Prince Alfred College (also referred to as PAC or Princes, and in sporting circles The Reds)[3][4][5] is an independent, day and boarding school for boys, located on Dequetteville Terrace, Kent Town, near the centre of Adelaide, South Australia. Prince Alfred College was established in 1869 by the Methodist Church of Australasia, which amalgamated with other Protestant churches in 1977 to form the Uniting Church in Australia.

The school has enrolment of some 1,000 students from reception and educational year groups one to twelve (ages 4 to 18),[1] including some 100 boarders from years seven to twelve.[2] Prince Alfred College launched its own kindergarten Little Princes in 1999,[6] and claims to have the largest “Old Scholars” organisation (by membership) in the southern hemisphere.[citation needed]

Senior students study to achieve the South Australian Certificate of Education (SACE),[7] or undertake the International Baccalaureate (IB) diploma programme as an alternative, with some achieving IB marks of 44 and 45 out of 45 in recent years.[8][9][10]
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History
Prince Alfred College, c.1879

Prince Alfred College was named after Alfred, one of the four sons of Queen Victoria and her husband Prince Albert. Being named after a member of the Royal Family of the Commonwealth Realms, the school has attracted royal visitors since its foundation, including Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip.

The founders of PAC were determined that the religious traditions of John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, should be indoctrinated in the school. Young Methodist men of the colony and PAC were encouraged to live disciplined, hard working and predominantly Christian lives, even though they were mocked facing society’s temptations.

By the year of PAC’s foundation in 1869, the population of Adelaide was estimated to be the second highest in the continent. No South Australian country town, however, had a population greater than 10,000. At the same time, nearly all the land in the city of Adelaide, laid out by Colonel Light, had been occupied. Across the parklands that surrounded the city were well established residential suburbs such as Kent Town and Norwood to the east and industrial precincts such as Hindmarsh and Thebarton to the west. The suburb of Kent Town, along with the city itself, formed a consolidated urban area in which the school was located.

In September 2005 it was revealed that the College held 70,000 shares in Coopers Brewery, received in a bequest. At the time, Coopers were the subject of an unsolicited takeover bid by Japanese-controlled brewer Lion Nathan, and the shares were valued at between $18 million and $22 million.[11] At the same time, the College was involved in a $15 million redevelopment project and was appealing to parents and former students for $3.5 million to enable building to begin. Although Coopers made a “counter offer” of a share buy-back (with attractive tax benefits) to those shareholders who may be wishing to sell,[12] the college chose not to sell any of its holding.
[edit] List of headmasters
Collectable School Cigarette card featuring the PAC colours & crest, c. 1910s
Period Details
1869 – 1870 Mr Samuel Fiddian
1871 – 1875 Mr John Hartley
1876 – 1914 Mr Frederic Chapple
1915 – 1926 Mr William Bayly
1930 – 1948 Mr Fred Ward
1949 – 1969 Mr John Dunning
1970 – 1987 Mr Geoffrey Bean
1988 – 1999 Dr Brian Webber
2000 – 2004 Dr Stephen Codrington[13]
2004 – Present Mr Kevin Tutt[14]
[edit] Houses

The school’s internal competitions are between “Houses”; the “House” system has been in use at PAC since its inception. There have generally been four houses, and these have generally been named after significant people in the school’s history.

Currently, the PAC Houses are Taylor (Green), Cotton (Blue), Watsford (Orange) and Waterhouse (Yellow).
At the time of the school’s centenary (1969), the houses were Bayly (Red), Cotton (Blue), Waterhouse and “School”; all boarders were members of School house.
[edit] Sport
[edit] Rowing
College rowing team, 1891

Rowing began at PAC in 1883 and has played an important part in the school’s sporting culture since that time. The school has two boat houses, at West Lakes and by the Torrens Lake in the City of Adelaide’s parklands. The school employs a full time Director of Rowing. Although competition in local and national regattas form an integral part of the rowing programme, the main event for each year is the Head of the River. 2008 marked the 125th year of rowing at Princes.
[edit] Intercol

Each sports team at Princes has an annual fixture against traditional longtime rivals Saint Peter’s College, known as the “Intercol” (Inter-collegiate). These are considered by the two colleges to be the most important games of the seasons, and the fiercely fought matches of the more popular sports draw big crowds of students and old scholars from both schools.[15] The Intercols have been played for over 100 years. At one time, the Australian Rules Football and the Cricket intercols were both played on Adelaide Oval. The Cricket Intercollegiate match has been competed in since 1878. According to Richard Sproull this is “the oldest unbroken annual contest in the history of cricket” (Weekend Australian 5/6 December 1992).
[edit] Outdoor education

The Prince Alfred College Outdoor Education programme provides a variety of integrated activities designed to allow boys to face challenges beyond those possible in a suburban day school. Current activities are focused on the Scotts Creek Outdoor Centre at Morgan on the River Murray.

In 2008, the college opened its Wambana Campus at Point Turton on the Yorke Peninsula. Year 9 students spend 5 weeks at the new facility, learning field science and mathematics along with other subjects and life skills as well as community service.

Year 11 students undertake practical leadership training and are encouraged to nominate for trips to Nepal, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea or Kangaroo Island.
[edit] Notable alumni

See Category:Old Reds

Notable old scholars of Princes include:
[edit] Rhodes Scholars

The Rhodes Scholarship is a postgraduate scholarship for study at Oxford University. South Australian recipients[16] who attended PAC include:
Rhodes Scholar
Year
awarded
College at Oxford
William Douglas Allen (1914-) 1937 New College
Henry Brose (1890–1965) 1913 Christ Church
Garry Leslie Brown 1964 Magdalen
Theodor Siegfried Dorsch 1933 Christ Church
David Wyke Evans 1957 New College
Henry Fry (1886–1959) 1909 Balliol
Sir Brian Hone (1907–1978) 1930 New College
Stanford Howard 1919 Christ Church
Norman Jolly (1882–1954) 1904 Balliol
Cecil Madigan (1889–1947) 1911 Magdalen
Roger Gilbert Opie 1951 Christ Church
Renfrey Potts (1925–2005) 1948 Queen’s
Howard Luscombe Rayner 1916 Balliol
David Alexander Robertson 1983 Magdalen
Peter Lindsay Rogers 1963 New College
Michael Ewers Smyth 1960 Exeter
Stephen Kidman Wilkinson 1982 New College
Ryan Paul Manuel 2006 Merton
[edit] Academia

Henry Brose (1890–1965), Professor of Physics – University of Nottingham
William Cowley (1953-), Professor of Communication and Signal Processing – University of South Australia
Nick Martin (1950-), Professor of Genetic Epidemiology – Queensland Institute of Medical Research
Renfrey Potts (1925–2005), Professor of Applied Mathematics – University of Adelaide
Con Stough – Professor of Psychology – Swinburne University

[edit] Business

Tim Cooper (1955-), CEO of Coopers Brewery
Glenn Cooper (1952-), Executive Chairman of Coopers Brewery
Robert Gerard, Businessman, previously Chairman of Gerard Industries
Greg Siegele, Co-founder of Ratbag Games Pty Ltd
Sir Edward Holden (1885–1947), Founder of Holden, vehicle manufacturer

[edit] Entertainment, media and the arts

David Basheer, Soccer commentator and analyst on SBS
Bob Francis (1939-), Radio Presenter FIVEaa
Sir Robert Helpmann (1909–1986), Ballet dancer, actor, director and choreographer
Graham Jenkin, Poet, composer and historian
Hayley Lever (1876–1958), Painter
Sir John Ashton (1881–1963), Painter and Director of the National Art Gallery of New South Wales
Adam Liaw, MasterChef Australia Winner 2010
Rex Heading, the creator of Humphrey B. Bear whose show went on to win two Logies; former managing director of Channel Nine [17]

[edit] Exploration

Duncan Chessell (1970-), Mountaineer
Cecil Madigan (1889–1947), Explorer, Geologist, Rhodes Scholar, University Lecturer

[edit] Medicine

Sir Raphael Cilento, medical practitioner and public health administrator
Bill Griggs, Doctor
Brian Kenneth Hobbs (1937–2004), Doctor
Brian Sando, Olympic team and Adelaide Crows Club Doctor

[edit] Military

Hugo Vivian Hope Throssell VC (1884–1933), Soldier, farmer, awarded the Victoria Cross[18]
John Alexander Raws, journalist and WW1 diarist, killed in action 23 Aug 1916 at Pozieres – no known grave[19]
Leonard Taplin, DFC, World War flier, fighter ace, pioneer aerial photographer and aerial cartographer.

[edit] Politics, public service and the law

Harold Boas (1883–1980), architect and town planner, Perth
Cory Bernardi (1969-), Senator for South Australia since 2006
Sir John Lavington Bonython (1875–1960), editor of The Advertiser, Lord Mayor of Adelaide (1927-1930)
Grant Chapman (1949-), Member for Division of Kingston (1975-1983) in the Australian House of Representatives, and Senator for South Australia (1988-2008)
Charles Glover (1870-1936), first Lord Mayor of the City of Adelaide (1919)
Lionel Logue (1880-1953), speech therapist who successfully treated King George VI’s stammer
Sir Geoffrey Reed (1892–1970), judge in the Supreme Court of South Australia, first Director-General of ASIO
Nick Xenophon (1959-), Independent MP

[edit] Science

Herbert Basedow (1881–1933), Anthropologist, geologist, explorer, politician
Henry Brose (1890–1965), Physicist, translator, pathologist, biochemist, academic, Rhodes Scholar
Thomas Draper Campbell (1893–1967), Anthropologist, Professor of Dentistry
Sir John Burton Cleland (1878–1971), Naturalist, microbiologist, mycologist, ornithologist, Professor of Pathology
Henry Fry (1886–1959), Physician, anthropologist, Rhodes Scholar
Ren Potts (1925–2005), Applied mathematician, Rhodes Scholar, defined the Potts model
Cecil Madigan (1889–1947), Explorer, Geologist, Rhodes Scholar, University Lecturer

[edit] Cricket

Greg Blewett (1971-)
Greg Chappell (1948-), Australian captain 1975-1977, 1979–1983
Ian Chappell (1943-), Australian captain 1971-1975
Trevor Chappell (1952-)
Joe Darling (1870–1946), Australian captain 1899-1902, 1902–1903, 1905
Clem Hill (1877–1945), Australian captain 1910-1912
Tim May (1962-)
Paul Rofe (1981-)
James Smith (1988-)
Ashley Woodcock (1947-)

[edit] Football

Wayne Jackson (1944-), CEO of the AFL (1996–2003)
Craig Kelly (1966-), former Collingwood player
Ed Lower (1987-), North Melbourne Kangaroos[20]
Nick Lower (1987-), Fremantle Dockers[20]
Rodney Maynard (1966-), former Adelaide Crows player
David Pittman (1969-), former Adelaide Crows player
Luke Tapscott (1991-), Melbourne Demons
Jack Trengove (1991-), Melbourne Demons
Bernie Vince (1985-), Adelaide Crows
Sam Day (1992-), Gold Coast Suns
Tim Weatherald, Sturt (SANFL), Magarey Medallist 2002[21]