2023 Yearbook

HSIE

Ode to our Heroes Cybele Hewitt (Year 11)

Our ANZAC heroes of the Riverina and Central West, Lay in unmarked graves where they were laid to rest. In Flanders Fields, with poppies galore, they do stir no more; As the churning waves try to bring them home to shore. The miasma of death clings to white crosses, As we commemorate our sacrifices, our losses. A bugle blares in a distant timeline, What was it like, I wonder, to walk that fine line? Take a moment … be still … stare at your hands, Be grateful that you never have to know the cost of our land, Lost memories, Christmas lunches and sunsets past, That’s what they gave up … without being asked. And so we stand, heads bowed, shoulders squared; We remember our heroes, for it was our country they spared. So let us gather, awakened by dawn’s rising light, Hands on hearts, our heroes’ spirits we invite. It was through their bravery that we were defined. Together we will walk as one, forever intertwined.

Australian History Competition Merit

Braxton Brayshaw Harrison Shorrock Credit Ronnie Conolly

Australian Geography Competition Distinction Mitchell Schiller Ryan Sumich Credit Jemima Mergard Jack Murphy

Drew Scott Maira Tarce Distinction Curtis Conolly