South Melbourne College
South Melbourne College was a co-education boarding school in South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The school was founded by Thomas Palmer in 1883.[1]
| South Melbourne College | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| , | |
| Coordinates | 37°50′41″S 144°57′21″E |
| Information | |
| Type | private |
| Established | 1889 |
| Founder | Thomas Palmer |
| Status | closed |
| Closed | 1917 |
John Bernard O'Hara became a partner in 1889 and became sole proprietor in 1893-4.[2] In his hands it became a leading private school in Victoria. During a period of eight years, of 28 first-class honours gained by all the schools of Victoria in physics and chemistry, 14 were obtained by pupils from South Melbourne College. O'Hara was an inspiring teacher, and many of his pupils went on to hold distinguished positions in the universities of Australia.[3]
From 1905, the school was located at 76 Kerferd Rd, South Melbourne.[4]
O'Hara closed the school in 1917 due to ill health.
Notable alumni
- Don Cameron, politician
- Isabella Jobson, nurse who served in World War I
- Paul Jones, politician
- Katharine Susannah Prichard, author
- Henry Caselli Richards, geologist
- T. J. Ryan, politician
- Walter Nairn, politician
- Doctor Sister Mary Glowrey JMJ, medical missionary in India
- Doctor Elsie Carne (nee Thomas[5][6]), medical missionary in India[7][8] and Fiji[9][10]
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References
- Clements, M. A. (1988). "Palmer, Thomas (1858 - 1927)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 7 March 2011 – via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
- Pawsey, Margaret M. (1988). "O'Hara, John Bernard (1862 - 1927)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 7 March 2011 – via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
- Serle, Percival (1949). "O'Hara, John Bernard". Dictionary of Australian Biography. Sydney: Angus and Robertson. Retrieved 14 March 2011.
- "History & Heritage". City of Port Phillip. Retrieved 7 March 2011.
- "A Missionary Wedding," Spectator and Methodist Chronicle (6 August 1915): 1132.
- http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-title794
- "Women's F.M. Auxiliary," The Methodist (20 August 1927): 3.
- http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-title647
- "Victorian news," The Methodist (10 April 1948): 5.
- http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-title647
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