June 1959 School Magazine

Brisbane Girls' Grammar School Magazine

July, 1959

July, 1959

'Brisbane Gi.ds' Grammar School Maqazine

in building the colony would soon be forgotten. Indeed, they were not deemed worthy of remembrance. And yet there were memorials of their work in every part of the town. The early buildings of the town were built of the rough stone they had quarried with their own hands as they laboured in the stone- pits. And almost all the roads in the colony had been built at the cost of the convicts' sweat and blood. The old man turned his face towards the centre of the town where stood several large stone buildings, in a very mili- tary atmosphere. There were the old military barracks, and beside them the convicts' quarters. The impressive building across the street was the Commandant's quarters. But these would not be in use much longer. The newly-completed Gov- €mment House was the official centre of the colony now, for this was no longer the Moreton Bay District, but the new and independent colony of Queensland. Andrew Petrie's thoughts travelled back to the previous day, the lOth of December, 1859-Separation Day. How much that Separation meant to the people of this colony! Once more he re-lived the atmosphere of that day of loyal speeches, royal proclamations, wildly-cheering crowds. Every man, woman and c hild in the town had turned out to meet the new Governor and his wife, Sir George and Lady Bowen, and frock coats and ·Crinoline gowns were the order of the day. How quickly the town had grown. It seemed but yester- day that he had stood on the deck of the ship bringing him up ihe river to the new colony. He had looked across at the little duster of Government buildings on the river bank-a convict settlement-nothing more. And yet he, Andrew Petrie, had lived to see that convict settlement become a flourishing town- ship, the capital of an independent colony. Suddenly he felt ·an old man. Other men, younger men, had taken over the work \that had once been his. The colony needed young men now, not old men like himself. When he was dead, the people would .soon forget the part he had played in building their town. But he had not forgotten, there was so much to remember. ... The last light of the summer evening gave place to dark- ness, as night fell silently over the town. Gleams of yellow light sho:rre in the windows of the houses like glow-worms in the darkness. Only the humming of crickets in the bushes beside the house broke the stillness of the night. But the old man did not hear them. His head was sunk forward on his breast and he was lost in his dreams of yesterday. ·- HELEN ALLAN, IVA. is

CLUES

ACROSS

35. An open wooden vessel. 8. Part of a window. 36. First person, singular, 9. Actively engaged; occu- pied . mood of the verb 'to be' .10. Third singular indicative present tense, indica tive 37. First person, plural, ob~ jective case of the per- mood of verb 'to be' (French).

1. Captives. 9. To exist.

11. A contest in speed. 12. A large vehicle for con-

v;eying passengers.

sonal pronoun.

13. A long pillow; a pad. IS. To cease from sleep. 19. A fermented malt liquor . 23. A utensil with a long handle for serving out 21. Spherical.

38. Plural of 'I. '

14. 1 o repeat.

16. Not to be fou':'d.

39. To deceive; to mock.

17. Condensed mmsture frorn 40 . Mere; downright.

the atmosphere.

42 . A girl's name.

18. To come mto orderly 43. Slang.

~rrangement.l · vf~ted~xamp e

( bb 44. Western Australia (abbr.)

liquor from a vessel.

20

a re- 45. Cans .

25 . To make able.

2 ? p 1 . ·

1 th

46. To blunder; to stray.

27. Not s ta le.

DOWN

.....

er alnlng o

e nose.

30. T'J speak or to mention;

24. s .mooth and glossy.

1. Rewards.

to nominate.

26. The s!d e oppos!le to the 2. A small rodent.

34. Elephants have them.

. 1 .

3. Covered with ice.

35. A boy's name.

28 Anght. 4 Calm· unruffled 29. To concl~de; to cease . s: A v/ord tha t ~xpresses 36. An approach. 31. To cut w1th a scythe. negation. 38. To have on . 32. A f!ymg mammal. 6. Precious stones. 41. Female sheep . 33. A flower. 7. Royal Navy (abbr.) 43 . Same as 28 across. · preposl IOn.

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