Warren Nunn
At 4am on Tuesday, 11 June 2019, I woke with this idea swirling around in my head.
Don’t claim to be a poet but here goes.
100 years, we varied crew
We learnt and lived
We Brown and Blue
We’re actors, architects, artists, athletes
We Brown and Blue
We’ve soared and fallen, struggled and triumphed
We Brown and Blue
Abattoir workers, accountants, aged carers, air traffic controllers
We Brown and Blue
Ambulance officers, anaethetists, arborists, anthropologists
We Brown and Blue
Auctioneers, audiologists, auditors, authors
We Brown and Blue
Bakers, bank workers, baristas, barristers
We Brown and Blue
Beef cattle farmers, bookkeepers, bookmakers, botanists
We Brown and Blue
Brewers, bricklayers, broadcasters, bus drivers
We Brown and Blue
Cabinetmakers, camera operators, cardiologists, chefs
We Brown and Blue
Chemists, chiropractors, concreters, cooks
We Brown and Blue
Copywriters, counsellors, crane chasers, customs officers
We Brown and Blue
Dairy cattle farmers, dancers, debt collectors, deck hands
We Brown and Blue
Delivery drivers, dentists, dermatologists, diesel mechanics
We Brown and Blue
Dietitians, directors, drillers, dry cleaners
We Brown and Blue
Economists, electricians, engineers, embalmers
We Brown and Blue
Endocrinologists, engravers, entertainers, entrepreneurs
We Brown and Blue
Farm managers, financiers, firefighters, fishing hands
We Brown and Blue
Fitness instructors, flight attendants, florists, flying instructors
We Brown and Blue
Foresters, forklift drivers, funeral directors, furniture removalists
We Brown and Blue
Game developers, gasfitters, gastroenterologists, geologists
We Brown and Blue
Geophysicists, glaziers, goldsmiths, grape growers
We Brown and Blue
Graphic designers, greenkeepers, gunsmiths, gynaecologists
We Brown and Blue
Hairdressers, historians, horse trainers, hydrologists
We Brown and Blue
Industrialists, insurance agents, intensive care specialists, interior designers
We Brown and Blue
Jack-of-all-trades, jockeys, journalists, judges
We Brown and Blue
Laboratory technicians, landscape gardeners, law clerks, librarians
We Brown and Blue
Lifeguards, lift mechanics, locksmiths, logistic clerks
We Brown and Blue
Make-up artists, marine biologists, marketing specialists, massage therapists
We Brown and Blue
Mathematicians, meat inspectors, mechanical engineers, medical administrators
We Brown and Blue
Mental health workers, metal machinists, metallurgists, meteorologists
We Brown and Blue
Meter readers, microbiologists, midwives, milliners
We Brown and Blue
Miners, ministers, models, mortgage brokers
We Brown and Blue
Motor mechanics, multimedia specialists, music teachers, musicians
We Brown and Blue
Nannies, naturopaths, naval architects, network engineers
We Brown and Blue
Neurologists, neurosurgeons, nurses, nutritionists
We Brown and Blue
Obstetricians, occupational therapists, office managers, opthalmalogists
We Brown and Blue
Orthodonists, optometrists, orthopaedic surgeons, osteopaths,
We Brown and Blue
Paediatricians, painters, panelbeaters, pathologists
We Brown and Blue
Payroll clerks, personal assistants, pest controllers, pet groomers
We Brown and Blue
Pharmacists, pharmacologists, photographers, physical education teachers
We Brown and Blue
Physicists, physiotherapists, plumbers, podiatrists
We Brown and Blue
Police officers, politicians, postal workers, printing machinists
We Brown and Blue
Prison officers, process plant workers, project managers, property developers
We Brown and Blue
Psychiatrists, psychologists, public relations professionals, publishers
We Brown and Blue
Radiologists, railway workers, real estate agents, receptionists
We Brown and Blue
Recruitment consultants, retail buyers, retirement village workers, rheumatologists
We Brown and Blue
Safety inspectors, sales assistants, scaffolders, scientists
We Brown and Blue
Screen printers, security officers, set designers, shearers
We Brown and Blue
Sheep farmers, ship’s officers, signwriters, silversmiths
We Brown and Blue
Social workers, soldiers, solicitors, sonographers
We Brown and Blue
Statisticians, stockbrokers, stonemasons, streetsweepers
We Brown and Blue
Structural engineers, surgeons, surveyors, systems analysts
We Brown and Blue
Talent agents, taxi drivers, teachers, thoracic specialists
We Brown and Blue
Ticket collectors, tour guides, trade union officials, train drivers
We Brown and Blue
Translators, travel consultants, truck drivers, tyrefitters
We Brown and Blue
University lecturers, upholsterers, urban planners, urologists
We Brown and Blue
Valuers, vascular surgeons, veterinarians, vocational trainers
We Brown and Blue
Waiters, warehouse managers, watchmakers, water inspectors
We Brown and Blue
Waterside workers, web designers, weight-loss consultants, welders
We Brown and Blue
Welfare workers, wine makers, wood machinists, wood tuners
We Brown and Blue
Wool classers, youth workers, zookeepers, zoologists
We Brown and Blue
We are all this and much more
We are humanity in all its glorious differences
We love, we are family, we are community and we are Australians
100 years, we varied crew
We learnt and lived
We Brown and Blue …
And we are Rockhampton High School
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