, motto_translation = Thus one goes to the stars , established = , type =

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, day and boarding, Christian school , denomination = in association with the

Uniting Church The Uniting Church in Australia (UCA) was founded on 22 June 1977, when most congregations of the Methodist Church of Australasia, about two-thirds of the Presbyterian Church of Australia and almost all the churches of the Congregational Unio ...

, slogan = , principal = Peter Miller , chaplain = Stephen Wright , founder = Alexander James Campbell , key_people = , city = Newtown , state =

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, country = Australia , coordinates = , gender = Co-educational , enrolment = 1,200-1,300 (K–12) , num_employ = , colours = , affiliation =

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, website = The Geelong College is an Australian

independent Independent or Independents may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Artist groups * Independents (artist group), a group of modernist painters based in the New Hope, Pennsylvania, area of the United States during the early 1930s * Independ ...

and

, Christian day and boarding school located in Newtown, an inner-western suburb of Geelong,

. 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 operates in association with the

Uniting Church in Australia The Uniting Church in Australia (UCA) was founded on 22 June 1977, when most congregations of the Methodist Church of Australasia, about two-thirds of the Presbyterian Church of Australia and almost all the churches of the Congregational Uni ...

but is not governed or managed by the church. The school has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently caters for over 1,200 students from

kindergarten Kindergarten is a preschool educational approach based on playing, singing, practical activities such as drawing, and social interaction as part of the transition from home to school. Such institutions were originally made in the late 18th ce ...

to Year 12, including around 100 boarding students from Years 7 to 12. The boarding students are accommodated in two boarding houses at the senior school campus, one for each sex. Boys reside in Mackie House while girls reside in Mossgiel House. The college is affiliated with the

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, the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA), the

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(JSHAA), the Association of Independent Schools of Victoria (AISV), the Australian Boarding Schools Association (ABSA), and has been a member of the

(APS) since 1908.

History

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

(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.

Principals

Campuses

* Senior School – Years 9 to 12 Talbot Street, Newtown * Middle School – Years 4 to 8 Aberdeen Street, Newtown * Junior School – kindergarten to Year 3 Minerva Road, Newtown * Mokborree (Otway Campus) – all years (under development)

House system

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. 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

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Curriculum

Geelong College offers its senior students the

Victorian Certificate of Education The Victorian Certificate of Education (often abbreviated VCE) is one credential available to secondary school students who successfully complete year 11 and 12 in the Australian state of Victoria. The VCE is the predominant choice for students ...

(VCE).

Sport

Secondary students of the college participate in the summer, winter and spring seasons of the

(APS)/

Associated Grammar Schools of Victoria The Associated Grammar Schools of Victoria (AGSV) is a sporting association of nine independent schools in Victoria, Australia, formed in 1920. The AGSV provides interschool sporting competitions between the nine member schools in a range of spo ...

(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 Rowing is the act of propelling a human-powered watercraft using the sweeping motions of oars to displace water and generate reactional propulsion. Rowing is functionally similar to paddling, but rowing requires oars to be mechanically ...

competitions.

APS and AGSV/APS premierships

Geelong College has won the following APS and AGSV/APS premierships: Boys: * Cricket (7) – 1946, 1947, 1963, 1979, 1982, 1995, 2011 * Football (6) – 1925, 1927, 1932, 1963, 1964, 2006 * Rowing (13) – 1936, 1944, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1976, 1990, 1993, 2000, 2001, 2003 Girls: * Athletics (5) – 1995, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2005 * Hockey (2) – 1995, 1996 * Netball (4) – 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998 * Rowing (10) – 1981, 1982, 1983, 1989, 1992, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2011 * Tennis (6) – 1995, 1996, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2005

Geelong College Challenge

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. 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.

Notable alumni

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of the school are known as Old Geelong Collegians and may elect to join the alumni association, the Old Geelong Collegians' Association (OGCA). Some notable Old Geelong Collegians include:

Academic

* Sir Robert Honeycombe – scientist and metallurgist, Emeritus Professor of Metallurgy at

Cambridge University The University of Cambridge is a Public university, public collegiate university, collegiate research university in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1209 and granted a royal charter by Henry III of England, Henry III in 1231, Cambridge is the world' ...

, UK. * John Marden – first

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of the

Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney The Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney (PLC Sydney) is an independent school, independent Presbyterian Church of Australia, Presbyterian Single-sex school, single-sex Pre-school education, early learning, Primary school, primary and Secondary sc ...

(1888–1919) and

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(1916–1919); pioneer of women's education;

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elder

Business

* Bill Dix – former Managing Director of

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and Chairman of

Qantas Qantas Airways Limited ( ) is the flag carrier of Australia and the country's largest airline by fleet size, international flights, and international destinations. It is the world's third-oldest airline still in operation, having been founde ...

Don Kendell Donald Moreton Kendell AM (19 January 1930 – 14 October 2001) was the founder and chairman of Kendell Airlines, which, in the 1990s, was Australia's largest regional airline. Personal life Don Kendall grew up on his parents' wheat and shee ...

– founder of Kendell Airlines

Entertainment, media and the arts

* Russell Boyd – cinematographer: '' Picnic at Hanging Rock'', '' Gallipoli'', ''

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''. *

John Duigan John Duigan (born 19 June 1949) is an Australian film director and screenwriter. He is mostly known for his two autobiographical films '' The Year My Voice Broke'' and '' Flirting'', and the 1994 film '' Sirens'', which stars Hugh Grant. Bi ...

– film director and writer *

Gideon Haigh Gideon Clifford Jeffrey Davidson Haigh (born 29 December 1965) is an English-born Australian journalist and non-fiction author who writes about sport (especially cricket), business and crime in Australia. He was born in London, was raised in Ge ...

– journalist and author * Robert Ingpen – artist, writer and illustrator *

Rebecca Maddern Rebecca Maddern (born 6 August 1977) is an Australian television presenter and journalist. Maddern is currently weekend presenter of ''Seven News Melbourne'' with Mike Amor and presents ''Seven Afternoon News'' in Melbourne. She has worked a ...

– journalist *

Veronica Milsom Veronica Louise Milsom (born 9 October 1984) is an Australian radio presenter, comedian and actress. From 2014 to 2020, she co-hosted the afternoon drive-time programme ''Veronica & Lewis'' alongside Lewis Hobba on youth radio station Triple J. ...

– comedian and

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radio presenter *

George Ernest Morrison George Ernest Morrison (4 February 1862 – 30 May 1920) was an Australian journalist, political adviser to and representative of the government of the Republic of China during the First World War and owner of the then largest Asiatic library ...

– Australian

adventure An adventure is an exciting experience or undertaking that is typically bold, sometimes risky. Adventures may be activities with danger such as traveling, exploring, skydiving, mountain climbing, scuba diving, river rafting, or other extreme ...

r; correspondent for ''

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(Beijing) *

Guy Pearce Guy Edward Pearce (born 5 October 1967) is an Australian actor. Born in Ely, Cambridgeshire in England, and raised in Geelong, Victoria in Australia, he started his career portraying Mike Young in the Australian television series ''Neighbours ...

– actor * Sean Sowerby – journalist * Nathan Templeton – journalist

Medicine and science

*Sir

Frank Macfarlane Burnet Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet, (3 September 1899 – 31 August 1985), usually known as Macfarlane or Mac Burnet, was an Australian virologist known for his contributions to immunology. He won a Nobel Prize in 1960 for predicting acquired immune ...

– biologist and winner of the

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for Medicine *Noel Sherson FRCS, FRACS (1936 – 2007) – surgeon and senior lecturer in Anatomy at the

University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne is a public research university located in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1853, it is Australia's second oldest university and the oldest in Victoria. Its main campus is located in Parkville, an inner suburb no ...

Politics, public service and the law

* Barry James Maddern AC (1937 – January 1994), Australian barrister and jurist *

Lionel Aingimea Lionel Rouwen Aingimea (born 2 September 1965) is a Nauruan lawyer and politician. He served as the fifteenth president of Nauru from 2019 to 2022. He currently serves as Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Nauru. Early life Aingimea was born i ...

–

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since 2019 * John Button – senior Federal Minister in the Hawke and Keating Governments *Sir

Arthur Coles Sir Arthur William "A.W." Coles (7 August 1892 – 14 June 1982) was a prominent Australian businessman and philanthropist, a son of St James, Victoria shopkeeper George W. Coles (died 1932). With his brothers George James "G.J." (1885& ...

– retail founder, MP,

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; first Chairman of Australian National Airlines (TAA) *

Robert Doyle Robert Keith Bennett Doyle (born 20 May 1953) is an Australian politician who was the 103rd Lord Mayor of Melbourne, elected on 30 November 2008 until he resigned on 4 February 2018 amidst allegations of sexual harassment. He was previously M ...

–

, politician; Member for Malvern in the Legislative Assembly (1992–2006); Leader of the Victorian Opposition (2002–2006) * Major General Sir James Harrison,

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, CB,

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– former Governor of South Australia *

Sarah Henderson Sarah Moya Henderson (born 4 April 1964)HENDERSON, Sarah (1964–)

, MP – Member for Corangamite (Liberal Party) from 2013-2019, Senator for Victoria since 2019 * Fergus Stewart McArthur, MP – Member for Corangamite (Liberal Party) from 1984-2007 * Sir Gordon Stewart McArthur –

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politician, President of the Victorian Legislative Council (1958–1965), grazier and barrister *

James Nimmo James Ferguson Nimmo (191215 December 1984) was a senior Australian public servant and policy maker, best known for his time as Secretary of the Department of Housing. Life and career James Nimmo was born in 1912. He attended Geelong College an ...

– public servant

Religion

* Thomas Henry Armstrong – first

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Wangaratta Wangaratta ( ) is a city in the northeast of Victoria, Australia, from Melbourne along the Hume Highway. The city had an estimated urban population of 19,318 at June 2018. Wangaratta has recorded a population growth rate of almost 1% annually ...

Sport

Jaxson Barham Jaxson Barham (born 20 May 1988) is a former Australian rules footballer. He played seven senior games for the Collingwood Football Club from 2009–2010 before being delisted at the end of the 2010 season. Background Drafted under the Austr ...

– former AFL footballer for the

Collingwood Magpies The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed the Magpies or colloquially the Pies, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's elite competition. The club w ...

Tim Callan Timothy Callan (born 6 January 1984) is a former Australian rules football player for the Western Bulldogs, and the Geelong Football Club The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed the Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club base ...

– former AFL footballer for the

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* David A. Clarke – former AFL footballer for the Geelong and

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s. * David E. Clarke – former AFL footballer for the Geelong and

s. *

Georgie Clarke Georgina "Georgie" Clarke (born 17 June 1984 in Geelong) is an Australian athlete who specialised in the middle-distance events. She won multiple international medals at youth and junior levels. She competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney ...

– Olympian (athletics) * Tim Clarke – former AFL footballer for the

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* Richard Colman, Paralympic athletics gold medallist * Ayce Cordy – former AFL footballer for the

* Zaine Cordy – current AFL footballer for the

, premiership player in the

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Ed Curnow Edward Curnow (born 7 November 1989Carlton Football ClubEdward Curnow Player Profile bio, Retrieved 23 March 2011.) is a professional Australian rules footballer, currently playing for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football Leag ...

– current AFL footballer for

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Charlie Curnow Charles Curnow (born 3 February 1997) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Curnow received a nomination for the 2017 AFL Rising Star award in round 16 of the ...

– current AFL footballer for

* Josh Dunkley-Smith – 2012 Olympic rowing silver medallist *

Edward 'Carji' Greeves Edward Goderich "Carji" Greeves, Junior (1 November 1903 – 15 April 1963) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL), now known as the Australian Football League (AFL). H ...

– winner of the inaugural

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for the best and fairest player in the

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(1924) * Lindsay Hassett – captain of the Australian

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team from 1949 to 1953 * John "Jack" Bailey Hawkes – Australian tennis champion * Lachlan Henderson – current AFL footballer for Geelong Football Club *

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– former Australian international soccer player * Jack Iverson – Australian Test cricketer * Bowen Lockwood – former AFL footballer for * Edward Russell Mockridge – Olympic cyclist *

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, two-time Olympian rower * Ian Redpath – Australian Test cricketer *

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– former AFL footballer for St Kilda * Will Schofield – former AFL footballer for the

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* Paul Sheahan – Australian Test cricketer; former headmaster of The Geelong College and

Melbourne Grammar School (Pray and Work) , established = 1849 (on present site since 1858 - the celebrated date of foundation) , type = Independent, co-educational primary, single-sex boys secondary, day and boarding , denomination ...

* Alec Boswell Timms – VFA footballer for Geelong and Scottish international

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player from 1896 to 1905 *

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– AFL footballer * Ned McHenry – AFL footballer * Mason Wood – AFL footballer *

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– AFL footballer

References

External links

*
Heritage Guide to The Geelong College
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History

Principals

Campuses

House system

Curriculum

Sport

APS and AGSV/APS premierships

Geelong College Challenge

Notable alumni

Academic

Business

Entertainment, media and the arts

Medicine and science

Politics, public service and the law

Religion

Sport

See also

References

Further reading

External links