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2023 Distinguished Past Students' Award recipients announced

On August 12th, the School will celebrate the achievements of several of our past students and past staff.  The Gala Dinner is an annual event that recognises the actions and achievements of past students who have gone above and beyond, and in doing so, encourage aspirations and ideals of the highest community standards and values.  We also recognise past staff as life members of the 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Alumni.  To this end, we are proud to announce the award recipients for 2023.

Distinguished Past Student Award:

Leslie Diplock (51³Ô¹ÏÍø 1913-1914)
Jason Hetherington (51³Ô¹ÏÍø 1983-1986) 

51³Ô¹ÏÍø Alumni Outstanding Achiever Award:

Major General Richard Vagg DSC (51³Ô¹ÏÍø 1988-1990)

Central Queensland Community Contribution Award:

Duncan Stewart OAM (51³Ô¹ÏÍø 1954-1957)
Robert Lang (51³Ô¹ÏÍø 1964-1968)

Past Staff Life Members of the 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Alumni:

Arthur Kelly (51³Ô¹ÏÍø 1984 – 2019)
Aileen Kelly (51³Ô¹ÏÍø 1986 – 2019) 

We encourage 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Alumni to join the celebrations at the School.  Tickets to the Gala Dinner (3 courses) can be purchased at the link below:



If you would like to nominate a 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Alumni for any of the awards for 2024, details can be found here.