Brisbane Grammar School
Brisbane Grammar School | |
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Boys | |
Enrolment | ~1,700 (2016[1]) |
Colour(s) | Sporting: Oxford Blue and Cambridge Blue Academic: red and gold[2] |
Website | www.brisbanegrammar.com |
Brisbane Grammar School (BGS) is an
Established in 1868 under the
Brisbane Grammar School is affiliated with the Australian Boarding Schools Association (ABSA),
History
Brisbane Grammar School was founded in 1868 under the
The original school, designed by Benjamin Backhouse, was on a site in Roma Street in Brisbane City, approximately opposite modern Herschel Street. HRH
Following the opening of the boarding house in 1886, science laboratories were constructed in 1912.
On 14 August 1916, the
A new
During the mid-1990s, the school commenced work on the off-campus Northgate ovals, which now consist of six fields that are used for
In 2002, the school underwent a major redevelopment with the construction of a new middle school, which had its first intake of grade 6 and 7 students in 2003. This middle school consists of a large block of multi-purpose classrooms, functioning as a complete school in itself, with its own teachers and independent timetables. Grade 6 and 7 students spend most of their time in the middle school, although they do use the facilities of the "Upper School" for such activities as physical education and assemblies. In 2014, Year 5 was added to the middle school with 100 new students enrolled.[11]
Headmasters
Period | Details |
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1869–1876 | Thomas Harlin |
1876–1909 | Reginald Heber Roe |
1909–1927 | F. S. N. Bousfield |
1928–1939 | S. Stephenson |
1940–1947 | G. Carson Cooling, Old Boy of Brisbane Grammar School |
1948–1952 | H. R. Pigott |
1953–1956 | A. E. McLucas |
1956–1963 | H. R. Newell, Old Boy of Brisbane Grammar School |
1964–1989 | Maxwell Howell AM |
1990–2005 | Dr. Peter Lennox |
2006–2013 | Brian Short, Old Boy of Brisbane Grammar School. |
2014– | Anthony Micallef |
Extracurricular activities
Cultural activities
Students are able to participate in a wide range of musical groups, established by former directors of music, John Broughton,[12] and Bruce May,[13] including two orchestras, five concert bands, three stage bands, eight string ensembles, five choirs, and an array of other instrumental ensembles, including three percussion ensembles. John Callaghan was the driving force behind establishing most of the bands.[13] Student-led ensembles feature in concerts every year. Furthermore, each year the BGS Music Department performs an event known as the Grammar Community in Concert, typically at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music. This event brings together members from across the BGS Community, including the BGS Community Choir, incorporating parents, teachers, and friends. The school also has a thriving Drama program, largely established by former Drama Master, Brian Cannon,[14] presenting a range of plays and musicals. In addition, opportunities in debating and public speaking are offered, with the school participating in Queensland Debating Union and Greater Public Schools annual competitions. Additionally, Brisbane Grammar School has recently revamped its participation in enterprise education groups. With the newly reformed Economics and Enterprise Club, students are gaining exciting experiences through external competitions such as YAA, Ecoman and ABW. An array of other special-interest groups exist, including those which focus on Chess, Astronomy, Aviation, Christianity, Environmental aid, and Community Service.
Sport
The school offers a range of mainstream sporting activities, including cross country, track and field, rugby, football, basketball, tennis, cricket, gymnastics, swimming, rowing, sailing, chess and volleyball within the GPS association of schools, as well as many others such as water polo, fencing and tae kwon-do.
GPS membership
Brisbane Grammar School is a member of the
Campuses and facilities
Indoor sports centre
The Indoor Sports Centre was officially opened by the
Northgate Playing Fields
Work commenced on the Northgate Playing Fields in the mid-1990s, which now have six ovals, accommodating
BGS Tennis Centre
The Tennis Centre, adjacent to the school grounds, is the location of tennis courts, a carpark, and a private balcony and small grandstand. Students visit this facility for PE lessons as well as sports training sessions. It is separated from the main campus by a public footbridge, which has been recently closed by Queensland Rail. Access is now available via a long walk from the Indoor Sports Centre, or via the Victoria Park side of the site.
Auditoriums and theatres
The school has 6 major auditoriums and a theatre: The Centenary Hall, The Great Hall, The Lilley Centre Forum, The Music Auditorium, The Amphitheatre, The Gallery and The Theatre.
Centenary Hall accommodates the entire senior school (8–12) student body for weekly assemblies, when The Gallery above is opened up to the Hall. The hall is also used for other events such as breakfasts, music concerts, debates and year-level tests. The Gallery above the hall can accommodate 2-year groups for lectures and information sessions.
The Great Hall is one of the school's most historic buildings. The walls have various honour-boards commemorating academic, sporting and cultural achievements, as well as honouring the names of those who have served in wars. The stage is overlooked by a 10*3-metre stained glass window, with Queen Victoria and her knights of the realm as a central feature. The hall provides venue for Form Year Assemblies, Public speaking, debating and music performances. It is also used for dinner parties (such as the Old-Boys Association's reunions or the 'Mothers of Past Student gatherings) and weddings for old-boys.
The Forum can seat around 150–200 people and is used for collaborative learning exercises, usually housing all students in a subject or 3–4 classes. When using the extra seating available, a whole 250 student cohort can be housed.
The Music Auditorium, established during the tenure of Bruce May as director of music, is a venue used to highlight the school's large music program. During the year a varied program of choral, concert and stage band and orchestral concerts take place. Many groups rehearse here weekly. Percussion equipment is able to fit in the hall.
The Drama Theatre, established under the tenure of Brian Cannon as drama master, can seat approximately 300 for theatrical productions. The school holds a junior school play, a senior school play and a middle school production (play or musical) every year. It is equipped with sound and lighting equipment, including audio and lighting boards operated by students, a green room, and technical storage space. The Centenary Hall for many years was the venue for theatre productions under director, Brian Cannon.[14]
Moogerah Outdoor Education Centre
Brisbane Grammar School's off-campus centre at Pepperina Hill, near
The centre is also used for various other school activities: Writer's Camps, Composers' Camps, Scientist-In-Residence Camps, sport training, ISCF Christian Camps, Astronomy & sky viewings and fieldwork in senior courses. The rowers utilise the camp's boatshed on the lake's edge for training.
The Lilley Centre
The Lilley Centre is a centre located on the College Road side of the main campus (named after Premier and Chairman of the Board of Trustees Sir Charles Lilley), and houses several classrooms equipped with learning technologies, a library, a lecture theatre (called 'The Forum') and a seniors' study room. The centre was officially opened on 26 February 2010 by former Premier of Queensland, Anna Bligh.
STEAM precinct
In 2024, the BGS STEAM precinct was officially opened. It combines the disciplines of
Recent incidents
Pedophile compensation controversy
In 2003, the school was involved in controversy when it attempted to recover damages from its insurer following students' claims that they had been sexually abused by Kevin Lynch, school counsellor between the 1976 and 1988.[16][17]
Some 70 former students sued the school, alleging Lynch sexually abused them during counselling sessions. Rejecting out-of-court settlements, some of the victims claimed compensation in the Supreme Court of Queensland. Two former students had allegedly lodged complaints about Lynch's conduct with then headmaster of the school, Maxwell Howell, in the early 1980s and the issue was quietly investigated. However Grammar was unaware the details of the investigation had to be passed on to its insurer.
Lynch was charged in January 1997 over the abuses perpetrated at both
Fumes exposure incident
On 14 July 2010, 120 students were exposed to a chemical solvent being used in school construction works. Many of these students had been exposed for less than 20 minutes. 6 ambulance crews were dispatched to the school, where 35 students experienced sore eyes and throats as well as minor breathing difficulties. Of the students affected, 2 were hospitalised.[20]
Notable alumni
This article's list of alumni may not follow Wikipedia's verifiability policy. (January 2023) |
Politics
- Don Bennett, aviation pioneer, bomber pilot and member of Member of Parliament in the UK
- Thomas Joseph Byrnes, former Premier of Queensland
- Rhodes Scholar and the only member of a Communist partyever to be elected to a parliament anywhere in Australia.
- Ian Macfarlane, Liberal National Federal Cabinet Minister
- Tom Burns, former Labor Party National President and Deputy Premier of Queensland
- Drew Hutton, co-founder of the Australian Greens, university lecturer, and social and environmental activist
- Sir James Killen AC KCMG, Minister for Defence and Federal Member for Moreton
Law and the judiciary
- Justice Ian Callinan, Justice of the High Court of Australia
- Justice Sir Charles Powers, Justice of the High Court of Australia
- Justice John Logan RFD, Judge of the Federal Court of Australia and President of the Defence Force Discipline Appeal Tribunal
- Communist[21]
- Peter Douglas Channell (1947–1993), a notable solicitor involved in the union movement in Queensland during the 1980/90s, president of the QLD Law Society 1988, legal advisor to the commission of inquiry during the Fitzgerald Inquiry, employed Peter Beattie as a solicitor at his firm Peter Channell & Associates
- Sir Arnold Lucas Bennett, a noted barrister and president of the Bar Association of Queensland (1957–1959)[22]
- Henry George Fryberg was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Queensland
Journalism
- Malcolm Farr, Canberra-based political journalist and commentator
- Andrew Olle, ABC and Nine Network journalist (last year of school only)[23]
- Michael Ware, CNN war correspondent and Time magazine journalist
Military and public service
- Sir Charles Spry, Director-General of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation
- Major General John Pearn AO RFD, Surgeon General of the Australian Defence Force[24]
- Commander Eric Feldt OBE RAN, Head of the Coastwatchers WWII[25]
- Brigadier General Lachlan Chisholm Wilson, commander of the Australian Light Horse in the First World War.[10]
The arts
- William Baylebridge, writer and poet
- Robert Davidson, composer, artistic director of Topology
- Robin Dods, architect
- Robert Forster, musician, singer-songwriter and founder of The Go-Betweens
- Jack Lindsay, Marxist author and poet
- J J Hilder, painter
- Leonard Shillam, sculptor[26]
- David Malouf, internationally acclaimed author[27]
- The Hoodoo Gurus
- Ian Haug and John Collins of the band Powderfinger
- Murray Shepherd, member of seminal Australian bands The Screaming Tribesmenand The Four Horsemen.
- Ian Fraser, singer of seminal Brisbane band Dementia 13 and Australian punk band Nunbait
- Spencer Howson, radio presenter
- Stephen Vagg, writer, author of All My Friends Are Leaving Brisbane (2007)
- Adam Zwar, actor and creator of award-winning television shows Wilfred and Lowdown
- Stephen Lance, award-winning director
- Christopher Wrench, organist[28][29]
- David Logan, author, historian, artistic director of Cabaret Puppet Theatre[30][31][32]
- Philip Edmiston, artistic director, Queensland Marionette Theatre and Theatrestrings[33]
- Ray Chen, violinist
- Hanbyul (Jason) Jang, member of K-pop boy band Led Apple
- Brett Williams, lead guitarist, backing vocalist with the band Choirboys who had hits such as Run To Paradise, Boys Will Be Boys, Struggletown, Rendezvous, Empire.
- Toby Simkin - theatrical entrepeneur - [34] [35]
Science and academia
- Jock R. Anderson, agricultural economist at the World Bank and emeritus professor at the University of New England
- John Graeme Balsillie, inventor, communications engineer, business proprietor who oversaw establishment of Australia's coastal radio network
- Bob Bryan, geologist and businessman[36]
- Wilton Wood Russell Love, prominent Brisbane doctor and one of the foundation members for the Senate of the University of Queensland 1910–1916[37][38]
- Alexander Marks, physician and military officer
- Errol Solomon Meyers, prominent Brisbane doctor and one of the founding fathers of the University of Queensland School of Medicine.
- Donald Nickin, chemical engineer and professors, Dux of his final year at the school[39]
- Cameron Bell, endocrinologist and Senior Lecturer, Medicine – Northern Clinical School, University of Sydney[40]
Business
- Tom Strachan, head of AWX
Sport
- Dick Marks, Wallaby and national coaching director
- Cleveland Indians and Brisbane Banditsbaseball teams
- Mitchell Chapman, New South Wales Waratahs player
- Samuel Conrad, Australian eight Olympic rower
- Ben Cutting, cricket, Queensland Bulls, Australia, Brisbane Heat
- Luke DeVere, professional footballer, former QAS, AIS and current Brisbane Roar and Socceroo centre back
- Ben Dunk, cricket, Queensland Bulls, Hobart Hurricanes, Tasmania Tigers
- Roy Emerson, tennis player, won 12 Grand Slam singles titles and 16 Grand Slam doubles titles
- Francis Gailey, Australian/American freestyle swimmer
- Julian Gardner, Rugby, Wallaby & Italy
- Matthew Hammelmann, AFL Footballer
- Lee Holdsworth, V8 Supercar driver
- Toby Jenkins, Olympic water polo player 2004
- Dick Johnson, V8 Supercar legend
- Tom Lawton, former Wallabies captain
- Rob Lawton, rugby, Wallaby prop
- Cameron Lillicrap, rugby, Wallaby prop
- Joel Macdonald, AFL Footballer
- Alan Marshal, cricket, Queensland and Surrey County Cricket Club
- Bob McCowan, Wallaby captain 1899
- Andy McIntyre, rugby, Wallaby prop
- Matt McKay, professional footballer, captain of the Brisbane Roar FC and current Socceroo midfielder
- Edgar Moon, tennis player, won 1930 Australian Open men's single title, 1932 men's doubles title, 1929 and 1934 mixed doubles titles
- Stephen Moore, Wallaby since 2005 and former captain
- Frank Nicholson, Wallaby captain 1904
- Otto Nothling, one of only two Australian Cricket/Rugby Union players
- David Ogilvie, Australian test cricketer 1977–78
- Richard Powell, Australian Olympic rower
- Darryn Purcell, Australian rower
- Sir Charles Powers, Queensland Cricket captain
- Matt Renshaw, Cricket, Queensland Bulls, Australia
- Bill Ross, rugby, Wallaby hooker
- Pud Thurlow, Australian cricketer
- Keith Winning, rugby, Wallaby captain
- Greg Martin, rugby, Wallaby fullback
- David Nucifora, rugby, Wallaby hooker
- Patrick Holt, national representative rower
Rhodes Scholars
Year of election[41][42] | Name[41][42] |
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1904 | Arthur S. Roe |
1905 | Norman Leslie |
1908 | Stanley Castlehow |
1909 | Leonard G Brown |
1911 | Harold K. Denham |
1914 | Allan W.L. Row |
1915 | John N. Radcliffe |
1918 | Frederick W. Paterson |
1919 | Victor Grenning |
1922 | Tom Lawton
|
1927 | Franz Konrad Saddler Hirschfeld |
1928 | John H. Lavery |
1930 | Cecil E. Kerr |
1939 | James K. Newman |
1958 | Thomas Baxter |
1960 | Clive P. Hildebrand |
1967 | John M. Fenwick |
1978 | Peter J. Wetherall |
1981 | Donald Markwell |
1982 | David M. Rose |
1991 | Craig Arnott |
1992 | Daniel V. Botsman |
2006 | Nicholas I. Luke |
2007 | Ryan A. Goss |
2020 | Nicholas Salmon[43] |
2024 | Jeremy Hunt[44] |
See also
- List of schools in Queensland
- List of boarding schools
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Further reading
- Primrose, H. (2019). Light Blue Dark Blue, 150 years of Learning and Leadership at Brisbane Grammar School, Brisbane, Brisbane Grammar School, ISBN 978 0 95932 87 6 9
- Stephenson, S. (1923). Annals of the Brisbane Grammar School 1869–1922 / compiled by Stuart Stephenson. Brisbane: Government Printer
- Willey, Keith; Brisbane Grammar School (1968), The first hundred years : the story of Brisbane Grammar School, 1868–1968, Brisbane Grammar School; Melbourne : Macmillan of Australia, retrieved 30 November 2016