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In Aeternum - July 2009
Wyverns at Large
CLASS LASS OF 1970
McTAGGART, Keith
Retired from his Assistant Principal position
at Forest Hill College, Keith has fi nished nishe
building a new house at Somers and is
working on landscaping. He is also sailing sailin
more and more. Keith is researching dialogue dia
slang for a book about 1850’s Melbourne Melbourne.
CLASS ASS OF 1973 197
FALCONER, Simon
In n his own words, Simon has “been
fl ogging real estate in Geelong for the past
28 years after a stint as Internal Audito Auditor
with a major fi nance company. Due to
Queen’s training in the labs, my billiards billiard
skill is still up there after all these years. yea
Married to Sue with grown up daughter.”
STONE, Amanda
Amanda is Mayor of Yarra City in Melbourne Melbourne.
She e was a founding member of the
Collingwood and Abbotsford Residents’
Association, sits on the Board of one of o
Australia’s longest-serving aid agencies Action
Aid Australia and is a member of the Greens.
CLASS LASS OF 1974
WALPOLE, Andrew
Andrew is living in East Melbourne after 13
years in Mildura. He trained in Anesthesia
in Perth and Southend-on-sea, UK. He says
he is terrifi ed to think what his childre children
are e doing at university. Andrew says he
is always pleased to catch up with fellow
students. Andrew is also involved in
timber growing in North East Victoria.
CLASS OF 1976
MISSEN, Bruce
Bruce uce lives in Essendon with his wwife
Gwyneth wyneth and children Owen (14) and
Emma (12). He works in IT with Tyco Water
and is Church Council Chairperson at St.
John’s Uniting, Essendon. Music, tennis
and reading are his main interests interests.
CLASS OF 1978
PEARCE, Rodney
After a brief stay at Queen’s in 1978 Rodney
deferred from his Commerce degree and a
spent the remainder of 1978 & 1979 working
in the Family Supermarket in Donald. In 1980
he enrolled in a Primary Teaching course cours
at the Bendigo CAE with fi rst teaching teachin
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appointment being in Mildura in 1983 where
he e has remained. Rodney married Chery Cheryl
in 1987 and they have 2 daughters Tahlea,
17 7 and Mikaela, 15. He has been a primary
school chool principal for the past 9 years and in
July will be undertaking a Harvard Graduate
School chool of Education Summer School course.
CLASS OF O 1979
MAYNE, Mark
After graduating with Bachelor of Commerce
in n 1981 Mark worked for 12 years in different
management roles in the Australian shipping
and transport industry. He then moved tto
a
small mall business working in a marketing role
in the dairy genetics industry. He currently curre
owns wns and operates his own small business
retailing tailing computer hardware and services
at his home town of Bacchus Marsh. Mark Mar
and his wife Fern have three daughters.
CLASS OF 1980 198
CATCHLOVE, Nigel
After spending 20 years as an Army Offi cer
(Engineers), Nigel then worked in public
relations with government and private industry.
He has recently started his own consultancy.
CLASS OF 1984
BLAKE, Adrian
Since nce leaving Queen’s, Adrian has spent 2
years in Perth, 7 years in London, 12 year years
in Sydney (now home). He left Engineering
in 1994, did an MBA whilst in London, and
has as been in corporate fi nance, M&A and
strategy ever since. Adrian married Fiona
in n 1994(ex Melbourne, who he met in
London) ndon) and they now have 2 boys & 1 girl,
all at school and keeping them very busy.
Adrian changed jobs in July 2008, jo joining
Stockland as GM, Corporate Development.
FLOWERS, Simon
Simon originally worked with Mobil in HR/ HR
industrial relations then moved into IT. He H
worked with CSC then PwC/IBM and is now
a Director with Lodestone Management
Consultants in Switzerland managing IT
projects. He has lived in Vevey, Switzerland
since 2001 with wife Gillian and also spent
a couple of years in the UK en route. He
loves oves the outdoor life there, especially
mountain running and in 2008 completed
the Jungfrau mountain marathon. In 1991
Simon married Wyvern Gillian Austin and they
have two children, Bianca 17 and Dylan 15.
HOLMES, Melissa
I fi nished my PhD in molecular biology in
1991 and then worked at the Max Pla Planck
Institute in Munich, Germany. Upon
returning to Melbourne, I moved into medica medical
research, looking at the regulation of blood
cell formation. I worked in the pathology
dept. at the Uni NSW in Sydney for 5 years
and enjoyed living by the beach (Cl (Clovelly,
Maroubra). roubra). In 2003 I returned to Melbourne,
working ng at WEHI in Parkville with a view of the
Queens ens College tower out my offi ce window!
I am married rried and have a 3yo boy Nicholas, 3
month old girl Emma and 5yo stepson Riley.
CLASS LASS OF 1985 198
FLOWERS, Gillian
Gillian spent years after uni in Urban Planning
Melb consultancy and government; then
ran her own business in Natural Therapies.
In 1991 she married Wyvern Simon (1984)
coming together only many years after college. college
Gillian and Simon moved to the UK in 1998
for a few years, then to Switzerland in 2001. 200
Gillian has studied everything from MBA,
environmental management, French, ESL and
she is now trying German. Gillian says that
Rhys Bezzant would be thrilled that her French
option at Melbourne was not a total waste
of time. Gillian and Simon have two children,
Bianca who is very fl uent in four languages
and on n her way with a fi fth and son Dylan
who is s not the academic type but prefers
extreme sports. Gillian now mainly teaches
ESL but t also enjoys living in a beautiful natu natural
environment. nment. Life has turned the full circ circle
as their daughter starts uni in September.
Septembe
CLASS OF 1992
BURNETT, Nick
Nick has recently had ‘Welcome To The
Media’, a conspiracy drama screenplay, sc
optioned ptioned by Truncated Pictures and ‘Farming
for Gangsters’, a crime-drama, optioned optione
by Stewart and Wall Entertainment. He
is also writing a children’s animation
screenplay for Robinson Entertainment
Entertainment.
CLASS OF 1994
GAYFER, Natasha
Natasha has undertaken a ‘tree change’,
having moved in 2008 to Woodend. She
is working in the sustainability sector in
Melbourne and studying a Masters in
Environmental Management. Natasha is
hoping to eventually work on sus sustainability
projects in developing countries.