Green Light for Stage II - St. George's College

The College Board has authorised the
Warden to proceed with Stage II of the
Building Master Plan.
Stage II (Memorial Wing was Stage
I) covers the:
• Demolition of Guest Wing (built
originally as maids’ quarters and
connected to the existing kitchen).
• Construction on that site of
expanded kitchen facilities and an
associated meal servery (all on the
same level as the Dining Hall) and
with vehicle service access to Park
Ave rather than Mounts Bay Road.
• Construction in the area between
Old Wing and the Warden’s house
of a 30 room student block on 3
levels to be named Newby Wing
and 2 post-graduate/tutor fl ats in a
connected but stand-alone building
on 2 levels.
• Conversion of the existing kitchen
on the ground floor of Old Wing
to a student common room linked
to the JCR and possibly the library
(some of this work will be outside
the funding arrangement with The
University).
These are major works, to be spread
over several contracts and will
signifi cantly expand and enhance the
built structure of the College. The all
inclusive cost of Stage II (including
fees) will exceed $7M.
The Georgian
Volume 32 No. 3 December 2008 Print Post Approved PP665002/00110
Green Light for Stage II
Computer generated images of the new building
Moving the kitchen (built in 1931
for 30 students) to its new location
as an expanded modern facility
was identified in the 1989 Building
Master Plan as key to the expansion
of student numbers at the College, if
it is to maintain communal dining as a
central feature of college life; and that
is considered vital.
Stage II will lift the number of
students in residence from 180 to 202.
Stage III contemplates duplication of
Newby Wing. Stages IV and V could
add another 100 students. The new
kitchen facilities will have the capacity
to service all of those students if and
when the later Stages are carried out.
St George’s wishes to undertake Stage
II at this time for reasons including:
• The aspirations and needs of
The University
• The continuing strong un-met
demand for places at St George’s
• The economies of scale (long
recognized in the College’s strategic
planning)
St George’s is able to undertake Stage
II at this time due to:
• The continuing financial support
of The University for expansion of
student accommodation within its
affi liated colleges.
Continued on page 4
Contents
Annual Giving 2008 ......................................2
Get Together in Singapore .............................3
Medical Student of the Year Award ...............5
Victorian Georgians News .............................5
Valedictory Dinner 2008 ................................6
Gascoine Bursary ...........................................8
2008 Mini Dinners .......................................12
Annual Giving Dinner 2008 .........................14
Georgian Cocktail Party ..............................16
Vale ..............................................................19
Georgian President’s Report .......................20
Mailbag ........................................................21
Visitors to the College ...................................24
Singapore Reunion page 3
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Friends
of the College
Mr & Mrs Butler
Mr & Mrs Edgeloe
Mr & Mrs Ireland
Mr & Mrs Jilley
Prof D Markwell
Mr & Mrs Maughan
Mr & Mrs McPhee
Mr Morgan
& Ms Cullam
Mr & Mrs Norton
Mr Oades & Ms Chi
Mr & Mrs Philippoz
Mr & Mrs Quinn
Mr & Mrs Seng
Mr & Mrs Vettorel
1930s
Dr H G Higgins
Mr R W Kilminster
The Hon I G Medcalf
AO, ED, QC
Mr E F Biddiscombe
Professor A K Collins
1940s
Mr W E Ewers
Dr B E Balme
Mr V K B Chew
Professor A R H Cole
Mr R S Dickson
Dr J J E Glover
Mr D B Sugden AO
Professor J M
Thomson AM
Mr J T Jefferies
Mr L D Mangini
Mr J G Marsh
Dr B D Stacy
Mr E G Hayman
Mr P T McCulloch
Dr F H Hibberd
Professor P R Jefferies
Mr R A Piesse
Professor J C Riviere
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Mr W D Gobbart
Mr B W S James,
OAM
Dr S G Webster
Mr E N Fitzpatrick
Mr R K Hopkins
Mr J O Stone
Mr K E Thompson
Dr P B Tunbridge
OAM
Mr L G Wilson AO
Dr I P Barrett-
Lennard
Mr M C P Clifton
Mr H D B Norman
Mr R S Sadka
Mr M J Shalders
Dr V W Maslen
1950s
Dr J S Gladstones
Mr R T Lam
Dr G E Bevan
Mr K J Cuming
Mr D D B
McNaughton
Mr F J F Owen
Mr A L Vincent
Mr M T Carrigg
D Professor H L
Davies
Mr D R Grant-Frost
Mr M C Hay OAM
Mr J H M Honniball
Dr A J Peck
Dr R D Sturkey
CVO AM
Dr R L Chase
Dr J C Hanrahan AM
Dr C J Powell
Mr H C Grant-Frost
Dr I H Stewart
Mr R E S Argyle
Mr J F S Browne
Mr J R Buttsworth
Mr R D P Clifton
Mr A J MacMillan
Annual Giving 2008
The St George’s College Foundation acknowledges with
gratitude the following individuals for their generous
support during Annual Giving 2008. In addition we are
grateful to the donors who requested anonymity for their gifts.
Thank you also to those whose gift was received after this list
was published.
Professor D K
Malcolm AC QC
Mr I L K
McNaughton
Mr R G Bunning
Mr G R Hogbin
Mr A J Sandercock
Mr I J V Sanderson
Mr D R L Burt
Mr M D Mercer
Mr P Wann
Dr J W Copland
Mr J E Ryan
1960s
Mr R D Collister
Mr K R Wark
Dr R J Atkinson
Dr P R Jackson
Dr R I T Prince
Mr B B Baker
Mr D A Cannon
Dr F T A Lovegrove
Mr R W Mercer
Mr A D N Adams
Dr W L Baker
Dr T M Height
Dr R B Whitwell
Mr J M Johnston
Mr M F Monaghan
Mr D L Armstrong
Mr W A James
The Rev’d E P
Witham
Mr J W Bird
Mr G W Heberle
Dr A E S Tan
Dr P S Hanrahan
Mr P M Randell
Mr P T Trend
Mr G P Walker
Dr G G Jacobs
Mr W S Peters
1970s
Mr D F Burges
Mr I Goldsmith
Mr N R Sherry
Mr M J Young
Mr C I Blyth
Mr Q R J Durber
Dr J T Gliddon
Mr M S Manea
Mr T R D Mason
Mr W R Marmion
Dr P G Simpson
Mr P J Rumenos
Mr J C S Bogle
Dr R F Clarke
Mr B Montgomery
Mr J H D Day
Mr E J Wimberley
Mr A P Baird
Mr J P Bargiev
Mr R W Dark
Mr B D Rick
Dr E A D Day
Mr R J Purslowe
Dr R J Storer
Mr M P Thornton
Mr R E Bailey
Mr D J Herron
Mr S D Payne
Mr J I Rick
Mr A D M Green
Mr D J Herbert
1980s
Mr & Mrs A Bartley
Mr C M Jamieson
Mr R J Nash
Ms S A Blakely
Mr C E Carter
Mr M R Evangelisti
Dr & Mrs Horn
Ms A M Weller
Major D L Elson
Mr D C Griffi ths
Mr D N McKenzie
Mr M P Reid
Mrs L Wooldridge
Mrs M R Wolff
Ms R Martin
Mr M W Wiese
Ms J F Willinge
Mr K D Gibson
Dr S M Hester
Ms C M Jarvis
Dr S R Manson
Mr A & Mrs
R Prentice
Dr K A Shepherd
Mr K J Smith
Mr K C Vollprecht
Mr A F Wiese
Ms M Darbyshire
Mrs R H Potts
Ms K J Teale
Mrs J H Wills
1990s
Mr J S Fabling
Mr N K Fahie
Ms A Agnello
Mr O & Mrs D
Charlesworth
Dr A J Hewitt
Mr J &
Dr J A Maldon
Mr T J Plant
Mr D P Curnow
Ms G C Fabling
Dr J A Love
Mr A J Pereira
Mr A T Argyle
Mr K W Karlsen
Ms F B Seaward
Dr A Turner
Mr R M O’Donnell
Mr J R Beaver
Mr T R Gliddon
Mr K A Kerr
2000s
Mr G L Moir
Miss G Cornejo
Mr S J Gliddon
Mr B B Gliddon

Georgian
Get Together
in Singapore
trip to Singapore in September
A by The Georgian editor provided
a great opportunity for a Georgian
gathering. We met at The Hawkers
Market in Newton Circus on a beautiful
clear evening and enjoyed hearing about
the different yet similar experiences we
all had at varying times at St George’s.
Apologies were received from Andrew
Loh (1973), Wendy Peh (1994), Ros
Chelliah (1989) and Tan Ngiap Joo
(1965), who were all disappointed to
be unable to attend and expressed their
hope that another such occasion would
be held again.
Jwee Meng (Jimmy) Leow (1950) was
12 years old and attending St Andrew’s
School, (a school in the British
tradition), when the Japanese invaded
Singapore in February 1942. Life was
very hard under Japanese occupation
and food was scarce. Secret informers
were everywhere and denounced whom
ever they wished. Those accused were
usually executed. St Andrew’s School
was closed down, but Jwee Meng’s
education did not suffer as family
members and friends continued to tutor
him in the subjects he needed to pass the
Cambridge Local Examination.
After the Americans bombed Hiroshima
and Nagasaki, on 6 and 9 August 1945
respectively, and Japan surrendered,
leaflets were dropped over Singapore
Whye Geok Lim (1956), Richard Bailey (1977)
L-R Jwee Meng Leow (1950), Julia Kingsley, Genevieve Ng (1996),
Whye Geok Lim (1956), Richard Bailey (1977), Bronwyn Gibson (1995)
to inform the population. Many people
didn’t realize the significance of this, but
Jwee Meng did and showed very shrewd
and quick thinking. He accumulated
as much Japanese governmentissued
dollars as he could and quickly
exchanged it on the Black Market for
Malay and Straits currency, and just in
time, as the Japanese currency became
worthless, and most of the Singaporean
population was left with valueless
bank notes.
Once the war ended, St Andrew’s School
quickly reopened and Jwee Meng
was able to complete his secondary
education. Following that, he went to St
George’s in 1950 and stayed until 1954.
He studied Engineering for five years
and returned to Singapore to work in the
family business.
He thoroughly enjoyed his time at the
College, made many life long friends
and remembers it as one of the best times
of his life. He told us of the time he
was living in Hall A and Rudolph Lam
(1950) and Jonathan Chelliah (1950)
were in Tower B. They had rigged up
a system so that when Rudolph and
Jonathan cooked supper over the heater
in their room, they would throw down a
squash ball on a rope so that it hit Jwee
Meng’s window, to signal that supper
was ready.
Dr Whye Goek Lim (1956) was only
five years old when Japan invaded
Singapore. His father, Lim Bo Seng,
is a national hero in Singapore for his
resistance to Japanese forces during
World War II. He died while a prisoner
of the Japanese in 1944. Whye Goek
went to St Andrew’s School from 1945
til 1954 and then went to Perth where
he attended Guilford Grammar School
in 1955. From there he went to St
George’s College and studied Medicine
at UWA before being accepted into
the University of Adelaide’s Medical
Programme in 1958.
He has many fond memories of his stay
in College and often thinks of the many
friendly Aussies that he met there. There
were not too many Asians in Perth then,
but he never felt unwelcome and it made
living in College a very memorable
experience. He still remains in contact
with friends that he made during that
time, such as Peter Knight (1956)
who recently visited Whye Goek in
Singapore.
Bronywn Gibson (1995) grew up in
Bunbury and, after completing high
school at Bunbury Cathedral Grammar
School, spent two years at St George’s
College while studying Music at
UWA. After graduating with First
Class Honours in a Bachelor of Music
Degree, and a Masters of Music, she is
now a Lecturer in Musical Theatre at La
Salle College of the Arts in Singapore,
in the Faculty of Performing Arts. She
enjoys living and working in Singapore,
and loves the fact that her job involves
playing the piano a lot.
Currently she is the Musical Director
for the La Salle College production
of “Lucky Stiff” – an all singing all
dancing madcap murder mystery!
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L-R Julia Kingsley, Josephine Willinge (Evans
1988), Genevieve Ng (1996)
Bronwyn Gibson (1995), Jwee Meng Leow (1950)
Continued from page 1
• The extraordinary generosity of
Georgian, David Newby (1962).
• The availability of money for
this purpose from the Building
Fund established with the gifts of
Georgians.
• The generosity of certain other
Georgians, notably John Elsey
(1941) and Sir Rod Eddington
(1968), both of whom having
pledged substantial sums to Stage
II.
• The availability of money for
this purpose from the Foundation
as trustee of Hackett Fund,
established with the residual
balance of the original Hackett
bequest.
• The support of the Anglican
Community Fund which will
provide bridging and term loan
facilities.
It is also worthy of note that with
building demand weakening and a
new major brick supplier coming
into production next month – now
may prove to be ‘a good time to go
Genevieve Ng (1996) studied her
Bachelor of Business at Curtin
University, graduating in 1991.
In 1995 she obtained her CPA from
CPA Australia, and then came to
St George’s College in 1996 while she
completed her Masters of Business
Administration at UWA. She is now the
Finance and Admin Manager at FairEx,
an International Financial Systems
company in Singapore.
Genevieve is heavily involved with
the University Women's Association
(Singapore) and is the current President
of the organization, which is committed
to advocating for the improvement of
the status of women and girls, promoting
lifelong education and enabling graduate
women to use their expertise to effect
change. More information about the
UWAS can be found at their website
www.uwas.org.
Richard Bailey (1977) grew up on a
farm in Kulin, in rural WA. He attended
Swanleigh and Guilford Grammar to
complete his secondary education, and
lived at St George’s for three years while
he did an Arts Degree at UWA. He was
to the market’ for brick buildings!
We certainly hope so and take heart
from the fact that the original College
buildings were built through the
depths of the Great Depression!
We went to tender on 14 November.
Tenders close on 12 December. At that
time we will know whether or not we
have a project. We do know that we
can fund a tender price in line with
our detailed QS estimates. So ‘here’s
hoping’.
Newby Wing will be named in honour
of David Newby, Senior Student in
1965 and WA’s Rhodes Scholar in
1966. David has given or pledged
a total of $1.7M for Stage II having
previously made a substantial
donation to Memorial Wing and
having also provided further funds
for the establishment of a liberal arts
program within the College. In all,
David Newby’s contribution to the
advancement of St George’s College
will exceed $2M. After Sir John
Winthrop Hackett, David Newby will
be our largest individual benefactor
– by far! He has and rightly deserves
our heartfelt and enduring thanks.
in Singapore on business and so was
able to attend the Singapore Georgians
get together, and enjoyed swapping
both Guilford and College memories
with Whye Goek Lim. Richard moved
to Melbourne in 1988 to lead the Allied
Group’s Melbourne subsidiary. In
1990 he led a management buy out of
the Melbourne business renamed ALC
Capital Group. In 1998 ALC capital
was acquired by GE Capital with
Richard ultimately becoming Managing
Director and Head of GE’s Australia &
New Zealand Commercial Equipment
Finance Businesses.
In 1996 Richard joined Hewlett Packard
(HP) as Managing Director of Hewlett
Packard’s Financial Services division
for Asia Pacific Japan and has recently
been named by HP as Vice President of
its South Pacific Imaging and Printing
group. He will oversee the South Pacific
consumer and printer businesses. This
will no doubt ensure many more trips
to Singapore.
So all in all, it was a most enjoyable
evening and it is ended with us all keen
for another such occasion next year.
It is comforting to know that money
derived from our founding benefactor’s
estate is still available to assist in the
further development of the College.
An amount of $375,000 will be drawn
from the Hackett Fund for Stage II and
that will not exhaust that Fund.
Critically, The University has
committed to contribute approximately
fifty per cent of the cost of the
new buildings, thereby continuing
the mutually beneficial funding
partnership between the College and
The University established with the
Memorial Wing. We remain deeply
grateful to The University for its
support and extend our thanks in
particular to the Vice-Chancellor,
Professor Alan Robson.
In the next issue of The Georgian I
hope to be able to report positively
on the progress being made towards
completion of Stage II and the
availability of its new accommodation
to our students.
Rory Argyle (1956)
Chairman
26 November 2008

Medical Student of the Year Award
L-R Vivienne Duggin, Andrew Webster (2005),
Renae Poot, Rosemary Ingham
Two medical students (one of them a
Georgian) making a real difference
in rural health have been jointly
awarded the Westpac RDAA Medical
Student of the Year Award 2008 at the
Rural Doctors Association of Australia
(RDAA) and Australian College of
Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM)
annual conference, held in Sydney in
October 2008.
RDAA President, Dr Nola Maxfield, said
third year Flinders University medical
student Jeremy Wells and fourth year
UWA medical student and Georgian
Andrew Webster (2005) were doing such
outstanding work it was impossible to
decide between them so the award was
presented jointly.
Andrew is going to Cambridge
University to work on a joint research
program with UWA investigating factors
which contribute to poorer survival rates
for rural cancer patients compared with
their urban counterparts.
Jeremy is up in the Northern Territory
undertaking a community-based program
Victorian
Georgians News
So m e t w e n t y V i c t o r i a n
Georgians were delighted
to welcome the Warden John
Inverarity to informal drinks after
work on Wednesday 1st October.
It was great to see Georgians from
many vintages represented, and to
learn of people's travels and work that
have led them to live in Melbourne.
Georgians were pleased to hear news
of the College and were impressed to
learn that the quality and number of
Andrew Webster at Bathurst Island.
through the NT Rural Clinical School
which includes clinical placements at the
Central Australian Aboriginal Congress,
hospital outpatient clinics and visits to
some of the most remote communities
in Australia.
Andrew said he doesn’t believe that the
capacity to make change in this area rests
solely with doctors, administrators and
politicians. The opportunity to travel to
an internationally renowned University
will provide a fantastic opportunity to
gain a different perspective on health.
With this experience he aims to increase
his capacity to improve the health
outcomes of rural Australians in his
future career.
Andrew has been promoting medicine
in the bush since he began his medical
studies. As a former Bunbury school boy,
he has been involved in the Rural High
School Visit (RHSV) program, a scheme
designed to motivate rural students to
consider medicine. In this role he has coordinated
and participated in a number of
visits to rural schools in both WA and the
Peter Marshall (1969), Kevan Penter (1970)
student rooms is growing through major
building projects. Attendees declared
the evening a success and are looking
forward to similar get-togethers in the
future.
Thanks to Campbell Bairstow (1972)
and Alison Dennison (Roy 1986) for
organising the night, with a number
calling for it to be held twice a year!
Northern Territory. He said that a lot of
country students have a barrier in their
head about not having the resources or
ability to go on and study in Perth, but he
had the seed planted in his mind that it
was something he could do and it looked
like a great career path.”
In 2007, Andrew received a John
Flynn Placement Program scholarship
and travelled to the remote Aboriginal
community of Bathurst Island in the
Northern Territory. He describes the
experience as having had a profound
influence on him.
Co-chairs of the National Rural Health
Students Network (NRHSN), Shannon
Nott and Felix Ho, said that Jeremy
and Andrew’s contribution to rural
and remote health is something that all
medical students can aspire to. Their
dedication to rural health, and their
genuine enthusiasm in improving the
current health outcomes for people living
in rural and remote communities not only
demonstrates that they are deserving
winners of the Award but also that there
is a bright future for rural health. It is
the work of amazing young leaders like
Andrew and Jeremy that inspires others
to take action for a better future and
the NRHSN believes the work of these
two students paves the way for more
enthusiasm for rural health in the future.
They have shown what students can
do and they are great ambassadors for
rural and remote health. Their work is
proof of the great things that students are
capable of doing and the future outcomes
for rural and remote communities with
upcoming leaders like Andrew and
Jeremy demonstrating a real passion in
equalising some of the inequalities that
currently exist, is very optimistic.
L-R John Inverarity,
Bill Gobbart (1946), Sean Edis (1985)
L-R Melissa Humann (1991), Claire Wilkinson
(1991), Howard Lokon, Lian Lokon
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The Valedictory Dinner was held at
the College on 30 October 2008.
The 13 Valedicts were each presented
with a plaque of the College crest, and
the following prizes were awarded:
The Leeman Cup: a trophy awarded
the student who has made the most
outstanding contribution to the sporting
life of the College: Hannah Thornton.
Hannah has been an outstanding member
of St George’s College this year and has
enthusiastically participated in almost
every WICSA sporting event.
The Lindsay Scott Prize: awarded to
the member of the College Club who
best serves the Club as a Member of
the Club Committee or as an Officer of
the Club: Hugh Owens. He has been a
very flexible and passionate Ladies and
Gents Representative on the Committee
and has done everything that was asked
of him and more. If there was a problem
to be fixed, Hugh did it.
The St George’s College Prize:
a w a r d e d f o r m e r i t o r i o u s a n d
praiseworthy service to the College:
Claire Bailey. Competent beyond her
years, she has contributed immensely to
the improvement of community service
within the College Club.
The Georgian Prize: this award
is presented on the criteria of
‘meritorious and praiseworthy service
to the College.’: Simon Noordhoek.
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Valedictory Dinner 2008
L-R Emma Leitner, Rebekah Tyler, Rhiarne Bruce, William Cunderwan,
Steven Lofthouse, Simon Bond, Catherine Gadd, Shane Fleay, Alistair James,
Christopher Day, Nigel Clifford, Richard Juengling, Anne Gannon
He has shown amazing enthusiasm,
participating in all events of the College
Club, organising two Inter-college
events and showing strong desire to
contribute next year.
The Gascoine Memorial Bursary: a
bursary to provide travel and experience
not necessarily connected with the
chosen field of study, awarded to:
Jarrad Seng. A very creative and
energetic 3rd Year student, Jarrad
will be using the Bursary to fund his
participation in a four week Unibreak
volunteer programme in Nepal.
The Maxwell Newton Scholarship:
a scholarship established by Sarah
Newton-Palmer to perpetuate the name
of her father, Maxwell Newton, a
student of St George’s College in 1947.
It has been set up to assist returning
residents of St George’s College to
travel. This year it has been awarded to
Jade Roberts. She is an active volunteer
and hopes to further this endeavour
by involving herself in a four week
volunteer programme in Thailand.
The Victorian Georgian Prize: funded
by Georgians now living in Victoria,
it is designed to encourage College
residents to explore what Melbourne
and Victoria has to offer, and is awarded
to: Katherine Park. She is a 3rd year
medicine student, and is particularly
interested in soaking in as much of the
arts as possible.
L-R Jade Roberts, Katherine Park, Jarrad Seng
L-R Badar Maqbool, Alexander MacLeay,
Matthew Sims

L-R Jessica Irwin, Shana Sylvester,
Laura Smith, Karys McEwan
L-R Steven Lofthouse, Hugh Owens,
Eugene Lim (2003), Will Clapin
Alex Ynema (2003), Catherine Gadd
L-R Leigh Abercromby, Christopher Day, Phillipa Edminston, Catherine Hancock
L-R Charles Bogle, Aria Lokon, Will Clapin, George Croucamp, Kristen Bennett, Jarrad Seng
L-R Simon Noordhoek, Hannah Thornton, Hugh Owens, Claire Bailey
L-R Zarina Paurobally, Nick Salmon, Lina Sharifah (2006), Ackram Azimi,
Richard Juengling, William Cundawon, Badar Maqbool
L-R Mavis Tyler, Rebekah Tyler, Phil Tyler
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Gascoine Bursary San Diego Sojourn: Tom Cruise,
Tomcats and Obstetrics: My Trip to the Land
of the Free and Home of the Brave
You know you are going someplace
special these days when, after you
have managed to scrape together what
dignity that remains after going through
airport security, you are invited to
undergo the process all over again prior
to boarding at your gate, albeit with a
considerably more hands on approach
by some of the security guards. There
is always that individual who, by the
manner in which they don a set of plastic
gloves, has just passed their internal
examination course and is determined
to put theory into practice. Happily I
managed to avoid that encounter and can
reserve the experience for my middle age
health checks. This, when coupled with
the amazing new game called “spot the
armed air marshal”, has ensured that air
travel has never been this exciting since
Wilbur Wright said to Orville “let’s just
strap a set of ironing boards to a sewing
machine and see what happens”, and
a good thing too, as in my trip to San
Diego, USA, I was going to be spending
about 40 hours cooped up in a cigar case
masquerading as an aeroplane.
This being my first trip to the Land
of the Free and Home of the Brave,
my mind was naturally swirling with
stereotypes, or would have been had I
not been semi-comatose upon arrival.
However I was quickly jolted out of
that state by the trip from the aircraft
Chris White
to the terminal; evidently, planes from
Australia are not sufficiently important
to actually disembark at the terminal
itself. Now the American population,
despite driving on the wrong side of the
road, are not traditionally considered
to be particularly bad drivers. A case in
point is the seemingly millions of racing
movies that originate there, although
in counter argument there is a severe
lack of American drivers in Formula
One. However, the individual who was
in charge of the bus taking us to the
terminal that day obviously took his
job of breaking the world’s stereotypes
of Americans exceptionally seriously.
Having overtaken a Jumbo, been cut-off
by several vans, and driving over every
possible runway and taxiway at LAX it
became abundantly clear that America is
definitely different to expectations. This
was further reinforced by the clearing of
customs where we were neatly divided
into honourable citizens and ‘gringos’
having wandered in under portraits of
George and Dick (Bush and Cheney
respectively, as if you didn’t know). That
being said I was mightily relieved when
I finally reached the customs officers
to note that yes, thank goodness, they
were all packing pistols although they
didn’t quite match up to the submachine
guns totted by the British bobbies at
Heathrow, a deficiency that I sincerely
hope they will soon rectify.
From LAX there was a short hop to San
Diego on a plane that looked straight out
of the toy box. This impression was not
helped by the fact that the ground staff
were tinkering with the engines using
tools that appeared to be designed for
Bob the Builder, and spent most of the
time with a wistful gaze only punctuated
by a sporadic movement to give the port
engine a little bit more oil.
Now, in case you were wondering
whether the sole purpose of my visit to
the United States was to write an incisive
discussion piece on the current state
of the good old US of A as a nation (if
only), the ‘real’ purpose was to attend
and present at the Annual Scientific
Meeting of the Society for Gynecologic
Investigation (SGI). The SGI Annual
Scientific Meeting is one of, if not the,
premier international conference in
the field of obstetric, gynaecological,
and neonatal health in the world with a
strong focus on the molecular, genetic,
and biochemical aspects, but more of
that later.
San Diego, as I quickly found out, is a
military town. The fact that there is an
aircraft carrier moored in front of the
hotel and enough machine gun totting
helicopters and low flying fighters
circling overhead in a four-hour period
to equip two versions of the Australian

Defence Forces made that abundantly
clear. If that was not enough there were
also packs of exceptionally fit young
men and women running everywhere as
well as a myriad of coastguard and small
boats charging around purposefully,
machine guns at the ready, to defend
the local burger joints. Here the Yanks
were definitely defeating the Poms, as
submachine guns just can’t match up to
chain link fed machine guns mounted
on the bow.
One of the most clichéd of experiences
that travel offers is the opportunity
to reflect upon oneself and one’s
background. So at the risk of cliché,
one of the most profound experiences
that I have taken away from this trip
was to appreciate how right Donald
Horne was when he coined the “lucky
country” slogan for Australia (Yes I
do know it was originally made as an
ironic indictment of 1960s Australia
but I think that the misapplication has
a nice ring to it). Now, this is not just
because I managed to find a newspaper
that makes The Sunday Times and The
West Australian look like bastions of
incisive journalism. The leading story
of The San Diego Union Tribune was
how John McCain is the sixth cousin
of Laura Bush, and the campaign for
the democratic nomination by Barack
Obama and Hillary Clinton may be
somehow influenced by the fact that
they are both distant relatives of Brad
Pitt and Angelina Jolie respectively.
There was also the almost proud boast
that the syphilis rate has increased by
over 1000%, followed the next day by
an article on the increased utilisation of
Viagra in the San Diego area. A link?
Just maybe.
Rather it was the Americo-Australian
difference (yes, I know other countries
exist in the Americas other than the
USA and it to is a pet hate of mine and
most likely all Canadians that people
considered them one and the same but it
just sounds better), was bought down to
me in a far more profound manner on the
day prior to the conference. At a satellite
meeting organised by the Preterm Birth
International Collaborative there was a
presentation on the increasing number
of caesarean deliveries of late preterm
neonates for non-medical indications,
which has fairly profound medical,
social, and financial implications. This is
becoming a growing issue in the United
States and has the potential to become
so in Australia. A joint partnership in
the State of Kentucky between Johnson
& Johnson and the local health services
was exceptionally successful in reducing
the numbers of these deliveries through a
rather innovative public health campaign
based on the considerable level of brain
development that occurs in the last few
weeks of pregnancy. Doing so was
obviously an opportunity for much
celebration, as purely pragmatically the
financial savings would be rather sizable.
Consequently, I was rather surprised to
hear a member of the audience stand up
at the end of the presentation and ask
how does the decrease in the number
of neonates admitted to neonatal
intensive care units (NICU) adversely
affect the hospital budget. Now I know
that the healthcare system in the USA
is not entirely shipshape and that the
majority of hospitals have to be run
more in manners befitting businesses,
years of watching House M.D, Grey’s
Anatomy, Scrubs, E.R. and other
essential training programs taught me
that, and I am in no way naïve about
the potential compromise to patient
care that this could produce. But the
startling realisation that the admission
of neonates to a hospitals intensive care
unit could be a money making venture
and as I later found out an exceptionally
effective one (for many hospitals’ the
NICU supports other less “profitable”
programs) and that the decrease in
admissions would not, as in Australia,
be a positive but negative outcome
for the hospital’s bottom line was one
of the most profound wake-up calls
I have ever received. While Perth is
regularly criticised as being Dullsville,
the same accusation cannot be levelled
at Bagdad, Kabul, and countless other
places throughout the world but I know
where I would prefer to live. While the
Australian health system has undergone
some fairly extensive criticism the
reassuring knowledge that you can get
treated at an Australian hospital without
having to undergo, as Bob Kelso, the
Chief of Medicine from the TV series
Scrubs put it so succulently, a “wallet
biopsy” never fails to place things into
perspective.
The same satellite meeting also provided
me with an amazing insight into the
breadth of problems being faced around
the world. In countries such as India
and China the population is climbing
at any almost exponential rate, while
in other countries the opposite situation
is occurring with a declining birth
rate producing a whole host of social,
economic, and political issues; one of
these latter countries is the Republic of
Korea (ROK). I was also introduced to
the idea of developmental conception
that as a nation ‘develops’ the total
fertility rate declines, which has effected
the majority of western countries and
a number of others as well. Ironically
up until the 1980s the ROK government
had a one-child policy (not of the same
intensity of the People’s Republic of
China’s policy, more of an advertising
bonanza) and was expending significant
resources in attempting to curb the birth
rate. Now, the government is not only
facing a decline in overall birth rates
but also an increase in the proportion
of neonates that are classified as
having a low birth weight. A number of
reasons were postulated for this rather
abrupt reversal but primarily revolving
around the increase in maternal age,
changes in maternal behaviour and
the environment. Maternal weight is
becoming increasingly polarised with
a substantial increase in the number of
underweight and overweight individuals.
This in turn does not predispose to
positive pregnancy outcomes. Along
similar lines there has been a recent
ROK study that produces a link between
air pollution and premature delivery.
Another cause is one of the more
interesting effects of the growing
utilisation of in-vitro fertilisation
(IVF) and other assisted reproductive
technologies, namely the increase in
multiple births. Usually as part of the
IVF process, more than one embryo is
transferred to increase the success rate
of the IVF, which therefore results in
increased rates of multiple pregnancies.
In 2000, there were more than 10,000
IVF procedures in the ROK with
about 90% involving multiple embryo
transfers. Slightly over 30% of these
resulted in multiple-pregnancies and half
of these multiple pregnancies ended in
premature birth, which in turn typically
means low birth weight. The Swedish
government was faced with this same
issue and instituted mandatory single
embryo transfers unless there was a
specific medical indication. Within just
over a year the legislation produced an
increase in the single embryo transfer
rate with a corresponding reduction
in multiple pregnancies while still
maintaining a relatively constant clinical
pregnancy rate per embryo transfer.
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An insight into how important the
ROK government considers this issue
is the development of a five-year plan
starting in 2006, worth US$19 billion,
with a committee reporting directly to
the President. The committee developed
a model that has been described as the
‘1, 2, 3 Movement’. ‘One’ suggests
that a married couple should become
pregnant within the first year after
marriage, ‘Two’ is to have two children,
and ‘Three’ is before the female partner
is 35 years old. Originally, the age was
established as 30, but there was so much
criticism from young people that the age
was changed to 35.
Being the 50th anniversary of the
discovery of the oestrogen receptor, (a
date that has been in my diary since
childhood and I can assume the same for
many of you), a considerable proportion
of the conference was focused on the
advances that have occurred since then.
Keynote presentations on the oestrogen
receptor were given by Elwood V.
Jensen, the man credited for its discovery
as well as a member of the committee
that awards the Nobel Prize (someone to
definitely keep onside if you ever fancy
a trip to Sweden). There were, over the
three day period of the SGI meeting,
such a plethora of presentations at the
cutting edge of their respective fields
that it would be impossible for me to
describe them fully. Topics covered were
exceptionally diverse with everything
from the utilisation of three dimensional
virtual reality to examine embryonic
development, to the potential antiinflammatory
and anti-oxidant properties
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of green tea in relation to uterine muscle
tumours, to the use of Viagra® in
improving uterine blood flow.
In amongst the scientific program there
was also a social program, with most
nights and lunches spent sampling the
culinary and beverage delights of San
Diego. Given that San Diego was very
close to the border many nights were
spent sampling tequila and margaritas as
well as trying various American beers,
all of which were considerably better
than the Fosters which someone tried to
foist onto us. One of the highlights made
use of the fact that for many years San
Diego was home to the United States
Navy Fighter Weapons School at Naval
Air Station Miramar (colloquially and
popularly known as TOP GUN), which
was home to the naval fighter school
for the best of the best of the naval air
force. Sadly, both the F-14 Tomcat and
NAS Miramar are both products of
yesteryear (quite possibility alongside
Tom Cruise’s sanity) with the forces of
fiscal conservatism causing the merger
of the naval Top Gun program with
the Naval Strike Warfare Centre (a.k.a.
STRIKE “U”) and Carrier Airborne
Early Warning Weapons School (a.k.a.
TOPDOME) into the Naval Strike and
Air Warfare Center (sadly with no sexy
nickname). As a result the program
has moved away from a developed
residential area outside San Diego
(just the place to have pilots pushing
themselves and their machinery to the
limit) to a considerably more expansive
and dusty location in the west of that
great gambling state Nevada. To return
from this long-winded digression, this
very school was the centrepiece of that
pivotal movie masterpiece of the 1980s
“Top Gun”, which occupied a mythical
place in many a young man’s heart.
Consequently, much of the very little
free time we had was spent attempting
to see the sites from that cult movie,
namely trying to track down the bar
where that iconic “Great Balls of
Fire” scene was filmed, which was
somewhere near the hotel that I was
staying at. By the last night I eventually
found it, and I have to admit, slightly
sheepishly, that it was directly across
the road from my hotel. We had the
obligatory beverage (and came to the
conclusion that there is a beer worse
than Fosters), photo and purchase of
the souvenir T-shirt. Unfortunately the
afore mentioned shirt has now become
something of a collector’s item with a
recent fire at the Kansas City Barbeque
meaning that shirts and appalling beer
near the San Diego waterfront are no
longer.
After the whirlwind of the last four and
a half days the afternoon of the last day
was spent surveying the naval heritage
of San Diego, specifically the whooping
great big aircraft carrier that was parked
on the foreshore. The USS Midway
holds the record as the longest serving
aircraft carrier entering service in early
1945 and finally being decommissioned
in 1992 after 47 years in service. This
is impressive given that purpose built
aircraft carriers as entities have only
existed for 95 years. The historic
importance and longevity of a vessel
of USS Midway’s magnitude is bought
home by a number of key firsts that it
undertook. The aircrew based onboard
were credited with the first and last air
to air kills in the Vietnam War as well
as the first combat mission in the 1991
Gulf War. Now the plethora of numbers
that are normally banded around when
talking about ‘big stuff’, some of which
can be seen in the attached table, is fairly
impressive but numbers can never give
you a true idea of how large the thing
really is, you just have to physically
experience the sheer magnitude.
For ten years following its launch the
USS Midway was the largest ship in
the world and it was the first ship that
was too large to fit through the Panama
Canal. In fact, the San Diego-Coronado
Bridge (please note that continuing the
everything is big in America theme,
this bridge features the world’s longest
box girder, as well as holding the
unenvious title as the third deadliest
suicide bridge in the USA) which
passes over the entrance to the San
Diego foreshore where the Midway is
now moored, was only just high enough
for the Midway to pass under. The
ship was designed for a complement
of 3500 onboard but for most of its
service was carrying well over 4500
with peaks reaching over 5000 during
evacuation operations. What became
very quickly apparent was that life on
board was no holiday with most people,
officers included, sharing cabins with
at least three others if they were lucky.
Weekends were effectively non-existent
and underway replenishment (oil
consumption meant that the ship had
to be refuelled every three days) means
that ships can stay at sea indefinitely,

with the longest continuous deployment
of the USS Midway being over a year
without calling into a port. Another
point that quickly rose to the fore was
that of food, not only how much was
consumed but how important it was to
morale. Food was available 23 hours
a day every day with the hour off set
aside for cleaning. It was ironic that
it required a massive war fighting
machine to confirm to me the central
role of food not only as the base of
Maslow’s hierarchy but as the basis of
much of civilisation.
That being so, there were reminders
of the primary purpose of the USS
Midway every where. The assembling
of munitions was commonly conducted
in the mess halls with the mess service
continuing all around. The fact that
confirmed the military purpose of
the vessel remains the sheer danger
associated with living and working on
what was effectively a floating bomb.
Over the 47 years of service there were
approximately 100 people killed in
accidents on board the USS Midway
and countless others injured. Even
today operating on the flight deck of any
aircraft carrier must rank as one of the
dangerous jobs in the world.
I have never really been an “aero nut”
but there is nothing quite like standing
on the deck of a carrier that has served in
almost every major conflict of the latter
half of the 20th century, surrounded
by technology and raw power, that
does leave you a little in awe (and you
probably realise by now that the “aero
nut” category does include me to some
small degree now). The steam catapults
that fire the aircraft off the decks are
so powerful that one of the veterans
on board described, at the minimum,
developing tunnel vision and the
potential temporary loss of sight as the
blood rushes out of the retina following
launch. Consequently, the aircraft are set
up to fly for approximately ten seconds
after launch entirely on their own, as
the launch requires the pilot to take
their hands of the joystick and brace
themselves in the cockpit. Blacking
out for between five and seven seconds
following launch was considered to be
indicative of a good launch. In contrast,
failure to obtain sufficient speed on
takeoff resulted in a universally bad
outcome - rolling straight off the front
and into the water. Bad enough as that
is, remember that an aircraft carrier must
be moving forward for launches to be
conducted, so the carrier will then steam
straight over the top of the aircraft. The
lucky manage to eject prior to this,
although there is an urban legend of a
Royal Navy Harrier jump jet pilot that
managed to survive passing underneath
his carrier.
For any of you having doubts about
whether I actually did anything
productive whilst I was in the USA (I
would not be blaming you either), the
abstracts for my presentations are in
Reproductive Sciences, a scintillating
must read piece of pure scientific
non-fiction for this coming summer.
The USS Midway
Keel laid 27 October 1943 Lengths of copper
conductor
Commissioning 10 September 1945 Lengths of
fire hose
Propulsion Conventional Population
electrical power
could serve
Horsepower > 200,000 per shaft Number of
locomotives power
equivalent to
Speed > 30 knots (60
km/h)
Homes fuel supply
could heat in one
year
4,830 km
7 km
1 million
140
3,000
Overall Length 306 metres Monthly business
in ship’s stores
US $1,000,000
Extreme Width 79 metres Monthly payroll US $1,200,000
Full Displacement 64,000 tons Fresh water
produced daily
909,000 litres
Total Height 68 metres Fuel oil
consumption daily
380,000 litres
Flight Deck Area 4.02 acres Meals served daily 13,000
Propellers 4
Daily Food Requirements
Propeller Weight 22 tons each Bread 1,000 loaves
Propeller Height 5.5 metres Vegetables 2,300 kg
Catapults 2 Meat 2,000 kg
Aircraft Elevators 3 Dry provisions 9,000 kg
Telephones > 1,500 Potatoes 1,360 kg
Crew > 4,500
Capacity for Consumable Goods
Boilers 12 Dry provisions 680,000 kg
Aircraft up to 80 Vegetables 93,000 kg
Compartments > 2,000 Meat 109,000 kg
Electric Motors > 2,000 Dairy 30,000 kg
Length of Piping > 300 kms
I must thank not only St George’s
College but also the Gascoine family
for the provision of a generous bursary
that allowed me to present my research
in the USA and inflict upon all of you a
longwinded loose collection of thoughts
and experiences from my travels. Also, I
have to acknowledge the staff members
of the School of Women’s and Infants’
Health at The University of Western
Australia and King Edward Memorial
Hospital who managed to guide me
through my honours thesis and help me
cobble together something worthy of
presenting at SGI.
Chris White
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Daryl Williams QC (1960), former
Attorney-General of Australia,
was the guest speaker at the first SCR
Mini Dinner on 14 August 2008. He
spoke about his time as Attorney
General on 11 September 2001 (9/11)
and the War on Terror that followed,
and took questions from the dinner
guests.
At the next Mini Dinner, held on
11 September, guest speaker Vinay
Memon inspired us by talking about
L-R Debbie Cheng, Rachel Paterson, Maude Stanley
L-R Geoff Mwai, Oliver Mashinini, Daryl Williams (1960),
Anton Redko, Ilya Redko
L-R Andrew Ahmat, Renee Maybury, Alex Wood,
Craig Fleay, Angus Johnston
2008 Mini Dinners
his involvement with the Red Cross. He
is a 5th Year Medical Student at UWA
and is also the Current Australian Red
Cross National Youth Representative on
the National Board of Directors, and the
Current Chairperson of National Youth
Advisory Committee; the peak body
of youth governance in Red Cross.
He has also been the leader in the
organization of ‘World Aware’ 2007-
08, an innovative program providing
young Sudanese refugees in Perth with
a series of skill-building workshops to
improve integration and settlement
prospects.
Current resident Ainsley Read,
the 2007 winner of the Newton
Scholarship, spoke about the
scholarship and the trip she took to
Sydney with it. The College band
“John and the Inverarity’s” played
a couple of numbers and showed
dinner guests why they are doing so
well in the Uni Battle of the Bands
competition.
L-R Ben Hogan, Rory McLeod, Joanne McLeod, Cameron Evans (2003)
L-R Andrew Reynolds, Ben Ireland, Trenton Warburton, Todd Allen L-R Rachel Aldrige, Rosie Bogle, Jane Inverarity, Sara Damiani
L-R Alex Butler, Cameron McKenzie, Claire Prideaux
L-R Tendia Mudzimu, Alistair Marchesi, Mark Dodd, Shane Fleay

L-R Rory Argyle (1956), Michael Beech, Daryl Williams (1960),
Don Roberston (1962)
L-R Shana Sylvester, Karys McEwan, Connie Smith,
Catherine Miles, Laura Smith, Claire Bailey, Hannah Saunders
L-R Daniel Wilson, Lisa-Marie Harrison, Steven Lofthouse, Kate Edgloe, Kristina Waterman
L-R Nick Morgan, Matthew Sims, Ben Ireland
Greg Johnston, Gene Tilbrook (1968)
Vinay Menon, Nigel Clifford
L-R Caris Lockhart, Amelea Fang, Bingyan Pang Jian Yuan Tan, Tendai Mudzimu
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The Annual Giving Dinner, held
to thank those involved with the
Foundation’s 2008 Annual Giving
Programme, took place on Friday
18 July 2008.
The evening began with pre-dinner
drinks in the Junior Common Room,
before guests proceeded to the Dining
Hall. The Executive Officer of the
Foundation Margo Darbyshire (1989)
welcomed everyone to the College,
and Warden John Inverarity thanked
everyone for their assistance in
making the Annual Giving Programme
a success.
The aim of the 2008 Annual Giving
Programme was to generate $50,000 to
help establish a new Common Room in
the original wing of the College, in the
space made available because of the
relocation of the kitchen. The Warden
also announced that work on Stage
II of The Master Plan would begin
in November with the demolition of
Guest Wing, and invited guests to view
the plans.
Once the formalities were over, guests
enjoyed a delicious dinner and a fun
evening.
Rory Innes, Josephine Willinge (Evans 1988)
Annual Giving Dinner 2008
The Foundation would like to acknowledge the assistance of the following
Georgians who gave their time to help with Annual Giving 2008.
John Glover (1942) Anne Bartley (1982)
Phil McCulloch (1944) Russell O’Callaghan (1982)
Bruce James (1946) Sarah Knight (1984)
Irwin Barrett-Lennard (1948) James Hester (1985)
Frank Owen (1951) Dax Calder (1986)
Adrian Peck (1953) Susie Hester (1988)
Tony Field (1955) John Watson (1989)
Peter Knight (1956) Gabrielle Mellor (Evans 1990)
David Cannon (1962) Nick Wills-Johnson (1991)
Brian Wills-Johnson (1964) Josh Maldon (1992)
Rick Cullen (1965) Jennefer Love (1993)
Albert Tan (1967) Justine Maldon (Milton-Smith 1994)
Peter Simpson Richard O’Donnell (1996)
Ray Clarke (1973) Brian Pontifex (1988)
John Day (1974) Fran Davies (1988)
Andrew Baird (1975) Margo Darbyshire (1989)
Ian Clarke (1976) Edward McLarty (2000)
Justin Johnston (1977) Gareth Moir (2001)
Robin Dark (1975) Geneveve Cornejo (2002)
Grey Porter (1973) Eugene Lim (2003)
Andrew Bartley (1981)
Jennefer Love (1993), Josh Maldon (1992)
L-R John Watson (1989), Simon Trevisan (1985), Sarah Knight (1984), Rory Innes
Geneveve Cornejo (2002), Richard Pengelley

Kerry Clarke, Ian Clarke (1976) L-R Eugene Lim (2003), Albert Tan (1967), Libby Day (1967), Sara Damiani
Josh Maldon (1992), Justine Maldon (Milton-Smith, 1994)
David Owen, Frank Owen (1951)
L-R Brian (1964), Helen, Nick (1991) and Joan Wills-Johnson L-R Adrian Peck (1953), Jo Pengelley, Simon Trevisan (1985)
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L-R Sarah McAlpine (1998), Krista Sanderson
(1997), Joe McLean (1997), Brad Ackroyd
(1997), Jemma Sanderson (1998)
L-R Ben Baker (2003), Jess McGowan (2004),
Kim Bayley, Kruti Patel (2003), Todd Bayley (2003)
In September, Georgians, partners
and friends converged on the JCR
for the annual Georgian Cocktail
Party. Music for the evening was
provided by the amazing talent of
the College Jazz Band, “The Jazz
Group” consisting of Joos Meyer
(2007), Jarred Seng, Henry Clarke,
Claire Bailey and Ben Hogan.
For the Freshers of 1988 and 2008
the cocktail party also provided an
opportunity for them to celebrate
their 20th and 10th year reunion
respectively. Kingsley Smith’s
(1988) 20 Year Reunion speech
brought back memories for many
of the attendees and is reprinted to
the right.
Thanks to Brian Pontifex (1988),
John Watson (1989) and Fran
Davies (1988) for organising
the night.
Kingsley Smith (1988), Brian Pontifex (1988)
Georgian Cocktail Party
L-R Back Row: Josephine Willinge (Evans), David Russell, Katie Brown, Susan de Ruyter (Brockman),
Peter Mark, Clancy Jarvis, Mike Maxwell, Kingsley Smith, Brian Pontifex Front Row: Fran Davies,
Fleur Vincent (Stade), Anna Bagshaw, Cath Holloway (Quirke), Louise Roberts
Cocktail Party Toast to the College
think like most people from the
I 1988 in-take I am somewhat
stunned to find that over 20 whole,
entire, full, long years have elapsed
since we first showed up in the dining
hall for our first dining hall meal. I
note despite some of the complaints
at the time that to the best of my
knowledge each and everyone one of
us is still alive and kicking so the food
can’t have been that bad.
20 years is of course enough time to
have experienced the ups and downs
of life. After 10 years most of us were
still foot loose and fancy free which is
a short hand way of saying most of us
didn’t have kids. Some of us, and not
necessarily those with the PhD’s have
been smart enough to avoid this still.
The natural question to ask at these
junctures is whether people ended up
the way we expected?
This brought to mind a comment Tim
Wiese (1989) made to me, evidently
very surprised upon the news of Brian
Pontifex (1988) marrying a, and I quote,
“hot looking French chick.” I personally
would have been more surprised if he’d
ended up marrying Julia Gillard but it’s
probably fair to say in 1988 no one was
putting big money on Brian marrying a
“hot looking French chick”.
Then on the flip side, reading The
Georgian magazine a few editions ago,
who was surprised that Sue “basher”
Brockman (1988) (now de Ruyter)
ended up as a knock ‘em dead Fleet
street reporter!!! None of us predicted
it exactly but it’s entirely consistent
nonetheless.
Further still of course there was someone
we needed no crystal ball whatsoever
for what he would end up doing. Angus
Smith (1988) wanted to be a Chartered
Accountant from the age of 10 literally.
No I am not making this up and yes he’s
a Chartered Accountant. Other 10 year
old boys wanted to be racing car drivers
or be first drop for Australia; I think I
was still holding out for some outside
chance of being the next Batman myself.
Not Angus.
Many of you would be aware that on
account of past sins I was sent to work
with Angus for 12 long years. I’d like
to say it was terrible beyond words but
voluntarily staying 12 years kind of
undermines the argument.

My experiences with Angus raise
another issue about people’s life choices
during and after St George’s. This is
what Michael Knight (1989) and I like
to call the “Nuclear Option.” I have
successfully scored 378,267 continuous
unbroken points against poor ol’ Angus
because he knows I could tell his wife
some magnificently embarrassing stories
and in the unlikely event of him being
in a position to score a point he knows I
still have this “Nuclear Option” up my
sleeve.
The Georgians who are immune to the
“Nuclear Option” are of course those
Georgians smart enough to marry a
fellow Georgian. They are by definition
“warts and all” unions with no prospect
of any skeletons coming out of the
closet.
Of course, for those of you from earlier
years if you’d married a Georgian you’d
be coming out of a different closet
altogether and would have moved to
San Francisco.
Talking of skeletons coming out of
closets many of you would be aware
of Brian Pontifex’s political ambitions
and connections. Every time I see a
picture or cartoon of Alexander Downer
in fishnet stockings I get a nightmarish
mental image of Brian Pontifex on the
Georgian River Cruise wearing his Sadie
the Cleaning Lady outfit.
Unfortunately for Brian his parents
impressed upon him the value of a
dollar a wee bit much and having gone
to the expense of $3 at Good Sammies
to buy a Sadie the Cleaning Lady outfit
he never saw cause to buy another fancy
dress costume again and many people
now have multiple photo’s of Brian in
various fetching poses over the course
of at least four years in this exact same
costume. Of course about 10 years ago
these photos would have assured Brian
a safe Tory seat in the UK.
You sometimes don’t know when your
Georgian “network” might come back
to help you either which has recently
brought me back into contact with
my old cobber Ralph Addis (1988).
As many of you may know Ralph is
CEO of a large Aboriginal corporation
assisting Aboriginals in the Kimberley’s
to get a trade and get a good steady
job and seriously improve their lives.
I mean this in the nicest possible way
but I don’t think anyone 20 years
ago was predicting that Ralph Addis
would end up dedicating his working
life to assisting the poorest and most
marginalized in our society but by all
accounts he’s doing a stand up job and
more power to him. He’s also recently
become the Deputy Shire President for
the East Kimberley.
Ralph could be in some degree of trouble
as I suspect he’s given his wife a fairly
angelic personal history of himself. We
met in the Kununurra Pub recently and
I recounted to my business partners
that my most vivid memory of Ralph
was him lecturing and demonstrating
first hand what constituted genuine
“Serious Drinking”. He was “seriously”
ill all over my floor the same night. The
blood drained out of his face when I
promised next time to invite myself over
to an Addis family barbecue and meet
his wife.
I can remember too, towards the close
of our first year marvelling with Brian
Pontifex at the Karl Rovian political
brilliance of Geoff Goldsmith (1986)
organizing the “boys night out” on the
very eve of the Senior Student election.
That night we toured some of the finest
“gentlemen’s clubs” in Perth thereby
enabling Goldy to lock up the “bloke’s
vote” the next day although I think he
got a bit nervous about “no shows” on
account of hangovers.
Then there was the time that the Warden
Ben Darbyshire (1960) invited me in for
one of those “chats” after he received my
first term mathematics unit result, and
suggested I was something of a “social
butterfly.” I was somewhat indignant
and insisted I was a “social hornet.”
Unfortunately we had more than one
of these chats. Those of you from the
financial disciplines may be aware of
Charlie Munger, Warren Buffet’s offsider.
He posits the secret to a successful
marriage is low expectations. I tried
this line of reasoning on Ben but he
just couldn’t see the application of that
principle to academic performance.
The years we had at St George’s College
had their ups and downs but they were
some of the finest years of our lives, and
the friendships that sprung out of those
years is why we are all here again 20
years later. So without rabbiting on any
further I propose a toast to St George’s
and the very fine freshers of 1988.
Kingsley Smith (1988)
L-R Clancy Jarvis (1988), Anna Bagshaw
(1988), Catherine Holloway (Quirke 1988)
Kruti Patel (2003), Jess McGowan (2004)
Peter Mark (1988), Michael Abdo (1994)
Craig Carter (1982), Robyn Nettleton
L-R Leisa Peake, Anne Simmonds,
Neil Simmonds (1986), Susan Hadlow
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Company
Directors Award C ongratulations to Palassis
Architects, who won the
Congratulations to Rory Argyle
(1956), who was presented with
the 2008 WA Gold Medal Award by
the Australian Institute of Company
Directors (AICD) in recognition of
his outstanding achievements in
business and the community.
The WA Gold Medal Award is
presented annually to an outstanding
director who embodies directorial
values of excellence and integrity
and encourages the highest ethical
standards.
Steven Cole, AICD's WA Vice
President, said Rory Argyle
fulfilled the Council's criteria of
making a contribution to economic
progress, corporate governance,
the community and not-for-profit
organisations with his outstanding
commitment to the community
through his Chairmanship of
the Leeuwin Ocean Adventure
Foundation, the Murdoch University
Law School Building Appeal
and St George’s College and his
role as a Director of Scitech.
Rory's contribution to corporate
governance was demonstrated
through his Presidency of the
Australian Institute of Company
Directors from 1991 to 1993
and his position on the Council
since 1990. In addition Rory has
been President of the WA Law
Society and Chairman of the WA
Division of the Taxation Institute of
Australia. He has held Directorships
with Woodside Petroleum Ltd and
Aurora Gold and was Chairman
of the Board of Advice (WA) of
Challenge Bank from 1996 to 1999.
Rory was Senior Partner and Board
Chairman of Parker and Parker from
1989 to 1996.
Past recipients of AICD's WA Gold
Medal Award include Patricia Kailis,
Gordon Martin, Trevor Eastwood,
David Young, Kerry Stokes,
Michael Chaney, Ian MacKenzie,
Harry Perkins, Warwick Kent, Ron
Cohen, Denis Cullity, Michael
Kailis, Harold Clough and Janet
Holmes à Court.
Architecture Award
Architecture Award from the
Australian Institute of Architects
for the contemporary addition to
St George’s College’s Memorial
Wing.
The Australian Institute of
Architects jury awarded this
project as an outstanding
example of a contemporary
building that is complementary
to and guided in its design and
composition by the existing
significant building and grounds
and the Conservation Plan for
St George’s College.
Thorough historical research had
informed a quality design outcome
for this site. Its respect for the
adjacent significant garden and
the restrained detail, rhythm and
scale drawn from the impressive
façade of St George’s College
result in a delightful new addition
to the site and an exemplary
example of modern adaptation in
a significant heritage place that
should guide future development
on the site over time.
New Croquet Set for
the College Club
In 1984 a self-appointed collection of
incorrigibles were discretely known
as the St George’s College First XV.
This was not a rugby team, but a
group of mischievous individuals who
came under the Warden's particularly
watchful eye!
In 2008 the College Club approached
the Georgians for a new croquet set
as the original had come into sad
disrepair. The St George’s College
First XV 1984 offered to assist with
costs, via the Georgians, in exchange
for a small plaque on the croquet set
St George’s College First XV 1984
preserving their improbable posterity.
The exceedingly handsome boxed
croquet set will be presented to
the College Club at the 2009
Commencement Ceremony.
The fuzzy picture below captures the
First XV in full sartorial team splendour
– the 80's board shorts are a real treat.
Can you recognise the team? Names can
be found on page 20.
Quick... the Warden's coming,
Russell O'Callaghan (1982)
& Simon Watters (1984)

Gerry Gauntlett
1936 – 2008
Gerald Ian Gauntlett was born in April
1936 in Harvey, where his father was
a Department of Agriculture irrigation
manager. He attended Aquinas College
and was Deputy Head Prefect and Dux.
When he entered College in 1954,
Gerry was one of the few Catholics to
have done so. His admission was part
of the Warden’s outlook that College
should embrace other viewpoints. Josh
Reynolds’s decision proved to be one
which, through Gerry, enhanced College
life.
Gerry was quietly spoken, had an impish
sense of humour and a zest for life.
At the recent 50 Year Club Luncheon
in November, his room-mate Neil
Donaldson (1954) recalled one occasion
he had wished that Gerry was not so
ready with a quick quip.
After attending a party in the city, Neil
was walking home along Mounts Bay
Road at about 4am, in a slightly untidy
state, when he was invited by the police
to explain his condition and state his
address. They offered him a lift provided
that someone could vouch for him
on arrival at his destination. A police
officer, with Neil in tow, proceeded to
Gerry’s room, woke him and asked if he
recognised their passenger. Assessing the
situation but unaware of the conditions
of Neil’s lift, Gerry quickly replied
“Officer, I have never seen this person
in my life.” The situation was finally
resolved by both of the culprits receiving
a severe dressing down.
Vale
During his three years at College,
Gerry threw himself into student life. A
reference from Josh Reynolds in 1957
explains it well, “Mr Gauntlett’s lack of
academic success… can be attributed
to his absorption in student affairs, in
which he gave enthusiastic and valuable
service.” He was a Council Member
of the Guild of Undergraduates, the
Assistant Treasure, then Treasurer of
the College Club, as well as being on
several other student committees and
playing several sports. Thus after three
years, he didn’t return to University to
finish his Engineering degree. Gerry
then joined the Commonwealth Public
Service as a cadet valuer, completed
valuation studies and eventually joined
Perth real estate agency and consulting
firm Justin Seward Pty Ltd, later
becoming a partner and then managing
director in 1984. The company is now
known as Knight Frank Australia Pty
Ltd. Many of Perth’s leading valuers
and commercial real estate agents owe
their skills and approaches to Gerry’s
mentoring of them as employees during
his 27 years with the company.
He became a Fellow of the Australian
Property Institute in 1975 and was
an active and highly regarded WA
Board member for 11 years. He was
WA President from 1987 to 1989 and
a National Councillor for four years
from 1987. Gerry had an unbroken
membership of the WA Division for 50
years, a record seldom achieved.
He was passionate about raising
professional standards and willingly
shared his wide knowledge at seminars
and with colleagues, often from
competing real estate companies. His
contribution to the real estate industry
was recognised by REIWA in 1995
when he received the Kevin Sullivan
Memorial Award, REIWA’s highest
accolade.
Gerry had a deep and abiding interest in
heritage matters and was a member of
the Heritage Council for 15 years, and
its chairman at the time of his death. An
annual award will now be created by the
Heritage Council in memory of Gerry.
His wide knowledge, valuation skills
and powers of persuasion were again
recognised when he was appointed the
inaugural chairman of the Armadale
Redevelopment Authority in 2002, a
position he also held at the time of his
death. In this role he introduced social
inclusion into many of the Authority’s
policies bringing his well-known human
touch to the commercial outcomes of
this major re-development.
Many bodies and organisations
benefited from his advice and guidance.
These included Curtin University, the
Committee for Economic Development
of Australia, the WA Academy of
Performing Arts, church groups, sporting
clubs and the Benedictine Community of
New Norcia.
On retirement, he and his wife Judy
pursued a long-held ambition to develop
a small vineyard, called Gilead Estate,
at Neerabup. It was named after an
ancient fertile area of Jordan, which
once produced the world’s best wines.
This area is also known for the balm
produced by a Biblical tree, the Balm
of Gilead, which was used for medicine
and perfume. It was here in 1972 that,
during a nine month family holiday
to Europe and the Middle East, the
Gauntlett’s Kombi van was involved
in a crash that put Judy in hospital.
She was treated by impoverished
locals who refused payment, despite
their circumstances. Many years later,
Gerry and Judy named their vineyard
for this ancient place of viticulture and
healing that had looked after Judy so
well. Gilead Estate produces red wine
varieties using organic and biodynamic
methods and sells only from the cellar
door.
Many tributes have been paid to
Gerry’s easy-going nature, his ability to
make people feel at ease, his integrity,
knowledge and sense of humour. He
will be sadly missed and warmly
remembered.
With thanks to Ian Sanderson (1957)
and The West Australian newspaper
Vale
M i c h a e l B r o o m e ( 1 9 5 5 ) .
An obituary will be published in
the next edition of The Georgian.
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The Georgians were formed in 1938
and at the core of its existence
and constitution are the following
objectives:
• To promote unity and good
fellowship amongst the Members of
the Association.
• To promote the general welfare of
St George's College.
• To hold Annual Reunions and other
Social Functions.
• To arrange sporting contests with St
George's College and other clubs or
bodies.
• To foster the interest of the Members
of the Association.
• To sustain and strengthen the
connection between St George's
College, Members of the Association
and those eligible for the Membership
thereof.
• Such other object or objects as shall
be approved by the Association.
The Georgians have now spent 70
years attending to all of the above
to the best of its ability. We organise
cocktail parties, business lunches,
dinners, cricket matches on an annual
basis. We assist residents through the
Georgian Bursary, the Georgian prize
and offer career advice. The President
has long served on the College Board
and we always look to assist the
Foundation with fund raising activities.
It's a continued credit to Georgians that
these objectives have been met through
voluntary efforts.
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Georgian President’s Report
L-R Jermayne Fabling (1990), Michelle Godley (1993), Matt Colvin (1990), Jason Scrivener (1991) at the Georgian cocktail party
Whilst opinion has always been
canvassed informally, this year the
Georgian Committee would like to
conduct a survey to review our recent
performance and to look at the future
needs of Georgians.
We invite all Alumni (whether
members or not of the Georgians) to
please complete the on-line survey
on the website of St College's at:
www.stgeorgescollege.com.au/
alumni/Alumni/survey.html
Alternatively please telephone College
on (08) 9449 95555 and we will send
you a printed version of the survey to
complete.
The 2008 study year is now over and
hopefully stress levels of the residents
for 2008 are returning to normal and
they are enjoying a well earned break.
On behalf of the Georgian Committee
I would like to thank 2008 Senior
Student Nigel Clifford for his
involvement in Georgian activities this
year. It has been a privilege working
with Nigel, both on the Georgian
Committee and also the College Board.
Congratulations to Mark Dodd, the
2009 Senior Student. Under Mark’s
guidance I am certain the students of
2009 will be in safe hands and will
experience the wonderful life College
offers to students. The Georgians look
forward to maintaining and enhancing
our relationship with the College Club
in 2009.
I would like to thank all the members
of the Georgian Committee for their
incredible organising efforts and
commitment this year. The final
events for our 2008 social calendar
were the Cocktail Party, Careers Night
and Georgian Picnic. Thank you to
Brian Pontifex (1988), John Watson
(1989) and Fran Davies (1988) for
organising them.
The 2009 Georgian AGM will be on
Saturday 7th February at 5pm in the
Georgian Room at St George's College
followed by a BBQ. We will be seeking
nominations for the various positions
on the committee and looking for input
from you on what social events you
would like to see held next year.
I have enjoyed my time as 2008 Georgian
President immensely and it’s been an
honour to represent the Georgians on
the College Board. This year has seen
exciting times for the College with the
refreshing of our vision, development
of a 5 year Strategic Plan and approval
of Stage II of the Building Programme.
I look forward to maintaining my
relationship with the Georgians and the
College in the years to come, in whatever
capacity that may be.
Have a wonderful Christmas and festive
break with family and friends and I shall
see you in the New Year.
Nosse deum vivere,
Michelle Godley (1993)
President of 'The Georgians'

Chapel Notes
• Christmas Carols will be held
on Thursday 18 December at
7pm in the College Chapel,
followed by more singing
in the Quad with the UWA
Winthrop Singers
• Sunday services will cease for the
months of December and January
but will re-commence at 5pm on
Sunday 1 February 2009
• Thursday 6pm Evensongs will start
again in late February
• The Chapel is open every day
from 8am to 10pm for private
devotions.
Have a lovely, safe and meaningful
Christmas.
Richard Pengelley
Chaplain
Dear Editor,
I was very sorry to see the article of
Max Newton in the September issue
of The Georgian. It seemed to me
quite unreasonably negative. If it
was intended to be a much belated
obituary, it lacked the customary
emphasis on the best aspects of a
person’s life. If it was intended to be a
sermon on the evils of drink, it had no
place in The Georgian.
I went to St George’s College the same
year as Max. I knew him about as well,
or as little, as I knew other colleagues.
I am only distantly acquainted with
his life after university.
I would like to tell you, however,
that Max was one of the outstanding
people who made staying at College
such a rewarding experience.
Max was highly intelligent,
knowledgeable, personable and
entertaining. Any College meal with
Max was never dull. He could rubbish
an opinion with skill and wit. He could
talk about the foibles of lecturers,
colleagues, sport opponents and his
own, fluently and amusingly. But
even when he skewered some errant
behaviour, Max never diminished
anyone personally. He was sensitive
to people’s feelings and was a good
judge of character.
Mailbag
Max was a fine hockey player and
represented WA for two years at the
under 21 level.
It is unfair to characterise Max’s
career in any way as “drifting.” After
qualifying at University he explored
options and followed a career path
in response to his interests and
opportunities, like most other people.
He was the founding editor of The
Australian, leading it from an initial
weekly to a national daily publication.
He was a journalist with the New York
Post, wrote for The Times of London
and otherwise successfully applied his
formidable talents.
The article in The Georgian places
excessive emphasis on alcoholism,
which apparently was a significant
problem, for Max in later life.
The article properly notes that
alcoholism has a genetic connection,
but it understates the difficulty of
overcoming this regrettably common
problem. The article improperly makes
a judgment about whether Max’s life
could have been even more successful
if something in his nature had been
somehow different.
Who is qualifi ed to make a judgment
on someone else’s whole life?
Yours faithfully,
Ken Thompson (1947)
Congratulations to Bill Marmion
(1972) on his success in the recent
WA State Government elections.
Bill is now the Liberal Member
for Nedlands, and Parliamentary
Secretary, in the Legislative
Assembly in the WA Parliament.
L-R Glen Knight, Peter Knight (1956),
Whye Goek Lim (1956), Betty Lim
Whye Goek and Betty Lim enjoyed
hosting their friends Peter and Glen
Knight at the Singapore Island
Country Club in September this year.
The St George’s College First XV
1984, pictured on page 20, is:
Standing (L-R): Michael Wilson
(1984), Hamish Macmillan (1983),
Simon Watters (1984), Guy
Lawson (1984), Barry Stewart
(1981), Russell O’Callaghan
(1982), Richard Mann (1983),
Andrew Halsted (1984), Richard
Godfrey (1984), Bruce McLarty
(1984), Richard Mollett (1982)
Seated L-R Glen Smith (1984),
Sara Marden, Stephen Hicks
(1984), Scott Bowman (1983),
Scott Bishop (1983), Andrew
Fleischer (1983)
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Phil Arnold and I became friends
through social activities, tennis
and St George’s cross-country. He won
the race and I had the fastest time and
money on him.
I roomed with Norm Thurstun (1943),
a great tutor and mate. When retired
I stayed with him and his wife in
Scotland.
Phil moved East for work and visited
me when at the now defunct forestry
school in Canberra. We reached
Kosciusko and skied 20 metres and had
a great social life. I was in big trouble
when we each dated two different
lovely ladies.
I was married later then Phil but
the couples toured different parts of
Victoria on my honeymoon.
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St George’s Makes Friends
Phil Arnold (1943) and David Lejeune (1944)
In 1969, my three eldest and I drove a
car and camping trailer to a Barrier reef
cruise. At Foresters Beach, Gosford, we
stayed with the Arnold’s in a house that
Phil had built.
In 1978 he went private and started
building machinery while based at
Bowral. When I arrived from a Pacifi c
cruise he met me and took me to Bowral
where he ran cattle.
In 1983 a factory was set up at Coffs
Harbour specialising in building straddle
carriers (a self-propelled vehicle, with
a chassis far above the ground, for
carrying loads of lumber or similar
beneath the chassis and between the
wheels) while he resided with his new
wife at Emerald Beach. The factory has
produced 150 self propelled straddle
carriers, valued at about $1 million
each. I suggested he make some profi t
but he stated that most goes into the
business. Despite this an Alpha turned
up at Christmas for his wife…
On many overland trips from WA I
visited there and Phil stayed with us
when travelling to WA for business.
At Phil’s 80th birthday I was the only
West Australian present. His three
children are all doctors of some calling.
Late last year Phil’s second wife pleaded
with me to play golf with him. We spent
a weekend together and played golf
here, where I am a regular. He managed
well in despite a metallic hip.
I spent 39 years serving WA as
a forester.
Dear Editor,
David Lejeune (1944)
Mailbag
Without wishing to prolong the debate about
the photograph of three North Wingers
(Siberians) published in the August edition
of The Georgian, I think it important to clear
up Albert Tan’s confusion about Aubrey de
Q Tertle. He most certainly did exist, and
lived in the Box Room of South Wing.
As unofficial College archivist, I would
not make such an assertion without
documentary evidence. Young Aubrey is
not only listed among the 1976 freshers in
the College history (perhaps the second
or third time he had enrolled), but he was
kind enough to write to me in 1981 to
clear up a few doubts about his time at
St George’s. I have, of course, retained
his letter (fortunately written in his own
hand) and offer it now to set everyone’s
mind at rest.
Regards,
Brian Wills-Johnson (1964)

Dear Editor,
As I am sure many of your readers will appreciate, four runs are often extremely
important and consequential in the game of cricket. Taking the example of Sir
Donald Bradman, who fell four runs short of the aggregate required to post a
test batting average of 100, it is apparent how potentially devastating the neglect
of four runs can be.
Though I am loath to draw comparison between myself and The Don, I felt
compelled to write to you to rectify a misprint in the August 2008 edition of
The Georgian. Whilst I thank you for your description of my innings in the
Georgians vs. College cricket match as 'convincing', I must also inform you
that I in fact scored 53 (not out) runs on that occasion, not 49 as was reported
in The Georgian.
I hope you will recognise and correct this error as soon as possible.
Yours sincerely,
Grey Johnston
Geoffrey Beyer (1950) sent in this
update: After graduation I worked
in the Public Health and the Dept of
Agriculture Laboratories for two years
before qualifying as a teacher. In 1956
I married Dorothy Pearce and in 1957
took up a position as a science teacher
at the Narrogin High School. In 1962 I
completed a Licentiate in Theology at
Wollaston College and in 1963 I was
ordained an Anglican priest for the
Diocese of Bunbury. After four years in
Kojonup the whole family was received
into the Roman Catholic Church, and
then in 1969 I was ordained a Catholic
Georgian Brings New Boutique Concept to Perth
“The funkiest lingerie shop in the
southern hemisphere” is how one of
Cherry Noire’s first customers described
their experience of stepping through
the door of Subiaco’s newest boutique.
Without a rack or hanger in site and
using antique furniture combined with
vibrant colourful displays, Cherry Noire
is quite an experience.
Owners Georgian Sally Wilkinson
(1988) and Serge Le Goueff wanted to
reflect their passion for life and lingerie
in creating Cherry Noire. The idea
that there was a gap in the market for
designer lingerie in Australia came to
Sally after she returned from 10 years
Sally Wilkinson (1988), Serge Le Goueff
priest, one of the first married priests
outside of Europe. I spent six years
teaching at St Louis Jesuit College in
Claremont before resuming parish work,
first in Armadale, then in Karrinyup and
finally in Attadale. I “retired” in 2006
and we moved back into my old home
in Swanbourne. I continue to work as
a Judge in the Matrimonial Tribunal,
and in July I graduated MA Theological
Studies with Distinction from Notre
Dame University – I must be a late
developer! We now enjoy the garden,
our four children, our six grandchildren
and Gusto the dog.
in the UK, where she was exposed to
cutting edge design working in London
advertising agencies. Having marketed
a variety of businesses from hotels to
banking, she wanted to sell something
that made people happy and lingerie
seemed the obvious choice. Serge being
French has made it possible for them
to import from some of the smaller
more exclusive French designers.
They carry lingerie from over 20 of
the world’s greatest lingerie designers
and are exclusive Australian retailers
for over 80% of their range, which
comes predominately from Europe.
Cherry Noire’s web site can be found at
www.cherrynoire.com
Brooks Evans (1990), Ashlyn Evans
Congratulations to Janet and Brooks
Evans (1990) who welcomed Ashlyn
Elizabeth Evans on 5 November
2008, weighing in at 8 lbs 4 oz.
Big sister Chelsea is very pleased
to have a new sister and the family
is settling into their new routine on
the farm.
Nick Wills-Johnson (1991),
Jacob Yiyang Wills-Johnson
On the 25th of August, Nick Wills-
Johnson (1991), or rather his wife
Joan, gave birth to their first child;
Jacob Yiyang Wills-Johnson. In
Beijing, his arrival was heralded
by fireworks, whilst in Perth it was
welcomed by eager, champagne
wielding grandparents.
Jacob is shown here instructing
his father in the fine art of curing
tummy-pains; one of many skills
he has imparted in the short time he
has been here. Mum, Dad and Jacob
are doing well, and would welcome
greetings at http://nickandjoan.
blogspot.com
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Murray Allen (1978), Sheryle Allen and Kristy Allen
Murray originally lived at St Thomas More College. After breaking his leg
and spending 10 weeks in hospital after a Tommy More "run through"
(he fell from Top Balcony onto the path around the Quad) he failed his end
of year exams. He ended up living at St George's when Tommy More got
him back into his course but didn't have any accommodation for him.
He went to see Peter Simpson, the then Warden of St George's, who, once
he had finished laughing, offered him a place.
Visitors to the College
Dr Pichai Taneerananon (1969) found the time to visit the college recently
during a very brief trip to Perth. He set a new record-buying the most
college ties at once, when he purchased five of them!! He works in the Civil
Engineering Dept at the Prince of Songkla University in Hat Yai, Thailand.
The Georgian
EDITOR/WRITER
Josephine Willinge (Evans 1988)
St George’s College
Mounts Bay Road, Crawley, WA 6009
Tel: (08) 9449 5555
Fax: (08) 9449 5544
Email: georgian@stgeorgescollege.com.au
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Andy Brooker (2005), Tom O’Rourke (2005)
Eugene Lim (2003), Michelle Toolin (2003)
John Bargier (1975) Marge Tubby
Dates for your Diary
Thursday 18 December at 7pm
Christmas Carols in the College Chapel
Saturday 7 February 2009
Georgian AGM 2009 and BBQ
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