Pulteney Grammar School

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Pulteney Grammar School
Location
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Adelaide
,
South Australia

Australia
Coordinates34°56′5″S 138°36′9″E / 34.93472°S 138.60250°E / -34.93472; 138.60250Coordinates: 34°56′5″S 138°36′9″E / 34.93472°S 138.60250°E / -34.93472; 138.60250
Information
TypeIndependent, co-educational, day school
MottoO Prosper Thou Our Handiwork
DenominationAnglican[2]
Established1847; 174 years ago (1847)[1]
ChairmanAllen Candy
PrincipalCameron Bacholer
Employees~150 (Full-time)[4]
Enrolment~915 (K-12)[4]
Houses  Bleby Howard
  Cawthorne Nicholls
  Kennion Miller
  Moore Sunter
Colour(s)Navy blue, white & gold
     
SloganForward Thinking
Where Passions Prosper[3]
Websitewww.pulteney.sa.edu.au

Pulteney Grammar School is an independent, Anglican, co-educational, private day school. Founded in 1847 by members of the Anglican Church, it is the second oldest independent school in South Australia. Its campuses are located on South Terrace in Adelaide, South Australia.

History[]

Revd E.K. Miller, first Headmaster of Pulteney Grammar School

Foundation[]

In May 1847, a group of founding trustees met in Adelaide in order to discuss the establishment of a new school for the children of Adelaide. Twelve months later, on 29 May 1848, the new institution Pulteney Street School was opened. The school was established in the Anglican tradition, which continues to this day, though it admitted students of all denominations and children from non-Christian faiths. It began operating shortly after St Peter's College was founded (and, years before that, that fellow Anglican establishment moved to its present location in Hackney). The Pulteney Street School was clearly aimed at a different demographic, having a monthly charge of 2/6d per month for each pupil, deemed "a rate which the poorest can surely afford to pay for the education of their children".[5] The school had 50 attendees by the end of its first week of operation, and 180 by October 1848. Classes were taken at a newly constructed 30 by 60 feet (9.1 by 18.3 m) building at the corner of Pulteney and Flinders streets, boys and girls being taught separately; the girls' classes ceasing around 1854.

Latter history[]

21 principals have governed the school, the first being E. K. Miller, who served from 1848 to 1851, before being replaced by several of even shorter duration, during which the school's title became Pulteney Street Central Schools.[6] More durable Principals, (, 24 years in office, , 41 years, and , 26 years), led Pulteney to become an esteemed educational institution, with its traditional competitors including Scotch College, Prince Alfred College, and St Peter's College. The first female Principal, Anne Dunstan, took office in 2014.[7]

In 1919 the old building was acquired by the Commonwealth Government for repatriation purposes,[8] and the school was required to move to its current premises on South Terrace, where a new building, now called the Nicholls Building, was opened by Lord Forster, then Governor-General, in July 1921. The school's move heralded the change in its name to its current form, and also brought financial uncertainty to the board of governors, who elected W. R. Ray in 1946 to attempt to bring the school back onto its feet.

By 1953, Pulteney Grammar School offered a full education for boys, beginning in what is now called 'reception', until 'Leaving Honours' (Year 12).[9]

The school changed its structure from an all-boys day-school to admit students of both genders in 1999.

School structure and demographics[]

Herbert Hynes, student c. 1885, wearing Pulteney Grammar School uniform
The school's footbridge allows Pulteney students to safely cross heavily trafficked South Terrace
The Middle School building was built in 2018

As of 2012, the School has 1000 students enrolled and over 150 teaching and non-teaching staff. Pulteney is composed of four sub-schools located on the same campus. The 'Kurrajong' and the ELC (Early Learning Centre) for students up to year 2, Prep School for years 3–6, Middle School for years 7-9 and "one ninety" (Senior School) for the final years 10–12. Each sub-school is overseen by a Head of School responding to the Principal.

According to the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority, the school economic background distribution is: 72% upper quarter, 23% upper middle quarter, 5% lower middle quarter, and 1% lower quarter.[10] There are no Aboriginal students in the school community, as of 2015. The school attendance rate in 2013 was 100%.

Notable alumni[]

An active Old Scholars' network maintains a connection between the institution and its alumni. Like other schools of a similar standing, Pulteney's alumni identify themselves with an old boys' tie, which is presented to students upon graduation.

Rhodes Scholars[]

  • Charles Ashwin, 1952. Rhodes Scholar for South Australia.[11]
  • Peter Gibbard, 1991. Rhodes Scholar for South Australia.[11]
  • Jack Turner, 1992. Rhodes Scholar Australia at large.[11]
  • Mark Mussared, 1976. Rhodes Scholar for South Australia.[11]
  • John Pritchard, 1935. Rhodes Scholar for South Australia.[11]
  • Simon Best, 1973. Rhodes Scholar for South Australia.[11]

Politics, diplomacy and Law[]

Medicine[]

Pulteney Old Scholar and surgical oncologist, immunologist and medical researcher, Professor Brendon Coventry

Military[]

Brigadier Arthur Seaforth Blackburn, VC was a Pulteney Old Scholar who served in the First and Second World Wars and was a prisoner of war; he subsequently had a distinguished legal career
  • Colonel Walter Dollman VD, a Pulteney "old boy" and president of the Old Scholars Assoc., was commander of the 27th Battalion that saw service in Egypt, Gallipoli and in the Somme.
  • David Kenney, flight lieutenant, awarded a Distinguished Flying Cross,[20]
  • Brigadier General Stanley Price Weir, DSO, VD, JP (1866-1944), public servant and Australian Army officer

Sports[]

Arts[]

Business[]

  • Joseph Albert Riley, (1869-1940), prominent Adelaide businessman, Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, philanthropist, notably awarded the King Albert Medal for services in the Great War[29]
  • Colin Blore Bednall, journalist and media manager, Editor and Director of Queensland Newspapers Pty Ltd.[30]
  • Oscar Lionel Isaachsen, banker[31]
  • Alan Scott Martin, died 1958, former Assistant Chief Valuer of the Land Tax Department, and former member of the Australian Land Board[32]

Other[]

  • Jed Richards, author of 'One Long Day'[33]

Other[]

In 2008, Pulteney Grammar School was accused of discriminating against two brothers, students at the school, by offering financial incentives to female students but not males, whose fees exceed $21,000 p.a.[34]

In 2009, many parents, heritage groups and members of the general public condemned Pulteney's plan to demolish the school's Morgan Building, a landmark South Terrace bluestone mansion, using funding from the Federal Government's stimulus package for new school buildings. While the building was not heritage listed, it is one of the last remaining mansions on South Terrace and was recommended in 1992 for conservation under Adelaide's Townscape List. The school went ahead with their plans of demolition, despite a letter written by the Adelaide City Council to the school arguing against the proposal. David Beaumont of the National Heritage Trust said that Pulteney Grammar was "A school which should be setting an example in fact demolishing history instead of teaching it" and in an interview, one parent stated "...It’s [Pulteney Grammar] a values based school but it’s only values that suit them at the school".[35]

See also[]

References[]

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  14. ^ Debelle, Bruce (29 March 2014). "Youngest ambassador had a deep affinity for the world of Islam - and cricket". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Archived from the original on 5 March 2015.
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  21. ^ "OBITUARY". 21 February 1940. p. 12 – via Trove.
  22. ^ "Search for Jeffrey Smart's 'Terry'". www.adelaidenow.com.au. 23 June 2013.
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  32. ^ "Obituary". Australian Surveyor. 17 (2): 133. 1958. doi:10.1080/00050326.1958.10440382.
  33. ^ "Jed Richards". Smashwords.
  34. ^ "Fees | Pulteney Grammar School". www.pulteney.sa.edu.au.
  35. ^ "Ten News Adelaide: Pulteney Grammar to demolish Morgan Building" – via www.youtube.com.

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