Trinity College, Gawler

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Trinity College Gawler
Location
Gawler South Australia Australia
Coordinates	34°38′00″S 138°44′09″E / 34.633336°S 138.735850°E / -34.633336; 138.735850Coordinates: 34°38′00″S 138°44′09″E / 34.633336°S 138.735850°E / -34.633336; 138.735850
Information
Type	Independent, co-educational, day
Motto	In God Is My Faith
Religious affiliation(s)	Christian
Denomination	Anglican Church of Australia
Established	1984
Chair	Dr. Ken Heath
Head of College	Nick Hately
Chaplain	Rev'd David MacGillivray
Enrolment	(K-12)[1]
Campus	Suburban
Colour(s)	White, navy, red & yellow
Affiliations	Sports Association for Adelaide Schools
Website	www.trinity.sa.edu.au

Trinity College, established in 1984, is an Anglican, K-12, co-educational, day school in the northern suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia. In 2020, Trinity College had approximately 3,600 students over five schools.

Students from the College have been successful in the Rock Eisteddfod Challenge, the Tournament of Minds, and the Wakakirri competition. Trinity College is also home to the BaCoNeers, a FIRST Tech Challenge robotics team.^[2]

History[]

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Trinity College formed at St. George's Church, Gawler, when a group of parish parents wanted a better place for their children to learn. The first class was held in the parish hall, before moving to its now current location in Evanston South. In 1994, the college purchased 2.16 square kilometres of bushland and created the Blackham Environmental and Conservation Centre.

In 1995 the Trinity College Foundation was formed with a Board of 11 volunteer members and became incorporated in 1996.

STARplex is a business adjacent to the senior campus, owned and operated by Trinity College. Opened in 2000, the centre has four multi-purpose courts, one 25m and one small indoor heated swimming pools, gymnasium, café, theatre, and conference rooms. The facility offers sports, training, arts and recreational services.

The "Trinity Innovation and Creativity School" was opened in early 2020 and contains an art gallery, podcast studios, green rooms, 360 degree projection room, multiple classrooms, design studios and sunken gallery with a large screen. In 2021 it was announced the school would be teaching students to create VR content as a partner in a project with Pembroke and SEDA College. In a world first, the schools will work with Newcastle University to run a year-long trial in VR content creation.^[3] Titled Students Create Virtual Worlds for Learning, the STEM project is hoped to accelerate learning.

The College will open a sixth school at Roseworthy (Early Years to Year 6) in 2024.

Criticism[]

In 2021 an incident of racism occurred involving two Trinity College Senior schoolgirls, who were reported to have lynched a black baby doll.^[4][5] A white doll was also mistreated.^[4] Although an investigation by the school found the incident to not be racially motivated, the school acknowledged that "not having a racist intent does not mean the impact is not racist", and suspended seven students over the incident.^[6]

Headmasters[]

• Mrs Christina Hatchett – 1984
• Mr Michael Hewitson – 1984 to 2002
• Mr Luke Thompson – 2002 to 2010
• Mr Nick Hately – 2010 to current

Schools[]

Current:

• Evanston South (Gawler)
  • Trinity College Montessori Early Learning Centre 3 – 5 years of age
  • Trinity College North, Reception – Year 10
  • Trinity College South, Reception – Year 10
  • Trinity College Senior, Year 11 – 12
• Blakeview (City of Playford)
  • Trinity College Blakeview, Reception – Year 10
• Angle Vale (City of Playford)
  • Trinity College Gawler River, Reception – Year 10
  • Trinity College Montessori Early Learning Centre at Gawler River

Planned:

• Roseworthy (Light Regional Council)
  • Trinity College Roseworthy (planned opening 2024)

Extra-Curricular Offerings[]

Trinity College offers the following extra-curricular activities to its students:

Alumni[]

A number of notable people were students at the college:

• Clementine Ford - writer.
• Wes Carr - singer/songwriter.
• Kristian Rees - soccer player.
• Ryan Harris - cricketer.
• Travis Head - cricketer.
• Paul Benz - paralympic athlete.
• Chelsea Jaensch - athlete.
• Glenn Docherty - mayor.
• Brad Symes - AFL player.
• Wayne Milera - AFL player.
• Jackson Hately - AFL player.
• Kristy Moore - International Footballer (Australia & England)

See also[]

• Anglican Church of Australia
• List of schools in South Australia
• List of Largest South Australian Schools

References[]

External links[]

• Official website