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 […]
For someone fascinated with the built environment, spending nearly two weeks in a kayak in the middle of Bass Strait may seem strange, but this is exactly what Ryan Griffin (2008) did. Ryan has recently returned from an epic journey from Port Welshpool in Victoria to Little Musselroe Bay in […]
As a scholar with a brain for both science and words, Tom Rochford (2012 graduate) has found the perfect career path by marrying a Law and Science degree. Combined with his passion for the Environment, he will soon put his skills and his values to use at KPMG where he […]
From school, to university, to teaching, writing and more, Elizabeth Low (formerly Trembath) has certainly followed her passions through life. Attending Girton from 1949-1962, or what was then known as Girton College, Elizabeth (Liz) was an Ahernian. Taking classes up on the old Mackenzie Street site, under the shade of […]
Moving out of home and starting university can be an intimidating venture, but Alex Nielsen has barely missed a beat. After achieving a perfect ATAR score last year (2017), Alex has recently jetted himself off to undertake his tertiary studies at the prestigious Stanford University in California. Signing himself up […]
Morgan Coleman (OGA 2007) is not a Vet, nor can he write a single line of code. And yet in April this year he launched an app called ‘Vets on Call’ that allows pet owners to organise consults with fully qualified veterinary experts in their own homes. He is the […]
For someone who claims to have graduated from school without clear aspirations, Jac Torres-Gomez has achieved an awful lot in a short time. Jac attended Girton in 1994 and graduated a proud Ahernian in 1999. The wide range of subjects she undertook in VCE, which included humanities, maths and science, […]
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 […]
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 […]
