Fairholme Old Girls
Ardens Sed Virens - Burning Yet Flourishing
Since 1921, the Fairholme Old Girls Association has maintained a rich tradition of connecting past students of the College with each other while creating new connections with present girls.
It’s a place celebrating the lives and careers of Fairholme Alumnae, where the breadth of our Old Girls achievements and contributions to the community are wide and varied. Fairholme Girls maintain a strong connection with the community, often returning to the campus to share their stories, their passions, their successes - those which were developed and nurtured during their time at Fairholme.
Our Old Girl community engenders a sense of belonging, mentorship and support to our girls that extends well beyond the gates they depart each year as they step confidently into their futures. Our Old Girls are forever linked by the unbreakable bond of being ‘Once a Fairholme girl - always a Fairholme girl’.
FOGA is dedicated in helping our girls build a network with other alumae. Our growing membership base - more than 11,000 Old Girls - allows girls to reconnect with classmates, further career networks and engage with other girls who share the Fairholme history.
Key aims of the Fairholme Old Girls’ Association (FOGA) are to:
- Provide connectedness of Fairholme Old Girls, which involves maintaining a current database locating past students who have changed addresses and/or names in order to keep us in touch with our Fairholme family. Are you a Fairholme Old Girl who has moved? Or can you help us find some ‘missing’ girls? Please contact us! We would love to hear from you.
- Care for and preserve a great number of Fairholme artefacts and memorabilia, displayed with pride and affection in the FOGA foyer at Fairholme College.
- Donate a number of bursaries and prizes to Fairholme students each year, as well as an annual donation each to the Fairholme Foundation and Fairholme Old Girls’ Education Foundation.
Inaugural 'Coming Holme' Dinner
“One thing I remember as a Fairholme girl is the enthusiasm. The get up and go, the jump’n’jive and throwing ourselves into everything we did… That enthusiasm for life and giving all of it a go is something I have held close since leaving Palm Drive. It’s been a lasting gift from my days at Fairholme.” - Old Girl, Jenny Wynter
That enthusiasm was on display in all its glory as Fairholme Old Girls celebrated the inaugural FOGA Coming Holme dinner - an incredible evening of connection and conversation.
Fairholme Old Girls from 1959 to 2022 came from far and wide to catch up with friends and raise money for a special FOGA bursary.
Old Girl, the brilliant Jenny Wynter, had the audience in stitches as she reminisced about her time in the MacLaren tartan.
To all the Old Girls who came, ate, celebrated and reconnected, thank you!
Special thanks to our Platinum Drinks Sponsor, MacDonald Law for helping us make our first Coming Holme dinner a super success!
Watch this space for the announcement of the date for next year’s Coming Holme dinner.
FOGA Committee for 2024
FOGA President: Georgia Stafford
Vice Presidents: Katie Murray (1999) and Caitlin Crowley
Secretary: Sarah Jane Macdonald (2009)
Treasurer: Naomi Aird (1983)
Patroness: Marie Cameron (1961)
Fairholme Old Girl
Reunions in 2024
10 Year Reunion - Class of 2014
Organiser: Libby McPherson
Where: Cork & Lever
When: Saturday 19 October 2024
Time: 6pm
Tickets: $70pp
RSVP: Click here to RSVP and pay
Eventbrite - 10 Years On: Class of 2014 Reunion
30 Year Reunion - Class of 1994
Organiser: Kaye Amos-Fleming
Where: The Rooftop, Muller Bros
When: Friday 18 October 2024
Time: 5.30pm
Tickets: Pay as you order
RSVP: October 11 2024, [email protected]
40 Year Reunion - Class of 1984
Organiser: Megan Daniels
Where: Fitzy's on Church
When: Saturday 19 October 2024
Time: 6.30pm
Tickets: Pay as you order
RSVP: October 11 2024, [email protected]
50 Year Reunion - Class of 1974
Organiser: Claire Wuth
Where: Cafe 63, Southtown Shopping Centre
When: Saturday 19 October 2024
Time: 12pm
Tickets: Pay as you order
RSVP: October 11 2024, [email protected]
60 Year Reunion - Class of 1964
Organiser: Wendy Wilson Button
Where: Picnic Point Cafe
When: Sunday 20 October 2024
Time: 12pm
Tickets: Pay as you order
RSVP: October 11 2024, [email protected]
FOGA Meetings
Fairholme Old Girls Association meetings are held at the Fairholme College Homestead each month. Please email [email protected] for the next meeting.
We would love to see new Old Girls come along and join our enthusiastic committee which regularly plan activities - as fresh ideas are always welcome.
Stay Connected
As our girls graduate from Fairholme, they automatically become a part of the Fairholme Old Girls' Association - a vibrant and united alumnae network of trailblazing leaders.
All past students are encouraged to stay connected with the College. Update your details to keep connected and engaged with upcoming social and business networking events, mentoring opportunities, reunions, meetings and developments at Fairholme College.
'Missing' Old Girls
Your help in locating Past Students is invaluable. The Past Student listing › allows you to instantly find the names of all Past Students including those whom we have been unable to locate.
Through the FOGA Office you may also request contact with another Fairholme student. Personal information (other than name and year) is not disclosed in the listing.
‘Blessed is he who plants trees under whose shade he will never sit.’ - Indian Proverb.
Giving Back
You can help a future Fairholme girl by financially supporting a scholarship, or simply providing funds for a uniform, a new schoolbag or her first Panama.
Your contribution will help build the future generation of Fairholme Girls who will learn, grow and be empowered to make a difference in her community. Your support can give girls from all backgrounds the opportunity to live and study within the supportive, inclusive and vibrant community of Fairholme College.
Donors can make a direct deposit into the FOGA Special Fund (details below), or call the Business Manager, Mark Freeman, on 07 4688 4688 to talk about a contribution.
Fairholme Old Girls Association Special Fund:
BSB: 638-080
Account No: 700398 S24
FOGA News
Focus on Fairholme
Keen to hear about Old Girls’ news and adventures? Take a read of our latest edition of 'Focus Magazine'.
Focus on Fairholme 2023
Focus on Fairholme 2023 (6.5 MB PDF)
Focus on Fairholme 2022
Focus on Fairholme 2022 (7.8 MB PDF)
Focus on Fairholme 2021
Focus on Fairholme 2021 (14 MB PDF)
Focus on Fairholme 2020
Focus on Fairholme 2020 (8MB PDF)
Keeping in Touch
For any information about Fairholme Old Girls, please contact our Alumni Officer, Helen Lange.
