Volume 94 | Term 3, 2019

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Sir JJ Talbot Hobbs

Lieutenant General Sir John Joseph Talbot Hobbs was ’s most distinguished World War One soldier as well as one of the state’s most renowned architects.

His battle tactics, alongside those of Sir Field Battery in 1903. By 1906, Hobbs Pozieres was captured in September 1916. , at Villers Bretonneux and was a Lieutenant Colonel commanding a In December of that same year, Hobbs in breaching the Hindenburg Line were Western Australian mixed brigade and in assumed command of the 5th Australian significant in hastening the end of the First 1913 became a Colonel commanding the Division, being promoted to Major General World War. In similar vein, his architectural 22nd Infantry Brigade. On four occasions, in January. His Division distinguished influence in Western Australia can still prior to the outbreak of hostilities in World itself at Polygon Wood in 1917 and it was be seen in , ’s western War One, Hobbs went to England, largely Hobbs’ tactics that saw the retaking of suburbs, the City of Perth itself and in at his own expense, to undertake training Villers-Bretonneux from 24 to 27 April country towns as widespread as Walkaway with the . He was, therefore, by 1918, a victory which most probably in the mid-west. 1914 when war commenced, thoroughly contributed to the abandonment of the equipped to serve his King and country German operations towards Amiens. His Hobbs was born in 1864 in Clerkenwell, and on 8 August that year was selected by distinguished services were recognised, Middlesex in the UK. He arrived in Perth Major General William Bridges to command in that same year, when he was created a in 1887 with the Hurst family, having the 1st Australian Divisional Artillery. Knight Commander of the undertaken some architectural training, and Knight Commander of the Order of St most likely in Sussex. It was also in this Talbot Hobbs was at the Gallipoli landing Michael and St George. area of the UK that Hobbs was involved and was in command of the artillery there in some soldiering with volunteer military until November 1915 when he was struck Towards the end of May 1918, Lieutenant units. down by dysentery and invalided to Cairo, General Sir John Monash was placed in despite his protests. Subsequently, he was command of the and In terms of his military career, Hobbs, promoted to Brigadier General and made Hobbs became the Senior Divisional on arrival in Perth in 1887 joined the a Companion of the Order of the Bath. Commander. Hobbs was Volunteer Artillery in Perth as a gunner, was In March 1916 Hobbs went with the 1st involved in the capture of Mont St Quentin, commissioned in 1889 and rose to the Australian Division to France and was in crossing the Somme in the face of command of the First Western Australian command of the Australian Artillery when strong opposition, in what British General

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Rawlinson described as: “the greatest Fremantle (1896), the Windsor Hotel in It could be argued that Sir JJ Talbot Hobbs military achievement of the war.” He then South Perth (1898), Manners Hill Park was the most influential architect in made careful plans for the attack on the Pavillion in Peppermint Grove (1903), the Western Australia’s history. To this, of Hindenburg Line, which was successfully Holy Trinity Church in Walkaway (1903) and course, must be added the fact that he breached by the 3rd and 5th Divisions on Turton in North Fremantle (1904). was and remains the most successful 30 September and 1 October 1918. At soldier in the history of this state. In terms war’s end Monash was put in charge of These buildings were substantially added of the achievements of this prominent the repatriation and demobilisation of the to by the many projects completed by but oft forgotten Western Australian, Australian troops and Hobbs succeeded Hobbs architectural partnerships, Hobbs, the words of Lieutenant General Sir him in command of the Australian Corps Smith and Forbes and Hobbs, Forbes Brudenall White, as part of his eulogy at through to May 1919. and Partners, in the period from July Hobbs national funeral in May 1938, are 1904, and with a significant pause for especially apt: “he was not only a soldier, The two leading figures in the Australian wartime activity, to 1931 when he began he was a great citizen and a great Christian Army Corps, Sir Talbot Hobbs and Sir John to relinquish further responsibilities. gentleman who knew none other than the Monash, were civilian soldiers and it is Prominent buildings still standing from straight path.” interesting to speculate whether it may this period include but are not limited have been their professions – the former to: the WA Trustees Building (1925) and Simon Hunn an architect, the latter an engineer – that Newspaper House (1932) both in St Director of the Centre for Ethics drove their success in what was the first George’s Terrace, St George’s College and grand scale industrial war. It was their eye Chapel (1930), the student residential for detail, their ability to plan meticulously building across the Highway from UWA, Afterword to move vast numbers of men, artillery, and the State War Memorial (1929) in The Centre for Ethics is pleased to tanks and planes in a manner strategically Kings Park. announce, in a joint venture with St designed to overcome the German forces George’s College, that Talbot Hobbs who opposed them, that must have given It is probably well to add to this that architectural biographer John Taylor will them a significant advantage over their many of Perth’s well known and beautiful be delivering a talk on Sir JJ Talbot Hobbs career soldier counterparts. buildings, in St George’s Terrace in at St George’s College, Mounts Bay Road, particular, were designed by Hobbs and Crawley (across from UWA) on the evening On returning to Perth in 1919, Hobbs was these were destroyed in the orgies of of 12 September 2019, commencing at to continue serving his country in a military development of the 60s and 70s when 7.30 pm. John will be talking, specifically, capacity, until his resignation from the the majority of Perth’s late 19th and early on Hobbs 100 years ago, with added army in August of 1927. His remaining army 20th century buildings were demolished. focus on buildings such as St George’s career saw him, in this capacity and among Hobbs’ architectural biographer John College, Christ Church in Claremont and other things, responsible for the design Taylor (Between Duty and Design: the Havelock House on the grounds of Christ and erection of various war memorials on Architect Soldier Sir J. J. Talbot Hobbs, Church Grammar School. The talk will be, the battle fields and in Western Australia UWA Publishing, 2014) commented on approximately, 40 minutes duration with and it was in this period he was petitioned this in salutary fashion: “the reasons were the chance to ask questions afterwards. to run, albeit unsuccessfully, for State manifest but include Western Australian This event is free but John Taylor’s Parliament. He also resumed his post-war society’s apathy towards it inheritance, architectural history of Hobbs, Between career as an architect of some renown. ignorance of the cultural value of the Duty and Design, will be available for places, a lack of well-considered and purchase at half price on the evening. Hobbs’s architectural career, which had informed city planning regulations, the begun soon after his arrival in Perth from deficiency of cultural heritage legislation If you are interested in attending this talk England in 1887, began to flourish in to preserve the buildings, the lack on Sir Talbot Hobbs, please register here. what was still the pre-federation period. of understanding of sustainability in During the period 1887 to 1904 as a sole resource use for construction, and the architectural practitioner, Hobbs produced hungry greed of developers often acting References around 550 combined works. These for multinational banks and insurance Coombes, David, The Lionheart: included, and I am only naming well known companies.” To this, perhaps, could be A Life of Lieutenant General Sir Talbot buildings still standing: Scot’s Church added the shameful circumstances when Hobbs (Australian Military Publications, Fremantle (1890), The Cliffe in Peppermint in August 1990 Hobbs grand residence, NSW, 2007). Grove in the same year, The Weld Club The Bungalow, an architectural exemplar (1891), Christ Church in Claremont (1893), of its time and a lynchpin of Peppermint Taylor, John, Between Duty and Design: The Knutsford House built for Alfred Sandover Grove’s social history for some 90 years, Architect Soldier Sir JJ Talbot Hobbs in 1895, which still stands as part of was torn down. This was done, to quote (UWA Publishing, Crawley, 2014). the boarding precinct at Christ Church Taylor again: “on the pathetic premise that Grammar School, Victoria Hall in it was ‘unsound” (Taylor, p.223). 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Richard Ian Charlesworth AO

Richard ‘Ric’ Charlesworth – a Christ Church Grammar School old boy - is an Australian sports consultant, former hockey player and arguably one of Australia’s finest coaches.

He is a tactical genius in football which Professor Luc Delriviere is apparent through his mentoring Professor Luc Delriviere has explored roles in Australian Football League the Narrow Plateaux of the Antarctic circles. His involvement in politics Peninsula in support of the Liver lasted a decade and his work as an Foundation of Western Australia. administrative member of the Western Australian Institute of Sport Board was Professor Delriviere, his wife Bronwyn a clear insight of his multi-talented and six others, commenced the 200km personality. journey, which has only ever been undertaken by four other people, in His most effective role was, December 2018. The Delriviere’s are both undoubtedly, the one of being an enthusiastic polar travellers and have exceptional coach of Australian trained for over five years in preparation national mens and womens hockey for the expedition. Whether leading the world in hockey, teams. Under his guidance, both teams captaining Western Australia in cricket were victorious in many international Professor Delriviere said that in addition or winning a seat in federal parliament, tournaments including the Hockey to challenging their own limits they hope he excelled in each and every field he World Cup and the Hockey Champions to inspire others to find their passion for participated in. He played domestic and Trophy. helping people in need. “Most importantly, county cricket at an early stage in his we want to increase awareness of liver sporting career and later served as the He is the first person to have played disease and raise much needed funding for high performance manager for the New in and coached a Gold medal winning the Liver Foundation of Western Australia,” Zealand Cricket Team. World Cup team in hockey. he said. The Centre for Ethics Newsletter

Dickon Oxenburgh

Dickon Oxenburgh graduated from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) in 1984.

For the past 20 years he has worked as a writer, teacher, dramaturg and actor. Dickon has collaborated with Andrew Ross on a number of adaptations for the stage including Randolph Stow’s novels; Tourmaline, The Merry-Go- Greenbatch Round in the Sea and the yet-to-be- In December 2016, Darren Lomman was produced, To The Islands; also the watching television when he saw an novel The Year of Living Dangerously by advertisement that changed the course Christopher J. Koch, all produced by the of his career. The advertisement was for Black Swan Theatre Company and the reusable water bottles and included an Festival of Perth (now PIAF). alarming statistic; by the end of 2050, there will be more plastic than fish in He dedicates this work to his our oceans. daughters Eliza and Olivia.

At the age of 34, Lomman might be regarded as a veteran of the Australian start-up scene. While a 19-year-old John J Taylor mechanical engineering student at John J Taylor author of Between Duty the University of Western Australia, a and Design, a biography of prominent chance meeting with a fellow motorcycle Western Australian architect and enthusiast prompted him to launch his soldier Sir JJ Talbot Hobbs, grew up in first enterprise, Dreamfit, a not-for-profit Perth, Western Australia. He studied organisation that developed innovative architecture at the University of equipment to enhance the mobility of Western Australia and in his final year people with disabilities. was awarded the prestigious E.G. Cohen Medal. Greenbatch Foundation partners with schools allowing students to collect their In 1990 he established his own practice and Sites) and the National Trust of old PET plastic bottles through recycling and is now prominent in heritage Australia. and have it repurposed into 3D printer conservation. Taylor was awarded the filament. 2000 Heritage Conservation Award in Taylor’s previous book Between WA for his work at St Brigid’s Convent, Devotion and Design is based on the This project covers environmental, social Northbridge. He is a fellow of the Royal work of John Cyril Hawes, an architect and economic impacts across the full Australian Institute of Architects, and priest known for designing church triple bottom line. By recycling through and a member of Australia ICOMOS buildings in England, Western Australia Greenbatch we can save plastic from (International Council of Monuments and the Bahamas. entering landfills, oceans and waste incinerators.

Ben MCAllister “ by the end of Christ Church Grammar School old boy Ben MCAllister 2050, there will completed his Honours in Physics in 2014, supervised by be more plastic Professor Michael Tobar. During his studies he commenced work on the ORGAN Experiment, which is a microwave cavity than fish in our haloscope designed to detect high mass axion dark matter. ocean ” The design and commissioning of ORGAN has been the subject of Ben’s PhD which he has completed.

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Professor Colleen Among her achievements, Colleen has been recognised for her long-standing Hayward AM work for and on behalf of Aboriginal and Professor Colleen Hayward joined Edith Torres Strait Islander communities across Cowan University in 2009 as Head of Australia by being named a finalist in Kurongkurl Katitjin, ECU’s Centre for the 2008 national Deadly Awards in the Indigenous Education and Research. category of Outstanding Achievement in In addition to this role, in 2012 she Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health became Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Equity and and by winning the 2008 National NAIDOC Indigenous). Prior to joining ECU, Colleen Aboriginal Person of the Year Award. was Manager of the Kulunga Research Network at the Telethon Institute for Colleen is also a recipient of the Premier Child Health Research. of Western Australia’s prestigious Multicultural Ambassador’s Award for Young People and was appointed a Member Colleen is a senior Noongar woman with advancing human rights and anti-racism of the Order of Australia. In 2015, Colleen extensive family links throughout the in the community. She was inducted to was a finalist in the Aboriginal Award south west of Western Australia. For the WA Women’s Hall of Fame in 2012 category of the 2015 Western Australian more than 30 years, Colleen has provided and is the 2009 inductee into the WA of the Year Awards and the Australian significant input to policies and programs Department of Education’s Hall of Fame of the Year (Western Australia) Awards. on a wide range of issues. for Achievement in Aboriginal Education. The same year saw Colleen awarded one Colleen was a member of the National of Murdoch University’s Distinguished Her qualifications include a Bachelor of Convention of First Peoples in 2017 that Alumni for her work in the areas of equity Education, Bachelor of Applied Science produced the Uluru Statement from the and social justice. She was named as in Aboriginal Community Management Heart. one of WA’s 100 most influential West and Development and a post-graduate Australians in both 2015 and 2016. In certificate in Cross Sector Partnerships In 2012, Colleen was made a Western 2017, Colleen took up membership of the from Cambridge University. Australian Ambassador for Children and Board of the Fremantle Football Club.

Madelaine Dickie

Madelaine Dickie studied Creative Arts and Journalism at the University Julius Achon of Wollongong. In 2011 she received a Prime Minister’s Australia Asia Julius is a Ugandan retired middle distance runner. He competed in both the 1996 Endeavour Award to move to West Java and 2000 Summer Olympics. in Indonesia to complete her first novel. As part of this award, she worked with At the age of 10, Achon began to run. When he was 12, Achon was abducted by the mentors at Universitas Padjadjaran and Lord’s Resistance Army, which was waging a civil war, and taken to a camp 100 miles Universitas Islam Bandung. away. He escaped and a year later entered and won his first official race. To get to the stadium 42 miles away he had to run for six hours. Her writing has appeared in numerous publications and radio stories have Achon was offered and accepted a scholarship to an elite government aided school in been broadcast on Radio National. She Kampala. He is also the founder of the Achon Uganda Children’s Fund, based in America also writes and rides for the surfboard which opened a medical center in Northern Uganda in 2012. company Treehouse Landscapes and Handshapes. He currently serves as a Member of the Ugandan Parliament. His life story is chronicled in the book The Boy Who Runs authored by John Brant. Madelaine won the City of Fremantle T.A.G. Hungerford Award in 2014. The Centre for Ethics Newsletter

CALENDAR OF EVENTS - TERM 3 2019

DATE EVENT AND TOPIC SPEAKER TIME LOCATION

Every Thursday Religious issues discussion session The Rev. Nick Russell 1.00pm Q1A Thursday Ethical adaptions for the stage Dickon Oxenburgh Day Classroom 25 July Thursday Voice, Treaty, Truth Professor Colleen Hayward 9.00am Chapel 8 August Friday Issues in D.H. Lawrence’s Dr. Tony Hughes D’Aeth Day Classroom 9 August Sons and Lovers 12 to 14 Ethics and Science in Science week Ben McAllister Day Classroom August Tuesday The Archibald Project Julius Achon Day Chapel 13 August Wednesday Finding yourself in the tropics Madelaine Dickie Day Classroom 14 August Thursday Resilience Greg Mitchell Day Classroom 15 August Monday Thomas Hardy. Tess; Associate Professor Day Classroom 19 August the wider context Kieran Dolin Tuesday Mountains of the Mind Matt Gabriele Day Classroom 20 August Wednesday Antarctic Exploration for Charity Professor Luc Delriviere Day Chapel 21 August Wednesday Happier on Purpose Dr Jodi Richardson and 7.00pm to RSVP 21 August Anxious Kids Michael Grose 9.00pm http://bit.ly/2YucbID Thursday In Your Head Heath Black 9.00am RSVP 5 September Alyssa Azar 9442 1705 Dr Marny Lishman Kai Lovel Nic Emmerson Thursday Hobbs 100 years ago John Taylor 7.30pm RSVP 12 September http://bit.ly/2KSOB4Z Wednesday The ethics of the money game Professor Day Classroom 18 September Raymond da Silva Rosa Thursday Boys in Education Greg Mitchell Day Classroom 19 September Thursday Book Club Simon Hunn 7.30pm RSVP 19 September 9442 1705 Friday Critical coaching through Ric Charlesworth Day Classroom 20 September video analysis Friday Ethical Consumerism Rachael Hughes Day Chapel 20 September Prep Assembly Monday Lucy Dougan and the Dr Lucy Dougan Day Classroom 23 September poetry of place