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To open our 2024 academic year, Wurundjeri Woi-Wurrung Elder Uncle Bill Nicholson conducted a Welcome to
Country for our residential student cohort. Speaking first in Woi-Wurrung language and then in English, Uncle Bill In this issue...
provided unique insights into Aboriginal culture in Narrm (Melbourne), as he burnt sticks and prepared fresh gum
leaves for students to take part in a Smoking Ceremony.
From the Principal 4 Student Voice
Dr Eleanor Spencer-Regan
From Student Club President 22
Klearhos Murphy 23
Farewelling our Deputy Principal,
Margie Welsford 6 Planning Saw 26
Council News
Interviews
Farewell to Council Members 28
Emeritus Prof. Keryn Williams AC 8
Interviewed by Anna Tsuchida-Gorbal 2024 Honours Recipients 30
Olivia Jones 10 Retirement of Archbishop Philip Freier 30
Interviewed by Hadley Wintle Retirement of Council Chair 32
Associate Prof. Rowan Story AM RFD 12 Farewell to Carolyn Stewart and Bruce Stewart 33
Interviewed by Ethan Watson
Appointment of new Fellows 34
Books and Authors 14
‘A Little Life-Hymn’ Alumni News 36
Extract from The Season by JCH Fellow Helen Garner
Obituaries 38
News and Events
Mid-Winter Debate 15
Donations and Scholarships 44
Literature Dinner 15 2024 Scholarships and Recipients
Spring Concert 16
Oratory Competition 16 College Leadership 46
Sport 18
JCH Ball 19
Senior Common Room
From the Librarian 20
Academic Results 21
Connect
The Council, staff, and students of Janet Clarke Hall acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the unceded land on which Cover image: A white rose in full bloom in the front garden
we are privileged to live, learn, dream, and grow. The Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation are part of the richest and oldest of Janet Clarke Hall. Principal Enid Joske (1928-1952) would jch.unimelb.edu.au
continuing culture in the world, and we have much to learn from their deep care for Country, culture, and community. We pay
our respects to their Elders past, present, and emerging, and through respectful relationships we will work for the mutual gift each student a white rose before their exams. Read more instagram@janetclarkehall
flourishing of Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. We commit ourselves in thought and deed to this land and all its about the legacy of the white rose on page 33.
people, seeking truth, reconciliation, unity, and equity. https://tinyurl.com/ye22h77k
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