COUNCIL OF THE GEELONG COLLEGE The currently structured Council of The Geelong College was first constituted in 1908 and held its first meeting on 27 March 1908.
An earlier committee of management had been formed when the College was first established. It met from 18 April 1861 to 16 June 1864. Members at the first meeting in 1861 were John Calvert, James Simson, James Cowie, James Balfour, A S Robertson, William Blair, J T McKerras, Rev A Love,
Rev Alexander J Campbell, James Henderson, Rev T McK Fraser and James Campbell. The Rev A J Campbell chaired that first meeting as well as a majority of the committee meetings until mid-1864.
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the Minutes of the 1861-184 Committee of the College. In 1982, the School was incorporated with the Uniting Church holding the College property in trust. With this change, councillors of the College acquired the formal responsibilities of Company Directors.
Council Chair of The Geelong College Council:1908 - 1921
Shannon, Charles1922 - 1939
Hamilton-Calvert, Stanley Bell1939 - 1941
McArthur, Dr Arthur 'Norman' (Interim Acting Chairman)
1939 - 1968
Coles, Sir Arthur William1969 - 1977
Wettenhall, Dr Henry 'Norman' Burgess AM1978 - 1981
Neilson, Dr Donald 'Geoffrey' AM1981 - 1996
Fielding, Garnet Stewart1997 - 2006
Williamson, Alan2007 - 2020
Seward, Dr Hugh Galbraith AM2021 - current Page, Richard
Newly appointed Life Governors, 2004.
From left to right: Garnet Fielding; 'Geoff' Neilson; Ken Nall; Geoff Betts.
Life Governors of The Geelong College Council:1991
Wettenhall, Henry 'Norman' Burgess AM2000
Doery, Edward 'Keith'2003
Fielding, Garnet Stewart2003
Nall, Kenneth Spencer OAM2003
Neilson, Dr Donald 'Geoffrey' AM2004
Betts, Geoffrey James AM MBE2007
Williamson, Alan2015 Robson, Rodney Kenneth
2016
Ingpen, Robert Roger AMMembers of The Geelong College Council:1908 – 1921
Shannon, Charles1908 – 1923 Marshall, Rev. Dr. Alexander
1908 – 1935 Cameron, Rev. D. A.
1908 – 1910 Balfour, Rev. G. H.
1908 – 1927 Forrest, Rev. J. A.
1908 – 1935 MacFarland, Sir John
1908 – 1928 Gillespie, R. K.
1908 – 1911 McKiehan, J.
1908 – 1912 Gray, Alexander
1908 – 1932 Gibb, H. B.
1908 – 1939 Calvert, S. B. Hamilton
1908 – 1910 Whyte, L. A.
1908 – 1935 Currie, J. L.
1908 – 1912 Campbell, Neil
1908 – 1947 McArthur, Dr. A. N. (life member)
1911 – 1925 Paton, Rev. F. H. L.
1911 – 1917 Reid, W. H.
1911 – 1932 Morrison, Dr. R. H.
1913 – 1937 Gray, A. W.
1913 – 1926 Gatehouse, James
1919 – 1931 Rentoul, Rev. J. B.
1919 – 1938 Shannon, J. F. S.
1920 – 1927 Baird, Rev. E. McN.
1920 – 1921 Forster, Rev. K.
1920 – 1928 Bell, R. C.
1920 – 1948 Cook, Samuel
1922 – 1924 Maguire, Rev. T. W.
1925 – 1926 Childs, Rev. H. H.
1926 – 1927 Matthew, Rev. H. C.
1927 – 1936 Pettitt, J.
1927 – 1958 Wettenhall, Dr. R. R.
1928 – 1931 McQueen, Rev. M.
1949 – 1949 McQueen, Rev. M.
1928 – 1948 Ferguson, M.
1928 – 1944 Reid, Robert E.
1929 – 1938 Kininmonth, J. C.
1930 – 1943 Balfour, Hon. J. M.
1932 – 1936 Saw, Rev H. J.
1932 – 1939 McMaster, Rev. J.
1933 – 1936 Russell, J. K.
1933 – 1960 Pillow, Dr A. E.
1937 – 1958 Ingram, Rev. W. W.
1937 – 1942 Currie, Sir Alan
1937 – 1968 Coles, Sir Arthur W.
1937 – 1954 McConnan, Sir Leslie
1938 – 1941 Dennis, W. J.
1939 – 1943 Dennis, R.F.
1939 – 1962 McCallum, Peter
1939 – 1940 Thornthwaite, Col. F.
1940 – 1945 Simpson, Rev. W. L.
1940 – 1946 Brown, C. N.
1942 – 1956 Doery, F. E.
1943 – 1945 Leitch, Sir Walter
1943 – 1967 Moreton, F. E.
1943 – 1951 Rogers, Brig. J. D.
1954 – 1960 Rogers, Brig. J. D.
1944 – 1949 Barrett, Dr. A. H.
1945 – 1965 McArthur, Sir G.
1946 – 1952 Eadie, Rev. A. C.
1946 – 1960 Dennis, A. W.
1948 – 1959 Bell, C. C.
1948 – 1979 Gray, A. Austin
1948 – 1960 Walter, F. D.
1948 – 1967 Hirst, C. L.
1950 – 1963 Wood, Rev. G. A.
1950 – 1954 Sutherland, Rev. F.
1950 – 1960 Anderson, H. A.
1952 – 1954 Leggatt, Sir William
1953 – 1962 Hallam, Rev A. D.
1955 – 1960 Faichney, Rev. N.
1955 – 1960 Robertson, Lieut. Gen. Sir Horace
1956 – 1966 Funston, F. M.
1958 – 1973
McCann, E. W.1958 – 1980 Betts, G. J.
1960 – 1991 Wettenhall, Dr H. N. B.
1960 – 1981 Neilson, D. G.
1960 – 1979 Everist, P. N.
1960 – 1974 Nall, K. S.
1992 – 1997 Nall, K. S.
1960 – 1974 Both, Rev. M. J.
1961 – 1974 Dennis, R. C.
1962 – 1971 Adam, D. S.
1962 – 1967 Maclean, Rev. K.
1964 – 1966 Martin, Rev. J. D.
1965 – 1988 McArthur, F. S.
1965 – 1978 Rogers, D. W.
1966 – 1981 Cameron, N. G.
1967 – 1969 Camp, Rev. F. H.
1967 – 1972 Davey, F. H.
1967 – 1967 Hastie, Rev. W. B.
1967 – 1982 Wright, M. T.
1968 – 1971 McCaughey, Rev. Dr. J. D.
1983 – 1984 McCaughey, Rev. Dr. J. D.
1968 – 1971 Waters, Rev. R.
1970 – 1973 Littler, Rev. W. H.
1971 – 1975 O'Neill, H.
1971 – 1981 Wallace-Smith, G.
1971 – 1974 Richardson, Rev. A. A.
1972 – 1978 Davidson, N. L.
1972 – 1978 Urbahns, J. G. W.
1973 – 1980 Corr, Rev. R.
1974 – 1999 Doery, E. K.
1974 – 1985 Laidlaw, C. S.
1975 – 1984 Ingpen, R. R.
1975 – 1987 Thom, B. G.
1975 – 1982 Thomson, Rev. C. W.
1977 – 1982 Cameron, M.
1979 – 1996 Fielding, G. S.
1979 – 1989 Hale, R. P.
1979 – 1985 Pizzey, D.
1979 – 1989 Bent, G. L.
1979 – 1996 Everist, J.
1981 – 1985 McCollum, Rev. S.
1981 – 1982 Vickers-Willis, R.
1981 – 1990 Lavender, J. C.
1981 – 2004 Ayerbe, Dr. J. P.
1981 – 1993 Smit, C. J. F.
1981 – 1987 Henderson, A.
1981 – 1991 Bate, Prof. W.
1982 – 1990 Montgomery, J.
1983 – 1991 Dix, W.
1983 – 1998 Hope, G. A.
1985 – 1997 Smith, R.
1985 – 1994 Benjamin, Dr. M. K.
1985 – 1989 Beach, Hon. Justice B. W.
1986 – 1997 Hagans, Rev. J. M.
1986 – 1994 Menzies, C.
1988 – 1998 Marles, F. S.
1988 – 1996 Young, N. J.
1990 – 1991 Connell, Dr. H. M.
1990 – 1997 Motteram, B. G.
1990 – 2004 Gray, A. G. S.
1991 – 2006 Williamson, A. H.
1991 – 2004 Cameron, J. V.
1991 – 2007 Ashby, R. G.
1992 – 1998 Crosby, J. C.
1992 – 1994 James, Prof. D. W.
1992 - 2012 (Mar) Robson, R.
1995 – 1999 Holding, D. E.
The Geelong College Council in the Seaquicentenary Year, 2011.
1994 – 2007 Huffam, Dr. W. H.
1995 – 2004 Robertson, G. C.
1995 – 1997 Roth, C.
1996 – 2006 Dowling, M. J.
1998 – 2004 Betts, P. L.
1998 – 2004 Rowe, Dr. L.
1998 – 2004 Gould, Dr. S. M.
1998 – 2006 Kim, Rev. E. D.
1999 – 2003 Kibell, C.
1999 (Mar) - 2011 (Nov) Emerson, J. C. P.
2001 (July) - 2013 Carr, R. G.
2003 (Mar) - 2008 (Nov) Macmillan, I. W.
2003 (May) - 2017 (Mar) Goode, H, M.
2006 (Mar) - 2008 (Jan) Jarvis, K
2004 (Nov) - 2020 (Nov)
Seward, Dr Hugh.
2004 (Aug) - 2018 (Mar) Leach, S.
2007 (Mar) - 2011 (Mar) Mountjoy, M. L.
2007 (Aug) - 2015 (Mar) Hawkins, J.
2007 (Aug) - 2018 (May) Miller, G. J.
2007 (Nov) - 2019 (Nov) Yelverton, Rev K. B.
2008 (May) - 2015 (Nov) Betts, Michael]
2008 (May) - 2021 (Mar) Darby, Dr Claire
2009 (May) - 2015 (Mar) Collins, Prof Hugh
2012 (May) - 2018 (Aug) Monahan, J.
2012 (May) - 2022 (Mar) Fagg, B.
2015 (Mar) - 2020 (Aug) Selway, K.
2015 (Mar) - 2017 (Nov) Quigley, M.
2016 (Apr) - current Williams, G.
2017 (Mar) - 2021 (May) Walton, S.
2017 (Mar) - 2022 (Aug) Trudzik, L.
2018 (May) - current Alexander, Kathryn
2018 (May) - 2020 (Nov) Bridges, M.
2018 (Aug) - current Page, R.
2020 (Mar) - current Peake, K.
2020 (Mar) - current Kelly, B.
2021 (Mar) - current Hutton, S.
2021 (Nov) - current D'Souza, K.
2022 (Jun) - current Ficca, T.
2023 (May) - current Hansen, M.
2024 (May) - current Oldmeadow, J.
Sources: Notman, G.C. Keith, B. R. The Geelong College, 1961 p127.