1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,640 Speaker 1: Well, in what is some pretty incredible news. We know 2 00:00:02,759 --> 00:00:06,440 Speaker 1: that well that the school is celebrating. Darl And High 3 00:00:06,559 --> 00:00:11,640 Speaker 1: is celebrating sixty years. There's sixtieth anniversaries on the second 4 00:00:11,800 --> 00:00:14,640 Speaker 1: of September and a special events being held with student 5 00:00:14,680 --> 00:00:17,680 Speaker 1: performances to mark the milestone. Now joining us on the 6 00:00:17,720 --> 00:00:21,160 Speaker 1: line to talk through the celebration is their school principal, 7 00:00:21,600 --> 00:00:22,840 Speaker 1: Jill Hazeldean. 8 00:00:22,960 --> 00:00:24,160 Speaker 2: Good morning to you, Jill. 9 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:26,200 Speaker 3: Good morning, Katie. 10 00:00:26,440 --> 00:00:26,680 Speaker 1: Jill. 11 00:00:26,800 --> 00:00:29,960 Speaker 2: Tell us what is what's organized for the sixties? 12 00:00:31,160 --> 00:00:34,199 Speaker 3: Okay, Well, first of all, Katie, it's sixty years that 13 00:00:34,240 --> 00:00:36,760 Speaker 3: we've been at Bulliky Point, all right, so is it 14 00:00:36,800 --> 00:00:41,480 Speaker 3: actually really started at another location. We're celebrating sixty years 15 00:00:41,479 --> 00:00:45,280 Speaker 3: of a block which was the first building being built 16 00:00:45,280 --> 00:00:49,640 Speaker 3: here at Bullicky Point, which is an incredible milestone. 17 00:00:49,800 --> 00:00:53,280 Speaker 2: It really is. It's an incredibly long period of time. 18 00:00:53,640 --> 00:00:56,600 Speaker 3: It is, and we will have had thousands and thousands 19 00:00:56,680 --> 00:01:00,800 Speaker 3: of former students come through the school. So we're having 20 00:01:00,840 --> 00:01:05,080 Speaker 3: a celebration this Saturday late in the evening where we've 21 00:01:05,160 --> 00:01:08,160 Speaker 3: got some school tours for people that may have attended 22 00:01:08,200 --> 00:01:09,880 Speaker 3: many years ago and want to see what the school 23 00:01:09,880 --> 00:01:14,800 Speaker 3: looks like today. We've got some speeches, and our dance 24 00:01:14,840 --> 00:01:18,160 Speaker 3: and music students will be performing for our guests, and 25 00:01:18,160 --> 00:01:22,679 Speaker 3: then we're having mocktails and canopids which our students are making, 26 00:01:23,120 --> 00:01:25,839 Speaker 3: which will serve as we watched the sun go down 27 00:01:25,920 --> 00:01:27,160 Speaker 3: over Fanny Bay. 28 00:01:28,160 --> 00:01:30,320 Speaker 2: Awesome, So when did you say that was happening. 29 00:01:31,280 --> 00:01:34,199 Speaker 3: That's happening this Saturday. But it is a ticketed event 30 00:01:34,440 --> 00:01:38,520 Speaker 3: because we have so many ex students and you know, 31 00:01:38,560 --> 00:01:41,560 Speaker 3: people that potentially could come. We've ticketed it and unfortunately 32 00:01:41,640 --> 00:01:46,200 Speaker 3: tickets have closed, but we yeah, because we needed to 33 00:01:46,240 --> 00:01:48,560 Speaker 3: know whether we were going to be catering for a 34 00:01:48,600 --> 00:01:50,440 Speaker 3: few hundred people or a few thousand. 35 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:53,080 Speaker 2: So yes, wonderful stuff now. 36 00:01:53,640 --> 00:01:56,120 Speaker 1: And I reckon you'll, like you've said, lucky it is 37 00:01:56,160 --> 00:01:58,240 Speaker 1: ticketed because I reckon you'd end up with half of 38 00:01:58,320 --> 00:02:01,520 Speaker 1: Darwin there, just about Jill, there would be so many 39 00:02:01,600 --> 00:02:03,800 Speaker 1: former students. 40 00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:07,600 Speaker 3: That's right, That's right. So we have we have Eva 41 00:02:07,720 --> 00:02:11,440 Speaker 3: Lawer coming to speak at our event who was a 42 00:02:11,480 --> 00:02:14,240 Speaker 3: former student of Darwin High School. And we've got yet 43 00:02:14,320 --> 00:02:19,440 Speaker 3: many many notable alumni. Yeah that live in the territory 44 00:02:19,480 --> 00:02:21,440 Speaker 3: still and work in the territory. But I've gone all 45 00:02:21,480 --> 00:02:24,640 Speaker 3: over the world. It's truly amazing and it would be 46 00:02:24,720 --> 00:02:27,359 Speaker 3: wonderful if we could keep track of all of them. 47 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:31,600 Speaker 1: Now, tell me what kind of like memorabilia has been 48 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:35,040 Speaker 1: left over the last sixty years at the Bullocky Points 49 00:02:35,080 --> 00:02:37,440 Speaker 1: facility as well, because I know so often, you know, 50 00:02:37,520 --> 00:02:41,799 Speaker 1: you do these like you do these different you know, milestones. 51 00:02:41,840 --> 00:02:42,880 Speaker 2: It might be at ten. 52 00:02:42,760 --> 00:02:44,400 Speaker 1: Years we go, all right, well we're going to put 53 00:02:44,440 --> 00:02:48,040 Speaker 1: this put this special box away with these various things 54 00:02:48,080 --> 00:02:49,280 Speaker 1: from whatever year it was. 55 00:02:49,360 --> 00:02:51,200 Speaker 2: What kind of memorabilia have you got? 56 00:02:51,960 --> 00:02:54,280 Speaker 3: Yeah, well we do. We've got all of you know, 57 00:02:54,320 --> 00:02:58,040 Speaker 3: all of the yearbooks right back from here to the 58 00:02:58,160 --> 00:03:01,480 Speaker 3: nineteen sixties, so we'll have some of those available for 59 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:04,880 Speaker 3: people to look out for. We've also been scanning some 60 00:03:04,960 --> 00:03:07,800 Speaker 3: of the early ones and sharing online and that's generated 61 00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:11,880 Speaker 3: a lot of interest. We've also got you know, I've 62 00:03:11,919 --> 00:03:15,040 Speaker 3: got an old hat that it's an old boat straw 63 00:03:15,120 --> 00:03:19,720 Speaker 3: hat from the original uniform I think, back in the sixties. Yes. 64 00:03:19,840 --> 00:03:21,840 Speaker 3: But one of the things we're trying to do, and 65 00:03:21,880 --> 00:03:26,079 Speaker 3: this will go beyond Saturday afternoon, is we really want 66 00:03:26,120 --> 00:03:29,959 Speaker 3: to capture the stories of former staff and former students, 67 00:03:29,960 --> 00:03:31,960 Speaker 3: because we know those people that were here in the 68 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:36,080 Speaker 3: sixties are now getting on and so one of the 69 00:03:36,120 --> 00:03:39,680 Speaker 3: things that we're launching on the weekend is what we're 70 00:03:39,680 --> 00:03:42,880 Speaker 3: calling a digital time capsule. But it's using some amazing 71 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:47,840 Speaker 3: software which you can use from anywhere to record your memories. 72 00:03:48,240 --> 00:03:51,360 Speaker 3: So they're video memories, and we're going to have a 73 00:03:51,360 --> 00:03:52,960 Speaker 3: bit of an effort between now and the end of 74 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:56,600 Speaker 3: the year to capture some of those stories from the 75 00:03:56,640 --> 00:03:59,800 Speaker 3: sixties and even maybe before. If there are people that 76 00:03:59,840 --> 00:04:03,880 Speaker 3: are still around, but right through up until current day. 77 00:04:04,440 --> 00:04:05,680 Speaker 2: How wonderful. I'll tell you what. 78 00:04:05,760 --> 00:04:08,240 Speaker 1: If there are former students listening this morning and you 79 00:04:08,240 --> 00:04:10,000 Speaker 1: want to give me a call or send me a message, 80 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:12,800 Speaker 1: I'd love to hear from you, particularly if you were 81 00:04:13,040 --> 00:04:14,119 Speaker 1: if you were there quite. 82 00:04:13,880 --> 00:04:14,800 Speaker 2: A number of years ago. 83 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:18,719 Speaker 1: That number is eight nine four one one four nine. 84 00:04:19,120 --> 00:04:20,359 Speaker 2: Now, Jill, tell me. 85 00:04:20,640 --> 00:04:22,919 Speaker 1: I know that the school has grown in so many 86 00:04:22,960 --> 00:04:24,320 Speaker 1: ways over the years. 87 00:04:24,320 --> 00:04:25,680 Speaker 2: And you said sixty years at. 88 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:29,520 Speaker 1: Bully Key Point, but talk us through back in nineteen 89 00:04:29,640 --> 00:04:32,720 Speaker 1: twenty one. Where was the school then and how many 90 00:04:32,720 --> 00:04:33,680 Speaker 1: students were there. 91 00:04:34,480 --> 00:04:38,120 Speaker 3: I think it started off very small, and I believe 92 00:04:38,200 --> 00:04:43,200 Speaker 3: it was in wood Street, so yeah, yeah, and I 93 00:04:43,279 --> 00:04:46,320 Speaker 3: know that during World War II the school was closed 94 00:04:47,520 --> 00:04:49,480 Speaker 3: and then I think it was known. In nineteen forty 95 00:04:49,520 --> 00:04:53,040 Speaker 3: eight it was reopened as Dull and Higher Primary school 96 00:04:53,360 --> 00:04:57,040 Speaker 3: that had a secondary classroom. So there have been many iterations, 97 00:04:57,120 --> 00:05:02,160 Speaker 3: but the name Darwin High was teen fifty six and 98 00:05:02,240 --> 00:05:05,080 Speaker 3: our school logo that we still use today was designed 99 00:05:05,120 --> 00:05:09,280 Speaker 3: by a former student in nineteen fifty six, so we've 100 00:05:09,320 --> 00:05:11,960 Speaker 3: preserved that little bit of history, you know, and we 101 00:05:12,080 --> 00:05:14,800 Speaker 3: still use that same logo. It was designed by a 102 00:05:14,839 --> 00:05:17,719 Speaker 3: young person by the name of Gus Wisnall who was 103 00:05:17,760 --> 00:05:18,839 Speaker 3: fourteen at the time. 104 00:05:19,080 --> 00:05:21,720 Speaker 2: So cool, that's awesome. I love that. 105 00:05:22,400 --> 00:05:25,200 Speaker 3: It's great that we can keep some of the history 106 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:28,440 Speaker 3: going on today and for our students. We've also got 107 00:05:28,440 --> 00:05:31,279 Speaker 3: the tank. I don't know, you've probably seen the tank 108 00:05:31,320 --> 00:05:34,960 Speaker 3: at Darwin High. So that's yeah, that's heritage listed. 109 00:05:36,120 --> 00:05:36,360 Speaker 2: Yeah. 110 00:05:36,360 --> 00:05:38,880 Speaker 3: So that's got an incredible history all of its own 111 00:05:38,920 --> 00:05:42,040 Speaker 3: and is still very much part of our school today 112 00:05:42,320 --> 00:05:44,440 Speaker 3: and all of the students are aware of it. And 113 00:05:44,480 --> 00:05:46,200 Speaker 3: I heard a fun fact the other day, and I'm 114 00:05:46,240 --> 00:05:50,400 Speaker 3: just trying to find some evidence, but apparently the village 115 00:05:50,440 --> 00:05:51,599 Speaker 3: people played in the tank. 116 00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:54,320 Speaker 2: How funny. 117 00:05:54,360 --> 00:05:57,880 Speaker 3: It might be some former students or former Darwin residents 118 00:05:57,880 --> 00:06:02,120 Speaker 3: that can let us know how curate that information is well, Jill. 119 00:06:02,200 --> 00:06:04,920 Speaker 1: The phone lines have lit up, so maybe somebody does 120 00:06:05,040 --> 00:06:07,640 Speaker 1: know whether the village people did play there or not. 121 00:06:07,839 --> 00:06:09,400 Speaker 2: I'll be fascinated to hear. 122 00:06:10,240 --> 00:06:12,359 Speaker 1: I'll tell you what, over that period of time, and 123 00:06:12,480 --> 00:06:14,360 Speaker 1: I know, I'm not sure how long you've been an 124 00:06:14,480 --> 00:06:17,760 Speaker 1: educator for, but over that period of time, gee, things 125 00:06:17,839 --> 00:06:20,239 Speaker 1: must have changed in terms of the way in which 126 00:06:21,160 --> 00:06:24,200 Speaker 1: you know, kids are educated, and even when you look 127 00:06:24,200 --> 00:06:26,520 Speaker 1: at at you know, the way in which girls and 128 00:06:26,560 --> 00:06:29,640 Speaker 1: boys were treated differently, the way in which indigenous and 129 00:06:29,720 --> 00:06:31,360 Speaker 1: non indigenous were treated differently. 130 00:06:31,960 --> 00:06:34,839 Speaker 2: Like, it's such an incredibly long period of time. 131 00:06:35,680 --> 00:06:38,840 Speaker 3: Yeah, and reading some of the yearbooks, you know, from 132 00:06:38,960 --> 00:06:43,120 Speaker 3: back in the sixties, that's certainly apparent. You know, it 133 00:06:43,240 --> 00:06:48,280 Speaker 3: was very very different time. Yeah, but the technology, you're 134 00:06:48,360 --> 00:06:52,120 Speaker 3: absolutely correct, although the classrooms pretty much as they were 135 00:06:52,160 --> 00:06:55,920 Speaker 3: back in the nineteen sixties of the edition of whiteboards. Yeah, 136 00:06:55,960 --> 00:06:59,280 Speaker 3: it's the amb bloc, you know. We've certainly we've got 137 00:06:59,640 --> 00:07:02,600 Speaker 3: the new steam building that was opened in twenty nineteen 138 00:07:02,680 --> 00:07:05,200 Speaker 3: that has you know, stayed of the art, so even 139 00:07:05,240 --> 00:07:07,240 Speaker 3: students coming here get to see a little bit of 140 00:07:07,279 --> 00:07:09,120 Speaker 3: the old as well as the new. 141 00:07:09,760 --> 00:07:11,720 Speaker 2: Oh yeah, well, they're good stuff. 142 00:07:12,200 --> 00:07:15,800 Speaker 1: Well, Jill, all the best with the with the sixtieth anniversary. 143 00:07:15,800 --> 00:07:17,920 Speaker 1: It sounds like it is going to be fantastic and 144 00:07:17,960 --> 00:07:20,240 Speaker 1: I really appreciate you having a chat with us this morning. 145 00:07:21,120 --> 00:07:23,320 Speaker 3: No problem, Katie, thank you so much. 146 00:07:23,440 --> 00:07:26,240 Speaker 1: Have a great weekend and all the best with those celebrations.