Laura Roberts (2011 Aherne) is in her second year of a Bachelor of Education at La Trobe University in Bendigo and is already making a name for herself, having recently been awarded the La Trobe University/Bendigo Bank Academy of Sport Scholarship. Laura plays volleyball in the Victorian State League competition […]
Peter Kendrick was a Wodonga High boy who was good at maths and went on to teach it. And he has been doing so for the past 36 years. Twenty-one of those years have been at Girton Grammar and Peter was recently bestowed an Honorary Associate Life Membership of the […]
Anneliese Diedrichs (2002) and James Gray were married at St Mary Magdalene Church in Rose Bay, Sydney, on 8th February 2014. The reception was held at Catalina, also in Rose Bay. Anneliese and James live in Hong Kong, both work for Australian companies. Anneliese as Corporate Communications Manager for South East […]
Rhiannon Judd is the perfect advertisement for Girton’s co-curricular program. This is because Rhiannon believes her path to confidence was paved in 2005 by her Year 7 volleyball coach, Mrs Cate Brewin. Mrs Brewin was also Rhiannon’s teacher and assistant Head of House, but it was on the volleyball court, […]
With a swag of scholarships, degrees, a cadetship, a graduate program and a published book under his belt, you would be forgiven for feeling a little lazy in the presence of Dean Munro. Dean attended Girton Grammar from 2002 to 2007. He currently works for the NSW Government as a Senior […]
Cathryn Andrews (2007 Aherne) and Rohan Wardrop (2007 Frew) were married in April this year. On their first day in Year 7 at Girton, both remember being told by the then Headmaster Clayton Jones, that future husbands and wives could be in the room – how true that turned out to […]
Occupation: Gender and Organisational Development Officer, Australian Youth Ambassador for Development (AusAid) Qualifications: BA of Arts (Anthropology), University of Melbourne. Masters, Gender and Development, University of Melbourne. What was it that appealed to you most about undertaking aid work? I’ve always thought it is important to do what you […]
Occupation: Wool trader Qualifications: Associate Diploma of Applied Science (Wool & Fibre Marketing), RMIT & Diploma of Business Management (Manufacturing Operations), RMIT. In the 22 years since finishing school, Alister Carr’s career has criss-crossed the globe in his quest to promote Australian wool to the world. Having worked in the […]
Occupation: journalist Qualifications: BA, Hons (Journalism), Monash University. In just seven years, Annika Smethurst has completed a BA Hons in Journalism, a traineeship with News Ltd, worked as a print journalist, dabbled in radio and worked for a state government politician. And in June 2012, she landed a coveted position […]
Samantha Cordell’s (née Moon) Girton journey started when she was aged almost five as a Preparatory student. Now some 34 years later, the recently elected President of the Old Girtonians’ Association (OGA) is back at the MacKenzie Street school gates each day. Only this time, she is with two of […]
