Bios

The comments in the table below are extracts from biographies submitted in 2004. Obviously they are in desperate need of updating! The date at the end of the comment is the late update. If you can't see your name here , just ask Greg or David to set up a page for you.

The names below are hyperlinked.

Alwill, Ian    "testosterone ++... and that's what probably drove some of us to be sure to have the evident ring of a condom showing through the leather of the wallet in the back pocket the other side of the bus pass pocket..... proof positive that we were ready and able."     Jun 29, 2016

Barr, Malcolm    “So here  I am, still at school after 40 years but confident of graduating in a couple of years.”

Baxter, Greg    “immediately got caught up in the Gordon River dam episode. Was arrested and spent the next 8 days in Risdon gaol as a result.”     Jun 23, 2016

Booth, Ken        “the soccer team …won nearly every week including the zone title, but rugby (that lost every week) got all the accolades at Assembly!!

Bruce, Alan    “Annette and I fell in lust and it has reached its highest level of intimacy - we share a bank account.”    Aug 3, 2016

Cahill, Jeremy    “Formed a blues/ rock band in 61 with other Asquithians … original name "The Erections" (early performances were quite stiff)"     2004.

Cairncross, Robert     "Six degrees of separation ... John Machon' s older brother was my brother-in -law for some years." 30 Aug 2016

Cairns, Howard    “Maybe I'll meet a special someone on my trips, or not. Not sure I want to.”    13 Mar 2018

Chaplin, Ian  "I now live in Canberra with Sarah... who was Bishop of Grafton for a while"

Chong, Peter    “I don't know what [my wife] saw in me, a dumb and poor fellow. No comment from you lot! “

Cole, Gareth    “My current fascination with life is Sacred Geometry”

Comerford, Peter “Mr Holmes berated us...It wasn't one of his 'Go back to your dung hill!' tirades but it was pretty good all the same.”

Craig, Andrew    “I walked one of Europe’s classic walking routes, the GR10, dipping my feet in the Atlantic and via the Pyrenees dipped them again in the Mediterranean six weeks and 860 km later.”

Davis, Bill    “Michael Ramsden wacked out his pecker for Miss Smith to view. She burst into tears and was last seen running from the classroom. I think she reviewed her vocational aspirations after that episode.”    Aug 2, 2016

Davis, Ken    “We do however, have our estate in Europe - Croatia, being owners of 2 houses in a mountain village”

Dawes, John     " No recent photos, but I'll be the bloke with the John Howard hair style, ie silver blonde "parted" wide down the middle. Any other contenders for that award?"

Falster, Stig    “When Gough was elected, we decided it was time to leave”     Aug 1, 2016

Forsyth, Gordon    “I have been into running since I turned 40 and couldn't see my toes.”

Fuller, Geoff    I am distantly related to the third President of the United States - Thomas Jefferson II.

Gibbeson, John  I never understood the school motto of “Grow in Wisdom” until much later in life, after-all, crediting a seventeen year old with wisdom really is an oxymoron. 19 May 2023.

Harris, Ray    The old FB Holden “Shagging Waggon” … I suppose it wasn’t exactly what you would call a “chick magnet”. Anyway at least I had somewhere to sleep when I was too pissed to drive.”

Hartigan, John    "hard to forget the old guy who used to launch dusters and chalk in my direction. He should have spent more time practising in sideshow alley as his hit rate was abysmal."

Hornshaw, Keith    My greatest achievement was the design of the new Emergency Department at Liverpool Hospital which was an outstanding success    Jul 8, 2016    

Henson, Colin    “have been involved with the reconstruction of a number of  companies which for one reason or another have fallen on difficult times.”

Henry, Colin    “I had my first sexual encounter on a slatted benches in the quadrangle one night with an Asquith G H girl, she had her periods and said it was safe, think it lasted for several seconds”

Hensher, David    "A lot of my work [transport economics] was for Whitlam's lot and I enjoyed lots of first class air travel and booze".    Jun 20, 2016.  Last updated 19 May 2023.

Ipkendanz, Michael    "To obtain background info for my final year thesis Sustainable Architecture in Hot Arid Environments I started work in the Western Desert, driving Landrovers in straight lines for drunken Surveyors pegging mining claims, it was money for jam, the WA nickel boom was in full swing"

Jephcott, John    Marilyn's refusal to continue to make allowances for my buggered state after a [soccer] game took their toll and I retired gracefully. Still miss it a lot.

Jones, Randall    "We 'pissed off quickly' leaving the severed head on an ants nest beside the road to be collected later"

Kabanoff, Peter   "When the crystals were put out and the moisture evaporated from them they became explosive. He used to put them on his desk and wait for a fly to land on the crystal and watch it blow the fly to bits."

Loosjes, Adriaan    "We drove a $165 Citroen 2cv to the Arctic Circle and back around Northern Europe - a European thing."    23 Jun 2016

Machon, John    "I have come to understand that engineers seem to stay married for ever. My brother married Robert Cairncross' sister and he is on his fourth wife. But then he's an architect."

McDonald, Graham "From time to time, I participate in community activities. One that achieved a positive outcome was when I was part of the small action group ... which campaigned (1989-92) to save Luna Park as public foreshore land and to retain as a recreation facility."

McKay, Gary    "Got badly shot up and spent a year in hospital and decided to stay in the Army…. I won a gong for bravery blah blah"

Meischke, Roger    "Andy Royal and I used to rank cigarette brands according to how big a stain a mouthful made when blown through a fresh hanky. The darker, the browner, the better. Filter tips weren't real cigarettes."

Merrell, Roger    "We didn't muck up in Mrs Timmins's class. She was too classy for that. There would be a hush when she sashayed in to the classroom in her high heels and tight skirts. I found it hard to concentrate and at the age of 12 started to feel very peculiar. I guess testosterone had started to kick in."     2004

Morgans, Bruce    After 50 plus first dates met my wife Patricia Anne Stearman on a blind date arranged by Gordon Forsyth. Had to get married in Mar 72 as no one else wanted us.

Naylor, Des    "this guy that lived opposite was harassing my sister Fran – I got rid of him however – much to my sister’s disappointment as the guy was Mel Gibson – sis still has not forgiven me, … From ’81 through to ’88  I was a single man again and turned into a real male tart – must have a talk to Jerry – think I’ve used up all my pellets."     Jul 31, 2016

Neilson, Greg    "if I'd known all those years ago I fired blanks I would probably had exhausted myself before the end of Uni!!"

Nicol, Ian    "I spent three weeks playing scrabble and 500 before anyone asked me  (while in the morning line-up for the malaria tablets)  what I was doing [here in Viet Nam].."

Norgate, Lynden    "I have a good collection of vintage and veteran bikes, and am growing old disgracefully with my Sprint."

Otton, Ted    “I desperately wanted to make movies. But I had a bit of trouble initially (basically because, there was no film industry.)”

Ozinga, Casper    “Can you imagine, being single, living in the snow, studying in freezing temperatures (single quarters were not flash) and not putting my skis on for a whole season??. ALSO STUPID. But I mastered commitment.”

Remington, Trevor    "The daughter of the minister from Gordon Anglican church taking me into the church amongst the pews was different …”

Rigg, David    “enjoyed a few illegal "days-off", broke my nose for 3rd time (not bike seat sniffing as some intimated but hockey) and have fond memories of the last day Peter, Paul & Mary concert!”

Roberts, Alan  "I wish I had done Architecture but my father was determined to make a businessman of me. He failed."

Royal, Andy    “Don't remember it all.  But who would/could?  Too many brain cells deleted out of too few to delete.”    Aug 4, 20

Ryall, Peter    "Happily retired at Hallidays Point". September 21, 2016

Sarich, David    Fond memories of the cry of "fight - fight - fight" in the playground …  I too remember the race to Hornsby station to catch the early train - water bombs being thrown along platforms as the train roared out - good times.      Jul 08, 2016

Simmons, Graham  Please wait until I die before using the following as an obituary

Stephens, Ross  "My early career in science actually began at about age 11, when I watched my elder brother Malcolm doing some home chemistry experiments, and I started reading science from our family set of Richards Encyclopedia. We had an old garden shed and my first home experiments were done there amongst the spiders, mice and drums of fertiliser."

Symmington, Rob    "Goldstein had a nasal problem, anyone who farted, he would stick his head out the window and close it."

Taylor, Lyndon    "I never realised the skills(?) most of you were learning on the back seat of the West Pymble bus.  Was there a roster or what?"

Taylor, Rick  Currently in Normanville, Fleurieu Peninsula, SA Oct 17, 2016

Thirgood, David    "Lynne and I are unashamedly greenies and we visit national parks wherever we can in any place or country we visit."

Verills, Peter    "My birthday fell on the wrong day and I was called up for conscription. However playing soccer did have its benefits as the weekend before the medical I did the ligaments in my ankle. A visit to our team doctor and I was declared medical unfit. I’m pretty sure that I played the following week though."

Wardrop, Alex    "My mother soldiers on and I regularly go and hack at her urban jungle in Asquith."

Webb, Geoff    "The cardiologist suggested a change of lifestyle would be appropriate."

Werner, Warwick    "I have sworn off employing staff ever again but occasional do work jointly with some old colleagues. Mates Rates apply."

Whitehouse, Allan    "In a futile attempt to thwart the inevitable onset of middle age, I do admit to purchasing and restoring an Austin-Healey 3000, which I affectionately refer to these days as my "chook magnet"

Wilson, David    “I was the first to pubertise, but didn’t quite know what to do about it (and still don't)”.    Jun 20, 2016

Teachers

Tom Ellwood  I was appointed as the "Assembly Master" ...mainly because I could shout louder than most others      Jul 1, 2016

Ray Kench