The Roar Newsletter Issue 33 Term 4 2022

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A conversation with the Head of College

Mr Richard Ford

Over the last week, I have been reminded again of the many ways in which Scots All Saints focuses on providing students with opportunities to be challenged, and through these experiences, to grow character and friendships.

Last Thursday and Friday evening, every student at the Junior Campus took to the stage for an entertaining and enjoyable production of The Lion King Jnr. Being part of a large cast ensemble inevitably develops patience and teamwork, and I was impressed by the confidence each student demonstrated. The shared experience, which involved many hours of practice and rehearsing, while painful at times, brought students together within and across classes and year groups.

Similarly, over the last few days, I have been away on camp with Year 7 and Year 8 where it was terrific to see students participating in a range of adventurous activities. As students participated in rock climbing, caving, high ropes and a myriad of challenges, it was wonderful to see students becoming more confident and building relationships.

Thank you to the Junior School and Performing Arts staff for supporting students with the musical, especially the Director, Ms Rachel Bate. It was also terrific to have the Parents and Friends Association running a barbecue dinner on both evenings, and this was very much appreciated. Thanks also go to Mrs Cath Dundon and Mr Chris Walsh who, together with a number of Senior School staff, organised and braved the camp activities.

Respect and Sportsmanship

Two weekends ago I headed to Sydney to watch Australia

Junior School Campus

Eglinton

School, Junior (Years K 6)

Senior School Campus

Boarding (Years 7-12) 4173 O’Connell Road

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play New Zealand in one of the opening games of the T20 World Cup. Some of you were there, and others were watching at home.

Many of you would have heard, at least in passing, that Australia suffered our first T20 World Cup loss in history. NZ bowled us all out for 111. It was a brutal loss for Australia.

Despite the loss, one of the standouts from the evening was seeing the way the Australian supporters, on the whole, respectfully celebrated the achievements of the opposition team.

Whether it was NZ’s first over in which they hit 14 runs or the superman catch by Glenn Phillips, which happened only metres from where I was sitting, the Australian supporters respectfully applauded NZ’s achievements.

Fast forward to last weekend, and I was watching the Scots All Saints 1st XI put up a fight against one of the top cricket teams in the ISA. While our 1st XI was able to take some quick early wickets, two of the St Pat’s players settled into a comfortable partnership that saw one of their players achieve his first century. It was an exciting moment for the visiting team but what impressed me most was the applause he received from students of Scots All Saints both on and off the field.

One of the College’s values is respect, and as the summer season gets underway, I paused and reflected with students this week on what this means for us on game day, whether it is Basketball mid-week or Touch-Football on the weekend.

What does respect mean for a student who plays sport at Scots All Saints?

It means respecting the opposition:

• Welcoming them to the College if we are hosting the game;

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From the Chaplain

Rev. Michael Bennett Chaplain

The randomness of life

The Bible tells us that God has plans "to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future" (Jeremiah 29:11). It's important to recognise that the full meaning of this passage, to the modern reader, can be embraced when we have an eternal mindset, when we accept God’s ultimate plan for humanity.

On the weekend I stumbled across a 2001 interview with Stephen Fry on Michael Parkinson's TV show. They were talking about the fragility of life and Fry shared a story concerning his cousin's friend, who lived in New York. He said: “This man had his birthday on Monday 10th of September [2001]. His mother gave him a shirt, and it was an awful shirt. It was grotesque. The next morning, Tuesday the 11th, on his normal commute … he stopped off at Brooks Brothers [a department store near the Twin Towers] to exchange it for a better shirt. And as he was coming out of the store, the first plane hit his office [in the Twin Towers].”

“… [Later] he could be found weeping in a bar, staring … and saying 'if my mum had good taste, I’d be dead!'"

Fry continued, “It makes one think ... How can she know that one movement of the hand means death for her beloved son. And the other [movement] means miraculous escape. … You can go mad because of this (kind of thinking), because the universe seems so absurd.”

For Stephen Fry, this story was proof that either God didn’t exist or that he wasn’t good.

As I reflect upon this story and the randomness in my own life, or for those of you who study the scriptures, you’ll know that the catalyst for the random chaotic nature of this world was caused by human rebellion against God's perfect plans for us (Genesis 3). God works within this mess – hence we read about the brutal way his son suffered in order to make all things new (Revelation 21:5). The utopia that we all long for – peace, harmony, the eradication of tears and death, exists before us – shall be fulfilled in the eternal life to come. (Revelation 21:4). When we have a mortal mindset we can get despondent with life but when we focus on the eternal hope before us, we can begin to embrace God’s words in Jeremiah 29:11 –enriching our purpose and hope for the future, not just here on earth, but for eternity. Amen

• Shaking hands before and after the game;

• Leaving out of the game any type of unkind banter; and

• Helping up an opposition player if they are down. It means respecting match officials:

• Welcoming match officials to the College;

• Leaving out any kind of argument with the referee; and

• Shaking their hands before the game if there is an opportunity, but definitely after.

It means respecting your team and your school:

• Turning up on time;

• Encouraging your teammates;

• Listening to your coach; and

• Wearing the College sports uniform with pride. Good sportsmanship starts with respect.

As sport continues this summer season, lets all encourage our students to live out our school values, particularly respect.

I look forward to seeing many students play this summer.

But more than that, I’m looking forward to seeing the kind of people our students are and the way their actions make both the College and their families proud.

Junior School Campus Preparatory School, Junior (Years K 6) 70 Eglinton Road

Senior School Campus Senior, Boarding (Years 7-12) 4173 O’Connell Road BATHURST NSW 2795

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Junior School

Mr Chris Jackman Head of Junior School

The Lion King – was spectacular!

Congratulations to all of the students for their wonderful performances last week at the Junior School Musical. The Lion King Jnr was a wonderful display of talent and teamwork that gave all students in the Junior School an opportunity to be on stage.

A special thank you to the Director, Ms Rachel Bate, and her team, Miss Louise Gillespie, Mrs Bronte Van Uum, Mrs Paloma McTavish and Mrs Sarah Willis, who worked tirelessly to bring everything together on the night. Also a big thank you to Mr Jon Clipsham and his music staff for their support of the event.

Whole Junior School events such as this musical provide the students with significant learning opportunities in creativity, collaboration and communication. All these are valuable skills that can be transferred to many other areas of the curriculum and their development. I look forward to our next musical.

Remembrance Day Service

All Junior School students will participate in a special Remembrance Day Service next Friday at 10:30 am. Weather permitting, the service will be held next to the Bean-Long Memorial at the front of the College.

Mrs Jo Nicholls

Pastoral Care and Wellbeing Co-ordinator

Our ‘favourite things’

Term 4 is a whirlwind of activities in the Junior School for students from Prep through to Year 6. In among the student activities, teachers have an opportunity to reflect on their cohort for the year, and their progress and achievements. Our Semester 2 reports will provide a formal summary of students’ academic achievements and effort in the classroom, but this week I have asked our Junior School teachers to tell us what their class has loved doing the most, their ‘favourite things’!

Why is it important to spend time on ‘favourite things’ at school? School fulfils so many roles in the development of children, many of which are not purely academic. It is often these ‘extra’ activities that have given the students great joy throughout the year and taught them skills that are critical to their successful growth into adulthood. The benefits of many of these activities is teaching our young students to develop social-emotional thinking, selfregulate, expressing themselves creatively, leadership, responsibility, working cooperatively and the value of ‘service’ to others.

Thank you to our Junior School teachers for providing all these wonderful opportunities for the students.

Orientation Day – Tuesday 8, November

On Tuesday, 8 November the Junior School (Kindergarten to Year 6) and Year 7 2023 will have their Orientation Day. All students will spend a day in the next grade up to experience what exciting learning experiences the teachers have in store for them.

Kindergarten 2023 will finish up at 12:15 pm.

Our Year 6 students will be transported by bus to and from the Senior Campus. All students should wear their sports uniform.

Junior School Campus Preparatory School, Junior (Years K 6) 70 Eglinton Road

NSW 2795

Senior School Campus Senior, Boarding (Years 7-12) 4173 O’Connell Road BATHURST NSW 2795

Infants Cru meets weekly and enjoy reading stories from the Bible and deepening their understanding of Christ’s Word.

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Year 4’s favourite thing is creating artwork to link to their learning.

My favourite artwork this year is the Endeavour ship because I love using oil pastels and they are easy and fun to blend. I also like using markers to outline and make my work pop. - Phoebe

My favourite artwork I’ve done this year is the sun artwork when we learnt about space because it uses bright colours and also uses oil pastels. Oil pastels are fun because all the colours stand out. It was my best artwork I’ve ever done! - Olivia

The bee artwork was my favourite because it was fun to make and bees are my favourite animal. I loved using bubble wrap to make the honey effect. - Portia

Year 5 enjoyed going to the Hope Care Church to pack emergency hampers with Mr Bennett to help our community.

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Careers Advice

Mrs Helen Jones

UOW | Year 12 Parent Information Webinar

Tuesday 22 November 2022, 6:00 pm

Online

During this Live Chat you will receive information on:

• What’s next for your child

• How to accept (or change) UAC offers and preferences

• How much uni costs

• Financial support available at UOW

• Accommodation options at UOW

• The ATAR

• Key dates for your calendar

• What to do if you’re concerned your child won’t get the ATAR they need to get into uni

Find out more: https://uow-au.zoom.us/webinar/ register/WN_n5wpiI8oToef9gHWXSxesg

University of Wollongong Learning Labs

Applications Close 9 November

Learning Labs is an academic and creative arts enrichment program for Year 1 to Year 10 aged students, dedicated to providing fun and challenging workshops to motivated young people. Workshops are held during the school holidays at specified UOW campuses.

https://www.uow.edu.au/engage/outreach-pathways/ learning-labs/wollongong-learning-labs/

STEM at University of Sydney

STEM courses open up a world of opportunity

As new fields of STEM employment continue to emerge, it’s important for today’s graduates to be agile and able to adapt their skills to this fast-changing global economy.

What can I do with a STEM degree?

The range of STEM careers is broad and diverse, from biomedical engineering and software development to psychology and accounting. Our graduates are leading varied and fulfilling careers - we’ve taught Australia’s first astronaut, an Antarctic explorer, a chief scientist and a Nobel laureate.

The future is looking bright for tech innovators and

critical thinkers, and our degrees can help you get an edge over the competition.

Our purpose-built labs, teaching and learning hubs are home to the latest technology and equipment, providing you with an engaging and hands-on educational experience. Find out more about the Faculty of Science, Faculty of Medicine and Health and the Faculty of Engineering and IT’s laboratories and facilities.

https://www.sydney.edu.au/study/study-options/ undergraduate-courses/study-stem.html

ACU New Course - Bachelor of Midwifery at the Blacktown Campus

ACU has just launched the Bachelor of Midwifery at the Blacktown Campus for entry in 2023. The course is perfect for those who want to become registered midwives and work in maternity settings such as hospitals, birth centres and other community agencies

https://www.acu.edu.au/course/bachelor-of-midwifery

Charles Sturt University Scholarships

Scholarships are now open. Your students could be eligible for the Tertiary Access Payment; it’s a $5000 payment to school-leavers from outer regional or remote areas who relocate to undertake full-time, higher-level tertiary education.

https://study.csu.edu.au/get-support/scholarships/ tertiary-access-payment

Uni of Newcastle Chat with Us

We know you’ll have questions and our staff and students are here to help you every step of the way. Our Ask-a-student and Ask-an-academic pages give you access to current students who study a whole range of degrees as well as the academics that teach them and they’ll respond to your questions as soon as possible.

https://www.newcastle.edu.au/open-day/chat-with-us

University of Newcastle – Entry Schemes

Whether you are about to start your HSC, are finishing Year 12 or looking to get back into study after a break, UON have many pathways and entry schemes to help you get into the degree you want.

https://www.newcastle.edu.au/study/undergraduate/ getting-in/entry-schemes

University of Tasmania Fast-track Bachelor of Pharmacy with Honours

Introducing Australia’s only three-year fast-track

Junior School Campus Preparatory School, Junior (Years K 6) 70 Eglinton Road

NSW 2795

Senior School Campus Senior, Boarding (Years 7-12) 4173 O’Connell Road BATHURST NSW 2795

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Pharmacy degree. The new fast-track Bachelor of Pharmacy with Honours adopts a trimester teaching model, allowing students to complete a traditional four-year degree in just three years and get into the workplace sooner. Placements can be conducted in Tasmania or mainland Australia, as well as internationally.

Summer Skills is a fee-free short course

Summer Skills is a fee-free short course program to support skill development over the summer months for school leavers aged between 16 – 24 years.

Whether you plan to attend TAFE NSW, university, have a gap year or are still undecided, TAFE have a course that can give you the skills for the future. https://www.tafensw.edu.au/summerskills

Local Government NSW

Councils across NSW are now recruiting apprentices and trainees in a range of vocations - business services, horticulture, civil construction, IT etc. Look out for school-based and postschool traineeships and apprenticeships on Careers at Council. https://jobs.careersatcouncil.com.au/

Taronga Zoo Sydney offers school work experience – Applications open now for 2023.

Applications close 3 March 2023, unless program reaches capacity earlier.

Taronga Zoo Sydney offers school work experience opportunities for students in Years 10 – 12 who are interested in pursuing a career in zoo keeping, animal care, tourism or zoo horticulture.

Speak to Ms Jones, who will liaise with Taronga on your behalf.

Work experience undertaken at Taronga Zoo Sydney allows students to:

• Observe a variety of work being

done in the fields of zoo keeping, animal care, zoo horticulture or guest services and education

• Undertake supervised work appropriate to the student’s skill level

• Ask questions about a zoo workplace

• Gain skills related to being at work at the zoo

• Investigate training and employment opportunities with Taronga: https://taronga.org.au/ get-involved/school-workexperience/sydney

Junior School Campus Preparatory School, Junior (Years K 6)

Eglinton

School Campus Senior, Boarding (Years 7-12) 4173 O’Connell

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All Things Sport

Mr Mark Wilkinson Sports Administrator

It’s Super Saturday at Scots All Saints

It’s home games aplenty this Saturday at our Senior Campus for Round 3 of our ISA competitions.

Our ISA Girls and Boys Touch Football teams, as well as our 1st XI Cricket team, will all be in action.

Cricket kicks off at 10:00 am, with our first Touch Football games starting at 10:30 am.

We’ll have students from Kinross Wolaroi School, St Stanislaus College, St Augustine’s College, Redlands, St Paul’s Grammar School and Central Coast Grammar all making the trip.

The forecast looks great, and the College Café will be in full swing. So come along and cheer on the red, white and blue.

decided to split the Monday Night Competition up and hold it over two days – Mondays and Wednesdays.

The decision has been made to move all Girls and Ladies competitions to Wednesdays until the midseason break.

Game times will be:

U12s – 4:00 pm

U14s – 4:40 pm

U16s – 5:15 pm

Ladies – 6:00 pm

All Wednesday Mixed games will be held at 6:35 pm. All Under 10s, Boys and Mens competitions will remain on Monday evenings.

In the New Year, the plan is to move everything back to Mondays – provided the fields have dried out.

Monday Night Touch Football. The rain is a pain!

Learmonth Park (where we play Monday Night Touch Football) has been hit pretty hard with the recent rainfall.

Some fields are ok, but the majority are underwater and will continue to be for weeks.

So to utilise the small number of fields that are safe for play, the Bathurst Touch Football Association has

Friday Night Basketball. Forget about it!

A competition-wide bye has been scheduled tomorrow for all High School competitions. There will be no games for our 7/8 Boys teams, 7/10 Girls teams and our 9/10 Boys team.

Grayson puts Mudgee in a spin

Our very own Grayson Jacobsen has ripped through Mudgee’s Under 14 batting order, taking four wickets as he helped his team win by seven wickets in their District Cricket match at Morse Park on Sunday.

Junior School Campus Preparatory School, Junior (Years K 6) 70 Eglinton Road

NSW 2795

Senior School Campus Senior, Boarding (Years 7-12) 4173 O’Connell Road BATHURST NSW 2795

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Year 12 CAFS Research Project

The Year 12 Community and Family Studies class are currently undertaking an Independent Research Project (IRP). The IRP is a HSC assessable task that requires students to gather qualitative and quantitative data using a combination of primary and secondary sources to research a hypothesis. The class has decided to do their research project on the hypothesis ‘technology used by adolescents has significantly impacted the social engagement between members of the family’

The Year 12 CAFS students would like to thank the families who responded to the questionnaire consent form that was sent out on Operoo last week. As the CAFS students have selected a stratified sampling method to collect data, 20 students from Year 9, Year 10 and Year 11 and their parents (who consented to be involved) will randomly be selected to complete the questionnaire. The questionnaire will be emailed to parents and students separately. Please check your inbox in the coming days.

To all those involved, we greatly appreciate your help in completing our IRP.

Year 12 Community and Family Studies class, 2022/2023

Annual Scholarships

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Stage 5 Geography Skills Days

Year 9 and 10 students had the opportunity to deepen their understanding of fieldwork, map reading and navigation with fullday events run by the HSIE faculty.

The students worked through three rotations of tasks: 1. An investigation of insects and bugs that are living in the leaf litter of trees, 2. Learning orienteering, including navigating with a map and competing in a timed event, 3. Completing the Australian Geography Skills Competition.

Although the weather was very cold, we were extremely lucky to avoid significant rain during the days allowing all activities to occur. There was excellent feedback from the students involved, particularly in relation to the insect investigation. We utilised Kathy Jones from Fieldwork Connections to lead the fieldwork task while Mr Gillmer taught orienteering, and the Skill Competition was facilitated by staff from HSIE. The HSIE faculty hope to build on this activity in the future and offer more opportunities for students in Geography to engage in hands-on learning.

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Four wicked haul for Grayson Jacobsen

Bathurst Under 14s bowler and Year 8 Scots All Saints College student Grayson Jacobsen has ripped through the Mudgee batting order, taking four wickets as his team went on to win by seven wickets at Morse Park last Sunday.

Played as a part of Central West Cricket Council round one, Mudgee opened the batting and was dismissed for 113 before Bathurst caught the visitors in just 34 overs with a score of 3-114.

Bathurst under 14s coach Josh Wilcox said he was pleased with his team's performance.

"It was really good to see the boys perform so well," he said.

Mathematics Olympiad

A group of keen and capable mathematicians was part of the CALQL8 group, which met after school on a Tuesday in Terms 2 and 3 this year.

The students used a range of problem-solving strategies to practise challenging mathematical problems and participated in the Australasian Problem Solving Mathematics Olympiad, which consisted of five very difficult papers. All the children listed below deserve to be congratulated on their commitment to the group and their achievement throughout the competition.

A special congratulations go to Hayden Marr, who was the highest-scoring student from our school in the competition and also to Evan Goldsmith, who received an encouragement award for his effort and diligence, which contributed to significant improvement during the two terms.

Mr Phillip Cant, Learning Support and Enrichment Teacher

CALQL8 Participants

"They just stuck to the game plan we spoke about and they executed it really well."

Willcox was full of praise for Grayson, following his four-wicket haul.

"He did really well. He's a really good young leg spinner from Scots All Saints," he said.

"He's been in the district program for quite some time now, also making Central West for the 14s. He's been on those guys that have been working really hard on his craft.

"It's just really good to see him getting some good rewards for it."

Photo and story courtesy of The Western Advocate

Junior School Campus Preparatory School, Junior (Years K 6) 70 Eglinton Road

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Senior School Campus Senior, Boarding (Years 7-12) 4173 O’Connell Road

NSW 2795

Year 5: Gabriel Barclay, Indiya Phillips, Grace Cranston, Evan Goldsmith, Aleki Finau, Benjamin Lenehan, Wendy Peng, Dylan Monico.

Year 6: Vesper Pearce, Elias Lenic-Golding, Henry GarciaHennessy, Hayden Marr, Bridget Li.

Hayden Marr (Highest Scorer) and Evan Goldsmith (Encouragement Award).

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Local History Documentary Makers

Year 9 Elective History had the chance to meet and interview a writer of local Bathurst history this week for their Local History Documentary Project.

Jeanette Thompson, author of Bone and Beauty: The Ribbon Boys’ Rebellion, generously gave her time to be interviewed by our students and share her fascination with the Ribbon Gang.

Here is a taste of the interview: Ryan: Can you give us an overview on the Ribbon Gang? What are some basic facts that we should know about them?

Jeanette: Well, for one thing, they weren't really Bushrangers or a gang in the normal sense of the word. They were bolters. They were government servants who'd been starved on their properties and maltreated. They put down their tools and gathered up some implements, wagons and ammunition to escape the colony. They were trying to bolt and run away. They gathered other men from the farms surrounding them, and at one point, they were a group of up to 100 men that were trying to seek a new life and freedom.

Ryan: Why did you decide to write a book about the Ribbon Gang?

Jeanette: Well, I was living in Bathurst in 1997. I was looking at the archives in the museum, and I discovered that 10 Bush Rangers were buried on the corner of Lambert and George Street. I thought they would make a great ghost story for kids. So I began to do the research, and I discovered they were the Ribbon Boys. Their bodies had been moved to the Bathurst Cemetery. As I researched it became a much more complicated and complex story, so I wanted to write a book about it for adults.

Ryan: The Ribbon Gang were betrayed and captured and were executed. Did they deserve the death penalty?

Jeanette: Not by our standards, we don't execute people anymore.

The witnesses said they conducted themselves politely. They did smash furniture and commited robbery. But they weren't overall violent until they were pursued by the Mounted Police and, in self-defence, they killed three Mounted Police. So it was questionable whether in the current day if they'd been taken to trial, that they would have had so severe a sentence, particularly given the reason for their insurrection.

Junior School Campus Preparatory School, Junior (Years K 6) 70 Eglinton Road

NSW 2795

Senior School Campus Senior, Boarding (Years 7-12) 4173 O’Connell Road

NSW 2795

But they didn't have much chance. The Bushranger Act that Darling bought in in April 1830 said that if you were convicted of Bush Ranging you were hanged in three days. They were found guilty 192 years ago, and they were hanged on the second of November, just after Halloween. So within three days, with no chance for appeal. The jury were all members of the military who chased them or had had comrades who were shot by them. So obviously the jury will pretty biased in the trial.

For more insight into this fascinating piece of Bathurst history, check out her book, ‘Bone and Beauty: The Ribbon Boys’ Rebellion.’ Jeanette Thompson's Regional Speaking and Research Tour was supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW.

The footage of the interview will be edited together by a team of four students to create a five minute documentary on this thrilling piece of Bathurst history.

Two other teams of students are researching the local histories of Windradyne, the Wiradjuri warrior, and the impact of the Gold Rush on our region. We can’t wait to see what they all produce!

Mrs Amelia Jurd

From the All Saints' College archives THE OLD BATHURSTIANS’ UNION 130 YEARS

Over the years that followed, reunion dinners in Sydney, Bathurst, Dubbo and other regional areas were annual events and together with sporting competitions between Union members and current students took place. Up until the last few years a Cricket match was held on Watson Oval between Union members and the ASC First XI and the new school alumni has continued the tradition.

130 years old in 2023! In October 1892, a meeting held in the school library was to consider the formation of an Old Boys’ Cricket Club. The objects of the club were:

1. To strengthen the connection between past and present members of the College;

2. To promote good fellowship amongst the Old Boys;

3. To encourage that failing industry- cricket.

The name selected for the club was “Old Bathurstians” and membership open to both Old Boys and their friends. The Headmaster, Rev .F. Tracey was elected president of the club and in its first season nine matches were played of which the Old Bathurstians’ won five and lost four. Such was the success of this association that in 1893 an Old Bathurstians’ Tennis Club was inauguratedan extension of the Cricket Club, to keep together those Old Boys who were not members of the Bathurst Football Club.

The formation of these sporting clubs in Bathurst, however, was of no assistance in bringing together the sixty Old Boys resident in Sydney and it was soon apparent that a more substantial association of Old Bathurstians’ was required if the ties to the School to be preserved. Accordingly, in November 1893, W.G. Geikie called a preliminary meeting of Sydney Old Boys with 15 attending. A further meeting took place a week later at which a constitution was drawn up and a meeting called for forming the Old Boys’ Union. This inaugural meeting was held on 8 December 1893 at the historically recognized Quong Tart’s Rooms King Street, Sydney, where the constitution was adopted and “the object of the Union shall be to strengthen the bonds between the past and present members of the School”.

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Since its formation, the Union and the Old Bathurstians’ individually have from time to time donated to the School for various purposes. Together with the Marsden Old Girls Association, which joined the Old Bathurstians Union in 1984, the Combined Union has made financial contributions, provided gifts, service and time in order to help the School in various ways.

The Old Bathurstians were behind the moving of the Chapel from the School on the Hill, ‘brick by brick’ and funded its rebuilding on the new School location. The Old Bathurstians’ Union has been behind many of the Building Appeals, such as the Recreation Hall, which is now known as Kemmis, Bradwardine, was Britten Boarding House, the War Memorial Junior School, the Music Centre and Clinic, the Bickerdike Centre and the Junior School buildings near Tracey Oval. Some other contributions were the Old Bathurstian and Marsden Scholarships, Speech Day Awards, and History Publications funded by the Old Bathurstians’ Union, with the latest being the History of All Saints’ College 1874-2018 nearing completion, written by Christopher Morgan. The OBU has continued contributing to Scots All Saints College with funding for scholarships, buying musical instruments and supporting the OBU Museum as