Scotch College, Melbourne

Scotch College
Address
Map
1 Morrison Street

, ,
3122

Coordinates37°50′3″S 145°1′46″E / 37.83417°S 145.02944°E / -37.83417; 145.02944
Information
Typeprivate school, single sex, Christian day and boarding school
MottoLatin: Deo Patriae Litteris
(For God, for Country, and for Learning)[1]
DenominationPresbyterian[3]
Established1851; 173 years ago (1851)[2]
FounderRev. James Forbes
ChairmanHamish Tadgell
PrincipalDr Scott Marsh
ChaplainRev. Dr. Douglas Campbell & Rev. David Assender
Staff~300
GenderBoys
Enrolment1,890 (P12)
HousesBond, Davidson, Eggleston, Field, Fleming, Forbes, Gilray, Lawson, Littlejohn, Monash, Morrison, Selby-Smith
Colour(s)Cardinal, gold and blue
     
AffiliationAssociated Public Schools of Victoria
AlumniOld Scotch Collegians
Websitewww.scotch.vic.edu.au

Scotch College is a private, Presbyterian day and boarding school for boys, located in Hawthorn, an inner-eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

The college was established in 1851 as The Melbourne Academy in a house in Spring Street, Melbourne, by the Free Presbyterian Church of Victoria at the urging of James Forbes.[4] It is the oldest extant secondary school in Victoria[2][5] and celebrated its sesquicentenary in 2001.

Scotch is a founding member of the Associated Public Schools of Victoria (APS),[6] and is affiliated with the International Boys' Schools Coalition (IBSC),[7] the Junior School Heads Association of Australia (JSHAA),[8] the Australian Boarding Schools' Association (ABSA),[5] the Association of Independent Schools of Victoria (AISV),[3] and the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference.[9] The School is a member of the Global Alliance of Leading-Edge Schools.

An investigation by The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald in 2021 found that Scotch is one of Australia's richest schools,[10] and had the largest financial investment portfolio of any Australian school (valued at the time at more than $144 million).[11]

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  4. ^ "Scotch College at Spring Street". History. Scotch College. Archived from the original on 19 February 2008. Retrieved 11 March 2008.
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  7. ^ "Scotch College". Member Directory. International Boys' Schools Coalition. 2007. Retrieved 11 March 2008.
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  9. ^ "International Members". HMC Schools. The Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference. Archived from the original on 15 March 2008. Retrieved 11 March 2008.
  10. ^ "How Australia's top private schools are growing richer". 17 June 2021.
  11. ^ "Top private schools build up multimillion-dollar investment portfolios". 18 June 2021.