The Scots College
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.
The Scots College is an independent
Presbyterian day
and boarding school
for boys, located in Bellevue Hill
, an eastern suburb
of Sydney, New South Wales
, Australia
.
Established in 1893 at Brighton-Le-Sands
, Scots has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently caters for approximately 1800 students from Kindergarten
to Year 12, including 240 boarders from Years 4 to 12. Students attend Scots from all regions of the greater metropolitan area
and New South Wales country regions.
The college
is affiliated with the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA), the Junior School Heads Association of Australia
(JSHAA), the Australian Boarding Schools' Association (ABSA), the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference
, and is a founding member of the Athletic Association of the Great Public Schools of New South Wales (AAGPS).
), the Reverend Dr Wiliam Marcus "Dill" (Fighting Mac) Macky and the Reverend Arthur Aspinall. Gilchrist devised the school motto
of "Utinam Patribus Nostris Digni Simus", which may be translated from Latin
as "O that we may be worthy of our forefathers".
The Reverend Arthur Aspinall, who became the first Principal, was minister to the Forbes
Parish
from 1874 to 1887. An educated man himself, with a love of learning
, he saw the need to educate the sons of the pastoralists of the area. His dream was for a boarding school in Sydney to which these very isolated farming families could send their children. Ms Lillyan MacDonald of the Church Records and Historical Society (Uniting Church in Australia
, NSW Synod) writes:
The Presbyterian Church was not happy with the proposal to start the school. Mr Aspinall became the guarantor, advancing the capital required, while the possibility of starting the school was still a matter of bitter contention within the Church hierarchy. Thus Scots opened as a private enterprise. Once the school was established and functioning, the Church Assembly saw no reason to continue to oppose the idea of the school. In 1906 Mr Aspinall sold the college to the Church for seven thousand pounds and so it became part of the Presbyterian education system in New South Wales.
, now renamed Brighton-Le-Sands
, near the shores of Botany Bay
. The initial school building was the modified, de-licenced New Brighton Hotel on The Grand Parade, near Bay Street. The renovations to the hotel
were done by Mr Aspinall's brother, Albert Aspinall
. The first Principal, the Rev Aspinall, remained in this position until his retirement
in 1913. The school was officially opened 28 January 1893 by the Governor of New South Wales
, the Right Honourable Victor Albert George, Earl of Jersey
. Villiers Street, Rockdale
was named in honour of this occasion. There were 25 boarders and ten day students.
The period when the school opened was a time of depression
. The first few years for the school were difficult. There were 55 boys enrolled at the school when, in 1895, (soon after a racecourse had opened nearby) the school moved to its current location in Bellevue Hill.
Josephson. Before he retired Mr Aspinall had added new building
s to the school and developed playing field
s. The school was still surrounded by many areas of bushland
which caught fire
on hot summer
days. Lessons would be cancelled so that the students could assist in the fire-fighting
. Mr Aspinall was a stern Principal who dealt harshly with misdemeanours. Often his acerbic tongue and brilliant use of words produced ridicule more intimidating than any of his physical punishment
s. But he was also capable of empathy. Some promising students were educated for free when economic constraints within a family
seemed likely to result in a student being withdrawn from the school.
James Bee, a New Zealand
er, continued the growth and expansion of the college. When he retired in 1934 there were 450 enrolled students. This is quite remarkable considering that the 1930s Great Depression
was not yet over.
Alexander Knox Anderson, also a New Zealand
er, saw the Depression end only to be followed four years later by World War II
. During World War II, the school and its student body relocated to a purpose-built campus at Bathurst
, to the west of the Great Dividing Range
. This was due to the proximity of the Bellevue Hill campus to the coast, and the fear of Japanese naval
bombardment
, a fear justified in May 1942 with the Japanese mini-sub
attack on Sydney Harbour
.
The Bathurst campus remained part of the school for a short period after the war, before splintering off and becoming the independent The Scots School, Bathurst
.
of Nuclear Physics
at Princeton University
in the United States of America
. The Guest-of-Honour at the celebrations, the oldest known student in 1968, was Dr Ed Spark, a Dental Surgeon
who had attended the school in 1894 at Lady Robinson Beach.
In 1975, a fire gutted most of the school's Main Building, resulting in a major reconstruction and renovation of school facilities.
In 1988, the school opened its outdoor education campus, 'Glengarry', in the Kangaroo Valley
. Attending Glengarry is compulsory for all Year 9 boys, who live on-site in one of four dorms
for six months. The year group is split into two intakes, that attend in terms 1 and 2, and terms 3 and 4 respectively.
Glengarry has faced controversy due to its potentially hazardous outdoor curriculum. It has had a total of two fatalities, both occurring to Scots College students during Parent/Son hikes.
Most of the Council
members are elected by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Australia in New South Wales.
The campus consists of three ovals (Kirkland Oval; Fairfax Oval, which is used primarily by the Pipes and Drums
as a parade
ground, and Scots Main), four general class buildings and due to new classroom
s to the Prep there are now 8 portable classrooms, five boarding houses, a 25 m Swimming pool
, a gym
nasium, grandstand
s, tennis court
s, basketball court
s (indoor and outdoor) and the school amphitheatre
.
The general class buildings are the Centenary Centre (Music
, Religious Studies
,and economics
/business
), the Graeme Clarke Centre (Science
, PDHPE
and Mathematics
), Scots Main Design and Technology, Visual Arts
, The Stevenson Building (Stevenson Library
, History
and Geography
) and The Ginagulla Centre Languages.
The Stevenson Building also houses the Year 12 Common room
, the Black Watch
Tuckshop
-Cafe, the Prefect
s' Room, the College Shop, and the school's two main function rooms (the Founders' Room and the Old Boys' Union
Room). Scots Main houses the Auditorium
and main school administration
, whilst the Centenary Centre contains the school's primary Lecture
room, the Coote Theatre
and various music facilities and musical instrument
s.
The college quadrangle
finished reconstruction in 2007 to provide additional change rooms
and wheelchair
accessible facilities such as an elevator
for the Main Building, as well as vastly improving the aesthetics of the College 'quad'.
A new Mathematics/Science building, named the Greame Clark Centre, as well as aerobics room (Bottom Level - same level as the current pool and weights room) constructed from early 2007 to late 2008, classes began on Monday 17 November 2008 and the building was opened on Friday 27 March.
In 2007 the new "Ginahgulla" classrooms were completed. These classrooms house years five and six located at the Senior campus, Victoria Rd. The upper floors were renovated in 2008 and became new Languages and English classrooms.
, the school has a well-known pipe band
: The Scots College Pipes
& Drums Band, established in 1900. The original band
consisted of five members - boys who had joined the cadets
as pipers. There are now over 230 boys in the band, making it the largest in the Southern Hemisphere
. In 1931 the band was granted permission to wear the tartan of the Black Watch
regiment. The band's royal patron was formerly the Queen Mother
. Traditionally, the Scots Pipes and Drums Band leads the annual ANZAC Day
parade through Sydney. At the 2006 Australian Pipe band Championships, the Drum Corps won the Juvenile Drum Corp title, and the band as a whole earned a respectable third place. These results were then followed up by a successful run at the 2008 Australian Pipe Band Championships, where the band won both the Juvenile and Grade 4 title. These are the best results the band has seen in its long and prosperous history.
Pipeline now also incorporates all day-to-day school administration functions, including rolls, detentions, homework
merits and demerits, behavioural reports, school report releases, discipline records, subject selection, student timetables, assessment marks, attendance records and subject resources, allowing parents and teachers to communicate easily online and transfer documents (and information), and software not usually available at home. This network allow parents to securly gain access to school publications (such as The Clansman newsletter
, now only available in electronic format; academic and pastoral reports; assessment marks; academic documentation; school news articles; and so forth.
As part of this shift towards electronic learning, Scots has digital projectors
, speaker systems
and DVD
/VCR systems in the majority of its classrooms and halls, in order to better facilitate media presentations by staff and students.
As with most Australian schools, The Scots College utilises a house system
. Scots has 13 student houses, of which 5 are boarding houses. Each year the houses participate in multiple academic and sporting competitions, spread across the school year, and are awarded points according to their placings. This point system determines the winner of the House Championship each year (announced at a final assembly). The day boy houses contain between 90 and 95 students each, whilst the boarding houses have between 50 and 65 apiece.
s are named Macintyre, Kirkland, Aspinall, Fairfax and Royle.
Macintyre House is located by the Macintyre tennis courts and contains the College clinic
. The house contains all the Year 7 boarders who go to other boarding houses after Year 7 and does not compete in any house competitions.
Kirkland House is located next to the gym, and its jersey blue and white.
Motto: Strength of character through character and good sense.
Aspinall House is located between the Chapel and the dining hall, its house jersey is mostly white with a little dark green and it is named after former principal Arthur Aspinall. Motto: Honour before honours.
Fairfax house is situated on the hill above Fairfax oval and the Ginagulla classrooms. Because it is on a hill the boys in the house sometimes call it "The House on the Hill". Motto: Steadfast and United.
Royle house is located across the road from Macintyre house and the Macintyre tennis courts, and its house jersey
is dark green and blue. Motto: Not merely for ourselves.
Former students of The Scots College are known as Old Boys, or alternatively Old Scotsmen, and may elect to join the school's alumni association
, The Scots College Old Boys' Union (OBU). The OBU was formed in 1900, and today supports the school with financial assistance, whilst working to facilitate communication and interaction between the College and its Old Boys through events and activities, such as alumni and sporting reunions. Reunions are also held in various states of Australia and overseas.
Among the school's notable alumni are:
Scots College
in Wellington
, New Zealand was founded as a 'brother' school to The Scots College.
Scots College
There are a number of Roman Catholic seminaries called Scots College:* The Scots College, , France, * The Scots College, Douai, France,...
.
The Scots College is an independent
Independent school
An independent school is a school that is independent in its finances and governance; it is not dependent upon national or local government for financing its operations, nor reliant on taxpayer contributions, and is instead funded by a combination of tuition charges, gifts, and in some cases the...
Presbyterian day
Day school
A day school—as opposed to a boarding school—is an institution where children are given educational instruction during the day and after which children/teens return to their homes...
and boarding school
Boarding school
A boarding school is a school where some or all pupils study and live during the school year with their fellow students and possibly teachers and/or administrators. The word 'boarding' is used in the sense of "bed and board," i.e., lodging and meals...
for boys, located in Bellevue Hill
Bellevue Hill, New South Wales
Bellevue Hill is an eastern suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Bellevue Hill is an affluent suburb, located 5 kilometres east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the Municipality of Woollahra....
, an eastern suburb
Eastern Suburbs (Sydney)
The Eastern Suburbs is a general term used to describe the metropolitan area directly to the east and south-east of the Sydney central business district in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Eastern Suburbs can refer to the suburbs within the local government areas of Woollahra, Waverley, Dover...
of Sydney, New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
, 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...
.
Established in 1893 at Brighton-Le-Sands
Brighton-Le-Sands, New South Wales
Brighton-Le-Sands , is a suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Brighton-Le-Sands is located 13 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district, on the western shore of Botany Bay...
, Scots has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently caters for approximately 1800 students from Kindergarten
Kindergarten
A kindergarten is a preschool educational institution for children. The term was created by Friedrich Fröbel for the play and activity institute that he created in 1837 in Bad Blankenburg as a social experience for children for their transition from home to school...
to Year 12, including 240 boarders from Years 4 to 12. Students attend Scots from all regions of the greater metropolitan area
Metropolitan area
The term metropolitan area refers to a region consisting of a densely populated urban core and its less-populated surrounding territories, sharing industry, infrastructure, and housing. A metropolitan area usually encompasses multiple jurisdictions and municipalities: neighborhoods, townships,...
and New South Wales country regions.
The college
College
A college is an educational institution or a constituent part of an educational institution. Usage varies in English-speaking nations...
is affiliated with the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA), the Junior School Heads Association of Australia
Junior School Heads Association of Australia
The Independent Primary School Heads of Australia formerly Junior School Heads Association of Australia , is an incorporated body representing the heads of independent primary schools in Australia....
(JSHAA), the Australian Boarding Schools' Association (ABSA), the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference
Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference
The Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference is an association of the headmasters or headmistressess of 243 leading day and boarding independent schools in the United Kingdom, Crown Dependencies and the Republic of Ireland...
, and is a founding member of the Athletic Association of the Great Public Schools of New South Wales (AAGPS).
History
The college was formed in 1893 by three men, the Reverend Dr Jordan Francis L'Estrange (formerly a solicitorSolicitor
Solicitors are lawyers who traditionally deal with any legal matter including conducting proceedings in courts. In the United Kingdom, a few Australian states and the Republic of Ireland, the legal profession is split between solicitors and barristers , and a lawyer will usually only hold one title...
), the Reverend Dr Wiliam Marcus "Dill" (Fighting Mac) Macky and the Reverend Arthur Aspinall. Gilchrist devised the school motto
Motto
A motto is a phrase meant to formally summarize the general motivation or intention of a social group or organization. A motto may be in any language, but Latin is the most used. The local language is usual in the mottoes of governments...
of "Utinam Patribus Nostris Digni Simus", which may be translated from Latin
Latin
Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...
as "O that we may be worthy of our forefathers".
Forbes, New South Wales
-Notable residents:*Carolyn Simpson - Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales; Member of the first all-female bench to sit in an Australian court*NSW Deputy Premier Carmel Tebbutt was born and raised in Forbes....
Parish
Parish
A parish is a territorial unit historically under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of one parish priest, who might be assisted in his pastoral duties by a curate or curates - also priests but not the parish priest - from a more or less central parish church with its associated organization...
from 1874 to 1887. An educated man himself, with a love of learning
Learning
Learning is acquiring new or modifying existing knowledge, behaviors, skills, values, or preferences and may involve synthesizing different types of information. The ability to learn is possessed by humans, animals and some machines. Progress over time tends to follow learning curves.Human learning...
, he saw the need to educate the sons of the pastoralists of the area. His dream was for a boarding school in Sydney to which these very isolated farming families could send their children. Ms Lillyan MacDonald of the Church Records and Historical Society (Uniting Church in Australia
Uniting Church in Australia
The Uniting Church in Australia was formed on 22 June 1977 when many congregations of the Methodist Church of Australasia, the Presbyterian Church of Australia and the Congregational Union of Australia came together under the Basis of Union....
, NSW Synod) writes:
The Presbyterian Church was not happy with the proposal to start the school. Mr Aspinall became the guarantor, advancing the capital required, while the possibility of starting the school was still a matter of bitter contention within the Church hierarchy. Thus Scots opened as a private enterprise. Once the school was established and functioning, the Church Assembly saw no reason to continue to oppose the idea of the school. In 1906 Mr Aspinall sold the college to the Church for seven thousand pounds and so it became part of the Presbyterian education system in New South Wales.
Lady Robinson Beach
The college was originally established at Lady Robinson BeachLady Robinson Beach
Lady Robinsons Beach is the stretch of beach between the mouth of the Cooks River and the mouth of Georges River on the western shore of Botany Bay. Originally the beach was known as Seven Mile Beach. The beach was renamed after the wife of the then Governor, Sir Hercules Robinson...
, now renamed Brighton-Le-Sands
Brighton-Le-Sands, New South Wales
Brighton-Le-Sands , is a suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Brighton-Le-Sands is located 13 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district, on the western shore of Botany Bay...
, near the shores of Botany Bay
Botany Bay
Botany Bay is a bay in Sydney, New South Wales, a few kilometres south of the Sydney central business district. The Cooks River and the Georges River are the two major tributaries that flow into the bay...
. The initial school building was the modified, de-licenced New Brighton Hotel on The Grand Parade, near Bay Street. The renovations to the hotel
Hotel
A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. The provision of basic accommodation, in times past, consisting only of a room with a bed, a cupboard, a small table and a washstand has largely been replaced by rooms with modern facilities, including en-suite bathrooms...
were done by Mr Aspinall's brother, Albert Aspinall
Albert Aspinall
Albert Wood Aspinall was an Australian stonemason and builder. He was an expert in constructing round towers and buildings.-Early life:...
. The first Principal, the Rev Aspinall, remained in this position until his retirement
Retirement
Retirement is the point where a person stops employment completely. A person may also semi-retire by reducing work hours.Many people choose to retire when they are eligible for private or public pension benefits, although some are forced to retire when physical conditions don't allow the person to...
in 1913. The school was officially opened 28 January 1893 by the Governor of New South Wales
Governors of New South Wales
The Governor of New South Wales is the state viceregal representative of the Australian monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, who is equally shared with 15 other sovereign nations in a form of personal union, as well as with the eleven other jurisdictions of Australia, and resides predominantly in her...
, the Right Honourable Victor Albert George, Earl of Jersey
Victor Child-Villiers, 7th Earl of Jersey
Victor Albert George Child Villiers, 7th Earl of Jersey GCB, GCMG, PC, DL, JP , was a British banker, Conservative politician and colonial administrator...
. Villiers Street, Rockdale
Rockdale, New South Wales
Rockdale is a suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Rockdale is located 13 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district and is part of the St George area...
was named in honour of this occasion. There were 25 boarders and ten day students.
The period when the school opened was a time of depression
Depression (economics)
In economics, a depression is a sustained, long-term downturn in economic activity in one or more economies. It is a more severe downturn than a recession, which is seen by some economists as part of the modern business cycle....
. The first few years for the school were difficult. There were 55 boys enrolled at the school when, in 1895, (soon after a racecourse had opened nearby) the school moved to its current location in Bellevue Hill.
Early days at Bellevue Hill
The school occupied St Killians, the former home of JudgeJudge
A judge is a person who presides over court proceedings, either alone or as part of a panel of judges. The powers, functions, method of appointment, discipline, and training of judges vary widely across different jurisdictions. The judge is supposed to conduct the trial impartially and in an open...
Josephson. Before he retired Mr Aspinall had added new building
Building
In architecture, construction, engineering, real estate development and technology the word building may refer to one of the following:...
s to the school and developed playing field
Playing field
A playing field is a field used for playing sports or games. They are generally outdoors, but many large structures exist to enclose playing fields from bad weather. Generally, playing fields are wide expanses of grass, dirt or sand without many obstructions...
s. The school was still surrounded by many areas of bushland
Bushland
Bushland is any area in Australia that is predominantly indigenous flora and fauna.Bushland is the term commonly used by conservation protection groups and other environmental groups as a blanket term for natural vegetation, which may cover any kind of habitat from open shrubby country with few...
which caught fire
Fire
Fire is the rapid oxidation of a material in the chemical process of combustion, releasing heat, light, and various reaction products. Slower oxidative processes like rusting or digestion are not included by this definition....
on hot summer
Summer
Summer is the warmest of the four temperate seasons, between spring and autumn. At the summer solstice, the days are longest and the nights are shortest, with day-length decreasing as the season progresses after the solstice...
days. Lessons would be cancelled so that the students could assist in the fire-fighting
Fire fighting
Firefighting is the act of extinguishing fires. A firefighter fights fires to prevent loss of life, and/or destruction of property and the environment...
. Mr Aspinall was a stern Principal who dealt harshly with misdemeanours. Often his acerbic tongue and brilliant use of words produced ridicule more intimidating than any of his physical punishment
Punishment
Punishment is the authoritative imposition of something negative or unpleasant on a person or animal in response to behavior deemed wrong by an individual or group....
s. But he was also capable of empathy. Some promising students were educated for free when economic constraints within a family
Family
In human context, a family is a group of people affiliated by consanguinity, affinity, or co-residence. In most societies it is the principal institution for the socialization of children...
seemed likely to result in a student being withdrawn from the school.
1914 to 1955
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
er, continued the growth and expansion of the college. When he retired in 1934 there were 450 enrolled students. This is quite remarkable considering that the 1930s Great Depression
Great Depression
The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression in the decade preceding World War II. The timing of the Great Depression varied across nations, but in most countries it started in about 1929 and lasted until the late 1930s or early 1940s...
was not yet over.
Alexander Knox Anderson, also a New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
er, saw the Depression end only to be followed four years later by World War II
World War II
World 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...
. During World War II, the school and its student body relocated to a purpose-built campus at Bathurst
Bathurst, New South Wales
-CBD and suburbs:Bathurst's CBD is located on William, George, Howick, Russell, and Durham Streets. The CBD is approximately 25 hectares and surrounds two city blocks. Within this block layout is banking, government services, shopping centres, retail shops, a park* and monuments...
, to the west of the Great Dividing Range
Great Dividing Range
The Great Dividing Range, or the Eastern Highlands, is Australia's most substantial mountain range and the third longest in the world. The range stretches more than 3,500 km from Dauan Island off the northeastern tip of Queensland, running the entire length of the eastern coastline through...
. This was due to the proximity of the Bellevue Hill campus to the coast, and the fear of Japanese naval
Imperial Japanese Navy
The Imperial Japanese Navy was the navy of the Empire of Japan from 1869 until 1947, when it was dissolved following Japan's constitutional renunciation of the use of force as a means of settling international disputes...
bombardment
Area bombardment
In military aviation, area bombardment is aerial bombardment targeted indiscriminately at a large area, such as a city block or an entire city.Area bombing is a form of strategic bombing...
, a fear justified in May 1942 with the Japanese mini-sub
Ko-hyoteki class submarine
The class was a class of Japanese midget submarines used during World War II. They had hull numbers but no names. For simplicity, they are most often referred to by the hull number of the mother submarine...
attack on Sydney Harbour
Attack on Sydney Harbour
In late May and early June 1942, during World War II, submarines belonging to the Imperial Japanese Navy made a series of attacks on the cities of Sydney and Newcastle in New South Wales, Australia...
.
The Bathurst campus remained part of the school for a short period after the war, before splintering off and becoming the independent The Scots School, Bathurst
The Scots School, Bathurst
The Scots School, Bathurst , is an independent, co-educational, day and boarding school, with campuses in Bathurst and Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia....
.
1968
The 75th Anniversary celebrations were held 3–10 May. The 1200 students at the College and past students had much to celebrate for many former students had achieved success. In 1968 Dr Robert Naumann was ProfessorProfessor
A professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...
of Nuclear Physics
Nuclear physics
Nuclear physics is the field of physics that studies the building blocks and interactions of atomic nuclei. The most commonly known applications of nuclear physics are nuclear power generation and nuclear weapons technology, but the research has provided application in many fields, including those...
at Princeton University
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
in the United States of America
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. The Guest-of-Honour at the celebrations, the oldest known student in 1968, was Dr Ed Spark, a Dental Surgeon
Doctor of Dental Surgery
There are a number of first professional degrees in dentistry offered by schools in various countries around the world. These include the following:* Doctor of Dental Surgery * Doctor of Dental Medicine * Bachelor of Dentistry...
who had attended the school in 1894 at Lady Robinson Beach.
Subsequent history
In 1988, the school opened its outdoor education campus, 'Glengarry', in the Kangaroo Valley
Kangaroo Valley, New South Wales
Kangaroo Valley is a valley along the Kangaroo River in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia, located west of the seaside in the City of Shoalhaven...
. Attending Glengarry is compulsory for all Year 9 boys, who live on-site in one of four dorms
Dormitory
A dormitory, often shortened to dorm, in the United States is a residence hall consisting of sleeping quarters or entire buildings primarily providing sleeping and residential quarters for large numbers of people, often boarding school, college or university students...
for six months. The year group is split into two intakes, that attend in terms 1 and 2, and terms 3 and 4 respectively.
Glengarry has faced controversy due to its potentially hazardous outdoor curriculum. It has had a total of two fatalities, both occurring to Scots College students during Parent/Son hikes.
Most of the Council
University Council
A University Council may be the executive body of a university's governance system, an advisory body to the University President, or something in between in authority....
members are elected by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Australia in New South Wales.
Principals
| Period | Details |
|---|---|
| 1892–1913 | Rev Arthur Aspinall Arthur Aspinall The Revd Arthur "Ashworth" Aspinall was a co-founder and the first Principal of The Scots College, Bellevue Hill, Sydney, Australia. He was a Congregational and Presbyterian Minister, and a joint founder of the Historical Society of New South Wales... |
| 1914–1934 | James Bee |
| 1935–1955 | Alexander Knox Anderson |
| 1955–1967 | A. E. McLucas |
| 1967–c.1979 | Guthrie Wilson |
| c.1979–1993 | Graeme Renney |
| 1993–2006 | Dr Robert Iles |
| 2007 – present | Dr Ian Lambert Ian Lambert Dr Ian Peter Morrison Lambert is the Australian-born Principal of The Scots College, a Sydney GPS School, and an educational author and editor.-Early life:... |
Facilities
Pipe band
A pipe band is a musical ensemble consisting of pipers and drummers. The term used by military pipe bands, pipes and drums, is also common....
as a parade
Parade
A parade is a procession of people, usually organized along a street, often in costume, and often accompanied by marching bands, floats or sometimes large balloons. Parades are held for a wide range of reasons, but are usually celebrations of some kind...
ground, and Scots Main), four general class buildings and due to new classroom
Classroom
A classroom is a room in which teaching or learning activities can take place. Classrooms are found in educational institutions of all kinds, including public and private schools, corporations, and religious and humanitarian organizations...
s to the Prep there are now 8 portable classrooms, five boarding houses, a 25 m Swimming pool
Swimming pool
A swimming pool, swimming bath, wading pool, or simply a pool, is a container filled with water intended for swimming or water-based recreation. There are many standard sizes; the largest is the Olympic-size swimming pool...
, a gym
Gym
The word γυμνάσιον was used in Ancient Greece, that mean a locality for both physical and intellectual education of young men...
nasium, grandstand
Grandstand
A grandstand is a large and normally permanent structure for seating spectators, most often at a racetrack. This includes both auto racing and horse racing. The grandstand is in essence like a single section of a stadium, but differs from a stadium in that it does not wrap all or most of the way...
s, tennis court
Tennis court
A tennis court is where the game of tennis is played. It is a firm rectangular surface with a low net stretched across the center. The same surface can be used to play both doubles and singles.-Dimensions:...
s, basketball court
Basketball court
In basketball, the basketball court is the playing surface, consisting of a rectangular floor with tiles at either end. In professional or organized basketball, especially when played indoors, it is usually made out of a wood, often maple, and highly polished...
s (indoor and outdoor) and the school amphitheatre
Amphitheatre
An amphitheatre is an open-air venue used for entertainment and performances.There are two similar, but distinct, types of structure for which the word "amphitheatre" is used: Ancient Roman amphitheatres were large central performance spaces surrounded by ascending seating, and were commonly used...
.
The general class buildings are the Centenary Centre (Music
Music
Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
, Religious Studies
Religious studies
Religious studies is the academic field of multi-disciplinary, secular study of religious beliefs, behaviors, and institutions. It describes, compares, interprets, and explains religion, emphasizing systematic, historically based, and cross-cultural perspectives.While theology attempts to...
,and economics
Economics
Economics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...
/business
Business
A business is an organization engaged in the trade of goods, services, or both to consumers. Businesses are predominant in capitalist economies, where most of them are privately owned and administered to earn profit to increase the wealth of their owners. Businesses may also be not-for-profit...
), the Graeme Clarke Centre (Science
Science
Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
, PDHPE
Physical education
Physical education or gymnastics is a course taken during primary and secondary education that encourages psychomotor learning in a play or movement exploration setting....
and Mathematics
Mathematics
Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
), Scots Main Design and Technology, Visual Arts
Visual arts
The visual arts are art forms that create works which are primarily visual in nature, such as ceramics, drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, design, crafts, and often modern visual arts and architecture...
, The Stevenson Building (Stevenson Library
Library
In a traditional sense, a library is a large collection of books, and can refer to the place in which the collection is housed. Today, the term can refer to any collection, including digital sources, resources, and services...
, History
History
History is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called historians...
and Geography
Geography
Geography is the science that studies the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth. A literal translation would be "to describe or write about the Earth". The first person to use the word "geography" was Eratosthenes...
) and The Ginagulla Centre Languages.
The Stevenson Building also houses the Year 12 Common room
Common room
The phrase common room is used especially in British and Canadian English to describe a type of shared lounge, most often found in dormitories, at universities, colleges, military bases, hospitals, rest homes, hostels, and even minimum-security prisons. It is generally connected to several...
, the Black Watch
Black Watch
The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland is an infantry battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland. The unit's traditional colours were retired in 2011 in a ceremony led by Queen Elizabeth II....
Tuckshop
Tuck shop
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-Cafe, the Prefect
Prefect
Prefect is a magisterial title of varying definition....
s' Room, the College Shop, and the school's two main function rooms (the Founders' Room and the Old Boys' Union
Alumni association
An alumni association is an association of graduates or, more broadly, of former students. In the United Kingdom and the United States, alumni of universities, colleges, schools , fraternities, and sororities often form groups with alumni from the same organisation...
Room). Scots Main houses the Auditorium
Auditorium
An auditorium is a room built to enable an audience to hear and watch performances at venues such as theatres. For movie theaters, the number of auditoriums is expressed as the number of screens.- Etymology :...
and main school administration
Academic administration
An academic administration is a branch of university or college employees responsible for the maintenance and supervision of the institution and separate from the faculty or academics, although some personnel may have joint responsibilities...
, whilst the Centenary Centre contains the school's primary Lecture
Lecture
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room, the Coote Theatre
Theatre
Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...
and various music facilities and musical instrument
Musical instrument
A musical instrument is a device created or adapted for the purpose of making musical sounds. In principle, any object that produces sound can serve as a musical instrument—it is through purpose that the object becomes a musical instrument. The history of musical instruments dates back to the...
s.
The college quadrangle
Quadrangle (architecture)
In architecture, a quadrangle is a space or courtyard, usually rectangular in plan, the sides of which are entirely or mainly occupied by parts of a large building. The word is probably most closely associated with college or university campus architecture, but quadrangles may be found in other...
finished reconstruction in 2007 to provide additional change rooms
Changeroom
A changing room, locker room, dressing room or changeroom is a room or area designated for changing one's clothes...
and wheelchair
Wheelchair
A wheelchair is a chair with wheels, designed to be a replacement for walking. The device comes in variations where it is propelled by motors or by the seated occupant turning the rear wheels by hand. Often there are handles behind the seat for someone else to do the pushing...
accessible facilities such as an elevator
Elevator
An elevator is a type of vertical transport equipment that efficiently moves people or goods between floors of a building, vessel or other structures...
for the Main Building, as well as vastly improving the aesthetics of the College 'quad'.
A new Mathematics/Science building, named the Greame Clark Centre, as well as aerobics room (Bottom Level - same level as the current pool and weights room) constructed from early 2007 to late 2008, classes began on Monday 17 November 2008 and the building was opened on Friday 27 March.
In 2007 the new "Ginahgulla" classrooms were completed. These classrooms house years five and six located at the Senior campus, Victoria Rd. The upper floors were renovated in 2008 and became new Languages and English classrooms.
Pipes and drums
As a testament to its Scottish heritageScottish national identity
Scottish national identity is a term referring to the sense of national identity and common culture of Scottish people and is shared by a considerable majority of the people of Scotland....
, the school has a well-known pipe band
Pipe band
A pipe band is a musical ensemble consisting of pipers and drummers. The term used by military pipe bands, pipes and drums, is also common....
: The Scots College Pipes
Bagpipes
Bagpipes are a class of musical instrument, aerophones, using enclosed reeds fed from a constant reservoir of air in the form of a bag. Though the Scottish Great Highland Bagpipe and Irish uilleann pipes have the greatest international visibility, bagpipes of many different types come from...
& Drums Band, established in 1900. The original band
Musical ensemble
A musical ensemble is a group of people who perform instrumental or vocal music. In classical music, trios or quartets either blend the sounds of musical instrument families or group together instruments from the same instrument family, such as string ensembles or wind ensembles...
consisted of five members - boys who had joined the cadets
Australian Army Cadets
The Australian Army Cadets is a youth organisation that is involved with progressive training of youths in military and adventurous activities. The programme has more than 19,000 Army Cadets between the ages of 12½ and 19 based in 236 units around Australia...
as pipers. There are now over 230 boys in the band, making it the largest in the Southern Hemisphere
Southern Hemisphere
The Southern Hemisphere is the part of Earth that lies south of the equator. The word hemisphere literally means 'half ball' or "half sphere"...
. In 1931 the band was granted permission to wear the tartan of the Black Watch
Black Watch
The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland is an infantry battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland. The unit's traditional colours were retired in 2011 in a ceremony led by Queen Elizabeth II....
regiment. The band's royal patron was formerly the Queen Mother
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon was the queen consort of King George VI from 1936 until her husband's death in 1952, after which she was known as Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, to avoid confusion with her daughter, Queen Elizabeth II...
. Traditionally, the Scots Pipes and Drums Band leads the annual ANZAC Day
ANZAC Day
Anzac Day is a national day of remembrance in Australia and New Zealand, commemorated by both countries on 25 April every year to honour the members of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps who fought at Gallipoli in the Ottoman Empire during World War I. It now more broadly commemorates all...
parade through Sydney. At the 2006 Australian Pipe band Championships, the Drum Corps won the Juvenile Drum Corp title, and the band as a whole earned a respectable third place. These results were then followed up by a successful run at the 2008 Australian Pipe Band Championships, where the band won both the Juvenile and Grade 4 title. These are the best results the band has seen in its long and prosperous history.
Sport
Sport has traditionally played a large role in the college and is an important part of the curriculum. The college competes in the AAGPS competition and has had notable success across a number of sports. Scots GPS premierships occurred in the following years:- AthleticsAthletics (track and field)Athletics is an exclusive collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking. The most common types of athletics competitions are track and field, road running, cross country running, and race walking...
(Senior): 1894, 1936, 1947, 1948, 1952, 1958, 1959, 1968, 1969, 1970 and 1975 - Athletics (track and field)Athletics (track and field)Athletics is an exclusive collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking. The most common types of athletics competitions are track and field, road running, cross country running, and race walking...
(Junior): 1932, 1933, 1935 1952, 1953, 1954, 1956 and 1971 - BasketballBasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
(1sts): 1985, 1986, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004 and 2011 - Basketball (2nds): 1999 and 2000
- CricketCricketCricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
(1sts): 1943(u), 1945 (u), 1948, 1953, 1957, 1964, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1984 and 1989 - Cricket (2nds): 1947, 1948, 1950, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1982, 1988, 1991 and 1996
- Rugby unionRugby unionRugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
(1sts): 1948, 1949, 1959, 1978, 1987 and 1993 - Rugby Union (2nds): 1904, 1911, 1958, 1976 and 1979
- RowingRowing (sport)Rowing is a sport in which athletes race against each other on rivers, on lakes or on the ocean, depending upon the type of race and the discipline. The boats are propelled by the reaction forces on the oar blades as they are pushed against the water...
(1st VIII): 1946, 1962, 1965 and 1979 - Rowing (1st IV): 1946, 1971 and 1978
- Rowing (2nd IV): 1933, 1961, 1978 and 1986
- Rowing (3rd IV): 1961, 1962, 1977 and 2011
- Rowing (4th IV): 1946, 1965 and 1977
- SwimmingSwimming (sport)Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
(Senior): 2002 and 2004 - Swimming (Intermediate): 2002 and 2003
- Swimming (Junior): 2002 and 2008
- Cross CountryCross country runningCross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
(Open): 2009 - Cross Country(Intermediate): 2008 and 2011
- Cross Country (Junior): 1996, 1997, 1998 and 2010
- Rifle Shooting (1sts): 1938, 1939, 1980, 1981 and 1983
- Rifle Shooting (2nds): 1948, 1971, 1983, 1985 and 1986
- Soccer (1sts): 2011
Pipeline Student Management System (SMS)
In 2010, Scots introduced Pipeline SMS (shifting away from its former system Scoogle), a set of dynamically controlled sites allowing parents to access resources and research materials online, on the college's latest twin ISDN connection.Pipeline now also incorporates all day-to-day school administration functions, including rolls, detentions, homework
Homework
Homework, or homework assignment, refers to tasks assigned to students by their teachers to be completed outside of class. Common homework assignments may include a quantity or period of reading to be performed, writing or typing to be completed, problems to be solved, a school project to be built...
merits and demerits, behavioural reports, school report releases, discipline records, subject selection, student timetables, assessment marks, attendance records and subject resources, allowing parents and teachers to communicate easily online and transfer documents (and information), and software not usually available at home. This network allow parents to securly gain access to school publications (such as The Clansman newsletter
Newsletter
A newsletter is a regularly distributed publication generally about one main topic that is of interest to its subscribers. Newspapers and leaflets are types of newsletters. Additionally, newsletters delivered electronically via email have gained rapid acceptance for the same reasons email in...
, now only available in electronic format; academic and pastoral reports; assessment marks; academic documentation; school news articles; and so forth.
As part of this shift towards electronic learning, Scots has digital projectors
Video projector
A video projector is an image projector that receives a video signal and projects the corresponding image on a projection screen using a lens system. All video projectors use a very bright light to project the image, and most modern ones can correct any curves, blurriness, and other...
, speaker systems
Loudspeaker
A loudspeaker is an electroacoustic transducer that produces sound in response to an electrical audio signal input. Non-electrical loudspeakers were developed as accessories to telephone systems, but electronic amplification by vacuum tube made loudspeakers more generally useful...
and DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
/VCR systems in the majority of its classrooms and halls, in order to better facilitate media presentations by staff and students.
House system
House system
The house system is a traditional feature of British schools, and schools in the Commonwealth. Historically, it was associated with established public schools, where a 'house' refers to a boarding house or dormitory of a boarding school...
. Scots has 13 student houses, of which 5 are boarding houses. Each year the houses participate in multiple academic and sporting competitions, spread across the school year, and are awarded points according to their placings. This point system determines the winner of the House Championship each year (announced at a final assembly). The day boy houses contain between 90 and 95 students each, whilst the boarding houses have between 50 and 65 apiece.
Boarding houses
The school's five boarding houseBoarding house
A boarding house, is a house in which lodgers rent one or more rooms for one or more nights, and sometimes for extended periods of weeks, months and years. The common parts of the house are maintained, and some services, such as laundry and cleaning, may be supplied. They normally provide "bed...
s are named Macintyre, Kirkland, Aspinall, Fairfax and Royle.
Macintyre House is located by the Macintyre tennis courts and contains the College clinic
Clinic
A clinic is a health care facility that is primarily devoted to the care of outpatients...
. The house contains all the Year 7 boarders who go to other boarding houses after Year 7 and does not compete in any house competitions.
Kirkland House is located next to the gym, and its jersey blue and white.
Motto: Strength of character through character and good sense.
Aspinall House is located between the Chapel and the dining hall, its house jersey is mostly white with a little dark green and it is named after former principal Arthur Aspinall. Motto: Honour before honours.
Fairfax house is situated on the hill above Fairfax oval and the Ginagulla classrooms. Because it is on a hill the boys in the house sometimes call it "The House on the Hill". Motto: Steadfast and United.
Royle house is located across the road from Macintyre house and the Macintyre tennis courts, and its house jersey
Jersey
Jersey, officially the Bailiwick of Jersey is a British Crown Dependency off the coast of Normandy, France. As well as the island of Jersey itself, the bailiwick includes two groups of small islands that are no longer permanently inhabited, the Minquiers and Écréhous, and the Pierres de Lecq and...
is dark green and blue. Motto: Not merely for ourselves.
Day houses
In addition to the boarding houses, the school has 8 day boy houses- James Bee, Fraser, Anderson, Macky, Bruce, Armstrong, Gilchrist and Brandt. They are listed here by age:- James Bee House is one of the two oldest day boy houses, formed in 1936 and named after Mr. James Bee, headmaster for twenty years (1914–1934). The house badge is based on his initials. In recent years, James Bee has consistently come second to Gilchrist House, with the exception of 2002 in which it secured the House Championship over its traditional rival. James Bee House has "Red Nose Day" as its charity and has raised around $80000 for this worthwhile charity over the last 8 years. Colours: Black. Motto: Opera Optima ("Best Effort").
- Armstrong House was formed in Mid-1936 as a day boy house. It is named after Dr. G. Armstrong, a founding College Councillor and Deputy College Chairman. Its crest is the College's rampant lion and the letter A in gold on a red background. Colours: Red and Gold. Motto: Striving for Excellence.
- Anderson House was formed in 1947, and named after Mr. A.K. Anderson, Headmaster from 1935 to 1955. The crest is based on the New South Wales floral emblem, the WaratahWaratahWaratah is a genus of five species of large shrubs or small trees in the Proteaceae, native to the southeastern parts of Australia...
. Colours: Yellow, Red and White. Motto: Truth, Courage, Compassion. - Brandt House was also formed in 1947. It is named for Rev. D.F. Brandt, Chairman of the College Council from 1927 to 1936. The house crest displays four sections displaying a castleCastleA castle is a type of fortified structure built in Europe and the Middle East during the Middle Ages by European nobility. Scholars debate the scope of the word castle, but usually consider it to be the private fortified residence of a lord or noble...
, the lionLionThe lion is one of the four big cats in the genus Panthera, and a member of the family Felidae. With some males exceeding 250 kg in weight, it is the second-largest living cat after the tiger...
rampant, an open book and the house initials. Colours: Royal Blue. Motto: "Fortune favours the brave". Charity: Cancer Council of Australia - Gilchrist House was formed in 1986. It was named after the Rev. Dr. A. Gilchrist, one of the most influential College Founders. In recent years, Gilchrist has been consistent winner of the House Championship (excepting a 2002 victory to James Bee and a 2000 victory to Bruce). The badge and motto are based on those of the Gilchrist Clan. Colours: Red, Green and White. Motto: Fortis et Fidus ("Brave and Faithful") Charity: Diabetes Australia
- Bruce House was formed in 1986 and named after Rev. Dr. D. Bruce (Chairman of the College Council from 1902 to 1905. The house selected a new badge in 1991, based on the belt that traditionally surrounds Scottish clanScottish clanScottish clans , give a sense of identity and shared descent to people in Scotland and to their relations throughout the world, with a formal structure of Clan Chiefs recognised by the court of the Lord Lyon, King of Arms which acts as an authority concerning matters of heraldry and Coat of Arms...
badges with the College's rampant lion in the centre. Colours: Royal Blue and White. Motto: Strength and Unity. Charity: Red kite - Fraser House was also formed in 1986. It was named after Mr H.J. Fraser, Chairman of the College Council from 1969 to 1977. The crest and motto are based on those of the Fraser clan, with the buck's head in the centre. Colours: Light Green and White. Motto: Je Suis Pret ("I'm Ready!") Charity: Bandaged Bear Day
- Macky House, like Bruce, Fraser and Gilchrist, was founded in 1986. It was named after Rev. Dr. W.M.D. Macky, one of the founders and the first Chairman of the College Council (1893–1901). The open book and swordSwordA sword is a bladed weapon used primarily for cutting or thrusting. The precise definition of the term varies with the historical epoch or the geographical region under consideration...
-bearing arm of the crest are based on the house motto. Colours: Blue, Green and White. Motto: With Strong Arm and Mind. Charity: Jeans for Genes Day
Notable alumni
Alumni association
An alumni association is an association of graduates or, more broadly, of former students. In the United Kingdom and the United States, alumni of universities, colleges, schools , fraternities, and sororities often form groups with alumni from the same organisation...
, The Scots College Old Boys' Union (OBU). The OBU was formed in 1900, and today supports the school with financial assistance, whilst working to facilitate communication and interaction between the College and its Old Boys through events and activities, such as alumni and sporting reunions. Reunions are also held in various states of Australia and overseas.
Among the school's notable alumni are:
Academia, public service, politics and religious service
- Graeme Milbourne Clark ACCompanions of the Order of AustraliaThis is a list of Companions of the Order of Australia.Notes:- Government Gazette special announcements :- It's an Honour :* * * **There are currently 427 entries in this list....
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"...
, pioneer of the multiple-channel cochlear implantCochlear implantA cochlear implant is a surgically implanted electronic device that provides a sense of sound to a person who is profoundly deaf or severely hard of hearing... - Hon.The HonourableThe prefix The Honourable or The Honorable is a style used before the names of certain classes of persons. It is considered an honorific styling.-International diplomacy:...
Peter McCallum DowdingPeter DowdingPeter McCallum Dowding SC was the 24th Premier of Western Australia, serving from 25 February 1988 until his resignation on 12 February 1990 after an internal party dispute....
S.C.Senior CounselThe title of Senior Counsel or State Counsel is given to a senior barrister or advocate in some countries, typically equivalent to the title "Queen's Counsel" used in Commonwealth Realms...
, former Premier of Western AustraliaPremier of Western AustraliaThe Premier of Western Australia is the head of the executive government in the Australian State of Western Australia. The Premier has similar functions in Western Australia to those performed by the Prime Minister of Australia at the national level, subject to the different Constitutions...
, - Dr. Peter Jensen, the Anglican Archbishop of Sydney
- Admiral Sir David James MartinDavid Martin (Governor)-Honours:-External links:...
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"...
, former Governor of New South Wales - Dr Charlie Teo - a prominent neurosurgeon who operates in Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney
Sport
- Bryan Weir - represented Australia in rowing
- Terrence Alfred - represented Australia in rowing
- Aaron Wright - represented Australia in rowing in the Junior World Rowing Championships in 2010 & 2011
- David Brockoff - a former WallabiesWallabiesA wallaby is the informal name for any of about thirty species of Australian animal.Wallaby may also refer to:* Wallaby ammunition carrier, a variant of the Canadian Ram tank* Wallaby , Japanese fantasy manga...
rugby player and rugby union coach - John Winning - 2002 World Champion in the 29er (boat) skiff class. Also represented Australia in skiing.
Associated schools
There are currently only three other Presbyterian schools in New South Wales:- Scots' sister schoolSister schoolThe term sister school has several meanings:*a definite financial commerce between two colleges or universities*two schools that have a strong historical connection...
, the Presbyterian Ladies' College, SydneyPresbyterian Ladies' College, SydneyThe Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney is an independent, Presbyterian, day and boarding school for girls in Croydon, an inner-western suburb of Sydney, Australia...
in CroydonCroydon, New South WalesCroydon is an affluent suburb in the inner-west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Croydon is located 11 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district. Croydon is split between the two local government areas of Burwood Council and the Municipality of Ashfield.The... - The Presbyterian Ladies' College, ArmidalePresbyterian Ladies' College, ArmidaleThe Presbyterian Ladies' College, Armidale is an independent, Presbyterian, day and boarding school for girls. The school is located in Armidale, a large rural town with a population of 28,000 in the New England region of New South Wales, Australia.PLC Armidale currently caters for approximately...
- The Scots SchoolThe Scots School, BathurstThe Scots School, Bathurst , is an independent, co-educational, day and boarding school, with campuses in Bathurst and Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia....
, BathurstBathurst, New South Wales-CBD and suburbs:Bathurst's CBD is located on William, George, Howick, Russell, and Durham Streets. The CBD is approximately 25 hectares and surrounds two city blocks. Within this block layout is banking, government services, shopping centres, retail shops, a park* and monuments...
Scots College
Scots College, Wellington
Scots College is a private boys' primary and secondary school located in the suburb of Strathmore Wellington, New Zealand. The College comprises both the primary and secondary institutions - the primary school section is typically referred to as the Preparatory School and has its own Head Teacher...
in Wellington
Wellington
Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range...
, New Zealand was founded as a 'brother' school to The Scots College.
See also
- List of non-government schools in New South Wales
- List of boarding schools
- History of Brighton-le-Sands, New South WalesHistory of Brighton-Le-Sands, New South WalesBrighton-Le-Sands is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The suburb is on Lady Robinson Beach, at Botany Bay, in the City of Rockdale...
- List of pipe bands
- Lawrence Campbell Oratory CompetitionLawrence Campbell Oratory CompetitionThe Lawrence Campbell Oratory Competition is an annual competition in impromptu public speaking between representatives of each of the Great Public Schools and Combined Associated Schools in New South Wales, Australia...
- Scottish Australians
Further reading
- Sherington, G. and Prentis, M. 1993. Scots to the Fore: A History of The Scots College Sydney 1893-1993.. Hale & Iremonger, Sydney. ISBN 0868065005.
- Andrew, Phillipa A (1997) Built To Last: the stories of John and Thomas Aspinall and their descendants. Privately Published.
- ISBN/ISSN 0 646 34463 3: available in the library of The Society of Australian Genealogists, Sydney, State Library of New South Wales and in the library of The Scots College.
- Church Records and Historical Society (Uniting Church of Australia, NSW Synod), ParramattaParramatta, New South WalesParramatta is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located in Greater Western Sydney west of the Sydney central business district on the banks of the Parramatta River. Parramatta is the administrative seat of the Local Government Area of the City of Parramatta...
- Garrett, J and Farr, L W (1964) Camden College: A Centenary History
- Geeves, Phillip and Jervis, J (1986) Rockdale: its beginning and development Revised Edition
- Historical Society of New South Wales
- Joy, William (29 April 1968) Daily Telegraph, Sydney: "How three fighting Scots founded a great school" (commemorating the 75th anniversary of the school)-includes photo of Rev Aspinall and his wife
- Munro May (1961) In Old Aspinall's Day
- Prentis, Malcolm A Biographical Register of Presbyterian Ministers in NSW, 1866-1885, Church Heritage Vol 6 No3
- Prentis, M and Sherrington, G (1994) History of Scots College
- White, C A The Challenge of the Years Plate 29 "The Scots College"
- Church Records and Historical Society (Uniting Church of Australia, NSW Synod), Parramatta