1968

Contact for this group, who meet annually in October is: David Bell david.j.bell@telstra.com or 0417501503 or Diane Symons (nee Finlayson) 0409821040.

  • Those highlighted in red attended the reunion in March 2007.  To see any comments or memories from your peers, please scroll to the bottom of this list and click on comments… you should add your own too as they are fun to read for those who visit…..  thanks for visiting this year level….

Adams, Janet – / Allen, Graham – / Allman, Peter – / Austin, Rosemary – / Barnstable, Glenda – Atkins/ Bartell, John – / Bell, David – / Beswick, Sarron – / Black, Janet – / Blyth, James – / Bourke, J – / Bray, Geoff – / Braybon, Pamela – / Bryant, Robert – / Buckley, Anne – / Burch, John – / Burke, Judith – / Burston, Bev – / Carlisle, W – / Cavanagh, J – / Connor, Graeme – / Cooper, Allan – / Corken, Gail – / Cottrell, Geoff  – / Cox, A – / Cross, J – / Cuthbert, Margaret – Oldfield/ Dickens, Linda – Thompson/ Dickinson, G – / Douglas, L – / Dunn, Peter – / Eddy, Geoffrey – / Endicott, Frank – / Farrar, Ruth – Jelliff/ Finlayson, D – / Finlayson, Diane – Symons/ Finn, Paul – / Firman, Barry – / Fisher, B – / Forster, Neil – / Gleeson, Christopher – / Grandell, Gwen – Campbell/ Gribben, Bev – Pergl/ Griffin, Gordon – / Gunn, James – / Haig, R – / Hallett, Glenda – / Halson, Marg – / Harbor, Wayne – / Harrison, Brian – / Harrower, Julie – / Helmore, Graeme – / Henderson, Ingrid – / Hill, Kerry  – Swann/ Hobley, Dianne – / Holmes, Lesley – Ashe/ Holmes, R – / Holt, Terry – / Honey, Stephen – / Howells, Neil – / Hudson, Peter – / Ingram, Liz – Mitchell/ Jarrett, Marie – / Jones, K – / Kennedy, David john – / Kilgour, Mandy – / Lambshead, Lynette – Lock / Lee, F – / Littlejohn, R – / Littlejohn, Ruth – / Madden, Jeffery – / Madden, Neville – / Madill, Pauline – / Maskell, Lyn – Bartel/ Mason, N – / Matthews, M – / McKenzie, Peter – / McNamara, Timothy – / McPherson, Annette – McPherson/ Monk, Paul – / Mudford, Robert – / Murdock, John – / Muston, A – / Naismith, Peter – / Naughton, J – / Neal, Karen – / Norris, Aileen – Kemp/ North, Margaret – / O’Dwyer, Gary – / Osredkar, Barbara – / Oswin, Kathleen – / Parrott, Sharon – / Plant, Gregory – / Pryde, Anne – / Puchala, Henry – / Rankin, C – / Reid, G – / Rendell, David – / Rendell, Peter – / Retallick, Kenneth – / Reynolds, Pamela – / Robinson, Leanne – / Rumble, Kim – Galt/ Rymarz, Jenny – Stuart/ Sargent, Gail – / Shannon, David – / Shearsmith, Margaret – Callingham/ Smith, Maurice – / Smith, Neil – / Sutcliffe, Helen – Dann/ Sutton, Gregory – / Taylor, Joanne – / Thomas, Isabel – Thomas-Dobson/ Thomas, Keith – / Thompson, Leigh – / Thomson, G – / Thomson, L – / Tyndall, Clare – / Wallace, W – / Ward, D – / Watson, G – / Watson, Noel – / Weston, William – / Willoughby, David – / Wills, Beverley – / Wilson, J – / Wright, Julie – Mercer

Pictures from 2008…

 

 

 

3 thoughts on “1968

  1. 68 – McKenzie, Peter – – Fondest memory? Catching a live snake in French Class and then being blamed for it being in school!! Since leaving school I have been married for 29 years and raised 3 children with the most beautiful woman on earth, Christine Hannah.

    68 – Cuthbert, Margaret – Oldfield – Primary Teacher – Orrvale Primary School. Memories: Playing National Anthem at school assemblies. Vice-Head-Prefect 1973; Miss Vincent’s sewing classes.

    68 – Holmes, Lesley – Ashe – Remember well my lovely sewing teacher Lynn Lister, and Trish Oakes from History in HSC. Having the length of our skirts measured by Miss Cook. Poor Mr Palma who had epilsepsy. The music teacher with the Citroen and all the musicals we did. I became a primary teacher, moved to ACT in 1990. Now working in research at ANU. Had three children.

    68 – Hill, Kerry – Swann – Completed Division one Registered Nurse at Mooroopna District Hospital in 1977 and commenced work with Numurkah District War Memorial Hospital in March 1977. I have maintained an interest in Coronary Care and Emergency Nursing, completing a post grad cert in Coronary Care (Royal Melb Hosp.). After nursing at NDWM Hospital as the Quality Coordinator and After Hours Coordinator, for 24 years moved onto emergency nursing as an Associate Charge Nurse with Goulburn Valley Health from 2000 – 2005. Have recently returned to Numurkah District Health Service as the Assistant Director of Nursing/Quality Systems Coordinator/Risk manager/IT supervisor/OHS manager !!! as happens in Small Rural Health Services. I have 3 sons aged 24, 25 and 27.

    68 – Ingram, Liz – Mitchell – After leaving school, I trained as a Nurses Aide and worked at the Royal Childrens’ Hospital -and later with nursing Agencies. I also worked for several years as a carer with the (then) Social Welfare Department looking after Wards of the State. Then, after raising two wonderful children, resumed work as convenor of an Out of School Hours Program, and more recently as a Home Carer with the Shire of Yarra Ranges.

    68 – Barnstable, Glenda – Atkins – Office Administration

    68 – Wright, Julie – Mercer – I got married, had two children. Once my children went to school I returned to study fine arts, and from that became a Photographer with the Shepparton News.

    68 – Grandell, Gwen – Campbell – I completed a BBus (HR/Accounting), studying part-time, worked as a dental nurse from 1972-80. I worked at Cooper Tools PL, Albury, from 85-05, starting in reception, slowly moving up, spending last 5 years as the HR Manager and a key person on senior management team. Currently Executive Assistant to CEO @ Ky & District Health Services.

    68 – Kennedy, David john – – Metal work with Sam Gooding

    68 – Thomas, Isabel – Thomas-Dobson – Melbourne University BA(Hons)Dip Ed, taught, married, worked for a politician, alternated between Victoria and Tasmania, 3 children, Moderator of the Uniting Church Synod of Tasmania, now Presbytery Minister of Loddon Campaspe region.

    68 – Rendell, David – – Graduated in veterinary science Mixed practice with a focus on sheep and beef cattle Member of Ministerial Animal Welfare Advisory Committee

    68 – Finlayson, Diane – Symons – Registered Nurse

    68 – Dickens, Linda – Thompson – Many. Year 10 especially (1971) was golden. Won the commonwealth Scholarship, lead role in Choir’s ‘Noye’s Floode’, broke my collar bone in the high jump, got lot’s of A’s, went to howman’s gap with the fantastic Barry McGregor, got my first boyfriend – oh my god, what a high!My brother Alan (dec) was at the consolidated school, so was one of the first ‘high’ students, my sister Mary is also registered, and is famous for having her photo in the 1963 bangerang 6 times. I went to melbourne for year 11 & 12, then became a medical scientist. Have lived in wodonga for 28 years. Weird coincidence – my daughter is at Melbourne uni, living in college with Greg Sutton’s (greg & I were classmates)daughter. Greg and I ended up meeting at their open day for the first time in over 30 years. small world. SponsorshipSuggestions: What about Timmy McNamara – he has got McNamara’s Country Store (your local bloke from CRT) at Rutherglen. Don’t tell him it was my idea

    68 – Bell, David – – Dip Ag Sci – Dookie Agricultural College 1974-76. Grad Dip of Ag. Hawksbury Agricultural College 1986 Masters of App Sci (Ag). Charles Sturt Uni Wagga 1996. I’ve been employed in the Agricultural Chemical Industry from 1978 to now. I currently have my own Agricultural & Horticultural Consultancy business based in Shepparton.

    68 – Rymarz, Jenny – Stuart – I have been married for 31 years with 2 kids, Kerry & Rob. I am still living in Numurkah and I work part time at IGA.

    68 – Rendell, Peter – – I have many fond memories of school, playing sport at lunch times, science with Mr Elliot, wood and metal work with Mr “Sammy” Gooding, even learning touch typing with Miss Cook, and english with exchange teacher. After leaving school, I went to Monash University,completed, Science Degree, Masters and a PhD. My PhD was in psychology on ageing and memory. I currently work as a senior lecturer at Australian Catholic University and continue to research in ageing and memory but also conduct research on memory in various groups such as children and pregnant women. I have just returned from sabbatical leave where I was visiting reseacher at Washington University at St Louis , and University of Zurich. I live at Ferny Creek in the Dandenongs near Melbourne with my wife (Meredith) and three children, aged 21(Stephanie), 18 (Tom) and 15 (Georgia).

  2. I live on a beautiful bush block in Cockatoo with Ross and our 2 boys Aidan (22) & Jordan (18).

  3. Lyn Lock (Lambshead) left a comment on the ‘newsletter’ post – I am duplicating it here…

    …surfing the net i came accross my name and it bought back some emotional memories and a definate blast from the past, been living in wa a long time hello to everone.

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