St John's College, University of Sydney
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St John's College, or the College of St John the Evangelist, is a residential College within the University of Sydney
.
Established in 1857, the College of St John the Evangelist is the oldest Roman Catholic university college and second-oldest university college in Australia, and is one of the country's most prestigious. St John's is a co-educational community of 267 undergraduate and postgraduate students. The Rector, Mr Michael Bongers, has governed the college since 2009.
In 1854 the first effort to establish a Catholic college within The University of Sydney was made at a meeting in the old St Mary's Cathedral. The NSW Government promised a pound for pound subsidy of up to a 20,000-pound limit if at least 10,000 pounds was raised by public subscription. Remarkably this was met in six months from July 1857. On 15 December 1857 the Act to Incorporate Saint John’s College as a College within the University of Sydney was passed in the NSW Parliament and received Royal Assent
from Queen Victoria
. The Proclamation of the St. John's College Council took place on 1 July 1858.
In 1887, James Francis Hogan wrote in The Irish in Australia, that St Ignatius' College, Riverview
, St. Joseph's College, Hunters Hill
and
In February 1859 William Wilkinson Wardell the architect of St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney
and St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne
, was appointed architect for St John's College. Working from Melbourne he drew up the general plans and sent them to Sydney in May 1859. Wardell designed St John's College as a three-storeyed sandstone Gothic Revival building on an H-shaped plan but because of budget restrictions with a limit of 30,000 pounds, July and August saw discussion of Wardell's design and of how much could be built within the budget. In September and October the general plans were approved by the St John's Council and the University Senate.
During the period from October 1859 to April 1860 relations between Wardell and the Council deteriorated for various reasons, ultimately ending with Wardell's resignation in June 1860. With the main building programme already in progress the Council retained Wardell's plans and proceeded with the construction under the supervision of Edmund T. Blacket
, another of Australia's best known colonial architects who had finished construction of the first stage of St Paul's College at the University of Sydney the previous year. When Blacket was appointed to supervise the construction of St John's several changes were made to Wardell's specification being the substitution of Australian Hardwood for Pitch Pine, the use of bar trusses in the Chapel, omission of a fountain, use of common bricks instead of fire bricks, substitution of Colonial for Portland stone and the use of ornamental pillars in the library. Blacket estimated that these and other changes would occasion a saving of 1,689 pounds, thus leaving the amended quote at 35,754 pounds. When the College was finally occupied the cost of construction for the first stage was in fact 40,000 pounds.
Foundation by Archbishop of Sydney John Bede Polding formerly an English Benedictine
monk of Downside Abbey
. The English Benedictines were prominent in the raising of public support for the founding of St John's and Dom Maurus O'Connell, Dean of St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney and first Australian-born Benedictine priest, was appointed as the first Rector of the College in 1858. When Roger Bede Vaughan, a former Monk of Downside Abbey arrived in Sydney as Polding's Coadjutor bishop
in 1873, he was elected by the Fellows as Rector. Vaughan retained the rectorship until he succeeded Polding as Archbishop in his own right, but continued to live in the College and use it as his Episcopal Palace
. Vaughan's secretary Dr Anselm Gillett, a monk of Ampleforth who had been resident at Belmont Priory during Vaughan's time as superior before his departure for Australia, acted as Rector during Vaughan's time as Archbishop. After Vaughan's death and Gillett's return to England, another Benedictine, Fr David Barry was appointed Rector in 1884. In the latter part of the 19th century the College Council was dominated by clerical fellows who were Benedictine monks and the majority of its students were educated at the Benedictine Lyndhurst College, Glebe.
The carved Gothic-style reliquary box held in the chapel contains the skull of St Bede the Lesser, a Benedictine Monk who died pre-1000 AD The relic had been preserved in a reliquary in the church of St Benignus at Genoa
, served by the Benedictine Monks of Monte Cassino
until the early 19th century. The relic was transported to Sydney by the missionary priest Martial Mary and presented to Archbishop Vaughan whilst he was residing in the college.
St John's College is perhaps the grandest Gothic Revival building in Australia and designed by one of England's (and Australia's) foremost ecclesiastical architects of the mid-19th century is unique in New South Wales collegiate architecture in its combination of scale quality and construction. A rare realisation of Pugin
's ideal Catholic college (and in turn based on Magdalen College, Oxford
), it demonstrates the influence of Pugin on the work of William Wardell
. It is a splendid example of the period when Pugin's insistence of archaeological accuracy was giving way to the more eclectic influences of the High Victorian generation.
Built entirely in sandstone, the college is 14th century English Gothic in style and substantially Renaissance Baroque in plan, in the manner of Wardell's earlier monasteries and convents. The principal floor or 'piano nobile' level is elevated above the ground floor and is related to a central space (the Ante-chapel) by a series of classical enfilades. The arrangement of the ground floor entry vestibule, and the formal, axially linked Imperial staircase are just as much classical in inspiration. In this respect St John's is unlike the traditional layout of an English university college. The formal parts of the building are very grand, particularly if compared to the almost domestic scale of Blacket
's contemporary St Paul's College.
The main facade on the north wing is a typical exercise in Victorian near symmetry with the central tower nearly in the middle. Under the tower is a porte cochere. Continuing south along the visitor's line of entry on the main axis is a visually low, dark vestibule. This enhances the view, through an open arcade and transverse passage, of the more brightly sidelit formal stone staircase. To the north of the stairhall on the principal floor is the central space. To the east of this space is the chapel, viewed through an arcaded screen. To the south is a vista across the stairwell, through an anti-room to the library and on to the students' accommodation. To the west is the Great Hall, although this was not visible from the central space on Wardell's original design. Lastly through a wide opening to the north is the Lady Chapel in the tower.
Many of the sanctuary furnishings are believed to have been designed by Blackett in the 1860s including the Blessed Sacrament shrine, which is made of Bondi Gold Sandstone, the tabernacle, cedar choir stalls and pews. The walls of keyed sandstone were originally covered in plasterwork with Pugin type decoration but this was completely removed in 1963. The chapel wrought iron gates were designed by Herbert Wardell and Denning and installed in 1921. The chapel contains five stain glassed windows, three of which were commissioned in 1918 from John Hardman and Co Birmingham, with the designed based on the writings of St Bonaventure, quoted by Cardinal Newman. The eastern window, also from Hardman and Co was presented to the college by Countess Freehill in 1937 in memory of her late husband, Francis Bede Freehill. The embellished sanctuary and Lady Chapel mosaics were also presented by Countess Freehill and laid by Melocco Co in 1916-17 and 1937 respectively (approximately the same time as the Kelly Chapel floor at St Mary's Cathedral). The sanctuary features oak reredos and panelling designed by Herbert Wardell and also two life sized carved statues of the Virgin Mary and St John the Evangelist made by Koffmefer of Munich.
(1870–1932) who was a regular visitor and close friend of the Maurice J. O'Reilly, the then rector. The Brennan Hall has a fine double arcade of slender wooden piers. Each pier has four engaged shafts with appropriate bases and capitals supporting arched braces. All motifs are designed in 14th century manner like the reticulated tracery in the square loaded windows. The Brennan Hall is more grand than convenient as it is also a major thoroughfare.
The library holds several collections of books donated by past rectors and fellows of the college, contained in custom made locked shelving units as a private library for its historical relevance to the college. The stained glass windows on the eastern and western walls of the library are by Hardman and Co. Birmingham. The eastern windows contain the coats of arms of Bishop Davis, Archbishop Polding, St John's College and Archbishop Vaughan. The western windows contain the coat of arms of William Bernard Ullathorne
, Cardinal Moran and Archbishop Kelly.
In 1937 Countess Freehill donated 15,000 pounds to the College on the condition that it be used for the erection of the tower and that Hennessy and Hennessy be the architects. The design for the tower was 10 metres shorter than Wardell would have liked. Wardell believed that without the full height of the tower, the horizontality of the building would not be balanced. Nonetheless the tower was built to the amended design.
The 1960s saw great activity with extensions to the college. In 1961, 100 years after the first construction, Menzies Wing on the east end of the South Range was begun. The architects were McDonell, Mar and Anderson. The Menzies Wing was opened by the Right Honourable R. J. Menzies
and blessed by Cardinal Norman Gilroy on 14 May 1961. In 1962 the refectory was extended through to where the sacristies were, leaving an open arcade where the eastern wall had been. The Polding Wing was built on the west end of the South Range in 1967 and opened by Sir Roden Cutler and blessed by Archbishop James Caroll on 26 November 1967. Although these wings are four-storeyed and very different to the design of Wardell, the architects have looked back to his design for guidance and inspiration. Their modifications of Wardell's original design enabled the present building to accommodate 181 students.
In May 2007 the St John's College 150th Anniversary Capital Appeal was launched with the aim of raising funds for new building works planned to commence in 2009; a new building that completes the dream of the original architects, William Wardell and Edmund Blacket, completing Wardell's quadrangle and the Missenden Road Building, the Grand Staircase from the Great Hall, and Blacket's cloisters designed to accommodate over 70 more students. A land transaction between St John's and The University of Sydney is intended to provide the balance of the funds needed. The patron of the appeal is Michael Hintze
.
is held in the chapel. Adoration
and Benediction
is held regularly throughout the semester and during stu-vac. All students of the college are encouraged to worship as a community and it is kept open at all times for prayer and personal reflection.
or Lounge Suit
for men and ballgown or evening gown
for women are worn, depending on the event. At formal dinners, traditional formalities are observed. Students enter the Hall and stand in place prior to the arrival of the members of High Table - the Rector, members of the Senior Common Room and other invited guests - who process in after the Gong
has been sounded. Grace is then said in Latin. Late arrivals should bow to the Rector (or Visitor) and be acknowledged. It is considered discourteous to leave the Hall before the final Grace.
in 1906. The Rawson sports are played throughout the university year, including: Cricket, Rowing, Rugby, Swimming and Diving, Soccer, Tennis, Basketball and Athletics. Other sports that feature in the Rosebowl Cup are Hockey, Netball and Softball.
The college has expansive sporting facilities including a rugby oval, football oval, cricket nets and floodlit tennis and basketball courts. All college residents are also members of Sydney Uni Sport and Fitness and are entitled to access to all exclusive member benefits and services, including 3 on-campus gymnasiums and indoor aquatic centre.
The College competes in the Palladian Cup where the colleges compete in solo and group instrumental and drama performance. St John's won the Palladian Cup in 2007.
The College enjoys a close relationship with Capella Sublima, a distinguished a cappella vocal consort based at St John's College, where its singers rehearse. In the European Renaissance, a cappella was a group of musicians attached to a cathedral or the court of a monarch. Capella sublima specialises in choral masterworks of the European Renaissance. Its extensive repertoire includes Josquin, Lassus, Palestrina, Victoria, Guerrero, Tallis and others. The Capella has been recorded for broadcast by ABC Classic FM and numerous other Sydney radio stations.
and eighteen Fellows, six of whom must be Catholic clergy. The Catholic Archbishop of Sydney
, currently Cardinal George Pell
, takes the role of Visitor
of the College. This is a largely ceremonial role and can also be called to give guidance and resolve internal disputes. Under the direction of the Archbishop as Visitor, the College associates itself with the interests of the Church and its mission, particularly by the fostering of appropriate academic directions in education, charity, social justice, ethics and the environment.
St John's College, or the College of St John the Evangelist, is a residential College within the University of Sydney
University of Sydney
The University of Sydney is a public university located in Sydney, New South Wales. The main campus spreads across the suburbs of Camperdown and Darlington on the southwestern outskirts of the Sydney CBD. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in Australia and Oceania...
.
Established in 1857, the College of St John the Evangelist is the oldest Roman Catholic university college and second-oldest university college in Australia, and is one of the country's most prestigious. St John's is a co-educational community of 267 undergraduate and postgraduate students. The Rector, Mr Michael Bongers, has governed the college since 2009.
History
The College of St John the Evangelist was founded by Archbishop John Bede Polding, who named it after the author of the fourth Gospel. The symbol of the College is the traditional symbol of St John, the eagle, denoting a high-flying perspective on the world. St John's College is the oldest Catholic tertiary institution in Australia. It was the first Catholic college to be established in a pre-existing non-Catholic university in the English-speaking world since the Reformation.In 1854 the first effort to establish a Catholic college within The University of Sydney was made at a meeting in the old St Mary's Cathedral. The NSW Government promised a pound for pound subsidy of up to a 20,000-pound limit if at least 10,000 pounds was raised by public subscription. Remarkably this was met in six months from July 1857. On 15 December 1857 the Act to Incorporate Saint John’s College as a College within the University of Sydney was passed in the NSW Parliament and received Royal Assent
Royal Assent
The granting of royal assent refers to the method by which any constitutional monarch formally approves and promulgates an act of his or her nation's parliament, thus making it a law...
from Queen Victoria
Victoria of the United Kingdom
Victoria was the monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death. From 1 May 1876, she used the additional title of Empress of India....
. The Proclamation of the St. John's College Council took place on 1 July 1858.
In 1887, James Francis Hogan wrote in The Irish in Australia, that St Ignatius' College, Riverview
St Ignatius' College, Riverview
Saint Ignatius' College, Riverview is a Roman Catholic, day and boarding school for boys, located in Riverview, a small suburb situated on the Lane Cove River on the Lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia....
, St. Joseph's College, Hunters Hill
St. Joseph's College, Hunters Hill
St Joseph's College is a Roman Catholic, Secondary, day and boarding school for boys. It is located in Hunters Hill, a suburb on the Lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia....
and
- St. John's College, affiliated to the University of Sydney...are three educational institutions that reflect the highest credit on the Catholic population of the parent colony.
Architects
In February 1859 William Wilkinson Wardell the architect of St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney
St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney
The Metropolitan Cathedral of St Mary is the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney and the seat of the Archbishop of Sydney, Cardinal George Pell. The cathedral is dedicated to "Mary, Help of Christians", Patron of Australia...
and St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne
St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne
St Patrick's Cathedral is the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia, and seat of its archbishop, currently Denis J. Hart. The building is known internationally as a leading example of the Gothic Revival style of architecture.In 1974 Pope Paul VI...
, was appointed architect for St John's College. Working from Melbourne he drew up the general plans and sent them to Sydney in May 1859. Wardell designed St John's College as a three-storeyed sandstone Gothic Revival building on an H-shaped plan but because of budget restrictions with a limit of 30,000 pounds, July and August saw discussion of Wardell's design and of how much could be built within the budget. In September and October the general plans were approved by the St John's Council and the University Senate.
During the period from October 1859 to April 1860 relations between Wardell and the Council deteriorated for various reasons, ultimately ending with Wardell's resignation in June 1860. With the main building programme already in progress the Council retained Wardell's plans and proceeded with the construction under the supervision of Edmund T. Blacket
Edmund Blacket
Edmund Thomas Blacket was an Australian architect, best known for his designs for the University of Sydney, St. Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney and St...
, another of Australia's best known colonial architects who had finished construction of the first stage of St Paul's College at the University of Sydney the previous year. When Blacket was appointed to supervise the construction of St John's several changes were made to Wardell's specification being the substitution of Australian Hardwood for Pitch Pine, the use of bar trusses in the Chapel, omission of a fountain, use of common bricks instead of fire bricks, substitution of Colonial for Portland stone and the use of ornamental pillars in the library. Blacket estimated that these and other changes would occasion a saving of 1,689 pounds, thus leaving the amended quote at 35,754 pounds. When the College was finally occupied the cost of construction for the first stage was in fact 40,000 pounds.
English Benedictine influence
St John's College was founded as a BenedictineBenedictine
Benedictine refers to the spirituality and consecrated life in accordance with the Rule of St Benedict, written by Benedict of Nursia in the sixth century for the cenobitic communities he founded in central Italy. The most notable of these is Monte Cassino, the first monastery founded by Benedict...
Foundation by Archbishop of Sydney John Bede Polding formerly an English Benedictine
English Benedictine Congregation
The English Benedictine Congregation comprises autonomous Roman Catholic Benedictine communities of monks and nuns and is technically the oldest of the 21 congregations that are affiliated in the Benedictine Confederation....
monk of Downside Abbey
Downside Abbey
The Basilica of St Gregory the Great at Downside, commonly known as Downside Abbey, is a Roman Catholic Benedictine monastery and the Senior House of the English Benedictine Congregation. One of its main apostolates is a school for children aged nine to eighteen...
. The English Benedictines were prominent in the raising of public support for the founding of St John's and Dom Maurus O'Connell, Dean of St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney and first Australian-born Benedictine priest, was appointed as the first Rector of the College in 1858. When Roger Bede Vaughan, a former Monk of Downside Abbey arrived in Sydney as Polding's Coadjutor bishop
Coadjutor bishop
A coadjutor bishop is a bishop in the Roman Catholic or Anglican churches who is designated to assist the diocesan bishop in the administration of the diocese, almost as co-bishop of the diocese...
in 1873, he was elected by the Fellows as Rector. Vaughan retained the rectorship until he succeeded Polding as Archbishop in his own right, but continued to live in the College and use it as his Episcopal Palace
Bishop's palace
Bishop's Palace may refer to the official residence of any bishop, such as those listed in the :Category:Episcopal palaces.Specific residences called Bishop's Palace include:* Bishop's Palace, Castres, France...
. Vaughan's secretary Dr Anselm Gillett, a monk of Ampleforth who had been resident at Belmont Priory during Vaughan's time as superior before his departure for Australia, acted as Rector during Vaughan's time as Archbishop. After Vaughan's death and Gillett's return to England, another Benedictine, Fr David Barry was appointed Rector in 1884. In the latter part of the 19th century the College Council was dominated by clerical fellows who were Benedictine monks and the majority of its students were educated at the Benedictine Lyndhurst College, Glebe.
The carved Gothic-style reliquary box held in the chapel contains the skull of St Bede the Lesser, a Benedictine Monk who died pre-1000 AD The relic had been preserved in a reliquary in the church of St Benignus at Genoa
Genoa
Genoa |Ligurian]] Zena ; Latin and, archaically, English Genua) is a city and an important seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria....
, served by the Benedictine Monks of Monte Cassino
Monte Cassino
Monte Cassino is a rocky hill about southeast of Rome, Italy, c. to the west of the town of Cassino and altitude. St. Benedict of Nursia established his first monastery, the source of the Benedictine Order, here around 529. It was the site of Battle of Monte Cassino in 1944...
until the early 19th century. The relic was transported to Sydney by the missionary priest Martial Mary and presented to Archbishop Vaughan whilst he was residing in the college.
Architecture
St John's College is perhaps the grandest Gothic Revival building in Australia and designed by one of England's (and Australia's) foremost ecclesiastical architects of the mid-19th century is unique in New South Wales collegiate architecture in its combination of scale quality and construction. A rare realisation of Pugin
Pugin
Pugin most commonly refers to Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin , English architect and designer.Other members of his family include:...
's ideal Catholic college (and in turn based on Magdalen College, Oxford
Magdalen College, Oxford
Magdalen College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. As of 2006 the college had an estimated financial endowment of £153 million. Magdalen is currently top of the Norrington Table after over half of its 2010 finalists received first-class degrees, a record...
), it demonstrates the influence of Pugin on the work of William Wardell
William Wardell
William Wilkinson Wardell was a Civil Engineer and Architect, notable not only for his work in Australia, the country to which he emigrated in 1858, but also for having a successful career as a surveyor, and an ecclesiastical architect in England and Scotland before his departure.In Australia,...
. It is a splendid example of the period when Pugin's insistence of archaeological accuracy was giving way to the more eclectic influences of the High Victorian generation.
Built entirely in sandstone, the college is 14th century English Gothic in style and substantially Renaissance Baroque in plan, in the manner of Wardell's earlier monasteries and convents. The principal floor or 'piano nobile' level is elevated above the ground floor and is related to a central space (the Ante-chapel) by a series of classical enfilades. The arrangement of the ground floor entry vestibule, and the formal, axially linked Imperial staircase are just as much classical in inspiration. In this respect St John's is unlike the traditional layout of an English university college. The formal parts of the building are very grand, particularly if compared to the almost domestic scale of Blacket
Edmund Blacket
Edmund Thomas Blacket was an Australian architect, best known for his designs for the University of Sydney, St. Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney and St...
's contemporary St Paul's College.
The main facade on the north wing is a typical exercise in Victorian near symmetry with the central tower nearly in the middle. Under the tower is a porte cochere. Continuing south along the visitor's line of entry on the main axis is a visually low, dark vestibule. This enhances the view, through an open arcade and transverse passage, of the more brightly sidelit formal stone staircase. To the north of the stairhall on the principal floor is the central space. To the east of this space is the chapel, viewed through an arcaded screen. To the south is a vista across the stairwell, through an anti-room to the library and on to the students' accommodation. To the west is the Great Hall, although this was not visible from the central space on Wardell's original design. Lastly through a wide opening to the north is the Lady Chapel in the tower.
Chapel and Lady Chapel
The Chapel of St John's College, unusually located on the first floor, was completed in 1863 and is a space of five bays with a high wooden roof. The two bays at the east end are distinguished as a chancel by a change in floor level. The eastern half of the chapel is in the traditional collegiate Choir arrangement. The details of the tracery and mouldings are late 13th and early 14th century English Gothic. There is a small gallery over the chapel originally designed to enable invalids from the infirmary to hear Mass.Many of the sanctuary furnishings are believed to have been designed by Blackett in the 1860s including the Blessed Sacrament shrine, which is made of Bondi Gold Sandstone, the tabernacle, cedar choir stalls and pews. The walls of keyed sandstone were originally covered in plasterwork with Pugin type decoration but this was completely removed in 1963. The chapel wrought iron gates were designed by Herbert Wardell and Denning and installed in 1921. The chapel contains five stain glassed windows, three of which were commissioned in 1918 from John Hardman and Co Birmingham, with the designed based on the writings of St Bonaventure, quoted by Cardinal Newman. The eastern window, also from Hardman and Co was presented to the college by Countess Freehill in 1937 in memory of her late husband, Francis Bede Freehill. The embellished sanctuary and Lady Chapel mosaics were also presented by Countess Freehill and laid by Melocco Co in 1916-17 and 1937 respectively (approximately the same time as the Kelly Chapel floor at St Mary's Cathedral). The sanctuary features oak reredos and panelling designed by Herbert Wardell and also two life sized carved statues of the Virgin Mary and St John the Evangelist made by Koffmefer of Munich.
Great Hall
The Great Hall or Dining Hall is an impressive space with massive wooden roof of collar beam and arched braces, with king post and with raking queen post. Each truss is visually supported by short stone shafts with foliate capitals and corbels in the early 14th century manner, as is the tracery. The formal entry stairs to the south have never been built and the original eastern wall has been replaced by an open arcade. On the western wall of the Great Hall is the Purcell Window completed in 1930 by Hardman and Co, Birmingham. The upper windows contain the coats of arms of the universities of Sydney, Oxford (trefoils), Cambridge (trefoils) and Paris (left soufflet) and St John's College (right soufflet). The Great Hall has on display a fine collection of portraits of past visitors, rectors, fellows and students with the most significant portrait being Archbishop Polding / Gallery oil painting of Archbishop Polding DSB 1866 by Eugene Montegu Scott (1835–1909) which was originally commissioned for St Mary's Cathedral.Brennan Hall and library
The Brennan Hall is named after the notable Australian poet and classical scholar Christopher BrennanChristopher Brennan
Christopher John Brennan was an Australian poet and scholar.-Biography:Brennan was born in Sydney, to Christopher Brennan , a brewer, and his wife Mary Ann , née Carroll, both Irish immigrants....
(1870–1932) who was a regular visitor and close friend of the Maurice J. O'Reilly, the then rector. The Brennan Hall has a fine double arcade of slender wooden piers. Each pier has four engaged shafts with appropriate bases and capitals supporting arched braces. All motifs are designed in 14th century manner like the reticulated tracery in the square loaded windows. The Brennan Hall is more grand than convenient as it is also a major thoroughfare.
The library holds several collections of books donated by past rectors and fellows of the college, contained in custom made locked shelving units as a private library for its historical relevance to the college. The stained glass windows on the eastern and western walls of the library are by Hardman and Co. Birmingham. The eastern windows contain the coats of arms of Bishop Davis, Archbishop Polding, St John's College and Archbishop Vaughan. The western windows contain the coat of arms of William Bernard Ullathorne
William Bernard Ullathorne
William Bernard Ullathorne was an English Roman Catholic bishop and a missionary in Australia.-Early life:William Ullathorne was born in Pocklington, Yorkshire, the eldest of ten children of William Ullathorne, a prosperous grocer, draper and spirit merchant, and his wife Hannah, née Longstaff...
, Cardinal Moran and Archbishop Kelly.
Later developments: 1918-present
In 1918, Wardell's son, Herbert, working with his partner Denning, designed what is known as the '38 wing (it was eventually begun in 1938) estimating the cost at 14,000 pounds. Construction was not started for 20 years because of lack of funds and was finally finished on a reduced scale in 1939.In 1937 Countess Freehill donated 15,000 pounds to the College on the condition that it be used for the erection of the tower and that Hennessy and Hennessy be the architects. The design for the tower was 10 metres shorter than Wardell would have liked. Wardell believed that without the full height of the tower, the horizontality of the building would not be balanced. Nonetheless the tower was built to the amended design.
The 1960s saw great activity with extensions to the college. In 1961, 100 years after the first construction, Menzies Wing on the east end of the South Range was begun. The architects were McDonell, Mar and Anderson. The Menzies Wing was opened by the Right Honourable R. J. Menzies
Robert Menzies
Sir Robert Gordon Menzies, , Australian politician, was the 12th and longest-serving Prime Minister of Australia....
and blessed by Cardinal Norman Gilroy on 14 May 1961. In 1962 the refectory was extended through to where the sacristies were, leaving an open arcade where the eastern wall had been. The Polding Wing was built on the west end of the South Range in 1967 and opened by Sir Roden Cutler and blessed by Archbishop James Caroll on 26 November 1967. Although these wings are four-storeyed and very different to the design of Wardell, the architects have looked back to his design for guidance and inspiration. Their modifications of Wardell's original design enabled the present building to accommodate 181 students.
Future developments
In May 2007 the St John's College 150th Anniversary Capital Appeal was launched with the aim of raising funds for new building works planned to commence in 2009; a new building that completes the dream of the original architects, William Wardell and Edmund Blacket, completing Wardell's quadrangle and the Missenden Road Building, the Grand Staircase from the Great Hall, and Blacket's cloisters designed to accommodate over 70 more students. A land transaction between St John's and The University of Sydney is intended to provide the balance of the funds needed. The patron of the appeal is Michael Hintze
Michael Hintze
Michael Hintze is an Australian/British businessman, philanthropist and political patron, based in the United Kingdom. According to the latest Forbes Rich List, he is the world’s 880th richest person, worth $1.2 billion.-Early life:...
.
Student life
St John's College offers a traditional Oxbridge 'collegial' experience of University life, situated on grounds within The University of Sydney Main Campus.Academic life
The College exists primarily as an academic community and it is justly proud of its reputation in this regard. Academic assistance is provided to scholars by the Academic Coordinator, assisted by a team of resident and non-resident tutors comprising senior and postgraduate scholars and university teaching staff and academics. The tutorial programme is comprehensive (over 50 subjects per week) designed to supplement the teaching programs provided by the university. St John's has a vibrant postgraduate community and students are valued for their academic seniority and community leadership.Chapel
The St John's College chapel was completed in 1863 in the Gothic Revival style as part of the northern wing and longitudinal arm of the college. The Chapel is actively used as a place of worship and also for some weddings, concerts and other college events. Catholic Mass is celebrated in the College Chapel weekly on Sundays at 5:30pm during the academic year, and on other important liturgical occasions. Each Wednesday after Formal Dinner Night PrayerCompline
Compline is the final church service of the day in the Christian tradition of canonical hours. The English word Compline is derived from the Latin completorium, as Compline is the completion of the working day. The word was first used in this sense about the beginning of the 6th century by St...
is held in the chapel. Adoration
Adoration
Adoration is love given with deep affection. The term comes from the Latin adōrātiō, meaning "to give homage or worship to someone or something."-Ancient Middle East:...
and Benediction
Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament
Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament is a devotional ceremony celebrated within the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church, as well as in some Anglican and Lutheran Churches, Liberal Catholic churches, Western Rite Orthodox churches, and Latinised Eastern Catholic Churches.Benediction of the...
is held regularly throughout the semester and during stu-vac. All students of the college are encouraged to worship as a community and it is kept open at all times for prayer and personal reflection.
Formal dinners
Formal Dinners are held at 6.30 pm on Mondays and Wednesdays throughout the academic year. Attendance is mandatory and all members of the College must wear an academic gown and dress appropriately - men with jacket and tie, women in dress or skirt. There are ample occasions during the academic year when either Black TieBlack tie
Black tie is a dress code for evening events and social functions. For a man, the main component is a usually black jacket, known as a dinner jacket or tuxedo...
or Lounge Suit
Suit (clothing)
In clothing, a suit is a set of garments made from the same cloth, consisting of at least a jacket and trousers. Lounge suits are the most common style of Western suit, originating in the United Kingdom as country wear...
for men and ballgown or evening gown
Evening gown
An evening gown is a long flowing women's dress usually worn to a formal affair. It ranges from tea and ballerina to full-length. Evening gowns are often made of a luxury fabric such as chiffon, velvet, satin, or silk...
for women are worn, depending on the event. At formal dinners, traditional formalities are observed. Students enter the Hall and stand in place prior to the arrival of the members of High Table - the Rector, members of the Senior Common Room and other invited guests - who process in after the Gong
Gong
A gong is an East and South East Asian musical percussion instrument that takes the form of a flat metal disc which is hit with a mallet....
has been sounded. Grace is then said in Latin. Late arrivals should bow to the Rector (or Visitor) and be acknowledged. It is considered discourteous to leave the Hall before the final Grace.
Sport
Sport is an important aspect of Collegial life. St John's College teams compete against the other Sydney Colleges in a wide range of sports for the Rawson Cup (men's sport) and the Rosebowl Cup (women's). The Rawson Cup was donated by Sir Harry RawsonHarry Rawson
Admiral Sir Harry Holdsworth Rawson, GCB, GCMG RN , is chiefly remembered for overseeing the British Benin Expedition of 1897 that burned and looted the city of the Kingdom of Benin, now in Nigeria...
in 1906. The Rawson sports are played throughout the university year, including: Cricket, Rowing, Rugby, Swimming and Diving, Soccer, Tennis, Basketball and Athletics. Other sports that feature in the Rosebowl Cup are Hockey, Netball and Softball.
The college has expansive sporting facilities including a rugby oval, football oval, cricket nets and floodlit tennis and basketball courts. All college residents are also members of Sydney Uni Sport and Fitness and are entitled to access to all exclusive member benefits and services, including 3 on-campus gymnasiums and indoor aquatic centre.
Social and cultural
Major events each year include a College play, an informal and two black tie formal balls, and the intercollegiate debating competition. The Student Club also operates a bar, 'The Dail' in the area adjacent to the Junior Common Room.Music and drama
The College Choir sings at Mass in the Chapel regularly and also performs at other occasions. Concerts to showcase the musical talents of students are presented each year. Arts of Gold is a bi-annual event that showcases the artistic talents of St John's students to raise money for a selected charity. The College takes part in the Intercollegiate Debating Cup every year, competing with the other Colleges of the University of Sydney. Competition is of a high standard with many college teams consisting of University debaters.The College competes in the Palladian Cup where the colleges compete in solo and group instrumental and drama performance. St John's won the Palladian Cup in 2007.
The College enjoys a close relationship with Capella Sublima, a distinguished a cappella vocal consort based at St John's College, where its singers rehearse. In the European Renaissance, a cappella was a group of musicians attached to a cathedral or the court of a monarch. Capella sublima specialises in choral masterworks of the European Renaissance. Its extensive repertoire includes Josquin, Lassus, Palestrina, Victoria, Guerrero, Tallis and others. The Capella has been recorded for broadcast by ABC Classic FM and numerous other Sydney radio stations.
International students
Currently over ten per cent of St John's residents come from overseas. Students are represented from The United States, Canada, China and Hong Kong, Great Britain, Ireland, New Zealand, Zimbabwe and South Africa.Governance
Government of the College is vested by the 1857 Act of Incorporation in the College Council, which consists of the RectorRector
The word rector has a number of different meanings; it is widely used to refer to an academic, religious or political administrator...
and eighteen Fellows, six of whom must be Catholic clergy. The Catholic Archbishop of Sydney
Catholic Bishops and Archbishops of Sydney
Sydney has had a Catholic Archbishop since 1842.-List of incumbents:# John Bede Polding OSB, 1842-1877.# Roger Bede Vaughan O.S.B., 1877-1883.# Patrick Francis Moran, 1884-1911.# Michael Kelly, 1911-1940.# Norman Thomas Gilroy, 1940-1971....
, currently Cardinal George Pell
George Pell
George Pell AC is an Australian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the eighth and current Archbishop of Sydney, serving since 2001. He previously served as auxiliary bishop and archbishop of the Archdiocese of Melbourne...
, takes the role of Visitor
Visitor
A Visitor, in United Kingdom law and history, is an overseer of an autonomous ecclesiastical or eleemosynary institution , who can intervene in the internal affairs of that institution...
of the College. This is a largely ceremonial role and can also be called to give guidance and resolve internal disputes. Under the direction of the Archbishop as Visitor, the College associates itself with the interests of the Church and its mission, particularly by the fostering of appropriate academic directions in education, charity, social justice, ethics and the environment.
College council
The college is governed by the college council which consists of the Rector, Michael Bongers, and 18 college fellows, six of whom must be members of the clergy. The current chairman of the council is Philip Meagher and the deputy chair is Rev. Fr. Water Fogarty.Fellows
St John's College has a number of honorary fellows, distinguished members of the university and wider community who have been selected to support the rector by representing the interests of the college in their own spheres and by mentoring studentsStudent club
The student club is the body that looks after much of the day-to-day activity of the students of the college. Formed in 1891, the club is governed by its own constitution and is led by the house committee. The committee is elected by the students at the end of each academic year. The activities of the club are varied, ranging across social, cultural, sporting and disciplinary areas. The house committee comprises the House President, House Secretary, House Treasurer and six committee members.Politics
- Tony AbbottTony AbbottAnthony John "Tony" Abbott is the Leader of the Opposition in the Australian House of Representatives and federal leader of the centre-right Liberal Party of Australia. Abbott has represented the seat of Warringah since the 1994 by-election...
- Leader of the oppositionLeader of the OppositionThe Leader of the Opposition is a title traditionally held by the leader of the largest party not in government in a Westminster System of parliamentary government...
and Rhodes Scholar - Joe HockeyJoe HockeyJoseph Benedict "Joe" Hockey , is an Australian politician and member of the Australian House of Representatives, representing the Division of North Sydney for the Liberal Party of Australia since 1996....
- Shadow Federal Treasurer, former Federal Minister for Employment and Workplace RelationsDepartment of Employment and Workplace Relations (Australia)The Department of Employment and Workplace Relations was an Australian government department prior to its abolition on 3 December 2007 and its absorption into the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations....
,Shadow Minister for Health and Ageing until February 2009 - Frank SartorFrank SartorFrancesco Ernest 'Frank' Sartor JP a former Australian politician, was New South Wales Minister for Climate Change and the Environment and Minister Assisting the Minister for Health between 2009 and 2011. He was a Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Rockdale for the...
- former NSW Minister for PlanningNew South Wales Department of PlanningThe New South Wales Department of Planning and Infrastructure, a department of the New South Wales Government, is responsibile for the long-term planning for the regions of New South Wales and driving well-located housing and employment land...
, former Minister for Redfern Waterloo, former Minister for the Arts, and former Lord Mayor of The City of SydneyCity of SydneyThe City of Sydney is the Local Government Area covering the Sydney central business district and surrounding inner city suburbs of the greater metropolitan area of Sydney, Australia... - Peter CollinsPeter Collins (Australian politician)Peter Edward James Collins, AM, RFD, QC was the Leader of the Opposition in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 4 April 1995 to 8 December 1998.-Early years and background:...
- former NSW Leader of the Opposition, former NSW Minister for Health, former NSW Attorney-General and former Treasurer of NSW. - Gregory Bartels - former NSW Liberal PartyLiberal Party of AustraliaThe Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...
State Director and father of former politician and leader of the NSW Parliamentary Liberal Party, Kerry ChikarovskiKerry ChikarovskiKerry Anne Chikarovski was leader of the New South Wales Liberal Party in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. She served as Leader of the Opposition between 1998 and 2002....
The Law
- Justice Richard O'Connor - former member of the New South Wales Legislative CouncilNew South Wales Legislative CouncilThe New South Wales Legislative Council, or upper house, is one of the two chambers of the parliament of New South Wales in Australia. The other is the Legislative Assembly. Both sit at Parliament House in the state capital, Sydney. The Assembly is referred to as the lower house and the Council as...
and Solicitor-General, member of the Australian SenateAustralian SenateThe Senate is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of Australia, the lower house being the House of Representatives. Senators are popularly elected under a system of proportional representation. Senators are elected for a term that is usually six years; after a double dissolution, however,...
and in the ministry of Edmund BartonEdmund BartonSir Edmund Barton, GCMG, KC , Australian politician and judge, was the first Prime Minister of Australia and a founding justice of the High Court of Australia....
and leader of government in the Senate, and founding Justice of the High Court of AustraliaHigh Court of AustraliaThe High Court of Australia is the supreme court in the Australian court hierarchy and the final court of appeal in Australia. It has both original and appellate jurisdiction, has the power of judicial review over laws passed by the Parliament of Australia and the parliaments of the States, and... - Justice Sir Cyril WalshCyril WalshSir Cyril Ambrose Walsh KBE , Australian judge, was a Justice of the High Court of Australia.Walsh was born in Sydney, New South Wales, the son of Michael and Mary Walsh. He grew up in the western suburb of Werrington, where his father owned a dairy farm...
KBEOrder of the British EmpireThe Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
PCPrivy councilA privy council is a body that advises the head of state of a nation, typically, but not always, in the context of a monarchic government. The word "privy" means "private" or "secret"; thus, a privy council was originally a committee of the monarch's closest advisors to give confidential advice on...
- former Justice of the High Court of AustraliaHigh Court of AustraliaThe High Court of Australia is the supreme court in the Australian court hierarchy and the final court of appeal in Australia. It has both original and appellate jurisdiction, has the power of judicial review over laws passed by the Parliament of Australia and the parliaments of the States, and... - Justice Ian Harrison - current Justice of the Supreme Court of New South WalesSupreme Court of New South WalesThe Supreme Court of New South Wales is the highest state court of the Australian State of New South Wales...
- Justice Roderick MeagherRoderick MeagherRoderick Pitt "Roddy" Meagher AO QC was an Australian Jurist and former judge.-Early years and education:Meagher was a descendant of William Pitt the Younger and a cousin of Patrick White. His family owned a chain of country stores...
AOOrder of AustraliaThe Order of Australia is an order of chivalry established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, "for the purpose of according recognition to Australian citizens and other persons for achievement or for meritorious service"...
QC LLD (Honoris Causa) (Syd) - legal scholar and former Justice of the Court of Appeal, Supreme Court of New South WalesSupreme Court of New South WalesThe Supreme Court of New South Wales is the highest state court of the Australian State of New South Wales... - Justice John Hailes Flood Nagle QC AO - former NSW Supreme Court Judge, appointed chief judge at common law, and Royal Commissioner into NSW prisons. He was also President of the Board of Trustees of the Art Gallery of NSW.
- Justice Hugh Dennis Macrosan - former QLD Supreme Court Judge, appointed senior puisne judge in 1926, appointed Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Queensland in 1940.
Business
- Sir David HigginsDavid Higgins (businessman)Sir David Hartmann Higgins , is an Australian businessman, the Chief Executive of Network Rail and the former Chief Executive of the London 2012 Summer Olympics Delivery Authority....
- Chief Executive of Network RailNetwork RailNetwork Rail is the government-created owner and operator of most of the rail infrastructure in Great Britain .; it is not responsible for railway infrastructure in Northern Ireland...
and former CEO of the London 2012 Olympic Delivery AuthorityOlympic Delivery AuthorityThe Olympic Delivery Authority is the statutory corporation responsible for ensuring delivery of venues, infrastructure and legacy for the 2012 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games in London...
and of Lend Lease CorporationLend Lease CorporationLend Lease Group is a global property and infrastructure company headquartered in Sydney, Australia... - Michael HintzeMichael HintzeMichael Hintze is an Australian/British businessman, philanthropist and political patron, based in the United Kingdom. According to the latest Forbes Rich List, he is the world’s 880th richest person, worth $1.2 billion.-Early life:...
KCSGOrder of St. Gregory the GreatThe Pontifical Equestrian Order of St. Gregory the Great , was established on September 1, 1831, by Pope Gregory XVI, seven months after his election.It is one of the five orders of knighthood of the Holy See...
- founder and CEO of asset managers CQS Management - Daniel Gilbert AMOrder of AustraliaThe Order of Australia is an order of chivalry established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, "for the purpose of according recognition to Australian citizens and other persons for achievement or for meritorious service"...
- director of the National Australia BankNational Australia BankNational Australia Bank is one of the four largest financial institutions in Australia in terms of market capitalisation and customers. NAB is ranked 17th largest bank in the world measured by market capitalisation...
and founder and Managing Partner of Gilbert and Tobin Lawyers - Jim L'Estrange - former managing director of Star City CasinoStar City CasinoThe Star Sydney Casino & Hotel in Pyrmont, Sydney, is the second largest casino in Australia after rival Melbourne's Crown Casino. Overlooking Darling Harbour, The Star Sydney Casino features two gaming floors, eight bars, seven restaurants, 351 hotel rooms and 130 serviced and privately owned...
and current CEO of NSW RugbyNew South Wales Rugby UnionThe New South Wales Rugby Union is the organisation responsible for the sport of rugby union in most of the state of New South Wales, Australia... - Jon McCormick - Managing Director of Brookfield Australia
- Francis Bede Freehill - a founder of the City Mutual Life Assurance Society Ltd, director of the Australian Newspaper Co. Ltd and co-founder of the Catholic Press
Diplomacy
- Michael L'EstrangeMichael L'EstrangeMichael Gerard L'Estrange AO is an Australian public servant, and worked as the secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade form 2005 to 2009....
AOOrder of AustraliaThe Order of Australia is an order of chivalry established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, "for the purpose of according recognition to Australian citizens and other persons for achievement or for meritorious service"...
- current Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and TradeDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Australia)The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is a department of the government of Australia charged with advancing the interests of Australia and its citizens internationally...
, former Australian High CommissionerHigh CommissionerHigh Commissioner is the title of various high-ranking, special executive positions held by a commission of appointment.The English term is also used to render various equivalent titles in other languages.-Bilateral diplomacy:...
to the United Kingdom and Rhodes Scholar - John Charles George Kevin CBEOrder of the British EmpireThe Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
- former Australian High Commissioner to Ceylon (Sri Lanka), High Commissioner to Pakistan and Ambassador to South Africa
Media and arts
- Bill Peach AMOrder of AustraliaThe Order of Australia is an order of chivalry established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, "for the purpose of according recognition to Australian citizens and other persons for achievement or for meritorious service"...
- former ABC TVABC TelevisionABC Television is a service of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation launched in 1956. As a public broadcasting broadcaster, the ABC provides four non-commercial channels within Australia, and a partially advertising-funded satellite channel overseas....
journalist - Dean Yates - Bureau Chief of ReutersReutersReuters is a news agency headquartered in New York City. Until 2008 the Reuters news agency formed part of a British independent company, Reuters Group plc, which was also a provider of financial market data...
News Agency BaghdadBaghdadBaghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040... - Andrew Corrigan - wine connoisseur and writer and ABC Radio presenter
- Dan Williams - singer in band Art vs Science
Academics
- Dr Paul D. Scully-PowerPaul D. Scully-PowerPaul Desmond Scully-Power AM is an American oceanographer. While a civilian employee of the United States Naval Undersea Warfare Center, he flew aboard NASA Space Shuttle mission STS-41-G as a Payload Specialist. He was the first Australian-born person to journey into space.-Personal :Scully-Power...
AMOrder of AustraliaThe Order of Australia is an order of chivalry established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, "for the purpose of according recognition to Australian citizens and other persons for achievement or for meritorious service"...
Australia's first Astronaut, former Chairman of the Australian Civil Aviation Safety AuthorityCivil Aviation Safety AuthorityThe Civil Aviation Safety Authority is the Australian national aviation authority , the government statutory authority responsible for the regulation of civil aviation.-History:...
, former Chief Technology Office of Tenix and former Chancellor of Bond UniversityBond UniversityBond University is a private university located in Robina, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. It is also the first private university established in Australia... - Prof James Franklin - historian, mathematician and philosopher
- Prof Paul Fagan FRCSFellowship of the Royal College of SurgeonsFellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons is a professional qualification to practise as a surgeon in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland...
- otorhinolaryngologist - Prof John Lynch - Epidemiology and Population Health
- Prof David John Harland - Challis Professor of Law at the University of Sydney
- Prof Thomas John Butler - Latin and first Australian born to hold Academic Chair
- Prof Peter Cunich - historian
- Assoc Prof Alfred Davies - literary critic
Medicine
- SirKnight BachelorThe rank of Knight Bachelor is a part of the British honours system. It is the most basic rank of a man who has been knighted by the monarch but not as a member of one of the organised Orders of Chivalry...
Herbert Schlink - surgeon, former Superintendent and Chairman of the Royal Prince Alfred HospitalRoyal Prince Alfred HospitalThe Royal Prince Alfred Hospital is a major public teaching hospital in Sydney, Australia, located on Missenden Road in Camperdown...
and co-founder of the Royal Australasian College of SurgeonsRoyal Australasian College of SurgeonsThe Royal Australasian College of Surgeons is the body responsible for training and examining surgeons in Australia and New Zealand. The head office of the College is in Melbourne, Australia.... - Sir John McKelvey KBEOrder of the British EmpireThe Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
- surgeon, co-founder and former vice-president of the Royal Australasian College of SurgeonsRoyal Australasian College of SurgeonsThe Royal Australasian College of Surgeons is the body responsible for training and examining surgeons in Australia and New Zealand. The head office of the College is in Melbourne, Australia.... - Dr Walter Burfitt KCSSOrder of St. SylvesterThe Pontifical Equestrian Order of St. Sylvester Pope and Martyr , sometimes referred to as the Sylvestrine Order, or the Pontifical Order of Pope St Sylvester, is one of five Orders of Knighthood awarded directly by the Pope as Supreme Pontiff and head of the Catholic Church and as the Head of...
- surgeon and co-founder of the Royal Australasian College of SurgeonsRoyal Australasian College of SurgeonsThe Royal Australasian College of Surgeons is the body responsible for training and examining surgeons in Australia and New Zealand. The head office of the College is in Melbourne, Australia.... - Sir Clive Wentworth Uhr KBEOrder of the British EmpireThe Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
- radiologist - Herbert Francis Benning OBEOrder of the British EmpireThe Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
KSGOrder of St. Gregory the GreatThe Pontifical Equestrian Order of St. Gregory the Great , was established on September 1, 1831, by Pope Gregory XVI, seven months after his election.It is one of the five orders of knighthood of the Holy See...
- psychologist and academic - Dr Bruce Shepherd AM - surgeon and former president of AMA. Founder of The Shepherd Centre, for children with impaired hearing.
Religious leaders
- John Steven Satterthwaite - Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of LismoreRoman Catholic Diocese of LismoreThe Roman Catholic Diocese of Lismore is a suffragan Latin Rite diocese of the Archdiocese of Sydney, established in 1887, initially as the Diocese of Grafton, and then changed to the current name in 1900...
Sport
- Luke BurgessLuke Burgess (rugby union)Luke Burgess is anational representative rugby union player who plays professionally for the Stade Toulousain....
- current NSW Waratahs and WallabyAustralia national rugby union teamThe Australian national rugby union team is the representative side of Australia in rugby union. The national team is nicknamed the Wallabies and competes annually with New Zealand and South Africa in the Tri-Nations Series, in which they also contest the Bledisloe Cup with New Zealand and the...
Halfback. - Matthew Carraro - current NSW Waratahs Centre
- Gareth Hardy - current Western ForceWestern ForceWestern Force is a rugby union team based in Perth, Western Australia playing in the international Super Rugby competition. They first competed in the 2006 season and finished with the wooden spoon in that year, however their performances greatly improved in 2007. In 2008 they finished in 8th...
Prop - Daniel VickermanDaniel VickermanDaniel Vickerman is a rugby union footballer for the New South Wales Waratahs and Australia who left a successful international career in 2008 to attend the University of Cambridge, where he read a degree in Land Economy at Hughes Hall, and returned to Australian Rugby in 2011...
- current WaratahNew South Wales WaratahsThe New South Wales Waratahs are an Australian rugby union football team, representing the majority of New South Wales in the Super 15 Super Rugby competition...
and Wallaby - Keith Gudsell - former Wallaby and All BlackAll BlacksThe New Zealand men's national rugby union team, known as the All Blacks, represent New Zealand in what is regarded as its national sport....
- Jack Blomley - former WallabyAustralia national rugby union teamThe Australian national rugby union team is the representative side of Australia in rugby union. The national team is nicknamed the Wallabies and competes annually with New Zealand and South Africa in the Tri-Nations Series, in which they also contest the Bledisloe Cup with New Zealand and the...
- Jack Potts - former WallabyAustralia national rugby union teamThe Australian national rugby union team is the representative side of Australia in rugby union. The national team is nicknamed the Wallabies and competes annually with New Zealand and South Africa in the Tri-Nations Series, in which they also contest the Bledisloe Cup with New Zealand and the...
- Kevin O'Hara - former WallabyAustralia national rugby union teamThe Australian national rugby union team is the representative side of Australia in rugby union. The national team is nicknamed the Wallabies and competes annually with New Zealand and South Africa in the Tri-Nations Series, in which they also contest the Bledisloe Cup with New Zealand and the...
- Richard St John Honner - Australian Olympian (1926 - 400m, 400m hurdles, long jump)Australia at the 1924 Summer OlympicsAustralia competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. Australian athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games.- Gold:*Boy Charlton — Swimming, Men's 1500 m Freestyle*Dick Eve — Diving, Men's Plain High Diving...
- Nathan HaasNathan HaasNathan Haas is an Australian road cyclist who currently rides for the local Genesys Wealth Advisers Pro Cycling Team. In 2012 Haas will ride in the UCI WorldTour for Garmin-Cervélo....
- UCI WorldTour cyclist on team Garmin-Cervélo
Rhodes Scholars
- Terence Glasheen MBE (1938)
- Air Vice-Marshal Colin Hingston AM (1972)
- Michael L'Estrange AO (1976)
- The Hon Tony Abbott MP (1981)
- Anthony Dietz (1987)
Order of Australia & Order of the British Empire recipients
Please note that research is required as the following list is not complete. There are possibly many more Johnsmen to be added to this list.- Terence Glasheen (1945 - MBE(M) - For saving the life of a pilot during an aircraft crash and showing complete disregard for his personal safety)
- John Charles George Kevin (1964 CBE(C) - Ambassador in Cape Town)
- James Dwyer McGee (1952 - OBE - Most likely for his research and ideas that lead to the development of infra-red telescopes to detect German planes at night in World War 2, and infra-red headlights/binoculars for English army drivers to drive undetected at night. Possibly also related to his earlier research on cathode ray tubes and his large part in the development of early electric televisions and television cameras)
- Sir Cyril Walsh (1969 - KBE(C) - Judge of the High Court)
- Herbert Francis Benning (1969 - OBE(C) - In recognition of service to the community)
- John Flood Nagle (1981 - AO - For service to the community and to education)
- Major Dr. Kevin FaganKevin Fagan (doctor)Kevin James Fagan AO was an Australian doctor and World War II hero.After attending St Ignatius' College, Riverview on a bursary, Fagan was Dux of the School in both 1925 and 1926, enabling him to study Medicine at the University of Sydney...
AO (1987 - In recognition of service to the welfare of ex-service personnel, to medicine and to the community) - William Norman ('Bill') Peach (1991 - AM - For service to the media and to tourism)
- Brian Patrick Morgan (1993 - AM - For service to medicine, particularly in the field of colo-rectal surgery)
- Dr Francis Harding Burns (1996 - OAM - In recognition of service to medicine in the area of diabetes care and in the prevention of drug and alcohol abuse)
- Major Aylmer Campbell ('Cam') Robertson (retired) (1996 - OAM - For service to the community, particularly through the Toowoomba Art Gallery and the Toowoomba Chamber of Commerce)
- Dr Bruce Dalway Shepherd (1996 - AM - For service to children with impaired hearing through the establishment in 1972 of The Shepherd Centre For Deaf Children and it's continued administration)
- Raymond Thomas Stack (1999 - OAM - For service to the community of Taree, particularly through support for charitable and sporting organisations)
- Gregory Bartels (2000 - AM - For service to the community, particularly through business and professional associations, to local and state government instrumentalities, and to organisations fostering health, education and welfare programmes in developing countries)
- Air Vice-Marshal Colin Hingston AM (2000 - AM - For exceptional service to the Australian Defence Force in the field of Strategic Logistics and, in particular, as Head National Support)
- Frank Sartor (2002 - AO - For service to the community, particularly through the implementation of plans to improve facilities and infrastructure in the City of Sydney, and to support for the Olympic and Paralympic Games)
- David Maurice Stack (2002 - OAM - For service to the regional community of Taree, to local government, and to the legal profession)
- Timothy John Stack (2002 - OAM - For service to the community of Taree, particularly through the Taree and District Eisteddfod Society)
- Robert David Coates (2004 - OAM - For service to the Scouting movement and to the community of the Illawarra region)
- Dr. Paul Desmond Scully-Power (2004 - AM - For service to science in the fields of oceanography and space remote sensing, and to the community through contributions to a range of government regulatory agencies and through raising public awareness of conservation issues)
- Daniel Thomas Gilbert (2005 - AM - For service to the law and to the community, particularly Indigenous Australians, in relation to social justice and welfare issues)
- Justice Roderick Meagher (2005 - AO - For service to the judiciary, to legal scholarship and professional development, and to the arts)
- Dr James Barry Roche (2005 - OAM - For service to medicine in the field of obstetrics and gynaecology and to the Crown Street Women's Hospital)
- Very Reverend Brian Lawrence Cross (2007 - For service to religious education, particularly through the Australian Catholic University, to the promotion of ecumenism and interfaith dialogue, and to the community)
- Michael L'Estrange (2007 - AO - For service to the development and implementation of public policy in Australia, particularly national security and foreign policy, and to international relations through fostering diplomatic, trade and cultural interests, including strengthening Australia's relationship with the United Kingdom)
- Kirsty Schneeberger (2011 - MBE - For service to the environment)
- Sir David Higgins (2011 - Knight Bachelor - For service to regeneration)
Papal Knighthood recipients
Please note that further research is required as the following list is probably not complete.- John Lane Mullins KCSG (1920)
- Hugh Dennis Macrosan KCSG (1929)
- Michael HintzeMichael HintzeMichael Hintze is an Australian/British businessman, philanthropist and political patron, based in the United Kingdom. According to the latest Forbes Rich List, he is the world’s 880th richest person, worth $1.2 billion.-Early life:...
KCSGOrder of St. Gregory the GreatThe Pontifical Equestrian Order of St. Gregory the Great , was established on September 1, 1831, by Pope Gregory XVI, seven months after his election.It is one of the five orders of knighthood of the Holy See... - Dr Walter Burfitt KCSSOrder of St. SylvesterThe Pontifical Equestrian Order of St. Sylvester Pope and Martyr , sometimes referred to as the Sylvestrine Order, or the Pontifical Order of Pope St Sylvester, is one of five Orders of Knighthood awarded directly by the Pope as Supreme Pontiff and head of the Catholic Church and as the Head of...
(1940)
Military
Please note that research is required as the following list is not complete. There are many more Johnsmen to be added to this list.- Major Dr. Kevin FaganKevin Fagan (doctor)Kevin James Fagan AO was an Australian doctor and World War II hero.After attending St Ignatius' College, Riverview on a bursary, Fagan was Dux of the School in both 1925 and 1926, enabling him to study Medicine at the University of Sydney...
- PhysicianPhysicianA physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...
and World War IIWorld War IIWorld War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
hero
Rectors
- (1858–1860) Maurus O'Connell O.S.B.Order of Saint BenedictThe Order of Saint Benedict is a Roman Catholic religious order of independent monastic communities that observe the Rule of St. Benedict. Within the order, each individual community maintains its own autonomy, while the organization as a whole exists to represent their mutual interests...
- (1860–1874) Dr John Forrest D.DDoctor of DivinityDoctor of Divinity is an advanced academic degree in divinity. Historically, it identified one who had been licensed by a university to teach Christian theology or related religious subjects....
- (1874–1877) Roger William Bede Vaughan O.S.B.Order of Saint BenedictThe Order of Saint Benedict is a Roman Catholic religious order of independent monastic communities that observe the Rule of St. Benedict. Within the order, each individual community maintains its own autonomy, while the organization as a whole exists to represent their mutual interests...
- (1877–1883) Dr Anselm Gillett O.S.B.Order of Saint BenedictThe Order of Saint Benedict is a Roman Catholic religious order of independent monastic communities that observe the Rule of St. Benedict. Within the order, each individual community maintains its own autonomy, while the organization as a whole exists to represent their mutual interests...
, D.DDoctor of DivinityDoctor of Divinity is an advanced academic degree in divinity. Historically, it identified one who had been licensed by a university to teach Christian theology or related religious subjects.... - (1883–1884) Fr. Daniel Clancy S.J.Society of JesusThe Society of Jesus is a Catholic male religious order that follows the teachings of the Catholic Church. The members are called Jesuits, and are also known colloquially as "God's Army" and as "The Company," these being references to founder Ignatius of Loyola's military background and a...
- (1884–1887) David Barry O.S.B.Order of Saint BenedictThe Order of Saint Benedict is a Roman Catholic religious order of independent monastic communities that observe the Rule of St. Benedict. Within the order, each individual community maintains its own autonomy, while the organization as a whole exists to represent their mutual interests...
- (1887–1888) Patrick Murphy
- (1888–1915) Dr James J. O'Brien D.DDoctor of DivinityDoctor of Divinity is an advanced academic degree in divinity. Historically, it identified one who had been licensed by a university to teach Christian theology or related religious subjects....
- (1915–1933) Dr Maurice O'Reilly C.M.LazaristsCongregation of the Mission is a vowed order of priests and brothers associated with the Vincentian Family, a loose federation of organizations who claim St. Vincent de Paul as their founder or Patron...
, D.DDoctor of DivinityDoctor of Divinity is an advanced academic degree in divinity. Historically, it identified one who had been licensed by a university to teach Christian theology or related religious subjects.... - (1933–1958) John C. Thompson C.M.LazaristsCongregation of the Mission is a vowed order of priests and brothers associated with the Vincentian Family, a loose federation of organizations who claim St. Vincent de Paul as their founder or Patron...
, BA (Hons) MA Dip.Ed (Oxon) - (1958-1958) William Cantwell C.M.LazaristsCongregation of the Mission is a vowed order of priests and brothers associated with the Vincentian Family, a loose federation of organizations who claim St. Vincent de Paul as their founder or Patron...
(acting) - (1958–1968) John Burnheim M.A. D.Phil.
- (1968–1969) Edmund Barry (acting)
- (1969–1977) Gregory Meere
- (1977–1980) Joseph Rheinberger DD STL MA VG
- (1980–1992) Lester Cashen OAMOrder of AustraliaThe Order of Australia is an order of chivalry established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, "for the purpose of according recognition to Australian citizens and other persons for achievement or for meritorious service"...
, BA MPs(Hons) PhC - (1992–1994) Barry Tunks
- (1994–1995) Martin Milani (acting)
- (1995–2000) Marshal McMahon
- (2000-2000) Paul O'Donnell (acting)
- (2000-2000) Michael Connors
- (2001-2001 John Hill
- (2001–2002) Dr Colin Fowler O.P.Dominican OrderThe Order of Preachers , after the 15th century more commonly known as the Dominican Order or Dominicans, is a Catholic religious order founded by Saint Dominic and approved by Pope Honorius III on 22 December 1216 in France...
(acting) - (2002–2008) Dr David Daintree K.H.SOrder of the Holy SepulchreThe Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem is a Roman Catholic order of knighthood under the protection of the pope. It traces its roots to Duke Godfrey of Bouillon, principal leader of the First Crusade...
BA MLitt PhD - (2009 - ) Mr Michael Bongers BEd (UCQ) MEd(QUT) Dip Teaching
Visitors
- (1858–1877) John Bede PoldingJohn PoldingJohn Bede Polding OSB was the first Roman Catholic bishop and archbishop of Sydney, Australia.-Early life:Polding's father was of Dutch descent; his mother died when he was eight. He was placed in the care of his uncle, Father Bede Brewer, president-general of the English Benedictine Congregation...
OSBOrder of Saint BenedictThe Order of Saint Benedict is a Roman Catholic religious order of independent monastic communities that observe the Rule of St. Benedict. Within the order, each individual community maintains its own autonomy, while the organization as a whole exists to represent their mutual interests... - (1877–1883) Roger Bede Vaughan OSBOrder of Saint BenedictThe Order of Saint Benedict is a Roman Catholic religious order of independent monastic communities that observe the Rule of St. Benedict. Within the order, each individual community maintains its own autonomy, while the organization as a whole exists to represent their mutual interests...
- (1884–1911) Patrick Francis Moran
- (1911–1940) Michael KellyMichael Kelly (bishop)Michael Kelly was an Australian Roman Catholic clergyman, the fourth Archbishop of Sydney.Born at Waterford, Ireland, to James Kelly, a master mariner, and Mary née Grant, Kelly was educated at Christian Brothers’, Enniscorthy and the Classical Academy, New Ross.Kelly received his seminary...
- (1940–1971) Norman Gilroy
- (1971–1983) James Darcy Freeman
- (1983–2001) Edward Bede Clancy
- (2001–present) George PellGeorge PellGeorge Pell AC is an Australian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the eighth and current Archbishop of Sydney, serving since 2001. He previously served as auxiliary bishop and archbishop of the Archdiocese of Melbourne...
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- St John's College website
- St John's College Alumni webpage
- University of Sydney website
- University of Sydney alumni and friends
- Archdiocese of Sydney website
- Cardinal George Pell webpage
- University of Sydney intercollege calendar