1998 School Magazine

Girls 6rammar ^, rho01713risbane 1998

^. 5^ This report brings to an end my association with the BGGS GlynnJell, Robin Smith, Gary Williams, and my fellow coriumt- Fathers' Group. I wish to sincerely thank each member of the tee members for their hard work over the past five years Group for giving freely of his time to support me and the To those fathers who are leaving at the end of this year I wish activities of our Group. Your camaraderie and willingness to you, your daughters and families happiness, good health, and take part in the tasks assigned to us are very much appreciated success for the future

I would also like to acknowledge the significant contributions made by Geoff Clarke and Peter Rimmington in coordinating and leading our working bees. Special thanks also to Gary Is bel,

GLENN CAFFER PRESIDENT BCGS FATHERS' GROUP

Old Girls' Associa. .tion

1998;^:::1:1:1^:::::;;:;:^^:^^:;',^: *;:^1:11:1;::::;:^!;!;;;1.1;;;!;:;::^;^:^; by Robin PUTvis, on The Art of the Desert People in Central Austinli@. Robin spent several years in the early 1970's living and working in Central Australia. During the early 1990's she then exhibited the work of the people of the Utopian coriumu- nity who reside 250km NE of Nice Springs. Through her exhibitions she was able to promote their art as a means of coriumunicating and understanding the Aboriginal culture it was a very moving presentation and highlighted the close the first century of the organisation. Much of our planning has therefore revolved around our Centenary Year in 1999 Iennifer andrews, a member of the School Art staff and a very fine stained-glass artist was commissioned to develop a commemorative window for the Centenary Year which was unveiled at School on October 10. The design evokes haunting memories of exam time through the use of Iacarandas. The window is situated over the exit to the Western Wing of the

signfficance of art in cultural development and the School is looking fom, ard to inviting Robin to make a further pres- entation to students within the School in toasting the School, Mrs Hancock stressed the impor- tance of foundations and the traditions that come from those foundations. She stressed the importance of associations such as the Old Girls through their ability to help the school retain something of the unique- ness of the experience that the members were part of during their time at the school. She

Administration building. War- wick Blair is to be coinmended for the way in which he used the colours in glass to make it such a vibrant piece. Iennifer andrews and War- wick Blair have also been coin- missioned to develop a match- ing window to the wonderful eagle window which was un- veiled in 1997, for presentation to the school in 1999. Both of these developments illustrate to the wider community how strongly the school supports the Arts in education

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Other plans for the Cente- nary year include a Gala Dinner to be held in the Old Assembly Hall in the main Administration building on Saturday March 13, 1999. This date has been chosen because of the School's Foundation Day on March 15. We hope that representatives from various year groups, particularly those planning their decade reunions in 1999 will take the opportunity to be recogiitsed on this evening We were very pleased to present to the school a wonderful new flag which is now used for special occasions within the school. MTS Hancock and members of the school community greatly appreciated this gesture There have been a number of social occasions this year with two of particular note. The annual theatre and supper evening held at Twelfth Night in June was well patronised and proved to be a most enjoyable occasion for all who attended

stressed that at events such as the annual dinner we can value the importance of community and the fellowship andfriendship that flows from this. She also highlighted a number of Old Girls who have contributed to the wider community through becoming firsts in their fields. The list included Dr Eleanor Bourne, the first woman to graduate in Medicine; May Lahey, the first woman to be appointed to the Superior Court Bench in Los Angeles; Emeritus Professor Dorothy Hill, the first woman to be made a Fellow of the Royal Society for her work in Geology and the first woman to be appointed as a Professor in Australia; Miss Marianne Bryden, the first woman to be appointed a high school principal and later Head of the Central Technical College; Miss Margaret Mittelheuser, the first woman to be admitted to partnership in stockbroking; Dr Elizabeth Woods,

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