South Melbourne College
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South Melbourne College was a co-education boarding school in South Melbourne
, Victoria
, Australia
. The school was founded by Thomas Palmer in 1883.
John Bernard O'Hara
became a partner in 1889 and became sole proprietor in 1893-4. In his hands it became a leading private school in Victoria. During a period of eight years, of 28 first-class honours gained by all the schools of Victoria in physics and chemistry, 14 were obtained by pupils from South Melbourne College. O'Hara was an inspiring teacher, and many of his pupils went on to hold distinguished positions in the universities of Australia.
From 1905, the school was located at 76 Kerferd Rd, South Melbourne.
O'Hara closed the school in 1917 due to ill health.
South Melbourne, Victoria
South Melbourne is an inner city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 2 km south from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area are the Cities of Port Phillip and Melbourne...
, Victoria
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. The school was founded by Thomas Palmer in 1883.
John Bernard O'Hara
John Bernard O'Hara
John Bernard O'Hara was an Australian poet and schoolmaster.O'Hara was born at Bendigo, Victoria. His father, Patrick Knight O'Hara, a primary school teacher in the education department, Victoria, also published two volumes of verse. O'Hara was educated at Carlton College and Ormond College,...
became a partner in 1889 and became sole proprietor in 1893-4. In his hands it became a leading private school in Victoria. During a period of eight years, of 28 first-class honours gained by all the schools of Victoria in physics and chemistry, 14 were obtained by pupils from South Melbourne College. O'Hara was an inspiring teacher, and many of his pupils went on to hold distinguished positions in the universities of Australia.
From 1905, the school was located at 76 Kerferd Rd, South Melbourne.
O'Hara closed the school in 1917 due to ill health.
Notable alumni
- Don Cameron, politician
- Paul JonesPaul Jones (Australian politician)Paul Jones was an Australian politician. Born in Gaffneys Creek, Victoria, he was educated at South Melbourne College before becoming a goldminer and teacher. He also studied at the University of Melbourne for an MA. In 1928, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives in bizarre...
, politician - Katharine Susannah PrichardKatharine Susannah PrichardKatharine Susannah Prichard was an Australian author and co-founding member of the Communist Party of Australia.-Biography:...
, author - Henry Caselli RichardsHenry Caselli RichardsHenry Caselli Richards Australian geologist.Richards was born in Melton, Victoria and was educated at Box Hill Grammar, South Melbourne College and the University of Melbourne, obtaining a D.Sc. in 1915....
, geologist - T. J. RyanT. J. RyanThomas Joseph "T.J." Ryan was Premier of Queensland, Australia from May 1915 until October 1919 when he resigned to enter Federal politics.-Early life:Thomas Joseph Ryan was born at Port Fairy, Victoria...
, politician - Walter Nairn, politician