Volume 2 Number 4
CTC 90-year reunion
Engineer paves his way
Graduate comes home
An appropriate reunion
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Researcher shares vision around the world
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In brief...
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Engineer paves way for community
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Donation fond reminder of history
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Vicky still calls Australia her second home
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Old friends come together for reunion
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Betty reflects on prize-winning career
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Carl carves a significant life
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Education career comes full circle
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Jenni plans for prosperous future
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Keep in touch...
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Robin reaps rewards
CONTENTS
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A university for the real world
Some of you were no doubt present on Sunday June 28 for the highly successful reunion of Central Technical College graduates at QUT’s Gardens Point campus.
The timing and the venue for this occasion were both very appropriate.
The function was, in a sense, the first event in the major celebration of QUT and its predecessor institutions that will reach full flourish in 1999 — the 10th anniversary of the founding of QUT, and the 150th of our earliest predecessor, the Brisbane School of Arts.
And the Gardens Point campus is, of course, where CTC had its being for the half century or so of its existence, from 1908 to 1965.
I was delighted during the day to attend the re-opening of F Block, originally built for CTC in the 1910s as the wool classing building, and later also used to teach art, architecture and building
construction.
The renovated F Block preserves the architectural features of the structure while providing modern teaching and workshop facilities.
CTC has a unique place in QUT’s heritage — it was the major provider of technical and vocational education in Queensland during a crucial period in the State’s economic and social development.
The important part that its graduates, including many of those present at the reunion, have played in that development is testimony to its success.
I hope that the CTC reunion is one of many events celebrating QUT and its heritage as we head towards the anniversary year of 1999.
Professor Dennis Gibson Vice-Chancellor
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Cover: CTC graduate and former Director-General of Education Clyde Gilmour
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Researcher shares vision around the world
I t is a long way from being told your qualifications are inadequate for undertaking a masters, to winning an international research fellowship at Cambridge, but that’s how QIT graduate Professor Robert Hess’
career started.
“I completed my Associate Diploma of Optometry in 1970 — in the second graduating class for the course — and applied to do a Master of Science at another Australian university,”
Robert said.
“They didn’t think I was up to it — but that just strengthened my
determination.”
Robert did do his science masters — in optometry and neuropsychology — at the University of Aston in
Birmingham in the UK, followed by a PhD in visual perception at the University of Melbourne.
His career has continued on a steep upward trajectory and he is now an internationally-renowned researcher and the recipient of numerous scholarships, medals and fellowships.
“I received a nine-month Rotary International Scholarship to the Physiology Department at the
University of Cambridge in 1977-78 — and stayed 13 years,” he said.
His Cambridge career was funded by a five-year Meres Senior Fellowship for Medical Research at St John’s College, a research fellowship to Clare Hall, an Official Fellowship to St Catharine’s College and a Wellcome Trust Senior Lectureship in the Department of Physiology.
“The Wellcome Senior Lectureship was open to all people in Britain,”
Robert said.
“Of the 20 awarded to science, I was the only vision scientist to receive one.
“During my time at Cambridge, I was awarded two medals — one from the Royal College of Surgeons and one from the Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers — a London
organisation established about 500 years ago,” Robert said.
“I was very pleased to get that.
They’ve only awarded five medals in their long history.”
While at Cambridge, Robert founded and was editor-in-chief of the journal Clinical Vision Sciences which has since been amalgamated into Vision Research, the most influential
international vision research publication.
But, after 13 years in the hallowed halls of Cambridge, Robert felt the urge to move on.
“The opportunity arose to go to Canada to establish a new vision research centre at McGill University in Montreal. That was just too tempting!
“McGill is arguably the best university in Canada and has a very strong research base.”
At McGill, Robert established the vision research centre within the Department of Ophthalmology.
“It has worked very well. We now have about 20 staff and we’re thriving,”
he said.
“The centre is producing world- class work.”
While Robert doesn’t limit himself to one area, he is probably best recognised for his work on amblyopia, commonly known as
“lazy eye”.
His other special- interest fields include optic neuritis — one of the first stages of multiple sclerosis
— stereopsis and the electrophysiology of the eye.
His work has been assisted by three years of neurophysiology study at Cambridge.
Robert has returned to QUT’s School of
Optometry twice recently to pursue his research in
amblyopia with head of school Professor Leo Carney.
“We are using a new method of trying to quantify how the visual cortex is miswired,” Robert said.
“In Montreal we have just developed a new stimulus which allows a great deal of accuracy in understanding these incorrect connections.
“It’s being done for the first time here, and ideas for other applications have come directly from QUT.”
To date, Robert has published 130 papers, edited two books and written chapters in 11 others.
His career is a distinguished one which gives him enormous satisfaction.
“I love it,” he said. “Every day is new
— new problems, new ways of thinking about things. It’s as demanding as you can possibly get.”
“Every day is new — new problems, new ways of thinking about things.”
Visionary research ... Professor Robert Hess
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In brief...
NEW DEANS SETTLE IN
QUT’s newest deans are settling in well to their roles as heads of faculties, both of them having been at QUT for a number of years already.
Distinguished academic Dr Sandra Harding was recently appointed the new Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Business.
Professor Harding — a specialist in work and organisation, especially organisational change and development — was acting dean of the university’s largest faculty from September last year.
Meanwhile, Professor Graeme George has taken over the reigns in the Science Faculty, with a three-year contract, following the appointment of former dean Professor Vicki Sara as head of the Australian Research Council.
Professor George was previously professor in the School of Physical Sciences and director of research and postgraduate studies in the Faculty of Science.
COMMUNITY MEMBERS HONOURED
QUT awarded honorary doctorates to several valuable members of the community at graduation ceremonies in recent months.
The degree of Doctor of the University is an honorary award of the highest status in recognition of distinguished service to education and/or the community.
The doctorates were bestowed on:
• educator and lead singer/
songwriter for the band Yothu Yindi, Mandawuy Yunupingu;
• BJ Byrne Properties director Betty Byrne Henderson; and
• Faculty of Education visiting scholar John Dwyer.
QUT MOURNS PASSING OF TWO GREATS
QUT staff and past students were saddened to hear of the death of two outstanding contributors to the university.
Dr Jack Parkinson, a former lecturer at Central Technical College and former councillor, deputy chairman and chairman of QIT Council, died in June.
He received an OBE in 1984 and retired from Council in the same year and, in 1994, became the first person to be made an honorary Doctor of the University for outstanding services and contributions.
A graduate of the University of Queensland in 1952, Dr Parkinson ran his own architectural firm, H J Parkinson Pty Ltd, from 1961 until his retirement in 1984.
Emeritus Professor Tom Heath, a former Dean of QIT and QUT’s Faculty of Built Environment, passed away in May.
Professor Heath was the author of two books and numerous papers on architecture and design and was the University Professor of Design and Director of the Research Concentration in Design and Construction Studies after his retirement in 1990.
GRADUATE GETS FREE REIGN
A workplace health and safety package designed by a QUT graduate to help make the racing sector safer was launched at the Doomben 10,000 race meeting in May.
Applied science (occupational health and safety) graduate Danielle Cox developed and wrote the package as part of her role as a racing industry project officer with the
Department of Training and Industrial Relations.
Danielle’s degree and her experience as a racehorse strapper made her the obvious choice for the job.
The package includes a booklet, Managing Health and Safety in the Racing Industry, and two brochures — Safety at Work for Trainers and Safety at Work for Stable Hands.
DESIGN INDUSTRY RECOGNISES TALENT
QUT graduates from the Faculty of Built Environment and Engineering have designs on top overseas jobs after winning major industry awards recently.
Craig Hicks, Roland Porst, Scott Wilson and Scot Farley have taken out three major prizes at the 1997 Industrial Design Awards.
Craig, who graduated with a Graduate Diploma in Industrial Design, was awarded the Cullen & Co Design Innovation Prize for his umbilical cord blood- extraction device.
Scott Wilson and Scot Farley were joint winners of the Australian Design Awards Student Prize.
Scott Wilson’s award also made a major contribution to the haematology industry with his design for safe blood-handling practices.
Scot Farley’s award- winning design, the “bio- fouling remover”,
concentrated on removing the environmental risks involved in the removing of barnacles and algae from boat hulls.
Professor Sandra Harding
Mandawuy Yunupingu
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Roland Porst won the Design Institute of Australia award for overall
performance.
ARTIST GRADUATES FROM NUMBERS TO COLOUR
While career changes are not unusual, few would be as dramatic as that of QUT graduate Peter Bonner, who transformed himself from corporate accountant to prize-winning artist.
Peter began part-time painting studies while pursuing a high-flying career in corporate accounting in London and, just six years later in 1997, he won the prestigious Dobell Prize for Drawing.
While Peter’s work has been shown in regional and metropolitan galleries around Australia, his first Queensland exhibition did not take place until May this year.
A group of business colleagues calling themselves the “Friends of PB” banded together to stage the Brisbane exhibition to bring Peter’s work back to his home state, and sold half of the 100 pieces on display.
Through a scholarship and the funds raised from his exhibition, Peter is now heading to the New York Studio School to further his dream.
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Engineer paves way for community
B uilding roads and bridges may have been graduate Alan Davie’s initial engineering focus, but the physical has now broadened to include the social, and Alan’s constructions span diverse community wants and needs.
As the Queensland and Pacific manager of Sinclair Knight Merz (an international engineering technology consultancy), Alan has seen his career grow to reflect the needs of an increasingly discerning public.
“When I first started engineering, I thought it revolved around roads and bridges,” Alan said.
“I didn’t realise the profound impact that an engineer and ‘engineering’ could have on so many aspects of society.
“Environmental, social and economic issues are very much part of the fabric of modern engineering. As engineers, we have to be attuned to the needs of our client base and of society as a whole.”
Alan’s Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) degree, which he obtained from QIT in 1974, was supported by a Mt Isa Mines scholarship.
“After graduating, I accepted a position with Sinclair Knight and Partners — as the company was then —
“The work we did in the ’70s was groundbreaking stuff when people were first becoming aware of the importance of the environment.
“Today’s environmental impact studies have changed tremendously, and our company has developed leading-edge environmental assessment technologies — methods of
incorporating community consultation and of technically analysing
the assessments.”
In 1979, Alan was seconded to the Commonwealth Department of Housing and Construction.
“The project involved works associated with the proposed new Brisbane Airport, specifically moving 12 million tonnes of sand from Moreton Bay onto the site,” he said.
From there, Alan moved to Sydney, London and back to Ayr in Queensland.
“While in Sydney in 1980, I broadened my education base by doing a QUT Graduate Diploma in Urban and Regional Planning,” he said.
“In the UK I worked mainly in the area of port- and wharf-related projects with the company Posford Pavry and Partners.
“Back in Australia, as senior planner in Sinclair Knight & Partners’ Ayr office, I undertook tourism and town planning projects with the Burdekin, Bowen and Gympie Councils.”
Alan returned to the company’s Brisbane office in 1984 as associate and executive planner responsible for a range of tourism, urban, regional, statutory and environmental planning studies
throughout the State.
This was followed by a very rewarding time as a director of Sinclair Knight & Partners on secondment as development manager for several major projects for a Gold Coast developer.
“One of my most challenging project management commissions was
building a small resort in the middle of the Pacific Ocean,” he recalled.
“All the materials had to be constructed and manufactured in Australia, loaded into containers, shipped to the resort, dumped in the water and retrieved.
“There was no fresh water at the site, so we created our own desalination plant on the island.”
In 1994, Sinclair Knight merged with Merz Australia to form Sinclair Knight Merz, a company of around 800 people. Today SKM has grown to around 1,700 and has global visions.
Like his company’s activities, Alan’s career has also metamorphosised into something far beyond the roads and bridges he first envisaged.
“In my current role as Queensland and Pacific branch manager, my function has progressed beyond being a carer of the environment to a carer of the company,” he said.
“My kids often ask me what I did at work today. On reflection, I guess I say,
‘I solved some problems, put out a few fires and helped others get on with their jobs’.
“One of the things I really like about Sinclair Knight Merz is that it’s a company of opportunities — the opportunities are presented and the company culture encourages you to take them on.
“That’s also what I like about engineering.”
and immediately began working on environmental impact studies for major resource developments, including alumina refineries, coal mines and power stations.
“This prompted me to undertake a QIT Graduate Diploma in Environmental Engineering, which I completed in 1977.
“Environmental, social and economic issues are very much part of the fabric of modern engineering.”
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QUT Alumni can take advantage of a growing number of services and facilities QUT has to offer, including:
Facilities for hire – facilities for meetings, functions and other activities are available for hire, including: classrooms and lecture theatres; dance, drama and visual arts studios (at Kelvin Grove); theatres;
gymnasiums, ovals and tennis courts;
support services (including
audiovisual equipment, catering and refectory facilities); and more. For details, phone (07) 3864 2888.
Health clinics – the Faculty of Health runs three health clinics at Kelvin Grove which alumni can utilise, including the Optometry Clinic (07 3864 5695), Podiatry Clinic (07 3864 5652) and Weight Management Clinic operated by the School of Human Movement Studies (07 3864 5819).
Parking is available for clinic patients.
Library benefits –␣Alumni can apply for associate membership of the QUT Library at a discounted rate. This membership offers borrowing privileges for $75 a year.
QUT Student Guild Fitness and sports centres – The QUT Student Guild’s fitness centres are open to the public and offer competitive rates. These centres offer gym, aerobics, circuit training and pump. For more information, phone (07) 3864 2945 (Gardens Point), (07) 3864 3710 (Kelvin Grove) or (07) 3864 4716 (Carseldine).
The QUT Student Guild’s Joint Sports Centre at Gardens Point also offers discounts to alumni. It has a pool and squash courts, and offers programs such as adult and children’s swimming classes, and aqua-aerobics. Contact the Alumni office on (07) 3864 1837 for an Alumni Membership card and letter of introduction.
Electronic media production services –␣QUT’s Electronic Media Production unit undertakes commercial work in all aspects of electronic media, for instance making videos.
A co-location deal with CITEC means EMP clients have access to interactive satellite television production and broadcasting facilities, as well as video- conferencing services. For more information, phone (07) 3864 2207.
Continuing education courses and conference management – the Continuing Professional Education unit offers professional development, vocational support and continuing professional education courses.
Through CPE, employers can also access the specialist expertise of academics for tailor-made design and presentation training programs.
Conference management services are also available. For more information e-mail [email protected] or call (07) 3864 2196 or (07) 3864 3354.
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Money collected through the National Visa Card then goes towards the QUT Endowment Fund, which will be used towards university priorities, such as scholarships, research and teaching capabilities. For an
application form contact, QUT Alumni on (07) 3864 2821.
Services and facilities for QUT Alumni A recent donation to QUT has
proved a valuable asset in more ways than one.
Draftsperson and former Central Technical College (CTC) student and staff member Ed Fisher has given the university hundreds of old drawings — including some of the original Gardens Point buildings — as well as an old Stanley drawing machine.
Ed said many staff and past students had expressed an interest in the drawings and some of the drawings had proved useful for reference in current building projects and renovations.
Several drawings are an excellent record of the old campus layout and buildings, many of which have since been demolished.
Ed said that, while he was working for the CTC, the drafting office had
relocated several times and every move meant more old equipment and drawings were thrown away.
“I couldn’t let them throw away these old drawings or the Stanley drawing machine so I took them home,”
he said. “I am returning them rather than donating them.”
The Stanley is an old parallel drawing machine that was used before Ed worked at CTC and he described it as being of considerable historical value.
“At first I thought I could give the drawings to a museum and then I thought the university might be interested in them,” he said.
“In fact, they were very keen to have them and displayed some of the drawings at the CTC 90-year reunion.”
Ed said he had worked on the original architecture building (D Block)
during the 1960s and he was
“astonished” that it was being replaced.
“The CTC was very old fashioned, even in those days,” he said.
“I actually worked in the old B Block which had a big semi-circular stone balustrade at the front,” he said.
Both the original B and C Blocks have since been demolished and have been replaced with the new B Block.
During his career, Ed has worked on several well-known buildings around Brisbane, many of which have since been demolished including UK Motors at Herston and several industrial buildings.
He now works on a contractual basis for companies such as Energex
and Telstra.
Donation fond
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Your thought will make a real difference
By thinking of QUT in your will, you can make a real difference to research and teaching programs which directly benefit the community.
In health, for example, QUT researchers have made strong, practical contributions to our understanding of leukaemia, Ross River virus, diabetes and cancer.
QUT scholarships too, help bright students become outstanding professionals with their feet firmly on the ground.
If you’d like to make a real difference, contact Sharon Norris, QUT Development Office, on (07) 3864 1833.
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Vicky still calls Australia her second home
N ow living and working back in her home country, Taiwan, QUT graduate Vicky Liu maintains close ties with Australia.
“No matter where I go, I will call Oz my second home,” she said.
A Bachelor of Business Computing graduate, Vicky attributes her present position — as a project manager with Taiwan’s Institute for Information Industry (III) — to the “very good foundations” established through her studies at QUT.
Building on those foundations, she is managing an international co-operative education program between QUT and III, which is one of Taiwan’s largest IT bodies and its second largest information service provider.
Earlier this year, the Faculty of Information Technology formalised an agreement with the institute through which QUT is helping conduct a Certificate of Information Technology course in Taiwan.
It was the first time a joint venture between Taiwan industry and an Australian educational institution had been established.
The first group of students entered the program in July and a significant percentage of successful students are expected to apply for a second-year place in the Bachelor of Information Technology program at QUT from 1999.
Postgraduate students can also do their first-semester introduction module at III for six months and, after
successful completion, can apply for a second-semester place in the QUT’s Master of Information Technology course.
Recalling her early years as a student at QUT, Vicky said they were “very precious”
to her.
“Not only did I gain lots of experience and overcome the obstacles involved in living and studying in a different culture and environment, but I also made many dear friends,” she said.
Vicky said she visited Australia regularly to see her “precious ‘adopted’
Australian mother who plays a very important role in my life”.
She first came to Australia in 1989 to study information technology at QUT, initially undertaking an ELICOS (English language) course, the Academic Preparatory Program.
“I had to practise my English diligently, as well as concentrating on my business and computer course studies,”
Vicky said.
“My Australian mother would help me and she emphasised how important it was to understand the language.
“She was always there to give a helping hand, whether it was checking several dictionaries or even contacting the John Oxley Library for assistance.”
Today, nearly 10 years on, Vicky is still setting educational goals and plans to begin a masters course next year through QUT and a PhD in the next five years.
Vicky said, based on her own goals, she had some words of advice to offer prospective students: “Be faithful to what you aim for, with study, work, love and life.”
Vicky Liu
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I t was a day of reminiscence and reflection, as more than 700 people surged onto QUT’s Gardens Point campus to celebrate the Central Technical College (CTC) 90-year reunion on June 28.
Former students and staff, along with their friends and families came together to remember life at Gardens Point the way it was when CTC — one of QUT’s predecessor institutions — was based there, and to reflect on how things had changed.
Celebrations included an opening ceremony (held twice to accommodate the capacity crowds) in the QUT Theatre, during which Chancellor Dr Cherrell Hirst welcomed CTC graduates and staff, and presented an alumni certificate to the CTC’s oldest- known graduate, Walter Kerrison.
QUT Vice-Chancellor Professor Dennis Gibson took graduates on a trip down memory lane, speaking about the history of QUT and of education in Queensland.
After the ceremony and lunch, CTC graduate and former Director-General of Education Clyde Gilmour officially re-opened F Block. The building was a part of the CTC and has recently been refurbished.
Following the opening, guests had a chance to inspect the renovation and visit faculty, history, memorabilia, library, science and alumni displays.
A special feature of the day was an exhibition of artworks by students and staff of the CTC (two of the artists featured, Betty Quelhurst and Carl McConnell, are profiled in this issue of QUT Links).
For many, the most poignant part of the day was the showing of a video of CTC graduates and former staff sharing their everyday memories of the place and the city precinct.
Graduate Graham Drummond —
␣ Chief Executive of Allgas Energy and chairperson of the CTC reunion
Old friends come together for reunion
committee — recalled “joining the procession down George Street for 6pm lectures”.
“The four pubs which were located between Queen Street and Alice Street meant sometimes we didn’t quite make it,” he said.
Fellow graduates Stephen Trotter and Keith Hilless had fond memories of
“The Kiosk” (now in the City Botanic Gardens) — an important culinary landmark in many graduates’ reflections.
Keith recalled a time when the
“powers-that-be” had to ask students to return their milkshake containers to the kiosk, after the owner had charged a deposit for them.
“Students thought if they were paying a deposit, they effectively owned the milkshake containers. Within about a day and a half, the guy at the kiosk had no means to make milkshakes,” he said.
Aside from the amusing anecdotes, the CTC was a place of hard work.
Most of the students studied at night, and usually worked full-time.
This tradition has carried on to influence the culture of QUT, where around 30 per cent of students study part-time and the evening procession down George Street still occurs (although there are fewer hotels for students to pass).
Brian Burke, Certificate in Survey Drafting Engineering
Richard Kissick, Cabinet making and furniture design graduate (now a nurse at the Royal Brisbane Hospital)
Lexie Smiles, Art teachers’ diploma Bob Warren, Certificate in Building
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L ike many artists, it can take Betty a long time to finish her works and, even when they are complete, she “still finds little mistakes”.
“A tiny brush stroke can make an enormous difference to a painting,”
Betty said.
For this reason, she still has many works (in progress) hanging in her Tugun studio by the sea on the Gold Coast.
Winnning her first art prize at 11, Betty went on to study for a Diploma in Applied Art at the CTC and to win several awards, including the Wattle League Scholarship and the Floral Carpet Design prize.
One of the highlights of her early artistic career was three years of painting training at the National Gallery School in Melbourne with Sir William Dargie.
She continued to impress her peers and won the Hugh Ramsay Portrait Prize, the Sari Levi Prize for Most Outstanding Student and the Half Dozen Group Scholarship that allowed her to continue her studies at the National Gallery School.
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Betty reflects on
prize-winning career
In 1951, after years of saving her money, Betty fulfilled every young artist’s dream and went overseas for two years where she studied at Le Grande Chaumiere in Paris, visited all the major galleries and completed 20 paintings depicting the French capital in all seasons.
“I lived on bread and cheese and kept all my paintings small because I had to carry them in my backpack,” she said.
Betty returned to Australia in 1954 and began teaching. She then became an art instructor with the Education Department at CTC and the College of Art at Morningside where she worked for 35 years.
During this period Betty opened her first studio, The Yellow Door, at Clayfield.
She then won the Johnsonian Prize and the Redcliffe Art Prize and visited country towns to deliver adult education programs and taught housewives at her Clayfield studio.
Since retiring in 1985, Betty has continued to paint and has moved from The Red Hibiscus Studio to the Atelier 4 Studio, both at Tugun.
Her works have included Gold Coast subjects, single figure compositions, works for the Moran Portrait Prize, environmental studies and entries for Jupiters Gold Coast Prize.
Betty’s work is in the Queensland Art Gallery, on permanent display at the Tweed RSL, Ipswich RSL and at the University of Queensland’s Emmanuel College, where her Archibald Prize entry portrait is displayed.
She has recently gifted three works to the QUT Art Collection under the Cultural Gifts Program and these were included in the special CTC
Reunion Exhibition.
Betty said she was now planning for a 50-year retrospective of her work.
Living in an art gallery of her own works gives well-known painter and former Central Technical College (CTC) student and teacher Betty Quelhurst a chance to continually review her work.
Pictured right:
Betty Quelhurst
A-type portrait.
Indian Girl, 1958
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R egarded as a master craftsperson, and one of the most significant potters to have emerged in Queensland during the post-war period, Carl Russell McConnell always wanted to be an artist.
However, he said, as a very young child he did not want to be a potter, but a sculptor and — growing up in Illinois in the US — he often carved avocado seeds and let them dry out and shrink to become “heads of old men”.
Now 72 years young, and semi- retired, Carl resides with his wife Bernice (affectionately known as Bunny) on the Gold Coast at a very appropriate address for an artist, Drysdale Place, Paradise Point.
Over a 20-year period, Carl has had a close association with Academy of the Arts staff at what is now QUT, and he recently attended a reunion of artists and Central Technical College (CTC) graduates as part of the college’s 90th anniversary celebrations.
Carl’s association with QUT has also continued through his children as his son Phillip was a former student and lecturer at QIT and his youngest son, Russell, also graduated from QIT.
Carl began his study at CTC in 1948 under “unusual circumstances”.
Being a former member of the US Navy he was entitled to certain privileges.
“When I came over here, I had accumulated 35 years of free training under an ex-servicemen’s scheme funded by the American Government,”
Carl said.
“I had met the head of the CTC Art School, Cyril Gordon Gibbs, who knew I had trained at the Chicago Art Institute and offered me a study place at the college.
“At that time, Cyril, as head of school, was getting a salary of £4.17.6 a week and — under the American government scheme — to train here, I got £22 a week.
“It was good money in those days, so that’s why I went to college as a student. I couldn’t get a job that paid that much.
“Gibbs was really my mentor. I didn’t have to attend classes and he gave me a room where I could work and carve marble and do anything I wanted.”
Carl’s list of
acquaintances and friends range from academics and fellow artists, like Brisbane-based sculptor George Virine,
to Archbishops.
The former
Archbishop of Brisbane, James Duhig, was an admirer of Carl’s work.
“We were good friends, and he would visit me at my humble
house at Norman Park in a limousine accompanied by a couple of parish priests and we would listen to classical music for hours,” Carl said.
Carl’s student days at CTC ended in 1951 when he returned to the US
— breaking the rules of his funding scheme.
On his return to Brisbane in 1952, Carl was back at CTC but this time as a part-time instructor in sculpture.
He said his experiences at the college were a very important part of his life.
“In fact it took up too many years of my life but really, when I look back, I did love the school and the people there,” Carl said.
“I think it was Galileo who said you can’t teach a man anything, you can only help him to find it within himself.”
As for being called a master artist, Carl says, “that’s just from solid slugging;
Carl carves a significant life
Carl Russel McConnell
99 per cent perspiration and 1 per cent inspiration — it’s hard work”.
Carl has experimented widely over the years in every phase of ceramics from Raku to translucent porcelain.
In 1955, he produced the first wood- fired stoneware in Queensland. He also introduced Raku to Brisbane.
Although not active in the area of art any more, Carl has a workroom at his home and a couple of kilns in the toolshed.
He said his new interest was jade and he was planning a trip to New Zealand to visit some potters there and explore jade carving.
Looking back on his artistic life, Carl said: “I don’t think anything has changed except that now I can afford
to sit back and watch what’s happening elsewhere.”
“There is certainly room to
move on.”
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T here was a pleasing sense of completing the circle when fomer Director-General of Education Clyde Gilmour recently attended the 90-year reunion of his former college, the Central Technical College (CTC).
The CTC reunion on June 28 marked almost 60 years of involvement between Clyde and QUT through its predecessor organisations CTC and QIT.
His first connection was as a student, completing a CTC Diploma in
Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, in 1955.
“I had started a fitting and turning apprenticeship and, in the second year, enrolled in the engineering diploma,”
Clyde said. “This changed my focus from a technical approach to an academic approach.
“But the war intervened and, in 1943, I joined the Royal Australian Air Force and ended up flying in
Lancaster bombers.
“Back home in 1946, I finished my apprenticeship, completed the CTC diploma, did matriculation for university and, under the Services’ rehabilitation program, undertook a science degree at the University of Queensland.
“Later, while doing my engineering degree part-time, I was appointed as an instructor in engineering at CTC, teaching five nights a week and studying during the day.
“Teaching at CTC felt good. I enjoyed it because I had a rapport with the students, and I had a sympathy with them knowing what it was like to work all day and come to college at night.
“On completing my engineering degree, I was appointed to the lecturing staff at UQ.”
In 1962, with that circular sense of destiny, Clyde was appointed principal of CTC.
“This was a complete break with normal procedures, because I was an
‘outsider’, but someone with an
industrial background as well as with academic qualifications was wanted and I fitted the bill,” he said.
“I was in the position for 12 months, spending five months travelling internationally coming to grips with the latest teaching methods and course structures specifically for engineering- type degrees.”
In a rapid-fire promotion, Clyde was appointed State Director of Technical Education in 1963. In this position he revitalised diploma-level education to raise it to a professionally- acceptable level.
“My stipulation was the courses first had to meet the academic level required by the professional associations and, secondly, the requirements of industry and commerce,” he said.
“The courses we developed proved extremely successful, particularly because the lecturing staff were not only
academically qualified, but had hands-on experience as professionals in industry and commerce, which I felt was very important.
“This was the beginning of the
‘institute of technology’ concept in Queensland, which has now become so successful.”
From technical education, Clyde moved into overall education with his appointment as Deputy Director-General of Education and, in 1976, to the State’s top education position, Director-General of Education.
Clyde retired in 1983, leaving a legacy of innovative, cutting-edge change — bringing his old alma mater up to the minute, firstly with technical education, then broadening its teaching range to
degree status as QIT. In 1989, he saw his protégée bloom into full university standing as QUT.
His distinguished career in and commitment to education and the community has won Clyde several accolades.
The Society of Mechanical Engineers of Australia awarded him the bronze star medallion for Australia for outstanding contribution to science and engineering in 1972, and Rotary bestowed its highest honour on him by making him a Paul Harris Fellow.
Clyde was awarded the Companion of the Imperial Services Order in 1984, and made a Member of the Order of Australia in 1994.
He is a well-known local figure in the Redlands community where he lives and, particularly since his retirement, has worked strenuously toward providing compassionate care and services for the elderly in his area.
Education career comes full circle
Former Director-General of Education Clyde Gilmour
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Jenni plans for
prosperous future
T here is no better career to consider than one in which you will always be guaranteed a job, according to QUT business accountancy graduate Jenni Erbel.
Jenni originally studied to be a teacher, then became a bank employee, but today is a joint director of a flourishing Brisbane-based training and financial services provider — an area which she feels will always provide employment opportunities.
Along with Nina Webster, Jenni is co-director of the 18-month-old fir m, Paraplanning Professionals, which is active in a number of areas including the training of university graduates to enter the field of financial planning.
“You have to remember that the baby-boomers are starting to retire and
the greatest amount of wealth is sitting with these people,” Jenni said.
“Therefore, the need for retirement planning over the next few decades is paramount.
“These people have to realise they will need to live off what they are getting now, rather than spending what they earn, as there won’t be a
government pension for most.”
Jenni said paraplanners were a new breed of professionals who were contributing to the growth of the financial services industry. They worked out strategies and the best scenarios for financial advisers’ clients to pursue.
“Paraplanning today is like the accounting profession was 40 years ago, when an accountant’s business grew and special support staff were gradually
Jenni Erbel has found herself, and others, work in a booming field
introduced to accommodate for the time spent with more clients.
“Financial planning is now very technical and analytical, involving a number of facets to arrive at the best formula for financial advisers’ clients.”
Jenni said her studies at QUT had laid the foundation for her current position.
“A practical education makes it so much different and more rewarding to (just getting) theoretical information,”
Jenni said.
“We are duplicating this aspect in the training provided by the firm — where the people who lectured me at QUT were actually working in the field, and examples given were from real life rather than theory.”
Jenni said the concept of her business was unique because no other company in Australia supplied, recruited, trained and contracted permanent and temporary staff for financial planning services.
“We have enlisted a good few former QUT students with a variety of degrees including engineering, mathematics, law and business,” Jenni said. “QUT is well- regarded and is seen to be a practical university, which is an advantage.
“We don’t have enough of these people to fill the demand.”
However, Jenni said, the company was trying to restrict its growth.
“We would probably have 10 to 15 calls a day for recruitment and most of our courses are full so, if anything, we are turning work away,” Jenni said.
“We want to provide a quality service. One of our challenges is to remain focused on what we are doing.”
“Financial planning is now
very technical and analytical,
involving a number of facets”
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Alumni Directory
Thank you to all graduates who expressed an interest in the Alumni Directory late last year. Since the beginning of this year, QUT has doubled its graduate database and it will double again by the end of 1998. We are committed to finding and involving as many of our graduates as possible.
Because of the interest of newly found graduates, we have considered it prudent to postpone the directory, in order to give all Alumni the opportunity to participate and to provide a better directory for you. Why not check out these on-line directories at other universities and let us know what you think?
http://www.xu.onlinecommunity.com/
http://www.mindspring.com/~unews/unews/alumni.html http://www.furman.edu/admin/alumni/
Daniel McDiarmid, Manager QUT Development e-mail: [email protected]
Greg Adamski BBus(Accy) 1983
Greg is managing director/software developer of The Soft Approach, Mt Ousley. (02) 4285 1997.
Cathy Allen BA 1986; GradDipEd (Sec-Humanities) 1990 Cathy is vocational education co-ordinator at St Peter Claver College, Riverview.
(07) 3282 3500.
Alan Angell DipPharm 1948
Now retired, Alan can be contacted on (07) 4162 1253.
Sandra Angus BSocSc 1993
Sandra is co-ordinator of the Australian Indigenous Health Promotion Network and a lecturer with the Department of Public Health at Sydney University.
(07) 3880 0897.
Rohan Armstrong LLB 1989
Rohan is a litigation solicitor and partner with Roberts Leu and North, Townsville, where he has worked for the past 15 years.
(07) 4721 3413.
Robyn Bailey BNursing 1992
Robyn is a registered nurse working at the Princess Alexandra Hospital’s haemodialysis unit.
(07) 3240 2731.
Gregory Becconsall BAppSc(ConstMgt) 1992
Gregory is a design co-ordinator with Multiplex Constructions Qld Pty Ltd, working on the Prince Charles Hospital redevelopment.
(07) 3220 1166.
Charles Blume DipPharm 1958
Charles is director of pharmacy at Roma Hospital and advisor to the Roma District Health Service.
(07) 4622 3569.
Stephanie Bourke LLB 1992; GradDipLegalPrac 1993 Stephanie, a planning officer with Brisbane City Council, is completing town planning studies to combine with her legal experience in local government.
(07) 3403 6099.
Jacquie Brown BBus(Marketing) 1990;
GradDipComn 1993
Jacquie is account manager with Grey Advertising Australia, Melbourne. (03) 9208 1934.
Peter James Brown AssocDipBltEnv 1984; BArch 1989 Peter established Peter Brown Architect & Associates in 1991.
Since then the firm has established a sound core of commercial, retail and residential clients and has completed a variety of projects in the Brisbane and Sunshine Coast/
Gold Coast regions.
(07) 3392 1822.
Garry Bryant
BBus(HlthSc) 1988; GradDipQual 1993
Garry is director of the Health Information Management Unit with West Moreton District Health Service. (07) 3810 1110.
Karen Buckley (nee Faulkner) BEd(In-Service) 1981
Karen is teaching at Aspley East State School. (07) 3264 2866.
Henry Burke DipPharm 1954
Henry is proprietor of Harry Burke Chemist, Ipswich.
(07) 3281 1222.
Kym-Marie Bush GradDipLegalPrac 1993 Kym-Marie is working in a multidisciplinary legal practice, Kerin & Co Lawyers, North Quay.
(07) 3236 3933.
David Byers LLB 1990
David is director of corporate services with Mobil Oil Australia, Melbourne. (03) 9252 3279.
James Callum DipEng(Civ) 1964
James is manager — civil and transportation — with Gutteridge Haskins & Davey, Brisbane.
(07) 3258 3600 or [email protected] Malcolm Catchpole BBltEnv 1992; BArch 1996 Malcolm is as an aged-care facilities consultant with the Queensland Department of Public Works & Housing — Project Services, responsible for the production of a national assessment document for the Commonwealth review of aged- care facilities. (07) 3225 8137.
Joan Claringbould AssocDipVisArts 1983
Joan is a weaver with The Dozen Weavers, St Lucia, who are celebrating their 10th year as a group in November.
(07) 3870 8111.
Guy Clarke LLB 1993; MBA 1997
Guy is business manager for the Queensland Institute of Business &
Technology, Mt Gravatt Campus of Griffith University.
(07) 3875 6828.
Theo Conomos BBus(Mgt) 1995
Theo works for Woolworths, Garden City, as assistant store manager. (07) 3343 8699.
Michael Costello BBus(Accy) 1989
Michael is company accountant with Finlayson Timber &
Hardware Pty Ltd, Brisbane.
(07) 3393 0588.
Tony Crilly LLB 1988
Tony is principal of Crilly & Teare, Maroochydore, a commercial practice established in 1995. He is looking for young lawyers with four years experience in leases, business transfers, franchising and property matters. (07) 5443 6788.
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Therese Daddow BAppSc(QuantSurv) 1995
Therese is a site engineer for Bovis Australia and is working on the Carindale Shopping Centre project. (07) 3843 5488.
Greg Davy BBus 1995
Greg is a project officer for Workforce Options which recently won an employment services contract to supply entry-level training services to apprentices and trainees in all industries.
(07) 3872 4241.
Stephen Davison AssocDipDance 1991 Stephen recently won a part in Chicago which opened in Melbourne on July 1. He has been in many other musicals such as Little Shop of Horrors.
(07) 3277 6323 or (07) 3208 1263.
Wendy Davidson LLB 1990
Wendy is practising in media and defamation law plus banking and finance law, with Thynne &
Macartney, Brisbane.
(07) 3231 8831.
Joy Dougherty
GradDipLibSc 1985; PhD 1996 Joy is joint manager of The Women’s Bookshop, Highgate Hill, which she took over with two colleagues earlier this year.
(07) 3844 6650.
Virginia Dredge DipEd 1989; BEd 1993
Virginia, a music specialist teacher, previously taught in Mount Isa and Blackwater but is now teaching in the South Burnett area based in Kingaroy. (07) 4162 1432.
Ros Dryden GradDipHlthSc 1997 Since leaving QUT, Ros has completed her Master of Health Rural and Remote at USQ, and works as a dietitian-nutritionist at St Vincent’s Hospital, Toowoomba.
(07) 4690 4000 extension 4111.
Gale Duffield DipPharm 1954
Gale is currently working at Nambour General Hospital.
(07) 5470 6744 or [email protected] Audrey Dunn (nee Moss) DipArts 1943
A former art teacher with CTC, Audrey can be contacted on (07) 3378 7615.
Neville Edmiston DipPharm 1948
Neville’s pharmacy career has included conducting his own businesses in conjunction with holding positions in the Pharmacy Guild of Australia (he was president of the Queensland Branch from 1970 to 1975). He is director of studies for The Theory of Homeopathic Medicine for Community Pharmacy.
(07) 3394 2845 or [email protected] Barry Elms
BBus(Accy) 1976
Barry is senior partner with Elms Lazurko, Noosaville
(07) 5474 0711.
Ken England BAppSc(AppChem) 1976
Ken is an examiner with the Patent Office, Woden. (02) 6283 2292.
John Engwirda CertBlg 1965
John is managing director of John Engwirda Pty Ltd, Burleigh Heads.
(07) 5535 1275.
Peter Fardoulys DipMech&ElecEng 1956
Peter lectured part-time at CTC and QIT in engineering drawing and design from 1957 to 1974 and established his company, Peter Fardoulys Constructions, in 1976.
He is national vice-president of the Australian Institute of Building.
(07) 3397 0511.
Paul Fazey
BAppSc 1987; GradDipCompSc 1991 After working for 10 years with PGH, in heavy clay technology, Paul was invited earlier this year to join the research team at the
University of Queensland Glass Centre. His son, Thomas, was born on April 17 this year.
0414 719 926.
Rachael Field
LLM (Research) — Honours 1997 Rachael is a new associate lecturer with the Faculty of Law.
(07) 3892 2259.
Colin Flannery
LLB 1987; GradDipLegalPrac 1988 Colin is now working in Georgia, US, as legal counsel for
Schlumberger Industries Inc.
+ (770) 417 3725.
Martin Fleming DipPharm 1956
Martin is manager of the MDC Pharmacy, Brisbane.
(07) 3236 1008.
Garry Franke CertAdvBld 1972
Garry is managing director of Garry Franke Constructions.
(07) 3376 3375.
Alon Gainford DipPharm 1952
Alon is managing director of Medi-Hair, Toowong.
(07) 3371 8333.
Helen Gambley BBus(Accy) 1993
After graduating, Helen studied for her Graduate Diploma of Library and Information Studies at the University of Tasmania. She is currently a librarian with Hopgood & Ganim, Brisbane.
(07) 3234 7779.
Chris Gillott LLB 1996
Chris is a solicitor with Colin Fleming & Co, Rockhampton.
(07) 4926 1858.
David Goodall CertCivEng 1975
David is project engineer with Water Treatment Australia Pty Ltd, focusing on the augmentation of municipal water and sewerage plants. (07) 4168 5842.
Sharon Gould BAppSc — Honours 1998
Sharon is an assistant scientist with PanBio Pty Ltd. (07) 3357 1177.
Tanya Griffiths BEd — Honours 1996
Tanya is a supply teacher in the greater Manchester area of the UK, where her husband was transferred for two years. + (161) 877 5588.
Steve Groen BAppSc — Honours 1993
Steve, a project geologist, spent the first four years after his honours degree in Mount Isa with CRA Exploration/Rio Tinto. He has just moved to Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd, another Rio Tinto company, working with the resources taskforce at Dampier.
(08) 9143 5239.
Le Neve Groves DipTeach 1985
Le Neve is principal of the ABC Early Childhood Training College which is upgrading its facilities at Creek Street, Brisbane.
(07) 3217 6554.
Janet Ham BSocSc 1996
Working as a counsellor in private practice on the southside, Janet enjoys working with people who are dealing with abuse or trauma.
She also runs a recovery group.
07) 3219 1583.
Krista Harper (nee Klease) BBus 1992
Krista is a human resources co- ordinator with Alphapharm Pty Ltd, Brisbane. (07) 3271 3244.
Tom Harries DipPharm 1955
Now enjoying retirement, Tom has worked in retail/pharmacy for approximately 40 years, mostly in his own businesses throughout Queensland. (07) 5528 0048.
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Elizabeth Harrington CertTeach 1967
Elizabeth works with The Liturgical Commission of the Brisbane Catholic Archdiocese as an education officer conducting seminars, courses, workshops and prepar ing resources in liturgy.
(07) 3224 3331.
Warren Harris BBltEnv 1988;
GradDipUrban&RegPlan 1995 Warren is a project planner with Jones Flint & Pike Pty Ltd. He has recently built a new house in Morningside and will become a dad in August. (07) 3844 7161.
William (Bill) C. Harvey GradDipAdvAcctg 1981
Before retiring, Bill worked for Carpentaria Transport Pty Ltd, subsiduary of TNT Ltd, in various financial and accounting positions.
He also lectured part-time for seven years in financial
management with QUT’s Faculty of Built Environment.
(07) 3376 2571.
Beverley Harwood BAppSc(Pod) 1995
Beverley runs her own podiatry practice in North Rockhampton.
She is married to Allan BAppSc(Pod) 1994 who is a podiatrist with the Rockhampton Podiatry Centre. (07) 4922 8230 or [email protected]
Vincent Hay AssocDipMechEng 1965 Vincent is retired and lives in Coorparoo. (07) 3397 4256.
Glenda Hennig GradDipEd 1988
Glenda is co-ordinator of arts at Cannon Hill Anglican College and has just completed her Master of Education at Griffith University.
She is interested in research into teaching and learning in the arts.
(07) 3896 0462.
Mark Hodgkinson BAppSc 1992
Mark is chief chemist with the Ampol Refinery at Lytton and will complete his PhD this year. Mark, together with his research team, were successful in developing Ampol’s D-C-Tron-Plus also sold as pest oil. (07) 3362 7292.
Ross Hodson BBus(Accy) 1982
Ross is assistant audit manager with the Queensland Audit Office.
He gained his Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment with the Security Institute of Australia in 1992. (07) 3225 8299.
Vivian Holloway DipPharm 1946
Vivian has worked in various pharmacies throughout south-east Queensland, in South Australia and Papua New Guinea.
(07) 3396 1465.
Lee Howlett
GradDip(Lib&InfStudies) 1995 Lee is looking for a per manent library position in line with her qualifications. (07) 5578 2784.
Barbara Howorusz (nee Foote)
DipPharmacy 1955
Barbara worked as a part-time pharmacist with the Royal Br isbane Hospital for 27 years before retirement. (07) 3829 0968.
Lisa Hunter GradDipEd 1984
After 12 years of teaching Lisa is now concentrating on her PhD studies in the Department of Human Movement Studies at UQ. (07) 3365 6982.
Caryn Eastman Hutton DipTeach(Music) 1988
Caryn has been self-employed in the music teaching industry since graduating and is the owner of the Kodaly Music School, Boondall.
(07) 3359 0111.
Neil Jensen
AssocDipBus 1986; BBus(Accy) 1989 Neil is supply chain manager with Day Dawn Pty Ltd.
(07) 3877 4911.
Donatienne Kabamba Kabena
BNursing 1996
Working at the Mount Isa Base Hospital, Donatienne will take up a position at UK’s Hammersmith Hospital later in the year. She can be contacted at Mt Isa Base Hospital, PO Box 27, MT ISA, 4825.
Sharon Kane DipTeach 1987; BEd 1994 Sharon is currently home economics teacher with Tullawong State High School, Caboolture.
(07) 5499 0055.
Noel Keogh DipPharm 1965
Noel is the proprietor of Pharmacy Consultant Services, Armidale.
(02) 6771 1721.
Warren Kerswill
GradDip(Chem Analysis) 1983; MBA 1995
The University of Queensland is developing a new campus at Ipswich, to be operational in February 1999, where War ren is campus manager and serves as the local administrative and services co-ordinator. (07) 3875 6581.
Scott Kilvington BBus(Mgt) 1987
Scott is sales manager for J. D.
Adams & Co Pty Ltd, Banyo.
(07) 3267 1755.
Robin King Cullen GradDipUrban&RegPlan 1982 (07) 5491 0810 — story page 17.
Malcolm Kirke DipPharm 1954
Malcolm is proprietor of Malcolm Kirke Pharmacy, Ayr.
(07) 4783 1719 or [email protected] Lawrence Laikind LLB — Hons 1990;
GradDipLegalPrac 1991
After completing his LLM (BCL) at Merton College, Oxford in 1997, Lawrence is now back in Br isbane working as a disability discrimination solicitor with the Welfare Rights Centre, Stones Corner. (07) 3847 5537.
Peter Last
BBus — Distinction 1997
Peter is a health rights conciliator with the Health Rights Commission, mediating in health complaints and negotiating medical negligence claims. (07) 3225 2566.
Andrew Laza AssocDipMechEng 1990
Andrew is a technical officer with William A. Cook Australia, a company manufacturing invasive medical equipment.
(07) 3841 1188.
Chao-Cheng Lei BInfTech 1997
Chao-Cheng is managing director of Yung Crown Developments Pty Ltd, Taipei, China.
+ (886) 2 2663 2047.
Jason Lenac BE(Civ) 1992
Jason is a senior structural engineer with R. L. Cullen & Associates Pty Ltd. (07) 3378 7680.
Wang Chain Lim MInfTech 1997
Wang Chain is a consultant with KPMG in Singapore.
+ (65) 321 9021.
Perry Lithgow
BBltEnv 1992; GradDipIndDes 1993 Perry is a design engineer with Resmed located in Sydney. He is married to Bronwyn nee Ayre (BNursing 1992) who works at Ryde Hospital, Eastwood.
(02) 9629 7584.
Brian Littleford DipEng(Civ) 1956
Brian retired in 1993 after 10 years service in Queensland Railways, 10 years with the Gold Coast City Council and 23 years as deputy engineer with Tweed Shire Council. (07) 5534 2638.
Julie Martin BInfTech 1996
Julie is co-manager — farm services — at the Queensland Sugar Corporation in Brisbane, job sharing for two days a week.
(07) 3231 0131.
