On Saturday 28th April, 2018, the Class of 1998 rekindled friendships and caught up with teachers from back in the old school days. From Psychologist to Solicitor to Nurse, Mother and Advertising Director to AFL radio commentator, this group of Old Girtonians has done it all!
Callum Olver (2008) is the first to admit that the classroom is not where he felt most comfortable and that he feels much more at home in a saddle. With parents who had grown up on farms, an uncle who was a dairy farmer and another who was a Head […]
Emma Blackford, in the nicest possible way, prefers not take no for an answer. She is on course to become the youngest female commercial pilot in Australia but only because she is resourceful and determined enough to have made an application for a cadetship for which she was, by the […]
The Class of 2012 had a fabulous reunion on Saturday 9th September. Many Old Girtonians had not seen each other since graduating so they had plenty to catch up on. From Graphic Design and Mechatronics to Medicine and Motherhood, this cohort has taken off in all directions. See you at […]
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The following reflection has been provided by Ms Rosemary Turner, School Captain in 1966 and dear school and lifelong friend of Rosy Rogers, who has two children, Matthew and Kimberley who are Old Girtonians. Rosemary was born in Melbourne, March 8th 1948. Her family transferred to Bendigo 1957 where she […]
According to the Association of Financial Advisers, of all financial planners in Australia, only 20 per cent are women. Given female graduates are outnumbering men in many fields and a number of other factors are contributing to money coming into female hands, it makes sense that Financial Planning is a […]
It is with sadness that the OGA passes on condolences to Matthew Rogers (1991) and Kimberley Rogers (1994), son and daughter of OGA stalwart, Rosy Rogers (OGA 1965), who passed away recently. At a touching memorial service for Rosy, the Girton College School Song from 1884 – 1968 (“The Pilgrim […]
As a child, flying captivated Liam Goodall’s imagination. It seemed powerful, free and adventurous. It also seemed like an impossible dream. In Year 12 at Girton (2007), Liam did English, Maths Methods, Advanced Maths, Physics and VET electronics, achieving entry into a Mechanical Engineering degree, which seemed like a logical […]
16th May, 2017 The below School Prospectus was donated to the OGA by current Year 10 student, Edwina Wallace-Smith. It belonged to her Grandmother, Mary Wallace, who was a Girton Prefect in 1953. Click here to see the contents of the School Prospectus, circa 1950 and to get a feel […]
