Alumni News

Kieran Keating

Class of 2010

I graduated from Saint Ignatius College in 2010 and took a gap year before relocating to the Gold Coast. I studied at Griffith University and obtained a double degree (Bachelor of Laws/ Bachelor of Arts) whilst working at a mid-tier National law firm (McInnes Wilson Lawyers).

I graduated from Griffith University in 2016 and undertook my Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice in 2017 at The College of Law. In 2018, I was admitted as a Solicitor in the state of Queensland.

I have always loved travel and since being admitted, I have enjoyed travelling to over 30 countries.

At the end of 2019, I moved to London, where I began working in the cosmetics and beauty industry. Unfortunately due to Covid, I have had to cut short my travels and have returned to Victoria, where I am currently working in insurance whilst still continuing to work for my job in London. I am also in the process of building a travel based website and blog. I am hoping to obtain a legal job in the cosmetics industry.

I am looking forward to our Saint Ignatius 10 year reunion this year (Covid allowing) and I cannot wait to reunite with my old classmates.

Kind regards,

Kieran Keating

Carly Ellis

Class of 2012

Otherwise, hello! Carly Ellis here (2012 graduate/Arts Captain!) I hope you are well, and hopefully looking forward to a nice school holiday break.

I have been seeing a lot of things recently that have reminded me of the Saint Ignatius 'Old Ignatians', and I wanted to get in touch - firstly to say hello after 8 years, and to tell you a bit about what I've been doing, and secondly to share with you a very cool project I'm working on now that could be of interest to Saint Ignatius.

After I graduated from Saint Ignatius College in 2012 I went on to study my Bachelor of Arts in Acting, and graduating again from there, I have been fortunate enough to work professionally as an actor for a number of exciting companies and projects. To name a few: The Australian Shakespeare Company, Melbourne Shakespeare Company, in films and fashion shows for Sovereign Hill Museum (a historical actor at Sovereign Hill being my first acting job whilst I was studying in Ballarat!). One of the films I starred in even won the Melbourne Fashion Festival Film award and was screened nation-wide on Virgin in-flight entertainment! 

But that's enough bragging...(You can read more here if you like: www.carlyellisactor.com)

Even though Drama didn't go ahead when I was in Year 12 at Saint Ignatius, being the Arts Captain and studying music and the visual arts was an invaluable springboard - bringing me to a very exciting full-circle moment right now.

I remember studying Shakespeare in English class, and being lucky enough to see incursions in the Potato Shed, and right now a show I'm a part of called "Voyage" is actually one of only six works on the VCAA Playlist for the Victorian Drama Curriculum. We will be touring it to schools all around Victoria (and Australia!) from March onwards. Full circle!

Voyage is a beautiful piece written by Helen Begley, as part of The Good Girl Song Project - (www.thegoodgirlsongproject.com). It is a folk musical, and it tells the previously unsung story of the emigrant women who came to Australia by boat in the early 1800s. I play the central character, The Good Girl, and there are two other women involved in the core of this piece.

Warmest regards,

Carly Ellis