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Obituaries
School Archivist – Mr Paul Mishura
Territory, and, finally, on the coast near Rockhampton, where he later
obtained a position with the Crown Lands Department.
Sometime later, he embarked on a trip to Europe, and, while in
Scotland, took a 12-month position with the Ross and Cromarty County
Council, assisting in rating revaluation for the areas extending from
Dingwall near Inverness, to Kyle of Lochalsh on the west coast.
On his return to Melbourne, Brett completed the Institute of Valuers’
examinations, in which he excelled. Then followed 28 years’ employment
at the Victorian Valuer-General’s Office, during which time he constantly
travelled over the whole of Victoria, making valuations of many types
of rural and urban properties. Brett’s later years were spent with the
Commonwealth Valuation Office, from which he eventually retired. In 1970
he was elected a Fellow of the Commonwealth Institute of Valuers.
On 21 December 1964 at the Methodist Ladies’ College chapel,
Kew, Brett married Margaret Lesley Scott, an MLC Old Collegian and a
secondary school teacher. They have a son, Brett, a daughter, Anne, and
four grandchildren.
In his final years, Brett regaled his family with many stories of his time
at Scotch, and to the very end he retained many friendships with his
Scotch classmates.
Sadly, Brett senior suffered from leukaemia for several years and
eventually died at the Cabrini Palliative Unit, Prahran, on 14 June 2018.
HILLIER, Alistair Maxwell Jackson (’65)
Alistair’s sister, Dr Nancy Hillier, wrote:
Alistair Maxwell Jackson Hillier was born at
Melbourne on 21 April 1948. He attended Scotch from
1954 (Grade 1d) to 1965 (Form 6 Mixed), following in
the footsteps of his father, Maxwell Thomas Hillier (born
6 May 1911, SC 1923-26, died 8 February 1991).
Alistair was a member of the Scotch Orchestra and the Military Band.
He played the clarinet. Due to severe asthma he was unable to take an
active part in sport. Alistair was a member of the Geography Club, the
Library Committee, the ASCM, and acted as a scorer for basketball and
House athletics. While at Scotch, Alistair developed what were to become
lifelong friendships with Adrian Bartak (SC 1954-61), Jonathan Clarke (SC
1954-65) and Alan Ray (SC 1960-65).
Alistair remained an intensely proud and devoted Old Scotch Collegian
throughout his life, as had his father.
In 2005 Alistair wrote the following:
‘Since 1965 I have been constantly aware of the privilege bestowed
upon me by spending 12 formative years at Scotch. After leaving school,
I attended the University of Melbourne where I graduated in law in 1970.
Following completion of articles, I was admitted to practise as a barrister
and solicitor on 1 April 1971. Since that time, I have practised as a wills
and probate lawyer, including over 20 years with Corrs Chambers
Westgarth and its predecessor firms.
‘I have also travelled extensively, and pursue a diversity of interests
including current affairs, music, art and church associations. Blessed with
a close family, I continue to live in our family home in Moonga Road within
the sound of the school bell.’
Alistair suffered from poor health throughout his life, and died on 6
June 2018, having only recently moved into a new home in Malvern.
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HORNIDGE, John David (David) (’57)
David’s brother, Richard (SC 1951-54), wrote:
Universally known as ‘Pud’ (but otherwise as David),
he was born at the Epworth Hospital, Richmond,
on 17 August 1940. He attended Carey Baptist
Grammar School from 1945 to 1952 for his primary
education before joining his brother Richard at Scotch
in 1953, where he involved himself in all aspects of school life. He was
an enthusiastic rower, and rowed in the 1957 6th VIII in his final year at
Scotch. Also at Scotch was his nephew William (SC 1994-98).
Pud commenced a cadetship with stock and station agent Dennys
Lascelles, first at Newmarket, and then at Yarrawonga. Deciding that the
world of commerce held more promise than the rural scene, Pud moved
into packaging with Johnell Containers, before going to England and
working for Bowater in the mid-1960s. Returning to Melbourne, he
was lured into insurance broking, first with T P Clarke & Chapman,
then establishing his own firm, David Hornidge Insurances, with an
office in the city.
After marrying Carolynne Margaret Cassy at Scotch on 17 November
1969, they bought their first house in Northbrook Avenue, Malvern, and
welcomed two daughters — Sally and Eliza — into the family in 1970 and
1972 respectively. Both girls attended Lauriston, and Pud’s flourishing
business also enabled the family to acquire a property at Flinders on the
Mornington Peninsula. There, Pud was able to indulge in his first love –
farming. Through acquisition, 50 acres became 150 acres, stocked with
sheep and cattle. Pud and the family still had time to enjoy his other great
love, boating, in a beautiful clinker-built cruiser. Other sporting interests
were tennis and golf. He was a member of the Peninsula Country Golf
Club for many years.
Pud’s last business venture was Mayfield Insurance Agency in
Mornington, after which he and Cassie retired to Dromana. Diagnosed
with pancreatic cancer, Pud died at the Epworth Hospital, Richmond, on
16 June 2018. He is survived by his wife, two married daughters (Sally
Simpson and Eliza Morley) and six grandchildren.
KAYE, John Hilary (’45)
John’s son, the Rev. Alistair Kaye, wrote:
John was born at Sydney, New South Wales, on
24 June 1928. The son of a textile manager, he
attended Scotch from 1935 to 1942. John completed
two years of a medical degree at Melbourne University
before travelling to Manchester, England, to study for a
degree in textile management. John returned to Australia in 1950 to work
at Bradford Cotton and Furnishing Textiles.
On 5 April 1958 at Christ Church, South Yarra, John married an
English girl, Anne Honoria Grover. They had two children, Jonathan (born
in 1960) and Alistair (born in 1962).
In 1964 their lives were changed dramatically when Jonathan was
diagnosed with a newly recognised learning disability – autism. With
breakthrough work being pioneered at Great Ormond Street Hospital in
London in the early 1960s, the family emigrated to England in 1965 to
access help and support for Jonathan’s condition.
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