Geelong College

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

Prominent Geelong and Western District architects, Davidson and Henderson, designed the original buildings of the Geelong College in 1870 in a dichromatic pattern Victorian Eclectic composition, which incorporated French Gothic, Scottish Italianate and Victorian Gothic motifs. Built for George P Morrison, the founding principal of the College, the school building is dominated by a splendid fleche tower. The original buildings, now integrate in a large college campus are a manifestation of the foundations of one of the States most prestigious public schools, the Geelong College.

RECOMMENDATIONS: PROTECTIVE MEASURES

Geelong Regional Commission Register

Historic Buildings Council Register

Australian Heritage Commission Register of the National Estate

National Trust of Australia (Victoria) Register

REFERENCES

Geelong Advertiser - 27th April, 1870, 10th May, 1870 16th May, 1870 - Tender notice and extension of time.

8th June, 1870, 24th December, 1870, 5th May, 1871, 22nd May, 1872, 2nd July, 1872 - Tenders for additions.

26th November, 1872, cost 6,000 pounds including gymnasium.

10th May, 1873, 10th December, 1873, November 1874, 23rd June, 1877 - Various tender notices for additions and works.

Smith, James (Ed) - The Cyclopedia of Victoria, 3 Volumes, The Cylcopedia Co, Melbourne, 1904 Vol II, pp 450-451

Brownhill, WR - The History of Geelong and Corio Bay- Wilke & Co, Melbourne 1955, pp 192-197.

McLeod, Redmond G - Geelong College, History, register and Records, Sands & McDougall, Melbourne 1911.

Geelong College - Session 1876 - Henry Franke, Printer Geelong 1876.

Henderson A - Early Pioneer Families of Victoria and Riverina, McCarron, Bird and Co, Melbourne 1936, p487.

Keith BR (Ed) - The Geelong College 1861-1961 - Specialty Press, Melbourne 1961.

Willingham, Allan - "Two Scots in Victoria' the Architecture of Davidson and Henderson, Master of Architecture thesis University of Melbourne, 1983.

Group

Education

Category

School - Private