Objects of Substance- OGA Rangakarra Gates

2015 Marist Rosalie representatives, Brother John Thompson Brother and Brother Neville Solomon, a past Headmaster of Ashgrove who were presented with the Marist gates.

The concept of the gates and their symbolism at Rangakarra resounded with the School community and lead the OGA committee to consider offering further gifts of gates to both the Spring Hill and Marrapatta campuses. Tradition won out in the discussion surrounding the Spring Hill campus and it was decided to maintain the existing gates. However, discussions with James McIntosh, the Director of Marrapatta at the time, proved fruitful. The Committee wanted to replicate the Rangakarra design for continuity and to make a presentation of gates as a timely gift to mark the establishment of the Marrapatta Outdoor Education Centre’s thirtieth anniversary. A design for front gates at Marrapatta proved to be problematic. It was decided that a more appropriate outcome would be “gates” constructed in the garden adjoining the steps which welcome every girl to Marrapatta. The panels enhance the entrance, adding an elegance to the main buildings at the bus drop-off zone. The “welcome panels” were unveiled on 17 June 2018 by OGA President, Mrs Julie Caton, at the Marrapatta Open Day.