) KOOKABURRA 1992 PRESBYTERIAN LADIES' COLLEGE 1992 COUNCIL The Moderator of the Uniting Church in WA Rev. P Sindle, B.A. Hon. MJ Craig, Chairman Mrs J Thompson, LL.B., B.A. (nom. by the OCA) Mrs S Andrew Prof. N Tuckwell, B.A.. B.Ed.(Hons)., M.Ed .. MrR EArgyle Grad.Dip.Admin., M.Ed.Admin .. Ph.D Mr F Crawley, F.C.A. (nom. by the Parents' Assoc.) Mr J Farrell, B.Sc., T.Cen., MAC.S. Life Members Mr RI Fitzpatrick, M.B.B.S. (Melb)., F.R.C.S. (England).. Mr FG Barr. J.P., BA. Dip.Ed. F.R.A.C.S. (nom. by the Parents' Assoc.) Mrs V Hill Mrs H Grzyb, A.I.M.M. (nom. by the OCA) Mr J Livingston Mr T Humphry, B.Eng. (Hons). Mr C Snowden, F.C.I.V. Dr P. Kailis, O.B.E., M.B.B.S. Mrs F Stimson Rev. B May Mr M Murray, B.Comm. Secretary to the College Mr H Plaistowe, F.A.S.A. Mr TM Gorey. F.C.A. Principal: MIs HJ Day B.A., Dip.Ed., L.Mus., L.Te.L., Visiting Specialists: AAS.A., MAe.E., F.I.E.A., A.FAI.M. STAFF Mr ABridge - Music - Percussion Mr 0 Coughlan - Music - Viola Director of Pastoral Care and Discipline, Senior Other Academic StafT: Mr SFairbairn A.R.e.M .. L.Te.L. -Music -Clarinet Resident-in-Charge Boarding House and Deputy Miss TFiebig - Music -Cello Principal: MIs GBull Dip.Home Sc., Teach.Cel1., MAe.E. Ms TAndrews DipTeach. -Junior School Miss LAshley B.A. Ed. -Junior School Mrs MGadsdon A.Mus.A. - Music - Piano Director of Administration: Mr PAlp B.App.Sc. (Physics), Mr WJames - Music - Saxophone Grad.Dip.Comput., Dip.Teach., M.I.E.A. Mrs HAtchison Teach.Cel1. -Junior School Mrs MBarnes Dip.Teach -Junior School Mrs KJones - Music - Pipe Drummino Director ofJunior School: MIs J Evans B.Ed., Ms HMclaughlin _Music _Flute 0 Grad.Dip.Educ.Admin., MAe.E., M.I.E.A Mr WBeckwith B.Sc., Dip.Ed. - Mathematics Mrs BBlackmore HOT (SAC) - AI1 Mrs AMiller - Music - Bagpipes Director of Studies: Mr ATibbitt MA (Hons) (axon.), MISS KSanders B.Sc. (Hons I) - Music - Double Bass M.Ed.(Man.), P.G.e.E. Miss J Buckenara B.Ed., DipTeach. -Science Mrs LBynon B.A. Dip.Ed. - English Other StafT: Mrs 0 Cuneo B.A., DipTeach. - Languages Mrs GBennett -Science Laboratory Assistant Mrs MDaVies B.Ed., Grad.Dip. (Reading) -Junior School Miss RBlay - Assistant Boarding House Mistress Head ofStafT: Miss J Rankin M.A., T.H.c.. L.S.D.A. Mrs ICornwall -Clothing Exchange Chaplain: Rev. MZayan L.Th., Dip.R.E. Mrs J Eddington B.Ed., Dip.Phys.Ed. P.E. -Junior School MsJ Edmunds B.A" Teach.Cel1, ,Grad Dip,Lib.St.. MISS COalton - Absenteesffypist Counsellor: Mrs J Hulcup B.A., Dip.Ed., MAP.S. Mr 0 Deas - Maintenance Registrar: Ms RLukin Grad.Dip.Children's Literature -Junior School Library Mr J Eyres B.Sc. -Science Miss T De Pinto - Accounts Clerk AssistanttoPrincipaJ: MIs 0 Lee Miss MDowsett- Assistant Boarding House Mistress Accountant: Mr AMulford F.S.e.A .. M.B.I.M. Mrs MFlecker Dip P.Ed., Teach.Cel1. - Physical Education Mrs SForbes Teach,Cel1., L.S.D.A., B.A. - Drama Mr G Drummond - Maintenance Mrs AForma B.Psych.Dip.Ed. -Counsellor -Junior School Mr AEarnshaw - Maintenance Mrs KFrichot B.A., Teach Cel1. - Humanities Mrs J Elliott -Academic Secretary Heads of Departments: Mrs J Emerson -Ass.Dip.Lib.(Media) - Library Technician Computing & Business Studies - Mr BJenkins Mrs CGadsdon B.A., Dip.Ed. - Humanities Miss CHarrington B.Ed, -Science MISS AFillIngham -Clerkffypist Grad.Dip.Comp.Ed., Dip.Teach. Mr KForbes - Maintenance English - Miss J Rankin M.A., T.H.e., L.S.D.A Mrs 0 Hockings B,A .. Dip.Ed. - Mathematics, Economics Ms 0 Holmes DipTeach. -Junior School Mrs J Frost -Dip. App.Sc -Science Laboratory Technician Humanities -Mrs MBest Teach.Cel1., Dip.R.S.A. Mrs NGlatz -Senior School Canteen Languages Other Than English - Mrs SJenkin B.A., Mrs MJolly Dip.Bus.Stud.. Dip.Ed. -Languages MISS NJupp B.Ed. - AI1 Miss KGodwin - Boarding House Mistress Dlp.Ed. Mrs AGreenhalgh - Principal's Secretary Mathematics - Mrs SRankin B.A., Teach. Cel1. Mrs A Kan B.A. Ed" B.Ed, - Music Miss FKarlson Dip.Primary Teaching -Junior School MISS SHall -Clerkffypist -Junior School Music - Mr BMcNess B.Mus., Teach.Cel1., A.Mus.A. Mrs IHann - Kindergal1en Assistant Personal & Creative Education - Mrs NWood B.A. Mr WKarmelna B.Sc., B.Ed., Teach. Cel1. -Mathematics Mrs S Keeble M.Ed. - Home Economics Mrs PHatch - B.Sc.,B.Ed.. Dip.Ed. - Boarding House Mistress Dlp.Teach. MISS J Hedemann - Administrative Assistant Physical Education -Mrs KKnight - B.P.E., Dip.Ed.(Senior Mrs EKenwol1hy B.A., Teach.Cel1, -Junior School Mrs CLanagan B.A., Teach.Cel1. - Mathematics Mrs NHenriques - Day Care Centre ResIdent -Boarding House) Mr SHill - Maintenance S~ience - Mr RRennie B.Sc., Dip.Ed. Mrs PLuck Dip.E.e.E. - Kindergal1en Mrs GMarsh Teach. Cel1. -Junior School Mr PHorlin - Maintenance LIbrary -MrsJ NIcholls B.App.Sc.(Lib.Stud)., Grad.Dip.Ed., Sister J Hunter -Nursing Sister Grad.Dlp.ReadmgStudics. Mrs 0 McAl1hur B.A .. Dip.Ed. - English Mrs J McGuinness B.A., Teach. Cel1. - Languages Mr KHutchings - Maintenance Mrs FMIllar B.Ed., Dlp.Teach. - Computing Mrs NJeffs - Boarding House Mistress Miss NJubin -French Assistant (Term 4) House Advisers: Mrs BMIlls DIp. Teach., Grad.DipTeach. -English Mrs AMoon B.A.. Dlp.Ed. - Humanities Mr 0 Kamasz - Maintenance Baird.- MIs J Hetherington B.A. Honours. Dip.Ed. Mrs S Kenton Assoc. Dip. Library Media - Library Carmlchael- Mrs J Duzevich B.Sc., Dip.Ed. Mrs S Morris B.A., Dip. Ed. - Mathematics Mrs CMuir A.T.e.L., AMusA - Music -Junior School Mrs a Knoch - Home Economics Assistant Fergu~on - Mr MSaunders BA, Dip.Teach. MIs GLarcombe - Pff Assistant Boarding House Mistress McNeIl- Mr RLeach B.A., Dip Ed., M. Phil. Ms R aughton B.Ed., DipTeach.. - English Mrs PO'Hara B.A., Dip.Ed. - Humanities Mr BLee - Maintenance Stewart - MIs CRobinson Fashion Dip., Teach.Cel1. Mrs 0 Loan - Receptionist Summers - Mrs EMilne B.Comm., Dip.Ed. Mrs MPage L.Mus., L.Te.L. - Music - Piano Mrs MPottinger DipTeach., GradDip. App Sci(TLibrary) Mrs MLynch - SUPPOI1 Centre Mrs CRanger B.A (Hons)., Dip Ed., AIPC - Computing Mrs GMal1in - B.A., Grad Dip I.L.S -Assistant Librarian Mrs ASaffen B.Sc (Hons) - Mathematics MIs S Moura -Typist Co-ordinators: Mrs Malden - Reception and Boarding House A~t - ~ EO'Caliaghan ATe., A.T.A., B.A.H.e. Mrs RSaunders B.Sc., Dip.Ed. - Mathematics M~s J Simpson B.P.E. Dip.Ed. - Physical Education Mrs CParker - Cel1. Child Care -Kindergal1en Assistant BIologIcal Sciences - MIs CPidgeon MSc Dip Ed Mr RParkIn - MaIntenance Foreman Design & Technology -MIs J McMah~n B.Ed.: G~ad.Dip. MISS MSImpson Dip. Teach.(Bus. Ed) - Business Studies Mrs ATarulli B.A., Dip.Ed. - English Mr CPrater - Maintenance Propel1y Supervisor Drama - MIs CKatz B.A., Dip.Ed. Mrs GRIdley - KIndergal1en Assistant Examinations - Mr HLankester B.A., B.Ed. Mr 0 Thornton B.Ed., M. Ed., Dip T., ATA - AI1 Mr BUnderwood LTCL, MIMT - Music Ms KRogers - Accounts Health Education -MIs J Maclean DipTeach., Mrs LRowlands -Typist/Clerk -Library Cel1 Phys Ed.(Edin.) Mr RVickers B.A.(Hons), Grad.Dip.Ed. - Humanities MISS EVIner B.Phys.Ed., Dip.Ed. -Physical Education Mrs C Rushwol1h - Boarding House Mistress House Arts -MIs HHeptmstaJl BSc. (Hons), Cel1 Ed SIster SSadler - ursing Sister Dlp.Llb.Stud. Mrs CWane B.A. ECE. e.e.e. - Kindergal1en Mrs J Walters BA,Teach.Cel1. -Junior School Miss ASimons -Assistant Boarding House Mistress Outdoor Education- Mr RPedretti DipTeach. MISS EStenhouse - Kindergal1en Helper Peer Support - MIs ASmith B.A., Dip.Ed. Mrs SWard B.Sc., Dip.Ed. - Science Mrs KWhipp B.Ed. - Physical Education MISS RStocks -Assistant Boarding House Mistress Years 6n -Miss LGeorgeson B.P.Ed., Dip.Ed. (Primary) Mrs WSlower -Junior School Canteen Grad Dip Ed Studies ' MISS AWhitfield B.Ed. -Junior School Mrs MWilliamson - Music -Singing Miss CTwaddle -Assistant Boarding House Mistress Kindergarten - MIs 0 Woodend Teach.Cel1. - Kind Mrs EWhitmore - N.N.E.B,- Kindergal1en Assistant T.P.T.e., T.I.T.e. (Melb) Mr 0 WIlson-Adams - Maintenance Mrs MYamaji -Japanese Assistant -Junior School - PRESBYTERIAN LADIES' COLLEGE A College of the Uniting Church in Australia KOOKABURRA 1992 Cover photographs of Lenka van der Boom (Year 12) and Raine Gorter (Year 1) by Angela Snowball (Year 12). On 19th August 1915, in St Andrew's Church, Perth, at a meeting called and chaired by Rev. G. Nisbet Dods, Minister of St Andrew's, the decision was made to establish a Presbyterian school for girls. This decision resulted in the purchase of two small private schools in North Perth and Peppermint Grove, respectively, which in turn led to Presbyterian Ladies' College being officially opened at Peppermint Grove in 1917. 14 McNeil Street, Peppermint Grove, Western Australia Telephone: (09) 383 3887 Fax: (09) 383 1824 EDITORIAL Photo by: N Shapter, Year 10 In recent years, the Kookaburra editorial of change frightened me because it irreplaceable friendships are forged, has been devoted to recounting the basis threatened the security and safety of where that good old 'sense of of the School year , dwelling on its what I knew, and rendered all those community; is fostered, and where highlights, perhaps even embellishing certain certainties in life a little more countless memories are constantly being them slightly, and subtly omitting the fragile and unstable. created. 'lowlights'. I have never really warmed Now, on the brink of my future, on the At the same time, school is the place in to this rather bland trend, not only verge of casting myself into the which our minds are first shaped into because I feel it defeats the purpose of anonymous puddle of society, I realise, thinking in a certain way, and our views the magazine, which is quite capable of almost unwillingly, that change is an and values concerning the world around depicting the year itself, but because inevitable intruder into our lives and we us are formed.