TABLE OF CONTENTS
Principal's Report ------2 Farewell to Ian Collier ------3 Swansong Editorial ------4 Student Representative Council Report - - - - 6 Registered Courses ------9 Staff List ------8 - 1 3 Tawdry Audrey ------1 4 - 1 6 Performing Arts Cafe ------1 4 - 1 6 Excursions ------1 9 - 2 0 Formal Committee ------2 1 Health Ed ------2 2 - 2 3 Principal's Profile ------2 4 Library Satire ------26 Media ------2 9 Year 12 Photos ------3 3 - 6 8 Learner Drivers ------3 7 - 3 8 Theatre Experience ------4 2 ACT Zone Athletics ------4 4 Medea ------5 2 - 5 3 French------54 Inter School Christian Fellowship - - - - - 6 4 - 6 5 Year 11 Photos ------7 1 - 7 5
~ STIRLING COLLEGE 1989 1 This has been a big year The past, no matter how I wish you well as you for me and it is certainly satisfying or leave Stirling College and a big year for you. I am disappointing is a thing am excited for you as proud to have been to build on, not to dwell you enter another phase appointed in 1989 the on and not to live in. of planning the rest of first female principal of your life as you want it a college and I am sure I urge you to look to be. that you are proud to forward and move have graduated from a ahead. Turn the Val Macaulay college of the quality of fantasies you had Stirling College. yesterday into realities today. Whatever your Two years is a very dream - go for it. short time in your life and I have spent only a quarter of that time with you, so a few years down the track you may not remember me. That is not important. What is important is that you spend a little time thinking about what I have to say to you in this message.
Reflect on what you have achieved in your life up until now and come to terms with your achievements and the feelings you have about them. You may be satisfied, you may despair, or you may be hopeful. However whatever it is you have done it is now in your past, your memories, some of which are encapsulated in this yearbook.
2 STIRLING COLLEGE 1989 . Farewell to Ian Collier
Ian Collier has been his farewell assembly the We know that Ian will be Principal of Stirling College 1989 Student Representative remembered in the future for 9 years. He retired early Council presented Ian with a as a great man and a great this year before Val farewell present, a fishing principal. Macaulay took over. During box.
~- - ~--- ,": "" -- If you ever see him he might even tell you ~ STIRLING COLLEGE 1989 3 about the big one that got away! than in any previous years §WAf:J §(Q)f:J CQ by wandering aimlessly .. . um, we mean purposefully JE]]) IT 1T (Q) ffi IT A IL around shopping centres. So you think Just joking, and thus we 0 magazine have more money!!! articles tend to be quite Overall, we feel we could not boring, right? You'd much have achieved any of these rather be looking at all the amazing feats without the pictures at the back - yeah unending enthusiasm of we know! BUT... who do you Carol and Lori. They have think put them together? helped us to see a The Swansong Super lighthearted side to the Seven ... Atom Alison, responsibility of producing Captain Catherine, Phantom the magazine. It is an Fiona, Katewoman, Krazy experience we will never Kylie, Mighty Mike and forget. We hope you are as Wonder Wheeley.Yes the enthusiastic about it as we Swansong magazine was are. We love it!!!! produced by seven and only seven super heroes. The Editorial Committee.
You may think that this is only a big load of hogwash... but you try living in cold cabins, in the rain for three days with Andre (shut the door) Wheeley, Lo red an a Adriana (give us a break) Brinis-Norris, twelve nuns, thirty primary school children, three goats, two dogs and a possum in every bloody tree!!
Under these crippling conditions we still managed to keep our sanity, sense of humour and to finally collate all our articles and photos AND extort info out of various individuals.
Nonetheless, we also managed to toast marshmallows at ungodly hours of the morning and have our gossip sessions by the warmth of the fire.
Overall we had a great time on our camp and successfully produced this wonderful magazine for you.
We are also proud to mention this year we have obtained more sponsors
4 STIRLING COLLEGE 1989 • Andre Wheeley EDITORS: Loredana Brinis-Norris Alison Caroll Carol Falls Michael Hinchey Catherine Laverty Katherine Lord Kylie Smith Fiona Willson
Thanks to the following people for their assistance: Lindy Babington Ian Phillips Michelle Chomsky Nicola Reynolds Peter Fitzpatrick Eve Shaw Val MacCaulay Sandra Woolacott Harold McCormick Marion Kossatz Sandra Miles-Wood Maureen Cashman Thanks to all staff and students who contributed in various ways production of this magazine.
The cartoons in this magazine are not meant to be offensive in any way. @ ~ STIRLING COLLEGE 1989 5 §'fUJDJEN'f RJEIPRJE§JEN'f A 'fJIVJE COUNCJIJL (§JLCo) RJEIPOR'f It is perhaps safe to say that Another form of 4) Canteen Furniture: at the beginning of every fundraising has been As student representatives school year, after the through our aluminium can we found it necessary to executive members have bin which has been centred find ways of improving the been elected, the overall in our canteen for the appearance of the school. attendance and enthusiasm majority of the year. The But throughout the year we of the S.R.C. is proceeds from this have found it to be an uphill overwhelming. collection has been divided battle. Canteen furniture Unfortunately, as the into three separate groups, has become a dream that pressure of school work the S.R.C., formal committee almost all S.R.C. members increases, the overall and Swansong. All of our over the years have been disinterest and impatience thanks must go directly to hoping for and will within the S.R.C. also Peter Gardiner for continue to hope for. We becomes overwhelming. volunteering his time in may have finally achieved Nevertheless, those who collecting the cans and all this traditional goal. were prepared to stick to those students who put their their role in representing cans (among other things) 5) S.R.C. Constitution their students, made it into our bins. With the help of a very enjoyable for all. humble staff member, the 2) College Tops: new constitution is in the One afternoon, when most A favourite with almost all process of being typed up. students were as far away students has been the We must thank all the S.R.C. from school as possible, the Stirling College top. members involved in S.R.C. sat in the old familiar Whether it be for rewriting the document and S.R.C. room and laboured sentimental reasons or for our very humble teacher their way into obtaining a the patriotic support the Sandra Woolacott! ! ! general agenda. Some ideas students hold for the school, followed a continual the S.R.C. immediately Finally ... unsuccessful tradition set decided on their production. by previous years, while Although the progress has 6) Year 12 Graduation day: others were more original. been slow, we hope in the The preparation of the The objectives set for the end that all will be satisfied. Graduation Day has been set S.R.C. to achieve during the aside for the S.R.C. This year 1989 year were directed 3) Entertainment: Chris Lawson showed a lot of towards making school and Our entertainment has been interest in organising such leisure time more enjoyable. a combination of bands a formal event and we have They ended up as follows: performing at lunchtime, no doubt he will perform College Parties, and a Ski his duty with the greatest of 1) Fundraising Activities: Trip, on Moderation Day. perfection. On behalf of the We started off our The sucess of all these other S.R.C. members we fundraising campaign with events can really only be congratulate him for being an Easter raffle which, with assessed by the students of such a keen member. the help of several members the school, but I am sure a of the S.R.C. was di:_awn on good time was had by all. One main achievement the day before the Easter which was not expected was holidays, on behalf of the S.R.C. I congratulate the winner Cathy Abrahams.
We are, at the time of Yash Varma S.R.C. publication, undergoing the Year 12 Report first of three small raffles Board Rep for this term. Thanks for continued that goes to our president, over there Christina Vandenberg, Kim Steven Walker and Paul Siljak. Blaskovic Year 11 Board Rep
6 STIRLING COLLEGE 1989. Christina § 1f1UD IEN1f Vandenberg RIEPRIE§IEN1f A 1fliVIE President
CCOUNCCKIL Vanessa Sheehan 19g 9 Vice President
Paul Grant Kim Walker Year 11 Assistant Vice Treasurer President
Christopher Donna Lawson Hajek Treasurer Secretary
Preston Heidi Hart FI int Year 11 Assistant Secretary
Lachlan Alex Abrahams Jacsic
Elizabeth Virginia James Pease
David David Johnson Robinson
Libby Andre Rubie Wheeley THIS SPACE R)R RENT Paul Silj ac
the success in obtaining the To complete the S.R.C. We wish the best to all year approval for a bus shelter report, I, on behalf of all 12's in whatever paths they for the Woden bound 210 my S.R.C. colleagues ,must choose to undertake, and all bus route opposite the thank our staff veteran who year 11 's who still have one college. The year 12's may continually gives her more year to go. miss out because the shelter support with S.R.C. affairs - is expected to be built next Sandra Woolacott, and Tracy Donna Hajek year before June 31 st 1990. Luckie for her contributions with the second raffle.
~ STIRLING COLLEGE 1989 7 Questacon Lectures presented by lecturers from of the Explainers are establishments such as the generally pretty good to us A.N.U., C.C.A.E. and A.D.F.A. 'Newer Explainers', but the Every Tuesday night greatest thing about it all is since ... ,we've The hardest parts of knowing that they were also forgotten when, a the job are : tortured, and SURVIVED!! dedicated group a) stopping of students ourselves from So if you see the ads for attended a enjoying it so Explainers next year in the course of much, and paper, don't be afraid of the lectures at the b) trying not to daunting amount of time National Science get sore feet. and effort you'll need to put and Technology in; be very afraid!!! But Centre. Some of If the truth be honestly, the work we do at the students fron known, the main the Science Centre is great Stirling College were: reasons we are interested in fun and the people who do Leanne Hackett, Janine working at the N.S.T.C. is work there are fantastic, so Young, Andre Wheeley and because we want to wear it is all worth it in the Peter Fitzpatrick. This one of their trendy (and (eventual) end. eventually qualified some of sexy) blue coats (better us to be Explainers (with than a straight jacket... name tags saying groan), recieving a $5 P.P.S. The other thing is that Explainer!!!). honorarium and seeing the the social life is wonderful; place for free!!! Happy Hours, Extended The lectures were generally We may also broaden our Happy Hours, Extended fairly entertammg and horizons of knowledge and Happy 2 Hours, Birthday we'd look forward to them improve our Physics grades Parties and Cocktail Nights each week. They covered too .. (you can tell that we have the topics ranging from great job satisfaction!). Rotational and Linear Janine Young Added to this most of the Mechanics to male Explainers aren't bad Electromagnetism and P.S. (Also known as an looking. (They made me say Electromagnetic Radiation, update.) Six months later, that, but it is, nonetheless plus a lot in between. nine of the twelve of us that true!!) Sounds exciting? No? Well went through are actually you're just not like us! The Explainers. We survived the To work, to work .. . notes supplied attempt to terrors of the lectures, (Alternately to happy hour, explain it all, once training and assessment, to happy hour. .. !) everything from the and are infinitely glad of lecture has been forgotten. being rid of them. The rest They are written and
SHOP 2, 38 GARTSIDE ST WANNIASSA ACT 2903 TEL: 062-310810 FAX: 062-317657 ~-lfVD c~~~ Apart from stocking craft supplies, ~e conduct classes throughout the year.in.a number of crafts, including tik pa~nting china painting, cottage crafts, Christmas crafts, school holiday classes for children.
8 STIRLING COLLEGE 1989 • STIRLING COLLEGE STAFF ENGLISH MATHEMATICS 1989 Roger Bean David Boehm Di Bendall Garry Connolly PRINCIPAL Maureen Cashman John Dossan Val Macaulay Carmen Coutts-Smith Peter Duggan Barney Devlin Peter Gardiner ARTS Kate Dexter John McAveney Loredana Brinis-N orris Richard Egan Sarah Parker Del Cooley Carol Falls Stuart Reid Peter Edwards Sandra Miles-Wood Jim Rickwood John Oakley Mary Samara Ian Shepherd Helen Ozolins Helen Sinclair Tom Parsons Ken Wardrop PHYSICAL EDUCATION Ian Phillips Trish Connell FRONT OFFICE Peter Gunther BIOLOGY/HEALTH Pam Blanken David Everitt Intha Phomson REGISTRAR Val Smith Leah Pope Noel Granter Sandra Woolacott Lyn Veal SCIENCE Margaret Whight CANTEEN John Collings Diane Hayes HOME ECONOMICS Dorothy Dockett Rae Geddes Bronwyn Jenkins Dale Kaylock Cleo Parsons Fay Templar Tracey Luckie Joan Sheppard Harold McCormick INDUSTRIAL ARTS John Mitchell CAREERS John Fleischer Jeanette Roberts Lily Russell Steve Gillespie Anne Wisener Bob James CARETAKER/JANITOR Barry Roberson SOCIAL SCIENCE Alan (MAC) McCormick Doug Jerrems LANGUAGES COMPUTING Bill Mulqueen Barry Sreeves Wendy Clarke Lyle Munro Jeff Deards LIBRARY Ros Rangott Michelle De la Fosse Lindy Babington Dennis Rau Alex O'Brien Ann Lund Ron Roberts Bob White Verna Vanderkly Alison Steele Barbara Wyllie COUNSELLOR Lynne Philp
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9 & REGISTERED COURSES : Aerobics Mackay and Duane Robinson. Former captain and last years Stirling Aerobics is lots of fun College basketball award (groan, groan), a good way winner, Steven Hart of keeping fit and getting to provided some expert school early. Every Tuesday coaching. As all but two of and Thursday a whole pack the team are current year of girls and about 5 guys 11 students and (including Steve Gillespie) Preston Hart and Ben woke themselves up to get Ashman had A.C.T. themselves at the school by Representative experience Sam. Wendy Clarke and this year, 1990 promises to Steve Gillespie were the be a great year for Stirling No only teachers who could College basketball. po.Ul face the physical enjoyment(torture) until Commonwealth Bank Wendy had to give up f)O~· because of her extra load .Qu1 (baby). There was a Stirling College lined its problem halfway through Inter-collegiate team up in the year with the hall, but this year's Commonwealth ·~ nothing could stop us and Bank Cup. The side we continued to exercise to acqu it ted itself well the 'modern' music. So if against some strong you have a problem getting opposition having its best to school early or just love game against Daramalan. doing aerobics then get This scared Dickson College down to the hall by 8 every into forfeiting the last Tuesday and Thursday match to Stirling. The Cup morning. was won by the A.LS. (alias ) Lake Gininderra College). Basketball Boys Basketball- Girls
Inter-collegiate Stirling College fielded a Stirling College performed team of girls all but one of creditably in the Southside whom were new to the competition losing only two game. Ably coached by John matches - both to Phillip Collings, with the on court College, one being the leadership and inspiration grand final. The best of Kylie Peterson, Stirling performance of the season were undoubtedly the big was also against Phillip improvers in the College in the second round competition. Mandy when Stirling won 36 - 30 Brandon threw the after being down 9 points at occasional unbelievable half time. Christopher basket; other_ members of Lawson and Preston Hart the team were Leanne provided the on court Picker, Joct1e tlurke, Sarah leadership. They were well Leahy and Allison Pearson. supported by Joe Cairnduff, With continued effort and a Ben Ashman, Michael Spire bit of recruiting Stirling and Scott Mackenzie. Nick will go one better next year. Olive missed a few games Nonetheless this team really through injury but was a proved that playing sport is valuable contributor: as was great fun. Michael Hinchey, Tim
10 STIRLING COLLEGE 1989 • J2.(C7IS1(12.( I) CUUJ2. St S : Guitar interesting patterns and bar Stirling College chord dexterity, whilst Hans, David and Michael Radio Music has returned to the made steady progress. college; the rasping tones of Here we are sitting with our Creedence Clearwater The current group has seen backs against the wall, Revival, the purity of Leo the inclusion of four new staring at the gross blue Sayer, and a haunting caps-Geoffery, Brie, Jody carpet while trying to Dylan, can now be heard and Linda. All have begun ignore the same old crappy every Thursday afternoon. with promise and heavy metal which is The ageing guitar teacher determination.Those who however, still clings to the blasting through the school have continued are moving stereo system. songs of ' his' past and needs quickly onto bar chords and some educating to bring expanding their "Hey Kylie, do ya wanna do him into the modern age; repertoire.The highlight of the radio studio?" Alison perhaps next year the this term was the open day asked. college walls will shake to concert performed the drive of Metallica, the by some members of the "Yea lets have a go," Kylie venom of Poison, the present group - Toni, replied. destruction of Slayer and Michelle, Kathryn, David, the blast of Guns & Roses. Hans, Chris and a 'belated' "We'll play good music for a What hopefully will happen Tim. Chris, an accomplished change. None of this brain next year is that the guitarist, let fly with some dead metal crap; Cath said. enthusiasm for guitar slick lead breaks (probably continues. stolen from his Dad) during When it struck 11 O'Clock the concert that left the next Wednesday, 'Boy'. The group has steadily audience breathless, and There was simply just no grown each trimester treated us all to a rendition stopping the crowds of which has certainly been of Stairway to Heaven. stampeding students who pleasing. The course caters bolted to the cafeteria. They for all levels of ability from those who don't know the dumped their bags and fret board from the bridge Life Drawing bopped to the endless c~ain and those whose fingers of the most fantasmagoncal music around town. They move as fast as Van Halen's Life Drawing is offered as a raged on until 11.15am (well almost). Nick, Duncan, registered unit on Tuesday when the exhausted Claude, Brett, Jason and and Wednesday afternoon students grabbed their bags Mathew worked hard from 4.30-6.30.Tom Parsons 1 during the first trimester, vast art skills enable him to and sorrowfully wandered all managing to play rock n' assist with any of his off to class. But never fear roll riffs and combine well. students problems that may lunchtime will soon be Claude and Duncan have arise.The subject of our here! started their own band and drawings,paintings etc is a When 1 O' clock struck, the hope that they will perform nude model,male or college airway was once for their college at the end female.Each model is of of the year. different shape and size ,so again filled with good music and the corridors echoed each lesson proves W be a with the sound of happy Jodie, Kathryn, Michelle, challenge. and Toni began in the 2nd I started life drawing at the students. Trimester with no beginning of this year and Our extensive repertoire knowledge of the guitar and with a lot of perseverance included music from Def have made exceptional and Tom's help,! have Leppard ( who poured some progress- all have a sound improved my ability to see sugar on ? ! Maybe it was understanding of chord something and draw it,with that freak who poured work and are playing an OK result.Life Drawing is water on you know who! ) , confidently. Daniel got one of my favourite Cocktail, Kylie and Jason, quite attached to the past-times and I recommend Mike and the Mechanics, transistor-dispatcher unit that everyone give it a go! Daryl Braithwaite, and Amy which added both life and Grant's gospel music status to ' Let It Be' and Tammy Godwin (courtesy of Andre's trusty 'Teach Your Children Well'. tapes!). Tim contributed with
• STIRLING COLLEGE 1989 11 REGISTERED Congratulate Swansong 1989 COURSES· ZITS
Anyway we had an DIETS~ t ~EXAMS excellent time trying our hand at being mini D.J's this JBIASSILJEJD)? year. We found doing radio was a great way of ALLERGIES~ t ~ COillS launching our magnificent (HA HA) radio careers! LATE NIGHTS Radio studio is also a great way of learning how radio stations work (and in the case of Stirling's, how they don't work!). The school radio is also a good way of getting messages across to other students, that is if you have the good fortune to find the mic. workable. You also learn heaps about your fellow students in the radio studio - where the graffitti can be quite informative. Way to go Brendan Tunks!
So all you up and coming musos out there get your body into Stirling Radio and strut your stuff! Remember, Stirling needs to carry on the tradition of rad music which we introduced this year!!!!!!!
Alison Carroll & Kylie Smith.
TENNIS
In the registered course 'tennis' we played on the school's courts with a group of about ten to fifteen people. Usually we would 1 get into fours to either practise or have a proper game. Alan Carroll sometimes came round to coach us. This was useful we all had room for improvement! By the end o every Thursday afternoon we were all pretty exhausted but we'd had a good time.
12 STIRLING COLLEGE 1989 • BOYS VOLLEYBALL Community Golf Involvement At the start of trimester 2, Stirling College, hold your about 8 students signed up head high! Rarely have An opportunity is given to to play volleyball in an.. there been displays of such intercollegiate corn pet1 t1on students to provide help to a brilliance on the golf between Erindale, variety of community course. The finely tuned Narrabundah and Stirling welfare organisations as a golf machine consisting of College, held on Thursday registered course each Andrew Welsford, Grant afternoons. Under the deft trimester. This year Jackson, Ben Cummins and tutelage of volleyball students have chosen to Ryan Crowe blitzed all rival maestro Doug Jerrems, we help at creches, Malkara competitors who were managed to achieve the. School 1 local primary unable to hold themselves admirable results of 2 wms schools, the National against the class of the (1 due to a forfeit), and 4 Archives and Woden and Stirling team. losses. Weston Community Centres At the South Side knock-out including the new Woden competition at Capital Golf Despite our wonderful Youth Centre. Besides the Club, putts were trumps and results, we all enjoyed enjoyment students obtain Stirling held a full deck. ourselves thoroughly, and from most of the jobs they After defeating all improved our skills quite do in the community they substandard competition dramatically. After the provide a valuable service before lunch, Stirling had competition ended, with our to the community helping about 4 weeks to continue to team narrowly being edged those less fortunate than tune their Grand Prix out of the grand final ourselves: children, the old performance. . (because we didn't make the and the disabled as well as The Stirling Gladiators semi finals), we played at assisting young people like entered the final themselves. lunchtimes on Mondays, performance like four w~ll Wednesdays and Thursdays, tuned formula one Ferrans. attracting quite a crowd on It is great to see ~ that young The 36 hole final was held at occasions, and having a lot men as well as the Fairbairn Golf Club and of fun. young women have was against the north side Christopher Lawson participated this year, and winners - Ginninderra. that some of our students This tight course and the have made career choices in strong winds were expected teaching and special to play havoc with the education as a result of their players' scores. This was experiences in this true for the Ginninderra worthwhile registered side who had come up course. against some supe~i~r golfing talent. Stulmg Helen Sinclair College beat Ginninderra convincingly to take out the Canberra Schools Championship. Full credit goes to the four white sharks from Stirling.
Ryan Crowe
Bell-Bell: (Interrupts) Ah ..• Hello. Sorry about all this. We sort of forgot you w~re here. Talll::lry•s - yes, well. Anna: Hi, I'm Anna and If you'd gone ~ou would I'd like to tell you have met all of our all about Tawdry friends - Alice, Billy, Audrey's .•. wait ... Glass house, Katrina, where's my baby? Margaret, the Murderer, He's gone. Oh no! the cheese shop sketch, I've lost my baby! Tittle and Tattle, the Bell Bell: Anna, calm Brecht Bits, Amy and down. Here he is. Virginia. I found him in the Anna: Do you know I saw library, you had left them down at that park him on the photocopier. the other day. I was just in time, Ann Bell-Bell I know! I wonder Lund nearly ate him for What ... ah ... sorry. We're breakfast I at it again. Well let's Anna: Thanks Bell-Bell. see who else, Oh yes. You (reli
Stirling College Drama students engaged in the production of "Tawdry Audry's Performance Cafe" during the second term of this year.
The Cafe was a collection of material chosen, developed and performed by the students of drama units "Experiencing with Drama A"- in the creative sense and technical areas by construction etc of the set, The response to the cafe "Stage Management and as well as the material to be was "excellent" with plenty Production" students. Some performed. of positive comments from of the pieces were original, parents and students, but it others were adaptationsfrom From the start to the finish is what the participants get scripts and short stories or it took approximately six out of the cafe which makes excerpts from longer plays, weeks of intensive it worthwhile, the sense of but all material had been rehearsals in order to achievement at the end, and the responsibility of the perform the cafe, though the satisfaction of seeing students to shape and ideas , material and the show "come together." develop. planning for the show As one student put it, "it's began earlier in the year. hard work, but its The production was jointly As a part of preparation for worthwhile and very directed by drama teachers the cafe, students and the enjoyable. The best thing John Oakley and Ian Phillips producers went on a camp for about it is the people. though John stated that "All a few days in order to Getting to know, getting work was done by the rehearse intensively close to and co-operating students" and their main without distraction. with . . . . (members of the position in the producing production)." was to supervise. The John Oaklev stated that the students organised all "cafe goes · down really well" Megan Jones aspects of putting on the as it is the second time a cafe such as cafe lighting, show such as the cafe has design, sound, interior been performed at the decor, maintanance and college. r.:=~~~~~~~~~======~~ Evidently it Alan Carroll J .. "" does,as the Interlink Property Services 1 c a f e Tennis Pty. Ltd. brought a Ccmu/1ants in Commn-cial Prcjea Developmeni profit of ALAN ~ARROLL Leasing - Filour - ProperryManagement $900, which Director of Coaching has gone Member TPA Australia Lance R. Smith bock into capital NATIONAL SPORTS CLUB Manager expenditure LYNEHAM for drama to buy new BRANCHES AT WODEN 5 BRIO PLACE, KAMBAH • WESTON CREEK L VONS, A.C.T. 2606 Telephone: (062) 82 1609 equipment. P.O. Box 9, Duffy 2611 16 STIRLING COLLEGE 1989 ~ (062) 886281,470929 Norway Exchange A Day in the Snowy At last, we reached the ski station even though we Student Mountains were late, nothing had As we say in Norway:"Elsle Boris Capdeville happened yet and we had to din neste for skinnet er I did not have a lot of sleep get our number for the skutt,for gresset er alltid that week because of the race. gronnere na kjorringa mot Drama Camp and a strommen ." "Lebanese dinner" at my The weather was beautiful, place. Friday morning my the snow too as we had a This is a very good and alarm rang at 4a.m. I got up snow fall the night before. heathy saying,which and went straight into the Everything had got ready basically explains all I shower so that I would get for us. think and feel about rid of my "shit face". Then Australia and the woke Michaela and Matz up, I started going down and up Australians. who had been staying over even though the trail was the night. It was much not that steep. It was fun I chose to come to Australia easier to get a lift from anyhow. We jumped from because it is somewhere Sandra at 5a.m. one lift to another, four lifts everyone in Norway,I in all. It was weird to ski hope,has heard of but no Everything was packed on there surrounded by gum one knows much time and we were ready to trees. We had a lunch break about.Ayers Rock,the Great go to the Snowy mountain: where we took pictures and Barrier Reef,Aborigines Guthega. played with the snow until and Sydney are what people Matz got called to run his associate with Australia.This Sandra was on time to pick race. He went pretty well. is all they .have for them- us up and we started the So did I and everybody was selves.The rest is a way to Heaven! The nice happy. mixture between English bright night told us about and American. the nice day probably As the end of the day was coming up! nearly there I felt like This last statement proved to having top fun such as be untrue.Even though But I slept the whole way jumping gumbles, skiing Australia and its people are along to our first stop. We straight downhill and so on. influenced by both the had a short rest and went I enjoyed myself but got English and the back into the car to be on caught by a patrolman "you Americans,they have time there. arc not allowed to ski on managed to create a very shuss." Then I attempted to special culture which I The first surprise was the get my 360 degree turn with don't think you can find stop made by police to put normal skis - which I'd any where else in the the chains on. We had not never done before. world. much snow on the road, anyway in France you can I killed myself at the first I have not been homesick do whatever you want. In two ones, nevertheless it since I came here,Uust other words you are treated was top FUN and in France haven't had the time for it ,I as a responsible person! We everyone would have guess)and I don't want to go wasted about half an hour enjoyed the show and home,even though I'm and a lot of fun that we congratulated me. Instead looking forward to it. could ha¥e had on the they got worried and they slopes. all asked "Are you alright?" I have had Australia. After a while the second They are definitely not used surprise occurred! I would to such fantasies! call it a "bad joke": I must admit my Ole Two buses were stuck on the disappointment. road and couldn't let us By the time I got my 360 the through . sun had gone and I had to meet everybody at the car , The thing which upset me is (Sandra, Richard, Micheala ., . that once we had our way and Matz). c":··· through, the bus driver , made his mess and didn't I fell asleep as soon as I got want to let us through again into the car. I just woke up by playing the policeman! in Canberra where it was time for me to have my How revolting that can be! dinner, go to bed and dream about "A Day at the Snowy Mountains." .. STIRLING COLLEGE 1989 17 THE EXPERIENCE OF A to visit many countries such countries as well as their as France, Germany, own and to learn about LIFETIME Denmark and Africa as well other people and as many others. I decided themselves. These I have always dreamt of that I would like to go to programs set out to educate going overseas to explore Australia. You never really the youth of today about foreign countries and learn hear or know of anyone who cultures other than their of cultures other than my has been to Australia, and own in the hope to, some own. This is a dream that besides I could speak the day, make this world a many people share, but to language, well . . . kind of. better place. me it was much more. At least it was English . However, I thought the only Besides I have always Two major programs are chance I would have, to wanted to see Australia and YFU (Youth For achieve this dream, would now was my chance . Understanding) and Rotary. be to wait and join the Peace The programs work by Corps. At this point in time The day finally came and having the accepted student I hadn't heard much about not a moment too soon ! write an essay about him or foreign exchange Saying goodbye to my her self and then attend an programs. Then my aunt family and friends wasn't as interview by a announced to the family hard as I thought it would representative from the that she was going to host a be. As a matter of fact it program. They then take student from Scotland, wasn't hard at all ! I was too this information and try to through a foreign wrapped up in the match up as closely as exchange program. She excitement of actually possible a family in the was immediately accepted in going to Australia for six country chosen. They don't our rathe.r large family and months. guarMtee that you will treated like one of our own. automatically love the This was seven years ago The plane ride was long and family you are with, but do yet even to this day my dull and the flight guaraaitee that if a problem entire family- aunts, attendants' accents didn't arises you will be moved to a uncles, grandparents, help at all. Finally after 28 more suitable family. nieces and nephews-still hours of anticipation the keep in touch with her. pilot announced that we At Stirling College there are would be landing. Australia six foreign exchange The excitement of knowing at last !! students, including myself someone from another that I am aware of. country, and learning about Despite my terrible jet lag, I However I am the only one her home land, intrigued was in no mood to sleep. I from America. Being from me. However it did not had finally set foot in the States and also being a really occur to me that I Canberra. Now this may girl, (there are four male could do the same until a seem shocking to people exchange students and two later date, when I read in who live in Canberra , but it females) it probably has the newspaper, about a is honestly one of the most been easier for me to adjust program that students beautiful places I have than the others. Although joined lif they wanted to go seen. Straight when I asked them they abroad. away I noticed little each seemed to be getting After meeting five more differences. along great, but they all students that my aunt had said they would not like to hosted, I gave the The air was so much cleaner live here. I on the other opportunity serious and lighter than the air I hand think that Australia is consideration. When I breathe in Indianapolis. fabulous and would gladly discussed it with my parents The streets are cleaner, the give up America to live they thought it was a grass is greener and the sky here. My experience in wonderful idea and is bluer. I definitely made Australi a has been one I encouraged me to join the the right choice in coming will never forget. I've group. My dream of so here ! learned so much about many years ago was finally international relations and coming true. Foreign exchange programs my attitude towards my own are becoming bigger and country. I must say that After being accepted into bigger. They give students some of the things I have the program, I was offered the opportunity to expand learned about my own their knowledge on other country have come as a mild
18 STIRLING COLLEGE 1989 ~ shock, but understandable. Biolof 5's Trip to Taronga while others watched T.V .. [ have learned so much Park oo & Museum played cards or just sat about myself. around chatting until the On a cold frosty Monday small hours of the morning. r have always made friends morning in June 43 eager (Some girls even tried to easily, so that was a Biology students assembled pick up some of the local challange I was not afraid outside the college. We guys! Way to go goils~) to face, and this amiability boarded the bus and realized made my stay in Australia that we were one person At 6a.m. we were violently all the more worthwhile. short. Tammy arrived half torn away from our sleep For I have met three an hour late and we started again by the sound of San people that are the most on our journey at 5:30a.m. dra Woolacott bashing on wonderful friends I have our doors. After a quick had in my entire life. Most of the boring people shower we had breakfast slept all the way to Sydney, and we were on the bus Yes, being a foreign but some of us sat at the again i to the museum. exchange student is front listening to music. We definitely wonderful! I arrived at Taronga Zoo at We spent the morning zip must admit that there is one about lOa.m. After putting ping around the building downfall, at least from my on our coats and receiving looking at 'Lucy' and filling point of view, and that is our worksheets we were let out our worksheets. having to go home. loose with the animals! Finally we boarded the My visit will soon come to Our task was to search for coach and headed home. We an end on the 12th of July evidence of prehensile tails left Sydney at about 2p.m. and I will have to return to and calousities as well as and almost everyone slept Indy. Don't get me wrong, racing around looking for again! But they all woke up America is a fabulous place! non existant animals. when we stopped for Lunch It's just that now I have two at McDonalds. For the rest places that I call home. We searched for the ani of the trip we watched Top mals, ate with the animals, Gun, to the delight of us But my experience has made but we would never sleep girls - even Guy Cannan me determined to come back with the animals!~! was captivated! as well as visit other countries, and I would Stumbling back onto the bus We arrived home safely and strongly advise going (Tam was late again!) most happily at about 5:30p.m. at abr.oad. It could be the only of us fell asleep again. Our the end of a very exciting chance you'll have. bus driver drove us to our and enjoyable trip. Thanks accomadation - The Manly to Sandra Woolcott and Val Jade Robertson Lodge - in downtown Manly. "Valium" Smith for their time and effort. It was real After dinner some of us ly Great!!! went to bed and slept again, Kylie and Andre
.. STIRLING COLLEGE 1989 19 Art Excursion 28th Readers Digest Collection THE GOLD OF THE PHARAOHS February, 1989 MANET TO PICASSO and the intrigued all, but towards second was the highly the end some were acclaimed GOLD OF THE thankful it was nearly BBBRRRIIINNNGGG! ! ! PHARAOHS. Some keen, very over. Everywhere we patient people supposedly turned there was something waited for 3 hours - just to more to see; a'nything from An earpiercing alarm or a view this exquisite elaborate jewdle~y to friendly nudge awoke about exhibition of creativity and coffins and burial masks. It 80 students from Stirling craftsmanship. When it was was all delicate work of College at around 5am on our tum to enjoy this high craftsmanship and as the 28th of February ... the eye-opening experience we one observer stated: teachers no doubt got up all passed such queues. Puzzled "lt proves people express by themselves. By some faces watched as we passed themselves through art, no wonderful miracle all of us our way through-what matter what period in managed to get to the could we do apart from history .. .it may occur.'' She college by 6am. Some of us answer them? added "Art is something fixed our faces while "We bookedf' exclaimed one which everyone needs to waiting to board the bus - member of our tribe, then express themselves - to others simply tried to stay began to enjoy the sights create!" awake. with the rest of us. The makers of these works definitely do that, they After a bout of musical seats made sure everything we set off for our was comfortable and of destination: Sydney. utmost quality for the We hoped to arrive by dead's coffin or tomb. lOam. The main purpose of the journey Most students said it was was to see two a good excursion- very exhibitions at the Art worth while because it Gallery of New South was educational and Wales. cultural...and we stil~ S1ill. managed to have a The trip up was rather great time ... exc1tmg although at ... and eat heaps! times our eyes tended to keep falling down - Aroona Murphy what a struggle! A stop Year 12. at Mittagong raised our spirits after filling our stomachs with wonderful eh oles terol-packed greasy food and Love-In the Past, decisions about who put Present and future what tape on also kept us on our toes. I have loved in the past, Do love in the present, We arrived fairly much to The Manet to Picasso Will love in the future. schedule and all bailed out exhibition was small but for a long needed stretch. A "spiritually enlightening" The boys I have loved, rush to the entrance of the as one student said. Most I try my best to forget. Gallery caused a few students thought it was The boy I do love, mishaps - some people rather short lived and took I'm still trying to get. tripped on the square up their spare time in the And the boys I will love, cement slabs (and each bookshop, but others made I mightn't know yet. other) at the bottom of large the most of it and then had round pillars and finished to rush to the catalogue I can't change the past up very close friends - HOW Can't alter the future, EMBARRASSING!!! counter for a record of exhibits before the bus left Not even the present is under control The first exhibition was the - a few students short! by Alison Warren 20 STIRLING COLLEGE 1989 ~ Formal Committee 1989
I don't know about last year but this years formal com mittee got off to a slow start. Some of you might say "'slow? I didn't know you'd started!" But alas, we have.
Fund raising events such as Pancake Jay, Chip day, Cake stalls and selling chocolate coated almonds weren't great successes but did help in contributing to our funds.
The formal is going to be held at the National Con vention Centre on Thursday November 30th with a chicken and champagne breakfast to be held at Juli anna's (Lakeside).
A special thankyou to all those who helped in getting the committee off the ground and keeping it that way. No need to mention names-you know who you are. And to those who didn't help -you know who you are.
Hope we all enjoy our for mal, needless to say we de serve it!!!!!
Virginia Pease (President) , aI Victoria Small (Secretary)
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S'1'1TCH 'N' BrTCH • STIRLING COLLEGE 1989 23 PRINCIPLE'S PROFILE challenge the job holds At present one of Val's for her. challenges is to promote Facts: Stirling's reputation in One job she is keen to the local community. Favourite initiate is that of She plans to establish saying: crikey! bringing students to contact with local Secret passions: recognise, understand newspapers in order to - hot chilli beef from and know the aims of inform A.C.T residents of Peking Restaurant in Stirling College. These College events. Said Val Phillip. aims include the school's in the interview:- - BBQs in hot weather in aims to develop the " Stirling College does a the backyard. student, academically, lot of wonderful things Habits: socially, emotionally and and what we need to do - mad keen on sport physically, for the is tell more people about - listens to any music future. Another purpose them." on the radio ... f it's too loud you're Change is in the wind for too old" Stirling. Val is friendly - has bad habit of being and, as much as time late (but she's working allows, she is willing to on it) chat. On the Box she likes to Why don't you drop in watch: and say hello sometime! - Rage, Video Hits, the Comedy Company and, by Kate Lord yes folks, the news. and Kylie Smith
Do you know this Val sees for the aims is Litfest 1989 woman? If not read that students on ... .. appreciate what Stirling Litfest, the annual Canberra Festival of Literature, is the Meet Val Macaulay, has done for them. She celebration of the place of Stirling's new, energetic also hopes it will instill literature in the classroom. principal. Val came to in them the pride she Of the five Stirling students whose writings were the school in July of this feels. submitted for publication in the 1989 Litfest book " Just year, following Ian Take the Time ... ", pieces Collier's retirement in Val is also keen to from Marko Pekkarinen and Megan Smith were accepted. January. motivate all channels of This publication was communication within launced at the Telopea Park School on September 4th Val told the students in the College, and keep and both Marko and Megan her welcoming speech them running efficiently. were able to attend. that she felt great pride She hopes to build a Meanwhile a display of student writing was set up when she was appointed rapport with the SRC so in the Library for the Litfest week, September 4th the position at Stirling. they can work together - 9th. The display was a good She feels pride but also to achieve common representation of the variety of creative talent appreciates the goals. For closer contact and imagination within the with the student body, student body. Val has been visiting Carol Falls. 24 STIRLING COLLEGE 1989 .. some classes and A.G's.
"Table 3F, 482017 Adams, Satire: The Library Robert. 312510 Johnston, As they reached the door, Clive. 422009 Forester, Head Librarian Lund spoke The second hand slowly James. That table is making into the microphone again. moved towards twelve too much noise ! Cease o'clock. Outside the library talking immediately "482017 Adams, Roberts, and the lines were building up, Table3F! Table 3F! !Cease 422009 Forester, James. as the grey clad figures talking!!! She glared out Your access to this library shuffled into place. There through the bullet proof is curtailed. You will not be was no jostling in line, no glass of the control room, permitted to return again. talking, no sound and then motioned to Let this serve as a warning to the rest of you! whatsoever, just the ticking Assistant Librarian Verna of the clock set above the Vanderkly. Remember, this is not YOUR en trance . library, it is MINE!!! I will From her position by the not allow talking in my library!" The clock struck one photocopier, Verna o'clock, ·a huge gong approached table 3F, reverberated loudly in the drawing her sidearrn. As Adams and Forester left almost total silence. The Adams, Johnston and carrying the body of Librarians, clad in large Forester watched her Johnston, silence once more black cloaks, moved to their approach, trembling wit? cloaked the room. Students stations around the library, fear. Johnston pushed his began to shuffle out again as the head librarian, Anne chair away, and bolted for as the minutes passed by, Lund pressed the switch the door. when suddenly, an alarm from within the control began to shriek. Instantly, room that opened the doors, With cool deliberation, large fire doors slammed and simultaneously Verna aimed at the fleeing shut, sealing the room tight. activated the security student, and dropped him in defences. his tracks. She then turned back to the other two The students trudged to students. She motioned their assigned tables, and them to the door and got out their assignments ordered them to pick up the and homework. At a table in body of Johnston. the far comer of the room, three students looked around apprehensively, and then started furtively whispering. Within the control room, Head Librarian Lund surveyed her master control panel, and then flicked a switch, activating a microphone in the library.
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:!6 STIRLING COLLEGE 1989. Security guards, clad in the DAGS v's SPUNKS black uniform synonymous with the library staff, What to wear? poured in from the security What not to wear? room, and siezed the How to think, to speak? cowering student standing in the metal detector. Should I be clever, And watch what I say? The student was quickly Or make my main worry, stripped, and then Which perfume today? professionally searched by Should I be talkative, the guards. Triumphantly, Witty but real? one of them produced a Or should I just smile, small black book and held it While he's having a feel? up so Head Librarian Lund Should I be concerned, could see it from within the 'bout the world these days? control room. Once more, Or just be concerned, Lund activated the If my hair is o.kay? microphone, and spoke stridently into it. An intelligent dag, Or a mindless spunk? "Seeing that it is your first Which one is better? offence, 317497 ClJJrchi Ll , Richard, you shall be fingerprinted, exiled from by Alison Warren the library for six months, and your right hand amputated. You do of course realise that the punishment for a second offence is instant death, so think how lucky you are, to be let off so lightly." Churchill was dragged out of the library, quietly sobbing. "The library is now closed for the today. Have a nice day, and remember, 'Silence is Golden.' "
The rest of the students filed out of the library, under the keen scrutiny of the security guards.
"Amazing!" Head Librarian Lund muttered quietly under her breath. "It is as if they actually think that it's THEIR library!" She shook her head in disbelief, staring at the departing students.
Chris Lawson
• STIRLING COLLEGE 1989 27 28 STIRLING COLLEGE 1989 • ./ AU. WH~fNO T~E Wl10LE "ifl~t\ORHOOO ADVl!'R.Tl.SEO .. 1-4ANGS AROVNO MEUIR MEUIR ~~ ~~~~\~'O STUUIES STUUIEs ~~ Over the years the media and classification of films. ~ industry has become a high Issues raised in both profile and very important Australian and overseas part of today's society. It is films are also explored. therfore not surprising that it has come to play such an Those wanting to apply at an important part in Stirling's advanced level their curriculum. Units involved understanding of media in the course enable may wish to undertake students to explore all areas Media Production, a course of media through a designed to enable students combination of theoretical to script and direct their and practical projects. own productions over the course of the semester. An One area explored in the introductory course is also course is television media. available, for those In this both produc .tion wishing only to gain an techniques and the social overview of the industry. impact of fictional and non-fictional programmes Media is therefore geared to are investigated. The all areas of tertiary studies, course culminates in the whether seeking to gain demonstration of acquired practical experience for a knowledge and skills future career or simply an through a student devised overall insight of the television production. industry, media units give students the chance to Another area addressed in explore the many elements media is the study of films. involved and apply their In this unit students knowledge at a practical examine various elements level. involved in the production Sally Hendrie Yr 11
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r"lrr 30 STIRLING COLLEGE 1989 ~ College Life College Life -- Sandy: "Look at this gooey white stuff." Shaun: "What is it?" []Q ®i] Sandy: "Well put it this way, I'm not a guy!" "8-5+ 1 = 4. Come on Sandy am I Q UlJ ®j] ~ ~ right?" Ian Shepherd Sandy: "Oooohhh! My God I've got a splinter!" Jim R.: "We may have to operate." "I need a coffee." "It gets a monthly wash whether it needs it or not [referring to his rather mouldy coffee mug] p ter Edwards II e "Sorry I'm late. ~ "I caught a 12 pounder [fish] on the weekend" Ron Roberts Belconnen Moll & Woden Plozo Doily Freshly Baked Cookies - royals, creams. f"DAVID!!!" Everyone in l.S.C.F. §"Use some wadding!" Helen Ozolins Chocolates gift wrapped. Rnthony & Kotino Stellios "That's the sort of thing that one does Phone: 852330 Woden in the privacy of one's own bathroom Girls [Cathy Watson, Dallas Mcintyre, Katrina Berg]." Helen Sinclair 1f ~~Jf Jl2 L, Matthew Leith Khalid Adams Agnew Ajaj AG:F5 AG:Fl AG:F2 Steven Ingrid Samuel Alexander Amann Amerson AG:F3 AG:D3 AG:D8 Shaun Jane Pam Anderson Andrew Andrew AG:F4 AG:D2 AG:D3 32 FAREWELL 1fJEAIP{ Jl l AJP JEI (()) Jf (())S Don't lose contact with your friends. We've included enough space, under each name, for autographs, phone numbers and birth dates. Anna Josephine Kylie Apostolakis Ariola Arnold AG:D4 AG:D5 AG:D6 Elissa Scott Bain Susan Bailey AG:F5 Baker AG:D8 AG: El Christopher Charmaine Kylie Ball Barratt Barrett AG: F6 AG:Dl AG:E4 • STIRLING COLLEGE 1989 Markus Rachel Darren Bartosch Batho Beattie AG:D5 AG:E6 AG:Dl Kylie Katrina Hamish Beech Berg Black AG:E5 AG:Fl AG:D2 Kirsty Justin Paul Blair Blake Blewitt AG:F2 AG:E6 "Let's cruise dudes." lJ{] [ID1J q au® u ~a Scott Knight "It's about as useful as my ingrown "I don't have an image to protect." toenail." "Leave me alone!" "Boring as the hole in my shoe." Lillace Kenta John Collings "It's all explained in the text!!!" Sandra ran through 2 red lights and Jeanette Roberts told a joke, she parked in a NO "It's a lonely business." PARKING ZONE and, wait for it, Kim, Megan, Libby mounted the kerb - all in the school "WOW" Kelly car. "WOW" Katrina "Oh, missed it." she said referring to "Does lasagne rise?" another red light. Little Swiss girl When she was caught doing 60 in a "Blah, Blah, Blah, Roger David, Country 40km/h school zone she said: Road, Blah, Blah, Blah" "Oh I did slow down from 100." and Adam Holman "I wouldn't want it to be boring for "I failed" you." Anna Steward ''I'm off like a bride's nighty." "Curly is an ~~~hole ... " "Let's went [i .e. Let's go.]" Andrew Middleweek Carol Falls · 1 never learnt to read until I'd ''I'm off like a bucket a prawns in the finished UNI!!!" sun. " "Let's pretend you're listening." Maureen Cashman Harold McCormick STIRLING COLLEGE 1989. International senate room and seated round the large table. A Womens' Day: thought provoking discussion began. Each girl "I was thinking, and that was hard." In response to a letter from spoke for a few minutes on Kylie Smith senator Margaret Reynolds, how they see the Donna Hajek future of the Australian Question: "Why do you do a double and I attended International Woman. Although many major in Maths 1 ?" Womens' Day at the New issues were raised, Steven Alexander: "'Cause it's fun!" Parliament House as discussion focused mainly representatives of Stirling on career paths for women. "We've only got 1.5 weeks to suck up College. Including the obstacles to Dale." women are faced with in Shaun Anderson We had lunch with a group the workforce and work of twenty-six other girls, all place. Yash: "You know what really gets me. representing Interested politicians listened It's that teachers spell my name the various colleges within on the side. The debate was wrong in my reports." the ACT. Also there were quite interesting and at politicians Ros Kelly, times rather heated! Dale: "Does WR 0 NG spell Yash?" John Langmore and "I am really P-ed off. I stayed up to Margaret Reed. Overall it was a very informative day, both for us 5a.m. this morning doing my After the sumptuous lunch and, I hooe, t4e assignment and missed 3 lessons this we were taken into the politicians • Perhaps they will morning ... And he's not here!" House of Representatives to influence government to Andre Wheeley watch the people who run act on some of our our country in action. What suggestions, brightening Diane Wilder: "What's the matter, have a rowdy lot! Even our SRC the path for Australian you eaten some chocolate?" behaves better! women in the future. Catherine Halls: "No I haven't. That's Following an hour of this SRC President, C. the problem. I'm in a weird mood - 'light' entertainment, we Vandenberg. it's the weather." were led into a Justin Jillian Jason Blockey Body Bolton AG:D4 AG:F3 AG:D5 Micheal Tom Andrew Bott Bolton Bourandanis AG: F13 AG: F13 AG:D8 David Katherine Stephanie Bourke Bowell Boyle AG:D6 AG:F4 AG:F5 STIRLING COLLEGE 1989 35 Amanda Kirsty Angela Brandon Brogan 1 Brooker AG:F6 AG:D8 AG:Dl Philip Jamie Brendan Brown Bucke ridge Buckley AG:E2 AG:D3 AG:E4 Bill Karen Jacqueline Buckley Burgess Burke AG:E5 AG:E8 AG:D3 Brendan Andrew Erica Burkett Bush Cachia , AG:E6 AG:Dl AG:D4 Raeleen Guy Boris Cairns Cannon Capdevielle AG:18 AG:F3 AG:Fl Richard Alison Jason Carpenter Carroll Cash a AG:F4 AG:D6 AG:F5 36 STIRLING COLLEGE 1989. Day of Judgment He followed me to the car I was to drive. Still his facial I could feel my heart expression had not pounding as the tension my tension level trebled to changed. built-up in my head. I had an unacceptable level. failed once before and was Circling the car I was to determined not to do so I engaged first gear, then drive he slowly observed its again. gained contact between the condition. A gentle prod of clutch and the accelerator. the front tyres seemed to The sound of stepping feet These were the two parts of assure him of their safety. echoed down the stairwell the car I saw as my main A quick glance through the as the tester drew nearer. challengers, but I was windows to the back seat determined to rule them. For everyone of his steps . proved the generally clean my heart pumped twice. His state of the car to be paper rattled as he The car sped into the gutter acceptable and then he organised his folder and as I mounted the pavement. nodded to me. appeared at the last flight of My heart sank as I lost all stairs. self esteem and quickly I took my position in the car rectified my choice of gear. behind the steering wheel, Slowly he descended, smiling Three seconds gone and then waited until he was a worn, ordinary smile that already as many points lost. seated in the passenger's gave no clues as to what seat beside me. mood he held. He seemed In leaving the carpark neutral. tried to leave my mistake I turned the key and the behind me but it haunted The blue uniform was vibrations of the car me. In the back of my mind soothed me momentarily. standard to all testers. Only echoed a taunting voice their faces gave them their From this time forth I was singing me my fault. being judged and it was own character. Other than from that time forth that I followed his directions for that they were clones. what seemed an eternity. Changing lanes, turning I didn't resent him left, turning right, giving personally. It was his way, stopping, diamond position I resented. He was turns, and roundabouts. My judging me and I felt I was confidence built-up to a not one to be judged. I healthy level. He had not preferred to be the judge put pen to paper since I had and so I judged him. left the carpark and I therefore presumed I had His face was objective. No done nothing to give him expression, good or bad reason to. could be observed on it. His eyes showed no tell-tale Driving down a quiet signs of his attitude towards suburban street his voice me, or what I represented to instructed me to turn. In him. He puzzled me. my mind I pictured all the perfect turns I had From his lack of expression manoeuvered with my I drew the conclusion that instructor beside me. These he saw me as a task. He brief pictures lifted my didn't sympathise with me esteem and I performed the and the tension I felt. I had the impression I was a correct manoeuveres with pictures of their rehec:rsals burden on him. I was interrupting the social in my mind. All except one. aspects of his day at work. I pressumed all this because his face would tell me It was destined to be a perfect tum but then I nothing. intervened. As I reversed back to carry out the final point of my turn, I met the gutter and the car jolted. ~ STIRLING COLLEGE 1989 37 and the second time, what Failure. Of course I knew Like a balloon that had been was now becoming a habit, after losing faith in the untied, my confidence drove up the curve. first three seconds I wasn't wheezed out of me. going to pass, but I had had Silence reigned supreme as some slight glimmer of Instead of feeling upset in a I followed his instructions hope. sad way, as I expected I and drove in a fury, back to should have felt, I grew the traffic centre from I just could not come to annoyed and then angry whence we'd come. terms with the fact that this with myself. My handling man was not a stone-being, of the car became fierce as After I had successfully unable to have any feelings. went on, further into what parked the car, without He was actually was now my trial. even threatening the sympathising with me in gutters and pavements, he his realisation that I had He guided me to a business spoke. failed because of nerves. area where I was instructed to reverse-park. Furious at My first realisation was not Within moments of the myself, my heart pounding that of success or failure, conclusion of ~ his talk to me with anger, I positioned but of the fact that he was I made a resolution. Next myself parallel to the in a pleasant mood. Why time I would be the vehicle that I was to park hadn't I known when I seemingly objective subject. behind. I can vaguely started? I could have I would not presume or remember struggling, driven in a relaxed interpret in any way the trying to remember which atmosphere. manner in which my way to turn when different adjudicator was presented. parts of Immediately after the the car were in line with initial shock of this Next time I would pass. objects. revelation I returned my attention to his voice. Fiona Pfeil In my first attempt I was too far out from th_e__pa~~rnen_s_ Hints for Learner Drivers "Drink .lill.d. Drive!" "Don't Crash!!!" "Make sure you go 159km/h everywhere (Even in School zones!!)." "Never listen to your "Wear 'L' plates if you're a Mother and never go with bad driver so other cars "Don't learn in the first your Father." (Ed. good don't tailgate you." place." advice ). "Don't drive cars with no "Drive p ____ d." "If you're a woman, forget syncromesh." "Keep wheels spinning, about it. Get a Taxi." "Weave your way through car s sliding, revs above (Sexist!!) pedestrians, especially 8000rpm, no seatbelt, above "If you're a guy, forget those under 7 yrs." 0.2 blood Alcohol limit, about it - women are more "Stay off the roads!" Drive cars only with 600 careful and less likely to "Don't drive with your horsepower plus." (Ed. Do it parem: s (drive on your yourself suicide kit ) . buy V8's and do burn outs own)." "Don't drive while giving etc .. " (Sexist!!) "Keep your eyes open (save birth." "Justin you're out of fuel it for bedtime)." "Tell her to stop doing that again. " "Start the engine - that's to the stick." "If you feel the need for the Fan heater." "Don't worry about the road speed use the weed." "Hit kids: they do less rules, they're only there to "Don't do another burn out damage to your car." confuse you." on Natalie's lawn "Don't do linelockers in "Never get lessons from Campbell!" fourth gear." women." (Sexist!!) "If the instructor says slow "Drive fast." down, SPEED UP!!" 38 STIRLING COLLEGE 1989 . Michael Travis Emma Castleman Charles Cheshire AG:F6 AG:F3 AG:D7 Jason Michelle Nick Chessell Chomsky Churchill AG:D2 AG:E4 AG: Dl Sasha Peter Simon Cigljarevic Clague Clarke AG:E8 AG:D5 AG:E4 Vanessa Jeremy Matthew Clarke Coleman Collins AG:D8 AG:D6 AG:D7 John Gareth Mathew Connoley Conway Cooley AG: El AG:E2 AG:Fl Simone Stacey Sharon Cooper Costello Coutts AG: El AG:E5 AG: El • STIRLING COLLEGE 1989 39 .1. Tom Cruise is a HUNK!" .1."You're SPAK." Q "You've got to catch up to the other Sarah Parker class." on the second day of trimester. 6Q "I'm bored" Q "Not at this point in time ... " 6Q "Maybe" Q "Spray n' Wipe" Alison Lang Bronwyn Jenkins "What's got into you lately Koroush?" Lee Davis [ff' "I feel like Pizza ... or McDonalds." "Quite a lot." Alison Haslam :g, "Getting behind them is the hard 0 "Tongue to the floor ... " part." David Robinson :g, "Yes, I'd prefer a younger man." Q "How would ya be?" Koroush Ghazi Kylie Smith :g, "It's not that I don't like girls, it's r "Don't copy the answers Sian." just that I find boys sexier!" r "$1.50 for an 'A'?" Alex Jaksic Yash Varma "Takes one to know one." :g::- "There is an advantage to repeat Maureen Cashman students: guinea pigs." 6Q "S~~T! New typewriters." Peter Duggan Wendy Clarke "You'll get no sleep." Brendan Tunks Karen Natalie Craig Craig Craig Craswell AG:D6 AG:E4 AG:D3 Ryan Leonie David Crowe Cusack Cuthbert AG: Fl AG:E6 AG:F2 Andrew Lee Davis Michelle Darby AG:F5 Devine AG:F4 AG: F13 40 STIRLING COLLEGE 1989 ~ Kimberley Georgina Angela Devlin Dicker Dimarhos AG:D6 AG:Fl AG:F2 Margarita Matthew Greg Dowd Dimitrov a Dopson AG:C2 AG:E8 AG:D4 Nahdi Karen Robert Dunn Dwyer Eager AG: F3 AG:F2 AG:D6 •••• "Can I see your holes, Kylie? .. .in your foot!" 60 "Morning All." Catherine Laverty Ros Rangott even in the afternoon. B "I'll buy lots of packets of Rice ~"Who said I look like an Eagle?" Bubbles because the Rice Bubbles have ~ "Have a nice weekend" a free Cheezeburger voucher on the Gary Connolly back." Harold: "CASTLEMAN!!!" B "Please have the decency to stop Castleman: "It was him~." chewing when I turn around." Harold: "BULL~~~~!" B "You only need to vaporize 1 student in the class to get the others to work!" B "You must come to grips with your genitals" GLLess B "This method is meant to be more who r powerful than a locomotive and faster than a speeding bullet!" B "It suddenly dawned on me like a reverbial tonne of bricks." B ''I'm here for the money." Dale Kaylock f"Just sit there I'll get you a book." Tom Parsons ~ STIRLING COLLEGE 1989 41 Theatre Experience Once again student s enrolled in this registered course have attended a wide range of theatrical performances during the year. Undoubtedly the highlights On the local scene we of the year have been the have been to professional two visits to Sydney to sec productions at the Canberra Les Miserables and Evita. Theatre, the usual high The latter production, Canberra Rep plus several which included in its cast interesting visiting Stephen Fisher, a former productions. Stirling student, was disappoiting, but those who attended Les Miserables described it as an experience of a lifetime. Before the end of the year we will be visiting Sydney again to see the 1930's musical, 42nd Street, and early next year we will be off to the emerald city once more to see Chess. Barney Devlin Tue c,a.fl ca..rl .I Tua.t\.K yol.t. '·. . Pe.ter we a.LL , I o..pprecia.te. Lt.' .• . ;t 42 STIRLING COLLEGE 1989 ~ Troy Greg Amanda Ebsworth Eggins England AG:D7 AG:E2 AG:E2 Justin John Doug Fairbrother Ficovic Fisher AG:E4 AG:D5 AG:E6 Rebecca Peter James Fisher Fitzpatrick Fitzsimmons AG:E8 AG:D2 AG:D7 Jeremy Heidi Flint William Fleming AG:D5 Fogarty AG: FI AG:F2 Natasha Glenn Melinda Foster Fowler Fowles AG: F13 AG:F3 AG:D6 Matthew Susan Fry Jason Fraser AG:D7 Gabriel AG:F4 AG:F5 .. STIRLING COLLEGE 1989 43 A.C.T. ZONE ATHLETICS Yes, believe it or not Stirling College was represented at the A.C.T. Zone athletics carnival. Our diehard sport freaks kept up the side to come 6th place out of a total of 16 schools. We congratulate all our athletes on their efforts - you were great! Some people did extremely well. 16 years boys and 18 years boys came in with two firsts each. The 16 year old girls achieved four firsts. Overall the results were:- BOYS Place Event Rohan Lawry (New Record) 1 St 3000m 1 St 1500m Brad Felming 2nd 400m Preston Hart 2nd Shotput Paul Boschet 3rd Highjump Peter Fitzpatrick 1 St 800m 1 St 1500m GIRLS lOOm Sarah Leahy 1 St 400m Justine Reid 1 St 800m Katy Tibbits 1 st Triple Jump --· Relay Team (time: 56.6sec) 1 St 4 x lOOm Relay /; . ' Pam Andrew 2nd Javelin Anita Briggs 3rd 400m Catherine Laverty 3rd Discuss 4th Shotput 44 STIRLING COLLEGE 1989 ~ Patrick Kylie Katheryn Garden Gardiner Gault AG: El AG: El AG:E2 Brendan Gerity Ghasemi AG: D4 AG: F13 Leica Rachael Colin Oniel Gilbert Gillespie AG:D2 AG:D2 AG:D4 Tammy Joshua Richard Godwin Gray Groves AG: E4 AG:D3 AG: D5 Keryn Louise Donna Hackett Hajek AG:E6 AG:F4 Catherine Maria Halls Hannan AG:F5 AG: F13 ~ STIRLING COLLEGE 1989 45 Kevin Louise Linda Hardy Harrington Harrison AG: El AG:F6 AG:D6 Alison Kim Haslam Hekimian AG:D2 AG:D2 Julian Rebecca Michael Henry Hewett Hinchey AG:D4 AG:D5 AG:E4 .t6 STIRLING COLLEGE 1989. Khan Hogg Adam Amanda AG:E6 Horbanowic Howard AG: FI AG:D8 Vanessa David Alex Howe! Hutchinson Jaksic AG:F3 AG:F2 AG:F5 Liz James Kim Penny AG:E2 Jansen Johnson AG:D6 AG:E5 David Lisa Jones Megan Johnston AG:E6 Jones AG:F6 AG:F3 Stephanie Zoran David Jones Jovanovic Judge AG: Fl AG: Dl AG:D2 Scott Sharon Amanda Keighran Kendal Kenna AG:D3 AG:F3 AG : F4 48 STIRLING COLLEGE 1989 ~ Martin Lill ace Tanya Kent Ken ta Kerr AG:D4 AG:F5 AG:F6 Manfred Graeme Klingohr Knight AG:D6 AG:E8 Adam Kate Tony Lane Laing Lambart AG:E2 AG: El AG:D3 Locked in bed, , Like a prison. · Weak and White Waiting for Nana to come. Pills and tubes. Just like a robot attached to plugs and buzzers. Which say he might die. Alarm the nurses! But never Pop. Vacant eyes. Nurses come, To rescue him Back on pills and drips. He doesn't know, And he doesn't care. Leave Pop alone, Let my Nana rest, Don't answer the lights That flash, ~ And stop the robot r~ · That was my Pop. Let him rest. Mat Cooley • STIRLING COLLEGE 1989 49 Poem You're playing with my head, You ask too much my friend, I ask for nothing You're playing with my I do not understand. mind. You're toying with my life, my friend I'll never Jet you find. ) Alison Rowan Catherine Lang Lang Laverty AG:E2 AG:E8 AG:D7 Chris Karen Katherine Lawson Lloyd (alias Kate) AG:E4 AG:D8 Lord AG: E4 , Stuart Robert Elizabeth Lough ton Lowe Lyons AG:E6 AG:E6 AG:F6 50 STIRLING COLLEGE 1989 ~ I want your smile What I want and You want my life what you want I'll give a fight to the end. should go You think that you can take hand in hand. my soul Well, think again My friend. by Alexandra Payne YjA1<£ '(oui:\ F"Rlf.NDS \.A\XJ+-\ W1 I~ ~ Ovr~11U£ou? y1rT f"""Ro~ COME IN & SMILE Simon John Lucy MacKenzie Marsh AG:Fl AG:E8 Phillip Nicole Kylie Martin Mayo McCarthy AG:F5 AG:F2 AG:D5 Naomi Graham Stephen McDowell McLaren McMahon AG:D2 AG:F6 AG:D7 .. STIRLING COLLEGE 1989 51 Anthony Andrew Lisa Menzies M iddle week Mihailaros AG: Dl AG: D3 AG:F5 Daniel Glenn Panida Millgate Mills Milne AG:D4 AG:D4 AG:F6 Nada Anne Andrew J. Milovanovic Minns Mitchell AG:D8 AG: F13 AG:F6 Medea Report First there was Tawdry Audrey's, then there came Photographs & Memories; but this was not to be all for Stirling's drama department. There was to be another, a third production, to add to the brilliance of the previous two. However this was no ordinary project. No, this play was quite different from the rest. Undaunted, eleven lone students and their inspmng director, John Oakley, alias Muppet Man, took the plunge. They Against such odds these decided to bring the real dedicated students worked scandal out into the open, The risks these eleven bravely and steadily. Their deliver the facts as noone young professionals took tasks encompassed has before. They were to were astounding. They investigative research, perform the original were to goad all levels of crime reconstruction and two-and-a-half thousand society into wrath, examination of both year old version of Days of including, among others, objective and Our Lives, as written by librarians, parents and circumstantial evidence. tragic Greek liberalist and particularly maths And the product? Their misognist, Euripi des. They teachers. efforts were pulled together were to perform ... Medea. into four fine performances. 52 STIRLING COLLEGE 1989 .. Now what we'd like to know woman and her acts of is ... did you see it? If not revenge on those who you'll regret not knowing displease her. the story of this amazing by: Stephanie Jones Alexandra Payne Meagan Smith Kate Lord was presented from the 18th - 21st Sept at the College and 19th Oct at Mirinjani Retirement Village. The performances receive substantial critical acclaim and played to full houses. ~=ililiiiiil Kim Zorica Elizabeth Mitchell Mojsovski Morgan AG:E8 AG: El AG:D2 Pentti Si an Aro on a Muhli Munro Murphy AG:D7 AG: D3 AG:D7 Mandi Amy Dallas McEwan Mc Ginn Mcintyre AG:E8 AG: D7 AG:D8 ~ STIRLING COLLEGE 1989 53 French Soin~es Some social highlights He comes originally from the style, the bicentenary of for Stirling's French Paris region but at an early its Revolution in ]789. class this year were the age moved with his family to Students had the opport three very successful Grenoble in the French Alps. llllity to attend many events and enjoyable "soirees During the taped interview corranemorating this import francaises" held respect Boris was asked numerous ant event for the French i vel v in the homes of questions on a variety of including film-showings, Melissa Dickson (with topics. What did he think plays and exhibitions, special guest ~!oea Garon) of Australians and Australian excursions to "Les Liasons Leila El-Kilany and society, for example? What Dangereuses", "] 789 +and Tania Bencic. Mellissis differences are there between all that" and "Madame bicentenary banquet the education systems in Gllffiotrn" which proved was held just prior Australia and France? How to be very enjoyable, and to the I4th Julv for many of you know, for example, at the time of writing, the continuing French that a typical college day in Marcel Marceau, the French class. We began with Franch can begin at eight mime artist, was about hors-d oeuvres of vol- o'clock in the morning, and to hit town. au vents and pate de that it can finish as late as Alliance Franc;aise foie gras, with a.ter five or six in the evening? rific champagne cocktail. Or even that the French go to Congratulations to the The entree, vichyssoise, school on Saturday morning? following students of a delightful potato soup, Tania was curious to find out French who entered the was served wann, followed as much as she could about the Alliance Francaise comp by the Elitt___2_rincipal current French music scene, etition in July. Entrants which was -Coc6tte de sporting activities, social were required to write a caille, porranes de terre problems and France's attitude dictation, do a listening carottes vichy and haric to nuclear testing in the comprehension exercise and ots verts au naturel. South Pacific. It was very write a short es5ay on a And in traditional successful for the group who given topic in French. French style a variety listened to it in class and of cheeses were avail· then discussed Boris' Mention "Tres Bien": able. articulate, perceptive and Matt Stunn, Kate Edworthy, We had time to chat infonned responses. and Kim Walker. and joke before tarte Mention"Bien": sable aux fruits - --- Another Tania Bencic, Leonie Cusack, de saison wereserved. Bicentenary! This Melissa Dickson, Amir After dinner cafe Hosny, Sue Milne and Scott au lait and eclairs time for the French Peak. au- ChOcola t were "served. On the ]4th of July this year It was a most enjoy- France celebrated, in grand able way of celebrating France\ national dav and bicentenary. ' Interview with Boris Tania, a student in Barry s Yr II French class, decided it would be great to improve her listening and speaking skills in French by inter viewing the channing Boris Capedevielle, our overseas exchange student from France. Boris arrived from France at the beginning of this year as part of the A.F.S Exchange program. 5-t ST II~LI NG COLLEGE 1989 Gerry John Michelle Nagel Newton Nikolis AG:E8 AG:E8 AG: El Michael Natusha Jane Norris Northey Nuske AG:E2 AG:E5 AG:F3 Jane Jasminka Jennifer Nuttall Nuzda O'Brien AG:E5 AG:E6 AG:B2 Robert Orr Nigel Shane AG:E6 Packwood Parker AG:Fl AG: F13 j Jeremy Alex Kate Patten Payne ' Pearce AG:F2 AG:F2 AG: F13 Allison Virginia Marko Pearson Pease Pekk arinen AG:F3 AG:D3 AG:F4 • STIRLING COLLEGE 1989 SS HOMEWORLD : A' tl{f:1f WtJrk rvr-- In the Tuggeranong Town Centre Melissa Kylie Fiona Pfeil P eters Peterson AG:E2 AG:F5 AG:F6 Lee-Anne Steven Rosi Picker Pike Pilgrim AG:Dl AG:F5 AG: F13 Tanya Michael Kim Pinto Plenty Powell AG:D2 AG:F4 AG:D3 56 STIRLING COLLEGE 1989. Lisa Andrew Jenny Priddle Procter Pummeroy AG:D4 AG:E4 AG:D5 Michael Dejan Kylee Purcell Radovanovic Rainey AG:Dl AG:F2 AG:E8 Stuart Kym Emil Ramshaw Ransome Rathouski AG:D2 AG:D3 AG:D4 R~ OO®TI QlllJ®u~~ "This zero is more zeroish than this "Pease Ov." zero." "Give us a break." Jim Rickwood "Hey what are you doing." "Don't chew your hair or you'll get Boris balls. [i.e.hair balls]" "Hey dudes." George Tibbets Peter Clague "That changes the odds now!" "Ah .... Bob it's time to go." Travis Charles "Ah gee, is it?" "Has anyone got any textas that are Bob James (10 minutes into next line) big and bright and happy?" "It doesn't matter I don't do anything "This texta sounds like Flipper." anyway." Michelle de la Fosse (In "What are those [Rentokil] 1boxes for?" reference to going shopping) Andre Wheeley "At this point in time ... " David Robinson: "Andre will you take Bronwyn Jenkins down some of those quotes if I ask "G'day Matey." you nicely?'' Kate Lord Andre: " ... No." "Mouth-to-mouth ... On a dead rabbit!?" D.R.: "What about if I pay you some "Where do I put the photo of Louise money?" Sparks .... A.W.: " ... Maybe." under Jeff Deards?" "I just farted, but noone heard because Loredana Adriana Brinis-Norris the floorboards creaked." L.A.B-N: "Come to the toilet with me." • STIRLING COLLEGE 1989 57 Kylie Andrew Michael Rebecca Red win Reed AG: F13 AG:Dl AG:D5 Nicola Sharon Bobby Reynolds Riske Robbins AG:D8 AG:E2 AG:Dl David Elisabeth Robertson Robinson Rubie AG: FI AG:D6 AG:D7 Robert Michaela Ole Rush Ryan Saeverud AG:D8 AG:A6 AG:F6 Jody Maurizio David Salmon Salza Sanchez AG:E6 AG:F2 AG: El James Adele Patricia Sandry Sands Scerri AG:E2 AG: E2 AG: F13 58 STIRLING COLLEGE 1989 . • STIRLING COLLEGE- 1989 5 9 Michael Jodie Julie Shaw Schow Seeley AG:F3 AG:F4 AG:Fl Sandy Susan Jamie Shaw Shaw Sheard AG:D8 AG:F4 AG:E4 Vanessa Lisa Peter Sheehan Shepherd Sh evchenko AG:F6 AG:ES AG:E5 i ~ 1 60 STIRLING COLLEGE 1989 ~ Grandma Her pure white hair lay Haunting memories echoed in softly around her pillow. my mind and I felt it was took her wrinkled hand in time to say my farewell. mine and I could still feel I bent down to press my lips the warm presence of her against her soft aged skin, recently departed soul. She subconsciously thinking was a sacrifice, a memorial they would return her life, to an ending of pain. Her but upon my kiss, I could once clear bright blue eyes feel the onset of her death. now glared lifelessly towards the heavens soon to be closed for the last time. c ·~) '1 ~ Paul Siljak Darren Justin AG:E6 Sillis Simon AG: Fl AG: Fl \ Jenny Zlatko Slat Vicki Simons AG:F2 Small AG: Dl AG:D2 Damian Dean Kirrily Smith Smith Smith AG: F4 AG:F5 AG:D3 ... STIRLING COLLEGE 1989 61 Pre-Test Blues Got a call from me matey I had to get there quickly "You've slept in rather although I felt quite sickly lately" My watch said quarter to In the mirror I looked a and I had a test to do ... fright from my study last Megan Rebecca Smith Smith AG:D5 AG:D6 Susan Steven Janette Smith Sparrow Spaven AG:D7 AG:F6 AG:E8 Simon Shane Shannon Spitaler Stevens Stoddart AG:Fl AG:D2 AG: El 62 STIRLING COLLEGE 1989 .. i {- 'fES I 'fetj c AN PLf!'y 01 ITl-t THG PENciLS ( i NEx-r. .. l I (' ' Former HOOKER PROJECTS A.C.T. donated $ 100 Marcus Matthais Glenn Strkalj Sturm Swan AG:D4 AG:D6 AG:D5 Noel Chris Mason Taloni Tar buck Tate AG:D8 AG: El AG:F2 Belinda Kirsten Selina Thompson Thompsn Thompson AG:E4 AG: E5 AG:E8 • STIRLING COLLEGE 1989 63 Inter-School serious. As an I.S.C.F. we morning. also spend time sharing and A sound hunt is like a Christian Fellowship socializing (getting to scavenger hunt except you know) each other. This collect sounds on a list and You may have seen us happens both on tape them within a set round the college... Liz, Wednesdays and outside of amount of time. All who Dave, Christina... to name a school. We've had a number went to this activity said they'd few. We are Christian of social activities, in fact, had a RAGE! students who choose to meet these include: an overnight every Wednesday lunch for camp at the Cotter, having a Instead of starting with an a time of fellowship and sound hunt with Phillip entree we started with Christian support. College l.S.C.F., running a coffee, at our regressive regressive dinner, a sleep dinner activity. Then we During these lunch over, visiting the Boys jumped in our cars and meetings we do all manner Grammar I.S.C.F. one lunch drove to someone else's o[ activities most of which and hosting a prayer house for the main course, centre around a group breakfast for I.S.C.F.'s from and to another house for discus sion or talk on the all over the A.C.T. entree. It was a strange but Christian and Bible's fun night with two birthday perspective of current The camp at the Cotter was a surprises mixed in with the issues. Also, we hold a great success. Everyone dinner, if you saw 4 cars prayer meeting every who went had a really good driving along with Friday morning. Here we time swimming, diving, streamers and balloons bring to God in prayer all playing midnight stuck to them it was manner of concerns, volleyball, playing group probably us. It was matters such as college hide and seek in the dark, especially great to meet issues, friends, teachers, roasting marshmallows and other people who came families etc. following our illustrious along . leader's example by letting But we're not always down the guys' tent in the Most other I.S .C.F.'s are Richard Kerrie Tracy Tooth Trainor Travers AG:E2 AG:Fl AG:D7 Sarah Michelle Vance Tregilgas Trevethan Triming AG: F2 AG: F13 AG:E4 Mark Nathan Brendan Trpenoski Trushell Tunks AG:E5 AG:E4 AG:E6 64 STIRLING COLLEGE 1989. Biljana Matthew Christina Urosevic Van Der Vandenberg AG: El Kraan AG:F4 AG:Dl Yash Rory Jodie Varma Vernon- Vickers AG: Fl Rogers AG:F5 AG:D3 Lois Vider Sharri David AG: F6 Vincent Vrins AG:Dl AG:F2 Jl2 teacher led but at Stirling we arc led by a student DIGIT OWNER OPERATED leadership. After a few RESEARCH AND hassles at the start of the DESIGN : DE'iELOPMElfT m. LTD. year the ever energetic Liz 30 Yrs .ExrJerience in Eiectronics James took the reins. She for Promp°t, Professional Service has done a wonderful job and Repairs to: organising the group this year. Thankyou Liz for all your time, effort, love and support. We have needed it and we appreciate it greatly . TYPEWRITERS: Most of our Christian IBM, ADLER, CANON, OLIVETTI witnessing this year was OLYMPIA, REMINGTON directed towards efforts at OICTAPHONES: an individual level. We PHILJPS, NATIONAL, SANYO, LANIER chose to show God to the .PRINTERS: . college through our actions, EPSON, TOSHIBA,- STAR, MICROLJNE, NEC and to be examples of His COMPUTERS: Jove to friends and others IBM COMPATIBLE PC'S, APPLE. COMMODORE, on a personal level. TANDY;. OSBOURNE . OFFICE EQUIPHE1IT That's I.S .C.F. - why don't STOCKS OF SECONDHAND TYPEWRITERS AND OTHER OFFICE you look into it? 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It was such a large hassle - getting just enough people to fill the bus, and pay! - She won't do it again. ANyway on the morning of the 16th of August, most of us managed lo wake up and make it lo thcw bus by 6:45a.m. Now if there was one person who would absolutely, positively and definitely be there, on time, who would it be? Virginia. Guess who was excellent and all but the late? Half an hour late too! tops of some rocks were Virginia. Anyway once visible. At Mt Blue Cow we we'd stuffed her stuff in the had fun watching Peter Fitz bus (the boot was full, so we fall over all the time, he had put it under the seats) we a beautiful fall with a left the college. spectacular head plant! Peter Chcv and Andre tried Dick, our busdrivcr, didn't the Kamakazi run, but it was too full of steep iccy know his way around 29 Rosebery Street Fisher Weston Creek, but he got us mogouls. to Perisher in once piece. For Automatic and Manual Meanwhile everyone else · We had a fuel stop (toilet) Success was having a rage of a time for a couple of minutes at Lessons 7 days in Perisher. We'd arranged Cooma for those people who From daylight onwards were busting. Then the bus to meet back at the bus in your car or ours made its way through between 3:30 and 4p.m. PROFESSIONAL INSTRUCTIOK Jindabyne and on to The three of us at Mt. Blue +QUICK RESULTS Smiggins where Virginia Cow were having such a GUARANTEED bought day tickets for cool time that we had to Ph. (2)884419 everyone skiing at rush to catch the bus. John Stevenson Perisher. Peter Fitz, Peter Chev and Andre went to Mt. We'll remember this day as Blue Cow via the Ski Tube. - call John now - really excellent, thanks to At this time of year the Virginia for organising it. snow level was good but not Andre Wheeley 884419 68 STIRLING COLLEGE 1989 . Jamie Wooc1ward AG El Paul Oakman AG: AT THIS P01N'T IN \l11sun itME~ I Yuung AC; E') CAN'T SAIL THE 'BLoot>'f TH/N(r•... STIRLING COLLEGE 1989. Troubled Friend Her Tale It was just an ordinary day, The sun was shining In a tiny country town in So she wrote a letter long; brightly New South Wales, sent it to her home address; Where the sky is pink . and Said, "Mama, this place is There she was one of my the grass is pale, rough and though- I like it best mates. Stands an old wooden pub - nonetheless, She looked troubled, familiar and sure, I think it best if I moved on With a crooked verandah and sold my corner store." Out of her mind to say. and an open door. And from where she sat to And with calloused hands write she saw the pub's old and sunburnt arms open door I went up to say G-day, The locals come in from the And the locals, thought it, She didn't recognize me, fields and the farms, laughing at the bar. She was in a dreadful way. And, helped by the Now she knew they laughed traditional cold bitter ale, at her, and proud as most They laugh at the bar and girls are I had read about these spin their father's father's She stormed across the tales. street to where the men all things in papers But the best known tale, and leaned to drink, and magazines. the favourite, I'm sure, And though they'd never Why her I say? Is that of the Jew in the shown respect before, now general store, they seemed as if to shrink - She has a very loving Who sailed from her family And she was taken by this to a new way of life - gesture but she firmly held family. "She's got Buckley's", 'twas her ground - said, "there's bound to be As they watched in Who am I talking to? strife. 11 anticipation, not one of For the locals knew their them made a sound. She isn't my friend, land and how it Then when her plea was She is a total stranger. was harsh; over and the score was From its droughts and finally even, She needs help. barren hillsides to its All the locals looked flood-rains and its marsh. deplored and one said, She likes being high Still, she ran her general •sounds like you're leavin'." store and she ran it "bloody So leave she did that country But why? well', town and sold her It won't take away any And it was complimented general store, often, "she's a tough one that She'd come in search of problems new gel!" a better life and left in search I say to her in fear. And she strove to be for more. accepted but the local minds So she travelled south to the were closed: city to try life there for a We are no longer good Not receptive to her ways or while, · mates the differences she posed. Now strutting through its streets, ten years on, she Your drugs arc more to you Now that Jew girl, she was often smiles than me. tough, and it's clear that she 'Bout that tiny country town was smart, with its pub and bracken But her eyes they lost that ferns - Remember the good times, fire which they had back at She knows now, it can't These arc no longer there. the start. change, and she never will For she was not accustomed return. Good bye my friend to the country and its ways - I hate to see you suffer The idiosyncrasies of the Vicki Collins people were to dampen many days. Kathy Bowell STIRLING COLLEGE 1989 71 Straight Student!: "She says to do all this." Student2: "Who's you r Maths teacher?" S 1: "Peter Duggan." S2: "Then why did you say SHE?" Sl: "I don't know." S2: "It must be the hair!" "You've got to get out of bed at 4a.m., even though your girlfriend is still there, and do your Maths homework." Peter Duggan "[In first trimester] Run off as many tests as possible, especially this year's." Yash Varma "I don't like this question. I'll just cross it out." David Boeh "Michael had a dream last night...He dreamt he got an A." Peter Gardiner RR "Did you know that if you are decapitated, blood shoots up six feet from your jugular vein!" Noel Stonham "Harold, you've tied your slinky rn a knot." Sandy "No-one's ever laughed at my jokes!" Peter Gardiner Andre: "What's the derivitive of xy with respect to x?" Kate: ·"Why." A.W.: 'Tm doing a question." K.L.:"Y." A.W.: "I need the answer." K.L.: "Y - that's the answer." A.W.: "Oh. y." The energetic, don't want emphatic, of these enjoyable E 's 72 ST1RLJNG COLLEGE 1989 ~ Sky You arc a blanket A wide blue blanket Which comforts us Yet we cannot touch. A protector who docs not move Has always been And always will be Who docs not age But stands vigil Throughout etcrn i ty . Everybody looks up to you As if you arc God Floating aloft In a silver lined shroud of clouds. A rose at dawn A deep blue pool A billowing, raging sea A diamond studded cavern These things you arc to me. Sky, You arc always And always will be A close friend Yet a mystery to me. I only have Justin Harvey. I·s for You .. . J is for___ _ 1n the ~ It's the special K 's .. STIRLING COLLEGE 1989 73 Jl Jl Oh no! It's Na They've got the look 1f (g ~rr Jl Jl Grace A person. Her life Grace. Is full of secrets t Slowly, The others, your Are Subtly. They see ... She lets them out. Mum P's & (),s Slowly, Auntie But surely Wife "I will share the pain My~ I pick up the clues. Sister with you" Grandmother. For we are so much I have many masks be wanted to hate her. alike. hind which I hide, let myself believe I I saw her as grandmoth- Together Masks that cover what hated her. er we can learn But I don't Now I see and survive I'm feeling inside. I know that now. Grace. and live. I need masks for protec tion.just like a fort, She wants someone to Grace has been I am 18 'cause deep down inside understand her. lied ·to, You are 67. She needs someone to ignored, We are still learning I'm easily hurt. believe in her. abused, We have alot to offer I get worried or scared Someone who is willing exploited, We can be strong when things get rough, to accept that she feels degraded. together. But my mask makes me pain. But... Someone to trust in. Grace took everything in seem at ease or tough. To say and buried it But I will no longer call When I feel sad or lonely ''I'm here for you" deep in her mind. you Grandmother. I try to act cool, She struggled I will not join you that's one of my masks I know she feels pain. with emotions. out of pity. use really often at I know she wants to feel Fear I will be there as a loved. Anger friend school. And now I know that Betrayed. I will call you Grace. If I like a guy my friends right now she doesn't Kylie Rebecca think is a jerk, feel loved. She thought I act like I do too.and She could keep it all in. She hides behind a She thought she could hope the act works, live with it. mask, There are so many It has been with her But she doesn't live, More years than I have She hasn't lived. .. masks I use every day, lived. Yet. I hardly show my real in any way. Now Now it's time. I see through the mask I think I am ready. I am the only one. by Alison Warren The only one who wants To say, to see "I am here for you" Her. "I love you" 7 4 ST! RLl NG COLLEGE 1989 ~ such a u have gotf!1 the look Winter From my Bed room Grey cold days, From my warm bed, Cold icy windows, and fog. The air has no smell First bites your nose and freezes your ears. So unfriendly. Waiting to hear the Go Ai-lfAD-" birds, The smell of jasmine MAKE To press my face MY against The glass warmed by the sun. Just waiting for winter to go by. Frozen weather and time, Without colour or life. Roses like balls of co lour with sweet perfume Covering bushes Only in my mind, So I'll wait, · From under my doona, Wait for winter to go by. Matthew Cooley .. STIRLING COLLEGE 1989 7 5 Major Events Poem 2 Amnesty Trimester International What right • 6th March, Farewell to do people Ian Collier have. Next year will see the • 22nd March, Excursion introduction of a new to see "Les Miserables" PARTY TIME Registered course. This To indulge themselves course will provide an in my life. • 3lst March, Two more (for girls) opportunity for interested students and teachers to be To change my ways. commercial television involved in the activities of To talk my thoughts. stations begin to Dress up in your best, Amnesty International. To use my emotions So everyone sees, broadcast. September this year saw the for viewing. • April 7th, That you're not a dag. formation of an informal I'm not the new Bring the guys to their group within the college show and tell. Intercollegiate Athletics which organised knees. I'm not just here Carnival membership details and a Flirt like a temptress, program of action for the for you. Your gauge of success, remainder of 1989. So f--- off Trimester 2 Is how many guys, now The group will concentrate •l 8th - 20th May, With you are obsessed. its activities into letter and Health Education Camp writing, targeting leave me alone. (for guys) particular at Caloola Farm. countries/regions where I don't need your • l 4th - 17th June, human rights arc being hell. Drink as much as you viol at ed. Other methods Performing Arts Cafe. would include Urgent can, Actions where prisoners by • Stirling's Your mouth smells like a arc in immediate danger of Alexandra Payne Inter-collegiate boys drain, torture or execution, and fundraising. basketball team played That's the sign of a man, in Commonwealth Bank More booze that brain! This Amnesty Contact group Now you're drunk, will continue a tradition of Cup. this college's involvement You're happy, • l 2th July, Ski Trip with Amnesty International On top of the world. and other Peace ANU information Day And you'd really like, organisations. We hope that CCAE Open Day it will be carried on in To be on top of that girl years to come and enable • 20th July, Careers '89 But you've got a girl students to express their Health Education Day friend, concerns about the rights Well, not for long! of human beings to be • 24th - 28th, Book protected from unlawful "Piss off ya bitch, stu Week arrest and the use of torture pid dumb blonde" and execution by • 25th July, Australian Governments. National Chemistry Quiz. Dumb blonde is it, Carol Falls. • 15th August, Trial Well, we shall soon see. ASAT "You can talk, dickhead •14th - 18th, Work You've got less brains Experience than me!" College Life by Alison Warren Yr11 Trimester 3 •24th August, College Open Day • 4th - 8th September, Litfest • 6th - 7th September, ASATTEST • 18th - 2Ist September, College Drama Production: "Photographs and Memories • 25th - 28th October, College Drama Prodi;ction: " Medea" 76 STIRLING COLLEGE 1989 ..