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 […]
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 […]
Edwina Wallace-Smith (10 Millward), along with her brother (William) and her sisters (Lucette and Rose), have a Grandmother who went to Girton Church of England Girls Grammar School in the 1940’s and 50’s. Her name was Mary Wallace and she was a Junior Prefect and then a Senior Prefect in […]
2nd March, 2017 Two recent Girton graduates have moved to Melbourne to cut their teeth in the Performing Arts industry. One has joined the prestigious National Institute for Dramatic Arts (NIDA) and the other has been selected to be a part of the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA) Foundation […]
Meg McKinlay is exactly how you imagine, and in your mind, romanticise, an accomplished author of novels to be. One of those people who carries a little black book everywhere they go and who scribbles things down as they see them or even better, at surprisingly random moments when they […]
It is not an easy thing to cut teeth in the Performing Arts but Blake Barnard (2009 School Captain) has managed to do just that and is more than comfortable with the unpredictable world of entertainment. Rather than lamenting the up and down nature of the industry he has decided […]
The below article was submitted by Barbara Everist (nee Pickford) who was School Captain in 1947. It contains precious memories of her time at Girton Church of England Girls Grammar School and rare detail about school in the 1930’s and 40’s in Australia. Barbara currently has four grandchildren at Girton […]
Below is a copy of the citation that was read at the presentation of an Honorary Life Membership to Mrs Robyn MacCulloch, Deputy Head, Girton Grammar School. The presentation was made on Friday 23rd September, 2016, at an all-staff assembly. I am truly delighted today to bestow an Honorary Life […]
Jane Hywood (2007) maintains that no one is more surprised than herself that she became a lawyer. But ask any of her past teachers and they are not surprised at all. They tell of a strong and inquiring mind, fluency and clarity in writing and a determination to succeed. They […]
The following story was submitted by Old Girtonian, Maggie Wittchen, nee Margaret McCulloch, now living in Adelaide with fond and not so fond memories of the Girton Boarding House. I started at Girton in 1957, grade 5, as a boarder. We lived in Elmore and my dad was the manager […]
