Kevin Hogan (Page, National Party) Share this | Hansard source

This Saturday will mark a major milestone for the South Grafton Public School. The school turns 150. The committee, teachers and students are preparing for a wonderful day of celebrations. I would like to acknowledge the committee—Janelle Buckley, Kim Lavery, Mark Newman, Jolene Rouse, Naomi Heyman, Emma Streader, Carmel Small, Andrew Tapp, Lisa Mason and Sue Winters. Congratulations to the principal, Peter Hickey, and the vice principal, Kevin Jones. Also, a special thank you to the P&C members who have helped—Kelly Vickers, Lance Mahy and Judy Preston, who was a teacher for 30 years at the school.

The school has had many students excel in different areas—Troy Cassar-Daley, the Australian singer; Matthew Colless, the director of the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the ANU College of Science; Jeff Harding, the Australian National Boxing Hall of Fame inductee; and Kara Sutherland, the New South Wales and Queensland representative cricketer, just to name a few.

This Saturday will be a wonderful acknowledgement of a great public school which has provided continuous opportunities to students in our community for over 150 years. Happy birthday and well done to everyone involved.

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