Queen's College, Melbourne

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Queen's College
University of Melbourne
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Queens College Crest
Location1-17 College Crescent, Parkville, Victoria
Coordinates 37°47′37″S144°57′49″E / 37.7935°S 144.9635°E / -37.7935; 144.9635
MottoAedificamus in aeternum (Latin)
Motto in EnglishBuilding for eternity
FounderWilliam Abraham Quick
Established1887
Named for Queen Victoria's golden jubilee
Master Dr Stewart Gill OAM
Undergraduates275
Postgraduates25
Website Website

Queen's College is a residential college affiliated with the University of Melbourne. It is a residential community of 300 students who attend the University of Melbourne, RMIT University, Victorian College of the Arts and Monash University Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. These students come from across regional Victoria, interstate and overseas. Queen's College also houses a number of resident tutors, staff and academic guests.

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Members of an ostracised group of Queeners have sought safety in a place named the “Embassy” after being forced out of communal eating spaces.

The College provides accommodation, academic and pastoral support, social and cultural activities, and well-being and career development programs. Queen's participates in the Intercollegiate sports and cultural programs. [1]

The Queens college sports teams have had a dominant run since the arrival of all round sporting superstar Ed Shoemaker , who has been involved in 7 premierships across various sports.

Alumni of Queen's College are referred to as Wyverns (referencing the Wyvern on the College crest). Notable Wyverns from the college’s history include Tom Ross (philosopher and historian), Ash Spencer (Engineer of the West Gate Bridge) and


The College runs regular Wyvern events throughout the year including reunions, educational and cultural events. In addition, many Wyverns support the College by tutoring current students, acting as mentors (academic and career) or coaching the student sport teams. [2]


History

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Queen's College quad from inside the College grounds
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Queen's College North Wing c.1926
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Queen's College iconic tower and flag
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Queen's College Nicholas Laboratories

Founding

The college was founded in 1887, on 10 acres (40,000 m2) of land assigned to the Methodist Church by the Parliament of Victoria in the area then known as University Reserve (now College Crescent). [3] While this land was allocated soon after the founding of the university in 1853, it was not until 1878—some twenty-five years later—that the Methodist Conference took the first steps towards building the college. [4]

The Governor of Victoria, Sir Henry Loch, laid the foundation stone on 16 June 1887 after the efforts of the Reverend William Abraham Quick, who is widely regarded as the founder of Queen's.

Naming

Initially, it was decided that the college was to be named Victoria College. However, when it became clear that it was to be built in the year of Queen Victoria's golden jubilee, it was finalised in December 1886: "That the new College be called Queen's College in honour of the Queen's Jubilee" [5]

Opening

Queen's opened its doors on 16 March 1889, with a total of 24 students, under the leadership of the Revd Edward Holdsworth Sugden, who would go on to hold the position of master for over forty years. Shortly afterward, it became clear that more building was necessary, and on 20 April 1890, the South Wing was opened. Subsequent extensions were made in 1905 and in 1910 a new East Wing was created, joining the new southern wing with the original sections.

During this time (from 1897 to 1920), it is noted that "Queen's College was a veritable hothouse of dramatic activity", [6] with plays and soirees being performed several times annually. Melbourne University Student Theatre traces its roots to this time, and it is no wonder that promotional posters from these productions still adorn the walls of the college to this day. [7]

Expansion

Post-Great War pressures nurtured additional building plans, advocated mainly by J. T. Tweddle. The central tower (named the Sugden tower after the first master of the college, the Revd Edward J. Holdsworth Sugden) and a new northern wing, known as the Tweddle Wing, were constructed and completed in 1923. 1930 saw the introduction of a scientific laboratory (which now serves as a student recreation centre) in the southern section of the college, courtesy of A. M. and G. R. Nicholas.

From 1958 to 1978, a significant expansion and improvement programme was enacted, partly funded by the Commonwealth Government. The West Wing (formerly the Raynor C. Johnson Wing, named after the college's third master) erected in the west of the college grounds, was completed in two stages. The first opened in 1961, with the second following eight years later. During the construction of the West Wing, it became clear that the dining hall (which now serves as the Junior Common Room) was too small to contain the projected student body. As such, the current Eakins Hall was built, finished in 1964. The final student accommodation building, Kernick House, was completed in 1975.

In 1964, 3 acres (12,000 m2) of college land was allocated for the creation of a women's college. The college, named St Hilda's, is now a coeducational facility as by the time it was completed Queen's was also accepting both men and women as equal members.

For a decade from 1969, Queen's had also been ensuring that the pre-existing facilities would attain the same standard as the new wing. The resulting "comfortable, single bedroom studies" remain much the same format today. Also around this time, the Methodist Church merged with most parishes of the Presbyterian Church to form the Uniting Church in Australia, of which the college became an institution.

Coinciding with the college's centenary celebrations, the new Featonby Library and several tutor flats contained in Parnaby Wing were opened in 1987. More recently,[ clarification needed ] the college has focused on expanding accommodation for academic visitors, postgraduate students and resident tutors, with the construction of Scott Terrace(1998), Jack Clarke and Lapthorne buildings (2000). In 2012, the Honourable Alex Chernov AC QC, Governor of Victoria, official opened two new wings of graduate accommodation with facilities for 54 graduate residences.

Traditions

Every Monday is Formal Dinner where Queen's College students wear their black academic gowns during dinner at Eakins dining hall.

The "spoon-bang" is still observed with vigor at the start of formal dinners to celebrate the winning of Queen's College teams in sports, cultural and academic competitions.

Arms

The college's coat of arms celebrates its founding as a Methodist institution, in the tradition of the 18th-century Anglican cleric John Wesley. [8] It has the following heraldic description:

Argent, a cross sable, in each quarter three escallops of the last, for Wesley; on an escutcheon of pretence the Royal Arms of England. Crest: on a wreath and sable, a wyvern proper. Motto: Aedificamus in aeternum.

The actual rendering of the escutcheon uses the royal arms not of England but of the United Kingdom. This is superimposed on the arms of John Wesley.

The college motto translates to "We build for eternity".

The arms were assumed without a formal grant from the College of Arms.

Head of college

Masters

Vice-masters

Deans

From 2015, the Vice-Master role was replaced with two Dean positions.

Dean of Students

Dean of Studies

From 2019, the two Dean positions were combined into one Dean position.

Notable alumni

Queen's College alumni (those who have lived on campus for six months or more) are referred to as Wyverns (referencing the College crest).

Notable Wyverns include:

Rhodes Scholars

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References

  1. ↑ "Queen's College website". Queen's College.
  2. ↑ "Queen's College Alumni". Queen's College.
  3. ↑ Victoria Certificate of Title. 1880. pp. Vol 1157, Fol 231227.
  4. ↑ Queen's College: A Pictorial History 1887-2012. Queen's College. p. 15. ISBN   978-0-9870659-0-2.
  5. ↑ See Queen's College Handbook (2006) p. 2
  6. ↑ A History of Melbourne University Student Theatre Archived August 19, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  7. ↑ See Queen's College Handbook (2006) p. 92, point 20.
  8. ↑ See Queen's College Handbook (2006) p. 97
  9. ↑ Farrer, K. T. H., "Callister, Cyril Percy (1893–1949)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 20 June 2018

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