1998 School Magazine

6irl* @rammar Srltool ZBlisbsne 1998

From the Principal

ne of the wonclels of the ancient u'orld is the Great \ilall inhospitable enr.'ironrlent, have shori'n ellr)rmolrs in54cnLLit1, of China. Dnring a recent visit to China, I cor-rld not he lp and creativity fron'r r.hich contemporary Ar-rstr:rlians have mr-rch bltt marvel that I n as standing in 1998, on a constrltction u'hich n'as beElun in the 7th Centr-rry BC. Reacling of the history to learn. The insight of so ntany of our stafT and stuclents in recognising :rnd appleciating the strength ancl val-re of the

reconciliation movelrent, ciemonstrates tl-re qu:rlity <>f the cdLrcational erpcriences n'e encle:Ivonr to provicle for all those in our c:rre. In perticular, the or-ltcomes of the visit by tn'o of or.rr stu- clents t<; Konr-rilcla College in Darrvin earlier this year fbt' :r 1,6111fi cctnvention

of the u,'all, across a periocl ofover tsro thousand yeals, iilolctl that in tltc hcgin- ning building materials rvere sirnply calth. stone ancl n'ood. In the morrn- tain aleas stonc was quar- ried, on the plains the u'al1 rvas built of lamrlecl clay, in the cleserts it lr,as lruilt of reecls ancl n il1ow branches lvhile in North Eastern China, some sections s..ere of o:rk tin-rber. This rerninclecl me of hou, the ingenuity, creati\L ity, r'ision and clctenlrina- tion of so many indivicluals over the centuries have contributecl to what l,ve ap- preciate and value today, As we move torvards the thirJ rnillcnnirrrn sintc lltc r lrinlt oi Clrrisl. cxpericntc' fu rrrclr a> tho:e ol tlre stal[ &

an(l slu(lcnts s ho r isitccl oLrr Chinese sister sc1-rool this year put everything into pcr:p(( ti\ c. antl tlr is in- cludes ttre importance of

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the sum of all that we do within oLlr own communlties. people I am conflclent that $re can look firr-n'ard to a firture in Some, hor,'ever, c1o not need to travel to other lancls to which they w-ill contribute much through their cln'n inclividual- :rppreciate the value of the p:rst, its cultures ancl traclitiens. ity, creatir.'ity ancl dctermination to achier.e. Ar.rstlalia too, is an ancient lancl, peopled by descend:rnts of an JUDITH A HANCOCK incligenous race, u.ho to have sirnply snn ivecl in this mostly cLy, NOVEMBER 1998

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