Scotch College, Melbourne
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Scotch College, Melbourne 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 Hawthorn
Hawthorn, Victoria
Hawthorn is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Boroondara...

, an inner-eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, 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...

.

Studies over the years have found that Scotch had more alumni mentioned in Who's Who in Australia
Who's Who in Australia
The Who's Who in Australia is an Australian biographical reference first published by Fred Johns in 1906 as Johns's Notable Australians. It has been used by academics as a resource that identifies Australia's leading individuals, and has been analysed when studying the social backgrounds –...

(a listing of notable Australians) than any other school.

In 2010 The Age
The Age
The Age is a daily broadsheet newspaper, which has been published in Melbourne, Australia since 1854. Owned and published by Fairfax Media, The Age primarily serves Victoria, but is also available for purchase in Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory and border regions of South Australia and...

reported that Scotch College "has educated more of Australia's most honoured and influential citizens than any other school in the nation", based on research that revealed its alumni had received more top Order of Australia
Order of Australia
The 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"...

 honours than any other school.

The College
College
A college is an educational institution or a constituent part of an educational institution. Usage varies in English-speaking nations...

 was established in 1851 as "The Melbourne Academy", in a house in Spring Street, Melbourne
Spring Street, Melbourne
Spring Street is a major street in the central business district of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It runs roughly north-south, and is the easternmost street in the Hoddle Grid. The street travels from Flinders Street in the south, to La Trobe Street and the Carlton Gardens in the north...

, by Reverend James Forbes
James Forbes (minister)
James Forbes was a Scottish-Australian Presbyterian minister and educator. He was the first Christian minister to settle in Melbourne, holding the first Presbyterian service there in 1838...

 of the Free Presbyterian Church of Victoria
Free Presbyterian Church of Victoria
The Free Presbyterian Church of Victoria, also known as the Free Church of Australia Felix, was an Australian Presbyterian denomination founded in Melbourne, Victoria in 1846 as a result of the Disruption of 1843 in the Church of Scotland....

. It is the oldest extant secondary school in Victoria and celebrated its sesquicentenary in 2001.

Scotch is a founding member of the Associated Public Schools of Victoria
Associated Public Schools of Victoria
The Associated Public Schools of Victoria are a group of eleven elite independent schools in Victoria, Australia, similar to the Athletic Association of the Great Public Schools of New South Wales in New South Wales....

 (APS), and is affiliated with the International Coalition of Boys' Schools, 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 Association of Independent Schools of Victoria (AISV), and 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...

. The School is also a member of the G20 Schools
G20 Schools
All the schools claim to have a commitment to excellence and innovation of some sort. The G20 Schools have an annual conference which aims to bring together a group of school Heads who want to look beyond the parochial concerns of their own schools and national associations, and to talk through...

 Group.

History

Scotch College is the oldest surviving secondary school in Victoria. Its foundation was due to the initiative of the Reverend James Forbes, who was the first settled minister of the Presbyterian Church in the State. It is 'the outcome of the old Scottish ideal of education', in which church and school were inextricably connected. The School opened on 6 October 1851, under the name of the Melbourne Academy in a small house in Spring Street, with Mr Robert Lawson, a Scot from Edinburgh University, as the first Principal. The house was soon outgrown, as was a larger one in the same street and the Church applied to the government for a grant of land. Two acres were reserved for the school on Eastern Hill and substantial new buildings were erected there in 1853. The cost was met partly by a government grant and partly from funds raised by the friends of the school.

Mr Lawson resigned in 1856, but not before he had laid the firm foundations for future development. Under his successor, Alexander Morrison, the school grew and prospered; Morrison had been Rector of Hamilton Academy and remained at Scotch for forty six years. W S Littlejohn, who took over the school in 1904, served for twenty nine years and his successor, C M Gilray, for nineteen. So, when the school became the first in Victoria to celebrate its centenary, Dr Gilray was only the fourth Principal – a record perhaps unequalled by any major public school in the British Commonwealth. These three men have been aptly described in the school history: `Morrison, a stern patriarch and rigid disciplinarian, walking strictly in the paths of the classics taming by force of personality and the strength of his arm and fiery youth of the early colony. Littlejohn, no less strong in discipline, but typical of the broader life which came with the new century, versed in the classics but appreciative of the importance of the sciences and of the place of science in education; and Gilray, who, in a more mature and sophisticated community, preserved in the school the wisdom of classics and the adventureof science, but added the beauty of music, art and drama and the discipline of a fuller life of culture.'

Dr Gilray was succeeded in 1953 by R Selby Smith, an Old Rugbeian who had served in the Royal Navy during the war and was at the time of his appointment Deputy Director of Education for Warwickshire. During his headmastership there were still further advances in the cultural aspects of education, especially music. A fine scholastic record was maintained and the building program interrupted by the war was revived. He greatly improved the administrative efficiency of the school, the general care of the boys by masters and the participation of students in the school's religious life. Mr Selby Smith resigned in 1964 to become Professor of Education at Monash University.

C 0 Healey who had been Headmaster of Sydney Grammar School
Sydney Grammar School
Sydney Grammar School is an independent, non-denominational, selective, day school for boys, located in Darlinghurst, Edgecliff and St Ives, all suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia....

 since 1951 succeeded Mr Selby Smith. Mr Healey brought the greatest dedication to his task and was totally involved in every aspect of school life. During the ten and a half years of his headmastership, he awakened a new sense of purpose in all members of the school community. A general science wing, the new dining hall and the new maths/science block are visible signs of his creativity and energy. Tireless in his pursuit of excellence, he left a lasting impact upon the minds and souls of all Scotch Collegians. Gifted with forward vision, he fostered the concept of the 'Scotch Family' and it is to Mr Healey that we owe the inception of the Scotch College Foundation. Mr Healey retired in January 1975.

In the following May, P A V Roff, formerly Headmaster of Scotch College, Adelaide
Scotch College, Adelaide
Scotch College is an independent, Uniting Church, co-educational, day and boarding school, located on two adjacent campuses in Torrens Park and Mitcham, inner-southern suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia....

, was installed as the seventh Principal of the College. Mr Philip Roff 's tenure, though a brief seven years, was characterised by an expanding voice for staff in the day to day management of the school, the establishment of a Foundation Office at the School under the direction of a Development Officer and the widening of the House System to provide greater depth in pastoral care. His last few years saw the school in dispute over ownership and, for the Principal and his school community, it was a time of stress. In 1980 the decision was made to incorporate the school and a new Council was appointed, with representatives from the Presbyterian Church, the Old Scotch Collegians' Association and the community at large.

Dr F G Donaldson, a Vice Principal from Wallace High School (Northern Ireland)
Wallace High School (Northern Ireland)
The Wallace High School is a co-educational voluntary grammar school situated in Lisburn, Northern Ireland.It was founded in 1880 by a bequest from the estate of Sir Richard Wallace, local landowner and Unionist MP, as the Lisburn Intermediate and University School on a site fronting the Antrim Road...

, with a Doctorate of Philosophy in Atomic Physics from Queens University Belfast, succeeded Mr Roff in 1983. Under his Principalship there has been a significant building program which has created outstanding facilities for the education of boys, the development of ICT for administrative and educational purposes and enhanced pastoral care of students.

Mr I Tom Batty, was appointed as the ninth Principal of Scotch and installed into office on Monday 14 July 2008. Prior to his appointment he was Housemaster of Villiers House, Eton College
Eton College
Eton College, often referred to simply as Eton, is a British independent school for boys aged 13 to 18. It was founded in 1440 by King Henry VI as "The King's College of Our Lady of Eton besides Wyndsor"....

 in the UK.

Name

The School was originally called "The Melbourne Academy", after its location, when it opened in 1851. In its early years it was also known as
  • Mr Lawson's Academy - named after the first principal, Robert Lawson
  • The Grammar School
  • The Scots' College - the college of the Scots
    Scottish people
    The Scottish people , or Scots, are a nation and ethnic group native to Scotland. Historically they emerged from an amalgamation of the Picts and Gaels, incorporating neighbouring Britons to the south as well as invading Germanic peoples such as the Anglo-Saxons and the Norse.In modern use,...

  • The Scotch College - the college that is Scottish

For a while all of these names were used concurrently until in the 1860s the usage settled on "The Scotch College", which was later shortened to be simply "Scotch College".

Coat-of-arms and motto

The School's coat-of-arms (shown above, right) features the following elements:
  • The Burning Bush - the Burning Bush
    Burning bush
    The burning bush is an object described by the Book of Exodus as being located on Mount Sinai; according to the narrative, the bush was on fire, but was not consumed by the flames, hence the name...

    , from the Book of Exodus, is a common symbol used by the Presbyterian Church, representing Christian faith.
  • A white cross on a blue background - the flag of Scotland
    Flag of Scotland
    The Flag of Scotland, , also known as Saint Andrew's Cross or the Saltire, is the national flag of Scotland. As the national flag it is the Saltire, rather than the Royal Standard of Scotland, which is the correct flag for all individuals and corporate bodies to fly in order to demonstrate both...

     (St Andrew's Cross) representing the School's Scottish heritage.
  • The Southern Cross - the Southern Cross constellation common symbol for 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...

    , representing the School's location and home.
  • A crown - representing loyalty to the sovereign and legitimate government.
  • A lymphad - a Greek ship with oars in use, thus rowing into the wind, and representing enterprise and perseverance.
  • A torch - representing the torch of knowledge and learning.


The 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 the School, shown in Scottish heraldic style in a scroll above the cost-of-arms, is Latin: "Deo Patriae Litteris". It literally means "God, Country, Learning", or transliterated means "For God, for Country, and for Learning".

Principals

Dr. F. G. Donaldson AM retired as Principal at the conclusion of 2007, having completed 25 years as Principal and was succeeded by I. T. Batty who commenced his term in 2008. Mr Batty is only the ninth Principal in the school's 160 year history.
Period Details
1851 – 1856 Mr. Robert Lawson
1857 – 1903 Dr. Alexander Morrison
Alexander Morrison (headmaster)
Alexander Morrison was Headmaster of Scotch College, Melbourne, Australia, for 47 years.-Early life:Morrison was born Edinkillie, Morayshire, Scotland, sixth son of Donald Morrison, a farmer, and his wife Catherine née Fraser. Alexander was educated at the Elgin Academy and King's College,...

1904 – 1933 Dr. William Still Littlejohn
William Still Littlejohn
William Still Littlejohn was headmaster of Scotch College, Melbourne 1904–1933.Littlejohn was born in Turriff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, the son of Wilson Littlejohn, a watchmaker and jeweller, and his wife Margaret, née Gordon...

1934 – 1953 Dr. Colin MacDonald Gilray OBE MC
1953 – 1964 Prof. Richard Selby Smith OBE
1965 – 1974 Mr. Colin Oswald Healey OBE TD
1975 – 1982 Mr. Philip Anthony Vere Roff
1983 – 2007 Dr. Francis Gordon Donaldson AM
2008 – Present Mr. Ian Thomas Batty

Governance and denominational affiliation

Scotch is an incorporated body governed by a Council made up of three groups; 1/3 Old Boys nominated by the Old Scotch Collegians' Association, 1/3 Presbyterian Church of Victoria nominees and 1/3 "members of the Scotch Family" nominated by Council from members of associations including the Scotch Parents' Association and Scotch Foundation.

Chairmen of the Council have included Sir Arthur Robinson
Arthur Robinson (Australian politician)
Sir Arthur Robinson KCMG was an Australian politician.-Early life:Robinson was born at Carlton, Victoria, the son of journalist Anthony Bennett Robinson and Harriet, née Barton, the sister of Sir Edmund Barton. He attended Scotch College before studying law at the University of Melbourne...

, Sir Archibald Glenn
Archibald Glenn
Sir Archibald Glenn OBE is an Australian industrialist and founding Chancellor of La Trobe UniversityJoseph Robert Archibald Glenn was educated at Scotch College, Melbourne and studied engineering at the University of Melbourne and later in London.He joined ICI where he became managing director...

, Sir James Balderstone
James Balderstone
Sir James Schofield Balderstone AC is a prominent Australian director of public companies. He resides in Melbourne.Balderstone attended Scotch College, Melbourne after leaving school served in the Royal Australian Navy during the Second World War from 1940 to 1945...

 and David Crawford
David Crawford (director)
David Crawford is a prominent Australian non-executive director. He was educated at Scotch College, Melbourne and the University of MelbourneHis directorships have included*Chairman of Foster's Group,*Chairman of Lend Lease Corporation,...

.

At the formation of the 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....

 in 1977, Scotch was allocated to the Presbyterian Church of Australia
Presbyterian Church of Australia
The Presbyterian Church of Australia is the largest Presbyterian denomination in Australia. .-Beginnings:...

 by the Property Commission of the Presbyterian Church, which included an even number of representatives from the Uniting Church and the continuing Presbyterian Church as well as independent commissioners. At the time the Scotch Council unsuccessfully appealed this decision.

Campuses

  • Hawthorn - The school has a single boarding, sporting and academic campus of 27 hectares (67 acre) in suburban Hawthorn
    Hawthorn, Victoria
    Hawthorn is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Boroondara...

    . Sporting facilities include ovals and soccer/rugby fields, two synthetic grass hockey/soccer fields, tennis courts, an indoor swimming pool, an indoor diving pool, three gymnasiums, two weights rooms, three squash courts and a rock climbing tower. As the school is situated on the banks of the Yarra River
    Yarra River
    The Yarra River, originally Birrarung, is a river in east-central Victoria, Australia. The lower stretches of the river is where the city of Melbourne was established in 1835 and today Greater Melbourne dominates and influences the landscape of its lower reaches...

    , the school has rowing and boating facilities located within its grounds.
  • Healesville - The school has 80 hectares (198 acre) of forest with a lodge in the hills at Healesville east of Melbourne, used for Scout and Cadet camps.
  • Phillip Island - The school has an absolute-beach-front residential seaside property at Cowes
    Cowes, Victoria
    Cowes is the main township on Phillip Island in the Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia. It is less than 2 hours drive from Melbourne and can also be reached by ferry from Stony Point on the Mornington Peninsula. Cowes is located on the northern side of Phillip Island and faces towards French...

     on Phillip Island, which is the site of a one-week orientation camp for Year 7 students and other camps.
  • Mansfield - The school has a lodge for the use of boarders in the hills outside of Mansfield
    Mansfield, Victoria
    Mansfield is a small town in the foothills of the Victorian part of the Australian Alps. It is approximately 180 km north-east of Melbourne...

    , 130 km northeast of Melbourne
    Melbourne
    Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...

    .

Boarding

Scotch has been a boarding school since its foundation. Today the School caters for 160 boarders of whom around 70% are drawn from around Australia and 30% are from overseas. The boarding precinct is on "The Hill" which overlooks the Senior School at the main Hawthorn campus. There are three boarding houses: School House, McMeckan House and Arthur Robinson House. Both School House and McMeckan House were built as the gift of Anthony Mackie, and his brother and sisters, in memory of their uncle Captain James McMeckan. Arthur Robinson House is named after a Chairman of the School Council, Sir Arthur Robinson
Arthur Robinson (Australian politician)
Sir Arthur Robinson KCMG was an Australian politician.-Early life:Robinson was born at Carlton, Victoria, the son of journalist Anthony Bennett Robinson and Harriet, née Barton, the sister of Sir Edmund Barton. He attended Scotch College before studying law at the University of Melbourne...

.

Curriculum

Scotch students study towards the Victorian Certificate of Education
Victorian Certificate of Education
The Victorian Certificate of Education or VCE is the credential awarded to secondary school students who successfully complete high school level studies in the state of Victoria, Australia. Study for the VCE is usually completed over two years, but it can be spread over a longer period in some cases...

 (VCE), which is the main secondary student assessment program in Victoria which ranks students with an Australian Tertiary Admission Rank
Australian Tertiary Admission Rank
The Australian Tertiary Admission Rank is the primary criterion for entry into most undergraduate-entry university programs in Australia, it was gradually introduced during 2009 and 2010 to replace the Universities Admission Index, Equivalent National Tertiary Entrance Rank and Tertiary Entrance...

 (ATAR) for university entrance purposes.

Extra-curricular activities

Some extra-curricular groups and activities at Scotch are:
  • Army Cadet Corps - The Scotch College Cadet Corps
    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...

     was established in 1884, and holds an annual Tattoo
    Military tattoo
    The original meaning of military tattoo is a military drum performance, but nowadays it sometimes means army displays more generally.It dates from the 17th century when the British Army was fighting in the Low Countries...

    . Cadets have weekly activities at the school and participate in camps and bivouacs.
  • Pipe Band - The Scotch College Pipes and Drums 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....

     was established in 1946 and is one of the oldest school pipe bands in Australia. It wears the Gordon tartan
    Clan Gordon
    Clan Gordon, also known as the House of Gordon, is a Scottish clan. The chief of the clan was the powerful Earl of Huntly, now also Marquess of Huntly.-Origins:...

    , and competes at national and international competitions and highland festivals
    Highland games
    Highland games are events held throughout the &Highland games are events held throughout the &Highland games are events held throughout the &(-è_çà in Scotland and other countries as a way of celebrating Scottish and Celtic culture and heritage, especially that of the Scottish Highlands. Certain...

    . It performs at school and public events including in 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...

     March to the Shrine of Remembrance
    Shrine of Remembrance
    The Shrine of Remembrance, located in Kings Domain on St Kilda Road, Melbourne, Australia was built as a memorial to the men and women of Victoria who served in World War I and is now a memorial to all Australians who have served in war...

    . It is the current national champion in the Juvenile grade.
  • Military Band - The Military Band performs at school, and in public including in 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...

     March to the Shrine of Remembrance
    Shrine of Remembrance
    The Shrine of Remembrance, located in Kings Domain on St Kilda Road, Melbourne, Australia was built as a memorial to the men and women of Victoria who served in World War I and is now a memorial to all Australians who have served in war...

     and on overseas tours. All members of the band are also members of the Australian Army Cadet Corps.
  • Ist Hawthorn (Scotch College) Scout Group - Scotch has its own Scout Group, established in 1926, that is part of Scouts Australia. The Scout Group meets regularly each Thursday at the school and participate in off-campus activities such as camps.
  • Sports First Aid - A Thursday afternoon service that boys can choose to undertake to gain adnvanced training in first aid. Members of the service learn valuable skills such as CPR and soft and hard tissue injury management. Members help the Scotch College communtiy by regularly attending Saturday mornings to treat any injuries suffered during sport matches. An annual camp is held at Cowes where boys practice the skills they have learned.
  • Debating - Scotch regularly participates in debating, competing in the Debaters Association of Victoria Schools Competition. Each season, the school hosts the Hawthorn region of the Schools Competition. In 2008 the First Debating Team were the State A Grade runners-up, while the school was also runner up in the State British Parliamentary Debating Competition. Scotch debaters have recently toured the United Kingdom participating in inter-school debating tournaments. In 2010, Scotch won the A Grade (Year 12), B Grade (Year 11) and C Grade (Year 10) State Grand Finals in the DAV (Debater's Association of Victoria) Debating Competition.

Sport

Scotch College competes in the Associated Public Schools of Victoria
Associated Public Schools of Victoria
The Associated Public Schools of Victoria are a group of eleven elite independent schools in Victoria, Australia, similar to the Athletic Association of the Great Public Schools of New South Wales in New South Wales....

 (APS) league in Athletics, Badminton, Basketball, Cricket, Cross Country, Australian Rules Football, Hockey, Rowing, Rugby, Soccer, Squash, Swimming and Diving, Table Tennis, Tennis, Volleyball and Water Polo. In 2006, the school jointly won the APS Australian Rules Premiership, the First VIII Rowing (Head of the River
Head of the River (Victoria)
The Victorian Head of the River regatta is contested between the eleven Associated Public Schools of Victoria .The race is usually the last race of the official APS rowing season and has recently been rowed on Lake Nagambie which is a full buoyed international standard course allowing six boat...

), and the VSRU Open Grade Rugby. It was the fifth time in six years that Scotch had won the Rugby first XV's. It won a fifth consecutive Head of the River
Head of the River (Victoria)
The Victorian Head of the River regatta is contested between the eleven Associated Public Schools of Victoria .The race is usually the last race of the official APS rowing season and has recently been rowed on Lake Nagambie which is a full buoyed international standard course allowing six boat...

 in 2008. In 2010 the first eight convincingly won the Head of the River
Head of the River (Victoria)
The Victorian Head of the River regatta is contested between the eleven Associated Public Schools of Victoria .The race is usually the last race of the official APS rowing season and has recently been rowed on Lake Nagambie which is a full buoyed international standard course allowing six boat...

. As well as claiming the Victorian State title the 2010 First eight was the first interstate school to win the NSW State Championship title in both the Schoolboy 8+ and Mens Under 21 8+ as well as claiming Australian Championship title in the 8 which lays claim to being the most successful Australian schoolboy crew in history. It has won the Head of the River
Head of the River (Victoria)
The Victorian Head of the River regatta is contested between the eleven Associated Public Schools of Victoria .The race is usually the last race of the official APS rowing season and has recently been rowed on Lake Nagambie which is a full buoyed international standard course allowing six boat...

 event more than any other competing school.

In addition to the APS competition, Scotch competes in a number of competitions with specific schools, including:
  • Cordner-Eggleston Cup - This Cup is contested each year by the first football teams of Scotch and Melbourne Grammar School
    Melbourne Grammar School
    Melbourne Grammar School is an independent, Anglican, day and boarding school predominantly for boys, located in South Yarra and Caulfield, suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia....

    . It commemorates the first recorded game of Australian Rules Football
    Australian rules football
    Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

    , which was played between the two schools on 7 August 1858, which scotch won and is today commemorated by a statue depicting the game outside the Melbourne Cricket Ground
    Melbourne Cricket Ground
    The Melbourne Cricket Ground is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne and is home to the Melbourne Cricket Club. It is the tenth largest stadium in the world, the largest in Australia, the largest stadium for playing cricket, and holds the world record for the highest light...

    .
  • The Batty Shield - This Shield is contested between the first cricket teams of Scotch and Eton College
    Eton College
    Eton College, often referred to simply as Eton, is a British independent school for boys aged 13 to 18. It was founded in 1440 by King Henry VI as "The King's College of Our Lady of Eton besides Wyndsor"....

    . The Shield was inaugurated in 2008 after a number of cricket tours between the schools, and is named after the current Principal of Scotch who was previously a Housemaster at Eton.
  • The Tait Cup - This Cup is contested between the first cricket teams of Scotch and Geelong Grammar School
    Geelong Grammar School
    Geelong Grammar School is an independent, Anglican, co-educational, boarding and day school. The school's main campus is located at Corio, on the northern outskirts of Geelong, Victoria, Australia, overlooking Corio Bay and Limeburners Bay....

     and commemorates the links between the schools back to their first cricket match in 1855.
  • The John Roe Shield - This Shield is contested between the first soccer teams of Scotch and Saint Peter's College, Adelaide.

Alumni

Alumni of Scotch College are known as Old Boys or Old Collegians, and automatically become members of the School's alumni association
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 Old Scotch Collegians' Association (OSCA).

Studies over the years have found that Scotch College had more alumni mentioned in Who's Who in Australia
Who's Who in Australia
The Who's Who in Australia is an Australian biographical reference first published by Fred Johns in 1906 as Johns's Notable Australians. It has been used by academics as a resource that identifies Australia's leading individuals, and has been analysed when studying the social backgrounds –...

(a listing of notable Australians) than any other school, and its alumni had received more top Order of Australia
Order of Australia
The 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"...

 honours than any other school.

Alumni of Scotch College include
  • Three Governors-General of Australia
    Governor-General of Australia
    The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia is the representative in Australia at federal/national level of the Australian monarch . He or she exercises the supreme executive power of the Commonwealth...

     - Sir Zelman Cowen, Sir Ninian Stephen and Peter Hollingworth
    Peter Hollingworth
    Peter John Hollingworth AC, OBE is an Australian Anglican bishop. He served as the Archbishop of Brisbane for 11 years before becoming the 23rd Governor-General of Australia from 2001 until 2003....

    .
  • Prime Minister of Australia
    Prime Minister of Australia
    The Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia is the highest minister of the Crown, leader of the Cabinet and Head of Her Majesty's Australian Government, holding office on commission from the Governor-General of Australia. The office of Prime Minister is, in practice, the most powerful...

     Sir George Reid
    George Reid (Australian politician)
    Sir George Houstoun Reid, GCB, GCMG, KC was an Australian politician, Premier of New South Wales and the fourth Prime Minister of Australia....

    .
  • Four Justices of the High Court of Australia
    High Court of Australia
    The 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...

     - Sir John Latham (Chief Justice), Kenneth Hayne
    Kenneth Hayne
    Kenneth Madison Hayne AC is a Justice of the High Court of Australia which is the highest court in the Australian court hierarchy.-Education and professional life:...

    , Sir Hayden Starke
    Hayden Starke
    Sir Hayden Erskine Starke KCMG , an Australian judge, was a justice of the High Court of Australia.Starke was born in the town of Creswick, Victoria in 1871...

     and Sir Ninian Stephen
  • Eight State Premiers - Jim Bacon
    Jim Bacon
    James Alexander Bacon, AC was Premier of Tasmania from 1998 to 2004.-Early life:Bacon was born in Melbourne; his father Frank, a doctor, died when Jim was twelve, leaving him to be raised by his mother Joan. He was educated at Scotch College and later at Monash University, but he did not graduate....

     (Tas), John Cain
    John Cain II
    John Cain , Australian Labor Party politician, was the 41st Premier of Victoria, holding office from 1982 to 1990.-Biography:...

     (Vic), Jeff Kennett
    Jeff Kennett
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     named after Sir Walter Murdoch
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Further reading

  • Stuart Gerstman and James Mitchell, Visions of Boyhood - Scotch College in Pictures, Hardie Grant Books, 2007, ISBN 978-1-74066-565-0
  • Stephen Matthews, The Pipes and Drums: Scotch College Melbourne - A History, Scotch College Pipes and Drums Auxiliary, 2007, ISBN 978-0-646-48090-9
  • James Mitchell, A Deepening Roar - Scotch College, Melbourne, 1851-2001, Allen & Unwin, 2001, ISBN 1-86508-576-6
  • Desmond Zwar, The Soul of a School, Macmillan, 1982, ISBN 0-333-33840-5
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