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40 Year Reunion
BERNADETTE DIXON
On 17 August 2019, over 70 ladies from Year 12 1979
and Year 11F 1978 were welcomed back to the School by
Mrs Catherine O’Kane. We were joined by our Principal,
Sr Anne Hetherington rsm, Mr Allan Cameron, the homeroom teacher of our class 12B and Mr Brian Charlton,
our maths master who travelled from Sydney. We were
also fortunate to have with us Mrs Lorraine Martin, and
her son Peter who had travelled from Sydney, to help us
remember our friend Jeannie, their daughter and sister.
Accompanying Mrs Martin was Mrs Diane Andrews
whose daughters are past pupils and whose son Craig
was a contemporary of ours.
After a tour of the School, we celebrated a Mass led by
Bishop Joseph Oudeman OFM Cap. We were able to
draw on the considerable talents of our cohort for the
music, both organ and violin solo, and the singing, even
forming a choir to lead the hymns. Several memorable
photo opportunities later, we walked to Catherine Court
where we shared a meal, enjoyed a few cool beverages
and exchanged stories well into the night. A photo booth
was set up with some uniforms from our school years as
props. The uniforms appeared a little tighter than most
remembered but they brought back so many memories.
30 Year Reunion
Several ladies travelled from regional Queensland,
interstate and even Singapore and Washington, DC and
KELLY CLEARY
On Saturday, 14 September 2019, the Class of 1989
celebrated our 30-year reunion. What a wonderful event
with more than 100 classmates attending from all over
Australia, and several flying in from London, Switzerland
and Houston. To have so many of our cohort back
together in one place was special—you could feel the
excitement in the air!
The day started with a beautiful Mass in the All Hallows’
Chapel celebrated by Monsignor Peter Meneely, with Sr
Chris Watt playing the organ and our classmate Sarah
Crane leading our choir. Miss Liddy (who taught us in
1989) welcomed us to the reunion Mass and recounted
many fun facts from when we were at school. Whilst
sitting in the Chapel with our classmates, so many
precious memories of school came flooding back.
After Mass, we headed to the Terrace to have a
professional photo taken of our group. We then
converged on the Queens Arms Hotel for a fabulous
afternoon of drinks, dinner, videos, speeches and
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reconnecting with our classmates, some of whom we
hadn’t seen in 30 years!
A big ‘thank you’ to our School Captain, Bernadette
Dutton and our Vice Captain, Carmel Howard, along with
our fabulous reunion committee, who helped make the
reunion an event to remember, including Megan Smythe;
Kellie Drew; Anna Harding; Deanna Wong; Britt Pradella;
Kelly Cleary; Siobhan Bickle; Jenny Caro; Lucette
Thompson; Jenny Wells; Lucy Harding; Judy Horan; Judy
Hishon and Annie Dercole.
The reunion reminded us all what an incredible school
All Hallows is, providing us with such a supportive
and nurturing environment to learn and grow and the
opportunity to meet lifelong friends.
It was wonderful to catch up with our classmates, and
we can’t wait for the next reunion!
We came, we saw, we conquered, All Hallows ‘89.
we thank them for making the effort. Your presence
added to the success of the night.
The reunion was a very relaxed and happy event.
Friendships were reignited and arrangements to meet
up again were made. Happily, many follow-up gatherings
have already occurred and continue to be organised.
Before the reunion, a private Facebook group was
created and many photos and stories from our school
years and the reunion have been shared. We also have
a Messenger group and through these social media
platforms have been able to continue to enjoy our
friendships. If any of our year group would like to join us
in these forums you can contact me.
I wish to thank Lenore Thompson of the Past Pupils’
Committee for listening to all our plans and helping make
them a reality. To my fellow organisers, Boo Brett (née
Pearson) and Nicola Godfrey (née Donoghue), thank you
for your unwavering help and constant enthusiasm.