The Geelong College | |
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Location | |
, Australia | |
Coordinates | 38°9′5″S144°20′18″E / 38.15139°S 144.33833°E |
Information | |
Type | Independent, co-educational, day and boarding, Christian school |
Motto | Latin: Sic itur ad astra (Thus one goes to the stars) |
Denomination | in association with the Uniting Church [1] |
Established | 1861[2] |
Founder | Alexander James Campbell |
Principal | Peter Miller |
Chaplain | Stephen Wright |
Gender | Co-educational |
Enrolment | 1,200–1,300 (K–12) |
Colour(s) | |
Affiliation | Associated Public Schools of Victoria |
Website | www |
The Geelong College is an Australian independent and co-educational, Christian day and boarding school located in Newtown, an inner-western suburb of Geelong, Victoria.
Established in 1861 by Alexander James Campbell, a Presbyterian minister, the Geelong College was formerly a school of the Presbyterian Church of Australia and is now operated in association with the Uniting Church in Australia but is not governed or managed by the church. [3] The school has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently caters for over 1,200 students from kindergarten to Year 12, including around 100 boarding students from Years 7 to 12. [4] The boarding students are accommodated in two boarding houses at the senior school campus: Mackie House for boys, Mossgiel House for girls.
The college is affiliated with the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference, [5] the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia, [6] the Junior School Heads Association of Australia, [7] the Association of Independent Schools of Victoria, [2] the Australian Boarding Schools Association, [4] and has been a member of the Associated Public Schools of Victoria since 1908.
Following the closure of the first Geelong Grammar, Campbell established a committee to found a new Presbyterian school. On 8 July 1861, Geelong College was officially established. The school year later started with an enrolment of 62. George Morrison was appointed the first principal and three years later became the owner of the school. The school moved to its present location in 1871. The architects Alexander Davidson and George Henderson designed its main building.
In 1908, the college returned to the ownership of the Presbyterian Church of Australia and became a member of the Associated Public Schools of Victoria (APS). Land was acquired for a new in 1946 but the new preparatory campus did not open until 1960. This particular campus became co-educational in 1974, with co-education being extended to the senior campus in 1975. The college undertook an extensive redevelopment and refurbishment of the middle school, which is on the preparatory campus, in 2012. In 2015 Principal Andrew Barr resigned after he was photographed watching pornography in his office. [8]
Period | Principal |
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1861–1898 | G. Morrison |
1898–1909 | N. Morrison |
1910–1914 | W. R. Bayly |
1915–1919 | W. T. Price |
1920–1945 | F. W. Rolland |
1946–1960 | M. A. Buntine |
1960–1975 | P. N. Thwaites |
1976–1985 | S. P. Gebhardt |
1986–1995 | A. P. Sheahan |
1996–2012 | P. C. Turner |
2013–2015 | A. M. Barr |
2016–present | P. D. Miller |
Talbot Street, Newtown
Aberdeen Street, Newtown
Minerva Road, Newtown
Cape Otway (since 2015) [9]
A house system operates at both the senior and middle schools. Each house is named after a significant person in the college's history. Sporting and music competitions are held between them each year.
House | Colour | Origin of name | Year founded |
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Calvert | Maroon | Stanley B. Hamilton-Calvert, an Old Collegian, council member from 1908 to 1939 and council chairman (1922–29) | 1921 Barwon; Renamed 1925 |
Coles | Pale blue | Sir Arthur Coles, co-founder of Coles Supermarkets, a major college benefactor, Old Collegian and council chairman (1939–69) | 1975 |
Keith | Green | Bertram Robert Keith, Old Collegian, staff member (1927–71), co-author and editor of the 1961 Geelong College Centenary History | 1981 |
McArthur | Black | A. Norman McArthur, Old Collegian, council member (1908–47) and interim acting council chairman (1939–1941) | 1952 |
McLean | Red | Ewen Charles McLean, staff member 1940–78, first chaplain from 1954 and honorary archivist (1979–98) | 1980 |
Morrison | Brown | George Morrison, founding principal from 1861 to 1898 and owner (1864–98) | 1921 |
Shannon | Dark blue | Charles Shannon, council member (1908–21) and chairman of council (1908–21) | 1921 |
Wettenhall | Gold | Roland R. Wettenhall, Old Collegian and council member (1927–58) | 1975 |
At the middle school, there are four houses: Pegasus (white), Bellerophon (blue), Minerva (red) and Helicon (green), which meet for sporting events throughout each year. The house model is not used for pastoral care at this campus. The names of these houses originate from Roman mythology.
Geelong College offers its senior students the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE).
Year | Rank | Median study score | Scores of 40+ (%) | Cohort size |
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2012 | 46 | 34 | 18.1 | 276 |
2013 | 49 | 34 | 17.0 | 254 |
2014 | 58 | 34 | 15.1 | 234 |
2015 | 46 | 34 | 18.7 | 280 |
2016 | 53 | 34 | 17.8 | 263 |
2017 | 49 | 34 | 19.1 | 243 |
2018 | 65 | 33 | 15.2 | 230 |
2019 | 63 | 33 | 16.3 | 246 |
2020 | 85 | 32 | 13.0 | 254 |
Secondary students of the college participate in the summer, winter and spring seasons of the Associated Public Schools of Victoria (APS)/Associated Grammar Schools of Victoria (AGSV) sport competition. Choices offered for summer sports include badminton, cricket (boys only), softball (girls only), tennis and rowing. Winter sports include Australian rules football (boys only), netball (girls only), soccer and basketball. Students may also participate in a number of local competitions and the college is particularly known for its excellence and achievement in rowing competitions.
Geelong College has won the following APS and AGSV/APS premierships:
Boys: [11]
Girls: [12]
The Geelong College Challenge is a competition run by the college at the preparatory school campus in which government schools in the region can enter. The challenge started in 1993. [13] Participating schools send in an entry based on the set theme, and the teams with the 16 best entries are accepted. These schools then form a team of four Year 6 students (two boys and two girls). On the weekend of the challenge, the teams participate in various challenges, which include art, music, drama, technology, information technology, physical education and mathematics challenges.
Alumni of the school are known as Old Geelong Collegians and may elect to join the alumni association, the Old Geelong Collegians' Association (OGCA). [14] Some notable Old Geelong Collegians include:
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