Objects of Substance- Mothers’ Group Stained Glass Window

Window detail of the high jumper.

The window designs were created and crafted by renowned glass artists, Tony and Jude Vaughan, using historical photographs illuminating key elements in the philosophy of the School. The colours of the window include red and gold, the academic colours of Brisbane Grammar School and a recognition of Girls Grammar’s links to the school from which it was established. Also prominent is Girls Grammar School’s own colour of royal blue and the green and gold of Australia. The flora of eucalyptus and golden wattle, so iconic to Australia, feature in the design. Motifs representing the fields of education and endeavour, in which students of Girls Grammar have gone on to play important roles, are portrayed in the scales of justice, symbolising law, the mask reflecting the arts, and commerce appearing in the image of the abacus.

1991 School Magazine, Geraldine Bennett, Mothers’ Group President with one of the artists, Jude Vaughan p7.