Camden College was an
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Congregational Union of Australia
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day and
boarding school
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for boys from 1864 until 1877 and
theological college
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for the training of
Christian ministers from 1864 until 1974.
History
Thomas Holt and the Congregational Church founded a boys school and theological college at ''Camden'', the former home of Robert Bourne, on 12 July 1864. Camden College, as the institution became known, was just north of the present Camden Street on the border of
Newtown and
Enmore in
New South Wales
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Samuel Chambers Kent, the Congregational minister in Newtown from 1861, became the founding warden and resident chaplain of Camden College from 1864 to 1872.
Kent's portrait hangs in the library of the Uniting Theological College in Parramatta.
Camden College and its garden were subdivided in 1877 and the college moved to
Glebe
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. The college buildings, including ''Camden'', were demolished in 1888.
In 1974 prior to the formation of the
Uniting Church in Australia
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from the Congregational Union, the
Methodist Church
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and the
Presbyterian Church
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, Camden College merged with
Leigh College
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and St Andrew's Theological Hall to form the United Theological College, a part of the theology school at
Charles Sturt University
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.
Notable alumni
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Arthur Aspinall
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Alexander Petrie Campbell
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Joseph Cullen
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Hubert Cunliffe-Jones
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Harry Kent
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Kenneth Mackay
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Frederick Pratt
See also
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List of non-government schools in New South Wales
This is a list of non-government schools in the state of New South Wales, current as of August 2017.
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List of boarding schools
This list includes notable boarding schools (where some or all pupils study and live during the school year).
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Cameroon
* Our Lady of Lourdes College, Mankon
*Saker Baptist College, Limbe
Ghana
*Aburi Girls' Senior High School
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Defunct schools in New South Wales
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Former boarding schools in New South Wales
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1864 establishments in Australia
1974 disestablishments
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Defunct secondary schools in Sydney
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