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Kedron Park Teacher's College; 50 years on... what happened after 1962? : a collection of short biographies from some of the 1962 graduates
Get PDFThe mirror suggests and the calendar confirms that it really is 50 years since we entered Kedron Park Teachers' College. We began in 1961 at a not- quite- finished state school styled building that had been designed and named without any imagination. (I wanted to use that delightful
cliche 'hallowed halls' but we know they were sterile classrooms and verandas - no 'halls' and certainly not 'hallowed'.) We left, in 1962, as not-quite-finished teachers appointed to schools all over the state, away from our colleagues and the confidence and support that the college environment had provided. These stories prove that we not only survived - we thrived. We were an historically extraordinary group - war time babies, not baby boomers, but not personally affected by the anguish and restrictions of war time. We were wedged between one
year trained teachers and university educated graduates, the men too old to be conscripted to Vietnam and the women too young to marry and remain permanently employed. Some of us became entangled in the transfer of Grade 8 to High School and others were similarly
embroiled in the transformation of Teachers' Colleges to Colleges of Advanced Education and thence to universities.
We were economic conjurers. Many of us were from the bush, living independently in the city for the first time. The allowance that was our scholarship forced us to acquire expertise in handling money that our children can never appreciate. (I have met old men who are still almost brought to tears at the very mention of Cerevite or Risa-riso - eaten for breakfast, lunch and dinner in college share houses and flats). We wore the same clothes week in and week out, we chose trams without conductors, railway stations where rail passes were not checked and
we walked many miles to save money. We made our fun in the simplest and cheapest ways: college dances and parties in flats. However, our scholarship was also our bondage; step too far out of line and it was taken away and with it the opportunity to serve as teachers. We were socially unsophisticated -'ingenues' and 'boys' in separate lecture groups, some of us lonely, many homesick and all struggling to find new friends and an adult identity. Our classes were not particularly stimulating and there was no real opportunity to pool any intelligent ideas that any of us had. We had no common room and no place to mix socially at the College. We dressed as we were told -ties and stockings! However, we became creative in adapting to our circumstances and, in lots of ways, we were lucky to mature in a world free from wars, recessions, unemployment and the temptations and challenges of today's generation. (Thank heaven for folk dancing classes and Miss Hooper's drama club).
We were 'trained' not educated, a fact that was made clear when 'upgrading' was forced on
many of us after years of teaching. We attended an education establishment that existed for
only 32 years. (KPTC, as such, lasted only 12 years before developing/amalgamating into North
Brisbane CAE, Brisbane CAE and finally QUT. We thank QUT Alumni for their assistance in this
publication.)
Today, we are retirees, mostly. Some of our group have died; we have lost contact with others. If you know the whereabouts of anyone who is not represented in this collection of stories, please encourage him or her to get in contact so that our next publication (whenever it might
be) might be more complete. Research suggests that our teenage years are the years in which we most need social
intercourse with our peers. It also shows that many of the friends that we make during our teenage years remain close for the rest of our lives. We, as a group, substantiate this research. Here are the stories of some of those friends
Reunion organising committee, 201
2010 Business Leaders Hall of Fame inductees
No full textThe Queensland Business Leaders Hall of Fame, was established by QUT and the State Library of Queensland in 2009 to recognise the state's most influential business leaders
Endslate: 2010: seven short films by QUT film graduates [Program]
Get PDFFrom the 2010 program "Welcome to this special screening of our graduating students’ work.
Each film you see tonight is a team effort. Driven by a passion to tell stories and to become masters of their craft, each member of the team has made a valuable contribution towards the final result you see on the screen. Enthusiasm, commitment and a respect for each other are just a few of the qualities that they have had to draw upon to bring these projects to life.
At QUT we value the unique and distinctive voice of each student and hope they will continue to bring a freshness of vision and approach to all their work in the future."
Short Films: Can we still be friends?; Eden; Furious Five; Lollipop Boy; Roland; The Fall of Erebus; Wild Encounter
Middle Beach Looking North, Lord Howe Island
No full textMiddle Beach is located on the eastern coast of Lord Howe Island, between Ned's Beach, to the north, and Blinky Beach, to the south
Mount Gower Through the Trees, Lord Howe Island
No full textMount Gower is the highest mountain on Lord Howe Island. With a height of 875 metres (2,871 ft) above sea level, and a relatively flat 27-hectare (67-acre) summit plateau, it stands at the southern end of Lord Howe, just south of the island's second highest peak, the 777-metre (2,549 ft) high Mount Lidgbird, from which it is separated by the saddle at the head of Erskine Valley.
Lagoon Beach is a semi-enclosed, sheltered coral reef lagoon located on the western coast of Lord Howe Island.
Norfolk Island Pines, endemic to Norfolk Island, 900km to the north-east of Lord Howe Island, have become established in parts of Lord Howe Island
Rock Formation at Middle Beach, Lord Howe Island
No full textMiddle Beach is located on the eastern coast of Lord Howe Island, between Ned's Beach, to the north, and Blinky Beach, to the south
View from Malabar Track, Lord Howe Island
No full textLocated at the northern end of Lord Howe Island, Malabar offers some of the most breathtaking vistas of the island's southern end. The Malabar track, which is one of the island's most sought-after walking trails, starts from Ned's Beach Road and ascends a hill that leads to the top of an elongated mountain ridge. From this vantage point, hikers can get panoramic views of Ned's Beach stretching towards the lagoon and extending up to the towering peaks of Mounts Gower and Lidgbird
Wide View of Lord Howe Island
No full textLord Howe Island (/haʊ/; formerly Lord Howe's Island) is an irregularly crescent-shaped volcanic remnant in the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand, part of the Australian state of New South Wales. It lies 600 km (320 nmi) directly east of mainland Port Macquarie, 780 km (420 nmi) northeast of Sydney, and about 900 km (490 nmi) southwest of Norfolk Island. It is about 10 km (6.2 mi) long and between 0.3 and 2.0 km (0.19 and 1.24 mi) wide with an area of 14.55 km2 (3,600 acres), though just 3.98 km2 (980 acres) of that comprise the low-lying developed part of the island. (Wikipedia
Clifftop View of Ned's Beach, Lord Howe Island
No full textNed's Beach is a beach in the head of the bay between Malabar Hill and Searles Point, about 800 metres north-west by north of Jim's Point