The Hutchins School

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The Hutchins School
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Location
The Hutchins School
Hobart
,
Tasmania

Australia
Coordinates 42°54′21″S147°19′46″E / 42.90583°S 147.32944°E / -42.90583; 147.32944
Information
Type Independent, day & boarding
Motto Latin: Vivit Post Funera Virtus
(Character lives after death)
Denomination Anglican
Established1846;178 years ago (1846)
Sister school St Michael's Collegiate School
ChairmanAndrew Walker
PrincipalDr Robert McEwan
ChaplainDr Lee Weissel
Employees~250 [1]
Gender Boys
Enrolment1,100
Colour(s)Black, gold & magenta
Athletics conference SATIS
Website www.hutchins.tas.edu.au

The Hutchins School is an Anglican, day and boarding school for boys from pre-kindergarten to Year 12 in Hobart, Tasmania. Established in 1846, Hutchins is one of the oldest continually operating schools in Australia.

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Hutchins is a founding-member of the International Boys' Schools Coalition (IBSC), [2] and a member of Independent Schools Tasmania (IST). [3] The Hutchins School is one of two boys' schools in Tasmania.

History

The Hutchins School was established in 1846 at Hobart Town in memory of The Venerable William Hutchins, first Archdeacon of Van Diemen's Land. Arriving in the colony in 1837, Archdeacon Hutchins had worked to establish a faithful ministry, erecting churches and schools and laying the foundation for secondary education under the auspices of the Church of England. [4]

The School commenced operations under Headmaster John Richard Buckland at Ingle Hall, a large Georgian house dating from 1811 which still stands in lower Macquarie Street, Hobart. Three years later it moved several blocks up Macquarie Street to a purpose-built schoolhouse designed by Tasmanian architect, William Archer. [4]

In the early days of many and varied schools and tenuous longevity, Hutchins survived by absorbing pupils, staff and plant of other less robust institutions, including Christ's College (1846–1912), The High School (1850–65), Horton College (1855–93) and Officer College (1888–1900). When Hutchins joined forces with Christ's College in 1912 it was the signal for Arthur A. Stephens to close Queen's College, founded by him in 1893, and accept the post of vice-master of Hutchins. In 1905 Hutchins amalgamated with Buckland's School, opened in 1893 by William Harvey Buckland, son of founding headmaster J. R. Buckland and brother of second headmaster John Vansittart Buckland. Hutchins would go on to absorb King's Grammar School (1907), Franklin House School (1917) and Apsley House School (1928), and affiliate with Gryce (1934) and Gladwyn (1937) Schools. [4]

By the 1950s the School was growing too large for its inner-city site and in 1957 a new Junior School was built on an elevated site overlooking the River Derwent at Sandy Bay. This followed the opening at the Sandy Bay site of a sub-primary section in 1946 and the Memorial Oval and pavilion in 1955. The Senior School was later constructed on the adjacent site of the former Queenborough Cemetery, following a council referendum in which ratepayers voted '1 for educational purposes' in 1960. [5] As part of this arrangement the council committed to pay for 1,900 bodies to be exhumed from the cemetery with the school funding all other exhumations. As of 2024, it is unclear how many bodies were actually exhumed by the council. [6] By 1964 the Senior School campus encompassed a boarding house and science wing, quickly followed by an administration block and classrooms, while the Junior School campus across the road soon expanded to include a fledgling Middle School. The Macquarie Street building was sold in 1965, with Hutchins commencing full operations at Sandy Bay the following year.[ citation needed ]

In March 2024, two graves were found during earthworks for a new building at the school. [7] An archaeology team was brought in and, by July, 1331 human remains had been exhumed with about 500 more expected to be uncovered. The remains were reinterred at the Cornelian Bay Cemetery. [8] The exhumations were completed in late 2024, with 1,973 bodies being found. This may be the largest mass exhumation ever undertaken in Australia. Due to poor management of the former cemetery it was difficult to identify most of the remains. It took a team of archaeologists nine months to identify more than 1,700 people. It is believed that hundreds of bodies remain interred beneath the school. [6]

Co-curricular program

The school runs an extensive co-curricular program [9] offering music, performing arts, debating, sports and the Duke of Edinburgh International Award.

Sport

The Hutchins School is a member of the Sports Association of Tasmanian Independent Schools (SATIS).

SATIS premierships

The Hutchins School has won the following SATIS premierships. [10]

  • Athletics (23) – 1968, 1981, 1983, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021
  • Basketball – 2009
  • Cricket (22) – 1926, 1938, 1962, 1967, 1969, 1973, 1975, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1994, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2018, 2021
  • Cricket T20 (2) – 2018, 2021
  • Cross Country (38) – 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021
  • Football (14) – 1968, 1969, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1994, 1997, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2010
  • Hockey (17) – 1978, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2009, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
  • Rowing (28) – 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2021
  • Rowing Eight (46) – 1923, 1924, 1926, 1928, 1934, 1937, 1957, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021
  • Soccer (7) – 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2014
  • Swimming (27) – 1976, 1977, 1978, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2015, 2018
  • Tennis (10) – 1962, 1974, 1975, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 2005, 2020, 2021

Headmasters

HeadmasterTerm beginTerm endNotes
John Richard Buckland 3 August 184613 October 1874 [11] [12]
J V Buckland18741892
H H Anderson18921906
E G Muschamp19071908
G A Gurney19081912
L H Lindon19121917
C C Thorold19181929
J R O Harris19291942
V S Murphy19421945
P Radford19461953
W H Mason-Cox19541958
H V Jones19581958
G H Newman19591963
D H Lawrence19631970
D B Clarke19711986
J M B Bednall19871996
W D Toppin19972007
Warwick Dean200731 December 2016
Dr Rob McEwan1 January 2017incumbent

Notable alumni

Notable alumni of The Hutchins School include:

Rhodes Scholars & Victoria Cross Recipients

As of 2024, The Hutchins School has had 26 [23] Rhodes Scholars, the latest being the 2024 Tasmania scholar, Billy Blackett. [24] Alumni have been awarded the Rhodes Scholarship for Australian states other than Tasmania, such as the 2016 New South Wales scholar, Harjeevan Narulla. [25] [26]

Notable Hutchins alumni to be awarded the Rhodes Scholarship include: [23] [ self-published source ]

Two Hutchins Old Boys have been awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest military decoration for valour in Commonwealth countries. They include:

See also

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