definitely coming to an 

end. 

We look forward to the iPad and its associated software 

being a more and more powerful tool in the service of 

learning for our students over the coming years. 

Paul Harkin 

Head of eLearning 

Collaborative Learning: Year 8 

Science and Year 6 

It has recently been reported that student interest in the 

Sciences and therefore the pursuit of a Science career in 

later years starts early on in a child’s education. It has been 

shown that statistically fewer students are taking a science 

in their HSC years compared with students in the 1990’s. 

The main reason for this is attributed to the perception that 

Science is difficult and harder to gain marks in examinations. 

Therefore, it has been suggested that if students were 

introduced to a solid science background in their primary 

years, that it would not only greatly cultivate an interest 

in the subject, but also allow for a better understanding 

of scientific concepts. Given this, Mrs Joanne Cleary and 

myself decided to collaborate with the Junior School in a 

pilot teaching study which involved some Year 8 students 

from the Senior School and Ms Virginia Cobb’s Year 6 class 

in the Junior School. This was proved highly successful and 

hopefully will lead to further interaction between the Senior 

School Science Department and the Junior School. 

a user-friendly and captivating home-page 

a graphic explanation of how the circulatory system 

works 

an explanation of ‘good and bad’ fats 

a guide on how to maintain a healthy body 

This website was created on Google sites and was 

assessed on each of the above elements. 

An example of a creative web page and graphic 

explanation are shown in Figures 1 and 2 below: 

p g g p p g 

Figure 1. Circulatory system website home page created by 

Peter Sleiman (Year 8) 

Year 8 website task 

Year 8 had a science assessment this year which required 

the students to build a website based on the circulatory 

system aimed at a Year 6 audience. The website had to 

include the following elements: 

Figure 2. Segment from a graphic explanation created by 

Darien Holtsmark (Year 8) 

Each student was assessed by Mrs Joanne Cleary, Mr 

Ian Walton and the class teacher and assigned a mark 

out of 30. The marking rubric included factors such as 

the degree of accuracy of scientific content, layout and 

accessibility of the website and simplicity of language and 

clarity of the presentation. The latter two factors of which 

are vital, particularly as the website is specifically targeted 

at a Year 6 audience. 

Year 6 interaction 

On 31 October, 2012, ten boys from Year 8, who 

achieved a score of greater than 28 out of a 

possible 30 marks, went to the Junior School to trial their 

websites with Ms Virginia Cobb’s Year 6 students. The 

Year 6 students were divided into ten groups consisting 

of approximately two to four students. Each group was 




Year 8 and Year 6 Boys in class with Ms Cobb 

two groups commented that the website they were 

exploring did not give them a full understanding of the 

term ‘good fat’. 

a majority of students agreed that layout and being 

able to navigate around the website easily was of high 

importance. 

students mentioned that the length of videos and 

interactive is important to consider as if it is too long, it 

can create boredom rather than interest. 

assigned a website created by a Year 8 student, who 

joined his particular group to assist with navigation 

(Figures 3a and b). Each Year 6 student was also given 

a marking criteria/rubric sheet and had to give comments 

and a mark also out of 30. 

The Year 6 students navigated through the website 

pages and also engaged in interactive media as shown 

in Figure 4. This process would not have been possible 

without the laptops to which each student had access. 

Following this activity, the Year 6 students came together 

as a class with Mrs Cleary, Ms Cobb and myself to discuss 

each of the websites (Figure 5). Some of the websites were 

projected on the smart boards so that comments could 

be made by all students. This was highly informative as it 

gave teachers and Senior School students an insight into 

the effectiveness of the assessment task and whether the 

students in Year 8 had in fact achieved what they had set 

out to do i.e. create a website accessible to Year 6 students. 

Comments of the Year 6 students which are valuable 

to consider and could be incorporated into the assessment 

task description next year are: 

some students stated that while the science of the 

graphic explanation was at the right level, the picture 

was at times aimed at a much younger audience. 

Effectiveness of websites in teaching the 

science 

The following day, the Year 6 boys were given ten 

science-based questions on the circulatory system to 

assess and gain insight into the effectiveness of the websites 

at conveying science to these students. Questions included: 

How many chambers does the heart have? What is the 

function of a vein? 

It was reported back that the average mark of the class 

was 6.5/10, with which we were pleased as the questions 

given were quite difficult, especially for a Year 6 level. 

All teachers and students involved feel that this activity 

was extremely valuable. It has not only exposed the Junior 

School students to the kind of science activities carried out in 

the Senior School, but it has also allowed them to learn and 

gain knowledge independently as well as in an interesting 

way. Furthermore, for the Science Department, it also makes 

the assessment more realistic and meaningful to the Year 8 

students. 

I am hoping that this interaction between the Junior and 

Senior School in the area of science continues as this has 

proved highly successful on both fronts. In discussion with 

Mrs Cleary, we believe that it may even help the older boys 

use science terminology and expression in a more fluid and 

succinct way, especially if they are introduced to science 

concepts in their later Junior School years. 

Lee Liao 

Science Department 



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sessions, in which Old Boys provide tutelage to help with 

both competition and school speeches. 

Benjamin Jackson (SAC 2012) 

Jackson Pierce (Year 10), Sergio Bodilescu-Buga (Year 11), Johnathon 

Parker (Year 12), James Elhindi (Year 8), Christopher Wachnik (Year 

7), Matthew Fahdil (Year 9) 

Public Speaking 

Public speaking has always been an esteemed part of 

College life, with the College having an esteemed 

historical record in public speaking and almost 

every student who passes through here having, at some 

point, participated in it. This year, a number of students 

participated in the programme in order to continue the fine 

legacy of public speaking in the College. 

In Year 7, we saw Liam Cantwell and Henry Halliday 

participate in the CSDA Public Speaking Competition, 

a state-wide competition. In Year 8, Tristan Kennedy 

participated in the Rostrum Voice of Youth, the Legacy Junior 

Public Speaking Competition and came Second in the City 

of Sydney Eisteddfod 14 Years Prepared Speech Section. 

In Year 9, William Halliday joined his brother in the CSDA 

tournament. 

In Year 10, John Lewis participated in the Trinity 

Grammar School Invitational Senior Oratory Competition, 

in which he came Second, as well the Rostrum Tournament. 

Lorenzo Benitez, Daniel Verschuer and Christopher Walker 

all participated in the CSDA Public Speaking Competition. 

Jonathan Parker, in his final year of public speaking 

for the College, came First in his regional final for the 

Rostrum Voice of Youth tournament, Third in the Grand 

Final of the CSDA state-wide competition, and participated 

in The Sydney Morning Herald Plain English Speaking 

Competition, a fantastic result. 

I participated in the Lawrence Campbell Oratory 

Competition, Rostrum Voice of Youth, The Trinity Grammar 

School Invitational Senior Oratory Competition and the 

Sydney Morning Herald Plain English speaking competition, 

in which I won my regional final. 

I would like to thank both of our coaches, Old Boys 

Daniel Farinha (SAC SAC 2010) and Zachary Parker (SAC 

2011) for improving us immeasurably as speakers, as well 

as Mr Etmekdjian for directing this activity. Any student 

who is curious about participating in public speaking in 

the coming years should feel free to come to the coaching 

Waiting for the day when... 

Believe it or not, Tom Cruise was once the poster boy 

of Hollywood. He helped his autistic brother cross 

America (in Rain Man), he had people at ‘hello’ (in Jerry 

McGuire) and he loved our Nicole, in both real life and in 

Eyes Wide Shut. But suddenly, these rose-tinted perceptions 

of the smooth star deteriorated. And why? Because he 

follows Scientology, and he jumped on Oprah’s sofa. And, 

let’s face it, if Oprah can afford to give cars to her whole 

audience, she can afford to buy a new sofa if it did end 

up breaking under Tom’s enormous ego. For no real reason 

at all, Tom has cruised out of popularity. I’m waiting for the 

day when this popularity can return. 

There’s something about our postmodern society that 

drives us towards hatred of celebrities more than ever 

before. Are we waiting for the day when we will suddenly 

just grow up, and grow out of our immature Generation Y 

rants? 

I’m a movie buff, and clearly I believe that Tom Cruise 

is the finest specimen that Hollywood has ever produced 

– well, of course below Jack Black and Kevin Bacon. It’s 

the emotional disconnect of social media that has led to 

the spike in popularity of celebrity bashing; nowadays, we 

seem to recycle our celebrities faster than we change the 

channel to avoid the shows these people are on. 

Let’s take Clare Werbeloff – oh, sorry, Chk Chk Boom 

Girl. She was the girl who composed a politically incorrect 

story about a Kings Cross shooting in which a man pulled 

out a gun and, yes, went “Chk Chk Boom”. She was just 

waiting for the day when her fifteen minutes would arrive. 

And that she did achieve, with social media, as well 

as T-Shirts and mugs, spreading her immortal message. 

But soon after social media had made her, social media 

turned on her. In fact, an entire Daily Telegraph article 

was devoted to publishing some of the spite posted on her 

Facebook forum; some of those selected read “What a 

loser of a girl”, “Maybe we should all donate some loose 

change for her to get an education?” and “I want to smash 

her bimbo head in.” 

Is this castigation of celebrities a generational thing? 

It’s no secret that the main culprits of this immaturity are 

Generation Y: Generation ‘Why Bother’ as some hilariously 

quip. While the baby boomers had rugged rock and 

the fleshy fields of Woodstock to occupy their time, and 

Generation X was characterised by ‘slacking’, Generation 

Y has the burgeoning social media for their leisure. For 

my generation, our parents are more likely to move out of 

home than we are; as time goes by, we can see that society 

accepts a slower maturation process than in the past. Lev 

Grossman of Time magazine dubs this generation the 

‘Twixter Generation’: he calls it a generation ‘betwixt and 



cadets 

between’ who thrives in the intermediary period between 

adolescence and adulthood. 

My generation’s obsession with the trivial and banal 

is no more evident than in the media itself. In the past, 

classics like The Godfather and Star Wars were the highest 

grossing films of their respective years. However last year, 

the immature Transformers 3 was one of the year’s most 

profitable films – a film as clunky as the robots themselves. 

But while watching silly films does not hurt others, our 

juvenile and degrading social media bile can, where our 

thoughts can spread instantly like diseases. 

Owen Wilson was one of the most popular actors in 

the world. But in August 2007, Wilson was admitted to 

St John’s Health Centre in California due to an attempted 

suicide where he slit his wrists. Wilson survived amid a 

shroud of speculation as to why he tried to kill himself – a 

possible drug addiction, a broken relationship with actress 

Kate Hudson and the pressures to make films that are critical 

and commercial successes were amongst the reasons. 

Imagine a world with no Owen Wilson – there would be 

no modern classics like Midnight in Paris and Little Fockers. 

This was long before the immense popularity of Twitter 

and Facebook, where anyone’s immature voice could be 

heard. This was long before Cruise and Werbeloff became 

scapegoats for the scorn of humanity – will they go even 

further than Wilson did? 

Will James Richard’s tweet that “Tom Cruise makes me 

want to gauge my eyes out” be the last nail in the coffin 

of Tommy boy’s sanity? Will Steve Gunderson’s Facebook 

post “Was Chk Chk Boom Girl dropped on her head as a 

baby” force her to put a gun to her head and go Chk Chk 

Boom herself? 

In the end, our overwhelming desire to mock the lives of 

those more successful than us blocks the development of our 

maturity. Essentially, celebs are all humans too – perhaps 

excepting the Kardashians. 

Why do we do this? For some, it is an implicit permission 

to vent anger on someone we know we will never meet. For 

others, it is a narcissistic means of letting the whole world 

know about your acerbic wit. But for all, it’s an incapacity 

to grow up. I’m waiting for the day when maturity can 

return, so celebrities can continue with their quite possibly 

ludicrous lives. 

Just remember: when Tom Cruise dies, the headlines 

won’t read “Couch-demolisher Tom Cruise has perished” 

or “Mad Scientologist found deceased”. No, it will read 

“Three time Academy Award nominee Tom Cruise found 

dead”. And it will be the Twixters writing these headlines. 

The College Cadet Unit turns 100 

Established in 1913 the St Aloysius’ College Cadet Unit 

celebrates its Centenary of Formation this year with a 

Centenary Parade at The College War Memorial 

Oval on Sunday, 16 June. 

Her Majesty the Queen and His Royal Highness 

Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh, along with Ministers 

of the Crown, Governor’s General, Governors of New 

South Wales, celebrated Senior Ranking Officers from the 

Australian Defence Forces and Old Boys of the College 

have all reviewed the Unit over the past 100 years 

Traditional cadet activities have been complimented with 

many other activities over the years - ranging from shooting, 

lifesaving, Duke of Edinburgh, Bugle Bands, manoeuvres 

against other schools, Military Skills competitions, canoeing, 

rock climbing/abseiling, black tie dances, hovercrafting 

and many more. 

This year the Unit’s posted strength is 320, making it the 

largest voluntary Cadet Unit in the country. 

Over 5,000 cadets have passed through the Unit since 

formation and photographs and film capturing the history of 

the Unit will be on display along with uniforms and other 

Unit memorabilia. 

If any member of the Aloysian Family has any cadet 

memorabilia that they would like to either donate to the 

College Archives or loan to the College for the duration 

of this archival display, could they please contact Murray 

Happ on 02 9936 5561 or murray.happ@staloysius.nsw. 

edu.au 

If you have had an association with the Unit during these 

years, please join other members of the Aloysian Family for 

the Centenary Parade and share your memories and stories. 

To celebrate this anniversary, the Unit has commissioned 

a centenary tie. This limited edition silk tie costs $35 

(including postage) and can be ordered via: www. 

Trybooking.com/CNEP or by contacting the College 

Development Office on 02 9936 5568. 

Jonathon Parker (Year 12) 

Best Speech in Year 12 - The Art of Speech Competition 

2012 Recipient of The Richard Hockey Trophy for Public 

Speaking 



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The Rector, Rev Fr Peter Hosking SJ 

and 

The Principal, Rev Fr Chris Middleton SJ 

together with 

The Commanding Officer of the St Aloysius’ College Cadet Unit, 

Major David Clancy (AACC) 

cordially invite all members of the Aloysian Family 

to the 

2013 St Aloysius’ College Cadet Unit 

Passing Out Parade 

to be reviewed by 

Major General Mike O’Brien CSC (Rtd) (SAC 1964) 

on 

Sunday, 16 June 2013 

at 

The College War Memorial Oval, Tyneside Avenue Willoughby 

The Parade will commence at 10.30 with an archival display open from 09.00 

Following the Parade a Morning Tea will be served in The Pavillion. 

This Parade will celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the establishment of the College Cadet Unit, now the 

largest voluntary Cadet Unit in Australia. 

Past members of the unit, together with current and former members of the Australian Defence Force 

are especially welcome to this significant event. 

RSVP: For catering purposes, by Friday, 7 June 2013 

www.trybooking.com/CLDO 

Dress: 

Students of the College as spectators – Full Winter Uniform 

Serving members of the Australian Defence Force – Service Dress 

Past Members of the ADF – Decorations and Medals

cadets (cont'd) 

Lt Col Kitchin escorted by the SUO Alexander Smith moves to inspect 

the parade 

Passing Out 

The Annual Ceremonial Parade was held at the 

College Oval on Sunday 17 June. Over 220 cadets 

paraded before a large audience of parents, staff and 

supporters. Our reviewing officer this year was Lieutenant 

Colonel Matt Kitchin, Commanding Officer of 17 Signal 

Regiment, our Army support unit 

Twenty-eight of our Year 12 cadets retired from the Unit 

at this parade and it was an opportunity to say thank you 

and farewell to the senior leader group who had led the unit 

so well over the previous twelve months. 

Year 12 cadets led by SUO Alexander Smith march off the parade 

for the last time 

Particular mention should be made of the efforts of 

our Senior Under Officer, CUO Alexander Smith, our 

Regimental Sergeant Major, WO1 Timothy Wheatley, and 

the Adjutant CUO Matthew Holland. The leadership and 

direction provided to the cadets by these three officers was 

truly outstanding. 

Dining In 

No Ceremonial Parade would be complete without 

a Dining-In Night or Mess Dinner. The evening 

following the Ceremonial Parade our Year 12 

Front row, L to R: Dominic Scarf, Daniel Sutanto, Tory Moscaritolo, John Booth, Timothy Humphreys, Brandon Chin, Andrew France, Daniel Raisin, 

Thomas d’Netto. 

2nd row: Lewis Pointing, Ryan Mitchell, Nicholas Alexandrou, Ellis Cooper-Frater, Mitchell Arnold, Kevin Lee, Roman Eymont, Nathan Caccamo, 

Gabriel Koumarelas, Timothy Wheatley (RSM), Alexander Smith (SUO) 

Back row: James Courtenay, Sam Diamant, Dominik Breznik, Eliot Stuntz, Christopher Mullarkey, Matthew Holland (ADJT), Brendan Suffield 



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cadets, their parents and the officers of the Unit attended 

the Dining-In Night, a formal dinner conducted in the 

military style and with dress to match. The cadets looked 

spectacular in their Mess Dress and conducted themselves 

with style and decorum. Following the military tradition of 

toasts and speeches, the families enjoyed the evening and 

endorsed it as a most fitting end to the boy’s cadet careers. 

The guest speaker for the dinner was Mr Peter Kaye, Peter 

is a Director of the Duke of Edinburgh Award in Australia 

and internationally. 

CAS MilSkills Champions for 2012 

Afeature of the cadets here at the College is that they 

love putting on the uniform – and if there is anything 

better than wearing the uniform it is wearing it in 

competition! On Saturday 13 October we travelled to 

Holsworthy Range for the CAS Military Skills Competition. 

The competition fielded teams from the College as well as 

Trinity Grammar School, Knox Grammar School, Waverley 

College and Barker College. 

CUO Harrison Pastega led the team with SGT William 

Boyd as 2IC. CPL Alexander Graham, CPL Christopher 

Ducklin, CDTs Jack Clarke, Andrew Holland, Henry Laukka, 

Kiernan Tafft, James Browning and Samuel Janssen made up 

the rest of the squad. 

The day started well after a very wet, cold and windy 

Friday. The sun was out and the competition course dried 

quickly. Five cadet skills are tested in the competition: 

CUO Harrison Pastega (Team 

leader) receives the trophy from 

Major David Clancy 

CDT James Browning with the 

CAS MilSkills Trophy 

radio communications, navigation, fieldcraft, first aid and 

initiative, each skill hosted by one of the competing schools. 

As well as running our skill stand it was our turn to organise 

and conduct the entire competition so a lot of planning had 

gone into the day. My thanks to CAPT Lachlan Donald, 

CAPT Peter Marosszeky, CAPT Andy Ojong and LT Toby 

Messina for their assistance in running the event. 

Comments overheard as teams moved from one skill 

stand to the next indicated some teams had problems with 

one skill or another and it appeared our team was scoring 

consistently if not spectacularly at most skills. The effort put 

CAS MilSkills team members from left: Henry Laukka, Samuel Janssen, Jack Clarke, Kiernan Tafft, Major David Clancy (OC), CUO Harrison 

Pastega (Team leader), SGT William Boyd (2IC), CPL Christopher Ducklin, Andrew Holland, James Browning, CPL Alexander Graham (kneeling) 



cadets (cont'd) 

into the training programme by CUO Pastega was certainly 

paying off and we were mildly confident we would do well. 

As the teams finished all five stands and the scores were 

tallied, by independent consensus of course, it was my very 

great pleasure to announce the winner of the competition. 

Our very own St Aloysius’ College team had done it and 

done it by a convincing margin. We did not actually score 

top marks on any single skill, but our consistent high standard 

won the day and any win is a good win. Congratulations 

to the team: 2012 CAS MilSkills Champions. 

Congratulations Sam Diamant 

CUO Sam Diamant (SAC 2012) reached the final 

selection board for the position of Assistant Regional 

CUO in September. Sam was interviewed by the 

panel during the annual bivouac at Singleton and although 

he was not successful in gaining the position he sought, 

NSW Cadet Brigade have offered Sam a seat on the 

Cadet Advisory Council which meets several times each 

year and advises cadet headquarters on issues directly 

affecting cadets. 

Deputy Commander, NSW Brigade LTCOL John 

Scattergood said of Sam,” Sam was an excellent candidate, 

enthusiastic and committed to the cadet organisation. We 

need the experience and skills of cadets like Sam to further 

the ideals of Army cadets. I am looking forward to working 

with Sam in the role we have offered him.” 

One of the potential recruits tries on some uniform for size 

The Unit congratulates Sam Diamant on his posting to 

the Council and thanks him for his past five years of service 

to the Unit. 

Cadets at Open Day 2012 

The College Cadet Unit mounted an interesting and 

inviting display for Open Day 2012. Cadets started 

setting up early and by opening time had abseiling 

and a static display ready for the visitors. The flow of visitors 

was steady for most of the day and a large number were 

attracted to the cadet demonstrations. Thanks to the SUO 

Zachary Sweeney, the Adjutant Harrison Boudakin and the 

RSM Dominic Canturi for taking principal roles for setup and 

maintenance of the stand all day. 

Our thanks also to Alfred Breznik who ran a very 

popular abseiling activity that lasted almost all day and 

to the Engineer platoon members and other cadets who 

assisted. 

Major David Clancy 

Officer Commanding 

St Aloysius' College Cadet Unit 

CUO Sam Diamant recently appointed to the Cadet Advisory Council 

Visitor interest generated by the display at Open Day 



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senior school sport 

Gold Blazers 

In 2012 four students qualified for The Aloysian Gold 

Blazer. To do so, a student needs to play at Firsts level 

in both a summer and winter sport, achieve full colours 

in either athletics or swimming and represent at CAS Firsts 

level or above in one of those three sports. The following 

boys have met these criteria: 

Matthew Jepson (SAC 2012) – NSW Swimming, 

Waterpolo and Volleyball 

Harrison Williams (Year 12) – NSW Rugby, Swimming 

and Waterpolo 

Eliot Stuntz (SAC 2012) – CAS Waterpolo, Rugby and 

Athletics 

Alexander Perkins (SAC 2012) – CAS Basketball, 

Rugby and Athletics 

Left to right: Alex Perkins, Harrison Williams, Eliot Stuntz and 

Matthew Jepson 

Summer Review 2013 

Basketball 

The First V were coached again by Old Boy Dom Pelosi 

(SAC 2000). Dom, however, stepped down from the 

Director’s position and he was replaced by Tom Wright 

(SAC 2006). Tom was in the 2006 Australian Schoolboy’s 

Team. The Firsts were captained this season by Under 17 

and Under 19 Australian Basketballer, Fabian Krslovic 

(Year 12). 

The team finished second equal in the Associated 

Schools of NSW competition, winning seven of the ten 

matches played. The Firsts were outright leaders with three 

rounds to go but lost two of their last three games. The final 

matches against Knox Grammar School and Cranbrook 

School were absolute thrillers with both games going into 

extra time. Trinity Grammar School won the CAS Basketball 

yet again. Captain Fabian Krslovic was outstanding at 

times but he received wonderful support from fellow Year 

12 players, Zachary Sweeney, Thomas Kennedy and 

Robert Joannides. 

In other grades in the Associated competition, the 

Second V, apart from in their game against Knox Grammar 

School, were as good as any other team in the competition. 

The 10A’s won four of their last five games. The 8A’s lost 

only one game in the season. The 7A’s won four of their 

five games this term. John Lidbetter scored 70 points in his 

teams’ 88-17 win over Waverley College. The 7B’s went 

through undefeated in Magis Term. 

Other Old Boys involved in coaching this season 

included Liam Andrew (SAC 2010), Luke Spano (SAC 

2012), Matt Little (SAC 2010), Tom Mueller (SAC 2010), 

Tim Tabateau (SAC 2011), Michael Suffield (SAC 2008), 

Peter Walsh (SAC 2010), Rhys Keogh (SAC 2010), Conor 

The Blue and Gold Army celebrate a victory over Knox Grammar 

School 



senior school sport (cont'd) 

Jesuit Cup Cricket 

Noone (SAC 2009), Lachlan Thomas (SAC 2009) and 

Mitchell Hodson-Tooth ( SAC 2010), Alex Perkins (2012), 

Michael Bentley (SAC 2012) and Sebastian Duggan (SAC 

2011). 

Staff member and Past Parent Mr Greg Duggan did a 

wonderful job in his first year as MIC, promoting the game 

extensively and putting in many hours behind the scenes in 

organisation. 

Cricket 

This season, Mr John Hurley, was appointed both Cricket 

Director and Coach of the Frist XI for this season. John 

comes with a wealth of experience, having played at First 

Grade level for Western Suburbs and Sydney University 

and having coached at The Scots College, Trinity Grammar 

School and overseas. John was both Firsts Cricket and Firsts 

Rugby Coach at Trinity between 1990 and 1999. 

Benjamin Rowbotham was appointed Captain of the 

First XI and was one of a handful of players back from last 

year’s 1st XI. This year’s team comprised of many Year 11 

boys. In the pre season, The Firsts played two 50 over 

games against Green Shield teams and one 20/20 match 

against a touring New Zealand team at The College War 

Memorial Oval. They played excellently in both the North 

Sydney Green Shield and Wests Green Shield games, 

winning the first of the two games and narrowly losing 

the other. The Seconds played Saint Ignatius College at 

Riverview and had a great seven wicket win in their 50 over 

game. Captain Matt Turnbull hit a terrific 96 runs. In Xavier 

Term 2012, The Firsts won only one game in the two-day 

matches, which was against competition favourites, Knox 

Grammar School. The team did score over 300 runs twice 

in two other matches but lost both games. However, the 

Firsts fared much better in the Magis Term games, winning 

two of the four matches played. They finished fourth in 

the Associated Schools of NSW competition. Captain 

Benjamin Rowbotham made the CAS First XI. Other players 

to stand out included William Calov, Rory Vevers, James 

Fraser and Jack Thomas. 

Saint Ignatius’ College, Riverview hosted the Australian 

Jesuit Cricket Carnival in December last year. Our 1st XI, 

though very talented, was relatively inexperienced at the 

carnival with only a few boys having played in last year’s 

tournament. No Year 12 boys were involved this year and 

two of our better players were unavailable for the carnival. 

As such, the team did it tough throughout the week and 

struggled to post enough runs in games to win matches. 

They did, however, defeat Xavier College on the last ball of 

the day in one of the opening rounds. Individually, Benjamin 

Rowbotham scored 59 not out and 35 against Xavier 

College. Thomas Moffitt scored 37 against Saint Ignatius 

College (Riverview) and 33 not out against St Ignatius 

College (Adelaide). James Fraser hit 41 against Xavier 

College whilst Declan Creek scored 32 against Xavier 

College. On the final day, a 20/20 competition was held 

amongst the four Jesuit Schools. Our team had an excellent 

win over St Ignatius Adelaide, thanks to a whirlwind 

128 runs off 48 balls from Jack Thomas. Congratulations 

to Benjamin Rowbotham and Thomas Moffitt for being 

selected in the Australian Jesuit School’s Team. James Fraser 

received the Ignatian Spirit Award. Saint Ignatius’ College, 

Riverview proved to be worthy winners of the competition. 

In other grades in the Associated competition, the 

Second XI had a handful of wins. The Thirds, under 

staff coach Mr Quentin Evans (SAC 1967), were very 

successful, winning five of their seven matches played. Our 

other most successful team was the 9A’s who won most of 

their matches. 



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Old Boys involved in coaching this season include Tim 

Rowland (SAC 2009), Brendan Murphy (SAC 2011), 

Jordan Daly (SAC 2011), Alec Cornelius (SAC 2011), Alex 

McLean (SAC 2008), Patrick Kennedy (SAC 2011), Stuart 

Emanuel (SAC 2010) and James Comerford (SAC 2010), 

Ben Jacobs (SAC 2011), Dom Thomson (SAC 2012), Ollie 

Masters (SAC 2012) and Will Lavan (SAC 2011). 

Swimming 

During the season, a number of our swimmers 

performed exceptionally well at the NSW Swimming 

Championships. Joshua Hertz performed outstandingly in 

a range of events. He finished in the top ten placings in 

four events. He broke the College record in the 17 years 

100metres with a time of 52.77 which is half a second 

faster than Matthew Jepson’s record which makes it all the 

more meritorious. Josh also won gold in the 13-18 Years 

4x100 freestyle relay and won bronze in three other 

relays. Lucas Anderson (Year 8) won gold in the 13 years 

200 metres individual medley and 13 years 100 metres 

breastroke. Lucas was also placed third in the 50 metres 

freestyle and 200 metres backstroke. Lucas teamed up wth 

Oliver Sims (Year 9) in the 50 metres relay team that won 

gold in record time for the Willoughby Club. Geoffrey 

Guo (Year 9) won bronze in the 14 years 100 metres 

breastroke. 

At the first of the swim invitationals, hosted by St Patrick’s 

College, Strathfield, our swim team finished second to Saint 

Ignatius’ College, but we were placed equal first with them 

in the Senior division. Other schools competing included 

The Scots College, The King’s School, Sydney Grammar 

School and St Andrew’s Cathedral School. A number of 

our swimmers performed strongly on the night including 

Joshua Hertz who broke a record and won three races and 

Geoffrey Guo and Lucas Anderson who stood out in their 

breastroke races. 

The College held its annual invitation at North Sydney 

Olympic Pool. It was no surprise to see Trinity Grammar 

School win the competition again. The competition was 

keen for the runners up trophy with Cranbrook, Saint 

Ignatius’ College and the College battling it out for second 

placing. Eventually Cranbrook (588 points) secured second 

position by only six points from the College (582 points). 

Saint Ignatius’ College was only seven points away (575) 

in fourth placing. Other schools competing included Oakhill 

College, Waverley College and St Patrick’s College. Many 

of our swimmers recorded personals at the meet which was 

very pleasing. My thanks extend to all the NSW Officials, 

North Sydney Pool management, parent time keepers and 

MIC Ms Danae Craig and all other staff that helped on 

the night. 

Congratulations to Coach Mr Graeme Brewer, MIC 

Ms Danae Craig and the swim team for winning the 

Champion Schools Trophy for overall best school at the 

Oakhill Swimming Carnival. The team also won the Junior 

and Intermediate trophies again too. 

Jesuit Cup Tennis 

Tennis 

The First IV were strengthened this season with the return 

of 2011 Australian Schoolboys representative Robin 

Pfister who is back full-time at school for his final year. 

Zachary Mytkowski was Captain of the First IV Summer 

team. Promising young Year 8 player Mitchell Hargreaves 

was also selected in the team. The team performed solidly 

throughout the season and finished in overall third placing, 

just behind Trinity Grammar School. Robin Pfister and 

Mitchell Hargreaves were both selected in the CIS Opens 

tennis team. Mitchell had previously been selected in the 

CIS 15’s team in 2012. Mr Terry Watson remained as MIC 

and Manager of the 1st and 2nd IV. Old Boy Matt Rowland 

(SAC 2011) assisted in coaching and managing the 

Opens age group as well. Other successful teams included 

the 10B’s who went through undefeated this season. 

Other successful teams included the Seconds who won 

seven of the nine games they played. They were second 

overall in their unofficial competition. Both the 8A’s and 8B’s 

had highly successful seasons as well. 

Waterpolo 

The First VII were coached again this year by Old Boys 

Michael de Gail (SAC 2010) and Mark Sindone (SAC 

2009). Andre Anderson was appointed Captain of the 

Firsts. For the first time in many years, the Firsts did not win 

the Associated Schools competition. Waverley College 

secured this honour by one goal. The Firsts did however 

win or draw every other game except for the Newington 

College fixture. A star-studded Newington team went 

through undefeated in the competition. Best players for 

the 1st VII included Andre Anderson, James Reid, Conor 

Wolohan and Daniel Agius. 

The First VII took part in the annual Trans-Tasman 

Tournament in December 2012 in Auckland. This 

competition brings together the very best schoolboy teams 

from Australia and New Zealand. Our team has competed 

very successfully for some years in this competition, having 

won the tournament once and been runners up on a 

number of occasions. Unfortunately, the team struck a 

very difficult draw which included playing the eventual 




Chess 

Our chess teams have competed each week with some 

success in the Associated Schools of NSW competition 

held annually at the College. James Sindone was chosen 

as Captain and he has proven to be an enthusiastic and 

organized leader. Our three teams had strong wins over 

Waverley College but only scattered success amongst the 

other schools. Best players have included brothers Connor 

O’Shea and Sean O’Shea in the Intermediates. Many of 

our junior players are showing real potential. 

2013 Achievements in other Sports 

Water Polo 2012 versus Riverview 

winners of the competition Sacred Heart College Auckland 

and many of the local New Zealand teams. In the game 

against Sacred Heart College Auckland, the team did 

however draw 7-7 with them. They won two matches and 

easily won the playoff for sixth placing in the competition. 

Representative player James Reid was announced as one of 

the tournament’s best players from a selection of all schools. 

I would like to especially thank MIC Mr John Williams (SAC 

1995) and fellow staff member Mr Geoff Schneider for 

travelling with the boys. 

In other grades this season, the Seconds finished 

fourth in their unofficial competition. Our 16A’s, under the 

coaching of parent Ross Dembecki, had a very successful 

season. The team lost only one game to Trinity Grammar 

School and finished unofficially first in the competition with 

Trinity and Newington College. Our news Under 13’s 

have created a big impression in their first season. Our 

Blue and Gold Team won most of their matches in good 

style. 

In representative news, James Reid and Conor Wolohan 

were both recently announced in the NSW 16’s waterpolo 

team again. In later Xavier Term 2012, Year 12 student 

Ciaran Wolohan was selected in the Australian Under 

18 team to compete at the World Youth Championships 

in Perth in December of that year. William Biviano was 

selected in the NSW Under 13 Development Squad. 

Other Old Boys involved in coaching this season 

included Ben Klarich (SAC 2009) and Christian Colosi 

(SAC 2010) and Will Frolich (SAC 2011). 

Volleyball 

An inexperienced First VI took the court this season in 

summer volleyball. Under the coaching of Old Boy 

Julian Wilson (SAC 2010) and new staff member Mr 

James Pencini, the team did manage to win two Associated 

competition matches against Waverley College and Knox 

Grammar School. Captain Timothy Spooner was a keen 

and highly competent leader and an inspiration to the team. 

We fielded two other Opens teams who had moderate 

success throughout the season. 

State Nippers 

Year 8 student Lucas Anderson won a bronze medal 

in the Surf Race. Year 11 student Steven Mastrangelo 

finished first in the Patrol Competition, a multi –discipline, 

four-member team event, testing theory knowledge, complex 

resuscitation, teamwork and physical abilities. Steven 

will now be representing NSW at the April National 

Championships at the Gold Coast. 

Athletics 

Anumber of our athletes competed at the NSW Junior 

Championships. Five boys qualified for Nationals in 

Perth in March, including Alec Diamond, Luke Gorman, 

Aaron Jeffrey, James McFadden and Fergus Whelan. Year 

10 athlete Alec Diamond has broken the 16’s discus record 

now on a number of occasions so far this season. Presently 

he holds the record with 43.94 metres. 

Outstanding Year 9 athlete Luke Gorman performed 

magnificently at NSW All Schools in both his 800 metres 

and 1500 metres events. Luke lowered his school record 

time in both events, by running 2.04.23 in the 800 metres 

to come third whilst in the 1500 metres, Luke ran 4.15.04 

to finish second. Luke’s time in the 1500 was fourteen 

seconds faster that what he ran when he won the CAS 

1500 metres, only one month ago. James McFadden also 

competed in the 14 years 800 metres and finished seventh 

CAS 



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Thompson (SAC 2010), James Comerford (SAC 2010), 

Alex Er (SAC 2009), Ben Jacobs (SAC 2011), Mitchell 

Baumgart (SAC 2012). 

CAS 

in the final. Fergus Whelan finished tenth in the 13 years 

1500metres but ran a personal best time of 4.45.01 

Fencing 

Lachlan Fitzgerald competed in the Under 23 NSW 

Fencing Epee Championships last weekend and came 

second. This is a notable achievement considering Lachlan 

was competing against much older opposition. 

Emilio Lapitan (Year 7) and Joseph Mayer (Year 5) 

won bronze medals and who were the best performing 

fencers from NSW at the annual NSW Fencing Foil 

Championships. 

Judo 

At the NSW and ACT Championships, Xavier Tafft (Year 

7) was placed both third and fifth in the 15’s age 

group. Kiernan Tafft (Year 9) was placed second and first 

in his division. 

Rowing 

At the NSW Schoolboy Head of the River, Austen Hunt 

came sixth in his single skulls final. Chris David and 

Louis Sammut came fourth in their double sculls final. In the 

cox 4’s, Austen Hunt, Chris David, Louis Sammut and Dom 

McEwen came fourth overall, an excellent effort since they 

have rowed together only one before. 

Football 

Unfortunately, the College lost Mr Jason Eagar as coach 

of the 1st XI for this season, after a very successful 

year with the team last year. Jason has been appointed 

the new technical coach for the Northern Suburbs Football 

Association. His replacement is Mr John Calleja who has 

coached at Parramatta Eagles, St George and Sydney 

University in the NSW Premier League and NSW Super 

League in recent years. Both Director of Football Mr David 

Comito and staff member Mr Matt Bentley will be sharing 

the MIC duties. 

Old Boys involved in coaching this season include 

Jonathon Coolentianos (SAC 2009), Ben Carozzi (SAC 

2009) Fabian Nicotra (SAC 2012), Jacob Dolores (SAC 

2012), John O’Toole (SAC 2012), Fred Giannone (SAC 

2012) and Dom Thomson (2012). 

2013 Rugby and Football Fixtures 

(Please Note: The 1sy XI play at 10.15am and the 1st XV 

at 3.15pm for home games at The College War Memorial 

Oval except for the double header game versus Cranbook 

on Saturday 10 August) 

April 6 v St Pius X College (home) 

May 4 v Cranbrook School (away) 

May 11 v Trinity Grammar School (away) 

May 18 v Barker College (home) 

May 25 v Knox Grammar School (home) 

June 1 v Waverley College (away) 

June 15 v Trinity Grammar School (home) 

July 13 v Oakhill College (away) 

July 20 v Barker College (away) 

July 27 v Knox Grammar School (away) 

August 3 v Waverley College (home) 

August 10 v Cranbrook School (home) 

Paul Rowland (SAC 1973) 

Director of Co-Curricula 

2013 Winter Preview 

Rugby 

The 1st XV this year will be coached by Sportsmaster, 

Mr Sinclair Watson, who returns after a short stint in the 

younger age groups and will be joined by David Telfer 

(SAC 2006). Jeremy Curtin (SAC 2003) will be coaching 

the Seconds again and coming onboard as MIC for the 

season. An Opens and 16’s squad will be touring New 

Zealand in the April school holidays. 

Other Old Boys involved in coaching rugby include 

Tim Rowland (SAC 2009), Ben Chapple (SAC 2012), 

Lachlan Viney (2010), Josh Rickard Ford (SAC 2009), Will 




The 2012 Basketball Tour of the 

United States of America 

Last December twenty-one boys and four staff travelled to 

the West Coast of the United States of America for the 

College’s first basketball tour since 2007. The goals for 

the Tour were to improve the group’s skills and team play 

whilst experiencing North American culture, especially that 

of the brother Jesuit schools we visited. 

The tour group comprised William Halliday, Harrison 

Kain, John Lidbetter, Conor Mulcahy, Matthew Renshaw, 

Alexander Walker, Max Worrall, Trent Walsh, Jeremy 

Heddle, Scott Carroll, Peter Slaven, Cailan Andrew, 

Michael bounds, Liam Ebbs, Sean Harris, Joshua Heddle, 

Jordan Hookway, Fabijan Krslovic, Ross Noone, Theodore 

Ott and Nicholas Slaven. 

Our first stop was Las Vegas where we were entered 

in a Varsity Tournament hosted by Legacy High School. 

The school is co-educational and has 3,500 students. The 

Legacy High School coaches had kindly allowed our boys 

to meet their Varsity and Junior Varsity teams the day before 

the tournament and attend classes and scrimmage with 

them. 

St Aloysius' and Legacy High School Freshman teams 

The tournament itself was a huge learning experience for 

our boys especially dealing with the full court pressure and 

athleticism of the US teams. The team’s first game was a 

disappointing loss to Faith Lutheran High School, a fantastic 

shooting team with great basketball fundamentals. They did 

not miss from their first six shots and we were down 0-11 

before the boys knew they were in a game. Thankfully 

the boys rallied and pulled the game back to 11-17 with 

some better defence and some good structure in offence. 

After that Faith Lutheran just proved to be fundamentally too 

strong for us. Their shooting percentage was outstanding 

and again their defensive intensity proved extremely difficult 

for us to deal with resulting in multiple turnovers. In the end 

we went down 30-65. 

We then got to watch the first quarter of the Legacy High 

School versus Clarke High School. Legacy High School 

was our next opposition. This was one of the most amazing 

quarters of basketball any of us has ever seen. One of 

the Legacy High School players hit seven consecutive 

three-point shots and Clarke High School, who had six 

players over 6’6”, including a 6’9” Freshman, had six 

dunks one of which was a put back from one foot above 

the rim and another was an ally-oop! 

The only way I can describe our boys’ game against 

Legacy High School is with the phrase massive improvement. 

The team played with a huge amount of intensity, especially 

in defence. Legacy High School are a smaller team who 

shoot extremely well from the perimeter and play full court 

pressure all game with some amazing athletes. 

The College made a strong surge in the third quarter to 

only be trailing by three points with a great ally-oop play 

from Josh Heddle to Fabijan Krslovic and another huge 

dunk by Fabijan the highlight. Turnovers in the last five 

minutes cost us, but it was a much improved effort from the 

group. Fabijan top scored with twenty-five points and the 

court announcer dubbing him "The tallest point guard in the 

State". 

The boys had learned some great lessons about dealing 

with pressure and it showed in this game. Our boys were 

learning to play with more physicality when they have the 

ball as the opposition defend with much more intensity than 

our usual opponents. In the end we went down 49-63 but 

the game was much closer than the final score for much of 

the time. 

The next morning we were up early to be on the bus 

at 7.30 as our first game against Agassi High School 

(named after the Former Tennis Great, Andre Agassi) was 

at 9am. When we arrived, Agassi had already been 

warming up for thirty minutes and looked tired. The boys 

were keen to build on their good performance against 

Legacy and started the game with great expectations. 

Unfortunately, we were also tired and the start did 

not really impress. However, as the game continued 

the boys began to play the way we now know they 

can and before long we were in the lead. Our zone 

defence was excellent with good communication and 

active hands. Agassi stayed in the game with great 

outside shooting. Clutch free throw shooting at the end 

sealed the win when Agassi resorted to fouling to put 

us at the line. It was great to get our first "W" 55-45. 

Fabijan again topped the scoring with 24 but was ably 

assisted by Jordan Hookway and Cailan Andrew with 6 

apiece, Joshua Heddle with 8 Theodore Ott had 5, Ross 

Noone 4 and Liam Ebbs 2 points. Nicholas Slaven and 

Michael Bounds also played well without getting on the 

scoresheet. 

While the win was great the highlight of the game was 

seeing coach Tom Wright’s athleticism after being knocked 

clean out of his chair by an Agassi player hassling for an 

out of bounds ball. 

Our smallest tourist Conor Mulcahy got a photo with the 

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Having qualified for 

the 5/6th playoff against 

Canyon View High School 

from Utah the boys needed 

to lift another notch in 

their final game at the 

tournament. With four 

games in three days and 

a mountain of shopping 

and walking under their 

belt the, boys were tired. 

Lack of concentration hurt 

our chances against a 

good shooting team who 

were given too many open 

looks. Jordan Hookway 

rebounded very well in 

Conor Mulcahy with Clarke High 

School freshman 

what was a disappointing end to the tournament in which 

we went down narrowly by single figures. 

The tournament was a wonderful experience for the 

boys and the team won the sportsmanship award for 

the tournament. Fabijan Krslovic was also named in the 

tournament all-star team. 

Before the Varsity game the boys were introduced by the 

announcer and both national anthems were played, a great 

experience for the boys. 

After a slow start our junior team started to play to their 

potential against the Xavier Preparitory Junior Varsity team. 

Great team defence and some good offence saw them 

down by one point 18-19. 

Matthew Renshaw and Harrison Kain found space 

for baseline drives and great ball handling by Alexander 

Walker, Jeremy Heddle and a big three splashed by Conor 

Mulcahy where the highlights of the first half. 

Matthew Renshaw led the team in the second half 

with great talk and ball pressure and some strong drives. 

Coach Liam became more vocal and the D started to get 

more aggressive. John Lidbetter and Conor Mulcahy started 

beating the pressure and the team got into transition more 

frequently. 

Xavier started to get their big man mismatches on our 

smaller players and they opened up a lead. The boys 

began to lose their composure and Xavier’s lead opened 

up despite another big three from Conor Mulcahy. Xavier 

eventually beat us 32-41 but our Junior Varsity team were 

far from disgraced in their first official game of the tour. 

The tour group with tournament organiser Jack Tarango after 

receiving the sportsmanship award 

Our next stop on the tour was our first Jesuit experience 

at Xavier Preparatory, Palm Springs. After landing in Palm 

Springs we were immediately hit by the serenity and beauty 

of the place. A heavy Spanish and Native American 

influence was very different to the hassle and bustle of Las 

Vegas. 

Everyone at Xavier Preparatory was extremely 

accommodating. The school is situated in a valley 

surrounded by beautiful mountains and a largely desert 

landscape. The staff and students have a similar relationship 

to those at the College. This is perhaps due to the fact that 

the school is small in size with around 600 boys and girls. 

The boys were billeted straight away and headed home 

with their families. They have so many stories including 

being billeted with African royalty and at a house with an 

indoor basketball court. 

The next day boys attended their billets classes during 

the day and then played in the evening. 

St Aloysius’ College and Xavier Freshman teams 

The varsity team starting five were Nicholas Slaven, 

Joshua Heddle, Ross Noone, Jordan Hookway and Fabijan 

Krslovic. They jumped out to a quick 8-2 lead with Fabijan 

going to work and Theodore and Jordan hitting jumpers. At 

quarter time the College was 12-4 up. 

Cailan Andrews started the second quarter on fire at 

both ends with defensive stops and a sweet hook shot 

and Ross Noone got on the scoresheet with a three point 

play and some good D too. Fabijan was running transition 

picking up players such as Nicholas Slaven to score layups. 

We jumped to a 24-10 lead and looked good. 

Then Xavier started playing with much more intensity, 

made good adjustments and jumped to a 24-25 lead 

before the boys pulled back to a 28-25 lead at the half. 

Nicholas Slaven’s defensive play to earn a charge early 

in the second half was the catalyst for the team to go on a 




run and go to a 36-29 lead. Michael bounds defence on 

the wing was excellent and the team’s transition defence 

sped up. Liam Ebbs made a great floating layup to finish 

the third, putting the College up 40-36. 

The fourth quarter was a ding dong battle with both 

teams in foul trouble at the line for 1 and 1 foul shots. With 

eight seconds to go, Xavier hit a huge three to reduce our 

lead to 61-58 with 7.2 seconds to go. 

Coach Wright drew up a sweet inbound play to go full 

court and get Jordan Hookway a layup for an emphatic 

63-58 victory. 

Both teams were cheered on by the Xavier cheer squadsa 

great experience for the boys. After the game the Xavier 

parents and staff organised a barbeque for the boys and 

staff at the school and took the boys home for another home 

stay. 

Unfortunately, our stay in Palm Springs was only a short 

one, but the boys will always have great memories of our 

time there. 

Our next stop was San Francisco and it was truly a 

great place to be at Christmas time. We took the boys 

up to Union Square where the ice rink, giant Christmas 

tree and carols gave everything a real White Christmas 

feeling. 

We found a great US style diner and the boys all 

enjoyed a burger, fries and soda with an orange sherbet 

ice cream to follow. The boys also got a paper waiters hat 

which they wore with pride- all the way home. 

The next morning we took our first tram ride to 

Fisherman’s Wharf. What an experience, boys hanging off 

Tour group at the Golden Gate Bridge 

the side taking in the city. It is not easy getting all of us on 

one tram but we did it and it was very exciting. 

Then we all jumped on bikes and took off around the 

Bay. We stopped at regular intervals to get photos of 

Alcatraz and the Bridge. 

We then travelled to Saint Ignatius’ High School, which 

is a beautiful campus located literally metres from the beach. 

The staff at the school took us on a tour of the chapel and 

sporting facilities which were both beautiful and impressive. 

The boys got to scrimmage with the SI boys and their 

coaches ran a really great training session. While we could 

not get an actual game with the Saint Ignatius teams this 

was the next best thing, but to be honest may have even 

been better than a game. The SI coaches accommodated 

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our boys so well and for the staff to allow our boys to train 

with them when they had two important games during the 

week was true Jesuit hospitality. The fact that our boys were 

allowed to home stay while the students were in exams also 

speaks volumes about the school’s hospitality. 

The next morning we had to be back at Saint Ignatius 

by 7.45am to meet for breakfast provided by the Athletic 

Department of bagels and juice. We were then invited to 

attend a whole school liturgy which had 1400 students and 

staff in attendance. We are so lucky that the timing of the 

tour allowed us to be there for this important school Mass. 

It only happens 4 times a year due to the huge numbers 

of students. The Mass included some beautiful music and 

singing as well as a "spirit dancer" which was a new and 

uplifting experience for us all. Boys spent the rest of the day 

in class with their new friends and then stayed after school 

to watch the SI teams play in some local division games. 

All the SI teams won well and the Varsity team was very 

exciting. 

After the games the boys were treated to a pizza diner 

and went home with their billet families where they spent the 

next day doing various activities. The families who billeted 

our boys had nothing but praise for them as did our boys 

of their billets. 

Our next destination was Portland where we attended 

an NBA game between Portland Trail Blazers and New 

Orleans. What a great experience. The Trailblazers won 

with a buzzer beater, we were all shown on the big 

Jumbotron several times and at the end of the game a 

shower of streamers fell down on the crowd. 

It was the perfect NBA experience and the boys were 

absolutely wild with excitement. 

The next day we all travelled to Jesuit High School. We 

were given a short tour of the campus where we met several 

Jesuit priests and staff and took in the feel of the place. It 

is a very relaxed setting with great sporting and teaching 

facilities. Everyone was very friendly from the students to 

the staff and parents who helped billet the boys. The Jesuit 

basketball programme is outstanding and their coaching 

staff first class not only in their coaching knowledge but as 

people. The Varsity team has won the state title for the past 

four years running and their JV and Freshman team proved 

to be excellent too. 

In the Freshman game our boys came out strong and 

looked good in patches. The basketball IQ and skill level of 

the Jesuit boys however proved too good for us and the fact 

that we were playing their Freshman B team spoke volumes 

of the strength of their programme. The boys fought hard 

and have taken great strides individually and as a team but 

were eventually overrun 42-59- a great effort. 

In the Junior Varsity game the highlight was the perimeter 

shooting of the Jesuit team. They had no one over 6'2 but 

every player had excellent skill level and tough defence. 

Their shooting from the 3 point line was the difference with 

the team shooting over 60% easily from distance. Their 

The tour group after the Portland Trail Blazers exciting win 

ability to move the ball and find the open player was great 

to watch. Our boys started slowly and were down by a bit 

before they rallied. Not a great 1st half. Coach Tom gave 

them the chilli pepper half time talk that peeled paint from 

the dressing room walls- it was well warranted and had 

the desired result. The beginning of the 2nd half was much 

better and we considerably closed the margin. Again our 

boys toiled hard and there was certainly improvement in 

their ability to withstand pressure and stay strong with the 

ball in the 2nd half. The final score was 41-66, certainly a 

fair reflection of the game. 

Once again our boys were hosted by some wonderful 

families and Portland is a place where we would have 

loved to spend more time. 

The final leg of the tour led us to Los Angeles where 

the boys took in all of the sites from Hollywood to Santa 

Monica Pier and Venice beach. The boys and coaches 

played on the Venice beach outdoor courts for over two 

hours with Fabijan, Theodore and Liam playing a local trio 

and actually winning! We also attended an LA Clippers 

game at the Staples centre, which was another awesome 

experience. 

We arrived back in Sydney on Christmas Eve with all 

goals of the tour achieved. There were too many highlights 

to list in this report and no lowlights. 

Special thanks must go to Mr Trevor Dunne for his 

organisation and coordination of the tour and to the two old 

boy coaches Tom Wright and Liam Andrew who are fine 

examples of what our college can produce, young men of 

great character. 

A debt of gratitude also goes to all the schools and 

families who hosted our boys on what was a once in a 

lifetime experience. 

Sinclair Watson 

Sportsmaster 




From right; MC, Adam Spencer with panelists Mark Bosnich, 

Les Murray, Ben Buckley and Kyle Patterson 

2012 Football Luncheon 

The inaugural St Aloysius’ College Football Lunch held 

in the last week of Term II was an outstanding success. 

Held at Doltone House, nearly 250 guests gathered 

to celebrate the ‘world game’. Attendees were entertained 

by special guest panellists –Ben Buckley, CEO of Football 

Federation Australia, ‘Mr Soccer’ Les Murray, former 

Socceroo and Fox Sports presenter, Mark Bosnich and FFA 

Head of Communications, Kyle Patterson. The panel was 

ably moderated by Media personality and Old Boy of the 

College, Adam Spencer (SAC 1986). 

Many thanks to all who attended who gave so 

generously. The festive atmosphere, good food, beautiful 

location and entertaining panel combined to create a 

wonderful event. Funds raised were directed to support 

Aloysian Football as well as the redevelopment of the 

Pavilion at The College War Memorial Oval. Special thanks 

must go to the Football Lunch Committee- Messers Agosta, 

Bartolotta, Hughes, Jepson, Marchione, Mastrangelo, 

Morgan, Nicolaou, Peronace, and Rowbotham, as well as 

the staff of the College Development Office. 

With the success of this inaugural event, the College has 

decided to hold the Football Lunch annually. 

Members of the College Football Committee with Ben Buckley, the 

CEO of the Football Federation of Australia 

Mark Bosnich, Father Chris Middleton SJ, Les Murray 

Adam Spencer (SAC 1986) discusses Football at one of the Ladies 

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The St Aloysius’ College 1st XI, winners of the 2012 Australian Jesuit School Football Competition and the Loyola Cup 

2012 Jesuit Football Tournament 

Since 1989 Australian Jesuit schools have competed 

for the ‘Loyola Cup’. It took seventeen years for the 

College win it for the first time in 2005 (against hosts, 

St Ignatius’ College Adelaide). We were able to repeat the 

feat, against the host school (St Ignatius’ College Riverview) 

in 2006. With no tournaments held in 2008 and 2009, 

Xavier College have won the last three competitions. Last 

year, Aloysius lost 0-1 to Xavier in the final, in Melbourne, 

with only minutes on the clock. As a result, this year’s 

tournament was always going to be a challenge. 

The opening game against a well-organised St Ignatius’ 

College Adelaide, resulted in a 2-2 draw. Extra spice was 

added to Game 2 against Riverview, as the schools were 

vying for both tournament points and the Fr FX Whitely SJ 

Cup. A 4-0 victory secured a much needed win and the 

Cup for the College. The rematch with Xavier College was 

hotly contested, as expected. As the College had already 

played a game in the morning, the afternoon fixture against 

a fresh Melbourne outfit, was always going to be a stretch 

– Xavier winning the game 2-0. 

The final round game against hosts, Loyola College 

Mt Druitt, was turning out to be a must win. A 4-1 result 

secured victory and place in the final against undefeated 

Xavier College. 

With both teams pressing hard, goals to Fred Giannone 

and Grant Jansson secured the 2-0 win and the Loyola Cup. 

Both the boys and the Coaching staff are to be commended 

on their efforts. It was not just the starting XI but the whole 

squad of fifteen who deserve the accolades. Dominic 

Thomson, John O’Toole and Year 9 student Lachlan Hughes 

made the Australian Jesuit Team, while Ben Crumpton 

was voted ‘Player of the Final’. John O’Toole was also the 

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2013 Football Lunch – 

Friday, 14 June 2013 

The 2013 Football Lunch will be held on Friday, 

14 June and will feature the current CEO of the 

Football Federation of Australia David Gallop, 

Adam Spencer (SAC 1986) is returning to MC the lunch 

and interview David and the other panellists 

The timing of the lunch is critical as it sits between the 

last two qualifying matches for the 2014 World Cup and 

the hype at that time will be enormous. 

For St Aloysius’ College Football it is a very 

exciting year, a squad of students will tour at Christmas 

visiting Scotland, Italy, Spain, Germany and France, the 

experience and training will be most valuable. 

The Football Lunch is again at Doltone House at Jones 

Bay Wharf, Pyrmont on Friday, 14 June. Bookings at 

www.trybooking.com/44499 

Further Information James Halliday 9936 5568 

james.halliday@staloysius.nsw.edu.au 


2013 Rugby Lunch – 

Friday, 26 July 2013 

The 2013 Rugby Lunch will be held on Friday, 26 July 

and will feature the former Wallaby test centre and 

current ARU Chairman Michael Hawker. Depending 

on Rugby commitments, our current Australian Test player 

Pat McCabe (SAC 2005), Waratahs and Wallaby 

incumbent Bernard Foley (SAC 2007), Waratahs and 

Wallaby hopeful Tom Kingston (SAC 2009) will also be 

in attendance. 

An Opens and U16 rugby squad from the College 

will train and play in Rotorua, NZ at the end of Term I, 

2013. 

The 2013 Rugby Lunch returns to the Sofitel Wentworth 

Hotel on Friday 26 July. If any Old Boys would like to 

organise/invite your previous school team, please ring 

me and I’ll assist with contact details and or allocating/ 

naming a table. Sponsorship and Corporate tables are 

also available. James Halliday 9936 5568, james. 

halliday@staloysius.nsw.edu.au. 

Full details on school website. Bookings at www. 

trybooking.com/CNVP 




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immersion 

Cardoner Project – Micronesia 

In 2002 the College established what until now has been 

known as The Micronesia Scholars Programme, where 

two young Old Boys of the College spend twelve months 

living and working at a Jesuit school in Chuuk, a part of the 

Federated States of Micronesia in the Central Pacific. 

In 2012 the Micronesia Programme was included in the 

new Cardoner Project, which incorporates immersions for 

Old Boys in Asia. 

The College’s two Micronesia Scholars for 2012 were 

Sean McCreton and Joe Soerjoko (SAC 2011). This is their 

report. 

“During Year 12, in the midst of studying furiously 

and taking endless assessments, we were offered the 

opportunity to spend a year on the small island of Weno 

in the Federated States of Micronesia. Like the twenty-seven 

Old Boys before us who have worked on the Isalnd over the 

past eleven years, we needed to find out a little more about 

Weno and Chuuk and what we would be doing. 

First of all, Weno is a really small island with a ten 

-kilomtre radius that lies in the centre of the Chuuk Lagoon, 

a lagoon that contains many hundreds of island and atolls. 

Whilst only 14,000 people live on Weno, the Chuuk 

Lagoon has a population of over 50,000 people. The 

residents of Chuuk are a simple people, most of which live 

as fishermen, laborers or simply stay at home. So why in the 

world would anyone choose to spend a whole year here? 

Students in class 

As we soon found out, there are plenty of reasons. 

Throughout the year, we stayed at Xavier High School. 

Xavier is a co-educational Jesuit School founded as a 

Mission of the New York (USA) Province of the Jesuits. The 

school is primarily run by volunteers who come from places 

like the US and The Philippines. The students who attend 

Xavier are the best and brightest from different states across 

Micronesia, including places such as Chuuk, Pohnpei, Yap, 

Kosrae, Palau, The Marshall Islands and Kiribati. 

The focus of our work for the year was to help the 

local elementary school, located nearby Xavier. The school 

used to be known as one of the lowest ranking elementary 

schools in the entire state. Rampant absenteeism, both by 

students and teachers, was rife, with excuses such as ‘it was 

raining’ socially tolerated. When we arrived, we took up 

‘full-time’ positions as 7th and 8th Grade teachers. 

As teachers, we were responsible for teaching English, 

Mathematics, Science and Social Studies. This was not 

easy. First off, the English literacy level of an average 8th 

Grader is equivalent to that of a Year 4 student in Australia. 

The other challenge we faced was that we did not speak 

the language (at first), which meant that our first few weeks 

of teaching consisted of endless prompting and a severe 

regression of vocabulary to a more rudimentary level, whilst 

also incorporating desperate and absurd looking hand 

gestures – all in order to get the idea across. 

Now if you think of us, or any high school graduate, you 

could see how daunting the task was. We had no teaching 

experience whatsoever, and we were in no way prepared 

to deal with the problems that we encountered – not only 

with teaching but also with leadership. But again, it is 

through embracing and dealing with this adversity in which 

we were able to grow and develop and eventually assist 

our students to learn. 

There were many challenges throughout the twelve-month 

experience, but it was all worth it. We were tested in a very 

different way than we were during school. In fact, every 

Aloysian should be challenged in this way – where the aim 

is not simply to perform well academically for your sake 

(which is still good in itself), but to help others in their own 

education as best as you can, in an environment which may 

not necessarily accommodate such development. 

We were confronted at times, especially during the 

realisation that we were ‘stuck’ on an island and could not 

simply ‘escape.’ But that was not a terrible thing entirely 

since it forced us to work through the adversity within the 

community, which then enabled us to grow closer with 

them. All in all, these are the things that we took away 

from Weno. Of course, there are hundreds of stories that 

we omitted, but really – to take an empirical standpoint – 

one needs to experience it for themselves in order to truly 

understand. So go and embark on your own journey.” 

Sean McCreton (SAC 2011) and 

Joe Soerjoko (SAC 2011) 

2012 Micronesia Scholars 



music 

St Aloysius’ College Music 

Co-Curricula Ensemble Programme 

My first experience of St Aloysius’ College music 

was the Half-Yearly 2012 HSC Music 1, Music 2 

and Extension performance exams, when I visited 

the College as a visiting examiner. The high standard of 

the students’ performance immediately made an impact 

on me and it was not long after this that I commenced 

my role at the College. As the newest addition to the 

Music Department, my immediate task was to prepare 

the College Choir and Symphony Orchestra for concerts 

and Liturgies. Prior to my arrival, Ms Lindy Montgomery 

and Mrs Virginia Blunt had already worked tirelessly in 

nurturing a strong group of students in the College Choir 

and Senior String Orchestra respectively and the strength 

of the two groups certainly made my transition into the 

Department a smooth and invigorating one. For the rest of 

the year, I had the pleasure of overseeing performances 

in the Fr Willcock SJ Instrumental and Vocal Competition, 

Choral Showcase, Wind and Brass Showcase, Sacred 

Heart Mass, St Aloysius’ Day Mass, Feast of St Ignatius, 

Feast of the Assumption, Year 12 Valete Mass, All Saints’ 

Day, Annual Distribution of Prizes, and The College Carol 

Festival. 

Congratulations also to the students who achieved their 

Australian Music Examination Board grade certificates 

this year. It is encouraging to see so many students 

engage in the challenges of A.M.E.B. examinations. It is 

important that students set high standards for themselves 

by working toward performance and examination goals. 

The psychology and mechanics of performing in front 

of an examiner informs students of where they are at in 

relation to their practice routine, quality of practice, mental 

fortitude, technical, stylistic and creative development. 

The act of playing an instrument or singing helps to 

develop the mind, body and soul. Students who practise 

regularly are fine-tuning their brains and bodies in ways 

that enhance other areas of mental and physical pursuits, 

both in the humanities and sciences. Parents should feel 

confident that good music gives their sons an edge in 

cognitive, emotional and fine motor skill development. It is 

a unique partner to an active and inquisitive mind and the 

life-long benefits should not be underestimated. 

Finally, I would like to thank our dedicated and talented 

music staff: Ms Lindy Montgomery; Mrs Sia Mastro; Mrs 

Peta Sawtell; Mr Chris Oxley (SAC 2004); Mr Jeremy 

Curtin (SAC 2003); Mrs Virginia Blunt; Mr Gerry Scelzi, 

who co-ordinates the Junior School Music Department; 

and of course, to our wonderful Music Administrator Mrs 

Eleanor Koh, for making 2012 such a rewarding and 

musically successful year. To the parents, thank you for 

your invaluable support of your sons’ music. Without your 

enthusiasm and encouragement, co-curricular music would 

not be as successful. 

Fr Christopher Willcock SJ 

Instrumental and Vocal 

Competition 2012 

The major event in Gonzaga Term was the annual 

Fr Willcock SJ Instrumental and Vocal Competition. 

Eighty-five talented candidates competed in the Heats. 

Mr Gregory Platt, Director of Choral Music (Sydney 

Grammar School) adjudicated the Heats of the Instrumental 

sections and Mrs Karen Carey, Director of Music (MLC 

School) adjudicated the Vocal and Instrumental Semi-Finals. 

Out of 36 Semi-Finalists, 18 Grand Finalists had the 

long-awaited opportunity of performing in front of parents, 

friends and guest adjudicators, Mrs Karen Carey and Fr 

Christopher Willcock SJ. We were particularly pleased 

that Fr Willcock was able to make a special trip from 

Melbourne just to support to the competitors. The audience 

was impressed and entertained by the quality of contestants. 

The programme contained a varied, virtuosic and moving 

display of pieces. Concert Band I, under the baton of 

Mr Steven Hillinger also made a special appearance, 

capturing the attention of those present with four major 

works. Thanks go to Mrs Sia Mastro and Mr Michael Bell, 

who accompanied the students for the evening. 

Congratulations to our Finalists and Winners: 

Instrumental – Junior 

Francis Bolster (Year 4) – Violin – Winner 

Alexander Hogan (Year 6) – French Horn 

Alexander Tsang (Year 5) – Violin 

Instrumental – Intermediate 

Anthony Sahagian (Year 5) – Flute – Winner 

Curtis Lau (Year 6) – Violin 

Giorgio Doueihi (Year 10) – Saxophone 

Instrumental – Senior 

Harry Hickey (Year 9) – Guitar – Winner 

Liam Roberts (Year 11) – Clarinet 

Timothy Hughes (Year 11) – Saxophone 

Instrumental – Open 

Marcus Paxton (Year 12) – Flute – Winner 

Rohan Hora (Year 12) – Piano 

Daniel Sahagian (Year 12) – Saxophone 

Vocal – Junior 

William McDermott (Year 8) – Winner 

Charles Blomfield (Year 7) 

Thomas Jenkins (Year 9) 

Vocal – Senior 

Daniel Verschuer (Year 11) – Winner 

Jonathon Parker (Year 12) 

Michael Paton (Year 12) 



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Opera Australia 

In 2012 Opera Australia audiences were once again 

treated to three of our finest treble soloists. Charles 

Blomfield (Year 7), William McDermott (Year 8), and 

Nicholas Paton (Year 9) were selected to perform in 

several productions including the Magic Flute (Mozart), Die 

Tote Stadt (Korngold), La Boheme (Puccini) and Turandot 

(Puccini). It is wonderful to see the boys continue their fine 

form from previous 2011 Opera Australia performances 

and we are extremely proud to have such talent recognized 

by Australia’s national opera company. In other productions, 

William McDermott (Year 8) shared the stage with TV 

personality Jason Stevens and pop star Gary Pinto in the 

role of Benjamin in Artes Christi Performing Arts production 

of Joseph and The Amazing Technicolour Dream Coat. 

Earlier in 2012, William also performed in seven sold-out 

performances of Fiddler on the Roof in The Seymour Centre. 

Music Leadership 2013 

Exciting new music leadership positions were introduced 

in 2013. The roles recognize the extensive and 

significant contribution of some of our senior Year 

12 musicians and we are extremely pleased to formally 

acknowledge their outstanding commitment to the musical 

life of the College. The positions include: Daniel Verschuer - 

Captain of Choir; Oliver Gibson - Senior Chorister; Matthew 

Crott - Captain of Bands; Liam Roberts - Concert Master of 

Concert Band I; Marco De Vera - Captain of Orchestra and 

Michael Cheng - Concert Master of Symphony Orchestra. 

Music leaders serve as important links between ensemble 

directors and students and the collaboration helps to ensure 

musically meaningful and enjoyable experiences for both 

students and staff. Vincent Tsang, Captain of Music and 

Zigi Blau, Vice-Captain of Music top off the impressive list 

of leaders for 2013. Congratulations to this group of fine 

young men! 

Outline of the Music Ensemble 

Programme for 2013 

The College takes pride in the fact that over 450 

students choose to undertake private studio instrumental 

and vocal lessons with specialist visiting tutors across 

our two campuses. We are fortunate to have such a talented 

and artistic student body and music certainly pervades all 

areas of school life. Students are actively engaged in music 

for formal liturgies, student masses, lunchtime concerts, 

showcases, recitals, assemblies, Gala Concerts, musical 

productions and numerous special events throughout the 

year. We are fortunate to be able to offer an extensive and 

vibrant co-curricular ensemble performance programme, 

and a large number of students take advantage of this 

unique opportunity each year. The ensembles perform at 

least twice a year in major concerts and audiences are 

invariably impressed with the standard and breadth of 

ensembles on display. St Aloysius’ College never ceases to 

impress by punching above its weight and with this in mind, 

the Music Department intends to explore a clearer and even 

more cohesive structure from 2013 in order to reach the 

next level of performance, which we know our musicians 

are capable of. 

Rationale 

The Ensemble Programme seeks to: 

ensure all boys studying music through the College 

who are committed to the required practice schedules 

will have a place in the musical performance life of 

the school, 

provide ensemble experiences that promote technical, 

stylistic and creative development through a broad 

range of musical genres, 

provide a clear and defined pathway of progress and 

advancement in performance, 

provide a comprehensive music education experience 

that support both the classroom and studio music 

lessons, enhancing the performance opportunities 

for boys who wish to pursue Music as an academic 

elective through to the HSC, 

encourage greater seriousness and commitment to 

personal practice and accountability through regular 

attendance at rehearsals and performances, 

ensure that both large and small ensembles working at 

an optimum level for the best possible artistic outcomes, 

provide students with advanced technical ability to 

experience an extra level of performance through the 

extension ensemble programme, 

provide the opportunity of extension as a privilege 

which is attained rather than taken for granted, 

enable specialist visiting instrumental tutors and full-time 

music staff to work together through team-teaching, 

leading, performing, accompanying, arranging and 

role modeling, 

provide an ensemble programme that is cohesive, 

sustainable and minimises over-commitment and 

fractionalization of students and staff in duplicate 

activities, and; 

develop diverse teamwork and leadership development 

opportunities for all boys through developing their 

musical talents. 

New Music Staff 2013 

We are extremely delighted to announce that Mr 

James Pensini will join the Music Department 

as the new Head of Brass, Woodwind and 

Percussion. Mr Pensini has a Masters of Teaching and 

is the Director of the Sydney Youth Orchestra Wind 

Ensemble. He is a highly regarded trumpet tutor, arranger 

and conductor amongst young people who has established 



music (cont'd) 

and coordinated successful instrumental programmes in 

both academically selective and independent school 

music departments in Sydney. We are also very fortunate 

to welcome Mr Michael Bell as the permanent College 

Accompanist. He is already well known to SAC through his 

work as outstanding work as accompanist and piano tutor. 

Timothy Chung 

Head of Music (Performance) 

The BIG MAKado 

In October 2011, preparations for the College Musical, 

The BIG MAKado began. It was to last for nearly six 

months, and saw the dedication and commitment of 

nearly fifty boys from the College, as well as some thirty 

girls from Monte Sant’ Angelo Mercy College, Wenona 

School and Loreto College Kiribilli. The musical was an 

adaptation of Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Mikado, rewritten 

by renowned playwright and Old Boy of the College, 

Melvyn Morrow (SAC 1959). 

Anthony Slaven(Year 12) as Ko Ko 

Ben McCann (Year 12) as The Mikado and some of the female 

principle’s from The Big MAKado 

Instead of being set in the town of Titipu in Japan, the 

story was set on Titipu Beach, on the Gold Coast, and the 

‘Three Little Maids from School’ became the ‘Three Little 

Maids from Schoolies’. The Principal roles also underwent 

significant modifications, seeing Year 12 boys Benjamin 

McCann and Dominic Scarf take on the roles of a sadistic 

Mayor of Titipu, The Mikado, and his bewitchingly 

seductive cross dressing assistant, Katisha. 

The lead tenor role Nanki Poo, played by Daniel 

Verschuer (Year 11), emulated that of a Justin Bieber figure, 

enducing heartache amongst the female population of Titipu. 

Anthony Slaven (Year 12) assumed the character of Ko-Ko, 

the Lord High Executioner, and Oliver Gibson (Year 11) the 

character of Pooh-Bah, the Lord High Everything Else. Twin 

brothers Angus and Henry Wright (Year 10) became better 

known as Pish Tush and Tush Pish, Pooh Bah’s public servant 

assistants amongst the cast, while William Boyd (Year 10) 

assumed the role of Go-To, chief of police. 

The female principal cast included Lucy Parsons, 

who played Yum-Yum, the young girl destined to marry 

Nanki-Poo. Matilda Longfield and Emmy Dougall became 

Pitti-Sing and Peep-Bo, the maids from schoolies. Sarah 

McManus, Dominica Ingui and Sarah Levins also played 

roles as principals Ding-Dong, Sa-ke and Su-Shi, respectively. 

Along with the principal cast, the chorus worked very 

hard every week, usually twice a week to convert rough 

score reading sessions into the fully-blossomed final product, 

beaming with hard work and professionalism. The smooth 

dance routines and exact movements of each of the chorus 

members would not have been possible if it was not for the 

effort of our wonderful choreographer, Ms Pamela French. 

Marcel de Vera (Year 9), Dylan Stuntz (Year 11), Alistair Wright (Year 

7), James Grant (Year 9), Tom Jenkins (Year 9), Cameron May (Year 

11), Samuel Janssen (Year 8), Liam Gilroy (Year 8) 



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Anthony Slaven (Year 12),Matilda Longfield, Oliver Gibson (Year 11) 

Combined with the chorus, the orchestra worked tirelessly 

to produce the finest quality accompaniment to every one of 

the musical numbers in the show. Led by Ms Sia Mastro, the 

orchestra, consisting of another thirty-five boys, as well as 

College accompanist and piano teacher Mr Michael Bell, 

went to great lengths to ensure that all the music was learnt 

and coordinated to work with the chorus or principal roles. 

Of course, I cannot forget to thank the Head of Music, 

Ms Lindy Montgomery, as well as Ms Eleanor Koh for their 

help behind the scenes. Our thanks must also go to all of 

the parents involved, the costume designers and the team 

from Loud and Clear Sound. Finally, special thanks to the 

producer of the show Mr Jeremey Curtin (SAC 2003) and 

Mr Melvyn Morrow (SAC 1959) for their dedication and 

extraordinary efforts – without their efforts, the show would 

not have been the great success that it undoubtedly was. 

Finally, our thanks to all of the boys and girls involved, for 

contributing to a memorable experience, one that none of 

us will ever forget. 

Oliver Gibson (Year 11) 

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 

For those of you who saw last year’s College production 

of The Big Makado, the following news will probably 

come as no surprise. Max Walburn (Year 6), who was 

the youngest cast member of our musical and who stole 

many a scene with his wonderful dancing and singing, 

has just finished a string of performances at The Capitol 

Theatre, where he played the role of Jeremy Potts in the 

recent production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Max was 

one of three boys who appeared in the role alongside such 

veterans as David Hobson, Rachael Beck, Peter Carroll 

and, from ABC TV’s Spicks and Specks, Alan Brough. 

Max spent the better part of Xavier Term in intensive 

rehearsals for the show, eight hours a day, for four days 

a week. Despite this, he was still able to secure the 

prize for Second in Aggregate for his Year 5 class at last 

year’s College Prize Giving. He was chosen to appear 

on opening night, on 17 November 2012 and his final 

performance took place on 19 January 2013. 

In his biography entry in the programme, Max thanked 

his family and friends for their love and support during “this 

amazing experience”. Indeed, many staff and students 

from St Aloysius’ College and Loreto Kirribilli (where Max’s 

Mum, Linda, is a music teacher!) attended the show and 

were wowed by Max’s natural stage presence and beautiful 

voice. It was a wonderful night’s family entertainment, 

complete with an incredible flying car! 

Ms Sia Mastro (SAC Current Staff) and The BIG MAKado Orchestra 

Max Walburn (Year 6) who starred in the role of Jeremy Potts with 

Jasmin Younger who played his sister Jemima in the recent Sydney 

production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 



from the property manager 

‘Project Green’ 

In July 2012 the College participated in the Jesuit Educational 

Conference; a ministry conference which, uniquely, gathered 

members from nine Jesuit and Ignatian schools in 5 different 

venues across Australia to confer about issues related to 

Co-curricula activities, pastoral care exercises and initiatives, 

curriculum questions and the conference that I was involved in 

focused on the environment. 

John Paul XXIII College in Perth played host to representatives 

from eight other sites from Queensland, NSW, Victoria and South 

Australia. Whilst this column is not intended to be a summary of 

this particular conference, the time was significant for practitioners 

and teachers involved in ecological and environmental awareness 

with our students and on our campuses. There were many 

highlights, not the least of which was the keynote talks from Fr 

Pedro Walpole SJ who is currently residing in the Philippines. 

Of particular note about the gathering was that it was attended 

by academic and non-academic staff, support staff (Business 

Managers) and members from Jesuit Social Services. 

The conference allowed an opportunity for each institution to 

showcase environmental and sustainability initiatives undertaken 

at their sites, to share hopes and dreams for their properties and 

people, and to lament the allocation of either time release or 

budget. There was also opportunity to sit under the experience 

of guest practitioners in the area of Environmentally Sustainable 

Design. 

In my seven years as Property Manager at St Aloysius’ College 

I have been privileged to implement many projects that can be 

regarded as overtly sustainable. I have also had the freedom to 

conduct trials with new technology or products and have had 

generous support of the College leadership at budget time. 

Sustainability and environmentally sustainable design/building 

is becoming evidenced more and more in the College and is 

reflected in everything from informing capital works projects, 

retrofitting existing buildings/infrastructure, questioning our waste 

streams and in intangible things like the P&F purchasing policy. 

So, what are the results of all of this work? To give you 

a reminder, here is a list that has appeared in past College 

publications of projects that now will be regarded as ‘Project 

Green’ initiatives; 

Installation of data loggers on water and energy meters 

100% lighting retrofit (by Jan 2013) 

Power Factor Correction units and Variable Speed Drives - 

installed and maintained 

Low-flow and waterless urinals 

Timeflow taps and aerators fitted 

Caterers Policy – ‘No oil kitchens’ (our waste contract does 

not handle quantities of cooking oil) 

Waste Contract 

Water harvesting and recycled water systems in Dalton Hall 

Removed hot water systems from hand basins 

Purchasing Policy which recognises energy star ratings 

Participation in fluorescent tube and light bulb recycling 

programme 

NOFAX and STOP FAXINGME 

Retrofitting performance glass and solar films to windows 

Motion detectors and timers on light and air conditioning 

circuits 

Adjustment of air conditioning set points and dead-bands 

Sealing up windows, doors and any other gaps in air 

conditioned spaces 

Embedding ‘Creation care’ philosophy and practices into 

contracts, service agreements and purchasing 

Removal of vending machines in lieu of water coolers with 

bottle filling capabilities 

Energy Audits 

Ride to School Day, Herb garden, worm farm and recycle 

day in Junior School 

Photovoltaic (solar panel) installations 

Taking advantage of the various grants that are available. 

As part of my attendance at the NSW State Governments 

Office of Environment & Heritage’s Energy Management Basics 

course the College undertook a Level 2 Energy Audit. I am both 

proud and optimistic at the contents of the report. There are a 

number of references in the report commending the College for 

works already undertaken. This has meant that our energy usage 

baselines and overall energy consumption is already less than 

comparable sites. 

I am optimistic because I know that further reductions will 

be achieved through communication and coordinated efforts 

between staff and students to adopt some very simple strategies; 

turn lights off when they are not needed and turn air conditioners 

off when a window can be opened instead. The graph below 

shows that 43% of our total energy consumption is lost on air 

conditioning and 28% on artificial lighting. It was interesting for 

me to note that only 11% is lost on office, technology and IT 

equipment. 

The audit report came back with a number of recommendations, 

most of which which will be consolidated into an implementation 

plan for consideration in future budgets. In conjunction with 

these recommendations I hope to put in place some realistic and 

achievable targets that will see further reductions to our energy 

usage. I am also encouraged as I am able to be a part of the 

emerging conversation within the College community that seeks to 

reduce, recycle, reuse and rethink our impact both on the local level 

here at the College and on a larger community level. 

The conversation has started. The Project Green Committee 

meet regularly and is learning, discussing and making 

recommendations that will benefit the whole school, its affiliations 

and its future. 

Andrew Baxter 

Property Manager 



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the archives 

Remember the Days of the Old 

School Yard 

The major project of the College Archives this year has 

been to safeguard its photograph collection with the 

ordering and rehousing of over 3,500 prints. More 

work remains to be done, including the task of entering the 

details into the database so that images can be searched 

and easily retrieved; digitisation of select photos will be the 

next step. Formal photos of classes and teams and annual 

events abound, but minor themes, reoccurring through time 

and glimpsed as the viewer flicks through the images thickly 

filed, can be captivating, like these photos of boys at play. 

The uniforms change, the surroundings change, as do some of 

the games, but in each the energy of childhood is plain; you 

can almost feel, almost hear the jostle and shriek. How many 

generations of boys have stuffed down their sangers, almost 

choking on the crusts, in their rush to join the fray? 

Stories of play, of made-up games and lunchtime rituals 

rarely surface to become part of recorded school history, which 

is such a shame when so much social learning – friendship and 

fun – occurs in those crowded minutes of recess and lunch. 

Old Boys wishing to relate memories of the popular games 

and activities of their day are invited to write them down and 

send them in for lodging in the Archive. Further captioning 

information for any of the photos here is also welcome. 

archives@staloysius.nsw.edu.au. 

Canteen in Wyalla grounds c1948 

Two boys playing handball prior 

to 2004 

Recent Juniors prior to 2004 

Junior Cricket 1949, W O'Donnell batting 



from SACOBU 

SACOBU Annual Report 

As 2012 draws to a conclusion it is appropriate to 

reflect on the year that has been, and the triumphs Old 

Boys of the College continue to have. There is frankly 

not enough space to chronicle this year’s achievements. 

They continue to be varied and encompass all walks of life, 

be it in business, politics, sport or the media. The variety 

of success is testament to the well-rounded education one 

receives at the College and the fact that all achievements 

are celebrated. 

The number of Old Boys who continue to give back 

is arguably the greatest reflection of the College and the 

leadership of the Jesuits. At a time when scrutiny will be 

levelled at the Church and Catholic schools in the media, 

it is also worthwhile reflecting on the very real and tangible 

positives that a Catholic education, and in particular a Jesuit 

one, encourages. 

The Cardoner Project is one such example. Father 

David Braithwaite SJ (SAC 1990) oversees this programme 

and it allows Old Boys of the College (and Riverview) the 

opportunity to lead and participate immersion programmes 

in South East Asia, and also run fund-raising events in a 

co-ordinated way. 

Closer to home The Companions Programme continues 

to grow from strength to strength and provides a wonderful 

opportunity for Old Boys to help current students of the 

College through mentoring. 

Michael L’Estrange AO (SAC 1970) was the guest 

speaker at this year’s annual dinner. Michael has had 

a varied and illustrious career to date, including being 

awarded an Officer of the Order of Australia for services 

in the development and implementation of public policy in 

Australia. Most recently he sat on a panel of experts set up 

by the Federal Government to conduct a review on asylum 

seeker policy. Michael spoke passionately about how the 

education he received at the College continues to colour his 

thinking, and how it is still relevant to him today. 

Money raised on the evening was donated to support 

the establishment of the newest Jesuit school in Australia, 

Redfern Jarjum College. Much has been written about this 

initiative, and it is a truly remarkable venture. The Old Boys 

have pledged to support this school in any way possible, 

and hopefully this could include coaching and tutoring 

conducted by Old Boys. 

Finally, I draw your attention to exciting news for the 

Old Boys. In early 2013 the Old Boys’ website will be 

launched. It will provide an avenue to communicate with 

our members and the broader Aloysian family about events, 

opportunities and the history of the Old Boys. I would like 

to thank Rod Gillespie (SAC 1976) for his time and support 

in designing the website and also Simon Anquetil (SAC 

2000) for hosting the website. Without their donation of 

time and effort it would not have been possible. 

Nicholas Edwards (SAC 2000) 

SACOBU President 

Important Dates for this year’s calendar (more details for 

each event will be circulated closer to the date). 

Friday 21 June – Annual Dinner and Mass 

Friday 23 August – Father, Son and Old Boy Mass and 

Dinner at 6.30pm in The Boys’ Chapel at the College 

Thursday 31 October – SACOBU Golf Day (Killara Golf 

Club) 



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AMDG 

“..Little did I know at the time of the enormous impact my days 

at St Aloysius’ College would have on the rest of my life. Though 

times were harder then, the enduring lessons learnt from the 

Jesuit Fathers and the lay staff and the deep bonds of friendship 

formed with my schoolmates have had a tremendously positive 

influence on my own, and on my family’s lives. 

This was St Aloysius’ gift to me and it is why I have chosen to 

remember the College in my estate. In this way I can create 

my own legacy by helping future generations of Aloysians to be 

educated and guided in the Jesuit tradition for many years after 

I have gone.” 

Words of an Old Boy of the College 

A gift to the St Aloysius’ College Foundation Limited in your Will 

is one way of ensuring that your memories of life at the College 

can be experienced by future generations of Aloysians. 

If you would like to find out how a gift in your Will will benefit future Aloysians, 

please contact the Director of Development, Mr Murray Happ (SAC 1985) 

on 02 9936 5561 or murray.happ@staloysius.nsw.edu.au 

All enquiries are treated in strict confidence.

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Old Boy Notes and News is compiled by the College 

Development Office. We are always keen to run updates 

of Old Boy achievements, milestones and successess. 

Please email submissions to murray.happ@staloysius. 

nsw.edu.au 

The Power of Song 

David Mackay (SAC 1961) has had a long and 

successful music career as a record producer/ 

arranger and musical director since leaving the 

College in 1961. He began his music career at the age 

of fifteen in a production of Bye Bye Birdie for the JC 

Williamson Theatre Company. He also worked for a time 

recording musical sessions for local radio stations. 

David was later head-hunted by EMI Australia which 

initially employed him as a Recording Engineer but soon 

promoted him to Head of Artists and Repertoire. During this 

time, David was responsible for producing thirty hit singles 

and discovering some of Australia's most popular pop acts; 

he is probably best known in Australia as the producer of 

most of the Australian recordings made by The Twilights, 

one of Australia's most popular bands of the mid-1960s. 

This commercial success led to an internal transfer to the 

firm's UK offices where Mackay went on to work at the 

legendary Abbey Road Studios. 

David eventually left EMI to set up his own independent 

company, June Productions Ltd. He also diversified into the 

medium of television, arranging and producing themes 

such as Coca-Cola's I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing, as 

well as scores for the hit BBC TV shows Auf Wiedersehen, 

Pet; Carla Lane's Bread and As Time Goes By. The Auf 

Wiedersehen, Pet project generated a hit single That's Livin' 

Alright by Joe Fagin which won David the Ivor Novello 

Award (awards for songwriting and composing presented 

by the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and 

Authors) and a BAFTA (the British Academy of Film and 

Television Arts) Nomination. 

He has worked with artists such as The New Seekers, 

Cilla Black OBE, Sir Cliff Richard, Demis Roussos, Bonnie 

Tyler, Marcia Hines AM, Dusty Springfield OBE, Gene 

Pitney and Dame Edna Everage (aka Barry Humphries). 

In 1990, Mackay and Jon English co-wrote a concept 

album, Paris, which has since been staged as a rock 

musical in Australia and elsewhere several times beginning 

in 2003. In 2002, Mackay's career came full circle as he 

returned to the world of musical theatre now as a supervisor 

to a West End theatre production of 125th Street. 

David’s interest in Music was sparked by his involvement 

in the choir at his parish, St Joseph’s Neutral Bay and 

his involvement in the Gilbert and Sullivan Operas at the 

College. He reflects, “There are two people who were a 

massive influence in my life and who I honestly think of and 

thank in my prayers ever day of my life. Father Comerford SJ 

(SAC Staff 1940, 1946 – 1961and 1967 – 1970) and 

Mr Bill Caspers (SAC 1933 – 1970) - gave me my life.” 

David Mackay (SAC 1961) with Bonnie Tyler 

“Academically I was rubbish (actually I was worse than 

that), but Father Comerford went to the Rector, Father Casey 

SJ, and fought in my corner. He knew my career would be 

in music.” Bill Caspers was also choir master at my church 

in Neutral Bay. David says “In my mind real teachers are 

those who can see a talent and develop it.” 

The first year I was old enough to be in the opera, I was 

in the chorus. The first day of the second year I was there 

in the chorus as Father Comerford wandered around the 

room listening to us all. He pointed to me and said "David 

Mackay, you are talking and you will stay behind and write 

50 lines". I was gutted and close to tears. I had never had 

Penals and I hadn't been talking. I would be late home. 

What would my parents say? 

When class was dismissed, the principles went to the 

front on a raised bit of stage and I was sent to the back 

where I sat and started writing ‘I will not talk in class’. After 

a few minutes Father Comerford came and sat beside me 

and said "You enjoy singing don't you?” 

"Yes Father I do". 

"I'd like you to come up to the piano and sing something 

for me". 

"But I have to do my lines Father". 

"Don't worry about that, just come up to the piano" – and 

so began a career for which I thank both men and God. 

The British government recently closed a respite centre 

in London. The centre provided respite support for critically 

ill people, many of whom require 24/7 care. The respite 

afforded to the patients enabled their family and loved 

ones to have some ‘time out’ from their care duties. One 

of the centre’s regular patients was 1980’s singer Frankie 

Miller. David worked with Frankie and produced many of 



his albums. In 1995 Frankie Miller suffered a massive brain 

haemorrhage, leaving him unable to speak and partially 

paralysed. 

David decided to produce an album and film a 

documentary about the album to raise funds to open a 

new respite centre. The project came about when David 

was at a dinner in Los Angeles. Rod Stewart was a guest 

at the dinner and one of the people at the table asked 

who was his favourite singer, to which he replied ‘Frankie 

Miller’. By coincidence the same man asked what was 

his favourite track on his (then current) album and he 

replied It's A Heartache (first recorded by Bonnie Tyler). 

David’s sister-in-law (who had been Rod Stewart’s personal 

manager for 16 years) then told the diners that David had 

produced Bonnie's original version of the song and he had 

also produced Frankie Miller’s hits. 

Rod Stewart asked if David had any un-released Frankie 

Miller songs as he had covered four or five of them in the 

past. On his return to England, David contacted Frankie 

and his wife. 

Before he became ill, Frankie had recorded about forty 

songs in his home studio. His wife sent David all the tapes 

on a rather out-dated system, but he managed to transfer 

all the vocals onto a new system and set about contacting 

many of the artists who had performed with him, or who 

had covered his songs, and ask them to record new 

backings incorporating Frankie's vocals. David asked the 

artists about donating their royalties to raise money toward 

a new centre in Frankie's name. 

In recent months David has recorded Bonnie Tyler 

duetting with Frankie, Paul Carrack (from Mike and the 

Mechanics and Ace), Francis Rossi OBE (co-founder of 

Status Quo) cut a wonderful track. In Nashville (USA) 

legendary guitarist Steve ‘The Colonel’ Cropper (Booker 

T & the M.G.'s, backing artist for Otis Redding, Sam & 

Dave, Carla Thomas, Rufus Thomas and Johnnie Taylor and 

former member of The Blues Brothers band), played on two 

tracks, Kim Carnes (Betty Davis Eyes) has also contributed 

to the project as is John Parr (St Elmo's Fire) and Kiki Dee 

(famous for her duet with Sir Elton John, Don’t go Breaking 

my Heart). 

David hopes to have the album finished in May 2013. 

He is also filming a documentary about the making of the 

album. David’s piano player, Ian Lynn (who actually put 

together the band Bruce Hornsby and the Range) is also a 

film maker and is putting together the documentary as well 

as playing on many tracks. 

The album, will be released on CD and also be 

available on iTunes mid-2013 with all profits raised from 

the sale being directed to the establishment of the Frankie 

Miller Respite Centre. 

The College congratulates David on his efforts to raise 

funds for this project and his work in the entertainment 

industry over the past fifty years. 

Peter McCulloch (SAC 1972) presents himself to the Bishop of Broken 

Bay for his Ordination 

From Pew to Pulpit 

Peter McCulloch (SAC 1972) was ordained a 

Permanent Deacon in the Diocese of Broken Bay on 

21 December 2012. Below he tells his story. 

There aren’t many permanent deacons in Australia; 

indeed there are perhaps only 115 or so. But for me, 

the most remarkable thing is that I am now one of them. I 

wonder how many Aloysians have joined this noble order. 

I was a student at St Aloysius’ College from 1967 – 

1972, and remember Fr Kerry Bayada, the Archdiocesan 

Vocations Director, visiting us each year to promote priestly 



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The Permanent Diaconate is open to married men, and 

is distinguished from the transitional diaconate which all 

priests pass through. 

I have been appointed to Pennant Hills Parish, and my 

new life has well and truly begun. St Thomas Aquinas once 

said that a man’s heart is light when he wills what God 

wills. My heart is now very light indeed. I only regret it took 

me so long to discover my true vocation. 

Peter McCulloch (SAC 1972) 

vocations. I was interested early on, but it was not to be. 

Ordinary life swept me up and carried me somewhere else. 

I married Lyndall, had four wonderful children (and three 

grandsons), and for many years pursued the usual goals, 

seeking upward mobility in a competitive society. My 

career has been challenging and has included leadership 

roles in social welfare, local government, teaching and 

management consulting. However, as my life has unfolded 

I have learned there is a certain emptiness in much of 

modern life. Climbing the corporate and social ladder is a 

bit like ascending a mountain – it is lonely and often barren 

at the top. 

I also learned that God’s plans for me are far better than 

any dreams I ever had for myself. He taught me to trust, let 

go and follow His lead, and the results have been delightful. 

One really important thing he taught me is that my life’s work 

over the years has really all been about helping others, and 

so in essence my life has always been diaconal. 

In Greek, the verb ‘to serve’ is diakonein. There is plenty 

of evidence that Jesus was the original deacon, and his 

diakonia was to serve his Father. He spent his life helping 

the sick, the blind and the marginalised, all the while 

demonstrating his Father’s gracious love. At the Last Supper 

he said, ‘So if I, your Lord and teacher, have washed your 

feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. For I have 

set you an example, that you should do as I have done unto 

you’ (Jn.13:14-15). 

At ordination, the Bishop presents the new deacon with 

the Book of the Gospels and says, ‘Receive the Gospel of 

Christ whose herald you now are. Believe what you read, 

teach what you believe, and practice what you teach.’ 

The first and most visible role of the deacon is at 

Mass, where among other things he proclaims the 

Gospel, may preach, leads the Prayer of the Faithful, and 

ministers the cup. However, deacons also do baptisms, 

weddings and funerals, and are variously involved in 

a remarkable range of pastoral and servant-leadership 

roles at the local, diocesan and national levels. They 

serve at the margins of church and society, as advocates 

for the suffering and powerless and they are beacons for 

the light of Christ. 

The Power of a Father’s Love 

In 2012, the Channel 7 news and current affairs 

programme, Sunday Night, featured a story on a father’s 

extraordinary love for his son and the lifelong commitment 

of thirty-five young men to becoming Godfather to a 

severely disabled boy. 

David Keleher (SAC 1992) was, as any expectant 

father is, excited at the birth of their first born child. Sadly 

for David and his son Jackson, during the birth Jackson’s 

brain was starved of oxygen. 

Doctors soon told David that Jackson would never stand 

up, talk, or walk. They said that he had suffered severe 

brain damage, had quadriplegic cerebral palsy, and would 

be disabled from the neck down for life. Through the love 

and support of his father, his primary carer, Jackson has 

been making slow, steady progress ever since. 

“I’ve always accepted Jackson and his brain injury, I’ve 

always accepted that. The one thing I don’t accept is his 

brain injury is going to leave him as a quadriplegic in a 

wheelchair for the rest of his life” said David. 

“A lot of guys would have thrown in the towel and said 

this is too hard, but clearly David’s not like that. He’s been 

beside Jackson that whole way and supported him and 

found the ways to intervene and try and improve everyday 

what Jackson’s able to do. If I look back to the way Jackson 

was at birth and to the way I’ve seen him just two and a 

half years it’s a miracle that he’s got this far” said Dr Martin 

Kluckow, Jackson’s Doctor and Neonatal Consultant at 

Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney. 

Jackson being Baptised at St Francis Xavier Church, Lavender Bay, 

by Father Paul Coleman SJ with his 35 Old Boy Godfathers in 

attendance 



Jackson Keleher’s godfather’s – all Old Boys of the College from the Class of 1992 

David has put his career as a designer on hold and 

moved back in with his parents to provide primary care 

to Jackson. The government careers allowance is only 

$57 a week, but medical bills alone amount to more than 

$60,000 a year. By the time Jackson reaches 18, therapy 

and care will have cost David more than $1.2 million. 

He says it is worth every penny. “The small victories are 

the simplest things I guess that many people just take for 

granted, like Jackson starting to move his body in the 

slightest of ways or Jackson responding to even the most 

basic things. The simple things that Jackson’s body doesn’t 

let him do” said David. 

Jackson’s weekly schedule is unforgiving. There’s 

hydrotherapy; physiotherapy; osteotherapy, acupuncture, 

speech lessons and a German therapy called Vojta. It is 

said that God helps those who help themselves and with a 

bit of faith and over a year of constant rehabilitation Jackson 

has defied everyone and on his own feet for the first time 

he has stood. 

“I’ll do anything for my son, I’ll fight like the fight I have 

for the last two years. I’ll make sure I fight for him for the 

rest of my life. He’s my mate. I’m going to make him better; 

we’re going to overcome this tragedy together” said David. 

Thirty five of David’s former classmates from St Aloysius’ 

College have become Jackson’s Godfathers. They have 

also established a not-for-profit charity for the purpose of 

providing ongoing assistance and relief for Jackson Keleher 

and other persons in Australia suffering from cerebral 

palsy. To find out more about Jackson’s story or if you’d 

like to donate please visit; www.walktalkfly.com or www. 

facebook.com/walktalkfly 

Jackson’s Godfather’s, all Old Boys of the College from 

the Class of 1992, are (alphabetical order): 

Larry Allport, Paul Antico, Ryan Arnold, Jonathan Burke, 

Patrick Byrne, Christian Cattaruzzi, Marcus Chang, Adam 

Condon, Simon Conroy, Matt Corcoran, Luke Deady, 

Tristen Delany, Toby Dewar, Luke Downs, Sam Downs, Luke 

Duffy, Rowan Fisher, Matt Foldes, Dan Goodwin, Christian 

Grace, Anthony Hamer, Mick Hamm, Michael Hill, Darren 

Kilkeary, Steve Lund, Andrew McGowen, Garth McNally, 

Andrew Moore, Nic Penn, Matt Peters, Michael Thorpe, 

Ben Wyeth, Chris Yates and David Wales. 

The College is proud of David’s ongoing and unflinching 

love for his son and the life commitment made by Jackson’s 

Godfathers – they are truly Men for Others. 

Class Reunions 

By tradition, Class Reunions at St Aloysius’ College are 

held every five years. For the past 12 years the Class 

Reunion Programme has been co-ordinated through 

the College Development Office. 

Last year 13 Class Reunions were organised and 2013 

promises to be another very busy year. The Development 

Office can assist Classes with the preparation of contact 

lists, production of invitations, construction of on line 

bookings through TryBooking.com, the hosting of Reunions 

at the College and booking off-site venues. 

The following table lists those Classes who are scheduled 

to hold the five-yearly Reunion, together with the details or 

co-ordinator of the Reunion. 



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Reunion Year Class Organiser Phone Number Email / Details 

5 2008 Sam Stevens 0409 272 535 sx_stevens@live.com 

Reunion date November 9 

www.trybooking/CKGZ.com 

10 2003 Tom Borger 0424 844 590 thomasaborger@gmail.com 

Reunion date October 19 

www.trybooking/CKJC.com 

15 1998 Shaun Kenny 0405 330 511 falcon_rodgers@hotmail.com 


www.trybooking/CMNJ.com 

20 1993 Michael Cromer 0425 221 761 mc@rockjar.com 

Reunion date August 3 

www.trybooking/CKHD.com 

25 1988 Jim Granger 0418 611 963 jim@tuckahoe.com.au 

Reunion date September 14 

www.trybooking/CMNA.com 

30 1983 John Tully 0418 267 029 jtully@lawlerpartners.com.au 


www.trybooking/CKRI.com 

35 1978 John Clear 0458 581 008 jclear@aisnsw.edu.au 


www.trybooking/CLSY 

40 1973 Michael Morgan 0419 679 591 michaelmorgan@ntp.com.au 


www.trybooking/CKHE.com 

45 1968 Phil Dwyer 0421 274 706 pdwyer@optusnet.com.au 

Reunion date27 July 

www.trybooking/CLSV.com 

50 1962/1963 Peter Pynn pynn_sacreunion@outlook.com 

Reunion date 21 June 

www.trybooking/CKHF.com 

55 1958 Robert De-Fina 0417 697 952 de-fina@bigpond.com 

Reunion date October 5 

60 1953 Anthony Restuccia 0419 698 753 Still to be finalised 

65 1948 Phil Thompson 9953 2642 Still to be finalised 

70 1943 Ted Meyer 4324 6930 To be held in conjunction with the June Gonzaga Society 

Mass and Lunch on June 20 

For all enquiries regarding Class Reunions, please contact James Halliday in the College Development Office on 9936 5568 or 

james.halliday@staloysius.nsw.edu.au 

Members of the Classes of 1956 and 1957 at their 2012 Reunion held at the College 



Old Boy Notes 

Mark McGuire started growing roses in 

1954Billong Street, Neutral Bay in 1970 in his 

small front yard. As the street has a very long nature strip in 

front of all the homes on the northern side he ventured into 

growing a few roses on it. Today he has virtually taken over 

the verge with some 400 roses grown in front of 4 homes. 

The former Mayor of North Sydney Genia McCaffery 

(whose brothers are Old Boys of the College!) and the 

Councillors were delighted at what Mark had achieved in 

turning an unsightly street verge into one of great beauty. 

The garden has become a photographer’s paradise, 

although most people come to ‘smell the roses’. Mark 

started competing at The Royal Easter Show in 1970 and 

has had amazing success, between 1996 and 2003 he 

won the Royal Easter Show Championship for roses seven 

times, as well as several Australian titles in the Australian 

Rose Championships. In 2003 he won three Australian 

Championships plus the NSW Championship held in 

the Hunter Valley. At the 2012 NSW Royal Agricultural 

Society Rose Show Mark swept all before him winning a 

record twenty of the thirty-four ribbons on offer. In the 2012 

NSW Championships Mark set a record by winning the 

four major prizes – the NSW Rose Championship, NSW 

Autumn Championship, NSW Miniature Championship 

and NSW Grand Champion Unit. As well as these awards 

he also won the champion ribbons for four of the remaining 

six classes. The garden has featured in many magazines, 

TV programmes, and radio interviews. Mark has grown 

them for his own satisfaction and purely as an amateur. 

None are sold, however he is always willing to give 

flowers away when requested, whether it be for weddings, 

anniversaries, St Valentine’s Day or funerals. He was more 

than happy to provide a number of flowers to a lady 

who was turning 100 years of age – when she received 

them, without being told she knew they were from Billong 

Street! At school Mark had great success as an athlete; 

in 1953 he was the Half-mile Junior Champion and the 

NSW All School Champion. Mark had two brothers who 

also attended the College. The late Judge John McGuire 

(SAC 1952) of the District Court, who was the first ever 

solicitor to be appointed to the Bench in NSW, along with 

brother Brian (SAC 1952). Mark’s son’s, Professor Mark 

McGuire Jnr (SAC 1975) and his brother the late Wayne 

McGuire (SAC 1977) also attended the College. Mark is 

a world renowned cardiologist with his speciality being in 

the treatment of unusual rhythms of the heart. Many other 

members of the family have attended the College in past 

decades. 

Peter Noone recently contacted the College and asked: 

“Does the College still maintain an armoury of ex-WWII 

Lee-Enfield .303 rifles? If so, then there is something you 

should know about one of them that has been preying on 

my mind for the last 60 years (not really).” Once he was 

told that the College no longer has an armoury, let alone 

one stocked with .303’s, Peter felt free to explain the reason 

for his question. “Back in 1953 for some obscure reason 

which now escapes me, some cadets were allowed to 

take their rifles home for the weekend. Being fairly zealous 

and of a curious bent, I set to stripping my weapon down 

to its most minuscule parts, diligently cleaning everything, 

and then re-assembling it. Unfortunately, the re-assembly of 

the trigger mechanism proved a bit stubborn during which 

the sear spring ‘broke’! Panic!! What would Lenny Skewes 

(Captain Len Skewes, the then Commanding Officer of the 

College Cadet Unit) say and do to me? He had already 

publicly berated and stripped the sergeants’ stripes off a 

hapless cadet who had had the audacity to be seen in a 

milk bar in Singleton during a recent cadet camp – and 

talking to a local girl, no less! How could I return a broken 

rifle with impunity? Fortunately, I was also the owner of a 

Meccano set at the time and with a bit of feverish ingenuity 

brought about by desperation and blind panic, I managed 

to double-up two of the small circlip-type springs designed 

to hold wheels onto axles and inserted them in place of the 

broken one. Result, a working firearm but with a devilish 

hair-trigger! This, I could get away with. The concern was, 

however, that these rifles were taken on bivouacs where 

we got to fire blanks at each other, and far worse, were 

also taken to the firing range where real live ammunition 

was used! Needless to say, I never let on to anybody but 

committed the serial number of that particular weapon to 

memory and made sure that it was never again issued 

to me! For years afterwards I anxiously checked for any 

news of a firearm incident at the College and even moved 

overseas to avoid detection. Now, after the passage of 60 

years, I feel that I got off scot free and that it is now safe 

to come clean.” (Editors Note: I have consulted one of the 

College’s many legal luminaries and their advice is that the 

Statute of Limitations exonerates you from any further action, 

so please Peter rest easy at night that no one was ever 

injured and Captain Skewes was none the wiser!) 

Andrew Short is a Professor at the University 

1963of Sydney’s School of Geoscience. Andrew 

is interested in the processes and morphology of coastal 

A long line of Shorts at Bondi Beach for the launch of Andrew Short’s 

new book, 101 Best Australian Beaches, pictured left to right are 

Adrian (SAC 1957), Andrew (SAC 1963), his son Ben, Graham 

(SAC 1965) and Fraser (SAC 1990) Short 



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systems. His present research focuses on the beach 

and barrier systems of Australia, both in terms of the 

morphodynamics of representative systems in variable 

wave and tide environments, and in the nature, hazards 

and usage of all Australia beach systems. He is the Director 

of the Coastal Studies Unit, and since 1991 has been 

National Co-ordinator of the Australian Beach Safety and 

Management Programme in co-operation with Surf Life 

Saving Australia. Andrew recently launched his fifteenth 

book, 101 Best Australian Beaches. 

Michael Donohoe has retired from his work 

1967at the Australian Government Solicitors 

Office. He is now studying a Bachelor of Arts, majoring 

in history, at the University of New South Wales. Michael 

sends us news of two of his five sons – Anthony Donohoe 

(SAC 2005) recently graduated with honours in Electrical 

Engineering at the University of New South Wales and 

Nicholas (SAC 2010) is an (Army) Officer Cadet at the 

Australian Defence Force Academy where he is entering his 

third year of studies. 

1973 

Professor Nick 

Talley has been 

elected President 

of the Royal 

Australasian 

College of 

Physicians, and will 

serve a four-year 

term (two years 

as President-Elect 

and two years 

as President). 

Nick is the Pro 

Vice-Chancellor 

and Dean of the 

Health Faculty at 

the University of 

Newcastle. He Professor Nick Talley (SAC 1973) 

was formerly Chair 

of the Department of Internal Medicine at Mayo Clinic 

(USA) where he held the position of Professor of Medicine 

at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine; he also held the 

rank of Professor of Epidemiology. Previously, Nick was 

the Director of the Motility Interest Group in the Division of 

Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Mayo Clinic, and 

before that was the Foundation Professor of Medicine at the 

University of Sydney, Nepean Hospital. He currently holds 

adjunct research appointments as Professor at Mayo Clinic, 

University of North Carolina and the Karolinska Institute. 

Tom Williams married Rachel Gilbert in the 

1988Chapel of the Kincoppal-Rose Bay, Convent 

School of the Sacred Heart on Saturday, 24 November. 

The College Principal, Father Chris Middleton SJ, officiated 

at the ceremony. Tom continues to work in various 

television productions 

for Channel 7. 

Daniel Lapaine 

recently starred in 

the movie Zero Dark 

Thirty. The movie is 

an American historical 

drama film billed as 

“the story of history’s 

greatest manhunt 

for the world’s most 

dangerous man,” the 

film is a dramatisation 

of the American 

operation that killed 

Osama bin Laden. 

Daniel has featured 

in a number of films 

and television series 

Tom Williams (SAC 1988) 

including Muriel’s 

Wedding, Hotel Babylon and Brokedown Palace. 

Danny Kennedy lives in San Francisco and is the President 

of Sungevity Solar Home Specialists. He has recently 

written a book, Rooftop Revolution: How Solar Power Can 

Save Our Economy - and Our Planet - from Dirty Energy. 

The book is available from Amazon. Prior to working for 

Sungevity, Danny was a lobbyist with Greenpeace. 

David Scollon has won a scholarship to study 

1990an MBA at Cranfield University in the UK. 

David won the sixth Cranfield University Australian Alumni 

Scholarship. David works within the National Australia Bank 

Business Banking Division, providing specialist succession 

advice for business clients. He has been in the banking 

industry for eight years David started his career in funds 

management at MLC/Lend Lease under the Lend Lease 

Olympic Athlete Programme whilst he pursued a career in 

athletics. David holds a Bachelor of Economics from the 

University of Sydney and a Foundation Diploma of Financial 

Planning from Deakin University. David is also involved in 

a number of community initiatives that have led to him to 

work in Africa, India and with indigenous communities and 

Sydney’s homeless. He is also sits on a charity board which 

supports various underprivileged groups. 

Justin Purser returned to Australia in late 

19922011 to take up the position of Winemaker 

at Best’s Wines at Great Western in Victoria. Justin has 

been living and working in Europe for the past seven years. 

After graduating from Adelaide University with a degree 

in Oenology and Viticulture he has worked in the wine 

industry in New Zealand, Barolo Italy, and for the past 

three years he has been living and working in Volnay Cote 

d’Or Burgundy in France where he has been involved in 

the production of Grand Cru and Premier Cru wines at 

Domaine de Montille. Justin is married to Joyce and they 

have two sons, Eoghan aged 5 and Rory aged 2. In 

October 2012 Best’s Wines won the JC Watson Memorial 



Justin Purser (SAC 1992) 

Trophy for their 2011 

Bin 1 Shiraz the wine 

also won the Best 

Victorian Wine Trophy 

and the inaugural 

Trevor Mast Trophy for 

Best Shiraz in show. 

The Royal Melbourne 

Wine Show JC 

Watson Memorial 

Trophy is the country’s 

best known individual 

wine award with its 

prestigious line up of 

judges awarding the 

trophy to the best one 

or two year old red 

wine. The ‘Jimmy Watson’ or ‘The Jimmy’, as it is known 

in the industry, is named after the much-loved Carlton wine 

merchant and wine bar owner. 

David Elton 

1993follows 

in the fine tradition of 

Aloysian musicians. 

In 2012 he was 

appointed Principal 

Trumpet with the Sydney 

Symphony Orchestra. 

He has previously held 

principal positions with 

the West Australian 

Symphony Orchestra 

and the Adelaide 

Symphony Orchestras, 

and has performed as 

guest principal with the 

David Elton (SAC 1993), the new 

Principal Trumpet with the Sydney 

Symphony Orchestra 

Australian Chamber Orchestra, Hong Kong Philharmonic 

Orchestra, Singapore Symphony Orchestra and the 

Melbourne and Queensland symphony orchestras, as well 

as the Sydney Symphony. As a chamber musician, he 

has toured Germany with World Brass and is a founding 

member of the Australian Brass Quintet. He has performed 

concertos with the WASO, ASO and the Australian 

National Academy of Music orchestra, including a 

concerto written for him by James Ledger, and has also 

featured as a soloist at trumpet and brass festivals. In 

2012 he appears with the Australian Chamber Orchestra 

and pianist Steven Osborne, performing the Shostakovich 

concerto for piano and trumpet. David holds a Bachelor of 

Music degree from the Queensland Conservatorium and 

a master’s degree from Northwestern University (USA). He 

was a member of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, and 

a fellow of the Pacific Music Festival in Sapporo Japan. 

In 1998 he won first prize in the International Trumpet 

Guild’s Solo Competition held in Kentucky, USA. While in 

Perth, David was Head of Brass at the Western Australian 

Academy of Performing Arts. He has also taught as a 

guest at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory in Singapore, 

and is currently on the brass faculty at ANAM. 

Matt Masson has been appointed, CEO of 

1995Trails of Indochina. He previously served as 

the company’s Chief Operating Officer. Matt has over 160 

staff in Ho Chi Minh City and offices throughout Asia. The 

company provides holidays and tours of Cambodia, Laos, 

Thailand and now China. Matthew and his wife Tiana have 

two children. 

Scott Sloman and his wife Claudette had their 

1996second child on 4 December 2012. James 

Raymond Sloman was born at the Mater Misericordiae 

Hospital weighing 3.2 kilograms. James is the younger 

brother of Bobby born in 2009. 

Paul McGirr VA, BM and his brother Daniel (SAC 1999) 

are solicitors with the family company, McGirr Lawyers. He 

recently appeared before the Downing Centre Local Court 

with a case that made international news. In August, 2012 

NSW Police charged the owner of a goat after the goat 

(called Gary) ate some flowers in a flower bed outside the 

Museum of Contemporary Art at Circular Quay, Sydney. 

On hearing of this somewhat unusual case, Paul and Daniel 

thought it a waste of Police resources and offered to represent 

Gary the goat and his owner, James Dezarnaulds, if he 

elected to take the matter to court. Magistrate Carolyn Barkell 

said the accused goat had been eating the flowers when 

police arrived. However, she said there was no evidence 

Mr Dezarnaulds brought Gary there with the intention of 

vandalising vegetation. Paul McGirr, told the court that police 

had issued the wrong infringement notice, because it related 

to a person and not a goat. The magistrate dismissed the 

case and also dismissed Mr Dezarnaulds’ application for the 

Crown to pay his legal costs but cancelled the $440 fine. 

Gary the goat, who was met by a throng of reporters and 

supporters outside court, was not required to give evidence 

and made no comment on the verdict. Paul and Daniel are 

the sons of Paul McGirr (SAC 1965) and the Grandsons of 

Dr John ‘Doc’ McGirr (SAC 1934). 

Gary the Goat speaking with reporters outside the Downing Centre 

Local Court after his vandalism case was dismissed with the 

assistance of his legal counsel, Paul McGirr VA, BM (SAC 1991) and 

Daniel McGirr (SAC 1999) 

Daniel Graham recently accompanied his 

1997father walking the Camino de Santiago 



old boy news 

Daniel Graham (SAC 1997) pauses on the Camino de Santiago 

pilgrimage 

from Porto to Santiago. They followed the less popular 

Camino Portuguès, much of the route follows the original 

Roman military road XIX that connected Portugal with 

Spain and then France. Along the route lies Monte 

Santiaguino where Saint James first preached Christ’s 

gospel to the locals. The trip took 10 days and covered 

250 kilometres. The route is well marked along the way 

so it is difficult to get lost. Daniel attended mass at the 

parish church of St Thomas à Becket in Caldas de Reis 

the only church outside of England that is named after 

St Thomas. The parish priest was very pleased to greet 

pilgrims who had travelled so far (from Australia) to visit 

his church. Apart from suffering sore feet the trip went 

well. Daniel also attended the pilgrim mass, held daily, 

in the Santiago Cathedral, and observed the swinging of 

the giant incense burner Botafumeiro which is a featured 

event at the end of the Mass, it requires half a dozen men 

to raise and swing the burner. 

Donnie Maclurcan launched two books on 

1999the roof of the College in April, 2012. The 

books – Nanotechnology and Global Equality (Pan Stanford 

Publishing) and Nanotechnology and Global Sustainability 

(Taylor and Francis) – build the case that global prosperity 

now demands innovation without economic growth, and 

that the emerging field of nanotechnology shows such 

innovation is possible. Donnie is Co-Director of the Post 

Growth Institute (www.postgrowth.org) and an Honorary 

Research Fellow at the Institute for Nanoscale Technology 

at the University of Technology, Sydney. More details about 

each book can be found at: www.tinyurl.com/nanoequality 

and http://tinyurl.com/nanosustainability. 

Sean Daggett and his wife Summer welcomed their first 

born child on 7 June 2012. Flynn James Daggett is a very 

happy and healthy child. Sean reports that Flynn is another 

addition to the Daggett clan and a future Aloysian! 

Lt Jamie Monckton (SAC 2005) at the Changing of the Guard at 

Buckingham Palace 

James Monckton has graduated from the 

2005Royal Military College Sandhurst (UK) and 

has been appointed a Second Lieutenant in his family’s 

Regiment, The Coldstream Guards. James father, The Hon. 

Tim Monckton, tells us that James is the first Australian born 

officer appointed to the Coldstream Guards in their 363 

year history. The Coldstream Guards is the oldest regiment 

in the British Army in continuous active service. James will 

be posted at Windsor Castle and in London where he will 

participate in ceremonial duties. In late 2012 he completed 

a tour of duty in the Falkland Islands. 

Sam Gladman has realised a boyhood 

2006dream by taking part in the official Australia 

Day flyover of Canberra, Sydney CBD and Sydney Harbour 

in one of three RAAF Hawk 127 jets – this also gives Sam the 

opportunity to fly just hundreds of feet above his old school. 

Sam studied a Bachelor of Aviation before joining the RAAF 

in 2008. Since joining he has had postings to Perth, Sale, 

Tamworth, Canberra and Newcastle. He graduated from 

the School of Air Warfare in April 2012 and completed 

his Introductory Fighter Course in November 2012. He 

is now a Weapons Systems Officer flying the Hawk 127 

Lead in Fighter as part of RAAF 76 Squadron “Operations 



Ellen DeGeneres. Determined to be in the running for the 

competition, the brothers slept the night on the steps of the 

Opera House. To be in the running for the tickets contestants 

had to sing their operatic plea. Ellen originally planned on 

only giving away two tickets to the US, but was so impressed 

with Dailius and Julian’s performance she also gave them 

tickets. In Los Angeles the lads appeared on her daytime 

show, Ellen, and were interviewed by the star on air. 

Elliot Long (SAC 2011) 

Lt Sam Gladman (SAC 2006) beside his RAAF Hawk 127 aircraft 

preparing for the Australia Day fly over 

flight”, who provide operational support to other Australian 

Defence Force components, such as conducting close air 

support training with the Army. Later this year Sam will be 

posted to Queensland begin training on the F/A-18F Super 

Hornet – from there, it seems, the sky is the limit! 

Dailius Wilson and his brother Julian (SAC 

20092010) recently joined over 1,000 people at 

the Sydney Opera House vying to win tickets to the United 

States that were being given away by US talk show host, 

Julian (SAC 2010) and Dailius Wilson (SAC 2009) with Ellen De 

Generes on the set of her hit TV show, Ellen 

Elliot Long won the Men’s One Kilometre 

2011Race in the annual Cole Classic held at 

Manly on Sunday, 3 February 2013. Elliot was the quickest 

out of the water in the men’s one-kilometre race and finished 

with a time of only 13 minutes and 38 seconds to retain his 

title for a second successive year. The event’s nine-kilometre 

swim was cancelled due to severe weather warnings but 

the 3,872 people competing in the shorter courses were 

still in a celebratory mood despite the testing conditions. 

‘’The conditions weren’t great. Obviously in the water it was 

nice and warm but there was a bit of swell that came in 

and made it difficult on the beach,’’ Elliot said. Elliot made 

the switch from chlorine to saltwater for the first time at last 

year’s Cole Classic where he competed to raise money for 

a charity and to complement his pool training. ‘’I’m actually 

a pool swimmer and I did it as a bit of fun and my coach 

suggested it as an aid to training. I just joined a charity 

raising money for children suffering from cancer.’’ 

Past Staff News 

Mr Nicholas Sampson (SAC Staff 1989 - 1990) has been 

appointed as Headmaster at our brother CAS School, 

Cranbrook. Mr Sampson worked at St Aloysius’ College 

for one year on exchange in 1989 – 1990. Mr Sampson, 

who at the time was working at Wells Cathedral School 

(UK), exchanged positions with Mr Magar Etmekdjian 

(SAC Staff 1982 – Present). Prior to taking up his new 

role at Cranbrook in July 2012, Mr Sampson served 

as Headmaster of Marlborough College (UK), prior to 

that he was Principal of Geelong Grammar School and 

Headmaster of Sutton Valence School (UK). The College 

welcomes Mr Sampson back to Sydney! 



old boy news 

Deceased Old Boys 

The College is saddened to hear of the passing of the 

following members of the Aloysian Family: 

1932 

Dr Lloyd Cahill MBE (SAC 1932) died on 13 November 

2012. Eldest brother of John (SAC 1934), Paul (SAC 

1935), Kevin (SAC 1937), Margaret and Peter (SAC 

1942). 

As with so many men who go to war, Lloyd Cahill, later 

a leading Sydney ophthalmologist, did not talk much about 

what he went through. Even in his later life, when he did 

start to open up a bit about World War II, his stories were 

always about the funny side, never about the suffering, and 

certainly never about his own bravery. 

His modesty also extended to other personal subjects. 

After his death, his family found degrees and career awards 

just rolled up and kept in a tube in his bedroom cupboard. 

Richard Lloyd Cahill was born in Rushcutters Bay on 

January 30, 1914, the first of six children of Arthur Cahill, 

a GP, and his wife Florence (nee Lloyd). He went to St 

Aloysius’ College at Milsons Point, taking the ferry and 

watching the Sydney Harbour Bridge growing beside 

him, and did his Leaving Certificate in 1932. He started 

medicine at the University of Sydney in 1933, graduated 

in 1938 before becoming a junior resident doctor at St 

Vincent’s Hospital. 

In 1940 Cahill joined the army and was a Regimental 

Medical )fficer with the 2/9 Battalion, that was sent to 

Malaysia. In 1942, he was thought to have been killed 

in battle but was just bringing wounded men in. He had 

treated them under fire then led them on what became days 

of trekking through the jungle back to safety. Cahill was so 

exhausted when he reached headquarters that he was also 

put in hospital. 

Unfortunately, safety did not last long. Singapore 

capitulated and Cahill was taken as a prisoner and sent to 

the infamous Changi Prisoner of War Camp. 

In 1943, he was sent by train in a group and forced 

to march to work on the Burma – Thailand Railway. The 

day after he arrived at Shimo Sonkurai camp there was an 

outbreak of cholera. He was put in charge of the isolation 

‘’ward’’ (bamboo stagings with canvas covers). To keep 

the men alive, he hydrated them with water from the camp 

waterfall mixed with salt stolen from the Japanese kitchens. 

He was later transferred to Sonkurai camp. For morale, 

he created quizzes and puzzles and invented the Sonkurai 

Cup, to be awarded to the first man to marry and produce 

a child on his return to Australia, which caused great hilarity 

and discussion. He was also fond of telling stories of Kings 

Cross, from his days at St Vincent’s; recordings of Cahill 

telling these stories are in The Australian War Memorial. A 

film of him can also be seen on the internet. 

When the railway was completed, Cahill and the 

surviving prisoners were sent back to Changi in 1944. He 

finally returned to Australia in 1945; he landed in Darwin 

weighing 47 kilograms. The following year he was made 

a Member of the Order of the British Empire for his services 

to prisoners of war. 

During his time as a prisoner, Cahill had become 

fascinated by eyes after seeing so many men go blind from 

vitamin A deficiency and other causes, and was determined 

to train as an ophthalmologist. So, after meeting and 

marrying Betty Oxenham in 1947, he went to England for 

post-graduate studies at the Bristol Eye Hospital. 

He and his growing family returned to Sydney in 1950 

and settled in Pymble. He set up practice in Macquarie 

Street and in 1961 he became a fellow of the Royal 

Australasian College of Surgeons, and in 1969 a fellow 

of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of 

Ophthalmologists. He served as President of the College 

1975 – 1976. 

Cahill was still working, and still beautifully dressed in 

well-tailored suits, leather shoes and silk ties when he was 80. 

After Betty’s death in 2000, he stayed on at the house 

in Pymble. Towards the end of his life he had carers and 

his daughters, who, he joked, allowed him even less 

freedom than he had had in Changi! At the age of 98 he 

was admitted to hospital and was insulted to be put into a 

geriatric ward. 

Lloyd Cahill is survived by his children Virginia, Lloyd, 

Jane and Lisa, their partners Jim, Scott, Shelley and Marc 

and eight grandchildren. 

Harriet Veitch 

Reprinted with kind permission from The Sydney Morning 

Herald, 17 January 2013 

1940 

Dr Warwick Williams (SAC 1940) died on 11 August 

2012, father of Warwick Williams (SAC 1971) and Peter 

Williams (SAC 1973) 

Warwick Williams showed from early days that he was 

going places. Attending St Aloysius’ College at Milsons 

Point, he captained rugby, cricket, athletics and swimming 

and the school itself. 

At least the nerds got one back – he was pipped for 

dux of the school. Williams nevertheless won the Aloysian 

Gold Medal for outstanding achievement, and went on his 

winning ways. He enrolled in medicine at the University of 

Sydney and when a knee injury forced him out of rugby, 

he put on the gloves and trained at the well-known Dunlevy 

Gym in the inner city. He engaged in sparring sessions with 

local and overseas professionals, and won a university Blue 

by fighting the best boxers in every faculty, including those 

in higher weight divisions. To top it off, he also became the 

NSW discus champion. 

Warwick Laurent Williams was born on January 24, 

1922, in Richmond, Victoria, son of a mechanical 



1948 

Paul Bertram Crowley (SAC 1948) the College has only 

recently been told that Paul Crowley died in Vicllach, in 

Austria in 2006. Paul returned to the College in 1947 

after an absence of some years. He matriculated from 

the Leaving Certificate Class of 1948 and graduated in 

Medicine from Sydney University. He held a number of 

positions in that profession. Those who knew him will well 

remember him as a man of integrity and privacy. The Class 

of 1948 does not wish his passing to go unnoticed. We 

offer our condolences to his wife, Helga and family. 

1956 

Dr W L Williams (SAC 1940) in his rooms 

engineer, Ralph Williams, and his wife, Helene (nee Billet). 

The family then moved to Sydney and Williams went to St 

Aloysius’ College, where he had a Jesuit education. He 

enrolled at university in 1941, taking a course that was 

particularly valued by the government, which wanted to 

ensure a continuing supply of doctors in an uncertain future 

for the nation. The course was accelerated, cramming six 

years into five. 

When Williams graduated in medicine in 1946, he 

channelled his energies into suburban practices and the 

wellbeing of thousands of patients, including some with 

special needs he treated free. Still working in his 79th year, 

Williams lived a life that was, from all perspectives, well 

spent. 

He first went into partnership with Leslie Clarence to 

buy a practice in Leichhardt. He married a nurse, Patricia 

Goonrey, whom he met while a resident medical officer 

at the Mater Misericordiae Hospital at Crows Nest. With 

Clarence, he ran the Leichhardt practice for thity-eight 

years. 

According to his son Warwick, he ‘’loved and treasured 

every minute’’ of his medical work. ‘’He gained great 

self-worth and satisfaction making a difference to people’s 

lives, not only medically but personally. He loved the 

connection he had with every facet of his patients’ lives 

and often treated for free those families with more than three 

children.’’ 

In 1986, following a heart scare, Williams decided 

to throttle back a little and bought a medical centre at 

Eastwood, where he could work fewer hours and read to 

keep abreast of medical advances. He also had a chance 

to pursue interests in sailing, golfing, squash and fishing. 

Warwick Williams is survived by wife Patricia, children 

Susan, Warwick, Mary Anne, Peter and Nicole, 10 

grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. 

Malcolm Brown 

Reprinted with kind permission by The Sydney Morning 

Herald 

Gordon Parry (SAC 1956) died on 8 May 2012. Father 

of Jeff (SAC 1993) and Mark (SAC 1996). 

1961 

Paul Quoyle (SAC 1961) died on 1 August 2012 after a 

long illness. 

1963 

Guy Lieutenant (SAC 1963) died peacefully in hospital 

after a long illness on 17 September 2012. Guy leaves 

behind his widow Anne and children Adam, Emma and 

Aimee as well as four grandsons. 

1965 

Craig Saunders (SAC 1965) died suddenly on 2 May 

2012. From an early age, Craig developed a very keen 

interest in history. At St Aloysius’ College, Craig’s interest 

in history was further enhanced through his teacher, 

Father Morgan SJ. In the Leaving Certificate of 1965, 

Craig obtained first class honours in Ancient History, 

and was ranked among the top students in the State in 

that subject. Craig subsequently obtained degrees in 

Arts and Law from Sydney University, and after a period 

with a country law firm, he returned to Sydney where 

he established a legal practice at Riverstone. Craig 

loved his chosen profession, which resulted in regular 

contact with barristers and solicitors who were Old Boys 

of the College. Craig will be missed by family, legal 

practitioner colleagues and friends. A Requiem Mass for 

Craig was held at Killara Catholic Church on 11 May 

2012. 

Graham Browne (SAC 1965) died on 2 December 2012. 

1972 

Michael Fitzgerald (SAC 1972) died on 28 October 2012 

after a long battle with cancer. Michael served as a pilot 

in the Royal Australian Air Force and, at 35, became the 

youngest ever 747 Captain with Qantas. 

1984 

Adam Griffiths (SAC 1984) died in a drowning accident 



old boy news 

in Hawaii on 18 January 2013. Adam was with a group 

of friends exploring a rocky coastal area when one of the 

party was swept into the ocean by a rogue wave. Adam 

jumped into the water in an attempt to save his mate, sadly 

both men drowned in the heavy seas. Adam worked in the 

IT industry and had lived in San Francisco, USA for the past 

few years. He was due to marry later in 2013. 

1985 

Henry Taudien (SAC 1985) died on 25 April 2012. 

Henry leaves behind his wife Mel, his Mother Keiko and 

his brothers Bill and Hugh. 

Martin Segecic (SAC 1985) died on 7 May 2012 in 

Forster, NSW. 

2001 

Ryan Hilder (SAC 2001) passed away on 26 February 

2013. Older brother of Sean Hilder (SAC 2007) and 

loving son of Warwick and Michele Hilder (Past Parents) 

Former Staff 

Father Thomas Francis O’Donovan SJ, OAM 

Rector of the College 1968 – 1973 

He was a giant, and a moral one, known affectionately 

as ‘Toddy’. He was a rowing master who could equally 

pour water gently over a baby’s forehead in baptism. At 

first, when I was in primary school, he was a headmaster 

to be feared, but later in secondary school, he was a 

schoolmaster to be admired. His voice was a clarion, a 

trumpet, but a trumpet of the heart. He used to keep close 

watch over details such as a school shirt untucked, but he 

could also give the wisest advice a young student might 

ever hear. He was probably the greatest man his students 

would ever meet. 

Father Thomas Francis O’Donovan SJ, OAM was born in 

Brunswick, Victoria, in September 1921. He was ordained 

priest at St Mary’s Catholic Church North Sydney in 1952. 

Amongst other roles in education, he was Prefect of Studies 

at Xavier College, Melbourne and Rector at Loyola College 

in Victoria and at St Aloysius’ College, before moving 

on to a wide variety of duties at Saint Ignatius’ College, 

Riverview. 

As Rector of St Aloysius’ College, Father O’Donovan 

guided her through a time of enormous change in the 

Catholic church after Vatican II, but he also found time at 

the end of each day to stand at the little pedestrian crossing 

in Upper Pitt Street outside the College, where he would 

shake hands with the boys and check the length of hair in 

an era when long hair was seen as impudence and raised 

suspicion of anarchy. He was a stickler, he hated disorder 

(what teacher doesn’t?) and he wielded power, but his use 

of both order and power showed to us young students that 

authority could be self-effacing, a form or service, and born 

of a great love. 

At Saint Ignatius’ 

College Riverview, Father 

O’Donovan was Religious 

Education Co-ordinator, 

Year 12 Co-ordinator, 

Director of Liturgy and 

Music, Rowing Master, 

and often-time director 

of Gilbert and Sullivan 

productions and musicals. 

He also taught Religion, 

Latin and English. He was 

the first staff member many 

of the students saw early 

in the morning, walking 

silently in the cloisters, 

reading his breviary, the 

Jesuits’ book of personal prayer and reflection. This seemed 

to be his wellspring, sustenance for the day ahead. And 

it was a long day. At night, after a school play or other 

extracurricular event, he could be seen locking up the 

school, the last to leave. All in all, his was a full load, but 

then one of his favourite sayings of Christ was, “My yoke is 

easy and my burden is light.” He exuded a joy that came 

from a sure sense that this was the life he was meant to 

lead. 

He enthused with a student’s enthusiasm, he grieved at a 

student’s grief. His greatest single advice to me was about 

finding the right woman to be a wife: “Would she make 

a good mother?” Far from being any sort of put-down of 

independent single women (he had enormous respect for 

the work of nuns and he worked alongside a diversity of 

women in the teaching profession with great admiration for 

them), he was, rather, making the firm point that in marriage 

both partners needed a great degree of selflessness, and 

a good mother who could sacrifice for her children would 

therefore also be a good wife. His role model in this, of 

course, was Mary, mother of Jesus. 

Seemingly a traditionalist, Father O’Donovan nonetheless 

knew that rules were made for people, not people for rules. 

In 1999, when he was working for the Parish of St Mary’s 

North Sydney, he was saying Mass for the residents in a 

nearby retirement home, and an elderly Anglican woman 

asked if she could receive communion from him. Strictly 

speaking, non-Catholics were not allowed to take Catholic 

communion, and he had to say yes or no very quickly. 

He said yes. This was indicative of his Christian vision: 

he believed that Catholicism was the best way, and its 

disciplines were to be respected, but universal compassion 

and outreach were the signs of its true spirit. 

Arguably his greatest gift was the power of 

speech-making. In countless addresses to school assemblies 

and in thousands of sermons, he never bored once. His 

common technique was to begin with a suspenseful story 

from history, or an anecdote, sharply portrayed, taken 

from recent public events, and then, with directness and 

without ostentatiousness, to make a connection directly to 



the liturgical readings of the day. As such, he was a great 

analogist. 

He spoke his sermons in elegant and sustained sentences, 

and with a master’s skill of gentle anaphora and peroration. 

He was surprised when long-time parishioner Michael 

Stevens approached him in 1994 and asked if he could 

record the sermons for publication. The resulting volumes, 

In the Footsteps of Christ and Come and See, are as 

commanding a collection of reflections on love and duty as 

one may ever read, and dotted with references as diverse 

as to Yes Prime Minister, economics articles by Ross Gittins, 

the poetry of Alexander Pope and the Kon-Tiki expedition. 

Between 1991 and 2002, Father O’Donovan was 

the Jesuit Province Mission Promoter and Assistant at the 

Jesuit Mission Office in North Sydney, a vital financial 

and spiritual lifeline to Jesuit missionaries, especially those 

working in India. This work was yet another realm of service 

performed in an extraordinary life of selfless enterprise. 

Father Tom O’Donovan always deflected praise, and 

he carried his greatest accomplishments with humility. 

In 1996, he was awarded the Medal of the Order of 

Australia (OAM) for services to Religion and Education. 

Although he would have been inwardly gratified that 

Christian service had been acknowledged by the award, 

according to his good friend, Old Boy and eulogist Dr Paul 

Brogan, he never once mentioned it. 

He died on Australia Day surrounded by family members 

and brother Jesuits who quietly recited his beloved Rosary 

as he was called by God. He will be greatly missed by 

the people he served, his nieces and nephews and their 

families, his many friends, his former students and his Jesuit 

brothers. 

Peter Fleming (SAC 1978) 

Alan Fletcher (SAC Staff 1976 – 1992) died on 2 July 

2012. Mr Fletcher was affectionately known as Mumbles 

by the boys (and many of the staff!). A teacher of English, 

History and Civics, he seemed to revel in people’s 

perception that he was an ‘absent minded professor’. At 

his funeral that was attended by a number of former and 

current staff members of the College as well as some Old 

Boys, two stories were shared that perhaps best capture 

Mr Fletcher. 

to and from the College by train whilst he tried to recall 

where he had ‘misplaced’ his car! The prefect dispatched 

a number of boys to scour the streets of Kirribilli and the car 

was duly located, parked behind Loreto Convent under a 

Moreton Bay fig tree covered in about one inch of fig fruit 

and fruit bat droppings! 

There was of course a much softer and caring side to Mr 

Fletcher, one that many did not know about. At one point his 

beloved Triumph was stolen, luckily the police managed to 

locate the car after a short period of time. After retrieving the 

car Mr Fletcher found some parole documents in the vehicle 

and rather than pass them on to the police, knowing that 

another charge would surely send the thief back to gaol, he 

discretely posted the forms on to the person. 

Always the gentleman, resplendent with his trilby hat 

and a cigarette never far from reach, Mr Fletcher loved to 

stop and speak with colleagues and Old Boys when he 

saw them. In recent years Mr Fletcher’s health declined, 

his memory taken by Alzheimer’s, he eventually moved to 

James Milson Nursing Home not far from the College. One 

of his most regular and loyal visitors was his dear friend 

and former colleague, Mr Ross Clifton (SAC Staff 1975 – 

1993). Mr Bruce Clarkson (SAC Staff 1976 – 2009 and 

SAC Hon Old Boy) was also a regular visitor. Mr Fletcher 

was certainly a great character; his eccentricities and 

foibles certainly added flavour to the College and provided 

countless stories and funny moments to the boys who were 

fortunate to be taught by him. May He Rest In Peace. 

Daina Stumbles (SAC Staff 1985 – 2000 and Past Parent) 

died on 24 August 2012 after a long battle with cancer. 

Daina leaves behind her husband Geoff and sons Peter 

(SAC 1994) and Michael (SAC 1997). A more detailed 

Obituary will appear in a future edition of The Aloysiad. 

Eternal Rest grant to them O Lord 

and let perpetual light shine upon them, 

may their Souls and all the Souls, 

of the faithful departed Old Boys of the College, and 

members of the Aloysian Family, 

through the mercy of God, rest In Peace. Amen. 

St Aloysius, pray for us! 

One day he arrived at school wearing two different 

coloured shoes – one black and the other brown – after 

much mirth in the class, he got angry and asked what the 

commotion was. One of the boys said ‘Excuse me Sir, but 

you are wearing odd shoes!’ “No I’m not” came the reply 

from Mumbles, “I have another pair just like it at home!” 

On another occasion in 1985 he approached one of the 

prefects at lunch and asked if he could assist in finding 

his much loved car, a white Triumph 2500TC. The prefect 

talked through Mr Fletcher’s movements that morning, when 

he admitted that he had not lost the car that day, but 

sometime earlier. It pans out that Mr Fletcher had misplaced 

his car some four weeks earlier and had been travelling 



AD MAJOREM DEI GLORIAM 

The St Aloysius’ College Jesuit Community, together with the Staff, Students, Old Boys 

and members of the Aloysian Family congratulate His Eminence, Jorge Cardinal Bergoglio SJ 

on his election as Pope Francis I. He is the 266th Pontiff of the Catholic Church and 

the first Jesuit to hold the position. 

We Pray that the Holy Spirit will guide Pope Francis I in his leadership of the Church. 

LAUS DEO SEMPER

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