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THE ST ANDREW'S COLLEGE MAGAZINE

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Introducing Our  2019 House Committee

On Monday 9 October, our annual Students’ Club Furthermore, where previously individuals we elected

elections were held to determine the 2019 Student into particular positions, the system was

Committee. This is the 16th year in which the college disintegrated to allow for individuals being voted

has hosted a Student Committee election, however, onto the committee and then being sorted into roles

in light of the changes proposed in the Broderick as opposed to applying directly for roles. 

review, the selection process varied drastically. 

This system worked as expected and the St Andrew's

In 2018 and in light of the Broderick Review, the community was pleased to welcome a flock of fine

nominations were to allow a 40/40/20 split in young women and men in equal numbers to

elections. This split was to represent leadership positions within the college in 2019. 

women/men/leadership roles (indiscriminate).

St Andrew’s College congratulates the following students, and looks forward to working with them in 2019:

Senior Student – Jack Mackenzie-Wood, Honorary Secretary – Neive Roebuck, Honorary Treasurer – Cameron McMillan, 
HAT – Lachlan Barrett, Female Intercol Representative – Millie Ryan, Male Intercol Representative – Sam Vail, Rosebowl
Representative – Emma Bils, Rawson Representative – Harry Todd, Social Representative – Declan Drake, Cultural
Representative – Violet Williams, Alumni Liaison – Francesca Spry 

As Moses led the children of Israel to the Promised Land, he was

On B   ard
given a PILLAR of CLOUD by DAY and a PILLAR of FIRE by NIGHT

to guide him (Numbers 14:14).

   with
     the
    Rev   

And so to Andrew's although in several ways GENEROSITY and

Rev Dr Gareth Clayton OAM, Chaplain COMMITMENT have become the pillar of cloud by day and the

pillar of fire by night. And as we think of our visions and dreams it

is perhaps worth remembering that old saying,

What now of our vision?
The BEST way to make your dreams (and
vision) come true is TO BE AWAKE!
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Contents
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05 Thyne Reid Link The College would like to thank all of our student

Building Launch photographers for their contribution to Blue & White.

Floor plans and timelines for the TRLB

Blue & White is published twice a year by the

project, set to begin in late 2018

College Advancement and Marketing Teams for the

St Andrew's Community.

09 Cultural Change &

Leadership Editorial Team
Monique George
Photographers
Minami Takahashi     Lily Harper
The Vice Principal gives an update
Eden Puriri Juliet Lochrin     Tom Sanderson
on the Broderick Review
Hannah Atwell

17 College Community
Drew's claims the Rawson, Rosebowl
03
05
09
From the Chair & Bird

Thyne Reid Link Building Launch

Cultural Change & Leadership

and University Cups.

10 Professional Development Program

11 Taylor Scholars 2018

20
14
John Bradfield
LBTQI Community

15 College Community

The Andrewsman who oversaw the 19 From the Archives

design of the Sydney Harbour Bridge 21 Nation Builders

23 Alumni Community
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From the Chair  It is an important reminder that institutions can

easily be lost in the past unless they adjust, and find

a way to lead change.

So how do we ensure we don’t suffer the same fate?

We need to make sure we are leading change in a

way that will make us relevant for our next 150 years.

Co-residency unleashed a wave of energy and

helped us recruit great talent and deliver much

better academic, cultural and sporting performance.

We are increasing the diversity in school

backgrounds, with government and small

independent schools now sitting at over 25%. We

have on average 5 indigenous scholars. This has

been supported by scholarship and bursary funding

of $1.5m per annum, the largest funding by any

Australian residential college. We can now offer

the St Andrew’s experience to more students, by

leasing an extra 30 rooms nearby. We now have

the funds and philanthropic contributions to add

another building with over 80 rooms.

However, there is much more to do. We need further

philanthropic support to properly endow our current

level of scholarships and bursaries. We wish to

increase this amount over time so that we can offer

the best applicants a place in College, regardless of

means. We must recognise that the world of higher

education is evolving rapidly. Students can now

attend lectures online, from leading academics

worldwide. The future of work will require talented

leaders and designers who can work well in teams to

understand customer and community needs, and

design products, services and solutions to meet

those needs. Residential colleges like ours provide

the ideal environment to learn these leadership and

interpersonal skills. How do we make sure that

we develop an even more distinctive offering

for students in the future? By doing so, we can

avoid the fate of St Patrick’s and others, and

live up to the legacy of our founders. I hope

that our community will be having even greater

celebrations in 150 years, and thanking our

generation for our foresight and contributions.

Charlie Taylor
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From the Bird

The House Committee, led by Senior Student

Susannah Cooke, and assisted by a dedicated team

of student Pastoral Leaders, have accepted the

challenge of finding practical solutions to the

change principles articulated by each of Broderick’s

recommendations, and have achieved every

milestone. Conversations have already begun with

the 2019 leadership team to continue this

momentum through the summer planning period to

address the remaining elements of the action plan.

St Andrew’s Day – 30 November – heralds the

A warm welcome to the summer edition of this year’s

commencement of new growth. The Thyne-Reid Link

Blue & White. As our residents depart for the long

building development begins with the soil being

break we focus our attention on their remarkable

turned on a project which will deliver rooms for 85

achievements during 2018, and also on the thrilling

new residents in a combination of studio and shared

excitement of new growth.

apartment living. The building also contains common

rooms, state-of-the-art gymnasium and studio

This edition reports on outstanding academic results,

spaces, and rooms for tutorials and music rehearsal.

with the College averaging well over 70 across the

The new building represents the largest single

entire cohort, with almost 50% achieving Distinction

increase in accommodation capacity in the

average or higher. Victory in Rosebowl, Rawson and

College’s history, and is the next stage of our

University Cups, a close second place in the

strategic commitment, in enabling access to

Palladian Cup and a continuing richness in our music

Andrew’s. The Campaign for Andrew’s also begins

and other performing and creative arts programs

with the turning of the soil, and presents an

has again highlighted our great success, and deep

opportunity for the wider College community to join

engagement, in the extra-curricular domains. 

us in support as we bring together a combination of

carefully managed financial assets, sensibly

We have made great progress in implementing the

structured debt funding, and your generous

recommendations arising from Elizabeth Broderick’s

philanthropic contributions to deliver this first stage

cultural review during this first year of our two-year

of the Harper Master Plan.

action plan. In a wonderful re-statement of the

power of the St Andrew’s collaborative model,

This ambitious development, at a cost of $25million,

Council, staff and students have worked tirelessly

is a bold statement of our confidence in the strength

throughout the year to choose and cherish all that is

of the St Andrew’s collegiate model; a confidence in

good about College culture, and challenge and

the value proposition which we bring to the student

change all that is not. The students have, frankly,

accommodation market, knowing that what we have

been magnificent in this regard, challenging

to offer is so much more than a bed on campus.

assumptions around the necessity for change, and in

You’ll hear much more about our value proposition

so doing, re-discovering and embracing the original

during 2019.
purpose of many of the elements of the cultural

landscape in College. A detailed analysis of the

implementation progress after year one is available Wayne Erickson

on the College website. Principal
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Thyne Reid Link Building Launch

The first stage of the $27 M Harper Master

Plan is the Thyne Reid Link Development
(TRLD), which will create a new precinct
between the Thyne and Reid buildings,
including landscaped surroundings in the
Glen. With more than 80 new single and
ensuite bedrooms, this precinct will provide
additional rooms to cater for a variety of our
students' needs.

To encourage senior undergraduates to

continue living at College in their fourth and
fifth years, there will be new 4 and 5
bedroom apartments which will allow
independent living at the College. The
project will also include much needed
tutorials rooms, music rehearsal rooms, a
gym and common areas for social
activities. 
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Thyne Reid Link

Building Launch
Demolition
26th
Demolition begins on
November in the Glen and the
Ground Breaking Ceremony will be
held on 30th November.

Construction
mid
Construction will begin
December till February
before students arrive for
Semester 1 2019.

Kitchen Refurbishment
The Kitchen Refurbishment will
be completed in April 2019. A
mobile kitchen will be set up in
the interim.

Reid Refurbishment

The remainder of Reid

will be refurbished with
new beds, wardrobes,
carpet and desks in the
Summer 2019/20.

Completion
The Thyne Reid Link Building
will be open for students in
Semester 1 2020.
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Thyne Reid Link Building Launch

The Professional Development Program is the newest These millennials and generation Z student  display

addition to college life. We have been investigating all interestingly different behaviours that are not fully

requirements of our emerging adults as they transition understood but have the potential to be extremely

into their chosen career. The program will develop the good. To address this a number of mentoring styles

student’s professionalism through an iterative process will be implemented; traditional, Peer and reverse.

over the course of their time at St Andrews’ College. All three will be closely monitored to identify areas

The program is being co-developed with the students for improvement.

but it has sound academic underpinnings and will be

constantly evaluated and adjusted to optimise The final stream ‘digital impact’ is based on new

outcomes. research and will employ self-mentoring within an

organic management style of instruction. This stream

Student requirements were classified into three is directly targeted at the current cohort who require

streams; skills, mentoring and the digital impact. The assistance in developing consistency of values and

skills programs will provide workshops, panels and motivation as they repeatedly transition from the

events that assist students with basic employment ‘digital’ to ‘real-world’ environment.

skills like CV writing and interview techniques. The

program also helps students with obtaining As with any new project, we have explored a vast

appropriate work experience. For those pursuing an number of possibilities for helping St Andrews’

academic career they will be given assistance with students in their transition. However, the

supervisor selection, employment expectation and implementation of program will be done

assistance in applying for scholarships. incrementally. A student selected pilot program will

be implemented in 2019.

Research into mentoring has provided some

interesting insights with regard to our current cohort of Dr Diance Spencer-Scarr

students who have grown up entirely in the digital College Life Officer

age.
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Cultural Change & Leadership

Each year our students complete training in order to camaraderie, in which I feel so comfortable to be

become eligible to apply for an appointed or myself.’  (Ragavi Jeyakumar, Female, Aged 18)

elected leadership position.  In 2018, a diverse range

of options were offered as part of this training; an Academic support was also seen to be an important

LGBTQI forum, ‘fortnightly forts’, senior student part of what College offered. This year our semester

forum, cultural leader forum, annual lecture and a one academic results achieved an average mark of

face-to-face session where the current 2018 71.9%. This is a wonderful testament to the work of

leadership group discussed their roles. Additionally, our tutors and AATs, as well as the hard work

students completed an online confidential survey students themselves put into achieving their

where they were asked to give their views on academic aims. 

College life.

The St Andrew’s community has enthusiastically

Of the 163 students who undertook the survey, the engaged with the Broderick Review

sense of community, support and friendship were recommendations. Our students are leading its

seen to be the most important: implementation to ensure that St Andrew’s is a safe

and connected place for all our members, including

‘….From the day I arrived at College during O-Week, gender equality.  ‘…. I think the College has had real

what struck me most about St Andrew's is the open success in adjusting itself to meet the requirements

and inclusive social environment. In the weeks of the Broderick Review whilst still holding on to the

leading up to starting at College, reading the news life, spirit and traditions that the older students loved

articles about purported hazing practices at Drew's, about the past years.’ (Max Neville, Male, Aged 19) .

and the exclusive, elitist social environment they

described, had made me doubt how much, if at all, I The calibre of our students is a strength that College

would enjoy my College experience. However, the continues to support and nurture.  It is our strength

atmosphere I have experienced has been nothing and our future. 

but positive, and I am so grateful to be able to live in

Dr Hester Wilson
a place with such a strong sense of community and
Vice Principal & Director of College Life
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Professional Development Program

The Professional Development Program is the newest interestingly different behaviours that are not fully

addition to College life. We have been investigating understood but have the potential to be extremely

all requirements of our emerging adults as they good. To address this a number of mentoring styles

transition into their chosen career. The program will will be implemented; traditional, peer and reverse.

develop the student’s professionalism through an All three will be closely monitored to identify areas

iterative process over the course of their time at St for improvement.

Andrews’ College. The program is being co-developed

with the students but it has sound academic The final stream ‘digital impact’ is based on new

underpinnings and will be constantly evaluated and research and will employ self-mentoring within an

adjusted to optimise outcomes. organic management style of instruction. This stream

is directly targeted at the current cohort who require

Student requirements were classified into three assistance in developing consistency of values and

streams; skills, mentoring and the digital impact. The motivation as they repeatedly transition from the

skills programs will provide workshops, panels and ‘digital’ to ‘real-world’ environment.

events that assist students with basic employment

skills like CV writing and interview techniques. The As with any new project, we have explored a vast

program also helps students with obtaining number of possibilities for helping St Andrews’

appropriate work experience. For those pursuing an students in their transition. However, the

academic career, they will be given assistance with implementation of this program will be done

supervisor selection, employment expectation and incrementally. A student selected pilot program will

assistance in applying for scholarships. be implemented in 2019.

Research into mentoring has provided some Dr Diance Spencer-Scarr

interesting insights with regard to our current cohort of College Life Officer

students who have grown up entirely in the digital

age. These millennials and generation Z students,

display 
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Taylor Scholars
Established in 2015 by St Andrew’s College Chair
of Council, Charlie Taylor (Fr 1982), the Taylor
Scholars program supports and encourages
senior
students of College in continuing to engage
significantly and meaningfully with College life.

Taylor Scholars will develop and implement a

special interest project that will benefit the
College community. The project can be related
to any aspect of College life and should aim to
increase the diversity or depth of the College
experience.

In 2018, there are ten Taylor Scholars working on

a variety of projects. In Blue & White's June issue
we featured five Scholars. In this issue, we
feature the remaining five Scholars.

Jayson Gilchrist (Fr 2015)

Jayson is a 4th year student at USYD, studying a
Bachelor of Science (Chemistry).

My Taylor Scholarship project envisages to increase

St Andrew’s residents' environmental awareness

through a range of initiatives over the year. These

initiatives include a Bottle Return Program, a social

event to promote waste reduction, the creation of

personal recycling processes, and a general

increase in sustainable awareness via the existing

student environmental society, Drewts and Shoots.

  

During my time at St Andrew’s, I witnessed a real

absence of environmentally conscious behaviour. A

particular reason for this stemmed from a lack of

education and a subsequent lack of accessibility for

such programs. I am confident that I can instill a

lasting philosophy of environmental responsibility

and awareness, and assist in shaping the College’s

attitude towards being environmentally friendly.

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Kieran Bonin  (Fr 2015)

Kieran is a 4th year student at USYD, studying a
double degree in Secondary Education and Arts
(History and Geography).

My Taylor Scholarship project is inspired by my time

at the Reach Foundation, an organisation which

aims to inspire young people to reach their full

potential. My project is to create a new leadership

training option for students that wish to become

leaders in 2019.

Each fortnight, a heterogeneous group of students

join together for the ‘Fortnightly Fort-night’ to build a

fort. Students will learn new leadership techniques

by reflecting on their personal identities, with the

idea that everyone has a talent or has a way to

express themselves. My project means that I can

contribute my passion for engaging young adults

back into the College, whilst still being a part of the

enriching St Andrew's community.

Minami Takahashi (Fr 2014)

Minami is a post-graduate student at USYD
completing a Juris Doctor.

My Taylor Scholarship project is a St Andrew’s College

Yearbook: The Androvian. The inspiration for the

project came from conversations with my fellow

fReshers; we agreed that although perusing Facebook

is a good way of reliving old College memories, it

would be nice to have a ‘go-to book’ instead.

A college is a place that enables people to build

incredible relationships, discover what they want to do

with their lives, learn and have fun. If there is a period

of life worth documenting, it is these ‘golden years’.

Given what a profound impact St Andrew’s College

has had on my life, I will certainly keep a copy of the

Yearbook nearby for the rest of my life.

The Yearbook is currently being collated for publishing

and printing and will be available for pick up just

before Christmas.
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Robbie Hayward (Fr 2015)

Robbie is third-year Vet Science student at the
University of Sydney.

I grew up in a small village called Perthville just

outside Bathurst in Central West NSW and attended

The Scots School Bathurst. I am now in my 4th year

of residence at St Andrews College studying a

Bachelor of Veterinary Biology & Doctor of

Veterinary Medicine.

My Taylors project has been focused around the

creation of the Pipes and Drums of St Andrews

College and the enhancement of the associated

Scottish and Presbyterian culture within college. St

Andrews has a strong history of piping, having a

resident piper for many years and an annual award

of a bagpiping scholarship. The formation of a Pipe

band will expand the college’s community and

university engagement as well as strengthen our

identity and pride. The Pipe band practices weekly

Illie Hewitt (Fr 2015)

Illie is a third-year Med student studying at the
University of Sydney.

In 2014, whilst at a seminar at my school Gym in

central NSW I was lucky to stumble across a stand

for St Andrews College, a place I’d never heard of

before that I am extremely thankful to have called

home for the past three years. Not only did college

at St Andrew's provide me with the opportunity for

involvement in social, sporting and academic

endeavours, but also provided me with a home and

the foundations needed when moving from rural

NSW to the very intimidating City to pursue an

academic career. My Taylor’s project aims to help

increase recruitment of rural students through return

of regional students to visit their high schools.

Through this, students are provided with a friendly

peer to ask questions and hear about their

experiences. 
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LGBTQI+ Community
St Andrew’s College has a long history of liberal discrimination, and teaches us how to respond.

engagement, born from the Scottish Enlightenment.

This has stood us in good stead to acknowledge and We’re especially proud that the Intercollege LGBTQI+

engage with the needs of those of our residents who Support Network was reactivated by two St

identify as diverse in sexuality or gender. We are Andrew’s College students last year, one of whom

acutely aware of the issues that young people from continues to run the group, and to speak at O-week

the LGBTQI+ community face in the current day. 11% events across the community. The Support Network

of Australians identify as LGBTQI+; many still has run fundraising events and maintains a strong

experience violence and discrimination, and relationship with the University of Sydney Ally

therefore hide their sexual orientation or gender Network. Thanks to the initiatives of our students, St

identity. The effects of this on the wellbeing, mental Andrew’s has become a leader in raising awareness

health and educational outcomes of young people of LGBTQI+ issues within the intercollege community.

in particular is profound. 

At an administrative level, St Andrew’s College has

We know, from the Broderick review and a recent implemented policies on diversity, respectful

anonymous survey within college, that 7% of our relationships, discrimination and stigma, and has

community identify as sexually diverse and 0.96% procedures to support the safety of all college

identify as gender diverse. We also know that there members. (link to P&P) We are developing a

have been incidents of homophobia and relationship with the ‘Out for Australia’ mentoring

transphobia in our community. College residents program, and invite our LGBTQI alumni to

who have experienced discrimination generally feel participate.(link to website).

that it comes from a lack of awareness rather than

an intention to harm. To tackle this, all 80 of our We are proud to fly the rainbow flag, take part in

student leaders and staff have undertaken Ally Mardi Gras, and host LGBTQI events. We are proud 

training, run by Pride in Diversity. Ally training

educates communities on the lived experience of Dr Sarah Penicka-Smith, Director of Music

LGBTQI people, demonstrates the effects of  & Thomas Hicks (Fr 2016)
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University & Schools Dinner

At the 2018 Universities and Schools Dinner, St Discrimination Commissioner, Dr Tim

Andrew’s College celebrated a year in which our Soutphommasane, as our guest speaker. Dr

students contributed greatly to the academic life of Soutphommasane reflected fondly on his own time

Sydney’s leading universities.   at Balliol College at Oxford University. He

encouraged our students to be curious about the

Twelve Androvians graduated with Honours in 2017, world and that we should pursue diversity of thought

including eight First Class Honours and one – an antidote to ‘groupthink’. Dr Soutphommasane

University Medal. A further thirty-two students were maintained that education should have a broader,

recognised by University awards and prizes. civic purpose, with thoughtful individuals who could

Eighteen of our students maintained High Distinction understand the importance of the diverse world in

averages and 102 Distinction averages. This record which we live.

of excellence puts our students at the very forefront

of the University body. Dr Soutphommasane also urged our students to be

prepared to ‘look at ourselves in the mirror’ and

At the Dinner the College also awarded the St challenge what we see, noting in conclusion:

Andrew’s College Medal, the highest academic

honour for a student who completes 144 credit Our society requires not merely intelligent

points with the highest average. In 2018, the St individuals, but also wise and humane citizens. We

Andrew’s College Medal was awarded to Jack Liell- must be prepared to have strong convictions, but be

Cock, a fourth year student in the combined unafraid to have them tested. We must be able to

Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) and Bachelor of disagree with others, but be willing to respect

Science (Advanced). Jack is a graduate of Northern differences. And we must be imaginative enough to

Beaches Secondary College in Sydney and has a have empathy and sympathy for others, even those

particular interest in space exploration, artificial who appear different.

intelligence, and fractal geometry. 

Elly Howse
St Andrew’s was honoured to welcome the Race  Senior Tutor
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Careers Month
During the month of August, St Andrew's saw 45 Marketing and Communications. Tuesday night also

Parents, Friends and Alumni come into the college saw representatives from Government, Political,

for the annual “Careers Week”. Based on the International Relations, Health, Research, Vet and

changing needs of the College and students, this Law industries. The nights concluded with informal

year we extended the previous ‘Careers Week’ to networking drinks in the Junior Common Room. There

‘Careers Month’, in order to incorporate career- have been multiple separate sessions following

related workshops in addition to the two existing these industry nights in which guests have come into

industry-specific nights. The aim of the month is to college to speak to a smaller and more specific

inspire current St Andrew’s students and broaden group. 

their connections and knowledge. A personal

highlight of the month was hearing a Personal It was great to hear stories in the following weeks of

Branding and Interview Techniques Workshop by students leveraging the incredible networks they had

Fiona McLean, CEO of The Social Index. She gave formed: ranging from coffee arrangements to job

an informative insight on leveraging your online and opportunities. The month also gave younger students

social media profiles for success in the recruiting the opportunity to broaden their outlook in their

process. career opportunities past their own degrees. 

The main event of the month was the industry nights I would like to extend a huge Thank You to all who

on the 13th and 14th August. Following Formal Dinner participated in Careers Month. The Student's Club is

on both nights students were given the invaluable immensely appreciative of your time and efforts in

opportunity to have Q and A sessions with our guests attending. I must also give extended thanks to those

in particular industry sectors. 2018 saw an who travelled for the event.

exceptional amount of industries represented with The Advancement team have been instrumental in

students having the opportunity to speak to organising the month and must be recognised and

professionals from Agriculture, Environment,

Architecture, Property, Business and Management, Alex Finlay-Jones (Fr 2016)

Engineering, the Navy, Finance, Accounting,  House Committee, Alumni Liaison
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Semester 2 Gala Concert

Every year St Andrew's hosts a handful of Gala

Concerts in the Senior Common Room to host and

showcase some of the most talented, musically-

inclined residents at College. In Semester 2 of 2018,

a dozen St Andrew's residents put on a spectacular

show for their peers and the larger Drew's

community. The audience was wooed with soloist

and ensembles, with the repertoire of the performers

consisting of a mix of classical pieces and modern

classics. 

Drama Society
In October of 2018, the St Andrew's Drama Society

(DRAMSOC) put together their production of

Micahel Fryan's "Noises Off." The St Andrew's

residents came together to create a two-storey set,

erected in the Dining Hall. The production was a

huge success, with the 4 sessions of the

performance drawing in many from the Drew's

community. The Director, Violet Williams (Fr 2017)

brought a fresh and satirical revision to the

2018 DRAMSOC production.

Grandparents' High Tea

In 2018, St Andrew's launched the inaugural

Grandparents' High Tea. In the interest of continuing

to build and strengthen the St Andrew's community,

resident's grandparents were invited to College for a

Matinee performance of DRAMSOC's 2018

performance and a High Tea lunch. With 80 guests in

attendance, the event was a huge success. St

Andrew's looks forward to implementing the event

into Drew's social calendar in the years to follow. 

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Palladian
The Palladian Cup competition for performing and

creative arts concluded with ensemble drama in

October, when despite Wesley College’s well-

deserved victory on the night, The Women’s College’s

second and third placings were enough to secure

the Palladian Cup by a whisker from St Andrew’s.

Rawson
St Andrew’s secured an impressive win in the

Rawson Cup for the eighth time in nine years in

2018. The Rawson Cup returns home after a year in

the hands of St Paul’s, who finished second overall,

and also in athletics. Andrew’s won four of the eight

sports during 2018, with St Paul’s winning two and

Wesley and St John’s winning one each.

Rosebowl
2018 marks the 10th consecutive year that the St

Andrew's women took the Rosebowl win. Winning 6

out of the 8 Rosebowl competitions,

Drew's sportswomen showcased remarkable feats

of physical and mental endurance. Even more

encouraging than the Rosebowl victory was the

unmistakable kinship formed between the

competitors of the 2018 Rosebowl campaign. 

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From the Archives  His particular concern was about how noise in a building with

concrete floors could be reduced. A disgruntled Sodersten

As early as June of 1944 the College Council was already looking replied testily that he had built some of Sydney’s largest

towards a ‘post-war extension of the College’. This project was, residential buildings and ‘so far, I have had no adverse

however, not reactionary but visionary: the Council made criticism’.

available 100 guineas for the services of the distinguished

architect, Philip Hudson, to prepare a College Master Plan which In the interests of visual harmony, Sodersten suggested that

envisaged a community of 400 members. While Europe was still the bricks be chosen to match the pale colour of the

stricken by war, our little antipodean College was planning for Gloucester House which stands opposite Reid on the Royal

the future. Prince Alfred Hospital boundary. However, such attention to

detail was a challenge for the builder, W.G. Mason. In

In April 1947, after the Master Plan had been prepared by November 1950 Mason complained that he anticipated

Hudson, Emil Sodersten (who had designed the Australian War ‘difficulty in obtaining the required shade of bricks’.

Memorial in Canberra twenty years earlier) was appointed as

architect for the first accommodation block. It was to house fifty- Even without Sodersten’s exacting standards, this was a

five students and four fellows. What resulted is our uniquely project beset by delays and setbacks. The College was

serrated Reid Building. obliged to wait a year for planning permission from the State

Government, College Council decided to terminate the

The building of this new accommodation block was substantially builder’s contract after six months, the much-debated bricks

funded by philanthropy. Indeed, Andrew Thyne Reid offered to arrived almost three months late, and the concrete staircase

contribute £35,000 of the £71,491 build cost but insisted that his to the first floor collapsed in September 1951.

donation should be anonymous. The building also benefited by

the minute supervision of College Councillors Gregory Blaxland After six years of planning and construction, the College took

and Thyne Reid himself. possession on 23 December 1952. Indeed, Council was so

protective of the new building that they instructed the

Despite the Council’s prescience, the future Reid Building got off groundsman, Mr Cook, to inspect it daily during the Summer

to a difficult start. In 1949, architecture student Peter Hamilton (fr Vacation.

1946) wrote to the Council and to Sodersten with suggestions for

how the design might be improved.

A.C Wright 
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It was hoped, however, that the continuing Educational

From the Archives Trust established by Thyne Reid, might assist.

By the late 1950s College could no longer meet student Work went ahead on the new building.  The tender from

demand.   Some of the 150 students were sharing Costain (Australia) Pty Ltd, who were already building

rooms and two sittings were needed for dinner in what the oval, was accepted in June 1965, with a finishing

is now the Chapel.  In the aftermath of the Menzies date of 25 February 1966.  Within three weeks after

government’s adoption of the Murray Report, the signing the contract, College Council, on 28 June 1966,

Australian Universities Commission had been formed named the two new buildings Reid and Thyne, Reid ‘to

and substantial money for tertiary education was at commemorate the association of members of the Reid

last available from the federal government. College family with the College’, Thyne ‘to commemorate the

Council immediately planned an extensive building close personal association of the late Mr Thyne Reid

program.  As well as a new Dining Hall, an equally with the College, “Thyne” being his mother’s maiden

spacious new Junior Common Room, a new Principal’s name’.  

Lodge and a proper Oval with a carpark below,

Council proposed a new residential block. A month later the walls of Thyne began to rise, despite

exceptionally wet weather and the collapse of the

In April 1964 sketch plans and drawings were submitted main College sewer which ran under the site. Some

by the architects, McConnel, Smith and Johnson. rooms were, deliberately, larger, and therefore more

 Funding would come 50% from the federal expensive, than the size approved by the Australian

government, 25% from the state government and the Universities Commission, while general building rates

remainder from College. The new building was planned had risen, so the cost blew out by 30%.  Construction

to house 59 students, as well as a northern wing with a fell behind schedule, but, thanks to a desperate resort

flat for a married tutor and four tutorial rooms (though to overtime, the building was completed only seven

the use of the northern wing was later changed to be days late, in the nick of time to receive the 1966 student

entirely residential).  The total cost was estimated in intake. Carpeted throughout with Axminster, unlike

1965 as £120,000.  Thyne Reid had died in December Reid, Thyne was initially held in an esteem that students

1964, after contributing substantially to the cost of the forty years later would have found surprising.

newly completed Lodge. He had, however, made no

such commitment to underwrite the College’s outlay on Professor Ian Jack

the new accommodation building.  Senior Fellow & Archivist
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Rosalind Croucher
(Former Councillor)
Rosalind Croucher (nee McGrath) is an academic whose proclivity for

personal and professional development has never known bounds. Rosalind

comes from a large, well-educated family who imparted their profound love

and appreciation of education onto her and the rest of the McGrath siblings.

Rosalind was Dux at SCEGGS and graduated with HSC results that gave her

a depthless range in choosing a career path. Deciding to follow in the

footsteps of her father, Judge Frank McGrath, and study law with the full

scholarship she received from the Australian National University. Rosalind

went on to complete a Bachelor of Arts with Honours and a Bachelor of Laws

from USYD and a Doctor of Philosophy in legal history at UNSW. Rosalind

went on to become the Acting Dean of Sydney Law School, the Deputy Chair

of the USYD Academic Board, the Dean of Macquarie Law school and the

Chair of the Council of Australian Law Deans in succession.

And thankfully for the St Andrew’s community, she became one of the first

female Council Members alongside Rev. Theodora Hobbs, in 2002. The two

women, who would go on to be lifelong friends, had an instrumental impact

of Drew’s community as they were a part of the council who were

implementing the cultural change that came along with becoming a co-

residential college in 2001.

In 2018, Rosalind is the acting Human Rights Commissioner, succeeding

Gillian Triggs. Rosalind's blinding list of accomplishments is full of Honours,

awards, fellowships, scholarships and 9 published books. However, when

pressed on the secret to the sauce of life she merely imparts the wisdom that

one should absolutely not eat gluten and to focus on what makes you happy.

When asked about her greatest accomplishment in life, Rosalind was quick to

say that raising her children has always been and will always be her best

achievement. When looked upon for wisdom for the current St Andrew’s

residents, she imparts that one must never ever eat wheat and that reading

is important.

The discourse of cultural renewal surrounding the University of Sydney’s

residential colleges is, as Rosalind says, merely “Moving into modernity.”

Wherein the scope of culture has drastically changed and will continue to do

so for the benefit of equality in the college.

There is no doubt that Rosalind Croucher has had a profound and long-

lasting effect on Australian Law, and through her contributions to the Drew’s

Council, she has become a historic and extraordinary entity by which her

long-lasting dedication to cultural changes has set precedent in college and

further. 

Eden Puriri
Communications Officer
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John Bradfield
(Fr 1886)

In 1931, the students of St Andrew’s College knew Sydney was being changed forever at

the hands of one of their predecessors, Dr John J.C. Bradfield. They wrote in their

Magazine that, ‘The Sydney Harbour Bridge is now included free in the “splendid

panoramic view” from College windows (and even from the tower).’  It was their

hyperbolic adjudication on his labour that ‘The Pacific Ocean has shrunk’.

Even if we have been deprived of a bridge view by intervening buildings, it serves us

well to look back at Bradfield and ask how his time at St Andrew’s shaped his

contribution to the nation. Even if our answers to such a question can only be

speculative, they should be nonetheless informative.

John Bradfield entered College in 1886. He came from Ipswich Grammar School

intending to study for a Bachelor of Arts, but straight away switched to Engineering

and graduated in 1889 with the University Medal. Bradfield’s practical brilliance and

minute attention to detail are evident in his work as early as 1887 in the very fine survey

he produced of the College grounds and which is retained in the College Archives (see

picture).

After leaving St Andrew’s, he worked and studied in Queensland, London and Sydney

winning accolades in each of his endeavours. From 1912, Bradfield began to work on

several designs for a Harbour Bridge and in 1913 was promoted to be Chief Engineer for

Metropolitan Railway Construction. However, it was another decade before the Act

was passed and work began on the Bridge. By that time, Bradfield had been awarded

his doctorate which Sir John Monash (one of his examiners) described as ‘undoubtedly

of exceptional magnitude’.

In the grandiloquent introduction to this 1924 doctoral thesis which proposed a Sydney

Harbour bridge, Bradfield said that ‘in attempting to solve the traffic problems of this

great city, the arts and sciences, pure and applied must be available to their fullest

extent’. He went on,

Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics, Geology, Mechanics, Architecture, Metallurgy,

Electricity, Geodesy, Economics, the Proportions and Properties of Materials, the

temperaments, characteristics and habits of the people, the political needs of the day,

indeed nature in all her manifold aspects must be studied. The past history of the city

must be known, present-day conditions understood and the future visualised with

imagination, origination [sic], and sound practical judgement.

Bradfield wrote his dissertation at a distance of some forty years from his days at St

Andrew’s College. However, the panoptic interest in all branches of scholarship and

human knowledge recks of a collegiate education where ideas and intellectual

problems were discussed and debated over the dinner table; where futures were

imagined and histories contemplated. It is hard to believe that Bradfield could have

failed to be influenced by his peers who studied Arts, Dentistry, Medicine and Theology.

In what amounts to a benediction on the science of Engineering (but might equally be

a description of the Androvian ideal), Bradfield wrote:

by its natural magic — the art of applying the manifold seen and unseen phenomena in

nature for the use and service by mankind — the science of engineering exercises the

greatest of all influences on the wellbeing of any nation. 

Alex Wright
Dean of Studies
 
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Rawson Rugby Finals

The Rawson Rugby Finals at the end of May saw clear skies

and a fantastic crowd this year, with over 200 Drew’s alumni,

parents, siblings and friends turning out to the TAG

Grandstand to support the Drew’s Rawson Rugby team in their

Finals Campaign.

The night saw a tenacious effort from our Andrew’s men in the

Finals match, however, the outcome was a graceful defeat

against St Paul's with the final score 33-19. In the women’s

Sevens match (an exciting Intercol first), the crowd watched

the talented Andrew’s ladies take the win 25-5 over the

combined Sancta and Women’s team. Many thanks as well go

to the Alumni Society for their support of this great event by

providing the food and beverages once again.

Young Alumni Drinks

In 2018, the St Andrew's Advancement Team

decided to revitalise an Alumni event that hadn't

occurred for the previous 6 years. The 2018 Young

Alumni Drinks was held at Mr Tipply's in Sydney's CBD

with a full spread of fine meats and cheeses,

endless wine and the value of old friends and new

company. With over 50 Drew's Alumni from the years

2000-2017, the event was a great success and

finished with the hopes of continuing the same event

annually for years to come. 

Regional Reunions
It was exciting to see so many new and familiar

faces at the reunions this year which were held in

Bathurst, Tamworth, Wagga Wagga, Newcastle and

Canberra. The Principal, Wayne Erickson, Director of

Advancement, Hannah Atwell and Dean of Students,

Will Cesta, travelled to the various towns across NSW

and ACT. A small reunion dinner was also held in

Auckland, New Zealand in September, and we look

forward to holding more reunions big or small in

more new places next year. If you are interested in

helping us host a reunion in your region, please get

in contact with the Advancement Office. 

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Founders & Benefactors

Every year, St Andrew's hosts the Founders &

Benefactors dinner in homage of those members of

our community whose charitable works has

contributed to the development of our student

community and their tenure with the college.

Held in the Dining Hall, with a veritable feast, the St

Andrew's patrons sat with their beneficiaries to see

the fruits of their giving. 

1867 Circle Lunch

Formerly known as the Dick Spann Circle, the newly

rebranded 1867 Circle came together on Friday 19

October for their annual lunch at the College. This is

an important event in the St Andrew’s College

calendar that recognises the vital role that

benefactors play in the development of students

and the College.

The 1867 Circle members and guests enjoyed a

delicious lunch whilst reminiscing about their time at

College with current Andrew's students. Our

talented Jazz Ensemble members and fresher Barney

Dowse entertained the group with skilful musical

performances, and Dean of Studies, Alex Wright,

stepped in for Senior Fellow and Archivist Professor

Jack to give a history of the first Bequest to the

College, made by John Hunter Baillie. The afternoon

was concluded by Andrew Murray who also thanked

former Principal Bill Porges for all of his work for the

College over many years both as Principal and then

later with admissions outreach.

If you would like information about 1867 Circle and

leaving a bequest, please get in contact with the

Advancement Office. 
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Queen's Birthday Honours

The College would like to congratulate the below members of

the St Andrew's community who received Queen's Birthday

Honours in 2018:

Mr David Westbrook Anstice (AO) (Fr 1966)

For distinguished service to Australia-America business

relations, particularly in the pharmaceutical field, through

roles with multinational and educational organisations.

Mrs Anita Belgiorno-Nettis (AM)

For significant service to the community through support and

philanthropic contributions to social welfare and arts

organisations.

Dr Kim Alexander Ostinga (OAM) (Fr 1954)

For service to medicine, particularly to orthopaedics.

Obituaries
The College has learned of the following

deaths in our community. Our sympathy is

extended to their families.

1941 Dr Kevin Hamilton White

1941  Dr Neville Maurice Newman

1947 Dr Keith Douglas Sharrock

1947 Mr Alexander Teys McKenzie

1949 Prof Robert Alistair Beveridge Holland

1951 Reverend Ronald Bevan Sparks

1951 Reverend William John McLeod

1955 Mr John M McKerral

1958 Dr Alexander Stephenson Familton

1968 Dr Brian William Barr

1968 Mr Norman Bryan Anderson

1969 Mr Peter Gibson Murdoch