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Brisbane Boys' College (BBC), founded in 1902, is an all boys day and boarding school located in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

History

Brisbane Boys' College is rated as one of Brisbane's finest schools. It was established in 1902 By Mr Arthur "Barney" Rudd. Rudd arrived in Brisbane in 1901 by boat from Melbourne. He decided to start a school in Clayfield in a house called "Knockarda". The school opened in February 1902 with just 4 students.

In 1906 the school moved to a new premises on the corner of Bayview Terrace, near the tram terminus. There was limited room for sporting fixtures, so for many years the boys walked to the nearby Kalinga park. In 1908 the school had 32 students, and a cadet corps was formed with the impending 1914-1918 war. The school suffered the losses of 8 Clayfield Collegians during the war. In the late twenties it was decided that there were insufficient facilities, and for the school was moved to its current site in Toowong with generous support from its owners, the daughters of the late Premier of Queensland, Sir Robert Philp. The Clayfield campus became a primary school department of Somerville House, which later developed into the independent Clayfield College.

Present day

BBC is owned by the Presbyterian and Methodist Schools' Association which was formed in 1930 and owns other private schols in Queensland.

Although the College fosters a strong belief in academic success, a wide range of co-curricular activities are offered to students from Grade 4 - 12. With years of success and close losses Brisbane Boys' College believes strongly in teaching students discipline and sportsmanship.

In 1995 Brisbane Boys' College achieved a world first, when its first eight rowing crew became the first ever non-English school to with the prestigious Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup at the Henley Royal Regatta. The school was also won the first ever GPS head of the river.

Campus

BBC's campus is located in the Brisbane suburb of Toowong, with the main entrance from Kensington Terrace, altough the school is also bordered by Miskin Street and Moggil Road.
The school is a landmark for Moggil Road traffic with its distictive yellow buildings. The main building dates from the 1930s when the school moved to the site and is characterised by its mediterranian arches and clocktower. Rudd and Hamilton wings form a T extending away from the main building and the modern glass fronted library fills the semi-circle. Other buildings on the site include McKenzie wing, College Hall, Barbra Helen Thomson Sports Complex, Birtles wing and the Junior School buildings.
There are 4 ovals included within the BBC grounds: Main, Junior School, P&F and Miskin. BBC also makes use of the Oakman Park ovals, Toowong College, University of Queenland and St Lucia playing fields.

Prefects

Leaders in 2006:

  • School Captain - Dom Amerena
  • Vice Captain - Sean Morrow

Prefects:

  • Cam Goddard
  • Juan Van Vuuren
  • Dan Sheptooha
  • Nick Bedford
  • Hugh Wheeler
  • Max Rankine
  • Charles Wood
  • Dirk Van Veldan
  • Stuart McColl
  • Jacob Richardson
  • Dan Wessels
  • Ben Jones
  • Richard Coombs
  • Benfield Lainchbury


Alex Mack(11R) should be mentioned for his invaluable support in cricket, soccer, student mentors and other aspects of school life. Well done Alex.

Culture

Brisbane Boys' College is unique in one of the only Australian schools that maintains the tradition of playing the bagpipes. Another key point of BBC's culture is the great sucess of its rowing teams throughout the years, having aproduced "world beaters" in 1995.

Uniform

The College uniform varies throughout the different grades, these being between years' 4-6, 7-9, 10 and 12. In years' 4-6 the uniform consists of a green shirt, a green and black tie, and plain grey socks. In years' 7-11 the only difference is that long pants are worn, and in year 12 a white shirt and green and white tie are worn. Blazers are worn in terms' 2 and 3 and a boater is worn for the whole year. Prefects were a distinguished tie, which features Green, Black and Gold stripes.

House system

The school is divided into a house system with 9 houses in the school. These are:

House Captains

  • Birtles - Camreon Oliver
  • Campbell - Lachlan Persley
  • Flynn -
  • Hamilton - Rhys Barnes
  • Knox - James Forbes
  • McKenzie - Elliot Ryan
  • Rudd - Jacob Richardson
  • Wesley -
  • Wheller - Tristan Barr

Headmasters

  • Mr A Rudd 1902-1931,
  • Mr P Hamilton 1931-1946,
  • Dr T Mckenzie 1946-1955,
  • Mr A Birtles 1956-1973,
  • Mr G Thompson 1974-1990, 1996,
  • Mr M Cujes 1991-1995,
  • Mr M Norris 1997-2001,
  • Mr G McDonald 2002- Current.

Mascots

BBC's support for many years has been provided by the College pipeband. However, with support at GPS events radically declining the school decided that drastic action was needed, and thus the Highlander was created. This seven-foot-tall beast attends GPS sports events, and leads the school in its many war cries. He wears facepaint in the colours green, white and black. He wears a kilt, and is never seen without his sword or shield, the latter of which is also painted in the school colours.

Spirit Commitee

In 2006 a spirit commitee was started to get the students more involved in the spirit of the college. There are 10 members, 1 picked from each house and 1 prefect. Members inc.

  • Dom Amerena (School Captain)
  • James Waterman (McKenzie)
  • Barton Shields (Wheller)
  • Nick Dent (Flynn)
  • Nick Packer (Knox)
  • Gus Heathcote (Hamilton)

Sports

The college offers a number of sports. The captains for each sport in 2006 are:

  • Swimming - Nick Dent
  • Cricket - Ben Jones
  • Rowing - Benfield Lainchbury
  • Volleyball - Hugh Wheeler
  • Rugby - James Waterman
  • Football - Kieron Gonzalez
  • Cross Country - ?


Term 3

  • TBA

Sporting Achievements in the new millenium

  • Basketball - 2005
  • Cricket - 2003
  • Football - 2004
  • Gymnastics - 2000, 2001, 2004
  • Rowing - 2002, 2003
  • Volleyball - 2001

The 2005 team of the year goes to the basketball first V, who won the GPS, Club and State championships and went on to achive 3rd in nationals.

  • 2005 sportsman of the year - Tom Hall.

Notable Alumni

War cries

The school has many war cries, which are used to rally support at sporting events.


The official college war cry is
Aloomba Kaloomba by-a-duco
Winya Winya go go go
Karigal Karigal Nany-o-mar
Nurumbeta Burundarra tarra-kara-la
Go on College Green White Black
Ray Ray Ray!



Rowing War Cry
We've got the boat
We've got the team
We've got the coach
We've got the steam
We've got the boat, team, coach, steam, eight man rowing team
C-O-L-L-E-G-E College!


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