1/96The Friends School held their leavers dinner at the Hobart Function centre at Elizabeth Street Pier. (L-R) Irini Nikitaras (17), Elsa Gales (18), Rosie MacDonald (18).
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2/96The Friends School held their leavers dinner at the Hobart Function centre at Elizabeth Street Pier. (L-R) Ashleigh Ingram (18), Ella Hutchings (18),Chloe Franklan (18).
3/96The Friends School held their leavers dinner at the Hobart Function centre at Elizabeth Street Pier. (L-R) Millie Catchpool (17), Ellie Brennan (18), Grace Gunn (18), Olivia Castrisios (17).
4/96The Friends School held their leavers dinner at the Hobart Function centre at Elizabeth Street Pier. (L-R) Alex Frame (17), Jack Kingsley (18), Dylan Gore (18), Jacques Demange (18).
5/96The Friends School held their leavers dinner at the Hobart Function centre at Elizabeth Street Pier. (L-R) Rebecca Butler (18), Katherine Davis (17).
6/96The Friends School held their leavers dinner at the Hobart Function centre at Elizabeth Street Pier. (L-R) Ali Taylor (18), Rosie MacDonald (18), Polly Hannaford (18).
7/96The Friends School held their leavers dinner at the Hobart Function centre at Elizabeth Street Pier. (L-R) Harry Jamison (18), Jack Kingsley (18), Sam Huxley (18), Jasper Turner (18), Will Stewart (18), Isabella Laughton-Clark (18), Chloe Franklin (18).
8/96The Friends School held their leavers dinner at the Hobart Function centre at Elizabeth Street Pier. (L-R) Melissa Wilson (17), Bronte Warner (18).
9/96School Leavers' Dinner (Formal), Friends' School, Hobart Function Centre, from left, Jessica Trezise and Isobel Jones
10/96School Leavers' Dinner (Formal), Friends' School, Hobart Function Centre, from left, Catharine Hower, Anita Corrigan, Sophie Barnett and Jess Tanner
11/96School Leavers' Dinner (Formal), Friends' School, Hobart Function Centre, from left, Annabel Curtis, Brandon Rogers and Erik Trull
12/96School Leavers' Dinner (Formal), Friends' School, Hobart Function Centre, from left, Bianca Dalby, Samantha Smith and Hannah Parker-Rosa
13/96School Leavers' Dinner (Formal), Friends' School, Hobart Function Centre, from left, Ned Clarke, Ruby Rose Visoiu, Travis Oddie, Campbell Stewart and Douglas Shephard
14/96School Leavers' Dinner (Formal), Friends' School, Hobart Function Centre, from left, Salkatu Koroma and Grace Neville
15/96School Leavers' Dinner (Formal), Friends' School, Hobart Function Centre, from left, Alex Stephens and Alexandra Watson
16/96School Leavers' Dinner (Formal), Friends' School, Hobart Function Centre, from left, Anthony Pearce, Nicholas Pearce and Lewis Rands
17/96School Leavers' Dinner (Formal), Friends' School, Hobart Function Centre, from left, Salkatu Koroma and Grace Neville
18/96School Leavers' Dinner (Formal), Friends' School, Hobart Function Centre, from left, Georgina Roberts, Molly Port, Meg Bishop, Daisy Spaulding, Veronica Mamacas and Samantha Phillips-Lee
19/96School Leavers' Dinner (Formal), Friends' School, Hobart Function Centre, from left, Cooper Denehey and Georgie Butorac
20/962010 School Leavers Dinner (Formal), at the Southern Support School dinner held at Wrest Point, best friends from left Davie Gee and Douglas Stanfield
21/96School Leavers Dinner (formal), The Friends School at Moorilla, left to right, Bec Askey, Sanchi Watchorn, Amelia Spence and Monique Bleach
22/96School Leavers Dinner (formal), The Friends School at Moorilla, left to right, Scarlett Quarmby and Lucy Sandford
23/96School Leavers Dinner (formal), The Friends School at Moorilla, left to right, Stephen Harvey, Gordon Luckman, Sofia Lopez, Adam Choraziak and Antony Bowen
24/96School Leavers Dinner (formal), The Friends School at Moorilla, left to right, Tom Bullough, Skippy McEwan (driving), Alec Palmer and Selby Press
25/96School Leavers Dinner (formal), The Friends School at Moorilla, left to right, Sacha Rose, Briar Taylor and Sophie Weidmann
26/96School Leavers Dinner (formal), The Friends School at Moorilla, left to right, Madeline Mayes, Julian Wall, Chris McGrath and Amy Clark
27/96School Leavers Dinner (formal), The Friends School at Moorilla, left to right, Shannon Filby, Caitlin Dawson and Hayley Webb
28/96School Leavers Dinner (formal), The Friends School at Moorilla, left to right, Huw Dunbabin and Emily Rutherford
29/96School leavers dinner (formal), The Friends' School, Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania (RYCT), Sandy Bay, from left, Meg Kirkland, of Sandy Bay and Rhia Hunt, of Margate
30/96School leavers dinner (formal), The Friends' School, Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania (RYCT), Sandy Bay, from left, Samantha Phillips-Lee, of Claremont, Georgie Roberts, of Hobart, and Georgia Franks, of West Hobart
31/96School leavers dinner (formal), The Friends' School, Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania (RYCT), Sandy Bay, from left, Cooper Denehey, of Coningham and Georgie Butorac, of Howden
32/96School leavers dinner (formal), The Friends' School, Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania (RYCT), Sandy Bay, from left, Grace Neville, of North Hobart and Lucy Wilcock, of Rose Bay
33/96School leavers dinner (formal), The Friends' School, Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania (RYCT), Sandy Bay, from left, Meg Bishop, of Sandy Bay, Jemma Gales, of Coningham and Daisy Spaulding, of North Hobart
34/96School leavers dinner (formal), The Friends' School, Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania (RYCT), Sandy Bay, from left, Christopher Small, of Sandy Bay with Jack Barnes, of Mount (Mt) Stuart
35/96School leavers dinner (formal), The Friends' School, Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania (RYCT), Sandy Bay, from left, India Ford, of New Town, Ella Hind, of West Hobart, and Lydia Birch, of West Hobart
36/96Bothwell District High School Year 10 Leavers Dinner (formal) at Barilla Bay Restaurant, leavers and friends all dressed up, from left, back row Andrew McKay, Jarrod Wilton, Melissa Brazendale, Tina Monks, Aiden Bowerman and Hannah Jackson, in front Leah Rogers and Madelyn Lukasek
37/96School leavers dinner (formal), Saint (St) Michael's Collegiate at the Elwick Racecourse, Eleanor McLeod reclines with friends from left, Alice McDevitt, Olivia Smith, Georgie Carter and Bec Norris
38/96School leavers dinner (formal), The Friends School at Huon Quays, raised money for the ABC Giving Tree, from left, David Readett, Cam Topfer, Rob Wilkinson, Jay Daft and Alex Boden hold up Amelia Spence
39/96School leavers dinner (formal), The Friends School at Huon Quays, raised money for the ABC Giving Tree, from left, Hannah Salisbury and Nick Wilson
40/96School leavers dinner (formal), The Friends School at Huon Quays, raised money for the ABC Giving Tree, Annabel Curtis
41/96School leavers dinner (formal), The Friends School at Huon Quays, raised money for the ABC Giving Tree, from left, Shenyce Cole, Grace Ridler, Emily Rutherford and Sophie Adderton
42/96School leavers dinner (formal), The Friends School at Huon Quays, raised money for the ABC Giving Tree, from left, Alexander Keene, Briar Taylor and Martin Smith
43/96School leavers dinner (formal), The Friends School at Huon Quays, raised money for the ABC Giving Tree, from left, Gen Steele, Robert Knight, Helen Zhou and back, Corinne Liew
44/96School leavers dinner (formal), The Friends School at Huon Quays, raised money for the ABC Giving Tree, from left, Molly Warner and Julia Last
45/96School leavers dinner (formal), The Friends' School at Hobart Function Centre, from left Morgan Haywood, Lauren Fyfe and Tessa Laker
46/96School leavers dinner (formal), The Friends' School at Hobart Function Centre, from left Isobel Piotrowski and Casey Vassallo
47/96School leavers dinner (formal), The Friends' School at Hobart Function Centre, from left Madi Rosevear, Aine Nicholson, Melissa Kelly, Hannah Ritchie and Kiry Akazawa
48/96School leavers dinner (formal), The Friends' School at Hobart Function Centre, from left Lewis Gardiner, Jonny Scholes, Charlie Thorne, Jonathan Findlay and Sabino Tills
49/96School leavers dinner (formal), The Friends' School at Hobart Function Centre, from left Maddy Markovitz, Ploy Maneekorn and Hirono Nakagawa
50/96School leavers dinner (formal), The Friends' School at Hobart Function Centre, from left Emma-Jayne Warren 16
51/96School leavers dinner (formal), Bridgewater High School at the Hilltop Granton, close friends from left Lynda Mallinson, Cassy McKay, Danielle Gunn, Achlee Kniese and Donna Parremore
52/96Friends' School Leavers Dinner (Formal) at the Hobart Function Centre, from left Sarah Wadsley and Ben Miller both 16
53/96Friends' School Leavers Dinner (Formal) at the Hobart Function Centre, from left back Saehoon Oh 17, Yiannis Tsovilrs and Jack Redpath both 16, front left Steve Knop, Anthony Lufi and Aaron Hooper all 16
54/96Friends' School Leavers Dinner (Formal) at the Hobart Function Centre, from left Hannah Goss, Katie Stone and Sarah Kirk all 16
55/96Friends' School Leavers Dinner (Formal) at the Hobart Function Centre, from left back Sarah Kirk and Diane Xu, front left Alex Clements and Lauren Anderson all 16
56/96Friends' School Leavers Dinner (Formal) at the Hobart Function Centre, from left Lachlan Thomas 15, Alistair Harvey, Rhys Thomas and Kitto O'Halloran all 16
57/96Friends' School Leavers Dinner (Formal) at the Hobart Function Centre, from left Rose Allie, Harriet Frost and Kennedy Vance all 16
58/96Friends' School Leavers Dinner (Formal) at the Hobart Function Centre, Yiannis Tsovilrs and Cassie Larzabal both 16
59/96Friends' School Leavers Dinner (Formal) at the Hobart Function Centre, from left Alex Hunn, Gareth Jones, Kate Walker, Andrew Eastley and Libby Haley all 16
60/96Friends' School Leavers Dinner (Formal) at the Hobart Function Centre, from left Phoebe Anderson, Sarah Morris both 15, Ellie Kirkland and Stephanie Gough both 16
61/96Friends' School Leavers Dinner (Formal) at the Hobart Function Centre, from left Rose Allie, Harriet Frost and Kennedy Vance all 16
62/96Friends School leavers dinner (formal), at Wrest Point, from left, Katie Kingshott (NOT Kingshot as published), 17, of New Town, Julia Larner, 18, of New Town and Georgie Barnett, 18, of Mt (Mount) Nelson
63/96Friends School leavers dinner (formal), at Wrest Point, from left, Ella Flecker, 17, of New Town and Alex Piotrowski, 18, of West Hobart
64/96Friends School leavers dinner (formal), at Wrest Point, from left, Will Lutjens, 18, of Tinderbox, Olly Scott, 17, of South Hobart, Gem Stratton, 17, of Kingston, Rob Grafton, 18, of Bellerive and Lucy Alexander, 18, of Lindisfarne
65/96Friends School leavers dinner (formal), at Wrest Point, from left, Riho Kuwahara, 19, of North Hobart and Mariko Chang, 19, of Sandy Bay
66/96Friends School leavers dinner (formal), at Wrest Point, from left, Jessica Eckersley-Maslin, 17, of Kingston and Sarah Henderson, 17, of Acton
67/96Friends School leavers dinner (formal), at Wrest Point, back, from left, Leigha Miyata, 18, of Sandy Bay, Rohan Church, 18, of Oyster Cove and James Correy, 17, of South Hobart; front: Adele Raward, 18, of Bellerive, left, and Cate Kube, 18, of Blackmans Bay
68/96Friends School leavers dinner (formal), at Wrest Point, from left, Ally Pelham (NOT Penham as published), 18, of North Hobart and Hannah Colantoni (NOT Colatoni as published), 18, of Sandy Bay
69/96Friends School leavers dinner (formal), at Wrest Point, arriving in the back of a ute, from left, Alex Hampton, 17, of Sandy Bay, Sam McLeod, 17, of New Town, Simon Lovell, 18, of Salamanca and Ben Gibson, 18, of New Town
70/96Friends School leavers dinner (formal), at Wrest Point, from left, Patrick Thoelen, 16, and Katja Schubert, 19, both of North Hobart
71/96Friends School leavers dinner (formal), at Wrest Point, Morgan Black, 17, of Taroona plays in a Friends School band
72/96Friends School leavers dinner (formal), at Wrest Point, Lindsay Zhou, 16, of North Hobart singing at the dinner
73/96Friends School leavers dinner (formal), at Wrest Point, from left, Jenny Lewis, 18, of Hobart and Georgie Lee, 18, of North Hobart
74/96Friends School leavers dinner (formal), at Wrest Point, from left, Patrick Thoelen, 16, and Katja Schubert, 19, both of North Hobart
75/96Friends School leavers dinner (formal), at Wrest Point, Kate Pearce, 18, of New Town arrives in a car covered with balloons
76/96Friends School leavers dinner (formal), at Wrest Point, from left, Hannah Colantoni, 18, of Sandy Bay and Ally Pelham, 18, of North Hobart
77/96Friends School leavers dinner (formal), at Wrest Point, Ben Weeding, 17, of Bruny Island plays in a Friends School band prior to the leavers dinner
78/96Friends School leavers dinner (formal), at Wrest Point, from left, Katie Kingshott (NOT Kingshot as published), 17, of New Town, Julia Larner, 18, of New Town and Georgie Barnett, 18, of Mt (Mount) Nelson
79/96Friends' School Leavers Dinner, from left Sam Griffiths and Alic Vanderwoude
80/96Friends' School Leavers Dinner, from left Yeoryios Tsouilis, Isabelle Gurney, Hannah Robert-Tissot and Timmy Wong
81/96The Friends School Leaver's Dinner 2020, Jaydon Luk, Michael Wheeler, Monique Gall, Dimos Yannavakis, Maia Johnson, Seaenah Marshall, Alice McKercher, Zoe Shannon and Milly Zhao. Picture Chris Kidd
82/96The Friends School Leaver's Dinner 2020, Yash Patil, Ellie Griffin, Finn Tricker, Lexie Sheard, Tara Thiessin and Amelia Neyion. Picture Chris Kidd
83/96The Friends School Leaver's Dinner 2020, William Martin, Louis Eddington, Olivia Kemp, Zoe Shannon and Michael Wheeler. Picture Chris Kidd
84/96The Friends School Leaver's Dinner 2020, Katrina Cheung, Kristen Wong, Hecate Zheng, Chris Qi and Milly Zhao. Picture Chris Kidd
85/96The Friends School Leaver's Dinner 2020, Steven Shen, Sebastian Kelcoyne- Lawrence, Kara Neil- Shaw, Jem Nock, Ellise Barritt and Karl Mackie. Picture Chris Kidd
86/96The Friends School Leaver's Dinner 2020, Ambrosia Negri and Jeremy Temple. Picture Chris Kidd
87/96The Friends School Leaver's Dinner 2020, Eliza Powell and Sarah Sargent. Picture Chris Kidd
88/96The Friends School Leaver's Dinner 2020, Yuvini Perera, Isabelle Beggs, Alice McKercher and Lilly Muller. Picture Chris Kidd
89/96The Friends School Leaver's Dinner 2020, Emily Jones and Tilley Murgatroyd. Picture Chris Kidd
90/96The Friends School Leaver's Dinner 2020, Eddie Chen, Louis Eddington, Jesse Reeves and Liam Fox. Picture Chris Kidd
91/96The Friends School Leaver's Dinner 2020, Jorja Bransden, William Martin, Seaemah Marshall, Gloria Jeziel, Declan Knight and Jaydon Luk. Picture Chris Kidd
92/96The Friends School Leaver's Dinner 2020, Ellise Barripp and Sebastian Kelcoyne- Lawrence. Picture Chris Kidd
93/96The Friends School Leaver's Dinner 2020, Hugo Caplice and William Martin. Picture Chris Kidd
94/96The Friends School Leaver's Dinner 2020, Imogen Fernandez and Finn Tricker. Picture Chris Kidd
95/96Education Friends School Formal school leavers from left Jess Bath of Hobart Sylvia Mead of Sandy Bay Gemma Langdale of New Town and Seb Quinn Watson of Battery point at Elizabeth Street Pier
96/96Education Friends School Formal school leavers from left Jordan Davis of West Hobart and Kate Hepper of Bellerive at Elizabeth Street Pier
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