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Latin: Honores Laborem Sequuntur
Honour Follows Labour
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| 201 Forest Street, Wendouree, Victoria, 3355, Australia |
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| Coordinates | Lat : 37°32'22.52"S, Long :143°49'52.23"E, Location on wikimapia |
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| Religious affiliation(s) | Anglican |
| Established | 1972 |
| Chairperson | Hon Rob Knowles, AO |
| Headmaster | Stephen J. Higgs |
| Chaplain | Fr Peter Treloar |
| Grades | ELC - 12 |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Enrolment | Approx 1300 |
| School Colour(s) | Blue, Brown & Gold |
| Slogan | Leading through Learning |
| Song | Serva Fidem
School Anthem = (To the tune of Holst's 'Jupiter Hymn') |
| Publication | Boomalacka |
| Yearbook | 'The Grammarian' |
| Full Name | Ballarat and Queen’s Anglican Grammar School |
| Website | www.bgs.vic.edu.au |
| Website | Portal (internal) |
Ballarat and Queens Anglican Grammar School is an independent, Anglican Church school located at Wendouree (Ballarat), Victoria, 123 km west of Melbourne.
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Queen's College, later Queen's Church of England Girls' Grammar School, was established in Ballarat in 1876, and the Ballarat Church of England Grammar School in 1911. In 1972 these two schools were amalgamated under the name "Ballarat and Queen's Church of England Grammar School." With the name change of Church of England to the Anglican Church of Australia, the school was again renamed to "Ballarat and Queen's Anglican Grammar School."
Ballarat and Queens Anglican Grammar School is located in Ballarat, on the corner of Howitt and Forest streets, Wendouree. The expansive campus stretches as far north as Norman St, and west towards Dare St. Both the Senior School and Junior School are situated on the same campus, sharing many facilities and resources. The Wendouree Centre for Performing Arts is accessed by students via the southern part of the campus, and by general public via Howitt St.
The Wendouree Centre for Performing Arts (WCPA) was opened in 2006 through a partnership between the School and the wider Ballarat Community. The main auditorium seats 857 and the expansive stage area has the capacity to handle a range of performances. It is used by the School and also hosts community events and performances. Ballarat Grammar's Music School is located within the WCPA, featuring tutorial and rehearsal rooms, and a professional recording suite. The WCPA also features natural cooling utilizing underground catacombs and natural air-flow.
The Heinz Centre is an award-winning (2002 BEN Environment Award [1] ) Year 9 Environmental Centre, opened in 2001. The centre was the venue for the Sustainable Building Expo held in 2002 as part of World Environment Week.
Ballarat and Queens Anglican Grammar School is a sister school to St Augustine's High School, an Anglican Mission boarding school in Penhalonga, Zimbabwe.'
Rowing is considered by many to be the school's most celebrated sport, although a subculture considers it overhyped. The Ballarat Associated Schools (BAS) crews compete in the annual "Head of the Lake" (also known simply as "Boat Race"), which has recently been held on the Barwon River.
In cricket, it won the BAS premiership for three out of the last five years and a Victorian Championship in 2003-2004.
The house system is very important to the structure of the school, and there is substantial rivalry between houses in swimming, athletics, and choral competitions, among others. The house system also provides pastoral care and a degree of mentoring to students. The rivalry is particularly seen between the two boys' boarding houses, Dart and Wigan, which often used to engage in pranks against each other. This practice was abandoned in 2007 after new administration deemed the activities of the boarding houses to be inappropriate. Dart and Wigan still compete against each other in soccer and Australian rules football matches. These houses used to be one, and their subsequent division may be the cause of the competition. The Dart-Wigan rivalry is often overlooked when competing against the "day" (non-boarding) houses.
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The mitre and the millrind are met by Wendouree; |
There are also two girls' boarding houses, Hayhoe and Woodbridge. Hayhoe has multiple buildings including Larritt which was created to accommodate the ever-increasing number of boarders, housing exclusively female boarders in years 7, 8 and 9. Larritt girls 'graduate' to Hayhoe and Woodbridge when they reach year 10.
There are also eight day houses, four for girls and four for boys. The girls' day houses are Manifold, Krome, Cuthbert and Macpherson. The boys' houses are Smith, Butler, Robin and Nevett.
All houses are named after people who were important to the school such as former Headmasters/Headmistresses or substantial donors, and are paired in brother-sister groups. While the houses are generally independent, they compete together in a number of competitions.
The pairs are:
Located within the School grounds is the Chapel of St Mark. Originally built as the School assembly hall (Manifold Hall), the building was transformed into a chapel when student numbers demanded a larger space. Overseen by Chaplain Fr Peter Treloar and Assistant Chaplain Mrs Fiona Whitehouse, the Chapel holds several school services each week, as well as baptisms, weddings and funerals by School families and the wider community.
Notably, each winter the Chapel plays host to the charitable drive Can the Chapel. School houses compete to donate non-perishable items, lining the walls (and aisles) of the Chapel. All proceeds are donated to Anglicare Ballarat, and distributed to the needy within the Ballarat community.
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