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WESLEY COLLEGE FOUNDATION ANNUAL REPORT AND JOURNAL 2018 WESLEY COLLEGE STUDENTS 2018 FRESHERS fr 2018 Thomas Alchin, India Allen, Jack Andrighetto, William Bridget Klemp, Anna Knes Knes, Angus Knott, John Avery, Aimee Ball, Talia Barnet-Hepples, Michael (Yianni) Kokolakis , Alice Kotowicz, Sophie Laycol, Bartimote, Angus Barton, Victoria Bennet, Natasha Cooper Lee, Todd Levine, Madeleine Lockhart, Bernard, Isabella Best, Thomas Binns, Hugh Angelina Lockley, Angus Macintyre, Nicholas Blanchfield, James Boric, Guy Bouchier, Georgia Marchione, Filippo Martini, Matteo Martini, Colin Boxley, Caitlin Brown, Eleanor Brown, Jeffrey Brown, McCalhill, Claire McRedmond, Tara Menzies, Tracey Matthew Buckland, Kelly Burns, Emma Carter, Milden, Eliza Millar, Katie Miller, Christian Neoh, Lucy Matthew (Andrew) Coetzee, Sarah Cohen, Julia Cole, O'Brien, Cecilie Okkels, Isabelle Oxley, Sam Parks, Ella Edwin Cruz-Garcia, Raquel Cuevas, Timothy D'Cruz, Pechan, Rosalie Pether, Joshua Pincus , Emma Pryse Alistair de Vroet, Emma Dewhurst, Toby Dickinson, Jones, Samuel Ridley, James Robertson, James Rowse, James Dominic (IFSA), Hugh Duffield, Darby Durack, Alistair Russell, Ethan Russell, Darcy Ryan, Issac Salas Hannah Edgell, Harry Edmondson, Calvin Engelen, , Thomas Sanders, Josef Schuler, Matilda Scott- Wil Ferguson, Madison Flavel, Leili Friedlander, Lucia Bowden, Grace Searle, Juliana Shenker , Elise Geddes, Katherine Gordon, Jaya Greene, Emma Sherrington, Julia Slancar, Cameron Smith, Georgina Gutheinz, Philippa Haberlin, Lizzy Hackl, Charles Smith, Josephine Springsteen, Madeleine Stephen, Hancock, Isabelle Harris, Ziggy Harris, Jack Hartin, Edward Stewart, Allynta Sutherland, Madeline Lucy Hickman, Lillian Higgins, Rebecca Hockey, Sutherland, Anna Sutton, Elliot Sylvester, Rachel Evangeline Hood, Isabella Hood, Isabelle Hooton, Nick Toohey, Gwenllian Towart, Danielle Turnbull, Prue Howard, Denali Hutt, Andrew Jamieson-Grigg, Grace Tysoe, Charles Umbers, Amy Vanderhor, Haezan Kalinin, Tessa Kane, Dhivyen Karthikeyaaron, Charles Vroland, Georgia Waites, Madeleine Waites, Hannah Kensit, Olivia Keough, Olivia King, Airlie Kinross, Wales, Teegan Wattam, David Wilson, Fergus Worrall.
RETURNING STUDENTS fr 2017 Tan Vichitrananda, Sophia Amerena-Cowie, Freya Alice McMillan, Sara McTaggart, Emily Mitchell, Appleford, Isabelle Aucoin, Christopher Ball, James Patrick Moore, Tomas Moran, Ellie Morris, Grace Blaxill, Pia Boileau, Genevieve Bowes, Jonathan Moscou, Grace Moses, Ryan Mulcahy, Sayano Brunner, Eliza Bucknell, George Bundock, Juliet Murayama, Olivia Norley, Simon Nortje, Thomas Campbell-Taylor, Jock Capel, Samantha Carr, Abhishek Orton, Alexander Patfield, James Peck, Mathilda Chawla, Jol Choct, Jacqueline Connor, Alexandra Penton, Isabelle Plasto, Samuel Posel, Charlotte Power, Courtney, Juliet Cunningham, Thomas Damjanovic, Angus Pryde, Jack Ridley, Molly Roberts , Thomas Nikita Daswani, Amy Dench, Benjamin Devine, Grace Ryan, James Ryder, Claire Sharp, Angus Sherrard, Dunchue, Ziyi Fan, Cameron Fazzari, Eliza Fessey, Hamish Sinclair, Nathan Snaidero, Nicholas Sprott, Jaime Ford, Rachel Ford, Alice Fox, Harry Gibson, Lisa Stevens, Noah Steward, Celia Stewart, Lauren Connor Grindal, Harry groves, Jack Hide, Sophie Hill, Sutherland, David Sweeney, Mia Thrum, Cynthia Tian, Lucy Holcombe, Matthew Holland, Benjamin Holmes, Mikaela Tilse, Jack Tizzard, Annabel Tremain, Yashika Maddison Hompot, John Hughes, Charlotte Hulme, Upadhyaya, Amelia Vidler, Daisy Waggett, Vanessa Sulaiman Hussain, Haruto Ima, Robert Irwin, Evan Washaya, Alexandra Webster, Harriet Weir, Hugh Jenkins, Ojasvi Jyoti, JK Kazzi, Joshua Kazzi, Jordan Wheaton, Giles Widdicombe, Artemis Wilson, Jack Lee, Sean Lowrie, Claire Mackinnon, Georgia Mann, Winterbottom, Courtney Withers, Jack Yao, Mihindu Finn McCullagh, Ross McKinlay, Alasdair McLachlan, Yapabandara, Strath Yeo.
RETURNING STUDENTS fr 2016 Gracie Adam, Arslan Ahmed, Rowan Bray, Verenna Joseph, James Kilby, Charlotte Kinsella, Celeste Luisi, Brown, Jack Caldwell, Lawrence Chan, Lauren Pascale Mann, Alexander McDonald, Jonathon Moore, Chapman, Louis Cummings, Edmund Delves, Cailin Sarah Moore, Hunter Murray, Jessica Negus, Alistair Feldman, Billi FitzSimons, Juliette Fleming, Will Northam, Jack Redman, Zali Rochow, Hannah Ross- Flockhart, Madeline Frerer, Hamish Fuller, Katie Fuller, Smith, Matthew Sellwood, Samantha Shannon, Alysha Nicholas Ghee, Lucy Gray, Karl Harbers, William Haskell , Skerritt, Yarlalu Thomas, Luke Vandenberg, Matilda Amelia Hellicar-Foster, Alice Hibbard, Miranda Walker, Adelaide Wallace, Edith Warne, Allison Whalley, Hutchesson, Madison James, Giorgi Jardine, Joshua Brittany Wilcock, Peter Xu, Jerry Yu, Michael Zawal.
RETURNING STUDENTS fr 2015 Rafael Cuginotti de Oliveira CELEBRATING OUR OLD COLLEGIANS WHO HAVE BEEN AWARDED AN AUSTRALIAN OR INTERNATIONAL HONOUR
On 15th of October, the current students and invited guests gathered to celebrate those who have been awarded an Australian or International Honour, including the unveiling of our newest Honour Board for the dining hall. Our thanks to Bill Ford, fresher 54, for his initial instigation of this commemoration.
If there is any Old Col who has been omitted from the Board, please contact us on foundation@wesleycollege- usyd.edu.au.
THE WESLEYAN 1 FROM THE EDITOR MALCOLM BROWN ( fr 1965)
The crop of graduates profiled for Emily Antonio became acutely this edition just about blows the aware of the environment and the mind. They have done extraordinary need to sustain the world we live in things, in a lot of cases globally! while using its resources. Susan Leaving aside the two valetes, the Gray (fr 1981) went into Industrial 14 graduates profiled are split male Relations, became an adviser to a and female right down the middle. Federal Minister and worked in Of the seven females, two – Emily Indonesia and the Americas. Her Antonio (fr 1976) and Jane Norman sister Jo Gray (fr 1983) worked in (fr 1986) – became chemical banking in South Africa and then engineers and another, Tracey pushed her way into journalism to Kerr (fr 1983) , went into mining become managing editor, as she is engineering. There were some now, of the Australian Financial and like Matt ended up in Sweden, remnants of an era when women , and , Review Kim Taylor (fr 1979) before going on to forge a career in were restricted. Tracey Kerr found taking pharmacy as her career, private equity and finance. Jo Gray no facilities for females at an moved up the chain of command went to work in South Africa, outback mining camp. to become head of a corporate Jenny initially in banking, then saw the , who went into Asian division. Morison (fr 1976) wretchedness of apartheid and accounting, started with a firm Of the men, we profile one opted to become a journalist. which had a rule: “All female staff gentleman fresher, Michael Tracey Kerr’s mining adventures be home by dark”. The wife of Gleeson-White (fr 1947) , who took her to remote areas of Russia told him Robert Tsenin (fr 1973) served in World War 11 and where she saw abject poverty, she had gone to a bank for a entered Wesley to finish an noting in passing that a group in a mortgage and the manager’s Economics degree, before remote town who gave the response had been that he did not embarking on a career in engineers a lavish reception had discuss mortgages with women. stockbroking and finance. Matt given them “everything they had”. The Wesley women tended to brush Hinds (fr 2015) , at the other end Andrew Stead (fr 1990) went right those inhibitions away, and my of the age scale, has taken on the over the top, symbolically and feeling is that the years of environment. He started on those literally. After leaving college he intermingling with young men in issues while still at school, joined the British Army and went the college environment have greatly furthered his interests by making to Sandhurst. When he finished suited them for such challenges. maximum use of an exchange his military service, he went into And just to look at these women student visit to Sweden, and innovative corporate management. Wesley has produced! What a started an on-line business while Marc Burbridge (fr 1957) , a Wesley one-termer, travelled the dreadful thing it would be if Wesley still at Wesley. Clifford Kwan-Gett world, went back to the United had not gone co-ed 49 years ago (fr 1953) first studied engineering, and all that vibrancy, life and then Medicine, and then States, fought in Vietnam and talent would have passed by! I combined the two disciplines in ended up in Brazil. wonder whether in the lead-up to exploring the manufacture of a We must put in two valetes this year , the 50 years of co-education totally artificial heart. one for Graham Crouch (fr 1947) , someone could do an analysis as to The other remarkable thing in who graduated in Law but went to how many marriages have resulted profiling these graduates is that help his father in business and from the intermingling at Wesley ended having a distinguished the wider world in some ways is and how many products of those career in the public sector, dealing their backyard. In my parents’ day, unions have been to Wesley. with primary produce. The other is there might have been an overseas the being Desmond Tutu-type But the issues Wesleyans have trip once, perhaps twice, in a character, espoused have gone beyond the lifetime, once perhaps to fight a Dharmasoka Laksiri , who eternal issue of male/female war, the second a post-retirement (Laki) Jayasuriya (fr 1951) grew up in Sri Lanka still under relationships. It might be said that treat. Now with air travel so the thumb of racist British rule some of the serious discussions in plentiful and relatively cheap, and moved to Australia to become Wesley, on such subjects as everyone is off overseas. Ty van a shining light in multiculturalism. population, resources and the der Linden (fr 2008) , graduated in environment, have borne fruit. Economics and took off overseas Malcolm Brown (fr 1965)
2 DECEMBER 2018 CONTENTS ANNUAL REPORT
Master’s Report 4
Wesley in 2018 5
Chair of Council’s Report 7
Chair of Foundation’s Message 8 THE WESLEYAN Wesley Old Cols’ Association Report 10 foundation@wesleycollege- Foundation Medal Recipients 12 usyd.edu.au Financials 14 (Subject: attn. 2018 Editors) The Cull Fellowship 16 ABN 79 497 010 262 Wesley College Foundation Members 17 EDITOR Donors 18
Malcolm Brown (fr 1965) Scholarships and Awards 20
[email protected] Academic Report 22
PRODUCTION Profiles of Scholarship Recipients 24
COORDINATOR Building Updates 27
Kiri Dumont – Development Manager WESLEY COLLEGE FOUNDATION JOURNAL Michael Gleeson-White 31 STUDENT EDITOR Clifford Kwan-Gett 33 Chris Ball Marc Burbridge 36
STUDENT Robert Tsenin 38
CONTRIBUTORS Emily Antonio 41
Sammi Carr Jenny Morison 44 Chris Ball Kim Taylor 47
Ethan Russell Susan Gray and Jo Gray 50
Pascale Mann Tracey Kerr 53
Jessica Negus Jane Norman 55
Rowan Bray Andrew Stead 57
Georgia Mann Ty van der Linden 59 Michael Zawal Matt Hinds 61 James Kilby Vale Graham Crouch 64 Will Flockhart Vale Laki Jayasuriya 66 Katie Fuller Rawson Report 70
GRAPHIC DESIGN & LAYOUT Rosebowl Report 72
Graham Wye Palladian Report 74 Sydney Design Studio Pty Ltd Senior Student’s Report 76
Ph: 02 9452 1967 Social Secretary’s Report 77
OSE Report 79
THE WESLEYAN 3 MASTER’S REPORT
Wesley is well placed as we end our for our students? 101st year. We have a strong Firstly, Wesley has drawn on our culture of inclusion. This is Old Col network over the years to reflected in the desire for people to provide various mentoring and attend Wesley. In 2018, we assistance to our current students. interviewed just on 500 students This is now sought by more who wanted to come and join our students than ever and we community. We were able to accept recognise that as University just over 115 new students, based curricula change and there is more on limited place availability. Our focus on co-curricular and work students are achieving their placement opportunities and the academic best, with our average mark this year being 69%, value they provide in the ‘’whole including 5 students with a High education’’ of a student, Colleges Distinction average and 58 are in a unique position to students with a Distinction contribute significantly to this know that the transition from average in their chosen courses. process. Wesley already provides Home to University can be a time Our student community was led an opportunity through our OSE marked with uncertainty and well by Mr James Kilby (fr 16) as program that is well recognised. stress, as well as new Senior Student. James’ style We plan now on developing opportunities. provided the College community further opportunities for our In our Strategy 2022, we outline with strong guidance and positive students to engage meaningfully our purpose, as being that ‘The role modelling and he successfully and network widely and to assist College engenders in its students a led a strong group of senior leaders them to achieve their goals. warmth of character,self who provided an interesting and Secondly, in times when there is a confidence, strong values and varied calendar of events strong focus on the behaviour and respect for others that will guide throughout the year. We are well influences on behaviour of young them to make a difference and placed and well represented, but men in particular, I confirm that contribute meaningfully to society we must always look to how we can our wider education programs at in the future’. In order to achieve achieve more. Wesley, provide all our students this, we now have an education Therefore I find myself asking the with the support and guidance and training program in place that questions, what are our future they need to make good decisions underpins our conversations with challenges? What do we wrestle and be positive contributors to our our students, including mental with in our thought processes to community and the wider health first aid (MHFA) training, help make us the best we can be community. As Old Collegians, we Harassment and Discrimination
4 DECEMBER 2018 training, Bystander training, Consent Matters education and ‘Responding with Compassion’ training. We continue to offer our Monday Evening Formal Dinner speaker program, which attracts interesting speakers from all areas of life to challenge our students thinking. Wesley also employs a Counsellor who works with our pastoral care team to support our students and provide one on one completing her maximum time on with federal government support where needed. This Council (8 years). Debbie was an committees over many years, comprehensive program provides inspirational Chair, who exercised places her well to lead our Council. strong leadership and growth her role thoughtfully and drove a This year, we have welcomed a opportunities for our students and very clear and strong agenda to new Chaplain to Wesley, Rev. prepares them well to negotiate the achieve financial stability and David Gore, who is also the workplace and wider world. cultural change. Mr Patrick Uniting Church Minister for (Maurie) Cunningham, a well Our facilities are also an important Mustard Seed congregation at known Wesley face and a part of any students comfort and Ultimo, just around the corner. committed Old Col, also at the start of this year, following David has a background working completed 8 years of service. He on from a generous donation from in the tertiary space, having also was awarded the Foundation Bruce and Jenny Pryor of $1 worked with students at University Medal in September this year for million dollars, we were able to of Technology. David will be his loyalty and service to the completely refurbish the interior of overseeing our Chapel services College over many years. We have Sutherland Wing (built 1969) throughout the year and attending welcomed our newly elected adding small common spaces on Community Dinners and working Council members, Mrs Kimberley each floor with kitchenettes, with our student community to Holden (Needham, fr 82) and Ms redoing all bathrooms and adding establish the best way to interact Sally Kay (fr 85), to the Council a ceiling fan to each room, along with our community. table. We have also farewelled Rev with all new furniture and fixtures. Haloti Kailahi, a Church As we look to 2019, we recognise It has completely transformed the appointed member and welcomed another significant milestone year building into a much lighter and Ms Sharon Flynn to replace him. in the College’s history, 50 Years of welcoming space, much to the In April, the Council appointed Co- education. In 1969, the first current students delight. Over our new Chair, Ms Jenny Morison, women joined Wesley College, these summer holidays, at the end who is an Old Collegian from the coinciding with the opening of of 2018, we have now replaced all late 70’s era. Jenny’s back ground ‘Tutor Wing’, also known as ‘New the old windows with louvre style in Accounting and extensive work Wing’ for many years and now windows to improve the air flow Sutherland Wing. At the time, this and the Sutherland Wing boasts a was a major decision in the new slate and copper roof, with the community life of the College. It slate coming all the way from the was a time of significant change in Penrhyn Quarry in Wales. societal values and Wesley was at the forefront of leading the change The JCR (Junior Common Room), on this campus. in the Wyllie Wing, off the courtyard, has also undergone a I look forward to hearing the transformation this year, with a recollections of our Old Cols and major renovation ($800,000), celebrating 50 Years of co- allowing the space to have education, over the coming year. different zones and to be utilised by students in a much more productive way as a study space during the day. It is now again a very lively space, which has been pleasing to see (read the article in this edition of the Wesleyan).
Our College Council has seen Lisa Sutherland much change this year, with our Master Chair, Deborah Page AM, 2018
THE WESLEYAN 5 WESLEY IN 2018
Maintenance Kimberley Holden – Chair STAFF Tony Davy Louise Mitchell Master Lisa J Sutherland BA (Syd) Dip Health and Wellness Mentor Garry Scarborough Miles Downie BExSSc. MExerSc Ed (Syd) M.Ed Admin (UNE) Lisa Sutherland – Master TST Cleaning Services Chaplain Jennifer Khamo David Lyons Rev David Gore Catering Manager Ty Van der Linden Director of Students Chartwell, Mr Mark Speechley Jonathan Row BEng STUDENT CLUB Director of Programs COUNCIL Bronwen Watson B.Ed. (Syd), REPRESENTATIVES MSc (Coach Psyc) MEMBERS 2018 Director of Operations Emily Antonio James Kilby, Senior Student Glenn Weir CPA Peter Beaumont Luke Vandenberg, Secretary Academic Dean Dr Larry Cornell Dr James Ward Ben Devine, Treasurer BEng.(Aeronautical) (Syd), Sharon Flynn Zali Rochow (Semester 1) MEd (Syd) PhD, Mechatronic Catherine Hallgath Will Flockhart (Semester 2), Engineering (UNSW) Kimberley Holden Social Secretary Counsellor Rowan Bray, Rawson Captain Jessie Ogilvy Rev Haloti Kailahi Georgia Mann, Rosebowl Captain Development Manager Sally Kay Kiri Dumont, B.Com (Otago) Robert (Bob) Lorschy Mike Zawal, Palladian Captain
Master’s PA and Office Manager Jason Masters Jerry Yu, Male Intercol Rep Jennifer O’Brien Billi FitzSimons, Female Intercol Rep Jenny Morison (Chair) Marketing and Lisa J Sutherland Jordan Lee, 2nd yr Rep Communications Manager Patricia Apostolakis Jonty Brunner & Brittany Wilcock, B Comms & Intl Studies FOUNDATION Logistics & Publications Reps Registrar/Administration COMMITTEE Louis Cummins & Alysha Skerritt, Mary Calabro Domestic Representatives MEMBERS Finance Assistant Rachel Toohey & Andrew Jennifer Jordan, Susie Carlon Jamieson-Grigg, 1st Year Reps Cert. IV Accounting, Larry Cornell Will Flockhart (Semester 1) Diploma HR M’ment Rachel Ford (Semester 2), Kiri Dumont – Secretary Licensee Huw Grenfell
6 DECEMBER 2018 CHAIR OF COUNCIL’S REPORT
Having been appointed as Chair of strong stakeholder relationships Wesley College Council in April within the University and Uniting 2018, it is a pleasure to provide my Church. first report to you. Currently located Patrick Cunningham (Fresher 1986) in Canberra, it is indeed an honour was a Council member from 2010 to be the first regionally based Chair to 2018 during which time he served to be of service to the Wesley College on the Business Committee and community. I was a student at provided invaluable policy and Wesley College from 1977-1980. legal support to the Master and In taking on this role it is very Council. Whilst Patrick entered apparent that the College is in a Wesley in 1986 as a tutor in History strong position in terms of student and Governance he quickly turned outcomes, college culture, his attention to the development of financial stability to support Wesley College Rugby. Now a Jenny Morison operational, scholarship and practicing solicitor, Patrick retains Wesley is inclusive, respectful of building demands, connections to extensive sporting links with the all diversity, and provides a safe Old Collegians and Foundation university and Wesley. environment. As part of this an activities. This of course has been Other changes included the appropriate understanding and achieved through the outstanding retirement of the Rev Haloti Kailahi . the use of alcohol by students has direction and efforts of the Master, New Council members appointed been a focus in 2018. A detailed Lisa Sutherland, her Executive during the year included Sharon Action plan has been developed to team and staff with the support of Flynn- (appointed by the Uniting address recommendations from Council and Old Collegians. Church Synod) and the election of the Review with implementation Old Collegian Councillors and (for actions able to be UPDATES TO former senior students, Kimberley implemented by the College) COUNCIL Holden (Fresher 1983) and Sally expected by the end of 2018. The Kay (Fresher 1985). Council monitors progress of Following on from 2017 which cultural renewal through a saw the College celebrate 100 Cultural Oversight Dashboard. years, 2018 has been a year of COLLEGE CULTURE significant change for Council Wesley College was a participating with the retirement of two long College in the Broderick Review CAPITAL WORKS standing members of the Council, “Cultural Renewal at the University 2018 saw a continuation of the Chair, Debbie Page and member, of Sydney Residential Colleges” substantial capital works initiatives Patrick Cunningham. I wish to (the Review) which was issued to the aimed at restoring and improving acknowledge them for their hard Vice Chancellor of the University the amenity of the College. These work and dedication over eight of Sydney, and released to the works have been largely funded by years on Council. public on 29 November 2017. the Foundation, and in particular Debbie (Fresher 1977) joined Reflective of the cultural renewal through the very generous donations Council in 2010, and was elected program which had been of the late Bruce Pryor family who Chair since 2012. During this time occurring, under the direction of have provided $5 million in Debbie made a significant the Master, over the previous eight donations in recent years. From contribution in supporting the years, the Review’s conclusion of these donations, $1 million was turnaround of the College’s Wesley College acknowledged that specifically provided for the financial position and sustainability ; a strong cultural renewal program renovations of New Wing with a improved governance and Council was in place and the Review had condition that in recognition of the processes; development of major no doubt that the College would significant building program which student related policies; oversight continue on a strong path. The has occurred under the Master, the of significant extension and Review further stated that Wesley wing would be renamed The Lisa refurbishment program of more “will also be a role model for best Sutherland Wing. The renovations than $10 million. Debbie was also practice solutions for other university were completed in time for First instrumental in supporting the residential colleges across the Semester 2018. An additional $1 Master and her team to drive a nation”. Whilst our progress has million was also donated for sustainable change in culture and been good, we remain committed renovation of the slate roofing on practices at the College, and she to continue our efforts to ensure Callaghan Wing and Sutherland assisted in the development of that the student community at Wing. A further $3 million was
THE WESLEYAN 7 received in 2018 to be used on In addition, the Junior Common my fellow College Council, our building works, including Room or “the shop” in my era, has Foundation board including Chair, improvements and maintenance of been completely renovated into a Kimberley Holden, students plus heritage buildings. Bruce was a modern space including kitchen. our community of Old-Cols’ and Fresher from 1956, architect of New Association President, Suzie Carlon, for their support and hard work in Wing, a strong advocate of Wesley, THANK YOU 2018. and a friend to many of the College As 2018 draws to a close and we Community – on behalf of the Wesley look towards the 50 years of Wesley Best wishes College community I wish to thank Women Celebration in 2019, I wish Jenny Morison (Nixon – Fr 1977) the Pryor family for their generosity. to thank the Master and her team, WESLEYAN FOUNDATION REPORT
In 2018 the Foundation got to Pryor. Scholarship and other work on its implementation our donations increased 34% to Strategic Plan. We had a busy year $460,678 ($343,361 in 2016). working on Old Col engagement Our investment returns (net of via several wonderful events and fees) were also higher at $302,532. undertaking the Centenary We awarded $271,990 in Scholarship Appeal. Our major scholarships ($219,650 in 2016). achievements include: This increase was largely due to the new Centenary Scholarships. • Launch of the Centenary We transferred $323,265 to the Scholarship Campaign. The College (including $273,265 from Campaign has resulted in over the Raise the Roof donations) and $900,000 of pledges received; finished the year with $5.7m in • The awarding of 29 regular net assets. scholarships and 13 sporting scholarships in 2018, including IMPLEMENTATION an extra 7 scholarships resulting from the Centenary Scholarship OF THE STRATEGIC Appeal; PLAN • Several wonderful events A reminder of our strategic vision: including the Foundation Medal dinner, dinner to honour the Within 5 years to become a leading Foundation among Australian recipients of Australian and Kimberley Holden International Honours, and the university colleges, held in high meaningful interactions with Senior Old Cols Celebration Lunch. regard by the Old Cols. Known as a strong supporter of College values; College (helped by the We were also very grateful to receive and for providing meaningful Centenary celebrations); and a third scholarship from the Greg financial support to the College and • execution of the Foundation’s and Beverley Alt Foundation and a students in need. fundraising plan including the very large donation and bequest The Foundation’s core strategic Centenary Scholarship from Jenny and Bruce Pryor. imperatives are being actively Campaign. 2017 DRAFT pursued with: • a wider engagement of the Old EVENTS AND THE FINANCIALS Collegians via the reinstatement OLD COL’S of the Old Cols Association and We began the 2017 year with the appointment of Suzie $3.54 m in net assets. We reported ASSOCIATION Carlon as its head; significantly higher revenue of Under Suzie’s stewardship and $2,778,342 (up from $766,858 in • several events providing with much help from Kiri and the 2016) which included a $2m opportunities to reunite with Master we held several functions donation from Bruce and Jenny Old Collegians and have during 2018 that were a fabulous
8 DECEMBER 2018 by Douglas Craig, Richard Button, Larry Cornell, Peter Schutz, Ray Ferguson, Debbie Page, Bruce Wilson, David Jenkins, Peter Honey, Suzie Carlon and Neil Gibson, Alison McCutcheon, Christpher Jenkins, Merilee Robb, Weal family, Robert Batey, Greg Nash, Bruce Bastian, Ross Perdrana and Geoff Hui.
We also acknowledge the kindness of the late Jenny and Bruce Pryor, our largest Foundation donors. To date their donations and bequests have totalled over $5.5 million, all earmarked for important building projects. We are exceedingly grateful to them. PEOPLE Kimberley Holden (3rd from left), with scholarship recipients Teegan Wattam, Caitlin Brown At our AGM Garry Scarborough and Old Cols Assn Chair, Suzie Carlon was elected for another four year success. The major new initiative FUNDRAISING term. We also welcomed Huw was a dinner celebrating Wesley Grenfell (fr 06) who was also Old Collegians who have received Fundraising this year focused on elected for a four year term. Australian and International the Centenary Campaign. The Honours. The evening was held on Committee comprised Larry, THANK YOU 15 October. We honoured 47 Louise, David, Kiri and Kimberley. A very big thank you to Kiri for all recipients who were freshers from Working closely with Old her hard work on the Fundraising 1944 to 1980. We have erected an Collegians and several large Committee, Scholarship honour board in the dining room individual donors we have 7 new Committee and on the in recognition of their scholarships in 2018 including the Foundation. She is greatly admired achievements. Sadly Bill Ford (fr Kim Taylor Scholarship, (gift of by all our Old Collegians and key 54) who was a major source of Kim Taylor, fr 79) The Penny to the success of the Foundation. I inspiration for the dinner was Pether Scholarship, (gift of Peter would also like to thank all the unable to join us on the night. We Pether (fr 79) and his mother Foundation Committee (Larry, wish him the very best. Betty); The Martin Fitzsimons Suzie, Louise, David, Garry and Scholarship, (gift of Peter Other events were the Foundation Huw) for their work. Also Deb, the Fitzsimons (fr 80), Chair of the Medal Dinner which showcases Master, Andrew Hudson and the Foundation Scholarship, The our remarkable Alumni. They set a Finance team for their diligence Centenary Scholarship and the wonderful example for the students on the investment Committee; and Parents Scholarship. In 2019 we with their wit, charm and humility. Jane Glover who retired as a will have another 3 scholarships This year we honoured Rawdon capable and committed Chair of including the Robin Henry Dalrymple, Patrick Cunningham the Scholarship Committee. Scholarship (gift of Graeme Henry, (that is Maurie to those who don’t Welcome to Bob Lorschy who took fr 51), the Viking Grant (gift of know his proper name!), John over Chairmanship of the Eric Landquist) and the Fresher Tierney and a posthumous award to Scholarship committee in the ’68 Scholarship. We are also very the architect Peter Hall. As always, 2018 academic year. Also thank grateful to the Greg and Beverly the dinner was intriguing, moving you to the remarkable Malcolm Alt Foundation which has donated and full of insights from our Brown for another fine edition of a third annual scholarship. awardees. A highlight was a speech the Wesleyan . All our team shows made by Peter Hall’s son who had Other major donors include great dedication and it is much appreciated. Finally our biggest never been to Wesley. He said that Richard Roe who has donated a as thanks to our donors for their the evening helped him make yet unnamed scholarship, Max generous support of this wonderful sense of why his Father had loved Rangott (fr 64), parents Alex and College. Wesley so much. He saw first-hand Kiki Hill, Jock McCormack (fr 74) how both the traditions and and Peter Beaumont (fr 80). In Kimberley Holden warmth of Wesley created such an addition, donations and pledges of Chair – Wesley College emotional bond for his Father. $5,000 and over have been made Foundation
THE WESLEYAN 9 WESLEY OLD COLS’ ASSOCIATION
2018 has been a quiet year on the recognised that one size doesn’t fit 2019 is the 50th Anniversary of Old Col front after such a busy all and we have been consulting with women in Wesley and there are a Centenary year in 2017. The annual some of our newest Old Cols to number of celebrations being Foundation Medal Dinner was held determine what type of interactions organised to mark the occasion, in August and 4 of our esteemed would suit them best. A couple of the further information to follow. The Old Cols were honoured for their ideas being proposed include casual 23rd of March is also the 70’s amazing careers and community get-togethers in the city and better Reunion for all Freshers from contributions. In early November utilising social media especially 1969 to 1979, if this is you please the Old Col celebration lunch was LinkedIn as a means of connecting save the date. held for our Old Cols who were the new with the old in the business Thank you to The Master and the Freshers up to 1973. Every year we world. Many Old Cols have an staff of Wesley, most particularly pick up a new year of Old Cols so enormous amount of experience please join us next year if you were Kiri Dumont, for your continuing and knowledge in their specialty a Fresher in 1974 or earlier. support of the Old Cols areas which they are be happy to Association. This year we have also been share with those whose careers are considering different ways to engage just beginning, we just need to Suzie Carlon with our younger Old Cols. We have provide a way to connect the two. Chair, Old Cols Association OLD COLS CELEBRATION LUNCH, NOVEMBER 2018
10 DECEMBER 2018 To Contact Suzie or Kiri Dumont: E: [email protected] • M: Western Avenue, The University of Sydney, NSW • P: 02 9565 3179 Links: Old Cols Facebook page: facebook.com/wesley.cols Wesley College website – Old Cols Association: wesleycollege-usyd.edu.au/old-collegians/old-cols-association/
THE WESLEYAN 11 WESLEY COLLEGE FOUNDATION MEDAL
2018 RECIPIENTS
RAWDON DALRYMPLE the Department of Foreign Affairs. In 1972, after a series of AO (FR 1951) diplomatic assignments, including postings to Germany, London, the Rawdon Dalrymple already had a Philippines and Indonesia, and promising academic career when assisting in the founding of the he came to Wesley in 1951. He Asian Development Bank, he took up rowing, in Sydney Rowing became Ambassador to Israel, Club’s Junior Eight and in the followed by Ambassadorships to Sydney University Junior Eight, Indonesia, the United States and and the Wesley Eight. Rowing was Japan. enough to give him his “participation in sport” credentials when won his Rhodes Scholarship, PETER HALL and Wesley can claim some credit for that. In 1952, Rawdon went to (FR 1950) “fix it”. Peter Hall became the man Oxford where he gained First Class When Joern Utzon resigned from for the moment, handling not just Honours in Philosophy, the Sydney Opera House in 1966, the demands of the building but Economics and Politics. After a leaving a partially completed the turmoil. When the Opera period in academia, he joined the project, no detailed plans and a House was opened in 1973, Utzon Commonwealth Department of political quagmire, the NSW was praised but the quieter, more External Affairs, now known as Government needed someone to knowledgeable kudos went to Peter. Peter entered Wesley in 1950 and got degrees in Arts and Architecture. He joined the Office of the Government Architect, then took a scholarship and worked in Britain, before returning to New South Wales. He was responsible for many fine buildings in Sydney and elsewhere and in 1977 took a three-year contract with the Commonwealth as an architectural director. His design of the Opera House forecourt won him the Lloyd Rees Civic Design Award in 1988. DR JOHN TIERNEY OAM (FR 1965) As a fresher at Wesley College in 1965, a remarkable thing about John Tierney was his enthusiasm for things political. It seemed obvious he was going to go places in politics. John gained his B.Ec. and M.Ed. degrees at Sydney Top row from left: Henry Hall, Willy Hall, Antigone Hall, Lucy Nias University and gained his PhD at Bottom row from left: Rawdon Dalrymple, The Master, John Tierney, Patrick Cunningham Newcastle University where he
12 DECEMBER 2018 became a Senior Lecturer in service was awarded an OAM in and in sport. First acquainted with Education. He developed a parallel 2012. During a busy life only Wesleyans during four years as political career and served on the slowed down a bit by contracting sports editor of Honi Soit , he NSW State Executive and Federal Polio as an infant, John has entered Wesley in 1986 as a tutor Council of the Liberal Party. He celebrated 50 years of marriage. in History and Government, met his wife-to-be, Pam, while He and Pam have produced six achieving excellent results and handing out how-to-vote cards for children and to date seven also turning his attention to the 1966 Federal election. In 1991 grandchildren. John is now retired Wesley Rugby, which had become at the age of 45, he became a and has turned his hand to writing so depleted that in 1985 it could Federal Senator for NSW. He his memoirs, most of which, he not field a team for the second chaired numerous Senate and says, will have to stay locked in the round of the Intercol competition. Parliamentary Party Committees NLA vaults for at least 30 years, Over the following years he and joined the Opposition Front “to protect the guilty”. achieved not only memorable wins Bench. John led parliamentary as a Rugby coach and manager but delegations overseas including to PATRICK CUNNINGHAM brought a stack of Wesley student the European Union and the into the Rugby fold and propelled United Nations in New York. He (FR 1986) some of them, such as John was member of the councils of the Patrick Cunningham came to Langford and Al Kannar, on to ANU and the NLA, National Sydney University in 1975 to do Arts international representation. Patron of Lifeline Australia and and has in a sense never left. Over Patrick, now a practising solicitor, president of Polio Australia, and in his career he has brought untold retains extensive sporting links recognition of his community benefits to students in their studies with the university and with Wesley.
THE WESLEYAN 13 FINANCIALS
WESLEY COLLEGE FOUNDATION
STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2017 AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2017
2017 2016 2017 2016
$ $ $ $
REVENUE ASSETS
Donations for scholarships Current assets and general building fund 316,678 343,361 Cash and cash equivalents 12,696 26,001
Donations to Raising the Roof appeal 0 259,157 Other receivables 141,057 259,665
Donations – Special Purpose (Buildings) 2,000,000 Total current assets 153,753 585,666
Donations – Centenary Scholarships 144,001 0 Non-current assets
Bequests Other non-current assets 5,565,767 3,264,957
Other revenue from investment 298,546 140,859
Interest revenue 19,117 23,511 Total Non Current Assets 5,565,767 3,264,957
Total Revenue 2,778,342 766,858 Total assets 5,719,520 3,550,623
Liabilities EXPENDITURE Other payables 6,885 5,943 Building contributions to Wesley College 323,265 520,000 Total current liabilities 6,885 5,943 Scholarships 271,990 219,560
Investment management fees 23,322 22,144
Fundraising & other expenses - 8,894 Total liabilities 6,885 5,943
Total Expenditure 618,577 752,900
Net assets 5,712,635 3,544,680
Surplus for the year 2,159,765 13,958 Equity Other Comprehensive Income Revaluation reserve 326,753 318,563 Net change in fair value of Accumulated surplus 5,385,882 3,226,117 available-for-sale financial assets 8,190 30,426 Total Equity 5,712,635 3,544,680 Total Comprehensive
Income/(Loss) for the year 2,167,955 44,384
14 DECEMBER 2018 WESLEY COLLEGE FOUNDATION
WESLEY COLLEGE FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED IN 2017 ($’000S)
175 1 $’000s 16 2 1 Cultural Scholarships 3.0 2 David Greatorex Scholarships 40.0 15 3 Dr A Bromley Scholarship _ 4 Indigenous Scholarship Endowment Fund 7.7 5 Indigenous Scholarship Fund 59.20 4 14 6 Greg & Beverley Alt Foundation Scholarship 24.64 7 Chair of Foundation Scholarship 5.0 8 John Lindsay Allen Scholarship 4.0 13 9 Joint Sporting Schols (with USyd Sport) 6.0 10 Linden Edwards Scholarship 6.0 12 11 Jessie Hope Paterson Scholarship 10.0 12 Master’s Discretionary Scholarship 13.0 13 Prof. DA Ahlberg Scholarship 4.0 5 11 14 Rev B Wyllie Scholarships 17.8 15 Rev N Webb Scholarships 8.9 10 16 Scholarest Scholarships 23.32 9 17 Awards and Prizes 9.05 8 7 6
FOUNDATION TOTAL EQUITY ($’000 s)
$6,000,000
$5,500,000
$5,000,000
$4,500,000
$4,000,000
$3,500,000
$3,000,000
$2,500,000
$2,000,000
$1,500,000
$1,000,000
$500,000
’06 ’07 ’08 ’09 ’10 ’11 ’12 ’13 ’14 ’15 ’16 ’17 The Foundation was established by the College Council in 1989 to raise funds to support the College.
THE WESLEYAN 15 THE CULL FELLOWSHIP
WESLEY COLLEGE FOUNDATION
The Cull Fellowship has our wholehearted support. We wish you every success in this new venture. – With kind regards, Alison and Don Cull.
THE PURPOSE OF THE CULL FELLOWSHIP IS TO THANK AND RECOGNISE WESLEY MAJOR DONORS AND BEQUESTORS IN THEIR LIFE TIME.
The Cull Fellowship has been named in honour, of Fred and Ada Cull to express the gratitude and admiration that the present members of the Wesley College community feel towards the Culls. The value of Fred and Ada Cull’s contribution to Wesley in today’s terms would be over 20 million dollars.
THE CULL FELLOWS* Luke Albrecht, Dennis Ahlburg, Laurie Allen, Greg Alt, J. Russell Baxter, Peter Beaumont, Charles Birch, Cathy Bray, Allan Bromley, John H.C. Colvin, Don Cull, Deborah Edwards, Lyn Edwards, Stephen Fairfax, James FitzSimons, David Greatorex AO, Albert Harris, Kimberley and Angus Holden, Eric Landquist, Arthur McGeoch, Colin Mort, Bruce Pryor, Robert Rankin, Margot Saville, Frank Simpson, Kim Taylor, Lee Ming Tee, Jennifer Turnbull, Amanda Wilkins
* As at 31 October 2018
PLEASE LET US THANK YOU NOW FOR GIVING BACK TO WESLEY
16 DECEMBER 2018 WESLEY COLLEGE FOUNDATION MEMBERS *AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2017
Platinum (Total donations over $100,000) Mr Ming Lee • David Greatorex AO • Bruce & Jenny Pryor • Mr Russell Baxter Gregory Alt • Dr Graham Henry • Ms Kimberley Holden • Robert Rankin
Gold (Total donations between $50,000 and $99,999) Peter Beaumont • Anne Bromley • John Colvin • Doug Wilkins • Estate of Dr Tony Shannon Chartwells • Cathy Bray • Don and Alison Cull • Kimberley Taylor
Silver (Total donations between $10,000 and $49,999) James FitzSimons • Deborah Edwards • Dennis Ahlburg • John Dauth AO LVO • Laurie Allen Keith Taylor • John Walmsley • Mr David FitzSimons • Robert Batterham Mr Peter FitzSimons AM • Dr Phillip Smith • David O'Halloran • Peter Purcell • Michael Tsui Mr Simon Ford • Ms Rosemary Mezrani • Mr Carlisle Procter • Helen Dunstan Mrs Deborah Page AM • Douglas Bell • Harold Lai • Howard Spark • Neil & Suzie Carlon Gibson Mr Jock McCormack • Belinda Gibson • Dr Alanna Horan • Cary James • Merilyn Alt Ian Warner RFD • Peter Barnard OAM • Derek Silby • Tony & Gretta Lucas Michael Gleeson-White • Mr John Holden • Ms Alison McCutcheon • Jennifer Turnbull
Bronze (Total donations over $5000 or one donation per year for the past three years) Merrilee Robb • Graham Spoor • Milton Osborne • Harry Bell • Mathew Hocking Michele Windsor Cherry • Geoffrey Hiatt • Timothy Hewitt • Amanda Hempel Lisa J Sutherland • Jock McIlwain • Angus Richards • Mr Bill Ford AM • Ian Carroll OAM Ian Diamond • Jamie Middleton • David Wade • Dr Larry Cornell • John Peate Gordon Clowes • Mr Richard Barnard • Mr Rowan Darke • David Anstice Sundar & Jenny Ramamurthy • Marni Clayton • Jennifer Morison • Alexander Clayton Ian Edwards • Mrs Anne Hatton • John Heffernan • Ian Huntley • PA & ML Weal Dr Bruce Wilson• David Jenkins • Ian & Nina Lansdown • Dr Adrienne Morey Ms Karen Moses • Tess Russo • Jennifer Whalley • Andrew Craig • Patrick Cunningham John Francis • Malcolm Gerrard • Peter Hales • Roy Mason • James Pendlebury • Eriks Velins
Foundation Members:
Due to an amended Wesley College Foundation Trust Deed, accepted by the Foundation Committee on 18 October 2014, a donor (Foundation Member) is defined as any person who has either:
1. Donated a total of at least $5000 since the establishment of the Foundation or
2. Made regular contributions in the last 3 consecutive accounting periods. Accounting periods run Jan – Dec. The current past three periods are 2015, 2016, 2017.
THE WESLEYAN 17 THANK YOU TO ALL OUR DONORS DONATIONS RECEIVED JANUARY TO DECEMBER 2017 OLD COLLEGIANS BY DECADE AND SUPPORTERS
1940 s 1970 s Lily Baker Thomas Damjanovic Christopher Ball Nikita Daswani Harry Bell Howard Spark Andrew Barron Edmund Delves James Pendlebury Robyn Alders Joseph Barry-Marron Amy Dench William Pryor Laurie Allen Michael Bartimote Benjamin Devine James Rae Merilyn Alt Hugh Beith Grace Dunchue Phillip Noel Hartley Richard Button Caitlyn Bellis Alexander Eden Smith Timothy Driscoll James Blaxill Mia Evans-Lau John Walmsley Deborah Edwards Isabella Bouckley Olivia Fairbank Julie Fallins 1950 s Geneveive Bowes Ziyi Fan James Fitzsimons Rowan Bray Conner Farnell Francis Beckett Bruce Gibson Laura Brouwers Cameron Fazzari Rawdon Dalrymple Bruce Gibson Jonathan Brunner George Fell John Graham Brian Hemmings Jessica Buchanan Emma Fessey David Greatorex Jock McCormack Eliza Bucknell Eliza Fessey Geoffrey Hiatt Deborah Page George Bundock Sarah Fitzgerald Carey James Kimberley Taylor Audrey Burns Louis FitzSimons P Laksiri Jayasuriya Jennifer Turnbull Rosie Burt-Morris Billi FitzSimons Roy Mason Gordon Weiss Nicola Cadman Juliette Fleming Prof Robert Nicol 1980s Jack Caldwell Will Flockhart Dr. Milton Osbourne Georgia Campbell Rachael Ford Bruce and Jenny Pryor Peter Beaumont Juliet Campbell-Taylor Jaime Ford Angus Richards Gill Campbell Luther Canute Alice Fox Bruce Wilson Patrick Cunningham Jock Capel Madeline Frerer Peter FitzSimons Samantha Carr Katie Fuller 1960 s Kimberley Holden Nishta Chadha Grace Gavin Dennis Ahlburg Alison McCutcheon Lauren Chapman Nicholas Ghee Gregory Alt Bronwyn Opferkuch Abhishek Chawla Harry Gibson Reginald Barrett Jason Ridley Jol Choct Charlotte Glover John Colvin Jennifer Whalley Sophie Clark Seiya Grant Andrew Craig Christopher Cole Lucy Gray Ray Ferguson 1990s Ella Connor Christopher Green John Foung Andrew Stigter Jaqueline Connor Conner Grindal David Gibb Georgina Cook Harry Groves Peter Honey 2010s Lucy Cottier Elyssa Haley James Jelbart Gracie Adam Robert Coulter Oliver Hall David Jenkins Arslan Ahmed Alexandra Courtney Karl Harbers David Jones Angus Airth Madison Crane Isabelle Harris John Kemp Sophia Amerena-Cowie Emma Crossing Saskia Hartog Talbot Lovering Freya Appleford Rafael Cuginotti de William Haskell William Morgan Wessley Armstrong Oliveira Meg Haynes William Nighjoy Womg Isabelle Aucoin Louis Cummings Amelia Hellicar-Foster Alan Paul Adelaide Bailey Tom Cummins Patrick Hendy Merrilee Robb Alexandra Bainbridge- Juliet Cunningham Holly Heron Brook Courtney Daley Alice Hibbard
18 DECEMBER 2018 THANK YOU TO ALL OUR DONORS DONATIONS RECEIVED JANUARY TO DECEMBER 2017 OLD COLLEGIANS BY DECADE AND SUPPORTERS
Ella Hide Amalia McIntosh Molly Roberts Amelia Vidler Jack Hide Ross McKinlay Zali Rochow Daisy Waggett Gemma Hill Alasdair Mclachlan Emily Rogers Madalyn Walker Sophie Hill Hugh McLaren Jordan Romeo Matilda Walker Edmund Hillsborough Alice McMillan Hannah Ross-Smith Adelaide Wallace Mathew Hinds Sara McTaggert Benjamin Rowse Edith Warne Lucy Hogg Ethan Miller Dylan Ruba Vanessa Washaya Lucy Holcombe Emily Mitchell Ethan Russell Emma Weal Lucy Holden Bridie Mitchell Thomas Ryan Alexandra Webster Benjamin Holmes Patrick Moore James Ryder Archibald Weston Anna Holt Johnathon Moore Lillian Scarborough Alison Whalley John Hughes Bonnie Moorefield Bridget Scott Hugh Wheaton Charlotte Hulme Tomas Moran Mathew Sellwood Lauren White Sulaiman Hussain Ellie Morris Samantha Shannon Giles Widdicombe Miranda Hutchesson Grace Moscou Claire Sharp Harriet Wier Haruto Ima Grace Moses Siobhan Shaw Brittany Wilcock Robert Irwin Ryan Mulcahy Harry Skacel Katie Williams Giorgi Jardine Sayano Murayama Alysha Skerritt Thomas Willson Ryan Jeffreson Hunter Murray Alysha Skerritt Artemis Wilson Evan Jenkins Jessica Negus Thomas Smith Alexander Wilton-Reeves Mathew Jolly Olivia Norley Nathan Snaidero Jack Winterbottom Joshua Joseph Alistair Northam Emma Soto Courtney Withers Ojasvi Jyoti Simon Nortje Macnaughton Peter Xu JK Kazzi Jessica Nutt Edward Spiller Jacj Yao Joshua Kazzi Robert O'Hara Nicholas Sprott Mihindu Yapabandara James Kilby Xavier O'Keefe Nicholas Starr Strath Yeo Charlotte Kinsella Frances Orman Lisa Stevens Jerry Yu Helena Lamberth Thomas Orton Noah Steward Michael Zawal Angus Lattimore Emma Parsons Celia Stewart Hana Lavers Sebastion Parsons Abbey Stewart SUPPORTERS William Lawless Rohan Patel Andrew Sue Bronwyn Ross-Jones Jordan Lee Alexander Patfield Lauren Sutherland PA & ML Weal Tony Lian Maddison Pearce Davis Sweeney Chartwells Australia Robert Liddle James Peck Liam Taylor Benjamin Lienert Mathilda Penton Yarlalu Thomas Zifel Lin Samuel Posel Alexandra Thomson Sean Lowrie Florence Potter Cynthia Tian Celeste Luisi Charlotte Power Mikaela Tilse Aimee Macdonald Angus Pryde Jack Tizzard Alexander Macdonald Anil Rajanathan Annabel Tremain Claire Mackinnon Jack Redman Vincent Umbers Georgia Mann Melanie Ridley Yashika Upadhyaya Abbey Martin William Ridley Luke Vandenberg Finn McCullagh Jack Ridley Sophie Verheul Alexander McDonald Charlotte Robathan Pon Vichitrananda
THE WESLEYAN 19 2018 WESLEY COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS
College Awards Terms Recipient Bennett ($400 for best result in Medical Science & Pharmacy) Sanjay Yapabandara Robson Bryant ($750 for the best ATAR of student entering first year of Airlie Kinross undergraduate study) Chapman ($400 for best result in Health Sciences, Allied Health& Nursing) Joshua Joseph Dawson (“Captain Edward Dawson Scholarship”) Ben Devine ($400 for most outstanding overall result for 2017) Dwyer ($400 for best result in Commerce, Economics, Ben Devine Agricultural Economics) Eisenklam ($400 for best result in Engineering & Architecture) James Blaxill Grainger ($400 for best result in Science (including Psychology) Juliet Cunningham Harrington ($400 for best result in Veterinary Science & Agricultural Science) Rafael Cuginotti De Oliveira John Irvine Hunter ($1,500 for best pass of student entering final year of Jerry Yu undergraduate study) Kippax ($400 for best result in Law) Ben Devine Robson (“Reginald Robson”) ($400 for best result in Languages, Humanities, James Blaxill Music & Visual Arts) Dux of the College New in 2018 Juliet Cunningham COLLEGE AWARDS Soup Bowl Awarded at Valete 2017 for contribution to social services Zali Rochow Collegian of the Year Awarded at Valete 2017 for contribution to College through participation in all aspects of College life Anil Rajanathan Hamilton Mott Awarded at Valete 2017 for character and corporate contribution to College Georgia Campbell SCHOLARSHIPS New Scholarship in 2018 – Wesley College Centenary Scholarship – Through the generosity of our Old Collegians and friends of Wesley College, the Centenary Scholarship Appeal, launched in 2017, has enabled 5 exceptional young people to attend Wesley College in 2018. The scholarships support public high school students from regional and remote areas of Australia, who can demonstrate financial need. Thanks to additional financial contributions of Old Collegians, we look forward to welcoming more students who will benefit from this support in 2019.
Wesley College Foundation Centenary Scholarship - in memory of Martin FitzSimons: Raquel Cuevas Wesley College Foundation Centenary Scholarship – in memory of Penny Pether: Hannah Wales Wesley College Foundation Centenary Scholarship – general: Tessa Kane Wesley College Foundation Centenary Scholarship - supported by Kim Taylor: Ashlynn Davies Wesley College Foundation Centenary Scholarship – supported by Kimberley Holden: Caitlin Brown Wesley College Foundation Centenary Scholarship - supported by current and past parents: Josephine Springsteen
20 DECEMBER 2018 Prof Dennis A. Ahlburg Scholarship Established by 1969 Old Collegian Dennis Ahlburg. The Dennis A. Ahlburg Scholarship is for a student enrolled in the Faculty of Economics and Business who has demonstrated excellence in, and a passion for, the study of Economics. The award is to the value of $5,000 per annum and will be reviewed each year. The award is taken as a discount off College fees – Juliette Fleming (fr 2016). Assoc. Prof. Allan Bromley Scholarship In memory of the late associate Professor Allan Bromley, Old Collegian fr 1964. The Bromley Scholarship is for a student of high academic potential who (like Allan Bromley) is the first person in their family to attend university. The scholarship is to the value of $5,000, and will be taken as a discount against college fees – Thomas Alchin (fr 2016). David Greatorex Scholarships – The Greatorex Scholarships (up to 4 at any one time) were established by Old Collegian Professor David Greatorex AO (fr. 1953 ) in 2002. The scholarship is open to all students who are entering Wesley College for the first time. The holder of the award must show a general all-round ability in the area of their academic results, sporting and cultural life and their community service. The successful applicant must also establish a financial need to hold the scholarship. This will be understood to mean that “but for the scholarship” the student would not be able to attend Wesley College. The award is to the value of $10,000 each year for up to 4 years – Charles Umbers (fr 2018); Ben Devine and Emma Fessey (fr 2017) Jessie Hope Paterson Scholarship – Established by Old Collegian Cathy Bray (fr 1972) in 2004 in memory of her mother Jessie Bray nee Paterson. The Jessie Hope Paterson Scholarship is to be awarded to a student who has suffered the death of a close friend or family member or has experienced emotional trauma, and who, but for the scholarship would be unable to attend Wesley College. The scholarship value is $8900 and is to be taken as a discount against College fees – Ross McKinlay (fr 2017) Rev Norman Webb Scholarship – Established by the College Council to honour the memory of the Rev Norman Webb, a former Master of the College 1965-1978. The Webb scholarship is to assist a student with a fine academic potential who would find it difficult to attend Wesley College or the University without financial assistance. The Scholarship is to the value of $8,900 ongoing each year for up to three years and is received as a rebate on College fees. Jerry Yu (fr 2016) Rev Bertram Wyllie Scholarship – Established by the College Council to honour the memory of the Rev Bertram Wyllie, a former Master of the College 1942-1964. The Wyllie Scholarship is given to assist a student with fine academic potential who would find it difficult to attend College or the University without financial assistance. The Scholarship is to the value of $8,900 for up to three years and is received as a rebate on College fees – Michael Bartimote (fr 2018) and Olivia Norley (fr 2017). Wesley College Foundation Indigenous Scholarship – The scholarship is to be awarded to an Australian Indigenous student of the University of Sydney who will be resident at Wesley College, and who, but for the scholarship, would be unable to attend Wesley College. The scholarship is to the value of full Wesley College fees – Grace Kalinin, Allynta Sutherland and Teegan Wattam (fr 2018); Verenna Brown and Yarlalu Thomas (fr 2016).
John Lindsay Allen Award – Established by Mr Laurie Allen fr 1970 in memory of his father. This scholarship is awarded to a student in their 2nd, 3rd, 4th or post graduate year. The student must be from a remote, regional or rural area of Australia, and who, but for the scholarship, would be unable to attend Wesley College. Preference is also given to a student studying German. The award is to the value of $4000 a year – Ryan Mulcahy (fr 2017).
Linden Edwards Scholarship – a scholarship established by Ms Deborah Edwards fr 1976 and the Edwards family in memory of her sister Linden Edwards (fr 1974) who was an Old Collegian and College Councillor. The scholarship of a minimum $5000 a year is awarded preferably to a country student. This year this scholarship is $6,600 – Ziggy Harris.
Chartwells Scholarship (formerly Scolarest) – Chartwells have kindly donated two half scholarships for students wishing to live at Wesley. Scholarships were awarded to a first year student and a returning student who, but for the scholarship, would be unable to attend Wesley College – Samuel Ridley, Haezan Vroland, Josef Schuler (fr 2018); Mihindu Sanjay Yapabandara (fr 2017).
Greg and Beverley Alt Foundation Scholarship – The Greg and Beverley Alt Foundation Scholarship was established in 2015 by Old Collegian Greg Alt and his wife Beverley to support students from rural or regional Australia to attend the University of Sydney. In 2016 the scholarship is to be awarded to a student from rural or regional Australian requiring financial assistance. This will be understood to mean that “but for the scholarship” the student would not be able to attend Wesley College. The scholarship is to the value of half College fees, offered for up to four years and taken as a discount against College fees. The scholarship is to be awarded to Jack Hartin (fr 2018) and Annabel Tremain (fr 2017) to the value of $11500.
Joint Sydney Uni Sport & Fitness & Wesley College Scholarships – Cooper Lee (Aussie Rules), James Robertson (Cricket), Nicolas Howard (Hockey), Jaime Ford (Rowing), Raquel Cuevas (Rowing), Charlie Hancock (Rugby), Connor Grindal (Rugby), Samuel Ridley (Rugby), Strath Yeo (Rugby), Christopher Ball (Soccer), Fergus Warrall (Soccer), Josef Schuler (Water Polo), Nicholas Marchione (Water Polo).
THE WESLEYAN 21 ACADEMIC REPORT
2018 proved to be another are listed. Congratulations go to Three students were appointed as successful academic year for Anna Knes, Mihindu Yapabandara PWAs in 2018. Students could students at Wesley College. Exams and Michael Bartimote for being book a one-on-one hour long for Second Semester are just on the list with a High Distinction session with a PWA to work on a finishing, and if First Semester is average, and to Airlie Kinross as Dux piece of writing. PWAs deliberately anything to go by our students will of Wesley College for Semester 1 do not consult in their subject acquit themselves admirably. The for the highest average mark. areas - the idea is to focus on the style of writing and the quality of average mark in the first half of the The tutorial program continues to be academic argument being created. year was 69, with 23% of students a strong point of academic support Over 200 consultations have been achieving a Distinction or High for students in the college. Many provided during 2018. Distinction average. tutors are appointed from the senior To recognise academic high students within the College, giving Wesley College continues to attract these students an opportunity to academically high achieving achievers within our community, deepen their understanding students, and I look forward to our in 2017 the Master authorised the through teaching others. continued success in the future. creation of the Academic Dean’s List. Students with a Distinction or Our Peer Writing Assistant program James Ward High Distinction for the semester continues to be very popular. Academic Dean
22 DECEMBER 2018 Academic Dean’s List of High Achievers at Wesley College*
DUX OF COLLEGE
AIRLIE KINROSS
HIGH DISTINCTION AVERAGE
AIRLIE KINROSS
ANNA KNES
MIHINDU (SANJAY) YAPABANDARA
MICHAEL BARTIMOTE
DISTINCTION AVERAGE
ARSLAN AHMED HANNAH EDGELL ELLIE MORRIS THOMAS ALCHIN CALVIN ENGELEN LUCY O’BRIEN INDIA ALLEN ZIYI FAN ISABELLE OXLEY JACK ANDRIGHETTO ELIZA FESSEY CHARLOTTE POWER FREYA APPLEFORD BILLI FITZSIMONS JAMES ROWSE AIMEE BALL JULIETTE FLEMING MATTHEW SELLWOOD VICTORIA BENNET MADELINE FRERER SAMANTHA SHANNON NATASHA BERNARD KATIE FULLER ELISE SHERRINGTON HUGH BLANCHFIELD AMELIA HELLICAR-FOSTER MIKAELA TILSE JAMES BLAXILL NICOLAS HOWARD JACK TIZZARD JAMES BORIC CHARLOTTE HULME AMY VANDERHOR GEORGIA BOXLEY GIORGI JARDINE AMELIA VIDLER JEFFREY BROWN JOSHUA JOSEPH HAEZAN VROLAND JONATHAN BRUNNER TESSA KANE DAISY WAGGETT EMMA CARTER JAMES KILBY MADELEINE WAITES JULIA COLE ANGELINA LOCKLEY MATILDA WALKER ALEXANDRA COURTNEY PASCALE MANN ADELAIDE WALLACE JULIET CUNNINGHAM ALEXANDER MCDONALD ARTEMIS WILSON ALISTAIR DE VROET ROSS M cKINLAY COURTNEY WITHERS BENJAMIN DEVINE KATIE MILLER JERRY YU
*for Semester 1 2018
THE WESLEYAN 23 PROFILE OF SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS
and welcoming atmosphere, and Grace is a dedicated, intelligent, the, “diversity and family like and thoughtful young woman that community along with feeling is an inspiration for all WCF welcome as soon as I walked Scholarship recipients. Wesley through the doors.” College is very proud to host a When asking Grace what she most candidate that is as driven and enjoys at Wesley, and what she has already so successful such as Grace. gained over her first year, she acknowledges the friendship she BEN DEVINE has made with the first, second and third year student cohorts of (fr 2017) 2018. Wesley is an incredibly by Chris Ball (fr. 2017) inclusive college community that encourages and fosters relationships What scholarship are you between all years because we believe currently on? Grace Kalinin it is important to extend friendships “I was lucky enough to be the 2018 beyond just your own year. Grace recipient David Greatorex GRACE KALININ has met a lot of people in her Scholarship” (fr 2018) current year and older years that study her degree, who have helped Where are you from? by Sammi Carr (fr. 2017) her tremendously on providing “I’m from The Gold Coast” Grace Kalinin is the 2018 recipient information of future career What are you studying? of the WCF Indigenous Scholarship prospects. The connections you for Wesley College. She lives in make at college last a lifetime; you “I’m studying a double Bachelor’s Austinmer, a northern village of can always count on Wesleyan no degree of Law and Commerce” Wollongong, on the South Coast of matter where you are in the world. When do you hope to graduate? New South Wales. Currently Grace is currently excelling in her studying a double Bachelor Degree studies, and in the workforce. She “2019 for Commerce and 2021 for of Science and Advanced Studies has a cadetship with CSIRO Food Law” (Food and Agribusiness), Grace and Sensory, an innovation What did receiving a Wesley hopes to graduate in 2021. The industry which improves the College scholarship mean to you WFC Indigenous Scholarship efficiency in food, ingredient and and your family? provides for an Indigenous student equipment manufacturing to create to attend Wesley College, without high value produce for new markets . “The David Greatorex Scholarship the added financial strain. Grace This is an amazing opportunity has given me the opportunity to says that receiving this scholarship, and career prospect for Grace, who continue attending Wesley College “not only enabled her to come to hopes to continue working with and undertake my studies at the college, but it also allowed me to CSIRO after her studies finish. minimise my travels as it can take The impact that the WCF up to 4 hours each day.” College is Scholarship has made on Grace’s highly beneficial for those who University career and life extends would otherwise have to commute beyond just enjoying what the from home to University every day. College has to offer. Grace has She also says that without the become deeply engaged in the scholarship, she could not have Cadigal program with the University attended Wesley College. of Sydney, a support scheme for Aboriginal and Torres Strait A particular core value of Wesley is Islanders who want to study at certainly diversity. We welcome Sydney Uni. In 2019, Grace will students from all parts of Australia undertake a mentor position for and the world, from Wollongong or the program, allowing her to help Perth to all the way from the US. other members of the Indigenous Grace says she was immediately community to receive an excellent attracted to Wesley due to its warm tertiary education. Ben Divine
24 DECEMBER 2018 University of Sydney. As an What I have found most potent interstate student, it is clear how about my university experience is much I value an education at the that internship opportunities have University of Sydney, and this has given me a rare insight into only been possible as a result of the industries and helped me shape generosity of David Greatorex and my career path. I’m about to the David Greatorex Scholarship. undertake a placement at a Private Being a student that is driven Equity firm over Semester 1 in 2019 towards success both inside and and am excited about potential outside the classroom environment , investment banking / private I attempt to make the most of my equity experience I can gain after time at Wesley College and at the that, which will help me accelerate University of Sydney, getting a career in the industry.” involved in all aspects of College and University life.” Any other comment you would like to make about the impact that What attracted you to Wesley over receiving a scholarship has had Sam Ridley all the Colleges? for you. “As an outsider, Wesley appeared “But for the David Greatorex When do you hope to graduate? to have a rich culture, and range of Scholarship, I would not have been “In 2022… a further three years.” opportunities for me to succeed able to attend Wesley. It goes both in academics and extra- without saying that all of the What did receiving a Wesley curricular activities. From the amazing experiences I have had at College scholarship mean to you moment I stepped inside the halls university and at Wesley College and your family? of Wesley, it felt as though I was have all been possible because of “Being offered this scholarship was welcomed as a part of a unique David Greatorex’s generosity. I can’t very important to me and my family and supportive culture of like- thank David Greatorex and Wesley as it has allowed me the opportunity minded individuals.” College enough for the contribution to attend the University of Sydney, What did you most enjoy/gain they have made to my life at vital to my future education. It also from your time at Wesley? University and at Wesley College.” helps me develop my rugby skills “Having had the opportunity to further which is one of my live on campus has been a huge SAM RIDLEY passions going forward in life.” convenience for my time at (fr 2018) What attracted you to Wesley over university. But Wesley College has all the Colleges? offered me more than that. From by Ethan Russell (fr. 2018) “Being the fifth member of the being able to participate in sports Sam Ridley is a fresher at Wesley Ridley family to have attended and extra-curricular activities, to and a first-year university student. Wesley, I had a fairly good idea of being a part of the Student Club Ridley spent his high school years what to expect coming in. leadership team as Treasurer, I as a boarder at Scots college and However, what attracted me most have found that life at Wesley took a gap year before of all to Wesley was the diverse College truly enriched my commencing his University studies range of people and sense of university experience. Life at and college life. Ridley is a community. From what my older Wesley has made university member of the Sydney University siblings told me it seemed like enjoyable and couldn’t imagine Rugby club having just completed Wesley was a place that accepted living anywhere but Wesley.” his first season with the team and many different types of people If you hadn’t received a is part of the University’s Elite with a strong focus on inclusiveness scholarship at Wesley, what would Athlete Program for his rugby which I wanted to be a part of.” you have had to do eg. stayed achievements. He has played elsewhere, worked more etc Rawson Rugby for the college, What did you most enjoy/gain from your time at Wesley? “I simply wouldn’t have been able to while also taking part in the afford to come to USyd and I would Athletics competition. “Throughout my first year at Wesley have had to study locally at Bond I have gained many things and have What scholarship are you University, so it gave me a great had many positive experiences here. currently on? opportunity to move to Sydney.” As well as providing me with a “I am currently on a Chartwell’s place to study and within close What are you doing now/where is Scholarship.” proximity to the rugby club, the your career taking you? most valuable thing I will take “I’m most interested in a career in What are you studying? away from my time here will be the investment banking but may also “A Bachelor of Science and lasting friendships and sense of pursue a career in corporate law. Advanced Studies.” comradery within the college.”
THE WESLEYAN 25 If you hadn’t received a If you hadn’t received a scholarship, what would you had scholarship at Wesley, what would to do e.g. Stayed elsewhere, you have had to do eg. stayed worked more, etc? elsewhere, worked more etc “Without this scholarship I would “If I hadn’t received the not have been able to attend college scholarship, it would not have and would have had to live elsewhere been possible for me to move to so that I could attend university. I Sydney, as neither myself nor my would have had to take on more family were in the position to work to have paid for my rent. It support living in Sydney. may have also interrupted my If I had moved here without a strong ambition to play rugby and scholarship, I would probably have compete at a high level.” had to work a full-time load to afford What are you doing now/ where is rent, and therefore missed out on your career taking you? experiencing the social, sporting, and likely, academic part of University.” “I hope to further my studies within Hannah Wales the sciences and hopefully work What are you doing now/where is me a place to live and call home, doing research in agriculture.” your career taking you? and it immersed me into a culture Any other comment you would and a family that I otherwise “I am about to go into my second like to make about the impact that would not have had the privilege of year of my degree and am receiving a scholarship has had experiencing. It allowed my family currently working as a part-time for you? to recover from the loss that the receptionist at an allied health practice (with physiotherapists, “I would like to express my gratitude draught caused us and support my chiropractors, dieticians, etc) towards Wesley College and siblings that still reside at home.” which is an invaluable advantage Chartwells for providing me with What attracted you to Wesley over for my future career.” this opportunity. It means a great all the Colleges? deal to both my family and I.” Any other comment you would “After receiving offers from both like to make about the impact that Wesley and St Andrew’s, I was HANNAH WALES receiving a scholarship has had faced with the task of choosing the for you. (fr 2018) right college for me. After looking further into both colleges, I was “There aren’t enough words to by Chris Ball (fr. 2017) drawn to the welcoming, express my gratitude for being offered a Wesley scholarship – this What scholarship are you wholesome, and community first year has been an incredible currently on? orientated nature of Wesley. The time, however, like any change, thing about Wesley that made it “I am on the Wesley Centenary has also been extremely stand out in my decision, was their Scholarship which is in memory of challenging. Given the endless interest in the individual, I felt Penny Pether” support that Wesley offers, and appreciate for my personality rather having now found my feet, I look Where are you from? than my academic or sporting forward to being more involved ability; a characteristic that “I am from Inverell in regional and increasing my contribution to embodied my ideal place to live.” northern New South Wales” all aspects of college life next year.” What are you studying? What did you most enjoy/gain from your time at Wesley? “I am studying a Bachelor of To support the Wesley College Applied Science (Exercise & Sport “The friendships I have formed are Foundation Scholarship Science), hoping to complete a some of the strongest I have ever program, please return the Masters in Physiotherapy in my had, and I am so grateful to have accompanying form to the postgraduate studies been given the opportunity to meet College or download a form such incredible individuals. The from the website at When do you hope to graduate? events at Wesley never ceased to wesleycollege-usyd.edu.au. “2022 after completing my Masters” amaze me, and introduced me to Each year the scholarship the crazy, but wonderful, side of program receives applications What did receiving a Wesley college. The community of Wesley for financial assistance from College scholarship mean to you feels more like a family to me now, more students than the and your family? than a cohort, and these halls feel program can support – please “Receiving a scholarship meant like a home. I have gained an help us give more students a that I could move from a small unforgettable first year with a Wesley College experience. country town to University, it gave fantastic crowd.”
26 DECEMBER 2018 BUILDING UPDATES:
JUNIOR COMMON The main concern in the initial tables and chairs for study and stages of the project was the costs reading, as suggested by the 2017 ROOM UPGRADE associated with achieving such a Valete group. There are also two large-scale operation, alongside tutorial rooms, situated in the The Junior Common Room the Student Club’s future challenge centre of the two main spaces, which (known colloquially as the JCR), of keeping the new space respected were also revamped with new located in the Wyllie Wing, is the and clean. Furthermore, the furniture and glass doors; making largest central common area in Master and contributing students the occupants feel less isolated in a Wesley. Despite this, over the past agreed that the JCR needed to also much brighter environment. couple of years, it became a function as a ‘party’ space but be severely underutilised and “The JCR has become my new predominantly available and deteriorating space. The dated favourite study space,”, remarked appealing on an everyday basis. interior, lack of utilities and third year Sarah Moore, with all With all this in mind, the JCR furniture made it unappealing to her peers in agreeance. “We’ve all renovations commenced at the end students, who were largely familiar seen the JCR become a primary of Semester One, 2018, with the with the space as a drinking space for study and group work, space re-opening at the environment. As a result, students particularly when the tutorial culmination of mid-Semester Two were resorting to socialising in rooms are full. In STUVAC this break (much to the happiness of corridors or in bedrooms. Master semester, it’s been a lot easier to the leaving 2018 cohort). Lisa Sutherland had identified for find somewhere to study now that the library and Academic Area some years prior that the JCR was The successful end result has seen Centre aren’t so packed.” in desperate need for a ‘face-lift’. the JCR become an immensely Working in conjunction with the popular multi-purpose space, Partitioned from this via sliding 2017 third year group, especially enjoyed by all students. Structurally , glass door is an open-plan area, Meg Haynes who helped collate there are two distinct areas within flowing from a fully functioning her cohorts and the wider colleges’ the JCR – to the left, a large kitchen, to a large multi-media wishes for the space. auditorium space with scattered space, and concluding with the
The updated entertainment area
THE WESLEYAN 27 fresher favourite gaming area (with new JCR is that it appeals to our own – and we are so happy that pool and ping pong tables). This everyone at some level, whether it’s this space will be enjoyed by many effect of this ‘flow’ results in the a friendly pool competition or a collegians to come. potential for interaction between flair for cooking Nutella pancakes Pascale Mann (fr. 2016) and the three areas. One could be at midnight. Heightening a sense Jessica Negus (fr. 2016) cooking in the kitchen, whilst of community in such a simultaneously watching The concentrated area has also increased Bachelor finale and chatting to student responsibility with regards A NEW WING someone playing pool. to self-sufficiency and cleanliness. Students are expected to treat the RENOVATION “The design is like a QANTAS space and its facilities as if it were Over the Summer of 2017 and lounge concept – coming from my their own, cleaning up after early 2018, Wesley College own vision, along with interior themselves and respecting the underwent a large-scale renovation architect Thom Silvius, who necessity for quiet around those of one of its wings, New Wing. designed the Atrium space,” noted studying. Whilst this is inevitably This new part of the college was to the Master. “We knew that a really a natural part of such a co-existent be ready for the arrival of 270 functional kitchen and eating space space, it is an important skill that students at Wesley in 2018. The were essential for those students Wesley fosters in its students and is renovation of New Wing was only who want to ‘cook up a storm’ or increasingly doing so through the possible because of the generous bake a cake, alongside improved new JCR. The JCR has become an donation of our donors. At the facilities such as an ice machine, embodiment of Wesley’s social request of the donor, the wing’s dishwasher, and commercial grade culture, inclusive and respectful, and name was changed to Sutherland fridges.” Students find the JCR an breaks down the limitations of Wing in honour of the current easy place to unwind, taking regular befriending people solely from Master of Wesley College, Lisa study breaks for ping-pong matches . your wing. Sutherland, and her extensive The soothing, cool toned colour contributions to the College. “A lot of my friends from other palette, alongside quality colleges have walked past and Before the refurbishment, this Scandinavian-inspired furniture, commented on how enjoyable the wing of Wesley was very different. draws in a constant stream of people new space looks,” observed second The rooms within it were much throughout the day and night. year Jack Winterbottom. Indeed, more similar to those that existed The most noteworthy aspect to the Wesleyans feel lucky to call the JCR when the College was first built.
Tutorial room in action
28 DECEMBER 2018 Increased study space in the refurbished Junior Common Room
They contained brick lining, grille the addition of the ceiling fans, body of Wesley. The 2018 windows, and Wesley’s signature with each room in the wing having inhabitants of the rooms have blue carpet; features that still exist one installed. These proved very given them glowing reviews and in many of the older rooms in the useful in the hot Summer days that asserted their satisfaction with the college. The rooms were Sydney is known for. renovation. Edwardian Gothic and very The bathrooms were also This refurbishment of facilities has similar to those in the Callaghan refurbished, with new and improved also contributed to the Wing of the College today. While communal shower blocks and development of a perfect balance these rooms were beautiful and toilets. Further, the renovation between old and new within reminiscent of Wesley’s history introduced communal areas to Wesley, giving the college a feeling and tradition, they had numerous Sutherland Wing of Wesley College , of both modernity and tradition. issues which rendered the featuring kitchenettes with sinks, Students can experience the renovation necessary. After just microwaves, cupboards and fridges , contemporary facilities of the over one hundred years of use in as well as couches. These communal college while also being able to the busy College environment, the areas have been very successful as gain an understanding of the feel rooms were inevitably beginning they allow groups of students to of the original college through the to show signs of wear. This meant congregate in a relaxed and older rooms. The students residing that the incredibly generous comfortable environment. There in Wesley College tend to have donation came at a fitting time, were three of these areas, one on friends spread throughout the allowing these old rooms to be each of the three floors of the wing. building, so the new refurbishment properly renovated. has allowed all students to The majority of the occupants of Sutherland Wing has been renovated experience a wider diversity of the refurbished Sutherland Wing in into a more modern style, following architecture and facilities. 2018 were freshers, however second the similar renovation of Purser and third years were also residents Overall, the refurbishment of Wing in 2015 and Pryor Wing in of the rooms. The top floor of this Sutherland Wing has proven to be 2016. The refurbishment of New wing featured larger rooms, with very successful through the high Wing was extensive, with all of the extensive storage and floor space praise it has received from the furniture being replaced, the walls for the occupants. This floor was current students of Wesley College. repainted, and the floors re-carpeted. largely taken up by second years Through continued generosity of The first students to live here were who had chosen the rooms the donors, Wesley will continue to be very lucky as they were able to year before for their superior able to develop and grow as a experience brand new amenities in renovated amenities. college and community. their living quarters. One of the more popular amendments to These physical changes have been Tess Kane (fr 2018) and these rooms amongst students was very well received by the student Madeleine Stephen (fr 2018)
THE WESLEYAN 29 WAR SERVICE, WESLEY, HIGH FINANCE AND A TOUCH OF ARTISTRY THE STELLAR LIFE OF MICHAEL GLEESON-WHITE AO (FR 1947)
Michael Gleeson-White, returning in London on 24th October 1925, to Sydney from naval war service son of a banker, Eric Gleeson- in late 1946 to complete his White, and Betty (nee Bloom). Economics degree, found it hard to Because he had four sisters, get suitable accommodation. He Michael’s parents decided that he approached the Master of Wesley, should go to boarding school, to the Rev Bertram Wyllie. Wyllie, a prevent him being swamped by the war veteran himself and delighted “female ethos”. In 1938, as Europe to have another ex-serviceman, moved inexorably towards war, said: “I’ll find a place for you even Eric retired from the Bank of if you have to sleep in my office!” England and took his family to the Entering Wesley in 1947, Michael furthest part of the globe still became another of the “Gentleman “coloured red”. That turned out to Freshers” (those entering college be Australia. after war service). After a fulfilling “We arrived in Sydney on 14th time at Wesley, he went into the January 1939, the hottest day ever world of high finance, which recorded here – 113° Fahrenheit,” included stockbroking, merchant Michael told The Wesleyan . “That banking, investing and morning the whole of Mosman governance. As well, being a fully- Michael Gleeson-White seemed on fire, covered in smoke rounded individual, he presided and with flames shooting to the suited him. He represented the for years over the Art Gallery of skies.” Michael was enrolled at school in Rugby and rowing. New South Wales. Sydney Grammar School, where Having to wait a year before he Michael Gleeson-White was born the GPS sporting environment turned 18, he repeated his final year, gaining almost a maximum Leaving Certificate pass and then, in December 1943, joined the Navy.
Instead of going straight into action , Michael was given leave to represent the Navy in a series of Rugby matches, activities which, according to the boffins, encouraged the war effort. Courtesy of an Army forward , Michael suffered a dislocated shoulder and, going around Sydney in a Naval uniform with his arm in a sling, received expressions of sympathy and offers of seats from tram travellers. He did a course at the Officers’ Training School at Flinders Naval Depot, Melbourne and in May 1945 was posted to HMAS Parkes , a corvette operating from Darwin, escorting Liberty ships and evacuating Australian soldiers 1947 Wesley Rugby team. Michael is on the right hand end, back row. from Timor.
30 DECEMBER 2018 “When the war in the Pacific ended , we were given the task of leading a small flotilla to take the Japanese surrenders in Dutch Kupang and Portuguese Dili,” Michael said. “Amazingly, the most up-to-date charts we used were inscribed ‘Matthew Flinders’.” After that, HMAS Parkes returned Dutch administrators to their outposts in the Indonesian archipelago. Back in Australia, Michael served at depots in Jervis Bay and Sydney. He spent 1946 studying part-time by correspondence for his Economics degree. The Navy attempted to induce him to stay but Michael opted for discharge, which he took in December 1946, turning then to Sydney University Michael (No 6) in the victorious 1948 Wesley Eight, stroked by Dennis Rourke. and Wesley. Michael left college in 1949 to returned to Australia in 1957 and Michael, starting in the second return home, due to a family illness , became a member of the Stock year of his degree, settled well into but completed his degree and in Exchange and a Partner in Ord & the college and had plenty of mates, dismissing references to 1950 graduated and returned to Minnett. “This was an era of great him as “a bloody pommie” as college as an Economics tutor. change in financial markets and terms of affection. “There were “During this time, I sat at High Ords was at the forefront of new many friends from College I have Table with the staff, and came to developments,” Michael said. seen now and again over the years, admire the virtues of the Master “There was a huge gap to be filled always with a sense of undiminished even more than I had as an to establish a comprehensive camaraderie,” Michael said. undergraduate,” he said. “His great system of security analysis and “Darrel Killen was a great friend generosity of spirit was coupled with economic research in order to meet from my school days who introduced an abiding sense of humour that I the requirements of investment me to the Australian bush at his found constantly endearing.” One institutions in London and father’s property in Nyngan; and story recounted to Michael was that Edinburgh that had suddenly whose delight in prolix dissertations the Senior Student, Alan Shepherd , become interested in Australia for and nightclubs necessarily absorbed went to Wyllie asking that the the first time since the Great a lot of my time. Others like Bill college be allowed to hold a dance Depression.” on the premises. Wyllie replied: Belsen, an almost fanatical On the strength of its capacity in “‘Well Alan, we can’t have students academic always buried in books, these areas, Ords was chosen by on the premises doing what they unexpectedly turned up in London two leading London broking do with their girlfriends outside.” in 1956 as a budding program houses to form investment Shepherd told him that was “an director at the BBC.” companies to channel UK funds to insult to the student body” and Michael was a certainty for the Australia; and in 1959 also formed added: “When I call on my Wesley Rugby team. But his college a new unit trust to be operated by girlfriend, she sits one side of the football career came to a sudden the Bank of New South Wales (as it room and I on the other while we end when he broke two ribs in a then was}. This was the first listen to the radio or music and match, and he had to endure the venture of an Australian bank into then I go home.” Wyllie, telling pain during a freezing winter, with the investment business. Other Michael about this over dinner, a coal strike restricting fuel to warm initiatives were to establish an said with a grin: “You know, I the college. “The following year, authorised money market dealer, almost said to him, ‘Alan, you’re 1948, I joined the College crew Trans City Discount; and Darling wasting your time!’” and enjoyed the enormous luxury and Company, a specialist in bestowed by the Master of T-bone Leaving Wesley, Michael became a investment management and a key steaks for the rowers every night of researcher with the stockbroking agent in Australia for its main the training season,” Michael said. firm, Ord & Minnett. In 1955, he overseas shareholder, Schroders “The acuity of the Master was travelled to the United Kingdom to Limited of London. Michael proven when Wesley won the join a merchant bank, Lazard served as Ords representative on College boat race by a record Brothers, and worked with them in both these boards. No less margin.” London and New York. He important was Ords’ growing
THE WESLEYAN 31 presence in the business of During this period, Michael underwriting new equity and debt started looking further afield. The issues, a market previously artistic inspiration he had gained dominated by two Melbourne during his visit to Rome decades broking houses. One of the most earlier manifested itself and he significant of new flotations was was appointed president of the Art that of Lend Lease in 1958 headed Gallery of New South Wales. “I by Dick Dusseldorp. had many exciting years working in conjunction with the director, An old collegian, Harry Bell, due Edmund Capon.” In 1981 to be married in Rome in January Michael, also interested in 1960, invited Michael to be his education, was appointed to the best man. Michael accepted and board of Winifred West Schools, went to Rome, an event that which he would chair for three “changed the course of my life”. years. In 1983, Michael and “The wedding was held in an Capon launched the Art Gallery of ancient church out on the Appian New South Wales Foundation to Way, and the reception was at an provide funds for major elegant restaurant in the gardens acquisitions. In 1984, Michael was overlooking the Spanish steps,” created an Officer in the Order of Michael said. “The principal Australia in recognition of his bridesmaid was a very attractive services to the arts and finance. Italian girl who, when I said I knew From the mid-eighties he served nothing about renaissance art, Michael Gleeson-White on a number of boards in the field surprised me by offering to tour of investment management, with me around Rome for the next At the end of 1972, Michael left including MLC Ltd and Equitilink three days. She drove in her tiny stockbroking and accepted an offer Ltd; and the First Australia Funds Fiat 500 and we spent all our time to join the board of Schroders, which were designed to attract visiting galleries, the Vatican, merchant bankers of London, as investment from North America churches and even the Tivoli an executive director. His into Australian bond markets. Gardens. I was overwhelmed by particular responsibilities were Michael finished his term on the the sheer magnificence of the Australia and the ASEAN Board of Trustees of the Art Renaissance, and the experience countries. Over the next few years, Gallery of New South Wales in triggered an enduring fascination Schroders joined in the formation 1988 but continued to chair the (some would say obsession) with of a new investment bank in gallery Foundation until 1998. the visual arts.” Jakarta, majority owned by the After retiring from First Australia In July 1960, Michael married Bank of Indonesia. Schroders also Funds in 2002, he continued his Judith Lee Street, who had come purchased a shareholding in an associations with art and music to Australia with her family from investment bank in Singapore in and travelled extensively with his Rabaul after the Japanese invasion which Overseas Chinese Banking wife, particularly to hear opera. and had spent most of her teenage Corporation was the major owner. Sadly, Judith died in 2015. But he years at Frensham. The couple Michael played an active role in had a huge compensation in would have three daughters. Over both organizations, and to better following the lives of his offspring. the next decade, Michael worked handle his responsibilities made Daughter Jane became a writer closely with Dusseldorp as Lend Singapore his base for two years, and published two very successful Lease completed landmark 1977 and 1978. In 1981, Michael books on accounting, Angela projects like Sydney’s Australia retired from Schroders and was developed “a proclivity for art” and Square and the Bankstown appointed an adviser to the board devoted much of her time to print- Shopping Centre, both the largest of the newly-formed Government making and Sarah became an of their kind in Australia at the of Singapore Investment academic and writer. Collectively, time. In 1961, assisted by Ords as Corporation, chaired by the Prime they had produced seven underwriters, Lend Lease Minister, Lee Kwan Yew. He also “wonderful grandchildren”, introduced the first Real Estate became an associate Michael said: “I must pay tribute to my three daughters who with their Investment Trust (REIT) listed on commissioner of the Australian very creative lives have kept me the stock exchange, which was to Trade Practices Commission, constantly engaged with the become the model for a myriad which after a lengthy enquiry contemporary world despite the number of REITs around the decided to deregulate the stock encroachments of age.” world, which today represents exchanges so as to create billions of dollars in real estate competition on fees and enable Michael Gleeson-White (Fr 1947) investment. corporate membership. and Malcolm Brown (Fr 1965)
32 DECEMBER 2018 INVENTIVENESS THAT STARTED IN THE BACKBLOCKS OF EMMAVILLE – WENT ON TO INVENT THE ARTIFICIAL HEART CLIFFORD KWAN-GETT (FR 1953)
Emmaville, a tiny village in far “So, one solution was to twist a Bertram Wyllie said there were no northern New South Wales, known piece of wire into two loops that vacancies, and future years were for tin-mining and producing a were attached to the top of a long already booked. Cliff said: “I triple Olympian, Debbie Wells, pole. By dragging the loops in the placed my resume in front of the “the Emmaville Flash”, has several gutter, one could feel the Master, just in case an opening improbable claims, but one of the resistance offered by a tennis ball. occurred, then took my time most astonishing is that it produced It was then a simple matter to lift buckling my briefcase and Clifford Kwan-Gett, who went on to the loops, then bring the loops readjusting my chair. I got up to become an engineer, cardio-thoracic down again, one on each side of leave, but before I had reached the surgeon, professor and inventor of the unseen ball, trapping it for door, the Master said I could have the artificial heart. From the United retrieval. One other simple device a room, starting in 1953.” States, where he is now in retirement made catching a designated Cliff enjoyed college. “I enjoyed the in San Diego, Clifford agreed to a chicken easy. A piece of wire atmosphere, the camaraderie, the request from to give attached to the end of a long pole The Wesleyan mixture of students from differing an account of himself. was shaped to form a U. A handful of corn or wheat placed on the backgrounds, country of origin The Clifford Kwan-Gett story ground instantly attracted the and studies,” he said. “I liked the began when his father, Kwan chickens. It was then easy to tradition of a formal evening Kuong Gett and mother, Amy, approach the feeding chicken from dinner followed by coffee in the migrated to Australia from behind and snag one leg with the downstairs common room, and Canton. Cliff’s father became U-shaped wire.” When Cliff’s also liked the manner in which a known as Walter Gett, managed a brother made a portable radio, student on duty would holler department store in Glen Innes Cliff became fascinated by someone’s name for a telephone before moving to Emmaville to set technology. When he was seven, call, or to announce that the up his own store, selling groceries, his mother decided that perhaps evening brew was ready. They all clothing, petrol, tents, mining gear he should become a doctor or a used two prolonged calls, one for and livestock feed. Cliff was born professor. the first name and one for the last in 1934 into a large family. He had name; and for the brew, ‘come and Cliff spent a year at Glen Innes three older brothers, three older get it’ also in two drawn out calls.” High School, then moved to sisters and would have two Cliff was a member of the college Tamworth High, where he became younger brothers. Emmaville, rifle shooting team. school captain, captain of the principally known for its tin- football team, and dux. The family And then there was the mucking mining, had attracted many moved to Sydney, settling in around. “At that time there existed Chinese settlers. But it was very Westmead, and Cliff enrolled at a continual friction between the primitive in terms of facilities, so Sydney University in 1952 to study local police and university the children had to improvise, Mechanical and Electrical students, that led to the creation of giving an early introduction to Engineering. But he found that many pranks,” Cliff said. “One practical problem-solving. commuting from home was too involved two telephone calls, one “Retrieving a ball from the gutter demanding, so he applied for a to the City Public Works could be dangerous,” Cliff said. room at Wesley. “The Master, Department to inform them that a
THE WESLEYAN 33 group of students dressed as policemen were about to detain workers doing repairs on Parramatta Rd, near the entrance to the Men’s Union. The other call was to the Sydney Police Department to inform them that students dressed as workers were tearing up the road. Students gathered to watch as police arrived and battled with the workers.”
It was all too much for a prominent English visitor, who described the pranks as “childish, transparent and poorly executed, fooling nobody”. That Englishman received a phone call from someone claiming to be the Governor, apologising for the informal nature of the call, but saying there was to be a reception in his honour. At the appointed time, a chauffeur-driven Rolls Royce arrived to transport the Englishman west of the city through a park-like setting to an imposing house at the edge of the park. He was instructed to go through the gated fence, through Clifford Kwan-Gett fr 1953 the front door to inform the receptionist that he had arrived for Australian telephone system. He Ohio, but found that his the reception and dinner the ended up building an automatic application for permanent Governor was hosting in his telephone dialing machine where residency in the United States was honour. The chauffeur waited one could preset the numbers to be rejected on the grounds that he until he walked through the doors dialed and also preset micro was “Chinese” and the quota for of the Cumberland psychiatric adjustments to the impulse rate Chinese immigrants was full. hospital, opposite Parramatta and impulse width. He proposed to Then it was suggested that Joo Park, and drove off. Tan Joo Een, by long-distance as Een, who was classified as she was then working in the Malaysian, not Chinese, could Clifford did two years of Harvard Medical School. The two apply instead, and he could go as Engineering, then enrolled in flew to Singapore and married. Joo her spouse. That worked, and Cliff Science, which was a prerequisite Een, then sporting a Master’s started work in Cleveland in July, for Engineering Honours. He met degree in Library Science, then 1966. Daughter Mei Lin was born Tan Joo Een, a particularly worked as a librarian at Sydney there the following year. attractive student, and began a University to put Cliff through his In 1967, Clifford joined the friendship. Cliff finished his last two years of Medicine. University of Utah where he was Engineering examinations, Cliff worked for two years as an soon appointed as Associate withdrew from Engineering intern at Launceston General Research Professor of Surgery, and Honours and found a vacation job Hospital. He changed his surname Assistant Research Professor of with PMG telephones. He started from Gett to Kwan-Gett before his Electrical Engineering. In the Medical School but was no longer son, Tao Sheng, was born. Cliff engineering building, Cliff chose at Wesley and resumed daily decided that his engineering skills two offices that looked over the commuting. He did four years of might be useful, and what better Great Salt Lake, and he was the medical course, then took a way could be found for it than allocated a large laboratory. While year off, working as an engineer to consideration of how a total waiting for construction of a new finance his further studies. artificial heart could be surgical operating suite in the Cliff got what he described as “a constructed? He obtained a Artificial Organs headquarters, he wonderful solo job” when he was position as a Fellow in the made an artificial kidney assigned to work out how to test Department of Artificial Organs at haemodialysis system which was the operational limits of the the Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, sufficiently safe for patients to
34 DECEMBER 2018 wind and sterilize their own dialysis coils, and for a member of the family to connect the patient for hemodialysis at home or even at an occasional picnic in the park for dialysis patients.
An engineering consultant from the National Aeronautical and Space administration (NASA) demonstrated to Cliff how to program the computer on the NASA-built artificial heart driver. Cliff created another program that seemed to be ideal for powering the artificial left ventricle. Both programs worked well in bench tests. After those programs failed while driving the heart in sheep, Cliff designed a completely new polyurethane diaphragm-type artificial heart and a companion external driver. The new system worked well.
But after disagreements on research strategy, Cliff decided to leave. He was offered a position as a resident in the two-year Thoracic Surgery training program starting July the following year. But he agreed to continue supporting the artificial organs laboratory full- time for two six-month periods. He later upgraded his design to make the artificial heart that was used in 1982 when Dr William DeVries did the first implant of a totally artificial heart into a human.
The kudos went to DeVries and a colleague, Dr Robert Jarvik, but it Clifford Kwan-Gett and wife, Joo Een was strongly argued that Cliff should have been named as the University Graduates Union of He and Joo Een went exploring in inventor and after much North America, to promote the a motor home towing a jeep. They controversy and a most interests of the University of welcomed three grandchildren into unsatisfactory inquiry, Cliff Sydney. The union honoured Cliff the world. Several years ago, Cliff decided to leave well enough alone for his outstanding achievements. suffered two cerebral strokes that and to move on. Having completed “It was pleasing to have Wesley left him with very limited blurred four years training as a resident in alumni as well as the Chancellor single vision, rendering him legally general surgery, he established a and/or Vice Chancellor of Sydney blind. But such adversity set Cliff’s practice as a cardiac, thoracic and University attend the SUGUNA mind off in another direction. vascular surgeon, also doing heart meetings,” he said. While at the Centre for the Blind, catheterizations and angiograms he got to thinking about how he Cliff thought he might continue in of the vascular system. As he grew could make life easier for his medical practice forever, but busier and busier, he concentrated fellow-afflicted. The upshot is that seeing colleagues of his era getting more on heart, lung and blood he is now designing a dining fork sick and dying, he thought he vessel surgery, then started using which has multiple functions, and might retire as well, and did so in “keyhole” lung surgery. this could be a direct replacement 1997. Salt Lake City was an for the common dining fork. In 1990, two Sydney University excellent place to raise a family, former classmates and Cliff but to avoid the cold and the snow, Malcolm Brown (Fr 1965) formed SUGUNA, the Sydney they retired to the San Diego area.
THE WESLEYAN 35 THE YANK IN WESLEY, WESLEY IN THE YANK THE STORY OF AN AMERICAN WESLEY ONE-TERMER WITH ITCHY FEET (FR 1957)
Richard Marc (Marc) Burbridge, which took three days to get him the window and turning to assist who graduated from high school in here. He joined his family in the ladies, Bernard was struck with Sonora, California, in 1956, was Happy Jack, then a small village in a bucket of water from above. “At never going to get away easily with Australia’s high country, where his which point he stepped back and being an American in Wesley father was working as an engineer serenely said to the upperclassman College. He became acutely on the Snowy Mountain Scheme. above him, ‘I say, would you mind conscious of that one evening In 1957, Marc enrolled at Sydney holding it off a bit? We have some while studying one night when his University ln 1957 to study ladies leaving here!’,” Marc said. “ door opened, a hand slid through Science, majoring in Physics, and There was a pause and then, and turned off the light, and was accepted by Wesley.. “From ‘What?’ Quickly the ladies were suddenly the room was full of the start, I was enthused with the extracted and escorted back to the upper classmen (senior students, opportunity to understand the Women’s College.” as they are known today, but we Australian culture and the many Marc’s family returned to America will call them upper classmen.) A friends I met,” he said. “For me it after Marc had spent only one voice called out: “Up on the table, was quite different, a bit strange term at Sydney University and yank! Sing us a song!” As Marc sometimes.” Marc was obliged to leave Sydney recounts it, he quietly stepped up On one occasion, students from University and Wesley. But instead on the chair, then the table, the Women’s College were invited of going back with his family, he cleared his throat, and sang: to Wesley for tea, all above-board decided to exchange his ticket to “Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing and respectable, supervised by the San Francisco for one to London. Matilda, you’ll come a-Waltzing Rev Bertram Wyllie. But in the He made his way back home, Matilda …” He was on the third time-honoured Wesley tradition, at through Asia, the Middle East and verse when one of the listeners least one of the students, Marc’s Europe. He managed to set foot in called out: “Bloody yank you can friend, Bernard, wanted to take it a 15 countries before catching a ship come off the table now.” little further, and invited some of from London to New York and the girls to his room for “a special Presumably, Marc passed a hitchhiking the last stretch to his tea and sweets”. Bernard invited citizenship test. He also learned home in western USA. Marc who, who was a bit dubious. how to make a pot of tea according Bernard said: “It’s OK, I got When The Wesleyan asked for an to strict procedure. But when it approval from the Master.” Marc account of his journey, he said came to Rugby, there was a real went, and on his account, it was there were “too many stories to culture clash. “In the first game “very pleasant” till there was a tell”, but he did relate one, when he where the freshers played the knock on the door. “When I wandered into the troubled Middle upper classmen, the other opened it, the hall way was full of East and questions arose about American in college and I took the upperclassman demanding, ‘Have whether he really was just an field and did the only thing we you got women in there?’ I relied, innocent traveller. “When I knew to do well from American ‘Why, yes, but Bernard got reached Jerusalem, the city was football,” Marc told . The Wesleyan permission from …..’ I saw Bernard divided by a cease-fire between the “Upon kick-off, they blitzed down wagging his finger despairingly, so Israelis and Jordanians,” he said. the field both hitting the receiving I said, ‘Give us a moment’, and “Most of what I wanted to see was upperclassman hard, hard enough forcefully tried to shut the door. in the old city on the Jordanian for the ball to flip free a few yards Someone called out to ‘let him get side. When I arrived in Cairo on an from the goal line. We looked at his foot out’, which I did, and then early morning flight, I was held each other asking, ‘What do we do slammed and locked the door”. back as all the other passengers now?’ Well, suffice it to say, our Bernard’s room happened to be on were processed. I found myself in team did not win.” the ground floor so the immediate the centre of a room surrounded by Marc arrived in Australia in later solution was to get the girls out men in uniform. After close to an 1956 via Pan-American Airways, through the window. Stepping out hour of repetitious questioning the
36 DECEMBER 2018 officer-in-charge explained to me that I should have obtained a visa for Egypt while in Beirut and that that my wait-listed flight to Ankara had not been confirmed. After a phone call, I was told that the Pan Am evening flight for the next day was now confirmed. The nice military officer then gave me a ride to the hotel, helped me check in and then contacted the local tour agency telling them to make sure I was on the flight. I had a fantastic two days, visiting the Sphinx and things like that. Looking back, I assume that they concluded that no Israeli spy could possibly be as naïve as this young American, but the story could have ended quite differently.”
Marc’s international experience, which began at Wesley with his solo trip around the world left him, at the age of 19, with a thirst for more. “I was hooked on international affairs,” he said. Marc enrolled at the School of American Service at the American University in Washington DC. He completed a Bachelor’s degree, then undertook a Master’s degree in Economics. He also did a program on Negotiations offered by Harvard University. He was a volunteer in the US Army and got a view of the raw side of international affairs during his time in Vietnam. Surviving that, he returned to a more genteel form of international relations and was sent to Okinawa in Japan and Korea. He was then sent on a three-months assignment in Brazil, where his destiny awaited. “I married the first Brazilian I met,” he said. He remained in Marc Burbridge Brazil. The couple had two and the Canadian Chambers of (2007), children. The marriage ended in Edition Conflict (2012), divorce after 20 years but he Commerce in São Paulo. He is also Management Strategic (2015) and married another Brazilian. “Their a lecturer in these areas and in Purchasing Mediation (2016). But of all of women are the Brazilian secret Doing Business in Brazil at the in-Company these, he said, the one that came weapon,” he said. Getulio Vargas Foundation, Brazil’s oldest and most renowned closest to his heart was what he Marc is now a consultant for had written under the pen-name, business school. His publications mergers and acquisitions and new Mark Storyteller. Called include a series of articles and Nine business development in Brazil. Meaningful Lives (2016) it is a books including US Army Country He is a specialist in corporate “book of true fiction” where “the Handbook for Ghana (1962) and negotiations, mediations and Wesley in the Yank finds its place.” conflict resolution. He works with Venezuela (1963). He has co- Centres for Mediation and authored of books in Portuguese Marc Burbridge (Fr 1957) and Malcolm Brown (Fr 1965) Arbitration at both the American on Negotiation Management 2nd
THE WESLEYAN 37 THE HERCULEAN CHALLENGES OF A CORPORATE MR FIX-IT THE CAREER OF ROBERT TSENIN (FR 1973)
Robert Tsenin, graduating in 1965, moved with his family to the rabble of a team, all 11 Economics from Sydney Sydney, where Robert was enrolled probably thought they were the University in 1973 with the at Christian Brothers Burwood captain!” University Medal, and would have and then Trinity College. He then Leaving Wesley in 1974, Robert dearly loved to have been an went to Sydney University to do an continued his studies at the academic. Indeed, he started in Economics degree and in 1969 he London School of Economics and academia, but seeing his did the not-unprecedented thing of then the London Business School. opportunities there were limited, falling in love with a girl from Then, in what he considers an he entered the corporate world, Women’s College, in this case a extraordinary stroke of good where he went on to enjoy a fellow Economics student, Estelle fortune, he received an offer from brilliant career, holding executive Pavey. Both Robert and Estelle Royal Dutch Shell Plc and started positions and directorships in completed their degrees in 1972. there as a business analyst in the companies based in Australia, Robert had to wait 18 months Group Planning Division. “The Europe, Russia and South Africa. before he started postgraduate 1970s were exciting times in the It might be stated, without fear of studies overseas and to fill that oil industry because of the so- contradiction, that academia’s loss gap, he took a position as tutor in called Oil Crises,” he said. “But I was the corporate world’s gain. the Economics Faculty. Seeing there was a place available at was privileged to work for some There always was an international Wesley, he applied for it and exceptionally visionary leaders, side to Robert. His parents had entered the college in 1973. including Pierre Wack. People like escaped to North China as very Wack drummed into me that the young children from Russia then Robert took up residence in the future is inherently unforecastable engulfed in revolution. Only Upper Wyllie Wing. He respected and it is delusional to think you Robert’s grandmothers were with the Master, the Rev Norman could. One of Pierre’s favourite them, his grandfathers having Webb, and others at the High sayings was to quote an old Arab been killed in the revolutionary Table. “There was a lot of life and proverb: ‘He who predicts the violence. Robert’s grandmothers energy in Wesley,” Robert told The future lies, even if he tells the and their children, Eugene and Wesleyan . “The Wesley I knew was truth’. I took this as a fundamental Marina, were penniless and refreshingly tolerant of diversity, principle in my approach to the without much hope, and and I think relative to the other challenges of the business world.” technically “illegal”. Eugene grew colleges was much better. The In 1978, Robert and Estelle up in China and before World War tolerance of people with very married in London. Robert left 11 he joined the British Army in diverse lifestyles and backgrounds was one of the great strengths of Shell and the couple returned to Hong Kong as an engineer. When the college and it has had a great Sydney where they were going to the Japanese invaded, Eugene was influence on me. For this, I believe buy a house. Estelle took a senior taken prisoner. He entered POW the Rev Norman Webb must take a position with a management camp in Hong Kong weighing 85 lot of credit. I found the Wesley consultancy company, then asked kg and four years later, when experience richly rewarding and at her parents’ bank about getting Japan surrendered, he was mind-broadening. I made life-long a mortgage but the manager told released weighing less than 40 kg. friends there and only wish I had her he did not discuss mortgages Eugene met Marina in a Russian had the opportunity to go to with women (!). Robert decided club in Shanghai and they married Wesley earlier. I was able to that if he were to get a mortgage, in Kong Kong in 1947. contribute by playing in the he had better go into investment Robert was born in June 1949 Wesley soccer team that won the banking. He started with County and started his schooling in Hong Rawson Cup competition. I might Natwest, where he became the Kong. When Eugene retired in have been the captain but given Asian head of the derivative’s
38 DECEMBER 2018 Global Financial Crisis in 2008/09, the Centro Group of companies found itself in deep financial trouble. It was one of the largest real estate companies in Australia, with about 100 shopping centres in Australia and New Zealand and more than 600 in the United States, and with its collapse, shareholders and all classes of creditors lost billions of dollars. Robert accepted the invitation to oversee the restructuring of the group as Group CEO and Managing Director.
The Group had more than $2 billion of negative equity (where the value of the property falls below the level of the liabilities) but it had high-quality assets, which were performing well. “The problem was that there was too much debt,” Robert said. “There was also a need to redress certain opaque structural features of the Group and some related governance issues.” In February Robert Tsenin (Fr 1973) 2011, Centro struck what Robert business. In 1987, he joined Sachs and Lend Lease, Robert was described as a “game-changing Goldman Sachs in New York. In on the boards of several Australian deal” to sell Centro’s US shopping early 1990s Goldman Sachs and overseas companies, including centres to the US private equity giant, Blackstone Group, for decided to set up an office in Telstra Corporation, AXA $US9.4 billion. Interviewed by Australia and asked Robert to National Mutual, Sagasco and The , Robert said the critical become one of the founding GLL. Australian executives. He became CEO of next step was to simplify the In 2003, Robert decided to retire Goldman Sachs (Australia) Ltd a Group, “It’s simply not a from full-time work, though few years later. sustainable structure with co- retaining some directorships. “I ownership of the assets, some of In 1997, Robert joined the Lend had a lot of other interests I was the very-hard-to-understand Lease Corporation as finance keen to pursue, including love of entities, and the multiple puts and director. Lend Lease, an music and travel,” he said. “But I calls,” he said. The sale to Australian company, had just wasn’t quite ready for full Blackstone released $1.4 billion in started its overseas expansion, retirement.” Robert’s professional equity that was to become the spearheaded by the CEO, David commitments included being foundation of an eventual (now Sir David) Higgins and the appointed senior adviser to Lazard restructure of the Group’s chairman, Stuart Hornery. “They Plc in London, board positions Australian assets. were critical, formative years for with WACO International (a South The two-year restructuring period Lend Lease as David and Stuart African company), Australian was draining for the directors of repositioned the company from Infrastructure Fund, Matrix Real more than 40 entities and their being an Australian property Estate Investment Trust (Jersey) management. At any time, the development and construction and two Russian companies: creditors could have thrown the company with a large Australia Sistema JSC and the PIK Group. Group companies into liquidation. financial business to a truly global “Sensibly, the shareholders and real estate company in Then, it might be said, came the creditors realised that a construction, development and biggest challenge of all, a task that restructured company would asset management,” Robert said. would test Robert to the limit, and recover more value than through a “This transition involved the sale in which he had to draw all the liquidation process,” Robert said. of MLC to NAB, in hindsight a expertise he had acquired during Interviewed on television prior to brilliant strategic move by David his journey through the corporate the vote to create the new and Stuart.” While with Goldman world. As a consequence of the
THE WESLEYAN 39 Robert, with the Master, at the Wesley College Centenary Ball in 2017. company, he said there were not experience, Robert said: “Nothing and Estelle have been “free and enough liquidators and receivers that you wouldn’t expect. One has unrestrained”, as Robert puts it. in Australia to manage a a chance of fixing things if you They live in a home unit beside liquidation or receivership of have quality assets, which Centro Darling Harbour in Pyrmont and Centro, given the complexity of the did. Centro was fortunate because spend about half the year overseas, Group. Had there been a it had excellent management and particularly in Italy. Robert keeps liquidation, it would have been despite the stress of potential in regular touch with Wesley “chaotic and value destructive”. In liquidation, they remained loyal friends, including Garry December 2011, all relevant and continued to manage the Scarborough, Paul Bailey and Ric classes of creditors and assets professionally.” His final Lucas. He has what he described shareholders of the listed observation was: “Beware of and as an obsession with Richard companies voted, in a complex set try to avoid super complex tax and Wagner’s operas, especially the of resolutions, to approve Robert’s accounting structures created by Ring Cycle. This year [2018] he plan to restructure the Australian very clever lawyers and accounts, has attended Ring performances assets. The upshot was the because such structures are often in Dresden, Leipzig and Sofia. creation of a new, simplified listed not value-creating at all but Robert stressed in his interview company. “It was always the way address other objectives.” The with The Wesleyan that 80 percent the company should have been,” restructure of Centro was Robert’s of his success in the corporate Robert said. “The realised losses crowning achievement. But after world had been due to luck, “being were very painful for shareholders that experience he decided he was in the right place at the right time and creditors but out of the done with the corporate world. with the right background to take restructuring emerged a strong “I’m going to ride off into the advantage of the opportunity”. But property company which has since sunset,” he was quoted as saying. with respect this writer would merged with Vicinity Centres and “I am not looking for a job. I’m too disagree. A good man only needs a has performed very well. Now, old.” Robert stayed on with Centro chance and when a series of there is a $10 billion-plus till the end of February, 20012, chances fell into Robert’s lap, he company with excellent shopping when a replacement CEO was never looked back. centre assets.” found. Robert then retired for Robert Tsenin (Fr 1973) and good, giving up all directorships. When asked in an interview what Malcolm Brown (Fr 1965) he had learned from the Since his final retirement, Robert
. 40 DECEMBER 2018 EMILY TOOK ON THE BIG, BIG ISSUES (AND A MOMENT OR TWO FOR WESLEY) THE LIFE OF EMILY ANTONIO (FR 1996)
Emily Antonio (nee de Jonge, Fr 1996) has tackled one of the great issues facing the modern world – continuing to produce to sustain Mankind while at the same time not despoiling the environment so as to make the world unlivable. Who could ever forget the Borphal disaster in India in 1984, when toxic methyl isocyanite gas leaking into the environment from a Union Carbide pesticide plant in India, injuring more than half a million people and killing an estimated 16,000? Or at a less dramatic level, the Soviet Union’s disregard for the environment in its headlong rush to industrialisation? Or the gold mining in Papua New Guinea only a few years ago that caused cyanide pollution in rivers in Front row left to right: Emily Antonio, Wendy Barry (nee Bowden), Dimity Taylor Morobe Province. Life, and (middle row), Anna Wilcox (nee Heslop) industry, must go on, but a Back row left to right: Beth Eggleston, Kimberley Masters, Cecelia O-Brien, Lucy compromise must be found. As a Atkins, Alison Procter, Michelle Mallam chemical engineer, that is what she because family members had gone Wing in second year, I bonded has dedicated herself to doing. before her: her uncle, Don with friends who have continued And when she was not being paid Anderson, who had studied to be my closest confidants to this to do it, she went and did it anyway. Medicine and was to become a day.” Emily listed her closest Emily was born in Wollongong very successful paediatrician in Wesleyan friends as Beth and attended The Illawarra Newcastle, and her older brother, Eggleston, Michelle Mallam, Lucy Grammar School. Her parents Andrew de Jonge, who studied Atkins, Cecilia O’Brien, Wendy were a pharmacist, John de Jonge, Electrical Engineering. She was to Bowden and Anna Heslop. Emily whose roots were in the Dutch be followed by her younger thoroughly enjoyed being part of East Indies, and a small business brother, John de Jonge (Fr 2001), the Rosebowl Basketball team and owner, Hilary, nee Anderson, who studied Chemical on her recollection enjoyed being Engineering and then Law. “For whose origins were in South in a winning team. Africa. The families settled in the me, university and Wesley College Illawarra in the 1950s and 1960s. was like waking up in a magical Emily met her husband-to-be, Both Emily’s grandparents had land, where academia was Adam Antonio, also a student at worked at the BHP steelworks, one universally cherished and Sydney University. She graduated as a metallurgist, another as a ambition admired, while Wesley in 1999 with First Class Honours clerk, and growing up in that was still stayed down-to-earth and went to work as a project environment was attracted to the though a shared knowledge that engineer with Purac Anglian Chemical Engineering course she our future depended on our own Water. For eighteen years, Emily undertook at Sydney University in hard work and drive,” Emily told has worked as an engineer, 1996. She chose Wesley College The Wesleyan . “After taking over E- consultant and manager across the
THE WESLEYAN 41 manufacturing sector, specialising in environmental management and sustainability. She worked in a consultancy role for Energetics, and for Boral, Veolia, Woolworths and Brickworks Building Products. It has been a tough and challenging environment and Emily believes her undergraduate years at Wesley helped her enormously in her preparations for it. “I feel blessed that these areas have always interested me, even leading me to enjoy further study in a Master of Business Administration,” Emily said. “My jobs have brought interest and novelty, taken me across the length and breadth of the United Kingdom, visiting sites from Edinburgh to Anglesey, allowed me to see many parts of Australia from southern Western Australia to Cairns, and from geothermal energy plants to enormous milk factories in New Zealand. I have designed policies for the European Union, piloted cutting-edge technologies, commissioned new plants, and set strategies for leading ASX companies.”
A quick search of the internet shows Emily is still hard at it. An entry for Brickworks Building Products says: “As Group Manager Environment, Emily will be driving the environment and sustainability strategy across Brickworks Building Products. Emily has delivered environmental and sustainability strategies across Boral, Veolia and Woolworths. She has improved environmental performance through Environmental Management Systems and improvement energy manager, with significant And that has broken new ground projects. Her experience ranges environmental experience. She has for others. The idea of a highly- from site based environmental Board level management qualified and highly-paid expert issues to corporate wide experience and a MBA, allowing sustainability strategies. Emily doing things gratis sat Emily to deliver focused delivers value through setting a uncomfortably with some people. management reporting and clear course through complex “In 2003 I found myself standing recommendations.” issues, networking across the on the top of a 16th century business to build consensus and But Emily has always wanted to building in Riga, Latvia, being motivating people to deliver extend her expertise elsewhere, interviewed as a curiosity as part of successful improvement projects. into the voluntary sector, which in the 2003 Eurovision tourism Emily has 18 years of experience her words brings people “the most coverage of the capital,” Emily in environmental and growth and challenges … out of said. “‘So you worked… for free ?’ sustainability management. She is your comfort zone and self-identity the interviewer asked me. I said, a chartered chemical engineer and to new worlds and paradigms”. ’Yes, it’s been a great experience
42 DECEMBER 2018 working with the farmer community for 3 months, and the farmers gained a grant from the Ashoka Foundation’. They giggled. I have never fully understood their amusement, but it became clear that some interesting commentary was going to be added in the editing of the segment. The interview was included during the Eurovision festivities, featuring footage of me walking through the old town of Riga filmed from above sped up clip to 6 x speed.”
Despite such snickers, volunteer work has been for Emily “a constant source of fascinating experiences, allowing a gateway into worlds otherwise inaccessible, and a welcome variation from my day jobs”. “In 2007, I had the honour of being invited to the Torres Straight island community on Saibai, the home of Christine Anu and the inspiration for her song, My Island Home . Saibai is a mud island arrived at by a small Emily with husband Adam Antonio. plane flying from Thursday Island, stopping at many islands on the normal life, and the work gave me blue carpet and brown furniture, way. The island is also a short an opportunity to be a part of this with the background noise in the dingy boat ride from Papua New world, attending a 21st birthday hallways of students’ serious debate Guinea, and home to 465 Torres barbecue, complete with roasted and boisterous camaraderie. Straight Islanders. In this far north dugong (which I politely declined), Through these committees, I have part of Australia, weekly food attending a lively island church had the chance to benefit from barges supply a supermarket, and service, been taken by speed boat working with experienced the island’s medical centre is to the neighbouring granite island professionals such as Council Chairs staffed by a solitary nurse. These Dauan and swimming in crocodile Debbie Page and Jenny Morison, crucial benefits draw many Papua infested waters with the brave Master Lisa Sutherland as well as New Guinea locals across the children. the wide range of experience across the Council. On the Wesley water daily. The island is scattered Since then, Emily has married and College Council, I have found with raised houses for the regular brought two children into the world. inspirational people, committing floods, an airport strip, school, and “So, my next voluntary adventure significant amounts of time to lively church. Signs nailed to the has been Sydney based, in the address issues from the trivial main street in language suggest hallowed Crypt and Reg Walker (weed control) to the intellectual rising sea levels are due to poor Reading Rooms at Wesley,” she (cultural change). Our impressive church attendance. I had been said. Emily was appointed to the student leaders volunteer their asked to help the Council with Wesley Council in 2015. “It has time to contribute and understand developing a recycling program for been the start of a valuable and the range of issues involved in the the island, but quickly spotted a enriching experience, where I trust college business. Meeting more pressing assignment. Health that I have contributed as much as sometimes stretching into the eve, concerns over the uncovered I have benefitted,” she said. “To and passion and interest continues landfill and sewage treatment some, spending my free time until the agenda items close and sludge took president, and we soon pouring over balance sheets and the last cup of coffee is drunk. I arranged training sessions with meeting agendas may not sound look forward to my upcoming next the Council and local operators to that fun, so let me share more of year on the Council to continue avoid health impacts.” Emily my background to illustrate my my volunteer adventure.” hoped her visit was of help to the love of volunteer work. I have been island. She herself had personally honoured to be part of the Wesley Emily Antonio (Fr 1996) and grown a lot from the experience. Council and Business Committee, Malcolm Brown (Fr 1965) “This island was so different to my leading to regular visits to familiar
THE WESLEYAN 43 THE FARM GIRL WHO BECAME CHAIR OF WESLEY COLLEGE COUNCIL THE SPARKLING CAREER OF JENNY MORISON (NEE NIXON, FR 1976) WHO SPARKED A WESLEY DYNASTY
Jenny Nixon, as she then was, one started studying Economics, of four children of a farming which she felt better suited her family at Boorowa, near Yass in outgoing nature. “I studied south New South Wales, and it was Business and Economic Theory, to the rural life she could have and threw in some Accounting as returned after completing her other Wesley students had told me schooling. But her mother, Enid, that this might help later had not always been in the rural employment prospects,” Jenny world. It was just that she had said. “Little did I know then that fallen in love with a farmer, Clif. this would become the basis for my Enid had been the first woman to career.” Jenny took thoroughly to become an accountant at the ANZ college life and became active on Bank. The “rules” at the time were the House Committee. It was “a far that Enid had to give up her job cry”, as she described it, from life when she married. But Enid saw in on the farm. “I never imagined a Jenny the potential to go places in place like it existed,” she said. that same world she had left – the “With College largely comprised of world open to those with higher country students, I found many educational qualifications – so she who shared my background and became adamant that Jenny would the challenges of adapting to city be the first in the family to go to life. I found it a transforming Jenny Morison university. Jenny had a chance experience. I was surrounded by meeting with a Wesley Old Wesley. “I was standing on the people who were full-of-life, Collegian, Sue Howard (nee Young, front steps as an older Wesley intelligent, energetic and caring, Fr 1974) in Oberon, and Sue told student attempted to drive a even if at late hours they might her about Wesley. Jenny’ decided tractor into College dining room!” cause some trouble on campus.” that was the way to go. And Wesley , Jenny told The Wesleyan . “The During her fresher year, Jenny met as with so many others, became a marks on the steps are still there!” Ian Morison, a long-haired sophomore at Wesley, who had portal for the rest of her life. She also recalls going to a Paul’s informal where “a promising new come from Canberra to study Jenny, born in Young on 1st band called Midnight Oil” were Economics and Law. December 1958, grew up on the playing. She occupied a room in Ian and Jenny were part of a group mixed cattle/sheep/crop property Upper Purser. The college had a of about 15 Collegians who spent outside Boorowa. She went to the new Master, the Rev James Udy, a time together in College and Central School. Only 14 students conventional churchman during vacations, but as time went went on to do Years 11 and 12. For appointed to bring the college back on Ian and Jenny became very two of her subjects she was the on course after the radical moves close. Jenny left Wesley. She only one in her class. She did well, made under his predecessor, the graduated in 1980 and in 1981 was accepted at Sydney University Rev Norman Webb. she and Ian moved into a home to do a degree in Science, and in Jenny was to spend her entire four unit in Kirribilli. Jenny started her February 1976, with a single years at Wesley, living in Upper professional career at Peat suitcase, boarded a train at Yass to Purser. She completed her first Marwick Mitchell (now KPMG) travel to Sydney. year in Science but in her second and soon after completed her Jenny recalls in her first week at year she changed courses and qualification as a Chartered
44 DECEMBER 2018 Accountant. “There were very few was a ‘government town’, greater Commonwealth, including large professional women at the time opportunities and challenges lay in departments such as Human and we were treated as somewhat transforming the way government Services, Health, Social Services unique,” she said. “One of the finance, risk management, and and Education. Jenny often speaks firm’s policies was, ‘All female staff reporting operated,” she said. In at conferences and seminars be home by dark'.” Ian did another 1995, Jenny started her own firm, throughout Australia on her year of study and in 1982 started Morison Consulting, originally specialities. In the meantime, Ian work as a solicitor. The couple specialised in consulting with the has set up, and invested in, many married at Boorowa, with many Commonwealth on key financial property trusts to acquire larger Wesleyans present, in December and budget reforms, including commercial and industrial 1982. The realities of the rural life introducing a more commercial properties. He has recently retired she had left behind became quite approach to accounting, and then as a corporate adviser and company blatant to all around them. “It was major financial and systems director and after 10 busy years as the middle of a severe drought and implementations. In 2000, she chair of Radford College, an the family at the farm were was awarded a Centenary Medal Anglican co-education school in struggling to pay their stock for Services to Accountancy and Canberra and one of Australia’s feeding costs,” she said. Women. Ian moved on to start his top private schools, has stepped own business with his skills in down from that position as well. In November, 1983, Jenny and corporate advisory and Ian moved to Canberra. Their first The couple’s eldest daughter, management, having major roles child, Sarah, was born in 1985, Sarah, did not become a Wesley in the corporatisation or sale of followed by Stephanie in 1988. In person. She gained Bachelor of many large Commonwealth 1990, Ian, who had gained his Commerce/Bachelor of Arts agencies and businesses during the Master of Law degree, became a degrees at ANU in 2007 and is a Keating and Howard years. partner at the top-tier law firm Senior Manager at Deloitte, Mallesons. A third daughter, Kate, Today, Jenny, is one of Australia’s married and living in Canberra. was born in 1991. Jenny and Ian most sought-after independent She and her husband are went on to build successful careers member or chair of Commonwealth relocating to Sydney this year in Canberra. “I was working in the audit and risk committees. Her (2018) to further their careers. The more traditional areas of audit and committees cover more than 50 next two girls went the Wesley way. tax but realised that as Canberra percent of the budget spend by the Steph started at Wesley in 2007,
Jenny Morison (fr 1976) Sarah Dunbar (née Morison), Kate Morison (fr 2010) and Stephanie Morison (fr 2007).
THE WESLEYAN 45 Jenny and Ian Morison (Fr 1976) at the Wesley Centenary Dinner. studying Asian Studies and later as a Bachelor of Commerce in to their Canberra homes over the Law. An introvert and bookworm, 2012 and Master of Management past 35 years,” Jenny said. Ian and she found the energetic pace of the following year. Later, she Jenny will also be spending time at College life a challenge at times. “I obtained a Masters of their beach-side cottage at Tuross loved my time at Wesley and I am Management at Sydney University Head, near Moruya on the NSW very grateful for the wonderful before joining Deloitte as a Human South Coast. They are avid world network of friends from all over Capital Consultant in 2014. She travellers and walkers and Australia I made,” Steph said. currently lives in London where undertake an annual bike riding “College also gave me the she has been for two years and is trip in parts of France each year confidence to sit down at any working as an Organisational with Old Collegians Ric and table – these skills have laid the Design Consultant at Concentra Collette Lucas. “Wesley has had an foundation for my career which is Analytics with clients throughout enormous impact on my life,” externally facing.” Steph graduated the world. Many Wesley old Jenny said. “I am passionate about as a Bachelor of Arts Advanced Collegians live there and they have ensuring the opportunity of a (Hons) in 2009 and Juris Doctor wonderful get-togethers. Wesley experience remains within in 2009. After three years in the reach of regional students like As they move towards retirement, London as a HR Consultant for me, particularly first in family.” In the international university and rather than downsizing into the April 2018, Jenny was appointed not-for-profit sector, Steph traditional home unit, Jenny and chair of the Wesley College returned to Sydney earlier this year Ian at the time of writing were Council, the first person from to work as the North American soon to leave Canberra and 'upsize' regional Australia to have been development officer (including to a small cattle-property at Sutton appointed to the position, and the philanthropy) at the University of Forest in the NSW Southern first in her family to have gone to NSW. Kate entered Wesley in 2010 Highlands. “We hope that former university. “It’s been quite a whilst studying her Bachelor of Wesleyans travelling south from journey,” she said. Commerce. She spent the next Sydney will call in to our Sutton three years at Wesley, graduating Forest home, just like many have Malcolm Brown (Fr 1965)
46 DECEMBER 2018 PONDED AS A STUDENT BUT DID NOT STAY PONDED FOR LONG THE EXTRAORDINARY CAREER OF PHARMACIST KIM TAYLOR (FR 1979)
Kim Taylor (Fr 1979) found with a two-year stint living in New great friends made, as each herself, as a student at Wesley Zealand. She had what she embarked on entering the real College, in the invidious situation describes as a pretty ordinary world of gainful employment”. She of being tied to a chair with Glad- childhood, though tragedy visited decided to take 1982 off from her wrap and dunked in the college when she was a teenager when her studies and work. “My younger pond. Her offence? Not knocking mother was killed in a car accident sister, Jen, was living with me and loudly enough at the doors of other and she had to assume a lot of there was a need for us to students’ rooms when, working responsibility for her younger consolidate finances,” she said. casually at the college as linen siblings. She went to Baulkham “And I wasn’t sure whether lady, she was delivering freshly- Hills High School, and in 1978 pharmacy was the life for me.” But cleaned streets. It was an enrolled at Sydney University to after her experience as a waitress, inauspicious start for Kim, who start her Pharmacy course. Kim she decided that for her it really took advantage of the Whitlam shared a flat for a year, which she was a case of “back to the books”. Government’s abolition of described as a disaster, and was She completed her final year in university fees, and working receptive to a suggestion from Pharmacy and graduated in 1983. casually through her fellow pharmacy students to enter She was accepted for a hospital undergraduate years to cover living Wesley. Her application for the internship and started with the costs. At one point, she became a college was accepted and she Royal Alexandra Hospital for little uncertain as to where she was started in 1979. Children at Camperdown, where going, but three months working Kim supplemented her income by she became a staff pharmacist and full-time as a waitress propelled juggling numerous casual jobs, later a senior pharmacist. her to the decision that finishing including jobs at Wesley, one of By early 1986, Kim had become her degree in Pharmacy and which involved the delivery of a restless. Others among her embarking on a career in that field clean sheet each week to every university classmates had travelled was the way to go. And did she go! room. “As you can imagine, it was overseas, she had not. She saw a As a pharmacist in Australia and a highly sensitive job, and linen newspaper advertisement for Saudi Arabia, and in research & ladies were prime targets,” Kim pharmacists to work to Saudi development (R&D) and corporate told The Wesleyan. She went from Arabia. “It seemed like a good idea executive positions in Australia, the then E-wing to Lower at the time!” she said. She applied Belgium, Asia Pacific and the Callaghan and finally to the and three months later flew to the United States, she finished her “dizzying heights” of 4th Floor Middle East, where she worked for career as head of Johnson & Wyllie. “What a floor, what a gang, almost two years as the Senior Johnson (J&J) in South-East Asia what a marvellous time it was!” she Pharmacist at the King Faisal and was on the management said. “Somewhere in there we Military Hospital, her first “big board responsible for J&J’s $30 studied (to a greater or lesser adventure”. “My immediate boss billion global pharmaceutical extent), played numerous and his wife had been working operations. intercollegiate sports, and there for a decade and were great collectively ensured the financial Kim Taylor was born in Brisbane explorers,” Kim said. “They let me stability of the Grandstand Bar & in April 1959, the second of five tag along on many a trip camping Cordobes Pizza.” children of a sales manager, Ross in the desert in the Empty Quarter Taylor, and a teacher-librarian, Kim left Wesley and enjoyed “the or diving in the Red Sea, meeting Barbara. When she was five, the very happy succession of shared the local Bedouins along the way. family moved to Sydney and she terrace houses in the Glebe- On one occasion, he was almost grew up in Sydney’s north-west, Newtown-Camperdown zone with successful in trading me to a rather
THE WESLEYAN 47 After four years in Belgium, Kim returned to Australia to manage Janssen Cilag’s Clinical Research group. She completely re- engineered the group’s operations and established a high-functioning team. In 1996, she became the Director Clinical Research and was also appointed to the management board. That year she was sent to the United States on an Executive Development Program at the Haas Business School, Berkeley University. She was inspired to do more study and in 1997 was awarded an MBA by Macquarie University. Soon after, she was asked to create a Business Information Group from “the scraps of a number of departments and functions”. In 1998, she was appointed her to head Janssen’s Sales & Marketing division for hospital and specialty prescription products. “The move from research to marketing was significant, particularly with limited direct commercial experience, but the experience of building a new team managing core information and data for the company proved to be an invaluable bridge,” she said. “I have been incredibly fortunate to have had the support of senior leaders who took a risk on my core Kim Taylor skills and leadership capabilities, giving me some really challenging toothless but sturdy fellow for up. “I landed in Antwerp in early opportunities at key points three camels and a handful of 1990 to one of the coldest winters throughout my career.” goats. Performance management on record, learning to drive on the took on a whole new meaning!” wrong side of the road in ice and In 2000, Kim was appointed Vice- snow,” she said. As a clinical President, Marketing & Medical Kim returned to Australia in 1988 research manager, Kim was Affairs, Pharmaceuticals Asia and joined a Belgian responsible for developing & co- Pacific, based in Hong Kong. She pharmaceutical company, Janssen ordinating clinical trials across became responsible for Cilag, as a clinical research Europe. “I loved living in Belgium, implementing marketing and associate, with the job of co- in spite of the almost perpetual medical affairs programs, and co- ordinating clinical trials of new grey weather,” Kim said. “Being in ordinating the strategic and medicines. She did not realise such a central location to the rest business planning processes across when she first started that Janssen of Europe made it easy to explore 13 countries. “My boss at the Cilag was part of the Johnson & different places, and the bonus time, a very astute and high- Johnson Family of Companies, was that it was a great stopping-off energy Korean businessman, gave and that it would open a door to an point for a decent feed for friends me a budget of zero and the advice extraordinary expansion of her visiting from Australia. Importantly , that if I figured out what was of career. She had been there 18 my role allowed me to extend my value to the businesses in the months when the head of one of skills in managing cultural, region, they would contribute J&J’s Belgian research groups, on a economic and business practice funds to a general pool for speaking tour in Australia, asked diversity, and to establish the managing programs,” she said. whether she would consider framework for a rapidly changing “With a mix of established and working in Belgium. Kim took it compliance environment.” emerging markets, a background
48 DECEMBER 2018 of recurring natural disasters, financial and political instability and a major outbreak of SARS [Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome], pressure took on a whole new meaning. But seeing the extraordinary compassion of colleagues within their communities and determination to push through adversity was an unbelievably humbling experience. It was also a time when I felt the real depth of commitment J&J had to its employees and their communities. You see all the words and principles of a company’s Credo, but to see those principles come alive and dominating is something else altogether. J&J is a most remarkable company.”
Kim returned to Australia early in 2004 and was appointed as managing director for Janssen Cilag in Australia and New Zealand. “After four years away, it Kim Taylor was great to be home, the first Aussie to be managing the was responsible for J&J’s incredibly fortunate to have business in many years, and the pharmaceutical business worked with people so dedicated to first female managing director,” throughout the Asia Pacific region, making a difference in people’s she said. “It was an amazing which took in Japan, China and lives,” she said. “There have been welcome back, and very satisfying India and everything down to and many, many times when it has personally. Kind of like, ‘Local gal including Australia and New been beyond humbling.” makes good!’” The honeymoon, as Zealand, an enormous area highly Kim returned to Australia to be it turned out, was short. There had diverse culturally and close to her sister, Jen, and family, been an economic slump in commercially. “I was based in and revels in playing the part of Australia and there had been a Singapore this time, and constant significant contraction in Federal “eccentric aunt”, as she put it, to travel became the norm,” she said. her nieces. Kim now lives on a budgets. But all Kim’s training and “Developing future leaders within small farm outside Armidale experience had not been for the region became a passion. where she was supposed to lead an nothing. She applied herself, built There was an incredible array of unhurried life, but was soon in re- new capabilities and teams and talented people. Identifying engineering mode to rehabilitate Janssen Cilag soon became one of opportunities for them to grow and and repurpose the property. Kim the fastest-growing multinationals flourish as leaders, as had been has been an active volunteer at the in the industry in Australia. In done for me, was immensely New England Regional Art 2007, she relocated to the United rewarding.” In late 2013, Kim was Museum (NERAM) in Armidale, States and joined J&J’s biologics asked to develop and implement a and is the treasurer for the Friends company, Ortho Biotech Inc, as novel business model for emerging of NERAM. In December 2017, Vice-President, Sales and markets by bringing together all she was appointed to NERAM’s Marketing. In January 2008, she Johnson & Johnson businesses in board. “Same skills, different became Ortho Biotech’s president Southeast Asia under one roof. She location” Kim told . and given the task of leading the The Wesleyan did that and became head of One integration of Ortho Biotech with “Occasionally life can deal you a Johnson & Johnson Southeast another of J&J’s multibillion-dollar really crummy hand, but life is Asia. From 2010, as part of her biologics businesses, Centocor Inc. more than a single hand. You have international responsibilities, Kim In April 2008 she was appointed a whole deck to play with, and served on the Pharmaceuticals president of the merged company, sometimes it helps to shuffle it!” Group Operating Committee. In Centocor Ortho Biotech Inc. 2015, after 27 years with J&J, Kim Malcolm Brown (Fr 1965) In 2010, Kim was appointed to the decided to retire, expressing the position of Company Group greatest gratitude for the chances Chairman, Asia Pacific, where she she had been given. “I am
THE WESLEYAN 49 FOUR GRAY YEARS AT WESLEY AND SOME BRILLIANT CAREERS THE STORY OF SUSAN GRAY (FR 1981) AND JO GRAY (FR 1983)
Susan Gray (Fr 1981) and her sister Joanne (Fr 1983) can be said to be very bright girls, having each stayed two years at Wesley, each graduating in Economics-Law and both going on a global or national scale to contribute to the smooth running of industry. Susan is now the Global Head of Corporate and Infrastructure Ratings at the financial information and analysis company, S&P Global, which followed a twenty-year career in investment banking in Asia and the Americas. She was four years as policy advisor to the Australian Federal Government on trade, industry and labour policy. She undertook roles in the Labor movement and performed service on a number of government and not-for-profit boards. Jo, presently the managing editor of the Australian Financial Review , has had an extraordinary career in business and financial journalism.
At the time the girls came into the world, the girls’ father, Robert Gray, was an Economics teacher at Knox Grammar School and their mother, Elaine (nee Comben), was a nurse. Susan was born first- born. She and Jo were followed by a brother, Michael. In 1973, the Susan at her Economics graduation in 1984. family moved to Albury, “just in diverse disciplines.” Susan significant change as the concept time for Gough Whitlam’s graduated in Economics, with of a job for life was disappearing Decentralisation initiative,” Jo told Honours, in 1984 and in Law in and workforce mobility . The three children The Wesleyan 1988, developing an early focus on increasingly important,” she said. went to Albury High School. public policy and economics Susan was elected as the NSW Susan enrolled at Sydney issues. In 1985, she joined AMP secretary of the AMP Staff University to study Economics/ Society as an economist, rapidly Law and entered Wesley in 1981. becoming involved in the Association and focused on repositioning the staff association When The Wesleyan asked her for implementation of the new her recollections of college, she national superannuation scheme to meet the changing mobility and said: “It was a great place to meet a for employees at Australia’s largest career needs of the workforce. She wide range of people studying insurer. “lt was a time of was intending to go to the bar.
50 DECEMBER 2018 Instead, she joined the Clothing Macquarie’s Indonesia country and Allied Trades Union, whose head, and worked on energy, national secretary, Anna Booth, transport and telecommunications was destined to become vice- transactions, as well as developing president of the ACTU. “I was a joint venture for the project looking to gain experience in finance business. She then Industrial Law and I had a strong returned to Sydney with Macquarie’s interest in public policy,” Susan Infrastructure business and, at the said. “The Clothing Union was at invitation of the NSW Premier, the forefront of change at the time. Bob Carr, joined the board of the It was a leading player in the Powerhouse Museum. At the reforms and modernisation invitation of the NSW Minister for agenda which were later to play a Transport, Carl Scully, she joined part in the [Prices and Incomes] the board of the State Transit Accord supported by government, Authority. Susan and Michael business and the trade unions. married in 2002 and had a son, Most would agree that the Harry, born in 2003. In 2006, the structural changes Australia family moved to New York, where implemented at the time Susan continued to play a leading positioned it to be a more open, role in the development of competitive and successful Macquarie’s infrastructure economy and society today.” advisory business in the Americas, Susan used her legal skills as as Head of Infrastructure Sponsor National Industrial Officer at the Coverage and Head of Airports. Clothing union to implement a Michael worked with the ABC and Joanne Gray, from Australian Financial campaign against exploitation of other media organizations such as review publicity shot. pieceworkers and led efforts to the BBC as a documentary tank supported by congress. She is build fair and modern pay and filmmaker and journalist. regularly sought out to speak at conditions for women workers, Susan also became a trustee of the industry events in the US and which recognised skills and Tenement Museum in Manhattan, elsewhere in the world, and experience in deciding on rates of which tells the story of represented S&P at the G20 and pay and conditions. As the Hawke immigration in New York through B20 summits, World Economic government started to negotiate recreating the lives of families who Forum and the Milken Institute the detail of the Prices and Incomes lived in a crowded apartment Global Conferences. Accord, Susan took on the job of building on the Lower East Side. Jo for her own part was drawn to adviser to Senator Peter Cook, The museum has been noted as journalism early. She had grown up Minister for Industrial Relations. one of the top 10 non-art with the ABC and newspapers and She spent four years in Canberra, museums in the world. She was was inspired by the ABC’s Caroline advising Senator Cook and Federal recruited by S&P Global in 2015 to Jones doing tough political Cabinet in the portfolios of establish a global infrastructure interviews. Current affairs, politics Industrial Relations, Trade, and practice in its ratings division. In and economics had often been then Industry and Regional this role she also developed and discussed over dinner. “I Development. Over this time, she launched S&P Global’s Green remember understanding what focused on the Accord, Industry Evaluation, which assess the inflation and wage indexation Best practice, a major study with “greenness” of an investment on a were when I was 9 years old. How McKinsey & Co on the importance global scale. In 2017, Susan’s role boring!” she said. After completing of small and medium exporters, was expanded to Global Head of the HSC, Jo also enrolled in budget policy measures, industry Corporate and Infrastructure Economics/Law degree at Sydney restructuring and training, a major Ratings and Sustainable Finance. University, entering Wesley in Trade Policy Statement and Today, based with her family in 1983, on the heels of Susan who priority attention to Asia. Manhattan, she leads a team of had left in 1982. “Kimberley In 1994, Susan moved to Jakarta 600 analysts across 20 countries, Needham was the first person I where Michael Maher, her partner rating $US14 trillion of debt. Her met as I walked in the Wesley front was the ABC’s Indonesia breadth of experience in doors, and she became one of my correspondent. She joined infrastructure globally and S&P greatest friends,” Jo said. “I am Macquarie Bank to set up their Global’s active engagement in the grateful that I met a diverse bunch project and structured finance sector across all of its businesses of amazing people. Wesley gave me business in Indonesia, their first has seen Susan work with the a sense of belonging in the big city Infrastructure advisory business in World Bank and The Bipartisan and in a university full of Asia. In this role, Susan became Policy Centre, a Washington think- incredibly bright, sometimes
THE WESLEYAN 51 intimidating people.” Jo was bureaucracies for each of the Review . Now a McKinsey partner, unimpressed by some of the apartheid created population Matt joined the firm’s DC office. It blatant sexist behaviour, but he groups. This became increasingly was the end of the Asian Financial had plenty of diversion. She rowed apparent as international capital Crisis, and its inevitable post in the Women’s Eight and sanctions tightened. She decided mortem, but the Clinton-Lewinsky competed in water polo and to return to Australia as a saga was dominating US politics. rowing at Intervarsity level as well. journalist and applied to several Jo also reported on the US pressure media outlets, eventually getting a Leaving Wesley at the end of on Australia to take charge of the positive response from Valerie 1984. After completing East Timor crisis, the build-up and Lawson, who worked for a Fairfax Economics in 1985, Jo took two bursting of the do.com bubble, and publication, . Jo years off, travelling to South Africa Times on Sunday the “never-ending” George W. returned in 1987 and joined the on an AIESEC exchange program Bush/Al Gore election. Jo and Matt at a dramatic for business and commerce Times on Sunday returned to Australia in 2001, time. “I started October 19, and students, arriving just after the SA where Jo resumed with the the US stock market crashed that government declared a state of Financial Review . A daughter night,” she said. “On the day it hit emergency. In mid-1986 she was Alexandra was born that year Australia, October 20, I was in working for human resources followed by twins Charlotte and Melbourne interviewing the CEO division in Barclays Bank, in Harriet in 2003. When the twins of Mayne Nickless. His finance Johannesburg with the task of were eight months old, the family director kept interrupting the making life easier for the non- was off again, this time to Hong meeting with news of how far the white staff, who were being Kong where Jo took a role as company’s stock price had fallen.” systematically discriminated managing editor of AsiaMoney , a against by South Africa’s apartheid The Times of Sunday was closed 12 monthly finance magazine. system. “There were an increasing months after Jo joined, but she Returning to Australia after two number of [international] transferred to another Fairfax years, Jo rejoined the Financial sanctions,” Jo said. “International publication, the Australian Review and completed an MBA banks were not allowed to lend under the Financial Review with Melbourne Business School. money to South Africa. There were editorship of Alan Kohler. In 1990 In 2012, she moved back to sporting sanctions and the US she was posted to Canberra as a Sydney to become Opinion Editor Congress was forcing US member of the press gallery. The of the , under companies to pull out of South last two years of the Hawke- Financial Review editor-in-chief Michael Stutchbury. Africa.” Barclays was under a huge Keating Government was She took over magazine as amount of pressure from students “fascinating”, she said. During her BOSS editor until 2018 when she in the UK who were boycotting its time in Canberra, Jo finished her became managing editor of the branches, arguing for divestment. Law degree part time at the with a focus on “But Barclays was actively resisting Australian National University. In Financial Review business growth and people the apartheid regime. The 1993 Jo and her then boyfriend, management. In that role, Jo has managing director, Chris Ball, Swiss-born Matt Bekier, a seen the Financial Review’s bought homes for black managers McKinsey & Co consultant, whom in so-called “white” areas, and was she had met in South Africa, journalists highlight a series of later investigated for meeting with moved to Zurich. Jo landed a job online businesses with dodgy leaders of the African National with Bloomberg as its Swiss bureau business models. And with the Congress which was outlawed at chief, at a time when the US media advent of the Banking Royal that time. He was also accused of company was establishing itself in Commission, new light is being lending $40,000 to the ANC to Europe. “One of the most cast on the unconscionable advertise in South African interesting times was at the World practices of the financial sector. newspapers calling for legalisation Economic Forum in Davos [an Meanwhile, having survived and to improve their lot. Alpine town] where I eventually thrived during massive simultaneously interviewed Rupert digital disruption, the Financial Jo felt a strong inclination to Murdoch and Conrad Black, Review is entering a new growth become a journalist and after six documenting the first exchange stage, she says, powered by the months with Barclays she joined they had since Rupert had inherent worth of its reporting and the Financial Mail , a Johannesburg - declared an end to the newspaper the realisation that trusted brands based weekly business magazine. price wars.” are the best filters for quality news. One of her first assignments was “The last five years were tough but covering the national budget in After two years in Zurich, Jo we are now growing in circulation, Pretoria. She saw at first-hand returned with Matt to Sydney. digital subscription and revenue,” how, as well as its system of gross After three years as banking editor, she says. “Quality journalism has a human rights abuse, apartheid was she was posted to Washington DC strong future.” economically unsustainable, with in 1998, as Washington four separate budgets and Correspondent for the Financial Malcolm Brown (Fr 1965)
52 DECEMBER 2018 A WILEY WESLEYAN IN A NON-WOMANLY WORLD TRACEY KERR (FR 1983)
Tracey Kerr might have been said that it was possible to support forgiven for being a little self- herself through the university conscious when, as a BHP course through part-time and geophysicist in an overwhelmingly holiday work. Tracey was attracted male-dominated profession, she to Sydney University and heard found herself at a field camp in glowing comments about Wesley. outback Queensland, with nine “At that time, it was the only co-ed male companions and a single college, with a great reputation for shower and toilet block with no a balance of academic and partitions or screens. Being sporting life, and a more open and gentlemen, the men had to wait till diverse college community,” she she had made use of the facilities. said. “I was lucky that it was in the Then Tracey’s Wesley experience days of free university fees as I kicked in. “One day we sat down would not have been able to afford and talked about it [her bathroom it otherwise and would certainly problem],” Tracey told The have been put off by the prospect of Wesleyan . “I said I’d been to Wesley accumulating large student debts.” and we had co-ed bathrooms so I Tracey Kerr (Fr 1983) Tracey, though having to work wasn’t uncomfortable with men in part-time, including kitchen and During the course of her field there at the same time if we had cleaning duties at Wesley, and work, Tracey met a geologist, partitions. They were all happy to working through vacations, went Frank Bunting, who was to have partitions. One of the guys on to enjoy what she described as become her husband. At the end of was a carpenter and so in no time “four wonderful years and a her fourth year at BHP she asked at all we had the problem solved. highlight in my life”. She took up BHP whether she could work full- Having a sense of humour and numerous sports, including time and was approved. Tracey being not being too shy to talk rowing, and helped Wesley win the graduated in Science 1987 with about practical issues always stood Rosebowl. She represented Sydney First Class Honours, joined BHP me in good stead.” University in Hockey, for which and in 1988 married Frank. She Tracey Louise Kerr was born in she would receive a University received encouragement and Murwillumbah in northern New Blue. Tracey, majoring in support from fellow team members South Wales on 15th January Geophysics, wrote to the Chief and managers but there was 1965, the eldest of three children Geophysicist of BHP’s Mineral sometimes awkwardness. “It did of a potato-processing plant Exploration Group asking for mean that I was often the only manager, Ken Kerr, and accounts vacation work. “He wrote back woman in a remote field camp, or manager, Carol (nee Shields). Ken saying that since I was the only even the first woman at a site, and had had an impoverished family one that asked I could have a job, if it did lead to some interesting background and had not been able I got myself to Melbourne and challenges,” she said. Tracey would to finish his schooling, but he was found my own housing,” she said. go on to work for BHP for almost keen to see his children do well. “I worked for them in the summer 18 years and had some memorable Tracey went to Murwillumah High vacations for two years and this experiences. “I had the chance to School, became School Captain experience really confirmed that work in many beautiful and and excelled at sport, competing at this was the career for me. Mineral remote parts of the world that state level in numerous sports, exploration is like a treasure hunt, tourists would not ordinarily get including hockey, diving and and the excitement of the team the chance to experience and to athletics. She wanted to study waiting as the drill rig reached the meet some amazing people - physical education or become a final target was thrilling for me. hiking, driving four-wheel drives, teacher, because of the The opportunity to work in the fly camping, flying in helicopters scholarships available. But an office and in the field, and to have in many beautiful and remote insightful teacher suggested she do a highly applied scientific role was parts of Australia, Papua New Science, in particular Physics, and ideal for me.” Guinea, Russia, Canada, Guinea
THE WESLEYAN 53 just to name a few,” she said. “It this was a very exciting gave me the chance to follow my time. Part of my role was passions for travel, working with to enable the transition people from different cultures and of the Falcon airborne learning languages. I learnt my gravity gradiometer first foreign language as an adult – system from a research Spanish – and continued from project to an applied there, learning Russian (very exploration tool.” difficult), French and Portuguese.” In 2001, Tracey During her career with BHP, returned to Australia Tracey completed her Masters in and took on a broader Economic Geology (Distinction) exploration role in the with the University of Tasmania. Global Iron Ore and In 1997, BHP sent Tracey and Coal exploration team, a division Tracey in Gabon, 2007 Frank to its London office and of BHP. Her son, Will, was born in Tracey became BHP’s Principal Brisbane in 2003 but Tracey was people into an area and we see the Geophysicist in Russia. “This was not staying still. She found herself impacts, both positive and negative, that a mining project can a life changing experience. I worked managing a concept study at Mt bring. For me this a chance to give in remote regions of Russia such as Nimba in Guinea, West Africa. “I back, to try to make positive the Russian Far East (Magadan, learnt important French phrases difference both in the safety of our Kamchatka, Khabarovsk) and the like, ‘Stop – it’s dangerous’, and, workforce and in the lives of the Kola Peninsula as well as Moscow ‘I’ve lost my hammer’,” she said. In communities and societies where and St Petersburg,” she said. She 2005, Tracey and Frank left BHP, we operate.“ saw abject poverty and heard people and Tracey joined CVRD, now describe how they grew up in fear known as Vale SA, a Brazilian Tracey has now qualified in board of the West dropping nuclear bombs . mining company, which had set up management with the Institute of I was often the first westerner that an office in Brisbane and was Directors in London. She is now a people had ever met, the first time seeking to expand in Australia and non-executive director of the they had ever actually spoken the South East Asia. In her six years London Stock Exchange-listed English they learned at university with Vale, the company was to company, Polymetal International, to a native English speaker,” she expand and become active in 25 which has mines in Russia, said. “I particularly remember a countries across the world. “It was Kazakhstan and Armenia. She has trip on the Trans-Siberian railway, a wild and exciting time to be in also been recognised as one of the where there was a stop in a small mineral exploration,” she said. “Top 100 Women in Mining”. “As I town in the middle of the night for Vale acquired a Canadian look back I don’t think I would a couple of hours. My colleague company, Inco Ltd, a leading change anything,” she said. I have and I were met with a small nickel producer and Tracey, as part been incredibly fortunate to have delegation of the town’s scientific of the team handling the so many opportunities, to travel community. They took us to a integration of the two company, and live and work in so many reception and shared with us a went to Toronto where she became countries with so many great generous buffet meal in the middle Director of Exploration for the people, to experience so many of the night. It was even more Americas, becoming in one of the different cultures and last, but sobering because we knew they first foreign directors of Vale. definitely not least, to have had given us everything they had!” From Toronto, Tracey and Frank wonderful family.” And Wesley does get a mention. Tracey took Tracey’s daughter, Michaela, was moved to the headquarters of the part in a London Wesley reunion born in London in 1999. While on exploration department, Belo Horizonte, Brazil. “We loved our two years ago where the Master, maternity leave, Tracey was offered time living in Brazil but an offer in Lisa Sutherland, met about five a job in Vancouver as Chief 2011 to take on the role of Group Wesleyans living in the United Geophysicist for BHP Minerals, Head of Exploration for Anglo Kingdom. “We did not know about which she took. “Back then not American Plc, based in London, each other,” Tracey said. “But now many women worked in mineral was too great a chance to turn we are a small group meeting exploration, and even fewer down, so with a heavy heart I left regularly.” For the record, the UK- managed to remain in technical Vale and we moved.” After four based Wesleyans are Lynne Baird roles once they had children,” she years in the job, Tracey became (now Bell), Derek Silby, Jason and said. “I am happy that to this day I Anglo American’s Group Head of Catie Williams, Ross and Megan have been able to be a real example Safety and Sustainable MacFarlane. to young women that it is possible Development. “Exploration people to combine having a family with Tracey Kerr (Fr 1983) and care deeply about sustainability,” working in the mining and Malcolm Brown (Fr 1965) she said. “We are often the first exploration industry. Workwise,
54 DECEMBER 2018 A GLOBE-TROTTING OIL AND GAS PROFESSIONAL THE EXTRAORDINARY LIFE OF JANE NORMAN (NEE JOHNSON, FR 1986)
Jane Norman (Fr 1986 as Jane “But after being at an all-girls’ bread rolls,” Jane said. “Both Joe Johnson) could hardly be said to school I, opted for Wesley”. After and I were elected. Joe was a have been destined for a sheltered an interview with the Master, the charming, good fun, ambitious life, being the daughter of an Rev Dr John Whitehead, Jane was and very big and strong as he was Australian diplomat and living accepted and in 1986 became a playing university Rugby. I haven’t during her childhood in Indonesia, fresher. “During that year, seen him face-to-face since that South Africa and the former Kimberly Holden (nee Needham) time but of course have followed Yugoslavia. She started school at was Senior Student,” she said. “It his very successful career.” the Auckland Park Preparatory was an era when she, known as In 1989, Jane was elected the School in Johannesburg and ‘Kimbles’ and Deb Payton, aka Wesley Senior Student. “I regarded continued her primary schooling Miss Passion, ruled supreme.” it as a privilege to be elected, to at the International School in Jane took to rowing and was to row serve the student body and to Belgrade. When she reached high in the Wesley women’s four in the maintain the spirit of inclusiveness school age, her parents, Michael inter-col Rosebowl Cup and unbridled enthusiasm which and Anne Johnson, were posted to competition for four years, serving still exists at Wesley today,” she Bahrain and Jane was dispatched as captain of the crew. In 1987, in said. “One of my clearest memories to boarding school in Canberra, her second year, she received the of that year is attending the Rawson the fate of many children of the Wesley “Contribution to College” Cup victory dinner at St Paul’s diplomatic and defence services. award. During that year, she ran College as the only female. As you Jane’s brothers, Benjamin and for election to the university SRC can imagine, it was a pretty raucous Christopher, went to Canberra alongside Joe Hockey, then a night with lots of drinking and the Grammar School and Jane to student at St John’s College. “I St Paul’s students kept making toasts Canberra Girls’ Grammar School. remember giving an election to me and there was a lot of spoon Jane went home for holidays to speech with Joe at formal dinner banging on the tables. But I recall visit her parents in Bahrain, and it at St John’s, in a room full of my years at Wesley College with real was there that she gained some heckling male student throwing affection. I have memories of college life-changing inspiration. She found herself surrounded by oil fields and “nodding donkey” pumps and developed a fascination for geopolitics. This, she believes, was to influence her career in the oil and gas industry.
In her final year at Canberra Girls’ Grammar School, Jane was Head Boarder and deputy head of the school’s Student Representative Council (SRC). Perhaps her extra duties detracted from her study, and in her final exams she just missed getting a place in Medicine. Instead of repeating her final year to get a better mark, she opted to take on a Science degree at Sydney University and to go to a college. “I was offered places at both Women’s College and Wesley,” she told The Wesleyan . Jane Chamberlain, Jo Seppelt, Jane Norman and possibly Cath Boydell
THE WESLEYAN 55 rowing, formal and ‘informal ’ balls, away, which had some female ‘pondings’, sculling races at the cabins, and shuttle via helicopter Grand Stand bar, formal college at the start and finish of each day. dinners, cramming for exams and This meant long days with a 5 am wonderful friendships. check-in for the helicopter.” After that, Jane worked on engineering Jane became interested in design in Shell’s Aberdeen office. Chemical Engineering subjects in Her work was obviously very good, her first and second years in because she gained Chartered Science, encouraged by friends she Engineer Status with the UK’s made in the faculty. “At the time Institution of Chemical Engineers. the Chemical Engineering students were around 30 percent In 1996, Jane transferred to Shell female,” she said. In 1990, Jane UK’s Commercial division in graduated with a Bachelor of London. During her three years Science degree and left college to there, she had responsibility for live with her parents, who had Southern North Sea gas sales resettled in Sydney. She then contracts and infrastructure access started the first of two years agreements. She also studied for a Jane Norman remaining at Sydney University to Post-Graduate Diploma in the become a chemical engineer. In Management and Economics of judge, suggested to Mark that he 1991, she went to France as an Natural Gas at the University of relocate to Adelaide. Justice exchange student and spent four Oxford’s College of Petroleum and Debelle, Jane suspects, might well months working for ICI in a paint Energy. In 1998, Jane moved to have been acting at the behest of factory outside Paris in order to the City of London, joining Jane’s mother, who wanted the learn French. In September that Cazenove & Co (now owned by family back in Australia. Whatever year, the beginning of the new JPMorgan) to help set up an oil & that was, Mark took up the academic year, she enrolled in the gas sector team in their Corporate suggestion and in 2005, the family l'Ecole Nationale Superieure Finance division. Cazenove was relocated to Sydney temporarily, D'Ingenieurs de Genie Chimique, the corporate broker to over half where Mark had to do a nine- Toulouse, to do her fourth and the FTSE100 companies and had month part-time course at the final year in Chemical just led the privatisation of British College of Law to be admitted as a engineering. In 1992, Jane Gas into BG Group, Centrica and legal practitioner in Australia. The graduated from Sydney University pipeline company TransCo. family then moved to Adelaide where Mark joined the South as a Bachelor of Engineering During her time at ‘Caz’, Jane Australian Department of Public (Chemical) with Honours. gained experience in initial public Prosecutions and Jane accepted a offerings, acquisitions, equity Following that, she joined Shell business development job with the raises and investor International Exploration & natural gas company, Santos Ltd. communications for Cazenove’s oil Production in The Hague, working A third daughter, Charlotte, was & gas corporate clients. Jane as a process engineer in Shell’s born in 2006. The girls all attend studied the Corporate Finance graduate engineering program, St Peter’s Girls School in Adelaide. program at the London Business which represented a departure School and subsequently joined Jane has remained with Santos to from what her fellow female Goldman Sachs’ London office to this day and now leads the graduates were doing. “Nearly all help establish a corporate broking company’s corporate strategy and the girls I studied with went to business within their Equity developments team. “I am work for management consulting Capital Markets team. passionate about supporting firms or went into banking at the women in industry and end of their degrees,” she said. In In 2002, Jane married a London encouraging girls to consider 1993, Shell transferred Jane to barrister, Mark Norman, whom technical careers,” Jane said. “But Aberdeen in Scotland, where she she had met 10 years earlier. They to date our three daughters seem to worked offshore in the Brent set up home in London and had prefer singing, dancing and Charlie Platform Redevelopment daughters Isabelle, born in 2003, musical theatre!” She hopes that Project, then in operations at the and Sophie, born the following one day her daughters, now in St Fergus Gas Processing Plant in year. Jane and her family were in years 6, 8 and 10, will also go to north-east Scotland. “It was very the process of relocating from Wesley and relive what was to Jane tough as there were so few women central London to Cambridge, “a privileged and wonderful time in oil & gas at the time,” she said. which would have been in the of freedom, inspiration and “When I worked at the Brent middle of Mark’s circuit as a achievement.” Charlie platform, which had about barrister. Then a family friend, 330 beds, I had to sleep on the Bruce Debelle QC, at the time a Jane Norman (Fr 1986) and Brant Alpha platform several miles South Australian Supreme Court Malcolm Brown (Fr 1965)
56 DECEMBER 2018 A TOUCH OF SOLDIERING AND TECHNOLOGY THE EXTRAORDINARY LIFE OF ANDREW STEAD (FR 1990)
Andrew Stead (Fr 1990) was never history, long-held traditions and practice.” Andrew was forward- one to read about world events in the promise of something different,” thinking enough to know that he the daily newspaper, raise his Andrew told The Wesleyan . “It was could use his military experience eyebrows perhaps, then settle back luring enough to balance out the to acquire skills that would be into a tame sedentary existence that more obvious downsides. After a useful in the civilian world. So, so many others enjoy. He was born series of multi-day selection tests, commissioned as a Second in Melbourne and moved several I was invited to attend the Royal Lieutenant, he opted to join the times before the family settled in Military College Sandhurst as an Royal Corps of Signals, the Canberra and he attended AME officer cadet. Sandhurst was technology arm of the army, School and Narrabundah College. considered one of the top military providing infrastructure and Before entering Wesley in 1990, schools in the world, alongside communications in the field. he was off, spending his gap year West Point in the United States. It “The 1990s were a particular time travelling in Europe, North Africa, was an exciting prospect.” Andrew in global military affairs,” Andrew the Middle East and Asia. Andrew undertook basic training as an said. “The Cold War had just was hardly inclined to sit still infantry soldier with the Royal ended, there had been an invasion when he got to college. In his four Green Jackets, a regiment whose of Iraq and the United Nations and years there, he plunged into all origins went back to 1800, which NATO were involved in a number aspects of College life, involved in had gained its name by becoming of peacekeeping operations with several sports, student club the regiment to swap red jackets mixed results. And in the UK, the activities (including running the for the less conspicuous green. But internal terrorist threat in cellar) and in his third year there were going to be a few hurdles Northern Ireland significantly became Senior Student. He played along the way. “Honing my fitness impacted personal and military Rugby for Sydney University and and field craft, I arrived at Sandhurst installation security.” In 1999, rowed for University in the thinking I had some idea of what promoted to Captain, Andrew was intervarsity championships. And was ahead but was sadly wrong,” deployed to Bosnia and Herzegovina to cap it off, he joined Taani Taufa, Andrew said. “Having had a on NATO peace enforcement Wesley’s much-loved chef, for a relatively free-range childhood operations, to deter hostilities, summer trip to Tonga. Andrew with limited discipline, I found the stabilize the country and capture met Alyssa Anstey (Fr 1990) who nature of the military training war criminals. Had he had time to was at Wesley doing a Science process was by nature the very take it in, he would have seen an degree. Andrew graduated in 1993 opposite. The British Army officer “amazingly picturesque” country, with Honours in Science, then training process has been perfected from the coast to the mountains, decided to take off with his then over many years and from day one, but it was deeply divided after a girlfriend to Britain, where he a sustained and significant long history of conflict. With intended to work and travel. But pressure is applied with the aim to teams spread across the country, there was also something else teach, to test and ultimately to find Andrew ran the communications niggling at him. He wanted to those who will endure it.” network linking the British and participate in world events, not foreign battle groups to the British Andrew spent a year of one test through commerce or diplomacy headquarters in Banja Luka. after another, with the aim of but through soldiering. If in this providing a well-rounded army At the end of his tour of duty, writer’s era of the 1960s, with the officers’ education. “This covered Andrew decided to retire and Vietnam War raging, students academic, military skills, return to Australia. He had seen a were busy thinking of how they leadership, fitness and worst of all lot of the world and mixed with could get out of a military drill,” he said. “The bane of my “great people”. He had trekked commitment, Andrew went after time was spending inordinate Nepal, snow-caved in Norway, it. When he arrived in Britain, that amounts of time marching about scrambled in Scotland and walked predisposition to military service whilst being shouted at by various in the Canadian Rockies. Now it became a commitment. He sergeant-majors. Admittedly the was a time to invest what technical decided to join the British Army. final passing off parade was a knowledge he had picked up to the “It was an institution with a deep grand affair and required the commercial world. Australia at the
THE WESLEYAN 57 time was at the height of the dot Israel a long-lived government com bubble. Of course, the bubble funded incubator network,” he said. burst, but Andrew avoided ill-effects . Andrew finished his research and He married Alyssa in Tasmania in shared his findings widely. He then 2001 and completed an MBA at set about creating a number of the Macquarie Graduate School of innovation programs: Ignition Labs, Management in 2002. He became Australia’s first clean technology a management consultant, the focused accelerator; the CSIRO beginning of a journey that took him ON Accelerator, now a nation-wide into research, innovation, corporate researcher commercialisation start-up and corporate management. training program; and Firemark Labs, an inhouse corporate “Today, start-ups make front page innovation program focused on news and every large organisation has its take on an innovation unit,” collaboration between start-ups Andrew said. “Entrepreneurs are and the insurer IAG, to explore the the new rock stars with the big future of the industry. tech CEOs as well-known as any In 2005 Andrew joined the Wesley big-name musician. This was not College Council as an Old Collegian always the case. In the early 2000s member. Almost immediately, he being an entrepreneur had was elected secretary. In his role, he negative associations with the likes created the governance committee of Alan Bond and Christopher Andrew Stead (Fr 1990) and set about amending the Act of Skase. Even the much-published the NSW Parliament under which technology incubator, ATP failures of Steve Jobs and Elon the College was incorporated. He Innovations, which was owned by Musk do not discount their legend simplified the rules, halved the size several universities. Housing over today.” Andrew spent several years of the council and, most 50 start-ups in the life science, of helping clients understand, buy significantly, opening the way for a software and hardware spaces, it and integrate technology, but by secular Master. In 2007, he represented the largest 2005 had started thinking about became chairman of council and concentration of start-up activity in going to “the other side”, which oversaw the appointment of Lisa Australia and was the centre of a was helping to identify and create Sutherland. His three years in the wide-reaching start-up eco-system. new technologies. He moved to the chair also saw council considering Andrew helped create the Sydney University of New South Wales and the proposal for the extension of Angels, which was to become took on the role of selling inventions the Purser Wing. Andrew went on Australia’s most active angel that emerged from the research to serve on 16 other boards, across laboratories, such inventions investment group, that has provided capital to more than 50 local start- not-for-profits, investment funds including new types of plastic, up companies, starting long before and start-ups. “In five of these, I was improving steel recycling, stock Dragon’s Den hit television screens . founding director and they have trading algorithms, location While the majority of start-ups in been the most exciting, working with triggered audio tour guides and a the incubator were private, Andrew the team to create something from new search engine for Google. “The worked with universities to help nothing,” he said. “They have ranged search engine had been created by support researchers’ commercial from hydrogen production, terrorist a PhD student and introduced to a efforts and extract technologies. It threat analytics to optimising the senior Google engineer at a was a very difficult task, and in-store retail experience.” He postgraduate presentation day,” Andrew was interested in finding added: “A common theme Andrew said. “Impressed by what out how others world-wide tackled throughout College, the army and they saw, they flew me and the the problems. This was considered the start-up eco-system has been student to California. Google a worthy enough project for him to interacting and working with diverse persuaded the university to sell the be granted a Churchill Fellowship and inspiring groups of people. intellectual property and the in 2009. The aim of Andrew’s The aim for the future is to continue inventor to join the Google search research was to delve into a variety on that path in new and team. The acquisition became one of different programs that, interesting settings.” of only two Australian technologies supported scientists to validate Google have incorporated into Presently living in Sydney, Andrew their technologies in the market, their product offerings.” is keen to move out. His favourite and extract the lessons that could holiday is skiing in Canada with After helping raise investment be applied in Australia. “In the USA his wife and his two children, Zoe, capital for a start-up, a high-growth the focus was on philanthropy born 2006, and Finaly (2009). What technology-based business built on funded programs in the University on earth could keep Andrew still? university research, Andrew was of California system, in the UK invited to move across to a deep listed investment vehicles, and in Malcolm Brown (Fr 1965)
58 DECEMBER 2018 THE WORLD’S YOUR OYSTER! A GREAT START TO LIFE BY A TALENTED TY VAN DER LINDEN (FR 2008)
For Ty van der Linden, everything in athletics, cross country, soccer impressed by Wesley’s website and to this date has just gone right. He and touch football and followed in a friend from Port Macquarie, Toby grew up in a normal family brother Brant’s footsteps in his Miles was going, so he applied, did environment, with two elder final year when he was named his interview by phone from London siblings, at Wauchope on the mid- school captain and Sportsperson of and entered Wesley in 2008, site north coast of New South Wales, the Year. Otherwise , Ty was unseen. excelled in sport through his travelling, playing representative The college was, for Ty, a “Harry schooldays, had a dream run soccer and cricket in community Potter-esque castle”. Not an through university and Wesley competition and going to the beach. original thought, it might be College, helped along by his In Years 11 and 12, Ty went on to noted. The dining hall was at the sporting ability. He graduated in attend MacKillop Senior College. time referred to as “Hogwarts”. But Commerce and then went on to He finished those two years in 2006 there were no demons or witches, the world, having plenty of time for as a prefect, runner-up- to Dux and, just “Fresher Alley”, and hi-jinx. travel and work and his career, still again, Sportsperson of the Year. Due in its early stages, appears to have to his strong all-round academic That included watching the Master , an unlimited future. performance, Ty was awarded a the Rev David Russell, getting NSW Premier’s Award and a doused in water and flour multiple Ty’s grandparents on his mother’s Business School Scholarship from times during O-Week. Ty was at side came from England and the University of Sydney. Ty decided , Wesley for three years and Denmark. His parents on his rather than go straight back to the predictably enough represented father’s side migrated from the books, to take a year off to work and both Sydney University and Wesley Netherlands in the aftermath of travel abroad. He moved to London in soccer and in athletics. He was World War II. Ty’s mother, Liz, with £300 and a desire to meet new the soccer captain in 2010, however and father, Bill, who trained as a people and travel Europe. He he suffered and injury representing fitter-machinist, grew up in worked in a purchasing role at a University and was obliged to have Sydney’s west. Ty was born in management services firm during a knee reconstruction he could not Penrith in January 1989 but was the day and as a cocktail barman represent Wesley in soccer in his only five weeks old when his during the night to fund his travels . final year. “But I embraced the role parents packed up and moved to Ty decided on a return to Australia as soccer captain-coach and I was Wauchope, on the NSW north and go to Sydney University but thrilled to watch the team come coast. He grew up there, playing needed accommodation. He was away as joint-winners with with siblings Brant and Alana and the family dogs, and perplexing his parents by reciting advertising jingles as they selected competitors’ products from the shelves of the local grocery store. He went to the Wauchope Public School where his sporting prowess soon showed, in athletics, soccer and cricket. Ty won numerous state medals in athletics and cross country, and in 2000 went on to represent NSW in the 800 metres at the National Athletics Carnival and at the Pacific School Games.
Ty continued to exhibit his sporting ability when he went to St Joseph’s Regional High School, Port Macquarie, which went up to Year 10. He was a state representative Ty’s Harvard graduation
THE WESLEYAN 59 Johnnies [St John’s College],” Ty at the Boston Consulting Group told The Wesleyan. Despite (BCG), but delayed his start date to missing out on playing in his final spend seven months travelling year of Rawson Soccer, Ty was able around Europe and the Americas. to fast track his recovery from He returned to Sydney in 2013 surgery to compete, albeit a little and started working with BCG, underprepared, in Rawson Athletics becoming involved in a range of in the 800 metres and as part of industries including private equity, the formidable 4x400 metres relay healthcare, consumer goods and team. “Being the last Rawson/ industrials. Based in Sydney, he Rosebowl sport gave the evening worked across Australia, New extra meaning as it bookended Zealand and Asia. In 2015 he three years of passionate intercol moved to Stockholm with his sporting rivalry,” he said. girlfriend, Kate Milson whom he met when she was at Women’s Ty loved his time at Wesley and remembers his time there with College while she was studying for great fondness and a wry smile. In a Bachelor of Social Science and a Ty van der Linden particular, Rawson and Rosebowl Masters in Management. He sport provided Ty with so many integrated well with Swedish life – arena or the rugby field, where he provided plenty of “good, clean special memories – from sailing the Stockholm archipelago Australian fun” and some supporting on the sidelines to and foraging for berries during the figurative explanations of the playing in front of a highly vocal summer ice-skating to work and game to the largely confused crowd of Wesleyans. Particular running on frozen lakes during the American-heavy audience. With highlights include winning all winter. He and Kate took the each event, Ty developed a three years of Rawson soccer and opportunity to travel Europe. “The reputation for broadcasting. He the 4x400m athletics relay, and 20-22 hours of darkness in the formed an esteemed partnership celebrating the many VDs and Swedish winter was a little brutal with fellow joker and southern VLs, including a Rosebowl win in at times,” he said. “But I had a lot classmate, Will Booth. “We 2008. “However, with these great of Nordic experiences. I ran the thoroughly enjoyed our time with sporting memories also came a fair Polar Night Half Marathon above mike in hand and our appearances share of heart breaks, including the Arctic Circle in Norway and spilled over into MC roles for never winning the Rawson Cup, experienced the Northern Lights, numerous HBS functions,” he said. especially after coming so close in ran the Geneva and Stockholm 2008 and of course not being fit to marathons, skied in the Swiss alps, Ty graduated with an MBA in May play as the soccer captain in 2010,” sailed the Mediterranean, did dog- 2018 year and took off travelling Ty said. Beyond the sporting arena, sledding and snowmobiling. I also again, with Kate and friends. That Ty was also one of six students to watched a fellow Wesleyan, Nick included a month mountain- participate in OSE for 2009/10. Phipps, in the UK playing for the biking 2,500 km from Jackson He travelled to Vietnam and Wallabies at the 2015 Rugby Hole in the US to Banff, Canada. Cambodia to complete a degree- World Cup.” Ty at the time of writing was due to start back at BCG in their New related internship and various In August 2016, Ty and Kate York office in September 2018 volunteering initiatives, including moved to Boston for Ty’s MBA at where he would be working with with the Street Children Assistance the Harvard Business School. He their Private Equity and Principal and Development Program in again went travelling throughout Investor clients. “Although you can Cambodia. Ty also worked part- the Americas, Europe, Asia and time with the university’s never predict where life will take Africa. At Harvard, he was elected Procurement Services team and at you, Kate and I have tentative co-president of the Australia New various professional services firms plans to move back to Sydney in a Zealand Club, a group dedicated to during his summer holidays. “This couple of years to finally ‘grow up’ fostering a strong community of professional experience proved to and to be closer to family and Australians and New Zealanders be very helpful in my role as the friends,” he said. And those friends at Harvard and promoting the Student’s Club Treasurer in my will most likely include Wesley Antipodes as a place to live, travel final year,” Ty said. “that was when College. Since leaving college, Ty and do business. Ty completed a balancing the budget was often has remained connected through summer internship in New York directly opposed to funding more coaching and speaking with City with the 3i Group Private student events.” sporting teams, joining formal Equity team. And he was never far dinners and participating in the Ty graduated in 2012 with a from sport, either competing or Wesley College Mentor Program. Bachelor of Commerce (Liberal commentating. His voice was Studies) majoring in Finance and often heard booming over the Ty van der Linden (Fr 2008) and Accounting. He secured a position sound system at the ice hockey Malcolm Brown (Fr 1965)
60 DECEMBER 2018 A CAREER START AS A SCHOOLBOY FUELLED UP AS AN EXCHANGE STUDENT THE VERY FULL LIFE OF MATT HINDS (FR 2015)
There is nothing like starting early, Matt was born in Sydney on the Pipes and Drums Band in the for future business tycoons, creative 23rd October 1996, son of Gary Edinburgh and Rotterdam artists and those who would change Hinds and Christine Byrne. His Military Tattoos, the Pipe Band the world. So, when Matt Hinds parents themselves were no World Championships, and (Fr 2015) was facing his two final slouches, showing a willingness to represented Australia in the exams in his second year as an move, try new things and adapt to International Children’s Winter Economics student at Sydney technological change. Gary Hinds Games in Kelowna, Canada, University and a sophomore at grew in Plettenburg Bay, a small winning a Bronze medal. During Wesley College, he started his first town in South Africa, did military each of these occasions, the school on-line business, from his room, service, went to Israel, then travelled the students over to the with the help of two fellow skippered a boat in Greece and country and they undertook Wesleyans from nearby rooms. “It Turkey. Christine became a classes from overseas, a few began as an e-commerce store physiotherapist, then travelled to teachers joining them. which sold funky legionnaire hats,” London where she met Gary. They If that was not enough, in 2013, Matt told The Wesleyan. “We said migrated to London where Gary while still a student at Scots, Matt it was ‘like budgie-smugglers but began an IT company. Matt went travelled to Papua New Guinea to better’. The queue outside our to Scots College and did well. He teach children in local schools in doors on the top floor proved it led the Scots College National Tabubil in the Western Province, was a horrible decision to launch Pipes and Drums band for three and consult the Ok Tedi Mining the day before two final exams. But years and the Scots national ski Company which had caused severe somehow, and with only an hour of team for four. He raced in the pollution to the local river. The sleep later that night, those two Scots national sailing team for two pollution had had a ruinous effect exams ended up being my two best years and represented Scots in on villages, agriculture and exams in my time at university. I GPS cross-country running. He fisheries. I had the opportunity to should launch a business the night rowed in Scots’ First Eight and was bring new perspective and before every exam”. vice-captain of the school day-boy collaborate on how we could Matt was nothing if not innovative . house. He performed with the improve the quality of life for the If he was quick to take up the commercial potential of the internet , he was also perceptive about some of the great challenges facing the whole of mankind, specifically in his case population growth and sustainability. How can the world, with finite resources hope to cope forever with the demands of that population for food and power? Matt started thinking about that seriously during six months of his third year at Wesley, as an exchange student in Sweden. Today, he operates his own company, AgCrowd, focusing on technological innovation to solve this problem. He started the project while still at Wesley, and involved Wesleyans. From left: Jack Gibson, Matthew Hinds, Andrew Barron, Vince Umbers and Will Lawless at Wesley College Salvete, a start to their 2nd year of college
THE WESLEYAN 61 locals. This impacted Matt’s mindset in realising that change was needed, providing a first exposure to his commitment to energy and sustainable thinking. The principal of Scots signed an agreement for the school to provide an annual scholarship to educate two indigenous Papua New Guinea children in Australia.
When Matt entered Wesley in 2015 studying a Bachelor of Commerce (finance and economics), he knew only one other person. But in one day, he became acquainted with “over 300 new faces from all over the globe on day one”. College, he said, did “an amazing job at bonding people together from different Matthew Hinds on top of Gullfoss Waterfall in Iceland backgrounds”. Matt quickly threw running an online e-commerce their towers were like palm trees himself into college life, trying the business, starting a financial forming the base of a white island. Rawson Cup sport and decided on services company directed towards There’s no way you’d see anything rowing and athletics. “I always had agriculture and energy, passing like this in Australia yet, I thought an interest in modern music and university, maintaining a social to myself. As we entered the the dream of becoming a DJ,” he life at college and a relationship. I Swedish coast, in every direction I said. “The first college party came decided I needed a new looked there was another fleet of around and I convinced the perspective. wind turbines. This marked the executive team that I was an thoughts of a country who are very I had been toying with the idea of experienced DJ, which landed me much forward looking. undertaking an exchange to the position as the college DJ for Sustainability is a way of life for Sweden for the second half of the the next three years. I instantly Sweden.” Matt had a difficult time year. But I really struggled to make loved the camaraderie and spirit with boarder security, having to the decision given my that only continued to grow answer “a million questions” commitments. I finally managed throughout my college before being allowed into the to pull the trigger and get myself experience.” From the room in his country. A week later he succeeded on the plane. I’d never been up to first year, in what he called “The in shredding his passport in a Sweden. To me it had always been Dungeon”, Matt moved to the top washing machine, which meant he a foreign winter wonderland, a floor of the new building in his was” stuck in Sweden for a couple distant culture which had very few second year, with “a big group of of months” before moving out to common traits with a typical new friends”. “This would be the explore further afield. Getting a Aussie. But there was something year of floor parties, ‘window new passport, he spent the next always about Scandinavia that debriefs’, lecture proposals and five months travelling to 15 intrigued me – their peaceful way absolute ruckus,” he said. “My countries. He started a music and of living and way of thinking as next-door neighbour had even events company, ran a local one. Little did I know how big of converted his room into a games Swedish bar, designed a new an impact that experience would room, re-locating his belongings to payments system for their student have on my career path and his girlfriend’s room. It was safe to organisations, interviewed approach to life.” say that I got no sleep or work done Norway’s leading renewable that year, overhearing the boys Matt landed in Copenhagen at 5 energy company, spent Christmas abuse each other through the walls am and took an express train in a remote log cabin in rural about Mario Kart score charts. The across the bridge to Sweden. He Finland, backpacked through the day before my two final exams I embarked there with no money, Baltics, spent New Year’s Eve in decided to launch my first online knowing nobody and knowing not Lithuania and “sneaked” over the business. a word of the language. “The first Russian boarder top spend a night In his third year at Wesley, Matt thing I noticed was a large offshore with a local tribe called the “Seto was Captain of Rowing. “My first wind farm positioned a few People”. kilometres from the coast,” he said. semester was crazy,” he said. “I was “I gained perspective,” Matt said. “There were 48 of them. Their juggling a leadership position, “I was extremely curious about blades spun freely in the wind and working part-time in a new job, Scandinavia’s sustainable
62 DECEMBER 2018 The AgCrowd team are building a new investment platform to solve global food and energy problems. From left: James Kilby, Matthew Hinds, Jill Storey and Nick Thyne approach to all aspects of life. One affect future generations. Yes, we technologies to solve these of my most memorable days was a all hear about climate change, problems, by improving efficiency trip I made up to Norway to meet a drought, and resource shortages in of food and energy production so lead project manager from Statoil Australia. But not often do you get that our resources will become and Scatec Solar – two European the opportunity to understand how more sustainable,” he said. “But companies which are we can go about solving these the world doesn’t realise that there revolutionising global renewable problems and act on these solutions , is a significant lack of funding, energy. I managed to land the resulting in an improved quality of resources and knowledge directed meeting by cold-calling him from life for generations to come. When towards these innovations and Sweden on my friend’s his six months as an exchange sustainable technology companies, international phone. I was student came to an end and he meaning that they cannot actually interested in understanding why returned to Australia, he was full of launch, develop and grow. I found a the group of countries are so much ideas on what he might do. solution to this, and recruited two further ahead than Australia and of my best Wesley friends. We built Matt finished his year at Wesley, how they are doing it. It was the an online investment platform then embarked on building a middle of winter so it was only which improves funding, resources financial services company daylight for 2-3 hours per day. I and knowledge for the agricultural focusing on agriculture and took a nine-hour overnight bus to and energy sectors, focusing on energy. He has grown an Oslo, spent five hours in the city innovation and sustainable international e-commerce which included our two-hour technologies which are solving business, finished a bachelor’s meeting, then took a nine-hour these important food and energy degree in finance and economics, bus back to Lund in Sweden. problems. “ and travelled up to “the most There were almost no petrol cars Northern point of the world in Matt Hinds, it might be concluded, in Norway. Each was an electric Lappland, Finland” where he lived is the ultimate example of what car plugged into a charging box on for six months. In 2017, he started value can come from a stint as an the side of every street. There were AgCrowd, with two other Wesley exchange student. His experiences enormous hydro and wind power students, James Kilby and Nick there, he said, have him projects which brought Norway’s Thyne. The company is dedicated “perspective, drive, gratitude and renewable energy to 99 percent of to “uncovering a problem of the self-awareness”. He said: “Only total electricity production. Very world’s resource use”. The world, time will tell, but I am convinced impressive. Exposure to this he said, did not have enough food that the principles that you learn sustainable way of living and being and energy to sustain its population , and subsequently apply after an surrounded by these mindsets which would be 9.5 billion by 2050 . experiences such as this are the made me think more about the “We realised that a large portion of key to success, happiness and impact we had on our own the world points towards being able to give back.” generation and how that would innovation and sustainable Malcolm Brown (Fr 1965)
THE WESLEYAN 63 VALE GRAHAM CROUCH OAM (FR 1947)
Graham Crouch attended Sydney friends. In 1947-48, while mayor in 1964, mayor in 1965, University between 1947-1952 pursuing his studies, he undertook deputy again in 1967 and mayor obtaining a Bachelor of Laws. For articles of clerkship at J Stuart for a second time in 1968. Graham most of that time he was at Wesley. Thom & Company. In 1950-51, he was always chuffed that he stepped Graham was admitted to the NSW served as an associate to Sir Dudley off council at a time of his choosing Bar in 1953 but became a non- Williams on the High Court. before remuneration for councillors practising member. At the start of took effect, noting that his paternal Whatever ambitions his mother that year he joined his father to had for his legal career, Graham grandfather had been a member of learn the ropes at H W Crouch Pty was always destined to join his the NSW Legislative Council but Ltd – importers and distributors of father at H.W. Crouch Pty Ltd. His retired at the introduction of heavy duty commercial trucks – father had instilled in him that parliamentary stipends. Graham which his father, Harry Wolseley success in business required an also served as a member of the Crouch, had established in 1919. entrepreneurial spirit, great powers Vaucluse House Historic Trust And something needs to be said of persuasion and indefatigable from 1959 to 1968 and for the last about Graham’s father, who energy to close the deal. Graham two years of that he was president. enlisted in December 1914 and was in his element. “If you want In 1964, he was appointed a served with the 6th Light Horse something done, give it to trustee of Sydney Grammar School during 1915 in Egypt and at someone who’s busy,” was his and in 1975 became chairman. In Gallipoli. Early in 1916 the 4th motto. He would have no difficulty 1990, he stepped down, Australian Division was formed in selling a Diamond Reo chassis completing more than 26 years of Egypt and an opportunity given to with Cummins Diesel engine & service with the school, more than members of the Light Horse to Rockwell axle as the complete half that time enjoying an effective apply for commissions. Harry was answer for cement mixers, coal partnership with headmaster, commissioned into the 12th haulage and Australian army Alastair Mackerras. Graham’s Brigade Machine Gun Company transport vehicles. public sector and community which transferred to France in contribution were recognized with June 1916 and were in action at H.W. Crouch Pty Ltd sold its an award of the OAM. Pozieres 2 months later. business in 1987. Graham then forged a distinguished career in Graham readily acknowledged that Harry married a music teacher, the public sector. From 1988 to he would not have been able to do Marie Jenkins, in 1923. Their son, 1995, he was chairman of Milk anything in industry or by way of Graham John Crouch, was born at Marketing (NSW) Pty Ltd. From community service were it not for Rose Bay on 22nd January 1929. 1990 to 1992 he was General his wife, Barbara, and the love, Graham was brought up in a very Manager of the Homebush stability and support she provided happy family with an older sister Abattoir Corporation, having been and two younger brothers. Harry, in their almost 65 years of appointed on a part-time basis never quite losing the influence of marriage. Graham married with responsibility to relocate the his military years, set high Barbara Jane Showers on 22nd wholesale meat market so as to expectations on the virtues of August 1953. They produced prepare the site for the Sydney service, application … and shoes Ewen (born 1956), Catherine 2000 Olympic Games. From 1991 polished daily. Graham’s mother, (1957), Roderick (1959) and to 1994 he was general manager of Marie, was charming but quite Caroline (1964). None of the the Fish Marketing Authority, formal, with great musical talent. children went to Wesley, though steering it through the Graham’s maternal grandfather Ewen, who followed his father to privatization process. From 1994 was also a great influence, Sydney Grammar and to study law till his retirement in 1999, he was teaching him to play golf and at Sydney University did apply for CEO of Sydney Fish Markets Pty taking him to the Sydney Cricket a place at Wesley, found it was Ltd, inspiring great loyalty, respect Ground to see his first Ashes test “full” and went to St Andrews. and admiration from all who in 1936. Golf and cricket were to However, of Graham’s 10 worked with him. become lifelong passions. Graham grandchildren, five have gone to attended Sydney Grammar School, Graham believed in serving the Wesley, being Sarah Crawford, then Sydney University to study community on a voluntary basis. Georgina Crouch, Fiona Crawford, Law. He thoroughly enjoyed his From 1959 to 1968, he served on Emily Crouch and Amelia time at Wesley, making lifelong Woollahra Council. He was deputy Laumberg.
64 DECEMBER 2018 Graham and Barbara Crough, 2015, at their granddaughter’s wedding. Graham loved sport. He was pretty but settled quickly into the swing numbers at dinner on Christmas handy (and very competitive) at of things. He got back to bridge, Eve progressively increased to 4 golf, cricket, tennis and rugby. He travelled widely with Barbara, generations. Graham, who died on played and followed sport all over frequently by ship, and played lots 3rd July 2018, was widely known the world. He was a member of of golf. He had time to laugh and for his warmth and friendships, Royal Sydney Golf Club for over chat and enjoy his family. Graham taking a great interest in those he 70 years serving twice on its was serious when he needed to be, met and never happier than when committee (1958 –1960 & clear in his expectations, with a in the company of his family. 1971 –1972) and as its President great sense of humor and provided Ewen Crouch AM during 1983-1989. Graham had most generously for his family. He been quite worried about retiring was very excited as the family
THE WESLEYAN 65 VALE LAKI JAYASURIYA (FR 1951) 1931 – 2018 HE BROKE DOWN THE BARRIERS WHEREVER HE WENT
When Dharmasoka Laksiri Jayasuriya, otherwise known as “Jay” or “Laki”, was on his way to Australia in 1951, he found himself and a fellow Sri Lankan in ship’s first class. This was not comfortable. They were from colonial Ceylon where the haughty British colonial masters had always put them down. It was certainly not comfortable for the waiter they approached for coffee, who was dismissive of them. Laki could then have made a vocal and perhaps physical protest. But that was not Laki’s way. Instead, he and his companion went to the waiter the next night and asked for “two whites for two blacks please.” The waiter saw the humour, melted a little, and became cordial.
That might sum up the whole career of Laki, a brilliant student in Sri Lanka (Ceylon as it was then known), who was invited to Australia to become a student at Laki’s contact with prisoners gave you at Wesley College. Please come Sydney University and entered him his first sociological insights. in time for the first session.” Wesley in 1951. A bright, laughing Laki was sent to the Royal College Laki finished his Ceylon natural diplomat, he might have in Ceylon, an upper class Colonial University course, passed his been mistaken in his style, even in establishment modelled on entrance exams for Sydney his appearance, for that other great Harrow and Eton. But it was there University, then in the six months diplomat and conciliator, that he was exposed to left-wing he had to wait to go to Australia, Desmond Tutu. As it was, Laki ideology. From there, he in 1948 he worked as a tourist guide in Sri paved the way for Australia’s enrolled at the University of Lanka, met Australians and liked embrace of multiculturalism. He Ceylon, studying English, them. He was privately-funded in became an academic and member Economics and French. He his trip to Australia, although the of a number of pioneering bodies became interested in criminology Sri Lankan travelling with him such as the Whitlam and aspired to get to Oxford or was, like so many other Sri Lankan Government’s Immigration Cambridge. Instead, he met a students going to Australia, on the Advisory Council. Arriving in distinguished anthropologist, Colombo Plan. Laki enrolled at Australia locked in the White Professor A.P.Elkin, who Sydney University to study History, Australia Policy, which was not suggested he should come to Psychology and Anthropology and abandoned till 20 years after he Australia and persuaded Laki’s entered Wesley. He got on very arrived, he became a leading voice parent that it was a good idea. well with the Master, The Rev Bert in the movement towards Elkin returned to Australia and Wyllie, and it became apparent toleration and inclusiveness. two weeks later sent Laki a that Elkin had directed him to Laki was born in Sri Lanka on 31st telegram saying: “I’ve enrolled you Wesley because Mabel Wyllie was October 1931, the eldest of three as a student of Sydney University herself an anthropologist and had children of a prison doctor, and and also found accommodation for studied under Elkin.
66 DECEMBER 2018 Laki threw himself into Wesley He married Rohini, with whom he became very different very fast life, and immediately took up was to have two children, Kanishka because the man I worked with on issues. He saw in the “fresher” and Pradeep. Becoming aware of a the IAC was Walter Lippmann, system elements of colonial position available in the whom you might know from subjugation. He was influenced by Department of Sociology at the Melbourne connections. A the Senior Student, David Ross, University of Colombo, he was in fantastic guy. I became almost his, son of Lloyd Ross, a Community two minds. He had a brilliant you know, aide de camp. We were trade unionist. Seeing Laki had academic career in front of him in on a committee of the IAC - the left-wing ideas, Ross took him Australia but his parents wanted Committee of Community under his wing. Laki saw Wesley him to go back, He took the Relations.” Laki helped produce students as more politically position and returned in 1956, for what became known as the conscious and radical than what was to be a stint of 13 years, Lippman Report, on the students at the other colleges. He during which he became the Philosophy of Community took note of Rev Alan Walker’s Foundation Chair of Sociology and Relations, which was the first criticism of White Australia Policy. Social Welfare. He also did further philosophical statement of When in his first year the issue of studies at the London School of community relations in Australia. the fresher system came up for Economics and Political Science In 1975, Laki was appointed to fierce debate in the Wesley College and at London University, the the Australian Council of Social Students’ Club, he heard racist latter awarding him a PhD in Service. In 1984, he was overtones, including one student Psychology in 1962. appointed by Senator Susan Ryan, calling out to him: “You yellow In 1968, Laki did a postdoctoral Federal Minister for Education, to bastard.” He led a walk-out. But thesis as a Fulbright Scholar at the National Advisory Committee Laki was no militant. His view Berkeley University in the United on Multicultural Education, which was, as he expressed it later: States and then returned to Sydney was to have a major impact in “Look, the Australians have got to and to take up a temporary changing official policy from learn more about your neighbours, lecturer’s position at the University assimilation to multiculturalism. come to understand them.” of New South Wales, where he In 1985, Laki became a Member Laki said there should be changes lectured in the Departments of of the Order of Australia (AM) for in Australia’s immigration policy, Psychology and Social Work. As a his services to multiculturalism. but they should not be rushed. result of that particular short visit In 1997, Laki became a member Australia had shown in its support he was awarded a Leeverhulme of the Western Australia to anti-colonialist stands in the Fellowship at the university in Multicultural and Ethnic Affairs region, such as with Indonesia, 1969/70 and took the opportunity Commission and the National and had embraced the Colombo to conduct a course in the Multicultural Advisory Council. Plan. Laki joined the International psychology of communication on He became a vice-president at the Club at Sydney University and Radio University. Western Australian Council of became its president. He joined Social Services and joined the Laki remained active in his the university’s Anthropological Board of Governors of the campaign to break down racial Society and became its president Australian Council for Social stereotypes and had a letter in 1952. In 1953 he became Services. published in The Australian president of the university’s arguing that a study of Asian Laki’s publications include Social Psychological Society. He also sat languages should not be confused Policy in the 1980s (1983), Issues of as the Arts representative on the with a study of Asia. Australians Cross-Cultural Practice (1990), The Sydney University Union Council. had to become more “Asia-literate”. Changing Face of Sri Lankan Politics Known as the “Diarising Asian In 1971, the year Australia (1994), The Asianasion of Student”, he was invited to formally abrogated the White Australia? Some facts about the participate, along with other (1999) and Australia Policy, Laki accepted the myths Welfarism and Filipinos, on a Radio Australia (2000). He position of Foundation Chair of Politics in Sri Lanka program. received an Honorary Doctorate of the Department of Social Work Literature from the university of Laki became a co-director of the and Social Administration at the Colombo, the Australian Sydney Film Festival, and he was University of Western Australia. Centenary Medal in 2001 and an involved in the establishment of The election of the Whitlam Honorary Degree of Doctor of the Buddhist society of New South Government saw Australia race Letters from the University of Wales, to the extent of drafting its ahead in breaking down Western Australia in 2006. Laki first constitution and editing its boundaries. The incoming died on 20th April this year. His journal. He graduated with First government invited him to join the life was celebrated at the Class Honours and won the Federal Governments Immigration University of Western Australia University Medal, then joined the Advisory Council (AIC) and Club on 23rd May. university’s Department of became the first Asian to belong to Psychology as a teaching fellow. a national advisory body. “It Malcolm Brown (Fr 1965)
THE WESLEYAN 67 68 DECEMBER 2018 THE WESLEYAN 69 RAWSON REPORT
This year Wesley performed valiantly in the Rawson Cup.
The cricketers kicked off the campaign strongly. Unfortunately, the result did not reflect the hard work the boys put in. A notable performance was that of Todd Levine who seemed to bat, bowl and field with gusto.
Next up was the swimming and diving team. Lead by Simon Nortje and Samuel Posel the campaign went swimmingly. Josef Schuler represented Wesley proudly and gave a strong performance on the day. Wesley placed 4th in the started strongly with a win over St. cup. Alex Macdonald captained swimming with St. Johns taking Andrews in a penalty shoot-out, the basketball team and won inter- the win. after a last-minute equaliser forced collegian Basketballer of the year; Next was rowing, led by George the game into golden goal extra- a very well-deserved award for the Bundock. the boys put in a lot of time. Next, the boys had a commitment and skill he showed. effort with early starts on the water convincing 5-1 win over St. Johns. Under the guidance of Noah and in the gym. On the regatta, a Finally, the boys went down in a Steward and Ryan Mulcahy, the strong Wesley crowd cheered on bitter defeat to St Pauls; Losing to tennis players gave the the rowing team and earned us a a free kick at the whistle to place Competition a red-hot crack. solid 3rd place. 3rd in the Competition, despite 3 However, not reflective of their The rugby boys gave a solid effort teams winning 2 games each. All efforts each match saw the boys in their campaign After two big the boys played to a high standard, falls short and resulted in 4th losses they showed great resilience but standout players were Fergus place. Christian Neoh was given to snatch a win from Johns. Both Worrall and JK Kazzi. the most valuable tennis player for Jack Ridley and Harry Gibson gave his skills on the court. The Basketballers gave an stellar performances throughout the outstanding performance to being Athletics was the final event to campaign; with Gibson, and fresher home the Rawson Basketball Cup. finish off Wesley’s Rawson Toby Dickinson scoring 2 tries in Clutch baskets from Josh Kazzi and Campaign. Lead by Jack Caldwell the last game to snatch the win. Nick Marchione allowed a narrow the boys went into athletics head As per usual the soccer boys win against a highly stacked St first and gave each and every event started training from week 1 Andrews team. From there onwards 110%. Facing tough competitions semester 1 and well equipped to the basketball team had little from each sport notable athletes start their campaign. The boys challenge on their road to secure the were Jack Ridley placing 2nd in Triple Jump and Todd Levine placing 2nd in Javelin. However, once again our performance fell short and found us placing 4th overall.
Although in many cases the effort put in did not reflect the result given; I am still very proud of each and every Wesleyan who competed. In a lot of cases it takes great courage and determination to take the field against strong opposition and never once drop your head; It’s for this reason that I’m proud of Wesley’s Rawson Team this year.
Rowan Bray (fr. 2016)
70 DECEMBER 2018 RAWSON TEAMS
Athletics Sullaiman Hussain Angus Macintyre Tom Sanders Andrew Jamieson- Chris Ball Robert Irwin Al Northam Ned Stewart Grigg Guy Bouchier Andrew Jamieson- Ned Stewart Giles Widdicombe Nick Marchione Rowan Bray Grigg Giles Widdicombe Strath Yeo Patrick Moore Jonty Brunner Ojas Jyoti Isabella Best (cox) Simon Notrije Soccer George Bundock Josh Kazzi Reserves Tom Orton Jerry Yu Jack Caldwell (c) JK Kazzi Cam Fazzari James Peck Chris Ball Alistair De Vroet Alex MacDonald (c) James Kilby Samuel Posel (c) Thomas Binns Cam Fazzari Nick Marchione Angus Pryde James Ryder Charlie Hancock Hunter Murray Guy Bouchier Josef Schuler Jack Hide Jo Schuller Rugby Rowan Bray Hamish Sinclar Michael Bartimote Rob Irwin Jack Caldwell Bundock Cricket Rowan Bray Jk Kazzi Harry Edmonson Ojas Jyoti Will Avery Matthew Buckland Angus Knott Karl Harbers (c) Jack Hide, Chris Ball Jock Capel Todd Levine Jack Hide Simon Noritje Jack Caldwell Toby Dickinson Patrick Moore JK Kazzi Abhishek Chawla Cameron Fazzari Angus Pryde Josh Kazzi Tennis Louis Cummings Hamish Fuller (c) Alistair de Vroet Jack Ridley Hunter Murray Harry Edmondson Harry Gibson Gus Knott Sam Ridley Simon Nortje Harry Gibson Connor Grindal Todd Levine Al Russel Al Russell Jack Hide Charlie Hancock Ryan Mulcahy (c) James Ryder Thomas Ryan Joshua Joseph (c) Haruto Ima Christian Neoh Tom Sanders James Ryder Todd Levine Robert Irwin Alec Patfield Cam Smith Nathan Snadeiro Jack Ridley Evan Jenkins Isaac Salas Luke Vandenburg Luke Vandenberg James Robertson Josh Joseph Noah Stewart (c) Fergus Worrall James Rowse Fergus Worrall James Kilby (c) Elliot Sylvester Jerry Yu Hamish Sinclair Angus Macintyre Swimming Reserves Michael Zawal Sanjay Yapabandara Finn McCullagh Jack Caldwell Harry Gibson Basketball Rowing Tom Moran Louis Cummings Joshua Joseph Rowan Bray (c) Jonty Brunner Thomas Orton Timothy Dos Charles Kensit Andrew Cootzee George Bundock (c) James Peck Santos D’cruz Jordan Lee Toby Dickinson Jordan Lee Jack Ridley Calvin Engelen Charlie Umbers Will Haskell Sean Lowrie Sam Ridley Hamish Fuller Jerry Yu
THE WESLEYAN 71 ROSEBOWL REPORT
Wesley put in a huge effort in this standout performance, coming campaign. They performed year’s Rosebowl campaign. We away with 3rd place. In the particularly well in their game started off the year with netball. swimming we had some against Sancta, only going down Captain Alli Whalley put together outstanding performances with by 1 goal. While all of the girls a highly capable team who showed Hannah Wales coming away with performed well throughout their athleticism and skill on the court. 4th place in the highly competitive campaign, a special mention goes They began their campaign strong 50m freestyle and Molly Roberts to Fresher Bridget Klemp who coming away with 3 wins after the placing 4th in the 50m backstroke. scored Wesley’s only goal against first 3 games. The last game saw The 4x50m freestyle relay team Womens. Wesley face up against St. (Hannah Wales, India Allen, Eliza Semester 2 kicked off with soccer, Andrew’s who put up a strong Bucknell and Georgia Mann) also captained by Mikaela Tilse. This fight. The final score of 41-31 put in a strong performance, team faced some hardships unfortunately left Wesley narrowly placing 3rd overall. throughout the season, with their missing out on 1st place despite Then it was off to Penrith for the their strong performance. amazing coaches, Amy and Em, Rosebowl Rowing. Following on sadly having to leave the team. Next up we headed off to Sydney from the strong Rowing campaign Thankfully Miles and Anil stepped Olympic Park Aquatic Centre for in 2017, the girls we eager to put in and took over as coaches. The the swimming and diving. Diving in another stellar performance. girls showed enthusiasm and captain, Freya Appleford, put in a Captain Amelia Hellicar-Foster perseverance across all 4 games. put the girls They put in a particularly through their commendable performance paces in the against the overall winning side St. trials in order to Andrews, with Wesley giving away muster together the least amount of goals. a very strong and capable Basketball closely followed and crew. The girls was captained by Alysha Skerritt. were extremely The girls trained hard leading up dedicated, to the games and it showed on the training in the court. They started off their early hours of campaign strong with a huge win the morning in against Womens, 77-30. They the weeks dominated the next 3 games which leading up to the put them in good stead for the final race. On the day against St. Andrews. The game the girls VIII put started off close however Wesley in a tremendous pulled away and finished strong, effort in their winning 66-33. This gave Wesley 2km race and the first Rosebowl VD for 2018. came away with The next sport in the Rosebowl a close second to campaign was tennis which was the highly captained by Sayano Murayama stacked St. and Alice McMillan. The girls put Andrews crew. together a strong team and Rosebowl sport displayed excellent performances for Semester 1 in both the singles and doubles. finished with Wesley placed 2nd overall with Hockey. Captain their only loss against St. Andrews Celia Stewart (4-1). We finished off the year at put together a Sydney Olympic Park Athletic committed Centre for the athletics group of girls competition. Captained by Eliza who put in Bucknell and myself we worked tremendous hard to put together a team of effort highly capable athletes. We had a throughout the few stand out performers on the
72 DECEMBER 2018 night with Maddie Hompot impressed with the commitment the Rosebowl campaign in 2018 placing 3rd overall in triple jump, and enthusiasm of the girls across and I am excited to come back Mikaela Tilse coming 3rd overall all sports during the year. I want to again next year to captain the in long jump and Bella Hood thank all of the captains who 2019 campaign. I was extremely placing 4th in the 800m. dedicated their time and effort into impressed with the participation organising all of the teams and and eagerness of all the girls this In the overall 2018 Rosebowl trainings and for making my job a year so I am excited to see what campaign we came away with 3rd whole lot easier. 2019 brings. place, only missing out on 2nd place by 1 point. I was extremely It has been a pleasure captaining Georgia Mann (fr. 2017)
ROSEBOWL TEAMS
Athletics Bridget Klemp Netball Soccer Alice Hibbard Sophia Amerena Alice Macmillan Eleanor Brown Natasha Bernard Maddy James Georgia Boxley Georgia Mann Eliza Bucknell Gen Bowes Olivia Keogh Eliza Bucknell (c) Alysha Skeritt (c) Raquel Cuevas Emma Carter Angela Lockley Mia Thrum Jacqui Connor Lucy Gray Alexandra Courtney Alice Macmillan Hannah Edgell Cynthia Tian Hannah Edgell Maddy Hompot Georgia Mann Lucy Hickman Rachel Toohey Lucy Hickman Eliza Miller Prue Tysoe Isabelle Hood Maddie Hompot Georgie Jardine Molly Roberts Harriet Weir Isabelle Oxley Bella Hood Georgia Mann Georgia Smith Ally Whaley Claire Sharp Evie Hood Tracy Milden Lauren Sutherland Alysha Skerritt Denali Hutt Hockey Emily Mitchell Hannah Wales Tess Kane Alice Hubbard Rachel Toohey Lucy Obrian Teegan Wattam Liv King Airlie Kinross Ali Whalley (c) Charlotte Power Alexandra Webster Bridget Klemp Bridget Klemp Harriet Wier Lisa Stevens Georgia Mann (c) Claire Mackinnon Celia Stewart Tennis Ella Pechan Celia Stewart (c) Rowing Mikaela Tilse (c) Hannah Edgell Tilly Penton Daisy Waggett Raquel Cuevas Prue Tysoe Olivia King Claire Sharp Elise Sherrington Eliza Fessey (cox) Lucy Vanderhor Alice Macmillan (c) Alysha Skerritt Genevieve Bowes Jaime Ford Brittany Wilcock Sayano Murayama (c) Georgie Smith Giorgi Jardine Amelia Hellicar- Ella Pechan Swimming Lauren Sutherland Lucy Hickman Foster (c) Celia Stewart India Allen Mikaela Tilse Lillian Higgins Georgia Waites Evangaline Hood Sophia Amerena Alli Whalley Lauren Sutherland Maddie Waites Emily Mitchell Freya Appleford Olivia King Artemis Wilson Basketball Rebecca Hockey Georgia Smith Eliza Bucknell Billy FitzSimons Rosie Pether Lauren Sutherland Lauren Chapman (c) Maddy Hompot Tess Kane Amy Vanderhor Katie Gordon
THE WESLEYAN 73 PALLADIAN REPORT
Wesley achieved some great performances this year in and outside of the intercollegiate Palladian competition, and whilst we certainly didn’t place first in every event, there were some fantastic standout moments, both from a competitive aspect, and from an enjoyment aspect. I think It’s safe to say that Palladian this year has been gratifying for all those involved.
The beginning of the Palladian campaign was marked by the oration competition. Under the skilled guidance of captain Ross was showcased during the Parents’ arrangement of from West McKinlay, Wesley served up two Mambo Weekend soireé, prior to its Side Story, all completely arranged outstanding and entertaining performance at the intercollegiate by Nick. The second group entered performances. Jeff Brown’s group vocal competition. Edie uncharted territory with their own performance was quite frankly a should be particularly congratulated stand-out, with the audience in arrangement of Ocean by John for taking on the challenging and dead silence throughout its Butler – a real standout performance highly demanding role of conductor entirety. Conversely, Abhishek that won over the audience and for Wesley’s small (and large) choir, Chawla performed quite possibly received a highly commended. The whilst singing in the soprano one of the most humorous, half- members should be congratulated section at the same time. Small impromptu performances seen for for what were two difficult yet choir performed A boy and a Girl by years at intercollegiate oration, highly rewarding and killer pieces. Eric Whitacre – a very technically taking out second place. Once again stepping in, Charlotte difficult piece, and scored a well Power took the reins for Palladian The Wesley dance teams were led justified second place, a true strongly by captains Brittney testament to Edie’s efforts and the Art. With the topic for 2018 being Wilcock and Artemis Wilson, who hard work of the team. A special Colour directly influences the Soul , self-choreographed two highly thanks to the Valete Choir, led by Charlotte and the team generated engaging dances. The teams Ziggy Harris and Alice Kotowicz, two eye-catching artworks; the worked around the clock, for what was a beautiful first, a series of portraits tinted performing at Parents’ Weekend performance during the Valete with colour that alluded to the and the intercollegiate Service to farewell the third years. emotion expressed by subjects competition, and received a much Ziggy Harris and Cecilie Okkels, Instrumental was a success in deserved highly commended for and the second an experimental 2018 with Nick Sprott and Jol one performance, yet perhaps only time-lapse of subject James Choct managing a multitude of partially reflecting the exceptional Robertson, that paid homage to instruments. Not even a severed standard that was displayed. They the recent drought crisis faced by tendon of the hand just under two should be congratulated. Australian farmers, placing 3rd in days before the solo instrumental the intercollegiate competition. Vocal captains Edie Warne and competition would stop Wesley Alex McDonald did an excellent from surprising. Jol Choct During semester 2, Courtney job at coordinating all things vocal performed a truly moving piece by Withers led a strong debating team at Wesley this year. During Tchaikovsky, and thanks to the into battle against the other semester 1, their guidance saw last-minute addition of Charlotte colleges. Beginning their debating Ziggy Harris perform a robust and Power, Wesley scored a highly debut at Wesley, Tom Alchin, Jeff theatrical performance of The commended for her captivating Brown and Abhishek Chawla Vagabond , and Sammi Carr sing a minimalist saxophone performance . turned heads as they threw down very intimate rendition of Songbird Second semester saw the formation some near-indisputable rebuttals by Fleetwood Mac; two very of two very entertaining pieces. against the experienced Women’s different yet standout pieces at the The careful assembly of a brass College side, although narrowly solo vocal competition. A fantastic band by Nick and Jol saw the missing the victory. The team later arrangement of Fragile by Sting performance of a fun and engaging found success against Sancta with
74 DECEMBER 2018 Ben Devine, Jeff and Tom securing Full credit to the cast for such a a landslide victory for Wesley, on a high standard of performance – it topic of international relations. will be hard to match it in the Ben had a standout performance, years to come. Jess and Sammie tipping the scales in their favour by truly knocked it out of the ball park exposing the absurd reliance on during the intercollegiate group random anecdotes that the Sancta drama competition, once again team had taken fancy to. Despite self-composing two acts. several close losses, and a few Pemberton Manor 2: Reloaded was questionable calls by some judges, sure to impress with its humour the team did Wesley proud, with from start to finish, but it was the all members showing some serious second piece, Blind, that truly wit against the opposing colleges. caught the eye of the judges, claiming 1st place in the It’s fair to say that Sammie competition. Sammie Shannon, JK Shannon and Jessica Negus left Kazzi, Jess Negus and Rosie their mark this year as Drama Pether should all be congratulated captains, and now for the second for their captivating performance year running. Their success began that got what it deserved and with solo drama, where they served as a real testament to the guided Haezan Vroland into 3rd sheer hard work and dedication place as he embodied a frustrated that Sammie and Jess brought to adolescent boy, and Rosie Pether Palladian Drama in 2018. into 2nd place with what was a effortless. Good luck to the very raw and confronting The year’s efforts placed us in a incoming Palladian captain for monologue that had the audience respectable 3rd place for the next year, Eliza Miller, and all the dead silent. They continued to Palladian cup of 2018. And whilst best for 2019. It’s been a pleasure impress at Parents’ Weekend, with we didn’t place in every event, we overseeing all the arts events this the performance of a literally killer sure enjoyed the process, and the year, and great to see all those who play, which had the audience at small successes along the way. became involved reap reward. laughter and I’m sorry if you Thank you to all the Palladian missed it because it was a crack-up. Captains for making the year so Michael Zawal (Fr. 2016) PALLADIAN
Oration Katie Fuller Tim D’Cruz Andrew Coetzee John Hughes Jeff Brown Lucy Gray Ziggy Harris Julia Cole Alice Kotowicz Abhishek Chawla Ziggy Harris Izzy Hooton Alex Courtney Pascale Mann Ross McKinlay Giorgi Jardine John Hughes Hugh Duffield Alex McDonald (c) Ojas Jyoti Nick Sprott (c) Cailin Feldman Eliza Miller Solo JK Kazzi Hugh Wheaton Ziggy Harris Katie Miller Drama Rosalie Pether Olivia Keough Michael Zawal Airlie Kinross Jessica Negus Haezen Vroeland Jordan Lee Emily Mitchell Charlotte Power Alice McMillan Drama Olivia Norley Angus Pryde Solo Katie Miller Ensemble Cecilie Okkels Nick Sprott Voice Simon Nortje Angus Barton Same Parks Maddie Stephen Samantha Carr Hannah Ross-Smith Jonty Brunner Charlotte Power (c) Charlie Umbers Ziggy Harris Nathan Snaidero Sammi Carr James Robertson Amelia Vidler Maddie Stephen JK Kazzi Lisa Stevens Edie Warne (c) Solo Jack Tizzard Ross McKinlay Mikaela Tilse Alli Whalley Instumental Eliza Millar Jol Choct (c) Rachel Toohey Dani Turnbull Courtney Withers Grace Moscou Charlotte Power Prue Tysoe Courtney Withers Sanjay Yapabandara Yashika Upadhyaya Jessica Negus (c) Michael Zawal Dance Brittany Wilcock (c) Rosie Pether Vocal Gracie Adam Artemis Wilson (c) Sammie Shannon Ensemble Small Choir James Blaxill Maddy Frerer Freya Appleford Courtney Withers Prue Tysoe Alice Kotowicz Cady Brown Haezan Vroland Matt Buckland Nick Sprott Sammi Carr Instrumental Artemis Wilson Sammi Carr Juliet Cunningham Ensemble Amy Dench Charlie Umbers Tom Damjanovic James Boric Art Maddy Frerer Courtney Withers Timothy D’Cruz Matthew Buckland James Blaxill Katie Fuller Edie Warne Billi FitzSimons Jol Choct (c) Genevieve Bowes Ben Holmes Michael Zawal
THE WESLEYAN 75 SENIOR STUDENT’S REPORT
2018 has marked another successful year for Wesley. Having undergone the Broderick review in 2017 there were some changes to implement, however the leaders of the college really stood up and lead from the front. Our Fresher Week was a huge success as we welcomed 111 new students into the college. The week was largely re-modelled compared to previous iterations which took extra time and effort, but hopefully a solid platform has been laid for future generations.
There were strong performances across the arts and sport both within intercollegiate competitions and in 3rd place, well done to Georgia alcoholic events and Will was at outside of them. We were fortunate Mann on her leadership of the the forefront of this organising an enough to win a Victory Dinner in group and we are fortunate that open-air cinema on the front lawns each of the Palladian, Rosebowl and she will return for her second year during the first week of semester 2. Rawson competitions. The Palladian Rosebowl Captain in 2019. There was also a Sunday afternoon campaign was led by Michael front lawns party involving water Basketball was also the highlight Zawal and he did an excellent job, slides and jumping castled named of the 2018 Rawson season. Alex especially in identifying and Lion Day to mark the end of the McDonald and Rawson Captain including the vast range of talent academic year and relieve some Rowan Bray lead the side to within our fresher cohort. Sammie stress prior to exams. There was no consecutive Victory Dinners after Shannon and Jessica Negus were lack of social interaction for our they also won the 2017 season. In outstanding in their leadership 2018 cohort and I know 2019 will other sports it was tough going, the within drama, cumulating to a first be as lively as ever. placing for group drama at the end football team came agonisingly of semester 2 as well as Rosie close to a victory but in bizarre The inclusion of two new house Pether and Haezan Vroland who fashion finished 3rd. There is a committee roles in place of placed 2nd and 3rd respectively in strong rivalry forming between intercollegiate representatives has solo drama. Special mention also Wesley and St. John’s College been one of the most positive to Abhishek Chawla who placed across many of the competitions. structural changes for 2018. The 2nd in oration, small choir lead by We were fortunate enough to come new positions include a Charity Edie Warne and Alex McDonald out above them in the overall representative formalising the who came 2nd as well as Charlotte standings and finish 3rd. existing role as the head of the Wesley Charity Group. We hope Power who lead our art team to a The social side of college life has this change will see further third placing. Overall, we finished been colourful and vibrant as 3rd in what was a tightly contested Student’s Club support for an usual. There were events held competition. already strong philanthropic internally by the student’s club as flavour to college life. The second In Rosebowl the girls competed in well as our annual Carnival and new role is an Alumni all areas and came away with Black Ball events. There were representative who will be mixed results. The basketball team several changes in the leading of responsible for improving the lead by Alysha Skerritt won all four these events, but our ever-reliable connection between Wesley’s of their games convincingly. Netball , Will Flockhart was a mainstay at current student’s and our Alumni. Rowing and Tennis were our other the core of each event. He served strong sports with second placings meticulously as the licensee for the It is well worth taking the time to in all three. Another worthy first semester before taking up the thank all those who served our mention in the sporting arena is role of Social Secretary for the college community throughout the Jamie Ford who was awarded remainder of the year. Rachel Ford year. To all house committee University Blues in Rowing. It was assumed the role of licensee in the members, residential advisors, the an outstanding achievement for second half of the year and has fresher week team, sports and Jamie at such a young age. The flourished so far. There was an cultural captains as well as those girls finished another strong year increased focused on non- who simply lend a hand, thank you
76 DECEMBER 2018 for your hard work and efforts in evening. We were 47 of a fresher what was a fantastic year for Wesley . cohort of 156, and we paid tribute I have felt well supported in my role to their years of commitment and as Senior Student by all students service to the college. as well as the college staff, the Congratulations to all prize Master and College Council. winners, especially Will Flockhart Special thanks to my executive who deservedly took home the team of Luke Vandenberg who collegian of the year prize. As you served as our Secretary, Ben may have noticed Will is involved Devine as Treasurer and Will in everything and will be sorely Flockhart as both Licensee and missed by the college. Thank you Social Secretary. You were strong to everyone involved in our and disciplined leaders and put in community for a fantastic year and countless hours of your time. good luck to Jordan Lee and his team as they led the next Wesley The final celebrations and farewell cohort into 2019. ceremony for our departing Valete group of 2018 was a special James Kilby (fr. 2016)
SOCIAL SECRETARY’S REPORT
Well third times a charm and after the removal of two social secretaries before me (one before the year began and one a couple of weeks after getting voted in), I was finally fortunate enough to take over the reins/reign and guide this beast of a job into the right direction . 2018 was a motivating year coming off the publication of the Broderick and Red Zone Reports. A lot had to be changed and modified to fit with the new expectations on college in general and this presented a healthy challenge.
Fresher week (no longer O-Week) started off with us welcoming over 100 new Freshers into the hallowed halls of Wesley. It was a Our segue into the first proper organizing committee doesn’t fantastic and jam-packed week external event in the social attend any classes for weeks filled with Inter-col events and calendar was Bait Cruise or as the beforehand. However, it was a Wesley-only events. It was truly renamed version is called, highly successful and sold out amazing to be part of Fresher week Friendship Cruise. We graced the event with Dom Dolla, Amastro and the Leaders, Helpers and RA’s high seas of Sydney Harbour with and Nina Las Vegas gracing the should be proud of themselves in our Baits/Friends and enjoyed a stage. It left us all in high spirits how they conducted and planned amazing scenic journey under the and thankful to the social gods for such a wonderful and fulfilling Bridge and past the Opera House not gracing us with torrential rain week that assimilated the freshers all while getting to know our like last year that decimated the in the college way of life. friends even better. We ended the front lawns. cruise with a quick bus ride to our Coming off Fresher week, we Continuing on from Carnivale, we old stomping ground, Side Bar. found ourselves frantically getting had a busy schedule fitting in the ready for Salvete, welcoming all Next on the list for the social TKC soccer games and after party the returners back to college with calendar was Carnivale. Carnivale at the grandstand, with some Sippers at the Royal, and the first in some senses is a logistical people scoring more goals there Sals of the semester. nightmare and the reason why the than in the actual game. We also
THE WESLEYAN 77 had the highly anticipated Parents’ partying and drinking ways and it displeasure of the Master. The Weekend, which saw some got shut down an hour early. The final event for the year was Lion amazing performance both on and Cargo Bar welcomed us with open Day that included pools, inflatable off the stage. By the end of these arms and we well and truly danced slides and jumping castles on the two massive events, we found the night away. front lawns with a good old ourselves in wedding season. It fashion BBQ and tunes pumping. Unfortunately, Westock this year was down to the wire with votes on It was a great way to finish of the had to be cancelled due to the who should win, but a last minute year and soak in some UV rays prevailing weather. The entry by an annoyed singular before Stuvac. Committee worked really hard individual ended up winning. So organizing this event and it is This year can only be described as for the first time in Wesley history, always a disappointment having to highly successful and sociable. a girl married herself in front of cancel all the hard work. It was Everyone is slightly worn out but the whole college. The wedding planned that the charity wouldn’t in excellent spirits and for the also marked a milestone as well at go undonated to so we organized returners, it has left them with a Wesley as after ten weeks of no another first in Wesley history: a hunger for what more will come Courtyard parties, we finally had Beyond Blue Mental Health their way in 2019. The friendships one that was a success and was Awareness Community Dinner. formed through the year are a able to run until closing time. So Through shirts sales and testament to the positive culture that ended the last of Semester 1’s donations made at the dinner, we that exists within Wesley. It is events for 2018. managed to raise a substantial always astonishing to be part of Semester 2 kicked of with Silly amount to be donated to this such a strong and remarkable Season with our annual Royal courageous cause. community of like minded people night, Christmas in July party, and who are most down to earth at We also had a very full Courtyard pub-crawl all being great times but also know how to have a season this semester with two VD’s successes. All that can be said is by great time as well. Thanks have to as well to fit in with thanks to the the end of the week our heads were go out to James Kilby and Luke Basketball Girls and Boys. This sore and nobody had really been to Vandenberg in their continuous then brought us to Valete and that any classes, but as the saying goes support for me within this role. last Courtyard of the Semester. you don’t learn anything until Their efforts and tirelessness to After a long dinner that was filled week 6 of University anyway. the college community is with mixed emotions, we graced admirable. To the new social Blackball was the most anticipated the courtyard for one last time. It Secretary, Nathan Snaidero, all the event of the semester, with the was truly amazing time with best for 2019. It’s been a pleasure organizing committee outdoing Courtyard firsts such as serving as social secretary for themselves putting together a pyrotechnics and bangers from the 2018 and I hope everyone had as marvelous event at the Park Hyatt good old days of the fresher year of much fun as I did. in Darling Harbour. But it seems 2016. We then had the very first they were not prepared for our kick ons in the JCR much to the Will Flockhart (Fr 2016)
78 DECEMBER 2018 OSE REPORT
The Overseas Study Experience (OSE) is a unique humanitarian program which allows up to six students to work collaboratively with organisations across Cambodia and Vietnam. In addition to this, students undertake a four-week placement with an organisation of their choice. OSE not only broadens student’s travelling experience, but uniquely positions students to work and communicate with those outside their own cultural context.
The 2017-18 team comprised of Alex McDonald, Lawrence Chan, James Blaxill, Harry Groves and myself. Along with our group These funds are then distributed to and Vietnam, with a strong focus leader Amelia Laumberg and the the chosen NGOs across Southeast on fostering relationships with each Director of Students Jonathan Asia. Thank you to all those who organisation and experiencing the Row. OSE involves students’ donated this year and in 2017. work they are doing. We visited fundraising across the year, four NGOs: Cambodian Children’s through a variety of initiatives, in Students are then provided with Trust in Battambang, Street particular, Parent’s Weekend. scholarships to travel to Cambodia Children’s Assistance and Development Program in Phnom Penh, Blue Dragon Foundation in Hanoi and the Starfish Education Project in Hoi An. This year we were particularly excited to partner with a new organisation, Cambodian Children’s Trust (CCT), which empowers vulnerable families to overcome poverty, with a focus on preventing children from orphanage care. Founded by Australian woman, Tara Winkler, the organisation raises awareness about the value of family-based care, by working with communities throughout Cambodia. Similarly, the Blue Dragon Foundation tackles a range of issues, such a human trafficking, homelessness, poverty and education. The other organisations we support are currently in the grassroots stage. Notably, the Starfish Education Project enables rural-based students to attend university by providing them with scholarships and support for their families.
In the second half of the OSE
THE WESLEYAN 79 program, we each carried out OSE is a learning experience it also ensures that students mentor internships with organisations which incites a new cultural successive OSE teams. We wish across South-East Asia. James understanding for those who are the 2018 team all the best in their worked with Engineers Without fortunate enough to go on the trip. travels and are excited to see what Borders in Cambodia, Harry with While it is an enjoyable and unique lies ahead for the future of OSE. the Sae Lao Project in Laos, Alex way to spend the university break, Katie Fuller (fr 2016) with Whessoe in Laos, Lawrence with TLC Modular Construction in Vietnam, and myself with Thomson Reuters in Vietnam. Both personal and professional growth is a significant outcome of the internship component, as participants gain an authentic experience of working in a foreign country.
OSE has undergone significant changes in the past year, as our understanding of what it means to volunteer and travel overseas continues to evolve. The trip is unique to Wesley College. In the coming year, students will travel as a group to the organisations we choose to support. In the second half of the trip, student’s will undertake a research project in South-East Asia in their chosen area of study.
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