1989 School Magazine

and a small number of women have made their way through to the higher levels of Legal Office. For example, in 1965 Dame Roma Mitchell became Australia's first female Supreme Court Judge when she was appointed to the Supreme Court of South Australia. Last year, twenty-two years later, the first woman - Mrs Justice Matthews - was appointed to the Supreme Court of New South Wales. She is reported as having said that, in order for women to take a place in the highest echelons of their Professions, they should resist being typecast into working only in those areas considered by some people as being suitable for women. ln Law, for example, such areas would include Family Law and Conveyancing. Many of the more eminent Barristers and Judges have had extensive experience of Litigation and Commercial Practice, and women wishing to rise to the top should pursue similar career paths. Judge Matthews is reported to have said that, in order to do so, women need to be able to work the very long hours which are worked by men within the highly competitive world at the Bar. This can be difficult to combine with the domestic responsibilities which are borne by many career women. However, she claimed that, if women do the necessary hard work, the rewards of High Office can be within their reach. There are many other occupations and fields of work which I could mention which hold the promise of fascinating and impoftant careers, and which should be considered by young women who are undertaking their secondary education. For example, the expanding Tourism Industry will provide many rewarding opportunities for young people who apply themselves to that interesting area. Apprentice Chefs are already finding themselves to be in great demand, and there is broad scope for young women to be more actively engaged in some skilled occupations, where their numbers at present are low. ln short, I trust that all girls at this School have now been made aware of the many ways in which they might pursue fulfilling and satisfying careers whilst contributing to the progress of their nation. Cirls who have benefitted from the many fine resources of the Brisbane Cirls' Crammar School, where there is an environment designed to promote a sense of responsibility and service to the Community, have an obligation to themselves, to their parents and to their school to return some of that investment by developing their human potential to the full. By this I mean that you should seek to become balanced and well-rounded people who will play active roles not only in fostering your careers and your family lives, but also in the many community organisations which contribute so much to the good of this socieW. Once you leave school and begin to pursue your several vocations in the sophisticated civilizations of this era, you will not infrequently be confronted with many diverse and difficult problems of how to behave - but nothing which cannot be solved by integrity and a sense of responsibility. You should by now understand the values and the purposes of the Legal System under which we live. Our io.iety will not function properly if our Leaders in the community are not men and women of integrity, men and women who have respect tor, and seek to obey, the rules of law governing our behaviour which are laid down from time

to time. I am optimistic that you, the girls of this highly regarded School, will respond to the challenges and to the opportunities which lie before you, throughout what, I hope will be, long and fortunate lives. lf you were to carry away with you from this school the conviction encapsulated within your school motto: "Nothing Without Hard Work", you will be armed with the first element of the essential knowledge on which a successful and happy life is built. I congratulate all students who have done well in their academic subjects and those who have pafticipated with enthusiasm in the several activities outside the classroom, partrcularly to the 6th formers who are now leaving school, I give my best wishes for their future success. I am sure that each will look back fondly on the years spent at Brisbane Cirls' Crammar and each will appreciate the value of the instruction and counsel which she has been fortunate to have received from her teachers. lt does not appear to me that it could be said to be the fault of this School if you fail to become well balanced, successful, well rounded and educated persons in the years to come - people who will make important contributions to the development of this country, and, in so doing, will advance the position of women within our Society. I am sure you will always be proud of your School and that the School will be proud of you, its students. THE RESTORATION AND BUILDING APPEAL School Day, 1989, marked the official launch of the Restoration and Building Appeal by the Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Dr M. Crassie. The Launch heralded the beginning of the first major development at Cirls' Crammar since the completion of the Cehrmann Theatre and associated Classroom Block, opened by His Excellency, the Covernor of Queensland, Sir Walter Campbell on School Day,1986. ln January of this year, the Restoration and Building Appeal Committee was established under the Chairmanship of a member of the Board of Trustees, Miss Margaret Mittelheuser. The Committee includes past, present and future parents of the School as well as past students. Those actively involved at present are Mr Ceoff Wilson (Vice- Chairman), Dr Coralie Porter, Mr Michael Crant-Taylor, Mrs Elizabeth Teeland, Lady Schubeft, Mr Tony Moscato, Mr Bob Hart and the Principal, Mrs Hancock. Until June, Dr Maurice Costello was also involved. The aim of the Committee is to raise $7.25 million over the next five to six years, which will be used to restore the original School building to its former glory, to renovate the Boarding House in such a way that the School can retain boarders, and to construct a modern state of the art