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亲爱的学者们
2026 is a signficant year as it marks St Hilda’s 130th Anniversary. To help celebrate this occasion we are offering OSA Sundowner celebrations in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane in April. Please book your place via the links below.
In addition, this year our OSA Connections Newsletter will feature instalments by Sandra Naude and Pam Casellas (Greenway, 1970) on the significant events that have shaped St Hilda’s through to today’s modern School.
We look forward to seeing many of you at the events taking place over the next few months, including the Class of 2025 Celebratory Afternoon, the Women Lifting Women – International Women’s Day Summit, the OSA Bridge & Mahjong, reunions and a St Hilda’s 130th Anniversary Mother’s Day Afternoon Tea.
我们一如既往欢迎您的留言。请通过以下方式将您的消息发送给我们： oldscholars@sthildas.wa.edu.au如果您需要更新联系方式，请点击以下链接进行更新：
致以最美好的祝愿、
阿曼达-伯特博士（科德，1989 年）
GHS主席及圣希尔达学院校友协会主席
近期活动
Class of 2025 Celebratory Afternoon
St Hilda’s warmly welcomes you back the Class of 2025
Leavers’ Celebratory Afternoon
We would love to see the 2025 cohort reunite, congratulate you on your Year 12 achievements and hear about your future plans.
Date: Tuesday 17 February
Time: 4.00pm – 5.30pm
The 2025 Chronicles will also be available for collection. Please click on the link below to register your attendance.
Class of 2025 Post School Survey
We trust you are enjoying your first year after leaving St Hilda’s.
St Hilda’s would like to learn more about your plans for the year ahead to assist with planning the pathways programs offered during Years 11 and 12, and as such invites you to complete a short (three minute) survey by Friday, 20 February.
Women Lifting Women - International Women's Day Summit - 11 March 2026
Back by popular demand and following your feedback, we have designed this summit to help you shape a path that aligns with your personal, professional and financial goals.
We invite you to celebrate International Women’s Day by registering for this exciting event, brought to you by the OSA, St Hilda’s and Euroz Hartleys.
With topics on financial future proofing, work–life balance and how AI can enhance your life, this event will help boost your career, build your networks and strengthen your confidence.
Our keynote speaker is a digital alchemist, product designer and AI design consultant, Tommy Payne (2004). Tommy has recently returned from the US where she ‘built’ experiences that live on a billion+ screens worldwide. When you scroll through Apple TV menus – that is Tommy’s design. She will share her insights into navigating challenges in an emerging digital world and how we should use AI to enhance our lives.
峰会完整议程包括：
设计国际化数字职业，以及人工智能如何支持工作生活平衡 – 汤米·佩恩（2004），人工智能设计顾问，前苹果公司员工
发掘激情，打造职业生涯 – 安妮克·布朗（1994），西澳旅游局董事总经理
打造兼顾工作与家庭的职业生涯 – 劳伦·克拉姆布（2002年），The Bike Bar 创始人兼董事
财务未来保障 – 卡特里娜·瑞安，欧洲哈特利斯财富管理顾问
这将是一场促进专业联系、支持职业发展、提供实现工作与生活平衡实用指导的盛会。我们期待您的莅临。
时间：3月11日（星期三）下午4点至7点
会议地点：欧元兹·哈特利斯，37楼 QV1，250 St Georges Terrace，珀斯
费用： $50 including post-summit function.
OSA Bridge & Mahjong Day - 25 March 2026
GHS与圣希尔达校友会邀请您参加年度桥牌和麻将日活动。
Enjoy playing bridge or mahjong with friends, with a delicious lunch in the historical Heritage Centre.
Date: Wednesday 25 March 2026
时间：上午10点至下午2点30分
地点：画廊、遗产中心、圣希尔达湾景观校区
Cost: $45 (table $180)
我们将提供一份简单的三明治午餐和一些小吃。
玩家需要自带桥牌、布料和桥牌桌。
请在3月23日星期一之前购买您的门票。
St Hilda's 130th Anniversary Sundowners - Melbourne, Sydney & Brisbane
Please join us in celebrating our history, connectivity and future by coming together across the nation on the following dates:
墨尔本 – 4月21日星期二 – 卢普屋顶酒吧，3楼，23 Meyers Place，VIC
Sydney – Wednesday 22 April – The Oaks, 118 Military Road, Neutral Bay, NSW
布里斯班 – 4月23日星期四 – 莱格塔酒店，543 Coronation Drive，Toowong QLD
Each sundowner event will open at 6.00pm – 8.00pm with drinks and canapes and we look forward to seeing you and marking this significant milestone.
Event information for Fiona’s trip to Asia in June/July will be given in the our March edition of the OSA Connections Newsletter.
2026年大事概览
我们期待着欢迎您参加即将举办的这些活动。随着活动的日期临近，我们将提供这些活动的链接。
CLASS OF 2025 LEAVERS’ CELEBRATORY AFTERNOON
Date: Tuesday 17 February
Time: 4.00pm – 5.30pm
Venue: Heritage Centre, Veranda
奥萨编织
日期： 3rd Wednesday monthly from 18 February (18 March, 15 April and 20 May)
时间： 1.00pm – 3.00pm
地点： Heritage Centre, Hope Nicholas House
女性举重峰会——国际妇女节
日期：3月11日（星期三）
时间：下午 4 点至 7 点
地点：Euroz Hartleys 总部
OSA BRIDGE & MAHJONG DAY
日期：3月25日（星期三）
时间：上午10点30分至下午2点30分
地点：遗产中心，霍普·尼古拉斯之家
INTERSTATE REUNIONS
墨尔本
日期：4月21日星期二
时间：晚上6点至晚上8点
Venue: Loop Roof Bar, 23 Meyer Place, City Centre
悉尼
日期：4月22日星期三
时间：晚上6点至晚上8点
Venue: The Licencee’s Flat, The Oaks,
布里斯班
日期：4月23日（星期四）
时间：晚上6点至晚上8点
地点：Regatta Hotel，托温，昆士兰州
OSA研究生导师日
日期：5月6日星期三
奥莎母亲节高级下午茶
日期：5月9日（星期六）
时间：下午2点至4点30分
Venue: School Hall, Bay View Campus
INTERNATIONAL REUNIONS
香港
日期：6月29日星期一
时间及地点待定
曼谷
日期：6月30日星期二
时间及地点待定
吉隆坡
Date: Wednesday 1 or Thursday 2 July
时间及地点待定
新加坡
日期：7月4日星期六
时间及地点待定
OSA 70+早茶
日期：8月12日星期三
时间：上午10点——中午
地点：学校礼堂
奥萨乡村午餐
日期和地点：待定
OSA PIN 介绍会/午餐
日期：9月14日星期一
时间：下午12点20分至下午2点
地点：乔伊·谢泼德表演艺术中心及遗产中心，霍普·尼可拉斯之家。
奥萨艺术展览开幕之夜
日期：9月17日（星期四）
时间：晚上6点至晚上8点
地点：JSPAC大厅
奥萨艺术展
日期：9月17日星期四至9月20日星期日
时间：上午10点至下午3点
地点：JSPAC大厅
OSA CIGS Golf Day
日期： Monday 21 September
时间： 暂不确定
地点： Mount Lawley Golf Club
OSA 年度代表大会暨感谢晚会
日期：10月13日，星期二
时间：晚上6点至晚上8点
Venue: Gallery, Heritage Centre.
奥萨社交高尔夫日与午餐
日期：11月6日星期五
时间：上午8点30分至下午2点
Venue: Mosman Park Golf Club
奥萨圣诞教堂服务及小吃
Date: Monday 2 December
时间：晚上6点至晚上8点
Venue: Whitby Chapel & Gallery, Heritage Centre
重逢
Class of 2015 10 Year Reunion - 14 December 2025
The last of the 2025 reunions took place on Sunday 14 December, when 40+ Old Scholars from the Class of 2015 returned to School.
A rare summer storm rolled through Mosman Park just before the event, bringing thunder and lightning that cut electricity across the area (including knocking out traffic lights). Despite the weather and the disruption, people still arrived on time and in great spirits. In a stroke of good fortune, the rain eased just as the reunion began. About 30 minutes beforehand, we received word that the Mosman Park Bowling Club was without power, meaning food and drinks could not be served until electricity was restored at 8.00pm instead of the planned 6.00pm start. Luckily, the power came back just in time and the evening unfolded without further interruption.
Class of 2015 Reunion
It was incredibly special to see classmates travel from all over Australia, from Melbourne and Sydney to as far south as Albany and as far north as Port Hedland, as well as welcoming overseas visitors from Europe and the United States. As the sun set at the bowls club, we shared drinks and pizza, laughed over photos from Year 7 camp through to Kalgoorlie, and caught up on everything from career pivots and pickleball recommendations to the best shows we have been watching. Hearing about first marriages and new babies this year was a particular highlight, and a reminder of how much life has happened since school. The atmosphere was warm, nostalgic, and full of good humour, and everyone left in wonderful spirits, already looking forward to the next reunion.
Alex Finlay-Jones.
2026年的重聚信息
The Classes of 1956, 1966, 1976, 1986, 1996, 2006 and 2016 will be gathering in their numbers to celebrate their reunions this year.
Please see the information below and SAVE THE DATE for your reunion in 2026, and start the conversation to find those old scholars who have lost touch with the School. We invite everyone to update their details via the link below so we can reach as many Old Scholars as possible via letters, emails and social media. More information will be released nearer to the date of each reunion.
如果您无法联系到您的聚会组织者，请联系 oldscholars@sthildas.wa.edu我们将为您安排联系方式。或者，当本次通讯中出现该活动链接时，请点击链接。
请通过以下链接更新您的联系方式，帮助我们与您取得联系：
此外，菲奥娜·约翰逊将于4月份前往美国各州，并于今年6月/7月前往亚洲；如果您在该地区居住，她非常乐意见到您。请参阅上面的活动日程安排。
请联系校友协调员， 莉齐·沃伯顿, with your contact details.
2016届毕业生——10周年聚会
日期： 4月2日星期四
时间与地点： 下午5点30分 – 遗产中心参观学校
下一场赛事： 下午6点30分 @佩普酒馆，492 Stirling Highway，佩珀特格罗夫。
费用： 自己买饮料。
组织者：艾拉·莫里森和克劳迪娜·马赫
2006届——20周年聚会
日期： 4月18日星期六
时间与地点： 下午 4:00 至 6:00：遗产中心参观及学校参观
下一场赛事： 时间为晚上6点，地点在科茨洛海滩酒店（104 Marine Parade，科茨洛）。
费用： $80
预订链接： 预订这里
主办方：凯斯蒂·派克和凯特·利德曼
1996届毕业生——30周年聚会
日期： 12月19日星期六
时间与地点： 下午 4:30 – 下午 6:00 – 遗产中心参观学校
下一场赛事： 从下午 6 点开始，莫斯曼公园保龄球俱乐部
细节： 暂不确定
组织者：莎拉·华莱斯
记好了日期
1986届毕业生——40周年聚会
日期： 10月31日星期六
细节： 暂不确定
组织者：凯特·布福汉姆
记好了日期
1976届毕业生——50周年聚会
日期： 暂不确定
Organiser: Pia Rigby Marazzi
1966届毕业生——60周年聚会
日期： 2026年10月25日星期日
细节： 暂不确定
组织者：苏·吉莱特（Wisbey）和安·特雷德戈德（Cariss）
记好了日期
1956届毕业生——70周年聚会
日期： 9月11日星期五
时间与地点：
回复： oldscholars@sthildas.wa.edu.au
组织者：黛恩·纽曼（Benney）和罗宾·克雷斯威尔（Cummins）
记好了日期
OSA公告
OSA遗产照片集
To celebrate St Hilda’s 130 year anniversary Sandra Naude and Pam Casellas (Greenway, 1970) will write instalments on the founding of the Girls’ High School which was opened in 1905, following Mrs Ross’ School founded in 1896 and Claremont Ladies College in 1898, and the significant events that have shaped St Hilda’s through to today’s modern School.
This month we look at the early days through the lens of the principals who led the School from Miss Edith Cecil Ross (1896 – 1898), through Misses May and Elizabeth Allen (1899 – 1904) and up to Miss Parnell (1905 – 1926) – all strong women.
In 1896 Mrs Edith Cecil Ross opened her school on the Perth-Fremantle Road, now Stirling Highway, just opposite Christ Church in Claremont. She started with a small number of boys and girls and lessons took place in her living room and on the verandah of her house, called ‘Cirencester’. Students would often see camels stride up and down the street, hauling goods from the Fremantle docks into Perth.
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- 1896 Edith Cecil Ross and her husband.
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- Mrs Edith Cecil Ross.
As Mrs Ross had taught children in England and in New South Wales, she believed it was her duty to provide an education to local children. However, with the birth of her second child, and it not being considered appropriate to raise a child and continue working, in 1898 she sold her little school to sisters Miss Elizabeth and Miss May Allen, who named their school Claremont Ladies College and Kindergarten.
Mrs Ross was a woman of strong character and kindly disposition who left her influence on those she taught. A plaque on the pavement laid at the St Hilda’s School Centenary, marks the exact spot of her house.
Miss Elizabeth Allen, known as Lil, emigrated to Australia from England in the 1890s with her mother, sisters Rose and May, and her brother. Initially settling in Victoria and undertaking an education course, the family moved to Perth when Rose secured a position as a governess.
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- Miss May Allen
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- Miss Elizabeth (Lil) Allen
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- The Misses Allen School in Claremont.
Claremont Ladies College and Kindergarten, while primarily for girls, included some boys since there was no school for young boys in the area. There is confusion as to the extent that May was involved in the school but it is believed it ended early when she married.
Rose Allen (their sister) married Alfred Sandover in 1895 who was a prominent identity with large land holdings and was a great supporter of Claremont Ladies College and Kindergarten. Their daughter Kathleen Sandover (1917) later married Roger Goode who also generously contributed his time over 20 years to St Hilda’s on the current Bay View campus, and after whom our sports centre is named.
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- 1900 Rosalind Sandover, Kathleen, aged 2 years (who later married Roger Goode), and Iris Allen (grandmother of Kathleen).
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- Early 1900s. Kathleen and John Sandover at Knutsford, Claremont.
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- 1965 Kathleen (1914) and Roger Goode.
1900 Certificate
presented to Dora Koeppe for writing & neatness signed by The Misses Allen.
Elizabeth Allen hired Christ Church Hall for her school, which benefitted the cash-strapped Church “as well contributing to the intellectual life of the parish” the records show. The rent of the Hall for this purpose more than paid the interest on the mortgage. Miss Allen was undoubtedly a very successful businesswoman, for her little school prospered. By the end of 1900 she was confident enough to take out a five-year lease on the Hall at an increased rate of £35 per annum.
梅丽娜·弗洛伦斯·帕内尔女士——GHS校长，1905年至1926年
Little is known about Miss Allen’s personality, but she was well respected and, according to the vestry minutes, she was able to stand up for herself when dealing with an unhelpful caretaker.
In 1904 Miss Allen sold her school to Miss Melina Parnell and, in a change of career, took up nursing, married and lived in Wooroloo.
对遗产中心的捐款
Thanks to Old Scholar Jane Agnew (2005) who has donated the following:
如果您愿意帮忙，欢迎光临遗产中心喝杯咖啡，并帮助识别照片，或者通过提供口头历史记录来贡献力量。
桑德拉·纳乌德
圣希尔达遗产的守护者
校友新闻
Congratulations to Old Scholar Deidre Willmott (1978) on Australia Day Honour
Member of the Order of Australia medal
Our congratulations to Deidre Willmott AM (1978), who was made a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2026 Australia Day honours, for services to business and the Parliament of Western Australia.
Deidre is an experienced executive and non executive director skilled in public policy, business transformation and stakeholder engagement. Deidre was also a member of the St Hilda’s Council from 2000-2001 and Chair of the Council from 2015 – 2018.
Pippin Drysdale (Carew-Reid, 1961) - Landmark Retrospective Exhibition at AGWA
Our congratulations to Old Scholar Pippin Drysdale (Carew-Reid, 1961) whose ceramic forms are the subject of a major exhibition at the Art Gallery of Western Australia, eponymously titled Pippin Drysdale: Infinite Terrain, featuring works from both state and private collections of the last forty years.
Pippin is an internationally renowned ceramicist from Fremantle, who is still producing art works at the age of 82.
This exhibition offers a rare opportunity to explore her adventurous spirit, collaborative processes and her singular ability to interpret the world through porcelain. Her vast fields of flowing lines and mesmerising colour evoke landscapes both intimate and expansive, inviting views into layered readings that intertwine memory, place and imagination.
The exhibition will run until 6 April 2026.
For more information on Pippin’s work and opening times please click on the link below:
Old Scholar Career Profile: Tommy Payne (2004)
Tommy will be our keynote speaker at the 2025 Women Lifting Women Summit on Wednesday 11 March. Tommy is a Product Designer and AI Consultant, storyteller and former Product Designer at Apple. She has returned to Perth with her young family and we are very lucky to have her share her experience and wisdom. Below Tommy shares her career history and the ‘getting’ of that wisdom since she graduated from St Hilda’s in 2004.
1999 Junior School Executive L-R: Tommy Payne, Fallon White, Megan Coningsby, Alexandra Readhead, India Collins, Laura Wisniewski, Mrs Joy Shepherd, Kate Russell, Abigail Clifford, Caitlin Cook, Zoe Prichard, Grace Ho, Anna Dunnill.
I loved my school uniform; the crisp blue blazer, the boater perched horizontally across my brow. I found comfort in school’s structure; the daily rituals lent shape and intention to my days. Looking back, my affinity for order, design, and meaning quietly traced its way through everything that followed.
2003 Tommy Payne & Courtney Wall in the Year 12 Production ‘Henry V’
While travelling through Spain I ran into a former schoolmate who mentioned a design course at RMIT. Scrambling to assemble a portfolio, I was overjoyed to be accepted. Now a mature-aged student, I applied myself with focus and clarity that I hadn’t possessed before. I remained in Melbourne for six years, working in advertising, until a familiar restlessness returned. I craved creative work with more depth and resonance.
My first boss had a brilliant mind and was a visionary leader; he lifted up his employees and championed them at every turn. I learned to design through ambiguity and worked on products used by millions of people. From the outside Apple appears a gleaming monolith; inside it’s a workplace like any other – full of smart people, long hours and complex politics.
Old Scholars Return as Staff in 2026
Last week the new intake of St Hilda’s staff inductees included four Old Scholars.
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- Kate Thayer (2011)
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- L-R Ally Stephen (2017), Alexandra (Zandra) Eller (2009) and Ella Berson (2017).
Ally will be based at Chidley as a Junior School Education Assistant, Alexandra will also be based at Junior School as the Student Psychologist, and Ella will be at the Bay View Campus as a Senior School Physical Education teacher together with Kate who is the new Administrative Assistant for Sport and Physical Education.
We welcome each of them back to St Hilda’s.
出生
亚历山德拉·安德鲁斯博士的宝贝女儿（海顿，2006年）
We are delighted to hear that Alexandra and Ben Andrews have had a baby girl, Gabriella Elizabeth Grace Andrews, born on 1 October 2025. Gabriella has an older brother, Lachlan, and she will be a third generation St Hilda’s baby.
瓦尔
We are very sorry to announce that the following Old Scholar has passed away.
Anne (Rae) Wackett (Martin, 1958)
21 September 1941 – 2 December 2025
The Class of 1958 and former St Hilda’s staff and Old Scholars will be saddened to learn that Rae Wackett (Martin,1958) died in early December. Rae was an Old Scholar of St Hilda’s, a parent to Christina Scott (1985) and Conrad Scott, and a teacher in the St Hilda’s Art Department for many years.
Rae’s funeral took place on Thursday 11 December in the Whitby Chapel at St Hilda’s.
圣希尔达学院新闻
130 Old Scholar Trailblazers to Celebrate 130 Years of St Hilda’s
St Hilda’s turns 130 in 2026, and Sandra Naude is assisting the Year 7s to research 130 Old Scholar trailblazers who have made a significant contribution to society or excelled in their field. Sandra would like to hear about any Old Scholars who have been recognised over the years, such as in Australia Day, Queen or King’s Birthday Honours, international honours and bravery decorations. Also, she would like to know of individuals who you feel have achieved something special in their field, even if it is not high profile or well known.
The School acknowledges that many deserved Old Scholars may not be included in the Year 7 research of only 130 Old Scholars as this is a specific year level task, however Sandra wishes to receive your contributions not only for this project but for the Heritage Centre records and future research.
If you have suggestions across all year groups, Sandra would love to hear from you. Please email Sandra.naude@sthildas.wa.edu.au.
St Hilda's Field Trips in March
Once again the Admissions and Boarding teams will be driving out to regional towns for the Agricultural Shows to visit our wider community.
In March St Hildas will have a stand at the Wagin Woolarama from 6 – 7 March, and would love to see any Old Scholars who are in the area. Please do drop by and say hello to us on the stand, no need to register.
Additionally, St Hilda’s will visit Esperance for a networking event on 26 March.
Join us for a relaxed drink and some delicious finger food. Rachel, Dean of Boarding, and Laurence, Head of Admissions, look forward to welcoming you and chatting about all things St Hilda’s. Find us at The Quarters on the Taylor Street Jetty, from 5.30pm – 7pm.
Feel free to spread the word! Please invite anyone who might be interested in learning more about St Hilda’s and encourage them to RSVP. This event is held in partnership with Christ Church Grammar School.
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