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Vol 27 No 3 October 2012

The Trinity Grammarian

TRINITY GRAMMAR SCHOOL, KEW

Trinity Congratulates

Premier’s VCE Awards2012The following boys were awardedPremier’s VCE Awards for theirperformances in the VCE last year: BenGreenham (Literature), ChristopherHargreaves (Renaissance History) and James Ooi (English).

James OoiAs well as receiving a Premier’s VCEAward, at the same ceremony Jameswas named a Top All-Round HighAchiever. Later in the year, he waspresented with an Australian StudentPrize for Academic Excellence. Trinitycongratulates James on thesewonderful accolades.

Sam KaropoulosYou are not experiencing déjà vu. Forthe second year, Sam Karopoulos ofYear 12 has won the ‘TARGET 2030-Automotive Design Awards’ SecondarySchool Division Model award. Thepresentations by the VACC occurred at Federation Square BMW Edge. Sam used advanced CAD/CAMtechnologies to manufacture hisuniquely designed model which iscurrently on display in the FragmentGallery.

ASB EconomicsCompetitionCongratulations to Diarmuid Healy(Year 12) for winning the SeniorDivision of the 2012 ASB EconomicsCompetition for Victoria in theAustralian School of Business,University of New South WalesAustralasian Competition.

Anand BharadwajJunior School Captain, AnandBharadwaj, made history by becomingthe youngest winner of the WorldYouth Scrabble Championship held inMalaysia in December 2012. Beating83 competitors from 14 countries,Anand not only won the title but alsothe best player awards in threecategories – Under 12, Under 14, andUnder 16. His sights are now set onqualifying for the World ScrabbleChampionships (open to adults) in2013. As well as being good withletters, Anand’s skill with numbers hasseen him chosen to represent Victoriaand Australia as an Ambassador in theCommonwealth Bank AustralianMaths Challenge in September thisyear and at the World EducationGames in 2013.

SportDarcy Taylor (Year 12) won the 2012Australian Elite Junior DivingChampionships in the 1m and 3mSpringboard Diving. He has nowqualified for the World Juniors inOctober.

Luke McDonald (Year 12) wasselected for the All Australian Under18 Football team after the recentAustralian Carnival.

Hugh Curnow (Year 11) participatedin the 2012 NAB AFL Under 16Championship where he was awardedthe inaugural Mark Browning Medal,presented to the Division Three ‘Bestand Fairest’.

Jethro Mahon (Year 8) won two goldmedals at the Victorian BiathlonChampionships at Mount Hotham.Biathlon is the only sport thatcombines the two very diversedisciplines of cross-country skateskiing and small-bore target shooting.

Aidan Filshie (Year 8) was selectedfor the Victorian Under 13 Boys’Hockey team.

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Editor: Siobhan Lathamlathams@trinity.vic.edu.au9854 3600

OTG Editor: Rohan Brownbrownr@trinity.vic.edu.au9854 3604

Front Cover: Mowgli (Samuel Sims) and Baloo (Jack Lear)in The Jungle Book

Photographs of The Jungle Book, Grease and Toad ofToad Hall from http://www.philiprobertson.com.au/

This magazine has been printed on FSC(Forestry Stewardship Council) Certifiedpaper utilising vegetable based inks. Ithas been produced using a Clean GreenPrint process which means all theprocesses involved with the manufactureof this item are guaranteed to haveminimum impact on the environment.

Luke McDonald

Anand Bharadwaj

Sam Karopoulos

Goethe Institute AwardHarry Tibballs received one of thethree Goethe Institute and Associationof German Teachers of Victoria (AGTV)Year 10 Awards. Only six studentswere selected for an interview fromapplications throughout Victoria. Theaward was officially presented at theGerman Day Out program atFederation Square.

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From the Headmaster

The core objective of any school is to ensure that its students are taughtwell in class, and that their academicprogress is optimal. Surrounding thiscentral focus sit those objectives thatrelate to the so called co-curricularprogram, which is now viewed as partof the central curricular developmentof students.

Many regard such programs to be justas important as the core academicprograms. Indeed, if Trinity is toachieve its role as developing youngmen so that they emerge from theSchool as well educated, well-adjusted human beings, capable offorming positive relationships and ableto make a worthwhile contribution tolocal and global communities, such‘co-curricular’ programs are of muchimportance.

As young people grow and develop,their journey is significantly moremeaningful if they have anunderstanding of those who arechallenged due to difficult lifecircumstances. Being able to placeoneself in another’s shoes and to beable to offer support, is an importantpart of growing up and maturing.

One of the twelve key principles whichguide Trinity’s day to day operation isthat of ‘Outreach’ which is overseenby Mr Tom Delahunty. This principle is articulated in the Operational Plan(2012-2016) with the words… ‘TrinityGrammar School will endeavour to provide facilities, resources andprograms of the highest quality. As it is a centre which is blessed with a degree of privilege, it has aresponsibility to reach out, by way ofservice, into the wider community’.

School programs have beendeveloped in a range of areas toenable students to grow in relation to this principle. Such programs arelisted below:

• Visiting elderly people living atCarnsworth Nursing Home byJunior School students - thisactivity is co-ordinated by Mr ChrisMcLean.

• The Gardens Project undertakenby Trinity boys in partnership withNorth Balwyn Rotary Club.

• Year 9 Community Service Weekheld during the last week of Term2 each year. Arrangements for thisweek are under the direction of theReverend Tom Stokes.

• Visits by Junior School boys to theLombadina community, two hoursnorth of Broome, and return visitsby the Lombadina students toTrinity. These visits have beenorganised by Mr Chris McLean.

• Visits by Senior School boys toLombadina. Such visits have beenled by Mr David Ponsford and Ms Diana Salvitti.

• Science and Design Technologyprojects organised by the Head of Science, Mr Peter Razos andsmall groups of Senior Schoolboys twice each year, at theOenpelli School in Arnhem Land.

• The development by Senior Schoolstudents of close associations withthe Arabunna people whose landlies in the Lake Eyre region closeto Maree and Leigh Creek. Suchassociations have been fosteredby Ms Jenny Poore.

• A visit by Mrs Genevieve Read and Mrs Sally Ward from the Early Learning Centre to theNganmarriyanga Pre-School, east of Port Keates in the Northern Territory.

• Annual visits to Papua New Guineaby Senior School students whowalk the Kokoda track and visitvillages and schools in Eastern and North Eastern New Guinea.Recently students have raisedmoney to equip the DesignTechnology room at the WesleySchool on Fergusson Island. This program is co-ordinated andorganised by Mr Christian Gregory.

• Annual visits by Senior Schoolstudents to Ligao High School inthe Philippines. Staff membersfrom Ligao High School havespent time at Trinity and it is hopedthat students will also make suchvisits in the future. The ReverendsMatt Campbell and Tom Stokeshave initiated and maintained thiscontact.

As well as these projects which areorganised through the School, wehave identified over 250 boys whovoluntarily give their time to thecommunity in response to needs such as gardening for the elderly and visiting of people who areconfined to their homes.

It is important that Trinity reciprocateswith respect to the visits referred to

above, with equal hospitality to peoplefrom these communities. Trinity iscommitted to making available fivescholarships for indigenous studentsto study in their senior secondaryyears at Wellington Street. Not onlydo such scholarships open up newopportunities for recipients but theschool community becomes betterinformed through sharing educationalexperiences with Aboriginal students.It is also important that other groupsof indigenous students are madewelcome whenever possible.

Over recent years, Trinity has beenencouraging of selected teachersspending time teaching in remoteschools which educate Aboriginalpeople. Mr David Ponsford providedwonderful service at the LombadinaSchool over a three year period. Hebecame well known for the vegetablegarden he developed which led to allkinds of new learning for theAboriginal students. Mr Joe Hewett,previously Head of English at Trinity,accepted the challenge of co-ordinating the boys’ Middle SchoolProgram at Nganmarriyanga School.Having seen him in action first hand, I can attest to him providing excitingnew opportunities for the Aboriginalchildren he is teaching – Mr Hewettarranged for a group of Middle Schoolstudents from his School to visit Trinityduring the final week of Term 3. Mr Hewett’s wife Meg runs the PrepSchool at Nganmarriyanga and bothprovided wonderful hospitality to ourELC teachers when they made theirvisits earlier this year.

Yes, understanding and being involvedin outreach is a vital part of thedevelopmental experience of our boys.Our core values reflect the importanceof such activities and the phrase ‘selffor others’ resonates strongly withinour School. May this ever be thus!

Mr Rick TudorHeadmaster

Tom Cazalet in Vietnam

Luke McDonald

Music

The end of Semester One washighlighted by the Year 7 Eisteddfod,held for the first time in the South Room.Every Year 7 student performs in theEisteddfod, and the opportunities for thedemonstration and sharing of musicalskills and leadership are countless andvaried. Students rehearse for one termto prepare for this major performance.Each Year 7 group sings as a full class,performs either in an instrumental ordance ensemble, features one classmember as a soloist, and announcestheir own items. Adjudicators commenton musicality, provide positive andconstructive feedback, and rank theclasses according to the number ofpoints accrued. The winning class andthe most outstanding soloists areengraved on the Eisteddfod plaque forposterity!

In July the Senior Choir joined forceswith other boys’ choirs to perform at theOpening Ceremony for the InternationalBoys’ School Conference held at ScotchCollege. The Combined Choir performedan original work which featured theNational Anthems of all countries

represented at the conference, and thechoir’s outstanding singing resulted in astanding ovation from the enthusiasticaudience. Trinity was also represented in the Orchestra with Edward Wangplaying the oboe.

The Trinity/Ruyton musical for 2012,Grease, recreated the 1950s in songand dance. This theatrical extravaganzawas held in Ruyton’s Royce Theatre andperformed to capacity crowds on everynight.

The senior percussion studentsparticipated in a workshop held atRuyton, where orchestral andcontemporary techniques were explored.

There can never be too manyperformance opportunities and thefortnightly after-school recitals, initiatedby Mrs Therese McCoppin, have nowmade this experience available to everystudent in the School. Boys perform any item of their choice, or a piece for a forthcoming examination before awelcoming audience. This activity ishighly recommended for all musicians at Trinity.

August is traditionally a huge month formusic, and this year was busier thanever. The annual series of recitals, run byour instrumental staff, commenced inthe Music School, and almost everyafternoon/evening in Term Three aperformance occurred.

The Senior Guitar Ensemble performedin the Guitar Extravaganza at MLC,where similar ensembles were able toenjoy, compare and evaluate their ownpresentation in this fine venue, and theWoodwind Quintet continued theiraward winning tradition through localEisteddfods.

Trinity was heavily involved in theMelbourne Schools Music Festival, held at Robert Blackwood Hall, MonashUniversity, with eleven ensemblesparticipating this year. The Stringers,Marles String Orchestra, Junior ConcertBand, Mitre Band, Intermediate Band,Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Big Band,Stage Band, Trinity Strings, SeniorStrings and Orchestra all gave fineaccounts of their respective repertoire.Our school has an excellent reputationat this event for high level musicality and outstanding behaviour.

August concluded with the ChamberSoiree, a delightful event held in theTrinity Chapel and featuring our mostoutstanding small ensembles, includingthe Junior and Senior Guitar Ensembles,Intermediate and Senior SaxophoneEnsembles, String Trio, Clarion,Woodwind Quintet and Chamber Choir.

The final day of winter (and a blue moon)was celebrated with Southside Jazz; thelargest annual event run by the TrinityFriends of Music. Patrick Jaffe (pianosoloist), Junior Jazz Ensemble, FBI, BigBand, Stage Band and the Trinity StaffBand performed to a relaxed audiencein the South Room, which hadmiraculously turned into an atmosphericand ambient jazz club for the night.

Term 3 concluded with the sensationalJunior School musical, The JungleBook, which involved every student on stage.

Planning is well underway for the TermFour performance calendar; the Year 8Eisteddfod, Junior School Concert, Year12 Farewell Assembly, Founders’ DayFair, Christmas Service at St Paul’sCathedral, and the Junior and SeniorPresentation Nights.

Ms Michelle StanicDirector of Music

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Ben Hu, Harrison Rule Tim Yang

The Strings at work

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Performing Arts

‘We go together,

Like rama lama lama ka dinga dadinga dong’

The cast of Grease looked as thoughthey were having so much fun andsavouring the final years of their ownhigh school lives.

The music and choreography wereoutstanding, especially the ‘chorus’pieces: each face was expressive, the voices tuneful and the movementssynchronised. The band did itselfproud; hidden away from the limelight,the musicians nevertheless played acentral role and their renditions of oldfavourites had the audience membershumming along as the songs tookthem back to the first time they eversaw Grease. The musical is a littledifferent from the film, with which weare all no doubt familiar; however, thesongs and storyline are essentially thesame. Sweet Sandy and cool Dannyenjoy a summer romance and then areunexpectedly (for Danny, at least!)reunited at Rydell High, where wemeet Kenickie, Rizzo and the rest ofthe gang.

The main actors were outstanding; itwas hard to believe that earlier in theday they were sitting in class in theirTrinity and Ruyton uniforms. Once theygot on stage, the swagger, the hair,the jackets, the accents – the T-Birdscame to life, while the Pink Ladieswere perfect and a wonderful contrast

Mr Stewart Lucy, and all the staff,parents and students who assisted in creating this marvellous MiddleSchool production of Toad of ToadHall, should be delighted with thewonderfully witty performancesprovided by this talented cast of youngactors. Toad, Ratty, Mole and Badgerwere so appealing; managing the wordplay and characterisation with ease.The make-up and costumes, courtesyof so many dedicated parents, weresuperb. Furthermore, creative setdesign, lighting and props added to the experience for the audience.

to the toughness of the boys. Thecostume department did a wonderfuljob and its attention to detail certainlyenhanced the authenticity of theproduction.

The Trinity/Ruyton Musical highlightsthe wonderful benefits to student lifethat the Coordinate Program allows.Students from both schools buildbonds through the hours ofpreparation and rehearsals that mustgo into putting on a quality productionsuch as Grease. The annual schoolmusical is always well attended;indeed, this year the shows sold outso quickly that extra performances had

to be offered. This is testament to thehard work and creative genius of theDirector (Mr Tim Schwerdt), Producer(Mrs Christine Lucas-Pannam), MusicDirector (Mr Paul Smith), and ofcourse, the cast and crew.

The Trinity/Ruyton Musical Grease

Toad of Toad Hall

Some of thecast of Grease

Max Greenham,Daniel Beratis,Liam McCoppin,Neil Kemisterand Danny Smith

Above: The cast and organisers of Toad ofToad Hall

Left: Spencer Hines (Rat), Angus Thomson(Toad) and Samuel Ginsberg (Mole)

Sport

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In the first edition of The Mitre in 1907,there is an article which states: ‘Oneof the most fruitful causes of schoolvices, large and small, is loafing. Aman who has nothing better to do inlife than to look on is always a poorcreature, generally useless, oftendangerous. Boys should havesomething to do, and hence thejustification of the compulsory gamesof the great schools.’ Nowadays,sport is far more than a means toprevent boys from ‘loafing’.

A key component of life at Trinity, theSchool’s sporting program is extensiveand tries to accommodate the diverseinterests and talents of our boys. Thesports on offer range from the nicherogaining and lawn bowls to cricketand soccer. The main aim of theprogram, run by Director of Sport Mr Brendan Mahony, is to challenge all boys to perform at their best inwhichever sport they choose and thefocus is on the quality of sportsmanship.

The 2012 winter sport season hasended and Trinity performed well inmany areas. The First XVIII footballteam not only completed the seasonundefeated (for the first time in over 50 years), but the boys went on to winthe AGSV premiership on home turf atBulleen. On the day of the grand final,an extremely damp Saturday, theturnout of boys, families, staff and Old

Boys was amazing. This wonderfulenthusiasm was rewarded on the sirenas the score stood at Trinity 17.9.111to Marcellin 7.8.50. The players,naturally, were jubilant – as were thesupporters; this marked Trinity’s firstgrand final win since 1976!Congratulations to all those boys,especially co-captains Seb Nicolosiand Luke McDonald and also to theirinspiring and patient coach Dr StevenMaus and his support staff, Ms DiSalvitti and Mr Tony Spassopoulos.

Soccer at Trinity is growing inpopularity and this year, the First XIcompleted the season in third position(the best result in 15 years). Crosscountry attracts many boys, three ofwhom: Chow Lui, Nicolas Paidoussisand Mitchell Dyer, were picked torepresent Victoria in the AustralianCross Country Championships. Rugbyis a sport with passionate players andeven more passionate supporters. Mr Peter Lewis has returned from hisexchange to England and has put hisheart and soul back into Trinity rugby.The First XV performed well, finishingin fourth place. Furthermore, Bulleenplayed host to the Victorian Schools’Rugby Union finals. Thousands turnedout to see this spectacle (between St Kevin’s and Melbourne Grammar);including several headmasters, theState Premier (Ted Baillieu) and former

Wallabies captain Stirling Mortlock.

The following boys were picked toplay for the AGSV against the APSteams: Jay Kennedy-Harris, TomCutler, Sebastian Nicolosi (vice-captain), Luke McDonald, HughCurnow, Hugh Beasley - football; BenMitton (vice-captain), Riley Maddock,Angus Hamilton (emergency) –hockey; Lachlan Smale (vice-captain),Daniel Milborrow, Hamish Smylie(emergency) – soccer; Mitchell Dyer,Ben Lawler (emergency), DavidMunday (emergency) – cross country.

Now, the School sporting fraternity ispreparing for the athletics and waterpolo season. Increasingly, this is seenless as the ‘off-season’ and more asan opportunity for those serious abouttheir sport to maintain and hopefullyimprove their skills and fitness. Indeed,the House Athletics competition, heldin August, saw much enthusiasm onboth track and field and someexceptional results were achieved.Existing school records were brokenby Matthew Harcourt (U14 High Jump– 1.71m) and Damon Zethoven (U15 Triple Jump – 12.98m and U15Hurdles – 13.36 sec). Daniel Smith(Year 11) received the 3000m SimonMalaspina Trophy and the overallwinner was Hindley House.

The victorious First XVIII with Dr Steve Maus, Ms Di Salvitti and Mr Tony Spassopoulos

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Sport

Mark Yeoman, Hugh Curnow, Sam Hollowayand Tom Cutler

Hugh Davis, Callum Goldby, Nick Carter and Mitchell Sampieri

Alex Sheldon and Lachlan Cho Ben Mitton, Alex Faithfull, Angus Hamilton and Will Hamlyn

David Munday, Scott Sarah and Ben Lawler

Oliver Donoghue

The Grand Final scoreboard at full-timeTom Noonan and Sam Tomkinson Luke McDonald and Alex Polidoros

Junior School

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Junior School Musical –The Jungle BookThe Jungle Book is a vibrant, excitingmusical and Trinity Grammar JuniorSchool’s interpretation of this classictale, directed by Ms Antoinette Dillonwith Mr Wayne Cross as AssistantDirector and Mr Richard Allen asMusic Director, did not disappoint. It opened with a burst of music,movement and colour from thegorgeous Prep, Year 1 and Year 2students (directed by Mrs SueSkillington) who sang with clear, sweetvoices and much enthusiasm. Theiranimal skin costumes and face paintlooked stunning against the vibrantjungle backdrop. The childrenperformed three songs with aplomb,finishing with ‘The Lion Sleeps Tonight’– what fun!

The story of Mowgli is poignant andrelevant: the journey of a young boyas he learns to stand on his own twofeet – with a little help from his friends,

of course. All the lead actors playedtheir roles with maturity and usedhumour to great effect. Shere Khan’sentry provoked shrieks from themonkeys on stage and hisses fromthe children in the audience, whileBaloo endeared himself with his‘gentle giant’ persona.

The choreography (coordinated by Ms Emma Martin) was excellent – inparticular, a group of boys who dancedin synch to ‘Jai Ho’. Their dancing wascomplemented by effective use oflighting to enhance the show.Movement was also used skilfully inthe scene with Kaa the snake, wheresix boys worked a long puppet snake;one sang and the others provided thechorus. Throughout this musical, allperformers sang with confidence andenunciated their words beautifully.There were lots of old favourites for theaudience to tap its feet to including,‘Bare Necessities’, ‘I wanna be likeyou’ and ‘That’s what friends are for’.

In putting on a production such as‘The Jungle Book’, teachers hope thatthe students will gain much from theexperience of working togethertowards a common goal. Mirroring thisexperience is that of the dedicatedgroup of parents and staff whoworked hard behind the scenes to ensure the whole operation ransmoothly. Costumes were created,sets were constructed, props weresourced, rehearsals were undertaken –and people worked tirelessly. JuniorSchool is fortunate indeed to havesuch a supportive community ofparents and staff.

The Prep, Year 1 and Year 2 students in The Jungle Book

The Vultures

The main cast of The Jungle Book

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Junior School

At Trinity, we recognise the unique rolethat our grandparents have in manychildren’s lives and, for that reason,Friday 7 September was a very specialday at Trinity Grammar Junior School.On this day, more than 600grandparents and special friendsvisited the boys and girls from the ELCright through to Year 6. Watching thechildren interact with their visitors wasjust wonderful. Excited boys fromPrep to Year 6 enjoyed the opportunityto show their guests around theschool with the grandparents alsoenjoying a fantastic morning teaserved by our Junior School parents in the East Room. All the childrenfrom the ELC to Year 6 then put on an entertaining musical presentation in the South Room.

Grandparents’ Dayin the Junior School

The boys from Djarindjin Lombadina at the snow

Great excitement in the Science and Technology Department

Visit from Djarindjin Lombadina

During Term 3, the Junior School boysplayed host to a group of studentsfrom the Djarindjin Lombadinacommunity in Western Australia. Thevisiting students stayed with JuniorSchool families and attended regularclasses with Year 6 students.However, they also participated in a number of exciting excursions.The action-packed week included an outing to Mount Buller and a visitto Etihad Stadium to watch St Kildatake on Greater Western Sydney.

The overriding aim of the trip was fornew friendships and connections to be forged between these students from very different parts of Australia.The boys all seemed to enjoy eachother’s company and embraced thisopportunity for new experiences. Nine of our boys will visit the DjarindjinLombadina community in the first weekof the Term 3 holidays where they willhave another chance to further developthe friendships already formed.

Early Learning Centre

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We are in the fortunate position thatno matter what the weather is like, the children with whom we work loveto be outdoors: exploring, building,climbing, socialising, dramatising,appreciating nature and enjoying allthat they discover in our playground.

During the Term 2 holidays, theoutdoor space had some muchappreciated work carried out. Thisnot only enhanced the area, but alsoprovided many more opportunities forthe children to enjoy the great outdoors.

This past term was filled with manyspecial experiences, including aperformance by David the Music Man,a drama workshop, visits from Wild

Action with a selection of Australiananimals and, during the last week ofterm, a very brave dog was the star of the Responsible Pet EducationProgram held for the Four Year OldGroup to educate them about how to safely interact with dogs.

Grandparents’ Mornings were anotherhighlight in a busy term and there wasa clear sense of pride exhibited by allchildren in sharing their space withsome of the most important people in their lives.

This year sees the first group of boyswho began in the Early LearningCentre complete Year 12 at TrinityGrammar School and it was with

much pleasure that we invited 13 boys back for a special morning tea to celebrate this event. The currentchildren could hardly believe their eyesthat such tall young men could everhave been four or five years old.Those fourteen years have certainlypassed quickly.

We have followed their progressthrough the School with great interestand we wish them, as we do all theYear 12s, all the very best for theirexams and for the future.

Mrs Genevieve ReadDirector of the Early Learning Centre

Alex Wong with his grandparents Gladys and Tony Wong

Will Johnson with grandparents Bruce and Judy Candy

New Zealand author Craig Smith

Ross Stefanatos with grandparents Bob and Marcia Symons

Charlie Cheshire and Sebastian Nicolosiwith some ELC children

The Year 12 students who started in theELC

Dame Margaret Guilfoyle who opened theELC in 1999

Three wombats – Tommy Skillington,Aakash Srivastava and Imogen Thatcher– in the drama workshop Tiddalick

Tom Tillyard with his grandparents Elsa and Lindsay McMillan

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Trips and Tours

Papua New GuineaThe Papua New Guinea trip iscoordinated by Mr Christian Gregoryfor Year 11 boys and it takes place inthe July holidays. It offers experiencesthat will be remembered fondly andchange the participants’ world views.It also involves a lot of hiking.

Spectacular views and picturesquevillages are the reward for hours upon hours of hiking. Completing theKokoda Trail is not so much a physicalchallenge as a mental one. Our bodieshad to do the work but it was ourminds that really pushed us on whenwe were tired, hungry, muddy, trippingand slipping on roots and muck andaching from the repetitiveness ofwalking.

The Trail experience is also a highlyhistorical one. Having varying degreesof prior knowledge, we learnt aconsiderable amount about theJapanese landings in Milne Bay, their advance over the Owen StanleyRanges, Australian resistance fromOwers Corner with much fewertroops, the adversity suffered by both sides and about inexperiencedAustralian boys becoming heroes. We also saw monuments devoted tosacrifice, mateship, courage, and astone that played the role of surgicaltable for a plethora of sufferingAustralian soldiers. Hiking on the sameTrail as those who fought during WorldWar Two gave us a surprising sense ofconnection with those soldiers andtheir experiences.

Mid-way through the trip came theday that all boys had been anticipatingwith excitement and some trepidation.We were sent to individual villages tolive with the local families for threenights. Every family is allocated a plot of land designated for farming,or ‘gardening’. The gardens arefundamental to their way of life,representing their ability to survive.Yams were the most popular foodand, it being harvesting season, wereserved for breakfast, lunch and dinner.At meal times, after dark and inbetween the jobs that needed to bedone, we sat around the small tableand told stories, seemingly for hours.All sorts of stories were exchanged,from tales of giant clams and octopi to the Mermaid of Milne Bay.

The experience was unique for eachboy and, needless to say, unlike whatmost Australians get to encounter inPapua New Guinea.

Sam Macalister and Zac Freeman

Right: Corey Mangos and mud!

Below: David Munday, Jon Thomson-Settle and Dominic Barro looking a bitnervous

Bottom: The group at the start of theKokoda Trail

Trips and Tours

SnowsportsMount Hotham was enveloped insnow and bathed in sunshine as Trinityfamilies, staff and friends enjoyed theannual snowsports trip organised byMs Geri Coughlin. The 94 participantsspent the first week of the Julyholidays skiing, snowboarding andhaving fun. For many students, thisperiod provides important preparationtime for the Victorian InterschoolSnowsports Championships. Similarly,the Mount Buller Day Trip also allowsstudents to attend lessons and racetraining, enabling everyone frombeginner level to advanced, to developtheir skills on the slopes.

This training evidently paid off forJethro Mahon, Jono Lawler and HarryJacobs (all Year 8) as their teamqualified for two events in the National

Cross Country Championships(Division 3 and Classical). NicholasKoppert (Year 4) also qualified in theCross Country Classical.

The three Division 4 snowboarders -Oscar Percy (Year 5), Lachlan Marshand Aiden May (both Year 6) -achieved huge success: a team first for the Snowboard GS andSnowboarder X at both the State

and National levels. Another verysuccessful snowboarder was RileyMay (Year 9) who won two individualsilver medals at the State level andwas placed fourth in the SnowboarderX at Nationals. The only Alpine skier toqualify for Nationals was Alex Percy(Year 6), who finished 15th in theNational competition.

German ExchangeAs German exchange students fromMarianum School, Fulda, we stayedwith our host brothers Fred Hiskensand Neil Kemister and their families for eight weeks from 15 June to 9 August and attended Trinity for six of those weeks.

We were welcomed warmly by theTrinity boys and teachers and soonfound friends.

School wasn’t as difficult as usualbecause we were exchange students,so we really enjoyed going to school.We particularly liked the House systemand the fact that we could choose ourown subjects. Marianum and Trinityhave lots in common but there arealso some extreme differences.

As both of our host brothers took partin Grease, we watched the rehearsalsand the performances and loved theshow - we both think everyone in themusical did a wonderful job!

Our host families showed us lots ofMelbourne and the surrounding areas

and made it possible for us to spendone week of our holidays in Sydney andthe second one in Central Australia.

Saying goodbye after eight amazingweeks was the hardest thing for us.

But Fred and Neil will come and staywith us in December and we arelooking forward to our time with themin Germany.

Sophie Kress and Anne Kraemer

German ExcursionOn 24 August, the Year 8 Germanstudents went to the CuckooRestaurant in Olinda for asmorgasbord buffet containing allsorts of German and other Europeanfoods - the dessert buffet wascertainly the favourite with most boys!There were foods such as schnitzel,sauerkraut, bee sting cake, blackforest cake, pancakes as well as manyother delicious delights. While mostboys would have been content withjust the food, it didn’t stop there. Thelive German music and dancing was agreat way to burn off a few kilos afterour colossal meal.

Ethan Katz

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Aiden May, Lachlan Marsh and Oscar Percy were the winning team in SB GS and SBXin both the Victorian and National Interschools

Fred Hiskens and Neil Kemister with theirexchange students Sophie and Anne

At Cuckoo restaurant

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Community

On Sunday 19 August, 11 boys fromYears 7 to 10 received Confirmation aspart of a Confirmation and Boarders’Service held in the Trinity Chapel andofficiated by Bishop Stephen Hale.The boys each received a special giftto mark the occasion. According toYear 7 student Jack Furey, ‘A realhighlight of the day was wheneveryone sang the hymns; this wasamazing with everyone singing theirbest.’ Congratulations to MatthewBaumgartner, Thomas Bobbera, TomDobrotwir, Jack Furey, Samuel Hoppe,Anthony Larkey, Joseph Williams (allYear 7), Nicholas Clark and AlexanderThomson (both Year 8), who renewedtheir commitment to the Christian faithat this service, as well as Max Ford(Year 10) and Lewis Malay (Year 8)who were baptised and confirmed.

Parents’ AssociationThe move to our new look Trinitywebsite was completed last term. This is an exciting time as it markedthe first step to the Trinity Connectsecure portal concept which has thepotential to provide parental access to the Trinity intranet portal. This portalwill be an evolving project and we lookforward to its initial release in the verynear future.

Carolyn Turner and the Green andGold Ball Committee again need to be commended on their outstandingefforts organising the very successfulWinter Solstice Ball. Many Trinityparents wined, dined and danced thenight away.

Other activities have also beenorganised by various parent groups in the School. The Friends of Arthosted the NGV Winter MasterpiecesNapoleon: Revolution to EmpireBreakfast event, Friends of Musiccoordinated the perennially popularSouthside Jazz and Friends of Dramaorganised a well-attended groupouting to Queen Lear at the MTC.

Ladies – don’t forget to mark in yourdiaries the Oaks Day Lunch on the 8 November. This is a lovely way tocatch up with other mums for a funevent.

The wonderful Fair Committee, chairedby Roger Bobbera, has been workingthroughout the year on the planningand preparation for this greatfamily/community day. This year, theFounders’ Day Fair is on Sunday 18 November. It is a whole school

community event and the Parents’Association encourages you tovolunteer in whatever capacity youcan.

Ms Lucy MuchicPresident

Boys receiving their Confirmation with Rev Matt Campbell and Bishop Stephen Hale

Year 12 parents at the Green and Gold Ball

Jenny Lyle, Garry Ringwood, Deb Ringwood and Rod Lyle

Nicola Smylie, David Smylie, Lynette Julian and John Rogerson

Confirmation and Boarders’ Service

Community

From the School CouncilOver last few months the SchoolCouncil has been occupied with manyissues both at the local and thenational level.

Nationally the issue that has theattention of the Councils of allindependent schools is theGovernment’s response to the GonskiReport into school funding. As I writethis the Prime Minister has issued theGovernment’s formal response whichis expressed in general terms anddoes not as yet give schools thecertainty that they all need. The Prime Minister has promised that all independent schools will receive an increase in funding under theGovernment’s plan. What is not clear is whether that promised increase iscommensurate with the fundingindexation that independent schoolsreceive under the current plan.

The Year 12 ColloquiaThree colloquia are held each year and organised by one of the Vice-Captains. All Year 12 students attendand sit at tables with their peers andstaff. They enjoy a formal dinner,served by Year 11 students, a musicalitem and a number of speakers,including a guest speaker invited fromoutside the school community. Theseare ‘grown-up’ occasions andillustrate the fact that these boys arenow the leaders of the School.

The first Colloquium for 2012 was heldamidst the incredibly busy first term.Everyone present was transfixed bythe guest speaker Mr Jeff Maher. Mr Maher heads the Arson andExplosives squad at Victoria Police.However, he spent 27 years as adetective, 15 of which were spent incharge of homicide. He was involvedin over 200 homicide prosecutionsand he chose one particularly well

known case to illustrate the passion,the attention to detail and ultimatelythe tenacity needed to succeed insuch a role. Other highlights of theevening included Year 12 InternationalStudent Yiqing Fei, displaying hiswonderful sense of humour, giving a snapshot of his life as a youngChinese student who moved toMelbourne to study English andimmerse himself in the Australian way of life.

At Colloquium number two, the Year12 students welcomed Mr MarkSquirrell to the School. He thrilled theaudience with talk of his uniqueexperiences in the wars of the MiddleEast and his inspirational ascent ofMount Everest. His roles with theAustralian Special Forces and WorldFood Organisation provided theaudience with plenty of insight into thefulfilling nature of service to others,motivating the cohort to explore theopportunities that volunteering and

working in charity have to offer.

The guest speaker for the final Year 12Colloquium of this year was ProfessorGrant McArthur who presented afascinating talk on his research intoaspects of cancer and some of thesignificant breakthroughs being madeby his team at the Peter MacCallumCancer Centre. Professor McArthur’spresentation had the audiencecaptivated as he detailed the amazingrecent progress made by his teamthat has brought the world ever closerto curing cancer. Entertainment wasprovided by, among others, EdRasmussen and Dennis Wang whoperformed the year level’s favouritehymn Lord of the Dance on guitar Allin all, the third colloquium, much likethe previous two, proved to be verysuccessful and enjoyable evenings.

Congratulations to Sebastian Nicolosifor organising the Year 12 Colloquiathis year.

Lincoln University ‘Land the Trip’James Campkin-Smith of Year 12 isthrilled that he took the time to enterthe ‘Land the Trip’ competition as hisessay won him a fully funded visit toLincoln University in New Zealand. Thefive recipients from around Australia

were able to experience thepersonalised environment of thisunique land-based university, enjoytours of Christchurch and speak tocurrent students and lecturers aboutthe courses on offer.

The Government’s response also,critically, needs the support of theStates and Territories which at themoment is far from certain.

What does appear certain in this fluidpolicy environment is that theGovernment and Coalition bothaccept the crucial role that Catholicand independent schools play in theAustralian education system.

At the School level the Council hasbeen reviewing progress on theRichard and Elizabeth Tudor Centre for Contemporary Learning which ismoving along at a rapid pace as weapproach the end of the year. Thoseof you who have visited the School willhave seen how this landmark building,designed by Peter McIntyre (an OTGand former Council Chairman), hasbeen asserting its unique presence onthe main School campus. We all lookforward to it being ready for thebeginning of the 2013 School year.

Also at the local level, Mr Robert Utterand I have been consulting withSchool staff and other stakeholders to gather as much insight about theSchool as we can, as we get ready to appoint a Head to lead the Schoolfrom the beginning of 2014 followingMr Tudor’s retirement. In addition toSchool staff, we have met with theParents’ Association and the StudentExecutive, and by the time this editiongoes to print we will also have metwith the OTGA and the Staff Association.These meetings have been wonderfullyenlightening and will equip us well as weundertake our search.

On behalf of the Council I wish you all well for the remainder of 2012 and I look forward to reporting to youagain early next year.

Mr Garry RingwoodChairman of School Council

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The progress of The Richard and Elizabeth Tudor Centre

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OTGA

From the OTGAPresidentThe OTGA Committee has beenworking hard over the last few monthsto improve its profile in the Schoolcommunity and to improve itsrelevance to Old Boys. It is thereforepleasing to see an increase in thenumber of participants on the OldBoys’ Facebook page, more peoplegetting involved in OTGA winter sportand the introduction of the DramaClub. We have provided close supportto the expansion of the Cricket Club,promoted more Old Boys’ work in indigenous affairs and given ascholarship to a TGS teaching staffmember to work in Arnhem Land.Significantly, for the first time in manyyears, we had an Old Boys’ Dinner,themed around the Olympics andOTG Olympians, on the night of theLondon opening ceremony.

There were four OTG Olympianspresent, Mr Ray Weinberg (OTG1944)- Athletics, Mr Robert McIntyre(OTG1973) - Winter Olympics, MrScott Ferrier (OTG1992) - Decathleteand Mr Andrew Smith (OTG1996) -Hockey – Bronze Medallist. Allgenerously spoke of their uniqueOlympic experiences. The highlight ofthe night, for me, was the discussionMC and former Olympian AlisonInverarity had with the great RayWeinberg, who was able to provideinsight into the relevance of theOlympics just after the global traumaof WW2 and also to make links withLondon 2012. Ray gave those of uswho have seen ‘a few more gamesthan others’ a couple of great storiesfor our memories. The keynotespeaker was Winter Olympic GoldMedallist Steven Bradbury, who useda combination of humour and wit to provide an inspirational tale ofpersistence to achieve success.Thanks to Tim Sharp (OTG1994) andClint Hillas (OTG1996) for their effortsin organising such a great event.

The OTGA continues to focus onproviding opportunities for the OTGcommunity to get together incircumstances relevant to the Schooland the wider community. We willhave a CBD lunch on December 7and a young OTG drinks night at theNevermind bar in the period before

Christmas. We will remain engagedwith the various sporting and specialinterest groups to help them prosperfurther in 2012.

Finally, I would like to thank Old TrinityGrammarians for the pledges made so far to the OTG Careers Centrewithin The Richard and Elizabeth TudorCentre for Contemporary Learning. I encourage those that have not yetseen the new building to view thephotos by joining our Facebook page

http://www.facebook.com/groups/2369824256/ and to consider theundoubted value that this facility willprovide present and future Trinitystudents. It has been an interestingand challenging year to date and I,with the rest of the OTGA Committee,look forward to our work for theremainder of the year.

Jeff HooperOTGA President

Alison Inverarity and Ray Weinberg

Tim Sharp and Clint Hillas

The Trinity Grammar School BusinessDirectory is up and running on the

new TGS website

http://business.trinity.vic.edu.au/

If you wish to advertise please followthe links or contact Mr Noel Stevens

for more detailsstevensn@trinity.vic.edu.au or phone 9854 3600

Reunions

Recently the School hosted the 197240 Year Reunion and will shortly hostthe 1982 30 Year Reunion as well asan OTG Reunion Dinner in Sydney.

The 1972 Dinner was well attendedwith Don Campbell (1966-72), RodLyle (1968-72) and Jeremy Duffield(1963-72) making a big effort tocontact past students from their yearlevel. Former staff Roger Kennedy,

David Bevan and Chris Howell wereat the dinner while Brian Macfarlanecalled in for drinks.

A number of guys travelled fromcountry Victoria while Ken Syme(1964-72) came down fromQueensland. All agreed they wantedto catch up again well before the next10 year reunion!

Reunions planned for 2013

Gold Mitre Lunch: 1932 - 2013 Thursday March 21

(for those who left School 50+ yearsago)

2008 5 Year Reunion BBQWednesday March 13

2003 10 Year Reunion DinnerFriday May 17

1993 20 Year Reunion DinnerFriday May 31

1983 30 Year Reunion DinnerDate to be confirmed

1973 40 Year Reunion DinnerDate to be confirmed

2012 1 Year Reunion BBQDate to be confirmed

If you have any questions or would liketo assist with the organisation, pleasecontact Sharon Kendall by email:

kendalls@trinity.vic.edu.au

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1972 Reunion

Bruce Rigby, David Bevan and Chris Howell

Mark Wilkinson, Donald Campbell and Jeremy Duffield

In MemoriamWe were saddened to hear of thepassing of the following members of the Trinity Community.

Past School Council member JOHNHOLBERTON passed away in earlyAugust. John was on the SchoolCouncil from 1985 until 2003 and wasthe Treasurer for most of that time.John’s three boys, PHILIP (1960-68),SIMON (1964-72) and MARK(1962-70) attended Trinity as did hisgrandson MATTHEW (1996-2000).We thank John for his wonderfulcontribution to TGS.

ALAN COHN (1927-34) was one ofour oldest Old Trinity Grammarians.

CLIFF MILTON NISBET (1934-35)also passed away earlier this year.

ALAN GOBLE OAM, MD, FRCP,FRACP (1938-42) was an outstandingmedical practitioner and wasdedicated to the research of heartdisease. He was awarded his OAM in 2011 for services to medicine as acardiologist and to the National HeartFoundation in Victoria.

DREW MACKIE FORSYTHSNEDDEN (1965-68) died verysuddenly at home in London on 26August. He was a rower, cyclist andrugby player at Cobham RFC. Drewattended the reunion in London last yearand according to his wife Nicky, hegreatly enjoyed receiving The TrinityGrammarian and keeping up to date withwhat was happening at his old school.

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Olympic Celebration Dinner

The OTGA held a most successfulOlympic Celebration Dinner at theBoulevard Restaurant in Kew onFriday July 27 for all Old Boys. Fourof the School’s Olympians were inattendance, with former OlympianAlison Inverarity as MC and GoldMedallist Steve Bradbury as GuestSpeaker. Steve Bradbury delivered anentertaining speech and it was terrificto see so many recent leavers at theDinner. Well done to Tim Sharp(1987-94) and Clint Hillas (1991-96)for their organisation of the night.

Scott Ferrier, Alison Inverarity and JeremySutcliffe

Alex Hasiotis, Alex Syme, Joel Sansom and Billy Syme

Scott Langdon, Antony DeBoos, Gareth Carwardine, Damien Scalzo and George Plain

Alison Inverarity and Steve Bradbury Sam Smith, Lachlan Tyson and Alex Paterson

Richard Baumgartner and David Baumgartner

Tim, Ray and Christopher Weinberg

Chris Jackson, Sam Horsburgh, TaylorGale, Tim Daniell and Alex Heuston

Gil Van Der Venne, Jay Arrowsmith and Noel Stevens

All Old Trinity Grammarians and theirfamilies are warmly invited to the

OTG Founders’ DayService

Wednesday November 14 from 6.30pm

Chapel of the Holy Trinity

A light supper will be provided at the conclusion of the Eucharist. For catering purposes please contactSharon Kendall on 9854 3665 or byemail: kendalls@trinity.vic.edu.au

NOTICE: ANNUAL GENERAL

MEETINGOld Trinity Grammarians’

Association

Tuesday November 13 from 8.00pmHudson House

53 Wellington Street, Kew

Agenda:

President’s ReportTreasurer’s Report

Election of Office BearersOther BusinessAll Welcome

OTG Sport

OTG FootballThe 2012 Premier Division season has concluded and we find ourselvessitting in ninth position on the ladder.Anyone who knows anything aboutthe VAFA knows that meansrelegation. After three years of holdingourselves in the top flight we will playin Premier B in 2013. Though ofcourse there is disappointmentassociated with relegation, there isalso much hope provided by the manyyoung faces that were selected for thesenior team in 2012. Gabe Hamilton(18 games), Andrew Kyriacopoulos (16 games), Ben Howell (14 games),Ed Weatherson (11 games), Alex

Hasiotis (11 games), Jake Steinhart(nine games), Tom Bennett (six games)and Alex Heuston (five games) are allUnder 19s and played important rolesin the senior side during the season.Brendan Iezzi, despite an injuryinterrupted pre-season, led the teambrilliantly and was ably supported byNick Howell, Jack Osborn, KristianButler and Robert Humann. AndrewRamsden kicked 53 goals for theseason and again showed why he isnot only one of the most fearedforwards in the game but one of thechampions of the VAFA.

Next season is going to provideeveryone with a new challenge. We

must improve! A drop down in divisiondoesn't guarantee success so wemust approach the pre-season withenthusiasm and commitment.Everyone is looking forward towelcoming the premiership winningYear 12s to the club for their firstexperience of amateur football. It wasgreat to see Trinity win the AGSVpremiership for the first time since1976. To beat Marcellin College theway we did was a great credit to theplayers and Dr Steve Maus!

Please visit www.oldtrinityfc.com.aufor news and information regardingpre-season and the 2013 season.

Adam Andrews

OTG CricketFollowing a positive 2011-12 season,the Old Boys Cricket Club is adding a second team for the upcomingseason. The second team will play in the newly created MCC Club XIsecond division. The Club plays on high quality turf wickets againsttraditional rivals such as Old Scotch,Old Carey and Old Xavier in the MCCClub XI Competition. We are lookingfor more players so if you areinterested in playing, please contactHugh Krantz at hugh.krantz@gmail.com.The season begins in early October andgames are played on Saturdayafternoons.

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Oscar Fairweather and James Gilfillan

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News of Old Boys

Congratulations to TIM SHARP(1987-94) who announced hisengagement to Sally Kortekaas a fewweeks ago. Tim is the Vice-Presidentof the Old Trinity Grammarians’Association.

JAMES TYSON (1987-99) marriedKate Roberts on 9 June. James’brothers LACHLAN (1993-05) andSTUART (1990-02) attended Trinity asdid father LEWIS (1956-68) and uncleBRUCE (1961-69).

Senior Chaplain RUSSELL JOYCE(1961-67) was awarded an OAM(Medal of the Order of Australia,Military Division) in the 2012 Queen’sBirthday Honours List. Russell, who isalso the vicar at St Peter’s in BrightonBeach, was awarded his OAM forMeritorious Service in the field ofChaplaincy in the Royal AustralianNavy. Russell has made a lasting andpositive impact on sailors, soldiers andairmen at HMAS Cerberus for twodecades.

Congratulations to IVAN BACKMAN(1950-56) who was awarded an AM(Member in the General Division of theOrder of Australia) for service to thetransport and logistics industry throughroles with the Australian LogisticsCouncil, as an advocate and mentor,and to the community. Please see backpage article for further details.

Congratulations to LUKE POWER(1989-97) on reaching his 300th AFLGame for the Brisbane Lions andGreater Western Sydney. Luke hascaptained both clubs and played inthree Premierships with the Lions. He isadmired by all his fellow players for hisdetermination, skill and sportsmanship.Luke is Trinity’s first 300 Game playerand one of only 66 AFL players to reachthis milestone.

ANTONY DeBOOS (1992-99) is nowworking at the PlayCorp Group anddoes some work for the AFL. Hisbrother, JONATHON (1990-97) is aSenior Associate with law firm ClaytonUtz.

NICK VERGINIS (1986-93) and his wifeSarah welcome their new son Hector, abrother for Isaac. Nick is working andliving in the UK.

Congratulations to NIC HENNING(1993-98) who took out the 2012 OTGInter Community Tipping Competition.Nic finished on 160 points winning the51” HD plasma TV. Enjoy!

Mrs Sharon Kendall with Nic Henning

Sydney Reunion

Damian Waldon, James Cornell, Noel Stevens, Des Bright and Kirk Docker

Senior Chaplain Russell Joyce

Trinity FairSunday November 18, 2012

10:30am to 4:30pm

Junior and Senior School Ovals

Lots of entertainment all day

This year will be the 20th year of theFounders’ Day Fair. The Fair has

become a highlight of the School yearand, as always, will be held the

second weekend after the MelbourneCup. This year it will be on the

Sunday to allow for Saturday sportand the usual setup. Many parentswork all year preparing for the Fair,including the Fair organising

committee, the craft group, the gardengroup, the produce group.

Furthermore, many parents volunteerto help out over the weekend.

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Let’s celebrate 20 years of the Fairand almost $1.5 million dollars raised

over those 20 years!

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The Fair will be located on the JuniorSchool Taffs Oval with the rides on the

Senior School Birrell Oval.

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On the Saturday evening precedingthe fair, Saturday November 17,

2012, a special event, the House DVD Competition, will be held on the outdoor stage.This competition involves each of theeight Senior School Houses making ashort DVD, perhaps a song clip or ascene. There will also be some ‘talent’acts between the film clips. The nightwill commence at around 7.30pm andconclude at approximately 9.30pm (a meal and drinks will be available forthe audience). We invite all boys,

families and friends to attend and joinin the spirit of the evening!

Rohan Brown interviews Ivan Backman

Rohan Brown interviews IVANBACKMAN AM (1950-56). Ivan wasawarded an AM for service andcontribution to the transport andlogistics industry, in particular theAustralian Logistics Council as anadvocate and mentor, and forservice to the community. He isalso an ambassador for Whiteline.

How did you get involved in the Australian LogisticsCouncil (ALC)?I had retired from Linfox (MD) and K&S Limited (MD) and had been thePresident of the Victorian EmployersChamber of Commerce and Industrywhen I received a call from the thenDeputy Prime Minister, John Anderson.He wanted a neutral (non-political)Chair of the ALC. It was onlysupposed to take 12 hours a year butit was more like 30-40 hours a week,pro bono. I was Chairman for sevenyears and was also on the TrinitySchool Council for much of that time. I hope that we positioned the ALC asthe peak national body for Australia’stransport and logistics freight industryrepresenting major road, rail, sea andair logistics providers.

Tell us about your early days?Dad was a truck driver with a strongwork ethic and was also Verger at StColumb’s Church, Hawthorn (in fact,my uncle was in the very first Trinityclass in 1903!). We were a workingclass family. It was recommendedthat I try out for St Paul’s Choir andColin Campbell Ross and LanceHardy gave me a chance to be in theChoir for four years - until my voicebroke. I enjoyed the Choir, eventhough it meant catching the trainback to Kew four days a week. Wehad two, sometimes three services onSundays, but I still managed to playsport at Trinity.

What sort of student were you?I preferred Humanities and JohnLeppitt was an outstanding teacher.Alfred Bright (‘bone dome’) was theHead, but the School was very small,less than a third of the size it is now.There were only 13 in our final yearwhich was a great advantage for us. I played football and tennis for theFirsts. I was lucky enough to win aCommonwealth Studentship and sostarted my tertiary studies to becomea teacher.

Where did you start teaching?I started teaching Commerce atRushworth High, the smallest highschool in the state. I taught typingand shorthand, (often to rock music)and I loved being totally involved in asmall town. Teaching taught mepeople skills. I received a promotableteaching mark, and then moved toBalwyn High where you were just a‘rung on the ladder’ and promotionwas not likely. There were 2000students and no sports gear so I, as Sports Master, needed to becomeingenious in obtaining sports gear. Bythe time the Principal found out, it wastoo late, it had all been labelled ‘BHS’.

How did you join Linfox?Newly married, I spent five years withBlakistons in Melbourne and Sydney.After that, I spent five years withMayne Nickless, based in Sydney,then Cubico, gaining experience inmanagement positions and joinedLinfox in 1978. Linfox was technicallyinsolvent, but we won a number ofmajor contracts to take overdistribution (outsource) from othercompanies. I joined Linfox at a goodtime, the company expanded and woncontracts to distribute Coca Cola,Caltex and Coles. I became the MDand then Deputy Chairman of Linfox.Linfox was a great place to work, butafter 18 years there, it was time tomove on. I then took on a number ofboard positions and was MD of K&Sas well as President of VECCI.

What are your interests?I am married to Yvonne and we havetwo children. My son Cam (1983-88)attended Trinity for six years and wasSchool Vice-Captain. The School wasvery different in my day from whenCam attended and now, more than 25 years later, Trinity’s offerings andoptions are fantastic! It has grown in size with vastly improved facilities.Cam studied Commerce, spent a

number of years in PNG in Laerunning a chain of hardware storesand now he works in Melbourne asGeneral Manager of Doggetts.

You were in Kuwait for ninemonths?Linfox won the contract to transport4000 tonnes of cement daily fromKuwait to Iraq (Baghdad and Basra) at the time of the Iran/Iraq war. It wasdangerous and exhilarating, and justwhen we had the logistics workingwell (Linfox had to recruit, house andlook after 150 migrant drivers),Saddam Hussein cancelled ourcontract – much ado about nothing!

What does ALC do?The transport and logistics sector ofwork in Australia accounts for 14.8% of GDP (gross domestic product) whilefarming and mining take up 10% ofGDP. The purpose of the ALC was to be the over- arching bodyencompassing all aspects of logistics,rail, road, sea and air. There are somany problems - port blockages, trafficcongestion, different railway gauges indifferent states and lack of uniformregulation. Anything over 200kmshould be delivered by rail, but InAustralia, most things go by road whichis more expensive, but often quicker.Melbourne is Australia’s busiest port,but the tyranny of distance makeslogistics difficult. Four truck loads cango to Perth with one load to comeback, so the cost of transport is notevenly distributed. The ALC needed tounify transport and logistics regulationto benefit the national interest, not justone sector.

If you had your time again…?I would still go into the transport/logisticsbusiness and, with lessons learnt, woulddo it better. The opportunities areenormous. I would like to have spentmore time with my family and maybe to have played more sport, however, no pain – no gain. I am not necessarilymaterialistic; rewards have come fromhard work and effort. We lived inDoncaster and now Heidelberg but our favourite place is our property atJamieson where I can get away fromthe pressures of urban living.

My advice to a young person at theSchool, or starting work is ‘commit andown what you do’ as ‘what you put in -you get out’ and also ‘find a sector thatinterests you and a mentor who hashad success in that sector’.

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