In December 2020, the Old Girtonians’ Association was delighted to bestow on Mr Dan Slater, an Honorary Associate Life Membership for achieving twenty years of service to Girton Grammar School. It is in many ways thanks to the work of Dan Slater that the Girton Co-curriculum sits comfortably alongside the […]
After completing a five-year Bachelor/Master’s degree in Dentistry, (with the highest weighted average mark across the entire course for her graduating class), primary examinations with the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons, and finally, a Doctor of Clinical Dentistry degree, specialising in orthodontics and achieving first class honours, Bethany Cunning, […]
If you have wondered what pilots have been doing through the Covid-19 pandemic, consider Zac Clarke’s story and wonder no more. But let’s start from the beginning. Zac was in Riley house and attended Girton from Years 7 to 12, graduating in 2011. In Year 12, he studied English Language, […]
Dr Madeline Mitchell (OGA 2004) is on a mission to smash society’s gender assumptions about scientists and increase the visibility of women in STEM. This is an utterly achievable mission based on Madeline’s awe-inspiring Curriculum Vitae. However, those who knew Madeline at school might be a little surprised, only because […]
An administrative bungle landed medical practitioner, and 2007 graduate Katie Snow, where she is today, and she could not be happier. Although she intended to train rurally during her GP studies, Katie was accidentally assigned to Melbourne and was unable to change the arrangements. What eventuated was deferring starting her […]
Below is a copy of the citation that was gifted at the presentation of an Honorary Life Membership to Mr Dennis Garoni, Founding Head of Junior School, Girton Grammar School. The presentation was made on Friday 4th December, 2020, at an all-staff assembly. It is a true delight and honour […]
The crowd spontaneously hushed as Joseph made his way to the lucky spot marking the start of his long, loping run-up. The unrehearsed silencing of roughly 800 students who have been released from the classroom into the sunshine for one glorious afternoon does not happen often, but the collective breath-holding […]
A career in journalism is seen by many as a perilous career proposition but so far so good for 2013 graduate, Will Hogan, who has boomeranged back to Bendigo as a WIN TV news journalist after studying and working in Melbourne. Despite spending his first full-time pay on sky diving […]
In the five years since Amelia McNair graduated from Girton, she has undertaken studies that landed her in China, she has lived and travelled across Ireland, and now, she is studying and working in London. Amelia was School Captain in 2014 having been at Girton, in her words, “for the […]
The Old Girtonians Association is delighted to bestow an Honorary Associate Life Membership on Mrs Viv McMillan for achieving twenty years of service to Girton Grammar School. Viv is a Melbourne University graduate and after completing a Bachelor of Science Education, she commenced work as a teacher at St. Mary […]
