Creswick Grammar School (founded: 1872) is a public high school located in

Creswick, Victoria Creswick is a town in west-central Victoria, Australia, 18 kilometres north of Ballarat and 122 kilometres northwest of Melbourne, in the Shire of Hepburn. It is 430 metres above sea level. At the 2016 census, Creswick had a populatio ...

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

History

The school was founded by

Samuel Fiddian Samuel Fiddian M.A. (1842 – 5 January 1904) was a schoolteacher, remembered as the first principal of Prince Alfred College in Adelaide, South Australia. He then founded a Grammar School in Creswick, Victoria, of which he was principal and propri ...

in 1872. He also served as the school's first headmaster. The school flourished under the leadership of

who was acknowledged by many to be a great teacher and scholar. The school became co-educational in 1873 and attracted students from all over

Victoria, Australia Victoria is a state in southeastern Australia. It is the second-smallest state with a land area of , the second most populated state (after New South Wales) with a population of over 6.5 million, and the most densely populated state in Au ...

Notable headmasters

The notable headmasters of the school include: *

James Robin James Robin (pronounced ROE-bin) (14 November 1817 – 23 July 1894) was a prominent businessman in the early days of colonial South Australia. Several of his descendants were significant, in the Methodist Church and other fields. Also worthy of m ...

Notable alumni

Notable alumni of the school include:https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/1459150/404411 *

John Percy Camm The Surveyor General of Western Australia is the person nominally responsible for government surveying in Western Australia. In the early history of Western Australia, the office of surveyor general was one of the most important public offices. ...

David Waters Sutherland Prof David Waters Sutherland CIE FRSE (18 December 1872–19 April 1939) was an Australian physician who ran the King Edward Medical College in Lahore and married Princess Bamba Singh. Biography He was born in Buninyong on 18 December 187 ...

Thomas Parkin Thomas Parkin (7 April 1870 – 29 January 1936) was an Australian politician. He was born in Kingston to grazier John Parkin and Bridget Malone. He attended Creswick Grammar School and Geelong Grammar School and then worked for a Geelong ...

John Albert Leach John Albert Leach (19 March 1870 – 3 October 1929) was an ornithologist, teacher and headmaster in the state of Victoria, Australia. Leach was born in Ballarat, Victoria and educated at Creswick Grammar School (where he was dux), Melbourne ...

Frederick Hagelthorn Frederick William Hagelthorn (23 January 1864 – 21 July 1943) was an Australian politician. He was born near Ballarat to Swedish-born seaman Frederick Hagelthorn and Mary Robertson. He worked at the mines in Allendale, as a wharf lumper, ...

Arthur Trethowan Sir Arthur King Trethowan Order of St Michael and St George, (14 September 1863 – 26 November 1937) was an Australian politician. Born in Creswick, Victoria, to auctioneer Samuel Trethowan and Charlotte King, he attended Creswick Grammar ...

Frederick Brawn Frederick William Brawn (21 November 1857 – 24 July 1936) was an Australian politician. He was born in Creswick to storekeeper James Brawn and Sarah Pearce. He attended Creswick Grammar School and became a commission agent in Bloomfield ...

Charles McGrath David Charles McGrath (10 November 1872 – 31 July 1934) was an Australian politician. Originally a member of the Australian Labor Party, he joined Joseph Lyons in the 1931 Labor split that led to the formation of the United Australia Party. ...

References

External links

Official website

Bibliography

Bibliography

Newspaper article
{{DEFAULTSORT:School, Creswick Grammar Boarding schools in Victoria (state) Associated Public Schools of Victoria Educational institutions established in 1872