Objects of Substance - Dinner Sixth Forms

Inside the 1967 program, the formalities were listed: grace, said by the Second Mistress, Miss Doreen Thomas; the loyal toast, interestingly with no person designated; the School toast, a number of addresses by important members of the School community, and two votes of thanks. [Head Girls still have a role to play right until the very end.] The national anthem, God Save the Queen, played by student, Annice Cummins, closed proceedings. It occurs to me that Australia has changed considerably from 1967. The conventional 1967 indication of a single religion and two acknowledgements of the Queen feel very traditional, even anachronistic, to the 2023 me.