ISSUE 11 JUNE 2021 WELCOME: ISSUE 11

Welcome back Greetings to all Old Scholars of Dominic College near and far. As we share with you the 11th edition of Veritas, there is much happening at the College. The commencement of a new K-2 precinct has been an exciting development and our Kindergarten and Year 1 students have started the 2021 academic year in their vibrant new classrooms. Old Scholar Elvio Brianese (Class of 1982) continues to be our College architect, bringing vision and flair to our spaces. We have introduced a new model of Learning Support Assistants (LSAs), formerly known as Teacher Aides/Assistants. These LSAs are mostly young people who are in the last phase of their education degree at UTAS. Six of these LSAs are Old Scholars of the College. They bring a new dimension to our Learning Support and the College is also actively shaping some of the next generation of educators in Salesian Pedagogy. This year we mark and celebrate 75 years since the Salesians of Don Bosco arrived in Tasmania to establish a school. They began with 26 children entrusted into their care. Today we have over 1,000 students at the College, with a significant waitlist for enrolment. As we look back to 1946, it is with gratitude we recognise that today we enjoy an amazing school carved out of the hard work and selfless dedication by both the Salesians of Don Bosco and later the Dominican Sisters. Schools however are about students, and it has always been our students who have shaped the culture and life of Dominic. The students are always our greatest achievement. This is the foundational reason why Old Scholars are deeply valued by our College and held in high esteem in our Salesian tradition.

Maggie Baker was a special speaker at the As I retire from Principalship at the end of this year, some of my most treasured memories are of the Dominic students from 2009-2021. I also pay tribute to Dominic College 2020 Mental Health Week. the many Old Scholars who have and continue to contribute so generously to Dr Louise Hodgson visiting the school. Matthew the College in many different ways. Stolp discussing the 2020 Men’s Day Breakfast. Cassie McLoughlin at the 2020 Awards Dominic College continues to grow and is a truly dynamic educational Ceremony. endeavour in the name and tradition of St John Bosco. May you and your family always feel that you are an integral part of the Dominic family. Beth Gilligan, Principal, Dominic College

2 VERITAS: JUNE 2021 Our newest old scholars: the Class of 2020 Year 10 students celebrated their graduation with Mass and presentations in the Savio Centre at Dominic College on Wednesday 25 November 2020, then on Friday 27 November they partied in style at their graduation dinner at the Function Centre at Elwick Racecourse. Although the Mass had to be held at school due to COVID restrictions at St John’s, the venue change worked well and the group are to be congratulated on a fantastic if very disrupted final year at Dominic College. Principal Beth Gilligan said the College would always remember the year of 2020. ‘Remote Learning, special Liturgies missed, Assemblies abandoned, and the cancellation of sports, school carnivals, drama productions and creative arts events has made the year hard to carry. However, our Class of 2020 did not become disheartened and showed strength and courage in the face of being a community despite the challenges. As our Year 10 students depart and we bid them a fond and heartfelt farewell, we thank them for their wonderful leadership, loyalty and especially their outstanding perseverance this year, continuing being a force for good in the lives of others in so many ways. It is a special legacy they leave to us.’ ‘I would like to especially acknowledge our wonderful 2020 College Captains, Jackie Van Lierop and Alex McMillan, and Vice Captains, Cassie McLoughlin and Ilar Flynn as well as our Year 10 House Captains for their fine leadership.’ The Captains said the Year 10s decided to raise money to enhance the area outside of the Library, soon to be called the Valdocco Deck, as their Leavers Gift. They said: ‘Many students like to use the library as a place where they can spend their lunchtimes with friends, study or even just relax. But we also know that you are not allowed to eat there, so we wanted to create a friendly space for people to sit at lunch and study, with beanbags and artificial turf. We have decided to make this our gift.’ We salute the Class of 2020 and welcome them as old scholars into DOSA.

VERITAS: JUNE 2021 3 The Dominic Old Scholars Association the Dominic Old Scholars Association

The Dominic Old Scholars Association classmates, share some news or simply DOSA membership is free, and there are (DOSA) represents ex-students from need to update your details, please no commitments or rules or compulsory Dominic College and its forerunners, contact the Old Scholar Coordinator on meetings. DOSA members connect with Boys’ Town, St John’s, Savio College and (03) 6274 6000 or email each other and the school community at Holy Name School. Dominic College [email protected] regular events and celebrations including helped re-form the group to maintain the Dominic College Community Fair, The College supports DOSA by allowing contact with Old Scholars and to make historical occasions, class reunions, the use of the historic Basil Fox Room, it easier for ex-students to keep in touch sports events and the traditional DOSA in Grantleigh, for each official Old with one another. Christmas Eve Mass in the College Chapel. Scholars reunion, and supplies The DOSA Committee in 2020 was complimentary snacks and drinks, and a Above: Leesa Baker runs the DOSA Uniform made up of Dominic College Principal, guided tour of the school on a Saturday Raffle draw; Diane Cerritelli and Maryanne Ms Beth Gilligan, DOSA Coordinator, afternoon. The College promotes DOSA Jackson presenting graduating Year 10 students Mr Mark Dillon, Dominic College through the school’s weekly newsletter, with a DOSA keyring inscribed Class of Rector, Fr Peter Rankin SDB, and Old website, Facebook and the annual 2020; DOSA Committee members celebrating Scholars, Mr Tony Webb (Savio College Veritas magazine. at end-of-year dinner. Below: a DOSA 1963), Maryanne Jackson (nee Delany, Committee meeting. Holy Name 1968), Ms Diane Cerritelli (1971), Ms Leesa Baker (1986), Ms Nicole McKay (nee Glover, 1994), Mr Michael Webb (1971), Mrs Michele Guy (nee Cleary 1981) and Mr Matthew Taylor (1998). The Committee normally meets every second month for a meal at the College while discussing College activities, alumni in the news, and planning events. Requests to visit the school are warmly welcomed. If you want help to organise and publicise a reunion with past

4 VERITAS: JUNE 2021 FANCY MEETING YOU HERE

DOSA presents each Year 10 student 10 student who has achieved overall with an engraved commemorative academic excellence supported by key-ring at their Graduation Mass in an active school spirit in leadership, November as a symbol of their induction community service or sports success. into the Association. In 2020 this was awarded to Cassandra McLoughlin and there is an article on DOSA sponsors and presents the Cassie in this magazine. Br Peter Dezani Award to the Year

The DOSA Committee farewelled Fr Peter Rankin SDB and welcomed Fr Bernie Graham SDB to the DOSA Committee from January 2021. Fr Bernie has returned to Glenorchy as the new Rector of Dominic College. Many old scholars will recall Fr Bernie from his time as teacher Above: Old scholar DOSA Committee members, and as Principal last century. as they once were. Leesa Baker speaking to students at the Awards Ceremony. Fancy meeting you here

At the new uniform launch fashion show: Leesa BAKER (1986) and Nicole McKay (nee GLOVER 1994); Maryanne Jackson (nee DELANY 1968) with Sr Pam Davis OP; Sarah FITZPATRICK (2019), Cameron GOLDING (1999) and Lachlan ROWLANDS (2019); Michele Guy (nee CLEARY 1981) and Melissa Atkin (nee HALL 1994); Kirsty Schulze (nee REZEK 2001) with Danni QUINN (1987); Libby BAKER (2019) with Annalise MOASE (2019).

VERITAS: JUNE 2021 5 From top, left to right: Year 6 Captain, Daisy Lincoln with mum, Ruth SCANLON (1989) and grandparent and past parent Pat Scanlon. Mr Paul WILLIAMS (1968), retired teacher and old scholar, with members of his 9 Orange home room from 1989, at the 1990 class reunion. Clinton BAKER (1982) “rings in” the staff during the staff week, with one of Dominic College’s oldest bells. Mr Michael WEBB (1971) works with Dominic each year for school photos. Amy RAINBIRD (2012) and friends at a DOSA Football game. Kate WEBB (1989) with dad, Tony WEBB (1963), and his mum Mrs Gwen Webb. Leesa BAKER (1986) congratulates her son Ewan BACON (2020) upon graduation. Ex-teacher, Mr Chris Hatch, with Ann-Marie Wheller (nee FAGAN 1980). Ex-teacher Mr Pat Naughtin, with Tony CERRITELLI (1980). Mr Aaron DAVEY (1999) farewells Dominic College as he looks forward to continuing to help young people mature, on the Eastern Shore. Patrick CARROLL (1999) with wife Cat and daughter, Maddison Carroll, a Year 6 leader for 2021. Ex-teacher Judy Wegener (nee Gray) visited Dominic last year. Judy was Sports Mistress and PE teacher for 7-9 girls 1977-1979. She was married while at Dominic and then left in 1979 to have her first child. Her treasured memories include the happy students in the mornings offering to help carry the sports equipment from her car and the very special friendships on staff, including those in the DOSA netball team which she enjoyed. Emily CLARIDGE (2011) remotely working to help young students learn to read during the COVID lockdown in Term 2 2020. From top, left to right: Max GOSSAGE (1960) with granddaughter Olivia Rayner and daughter, Nicola Rayner (nee GOSSAGE 1989). A motley collection of past and present Dominic College teachers met up for a barbecue in nearby Tolosa Park over summer, including Paul WILLIAMS (1968), Jess Palermo (nee LYDEN 1998), Cam GOLDING (1999), Aaron DAVEY (1999) and Kiera FARR (2010). Eli MORRISON (2019) visiting Dominc College and Ms Gilligan on the last day of Term 4 2020. Eli is going well in his Humanities specialties at Guilford Young College. New staff at the induction in January: Holly CARDAMATIS (2009), Louise Zegveld (nee SHELVERTON 1997), Molly BAKER (2014), Hannah McSHANE GOLDSWORTHY (2014), Christina GIAMEOS (2014), Jessica DUGGAN (2016), Abbey MUSKETT (2018), Melanie CASBOULT (2017). Dominic College has employed seven old scholars who are studying education, as Learning Support Assistants. Annabelle HANEY (2013) with her sister, current student, Claire Cooper at the Women’s Day breakfast. Three generations, current student Sally Quinn, with mum, Dannielle QUINN (1987) and grandmother Helen QUINN (1969). Owen HOLE (2017) and Xavier COMBS (2020) working on the new buildings of the K-2 Precinct, with Beth Gilligan. Rachel Mason (nee CLARK 1989) with husband Don, enjoyed a nostalgic tour round the College, on their visit from the NSW south coasts! Beth Gilligan, with David LAWLESS-THOMPSON (2020) graduating with his grandfather, David LAWLESS (1959). Old scholar staff members for 2021, celebrating the first staff mass of 2021. International Men’s Day and Women’s Day breakfasts

The annual Dominic introductions from our leaders and On 10 March 2021, the Dominic parents. College International College International Women’s Day Our special guest speaker, Mr Matthew breakfast attracted a full house of over Women’s Day and Stolp, Year 10 Class of 1989, current 240 attendees. Contributors to the International Men’s Day Head of Arts at GYC, actor, performer event included College Captain Rachael and entertainer, spoke honestly about Glidden and her auntie, Leesa Glidden, breakfasts are important men, gender and identity. who spoke about women’s progress in a community events where number of areas; old scholar and parent, ‘It’s easy to be cynical of a special day Kirsty Schulze (nee REZEK 2001), we celebrate and discuss for men when we already hold most of who spoke along with her mother and ways women and men can the power and privilege in the world,’ her daughter, three generations of our Matthew said. ‘But I did decide to talk students; College Vice Captain Zoelle help our students grow and today because I thought one good thing Lin and her mother, June, introduced the contribute to their world. about International Men’s Day is that it’s guest speaker; and our Valdocco student an opportunity for us to look at ourselves choir performed an inspiring piece. The breakfasts have been celebrated for as men and consider how we can a decade at Dominic College. They have become better.’ evolved into excellent opportunities for our community: students, parents, grandparents, friends, staff and old scholars, to join together and pledge to support and care for each other, for a better world. We also raise important funds for our sister schools in Samoa for scholarships to allow young people to attend Salesian schools in Salelologa and Alafua. Each year significant old scholars address the gatherings. Mr Matthew Stolp (1989) was the Men’s Day special guest in November 2020 and Ms Meg Webb (1990) our special guest at the Women’s Day breakfast in March 2021. The International Men’s Day breakfast was held in the Savio Centre at Dominic College on Tuesday 10 November, and over 150 guests, including many students, parents and old scholars, enjoyed a hearty breakfast, entertainment from the College’s taiko drum group, a fine performance from Year 10 student Dione Oloroso, prayers and

8 VERITAS: JUNE 2021 Our special guest was Ms Meg Webb, old scholar, Dominic College Year 10 Class of 1990, who is the Member for Nelson in the Tasmanian Legislative Council and is the first Dominic old scholar elected to the Tasmanian parliament. Meg enrolled at Dominic College in Year 2 1982 and was at Dominic for nine years. Meg is the first woman to ever be elected to the seat of Nelson, and for the first time in its 170 year history, there have been more women than men in Tasmania’s upper house. ‘When there are no more ‘first woman to do…’ we will know that we’ve really achieved gender equity in our community,’ said Meg. ‘Of the 195 countries in the world, women are the head of the Government in only 22 of them. So we aren’t there yet, but I’m pleased to be in the Tasmanian Parliament at a time both the lower and the upper houses have a majority of women as members. Tasmania is doing well and I hope it continues.’ Advocating for change, advocating for social justice and for a better future for our people has always been important to Meg. She was interested in politics, but not parties and saw an opportunity to run for parliament. Though many candidates had a higher profile than Meg she was successful. She lives her values and passion every day. Meg spoke to students about her life and passions and offered simple advice and strategies for girls to meet challenges as they grow. You can read more about Matthew Stolp and Meg Webb, and more excerpts from their speeches, later in this magazine.

VERITAS: JUNE 2021 9 Christmas Eve Old Scholars Carols and Mass

On Christmas Eve each year, old scholars Thank you also to and friends of Dominic College celebrate the readers, and with carols and Mass in the Dominic special thanks to Fr College Chapel, in memory of Br Peter Peter Rankin SDB Dezani SDB. who was celebrating his final Mass at The ceremony in 2020 saw a good the College as he congregation of old scholar families, moved to Victoria in current families, some new and some January to become old faces. The event was managed by the Vice Provincial our own Mr Tony Webb, along with the of the Salesians. indomitable Ms Diane Cerritelli. The pair have been the driving force for this The collection was occasion for many, many years and their taken up for the support is much appreciated. The music Br Peter Dezani and singing was wonderfully led by Scholarship Fund. Dominic College Many from the congregation stayed on members of the St John’s Parish Choir, Principal, Ms Beth Gilligan, attended and enjoyed a supper and Christmas thanks to the ongoing support from Mrs and expressed gratitude for a blessed cheer in the Siena classrooms nearby. Anne Loring. occasion concluding a challenging year.

Christmas Eve in the Dominic College Chapel featuring musicians of the St John’s Parish choir; Readings from Ann Loring (nee PIGDEN 1973), Michael TONG LEE (1963) and Elizabeth WILLIAMS (1971), at Fr Peter’s last public Mass in the Dominic Chapel; the Gossage- Rayner clan; past College Vice Captains, Connor HAAS (2012) and Cassie McLOUGHLIN (2020) with Ms Gilligan; Ms Gilligan, Elizabeth WILLIAMS (1971) and Diane CERRITELLI (1971).

10 VERITAS: JUNE 2021 WELCOME TO KINDERGARTEN Welcome to Kindergarten 2021

There are three Kindergarten classes at Dominic College in 2021: Kindergarten timita, Kindergarten larila and Kindergarten tuminana. Old scholar parents bringing their own children back for their education make up a significant number of enrolments. We are very grateful for your trust! Christopher COWEN (2002) with Ellaoise; Nicole McKay (nee GLOVER 1994) with Isla; Leesa HARRISON (1995) with Zoe Ziegler; Aleisha Millington (nee GOLDING 2001) with Ivy; Renae WOOLLEY (2012) with Aleah-Jaie; Kayla McMaster (nee VEITCH 2001) with Joise; Michael CLEARY (1987) with a shy Sophie Byard; Katie PARKER (1998) with Darcy Cooper; Nat Heggie (nee CURTIS 2007) with Quinn; Alice BINGLEY (2001) with Harry Allen; Belinda Driver (nee ALLEN 1998) with April.

VERITAS: JUNE 2021 11 REUNIONS & GET TOGETHERS REUNIONS & UPCOMING get togethers REUNIONS Although many years apart, usually 10 years, old scholar classes at their reunions 24 July 2021 have much in common: they enjoy continuing and renewing their friendships, are 10th anniversary of the enthusiastic about staying connected and are impressed by the new facilities and new Class of 2011 technologies at Dominic College. They also share many laughs over the stories they retell. 2 October 2021 Last year’s published plan for reunions was thrown out the window with lockdowns 40th anniversary of the and quarantine restrictions, every reunion was held on a different date than planned. Class of 1981 Michele Guy and Maxine For the most part interstate old scholars could not attend so we really appreciated Downey-Smith the odd person who managed to satisfy the border police and survive the plane cancellation lottery! 9 October 2021 51st anniversary of the Class of 1970 Beth Harvey and Paula Walton 16 October 2021 50th anniversary of the Class of 1971 Diane Cerritelli and Greg Breen 20 November 2021 20th anniversary of the Class of 2001 Nat Downton and Kirsty Schulze

Class of 1991: Please email [email protected] Class of 2010 reunion The College successfully hosted its first reunion of the year on Saturday 31 October 2020 after several postponements during Term 2 and 3. A nice group of locals enjoyed refreshments upstairs at Grantleigh and some photos and school magazines, before a tour of the new facilities and the old classrooms. Most of the group had not been back at school in ten years and were amazed at the developments, such as The Oratory Space, Animal Husbandry facilities and the Savio Hub. Old classrooms were visited with some nostalgia as they searched for remnants of the past! Amy Mason recognised some of the woodwork projects in the Br Peter Dezani Design Centre and many pointed out their names up on the Honour Boards.

Michael WEBB and Greg BREEN at Dominic beginning to plan for their upcoming 1971 reunion.

12 VERITAS: JUNE 2021 1980 The 40-years anniversary of the Year 10 Class of 1980 was held at Dominic College on Saturday 28 November, just the second reunion held at the College in the year. Shani Goodluck did a great job in engaging with some enthusiasm a feisty bunch from 1980, including the nicest police commissioner on the roll, Tony Cerritelli. Of special note for this reunion was the attendance of two old teachers, Mr Chris Hatch (from the 1980s and 1990s) and Mr Patrick Naughtin (1970s and 1980s). The group enjoyed a long catch up in the Basil Fox Room, with some champagne, beer and photos. Thank you to Mr Tony Webb and Ms Gilligan for helping to host, and thence Ms Gilligan gave all a tour of the school, beginning with the new facilities such as the Savio Centre, the new Creative Arts hubs of The Oratory Space and Fra Angelico as well as the old classrooms, the Little Theatre and the Rathole (Rua Hub). Everyone was impressed! When these students left the Middle School in 1979 to attend the Senior School (now GYC), the “New Electives Block” was just being built - Cooking was taught in the kitchen in the White House and Art in an ordinary classroom.

The 30-years reunion of the Year 10 Class of 1990 was held at Dominic College on 5 December 2020 when a very enthusiastic group of old scholars gathered in the Basil Fox Room upstairs at Grantleigh As they greeted and caught up the noise was huge! 1990 Just like the old days! Finger food, drinks and photos encouraged the memories. Mr Tony Webb, their old primary school principal was present to welcome them. Mr Paul Williams, who had these students in 9 Orange in 1989 at the Middle School, came along and described them as one of the best classes he ever had at Dominic College. Karen Westell did a great job of getting old scholars along and also organised the after-party at the Maypole. Many of the ex-students had not been back at school for over 20 years - the last reunion was in 1996, but there were also some old scholars who were past or current parents and they were able to bring some connection to the old and new parts of the school during the tour led by Principal Ms Beth Gilligan. These old scholars were respectful, interested and had a lot of fun - congratulations Class of 1990!

VERITAS: JUNE 2021 13 2000 The 20-years reunion of the Year 10 Fox Room in Grantleigh, examining old offered (no Animal Husbandry or Class of 2000 was held on Saturday school photos, recalling a few tall stories, Japanese, in those days). 23 January at Dominic College. The and discussing the meaning of life. Old scholars especially enjoyed the reunion had been oft postponed because The school was in the middle of playgrounds and courts, and there were of the COVID pandemic and even at preparations for the new school year, so several current parents who returned the end of 2021 the outbreaks in Sydney there was digging, painting and repairs after 20 years – and were able to admit and Brisbane threatened schedules. underway but the group enjoyed the visit the odd detention or two in their past... Those who could do so enjoyed a and were impressed by the improvement Boy and girl College Captains 2000: Matt Berry friendly and funny afternoon, with in facilities (the old Savio Centre was and Rachael Ellerton. Year 10 2000 students on refreshments and nibbles in the Basil new when they were here!) and courses the top court.

Ginuary in January 2021: Olivia CARVER (2013), Maddie The Holy Name girls from 1972 and 1973 love to have an occasional CARVER (2010), Sandra Carver (nee CERRITELLI 1982), Alicia dinner out; Cathy PARR (1972) says ‘We have had a few get-togethers KITCHENER (1988), Stephanie Plomaritis (nee JARVIS 2010), since leaving school which is lovely. This one was a dinner at the Mary Carver (nee KURYL 1975), and Leesa BAKER (1986). Riverfront restaurant at Berriedale on Friday 27 November 2020.’

Some of the old scholars playing for DOSA Soccer in 2021: Jak ROWBOTTOM (2016), Jacob DAVIDSON (2016), Jack CORNISH A diverse group of Holy Name girls from 1967-1971 celebrated (2016), Campbell RHODES (2018), Aaron McGURK (2000), together with Sr Pam Davis OP, for Christmas 2020 in early Bayley DOWNHAM (2018). Teams play generally on a Sunday December. during autumn and winter. Contact Soccer president, Aaron McGurk at [email protected] if you want to join or support the club.

14 VERITAS: JUNE 2021 2021 relay for life

Dominic College students and staff were outstanding in their support of Relay for Life in 2021 and broke all records with their fundraising of almost $50,000. Old scholars were there too. Thank you to everyone who supported and contributed.

Above: The Dominic College RFL team; Jacob GOLDING (2016); Jess DUGGAN (2016), Leesa BAKER (1986) and Molly BAKER (2014); Angelo GONZALES (2019) and Cam GOLDING (1999); Hannah WALLNER (2001) and Patrick CARROLL (1999); Indiana CASHION (2019) and Alyssa MUSTCHIN (2019).

Class of 2014 boys at Jesse Quinn’s Shed Party. Jesse was back from Adelaide where he’s been serving in the Australian Defence Force for four years. Principal Beth Gilligan ran into old scholars, Megan BLACKWELL (2014), Jess PEDLER (2014), James BANKS (2014), Hannah McSHANE (2015) and Cassie BOOTH (2014) who were out in Battery Point.

VERITAS: JUNE 2021 15 YEAR 10 AWARDS

2020 End of Year YEAR 10 SPECIAL Awards AWARDS The GYC Bursary Ceremony Kate Young The Gilligan Scholarship Ilar Flynn The Dominic College 2020 Awards ceremony was held in the Savio Centre on Thursday 26 November and students in Year 6-10 were recognised for their success The Australian Defence Force: Long Tan Leadership & Teamwork Award and achievements. Alicia Smith A large number of students received subject and special awards and the major Year 10 The Australian Defence Force: Future awards are listed at left. Innovators Award Max Brideson Old scholars presenting awards included: Michael Webb, Madelyn Carver and Leesa Baker. Olympic Change Maker Jackie Van Lierop, Max Brideson CALTEX Best All Rounder Laura Ackerley Rector’s Award for Leadership in the Salesian Tradition Alexander McMillan, Isabelle Selby, Annalee Branch Fr Kevin O’Mara SDB Sporting Commitment Girls Hannah Maw Fr Kevin O’Mara SDB Sporting Commitment Boys Brandon Oates Sr Pamela Davis OP Outstanding Achievement in Creative Arts Sarah Wright Fr Kevin O’Leary SDB Outstanding Achievement in Creative Arts Harrison Hyland Caroline Chisholm Distinguished Community Service Award Heidi McPherson St John Bosco Distinguished Community Service Award Dione Oloroso St Catherine of Siena Academic Student of the Year Award Cassandra McLoughlin St Dominic Guzman Academic Student of the Year Award Harry Breslin St Mary MacKillop Outstanding Leadership Award Jackie Van Lierop St Dominic Savio Outstanding Leadership Award Ilar Flynn The College Principal’s Award for Excellence Anit Saju Br Peter Dezani SDB Best All-round Student Award Cassandra McLoughlin

16 VERITAS: JUNE 2021 hall of achievement

It has now become an annual tradition opportunities. Work hard and remember for two old scholars to be inducted that learning is hard, it’s meant to be, no into the Dominic College Hall of one gets better without practice.’ Achievement during the annual Years Mr Tony Webb has worked tirelessly 6-10 Awards Ceremony and in 2020 the to bring people together in the spirit College celebrated the contributions of of fellowship. He has combined his Dr Louise Hodgson (nee Westcott 1978) profession of educator, his strong to Academia and Mr Tony Webb (Savio spiritual beliefs and his passion for the 1963) to Community Service. arts with administrative and social skills, Dr Hodgson works as Lead Instructional to be a peerless community builder. Coach for the Department of Education, In his over 60-years connection with Tasmania, supporting and building Dominic College (and its forebears) as the capacity of school-based coaches, student, old scholar, Primary School providing leadership to support Principal, parent, friend of and advocate pedagogical change, facilitating for the school, his service has been professional learning and providing exemplary. Tony lives the ethos and support for the implementation of the motto of the College, inspires and is a Australian Curriculum. In 2019 Louise friend to youth, has been a leader and completed her doctorate which focused been widely recognised by the many on 18 primary teachers in four school communities he has served. contexts experiencing a scaffolded When he meets old school mates he says professional learning sequence: observing that the friendship they had comes back modelling in their classrooms, analysing to the fore. different parts of those practices, and enacting them. Louise’s research for ‘My time here set me up for life as a her doctoral study has important teacher and a citizen and formed a core implications for other researchers within of what makes me, me.’ the Mathematics education field, the Both Tony and Louise spoke beautifully field of teacher professional learning to our students and guests about hard and inquiry, the field of coaching in work, persistence and gratitude - and education, school leaders and policy staying true to your values. Their stories makers as well as for researchers within are in the following pages. the broader arena. The Dominic College Hall of ‘I want to encourage you to act Achievement inductees are displayed according to your values,’ Dr Hodgson on the walls of the Rua Hub or can be said to students. ‘Feelings come and viewed on our website: www.dominic.tas. go but your values define who you are. edu.au/community/hall-of-achievement. Dream big. Your education will give you

VERITAS: JUNE 2021 17 DOSA FOOTBALL

DOSA Football Club report

To say that 2020 was an odd year is a bit Pat Carroll and his assistants Mathew senior playing coach Nathan ‘Nutta’ of an understatement. A lot of the year Harrison and Brendan Loveless we McCulloch, Senior Assistant coach was spent wondering if we were going to sincerely thank you all. You are a Jack ‘Bull’ McCulloch and Senior go ahead, planning for what we thought fantastic group and you have brought Bench Coach Ricky McCulloch. The wouldn’t happen and pondering what amazing traits to the Roosters coaching McCulloch family are excited to be part we would do should it not go ahead. stocks. of the Rooster family in 2021 and they But in the end we got what can only be are keen to get cracking at the challenges Congratulations to Mitchy Reeve, Jake described as a random year. that lie ahead. I am sure you will Briggs and Harry Loveless, who were welcome them with open arms. We are Eight games, two byes, both teams selected in the OSFA 2020 Team of excited for 2021 and what it may bring. making finals just, then getting into the the Year 2020. Congratulations also to prelims and almost making it to the big Tim ‘The Sickest’ Jacobs on 100 games, DOSA continues to be a major player in dance… Almost. But we can all stand Ben ‘Griffo’ Griffin 100 games, Thomas the Old Scholars Football Association. here proud and state we gave it a red ‘Calvo’s Babysitter’ Allcock 150 games, We are a great club and I love this club hot crack, we survive as a club to fight Mathew ‘Scooter’ Scott 200 games, and all of the people involved within another day and we have created some Michael ‘Cheapy’ Robinson 250 games in. Up the little Red Rooster and let’s good memories in the process. and OSFA Life Member and Games make 2021 the year we are back here Record Holder Brendan Snowy ‘The celebrating another flag! Thank you to all the coaches this year. Fossil’ Loveless on 417 record breaking In a tough year you have remained Cameron Golding, games. steadfast, driven and given your all so DOSA FC Co-President 2020 to Jake Briggs and his assistants Colin At this time it is also my pleasure Garland and Sam Peacock, and to to announce we have signed as new

18 VERITAS: JUNE 2021 Highlights of the DOSA Best & Fairest AWARDS

Br Peter Dezani Medallion Senior Best & Fairest: Mitch Reeve Andrew Edwards Trophy Senior Best & Fairest Runners Up: Justin O’Brien and Harrison Loveless Dooley Family Medallion Reserves Best & Fairest: Kyle Manser McCarthy Family Trophy Reserves Best & Fairest Runner Up: Emerson Booth Wayne Olding Trophy Senior Leading Goal Kicker: Justin O’Brien Tom Jarvis Trophy Reserves Leading Goal Kicker: Michael Robinson BJ Maxwell Senior Coaches Trophy: Mitch Reeve BA Smith Reserves Coaches Trophy: Emerson Booth DOSA Football Club report Ty Bennett Memorial trophy Best First Year Player: Sage Ackroyd

VERITAS: JUNE 2021 19 The Lad and the Legend PETER “Jackie” ALLSOPP Boys’ Town and Savio College 1952-1958 Peter Allsopp was one government funding could be achieved women to become Big Sisters to Boys’ by applying for child migrants. Town’s new child migrants, women who of the youngest of the would write, visit and take the place of The Minister for Tourist and family. The newspaper wrote: 39 former British child Immigration wrote to Fr Brennan in migrants, who came to December 1948 to tell him that Cabinet They know no one in Tasmania. had decided that: They have few, if any, relatives Boys’ Town in 1952. in the countries they have left, The Tasmanian Government because every one of them is a war “Jackie” has remained closely connected should recognise Boys’ Town orphan. with the school and the College as an approved child migration community for nearly 70 years. He says organisation and that the total Most of the boys, however, were not that he took on the name “Jackie” soon amount to be shared between orphans, as they were told, but were after arriving at Boys’ Town. the Commonwealth, the State, illegitimate children of broken families, There were too many Peters at and your organisation should be or whose mothers were sick, or had been school – about 12 of us – and I £32000 on one third basis. convinced they could not care for their children. got sick of getting into trouble. The Salesian plan was set in motion. “Peter put your hand up, get out For the next three years Fr Brennan Peter learned much later, in the 1990s, here!” so I decided they should call undertook an arduous process to satisfy that his mother was Nova Alsace Allsopp, me Jackie and it took off straight the unexpectedly skeptical British but she never liked her name and called away. government of Boys’ Town’s suitability herself “Lacey.” Her father was very The Salesians had taken over Boys’ Town, for British children. At the same time, he strict and her mother had died when Glenorchy, in November 1946 and had needed to raise supplementary one-third she was a teenager. He remarried shortly commenced teaching classes in February finance to build the accommodation after and ‘threw her out.’ She lived with 1947. Fr John Brennan SDB, the first and find enough children in Catholic an aunt but when Lacey was pregnant Rector, was planning to expand facilities institutions in Britain, whose mostly she was told not to return ‘as she had and by June 1948 had met with the unwilling authorities would cooperate brought disgrace on the family.’ Lacey Secretary for the Tasmanian Tourist and with the transfer. asked for the help of the nuns, who encouraged her to leave Peter with them Immigration department to discuss how In 1952, Tasmania’s Catholic newspaper, for adoption. The Standard, appealed for Catholic

20 VERITAS: JUNE 2021 In 2012 the College celebrated Peter demonstrating 60 years since the arrival of the where his bed in the child migrants with a special dormitory was (now ceremony and school assembly. a classroom).

Peter was born 24 March 1943, in for the ocean liner Ormonde. Former had refreshments there. There was a Swindon, England, and admitted to Boys’ Town child migrant, Michael barbershop right next door and they all Nazareth House, Cheltenham, in August Daley also recalled meeting more boys in got their haircut there that day, so they 1944 when he was less than 18 months London, and changing trains at Waterloo arrived at Boys’ Town all neat and trim. old. He was transferred to Nazareth Station. The Taroona left Melbourne that same House, Bristol, in April 1948. He was The first 12 boys had arrived in day and arrived at Beauty Point, an hour interviewed in June 1952 and approved Glenorchy in June 1952. A total of 137 north of Launceston, on Friday morning for migration in August 1952, by Fr child migrants embarked on this second at 9am. The Bass Strait crossing had been William Nicol, Director for the Federal voyage of the Ormonde - 27 of them for rough – Boys’ Town child migrant, Terry Catholic Immigration Committee, Boys’ Town, Glenorchy and there were Harvey recalls the boys were sea-sick. in charge of recruiting and whose 19 escorts for children. There were over Ladies from the Launceston Catholic London office organised the parties of a thousand immigrants on the ship, 327 Womens League provided lunch for the Catholic children for Australian Catholic children under 12. boys; the newspaper reporter called them institutions. Peter was nine years old; ‘all war orphans’ then they boarded the Fr Nicol remarked on the form ‘a good Peter Allsopp recalled his voyage on the train to Derwent Park. type.’ Ormonde with great affection ‘There were 10 boys to a cabin and we used to get up There was a truck, a car and a ute Peter called himself a troublemaker when to mischief.’ waiting, and two priests and a lay brother he was in the orphanage in Britain. He to meet the boys. accidentally set fire to the curtains in the On board we used to go to school bedroom where he was staying with a at ten o’clock every morning. Terry Harvey said ‘when we first arrived middle-aged couple for a holiday from We didn’t like it, so for two days the building looked to us like a prison.’ the orphanage. He was in trouble all the we stuck at it, but after that we Peter recalled the group arriving and time. One day: threw our suitcase overboard. The going up the steps at the entrance: suitcase was full of school books. The people at the orphanage in They took us in and showed us The Captain punished us – we England asked who would like to the classrooms and told us “This didn’t get any icecream for one go to Australia – I thought it was a is where you’ll live now.” And we week. We played up and got up day trip… all started bawling. We thought to all sorts of mischief. We had a we were back in gaol. A lot of the David Despard, another Boys’ Town man minding us but he had no boys were very confused and cried child migrant with Peter, described his control, nor did the staff… a lot but the Salesians settled us own departure from Nazareth House in The ship’s official ‘minder’ - Welfare down with cups of teas, biscuits Swansea: and Information Officer, Miss Elizabeth and sandwiches and a tender pat We looked smart for once. The Roberts – was much more diplomatic in on the back, then we felt a lot clothes were new, as were the talking to the press: ’They’re not nearly better. shoes. This was something I’d as much trouble as one would expect. Peter wrote that the schoolwork was hardly ever had before. It was We have kept them occupied with school hard. ‘After a few hits with the cane we great. …I looked up at the every morning, and organised games, and began to learn our lessons!’ The Salesians convent for the last time. My there were very few fights and grizzles.’ organised the boys from 6.30am ‘when other friends had their windows The Ormonde docked at Fremantle you knelt by the side of the bed to pray open, waving goodbye to us. As I Friday morning 19 September 1952. for a good day.’ Ablutions and tidying approached the bus I kicked the Peter says some boys disembarked to the beds in silence. Every morning to snow in front of me. I was sad in go to school there. They arrived in church for mass. Then breakfast and to one way and happy in another. Melbourne Thursday 25 September the playground until the first bell, for Leaving my friends was hard, but 1952. Peter recalls them going to the school. Terry Harvey detailed: going on this long trip was my big zoo for the day. ‘We left a few people in adventure. Classes and playground activities charge at the zoo tearing their hair out till 5.30pm, then evening meal. At Cardiff railway station they met more and thankful to say goodbye to us.’ For most of these meals total boys, then stayed in London for half a They went to Brunswick, where the silence, as some of the boys read day before setting out for Southampton Salesians had a ‘Boys’ Club’ – and they during our scanty meals, the lives

VERITAS: JUNE 2021 21 of the Saints, particularly Don Out of the dormitory finally, in a had nowhere to go, he said ‘Come Bosco plus other reading like house in Argyle Street organised by the home with me.’ They lived up here Biggles and Enid Blyton. Onto the Brothers, he lived at Mrs Direen’s, whose near the school at Brent Street. playground then called into the son, Paddy Direen went to Savio. I stayed with them for 15 years classrooms. There we caught up on and was one of the family. The His Mum took in Paddy homework given during the day, mother is now 99 years old and in Fentimann, Peter White, Peter and if given detention we would Melbourne. The husband worked Sevieri and myself. I stayed for a remain while the others were in at Calvary and then at Jones & Co few years. All of us were working bed. Prior to going to bed again and I went to work there too, for and after work we’d come back for taken to chapel for night prayers, 15 years, in the freezer, the cool a cup of tea and a chat, sat down and again another sermon. room, the factory. I was a truck for dinner… no, we didn’t go to driver, a forklift driver, worked in Peter said he loved the farm, the cows the pub, but talked and went to apple juice, jam and everything – and pigs and chickens. The priests and movies and dances at night, such a real all-rounder. brothers were all nice to him. He didn’t as at North Hobart in Federal go on the camps – he went to stay with Street every Tuesday and we’d Peter said that after 15 years all the the Clark family at Gordon, helping meet others there. workers at Jones & Co were put off. This them with fruitpicking and making probably a consequence of the 1974 When Peter was 17 he went to Technical up boxes of the apples, raspberries, IXL/Elders merger and 1975 recession. College in Campbell Street for two years strawberries and cherries and selling Peter and his wife Maureen were living at to become a welder, but in those days flowers on the main road all day. Risdon Vale and were at a party where a there was little head protection and friend asked him if he could drive a truck The best times were Saturdays when with all the flashing, his eyes started to and to come to the PMG depot at Sandy they stayed at the College. ‘The Fathers get sore, so he gave that away. He was Bay the next day. took us for walks around the farms at cleaning and driving bulldozers and Glenorchy. We often climbed fences front-end loaders. I started at Telstra and worked for and pinched fruit from the orchards and them for 25 years before retiring My other boss there was Bert raided vegetables. We ate them all and at 55. But even after I’d settled Walters and he owned a brand had bad tummyaches at night, especially down, I still stayed in touch with new service station in Glenorchy, eating green apricots and green plums.’ all the old boys. We used to come called O’Briens Bridge. He asked out to school and play 8-ball The last few years he helped on the farm me to work for him and I was pool with Br Peter, we’d go out more than went to class and learned a lot there two years. It was hard work to Ridgeway and visit the Taggs, more. Peter left Savio College for work but the money wasn’t much and I we’d always meet somewhere: in Term 1 1958 but stayed living in the was going through my pay every dances, family birthdays, family dormitory for the year while worked for week. I was in and out of boarding occasions… all of us call each Moore Machinery, a bulldozer place. houses – I would have had five or other Uncles and Aunties when we The Sales Manager there was Mr Hope, six in 12 months. I wasn’t happy. and our kids see each other. who had two sons at Savio College My last one, near the service (Philip and Damian) and he gave Peter station at Glenorchy, the landlady Peter and Maureen’s two daughters, a job as ‘cleaner and rouseabout.’ Peter kicked me out: I didn’t have any Lisa and Angela Allsopp, attended St remembers walking back to Savio after money and they didn’t trust me. I Cuthbert’s Primary School at Lindisfarne work eating a shilling of hot chips had my suitcase beside me sitting and went to Dominic College from Year wrapped in newspaper. on the side of the road in Chapel 7. Peter said that he and Maureen were Street. Lloyd Jones, who I knew, involved as parents, helping at the Fairs came past and when I told him I and raising money, but not on the P&F.

22 VERITAS: JUNE 2021 When I retired I said to myself ‘What am I going to do?’ I came up to school more often and I loved seeing Br Peter and everyone. I loved helping and volunteering and I became a school bus driver. That’s when I really had the best time: I went camping, swimming and was at all the sports carnivals. Peter also contributed much hard work to the Chapel Restoration Project in the 1990s. Originally constructed in the 1950s, the Savio Chapel had Working on the Chapel restoration. The school bus driver. been enhanced by the addition of the Stations of the Cross windows, silk- painted depictions adhered to the where the steps were, was left an Australian woman trying to find her chapel windows in the 1960s. The vivid open. This door could take you mother, who said she’d been taken from colours and striking depictions are strong right under the Chapel, right to at the age of four. Hardly able to credit memories for many students and many the front, where we put all the her story, once she began to investigate old scholars were married in the Chapel. heater stuff in. The bloke who was she found large numbers of children But the steady growth of Dominic in there and started it, got out but sent overseas without the knowledge or College and the need for improved burnt his hand. His grandmother approval of their natural family. She set specialised classrooms were prioritised just lived near the school. She said up the Child Migrant Trust in 1987 to over general indoor assembly and sports ‘You’re the one!’ and he said ‘Yes.’ provide a way by which ‘the children spaces. The Savio Chapel became more He had been thrown out of Tolosa sent and the natural families left behind regularly used for pastimes other than Park for being drunk and went could seek some specialist advice and worship: as the assembly hall and as the under the Chapel instead of going assistance. From this time details of indoor sports and PE facility. The roof home. He’d lit a fire to keep warm. the migration of children to Australia leaked, the ceiling sagged, balls damaged One of the saddest things that ever publicly emerged through books and the interior and two of the silk windows happened… television documentaries and mini-series, such as The Leaving of Liverpool, which were broken. ‘They made a playground Peter had stayed very closely connected screened in 1992. out of it!’ to the College throughout these years. Once the newly constructed Savio But in the 1990s the bonds with the Margaret Humphreys visited Hobart Centre, the gym/assembly hall, was College were tested in many of the in 1994 to interview and help the complete, Fr Peter Carroll SDB and Former British Child Migrants. Peter Boys’ Town child migrants recover ‘his band of helpers’ began repair. Peter found out that his mother was still alive their family connections, if possible. recalled: in the 1990s. Her involvement with the child immigrants helped them to understand Some of the former British child There was Bruce Gill, me and a their frustration and anger. Even Peter migrants always knew they had few others. We started pulling Allsopp, the most stalwart friend and family back in Britain. One boy, Peter the floorboards out and doing the supporter of the Salesians asked in 1998: walls. The ceiling was the worst. Hillebrand, went back to his mother in There weren’t many people who the 1950s (see Veritas 2014). Another, Did the Salesians know more than would climb the ladders and Jack Peebles, returned to Britain in the what they should have told us at the scaffolding. It took us nine 1980s (see Veritas 2018). But most boys the time about our family, or did months and we put Br Peter’s believed what they had been told: they they know nothing at all, or were window in. It was lovely. were orphans, abandoned and had no they told to keep quiet? family. The discovery they had family It was difficult for many of the boys, It seemed not long after the restoration back in Britain profoundly changed especially those who maintained their was complete when Peter got a phone them, their relationship with the friendship with the College and the call at 12am at home from Fr Peter Salesians and the way they recalled the Salesians to understand how they could Carroll: ‘Peter, the Chapel’s burning!’ past. have been simultaneously ill-treated and I raced up. It was all foggy. I Margaret Humphries was a social worker well-treated. One said ‘It was the lies and couldn’t do much. No one could in child protection and post-adoption deceit which hurt me the most.’ see. The firies were there. Next care in Nottingham, England. In 1984 Peter said he received a letter from morning I came up and was she began a counselling service called Margaret Humphries and that Maureen, talking to the police, telling them Triangle, assisting children, adoptive and his wife, explained she was well-known it started from the front. It turned natural parents. Humphreys was moved for finding families. out the cellar door at the front, to further action in 1986 by a letter from

VERITAS: JUNE 2021 23 Peter is the little boy on the left and over 50 years later discovered his unknown sister was in the same photo at the orphanage! I’d never thought about it or hang on, she died early this year in looked. We met Margaret in town, March just before my birthday… eight or nine of us. She said ‘We’ve I’ve had a sad time, I’ve taken found your mother!’ but I wasn’t a turn for the worse, I’ve got a too bothered. My daughters and Doctor’s, I’ve taken a turn for the my wife wanted me to see her and worse for the last two or three the Salesians gave me $1500 to go weeks because at the moment I same table but did not let on, we back with Maureen. She was living brought Mum’s ashes back with only realized years later how that in a little unit on her own and it me. It’s a very hard thing to bring photo connected us both… was marvellous to see her. She was back having met your Mum very upset about everything and three weeks of 82 years. It’s very The Former British Child Migrant what she’d done and I said ‘Mum, trying by the time you got there, Support Scheme organised for the don’t worry about it. It was one of traumatic, and to get over that it reunion in 2000, of Peter and his two the things that happened in war was very hard… sisters, Brenda and Jennifer in Dorset, time. I’m happy, I couldn’t be in a England. ‘Out of the blue’ another younger sister better place.’ contacted Peter. He learned he had two Peter gave up his volunteer work in 2017 His mother was full of guilt and remorse. sisters, Jennifer, three years younger and and was farewelled by the staff at the end She didn’t like talking about the past but Brenda, five years younger. Neither of of the year. Cameron Golding, who has told Peter that she had had ‘a very funny the sisters, adopted in 1950, knew about probably used “Jackie” to cook tens of family.’ She was suffering some senility the other. thousands of sausages for the students and too ill to tell Peter of his past. Lacey over the years praised him: In 2000 Peter wrote to the Governor died in March 1998 before he could visit General in a submission to the Senate Your positivity and zest for life again. Peter brought her ashes back to Community Affairs References is amazing and something that Australia. In 1998 reflecting on this, he Committee’s Inquiry into Child we should all try to emulate. You said: Migration: have been an amazing servant of I’ve had the opportunity to go the College in your years at school My name is Peter Allsopp and I back home as most of you would and then in working life and as a am a child migrant being sent here know, to meet my mother for volunteer, a bus driver, a labourer, to Australia from Britain in 1952. the first time, she was 80 years a gardener, mowing the lawns, I was in an orphanage in Bristol of age, she was that wonderful setting up for fairs or events, doing with other boys and girls and not to me. It was marvellous that I whatever is required and being an knowing I also had a young sister had a mother and a family that I amazing presence with the Salesian at the orphanage the same time didn’t know I had. What got me ethos at the centre of everything I was there, we were never told so much in the last 12 months you do. we were related and I was sent to was that every time I rang up she Australia at age nine years and she Although Peter has now retired more was getting down and down, so was adopted out to a couple and often than Johnny Farnham, Peter I couldn’t make it back because was told by the orphanage she “Jackie” Allsopp at the age of 78 still gets I had a job and I didn’t have the had no sisters or brothers. They around strongly and lends a ready and money at the time and I was going gave the couple a photo of myself willing hand wherever wanted. He is our back this year. As most of you and my sister having a meal at the biggest living legend. know I went back, she couldn’t

24 VERITAS: JUNE 2021 Boys’ Town history in the curriculum

Since the special celebrations for the 60th anniversary of the arrival of the child migrants in 2012 and the dedication of the “new” Foundation Stone and re-naming of the Boys’ Town Building, the College has continued to share stories from the old days.

Our Former British Child Migrants 2-day immersion program at Dominic some Boys’ Town favourite foods such as have returned to talk to Year 6 students, College. On return from camp the potatoes from the fire and ‘dodgers’. in a special study, or have talked to and other half of the group undertook the Year 7 students stepped into the boys’ answered questions from Year 10 students program. shoes for Drama activities, recreated in the Immigration section of their All Year 7 students thus learned about historical photographs and exercised History curriculum. the Salesians and Boys’ Town. They their imagination in creative writing and In 2021 a new program was launched: ‘In found out some of the experiences of artmaking. Each student was issued a Their Shoes: an alternative program for the child migrants: origins, their journey passport and an identity badge from one Year 7 students.’ This initiative from 7-10 to Tasmania and their life in the early of the original 39 child migrants whose Teaching & Learning Coordinator Mrs days of the College. The Year 7 students history and stories serve as a foundation Jan Marcenko and Creative Arts Director, participated in a tour of the school of our College. Mr Mike O’Brien, coordinated the Year 7 looking at significant historical sites. The program was very successful and is students who were at school, not on their Students engaged in farming activities expected to be repeated annually. 3-day camp in March, to take part in a as well as prepared and enjoyed eating

VERITAS: JUNE 2021 25 DAMON DE RUITER (1981)

Damon De Ruiter (1981) working) to Europe. Bert was Dutch and became a little disillusioned with the Damon met his grandmother’s family in church as the priest was having an affair and his partner, Lana Holland. with one of the married ladies. Edwards, own and run the ‘My dad was a butcher when I went My best ever teacher was Mr Woolford, award-winning 40’s Café through school until he and Mum a great bloke, Mrs Smith not so much… got divorced when I was in Year 7 at Fr McNamara was great for confession: in the village of Angaston Dominic. I was elected Class Captain he would make you run 10 laps of the in the Barossa Valley, of 8 Black but I was a total twit to oval instead of doing Hail Marys.’ everyone, classmates and teachers, alike! Fr Lawrie wrote to Damon’s mother at South Australia. I was rebellious, got suspended a couple the end of Year 9: They discovered resilience and times and caned regularly by Fr Moate. innovation during the COVID-imposed Once again Damon’s end of He and I discussed corporal punishment lockdown and now plan to expand year report is a “mixed bag.” later in life and he was very apologetic, and develop new buildings on the He seems to have developed a but I said to him “I only got caned surrounding property. pattern of wasting a great deal of because I deserved it and I got caught: I the year by not producing work ‘Angaston is the original “jewel in the don’t hold that as a grudge.” Respect is and disrupting classes; and then crown” of the Barossa – but it’s been now a thing of the past with kids today. I pulling up his socks and showing a little bit smudged over the years,’ have 10 kitchen hands and it’s always all what he is really capable of during he laughed. ‘I want to bring people about them. the last five or six weeks – just in in to collaborate, create a hub of food One great thing about Fr Moate was time to save him from “the axe.” producers and makers, who have the that he used to take me to the country same ethos as me: make, create and ‘Year 10 was better for me,’ recalled churches to do Masses as an altar boy. feed all in one area. A village within the Damon, ‘as I went to a psychiatrist and We would set up the tent and sleep greater village of Angaston.’ they helped me with the self-destructive behind the churches and talk around a Damon and things got easier. My mom Damon was the youngest child of Bert fire. I still love the sound of the wind hated the fact that I did it off my own and Kathleen De Ruiter of New Norfolk through the pine trees that every church back but at least I was smart enough to and initially went to St Brigid’s Catholic had. He was a great mentor but a hard realise there was no future in being an Primary School before the family moved bastard! idiot for the rest of my life. to 217 Tolosa Street, Glenorchy. After I used to be an altar boy at St John’s and having a go at a take-away business in I used to hang out with a boarder called thought the priest was awesome as he Beaconsfield, his parents took Damon Sammy [Sam BAMAK 1981] from the used to let me wear thongs. I probably and his sister (the older boys were highlands of New Guinea - he was a

26 VERITAS: JUNE 2021 delivering the stall holder’s food with our 40’s takeaway. With takeaway liquor licensing relaxed, wine and beer could also be delivered and my suppliers were quick to join the venture. Only able to offer takeaway, staff numbers did drop, but I was stoked to be able to keep all of his permanent and most of his casual staff employed. We didn’t have to go down the JobKeeper pretty funny guy with holes in his nose My second child and son, Jett, was road because we were able to continue and ears from when he lived at home, also born in Coral Bay but we moved trading. It just gained momentum as for the bones to go through. At a school back to South Australia where I found more businesses shut in the Barossa, sports day I was throwing the javelin and Fr Moate and had him christen Jett there was only a few left that actually when Sammy tried it he just walked up at a property I was managing called stayed open, so we were able to provide to the line and hurled it a country mile, Collingrove Homestead, a national trust some sense of normality. very funny to watch. property which we used as a B&B, for Lana and I also decided to help lift the weddings and conferences. I loved doing all the sports through the spirit of Barossans by creating online school, at least I was good at them – I I bought “40’s Café” in Angaston in videos that gathered quite the following. didn’t like schoolwork, but that didn’t the Barossa and have been here for 20 My kids hated them and everyone who really impact my life except grammar. years. I also started a wine label in 2006 knew me personally was embarrassed! Drive is the biggest thing in life as you called Outlaw Wines which ticks along. They were crazy...but it wasn’t about are a long time dead. I make the wine and now my son Jett, degrading the fact we were all going who is studying winemaking, has taken through this horrendous time, it was I left school in Year 10 and got an over the reins and I have been made the about having a laugh and putting smiles apprenticeship at Wrest Point Casino cellarhand! It was my dream for him to on people’s faces. The general public and did my four years there. Mum had take over anyway, he just didn’t know it loved it. It was a hoot and created a little left Tassie when I was 17 so I lived by so I convinced him at the end of Year 12 bit of fun when things out there were myself in a rental house in Macquarie to do a vintage. pretty down and out at one point and Street, West Hobart all through my no one really knew which way we were apprenticeship. With ‘40’s Café’ we won best pizza in going in the world. Australia in 2009 and we represented After finishing I moved to Melbourne Australia in the world titles in Las Vegas While there were definitely testing and cooked there for about a year. I in 2010 coming in the top 10! This sent times through the pandemic, our drive then hitchhiked to Noosa and beached- the business berserk and took my staffing and determination kept us going. As bummed for six months. I hitched back to 34 and is still as busy today. business owners you need to stand back, to Sydney and cooked there for two get creative and think about your own years then rode my FJ1100 Yamaha road In 2013 I met a beautiful woman called survival strategy. We thought on our feet, tourer to Adelaide and worked there for Lana and we have been together ever gave it our all and did our part to keep 18 months. Sydney, Port Douglas, Ayers since. She just finished her Psychology the Barossa well fed and moving.’ Rock, Adelaide, Melbourne… cooking degree and doing Honours and and travelling and not staying longer Masters… then I can retire and she can Damon and his partner, Lana are now than two years. support me, ha ha (dreaming). Lana embarking on a new project, with the came back to help me in the business purchase last year of property which I got married and did a 12-month when COVID hit and to train the includes the 550 square meter shed honeymoon around Australia on a staff for the future of the new world behind 40’s Cafe vacated by Barossa Harley and two-man tent and settled in afterwards. Valley Machinery Preservation Society. Coral Bay in north-west WA, an isolated It’s a great space with rustic iron and tourist settlement on the Ningaloo Reef. After the outbreak in the Barossa was aged wooden beams, potentially a announced, we had two horrendous days I had my daughter there, Poppy, and winery, a distillery or a brewery. of trade, I thought I’m going to close we got the priest from our closest but I had an epiphany and decided I was Damon’s vision has been described as town Carnarvon to baptise her. I had going to ring all the stallholders of the grand, but that’s how he has lived his life, convinced the priest that he should bless Barossa Farmer’s Market and we created with confidence and energy and hard the ocean as Jesus did with disciples and what we called ‘The Flour Mill Market’ work. use this as holy water and the Bishop had inside our restaurant space. caught a whiff and turned up to watch. It ‘They’ll look back in years to come,’ was just a perfect day. Poppy now lives in Customers were able to continue to still Damon smiled, ‘and say this was sitting the Barossa with her fiancée and both are order and buy their favourite Barossa here empty for 40 years and this guy happy humans. Farmer’s Market products, which was came along and created this amazing a relief for them, and then we started space!’

VERITAS: JUNE 2021 27 into the shearing shed during the last hour of shearing, jumping in the wool packs stomping down the wool for the roustabouts. We would always observe and help dad in skinning the sheep and bagging the meat that was to be our dinner for the coming months. When we were strong enough we would help out with drenching and vaccinating the sheep, standing behind them in the race to hold them up for dad to make it easier for him to grab their heads. And the biggest job when we were younger was lamb marking, my brothers and I would have the job of picking up the lambs and placing them in a cradle for mum and dad to work on. Then, being the most reliable with sheep, I was promoted to vaccinator and ear-marker so I dodged the sweaty job of picking up EVOCATIVE the little bleaters. Growing up in the rural has very much developed my sense of social and cultural awareness and how I have a very unusual perspective and knowledge, something LUCY CRIPPS (2011) I didn’t realise until my second year at university. University, especially in the Arts, is such a politically charged Lucy Cripps (2011) is a Canberra-based writer and artist. The rural Australian focus environment, especially in terms of of her research and printmaking practices are driven by her upbringing on her family’s suburban and social issues. Most people sheep property in the Tasmanian Central Highlands. Through the visual medium she at uni made art or wrote about political responds to, and represents, the reality of the rural: the people, the farmed fenced issues like identity and ecology. These landscape, their roles and duties, trials and tribulations, the gentle moments alongside themes were pushed by lecturers but those that shock those unfamiliar with this unique way of life. Through the written this eventually worked in my favour: my medium she examines artistic responses to rural existence. ideas and knowledge on rural Australia and my training in printmedia is has intrigued the art historians at ANU and art professionals across Australia, notably Lucy has degrees in Visual Arts and Mowbray and Bothwell, it is quite Ian Tully the director at Swan Hill Art History & Curatorship. She is an small in comparison to the surrounding Regional Gallery. I found a niche area in artist as well as a writer, but where properties, and we had an especially art history that no one has really written about yet. will the balance lie in her passions? low stock holding over the past 10 years Or are they two modes of one because of the drought, which is now My start to studying improving. Our main productions are expression? Lucy wants to produce at Dominic was wool and lamb, with our quality focus a bit shaky, I was work representing misrepresented more on meat after switching breeds. people, art that explores the more a very shy child shocking jobs on the farm, yet she My parents bought the property from and didn’t make friends easily. I fell wants to write a book about Rural my grandmother, the same property very ill and was Printmaking and showing people my mother grew up on and worked on from a very young age. My father, hospitalised for a how they can better understand Colin, who has a trade background, couple of months Rural Australia through art. and my mother, Angela, instilled their during the start of the school year. Once I went to Bothwell District High School work ethic in us. From the age we could released, I only had the energy to do my from Kindergarten to Year 6 before walk, my older brother Frank, myself core classes, so after my morning blood enrolling at Dominic in 2008. and younger brother George, would test mum would drive me into school for help out on the farm. I remember when either Religion, English, Maths, Science I grew up on a sheep (wool and lamb I was in primary school walking up the or SOSE, wait around for me and then production) property between Melton long driveway after school and walking pick me up before the end of the day. So

28 VERITAS: JUNE 2021 in Year 7 days were hard, but come Year 8 I had well and truly settled in, thanks to sport and like-minded students I had met. I commuted every day, there was only one bus to and from Bothwell each weekday. So, I would leave home at 6.45am and walk in the door in the evening around 5.45pm: a very long day. My older brother went to Dominic first, Frank (Class of 2009). Mum and Dad wanted us to have more educational opportunities than what the local school An art class with Ms Spencer. could offer and Dominic seemed like a good fit, and another Bothwell boy, Alex Turner (2007), was studying there so homeroom teacher Mrs O’Hea who happiness in life and development of knowing someone else helped. always encouraged my intellectual relationships as well as paying the bills My favourite class was Art with Miss freedom and development, and was the are now equal to excellence and career Spencer. Gaye always pushed me to greatest emotional support for all of us goals. Back then I was also dealing with better myself, giving me extra challenges in the class. Mr Woolford always saw the climate of the art world, and the and projects. She often allowed me to my writing potential, and brought out unknown of it... something I’ve later assist her with some classes to further my the intellectual and dedicated student in come to realise is a huge and complex skills in the area, and we also developed all of us. We had a running gag about structure with many avenues and the after-school art club. We continued Collingwood which resulted in the class opportunities. buying him a dummy when they lost one our friendship post-Dominic. After Year 10 at Dominic I won an year. Mr Williams and Mr Carey were academic scholarship for Years 11 and 12 On-par with art was Mathematics, always honest, transparent, and straight at St Michael’s Collegeiate, focusing on in particular Math Methods with Mr to the point – aspects that I admire art and history. Brennan. I always had a knack for in a person today, aspects I like about puzzles and problem-solving and I find myself, aspects I respected back then as a I didn’t know ANU existed until I sat manipulation of numbers, theories and developing young adult. down with career advisers at college formulas fun. Science Studies with Mr and they whipped out the ANU I met fantastic friends during my time at Carey was also a very enjoyable class: course ‘Bachelor of Art History and Dominic - moving to Canberra in 2015 he gave us freedom to explore and Curatorship.’ I had always had an I lost contact with many but we still experiment – they do say creative minds interest in learning about art as well as support each other’s endeavours in the link with maths and sciences. producing it, and the degree structures at online sphere and try and catch up over ANU catered for that. My parents took English was also a favourite of mine, I coffee or tennis when I make the trip me to the ANU Open Day in Canberra always loved class reading and discussing down south. ideas from the books we were studying in 2013 and I toured the campus and fell – I guess I’ve always had an inquisitive, Another highlight during my Dominic in love with the uni and the city. But in but also an argumentative, mind – I days was playing tennis with Mr Nolan – 2014 I decided to defer uni and take a was never scared to voice all sides of he always challenged me by entering me gap year – I was anxious about the move an argument and push myself and my in the boys’ comp (mainly as a challenge to Canberra and didn’t quite feel ready, I classmates to think laterally about issues for them also). The sport has always been still had things I wanted to do like travel. an important element in my life, a great and text. I got a job at Tarraleah Village and stress reliever and it helped me develop worked and lived there for a year. This Art at Dominic allowed me to build socially. I still involve myself in the was the best decision as it helped me relationships with others who shared sport 12 years on as a coach at Braddon come into my own as an adult and the passion. Miss Spencer was the first Tennis Club in the ACT and also at the understand responsibilities, prior to this to open my eyes to the world of print- Domain Tennis Club in Hobart when I was still an awkward kid. Also in 2014 making. I wouldn’t revisit print-making I’m in town. for four years but it has since defined I travelled to Europe with a friend from my practice. Art classes gave me an I remember my goal as a young woman Dominic who was studying Architecture opportunity to gain mentorship from a starting at DC was to prove my academic at UTAS so the trip was very much an practising artist: Miss Spencer’s support capabilities and to give myself the ‘arty-cultural’ trip. options of flexibility when it came to and work with me was the first steps in At uni I did an intensive in-country choosing my career path. From a young my professional development in the art course where I travelled back to Paris and age I was academically driven, I enjoyed world. Rome to study the art I had seen four the challenges and pushing myself. My years before, this time with a knowledge Teachers who have been significant ambitions and goals have very much of the eighteenth century and my in my memories include my old changed, living as a supposed ‘adult’ lecturers.

VERITAS: JUNE 2021 29 I didn’t start studying a visual arts degree the physicality of shearers – the process COVID has put that on hold until until 2016, I was doing some practical of printmaking is always extremely things start to open up again. art classes as electives during my first year monotonous when you are printing the I did a year-long internship at the and realized how much I missed making plates – so this reflected the monotony of National Gallery of Australia whilst art. So when it came time, I applied to shearing. I think it took me around six writing my Honours thesis where I do a flexible double degree with Bachelor hours to print 10 prints off the one plate worked with the Australian Prints of Visual Arts majoring in Printmaking at a time. curatorial team. I worked on cataloguing and Drawing alongside my curatorial The notion to represent the often the collection, writing acquisition degree. This is when my love affair with misrepresented or misunderstood proposals, making social media posts, art print began. people, objects, processes and thoughts handling and also wrote some blog posts I have always been a person intrigued of rural Australia fueled me to write my and research articles and really enjoyed by method and technique, and I have honours thesis ‘Inside the farmed fenced art administration. When the time is always loved drawing so print media landscape: the representation of the right I shall move into that industry. seemed like the right fit for me when rural reality in 21st Century Australian Never be afraid to follow your passion, applying to art school. My main love of printmaking.’ no matter what it is – there will always the medium is that it combines drawing I am currently working on a series that be people who don’t understand it or with different techniques of making. It explores some of the more ‘shocking’ try and undermine it, but you are lucky: is highly experimental, and it suited my jobs on the farm – lamb marking, you live in a world and time where desire to create art that directly reflects slaughtering and so on. Alongside this there is support and understanding – a many farming processes. my old lecturer, and mentor Dr Sarah generational shift. Since I was five years My biggest project was creating a series Scott, a fellow Tasmanian, has prompted old and sat in my first ever private art of prints from a single 57x70cm zinc me to write the book on Rural Australia lesson I knew I was destined to be in plate. I used a shearing handpiece to through Australian Printmaking – so that the “Art World”, but I was scared to scratch through what we call ‘grounds’ is a mammoth task I am tackling. I have admit it for a long time – scared that which are waxy or soapy layers or also been doing some guest lecturing and it would lead me nowhere. Here I am, bitumen which protect the metal and ran a couple of tutorials on Australian two university degrees later, a 20,000 only allow the acid to eat away at prints for Sarah at ANU. word thesis, staking my name as the new exposed areas of metal. I divided the authority on rural printmaking; writing I work for GoBoat Canberra and coach process into six key parts of the shearing a book on the subject, lecturing on the tennis to pay the bills, but my main process and then layered each stage same subject at the university I attended, focus is to continue my writing career over the top of each other to create a supported by my lecturers and colleagues and to produce art. At the middle of print of various lines and movement in the “Art World” to give a voice to 2019 there were plenty of jobs in my that represented shearing a sheep. The the rural communities in Australia field and I would love to move into a process involved a level of physicality to through art and writing to fill the gap in cataloguing or administrative role but maneuver the plate, this commented on literature.

30 VERITAS: JUNE 2021 Cassie McLoughlin Cassie McLoughlin (2020) received Dominic College’s most prestigious award at the end of 2020, the Br Peter Dezani Best All Round Student Award. Cassie was College Vice Captain, the St Catherine of Siena Academic Student of the Year, the ICAS Award for English, the Ng Lavelle Family Academic Achievement Award, the Year 10 subject awards for RE, English, Mathematics, Physical Science, History and Music. Cassie enrolled in Year 7 from Immaculate Heart Primary School. She said she had a wonderful time at Dominic, and enjoyed all the great opportunities. Feast Days were memorable and camps were fun: Year 7 at Fortescue Bay and Year 8 at Freycinet. She loved Home Room with Mr Lapolla, calling them ‘a wild ride’! Cassie does favour sciences and this year at GYC she is undertaking Physical Science, Maths Methods 4, English Lit, Music and Religion. She’s hoping for more Chemistry and Physics next year and to undertake a science degree at university. Maybe all that science will be good for her cricket, too, as she works out the toughest task in bowling: leg spin. Cassie has been playing for New Town in women’s first grade and hopes to continue her success in the sport. Her favourite bowler: Georgia Wareham (21-year old leg spin bowler for Victoria and Australia). Cassie is considering taking up school football in the winter while she awaits another cricket season. Cassie hasn’t been working but is also thinking about taking on a part-time job. Her tip for students at Dominic: ‘Enjoy it while you are there, because there’s lots of things you’ll miss when you step up to College.’ Cassie demonstrates her soin bowling action.

VERITAS: JUNE 2021 31 JOHN MCGREGOR AND PATRICK BERRY (2002)

Some might call John McGregor and Patrick Berry (2002) “Real Estate Royalty.” Or very naughty The Property Pod boys. Or impossible to podcast won 4one4 the Innovation shut up. Award at the Real John and Patrick’s real estate businesses Estate Institute of are now one, with First National Tasmania Awards McGregor joining 4one4 Real Estate at in 2020. 414 Main Road, Glenorchy. The boys have been friends for 30 years. Patrick and John, together with fellow ‘Dominic Primary used to be down in Patrick said the businesses shared similar Dominic old scholar, Aaron Horne, Bowden Street,’ explained Patrick. ‘Across family-run values and they combine the also Class of 2002, started the Property the road was the local kindergarten and technical wizardry and in-house skills at Pod weekly podcast in 2019 the only that’s where John and I met. We started 4one4 with the wealth of life experience show of its kind in Tasmania at the together at Dominic in Prep and have at McGregor. Despite COVID time. What began as weekly banter been friends ever since.’ coming out of nowhere, the businesses over coffee developed into a digital chat ‘My earliest memory from primary completed the successful merger and are show covering a wide range of topics, school was on the first day, Simon set up for a strong future. sometimes even including real estate. [Deayton] and I challenged each other

32 VERITAS: JUNE 2021 Fandango Brothers” as a fundraiser. It was half an hour of terrible impro.’ Patrick and John were both in the St Vincent de Paul’s group and both did Peer Support. Patrick said they were always organising fundraisers. ‘Maybe because nobody put their hands up, so they just told us that we were doing it.’ John said he knew they would be asked first. ‘For me it was also an excuse to get out of regular school work. We were the ones holding the camera and walking round the school and the teachers would see us and think “Oh, they are just doing their thing.” There was some leniency because we weren’t troublesome kids.’ From their 1992 Prep class photo: John McGregor and Patrick Berry, next to Mrs Foley. ‘I think my reports,’ John continued, ‘were always “John’s a great student if to a race. Just as you turn in and turn recall associating with them at school. ‘It he just applied himself more.” We did left where the prep room was, there was wasn’t intentional, I just don’t remember our negotiated study and I got on well a little square where the seats were. I being with them. The strangest transition with Mrs Whyte. I’d spent all my time remember us going “Do you want to from primary to high school was from helping Anthony film his Monty Python race?” “Yeah!” I can’t remember who won being the eldest to being the youngest sketches she ended up giving me good (obviously I’m going to say I did). But again, from the top of the pecking order marks because I hadn’t had time to prep that’s my first memory of primary school to the bottom.’ my own.’ – challenging kids that I’ve just met to Their first year in high school was still a race.’ Patrick said that he really liked Mr under the old year-level pastoral system. O’Keefe, Mr Cardamatis and Mr There was one Prep class, with Mrs Foley, John was in Mrs Conboy’s 7 Grey and Williams. then later classes with Mrs Carnevale, Mr Patrick was in Mr Reinbach’s 7 Purple. Brownless and Mr Wolak. In Year 5 there But in Year 8 in 2000, the Vertical ‘Mr Cardamatis just loved World War 2. were two classes, Mrs Saxton and Mr Pastoral System was established for an I never knew anyone who knew WW2 Wolak, and John had Mrs Saxton. ongoing family-like structure, where as well as him, he was a massive history each home room had children from buff. Mr Williams was just so passionate ‘What was frustrating was Mrs Saxton Years 7-10 who were in the same House about Savio – he had this Savio was a bit of a hard taskmaster and had (Bosco, Guzman, Savio and Siena). bandanna custom-made by his wife with a board with things to accomplish that a shark on the front. Aaron convinced day, spelling and so on. Every time we’d Patrick said that as a Year 8 being in him to make two more bandannas one look out the window at Mr Wolak’s class the same room as a Year 10 was initially for me and one for Aaron to wear on they were running outside doing some daunting. carnival days. He was so proud of his activity.’ ‘I don’t remember it being fun to start Savio team.’ Patrick recalled one day Mr Wolak was with but by the time we made it to Year John added that Mr Williams was so sick and his class had to go into Mrs 10 we mixed a lot better with all the understated in his demeanour, ‘Then he’d Saxton’s and they didn’t know what hit young kids coming through. It definitely suddenly have this bandanna on and it them! ‘But by the time Year 6 rolled helped the Year 7 students fit in and not was fully out of character. Very cool!’ around we all knew the same stuff – he feel they can’t talk to older students.’ just had a smarter way of getting the John said he was “a bit of a punk” in Year John recalled that their year was same information into your head.’ 8 and often wouldn’t make the effort in described as one of the most harmonious class unless he was interested. Going to the Middle School up Tolosa in terms of relationships between the Street wasn’t that scary. Patrick said they different age groups. ‘Mr Cardamatis was the first person were happy they had all their friends to get me interested in a subject that ‘One of the reasons was that Pat, Aaron with them. I wasn’t interested in first. I started and myself were doing different acts to improve my attitude in Year 9 and ‘One good thing about Dominic is to make us look like fools – everyone learned some respect for teachers. When that the culture is always built around knew who we were. It was the same year I became school captain in 2002 Mr friendship and supporting each other – we re-opened the common room, we Brennan said “two years ago I wouldn’t it’s drilled into you pretty early and still cleaned out the games room next to the have put you on the radar for captain.” what we live by today at work.’ old canteen and it became a common Kids have to discover it on their own, room after being closed for years. Aaron John said that although he had older but with teachers, all it comes down to and I put on a little show called “The brothers, Scott and Luke, he doesn’t

VERITAS: JUNE 2021 33 is having a good relationship and having rewarding, contributing something big get the dirty look… it is what it is but some respect.’ to someone’s life.’ everyone understands,’ said Patrick. Patrick said on Carnival Days and Patrick notes family support is crucial. ‘The technology revolution has changed Dominic Days they would put their ‘I was going to do this from before I the traditional approaches to real estate hands up for anything. got married, so my wife Abby knew though’ continued Patrick. Rotary what she was getting into. The hours and local face-to-face networks used ‘It didn’t matter that we sucked at it each week, the weekend and after hours to be how our parents’ generation because they changed it so that you got a appointments at 8, 9 or 10pm. You found houses to sell: talking to “Bob” point for participating. We’d be the worst should be home sitting with your family at a dinner about how his auntie was runners or the worst long-jumpers but it but you’re with someone else’s family. thinking about selling… Connections was all about getting points. Shotput – And the need to always pick up the now are different. People do more “Yeah, we’ll do it.”’ phone whenever it rings because it could research online and it’s become more Neither Patrick, nor John had a specific be the person who is going to buy the of a numbers game. Often you are up plan for university qualification at house. against three or four other agents, but Guilford Young College and they chose one of the good things now is competing ‘When I started this I’d be back in the subjects which interested them. Some agents actually talk to each other. When office to all hours but now I have a worked, some didn’t. John said he didn’t I started they never did that – and if they young family I figure out how to spend feel the urgency of going to university did you’d never get an honest answer.’ quality time with them. For example, and instead he was working at Legs ‘n’ on a Sunday afternoon showing my wife Patrick said his Dad was a product of the Breasts at Glenorchy and did bar work. comes with me. We’ll drive to wherever Rotary Club of Glenorchy: ‘Numbers are He joined the family real estate business the appointment is, 40 minutes to show. their biggest problem, with no members in 2005/6. Patrick was doing shift work They’ll sit in the car, then we’ll go out under 55 and numbers down to a third at a hotel in town but realised he only elsewhere. It mightn’t work for everyone of what they once had. Rotaract has went to school in Years 11 and 12 to but my kids have grown up with it. failed a couple of times. Technology socialise, to hang out and talk to friends. makes life easier but we do twice as ‘Anyone thinking about it, go home and ‘Dad was like: “Well, why don’t you much.’ Real estate businessmen were the make sure your family understands, not come work for me?” I thought I’d do it source of much social support for the how good you will be but how much for a year or two. Now 16 years later…’ community. time you will need. Our family time is They both learned the ropes and gained unconventional, like in the car, but we ‘People are sceptical and discerning about credentials in the industry, earning their talk and laugh and interact.’ sponsorship and marketing now,’ said real estate diplomas and managerial John. ‘They see through it. In business it ‘With my Dad,’ said John, ‘it was the qualifications. is important instead to choose something same thing. Dad couldn’t be at our you are passionate about and support it, ‘John and I were lucky that we had soccer matches on Saturday because and the marketing payoff pivots off the family who helped us along the way. he was working. Now there is a lot usefulness.’ We got a bit of a handball from mum of technology to help, but still… it and dad with different leads and never takes 30 minutes. I’ve been at an Patrick and John continue to build opportunities that came along. Having engagement party in someone’s back yard their business, enjoying success and someone there to ask questions 24/7 and all the agents are on their laptops strengthening their community obviously helps you school up faster. We trying hard for their clients.’ connections. And having fun. have evolved into two good agents – we ‘The number of times I’ve dropped the are a bit different to each other and to wife and kids to a family barbecue – I other agencies out there. We are honest and approachable. There’s no bull. ‘If you want to succeed you do need a bit of confidence behind you because you’ve got to be able to accept rejection a lot in this industry. Just “no problem, see you later.” In our industry you work for yourself. You only get out what you put in. You push yourself along.’ John adds that “stickability” is crucial. ‘Eighty per cent of salespeople will fail in the first two years, and 80% of the remaining in the first five. You do a short course and boom you’ve got your ticket. The barrier of entry is low. Sometimes things get really hard and money will Aaron Horne, Patrick Berry and John McGregor at 4one4 Real Estate. dry up. But it can be exceptionally

34 VERITAS: JUNE 2021 Brave New World Blake Smedley (2008) is a Social No companies or workplaces have been and through the special quarantine taxi Sciences graduate from UTAS, involved. Essentially I up and left to rank where they’d take me to my hotel. now a Human Resource and give this a crack, being in the fortunate The next 14 days I was holed up, getting Communications expert, who situation where I don’t yet have a family three meals a day, staying in a reasonably has worked in a variety of roles to look after, and rental incomes from comfy hotel, watching Taiwanese my properties look after the mortgage. cartoons like Detective Butt - that’s his at YMCA, the Australian Public actual name. Service Commission, Queensland Back in February 2020 when things were University of Technology and not quite anticipated to be so severe, I There was a Nick Butt at school in my MJSP Consulting. Blake is now actually arranged and paid for this whole soccer team and we got along pretty well. in Taiwan – diving into the trip. Then *that thing* happened, and I wasn’t judging anyone’s name back I had to put it on hold. Late last year COVID-world without a solid I noticed the Australian government plan, seeing if he can live and changed the rules allowing people work while he’s there. to leave if going for more than three My main goal for my working holiday is months. to pick up the language, not necessarily I applied, jumped through the 100 to progress a career here, though I hoops to get a Visa to enter Taiwan wouldn’t turn down opportunities. I (booking quarantine hotel, getting in those days, when with my surname, did the mandatory Italian classes at medical clearance certificate, finding being called ’Smelly’ was considered Dominic, but can’t even count from one travel insurance during COVID) and comic genius to most kids. to 10 now. voila, I had permission from both I’m hoping I’ll be able to get a decent governments to make my way. On I’m now out of quarantine, exploring grasp of the language to take back to arrival in Taiwan I saw that Brisbane the city, using my learned Chinese to Australia, and enjoy myself along the implemented a complete lockdown of embarrass myself in front of the locals way. I’d like to find a basic job involving the city, so I only just made it! Luckily (and sometimes impress them) and some level of daily Mandarin interaction, I didn’t lose any flights/accommodation continuing my language studies.. or other big chunks of money in the but mainly using English. 謝謝，週末愉快，再見！ process, so I am still feeling very grateful. My working holiday is a kind of visa 阿布（Blake） organised by myself, having to jump Arrival involved getting herded by pretty through a few hoops from both the friendly people through health check Australian and Taiwan governments. stations, arranging my local SIM card

VERITAS: JUNE 2021 35 Louise with husband and daughter at the awarding of her doctorate.

and one at Lisieux Catholic school in Torquay, Victoria. Life wasn’t always easy for me, there were challenges along the way and times when I made poor choices and faced consequences for those choices. However, during those dark times there was always a little voice inside me, reminding me of who I really was through the values instilled in me in childhood by the DR LOUISE HODGSON Salesians: courage, integrity, aspiration and kindness. These values have become (nee Westcott, 1978) increasingly important in my adult life. My doctorate was the hardest thing I have ever had to do. I often struggled with my writing and there were many times when I felt like quitting and there Louise Westcott prepared us for life through modelling were patches when I did quit. But I attended Holy the gospel values and imparting in us a was conflicted because it was my heart’s Rosary Catholic sense of the divine. desire to finish it. That little voice kept Primary School In Year 6, we were fortunate to have telling me to “keep trying, don’t give up, then Dominic a lovely old retired priest in residence don’t quit” so I found the courage and College from Year called Father Stettmeyer who tended the after six years of hard work, I completed it. 6 1974 till Year garden and often chatted with us in the 12 1980. She My research findings have directly playground. One day, he came up to me was the second impacted my current work supporting when I was eating my lunch and said: eldest of the nine coaches in the Department of Education. “Be a teacher of the little ones – you are Westcott children who were educated at This is having a positive impact on very gentle”. His words struck a chord Dominic College over a total of 18 years, teaching and student learning outcomes with me and I never forgot them, such from 1973 until 1991. for students state-wide. We want all our was the power of his faith-filled loving students to have agency in their learning, Louise attended the University of kindness. to collaborate, to question, to solve Tasmania, the Australian Catholic I wasn’t always “goody two shoes” or challenging tasks, and to talk about their University and Monash University. In even a great scholar. I can remember thinking so that they can engage in life 2019 Louise completed her doctorate which in Year 8 misbehaving in science class and democratic processes. examined 18 primary teachers in four and getting lines in my diary and there school contexts experiencing a scaffolded I agree with Nelson Mandela who once were times when I was asked to leave the professional learning sequence. The focus said that Education is the most powerful class. I found science hard, I thought I was on processes for shifting from teacher- weapon which you can use to change the was dumb so mucking about was my centred to student-centred practices that world. way of coping. Looking back, I’m not encourage student reasoning and problem- proud of that behaviour but learning is I want to encourage you to act according solving in mathematics. challenging. If it were easy, we wouldn’t to your values. Feelings come and go I am eternally thankful to the Salesian be learning. but your values define who you are. Fathers for instilling in me a strong Dream big, your education will give you After leaving Dominic College I became sense of social justice and the desire to opportunities. Work hard and remember a primary school teacher and went become a teacher to improve educational that learning is hard, it’s meant to be, on to get a job supporting teachers to outcomes for all children and especially no one gets better without practice. understand effective ways of engaging the disadvantaged. I received my Mistakes are important. They help us students in mathematics. I married education in the style of Don Bosco, to have a healthy mindset that we can and had three beautiful children, two open to learning, creativity and joy. accept and learn from failure. Finally, of whom are teaching in our Catholic The Salesian Fathers empowered us to always act in the spirit of loving kindness schools, one at St Paul’s Bridgewater discover our own intrinsic goodness and toward others.

36 VERITAS: JUNE 2021 DOSA’S GOAT BRENDAN LOVELESS (1990)

Brendan “Snowy” ‘There was a bit going on at home know what I’d do. I’d have to make an Loveless (1990) with Mum and Dad. I left school effort,’ he smiled. has been breaking and still didn’t know what to do. I Brendan’s still not retired. ‘I’ll let the kids records for years. was unemployed for six months, then run around and if the coach wants me In 2017 he broke went to work at Park Homes – those I’ll play. The McCullochs have taken the Tom Jarvis’s long- transportable homes you see in caravan lead for coaching this year and they are standing record of parks. Then I got an apprentice quality people.’ 362 games played cabinetmaker position down the road. for DOSA. In They ran out of work and I changed my Brendan joined the DOSA Football 2019 he broke 400 apprenticeship. It was a bad time for Club in 1995 with long blonde hair, games for DOSA. And in 2020 he passed steady work. I lost my job two weeks ‘straight out of Baywatch’ his mates said. the Old Scholars Football Association after finding out my wife, Liz, was Those who remember him say he was record of 417 games. pregnant with our first child, Harry. hard at the ball, a ferocious tackler, silky I even did a week with Nortas (later on both sides and courage personified. Brendan and his twin sister, Emily, Snowy was Club Captain for five years, enrolled at Dominic College in Year acquired by Tassal), picking bones out of fish, just for something. has had 11 Grand Final appearances 7 1987 from Corpus Christi Catholic and has five Best in Finals. Durable is an Primary School. The family lived at Eventually building work settled down understatement. Howrah and older sisters Angela and and Brendan and Liz had three children. Roslyn had been through Dominic. Brendan continued to play for DOSA Grumpy as ever, Brendan became co- President with Cameron Golding (1998) Brendan says that he was a pretty each week and stayed in touch with friends from Dominic, often the same in 2019. His mates say Snowy does his average student. He recalled getting best to rip every young bloke who cannot the Citizenship of the Year Award in crowd he had knocked around with after school. live up to his hard-nosed standards. Year 9 ‘then two weeks after receiving ‘Snowy is truly stuck in the 80s. Still that award getting bad note after bad Brendan played in plenty of rocking the six pack and an occasional note.’ He loved his basketball and his premierships. Community football belly button ring, this bloke has given his sports, recalled Mr Woolford and Mr became a part of life. He’s broken his leg heart and soul to the Maroon and Gold!’ Williams and Mrs Smith down in the and had two knee reconstructions, but Book Depot, ‘trying to cuddle students.’ he loves it. He says it keeps him fit, but Advice from DOSA’s old bloke: ‘Have Brendan went on to senior school, played more importantly, keeps him connected. a crack: don’t leave yourself regretting something.’ football up till Year 12 for Dominic, ‘I’m a quiet person – not the most and was captain of Young House (which outgoing type. became Bosco). It gets me out His reference states he was ‘a fine young of the house person, with a sensitive nature, an open and forces me and friendly manner and a good sense of to socialise. humour.’ You need a Brendan recalls at the end of school not hobby or an knowing what to do and not really being interest. If pushed. it wasn’t for DOSA I don’t

Celebrating recent milestones. Brendan demonstrating his defensive technique during our interview. VERITAS: JUNE 2021 37 MATTHEW STOLP (1989)

Matthew Stolp was at In the last 10 years he has been acting and belittled. This careless response hurt Dominic from 1979 in theatre and film and his own him. through to Year 12 in 1991 performative creations: shorts, festival ‘When I was in maybe Year 3, I went to and his five siblings also gigs, Youtube – he loves mucking around stay with friends of my family. They had went through Dominic. with his friends. two girls my age and one night the three Matthew is Senior Matthew was our special guest speaker of us sat in one of the girl’s bedrooms Secondary Art and Drama at the Dominic College International playing with Barbie dolls. It was fun. We teacher and Head of Faculty Men’s Day breakfast in November 2020, dressed them up, did their hair. I was for the Arts at Guilford Young College. when he spoke to students and families having a great time and neither of those He has been a teacher almost all his about growing up in Glenorchy and girls judged me for playing with dolls; adult life, with brief early stints at King he reflected on changed perceptions of they were just enjoying my company. Island District High School, Mackillop ‘masculinity.’ It’s the way things should be right? Their Catholic College in Canberra and St mother came into the room, found me ‘I’d say my time at Dominic was pretty James, Cygnet, before commencing dressing up her daughters’ dolls and I’ll good all things considered’ he said. ‘We 14 years at Sacred Heart College, New never forget the nasty way she teased had opportunities that gave us a sense Town, from 2002. me, saying, “I’m going to tell all the boys of pride and success and I had some at your school that you’re playing with At GYC since 2016, Matthew says he is teachers who made me feel worthwhile. I Barbies”. I was about seven years old impressed by the Dominic students he made some good friends, a few of which and I still clearly remember the feeling sees studying Creative Arts at college. I’m still friends with today. I learned of shame. Guilt that I had been doing Matthew specialised in the Creative Arts some important lessons at Dominic, something very wrong. Something about in Years 11 and 12 having finished with like the value of compassion and the which I should be embarrassed. Maths and Science in Year 10. power of Art in my own life. But there were definitely times at school that I ‘When I was at school we were taught ‘We performed each year in the Phillip also felt nervous and confused, where I that the best men would be tough and at Smith Centre in Glebe. I had Dr Bowes felt overlooked or like I didn’t belong. the head of the pack. The boys celebrated as drama teacher and also Adam Croser, There were things that I needed to learn were those who played the roughest a big influence on me continuing my that were neglected and some lessons I game of football, those who could win a drama studies. The main performance learnt that were ill-informed or simply fight, the tallest, the loudest, those that was Rhinoceros where I had a leading not right.’ took up the most space. And they weren’t role with Andrew Casey (1989). I just celebrated amongst their peers, these am still good friends and colleagues ‘No-one thought there was a need to boys were glorified by their teachers and with Andrew. In my younger years at discuss how to be a man. You just picked the whole school community because high school I was a shy person. It was it up from the men around you and on we had all learnt there was a certain type important to me to have people around the telly. My education about manhood of masculinity of which the world stood me I felt safe with. I went straight to was probably not too different from what in awe. university and spent two years at UTAS you’re being taught today. We all know in Launceston, two years of a Diploma how to describe the stereotypical man: ‘Maybe we do need a subject called of Drama and went to uni in Canberra strong, brave, competitive, insensitive, “How to Be a Man” but for the sake of and Deakin for Bachelor of Education leaders in business, government, crime, men and the sake of the world, it’s time in Drama. I later completed studies in violence and war.’ that the syllabus for such a subject is Art and now teach more Visual Arts than broadened. For one, those traditional Matthew described events as he was Drama. I have always performed, with a lessons about manhood are far too growing up where masculine stereotypes break when my family was young.’ exclusive, being tough, insensitive and were pushed and anything else rejected

38 VERITAS: JUNE 2021 always confident simply doesn’t align a sense of security and belonging to my continue to encourage you young men with the actual experience of most community. I wanted to feel valued and to be tough, angry and sexist are robbing young men. loved. you of your potential to be kind and compassionate; your desire to sometimes ‘Dominic was a small town Catholic ‘And yet, despite my goodness, simply follow rather than lead; your sense of high school and Hobart was a remote because I was not the kind of boy we being loved and appreciated by your part of the world in the 1980s, and it were taught to be, I felt rejected by friends. Those that say you need to was a frightening and isolating place the world. In Year 10 another boy “Man Up” and “Boys will be boys” and for a creative, sensitive, gay teenage boy deliberately slammed his locker door into “Can I get a strong boy to help me lift who wasn’t that good at sport... People me. He was bigger, stronger and meaner, this table?” are robbing you of a sense of like me at that time were ridiculed, one of the tougher boys, one of the boys contentment within your natural bodies ostracised and even beaten up. My family other boys looked up to. I didn’t say and qualities that will make you men of were unable to be open to who I was, anything. He said, “I did that because peace; men of authentic strength; men my friends would have rejected me. My you’re a faggot”. who deserve to feel pride. school didn’t acknowledge different kinds ‘We are finally starting to see that our of boys. The church degraded us and ‘Men don’t need to be scared that traditional understanding of manhood made us feel shameful and even the law changing ideas about masculinity means has in many ways done more harm in in Tasmania persecuted us until 1997.’ we will lose our identity; it means we the world than good and there is a need will improve our identity. It takes true Matthew suggested that the world - the to look critically at ourselves and take courage for a group to relax its identity community, home, school and church action to change,’ he said. to include others and we must accept - all failed him. But they also failed the ‘Who knows for sure, where our current that real men can also be weak, nervous, boys who persecuted or ignored him. ideas about masculinity came from, shy, skinny, large, short, gay, transgender, ‘I was a good person when I was a whether they are in our nature or have spiritual, creative, intelligent, feminine, teenager. I was talented and creative, been learned or both. We don’t really gentle, slow, anxious, differently abled, intelligent and quick-witted; I thought know; but it doesn’t really matter why autistic and any of the kinds of men deeply and had strong sense of spirit, I men behaved the way they did in the which have previously been rejected from was funny and cheeky and good to my past. It matters how men behave now the pack, including, in Australia, men of friends. I mucked around at school, but and those that would have you young a different race, religion or colour.’ it was all in good fun. I liked having men adopt the traits of toxic masculinity He concluded: ‘If you are any of these fun. I liked making people laugh. I liked are robbing you of the freedom to things, boys, it’s not just ok. It’s great – the Summer and school holidays and express yourselves emotionally and it’s what makes you unique and valuable listening to music. I was kind. I wanted creatively; the freedom to cope with to the world.’ my life to be happy and creative, with failure and admit fear. Those that

- and brought up the idea first pantry drive being so successful, of assisting others in some we more than tripled our efforts for the way and we began working second pantry drive, and ended up filling towards the pantry drive. multiple trucks for St Vincent de Paul. People were panicking, and This time friends volunteered to help it wasn’t bringing out the with pick-up in specified areas, according best in us. to suburbs. There were many people who put their hands up to assist us in some How much more difficult way. We worked together to make sure would it be for those who that those who were most in need, were were vulnerable, isolated remembered and supported. and didn’t have the means PANDEMIC: THE PANTRY DRIVE of transporting themselves Being a part of these pantry drives with from shop to shop, for simple items? We Matthew was one of the most rewarding Matthew Stolp (1979) and Emily Wilkins decided that non-perishable goods was things I have done. Matthew is a kind- (1995) have been friends for over 14 years, the way to go and we decided together to hearted man, who supports diversity, since Emily began to teach at Sacred Heart. contact St Vincent de Paul to assist us in who has the ability to multi-task, think Matthew and I have spent a lot of the distribution of our goods. outside the box and find multiple creative responses to a multitude of time together over the years, and have Matthew and I both had the opportunity potential challenges. Working with him found we share a rather unique sense of to speak about our initiative on local I’m reminded about true friendship, humour, amongst other things. radio stations, and with the help of our community, inclusivity, and what we can friends, social media posts were shared Matthew thought COVID was do when we just put our heads together. widely. The Mercury got involved twice, damaging our community spirit – excess I’ll always be honoured to call him my buying and hoarding had just started and helped us spread the word. The VERITAS: JUNE 2021 friend. 39 MEG WEBB (1990) The Honourable

Working firstly her father, Tony Webb, became Head of I remember Mr Michael Woolford at the coalface the Dominic Primary School at Bowden freehand drawing a map of the in community Street. Meg’s sister, Katherine, also world during ancient history aged care, then started at the same time, in Year 3, and and marking it up with whatever in capacity- the family had moved from Nubeena to he was talking about. He liked building roles and Otago Bay. Meg said she had a strong interactive lessons: it was still in peak bodies, memory of the frost on the primary history, but we’d re-enact a court such as TasCoss, school oval in winter and having wet case. committed to making change and socks for the day from play. She recalls Meg said that the ethos of the College finding solutions for our State’s social her teachers with fondness, Mrs Jameson was rooted in care and compassion in the challenges, Meg Webb brought the in Year 2 and Sr Ann Condon in Year 3, community and that that compassion passion for what can be achieved by and playing netball and softball. was always built into expectations of evidence-based social policy to her They lived over the river and her father students. political campaign in 2019. went to school very early so Meg and I didn’t have a clear idea about ‘I’ve never been a member of a political Katie were dropped at the last bus stop what I wanted to do when I left party,’ she said ‘and haven’t been before the Bowen Bridge by their mother school, what I wanted to be when interested in party politics. If anything, and caught the bus, standing up, to I grew up. And I didn’t have a I could only be an Independent. So Tolosa Street for high school. particular set of goals or dreams when the Upper House Member for I liked and I was good at most that I was working towards. But Nelson retired after 24 years, the seat was subjects, and I loved and I was one of the things cemented for me contestable. I wanted to have a go.’ good at most sports. I was quite an at school were a set of key values. I Meg spoke to students at our Women’s all-rounder – not necessarily the especially liked the school motto: Day breakfast in March about her life best at anything, but pretty good Live by the Truth. Truth and and some of the lessons she has found at most things. I participated in a ethics, fairness and compassion useful along the way. Meg wanted to great range of academic challenges, were always very important to me. become a member of Parliament because and I remember some particularly Those values were also something she wanted to make a difference: ‘I excellent teachers I had in high that my family talked about and wanted to help make our community, school for English and Social encouraged. our state, better. Wanting to do that has Science who really inspired me. After Year 10 at the Dominic Senior been at the heart of my work all along.’ The Humanities subjects captured her campus, Meg was looking for broader Megan Webb enrolled at Dominic imagination: experience. She had a friend who went to Primary School in Year 2 in 1982, when

40 VERITAS: JUNE 2021 Meg with her sister, Kate, grandmother, Gwen, and father, Tony, at the Women’s Day breakfast.

Hobart College and Meg felt she wanted Her policy research work at Volunteering Meg said students did not need to be to experience new ideas and new people. Tasmania aligned with her study and fearless to succeed in life; they need to then she started work with TasCoss, the be brave. I thought I would go to uni, get a social sector peak body. degree and then start some kind of Feeling afraid can sometimes professional job. But things didn’t With her interest in politics, she said to hold you back – what you need exactly go as I expected. After I’d herself, if an opportunity arose she would to practise is being brave. Being done just some of my uni degree, run for office. The Upper House is the brave means that you feel fear, I became pregnant and had my easiest place to run as an Independent. but you choose to act anyway… daughter, Sophie. I hadn’t planned The election was tight and preferences You often only have to be brave on becoming a mum so early in were distributed among high profile for a few minutes at a time – long my adult life and that set me off candidates many times before her victory. enough to get past the fear. When on a different path to what I’d you find yourself holding back Meg told students at Dominic College imagined. It was really important because you’re feeling afraid, that being clear about your core values is to me to be a good mum, so I challenge yourself to be brave for just as important as being clear about the focused mostly on being a mum five minutes and see if that gets path you plan to take. while Sophie was little, and then you past it. when she was old enough to go Any work you do will always be Finally, Meg admitted that there was to school, I got a job with the satisfying if it aligns with your never an ideal time to do something. Salvation Army looking after older core values, your heart and soul. ‘Sometimes you will just need to decide people in the community. If your paid work isn’t closely to begin and give it a try. Things happen connected to your values, then This was eye-opening work with older when you try; nothing happens if you you can make sure other parts disadvantaged people, in boarding just keep waiting for everything to be of your life are: your family, houses because they had been de- perfect.’ your hobbies, your volunteering. institutionalised. Finding a way to live your values And for the next 20 years, in a that suits you, will be something whole range of jobs, my work that makes you happy in life. was basically all about helping Meg said that no one achieves in life all people in the community who on their own: sharing the journey of your are struggling and need support. life with people you love and who love Eventually my work shifted away you is deeply satisfying and comforting. from directly providing support to people, into jobs that were It’s also important to remember more about trying to influence the that at the same time your family government’s policies about social and friends may be supporting issues and disadvantage. you, you will also have the opportunity to give support back Meg advanced through positions that to them. Never underestimate became more and more ‘professional’ and what a positive impact you can had higher levels of responsibility. The have helping and encouraging guiding light was that every one of them others to reach their goals. It was based on her values – of truth and could be as simple as telling ethics, of fairness and compassion. someone you believe in them. Across those 20 years, Meg had two Remember that the impact you more children, Indy and Atticus. Meg have on the world isn’t just about went to UTAS and although she had not the wonderful things you do completed an undergraduate degree, she and achieve, it’s also the positive was able to satisfy the requirements for influence you have on other commencing a postgraduate degree in people’s lives. Meg in the news regularly, as the Member for public policy. Nelson.

VERITAS: JUNE 2021 41 Tracks of my heart

Molly McGovern(2014) Molly Gudde (formerly McGOVERN For Bowes Kelly, the future was not paved Harbour was too narrow for bulk 2014) entertains and informs visitors with gold, but with copper as he had freight, and the road to Hobart was not to the isolated and rugged Tasmanian discovered the richest copper mine in the constructed until 1932, so for 40 years West Coast, hosting and commentating world. The mine had huge amounts of the railway to Strahan and thence to on the tourist train through mountain, copper, but with no roads in or out of the Zeehan and the north coast, was the only rainforest and river bridges, on the line wilderness of the west coast, Kelly had no link with Queenstown. between Strahan and Queenstown. way to transport the copper to market. The railway ceased operation in 1963, The solution? A railway. The West Coast Wilderness Railway is with ongoing maintenance costs too operated by the Tasmanian government The challenge of building a railway in this high compared to road shipment of owned Abt Railway Ministerial wild terrain was vast. Rugged mountains, freight. Later, community support led Corporation, under commercial deep valleys, rivers, rock and impenetrable to government funding to restore and principles, and see themselves as forest all stood in the way of success. But reopen the railway. There have been guardians of local heritage, respecting Bowes Kelly lived by a motto – ‘Labor cycles of closures and re-openings ever and celebrating the past. Along with Omnia Vincit.’ We find a way, or make it. since. The railway was the winner of the cruises on the Gordon River, it is a Teams of surveyors told him it couldn’t be Best Tourist Attraction at the Tasmanian very important attraction which brings done. He fired them and started again. Tourism Awards 2019. tourists to an area often overlooked. Molly tells the story of the railway Molly has had her role with the railway In 1891 two Irishmen, Crotty and Bowes construction and of the lives of the since October 2020, from the reopening Kelly, were trying to get investments in builders, fettlers and families who worked following the COVID shutdown. How a gold mine at Queenstown underway. and lived on the route. Macquarie did she come to apply?

42 VERITAS: JUNE 2021 ‘My first experience of Queenstown was and Talking Heads Retrospective at the I performed every year at school: when I was about 10 and my mum’s Creative Arts Festival in 2018. Stories From Suburban Road, Dags, closest friend moved here,’ Molly Midsummer Night’s Dream, Curious ‘I started off in UTAS in Hobart, then recalled. ‘My mum is Karen McGovern Incident, Talking Heads. Mr O’Brien went to Launceston for a semester. (nee GUDDE 1990) and she would drove us to complete professional When I went to Queenstown I switched bring us kids up to visit Maret Cannan performances. It had to be good! to Distance Learning. Studying from (nee BANTICK 1990) and her family, the West Coast isn’t easy. UTAS Cradle In English, I had Mr Kress in Year 8 and when Maret and her husband bought Coast Campus study hub is at Burnie, Year 10. His enthusiasm was infectious the Westcoaster Motel. Visiting them though there are plans for a hub at and he was always happy to give me became a tradition and they get on really Zeehan. additional material and readings, going well.’ out of his way to help. He got me on to I’m still enrolled with a few units to go ‘In 2018 I started working for Maret. Catcher in the Rye and helped me read in my Bachelor of Arts, majoring in I couldn’t get more than 20 hours Shakespeare. He taught me techniques English. I’ve taken a leave of absence but a week work in Hobart, with entry I was able to use at university to help will finish my degree in the next year or level hospitality, so I took a job at the study a play in a week! two. Westcoaster in Queenstown doing If I was going to offer advice to housekeeping and food and beverage. I I was hired by the West Coast Wilderness students today it would be to apply for was there for four months and decided Railway as a commentary guide and I everything, whether you know what you to stay and I moved up permanently do that all the time now. When I first want or not. Don’t let an opportunity in 2019. Over winter and COVID I started, I became really sick after my first slip by, without putting your hand up! came back to Hobart, but it was hard week, with talking for four hours a day to support myself. Then with travel – something I wasn’t used to in student I want to build a career, cementing being allowed once again, this job was theatre. I take care of myself now with a myself in this company and doing more advertised. I returned to Queenstown lot of lemon tea and leatherwood honey. in management and tourism, especially for a face-to-face interview (I didn’t want West Coast tourism. We’ve got a lot to My work was helped so much by to do a Zoom interview as I wanted to show here and I’d love to continue to be Dominic drama classes! Mr O’Brien make a better impression in person). a part of it. taught us how to be expressive. You can They asked me about my theatrical easily fall asleep on some voice guided experience and Dominic was the crux Above, Molly on board the Wilderness Railway tours! The centre of theatre is storytelling of it. entertaining and educating passengers about the and that’s what I do. I can just picture history of Queenstown-Strahan line. Below: Molly ‘I had done a Level 3 Drama in Year Mr O’Brien saying to me “Finish featured in many school productions, including A 11 at GYC and Theatre Performance the word properly! Pronounce every Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Curious Incident in Year 12. I had returned to Dominic syllable!” of the Dog in the Nightime (with Ryan Enniss), for In Their Own Words also in 2015 and Dags (with the cast).

VERITAS: JUNE 2021 43 Carry on, Mr Webb!

Mr Tony Webb (Savio 1963), for I came to Savio College from Year 4 at on in different directions but when over 50 years, has been an active Sacred Heart in New Town when our we meet up on the odd occasion, the driver of community events and has family moved to 4th Avenue, Springfield, friendship we had comes back to the worked tirelessly to bring people in 1957 and looked for a school closer fore and we comment on our good early together in the spirit of fellowship. to home for me to attend. In 1959, school years. My time here set me up for I was in Year 6. Soon a choice had to life as a teacher and a citizen and formed He has combined his profession of be made between streams: academic a core of what makes me, me. (Latin & French) or trade (woodwork & educator, his strong spiritual beliefs My strongest school memories are the metalwork) and so, for the four years of and his passion for the arts with Salesian Fathers and Brothers who were secondary, I was in the academic stream, administrative and social skills, to be our teachers - there were no lay people taking few trade subjects. a peerless community builder. teaching here then - such as Fr Ted Syd Grubb, a neighbour and parent at Murray, Fr Prioetto, Fr Sullivan (who we Tony attended Savio College from Savio, collected glass bottles for return to called Dagger behind his back), and Br 1958 to Year 10 in 1963, thence the glass company to raise money for the Scarparo. Hobart Matric College and Hobart school. We volunteers would knock on Br Julian Scarparo was relatively young Teachers College. He has taught all doors up and down the streets, seeking and new to teaching: our class of Art had over the state, including Nubeena, any empty glass bottles which ended up 60 students, sitting at separate desks, Lindisfarne North, Queenstown, at the then St John’s Primary School. I drawing a still life of a bowl of fruit. One George Town and been Principal at was starting to get the feel of helping of the boys gave him some cheek and others, using Don Bosco as a model. Dominic College Primary School he chased them out of the room at full It helped that my parents were strong and Corpus Christi Primary School. speed. supporters of the College, Dad at many Tony’s three brothers were also working bees and Mum on the canteen I envied the boarders just one thing – educated at Savio and Dominic, but for many, many years. they had a lovely afternoon tea including Tony was the eldest (by nine years) cake, soon after school finished each day. None of my school friends have Some of them were fairly tough so I kept and led the charge. remained close friends as we all moved a distance from most.

44 VERITAS: JUNE 2021 One of our subjects was Agricultural Practice and the school had its own farm supplying eggs, meat and milk for the staff and boarders. While much of it was theory occasionally we ventured onto the farm area which took up the space between the current main oval and what is now Tolosa Park. One day, we were called down as Fr O’Sullivan was assisting a cow giving birth; the calf was already dead inside the cow and we were Choir at the Town Hall, with Tony, front row, second from the right. observers to a harsh reality of farm life as it was removed from its mother. An early drama event for me was Norfolk boy, started a protest at school gathering called the Eucharistic Congress attending a St. Patrick’s Day concert in with him in the lead, saying that Merv where we were housed at Oakleigh, the City Hall, Hobart where our class was in the wrong and couldn’t stop attended Mass and marched in a street presented an Irish poem with me saying us giving him pennies. The gathering procession along with hundreds of the prologue and epilogue; the enormous at lunch was quickly dispersed by the others. teachers and an assembly held where applause as we concluded was exciting. At the end of each year a Speech night we were all berated for not supporting was held to highlight students and A memorable incident was the “tractor private enterprise (Ace Bus Service) and groups, such as our choir and present accident” that occurred on what is now threatening the future of the service prizes for academic achievements, much the top basketball court next to Savio itself. Notably, Michael Clarke went like the Awards Ceremony these days. Hub. The school tractor was supplying on to later become the most senior Except for one year that I remember power for tools in use by tradesmen. bureaucrat in the Federal Government, when it was held in the Town Hall, this Those days, a tennis court was marked the Head of the Department of Prime was held at Cosgrove High School as out on the bitumen with the net held Minister and Cabinet and is now in our Savio didn’t have an indoor space large in place by two poles cemented in place Dominic College Hall of Achievement. in two large tyres. Someone, I don’t enough. My cousin, Grant Richards, was know who, (and wouldn’t tell if I knew!) Among my friends then were Hayden a boarder and his parents would come turned the ignition key during recess Rough, Michael Tong-Lee, Stephen down from Launceston, freshen up at break with the tractor taking off on its Sheridan, Brendan Doran and Michael our house at 4th Ave and then we would own across the court, heading for the old Gard. We played with our own year all go over to Cosgrove. At the end of the chapel wall. It hit one of the tyres, turned levels though sports were held in House function, we all came back to our house 180 degrees and headed back towards Groups: Tweedy, Morgan, Gaha and for a supper before Grant and his parents the classrooms where Guzman currently McCann, with cross year involvement headed back to Launceston. in Athletics and Footy as there was only is situated. Fr Stettmayer was watching At the end of Year 10, my parents and one class at each year level. One year, from his classroom door, saw the tractor I had to decide where I would go next while playing in the House Footy Grand coming towards him and quickly went for my schooling; St. Virgil’s was a Final in wet and muddy conditions, I inside, shutting the door. The tractor possibility but I was doubtful I could finished the game with my white shorts hit the brick classroom wall, missing the transfer my allegiance to a different still unmarked, a tribute to my ability to walkway upright poles. We all watched Catholic school so ended up at Hobart keep out of the way; the other boys soon this unfold with mouths agape; never Matric, now Turnbull’s Funeral Home in fixed that with a dumping after the game had we seen such marvellous recess Letitia Street, a momentous time as for into the very muddy long jump pit on entertainment! the two years I was there, it was the last the side of the oval! Transport to and from the College was year it had a Grade 10, followed by the serviced by the Ace Bus Service, run by We attended Mass every day so soon first year it was entirely a Matriculation Merv Cresswell. Many students needed learnt to respond to the parts of the Mass College. even though it was in Latin. There was to use this service because the College When I left Teachers College and went a tuck shop in the middle of the long then was somewhat out of the way with to Nubeena on the Peninsula for my shelter shed which covered the space now no Metro services nearby. In those days, first teaching appointment in 1968, I known as Savio. It mainly sold sweets the currency was halfpennies, pennies, retained my link with Savio by paying and simple lunch items. threepences, sixpences, shillings etc. my subscription to be a member of the Merv didn’t like students giving him There were student groups in the College Savio Old Boys Association, otherwise too many pennies as they were large called Sodalities which were much known by the unfortunate acronym as and heavy, preferring threepences or like Mini Vinnies etc today to which SOBA. There weren’t too many meetings sixpences, so he issued a statement that we could join, though ours were quite or events but an occasional visit to he would not accept them, even though religiously based. I belonged to the St the College to see Br Peter was always they were legal tender. One student, Joseph Sodality and along with David special. Michael Clarke, who I think was a New Mee, sent to Melbourne for a huge

VERITAS: JUNE 2021 45 Representing DOSA at the annual awards 2019. On the DOSA table at the College Fair 2018.

Br Peter Dezani was always a very Salesians. The atmosphere in the school, the other campuses but in the main, each important person in the life of old between students and teachers, was of the three conducted its own affairs. scholars as he kept up links with all and something for which I had been looking. Teaching appointments for me were sundry, taking and cataloguing photos, I discovered that Dominic Primary was around the state, including Nubeena, reading the daily papers to take note of not part of the Independent Schools’ Hobart, Queenstown, and Georgetown, any old scholars mentioned and greeting sports association, had not in fact ever so I spent intermittent periods of time those of us who visited the College at been ‘invited’ to be a part. I couldn’t put attached actively to the Old Scholars any time. A newsletter, “Glenews”, which up with that, so in 1983/84 I instituted association and it has been important I had some involvement in preparing for a Catholic Primary Sports Association in to me to do so. I left the College having a while, was overseen by Br Peter and collaboration with Rob Carroll and Sue enjoyed my time there and wanted to mailed out to members. Walker and it still operates today, over maintain a link, staying in touch with An Annual Dinner when many of us 35 years later, along the same lines we set what the College stood for. would catch up with each other, was up, providing three major carnivals each One of my most memorable roles was to held, many of them at Laetare Gardens year in swimming, cross country and present part of the Eulogy for Bro Peter in Moonah, owned by the Gardiner athletics. This is one volunteer group of Dezani at his funeral Mass held in our family whose son, Peter, was then which I am very proud. old chapel. One of his fellow Salesian another young old scholar who had been Some Dominican sisters remained in Brothers began the Eulogy, highlighting in my class. all three sections of the College, either his early years when they came out from I had been teaching at Tasman District taking full classes or supporting students Italy to be Salesians in Australia. I then High School at Nubeena for six years where needed. I recall being invited by told of his time here, his quirks and love with a young family of three when I the Sisters to dinner at the Convent of the College. The entire student body decided to move and, while never really early in my time there, I suspect to lined both sides of the driveway from the thinking I was Principal material, applied be “checked over”, and left full of Chapel all the way down to the entrance for the Principalship at Collinsvale and confidence that this was going to be a at Tolosa Street to “see him off”. was successful, ready to take up the wonderful place to work. In recent years, I have been a member of role in January 1982. Prior to leaving I still value the five years I spent at the Dominic Old Scholars Committee Nubeena, I heard that the Dominican Dominic Primary when I learned so and am very pleased to see the extent Sisters were not going to replace Sr much about life in a Catholic school; to which the Old Scholars have become Gabriel as Head of the primary school there was some small connection with a significant part of the College at the end of 1981 and so it would be community. advertised; a long-standing mantra for me has been “the best time to apply for a job is when you have one.” And so, I put Members of the Class of 1990 who were at Domnic Primary when Tony was principal. my hand up and was successful, making me the first lay Head of School at Dominic. At that time, there were three sub schools, Primary (Prep-6) down next to St John’s Church, Middle (7-9) on the current Dominic site and Senior (10-12) down at the current Guilford Young site. I became the Deputy Head in charge of Dominic Primary in 1982 and that’s when I really felt the pull towards Dominic and its ethos and charism. The Dominican sisters made me very welcome and I could sense almost straightaway the vital and excellent partnership between the Sisters and the

46 VERITAS: JUNE 2021 ‘Let me be glad and rejoice in Your love’ Sr Mary-Clare’s motto taken at her Final Profession in 1970 SR MARY-Clare holland op (holy 1966) name Sr Mary-Clare Holland OP (1966) is significantly closer to home. St John’s Sisters in 1968, did my final years of the Prioress of the Dominican Sisters of began with Years 1, 2 and 3. I remember, matriculation and trained as a teacher. Eastern Australia and the Solomon Islands, being the proud big sister, taking my My family’s move to Queensland was a significant journey from her enrolling sister Gabrielle to her Year 1 classroom initially disrupted by the 1967 bushfires at the then new St John’s Primary School and being shown where I was to sit: I which threatened our house at Montrose in 1959. She is a member of the Catholic was mortified as I was going into Year 3 and burned up to the fence with our Religious Australia Council and celebrated not Year 1! neighbours, just as were trying to sell. her Golden Jubilee in 2020. I am the eldest of six children. My father, My siblings, Gabrielle, Denise and Sr Mary-Clare says the people she has Norman, came to Australia in 1947 Bernard later worked in education. met along the way have enriched her life, from Ireland, to be followed a year later Denise sadly died in her early 30s. especially working in pastoral care. by my English mother, Kaye. Dad put Andrew, the youngest, works in real himself through University and became estate. Niall studied medicine and lives a secondary teacher at Taroona. He later Standing on the shoulders in New Zealand and all my other siblings worked in the Curriculum Office of the of those who live on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast. I’m State Education Department. have gone before me. the aunt to 17 nieces and nephews and My siblings, with the exception of this year will be great aunt to 21 grand In 1959 the Dominican Sisters came to Andrew, all went to St John’s in their nieces and nephews. Tasmania. I remember the parishioners early years. My family moved to I look back with fond memories on being very proactive in raising monies Queensland in 1967 as Dad took a my time in Tasmania. I’ve maintained to build the school and parish precinct, position as lecturer at Queensland contact with a couple of girls I went a dream of Parish Priest Fr Wallis. Many University whilst studying for his PhD. I to school with. Janece Bryan (nee an hour was spent playing on the land as wanted to become a Dominican but did Robinson, 1966) and Carmel Asten (nee the men planted and harvested potatoes, a further year of schooling in Maitland, Byrne, 1965). During the secondary tomatoes, lettuces. There was much NSW. Having lived my whole life with years, at Holy Name School, we had excitement as all prepared for the arrival my family at home, it was felt I need classes in a musset hut that literally of the first three Dominican sisters. a year of boarding school to broaden shook in the strong winds, and in a barn, my sheltered experience, at St Mary’s, I transferred from Sacred Heart in New before we moved into the purpose- Maitland. I entered the Dominican Town to St John’s School, which was built secondary school, Holy Name. I

VERITAS: JUNE 2021 47 work for four years in the Regional Tribunal in Brisbane, whist completing further studies. I went on to be Director of Mission and Pastoral Care at the Mater Hospital in Bundaberg. Working in a rural area of Australia was a great privilege and I learnt much. I returned to Sydney in 2006 when elected to the Congregation Leadership Team. After that, I took up a position at Santa Sabina College as Community Pastoral Support, working with families and staff, accompanying them through remember our having to wear jiffies in During what was possibly my first year sickness, loss or through periods of the classroom to protect the tiles from of high school, one of the girls died significant challenge. Again I found it the scuff marks of our shoes! Radical for unexpectedly, Patsy Holmes. She was a privilege to share the lives of people its time, a sports uniform of shorts and an only child and her loss was grieved when they were most vulnerable. top was also introduced. terribly by her mother and I am sure impacted us as her peers. In 2017 I was elected leader of the During the secondary years we were Dominican Sisters of Eastern Australia taught basically by Srs Benignus (Pam I found myself attracted to Dominican and the Solomon Islands and more Davis) and Frances Mary (Lucy Davey). life by the lives I witnessed of the Sisters. recently celebrated my Golden Jubilee of Sr St Mark also taught us for a short They were extraordinary women. I sensed Profession. time, an older woman, a real lady with a a humanity and a certain playfulness. I great sense of fun. We had a couple of lay saw a freedom and a sense of joy among The Congregational Council has teachers, Mrs Derrick and Mrs Tilyard them, even though, as I have since continued to lead the Dominican Sisters who taught typing and home economics. discovered, their life was not easy. through a significant period of transition At one stage, we travelled to St Mary’s as its members continue to age. We’ve After completing teacher’s training in College for home economic classes. I handed over our ministries and are in Canberra, my first teaching appointment remember the times when we’d climb the process of transferring our school was to a Year 2 class at Santa Maria Del Mt Wellington with Sr Pam and Father properties. There is an emphasis on aged Monte Primary School in Strathfield, Sheedy during our holiday breaks. care, ensuring we have appropriate care Sydney. for our older Sisters as well as looking to It was during this time that some of After some years teaching in Queensland, our future lives together. the sisters were involved in a bad car in 1980 I was given the opportunity accident, Sr St Mark being one of them. While our Australian Sisters are ageing, to study at Boston College in the US, we have a number of younger Sisters in which was enriching, and completed my the Solomon Islands, with whom we Masters Degree in Religious Education. continue to work to ensure they have I taught in primary schools for 23 years a sustainable future. The Dominican in Sydney, Brisbane and Newcastle, 12 Sisters in Australia continue to be vital of these as Principal, including nine at women, fulfilling their charism of Santa Maria Del Monte, Strathfield. preaching the gospel wherever they are. They do this by the very way they live In my latter years as Principal, I and interact with those around them. volunteered at Ankali, providing They preach by their deep commitment emotional support for persons with to prayer and the way they live their HIV/AIDS. This experience, as well as lives. the death of my sister and a sister in-law, brought about a change in direction I’m thankful for all that has been, for all for me. I had a 12-month break, who have influenced me on my journey undertaking chaplaincy training, at San thus far and remember fondly my Francisco General Hospital and courses formative years in Tasmania. in London, returning to Australia to

48 VERITAS: JUNE 2021 Christine Castles (1969) Citizen of the World Christine Castles (Holy Name 1969) had a distinguished career as a nurse and midwife, in some of the most testing conditions in the world. She was awarded Dominic College’s Hall of Achievement in 2003 under the category of Human Spirit and the award cites the phrase ‘Educate a woman and you educate her family’ as a philosophy which has taken her to the Marshall Islands, Somalia, Burundi, Arnhem Land and Timor. VERITAS: JUNE 2021 49 Christine says that she changed in the three years from the person she was, who knew it all and had the answers, to one had learned patience, tolerance, a respect for culture and people. These lessons held her in good stead in her next journey. Christine was still ‘restless’ on her return to Tasmania and when she received an invitation from the American humanitarian organization International Medical Corps (IMC) – the US equivalent of Medicins Sans Frontiers – inviting her to go to war-torn East African Somalia. Her friends were horrified, but her family was supportive: Christine Castles started at St John’s, In 1992 at 38 years of age Christine practical Christine handed her father her Glenorchy and progressed through St made a life-changing decision to be will, her sister her power of attorney and John’s and Holy Name, leaving at the daring: made it clear if she was taken hostage end of 1970. She loved school and says I realized I had never lived alone. they were not to pressure the government that she cried on the day she left. I’d always lived my life as others to save her. Christine’s father was a carpenter, who expected. I had no idea who I was In 1995 Somalia had disintegrated did much work for the Church and her or what I wanted for myself. into civil war between local warlords. parents, Leo and Mary were involved Christine joined Australian Volunteers Christine was employed by as a Maternal with the parish – Christine was the International as a specialist nurse and and Child Health Coordinator to be second eldest; her older brother Stephen went to Majuro, the capital of the stationed in Baidoa, 250 kilometers from attended St John’s with her and then Marshall Islands, a country made up Mogadishu, Somalia’s capital. went to Savio for Year 4 in 1962. of five islands and 29 atolls scattered Christine’s initial IMC orientation was Although she over 1000 square kilometers of the in Nairobi and she enjoyed a sightseeing loved school, north Pacific. The local health workers, animal safari. Then Christine said she especially on the isolated outer islands, was hopeless at had never been officially trained and My journey into Badioa was in sports and loved Christine was to set up a training course a small 6-seater plane, two and academic subjects. for them. a half hours of turbulence, deep ‘I was always the breathing and gripping the seat in Their written English was very poor and naughty one, she front of me, trying to remember after my first few attempts at setting said. ‘I had to go the prayers from Holy Name. and marking written exams with dismal and stand on the convent path. Sr Ann, Bombed buildings, machine guns, results, I abandoned the idea and set the Convent nun, would come down burnt-out shells of planes, barbed up practical work stations’ she said. with some food and say “I pray for you, wire and sand bags. At the dirt Christine took many teams to outer Christine.” All the nuns would walk past airport all I could see were men islands on the Tollemore, a tall ship and give you another Hail Mary or Our with guns. sponsored by an American medical Father.’ foundation. All international staff travelled with Outside school, Christine enjoyed Girl armed guards. When Christine travelled My main responsibility was Guides and then Rangers. ‘Then I went by 4-wheel-drive, there were two guards women’s screening so my first duty nursing and everything had to stop on the roof. ‘Count the feet hanging was to visit the local chief’s wife, because you had shift work.’ down,’ she recalled, ‘One, two, three, with one of my health team to four. Yes the guards are here, let’s go!’ Christine went straight into nursing at translate. On one such trip, I was the Royal at 16, in the nurses’ home woken in the middle of the night They were housed in a walled, barbed- across from the hospital in Campbell by a man pointing to a dingy. He wire compound guarded 24-hours a Street. rowed me to a small island and day. The new staff were told the security in a small hut there I found a rules and issued with their hand-held There were about 30 of us and young girl in labour. She had two radios to be carried at all times and never you had your own rooms. You did elderly women with her. We had turned off. The Nairobi office called blocks of study with lectures and no common language but many the compounds UHF/VHF radio twice training, and then went back on hours later the baby girl was born a day to check. There were cooks and the wards. We graduated and I and named Christine, after me. cleaners and a generator which ran for continued working there. Caring love and true concern can two hours a day. Christine trained as a midwife, she was be shared when there is a common Cold showers were the order of the married and then divorced after 12 years. bond. day… very brisk in the mornings,

50 VERITAS: JUNE 2021 but just what was needed after Christine questioned whether she could the leader of the United Somali Congress the heat of the day. After my first last, but with tears and support, took militia, captured the town. meal of camel meat I fell into it a day at a time. Many women who At 6.30am on Sunday 17 September, bed listening to the braying of delivered vaginally went home within I was woken by heavy gunfire. I donkeys, the snorting of camels a few hours. A girl who had walked for rolled over and thought “Come and the tinkling of their bells, to days after all her family had been killed on guys, it’s too early!” Then a be woken the next morning by the was able to stay for 45 days. Many grenade shattered my window. muezzin’s call to prayer from the women had obstructed labour and We went up on the roof to see mosque. arrived dehydrated with ruptures and the whole township surrounded fistulas. Christine said that the IMC Baidoa by heavily armed militia. During hospital team consisted of a Sudanese Slowly a routine developed. With the day we lost contact with doctor, a Kenyan nurse, a Canadian the help of a translator I began other international staff – one nurse and herself. The building was to form a relationship with my of our local staff who was from single story concrete with a courtyard maternity colleagues and slowly the right clan was able to find in the middle which functioned as a started to learn and teach. First out what was going on in the mosque at prayer times. The maternity thing each morning I whistled streets: all the international staff department had a concrete floor, 12 to tea shop across the road for were being taken to the UNICEF army cots, a two bed labour room and a thermos of Somalian tea, very compound… As the cook was latrine/wash room. ‘Six of the seven staff strong, very black and very preparing lunch, in walked four in maternity were illiterate. Professionals sweet with cardamon added. heavily armed men with guns and qualified nurses had either been An acquired taste but I grew to over their shoulders and multiple killed or fled the country. The current enjoy it and the way its partaking rows of bullets over their chests. staff were cleaners who became nurses allowed the team to start the They took our radios and asked from necessity.’ day together having a chat and a us to go to the trucks... We were laugh. driven through the town. The Most Somali women were circumcised market had burned down, many at a young age, eight or younger. Female Christine said being an Australian was a homes and villages destroyed. All genital mutilation was severe. Christine bonus as the Australian army component 21 international staff were held in saw ‘again and again’ the devastating of Operation Hope had been liked and ‘protective custody.’ consequences. respected. She felt like a professor on her grand round each morning doing Christine said that although the first day The vaginal delivery I witnessed bedside teaching for staff, visitors and was very scary, she never felt in personal on my first morning was a young patients. ‘Slowly things began to improve danger. After three days they were given primip who because of her or perhaps I became hardened to the permission to contact Nairobi and were circumcision required anterior, death and despair that was a part of told our families had been informed. It posterior and lateral episiotomies. everyday life.’ was the only time as hostage that she I was so shocked I just made it cried: ‘Oh, how much stress and anxiety outside before I vomited. This was The local nurses were concerned for had I caused everyone?’ followed by a young girl who had her as she was not married and had no aborted at home and was bleeding children and were always on the lookout Her father, Leo, told the Mercury that heavily. I was made to understand for a husband for her: ‘I had a line of she would ‘bear up well’ and that ‘she the nursing staff would perform suitors asking for my hand in marriage, knew she wasn’t going to a barbecue.’ the dilation and curettage on but all walked away shaking their heads The UN negotiated their release after five the delivery table and I watched when I asked for a dowry of 100 camels.’ days. Christine never had a chance to say in horror as this was carried out Christine’s time helping the people goodbye to her friends. She also didn’t without anaesthetic. Shortly of Baidoia finished abruptly. General want to go back to Australia yet: ‘I did afterwards the girl died. Mohamed Aidid, a Somali warlord and not want to face the publicity!’ She chose to take up a position in Burundi instead,

VERITAS: JUNE 2021 51 a troubled area in central east Africa, woman before and I could feel every night and I’d say ‘Why don’t bordering Rwanda where the Hutu-Tutsi them trembling as I examined you go home?’ ‘No, no, mumma, conflict plunged both countries into them… The pigmy race adopted they are making sure you are OK.’ chaos. me as their carer and would arrive We weren’t allowed to go out after at the clinic in the area they lived hours. Christine’s position was nurse/midwife asking for “the little white nurse.” with the Primary Health Team in The teams would talk to the refugees Muyinga, a province in Burundi. The Always recognizable by their about malaria and water-borne diseases. hospital functioned with a skeleton staff, filed front teeth, they were at the Christine fell victim to Dengue Fever – a with the families of the patients moving bottom of the social structure, tropical disease spread by mosquitos. in to care and feed for them as food was and managed a bare existence in There is no vaccine or cure. Symptoms not provided. the hills. include fever, headache, muscle and joint pain, nausea, swollen glands and fatigue. There was one Burundi doctor Christine had many harrowing and many Christine was very sick and evacuated who hadn’t fled, as many did, uplifting experiences in Burundi. At one to Darwin for a man I admired greatly for his point the borders were closed and all US treatment. untiring devotion to provide citizens had to leave, but she stayed and healthcare during a time of total continued her work. As she prepared to When Christine chaos. The IMC supported him leave she thought how much she would recovered she by providing a surgeon from the miss the sounds and sights and smells worked as a United States… My French is of the local markets, and the people midwife in Brisbane poor, so I was extremely lucky to who had touched her life. ‘You can stay and Alice Springs find Gerard, my interpreter, who too long, living in crisis areas and start before returning had been two years in medical to think guns, clan warfare, death and to Tasmania school but left due to the political destruction is normality.’ permanently, working at the Royal again situation. There were four expat Christine came back home but did and then commencing at Correctional nurses and we supervised 12 not settle. She lived in the Northern Health, Risdon Prison, managing the Government clinics, many of Territory, working as a remote area nurse staff of 30 nurses. As well as normal which had little or no equipment for local and indigenous communities nursing duties and examination of due to looting. for two years, in East Arnhem complaints, she would discuss and challenge inmates’ lifestyle choices. The team travelled around the province and Katherine. In the Gapuwiyak supporting the health centres by Community, for example, she was I can sit down with those people supplying drugs equipment, kerosine responsible for the day-to-day running who have committed terrible for the vaccine fridges and providing of the health centre which served 1000 crimes and ask them what training. They boiled syringes and people in this remote community on difference they are going to make needles to sterilize and gloves were the shore of Lake Evella in north-east during their time in gaol. Are they washed and rewashed and dried in the Arnhem Land, about 500 kilometres east going to stay the same or are they sun. of Darwin. going to change?’ The countryside was magnificent, Next, Christine joined the Community In retirement now, Christine has found characterized by hills and valleys covered Aid Abroad Oxfam Australia East Timor peace with her recent husband, Leon, in eucalyptus trees, banana groves, cotton Project. In 1999 East Timor had voted whom she met through dating service, and coffee. It was hard to imagine that in for independence from Indonesia, and eHarmony! ‘How else could we have this tranquil setting there was so much Indonesian army troops and militias started dating? We talked through the devastation. responded with destruction of villages service, then met for coffee, then for and murder of anti-Indonesian activists. dinner at Bellerive Pub.’ They married The teams were always on the lookout after he returned from a holiday to for signs of unrest: if the market in a The United Nations Security Council Africa! village was closed, this was a warning called for a multinational force to ‘and you turned around and went back restore peace and security and the arrival What has Christine learned that she can home.’ They were stopped at military of thousands of international troops, pass on to young people today? ‘Just go roadblocks and would produce identity mainly Australian, caused the militia to with what you want. Don’t wait. As long papers and letters of permission. Curfew flee across the border into Indonesia, as you don’t get into drugs, debt or harm was in place. from whence sporadic cross-border raids anyone, just go for it.’ by the militia were conducted. In areas where there were no staff to provide women’s health care I didn’t live in Dili, but in we provided a clinic on a regular the countryside, working basis. In the beginning only a with groups of east Timorese, resupplying locals coming back handful of women presented, but over the border, with mosquito as the weeks and months went by nets, cooking pots and basic more and more women came to amenities… I could sit with the the clinics… some of these women women. There were three girls had never been ouched by a white who would sit in the front lawn

52 VERITAS: JUNE 2021 ‘I started school in 1960 at six years old, with the nuns at St John’s,’ Mark recalled. ‘There was a playground, a low wire fence, a gate and a white gravel path which led to the convent. “Go stand on the path” was the command to miscreant boys and girls.’ ‘In Year 2 Sr Mary Amata had two pieces of wood hinged and she would smack them urgently together to get our attention. She wouldn’t let me go home one day until I could tie my shoelaces.’ Mark went to Savio College up Tolosa Street in Year 4 in 1963, one of 58 pupils in Fr Stettmeyer’s class. Mark called him the master of cursive writing who gave a wrap on the knuckles for badly formed letters, but forgiven for the free lollies at the tuck shop at lunch. ‘He had a strong forefinger and thumb, for lifting troublesome boys off our feet by our cheeks.’ Mark recalls Fr Joe Pulis in Year 5 lining up his class for wake-up exercises (jumping jack calisthenics) for 10 minutes - a bit chilly in the fog in winter. ‘In Year 6 during morning tea and lunch we used to play brandings with a tennis ball, thrown at our legs and backsides – it used to sting a bit. We all had a turn and tried to get Fr Breen but he cheated with his lightning speed and dirty great black cassock for protection.’ He remembers Fr Breen’s class too. ‘He had eyes in the back of his head. He’d be writing on the blackboard, hear some chatter, turn and throw it, fair square on target every time. He also scanner-man would reach into his pocket and grab an enormous bunch of keys and underhand flick them at the offender – one time he Mark Ellingworth (1969) had an off day and the keys went straight up and hit a light, which came crashing down on the desk in front of a startled student… we were quiet after that!’

‘I have a story to tell; how long Mark’s parents, Colin and Marcia Mark’s secondary classes at Savio have you got? So many stories, not Ellingworth were pillars of the church. included Technical Drawing and enough time!’ Mark Ellingworth His Dad did the readings and later Woodwork with Br Peter Dezani. ‘I still (1969) was at St John’s Primary they became special ministers, taking have the Huon pine breadboard I made School and Savio College for all of communion around to the “old dears.” in Year 7.’ the 1960s. Interviewing him for this Colin was an Electrical mechanic at the Mark wasn’t the best student but he piece was an experience! Mark says EZ Company zincworks and they lived enjoyed Science, especially Chemistry that he can ‘talk underwater with a for 50 years in Berriedale. Mark was and Biology. mouthful of marbles,’ but his active the eldest and three children followed: mind is often too much for normal Susanne, Denise and Martin. ‘They used to call me Rat Man as I conversation, as he tries to fit four loved looking after the rats for dissection stories into a sentence. at school,’ he recalled. ‘Nowdays the university would supply the animal

VERITAS: JUNE 2021 53 Above: Mark Ellingworth revisiting the corner where the rat cages were kept in the 1960s. The first Science laboratory, now the staff room. Below: Mark Ellingworth (4th from right in the school rowing photo) and the rowing team. subjects but in those times we had our to the starting line at a nice easy pace one ledger to another. own.’ The science labs were upstairs, now when this squeaky voice called “Easy I was at a party and saw a mate the staff room, over the dining room and all” then CRUNCH, this pylon jumped who had enrolled with me but kitchen. out in front of us, and wiped out two left in 1968, Terry McDonnell. oar-holders, half the side of the shell and ‘Br Varengo was in charge. I would “What are you doing Terry?” “Oh, the last three of the team (8-7-6 I was collect the food scraps from the kitchen, I’m going round Australia” The number 5). Tails between our legs we take them upstairs to the labs via seed was planted – I resigned. My limped back to the boat ramp, blaming the back stairs and give them to our boss said to me “You know you the cox Paul Curtain. collection of caged rats,’ said Mark. ‘We probably won’t get back into the had Chemistry there as well – all the Despite Mark’s practical interest in Public Service.” I didn’t want to be beakers and titration gear. One stupid Chemistry and Biology and his passing like him. I said to Terry “I’ll come boy (no names, my lips are sealed) of all his Year 12 exams including Italian with you round Australia!” opened the window and poured a beaker and Mathematics, his results weren’t Terry had a fastback VW wagon and of acid over the marble bust of Dominic good enough for university. His auntie they headed over to Shepparton, Victoria Savio, which was just under the first floor helped him get a job in the public service where they picked apricots. Then they window. Hydrochloric or Sulfuric, but in accounts and while working during went on to Adelaide for a few months, whichever, it reacted with the Calcium the day he did a third year of Matric at across the Nullabor to Perth where they Carbonate in the marble… the Salesians night school, redoing his Bio and Maths, worked in a brick factory and picking were very upset.’ in order to get into Uni. Mark did quite grapes. Across the top to Darwin, well in Biology but only was awarded The late 60s saw co-educational Charters Towers, Brisbane, Sydney and 99/200 in Maths, not good enough matriculation classes. ‘Wow, we were Canberra, staying for a few months in again. invaded by girls. In the famous words each place. Mark turned 22 in Perth and of Fr Proietto “For crying down the ‘I applied to the Schools Board and was in Brisbane when the Tasman Bridge drainpipe!” How were we to get any they gave me a provisional pass so I was hit. schoolwork done? Definitely one of the could access the College of Advanced ‘We had a great time for a year,’ recalled best improvements made to the school!’ Education. I was working for the Mark. ‘I wouldn’t give up the experience. government accounts on Murray Street Mark was one of the rowers at Savio and When I came back to Tasmania, I wasn’t and I thought I might do accountancy. had great fun and physical training with ready to settle down. My cousin was an I did Sociology and Accountancy but his mates. abalone diver and I went out to the West when you finish school and have a bit of Coast with him as a deckhand for his ‘I will never ever forget the time we money from working and you have your boat for 12 months. When the weather borrowed a brand spanking new Eight mates, studying is a four letter word!’ meant we couldn’t get out on the water from the New Norfolk Rowing Club. After a couple of years Mark was sent to all the divers and deckhands would party. It was a beauty with chromed oar- the Public Works Depot at Moonah. His I was a terror. But I couldn’t get enough holders and everything… We were at the uncle was the Chief Engineer but Mark money as a deckhand.’ Launceston and Henley Regatta rowing wasn’t happy transferring numbers form

54 VERITAS: JUNE 2021 Above: Some of Br Peter’s albums, now accessible in our archive. Below: Mark Ellingworth with daughter, Allison, visiting the College in 2020.

Mark worked at Boxall’s Fish Processing immaculately, giving them everything and then family, building a home, for a few years, picking up from the they needed but not everything they the business of life took over and fishermen and sorting out the paperwork wanted. We sent them to Dominic: we I never finished the job and forgot for the deliveries. He then did some roof- were Catholic, the kids went to Holy all about it. tiling. Finally, a friend’s father worked Rosary, Claremont.’ I contacted Mark in 2020 to ask about at the Boyer Paper Mill and got Mark a Mark said that he was on shiftwork, but the process of scanning the photos job there. was still able to help. ‘The shift work which the school had held since 2002 The New Norfolk mill used both was good to us in many ways as we and what he could remember. Mark was hardwood and softwood for paper went through the hard times of 18% delighted to be reminded and concluded manufacture. Tasmania’s eucalypt timber interest rates. We struggled for a few his scans of the final two albums and was initially considered unsuitable for years and struggled to put them through brought them in. When I commented making newsprint because of its hardness private education. But I thought it was that it was great to actually have not and shorter fibres. After many years important.’ only the scans and the photos but the of experiments, a viable process was albums themselves, physically returned Mark was involved in the Dominic developed that led to the establishment for the archives, his brain started to tick Old Scholars Association under the of the Australian Newsprint Mills Pty over and he embarked on a search of the guidance of Br Peter Dezani, but often Ltd (ANM) in Tasmania. boxes held safely in his ‘shed.’ He called his shift work restricted him. He had me back, excited to tell me that he had Mark explained that there were chemical many friends in DOSA. Mark recalls found another six albums! applications used to soften the hardwood the annual dinners and socials he helped but it was a long involved process. ‘I organise at the school, in the boarders’ Mark and his daughter Allison, dropped eventually became a senior operator. dining room. the new material into school and had a Power usage was important and tracking tour around the old places. It’s not often Br Peter asked me to be treasurer power in the whole plant and calculating that an institution re-discovers a trove and I collected and deposited the the kilowatt hours per ton for the of unknown material. Thank you so ‘subs’ and organised the posting of managers was vital. They sent me down much to Mark Ellingworth for being the the newsletters by the boxful down to the Thermo-Mechanical Pulp (TMP) (unknowing) custodian of this material at the post office. After Br Peter where we used steam and machinery to for nearly 20 years! died his albums were grind the chips into pulp. They built still in his rooms. newer more powerful TMPs. The first Everyone was upset two were chewing up 36 green tons per and didn’t know hour of pine chips. The third was going what to do. We met through 24 alone.’ here at the White Mark was there for over 40 years, much House: Paul Curtain, of it shift work. He was supervising the Maryanne Delany, other operators and then the mill would me and others. The take him off for 6 or 12 months to write albums were in the procedures, especially when the new rathole and I said I’ll TMP3 was commissioned. He officially scan them. I took retired on 21 March 2020 just as the 15 albums home in COVID crisis blew up, two days short of a box and I scanned his 66th birthday. the first 13 of them but it was very Mark and Maxine had two children: time consuming. I Alison in 1981 and James in 1983. Mark returned them to the says that he is an advocate for education. school along with the ‘Admittedly I didn’t follow through with CDs of the scans, but my own education… Ultimately my I didn’t finish the job wife, she brought up our two children

VERITAS: JUNE 2021 55 Scottish dancing of the British Scottish dancing, the Highland Fling, Child Migrants: Sword Dance, Sailor’s Hornpipe and ‘Other added Reels. He said the groups also did tap- female influence dancing, too, all with Mrs Bucirde. The is that a woman accompanying music was on the button- music teacher accordion. Alan said the groups would attends the school have their lessons with Mrs Bucirde twice weekly, a in the Rathole, not the Little Theatre, dance mistress though this area was not expanded till one evening per the late 1960s. week…’ This photo was at the Town Hall and Dancers from most likely from 1958. Alan is third Scottish dancing at Boys’ Town and Savio College competed in the Hobart from the right and thinks other students Savio College began in the very early Eisteddfod from 1957 and Peter Carroll in the photo were Rod Marsh (left), Bill days. The annual report for 1950 stated won a special prize for best performance Doyle (centre) and Peter Burles (second ‘The choir, band and dancing groups are in April 1957. In 1958, four students from right). also providing fine entertainment.’ The received prizes, Alan Williams and Alan said they had their own kilts, which Catholic Standard reported in October Rodney Marsh in the under-12s and they wore with the school shirts, ties and 1950 ‘Mrs Burcirde has trained an Peter Burles and William Doyle in the socks. The shoes were special Scottish efficient set of Scottish dancers.’ under-16s. dancing shoes. Parents came along to In 1953 the Salesians were defending Alan Williams, who was a student at watch and they had special performances Boys’ Town against those criticising the Savio College from 1957 to 1962 recalls also at The Playhouse and Theatre Royal, administration following the arrival a very active dance group who performed as well at Ross for the Scottish Games.

Tabletennis in the Rat Hole

From the time Br Peter Dezani SDB arrived at Savio College in 1966, he worked on expanding the number BR PETER’S Room of boys playing tabletennis. Over time he became the guardian of the Recreation Rooms, the ‘Rat Hole’ This photo features Tony Webb (1963), Maryanne Jackson (nee Delany where students played tabletennis and eight-ball pool. 1968) and Brendan Bannister (1972) and shows Br Peter’s walls crowded In 1969 there were 11 tabletennis teams in the with memorabilia and his bookshelves of photo albums. After his death, STTTA winter roster and 10 teams in the spring most of this material was transferred to the archives at Dominic College roster. The top team (Rodney Cuthbert, John Birch and his rooms cleaned out. and Mark Kitchener) defeated all six interstate schools Brendan Bannister said that he thinks he was working on Br Peter’s in a Victorian competition. computer to extract information from lists of old scholars from 1972 for In the photo (above) the players are Michael Henry trying to contact people regarding a 20-years reunion in 1992, so the (1969) and John Birch (1969), back to camera, with photo was probably taken during 1991. Although Tony and Maryanne Mark Kitchener (1970) looking on. There is a pool were part of DOSA for long periods, Brendan thinks Br Peter just table in the background and the door at the rear leads dragged them in to add to the scene. to Br Peter’s rooms. The 1972 reunion was held 4 January 1992 – most of the reunions held in this period were scheduled for the summer holidays. This reunion involved Mass at 11am in the Chapel followed by a BYO BBQ at 12.45pm,56 but the weather was dismal. VERITAS: JUNE 2021 An Outing With Friends This image is from a 35mm slide held in our archives. The slide is date-stamped December 1980. Patrick Ryan (1985) says it was at a shack at Murdunna, which belonged to his mother’s parents and is still in the family. Jo-Anne Sargent recalls the girls in the photo had had a day at Roaring Beach with Br Paul Hannabery. ‘We called into Murdunna and had tea before heading home.’ The girls were all in Year 8 in 1980. The boys must have been already at the premises. The students are: Andrew Bullen (1981), Marcus Ryland (1981), Michele Fisher (1982), Joanne Sargent (nee Fogarty 1982), Andrew Skelly (1982), Mary Mulcahy (1982) and Katrina Kingston (1982). We are not sure who is beneath them, peering through the wire mesh!

waitresses for the Old Scholars Annual Dinner This photo was passed on by Christine Schubert (nee Chappel 1979) one of the five girls pictured. The reverse is date stamped 10 July 1980. Br Peter has handwritten ‘Dear Christine, I like to thank you for having been such a wonderful waitress for the old scholars dinner. God Bless you. Br Peter.’ The reverse also names the girls. The girls are, from left to right, Monica Hills, Louise Westcott, Louise McKenna, Clara Sellars and Christine Chappell. The two Louises were in Year 12, the others in Year 11. The Annual Reunion Dinner was held 21 June 1980, with pre-dinner drinks at 6.45pm and tickets were $12. Brendan Breen wrote in DOSA News: ‘The night was very enjoyable. Although we did not plan for the larger numbers that arrived, eventually everyone found a seat and enjoyed the wonderfully prepared meal. The success of the dinner gives credit to the committee, and all those that assisted on the night, especially the chef Phillip White.’ Louise Hodgson (nee Westcott 1978) recalls: ‘We were waitressing at the annual Old Scholars dinner. It was up at Dominic Middle school campus. I think it was upstairs in the old building (in the Boarder’s Dining Room)… From memory, I think we volunteered. We waited on tables that night.’

The College would love to hear from anyone who has material they would consider donating to Dominic College. The College would be very happy to organise scanning and photography if the material was preferred to stay in your own family’s treasury of mementoes. Email [email protected] or phone 6274 0000. Would you like to view the old photos? You can make an appointment by emailing [email protected] also.

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58 VERITAS: JUNE 2021 CELEBRATIONS WEDDINGS, PARTIES, ANYTHING…

Karen McCULLOCH (2005) married Gerhard Saayman on 27 November 2020, at Potters Receptions in Warrandyte, Victoria. Karen says that she met Gerhard in New Zealand while studying for her PhD at Massey University and they moved to Melbourne when finished studying in 2016. ‘Our wedding was originally planned to be held in New Zealand in May 2020, however we decided to cancel early in the year as the coronavirus pandemic was unfolding. With the uncertainty we decided we would just have a smaller one in Melbourne when it was safe to do so. It turned out to be a wonderful day! We kept it very small and set up a livestream on Zoom so that our family Credit: Gustav Lammerding and friends who were unable to attend could still be part of it. ‘Restrictions eased Congrats to Andrew CASEY (1989) who married Natasha Atkinson 4 January just in time for my parents (Tony and 2021. Andrew says ‘We had a really great wedding at Glen Albyn Estate in Mary McCulloch) and two of my best Taroona. It was a lot of fun with our little girl Scarlett stealing the spotlight.’ friends BRIDGET CAPLICE (2005) and ALICIA SARGENT (2005) to come over from Hobart to celebrate with us.’ At Zack HAYES (2010) married Megan Susan Batchelor (nee LYNCH the wedding more old scholars included ATKINSON (2011) 9 February 2020. 1986) was engaged to Duncan Harris Karen’s sister, Wendy Busch (nee in January 2021. Susan said: ‘I am so Melanie and Paul HILLS (1976) were McCULLOCH 2000) and brother, lucky to have found such a caring loyal married 19 September 2020. Simon McCULLOCH (2003). hardworking guy who adores my daughter Joshua YOUNG (2010) and Amy and my animals.’ Kristian FARROW (2001) married MASON (2010) were engaged in Kate Mundy at Pumphouse Point in Nick HARRIS (2016) was engaged to April 2020. Love it when classmates get December 2020. Kristian said that it was Maddison Coleman 20 June 2020 but the together! a gorgeous intimate ceremony with their family waited for the engagement party parents. ‘Could not have asked for a better Jess O’BRIEN (2001) was engaged till February 2021. Their wedding will be weekend away thankyou to everyone who to Dave Page in December 2020. Jess planned for 2022. made this day so special.’ reported: ‘The easiest “Yes” I’ve ever said!’ Olivia HOLBROOK (2012) was Mel FENTON (2009) and Josh Madeline WELSH (2013) engaged engaged to Braedon Kleeman in March Rainbird were married 10 October 2020 to Mitchell Salter in March 2020, at Mt 2021 at Claremont RSL. Olivia’s parents, at Rochford Hall. Mel says: ‘Best day of Field, but had their big engagement party Ange and Chris HOLBROOK (1992) my life, after all this time finally married later in the year when events were again are delighted for her. my best friend!’ Ah, sweet… permitted. Congrats!

Opposite page, from top left: Karen McCulloch and Gerhard Saayman married 27 November 2020. Kristian Farrow and Kate Mundy married at Pumphouse Point. Mel Fenton married Josh Rainbird. Zack Hayes and Megan Atkinson married in 2020. Melanie and Paul Hills. Joshua Young and Amy Mason engaged and attended their class reunion in 2020. Jess O’Brien engaged in December 2020. Madeline Welsh engaged to Mitchell Salter. Susan Batchelor and Duncan Harris engaged. Nick Harris and Maddison Coleman were also engaged. Olivia Holbrook engaged to Braedon Kleeman.

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George CLARIDGE (2014) and Bethany Goss were engaged on 7 August 2020 at Dove Lake, Cradle Mountain. Congrats to Stephanie and Michael WEBB (1971) on their 40th wedding anniversary in January 2021. Presley A J Beattie born 5.32am on 3 February 2021 to Katie and Scott BEATTIE (2001), a brother to Queenie. Scott said ‘Mum and bub are doing well. He weighed in at 8 pound 9 ounces of pure muscle. After making us wait this long, he sure did make up for it as he shot out in a quick labour. Katie once again dominated, and we are all just in love with our latest addition to the family.’ Isaiah Terry Davey born 22 May 2020 to Nat and Aaron DAVEY (1999), attended his first footy game not long after.

Elsie May Desmarchelier born at Credit: Zoko 9.14am 3 July 2020 to Mariel BUTTERWORTH (2007) and Michael Desmarchelier. Hollie Margaret Sullivan was born 25 August 2020 7lb 12 oz to Jordan and Vanessa Sullivan (nee HODDY 2006). Vanessa had a difficult year with her Amelia Maree Jones born to Daniel Jones health but in the end gave birth to a beautiful, healthy baby girl. ‘My little Jonelle CRAWFORD (2008) and family are so grateful for our families helping us. Here’s to a better year and on 28 July 2020 weighing 7 pounds 5 making lots of happy memories.’ ounces. Jonelle says: ‘Our hearts are so full!’ Ash Joshua Roberts, born 24 December Sue Leamey (nee BRADSHAW Brydie said: ‘All the happiness in the 2020 to John Roberts and Sam 1980) enjoys grandmotherhood, with world now resides right in our hearts. BROADBY (2008). Sam and John were her first grandchild, Vera Celia Leamey, Parenthood is just magical and fills us so excited to announce the safe (and very born to David and Harriet Leamey 7 with more love and pride than we ever fast) arrival just in time for Christmas! A November 2020. thought possible.’ brother for Max. Tully Jack Cooper born 5 November Brydie’s Mum, Tully’s grandmother, Jude John O’Brien born 16 October 2020 2020 at 8.27pm 7 lb 9 oz to Chris and KATHRYN HATTY (NEE SMITH to Justin O’Brien (2001) and Mariel BRYDIE COOPER (NEE JONES 1983) is delighted. Rae. ‘The most special day of our lives!’ 2012).

Opposite page, from top left: George Claridge and Bethany Goss engaged in 2020. Stephanie and Michael Webb celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary. Presley Beattie born to Katie and Scott Beattie. Isaiah Davey born to Aaron and Nat Davey. Elsie Desmarchelier born to Marielle Butterworth and Michael Desmarchelier. Amelia Jones born to Daniel Jones and Jonelle Crawford. Ash Roberts born to John Roberts and Sam Broadby. Jude O’brien born to Justin O’Brien and Mariel Rae. Sue Leamey becomes a grandmother. Tully Cooper born to Chris and Brydie Cooper. Brydie’s mum Kathryn Hatty is an old scholar and grandmother.

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Florence Patricia Howard was born on the 1 December 2020 at 1.46pm measuring 53cm and weighing 3.825kg to Eloise and Jacob HOWARD (2007). Jacob said that she is a beautiful little lady and has already stolen Dad’s heart. Another grandchild for Jacob’s parents Byron HOWARD (1984) and Tracey Howard (nee McSHERRY, 1984). Lara WASILEWSKI (2000) had fun on Halloween matching moustaches with her new-born Saszka. Lara said: ‘So thrilled to welcome our beautiful son, Saszka Hope-Wasilewski born 9.29am on 21 October at Port Macquarie Base Hospital. 9lbs 10oz, 55cm long! Tulsi Tea House is doing really well and we are both very much in love with our big bear cub.’ Helpfully Lara adds ‘Pronunciation guide: Saszka (Sush-ka) Hope-Wasilewski (Vah- Matthew STOLP (1989) and Emily WILKINS (1995) were humbled to receive an shi-lef-ski). Or if you’d like to be really award from Equal Opportunity Tasmania/Anti-Discrimination Commissioner during fancy, the ‘sz’ is like a ‘sh’ with the tongue the Tasmanian Human Rights Week 2020. This year the category was ‘Kindness and curled. Imagine Sean Connery saying Compassion’. They were nominated by a parent of the GYC community and were ‘schnitzel’.’ presented this award by the Attorney General, Elise Archer. Joshua and Laura Goldsmith (nee CLARIDGE 2009) welcomed and Montana Lawrence (nee Eden PSAILA, Charles LAWRIE their gorgeous daughter, Dixie Margaret EYLES 2015). Mason and Montana were and Ashton SMITH. Congratulations Goldsmith, born on 28 May 2020 8lb visiting family in Tasmania in summer. Jeremy! 6oz. Smitten! Marnie Grace Rainbird, born 2 February Congratulations to Xavier COMBS Mathew Izzard born 25 June 2020 and 2021 to Josh and Mel Rainbird (2020), Glenorchy cricket 2nd grade 9lb 6oz to Chez and Christopher (nee FENTON 2009). wicketkeeper who on 19 December IZZARD (2002). ‘Mum and bub made it 2020, broke the club record for the Josie Elizabeth Lee was born 30 March through the rapid delivery.’ A brother for most dismissals in an innings with eight 2021 to James and Grace Lee (nee Grace, Isobel, Elijah and Ava-May. (all caught) in the two’s win over South MUNNINGS 2006). Hobart-Sandy Bay at KGV. The previous Ramsay Erwyn Munro born 1 October Jeremy HALL (2011) celebrating his record by a wicketkeeper in any grade 2020 to Sage TOTH (2010) Sage graduation with a double degree: Bachelor in the club’s 90-year history was six said that Ramsay was diagnosed with of Science & Bachelor of Engineering dismissals which makes Xavier’s feat even gastroschisis, but he recovered really well. (Biomedical) with honours. Pictured more remarkable. ‘I could not be more in love.’ with his friends from Prep to Year 10 Mason David James Lawrence born 5 2011: Joshua HERINGTON, June 2020 at 4.30pm 6lb 4oz to Brandon Tyler BARRON, Jeremy HALL,

Opposite page, from top left: Florence Howard born to Eloise and Jacob Howard. Saszka and Lara Wasilewski. Dixie born to Joshua and Laura Goldsmith. Matthew born to Chez and Christopher Izzard. Ramsay Munro born to Sage Toth. Mason Lawrence born to Brandon and Montana Lawrence. Marnie born to Josh and Mel Rainbird. Josie born to James and Grace Lee. Jeremy Hall graduated with a double degree and honours, joined by his old scholar friends. Xavier Combs breaking cricket records.

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Tait FRASER (2013) has landed his “dream job” as a dog handler in Queensland. Tait wrote just before he left to thank the staff at Dominic for all the support and guidance over the years. ‘I’m proud to call myself an old scholar. I can’t thank you enough for taking me under the Dominic wing, and although I wasn’t the best student at times I now look back and realise how much I actually learnt from the school. It has helped me grow as an adult and excel in life.’ Tait and Zali will be working for Queensland Rail as a Rail Protection Officer and Dog Handler which will involve patrols of trains, stations and any Steven SMITH (2000) was ordained a priest by the Archbishop of other Queensland Rail infrastructure. Hobart at St Mary’s cathedral on 24 July 2020. Steven said he was most Elvio BRIANESE (1982) and looking forward to be there for people who need him, to be that ear so his Liminal Studio continue to gain people know they are not alone.’ significant international recognition Fr Steven Smith, ordained by the Archbishop, left, and blessed by Fr Denis Allen, right. in 2020 receiving the International Architecture Award for their much- celebrated Coastal Pavilions at Freycinet of the Australian Army, as a Combat Rotary Club of Glenorchy in December, Lodge and the DNA Paris Design Award, Engineer. Her dream for the last six years. with president Paul Berry and Margaret Architecture MasterPrize Award and The next few gruelling months will be Gilligan-Brinkman. Previous scholarship International Design Award along with hellish I’m sure, but an amazing career at winners are listed on the award, including numerous national and local architecture the other end.” All the best, Samarah. four Dominic old scholars. Congrats Ilar. awards. Anna DI CARLO (2012) was admitted Well done to Michael O’KEEFE Elvio said, “We stand on the threshold as a Legal Practitioner in August 2020 in a (1991) who was 2020 Tasmanian Find A of Tasmania and the world. Our home Supreme Court ceremony and is working Photographer Award winner. for Page Seager. Well done Anna! inspires us and has fostered creativity Jacob HOWARD (2007) has and imagination that is acknowledged Congratulations to the nurses and been appointed 2021 seniors coach of globally.” midwives recognised at the Tasmanian the Brighton Robins Football Club, Liminal, together with their collaborative Public Sector Nursing and Midwifery taking over from his father, Byron partners WOHA architects, is also Excellence Awards in November 2020, HOWARD (1984). Good luck to the responsible for delivering Hobart’s The especially Cheryl Carr (nee Robins! HOWARD 1978) who was awarded the Hedberg, transforming the future creative Josh CARVER (2006) La Sardina Loca Outstanding Achievement in Leadership and performance opportunities for restaurant entrepreneur, excited for 2021 Award. Congrats Cheryl! Tasmania. as he relocated from his hole-in-the-wall Samarah BURKE (2015) has joined Recent old scholar, Ilar FLYNN at The Hanging Gardens to the unique the army and moved to Kapooka for (2020) was awarded the 2021-22 space at 100 Elizabeth Street, Hobart. combat engineer training! Her mum said Gilligan Scholarship which assists in “My baby officially became an officer costs of Year11-12 studies. Here at the

Opposite page, from top left: Tait Fraser with Zali heading to Queensland. Liminal Co-founder and Directors, Elvio Brianese with Ms Peta Heffernan with designers in their new New Town studios. Samarah Burke joins the army. Anna Di Carlo is a lawyer. Cheryl Carr’s Excellence Award. Ilar Flynn wins the Rotary Club’s scholarship. Michael O’Keefe wins a photography award. Jacob Howard is the Brighton Robins new coach. Josh Carver celebrates a new restaurant spot.

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Congratulations to artist Darrin FREE (1981) (at left, with his daughter). Darren’s work, ‘Adapt. Improvise. Overcome.’ was entered in the 2020 Napier Waller Art Prize, for current or former Defence Force personnel and was highly commended by the judges and was voted second in the People’s Choice component. The head of acquisitions at the Australian War Memorial then asked to Darrin if they could purchase and display his work.

Erin HUNN (1993) was awarded the it has been hard at times trying to juggle entered Corpus Christi seminary in Pony Club Australia (PCA) Volunteer studies and motherhood but you have Melbourne in 1974 and was ordained a of the Year Award, joint winner with managed both so well, and for that we are priest at St Mary’s Cathedral, Hobart, on Lois Dawes of Babinda Pony Club in so proud of you.’ Congrats Sam. (PS Ash August 27, 1980, when he was 26. He left Queensland. The PCA said that Erin had sneaked into this photo – see the Babies Hobart in January 2021 to become Vice a wealth of knowledge around governance section!) Rector of Corpus Christi Seminary in was on the Zone committee, a Visiting Melbourne. Fr Nichols said ‘It was a big Gary SHARP was awarded a Graduate Commissioner, on the State Chief decision to leave the parish and Hobart, Diploma in Counselling from UTAS in Coaches Panel, is a State Board Director but I hope to make some contribution to 2020. Gary said: ‘After 26 years in the and the State Secretary. ‘Where would the wider church and to be more involved counselling game I thought it time I Pony Clubs be without so many dedicated in formation with seminarians. earned my degree.’ Gary had a surprise volunteers?’ PCA asked. Congrats Erin on pop-up ceremony at his workplace. JESSICA DUGGAN (2016) Happy your great community work. 21st Birthday! Jess celebrated with lots of Casey HUTCHINSON (2010) All the best to old scholar Patrick Dominic old scholars, family and friends graduated with a Bachelor of Nursing RYAN (1985), the new business manager in May 2021. from UTAS Launceston and starts her of the Launceston Silverdome. The career as a Registered Nurse at Calvary. MADELYN CARVER (2010) enjoyed Silverdome was built as a velodrome but fame as a contestant on The Bachelor also hosts any type of indoor sporting Promise MUDZINGWA (2018) Australia in 2020. The show began event, concert or exhibition as well as moved interstate in January 2021 to filming before the COVID lockdown conference facilities. Bit of a change from his study a Bachelor of Dramatic Art at and the season was disrupted and delayed police and Ashley Detention Centre work! Excelsia College in Sydney. Promise is an by quarantines. Maddy did not find love impressive actress and entertainer - we Congrats to Sam BROADBY (2008) with Bachelor Locky Gilbert, but made it wish her well! who graduated with her teaching degree to the top ten bachelorettes! Self-described in 2020. Her Mum praised Sam’s FR BRIAN NICHOLS (Savio 1969) ‘hopeless romantic’ Ms Carver enjoyed perseverance: ‘It may have taken twice as celebrated the 40th anniversary of his every minute of her first TV experience. long to achieve but you’ve done it. I know ordination in August 2020. Fr Nichols

Opposite page, from top left: Erin Hunn received a national Pony Club Volunteer of the Year Award. Patrick Ryan is in charge of the Launceston Silverdome in his new role. Sam Broadby graduated as a teacher. Gary Sharp graduated in Counselling. Casey Hutchinson graduated as a nurse. Promise Mudzingwas moves to Sydney to study acting. Fr Brian Nichols celebrated his 40th anniversary of ordination and has moved to Melbourne. Jessica Duggan turns 21. Madelyn Carver was looking for love on The Bachelor Australia.

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