Honourable Austin Ashe AC KC

A True Inspiration to Territory Education

HONOURABLE AUSTIN ASCHE AC KC

 

The Association of Independent Schools of the Northern Territory mourns the loss of the Honourable Austin Asche AC KC, the Association’s Patron since 1993.

 

Education was of the utmost importance to his Honour who had great belief in Territory Education which he fully supported, encouraged and inspired.

 

A highly acclaimed academic, who continued to learn and generate ideas throughout his long life and was renowned for his love of literature, the classics, history and the law. Banjo Patterson was a favourite of his and even at his vast age he was able to recite poems, word and punctuation perfect. At the annual Independent School Teacher Awards Ceremony, he presented World Class, brilliantly crafted speeches, complete with targeted humour, which are immortalised in an entertaining booklet, “Teachers On Top”.

 

His Honour’s legacy will continue on with memories of his vast and well considered wisdom never to be forgotten.

 

We would like to extend our condolences to Wendy and Harry Asche and their family.

 

May this Great Australian rest in peace.

February 17, 2025
The Thinker I am an admirer of the very talented Sculptor, Francois Augusta René Rodin. Many see him as the founder of modern sculpture. My favourite piece is “The Thinker”, which I was fortunate to see in Venice. The original casting is in the Musée Rodin in Paris. I find the sculpture to be both beautiful and thought provoking. Another of his gems is “The Cathedral”. With this Rodin has crafted two hands barely touching each other, like the entrance to a cathedral. To me the sculpture highlights the power of the human hand and promotes reflection on all the good that hands can do. It is also a fine reminder to a thinking teacher that learning by doing and thinking about it usually pays dividends.
February 7, 2025
"To recognise teacher excellence is to recognise the future. For nothing is surer than that..." ~ Austin Asche
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