THISTLELONIAN
For Ex-Students and Staff of McKinnon Secondary College
Issue 53 · 04 Aug 2022
In this issue
ABOUT THISTLELONIANS
COMMITTEE & ADMINISTRATION
PRESIDENT'S REPORT
PRINCIPAL'S REPORT
SCHOOL NUMBERS/POPULATION, SCHOOL COUNCIL, MINDFULNESS AT McKINNON, SCHOOL SPORTS VICTORIA, NEW GYMNASIUM, LANGUAGE PERFECT, REUNION, RETIREMENT
EAST CAMPUS
EAST CAMPUS OPENING CEREMONY, SPECIAL GUEST: THE PREMIER OF VICTORIA MR DAN ANDREWS
THISTLELONIAN AWARDS 2020
ELLA POWELL , LACHLAN QUINEY, TILDE CHRISTRUP
THISTLELONIAN AWARDS 2021
CHLOE APPS, ORI LANDAU, PAST THISTLELONIAN AWARD WINNERS, THISTLELONIAN DONATION DETAILS
50TH AFTERNOON TEA
GRAND REUNION 2022
WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
PETER WICKING (1965), JORDAN STOUT (2010), CAITLIN COHEN (2016), STEVEN SMITH (1973), SARAH DOLLARD (1997), SU OH (2014), JAMES FRENCHEVILLE (2009), CHLOE JAMES (2019), MELINA AYRES (2017), COCO GREENBERG (2020), YVETTE COPPERSMITH (1998), MATT BERRIMAN (2002)
MAX GAWN
MAX GAWN (2009)
MONASH UNIVERSITY
𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐬𝐡 𝐄𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 & 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬’ 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 (𝐌𝐄𝐓𝐀) , 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 (𝐒𝐀𝐒), 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐬𝐡 𝐉𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬’ 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲 (𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐉𝐒𝐒)
ORDER OF AUSTRALIA MEDAL
BRUCE MILLER (CLASS OF 1963)
CONGRATULATIONS
PUBLIC SERVICE MEDAL , DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARD FOR THE FACULTY OF EDUCATION 2020 , VICTORIAN EDUCATION EXCELLENCE AWARDS
CLASS CATCH UPS
CLASS OF 1960 & 1971
STAFF RETIREMENTS
MERRYN WALKER (1978)
TRIBUTES
IAN ORR, GEOFF REBBECHI, ROBERT BELL, MARGARET (LYONS) GRANDY, ROBERT ALABASTER , GREG PARKE, DALLAS BOOTH, PETER DURRANT, ROMA BLACKIE
UNIFORM & PHOTO COLLECTION
UNIFORM COLLECTION, MCKINNON BERET , ORIGINAL BUILDINGS OF SCHOOL
SCHOOL MEMORABILIA
VALE GEOFF REBBECHI, TEACHING TECHNIQUES (1960's), MATHS EXERCISE BOOK , FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL 1960, MCKINNON FIRST WITH COMPUTER, PARENTS CLUB ATTENDANCE BOOK (1991)
INFORMATION
THISTLELONIANS CONTACT DETAILS, SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS, UPDATE YOUR CONTACT DETAILS, SUBSCRIBE TO THE SCHOOL NEWSLETTER, PHOTOS OF THE ORIGINAL BUILDINGS OF MCKINNON HIGH SCHOOL, ALUMNI STORIES