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Trinity College
University of Melbourne
Bishop's
Arms of Trinity College
                 
LocationRoyal Parade, Parkville, Victoria
Coordinates37°47′41″S 144°57′32″E / 37.7948°S 144.9589°E / -37.7948; 144.9589
Full nameTrinity College of and within the University of Melbourne
MottoPro Ecclesia, Pro Patria (Latin)
Motto in EnglishFor church, for country
Established1870, opened in 1872
Named forThe Holy Trinity
WardenKenneth Hinchcliff
Undergraduates372
Websitetrinity.unimelb.edu.au
Horsfall Chapel from Royal Parade
Behan

Trinity College is the oldest residential college of the University of Melbourne, the first university in the colony of Victoria, Australia.[1] The college was opened in 1872 on a site granted to the Church of England by the government of Victoria. In addition to its resident community of 380 students, mostly attending the University of Melbourne, Trinity's programs includes the Trinity College Theological School, an Anglican training college which is a constituent college of the University of Divinity; and the Pathways School which runs Trinity College Foundation Studies and prepares international students for admission to the University of Melbourne and other Australian tertiary institutions, as well as summer and winter schools for young leaders and other short courses.

History

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Trinity College was founded in 1870 by the first Anglican Bishop of Melbourne, Charles Perry. Students were in residence from 1872, the first being John Francis Stretch. The college was affiliated with the University of Melbourne in 1876.[2] The Trinity College Theological School was founded by Bishop James Moorhouse in 1877, and the first theological student was Arthur Green.[3]

In 1883 the college became the first university college in Australia to admit women when Lilian Helen Alexander was accepted as a non-resident student.[4] With the establishment of the Trinity Women's Hostel (which later became Janet Clarke Hall) in 1886, Trinity admitted women as resident students, making it the first university college in Australia to do so.[5] Among the earliest resident women was Classicist Melian Stawell.[6]

In 1989 the Trinity College Foundation Studies program was established to prepare international students for entry to the University of Melbourne.

Since 2001, Trinity has also offered summer school programs to high school age students from around Australia and internationally. In 2010 the college hosted its first Juilliard Winter Jazz School.

Architecture and main buildings

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Situated to the north of the main University of Melbourne campus, as part of College Crescent, Trinity's buildings surround a large grassed area, known as the Bulpadock. Its built environment is a mix of stone, stone-faced and brick, in a variety of styles from the different periods of its history.

The college's main buildings include:

  • 1870-2: Leeper Building (formerly the Lodge)
  • 1878: Bishops' Building (named after Charles Perry and James Moorhouse, the first and second bishops of Melbourne)
  • 1880: Dining hall
  • 1883–87: Clarke's Building (designed by Edmund Blacket and listed on the Victorian Heritage Register)[7]
  • 1914–17: Horsfall Chapel[8]
  • 1933: Behan Building (named after John Clifford Valentine Behan, a former warden)
  • 1958: Memorial Building (commonly called "Jeopardy")
  • 1963–65: Cowan Building (named after Ronald Cowan, a former warden)
  • 1995–96: Evan Burge Building (college Library)
  • 2006–07: Gourlay Building ("Woodheap")
  • 2014–16: Gateway Building
  • 2019–20: Dorothy Jane Ryall Building ("Dorothy")

College life

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Clubs and societies

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The Trinity College Associated Clubs (TCAC) provides leadership for the annual orientation week program at the beginning of the academic year and facilitates a multitude of social, cultural and sporting events throughout the year. Trinity's clubs and societies run many different functions and events throughout the year. The current student clubs include an art room and the E. R. White art collection,[9] Beer Budlay, Billiards Room, Dialectic Society (formed in 1877), a drama club, Environmental Committee, Games Society, Gender and Sexuality Alliance, Independent Dining Society, Racquet's Society, several music clubs and a wine cellar. Students also run an active program of social service and community outreach, including such programs as tutoring in local schools and educational visits to remote Indigenous communities.

Sport

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Trinity College participates in many different sports in intercollegiate competition, including Australian rules football, soccer, netball, hockey, athletics, swimming, volleyball, squash, tennis and badminton. The college also has a particularly strong tradition in rowing and rugby. The college has its own multi-purpose synthetic court.

College song

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The current college song was written by the fifth warden, Evan Burge (1974–1996), set to the hymn tune "Thaxted" derived from the "Jupiter" movement from Gustav Holst's The Planets.

Where Bishops' lifts its ivy'd tower and Clarke's long cloisters run.
The College Oak stands spreading forth its branches to the sun.
And here are joy and laughter and loyal friends as well;
The Bulpadock rejoices in our efforts to excel.
And whene'er we think on all these things wherever we may be,
We shall raise our voices higher and sing of Trinity.

Great God, your spirit fills this earth, your truth can make us free,
O lift us up beyond ourselves to be all we can be.
For you have made and love us, and guide us through all strife,
You gave your Son as one of us, his death’s our source of life.
In friendship bind out hearts in one, a diverse unity,
And make us worthy of your name, O glorious Trinity.

Chapel and choir

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The Choir of Trinity College has become known, especially but not exclusively, for choral music in the tradition of English cathedrals and the collegiate chapels of Oxford and Cambridge universities. The choir sings Evensong in the chapel during term. Choral Evensong at Trinity has become a well-known liturgical event in Melbourne. The choir also performs locally and tours internationally and have made a number of radio broadcasts and CD recordings, including five albums for ABC Classics.

From 1956 to 2016, the college provided liturgical hospitality to a dispersed Anglican congregation, the Canterbury Fellowship. The fellowship's choir sang for choral services on Sunday mornings and Evensong out of term time.

Wardens

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Subwardens, deputy wardens and deans

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Subwardens (vice wardens)
Residential deans
  • 1933–1946 Lewis Charles Wilcher
  • 1941–1944 Herbert Charles Corben (acting dean)
  • 1944–1946 Alan George Lewers Shaw, J. N. Falkingham (acting deans)
  • 1947–1951 Alan George Lewers Shaw
  • 1950–1951 Peter Balmford (acting dean)
  • 1951–1952 Peter Ernest Wynter (acting dean)
  • 1950–1951 Peter Balmford (acting dean)
  • 1953–1964 John Riddoch Poynter
  • 1959 Peter Balmford (acting dean)
  • 1965 David W. Bruce
  • 1966–1968 Kenneth Bruce Mason
  • 1968 James Donald Merralls
  • 1969–1971 Raymond William Gregory
  • 1972–1974 Roderick A. Fawns
  • 1975–1977 John Michael Davis
  • 1978–1984 Bryan Deschamp
  • 1984–1987 Peter N. Wellock
  • 1988–1990 Leith K. Hancock
  • 1991 James S. Craig, Michael R. Jones (acting deans)
  • 1992–1994 Mary Chapman
  • 1995–1996 Jan Jelte 'Wal' Wiersma
  • 1997 Damian Xavier Powell (acting)
  • 1998 John Adams (Dean of Students)
Residential deans and deputy wardens
  • 2000–2004: Stewart D. Gill
  • 2006–2008: Peter J. Tregear
  • 2008–2013: Campbell P. Bairstow
  • 2014–2015: Sally A. Dalton-Brown (acting, then dean)
  • 2016–2018: Campbell P. Bairstow
Dean of the residential college
  • 2019–present: Leoni Jongenelis
Deputy warden
  • 2019–present: Scott Charles (also director of advancement)
Theological deans

Leadership of theological education at Trinity was originally the responsibility of the college chaplains under the supervision of the warden. Since the 1970s there have been lecturers specifically appointed to teach in and lead the school, holding the positions of Stewart Lecturer, director and, more recently, dean.

  • 1971–1975: Max Thomas, Stewart Lecturer
  • 1976–1985: John Gaden Thomas, director and Stewart Lecturer
  • 1986–1997: Richard McKinney, director and Maynard Lecturer
  • 1998: Scott Cowdell, Maynard Lecturer and acting director
  • 1999–2003: David Cole, director and Woods Lecturer
  • 2003–2007: Andrew Brian McGowan, director and Munro Lecturer
  • 2007–2010: Timothy Gaden, dean and Stewart Lecturer
  • 2011–2017: Dorothy Lee, dean and Frank Woods Professor
  • 2018: Mark Lindsay, Joan F. W. Munro Professor and acting dean
  • 2019–present: Robert Derrenbacker, dean and Frank Woods Associate Professor
Pathways School deans
  • 1990: Karel Reus (executive director, Trinity Education Centre)
  • 1991–1998: Dennis White (executive director, Trinity Education Centre)
  • 1999–2001: David Prest (director, Trinity Foundation Studies Program)
  • 2002: Alan Patterson (director, Trinity Foundation Studies Program)
  • 2003–2006: Diana Smith (director, Trinity Foundation Studies Program)
  • 2006–2014: Barbara Cargill (dean, International Programs)
  • 2014–2019: Denise Bush
  • 2019–present: Richard Pickersgill

Notable alumni

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Recognised alumni with existing profiles on Wikipedia, the Australian Dictionary of Biography or other verified biographies are arranged below by the category in which they are generally associated. Many alumni served during the world wars; however, unless they pursued a military career or were killed in action it is their later achievements in the field of endeavour in which they are listed.

Arts and music

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Business

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Church and religion

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Culture, education and society

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  • Geoffrey Badger (TC 1935) – Scientist and educationalist, Vice Chancellor, University of Adelaide (1967–1977)
  • Arnold Buntine (TC 1919) – Educationalist, headmaster, military officer and Australian rules footballer
  • Manning Clark AC (TC 1934) – Australia historian
  • Frederick Sefton Delmer (TC 1889) – Australian linguist, university lecturer and journalist
  • Keith Hancock KBE (TC 1917) – Australian historian
  • Peter Karmel AC CBE (TC 1940) – economist and professor
  • Frank Cameron Jackson AO (TC 1961) – analytic philosopher and Emeritus Professor, School of Philosophy (Research School of Social Sciences) at Australian National University (ANU)
  • Sir Harold Knight (TC 1948) – Australian economist and third governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia (1975–1982)
  • Dame Leonie Kramer(TC 1942) – academic, educator and professor
  • Richard Larkins AC (TC 1961) – former vice-chancellor of Monash University
  • Peter McPhee (TC 1966) – historian, former provost of the University of Melbourne
  • Norval Morris (TC 1940) – Australian-educated United States law professor and dean of the University of Chicago Law School
  • Ken Myer (TC 1939) – businessman, philanthropist and patron of the arts
  • Rupert Myer (TC 1976) – businessman, philanthropist and patron of the arts
  • George Odgers (TC 1941) – military officer, journalist and military historian
  • Ted Ringwood (TC 1948) – geologist
  • Charles Shain (non-res) – pioneer in the field of radio astronomy
  • Alan George Lewers Shaw (TC 1935) – historian
  • Florence Stawell (TC 1886) – classical scholar
  • Angus Trumble (TC 1983) – art historian, curator, and author
  • Mechai Viravaidya AO (TC 1960) – Thai social reformer
  • Reginald Chester Wilmot (TC 1931) – historian and war correspondent
  • Hugh White AO (TC 1971) – intelligence analyst, ministerial adviser, departmental official, and academic.
  • Reginald Wilmot (TC 1889) – journalist and sports writer
  • Godfrey Wilson (TC 1889) – military officer, politician and Vice Chancellor of Cambridge University (1935–1937)

Law

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Military and intelligence

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Politics and government

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Science and medicine

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Sport

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Rhodes scholars

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Students

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References

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  1. ^ Selleck 2003, p. 8.
  2. ^ Poynter 1997, pp. 86–71.
  3. ^ Grant 1972, pp. 11, 15, 104–105.
  4. ^ Selleck 2003, pp. 268, 280.
  5. ^ Gardiner 1986, pp. x–xi, 1–3.
  6. ^ Markwell 2007, pp. 105–8.
  7. ^ "Clarke Building Trinity College, Victorian Heritage Register (VHR) Number H0100, Heritage Overlay HO328". Victorian Heritage Database. Heritage Victoria. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  8. ^ Miley 1997.
  9. ^ Nicholls 2001.
  10. ^ Sherington, G. E. (1988). "Robson, Ernest Iliff (1861–1946)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 11. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  11. ^ It's An Honour website
  12. ^ Ralph, Gilbert M. (2007). "Clark, Sir Gordon Colvin Lindesay (1896–1986)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 17. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  13. ^ Cole, John (2020). "Morris, William Perry (Will)(1878-1960)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 15. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  14. ^ Hilliard, David (2021). "Reed, Thomas Thornton (Tom)(1902–1995)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 19. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  15. ^ Damousi, Joy (1988). "Jollie Smith, Christian (1885–1963)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 11. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  16. ^ Hackett, Earle (1979). "de Crespigny, Sir Constantine Trent Champion (1882–1952)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 7. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  17. ^ Pearn, John H. (1986). "Sydney Fancourt McDonald (1885–1947)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 10. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  18. ^ Jones, Ross L. (2021). "Sunderland, Sir Sydney (Syd) (1910–1993)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 19. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 3 October 2022.

Bibliography

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  • Gardiner, Lindsay (1986). Janet Clarke Hall 1886–1986. South Yarra, Vic.: Hylland House Publishing. ISBN 0-908090-87-0.
  • Grant, James (1972). Perspective of A Century. Melbourne: The College.
  • Markwell, Donald (2007). "Melian Stawell and Collegiate Education", A large and liberal education': higher education for the 21st century. North Melbourne, Vic.: Australian Scholarly Publishing & Trinity College, University of Melbourne. ISBN 978-1-74097-150-8.
  • Miley, Caroline (1997). Trinity College Chapel: An Appreciation. Melbourne: Trinity College Council.
  • Nicholls, Lara (2001). In a New Light: The Art Collection of Trinity College, The University of Melbourne. Parkville, Vic.: Trinity College.
  • Poynter, John (1997). Doubts and Certainties: A Life of Alexander Leeper. Carlton South, Vic.: Melbourne University Press. ISBN 0-522-84801-X.
  • Selleck, Richard Joseph Wheeler (2003). The Shop: The University of Melbourne, 1850-1939. Melbourne Univ. Publishing. ISBN 978-0-522-85051-2.
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