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'The Southport School' ('TSS'), founded in 1901, is an all boys, Anglican day and boarding school located on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
TSS is the only all boys boarding school on the Gold Coast, and the oldest Anglican boys' boarding school in Queensland.^[3]

Contents

History

Headmasters

House system

Notable alumni

Arts, Media and Sciences

Business and Politics

Military

Rhodes Scholars

Sport

References

See also

External links

History

The Southport School was established in 1901 by The Rt Revd Horace Dixon.

Headmasters

★ Rt. Rev. Horace Henry Dixon (1901-1929)

★ Bertram George Lawrance (1930-1935)

★ Rev. Verney Lovett Johnstone (1936-1940)

★ John Norman Radcliffe (1941-1950)

★ Cecil Garton Pearce, OBE (1950-1971)

★ John Henry Day, AM (1972-1987)

★ Paul John McKeown, AM (1987)

★ Bruce Alexander Cook (1988-2003)

★ Greg Wain (2004-present)

House system

The Senior School is divided vertically into the twelve Houses: eight day boy Houses and four Boarding Houses.^[4] These are:
'Boarding':

★ Biddle

★ Delpratt

★ McKinley

★ Thorold
'Day':

★ Atkinson

★ Kaiser

★ Maughan

★ Melbourne

★ Radcliffe

★ Surman

★ Turnock

★ Walker

Notable alumni

'The Old Southportonians Association' (OSA) is the alumni for old boys of the school. The OSA is celebrating its 100 years as a recognised body in 2007.

Arts, Media and Sciences

★ Scott Beveridge - Channel 10

★ James Blundell - Singer

★ Sidney Cotton - Inventor of the 'Sidcot' flight suit

★ Perry Cross - Quadriplegic, motivational speaker

★ Ben Dark - Getaway, Nine Network

★ Rod Young - news anchor for Seven Network

★ Ashley Bradnam - radio announcer for Nova 106.9

★ Luke Bradnam - radio announcer for 102.9 Hot Tomato

Business and Politics

★ Rob Borbidge - Premier of Queensland

★ John Moore - former Federal Liberal Defence Minister

★ Bill O'Chee - former Federal Nationals Senator

★ Matthew Perrin - former Managing Director of Billabong

★ Glen Shiel - former Federal Nationals Senator

★ Tom Ray - property developer ^[5]

Military

★ Lieutenant John Fraser - Fought and died in Vietnam

★ General Robert Harold Nimmo - Head of UN Military Observer Group in Pakistan & India 1952-1966

★ Major Hugh Quinn - Fought and died at the eponymous Quinn's Post at Gallipoli in 1915

Rhodes Scholars

★ Peter G Annand - 1972

★ Ronald O Bennett - 1931^[6]

★ Ainslie G. Ross Sheil - 1956

★ Harley C Stumm - 1935

Sport

★ 'A-League'

★
★ Griffin McMaster - Queensland Roar

★
★ Clark Keating - Brisbane Lions

★ 'Cricket'

★
★ John Buchanan - Coach of Australian cricket team

★ 'Golf'

★
★ Adam Scott

★ 'Ironman'

★
★ Shannon Eckstein

★
★ Caine Eckstein

★ 'Major League Baseball'

★
★ Trent Durrington - Boston Red Sox

★ 'Rowing'

★
★ Duncan Free

★ 'Rugby League'

★
★ Josh Graham - Gold Coast Titans

★
★ Peter Jackson - Queensland

★
★ Mat Rogers - Gold Coast Titans

★ 'Rugby Union'

★
★ Caleb Brown - Queensland Reds

★
★ Nathan Grey - Formely of New South Wales Waratahs

★
★ Lloyd Johannson - Queensland Reds

★
★ Tom Lawton - Wallabies

★
★ Nathan Sharpe - Western Force and Captain of Wallabies

★
★ Brett Stapleton - Western Force

★
★ Vitori Buatava - Fiji and Western Force

★ 'Sailing'

★
★ Mathew Belcher

★
★ Daniel Belcher

★ 'Swimming'

★
★ Andrew Baildon

★
★ Leigh McBean - Swimming

★ 'Triathlon'

★
★ Courtney Atkinson

★ 'V8 Supercar'

★
★ Marcus Marshall

★ 'World Rally Championship'

★
★ Chris Atkinson - Subaru^[7]

References

1. The Southport School Day & Boarding Fees 2007 (accessed:18-05-2007)
2. Australian Boarding Staff Association (accessed:18-05-2007)
3. The Southport School Prospectus (accessed:18-05-2007)
4. The Southport School Admissions Book (accessed:18-05-2007)
5. The Old Southportonian's Review No. 127 April 2006 (accessed:20-06-2007)
6. Queensland Rhodes Scholars (accessed:18-05-2007)
7. TSS Sport Hall of Fame (accessed:18-05-2007)

See also

★ List of schools in Queensland

★ Education in Australia

External links

★ The Southport School website

★ Anglican Church of Australia