Scotch College: 1970 to 1975

This web site outlines some memories of my years at Scotch College, Hawthorn, in Melbourne, Australia. I attended the Senior School for my secondary education years - Form 1 to Form 6 (now Years 7 to 12). Photo Above: An impression of the Memorial Hall in 1974, showing the old lawn-tennis courts and teacher car-parking to the right.

Scotch as a New Boy New Boys Day - Monday February 4, 1970. Starting at Scotch, new-boys were given the run-of-the-school to themselves, for a day. School Rules - button that suit coat! School Fees for 1970. New Masters in 1970.

Above: Site-plan from the early 1960's (click for full size view)

Some Parts of the Curriculum Form 3: Radio Play and Slide Show. Each English class under Mr Christie produced these multi-media presentations over a number of years. Form 4: Geography Excursion. In 1973 the excursion went to coastal and inner Queensland - or that was the plan. Masters - reputations and nicknames: Shorty Elliot, Chesty Bond, Smoothy Brown, Worm, Dippy, and Mary. Recreation Lunchtime and Tuck Shop activities. Also see some photos of my Mates: Peter Olorenshaw, Anders McDonald, Hal Walter. Rowing - How I became stranded on the Yarra River. School Dances: dancing classes, Cadet Dance and School Dances. Cadets, including some of my time in the Signals Platoon School Holidays: the time to grow your hair! Names of all the boys in the Year-of-1975 (with some photos)   30-Year Re-Union Photos An archive of many photos taken at the 30-year re-union, 2005 (external to this web site).   Buildings - and what we did in them The Memorial Hall and School Assemblies Mackie Hall, the Music School and Foundation Day Concert:- here's a sample of the College Song. Buildings - Old and New, Mistakes and Masterpieces. Scotch has them all. The Littlejohn Chapel.   Photos from Satura Various photos: including School Captains. Mr Scotch. Scotch at Cowes Satura Staff.

Above: The Memorial Hall in 1975 from outside Room 20. The old bell had an electric actuator on it, but it was always broken. The west wall has recently undergone some structural work to stabilise it - "s-shaped" retaining plates are now visible in it. Bruce Dawson, John Simpson and Michael Tinney as first-formers in 1970, were interviewed by Satura. (Source: Satura)     Above: School Caretaker, Jim Baird "Good year - carry on." (Jim Baird photo from Satura. Composite with Memorial Hall backdrop)

Links: OSCAnet: register to access Old-Boy benefits Scotch College, Hawthorn Find old schoolfriends at schoolfriends.com.au My Primary School Days - Mount Waverley Primary School 3432. My Audio and Photography hobbies pages

This Web Site © Stephen Spicer, 2002. Send email to kiewavly@werple.net.au