Category: Geelong College, Newtown, Victoria

Categories: Victoria, Schools | Geelong, Victoria

The Geelong College is an independent and co-educational day and boarding school located in Newtown, an inner-western suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. Established in 1861 by the Reverend Alexander James Campbell, a Presbyterian minister, the Geelong College was formerly a school of the Presbyterian Church of Australia and is now affiliated with the Uniting Church in Australia. Notable alumni include Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet (Nobel Prize winner for Medicine), the Hon. John Button (federal politician), James Scouler Coles (brother and business partner of G J Coles; killed in the First World War), Bill Dix (managing director of Ford Australia and chairman of Qantas), Major General Sir James Harrison (South Australian governor), Charles Edward Hobson (VRC stipendiary steward), Guy Pearce (actor), and Ian Redpath (test cricketer).

The Geelong College website.

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Alexander Aikman 09 Sep 1933 Geelong, Victoria, Australia - 16 Feb 2005

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Andrew Barnfather 06 Aug 1891 Geelong, Victoria, Australia - 19 Jul 1916

Charles Barnfather 05 Feb 1872 Mt Duneed, Victoria, Australia - 06 Aug 1906

Thomas Barnfather 1888 Geelong, Victoria, Australia - 07 Sep 1955

Francis Beamish 22 Sep 1890 Northcote, Victoria, Australia - 01 Jan 1973

Frank Burnet 03 Sep 1899 Traralgon, Victoria (Australia) - 31 Aug 1985

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Michael Chamberlin 30 Aug 1891 Richmond, Victoria (Australia) - 16 Mar 1972

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David Dwyer 1883 Aberfeldy, Victoria (Australia) - 1974

John Dwyer 24 Jun 1879 Aberfeldy, Victoria (Australia) - 25 Aug 1966

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Henry Farrell 1858 Geelong, Colony of Victoria - 26 Jun 1918

Theodore Fink 03 Jul 1855 St Pierre du Bois, Guernsey - 25 Apr 1942

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Edward Greeves 01 Nov 1903 Warragul, Victoria, Australia - 15 Apr 1963

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John Hawkes 07 Jun 1899 Geelong, Victoria. - 31 Mar 1990

Charles Hobson 15 Nov 1873 Kilmore, Victoria, Australia - 15 May 1924

Albert Holden 21 Aug 1866 Geelong, Victoria (Australia) - 20 Aug 1935

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Samuel Jacobs 28 Mar 1853 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - 04 Jan 1937

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Maurice Kozminsky 14 May 1884 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - 19 Aug 1916

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Charles Morrison 04 Dec 1866 Newtown, Victoria, Australia - 12 Nov 1909

George Morrison 04 Feb 1862 Geelong, Victoria, Australia - 30 May 1920

George Morrison 11 Dec 1830 Morayshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 15 Feb 1898

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Horace Robertson 29 Oct 1894 Warrnambool, Victoria (Australia) - 28 Apr 1960

Francis Rolland 12 Jun 1878 Geelong, Victoria (Australia) - 22 Jan 1965

John Rolland 1911 Malvern, Victoria, Australia - 23 Jan 1938

John Rolland 09 Oct 1920 Sale, Victoria, Australia - 25 Aug 2009

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