Vaucluse Boys' High School
Class of 1968
When Vaucluse Boys' High School was opened in 1960 it took as its emblem the nearby Macquarie Lighthouse (designed by convict architect Francis Greenway) and adopted as its motto "Lumen Scientiae" - the Light of Learning - for just as the lighthouse guides ships into the harbour, so the light of learning, as taught at the school, guides its students into the harbour of a secure adulthood.
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Rich, Pakula, Einfeld, Kandy, Demosthenes
Rich @ UN
Lenn, Bashir
Read
Cox, Hoffman, Allen
Young, Steer, Funnell, Lenn
1B 1963
Rob Willams, Phillip Brownhill, Alan Deutsch Gary Bowler, Kim Priestly David Baker, Anthony Jordan David Peers, Greg Taylor, Stephen Gill, ?
John Gale, Reg Hardman Cliff Samuel, Dan Braham, Ray Englund, Graeme Peters, Greg Stone, Dave Muddle, Peter Funnell, ?, Steve Pongrass, Rob Morrison
?, Howard Wong Phil May, Mischa Bagley, Paul Collier, Mandy Tunica, Paul Balin, Peter Balin, Bruce May, Ian Cohen, Paul Heazlett
Ian Lawson, Eric Gehl, Michael Jassy, ?, Stewart Einfeld, Michael Kandy, Leigh Coleman, Richard Bolzan, Peter Peyser
Rob Wiilams, Kim Priestly, David Baden, Michael Meyer, Leo Hupert, John Allen, ?, Gary Jeffries, David Freeman, Charlie Baelertz
Bruce Murray, ?, , one of the Hann twins, the other Hann twin, Mr Barr, Alfie Gumpert, , ?, Tony Jordan, Ken Levien, Milton Lake, ?,
John Orme
Alan Jeffrey, Tony Yuille, Graham Stewart, Bryan Purkis, Leslie Cohen, Stephen Bentley, Danny Newhouse, Chris Delaney, Ron Jarvin
Michael Hill, John Henry, Robin Morrison, Leigh Emery, John Lenn, Richard Winning, Neil White, Chris Byrne, Gary Jackson, Ross Feller, David Davies, Darryl Smith
Cheryl Penn, Elspeth Sharp, Rhonda Smith, Sandra Sonenfild, June Dawson, Raelene Kite, Colleen Mallam, Airdrie Kelf
Stephanie Jensen, Anne Carson, Suellen Burcher, Wendy Cox, Rosemary Kelhear
1A 1963
Phil Wicks, Paul Batchelor, Henry Pakula, Phil Steer, Michael Jassy, Michael Kandy, Leigh Emery, Les Pongrass, David Goldberg
Gary Jackson, Milton Lake, Myer Samra, Stephen Bentley, John Goldbaum, Malcolm Feigen, Nick Kery, Ian Drinkall, Albert Salmona, Murray Cox
Ron Jarvin, Les Rash, Chris Read, David Rosenstrauss, A W Howarth, Cynthia Watsford, H K Harris, Greg Klamus, Ken Stubbs, Peter Hale, Steven Maas
Absent: Sid Brandon, John Lenn, Roland Rich
Can anyone recall going to the school dances?
I think this one was taken at VBH in 1968 and
I'm playing bass in a band called Aspects of Love.
Cheesy they'd call it these days.
Glen Larner
Paul Hoffman writes:
The photo was taken at the Vaucluse HI-Ball, taken at the then most popular night venue, Whisky à go go in William St Kings Cross. Perhaps Murray may still have the red invitations of the "lady" on the Chaise Longue. The venue represented the most radical change from the traditional formal school year 12 Ball destinations. Organised by Murray Cox, myself and John Allen. A real "Blast" from the past.
To remind you of some of the changes we instigated during 1968, we made it possible for senior boys to wear shorts during the warmer months, we were permitted to leave the school grounds at lunch time to have lunch and cigarettes in the park, I think it's called Samuel park. I tried returning from winter school holidays with a masterful beard, but unfortunately got sprung by both the Boss and Colquhoun. "Don't even think of coming in till that's gone". I failed on that reform.
The end of year school magazine was a masterpiece of its time. Murray editor in chief, myself as photographer and a number of special contributors. '68, a good year, but not a slurp on '69"I think helped its notoriety and reduced circulation.
Glen writes: "My memory is it was the hall as we did do some high school dances there."
Warren Abadee, Tony Brock, Graeme Peters, John Hannan, Bruce Young, Dave Muddle, Phil Wicks, Christopher Zavodski, Paul Dodds, Sid Brandon
Peter Evans, Ralph Kensett, Rob Domabyl, Martin Cowper, Reg Hardman, Steve Pongrass, Les Pongrass, Des O’Malley, Craig Robson, Ian Drinkall, Mr Jones*
Paul Balin, Greg Taylor, Bill Mc Gregor, Paul Batchelor, Bill Caredes, Lew Jackson, Henry Pakula, Doug Staples, Meyer Samra, Paul Brennan, Charlie Powell
Joseph Leibhaber, Clayton Owen (USA)), Richard Coggin, Graham Morison, Alan Segal, Steven Maas and Les Rash
*"of Welsh decent, he wrote the School Song to the tune of Men of Harlech" - SB
1965
George Sevastos, Rob Schouten, Kim Priestly, Steve Pongrass, Rob Williams, Ezra Ezekiel, Nick Wall, Ian North, Sid Brandon, David Peers
Steve Moore, Paul Nudd, Eric Gehl, Gary Jeffreys, Dennis Allgood, Dave Muddle, Simon Turnbull, Ron Johnson, Rick McEwen, ? Field
Ken (“Rocky”) Meyer, ?, Glen Larner, David Gorovic, ?, Tony Novotny, Harry Albert, Dave Kohn, Steve Levy
Nick Radovic, Rex Johnson, Graham Morrison, John Nemes, ?, Greg Stone, Paul Collier
The staff shows Alan Rosen on the far left..a good friend of mine when I was on staff 1968-72 (Science). Peter Newcombe was also a great friend and Graham Cole and I ran the school sailing. We would sail our Moth class dinghys on Wednesday with the school at Vaucluse Bay then sail again on Sundays on Botany Bay.
Lots of fun on fridays after school...usually ended up somewhere ??? drunk with Cole and Kesby!
Dr Peter Scott
This is the Bellco Chalk Factory which was part of a gypsum mine in the Innes National Park at the end of the York Peninsula in South Australia. From this humble shed came all the high quality chalk that was used in every school in Australia. We were all educated by that chalk & some of us even had it thrown at us. How’s the synchronicity half way across the world? There’s more than meets the eye than merely the material world, eh?
Martin & Murray
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