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'Prince Alfred College' (also referred to as PAC, Princes and in sporting circles, The Reds) is an independent, day and boarding school for boys', located on Dequetteville Terrace, Kent Town, near the CBD of Adelaide, South Australia.
It was established in 1869 by the Methodist Church of Australasia which amalgamated with other protestant churches to form the Uniting Church in Australia.
The school has approximately 1000 students, aged from 5-18 years old. The school also has a kindergarten, "Little Princes", and claims to have the largest "Old Scholars" organisation (by membership) in the southern hemisphere.
Some capable senior students follow the International Baccalaureate Diploma programme. Princes has produced several IB marks of 45 in recent years. The majority of year 12 students study and achieve the South Australian Certificate of Education (SACE).[1]
History
Prince Alfred College was named after Prince Alfred - one of the four sons of Queen Victoria and her husband Prince Albert.
The founders of PAC were determined that the religious traditions of John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, should be incorporated in the school. Young Methodist men of the colony and PAC were encouraged to live disciplined, hard working and Christian lives, even if they were mocked or faced society’s temptations.
By the year that PAC was founded (1869), the population in Adelaide was estimated to be the second highest in the continent. No South Australian country town however had a population greater than 10,000. At the same time, nearly all the land in the city of Adelaide, laid out by Colonel Light, had been occupied. Across the parklands that surrounded the city were well established residential suburbs such as Kent Town and Norwood to the east and industrial precincts such as Hindmarsh and Thebarton to the west. The suburb of Kent Town, along with the city itself, formed a consolidated urban area in which the school was located.
Headmasters
During its history, Prince Alfred College has been led by these headmasters:
1869 to 1870 : Mr Samuel Fiddian
1871 to 1875 : Mr John Hartley
1876 to 1914 : Mr Frederic Chapple
1915 to 1929 : Mr William Bayly
1930 to 1948 : Mr Fred Ward
1949 to 1969 : Mr John Dunning
1970 to 1987 : Mr Geoffrey Bean
1988 to 1999 : Dr Brian Webber
2000 to 2004 : Dr Stephen Codrington[2]
2004 to present: Mr Kevin Tutt[3]
Recent events
In September 2005 it was revealed that the College held 70,000 shares in Coopers Brewery, received in a bequest. At the time, Coopers were the subject of an unsolicited takeover bid by Japanese controlled brewer Lion Nathan, and the shares were valued at between $18 million and $22 million.[4] At the same time, the College was involved in a $15 million redevelopment project and was appealing to parents and former students for $3.5 million to enable building to begin. The shares were not sold.
Sport
Rowing
Rowing began at PAC in 1883 and has played an important part in the school's sporting culture since that time. The school has two boat houses, at West Lakes and by the Torrens Lake in the City of Adelaide's parklands. The school employs a full time Director of Rowing. Although competition in local and national regattas form an integral part of the rowing programme, the main event for each year is the Head of the River.
"Intercol"
Each sports team at Princes has an annual fixture against traditional long time rivals Saint Peter's College, known as the "Intercol" (Inter-collegiate). These are considered by the two colleges to be the most important games of the seasons, and the fiercely fought matches of the more popular sports draw big crowds of students and old scholars from both schools.[5]
Outdoor Education
The Prince Alfred College Outdoor Education programme provides a variety of integrated activities designed to allow boys to face challenges beyond those possible in a suburban day school. Current activities are focused on the Scotts Creek Outdoor Centre at Morgan on the River Murray.
Year 11 students undertake practical leadership training and are encouraged to nominate for trips to Nepal, New Zealand or Kangaroo Island.
Notable alumni
Notable old scholars of Princes include:
Rhodes Scholars
The Rhodes Scholarship is a postgraduate fellowship for study at Oxford University. South Australian recipients[6] who attended PAC include:
★ William Douglas Allen - 1937
★ Henry Herman Leopold A Brose - 1913
★ Garry Leslie Brown - 1964
★ Theodor Siegfried Dorsch - 1933
★ David Wyke Evans - 1957
★ Henry Kenneth Fry - 1909
★ Brian William Hone - 1930
★ Stanford Howard - 1919
★ Norman William Jolly - 1904
★ Cecil Thomas Madigan - 1911
★ Roger Gilbert Opie - 1951
★ Renfrey Burnard Potts - 1948
★ Howard Luscombe Rayner - 1916
★ David Alexander C Robertson - 1983
★ Peter Lindsay Rogers - 1963
★ Michael Ewers Smyth - 1960
★ Stephen Kidman Wilkinson - 1982
Academia
Professors who attended PAC include:
★ Henry Herman Leopold A Brose - Physics - University of Nottingham
★ William Cowley - Communication and Signal Processing - University of South Australia
★ Renfrey Burnard Potts - Applied Mathematics - University of Adelaide
Business
★ Cousins Tim and Glenn Cooper[7] - CEO and Executive Chairman of Coopers Brewery
★ Robert Gerard - Businessman, previously Chairman of Gerard Industries
★ Greg Siegele - Co-founder of Ratbag Games Pty Ltd
Entertainment, media and the arts
★ Sir Robert Helpmann - Ballet dancer, actor, director and choreographer
Exploration
★ Duncan Chessell - Explorer
★ Cecil Madigan - Explorer, Geologist, Rhodes Scholar, University Lecturer
Medicine
★ Bill Griggs - Doctor
★ Brian Kenneth Hobbs - Doctor
Science
★ Henry Herman Leopold A Brose - Physicist, translator, pathologist, biochemist, academic, Rhodes Scholar.
★ Cecil Madigan - Explorer, Geologist, Rhodes Scholar, University Lecturer
Sport
★ Ian Chappell - Cricketer
★ Greg Chappell - Cricketer
★ Trevor Chappell - Cricketer
★ Paul Rofe - Cricketer
★ Wayne Jackson - Australian Football League
★ Ed Lower - North Melbourne Kangaroos Footballer
★ Nick Lower - Port Adelaide Power Footballer
★ Bernie Vince - Adelaide Crows Footballer
★ Tim Weatherald - Sturt Footballer and Magarey Medallist 2002[8]
References
1. 2006 Year 12 Results
2. Stephen Codrington- the website
3. Headmaster's Welcome
4. Use surplus to fund tax cuts. Now!
5. Adelaide College Football, Gary Jenkinson, accessed 8/1/07
6. The Rhodes Scholarship, South Australia (accessed:2007-06-18)
7. Tim and Glenn Cooper. Coopers.com.au - Accessed 2007-07-07
8. Stateline South Australia, ''Memories for Sturt Football Club as Amrozi is sentenced'', Broadcast 08/08/03, Ian Henschke, Accessed 2007-06-28
See also
★ List of schools in South Australia
★ List of boarding schools
External links
★ Prince Alfred College Website
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