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Girls 6rammar ^ithool ;Brisbane 199t

~^ the first woman Rhodes Scholar in Australia; Miss Elizabeth me this year in fuffilling my position as President of the OGA Datsun, the first woman to become a quarried sea captain, June We were pleased to welcome leimy Gray from the Class of 69 Hammer the first female Wing Coriumander in the Australian Air as a new member to the Committee. We were sorry however it Force and MTS Yvonne Bam, the first female member of the accept the resignation from the Executive of Paula MCKellar anc Board of Trustees that it is not just outstanding contributions that matter but the contribution that each and everyone of us can make to the role of the Association in the School. Allgood wishes go to bot1 of them for the future community. Through such contributions the spirit of Grammar can be carried on for future generations. Old Girls can now be kept up to date with all the news both of the Assodation and of the School through the School's wet I would like to pay a particular tribute to the Executive of the LOTraine Chesters who between them gave over fifty years o1 service to the Association. Both acted as treasurer and ther president at various intervals and did much to strengthen the This list is by no means complete but it highlights the fact

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OBITUARY

NINA AnCE (unE unCDONALD) WHY'1'1^

Ina Nice Macdonald, who was Head Girl of BGGS in 1932, died

The couple went to Benga1 <1ater West Bengal), India, in January 1940 There they served with the London Mis- sionary Society and the United Church of Northern India until 1959. Their four sons were born during those year. The boys had their schooling in Daneeling, in the Himalayas, and Nina had periods of teaching there, as well as engaging in missionary work with her husband. She also taught Biology at two teacher train- ing colleges in Bengal After they left India the couple were in charge of All Saints College, an inter denominational missionary training col- lege in Sydney from 1960 to 1970. Frank then became minister of the Central Con- gregational Church, IPswich. At the end of 1978, eighteen months after the church had become part of the Uniting Churchin

on 6 October 1997 at Lauriceston, Tasma- nia, aged 83. She was the Liney medallist in 1928. After her years at Grammar, she had two years of a science degree course at Queensland University. When the fam- 11y moved to Sydney she completed the course at Sydney University and also did a Dip. Ed. at Sydney Teachers Conege. She had periods of teaching at the Domestic Science High School at Newcastle and the Methodist Ladies College, Burwood

Nina was a prominent member of the Australian Student Christian Movement in her university years. in Sydney she was secretary and then President of the univer- sity branch. She also represented the AsCM at the annual conference of the New Zealand SCM at the end of 1937. it was in the SCM that she met and, on 18 December 1939, married Rev. Frank Whyte, a Congregation allst

Nina Mac oita!d in 1939

Australia, they retired, firstto Nambour and then to Lauriceston Nina had a full, active life and many interests. She died peacefully, after an illness of some months