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COLES HOUSE

COLES HOUSE


Coles House is part of the Senior School House System and was named after Sir Arthur Coles. It was established in 1975 when the House System was re-structured and bears the colours of the previous Mackie House. Its competition colour is pale blue.

Notable members of Coles House have included 2012 Olympic rower, Phoebe Stanley; and AFL footballer, 'Lachie' Henderson.

According to the Coles House Report in Pegasus of 2006 the motto is: 'Can Do Something' and in 2007 as 'Coles can do something' . In 2010, it was referred to as; 'With enthusiasm and integrity.'

Coles House Symbol, 2011.

Coles House Symbol, 2011.

Coles House Captains:

1975 Cooper, D J.
1976 Sloane, W.J.
1977 Murphy, S.
1978 Watson, J.
........ Richardson, E.
1979 Komp, A.
1980 Holloway, P.
1981 Read, A.
1982 Pearson, D.
1983 Dickson, E.
1984 Kellett, D.
1985 Hand, T.
1986 Benjamin, S.
1987 Courtnay, M.
........ Price, V.
1988 Abbott, I.
........Cassidy, A.
1989 Hoskin, A.
1990 Payne, S.
........ Roth, C.
1991 Yee, C.
1992 Abbott, K.
........ McFarlane, D.
1993 Bail, E.
1994 Beckworth, A.
........ Young, P.
1995 Lucas, A.
1996 Seah, K. J.
1997 McMillan, L.
1998 McMillan, A.
1999 Cooke, M.
2000 McMillan, J.
........ Nelson, A.
2001 Crossley, J.
........ Stanley, O.
2002 Allen, K.
........ Brennan, E.
........ Emselle, G.
2003 McLarty, A.
........ Stanley, P.
2004 Arrigo, J.
........ Ramsay, T.
2005 Carah, T.
........ McLarty, S.
2006 Myer, N.
........ Nelson, J.
2007 Agosta, A.
........ Flanagan, J.
2008 Cordner, P.
........ Lugg, M.
2009 Mann, E.
........ Ross, L.
2010 Foott,E.
........ Langham, R.
2011 Flanagan, A.
........ Murrihy, B.
2012 Allen, E.
........ Thomas, A.
2013 Caithness, H.
........ Crawley, I.
2014 Cheatley, L.
........ Flanagan, S.
2015 Crawley, C.
........ Walmsley, E,
2016 Castles, T.
........ Cheatley, C.
2017 Manton, O.
........ Murrihy, L.
2018 Burrell, N.
........ Delahunty, M.
2019 Jourbert, C.
........ Koroneos, N.
2020 Forshaw, T.
........ Richardson, O.
2021 Ellis, S.
........ Richardson, J.
2022 Panek-Mitchell, E.
........ Rixon, W.
2023 Furphy, R.
........ Richardson, S.

Heads of House:
1975-1977 ...... Murphy, J.
1978-1978 ...... Olsen, B. R.
1979-1982 ...... Buttenshaw, R. D.
1983-1990 ...... Manwaring, E. A.
1991-1998 ...... Miller, A. D. C.
1999-2002 ...... Lean, C.
2003-2010 ...... Lannan, D. M.
2011-2018 ...... Conway, P. (M Barnes - T3 2012)
2019-current.... Cook, B.


Sources: Pegasus 2006 p48; Pegasus 2010 p48.
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