Garran Hall 1975-2005 Reunion

• Introduction
• The Reunion
• The Found Garranites
• The Lost Garranites
• Picture Gallery

Introduction

Who are these three people? Those of us who lived in Garran Hall probably feel a sense of nostalgia about the old building. Who could forget those small cubbyholes we called our rooms, the long dark corridors and the shared bathroom facilities. However, for many of us, this place was our home for several years as we made our way through University. I was there from 1975 to 1978, and it brings back many memories. That was over half a lifetime ago, and it will be interesting to see how people have changed in that time and what they are up to now. Kym Sullivan and Richard Sharpe are planning a 30th reunion for people who entered Garran Hall in 1975, but we also invite people who entered Garran during the subsequent few years (1976 to 1978) who we might have known to think about attending as well. To plan the reunion we have been locating the people we can remember and suggesting a time for the reunion. People who were in Garran Hall from 1975 to 1978 are spread all over the world. While some of them are still in Canberra, others live in London, or Mountain View, or near Chicago, and maybe more exotic places as well. This site aims at providing information about the reunion and the people we have found so far. We hope you will find this information useful and perhaps even entertaining. If you know someone who was at Garran Hall some time between 1975 and 1978, or if you were there yourself and are not shown below, and you would like to know more about the reunion, please send mail to rsharpe in richardsharpe.com or kymsul in hotmail.com (change as needed to make them into email addresses).

The Reunion

Date Saturday, 16-Jul-2005 Venue Brindabella Restaurants Buffet at the Crowne Plaza Hotel 1 Binara Street, Canberra (next to Canberra Casino). When 6:00PM to 10:00PM, Saturday 16-Jul-2005. Buffet Their buffet contains a variety of hot dishes (with seafood a specialty) salads and desserts. Tea and percolated coffee are included. Drinks All other drinks to be ordered and paid for separately. Cost $55 per person (paid on entry). Dress Smart Casual or formal. Your choice.

The Found Garranites

Here are the people we have contacted already. Oates Laurie   Canberra, ACT Last Name First Name Current Last Name Location Web Site Achterstraat Peter   Sydney, NSW Aisbett Tim   Canberra, ACT Baker Martin   Albury, NSW Banks Karen Sutcliffe Canberra, ACT Kaaren's Books Barnes Graeme   Canberra, ACT Battenally Michael   Canberra, ACT Berzins Leo   Queenbeyan, NSW Bickle Peter   Melbourne, VIC Blackwell Des   Canberra, ACT Bloomfield John   Canberra, ACT Bone Don   Canberra, ACT Bruce Janet   Canberra, ACT Cannon Mark   Canberra, ACT Campbell Robert   Canberra, ACT Campbell Jancy McHugh Townsville, QLD Carter John   Whyalla, SA Campbell Jenny Barnes Canberra, ACT Cardow Michele Huston Canberra, ACT Chapman Kae   Canberra, ACT Clifford Lois   Canberra, ACT Collits Paul   Sydney, NSW Comensoli Brendan   Canberra, ACT Cooper Barbara Ainsworth Melbourne, VIC Donaldson Tom   Canberra, ACT Drinkwater Cathy   Melbourne, VIC Dutton Annette Gilmour Canberra, ACT Eastwood Heather   Canberra, ACT Ellis Greg   Canberra, ACT Filleul Robyn Dowling Maryborough, QLD Fisher Michelle   Sydney   Forsyth Robin Thomson Coffs Harbour, NSW Gilmour Geoff   Canberra, ACT Gore Michael   Canberra, ACT Haritos Adrienne McConvell Canberra   Higgins Peter   Colchester, UK   Hunt Vicki Achterstraat Sydney, NSW Ikeda Shunichi (Shun)   Canberra, ACT Ikin Joanna Baker Albury, NSW Johnson Ian   Sydney, NSW acl.arts.usyd.edu.au/acl/people/management.html#ij Johnson Prue Miller Darwin, NT Jones Barry   Canbarra, ACT Jones Margaret Campbell Canberra, ACT Kehrer Karin Kingma Queensland Keppie Garth   Queensland Klim Ed   Canberra, ACT   Knox Andrew   Brisbane, QLD Lewis Andrew   Brisbane, QLD McDowall Sue-Ella   Sydney, NSW McLean Anne   Tasmania McLeod Derek   Brisbane, QLD McRitchie Neil   Canberra, ACT Meadowcroft Rex   Brisbane, QLD Megirian Ruth   Canberra, ACT Miller Andrew   Darwin, NT Moon Keith   Tasmania Nagy Laslo   Canberra, ACT O'Connor John   Newcastle, NSW //www.newcastle.edu.au/school/math-physical-sci/staff/joc.htm O'Connor Mark   Canbarra, ACT O'Donnell Peter   Sydney, NSW Palmer Mary Meadowcroft Brisbane, QLD Parkes Brenda   Canberra, ACT Paviour Adrian   Canberra, ACT Petrovic Sue Ring Canberra, ACT Prideaux Kevin   Canberra, ACT Reid Ivan   London, UK www.brunel.ac.uk/~eesridr/ Rice Stephen   Sydney, NSW Rienstra Richard   Wauchope, NSW Ring Steven   Canberra, ACT Ritter Jonquil   Sydney, NSW Robinson Grant   Springwood, NSW Rootes Peta Thorpe Canberra, ACT Sananikone Ouma   New York, New York Sangster Elizabeth Rampley Melbourne, Vic Sharpe Richard   Mountain View, CA www.richardsharpe.com Smith Graham   Canberra, ACT Snell David   Canberra, ACT Souden Margo   Sydney Spillman Lyn   Notre Dame, IN www.nd.edu/~lspillma/ Steffenhagen Edna Jones Canberra, ACT Stone Lindell McConnell Canberra, ACT Sullivan Kym   Melbourne, VIC Tait David   Canberra, ACT Terry Sue Snell Canberra, ACT Thorpe Garry   Canberra, ACT Tomaska Luba   Canberra, ACT Weinberg Sonja   Canberra, ACT Whitfeld Peter   Sydney, NSW Wigley Peter Canberra, ACT Wild Simon   Sydney, NSW Williams Paul   Perth, WA Worrall Lisa   Canberra, ACT Wotherspoon John   Sydney, NSW Young Charles   Melbourne, VIC Zatschler Gerhard   Canberra, ACT

The Lost Garranites

Here is a list of people we remember but can't locate. If you are one of them, or you know of them, please let us know their contact details so we can contact them. Saed Ahmed Ken Aplin Phillip Allaway Doug Anderson Pam Balon Gloria Bauer Peter Beaty Bev Beer John Bloomfield Meryl Boyce Elizabeth Brewer Richard Brownlee Alan Butterfield Lindsay Bye Jesse Chang Tony Coggan Andrew Coulton Jo Cosgrove Mark Dickens John Doherty Jenny Dunlop John Evans Graham Fairbairn Robyn Fallick Wayne Fanning Caterian Ferranda Jacqui Flitcroft Anne Friend Fran Gibson Ian Gray Reg Hamilton Debbie Heinrich Diane Hoare Annie Hoffmaier Gillian Holliday Richard Horobin Dave Hughes Fiona Irwin Adrian Jeffries Jenny Johnson Romey Johnson?? Kathy Kay Chris (Paul) Keats Joe Kilby Phil Kurivita Louise Lindner Dean Larkman Mick Lewis Robyn Low Des McDonnel Sue McFadden Andrew Maher Jenny Mannall Charles Maskell Zoltan Matrahazi Kerry Maunder Cathy Million Sigrid Mohring Barbara Morgan Christine Moon Llew Morris Chris Moulding Dorothy McCarthy? Lachlan McGregor Graham Nettle Kathy O'Ryan Benjamin Ong Fiona Quigley Anna Passareli Beth Pattinson Bill Phillips Dean Price Martin Rees Garry Richards Peter Ride Jeanette Robinson Julie Samuels Kathy Schumack David Seddon Dave Sheppard Peta-Anne Spender Ian Stanley Janet Stubbs John Taylor Matthew Thompson Kathy Tonkin Mick Tsounis Stephen Tyrell Braimah Umoru Tanya Waters Iain Watts Phil Whiteman Jeff Wong Megan Yeend Geordie Zaunders John Zaunders

Picture Gallery

The photos are brought to you courtesy of Kym Sullivan, Cathy Drinkwater and Ivan Reid. Those present at the reunion in 1995, were, from left to right: John Bloomfield, Graeme Barnes, Peta Rootes (Thorpe), Garry Thorpe, Heather Eastwood, Stephen Ring, Vicki Hunt (Achterstraat), Robert Campbell, Richard Sharpe, Kym Sullivan, Karen Banks (Sutcliffe). This photo was taken at Graeme Barnes' 21st birthday party, it seems. It includes Robert Campbell (partial), Karen Banks, Sonja Weinberg, Bronwyn Beare, Julie Larsen and Keith Moon. I am not sure who the person on the right hand edge of the picture is. This photo was taken in 1978 at some sort of farewell for Kym Sullivan. I can only recognize a couple of people here. Jenny Campbell (Barnes) appears at the bottom of the picture and it looks like Adrienne Haritos is half showing on the right hand edge of the photo. However, Leo Berzins tells me that Phil Kuruvita(spelling) is in the center in the white jumper, and Chistine (Chris) Moon, also in white, is in the front towards the right. Oh, yes, I am up the back, and I still have that mug, or at least I did until a year or so ago. Richard Reinstra recently supplied a couple of extra names. Phil Clements is the person at the bottom left of the photo, and Derek McLeod is just behind Christine Moon. It's hard to recognize the people in this shot, but you can see the admin block etc. Well, courtesy of Leo Berzins, we now know that these people are: Mick Lewis, Michael Battenally (obscured), Martin Lees (back to us), Gary Richards, and Leo Berzins. And, Margo Souden is the person in the foreground is. Finally, Ivan Reid has put up a bunch of photos here.