Susan AGAR (now BENMEIR)      

susanbe@xtra.co.nz

Year of Birth:    1954                              Years in Fiji: 1954  to 1973

City/Country of Residence:   New Zealand               Post Code:

Comments: I left Fiji in 1973 after working a few years as a ticketing officer in Qantas in Suva. Went to the Mediterranean - mainly lived in Greece and worked on the cruise ships taking pilgrims to Israel, Lebanon, Egypt, Turkey, Greek islands and Cyprus (following St Paul's footsteps) the short version is that I fell in love with Israel and ended up marrying a kibbutznik in 1978, we left the kibbutz to start up a moshav (a farming community) on the Golan Heights, starting from scratch moving stones, burning thistles and planting trees - had 4 children and grew lots of onions and artichokes, moved on to cotton-pickers and farm machinery and now the farm is a dairy farm + protea for export to Holland. I left Dec 2002 to come to NZ (all the family was here) as life in Israel was much too stressful - only husband didn't want to leave - so we decided that I try two years here and see how it goes - I brought the two younger children (Keren now 16 and Jordan now 14) and thought that at least they will learn English and get to know my family. well the big kids followed, having finished the army and I have just fallen in love with this wonderful country - the freedom and the rain! Husband Nachum, who came to visit twice but still didnt want to leave Israel, so we eventually decided to separate and got a divorce last year.

At the moment Jordan and Ofer (big son now 24) are over in Israel visiting - Ofer went back for a year to say goodbye to all his friends, and wants to come back to NZ or Aussie to live. Jordan started to miss his dad and friends, so has gone back for as long as he wants - we talk every second day. So it is just daughter Hila (25) and Keren and me here now - Hila and I bought a house and we have good fun planning all our renovations (just minor stuff) and decorating together. Hila is a dental assistant - making good money - she loves her job, - also works in surgery at the hospital. Ofer is an aircraft mechanic (was in charge of F16's in the air force) but worked here doing deliveries for "LiquourKing"!

I am still in travel - working in the small retail department of Adventure World - great company - I have just come back from Africa on a familiarisation trip (Fly-in Safari in Botswana) - so its a good life.

UPDATE 20.8.07

I left all my old photos in Israel so have nothing so send from the old Fiji life, but thought I would send this updated photo taken just before Keren (now 18) left to join the army in Israel (I have just talked to her as she has got on the bus to the Conscription Compound, if that is what it is called in English, leaving from Tiberias to Tel Aviv, today 20th August).So now I have the two boys left here and my two daughters recently left to live in Israel for a while - topsy turvy every year.  Still playing tug-of-war with my ex-husband - each trying to persuade the other to come to respective countries.  It is good, though, that someone is in each country, so the children feel comfortable country-hopping.  Big phone bills and travel expenses :-).Still in Adventure World and get to travel (just come back from Alaska, but still haven't made it to Fiji)  I am looking forward to seeing Doug Crago and family when he visits here next month.Sister Julie (50) is still in Fiji living the good life in Nadi - two daughters engaged so big wedding plans... Brother Barry (57) here in Auckland expecting first grandchild in October - exciting business!Big Sister Raewyn (59) just left Israel where she has been living the last 9 years, and has moved to Australia to live - she will come to visit NZ at the end of the month so it will be great to catch up.

Julie AGAR  (now CORNWALL)

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julie.cornwall@gmail.com

Year of Birth:  1956?                     Years in Fiji:

City/Country of Residence:    Nadi  FIJI          Post Code:

Personal History:    Two daughters and engaged

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aidney@xtra.co.nz

Year of Birth:        1953                    Years in Fiji:

City/Country of Residence:   Auckland NZ           Post Code:

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Christine AIDNEY

fijihols@westnet.com.au

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Lynne AIDNEY

lynneaidney@yahoo.com.au

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Mary Ann AIDNEY  (now DRYSDALE

johndry@bigpond.com

Year of Birth:        1953                 Years in Fiji:

City/Country of Residence:   Melbourne Vic               Post Code:

Personal History:    Married to John Drysdale    DETAILS TBA

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Lillian ALLEN  (now GRANT)

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bfte@connect.com.fj

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Keith ALEXANDER

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alexanderk@otocoll.schoolzone.net.nz

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We left Fiji in September 1966 intending to return home to Brisbane but stopped off in New Zealand and stayed. I attended Takapuna Grammar School in Auckland. Same crest and motto as Suva Grammar so it seemed a little like home though colder! After school I went to the University of Auckland studying Chemistry and Geology. After varsity I went to the Auckland College of Education graduating in 1976 and have been teaching ever since. Currently I am principal at Otorohanga College a small rural seconday school in the Central North Island near the Waitomo Caves.

I have been heavily involved in sport since coming to NZ both playing and coaching. I have coached representative rugby up to Regional U-19 level and have served terms on the NZ Rugby Union and NZ Schools. I am still involved at national level but the bones are getting a little old for daily coaching. Anne and I have a small 1 hectare lifestyle block on the side of Mt Pirongia where we have built a little wharenui for ourselves. We travel extensively in the holidays and thoroughly enjoy life.

My sister, Moira, who was three years behind is also in NZ. Her hairdresser is Tom Smith and she ran into both Judy and Buggy during her last appointment. I have been back to Fiji several times since 1966 and always have had a soft spot in my heart for it.

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Olaf ALLEN

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olafallen@connect.com.fj

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jennybish@xtra.co.nz

Year of Birth:      1956          Years in Fiji: 1956 - 1978

City/Country of Residence:     New Zealand     Post Code:

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I was Jenny Andrews back then.  I was born in Suva in 1956 and my last year at Suva Grammar would have been 1978 when I was in form 1 and in Mr Whippy’s class.  Before that I was at Vieuto Primary and went there from Suva Primary.   We lived at 24 Narian Place, Tamavua and my Mum,Christine, was Assistant Public Trustee in Government.  She was a single mum which in those days was pretty rare I think, but we had a pretty good existence.  I remember Julie Agar (used to go to her house up in Princess Road a lot) and Neil Marsh, Robert Murray, Nick Casey, Zia Sherani as the kids who lived in our neighbourhood.  After Form 1, I did a year at Levuka Convent (shock to the system that was after the free and easy lifestyle in Suva) and then on to boarding school in Auckland.  After school I completed a secretarial course and worked at Munro Leys for about 18 months before gravitating back to Auckland.  Have been based here in Auckland ever since.

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Wendy BARRITT     (now MORRIS)

wendyjmorris@msn.com

Year of Birth:          1948                          Years in Fiji:

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Carl BAY

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bayfam@bigpond.net.au

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Micky BEDDOES

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mickbeddoes@connect.com.fj

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David BENNETT

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dben7182@bigpond.net.au

Year of Birth:      1953  ???                              Years in Fiji:

City/Country of Residence:    Sydney (TBC)              Post Code:

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Karen BENNETT (now WATKINS)

karenwatkins31@hotmail.com

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Liz BENTLEY  (now HOWARTH)

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lizahowa@bigpond.net.au

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City/Country of Residence:   Melbourne     Post Code:

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Judith BEVERIDGE (now MOORE)

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judith@brianmoore.co.nz

Year of Birth:   1954                              Years in Fiji: Jan 1961-Jan 1972

City/Country of Residence:   New Zealand    Post Code:

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Philip BLAKE

blake4@ozemail.com.au

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Graham BOULTON

graham@tapamusic.com

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Heather BOULTON      (now BAILLIE)

hsbc@netvigator.com

Year of Birth:   1953                        Years in Fiji:

City/Country of Residence:    Hong Kong              Post Code:   N/A

Comments: I come from a family of 5 - brothers Quentin &Graham who are both in Brisbane and will fill in their DOB, my sisters Irene (Joyce as we call her) who is in New Zealand, Jacqueline (the youngest) who is still in Fiji and myself Heather (born 1953) who is currently in Hong Kong. Mum (Frances) deceased 2001 and Dad (Mickey Boulton) will be 90 this year 2006 born 1916 .Dad did many things but had Leading Light Poultry Farm (chicken farm) at Quaia, Lami where we grew up. We all attended Suva Grammar School.

I met Bill Baillie (my husband) in Fiji while we were both working at Pacific Harbour Deuba. He is Scottish and worked in Fiji for 3years from 1973 to 1976. We married in England (Morden) which is near Wimbledon, on September 11th 1976, where we lived for a few months. We have our home in Surrey England and we have two boys. Stuart who was born on Charles and Diana’s wedding day 29 July 81 who is now 24 and Craig who is 20 born on 23rd October 1985. Both our boys are back in England. Stuart is working in London and Craig is at Derby University.

After leaving school I worked as a trainee hairdresser in Fiji at Michelle’s Salon in Cumming Street. I also worked at the Tradewinds Hotel in the salon with Phyllis Raymond then I went to Australia for 9months. I then returned to Fiji and joined Stinson’s and they opened 2 shops at the new Pacific Harbour Hotel. Verna (Thomas) Griffiths and Shanti (Shankiran) Mills were the other 2 girls I worked and lived with at Pacific Harbour. We all met our husbands there and they both moved to Australia and I ventured further to England. Before leaving Fiji I joined Avis at Pacific Harbour after Robert Miller changed careers, my boss then was Carl Bay.

Bill and I lived in Muscat, Oman for 3 years, where I started my family. Back to UK for a number of years, and then we moved to Hong Kong in 1999. At present I work in a Kindergarten teaching Japanese children aged between 2 and 4. Don’t know where I get my patience from, must be my Mother, as she ran a Kindy in Fiji for a number of years. Bill is an Electrical Estimator, working for Balfour Beatty/Gammon. That is a summary of my 52years and this year Bill & I celebrate our 30th wedding anniversary on that ill-fated day, September 11th.

Love Heather (aka "kutz" as I was later known, spelt in Fijian cutu, as I could never keep still like the little bug!!)  Attached is a photo of my family. Left to right Craig, Stuart, Bill & myself taken at Happy Valley Race Course in Hong Kong, Christmas 2years ago.

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Joyce BOULTON  (now OSBORNE)

ozandhinto@xtra.co.nz

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Quentin BOULTON

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q.c.boulton@bigpond.com

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Patrick BOWER

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pbower@connect.com.fj

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Graham BOWLES

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gbowles@chcaustralia.com

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Angela BROWN  (now NAMOI)

angesco@optusnet.com.au

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David BROWN  (now WALKDEN-BROWN)

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 tevitawalkden@hotmail.com

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Josie(Josephine) BROWN   (now IGGLESDEN)

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 josie@mdacorporation.com

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Jay BROWNING

AnkeO@austarnet.com.au

Year of Birth:     1951 (happy now?)                 Years in Fiji:

City/Country of Residence:   Gold Coast               Post Code:

Comments:    Lecturer  at UNI.   Married to Anke Ockinga     DETAILS TBA

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John  CAUTY

harvest@connect.com.fj

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Trevor CONNOLLY

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 pac.col@xtra.co.nz

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Ken CORBITT

kcorbitt@bigpond.com.........Bouncing... contact me ken

Year of Birth:   1951                                 Years in Fiji:

City/Country of Residence:     Murwillumbah NSW                   Post Code:

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Hi, it's Ken Corbitt here,

You may remember me from Suva Grammar in 1964-65. I was in Cane-Happy Cater's class in 1964, and Cane-Powerhouse Graeme Eden's in 1965. I'm not surprised that Mr Eden went on to coach the All Blacks – the pain from his cane lasted for hours.

Anyway, I returned to Australia in 1966, left school at Junior Certificate to work in an advertising agency, Hertz Walpole. Returned to college to matriculate in 1970, studied drama at Uni of NSW for two semesters, failed an audition to NIDA (National Institute of Dramataic Art), dropped out and went to Cairns to discover myself and the Australian tropics (I missed Fiji maybe). Met and fell in love with Sharon; moved back to Sydney, where we were married in 1973. Worked in advertising, then at TCN-9 TV station at the introduction of colour (1973-75). Sacked by Kerry Packer for being a union delegate that helped behind-the-scenes workers win a 25% pay increase.

Returned to Cairns in 1975, began career as radio announcer at 4CA Cairns. Opened record store in 1979, pushed out of business by Chandlers in 1981. Marriage broke down only 18 months after birth of first daughter, Carmen.

Moved to Dubbo, NSW in search of work in radio, but ended up in journalism (I used to write the class notes for 3A and one of my poems was published in the Suva Grammar school magazine, so it made sense I ended up writing I guess).

After experiencing one summer of 45 degrees and a winter of -4 in Dubbo, I moved as a journalist to Sunshine Coast, Queensland in 1983. Met Linda who already had three kids, we had Danielle together and we moved to Noosa, where my daughter and ex still live. Worked as a journalist, radio journalist and public relations consultant for 15 years.

Linda and I separated in 1992, but I assumed care for Danielle and was a single Dad for 7 of the next 10 years. Went back to uni. in 1997-2001 and became a Bachelor of Social Science (Community Work). Also tutored in a media subject while at University of the Sunshine Coast. Always a left-winger, I became vice-president of the student union and resigned in front of the media a year later when I found the student union had been neutered.

I am most of the way through an Education degree as well, but am currently on a Leave of Absence while I care for my mother, who has stomach cancer. My brother Peter died in my arms on Christmas Day, 2004, also of cancer, so I've been living back in northern NSW since then. My brother was building a small house on 13 acres near the Border Ranges and Mount Warning. The property is surrounded by national parks and state forests – I can see the Queensland border from my verandah.

The house has solar power, solar hot water and is not quite finished.

Want to know of some of the crazy things I've got up to in the past 41 years? You probably wouldn't believe the half of it....let's just say Ken has lived life as it came..and it wasn't all beer and skittles. I am about to write my first book on my travels and experiences, so stay tuned, folks...

I would love to contact some of my former classmates from Suva Grammar. If you email me at kcorbitt@bigpond.com I promise a swift reply

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Eddie COSTELLO

eddie.viv@optusnet.com.au

Year of Birth:     1953             Years in Fiji:

City/Country of Residence:   BRISBANE     Post Code:

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dbcrabtree@ozemail.com.au

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Glenn CRABTREE

glenn.crabtree@providence.org .... bouncing contact me Glenn

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douglas.crago@optusnet.com.au  

Year of Birth:     1953              Years in Fiji:

City/Country of Residence:     Adelaide SA             Post Code:

Personal History: My family and I left Fiji at the end of 1967 after I had finished Form 3 (Mrs Huddlestone was our class teacher). My mother had died a couple of months earlier (cancer) and after some soul-searching, Dad thought it best if we returned to Australia, eventually back to Adelaide, where I and my sister Heather were born.

After school I went into building, eventually going out on my own. However in 1986/’87 went through a bit of a sea-change and settled into a career in marketing, where I found that I had more control of my own destiny.

Kathy and I married in 1975 and recently celebrated our 30th. We have 3 children: Jason (just turned 29), Sian (27) and Jordan (22). Jordan is the only one officially still at home, although Jason is still single and keeps on turning up every now and then! Sian and her husband Shane are currently living and working in London, doing the ‘Continental Experience’ thing, and expect to stay over there for a year or two. The rest of us live in Adelaide, although Jason’s music takes him around Australia from time to time (- just returned from a northern tour).

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bayfam@bigpond.net.au

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  Leonie DIMENT

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ldiment@bigpond.net.au

Year of Birth:   1954                               Years in Fiji:

City/Country of Residence:    Orange NSW            Post Code:

I left Fiji in January 1971. I had failed my U.E. miserably and Mum and Dad were moving to Western Samoa so I came back to Sydney and started a part time Tech course for laboratory technicians and worked at University of Sydney as a lab technician in various medical research areas. I travelled a bit in Australia and overseas and worked in other laboratory jobs, but usually found my way back to University of Sydney.

I married in 1984 had a son, Miles, in 1990 and lived happily in Sydney. My husband Bill got a job in Orange NSW in 1992 so we moved here.

A country life is good although there weren't many employment opportunities for me here. I worked in Pathology practices in town part time. Orange is growing rapidly and 4 years ago the University of Sydney took over the university Campus here and I was offered the Laboratory Managers position for the new laboratories.

I separated from my husband 2 years ago and I am still living in Orange with Miles (now 16) and am enjoying the benefits of country life. I have a strong interest in music and play tuba with our community symphony orchestra. This provides mental stimulation and social circle.

We should have a reunion in Fiji sometime soon. It would be great to see everyone. Love to see any of you if you are visiting Orange NSW. I'll show you some wonderful local wine, food and song!

Thanks again Donna. I'll send a photo when I get a suitable one.

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c/- Donna Helmrich

Year of Birth:   1955                           Years in Fiji: 1955 to 1993 (on and off)

City/Country of Residence:    Vigo,  Spain             Post Code:

Comments:    (Happy to entertain anyone travelling in Spain ... drop me a line.)

My parents are Robert (Bob) Dods (living in Savusavu) and Ida Dods (Browne) (living in Deuba) and I have a younger sister, Colette Samson, who lives in Nadi with her family. I was born in Suva (1955) and family connections include (to name a few) the Smiths, Browns, Brownes, Hawksleys, Leppers, Barracks, and Whippys.  However, the convoluted family connections I now have in France, Tunisia, and Scicily make our Fiji Family Tree look like a shrub in comparison!

I am married to Karim and we have one son Kevin Sinclair Dougha (14.09.93) I grew up in Suva and traveled with my parents whilst being tutored by Dad. I started school at Suva Primary and then went to Laucala Bay Primary School and on to Suva Grammar, on and off until 6th Form. My father worked with the Lands Department before moving into District Administration in 1968, which is when the family moved to Rakiraki.  I schooled there for a year before returning to SGS, boarding with Dad´s sister, Jean Brown, in Lami, and with other family - siblings, Vernan, Lionel and Joyce Hawksley, in Marou Rd, next to our own Suva home.  When my father was posted to the Northern Division, I attended Labasa College (1970/1972) and went to school in Sydney(1971), before returning to SGS for the 6th Form (1973).

I paddled through a year at USP,  and worked during holidays at various Coral Coast hotels paving the way for my later work within the Fiji Tourism industry. After some overseas traveling and various projects, I finally settled into work at Pacific Harbour in 1976.  I lived there for several years, but in between spent several months in Auckland, and later on lived in Brisbane for a while. During my spell at Pacific Harbour (the resort´s halcyon days!) I started as an Admin Assistant and later managed the 180 Villas, Resort Customer Services and Public Relations. I finally moved back to Suva in 1986 to work in Advertising/PR  and then took up an opportunity to work at Sheraton Fiji in Nadi for a couple of years.  I had just returned to live in Suva to manage a PR/Advertising/Publishing company,  when I met my husband during an "overseas break",  in Levuka. My son , Kevin, was born in Suva in September 1993 and he was 3 months old when we moved to Dubai/Sharjah for a brief span.  I then hopped it back to Suva for a year (to recover!) before joining Karim in Spain early in 1996.  Kevin and I go "home" to Fiji for about 10 weeks a year during the European summer school holidays and spent nearly a year there on our last trip back, in 2004/2005.

Karim has a fish export business and we live 10 minutes drive away from Vigo City (a`major European seafood port, in North West Spain) and 15 mintues from Portugal.  These days, I do our office work, give English Conversation Classes, and still have time to tackle the garden and housework, pursue my various interests such as painting and swimming, and to be "The Beck´ham Call Girl " for the river of  pre-teen "futbol" fanatics flowing through our house.

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nikuarealty@connect.com.fj

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johndry@bigpond.com

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Emma DUTHIE  (now GREY)

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Julia, we need a new photo (quickly)

 juliasears@optusnet.com.au

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juliem@soutaraccountants.com.au

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Mandy FREITAG  (now CHRISTIE)

mandych@alphalink.com.au

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Comments:  I left Suva Grammar School at the end of 1968 and trained to be a nurse at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown in Sydney.

At the age of 21 years I had finished my nursing qualifications and was working at the Accident and Emergency Department Blacktown District Hospital. I married David Clements and we had a daughter Belinda Jayne. Belinda is now 33 years old, married with 2 young daughters of her own, Emma and Hailey. And I love being a grandmother!!!!. Belinda and her husband Jeff live in Patersons Lake Melbourne.

I moved to Adelaide in 1975 after my first marriage failed and worked at Daw’s Park Repatriation Hospital, Ashford Community Hospital and then as a District Nurse along the Anzac Highway area. I also attended Flinders University.  I married Lindsay Christie in 1978 and we had a son Marcus in 1986. We moved from Adelaide to Wangaratta in Victoria where Lindsay worked as Vineyard Manager for Brown Brothers Winery and I worked as the Director of Nursing - Rangeview Aged Care Facility.

I moved to Melbourne in 1990 (and will never move from here) as I was on my own again. I worked as the Director of Nursing Kinkora Court, Hawthorn, and then Rosanna Views until 2001. I worked hard as a single parent and sent Marcus to Trinity Grammar School. I now work as a consultant in Aged Care (current) but for the last year I have also worked full time as the clinical coordinator for undergraduate nurses, Victoria University. I coordinate 600 + student nurses and set up their clinical rotations in all hospitals and other health services in Melbourne.

I am now in a very loving relationship with Richard Edwards. Richard has his own company in the computer industry and he leaves on business to go to China on Monday.  My son, Marcus, is now 19 years old and starts his Bachelor of Biomedical Science at James Cook University Townsville on Monday. He will be living on campus at John Flynn College. My Mum and two brothers, Stuart and Robert live in Rockhampton Queensland. My father sadly passed away in his sleep 2 years ago.  I have a valued and strong friendship (since school days) with Maryann Drysdale (Aidney) and her husband John.

I have continued to study and am currently doing post graduate studies in Education. I have been involved in community services in many capacities. I can’t believe how time flies. I turn 54 next Wednesday.  Really looking forward to keeping in contact with many of the Suva Grammar gang and hope to see you all soon at a reunion.

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Robert FREITAG

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robbi@iinet.net.au

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Born in Sydney on 18th August 1955 and lived there for the first couple of years. Then moved out to a little town in the country called Kandos, where Dad worked in the cement factory. His company was starting up a new operation in Fiji  and asked for volunteers to get the factory up and running. He put his hand up for the job and this was for a 2-year contract. We left Kandos in 1962 and moved to Suva when I was 7 years old. Went to Suva Primary then on to SGS.

We left Suva in the middle of 1971 and moved back to Australia down to Adelaide, as we had family there.  After doing another one and half years of school I left to join the Royal Australian Navy in January 1973. I did 10 years doing marine engineering. I mainly served on the ship HMAS Torrens in that time. I received my fitter and machinist ticket and rose up to the rank of Petty Officer.

In 1983, after getting out of the navy I moved to Rockhampton in Queensland following my parents who had left Adelaide 6 months before, seeking warmer weather. This was with my wife Katrina who I met in Sydney during my navy days. I then started a totally new career in retail, selling fishing tackle and scuba diving equipment. Just before getting out of the navy I had a couple of friends who took me diving off Sydney, which satisfied a curiosity that had haunted me from my Fiji days. Then in 1985 I followed that passion and became a PADI diving instructor and have been teaching ever since. In 1987 I went diving full time and started up my own business called Capricorn Reef Diving which is still going strong to this day.

Had a son James in May 1992.  My marriage did not work out, so got divorced in 1994. In June 2000 I got married again to my wife Birgit who is a school teacher. It looks like that just for something different I went back to my father’s roots being a German himself: I then married a full blooded German. Since then we have had a beautiful little girl, Inga, in July 2003. My mum is still alive and living here in Rocky. Dad passed away in January 2004, he went peacefully in his sleep one night, what a nice way to go. Mandy lives in Melbourne and my brother Stuart is also here in Rocky.

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 Jan/ Maude GOSLING

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dance@qldnet.com.au

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Kerry GOTHE          (now COLLETTE)

kerrycolette@bigpond.com.au

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Ricky GOTHE  (now Wright)

rmwright@aapt.net.au

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Sheryl GOTHE (now McGregor)

sherylm@greenbankrsl.com.au

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Jennifer GRAYSON

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Pat GRIFFIN

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George HART                      

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In Fiji from about 1956 to 1974 most of that time spent in Suva although also had about five years in Lautoka in the earlier years.Dad (John) was with PWD and mum (Isabel) with Burns Philip Motor Division most of the time. Both have passed on to another paradise now.Older brother Bob has lived in the UK since leaving Fiji and presently lives in Arbroath Scotland.In Suva we stayed in the government quarters in The Domain and Veiutu.I went to Suva Grammar through to 4th form and was then packed off to New Plymouth Boys High in NZ in 1971 for 5th & 6th.

Joined The Bank of New South Wales (now Westpac) after leaving school in 1973 and stayed with them until 1995 – mostly in Auckland but also a short stint up in PNG.Have been in the Real Estate Industry ever since then – presently the Property Manager for Barfoot & Thompson, Blockhouse Bay, Auckland .

In between all that I married a lovely Kiwi girl, Pam in 1983 and we have two kids – Rachael 23 – an English Teacher at a local Secondary School and Andrew 21 – works for a printing company in the city.

I have such great memories of my years in Fiji and all the fantastic friends I met while there. - It certainly was a special time and place.

I was back there for the first time in 30 years in October 2006 and yes it has changed like everything does, but perhaps not as much as I would have expected after such a long time and with a few coups thrown in. Its still a great place.

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Doug HARVIE

liquordirect@xtra.co.nz

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Hector HATCH

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2005

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Mary-Ann HAWKSLEY   (now CHRISTOFFERSEN)

Judy & Mary-Ann in Hawaii

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Peter HAWTHORNE

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Dale Hazelman

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Jim HAZELMAN

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Sandra HAZELMAN   (now WOLFF)

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Sarah HAZELMAN  (now HERITAGE)

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Shirley HEFFERNAN

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Coleen HELMRICH        (now GILMORE)

gilmore@tpg.com.au

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Donna HELMRICH       (now ROBINSON)    

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Year of Birth:       1953           Years in Fiji: 1955 TO 1968

City/Country of Residence:   BRISBANE    Post Code:  4128

Comments:   My family consists of Allen (Born 1943), Brian (Born 1945), Coleen (Born 1949), myself born 1953) and our parents Toby (deceased 2000) and Yvonne /Von (aged 84). Dad worked for the Lands Dept in Suva. We went to Fiji in 1955 when I was 2 years old, and left Fiji in Oct 1968. From there we went to Lismore, NSW where I completed 4th Form. At the end of 1969 we went to Brisbane where I started my first job with the Qld Govt in the Survey Office as a drafting aid. This is where I met my first husband Greg . I then went from there to TAA as an air hostess until we married in 1974. After this I toured Australia with my husband who was an entertainer with a show band called Wickety Wak. It was after 3 years of marriage that I had my elder son Bradley in 1978 but split with Greg just before Brad’s birth.

I was single for a couple of years in which time I met Denis my current husband. We went our separate ways after a while and I then went on to meet Barry (Nick) my second husband who I married in 1983. We were together for 15 years and in this time I had my second son Nicholas, born in 1985. Barry was a builder / social rodeo bull rider and I kept his business accounts along with working for my sister Coleen & her then husband at their locksmith shop in Beenleigh as the shop manager. Barry and I divorced in 1996 and I married Denis the following year after running into him again 15 years since we had first met. In the first few years of our marriage I managed the office for Denis’ business of Private Investigations (he is an ex Police Officer).

We enjoy recreational boating / cruising on our week-ends on the Brisbane and Gold Coast waterways. I currently work in the City four days a week as a skip tracer (I locate people for different reasons, mainly to do with car accidents, or court cases). My older son Brad is 27 yrs old and single and is with the Qld Police. My second son Nicholas is 21 yrs old, single, and working with a construction business. Denis has 2 boys and 2 girls so we have 6 kids between us aging from 21 to 31. Denis has 3 grand kids of his own but technically I am not really a Grand Mother as yet. Mum lives on Bribie Island, Allen in the Blue Mtns (NSW), Brian is in Ballina and Coleen is in Brisbane.

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Scott HENDERSON

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vasadam@optusnet.com

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Georgina HOLT  (now Truscott)

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Bobby HOUGH

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Jack HOWARD

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Colleen HURLEY  (now CHUTE)

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Janice HUDDLESTON (TEACHER)

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Darryl LAING

darryl@darrylstravel.com 

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David LANE

dalane2001@yahoo.com.au

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Judy LANGDALE    (now HARMER)

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Pierre Le BAS

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Alan LYTH

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Anne LYTH  (now SMITH)

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Karen MacALLISTER

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Sheena MacALLISTER

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Eddie (Hansel) McCAIG

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Lorraine MCCOMBER (now SIMPSON)

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Eugene (Tunney) McFADYEN

tunney@xtra.co.nz

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Bob McFADYEN

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Ian McLARDY

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Ann McLAUCHLAN (now Aspey)

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Wendy McNAE  (now STEPHENS)

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Judy MARLOW

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Jese MARRIOTT - MUCUNABITU

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 jese@tapamusic.com

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Allan  MARSH           

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Year of Birth:   1954                  Years in Fiji:    1963 to 1965

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Comments: I was at SGS from 1963 - 1965 (Suva Primary in 1962). Dad worked for Shell Oil Company & we moved to Melbourne for a year in 1966, then to Brisbane for three years then to Perth in 1970, where I've been since then. I'm married to Helen, a Perth girl, for 25 years now, with three kids - son 23 and daughters 20 & 15. My introduction to swimming pools at the Suva Sea Baths (I think that was it) and over the road from school has caused me to have a love for the water since then - I've been playing water polo for 35 years and my kids all play. I met my wife while coaching a women's team & have never coached a women's team since then - too much commitment. Our club entered a team in the World Masters water polo in San Marino / Italy last year. We didn't win any games but had a fantastic time - most of the guys took their spouses & we did a lot of sightseeing / eating / drinking. First game against the Hungarians was a little bit daunting - I'm the biggest in our team at 186cm & 95 kg & was smaller than the smallest bloke in their team. Half of them were ex-Olympians, & none of us had played above club level.
It was only this year that I started searching the internet for info about the old school.

Dad (Jim Marsh) worked for Shell at Walu Bay when we arrived in Fiji in 1962 aboard the Iberia, having travelled from Perth, WA. I went to school at Suva Primary for a year (Std 2) then to Suva Grammar in a combined Std 3 & 4 class with Mr Power (I think). Std 4A in 1964 was with Miss McAdam. She was free with the use of the ruler for punishment & I remember her ruler (with various different timber inserts) across the back of his legs. She also had false teeth & used to wriggle them around in her mouth on more than one occasion she nearly dropped them.

Form 1A in 1965 was with Mr Anderson a good teacher. We lived in Princes Road Tamavua (203 I think). We left Fiji at the end of 1965 and went to Melbourne for a year (Ashwood High School) then to Brisbane for three years (St Pauls School, Bald Hills) then in 1970 went to Perth & did my last year of school there (Hollywood Senior High School).

Professional History: I did Honours in Biochemistry at Uni of Western Australia then 3 years research into heart disease. Then, because there was no work in the industry, moved into share registry (linked to the stock market) as a temporary measure. This continued for about 8 years & included some stock exchange classes. With the demise of the paper based industry & move into electronic trading I did a post graduate course in Business Computing at Curtin Uni & have been in the IT game for the last 13 years or so the first 8 was in the superannuation and funds management area, the last 5 have mainly been with ERG, who are involved in the provision of electronic smart cards for passengers in the transport industry.

Family: I married Helen in 1980 and we have three children, Simon, 24, Peta 21 and Alexandra 15. Last October we chalked up 25 years of marriage. Simon has just joined a chartered accounting firm & should finish his commerce degree this year. He has been working full time as a manager of the OBH (Ocean Beach Hotel) at Cottesloe, while also studying full time. Peta is at Uni doing a business degree and is hoping to do a semester at a uni in Ottawa in Canada at the end of this year to study and play water polo. Alex is in year 11 at school this year and at this stage is leaning towards doing architecture at Uni.

Recreation - I still play water polo after some 33 years. The children do also. I like the water (mainly because I’m not very good on land (running & cycling), so enjoy body surfing a bit less now with the presence of big sharks around. I’ve also done the swim to Rottnest (20km 3 times in a 4 man team and once solo). Next swim is Feb 18 as a team.

Mum and Dad are still going strong, living in Karrinyup. Dad had a heart attack at 48 years old and had to retire from Shell a little while after that. He as had a few small business interests since then but he is a keen fisherman this include crabs and crayfish as well, and this is one of his main interests now. Mum & Dad also do a bit of caravanning although at 76 years old they have given up the trans - Australia trips. Sister Karen is living inland from Noosa and brother Neil is working up north in the Kimberley in the building game.

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Other useless bits of info that have stuck around we had an EK Holden number plate E953. One of the games we used to play was number plate spotting see who could find the highest numbered plate continuously changing & we had to know the car & model in case someone else also saw it. Our phone number was 3522. While we were there they had to expand the telephone exchange and we had to add a 2 in front of our number.

I remember buying tamarind - both green and dark from the local store, wrapped up in newspaper. Found some in Perth recently - can’t believe I used to like so much when I was a kid. We used to go to the Phoenix theatre every Saturday morning for the pictures and have the inevitable TT2 and bubblegum (can’t remember the brand). Also remember the old wooden buses & giving the RNZAF kids heaps for travelling in their sardine can buses, although they were probably a lot more comfortable and a lot safer. Dad had a wooden boat & we used to go to Mosquito Island and Nukulau Island. Lots of fun - also remember on the drive home from the Suva yacht club, we used to stop off at a bakery and watch the bread come out of the oven. We would get a loaf or two & it was always too hot to hold - what a challenge with the beautiful smell. Used to go fishing behind the post office catching stonefish, eels and also some edible fish (kabatia?). Also went fishing at the new wharf & fell in once when I was trying to look at some fish - most embarrassing having to be dragged out by our house-girl.

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Peter MARSH

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I lived in Suva as a child for five years and went to Suva Primary school with Mrs Pickering (Std 1) -I remember wetting my pants in class because no one showed me where the toilets were. It wasn't until I went to SGS that I learned to apply the motto; "Seek and ye shall find." Then I was at Laucala Bay Primary School with Mrs Grey. At Suva Grammar School my first teacher was lovely Mrs Anderson from Ovalau, then Mrs Hakaria from New Zealand - she sent me off for the strap because Zara Bush stuck her paint brush in my ear (where's the justice in that?). In Form 1, we had an old American lady - Mrs Usher, the wife of the owner of Fiji Times. She was heavily into current affairs, the Vietnam war and an awful perfume. Then in form 2, we had the illustrious Mr Troop who loved collecting shells - one of my hobbies. He took us out on the Renadi to Rat tail passage where I found a rare Cyprea punctata as well as a cribraria -much to his disgust. My desk was with; the flirtatious Shirly Wong; swimmer extraodinairre Warwick Jackson who would always beat me in breast stroke behind Olive Pickering; and Howard Schultz - my tin canoe buddy - one of our more memorable escapades was a paddle to Nasese Reef to collect tiger cowries only to sink on the return trip. Luckily we were rescued by some Fijian ladies fishing in a punt.

Two food memories of SGS were; the yummy 'potato and pea curry rotis' from the tuck shop and an albino guy doing a projectile vomit over my back in assembly. In Fiji our parents took us on numerous walks into the interior of Fiji with the Rucksack Club - visiting Waiga Gorge, Naitavoli, Namosi Gap, travelling on bamboo rafts down the Navua and Wainibukasi Rivers and visited Wainivudi falls to view ancient lycopodium noded grass. From Nadarivatu we walked via Nadrou village to the Sigatoka Valley (50 miles) - loved the Moli Kana growing wild in the forest.I was nearly washed overboard in a hurricane on the Maroro (Queen Salotes (of Tonga) 90ft yacht). The sails ripped with the wind and a huge wave washed across the deck - the wires under the handrailing sieved me out of the backwash. Another time we were on the Komowai, travelling to the Lau group and was caught by a hurricane - the waves crashed down on the cargo deck and smashed into the bridge - the sea was a white spray and the captain sat on nearly full power into the sea without going anywhere. He said if the rudder broke we would capsize. For the rest of the trip we sat on the top of the bridge, eating juicy mangoes. We visited Marcel on Lakemba - a class mate.

Another hurricane we weathered out in Suva Grammar swimming pool as tree limbs cracked like canons and the rain felt like gravel pelting into us until we ducked under the water into an eerie silence.My dad found a spiked cannon (traded that way) near Bau village and it rested on our porch during our time in Fiji. When we left it was donated to the Suva Museum.We survived many sessions with bamboo cannons usually minus our eyebrows and fringes as we explained to our parents why we were in such a charred state. Our adventures on battery hill involved falling through ventilation shafts into darkened rooms and tunnels. The Clotworthy's survived taking a bomb home on their hill trolley.John Beveridge and myself would amuse ourselves by jumping out of the school rain trees with parachutes fashioned from his bed sheets - much to his mum's annoyance.We had a boat called Kaqaru (Kangaroo) in which we visited islands such as Leleuvia, Ovalau, Makogai, Wakaya, Yanuca and Beqa. Apparently our boat was bought by the Beveridges (SGS teachers) and was sold to someone else - apparently 50yrs later it is still on the water according to Peter and Barbara who visited us here in Mission Beach in July 2007.After leaving Fiji, we went back to Australia to a State school with over 40 people in each class. I hated it and often thought of stowing away on a ship to go back to Fiji.

I now live in Mission Beach, Queensland - the closest Australia has to the Fiji climate. I have had a varied life - two years at University of W.A. (Was hopeless at studying). Travelled through S.E. Asia for three months and rode a bicycle from Perth to Adelaide. Worked in the W.A. Museum as a photographer, and as an Audio Visual Technician at Wembly TAFE. then moved to Queensland where I worked in the Tourist industry; White water rafting - including 5 day wilderness trips on the North Johnstone River, 3 day sea kayak trips and multi day hikes to waterfalls in the rainforest. I also worked on the Wairoa and Rangitaiki Rivers in New Zealand for a year. I now work for National Parks and also do daily videos for the tourists on the Tully River. At 52 I still occasionally work as a white water raft guide when needed. I have survived two marriages, but am now separated. I have five children - two from my first marriage, three from my second. The oldest is 26, the youngest is 12.I think my adventures in Fiji heavily influenced my thirst for adventure in my work choices. My time in the Pacific - including a trip on the Tofua to Tonga, Nuie and Samoa, inspired me to write a website called Polynesian Pathways at; www.polynesian-prehistory.comThis site brings into question many commonly held assumptions about the colonization of the Pacific. I have also made contact with Wame Baravilala who is a Doctor.wbaravilala@unfpa.org.fj Here is an extract from a letter in which he speaks of some other class mates at SGS. Bula PeterIt is amazing to hear from you after almost 40 odd years. Thanks for getting in touch.

Now let me just go over some of the mob who were in our class - James Movick lives in Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia, where he has a bunch of daughters and a feisty wife who used to be the auditor general there. James is involved in the tuna business. Shirley Wong married some rich guy in Brisbane. I have no idea what happened to Oliver Hill. Warwick Jackson is an aircraft engineer and lives in Kuala Lumpur or Singapore. Donna Davenport and Mona Beddoes both live in New Zealand. Fred Thomas lives in Suva with his Samoan wife and daughters. All the best to your family. Cheers, Wame. Whilst working as a river guide on the Wairoa River Tauranga, I bumped into Christopher Brittain (father was headmaster of an Anglican school near the Domain) in Auckland - he is a graphic artist/printer. He was involved in a motorbike accident and lost partial use of his right arm and so had to learn to write with his left hand. Lesley Whitehouse is a guidance officer in Subiaco, Perth (my first girlfriend - at 12yrs) My sister Jennifer - in the year above us was a teacher at Busu high school in Lae PNG for 12 years. She is now a librarian at Canberra Uni of Technology. She married Jim Croft also from SGS in her class - he is a botanist in Canberra - was also stationed in PNG. They have two very successful children Rowan and Ashley, who is a design engineer.

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Graeme MILLER

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Robert MILLER

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Moira MILNE  (now LEE)

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Tony MOORE

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Walton MORGAN

rosalyn.morgan@dfat.gov.au

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Ruby MUDFORD

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Roger NEWBIGGIN

roger@iinet.net.au

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Anke OCKINGA  (now BROWNING

      1968                     2005     

AnkeO@austarnet.com.au

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Alex (Bukete) O'CONNOR

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Kathy O'CONNOR  (now ANTHONY)

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Edward O'CONNOR

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Irvine O'CONNOR

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Wayne O'CONNOR

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Joan OSBORNE  (nee RILEY)

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Talei OSBORNE

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Yvonne OSBORNE

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Tony PARR

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I was flicking around the WWW recently and came upon your excellent Website for former students of Suva Grammar School from the mid 60's to late 70's.   It brought back some very old memories reading through the former student list and fascinating to read the walks of life that former schoolmates have taken.

I was a student of the school from 1964 (at the age of nine) until 1971.   I've been resident mostly in NZ, currently Wellington, since leaving Fiji in 1971.    I've still got a whole lot of 'Grammarian' issues from those years which are important bits of nostalgic reading from time to time. 

My brother Robert, was two years younger than me.  He would have started SGS in 1966 and left, with my parents, in 1974.   Rob died of cancer in 1998

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Lucy PAYNE  (now ADDISON)

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Janet PAYNE                 

c/- Lucy Payne

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Margaret PAYNE

email c/-  Lucy Payne

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Sue PEEL (now SOMMERFIELD)

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It is not easy to summarise 40 odd years, but here it is.

School photo attached and recent photo is May 2005. It's a bit scary that 40 years later I still have long hair and a fringe. For your In Memorium section I have attached a school photo of Laurinda Slade. I also have one at home of her brother Richard as he was good friends with my brother and a frequent visitor to our house in Vieuto.

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Elaine PETERSEN   (now NEILL)

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Florence PETERSEN

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Philip PETERSEN

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Olive PICKERING

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Viola PICKERING

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Avalon POWELL     (now HAZELMAN)

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Brian POWELL

bpowell@primus.com.au

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Spencer POWELL

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Michelle PRESCOTT

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Harvie PROBERT

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Lyndall PROBERT (now FISHER)

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Gus RADDOCK

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Minnie RADDOCK

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Janine RADDOCK

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Loretta RAGG  (now Jackson)

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I have just discovered your website and would like to register my name for it.  I attended Grammar in 1972 to 1975 and have very strong memories from that time. I married Ian Jackson in ’84 (also an ex Grammarian) and our three sons have gone through, and are going through Grammar at the moment (2 finished and 1 still there!).  Ian was at Grammar at the same time as me although he started there way back in the ‘60s when the lower classes were still with the higher classes.  Ian’s dad (Freeman Jackson) and his brothers all went to Grammar (Rayney [Ren], Gerald & Warwick [Rick]).  From my understanding our boys are the only third generation at Grammar. Only one of my three sisters joined me there; Jean. Jackie & Judith both went to St Joseph’s …. but we won’t hold that against them!!!

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Merilyn RAGG  (now HASLETT)

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Annie REHEIR   (now LANE)

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Brendan RITCHIE

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Jonathan RITCHIE

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Clare RODGER          (now BARNES)             

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Year of Birth:     1954             Years in Fiji: 1955 to 1972

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Comments:      Although not born in Fiji I arrived there with my parents, Gordon and Elizabeth Rodger, from the UK when I was 6 months old and left after completing Form 6. In between time I went to kindergarten at Mrs Gardiner’s, then to Suva Primary School and finally to Suva Grammar School. Dad worked in Fiji with the old Colonial Service and was Director of Education based in Suva for many years. Mum used to help at the Bailey Clinic a lot and was also Commissioner of Girl Guides for a while – I recall getting kicked out of Brownies which must have been embarrassing for her!  Donna has posted a picture of our old government house in the Domain where we lived until we moved to our own house in Service Street.

I had horses at the Pony Club at Laucala Bay so would head straight there after school most days. Many friends went to boarding school in NZ or Australia in Form 3 and I then started sailing at the Yacht Club during most weekends. I have fond memories of yacht races to Mosquito Island and Nukulau, swimming training at Suva Sea Baths, and even school memories are fun though I can’t recall if I really thought that at the time. The photo of St. Anne’s reminded me of our annual Christmas holiday there – I had forgotten all about it but now recall a lot, even it changing names to Tubakula Resort to make it more appealing to tourists.

I left Fiji in 1972 after doing Form 6 at SGS, and completed Form 7 and Bursary exams at boarding school in Nelson in NZ. From there I went to university in Dunedin, (NZ) and after a year of mucking around changed to Physiotherapy. I met Philip who was doing medicine at Otago and we married in 1975 (at St Luke’s Church in Laucala Bay which Donna has coincidentally posted a picture of) when I was 21 and I’m now 50 something and we are still married.

I did my final year of physiotherapy in Hamilton (NZ) and then we worked there for 2 years before moving to Adelaide (Australia) in 1980 for Philip to finish his anaesthetic training. After a couple of years we moved on to Oxford (UK) again with Phil’s work, so I was able to get lots of experience working as a physio along the way.

After a year in England we came back and settled in Adelaide and have been here ever since. I worked at Flinders Medical Centre and happened to bump into Jay Browning in about 1983 so caught up with him and Anke and their children before they moved up to Queensland.

We have two sons; Michael arrived in 1984 and David arrived 16 months later, and I haven’t worked as a physio since. I was a stay-at-home mum until 1995 when I got bored and went to uni again to do a post-graduate librarianship course, and have worked part time (currently 3.5 days a week) in medical libraries ever since. I vaguely recall being a library monitor at SGS and became interested again helping in school libraries when my kids started school!

David got a scholarship to the AIS (Australian Institute of Sport) in Canberra just before he turned 15 in 2001 to do archery, and after 4 years there, the highlights of which were him coming 3rd at the Open World Champs shot in Central Park in New York in 2003, and then representing AUS in Athens in 2004, he is now at home and at university. Bows and arrows were temporarily replaced by shot guns and rifles and a dirt bike and catching up on life after 4 years of nothing but archery, but he has surprised us by recently starting training again.

Michael enjoyed being an only child for 4 years (David used to be home only for about 6 weeks a year in total) but is coping with little brother being around and will next year finish uni and plans to travel. The two trips he has done trekking in Nepal and a hiking trip with mates in NZ have whet his appetite for travel much more than heading to France with us all to watch archery.

Phil enjoys sailboarding and we spend a lot of time at Goolwa at the mouth of the Murray River where we have a house. He is also into travelling (I am not – think I did too much as a kid going backwards and forwards from Fiji to the UK every few years) and is heading off to Antarctica for 3 weeks on a boat later this year. As when he went on his trips to Nepal, I'm quite content to stay at home and enjoy the peace.

My parents left Fiji in late 1979 and settled in Whangarei (NZ) so we visit there often. They keep in touch with many ex-Fiji people and mentioned that Colin Usher (ex-principle of SGS) died recently in NZ. I enjoy my current job in the library of one of the teaching hospitals in Adelaide. I do archery for fun and have proven David did not inherit his talent from the maternal side of his parentage! Much of my spare time is taken up being the Recorder for Archery Australia but I enjoy it immensely though wish it was paid. We have no plans to leave Adelaide. Phil was born in South Africa so with my background of UK and Fiji and his of South Africa and NZ, Adelaide, where we have lived for 25+ years and both our kids were born, is now considered to be our home.

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Wayne SANDAY

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Rosalyn SANERIVE  (now MORGAN)

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Simon SERU

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Alfred SIMPSON

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Ian SIMPSON

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Joe SIMPSON

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Kerry SIMPSON (Now BEDDOES)

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Laura SIMPSON

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Linda/Narelle/Elle SIMPSON

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Tamsy SIMPSON  (now GRIFFEN)

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Adrian SMITH

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Anne SMITH  ( now SAPHORE )

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Bevan SMITH

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Brent SMITH

brent@smithings.net

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David SMITH

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Michele SMITH (now COZZI)  

care of Donna Helmrich   drr@iprimus.com.au........

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Comments:
Like most others, I’m middle aged and wherever I’ve been I still consider Fiji my emotional home. My life’s journey has presented the usual ups and downs, but now I am pleased to report I am in good health, I have found my soul mate who helps me care for and cope with a 14 year old daughter. The only way to cover three decades plus since leaving SGS would have to be in dot points:

◙  After crashing ignominiously out of form six in 1972, I was dispatched to secretarial college in Sydney. My mother’s plan was to protect me from the clutches of an early and ill-advised marriage. It worked but, I did stumble into marriage later on.

◙  A year later I returned to Fiji to begin work - work being something a young girl did between parties and shopping. I flitted from Fiji Industries to Pearce & Co, then to Jardine Matheson and onto Pacific Harbour. Along the way I was Miss Hibiscus – a fact I have suppressed for 30 years and can only now admit to without feeling like an empty-headed bathing suit. My greatest career virtue in those days was I loved shorthand and could drive a manual typewriter and as anyone’s secretary, you could clock off at 4.30.

◙  Not long after the sudden death of my mother in 1977 I moved to Sydney - running away seemed a good option at the time. That turned into four happy years in Sydney where I was a regular at Fiji Day gatherings. I shared a flat with my brother Michael Smith and Jean Underhill and together we shared the odd bottle of tequila with a small community of single Sydney kai vitis nearby.

◙  By 1982 it felt like all my friends were getting married and getting mortgages and adventure called. After a lot of prodding the atlas I bought a one way ticket to Rome and disposed of my possessions. Most of my Italian 8 months was spent in Florence – I studied Italian if only to get a job and feed myself. It was here that I had my first taste of marketing - a path I’ve pursued since then and discovered I do have a brain. However as a single blonde in Italy I soon got sick of fending off gropers and decided it was time to move on. Through the coconut wireless I learned about a forthcoming job with the Fiji Mission at the UN, which I wanted but the trouble was it didn't start until four months.

◙ Late 1982 I headed to London for a few months working holiday to fill in the gap before the UN job. Fast forward and I never got to New York (until years later) but married an Englishman I’d known for just a few months. Another good idea at the time.

◙  Tim's job took us to Johannesburg for three years and when his contract ended in 1986 so did the marriage. Mercifully we had no children and no money to fight over. I found that divorce made me quite career oriented through necessity and fortunately I’d found something I loved to do and London had plenty of choice.

◙  Within a year I was blessed with a second chance – I met my Tony Cozzi. In 1990 we were married and the following year along came Amber and when she was two we moved from central London to West Sussex.

◙  As mature parents we began to do our sums and realised that when Amber turned 12 Tony would be 65 so thought a bit of forward planning might be in order. In 1996 when Amber was nearly five we opted for the ultimate tree change and moved from rural England to rural Queensland. We settled initially on the vineyard my father had started south of Stanthorpe but three years later bought our own five acres 10kms down the road.

◙  In June 2006 it will be ten years that we’ve been in Australia, during which time I’ve run my own “country practice” in marketing. After juggling a range of clients my current sole project is www.polocrosse.com.au/worldcup . Amber has just moved to boarding school for her final three years and Tony has now retired – they are the two great loves of my life.  I have much to be thankful for in my personal and professional life and amongst the things I value most is my childhood in Fiji. I have returned a number of times.

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Penny SMITH  (now Gardner)

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Bruce SNOWSILL

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Tony SNOWSILL

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Lynette SOUTHWICK

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Phillip SPANSWICK

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Luisiana SPEIGHT

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Sam (Jnr) SPEIGHT

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Craig STAUNTON

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Max STAUNTON

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Jasmin TAM

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Jeffery TAYLOR

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Regina TAYLOR

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Janice TENNET  (now MANSSON)

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Comments:    Hi Donna..... Amazing to hear all the things that have been happening in your life!! Yes I do remember perfecting our handstands and somewhere I have some photos of us doing handstands and those tricky pictures with 2 people that look like you are bent over with your legs next to your face (hard to describe!!) Where do I begin?? I finished my last year of school at St Hildas in Dunedin after SGS then went on to complete a BA at Victoria University in Wellington. It was there that I met and fell in love with Derek Macleod (a kiwi) and we married when I was just 18 and he was 21. I finished my degree at 19 and we shifted to Dunedin so that Derek could go to Teachers College and in Dunedin my daughter Melissa was born in 1973. We moved. to Nelson for a teaching position and my son Damon was born in 1976.

After that we had a career change and moved to Totaranui (Abel Tasman National Park) where Derek was a Park Ranger and I worked the summers as receptionist in the Park Office. It was a great place to bring up children, by the beach and surrounded with native bush, Melissa and Damon were on Correspondence School with me as their teacher for the years that we were there. We bought a piece of land in Golden Bay and built a house but unfortunately after that the marriage ended and I went to Wellington to do my own primary teacher training and my first job was back in Nelson at Appleby School. I had another short disastrous marriage to a Swedish man who needed to be married for NZ residence and for the last 10years I have been with Ricardo who is from Uruguay and we have built a special adobe (mud-brick) house in the country near Motueka, still in the Nelson district.

I teach new-entrant children at Birchwood School. My daughter lives in Christchurch and has 2 beautiful children, (my grandchildren) Luca and Lola. Damon has been living in Melbourne but is home at present and soon will take off on overseas travels. My Mum, Mavis Tennet lives close by and my Dad, Bert Tennet is in Dunedin. Both are in their 80s.  We have had 2 trips back to dear old Fiji but mostly doing the tourist things!! I have kept in touch with a few friends from Fiji and I must say its great to have all these new contacts but we need to arrange a reunion very soon!!
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Peter THOMSON

tho2597@bigpond.net.au

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Sue TODD (now GODDARD)

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buzzfiji@yahoo.co.uk

Year of Birth:  1957               Years in Fiji:

City/Country of Residence:  London  England   Post Code:

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Left Suva G.School 1970 (for boarding school in Whangarei, NZ)
Married for 25 years; no children; been living in England since 1986.

Family:
Father = Bob Todd (sometime bowls champion, Suva Bowling Club, ex CSR, deceased)
Mother = Barbara Cannon (formerly Todd, nee Coward; she went to Lautoka as a nurse in the early 1950s, met Bob, married and had three children; occasionally worked for Fiji Tourist Board when we lived in Suva; deceased 1998)

Brother = Bob Todd (married; 2 sons; now living in Sydney)
Sister = Pauline Tondl (married; 2 daughters, 1 son; now living western reaches of Sydney)

I will be in Fiji in September  (when the Fun in the Sun event is on)

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Cathy TRIPP (now KELLEY)

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c.kelley@research.uq.edu.au

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City/Country of Residence:  Brisbane   Post Code:

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Peceli TULELI

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Jean UNDERHILL