Rostrevor Magazine 2020-2021

Rostrevor Magazine 2020 - 2021 / Page 29 Maurice McCabe (’46) (14/9/30 – 27/5/20) Maurice was raised on the family farm at Hamley Bridge (Pinkerton Plains) with this brothers, Don (‘43), Raymond (‘50), Gerald (‘53) and Christopher (‘60), o en riding seven miles to Pinkerton Plains Primary School on his horse. Maurice spent three years as a boarder at Rostrevor College from 1943 to 1946 where he played in the First XI and First XVIII and excelled in track and field events. He graduated with Leaving (Honours). He continued his football journey at North Adelaide, winning a Senior Colts premiership with the club in 1948. In 1947, he joined the National Australia Bank where he worked for 42 years, many of them as a highly regarded bank manager. Maurice married Margaret Grainger in January 1954. Some of his early bank-manager postings included Yongala in the mid-north, Whyalla and Port Pirie before settling in Brighton. He was renowned for his people skills and well respected for his natural intuition for lending, which earned him a key position when the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney merged with NAB in 1982. Some of his clients became lifelong friends. A deeply spiritual man, Maurice was an active and dedicated member of St Joseph’s parish, Brighton, for 60 years. He is survived by his four children Ann, Paul, Anthony and Mary, his grandchildren Jarrad, Josh, Jack and Lucy, and his great- grandchildren Matthew and Hannah. Kevin Leo Cousins (’53) (11/7/35 – 3/8/2020) Former Norwood League footballer Kevin Cousins was raised in Booborowie and, with older brother Frank, was a Rostrevor boarder in the late 1940s and early 1950s. He was impressive as a junior footballer, winning the school’s Under 15 best and fairest award in 1950 and progressing to the First XVIII in the following season. A er leaving Rostrevor, he returned home to Booborowie and, in 1952, played in the North Eastern Football League. Kevin then had a stint with South Adelaide before re-joining Booborowie. A good mark and kick, the competitive mid-fielder was voted the SA country league’s best and fairest footballer in 1957 and 1958, winning back-to- back Mail Medals. Cousins joined Norwood in 1959 and made his League debut in the opening round of the year. He played 16 games in his first season and was named “best half-forward”. In 1961, he played in the Norwood Reserves Grand Final victory over West Torrens. The following week he was named on the bench in the League Grand Final clash against West Adelaide. The wingman/half-forward played a total of 40 games for Norwood, including 14 League games in his third and final season, and was the recipient of the “services rendered” award in 1960 and 1961. In 1964 he won another Mail Medal playing for Booborowie in the NEFL. Kevin was a strong supporter of the Red and Black and was a regular attendee of ROCA reunion events. He is survived by wife Rosemary, his children Geoff (’79), Paul (’81) and Alison and grandchildren Josh (’14) and Sophie. Ian Lindsay Tuxworth (’60) (18/6/42 – 21/1/20) Ian Tuxworth is remembered as a pioneering politician who helped shape the Northern Territory by championing its independence from Canberra and advocating for all Territorians – especially those from the bush. Ian was a pioneer of the Northern Territory’s self- government movement and was its Chief Minister from 1984 to 1986. He grew up in Tennant Creek and completed his secondary schooling at Rostrevor College. Mr Tuxworth was elected as the Member for Barkly in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly when it was first created in 1974 and held the seat for 16 years. He was the NT’s second Chief Minister, holding office from October 17, 1984, until his resignation on May 10, 1986, as leader of the Country Liberal Party. He then founded the NT Nationals Party and recontested the seat in the 1987 election, which he won in a tightly contested by-election. His contribution to the NT was recognised with a State Funeral in his honour in Darwin on February 5, 2020. In the opening Eulogy, Current NT Chief Minister Michael Gunner said: “Ian will be remembered as one of our founding political fathers at a time when the Territory was finally making its move towards self-government. His voice – a very distinctive Northern Territory drawl – was heard loud and clear across the country where his battles with Canberra were the stuff of legend.” A er retiring from politics, Ian and the family relocated to Perth where he is survived by wife Ruth, children Sonia, Guy and Gemma, and eight grandchildren.