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    The Hawkins family unveil a plaque for the Hawkins Family Courtyard at Longerenong College. The family have been supporters of the college for over 80 years.
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    FAMILY CONNECTION: The Hawkins family unveils a plaque for the Hawkins Family Courtyard at Longerenong College. The family has been a supporter of and participant in Victorian agricultural education for more than 80 years. Ron, left, and Mac Hawkins and their wives Pauline and Joyce were on hand for the unveiling. Picture: PAUL CARRACHER
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    The Hawkins family unveil a plaque for the Hawkins Family Courtyard at Longerenong College. The family have been supporters of the college for over 80 years.
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    Glenys Coates presents her brother Graeme Hawkins' Longerenong College blazer to Jenny Blakeley at the naming of the Hawkins Family Courtyard at Longerenong Clollege.

Longerenong College recognition for Hawkins family

07 July 2021

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Longerenong College at Dooen north of Horsham has recognised a long association between agricultural tertiary education and the west Wimmera’s Hawkins family.

The college has dedicated Hawkins Family Courtyard to the family, reflecting on three generations of the Hawkins family’s commitment to Victorian agricultural colleges.



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The unique association, featuring 18 family graduates across 80 years, has involved Longerenong, Dookie, Glenormiston and Marcus Oldham colleges.

Family members attended a plaque-unveiling ceremony at Longerenong College yesterday.

Former west Wimmera councillor Ron Hawkins, who attended the college in 1954 and 1956, said the family thanked the college for the dedication.

“It’s a long involvement and a big day for the family,” he said.

“There are 18 family graduates of which 16 are still with us.”

Other Hawkins family members to study at the agricultural colleges have been Alwyn, 1941-43; Mac, 1942-44; Graeme, 1959-62; Wayne, 1972-73; John, 1976-77; Rowan, 1979-80; Peter, 1981-82; Andrew, 1986-88; Nick, 1988-89; Tim, 1990-91; Matthew, 1991-92; Barb, 1995-96; Laura, 2006-10; Tara, 2006-09; Kirsty, 2009-11; Gavin, 2011-12; and James, 2016-17.