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Volume 14 No 1 March 2011

TALKABOUT HAS REACHED A CROSSROADS.

This issue of Talkabout is the first of Volume 14. It has been published three times a yearfor over thirteen years.

That means that the editors have put together enough information for 40 editions andhave been able to maintain the interest of hundreds of ex-students of Wagga WaggaTeachers College covering the years 1947 to 1971.

In 1997 the Alumni Association resurrected the College paper, Talkabout, with the dualaim of communicating with as many Alumni as possible, and to raise money to provide aperpetual scholarship for an Education student at the Wagga Campus of CSU.

Because of the incredible detective work of Ann Smith the first aim was achieved, as themajority of ex-students have been found and added to the Talkabout mailing list, whichnow totals over 3,500.

The second aim has been achieved, as the Scholarship target of $60,000 has beenreached so that scholarships of up to $6,000 can be awarded each year.

Unfortunately our appeals for contributions to pay for the printing and postage ofTalkabout have largely fallen on deaf ears. In spite of having Talkabout delivered to themfor 13 years, more than two thirds of those on the mailing list have made absolutely nocontribution. We can only assume that those people are no longer interested in readinganything related to Wagga Wagga Teachers College, and therefore do not wish to receiveany further copies.

The cost of printing and postage has increased beyond the amount we have been receivingfrom contributions so it has been decided that a voluntary contribution will no longersuffice.

This is the last issue which will be posted to all alumni. In future only those who pay asubscription will receive a printed copy of Talkabout.

Talkabout is uploaded to the CSU website and many alumni have indicated that they arehappy to receive their copy electronically. Alumni with computers will be able to viewTalkabout on line, and all those who have been regular contributors will continue to receivea printed copy.

For this year the annual subscription will remain at the suggested contribution level of $10with the possibility of a change in the future.

ELECTION OF OFFICEBEARERS FOR 2011.

There being no other alumni presentat the meeting, the existingcommittee was reelected for thecoming year.

In attendance was Michelle Fawkeswho has now been appointed theManager, Alumni and Philanthropyat Charles Sturt University.

She submitted a comprehensivereport and the following is takenfrom that report.

REPORT FROM THEMANAGER, ALUMNI AND

PHILANTHROPY.

2010 saw Charles Sturt Universityestablish an Advancement Unitwithin the Office of CorporateAffairs and the establishment of theFaculty Advancement Officer (FAO)role in partnership with the Facultyof Education and its alumni.

Throughout the year, the focus wason supporting the Faculty ofEducation to meet its objective ofbuilding strong and enduringrelationships with its alumni andencouraging philanthropic supportfor CSU and its students fromcurrent and potential donors.

The WWTAA, through its efforts inco-ordination with the FAO, hasmade a considerable contribution tothese goals.

On behalf of the University and theFaculty of Education, I would like totake this opportunity to formallythank the President of the WWTAA,Mr Bob Collard, the Committee andthe many members and donors fromwithin the Association for theirdedication to the objectives of theAssociation and Charles SturtUniversity.

TALKABOUT

The Talkabout magazine in 2010was once again of a very high

standard and is much enjoyed by itsreadership. Talkabout is animportant communication tool forthe WWTA Alumni and provides avaluable means for fundraising,recalling teaching memories,advertising and reporting onreunions as well as a vital link to theUniversity.

Charles Sturt University pays tributeto the dedicated editors, LindsayBudd and Lew Morrell, who threetimes per year produce a qualitymagazine, continually evolving itscontent and methods of delivery tomeet the needs and expectations ofthe alumni of Wagga WaggaTeachers’ College.

THE LEGACY OF WAGGAWAGGA TEACHERS’

COLLEGE

Charles Sturt University is proud toclaim the Wagga Wagga Teachers’College as one of its predecessorinstitutions. WWTC was the firstwholly residential co-educationaltertiary institution on a singlecampus in Australia. As such, itsstudents formed enduring bonds.The success of the WWTAA can, nodoubt, be attributed to the strength ofthese bonds and the long lastingadherence to the College motto“Excel with Honour”.

The dedicated and generous supportgiven by the alumni of the WaggaWagga Teachers’ College hasenabled $60,000.00 to be set aside tosecure the Wagga Wagga Teachers’College Annual Scholarship inperpetuity. The Scholarship will beoffered each year in accordance withthe criteria already established bythe WWTAA.

Charles Sturt University in WaggaWagga is privileged to have, on itsnorth campus grounds, four tangiblereminders of WWTC – the Rotundaand the statue of Myrtle bothbrought from the WWTC site; aswell as the newly dedicated WaggaAlumni Teachers’ Association Lodge

(WATAL) and a tree with theoriginal sign marking the opening ofthe Wagga Wagga Teachers’ Collegein 1947. The naming of the studentresidential block pays tribute to thesignificant and historic role that theWWTC played in the developmentof CSU.

Wagga Wagga Teachers’ College,through its Scholarship, hasestablished a lasting legacy forfuture teaching students of CharlesSturt University.

The physical reminders of theWagga Wagga Teachers’ College onthe Charles Sturt University WaggaWagga campus and the naming ofthe WATAL building pay tribute tothe dedication, hard work andgenerosity of the Committee andmembers of the Wagga WaggaTeachers’ Alumni Association.

FUTURE DIRECTION OFWWTAA

The major issues identified by theWWTAA are the distribution ofTalkabout and where to from herewith fundraising, but perhaps themore pressing issue of all is thesustainability of the WWTAA.

Talkabout magazine (the cost of itsprinting and distribution to alumni)

In June 2010, Mr Adrian Lindneradvised the WWTAA that the Headof Campus Wagga Wagga Officewould assist the Association for aperiod of 12 months with the cost ofprinting and distribution of hardcopy Talkabout. This assistance isconditional on the Associationnotifying its alumni that they willneed to supply an email address toCSU to continue to receive themagazine. There is only one morehard copy issue of Talkabout to beproduced with Head of CampusOffice assistance.

Outlined below are options for yourconsideration:

• print and distribute hard copy ofTalkabout to all alumni without

WWT ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 8TH FEBRUARY 2011

CONTACTS

President: Bob Collard MBE: 2 Louise Close, Ourimbah 2258 Phone 02 4362 2764

Secretary: Dorothy Tanner: 282 Doncaster Ave, Kingsford 2032Ph 02 9663 3204 E-mail: [email protected]

Research and Records Officer (Retired):John Orange: Unit 1 1039 Pacific Highway, Pymble 2073Phone 02 9144 2690

Treasurer: Lindsay Budd: 4 Flemington Close, Casula 2170Phone 02 9601 3003 E-mail: [email protected]

Talkabout Editors:Lindsay Budd: 4 Flemington Close, Casula 2170Lew Morrell: 25 Grandview Drive, Newport 2106Phone 02 9997 1506 E-mail: [email protected]

Faculty Advancement Officer: The University Advancement Unit,Charles Sturt University, Bathurst NSW 2795Phone 02 6338 4680. Email: [email protected]

email, using a provider externalto CSU. The provider can enterinto a ‘ConfidentialityAgreement’ with CSU for thesupply of the mailing list;

• print and distribute only to thosewho contribute to theManagement Fund, again usinga provider external to CSU; or

• discontinue the publication.

In support of the Association,Charles Sturt University can offer:

• free distribution to all WWTCalumni with email addresses anelectronic PDF copy of theTalkabout magazine supplied bythe Editors and place themagazine on the Alumniwebsite; and

• incorporation of any WWTCteaching memories, reunionnotices or other WWTAAinformation submitted to theFAO into email communicationsto alumni of the Faculty ofEducation at the Dean’sdiscretion.

The WWTAA (the future)

Since the inception of the WaggaWagga Teachers’ College AlumniAssociation in 1997 at the 50th

Anniversary of the establishment ofWWTC, the members of theCommittee, predominately Pioneers,have devoted many hours and muchenergy to developing and supportingthe Association and its objectives.Over the years, there have been onlya small number of more recentalumni who have come forward toadd their help.

Now, 14 years on, most of theoriginal Committee still stands. Iunderstand that many of you arewishing to stand down at thismeeting and enjoy other activities inyour lives.

If filling the positions of theWWTAA Management Committee isshown to be untenable, theCommittee may in accordance withits Constitution take steps to dissolvethe Association.

Advice on constitutional procedurespertaining to the dissolution of theAssociation can be provided to theWWTAA by the University’scorporate governance and legaldivisions if so requested.

Michelle Fawkes.

Manager, Alumni and Philanthropyemail: [email protected]

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YES, I’M A SENIOR CITIZEN!

I’m the life of the party...... even if itlasts until 8 P.M.

I’m very good at opening childproofcaps... with a hammer.

I’m usually interested in going homebefore I get to where I am going.

I’m awake many hours before mybody allows me to get up.

I’m smiling all the time because Ican’t hear a thing you’re saying.

I’m very good at telling stories; overand over and over and over...

I’m aware that other people’sgrandchildren are not nearly as cuteas mine.

I’m so cared for — long term care,eye care, private care, dental care.

I’m not really grouchy, I just don’tlike traffic, waiting, crowds,lawyers, loud music, unruly kids,Toyota commercials, barking dogs,lying politicians, and a few otherthings I can’t seem to rememberright now.

I’m sure everything I can’t find is ina safe secure place, somewhere.

I’m wrinkled, saggy, lumpy, andthat’s just my left leg.

I’m having trouble rememberingsimple words like.......

I’m beginning to realize that aging isnot for wimps.

I’m sure they are making adultsmuch younger these days, and whendid they let kids become policemen?

I’m wondering, if you’re only as oldas you feel, how could I be alive at150?

And, how can my kids be older thanI feel sometimes?

I’m a walking storeroom of facts.....I’ve just lost the key to thestoreroom door.

Yes, I’m a SENIOR CITIZEN and Ithink I am having the time of mylife!

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REUNION PAGE

2010 was the 50th year anniversary ofWWTC 1959-60 students, so a verydedicated trio; Beverley Fleming,Julianne Nevin and Barbara (Newby)Bradstock decided to try for a veryspecial reunion.

Emails were sent to everyoneregistered with WWTC Alumni andresponse was most enthusiastic.

It was decided to hold the reunion inNovember over a weekend.

The venue was at Mittagong RSLwhich had motel accommodation onsame premises. This turned out to bean excellent choice, as anyone whowished could enjoy a drink or twowithout having to drive afterwards.Most travelled to Mittagong on theFriday and soon after checking in,people were meeting up over lunch/coffee etc. Some people wereimmediately recognisable; others hadchanged a little over fifty years!

On Friday evening, we met up in the

RSL Lounge and in casual groupswent to dinner, after which we allgravitated back to the lounge formore getting together andreminiscences, showing of photosand tales of schools, families andothers not present. Some took to thedance floor, but most were content tochat the night away.

The next morning at breakfast, therewas more catching up, chatting,photos and plans for the day.Different groups went to the variousvenues suggested by organisers:winery, Berrima, Bowral & others.

That evening there was a specialdinner held in a private area so it wasWWTC full on! The three organisershad decorated the venue withballoons, streamers and had a hugecollection of WWTC memorabilialaid out for all to see. A sumptuousthree course meal, with wines wasmuch appreciated by all. Neville

Jennings gave a speech whichcovered most aspects of our WWTClife and happenings in 1959-60. Wehad a Trivia/Questionnaire withquestions about various aspects ofWWTC in our time. Answers variedfrom “spot on” to “just hilarious.”Some teams scored themselves 35/30. A little skulduggery there!

We all sang “College of theRiverina” and “Gaudeamus”. withmuch gusto, probably more than in1959-60. Two lecturers attended:Betty Keech (Robertson) who wasour dorm warden (Ipai) and BobHuntsman. In retrospect, they wereprobably not much older than thestudents.

An official photographer attendedand she was kept busy all nighttaking pictures of couples, groupsand finally one of the wholegathering of more than fifty. Pictureswere available then and laterappeared on their website for more

1959-60 50 YEAR REUNION

REUNION PAGE

ordering. It was a wonderful night;and to me it was like being back atcollege again. Much later somestalwarts retired to the lounge formore drinking and dancing.

Sunday breakfast saw all manner ofcontact details being exchanged, butthe wonderful organisers later puttogether a spreadsheet of allattendees who had given contactinformation, which they emailed toall. Those three women leftabsolutely nothing to chance. Theycouldn’t have done more.

The weekend was over far too soonand leaving was to me reminiscentof leaving WWTC in December1960; very sad. Many of us wouldlike to get together again before too

many more years. I think someonesuggested another in five moreyears. I hope it eventuates. Everyoneseemed so happy to renew oldfriendships and take that wonderfultrip down memory lane.

From my perspective and from myown acquaintances that weekend afew people should be mentioned:

Barbara (Sargent) Hobbs from Ipai/Mari dorm, who still had herWWTC blazer and it still fits!

Judy (Larsen) Price who travelledfrom USA especially for thisreunion.

My grad partner, Brian Webb whosurvived a massive stroke twentyyears ago and who also had been

honoured with an OAM in 2003(which he hadn’t mentioned till afterthe weekend). A modest hero!

Janet Parkhill who is still teaching(Casual). Probably others are too,but she was the only one I knew ofthen.

Last but not least, the threewonderful women who made thisreunion a reality. They did anamazing job and I know there was alot going on behind the scenes tomake it actually happen. I thank youthree wholeheartedly and I am sure Ispeak for all who attended.

Joan Kirkham (Robinson)

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Back: Barbara Trist (Tibbits), Narelle Griffiths, (Matthews), Ella Keesing (Redpath), Gladys Meaney-Budd (Chapman)Front: Pam Holman (Clayton), Decima Pickles (Wheeler), Margaret King ( Wallace), Marjie Bell (Burke)

1950-51 GIRLS ANNUAL REUNION

For more than 35 years a group ofgirls from the 1950-51 session havebeen meeting for lunch once a yearin Sydney. More than 20 girls fromthe session have attended over theyears. Decima makes the bookingfor the first Wednesday in February

and notifies the other girls of thevenue.This year the lunch was held at theSwissotel Sydney on Market Street.The day was one of the hottest onrecord so the numbers were downbut several girls travelled a long wayto be there. Ella from Mt Waverley

in Victoria, Barbara from Urungaand Margaret from Nowra.As you can imagine the conversationflowed as they caught up on theirvarious activities over the previousyear.

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TEACHING MEMORIESDOUG MILL (1963-64)

REMEMBERS.

It often takes a glitch in the system tomotivate me into action. I received mylatest edition of “Talkabout” addressedto a Mrs Geraldine Mill at my homeaddress on a printed tag, whereas foryears I have received my copyaddressed correctly to Mr. DouglasMill, No. 44253. My wife, Shantisuggested that, the den of iniquity,Wagga, had reared its head again, andthere was another unknown woman inmy life.

This letter is a way of saying pleasefix the glitch and I have no idea whothis lady is and she does not live atmy home.

Despite that, I have often thought ofwriting my memories, but things havealways got in the way. Besides, unlikemany of you, my teaching careerlasted only one year longer than mytwo College years so I have morememories of College than of teaching,so not many memories at all, but theywere unusual years.

So to College. I was the last entrant in1963’s intake, probably because Ididn’t have a half decent LeavingCertificate performance, after twotries, and I had 6 months muckingaround at Uni before I got a job atQantas. My father insisted that Ibecome professional and thealternative was accountancy and Ibelieved that was too boring. So I wasput, along with another late starter intothe room next to the bathroom of theoldest men’s dorm.

It was always noisy. But we had a greatbunch of guys and if there wasn’tjamming, there was boxing and ofcourse taking on the other men’sdorms. Ours had three entrances whichmeant we were easy to attack, but wehad a bit of cunning and plenty of guts.

My two extra years of age gave me alot more learning maturity so exams

were easy and I spent most of my timeplaying sport — Rugby, Basketball,hando, athletics , swimming, either inthe pool or the river and then girls. I’dbeen to a boys’ school and bought upin a religious family so I had to learnabout girls at College. Well that’s mystory.

I’ve said many times that they werethe two best years of my life. I enjoyedthe mature relationships with lecturers,playing and singing in a folk musicband, running an 880 yards recordtime in athletics, diving from the 10metre board at College carnivals,boxing in the Jimmy Sharman tent atthe Wagga Show, kissing girls behindone of the classrooms, having tablegroups that got up to all sorts of tricksduring meals, day trips to thesnowfields, chanting the Maori Hakabefore rugby matches and …..

At the due time in January 1965 Ireceived the relevant documents, withtrain ticket, to proceed to Warwick.What? I lived in NSW, was trained ata NSW College and expected to besent to a NSW school. Warwick wasin Queensland. But furtherinvestigation suggested there was aWarwick near Cowra, so at theappropriate time we headed off to theCentral West and found a one teacherschool in the middle of the Edgellfarms about 12 miles out of Cowra.

We drove through miles of a varietyof crops up a small rise and there onone side of the road was a tin shedcommunity hall and on the other sideof the road a one teacher school. We(being my parents and I) saw no oneand drove back into Cowra where oneof the local ministers had a bedroomto board in. On the Monday I venturedout to the school wondering if anyoneelse would turn up. It had looked sodeserted, but sure enough over the nexthalf an hour six pupils turned up, somewith parents.

Apparently the previous teacher had ashrinking population and his ninepupils had shrunk to six and he hadfailed to advise the Inspector. So myfirst job for the NSW EducationDepartment was to close the school.This took three weeks to reorganizethe kids, complete some externalexams back in Sydney, makearrangements with the Inspector andkeep teaching until the changes wereeffected.

Not having previously taught at a oneteacher school, in those three weeks Ialso had to learn how to teach sixpupils in four different age groupsincluding a 6th class and one in infants.I really only remember standingoutside on playground duty waiting fora slow moving cloud to decide whetherit would rain on us in this droughtstricken area. It didn’t. So I closed theschool and went to Coonabarabran torelief teach, learning to cope with theHeadmasters 6th class while in townbut otherwise going to teach in placeslike Gunnedah, Tambar Springs,Yullemambry, Baradine andBinnaway. I played my one and onlygame of League in Coonabarabran.

Relief Teaching continued to be adifficult task because I would go fromone teacher schools with ten pupils toindividual classes of 30, often for onlya day or two, each taught by wildlydifferent methods by quite differentteachers who I never met. Of course Iwas often told “We don’t do that here”,or “you’re not doing it the right way”.

I guess that meant pupils and I did alot of reading and the things you do inbig schools you don’t do in smallschools. Ringing a bell for 15 kids inthe one room is for the birds. AtTambar Springs there were four or fiveteachers and I had to relieve there forwhat must have been a week althoughit seems much shorter.

I had to stay in the pub and not beinga drinker I read the paper after school,

TEACHING MEMORIESwalked the 100 metre length of thetown and had an early pub dinner bymyself in the dining room then a bitmore reading and off to bed.

Well from 6:00pm onwards the pubstarted to swell and swell it did. Myimagination suggests there could havebeen easily 100 people washing downthe Black Plains dust of the day till10:00pm. So finally to sleep.

To extend the story, in the late 1980’sthe family was driving down the inlandhighways from Lismore to Cowra andI decided to pass Tambar Springs.Well, nothing had changed. No newhouses, the same general store, servicestation and pub, all without a repaintand the brick school on the hill lookednot a day older.

While in Cowra we drove out toWarwick and lo and behold the schoolbuilding had gone. We asked a localwho advised that the farmers next doorhad bought the building and moved itonto their property and there it was.The verandah and hat and bag pegswere still in place but the room hadbecome a home for the chooks.

Funny that in my musings I onlyremember three personalities — theBank Manager’s daughter, the woolclasser’s family that I stayed with anda farmers family whose son was in 6th

class at Coona and they invited me outto the property to play tennis, stayovernight and go shooting kangaroos.

I remember going shooting with thetown boys and that scared me a lot.The risks they took. One afternoon, Ishot a Kangaroo in the hip, had nomore ammunition so had to run afterhim to finish him off with a blow tothe head. To this day I remember thoseeyes looking at me. I have never shotanything since.

It was drought time and the vast PilligaScrub caught fire and burned forweeks. I am an asthmatic and thesmoke got to me so I was relieved to

go back to Sydney to Auburn WestPrimary School. Teaching took on newmeanings — having to prepare aprogram, meetings in the staff room,signing in, playground roster, six bellsa day, other teachers to socialize with.

One teacher schools and reliefteaching was a lonely job. We coulduse the cane and did. The kids were amotley lot, from the very best to thevery worst. There was little to get themon side — batball in the playgroundfor money seemed the best. We swungthe bat and paid up if they caught us.20 kids running for the same balldidn’t provide many catches.Obviously in those days there were nooptional extras both for them and us.

I was at Auburn for the rest of my twoand a half years of teaching and I drovefrom Turramurra across town with thetraffic and then later from NorthSydney but it was good to be back inthe bustle of life. I took up again theRugby that I had abandoned andplayed for Northern Suburbs and theyalso referred to me as the “young DougMill” as they had in college althoughI was older than many.

It just so happens that this month I’mgoing to a celebratory lunch for JohnThornett, my first North’s captain. Iunderstand that so will Jim Lenehanand Beres Elwood who I recall playingagainst in Wagga.

I enjoyed teaching in Sydney andbeing part of a regular school. I toldthe kids the most outrageous stories(all harmless) and was assessed by theInspector to be easy to get on with butI should learn to talk less and let thepupils put their point of view.

One drawback was that in the thirdyear I was teaching a 5A class nextdoor to the Deputy Principal who, withan extra 15 years service, was teachingthe 5B and was in charge of certainrosters. I couldn’t see myself lastingthat long for just that.

At the end of three years I was givenmy Teacher’s Certificate and sent tothe one teacher school at Bungarby(yes, another place never heard of)because they wanted people like mein places like that.

The closest I got to Bungarby was theEducation Department in the citywhere I told them that they wereruining my Rugby ambitions, so theyoffered Wollongong. But I wasstubborn and holding out for Sydney.Well we both said that a “gun wasbeing held to our head” And we didn’tpart friends.

So my teaching career ended in 1967.Since then I’ve worked in TravelAgencies and Travel WholesaleCompanies, in the building industry asa sales rep and then as a FranchiseManager.

I was retrenched and worked in Fijifor two years as Public Relations for aresort complex and salesman for amillionaire’s island paradise. I left thatto be the Sales Manager of a TextileKnitting Mill and finally another moveto Sales Manager in a Solar Company.

Thirty years on and I’m still in Solarand Insulation with my own businessfor the last 27 years. So I do have somestickability and currently I’m writingnasty letters to GovernmentDepartments and Auditors Generaltrying to find out why they are tryingto ruin my business.

I would like to say good day to all myfriends, not seen for many years in the1963 to 1964 years of WWTC and saythat I often think of you and the greattimes I had.

Doug Mill (1963-64),

Managing Director,The Demand Group.

www.demandsroup.com.au

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Those Were The Days

In October 1956 the opening tookplace of the wrought iron gates tothe Wagga Wagga Teachers College.The gates were donated by studentsas a gift in honour of Mary Gilmore.They capture the spirit of theevening or dancing star of “Jiemba”,the Wiradjuri name bestowed uponMary as a child whilst she lived andplayed with them on theMurrumbidgee and Houghlagan’sCreek area.

Mary Jean Cameron was born on16 August 1865 at Cotta Walla nearGoulburn, New South Wales. Whenshe was one year old her parents,decided to move to Wagga Wagga.

Her father become a carpenter,building homesteads on properties inWagga, Coolamon, Junee, Temoraand West Wyalong for the next 10years. This itinerant existenceallowed Mary only a spasmodicformal education; however she did

receive some on their frequentreturns to Wagga.

Her father purchased land and builthis own house at Brucedale on theJunee Road, where they had apermanent home. She was then toattend Wagga Wagga Public Schoolfor two and a half years. At 14, inpreparation to become a teacher, sheworked as an assistant at her Uncle’sschool at Yerong Creek.

After completing her teaching examsin 1882, she accepted a position as ateacher at Wagga Wagga PublicSchool where she worked untilDecember 1885. After a shortteaching spell at Illabo she took up ateaching position at Silverton nearthe mining town of Broken Hill.There Gilmore developed hersocialist views and began writingpoetry.

She went with other socialistidealists to Paraguay in 1896, where

they had established a communalsettlement called New Australia twoyears earlier. There she marriedWilliam Gilmore in 1897. By 1902the socialist experiment had clearlyfailed and the Gilmores returned toAustralia, where they took upfarming near Casterton, Victoria.

Gilmore’s first volume of poetry waspublished in 1910, and for theensuing half-century she wasregarded as one of Australia’s mostpopular and widely read poets.

In spite of her somewhatcontroversial politics, Gilmoreaccepted appointment as a DameCommander of the Order of theBritish Empire in 1937, becomingDame Mary Gilmore.

She was the first person to begranted this award for services toliterature.

DAME MARY GILMORE 1865-1962

Those Were The Days

COMING EVENTS

ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONMEETINGS

The next quarterly meeting ofthe Alumni Association will beheld at 11 am on:Tuesday 10th May, 2011.The meeting will be held at:NSW Teachers FederationConference Centre.37 Reservoir StreetSurry Hills.All welcome.

WWTC ALUMNILUNCHEONS

The next Alumni luncheon willbe held at the IconsRestaurant in the MarriottHotel, Pitt Street Sydney (nearthe Quay) on Tuesday 17thMay, 2011.

For bookings contact LindsayBudd on 9601 3003 a weekbefore.

During World War II she wrotestirring patriotic verse such as NoFoe Shall Gather Our Harvest.

In her later years, Gilmore, separatedfrom her husband, moved to Sydney,and enjoyed her growing status as anational literary icon. Before 1940she published six volumes of verseand three editions of prose. After thewar Gilmore published volumes ofmemoirs and reminiscences ofcolonial Australia and the literarygiants of 1890s Sydney, thuscontributing much material to themythologising of that period. DameMary Gilmore died in 1962, aged97, and was accorded the first statefuneral accorded to a writer since thedeath of Henry Lawson in 1922.

The following excerpts are takenfrom Mary McPherson’s book “ItHappened at School”.

When she became a well knownwriter she had some correspondencewith the editor of the Department’sSchool Magazine about the use ofsome of her work and also makingsuggestions for education in general.

The following extracts from herletters are reminiscences about hertime as a teacher. They alsodemonstrate the healthy state of herego as in fact she, like many of herfellow pupil-teachers, failed to gainpromotion at one of her examinationand gave up being a pupil-teacher,instead taking an appointment to asmall school, Beaconsfield (laterQuandary) Provisional near Temorain 1886. She was then appointed toIllabo Public School in 1887.

To Mr Hicks, 16 July 1931:

Are you a son of Inspector [DavidS.] Hicks who used to be at Wagga

Wagga? If so you will probably haveyour father’s piercing eye. I was putinto the teaching Dept as P.T. [pupil-teacher] owing to his report on meas a scholar in the old WaggaWagga School. He gave me myinitial report on which I was allowedto sit for the entrance Exam. Iadmired (and feared) him greatly,feared because he was so stern,admired & trusted because he wasso just. However, Gerald O’Byrnewas my father & my mother in theDept. A kinder man never lived.


Miss Everitt told someone not longago that your father (or was it yourgrandfather?] Insp. Hicks said I wasthe most brilliant pupil teacher hehad ever passed. It was nice to haveit come back to me after all theseyears. Miss [Mary] Everitt was myfirst head mistress as an officialpupil-teacher at Wagga Wagga &afterwards had the Training College.[i.e., Hurlstone Training School].


Mrs K. Lindsay told me that JohnMasefield (& his wife) visitingfriends of his & Mrs Lindsay’s here,spoke in special praise of my work &said that of living Australian poets‘Paterson & Mary Gilmore were theonly two at all well known inEngland’.

To the Editor, 5 February 1956:

In my young, & in my Teaching days,school reading was so serious. Ithad a moral in my first books,sometimes printed, sometimes not.But how obvious.I, as a young teacher, soon saw theneed of a widening for the child’smind! In a little railway school I had(Illabo near Wagga) over 60 years

ago, on Friday last half hour I usedto read children who had never seena story book, “Robinson Crusoe”,“Uncle Tom’s Cabin” & the like witha watcher at the door in case aninspector or someone came along &reported me - . How different now!

********************In Memoriam

Years go by, memories stayAs near and dear as yesterday.

Don Wyburd 1948-50 November 2010Maurice E. Hale 1961-71 November2010Jean Walsh (Flower) 1948-50 January2008Judith Malcolm (Perryman) 1957-58July 2010John Pigram 1950-51 January 2011Ruth Chiswell (Kerr) 1950-51August 2010.

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A LIFE OF ACHIEVEMENTDON WIBURD OAM (1948-50)

St Stanislaus’ College headmasterJohn Edwards said Mr Wiburd waspart of the lives of generations ofyoung men being educated inBathurst.

“He was very involved with Fr DougAkehurst coaching Stannies’ sportsteams,” Mr Edwards said.

“The Wiburd Shield [schools rugby]competition was named in hishonour and he always took aninterest in the competition itgenerated between schools.”

All Saints’ College headmaster DrPeter Miller was amazed by how MrWiburd was forever spending hisspare time coaching, encouragingand inspiring youth to play sport.

“A real treasure in so many lives forso many years,” Dr Miller said.

Don served youth cricket in theBathurst region for more than 50years. He was Chairman of theCountry Schools’ CricketAssociation until his passing andfounder of that school group in1991.

It is due to Don’s vision and drivethat all Country Schoolboycricketers have had the opportunityto play at the highest level they arecapable of. He was also Convenor ofthe Douglas Shield, which is aStatewide Country Schools’ KnockOut competition which he instigatedin 1991.

Prior to 1991 Don was the Secretaryof the Western Associated Schoolsfrom 1962 to 1976 and again from1978 to 1991. As Secretary, he wasresponsible for organising sportssuch as cricket, rugby and athletics.He also coached Junior Cricketteams at Scots College (1954 to1976), St Stanislaus College (1977to 1990) and at All Saints College(1991 to 1996).

Don Wiburd was the only child ofplumber Les and Elsie Wiburd. Hegrew up in Rocket Street, SouthBathurst. His father died in abuilding accident when he was aboutfive but Don and his mother residedin the family home for 31 years.

He attended the old Bathurst PublicSchool in Howick Street, now theAustralian Fossil and MineralsMuseum, and the South BathurstPublic School before going toBathurst High School and on to theWagga Wagga Teachers’ College in1948-1950.

His first teaching appointments wereone-teacher schools at GunningblandSouth, Driftway and Daiseybank aswell as the Bathurst Migrant Campin 1952. He then ventured into thehalls of Bathurst Colleges at Scots in1953 as a Geography teacher.

The Scots School headmaster TimRichards said Don had been involvedwith the school for 23 years and was

instrumental in establishing theWestern Associated Schools SportsAssociation.

In 1996, Don received an Order ofAustralia Medal in the Queen’sBirthday Honours list for his work inthe promotion of school sportsevents and fixtures. He had beenWestern Associated Schools SportsAssociation secretary from 1960,Country School Rugby UnionAssociation secretary from 1976 andCountry School Cricket Associationsince 1991.

“Mr Wiburd was a unique teacher inBathurst because he taught or wasinvolved in sports at all three of thebig boys’ schools during his career,and he was still involved right upuntil his death,” Mr Richards saidyesterday.

St Stanislaus’ College headmasterJohn Edwards said Mr Wiburd waspart of the lives of generations ofyoung men being educated inBathurst.

“He was very involved with Fr DougAkehurst coaching Stannies’ sports.

A LIFE OF ACHIEVEMENTHe founded the NSW CountrySchools Rugby Union with thestaging of the initial CountrySchools Championships in 1977, andremained as the Association’sSecretary until 2006.

His influence on the NSW CountryRugby Schoolboy landscape can’t bemeasured, and there are manyplayers who have progressed tohigher representative honours whocame under the watchful eye of DonWiburd.

NSW Country Rugby UnionPresident Bruce Worboys said “DonWiburd was a wonderful contributorto rural and regional sport,particularly Rugby and Cricket”.“He was one of nature’s truegentlemen and will be sadly missedby those who had the pleasure ofassociating with him”.

The following tribute to Don wassubmitted by two of his friends fromCollege, Brian Webb and KevinWilcox.

DON WIBURD OAMA LIFE EXTRAORDINAIRE.

The Wiburd and Webb families livedclose to one another in RocketStreet, South Bathurst. Don startedschool the year after I did (Brian), atSouth Bathurst Public School. Donwas not an ordinary little boy; eventhen he was quite different in manyways.

His mother, widowed when Don wasfive, saw to it that he was alwaysneat and clean; even at the end of theday there were no dirty, skinnedknees, no shirt hanging out and nounkempt hair.

Don appeared not to like to play;later on my friends and I thought itwas because of his mother. At school(infants and primary) he would sitand watch, rather than play, and he

didn’t run around, harum-scarum,like the rest of us.

He didn’t own a bike. We certainlydidn’t see him riding one on the roador footpath like the other boys in theneighbourhood.

Sometimes he would appear in myparents’ general store up on thecorner, always very quiet, withimpeccable manners. That quietnessand manners were with himthroughout his lifetime; “the ultimategentleman” as recalled by a Bathurstfriend.

He didn’t play sport. I never sawhim wearing shorts; and when hefollowed Kevin, Don Boyle andmyself to Wagga Wagga TeachersCollege, his participation in collegesport was non-existent. The libraryand books were his loves, andhelping other people.

So, a few years later, when I learntof what Don was up to: coachingcricket and rugby in the Bathurstarea; administering sport andconducting competitions; it was withtotal disbelief! Surely, I thought,that’s not the Don Wiburd I’veknown for so long. For the life ofme, I couldn’t imagine Don,perhaps, running up and down thesideline, shouting instructions orstanding in front of a wicket,demonstrating a stroke.

But, it was. Questions filled myhead; where did he, if he had neverplayed cricket or rugby, or never hadan interest in sport, get the skills topass on to so many students withwhom he came into contact. –”A realtreasure in so many lives for somany years (about 60)”, Dr Millersaid. “A selfless man from anothertime,” said another.

And so, before a crowded Cathedral,this “naively, old-fashioned man;this tireless and benevolent man; thisman of integrity and generosity; thisman from another time, but for alltimes, “was honoured by so manypupils, former pupils and friends

JOHN JOSEPH JAMESPIGRAM1950-51.

The following is taken from theeulogy delivered at John’s funeral inSt Mary and St Joseph’s Cathedral ,Armidale by his eldest son, Paul. Ed.

Professor John Pigram, was born inMay 1933 in Cootamundra to asheep grazing family. He was one ofthree children. They lived at the edgeof town and maintained their farmfurther out on the Berthong Road.

He was educated at the De La SalleSchool at Cootamundra, atThornleigh and at Oakhill Collegefor a period and then CootamundraHigh School for the LeavingCertificate.

He attended Wagga Teachers Collegein 1950 and completed a primaryteaching qualification in only 18months and was teaching school atthe age of 18.

He spent 4 years as a relief teacher insouth west NSW. He worked inmany mostly small schools in placessuch as Wagga, South Wagga andLake Albert, Bulgary, Yarragundry,Berrigan, Finley, Tumbarumba, andOberne,

A LIFE OF ACHIEVEMENTCootamundra, Temora, Walleroobie,Nangus, Ariah Park, South Gundagaand Stockinbingal.

He would board with one of the localfamilies, travelling home atweekends often by goods train in theguards van or locomotive courtesy ofa long list of cousins and matesworking on the railways and then onthe bike out to home.

He was posted to Cootamundra HighSchool in 1956 as a “GA” teacher. In1959 he enrolled in a Bachelor ofArts as an external student at theUniversity of New England (UNE).He majored in Geography andEconomics, studying at night, andgraduating in April 1964, at the ageof 30.

In 1964 he married Jenny Gallowaywho had been appointed toCootamundra High School in 1962to teach English and History as herfirst appointment.

They moved to Sydney to take upnew teaching appointments. Johnwas commerce master at the newGymea High School.

He was invited to do an HonoursYear in Geography at UNE in 1967and so the family including thefirstborn, Paul, moved to Armidale.He graduated with first class honoursand then embarked on a PhDentitled: “An assessment of the waterresources of the Liverpool Plains”,graduating in 1971.

He was appointed as a lecturerin the Department ofGeography at UNE in 1970. Heestablished a successfulacademic profile and waspromoted to Senior Lecturer in1974.

He was frequently involved withexternal students. UNE was, at thetime, way ahead of the competition indistance education. Each semester herecorded lectures and commentariesfor the externals. Boxes of audio tapeswere shipped out across Australia. Hetook a particular interest in the welfareof the externals, with a first handunderstanding of the challenges facingthe distant student frequently withcompeting life interests.

In 1981 the family (all six of them)had the opportunity to visit IowaCity, and later Ireland and Englandfor about 6 months.

John worked at the University ofIowa, teaching a climatologycourse.

Later, in 1985, the family spent 6months in Kitchener/Waterloo inCanada. John was a VisitingProfessor at both the University ofWaterloo and Wilfred LaurierUniversity.

He taught a range of courses inGeography during his teachingyears, in particular:

• 2nd yr EnvironmentalPlanning and ResourceManagement (EPRM)

• 3rd yr Leisure andRecreation.

In another direction, he wasinstrumental in the formation of StAlbert’s College at UNE. He wasa member of the College’s SeniorCommon Room, and was awardedan Honorary Fellowship at StAlbert’s.

In 1987, John with Warren Musgraveand John Burton received a grant of$750,000 from the AustralianGovernment to establish the Centre forWater Policy Research at UNE. Hewas Executive Director and Directorof the Centre until 2001.

The Water Centre undoubtedlyembodied his most significantinternational academic achievementsand brought him great satisfaction.

He became a leading internationalfigure in water resources. He travelledfrequently, visiting every continentexcepting the Antarctic. Heestablished a wonderful network ofinternational colleagues.

He was a founding member of theBoard of Governors of the WorldWater Council.

He was President of the InternationalWater Resources Association(IWRA) 2001-2003.

He chaired the organising committeefor the 10th World Water Congressof the IWRA in Melbourne (2000).

In 2001 he was appointed Fellow ofthe International Water ResourcesAssociation and in 2006 received theDistinguished Service Award of theAssociation.

In 2008, he was selected for the mostprestigious Ven Te Chow MemorialLecture Award of the InternationalWater Resources Association.

He enjoyed a 40 year career inresearch, teaching and academicleadership. He received many majorresearch grants from agencies suchas:

Australian Research Council

Land and Water Resources R&DCorporation

Murray-Darling Basin Commission

EPA

Greenhouse Information Program

US National Science Foundation

A LIFE OF ACHIEVEMENTWorld Water Council

He was a Charter Member of theInternational Academy for the Studyof Tourism. He was twice nominatedfor the Stockholm Water Prize.

He supervised 31 PhD students and21 Masters students, many of whomhave gone on to be leaders in theirfield in their own right.

He completed around 150international publications including 7books and numerous journal articles.

Just 3 weeks ago he received a copyof the new Chinese translation of hisbook “Outdoor RecreationManagement” written with JohnJenkins.

He made more than 70 presentationsto international meetings.

He was a frequent and sought afteradvisor to governments, industrygroups and corporations in Australiaand abroad.

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MAURICE E HALEMaurie Hale was the Principal ofWWTC from 1961 to its closure in1971.

Maurice Hale was educated at FortStreet B. H. and Sydney Boys H.S.He took up a scholarship to SydneyTeachers College and then took BAand MA degrees at the University ofSydney.

He began his teaching career atGlebe Primary School and followedwith appointments to Croydon Parkand Homebush. He then qualified asa School Counsellor and took aposition at Broken Hill.

He was appointed to BalmainTeachers College when it opened in1946 and later spent some time as alecturer at Sydney Teachers Collegeand was a Senior Lecturer at WaggaTeachers College in 1954 -55. Hewas appointed to Bathurst TeachersCollege as Vice Principal in 1956

and in 1961 he was appointedPrincipal at WWTC. He remainedPrincipal until the College closed in1971.

In 1972-73 he worked in HeadOffice (Department of Education)and in 1973 became Principal ofWollongong Teachers College., andlater Director of the WollongongInstitute of Education. He retired in1978.

He and his wife lived on the SouthCoast (Austinmer) prior to movingto Dubbo in 2007 to be near to theironly daughter (Val Roberts) as theirhealth was not good . They neededassisted care and moved to live inHoly Spirit Retirement Complex inDubbo.

Maurie passed away in November,2010.

The following is taken from a letterthat Maurie wrote to the 1963-64session on the occasion of their 40th

year reunion.

Dear students of the 1963/64session, W.W.T.C.

Congratulations on having areunion!

As you look back now and re-liveyour 2 years in training, can you seewhat was happening at WaggaWagga in its framework. The firstteachers’ college for N.S.W., takingthe place of the PUPIL-TEACHERSYSTEM, was Sydney T.C., built byAlexander Mackie as a copy ofMoray House, Scotland, where thestudents were day people, as indeedwere ours at Balmain, AlexanderMackie, Westmead and WollongongColleges.

But when Armidale was set up, as aresult of political pressures,residential provision was required toget numbers. Wagga followed, thenBathurst (pressures again) and all 3were residential and co-educational.

George Blakemore, foundingprincipal, “activity George” his

colleagues called him, worked outthe rules with the students I havebeen told. Bathurst was set up as amodified copy by Lionel Allen, whohad been George’s Vice Principal.Objectives were the same viz. 1strate preparation for teachingchildren, following a set syllabus,and similar in style to David Stowe,the Scotsman pioneer of teachertraining at Jordan Hill (where I’veseen his statue).

All the 10 colleges in N.S.W.ultimately followed Mackie andStowe’s influence, regarding anoption study purely for itself for thetertiary development of the traineeswho were young and from secondaryeducation. The professional aspectrequired subject teaching,demonstration lessons andsupervised, helpful practiceteaching. Of course the 10 collegesvaried according to details of thisprogramme.

As you all probably are aware I wasappointed by the governor of N.S.W.,to take charge of W.W.T.C. comingfrom a background of achievementacademically and in teaching atSydney College and University,teaching primary and secondarychildren, working for 5 years inResearch Branch, lecturing atBalmain, Sydney, Bathurst andWagga (2 years as the seniorlecturer in 1955-6) and vice-principalship at Bathurst.

I considered the rules, published inthe calendar of the college, as basicand with the help of Wade, Swan andothers, modified both the study sideand the running of the houses bystudent committees toward the end ofthe 1960s decade.

The college was replaced by theRiverina College, as part of theframework imposed all overAustralia and following the U.K. Anew man (Cliff Blake) was appointedin charge.

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NEWS FROM CSUSod turned for early education at CSU

Charles Sturt University (CSU) aims to provide the highestquality in early childhood education and care in itsproposed facility to be established at Thurgoona in 2012. The start of the new building will be celebrated by CSUstaff and project partners with the turning of the first sod at5.30pm on Tuesday 8 March at the building site inside themain entrance of CSU on Elizabeth Mitchell Drive,

Thurgoona.

”We believe this facility willbe a centre of earlychildhood excellence incollaboration withWoodstock Support, andbe available for thechildren of University staffand students andcommunity members,”says Head of CSU’sMurray School ofEducation, AssociateProfessor Louise Hard.

“With the move of the Murray Children’s Centre from itsexisting Olive Street site in central Albury to Thurgoona, wehave incorporated new services into the design of thebuilding, which will be located near the entrance of CharlesSturt University.” As part of the Centre development, CSU is offering theservice in conjunction with the Woodstock Support EarlyChildhood Intervention Service, which provides earlyintervention services to infants and young children whohave development delays or disabilities. Woodstock Support chief executive officer Mr Nigel Stonesaid the partnership with CSU enables the organisation tocontinue providing high quality education and therapyservices to children with disabilities in the Border region.“At the same time, the new centre will allow our families tohave access to mainstream services, while increasingcommunity education and awareness about children withdisabilities, and their families,” he said. The proposed centre will also provide important learningopportunities for early childhood education students fromCSU’s Faculty of Education. as well as contributing toresearch undertaken by CSU staff and students which willultimately provide long term benefits back to thecommunity. The new building, designed by NBRS + Partners, will havefour wings to house areas for infants, toddlers, pre-schoolers and staff, with a common entrance and centralmultipurpose and dining area linked to the four wings. New Head of Campus at CSU in Albury-Wodonga, Ms SueMoloney, describes the design as a ‘pinwheel’ that “allowsvisitors to enter at one point and branch into four routesthat entices visitors down the corridors with attractivevistas to outside areas. “Curved walls between the wings add a sense ofmovement, variation and fun, with lounge areas allowingparents some privacy to watch, breastfeed or comfortchildren, or talk with other parents or staff.

“The central area is the focal point of the building,which allows children of all ages and abilities to sharemeals and experiences with each other and theirsiblings.” The building design embraces the environmentallysustainable principles showcased throughout thecampus, with features such as underfloor heating,solar-panelled roofing for air-conditioning offices, rainwater collected for watering surrounding gardens, ‘greywater’ used for flushing toilets, and maximising areasof recycled glass to minimise artificial lighting. “Children will interact with these features which willillustrate the simple use of the ecologically sustainabledevelopment that surrounds them,” Ms Moloney said.

New MoU for health and welfareA new agreement will be signed between Charles SturtUniversity (CSU) and Anglicare Canberra andGoulburn on Monday 21 March. The purpose of theagreement is to further develop the relationshipbetween the higher education institution and thewelfare agencyover the nextfive years. TheMemorandum ofUnderstanding(MoU) outlines anumber of waysthe twoorganisationscan foster futurecooperation.These includeinitiatives suchas adjunct academic appointments; reciprocal ethicscommittee arrangements; and expanding workplacelearning opportunities for CSU students with AnglicareCanberra and Goulburn in areas such as social work,allied health and nursing. Course Director from theSchool of Humanities and Social Sciences at CSU inWagga Wagga Dr Bill Anscombe said, “As CharlesSturt University is one of the leading providers of socialwork, nursing and allied health education in Australia,the new broad ranging Memorandum of Understandingwill give us more opportunities to ensure our studentsare “work ready’’. The MoU will be signed by theUniversity’s Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic)Professor Ross Chambers and Bishop Stuart Robinsonfrom the Anglican Diocese of Canberra and Goulburnat 12 midday on Monday 21 March. The ceremony willtake place in the Chancellor’s Room in the ConventionCentre, building 230, near car park 16, Jingellic Placeat CSU in Wagga Wagga.

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