The Anglican Church Grammar School (ACGS), formerly the Church of England Grammar School and commonly referred to as Churchie, is an independent,

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and boarding school for boys, located in

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, an inner suburb of

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, Queensland, Australia. Founded in 1912 by

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William Perry French Morris, Churchie has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently caters for approximately 1,800 students from Reception to Year 12, including 150 boarders from Years 7 to 12. It is owned by the Corporation of the Synod of the Diocese of Brisbane. Churchie is a founding member of the

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(GPS), and is affiliated with the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA), the

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(IPSHA), Independent Schools Queensland (ISQ), the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC) and the Australian Boarding Schools' Association (ABSA). Churchie is also an International Baccalaureate World School offering the Diploma Programme and Primary Years Programme. Despite its name, the school is not a Grammar School established under either the

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or th
Grammar School Act 2016
distinguishing it from earlier established Grammar Schools in Brisbane, Ipswich, Rockhampton, Toowoomba, and Townsville. In 2016, the Queensland Parliament defined Grammar Schools to exclude "Anglican Church Grammar School." The legislation forbids a person from "establish ngor operat nga non-grammar school under a name that includes the word ‘grammar’" and makes it an offence to "hold out a non-grammar school to be a grammar school." The legislation nevertheless permitted Anglican Church Grammar School to retain its name. Churchie, widely recognised as one of Australia's most prestigious schools, is among the richest based on earnings and donations from alumni. In 2009, the school raised $30.9 million in fees, charges, parent contributions and other private sources, 26.5 per cent more than any other school in southeast Queensland. In the same year, Churchie also received $7.7 million in donations, primarily from alumni. This figure was the second highest in Australia, surpassed only by the donations to

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History

In 1912,

William Perry French Morris and his wife (who held degrees in science and medicine) founded a school called St Magnus Hall at Ardencraig, a suburban house in Church Street (now Jephson Street),

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, before relocating it to the present site in

in 1918.

Canon Morris assigned Saint Magnus, a

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earl, as the patron saint of the school and had hoped that the students would be referred to as 'Magnates'. It is said that he did not like the nickname 'Churchie' at first, however when it had become commonplace by the 1930s and respected around Queensland he accepted the change. The school's name was changed to St Magnus Hall Collegiate School For Boys and then to The Cathedral School early in 1913 following the move to a new site at St John's Cathedral in the

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. Thirty-three boys completed the school year that year. In 1916, the land that the school currently stands on was purchased and, in 1918, the foundation stone was laid on the school's current site. From 1916 to 1985, the school was officially known as the Church of England Grammar School (CEGS). Prior to the 1985 school year, the school name was officially changed once again to the Anglican Church Grammar School (ACGS), to reflect the 1981 renaming of the Church of England in Australia to the

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. However, the school continues to be popularly known as Churchie. In 1987, Churchie celebrated its 75th year as a school. In late 2009, the school began extensive construction work to upgrade its cultural and sporting facilities. Over two years, three new complexes were built at the school's

campus: the Barry McCart Aquatic Centre, the David Turbayne Tennis Centre and the $9.9 million Sir John Pidgeon Sports Complex, opened by

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in 2010. In 2011, Morris Hall, the school's "spiritual heart", was upgraded and expanded and the adjacent quadrangle, Magnus Quad, was also relandscaped. In 2012, Churchie celebrated its 100th year as a school. In October 2016, School House, the oldest building on site and home to the boarding community, was refurbished. The following year The Centenary Library was opened and housed Student Services, the Senior School library, classrooms and a research centre focusing on learning environments.

Patron saint

Canon Morris based much of the school's ethos on its

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, St Magnus, a

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known for his strength of character and his qualities as an educated

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man. The Viking tradition is reflected in the school

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, with its

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and

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s symbolising Viking courage, and its crossed axes signifying self-sacrifice and St Magnus'

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dom. Many of the school's rowing boats are named after Viking figures, and the school mascot, 'Eric', is also a Viking

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Controversies

In May 2004, Frederick Roy Hoskins, a former teacher and boarding house head, pleaded guilty to seven child sex offences committed against seven victims aged nine to fifteen between 1947 and 1955. The crimes occurred over a 10-year period at the school. In October 2009, the deputy head of the preparatory school, Chris Klemm, who had worked at the school for almost three decades, was stood down due to 'serious allegations' made against him. The Headmaster issued letters to all parents regarding the matter, but kept the allegation, which was revealed in the mid-semester holiday break, confidential. In November 2010, Klemm was convicted of child sex offences and received a jail sentence of five years. On 18 February 2023, a student pulled a knife at the Churchie rowing sheds after his 'bag of lollies went missing'. Police were called to the scene and the 14-year-old boy was dealt with under the provisions of the Youth Justice Act.

Notable Incidents

On the afternoon of 7 December 2007, a fire started in the Lanskey Building between two Year 7 classrooms. The automated fire system set alarms off, and just after 4:30 pm the Queensland Fire and Rescue Service arrived to find two classrooms badly damaged. During April 2008, there was community debate when students were disallowed from inviting male partners to the school formal. The school's Headmaster referred the matter to the School Council, which released a statement saying that it 'strongly supported the headmaster's position on the school's education programs in social settings'.

Headmasters

Campus

Churchie's twenty-two hectare campus is located in inner-city

. The school occupies the entire eastern side of Oaklands Parade, a street in

, and extends all the way down to the banks of Norman Creek, a tributary of the

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. The first building on the site was the old boarding house, erected in 1918. Most of the school's buildings are built in the

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Scholastic style, characterised by 'decorative, half-timbered gables, red brick face-work, gargoyles and terracotta tiles'. Churchie has all of its sporting and cultural facilities on its East Brisbane campus—including ten playing fields, three swimming pools, two basketball courts, seven tennis courts and gymnasium—on the one campus. The Graham Fowles Boathouse is located approximately one kilometre away in

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. Notable buildings and facilities on the Churchie campus include: * Morris Hall – Churchie's main social, cultural and musical building * Magnus Hall and Magnus Quadrangle – the school's main academic building * The Canon Jones Memorial Chapel – the spiritual centre of the school, named after Canon Thomas Jones, an early supporter of the school. Canon Morris' remains are interred under the chapel's altar * Darnell – originally the school library, now the School Council Room and The Old Boys Room * School House – the school's oldest building and boarding headquarters * The Sir John Pidgeon Sports Complex – contains the school's basketball courts, volleyball courts and gymnasium * The Hayward Midson Creative Precinct – home to Visual Art, Film and TV and Design and Technology faculties * The Centenary Library – comprising the Senior School Library, Churchie IT, Student Services, Churchie Archives and museum, Mawson House, the Churchie Research Centre, Churchie Learning Support, The Arches café and various classrooms and multipurpose study spaces. * The 'Pocket' – a triangle of land bordered by Norman Creek that contains six of the school's playing fields, including the Main Oval

Curriculum

Academic

Churchie is involved in a number of educational research programmes carried out by various Australian universities, including the universities of

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and

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. Its new generation learning space and

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programmes are examples of such research-led initiatives. In 2017, Churchie was authorised by the International Baccalaureate Organisation as an IB World School for the delivery of the Diploma Programme and the Primary Years Programme.

Preparatory School

Churchie's Preparatory School comprises Reception to Year 6. Students in Years 4, 5 and 6 must lease from the school their own tablet computer as part of Churchie's tablet computer programme. The subjects available to prep students are: * English * Mathematics * Integrated Studies (Science, Humanities and Social Sciences) * Music * Visual Arts * Health and Physical Education * LOTE (Japanese) * Religious Education

Senior School

In 2015, Churchie combined the middle and senior schools into a single Senior School for the secondary school years (7 to 12). Students in Years 7 to 9 use the same curriculum, which focuses on English, mathematics, humanities, science, modern languages (Japanese, Mandarin, Spanish or French), religious education, and health and physical education. Electives include design technology, and visual and media arts, music, drama, geography, engineering technology, advanced science, information technology, film, television and new media and philosophy and critical reasoning. Year 10 is a preparatory year, in which subjects are presented (where possible) as precursors to what can be expected in Years 11 and 12. All subjects are assessed and reported under a criteria-based approach. Year 10 Students study English, mathematics, history, science, religious education, modern languages and history plus three elective subjects. In Years 11 and 12, students study six subjects. English and Mathematics A or Mathematics B are compulsory. The remaining four are drawn from the following list: * Accounting * Agricultural Science * Ancient History * Biology * Chemistry * Drama * Earth Science * Economics * Engineering Technology * Film, Television and New Media * Geography * Information Processing and Technology * Mathematics C * Modern History * Modern languages (Chinese Mandarin, French, Japanese, Spanish) * Music * Music Extension (Year 12 only) * Physical Education * Physics * Technology Studies * Visual Art Students also receive leadership development training as part of the pastoral learning curriculum and the school's outdoor education programme. Senior students are able to apply their leadership skills during house and co-curricular activities by, for example, mentoring younger students or undertaking duties for the house or School.

Sport

Churchie offers a range of sporting and cultural activities to all students. The school is a member of the

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(GPS) sporting competition and competes in most available sports. Boys of all skill levels are given the opportunity to participate in numerous sports, including:

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, cross-country,

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rowing Rowing is the act of propelling a human-powered watercraft using the sweeping motions of oars to displace water and generate reactional propulsion. Rowing is functionally similar to paddling, but rowing requires oars to be mechanically a ...

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, swimming,

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volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

and

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. Churchie has been highly successful in the GPS sporting competition winning the top GPS school premiership over all competitions 3 cosecutive years (2010, 2011 and 2012). This premiership was known as the Bauman Cup which was first awarded in 1953 and discontinued in 1977. Churchie was awarded the Bauman Cup a record 16 times.

Basketball

GPS school began competing in an annual

premiership since 1986. Since 1986 Churchie has won 8 outright premierships and 2 shared premierships. Churchie's latest premiership was in 2024. The team went undefeated.

Chess

Churchie's Premier Chess Team secured the GPS Chess Premiership for two consecutive years in 2018, 2019. Churchie has continued this success in 2024 by securing its fifth consecutive GPS Chess Premiership.

Cricket

Churchie entered the GPS competition in 1922 and played the first match against Gregory Terrace on the 25 February 1922. It wasn't until 1929 that Churchie won its first premiership (shared with The Southport School). Churchie has won twenty premierships between 1922 and 2020. Churchie's cricket programme has seen numerous successes over its long history, including a premiership win in 2012 after 13 years. Churchie has also seen its winning percentage across all grades soar from 30 per cent in 2009 to as high as 65 per cent in more recent years. Four Churchie Old Boys have represented Australia—Peter Burge, the Archer brothers Ken and Ron, and Tony Dell. Cross Country GPS Cross Country competition began in 1971 when the schools began competing in an annual cross-country championship. Churchie has been the most successful school in GPS Cross Country based premierships with 15 outright premierships and 2 shared premierships. Churchie's most recent premiership was in 2012. Junior Cross Country GPS schools began competing in an annual Junior Cross Country carnival since 2014. Churchie has had high success in Junior Cross Country being the first school to win the inaugural GPS Championships event for Year 5–7 in 2014. Churchie has the second most premierships with 4, behind Nudgee College's 7. Churchie's most recent Junior Cross Country premiership was in 2023.

Debating

Churchie has won the GPS Debating Premiership competition three times since it commenced in 2002, winning in 2007, 2012 and 2020. Churchie's most recently premiership was in 2022.

Football

In 2019, Churchie's First XI achieved the school's first-ever GPS Football premiership since the competition began in 1991. Churchie First XI most recent Football premiership was won in 2024.

Rowing

Churchie's rowing history dates back to its establishment in 1912. Rowing was initially based at the Toowong Rowing Club, near the school's original grounds. Later, in 1917, the school built its own boatshed and rowing facilities at Norman Creek. Shortly after the opening of the Norman Creek boatshed, the school began a rowing competition between day and boarding students, held over a 5/8-mile course, which has been held sporadically since 1920. In 1936, the Elder Hunter boatshed was built on the banks of the

in Mowbray Park,

. The school's rowing program now operates from the Graham Fowles Boathouse, built in 2005 on the site of the old boatshed. Since 1918, Churchie has entered both

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and eights in the Queensland Head of the River, Queensland's premier high school rowing competition. From 1918 to 1954, the O'Connor Cup for the Open 1st VIII race was contested in quads. Churchie won the cup six times in quads (1922, 1926, 1936, 1939, 1940 and 1941). Since the introduction of eights in 1955, Churchie has won ten times (1963, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1998, 2004, 2005, 2010 and 2012). The School has won the Old Boys' Cup, awarded to the school with the greatest number of points, a total of nine times (in 1990, 1991, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2019, 2020 and 2021) since the award's inception in 1988. In 2012, the Open 1st VIII participated in the

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at the

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in the United Kingdom, the first Churchie crew to do so.

Rugby

Initially,

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was played by the

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schools; only in 1928 did they convert to

. With seventeen premierships as of 2014, Churchie has always been one of the strongest schools in the rugby competition. Only

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has won the premiership a greater number of times. Churchie's 2005 undefeated premiership-winning 1st XV contained two future Australia players:

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and

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. Twenty-four Churchie students have been selected for the

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, the highest level of schoolboy rugby in Australia, since the team's inception in 1973. In 2010, the school was identified as one of the 'nurseries of Australian schoolboy rugby' by the Australian Schools Rugby Union (ASRU). In all, sixteen Churchie boys have gone on to become

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: * Keith Bell * Walter Bennett *

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* Owen Edwards *

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* Nigel Holt * Gavan Horsley * Kerry Larkin * Don Lowth * Lloyd McDermott *

* David Rathie * David Taylor *

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* Ric Trivett

Swimming

GPS Schools began competing in an annual

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competition since 1918.Churchie won multiple swimming premierships with 21 outright premierships since the competition began. Churchie's most recent premiership was in 2014. Junior Swimming Junior GPS Swimming Championships began in 2014. Churchie won the Junior GPS Swimming Championships a total of four times (2014, 2015, 2020, 2021). Junior Swimmers range from 10 Years & Under to 12 Years & Under.

Tennis

The first tennis captain was appointed in 1921 and tennis courts were built that same year. These courts remained in service (with extensions and modifications) until 2009 when the Sir John Pidgeon Sports Complex was built on the site. Other courts were also established for a time behind School House. Since 1991, Churchie's school tennis side has been coached by Ian Malpass. During his time at the school he has coached multiple professional tennis players such as John Milman, Adam Walton, and Colin Sinclar. Churchie now has 11 courts for the boys and community to use. In 2011 the David Turbayne Tennis Centre opened. It has seven fully-lit courts with Rebound Ace (rubber) surfaces. Churchie also has access to the council-owned Hazel Millman four tennis hard courts, which are located in Heath Park. Churchie has won the GPS Tennis Premiership 11 times since the competition began in 1918. Track and Field

Junior Track and Field

Schools have competed in an annual

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competition since 2014 Churchie has won 2 premierships and is second behind Nudgee College. Water Polo Water polo began at Churchie in 1996, and in 1997, Churchie entered its first competition with five teams. Churchie won the 2003 Southern Skies Open Championships and the 2012 Queensland Schools Tournament and was runner-up in the 2004 Tasman Cup Tournament, which featured entries from interstate and New Zealand. Even though water polo is not a recognised GPS sport, in 2009, 2010 and 2017 the Open Firsts emerged as undefeated premiers in the Independent School Competition. Churchie students who have represented Australia at various levels include William Armstrong, James Broadley, Tom Culleton, Michael Dance, Tim Dance, Nick Godfrey, Duncan Greenbank, Stewart Greenbank, Zac Hudson, Tyler Sinclair, Tom Woudwyk and Alex Yeates.

Volleyball

In 1994, volleyball became a GPS sport and Churchie fielded teams in the U13, U15 and Open divisions. The first GPS Volleyball Premiership won by Churchie was in 1998. In 2022, Churchie Volleyball included 271 players across 29 teams from Years 7 through 12. Teams commence trials and pre-season games in Term 4 with the GPS Volleyball competition played through Term 1. The Churchie First VI were GPS Premiers and holders of the Peter Donaldson Memorial Trophy in 1998, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2020. From 2016 to 2018, the Churchie First VI remained undefeated for three consecutive years. Most recently, Churchie has won back to back undefeated Volleyball Premierships (2023, 2024).

Former Sports

Gymnastics Schools have competed in an annual

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competition from 1915 to 2021. Churchie had won 16 outright premierships since 1915 to 2021 and is second behind Brisbane Grammar School. Churchie no longer consistently compete in gymnastics (occasionally, small teams/individuals have represented these schools at the championships). The GPS Gymnastics has been officially discontinued as a GPS sport after the 2020 GPS Championships, however the GPS Gymnastics Foundation Cup has been contested since 2021, where Churchie may compete. Sailing An annual

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competition was instigated in the GPS in 2000. Churchie has had success in Sailing from 2000 to 2021, winning four times, Churchie has the third most wins behind Brisbane Grammar School and The Southport School. Sailing has been officially discontinued after the 2020 GPS Championships discontinued by the GPS Association. The GPS Sailing Foundation Cup has been contested since 2021.

Culture

Music

The school's music program includes a symphony orchestra, an assortment of bands and choirs and a choral dectet. Individual tuition is available for students studying an instrument or voice and speech. Churchie also provides the choristers for St John's Cathedral. In July 2000, the Churchie Symphony Orchestra performed the prelude music and the

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at ''A Service for Australia'' in

Westminster Abbey Westminster Abbey, formally titled the Collegiate Church of Saint Peter at Westminster, is an Anglican church in the City of Westminster, London, England. Since 1066, it has been the location of the coronations of 40 English and British m ...

, London, to commemorate the

Federation of Australia The Federation of Australia was the process by which the six separate British self-governing colonies of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia (which also governed what is now the Northern Territory), and Wester ...

. Churchie runs annual

musicals Musical theatre is a form of theatrical performance that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance. The story and emotional content of a musical – humor, pathos, love, anger – are communicated through words, music, movement ...

in conjunction with

Somerville House Somerville House is an independent, boarding and day school for girls, located in South Brisbane, an inner-city suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Established in 1899 as the Brisbane High School for Girls, the School was eventually name ...

. Productions have included ''

Peter Pan Peter Pan is a fictional character created by Scottish novelist and playwright J. M. Barrie. A free-spirited and mischievous young boy who can fly and never grows up, Peter Pan spends his never-ending childhood having adventures on the mythical ...

'' (2017), '' Grease'' (2016), ''

Alice in Wonderland ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' (also known as ''Alice in Wonderland'') is an 1865 English Children's literature, children's novel by Lewis Carroll, a mathematics university don, don at the University of Oxford. It details the story of a ...

'' (2015), '' How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying'' (2014), ''

The Sound of Music ''The Sound of Music'' is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. It is based on the 1949 memoir of Maria von Trapp, '' The Story of the Trapp Family Singers''. ...

'' (2013), ''

Oliver! ''Oliver!'' is a stage musical, with book, music and lyrics by Lionel Bart. The musical is based upon the 1838 novel ''Oliver Twist'' by Charles Dickens. It premiered at the Wimbledon Theatre, southwest London in 1960 before opening in the W ...

(2012)'' and ''

Charlie And The Chocolate Factory ''Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'' is a 1964 children's novel by British author Roald Dahl. The story features the adventures of young Charlie Bucket inside the chocolate factory of eccentric chocolatier Willy Wonka. The story was origina ...

" (2024). The Stage Crew is a group of school students who work on productions, assemblies, service events, dances and other activities that require technical organisation.

Art and media

Each year, the school showcases the work of its Film, TV and New Media students at the Churchie Awards in Media (CAM). Similarly, Visual Art students display their work at CART, the Churchie Art showcase. The churchie national emerging art prize was established in 1987 as an initiative of the school. From 2010 until 2019, the school had a partnership with the Griffith University Art Gallery at the

Queensland College of Art The Queensland College of Art and Design (QCAD), established as Brisbane School of Arts and formerly known as Queensland College of Art or (QCA) after other name changes, is a specialist visual arts and design college located in South Bank, Br ...

, with staff members from the school sitting on the committee as well as developing educational materials to complement the exhibition of finalists, aimed at school-age students as of 2013. Since 2019 and , the

Institute of Modern Art The Institute of Modern Art (IMA) is a public art gallery located in the Judith Wright Arts Centre in the Brisbane inner-city suburb of Fortitude Valley, which features contemporary artworks and showcases emerging artists in a series of group and ...

has hosted the awards.

Service

Community service, along with scholastic attainment, spiritual awareness and personal growth, is one of the four tenets of the school. Churchie students are regularly involved in a number of charitable events including doorknocks, fundraisers (especially for the Leukaemia Foundation's World's Greatest Shave), nursing home visits and mobile Blood Bank donations. The school also conducts international service tours where students assist local schools and community organisations. Recent international service tours have visited India, China, Vanuatu and Samoa. On the final day of Term two, a Prep School Billy Cart Race is held to support

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. One of the most important service activities for the year is the Sony Foundation Children's Holiday Camp Program, where students from Years Eleven and Twelve care for a child with special needs during the September Holidays. In 2012, Churchie won the Queensland Community Foundation's Corporate Community Philanthropist of the Year Award for donating over $2 million over the past two decades to charitable foundations.

House system

As with most Australian schools, Churchie uses a

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. Each student is a member of one of its eleven houses, and competes in inter-house events. Churchie's inter-house competition includes swimming, cross-country,

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, lightning chess and singing. Points are awarded based on a house's participation and position. In addition to the Inter-House Cup awarded at the end of the year, shields are awarded to the house that comes first in each event. Canon Morris started Churchie's house system in 1935.

Day houses

Day students from the middle and senior schools belong to one of nine-day houses. (The preparatory school has four houses, all of which are day houses: Jutes, Angles, Saxons and Danes.) ;Biggs Biggs house was named after E. E. Biggs, a member of the first school council. He attended the school from 1918 to 1923. The Biggs family's association with the school continues to the present day. The house motto is ''Semper Conemur'' ("Always Striving"). Colours: blue and white. ;Casey Casey house was founded in 1971 and named in honour of Richard Gardiner Casey (1890–1976), later Baron Casey of Berwick, a distinguished Australian diplomat, politician and Governor-General of Australia. The house motto, ''Vis et Unitas'', is usually translated as "Progress Through Unity". The house coat of arms incorporates themes from Casey's own coat of arms, with the addition of the crossed Viking swords. Colours: gold and royal purple (Baron Casey's own colours). ;Grenfell Grenfell, founded in 1935, was one of the first four-day houses at Churchie. It was named after Sir Wilfred Thomasson Grenfell, who was born at Parkgate, England, in 1865. Grenfell was a doctor whose love of the sea and interest in boating led him to becoming a

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. A lecturer of his suggested he join a large fishing fleet as their doctor. Within five years he had encouraged the fishermen to stop drinking alcohol and Queen Victoria's interest in his successful persuasion of the crew led to her presenting the fleet with its first hospital boat. In 1891, Grenfell sailed to Cape St. John in the North Atlantic. He was mobbed by people who needed medical attention. The following spring he returned to

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with two doctors and nurses, where he set up two hospital bases for the Eskimos who populated Labrador. A third hospital was set up at St. Anthony in about 1898. Sir Wilfred Grenfell gave the school permission to use his personal motto, ''Loyal Devoir'', and coat of arms when the house was established. Colours: red and gold. ;Hillary Hillary house was named by the late headmaster Charles Fisher, who looked for men who had achieved success in their chosen field. He chose

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, who, in 1953, was one of the first men ever to climb

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. The house colours and crest were chosen by the first students of Hillary from designs submitted by students. The crest incorporated the symbols of knighthood—a knight's helmet, a castle, and a fist pointing upward. The house motto is ''Semper Sursum'' ("Ever Upward"). Colours: black and gold. ;Kingsley Kingsley was one of the original four houses. It held both day and boarding students until 1950, when the two boarding houses were created. In 1971, Kingsley House was divided to create Biggs and Hillary houses. Canon Morris chose

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, a man he considered a Christian with a Viking's courage, as the house's patron. History revealed Charles Kingsley to have been a man who practiced his Christian beliefs and followed his social conscience to help the less fortunate, with whom he chose to live. The Kingsley house motto, ''Age Quod Agis'', translates loosely as "Do What You Do Well". Colours: black and white. ;Magnus Magnus was one of the original four-day houses. The house is named after St Magnus, Churchie's patron saint. The house's coat of arms is a simple shield with St. Magnus holding a sword and a palm of martyrdom. This image of St Magnus is from a stained-glass window in

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in Orkney and dates back probably to the thirteenth century. The house motto is ''Sibi Fidelis'' ("Be Faithful To Oneself"). Colours: maroon and royal blue. ;Mansfield Mansfield was named after Sir Alan Mansfield, a distinguished barrister and former judge, Chief Justice and

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. Sir Alan attended the school when it was known as St. Magnus Hall. The house crest borrows heavily from the Mansfield family coat of arms. The house motto is "Steadfast". Colours: white and blue. ;Mawson Mawson house was named after Sir

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, a distinguished geologist and Antarctic explorer, who became famous for his discovery of the South Magnetic Pole in 1908 and his ill-fated second journey to Antarctica in 1911. He continued to visit and explore Antarctica up until 1931. The house motto is ''Alis Austri'' ("On the Wings of the South Wind"). The Mawson coat of arms includes the vessel Mawson used on his voyages south and the

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. Colours: red and green. ;Nansen Nansen was one of the original four houses, named after

Fridtjof Nansen Fridtjof Wedel-Jarlsberg Nansen (; 10 October 1861 – 13 May 1930) was a Norwegian polymath and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. He gained prominence at various points in his life as an explorer, scientist, diplomat, humanitarian and co-founded the ...

, a scientist, explorer and humanitarian. The Nansen house crest was established at Churchie in 1938; inscribed on the crest is the motto ''Fram'', which means "Forward". Colours: green and white.

Boarding houses

There are two boarding houses, both based on the school grounds. ;Gerald Gerald house was opened in 1934, as the need for new boarding accommodation grew. Prior to 1959, boarders took part in competitive sport as members of a day house. This changed in 1950, when the boarding houses became sporting competitors in their own right. The house was named after Gerald Sharp, Archbishop of Brisbane (1921–1933). The house crest shows the Bishop's mitre which symbolises the connection with Archbishop Sharp; the large star signifies God; the two smaller stars king and country, and the five small stars signify truth, honesty, duty, comradeship, and charity. The house's motto is ''Fideliter Et Constanter'', meaning "Faithfully and Constantly". Colours: green and yellow. ;Goodwin Goodwin house was opened in 1928, and named after Lieutenant General Sir

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, most famous for his medical work in World War I. Goodwin took interest in the progress of the school while he was

. The house motto is ''Fide et Virtute'', meaning "By Faith and Courage". The Goodwin house crest is the family crest of Sir John Goodwin, who suggested it be adopted by the house when he granted permission for it to be named Goodwin. Colours: red and gold.

Former houses

In 2006, Churchie lessened the number of school houses in the inter-house competition. Five houses—three-day and two boarding—were abolished, reducing the total number of houses from sixteen to eleven. The three-day houses removed were Alban (dark blue and sky blue), Schonell (red and blue) and Halse (gold and light green). Donaldson (blue and gold) and Strong (gold and black) are the two former boarding houses.

Student bodies and leadership groups

A number of student and leadership groups exist at the school. The Prefect Body is a group of seniors selected by the students and teachers of the school to lead the student body in all aspects of Churchie life. It is led by the three school vice-captains and the School Captain, who are collectively known as the Student Executive. The Head Boarder is the leader of the boarding students. The Student Council is a student organisation, led by the Speaker of the House (a school vice-captain) and the two managers-of-business, consisting of the assembly and the cabinet. Service Coordinators is a group of seniors selected within their houses and led by the President of Service who encourage service within the school. Since 2008, boys in Year Nine must participate either in weekly community service, scouting or the Tri-Service Cadets program. Boys must commit to these until the end of Year Nine. The school also operates the Duke of Edinburgh's Awards and in November 2014, Prince Edward, accompanied by Governor of Queensland

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, visited the school to promote the award as part of an Australian tour.

Notable alumni

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of Anglican Church Grammar School are known as 'Old Boys', and may elect to join the school's

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, the Churchie Old Boys' Association. Notable Churchie Old Boys include:

Public service and the law

, AC, QC – former

(2014–2021) and

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(1998–2014) * Sir

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, KCMG, KCVO – former Chief Justice of Queensland (1956–1966), Governor of Queensland (1966–1972) and Chancellor of the

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(1966–1976) * Walter Sofronoff QC – President of the Queensland Court of Appeal (2017–) and former Solicitor-General of Queensland (2005–2014) * David Thomas – Judge of the Federal Court of Australia and President of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (2017–2022) * Hugh Fraser – Judge of the Queensland

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(2008–) * David North, SC – Judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland (2011–) * John Helman – former Judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland (1994–2007) * Tom Shepherdson – former Judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland (1982–2000) * Kenneth Mackenzie (judge) – former Judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland (1989–2008) * Peter Tesch – Australian Ambassador to Russia (2016–) and former Ambassador to Kazakhstan and Germany * Peter Dunning QC – Solicitor-General of Queensland (2014–) * Alex Freeleagus, AO,

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, AM (Mil), RFD – Honorary Consul-General of Greece in Queensland (1957–2005) and noted Queensland solicitor *

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, CVO, AM – former Official Secretary to two Governors-General of Australia,

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(2003) and Major-General

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(2003–2008) * David Russell, AM, RFD, QC – Queensland barrister and prominent figure in the

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, AO – former president of the

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(2003–2005) Clem Jones

Politics

Tim Nicholls Timothy James Nicholls (born 6 April 1965) is an Australian politician and a former leader of the Liberal National Party of Queensland. He served as the Treasurer of Queensland and the Minister for Trade of that state between March/April 2012 ...

– former

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(2012–2015), former Leader of the

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(2016–2017) and current LNP Member for

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(2006–) *

Cameron Dick Cameron Robert Dick (born 25 April 1967) is an Australian politician and member of the Labor Party who was the 36th Deputy Premier of Queensland from 2023 to 2024, 51st Treasurer of the state of Queensland from 2020 to 2024, and Minister for Tr ...

– former

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, Minister for Industrial Relations of Queensland and Minister for Education of Queensland (2009–2011); Minister of Health of Queensland and Minister of Ambulance Services of Queensland (2015–2017) *

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former MP –

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Member for Bowman (2004–22) and Director of Funding for the

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Clem Jones Clem Jones Order of Australia, AO (16 January 191815 December 2007), a surveyor by profession, was the longest serving Lord Mayor of Brisbane, Queensland, representing the Australian Labor Party (Queensland Branch), Labor Party from 1961 to 1975 ...

, AO – Longest-serving

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(1961–1975) * Sam Cox MP – former Queensland LNP member for Thuringowa (2012–2015) * Dr.

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MP – former President of the Queensland branch of the Australian Medical Association (2013–2014) and current LNP member for Moggill (2015–) * Bruce Scott MP –

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Member for Maranoa (1990–2016) and Deputy

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(2011–2012) * Ian Walker MP – LNP member for

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(2012–2017) and former Minister for Science, Information Technology, Innovation and the Arts of Queensland (2013–2015) *

David Jull David Francis Jull (4 October 1944 – 13 September 2011) was an Australian politician. He was a long-serving Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives, representing the Division of Bowman, Queensland, from 1975 to 1983 and F ...

– Long-serving Liberal member for Bowman (1975–1983) and Fadden (1984–2007) in the Australian House of Representatives * Jim Samios, AM, MBE – former Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party in the

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(1995–2003) *

Neil Symes Neil Aaron Symes (born 11 December 1988) is an Australian politician who was the member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland for Lytton from 2012 to 2015.

MP – former Queensland LNP Member for Lytton (2012–2015) * Harold Lowes – former Queensland lawyer and Liberal Member for

in the

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(1974–1977) * Donald Cameron, AM – Queensland politician who represented

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(1966–1977), Fadden (1977–1983) and Moreton (1983–1990) in the Australian House of Representatives *

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, AM – Author and political

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for leaders of the Australian Labor Party

Business and philanthropy

* Don Argus, AC – Former Chairman of

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(1999–2010),

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(1990–1999) and

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(1999–2008) *

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(2007–2018) * The Rev. Keith Rayner, AO – former Archbishop of Melbourne (1990–1999) and

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* Sir

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– Queensland property developer * Graham Fowles – Founder of Fowles, Australia's largest auction house * Marcus Blackmore, AM – Chairman of Blackmore's Australia Peter Porter cropped

Entertainment, media and the arts

* Peter Porter, OAM – Poet and 2004 candidate for

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at the

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Jeffrey Black Jeffrey Black (born 6 September 1962) is an Australian baritone who has had an active international performance career since the early 1980s. A frequent performer with Opera Australia and the Glyndebourne Festival Opera, he has performed lead ...

– Opera singer *

Garth Welch Garth de Burgh Welch (born 14 April 1936) is an Australian dancer and choreographer. Early life and training Welch was born in Brisbane, Queensland. He was educated at the Anglican Church Grammar School. His initial dance training took place ...

– Ballet dancer and choreographer * John Meehan –

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and former ballet dancer *

Stephen Page Stephen George Page is an Aboriginal Australian choreographer, film director and former dancer. He was artistic director of the Bangarra Dance Theatre, an Indigenous Australian dance company, from 1991 until 2022. During this time he choreograp ...

– Indigenous dance choreographer and artistic director of the

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Simon Gallaher Simon Gallaher (born 24 October 1958) is an Australian singer, actor, director and pianist. He teaches Mouth Organ at Jomamma Music School Tamborine Mountain. Biography Gallaher was born in Brisbane and educated at the Anglican Church Gramma ...

– Singer, actor, pianist, theatre director and theatrical producer *

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– Actor *

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, AO,

– Actor and producer, highly successful in Britain *

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–

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winning television presenter and Australian media personality *

John Schluter John Schluter (born 1955) is an Australian journalist and weather presenter. Schluter currently presents a weekly "Flashback" report and is a fill-in weather presenter on ''Seven News'' in Brisbane. Career Nine Network Schluter presented the we ...

– Presenter for ''

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'' * James Swanwick – Anchor of ''

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'' on

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Donald Crombie Donald Charles Crombie (5 July 1942 – 25 March 2025) was an Australian film and television director. He is known for the films ''Caddie (film), Caddie'' (1976), ''The Irishman (1978 film), The Irishman'' (1978), ''Cathy's Child'' (1979), '' ...

–

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and television director *

Nick Earls Nicholas Francis Ward Earls (born 8 October 1963) is a novelist from Brisbane, Australia, who writes humorous popular fiction about everyday life. The majority of his novels are set in his home town of Brisbane. He fronted a major Brisbane tour ...

– Award-winning Australian author *

Grant McLennan Grant William McLennan (12 February 19586 May 2006) was an Australian alternative rock singer-songwriter-guitarist. He co-founded the Go-Betweens (1977–89, 2000–06) with Robert Forster in Brisbane in 1977 and issued four solo albums: '' Wat ...

– Singer-songwriter and founding member of the

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band

The Go-Betweens The Go-Betweens were an Australian indie rock band formed in Brisbane, Queensland, in 1977. The band was co-founded and led by singer-songwriters and guitarists Robert Forster (musician), Robert Forster and Grant McLennan, who were its only co ...

Mike Chapman Michael Donald Chapman (born 13 April 1947) is an Australian record producer and songwriter who was a major force in the British pop music industry in the 1970s. He created a string of hit singles for artists including The Sweet, Suzi Quatro ...

– Record producer and songwriter in Britain, prominent during the 1970s *

Philip Lindsay Philip Lindsay (30 April 1906 – 4 January 1958) was an Australian writer, who mostly wrote historical novels. Life and writing He was the son of Norman Lindsay, an Australian artist and a younger brother of writer Jack Lindsay. He was ...

– Australian writer and historical novelist and the son of

Norman Lindsay Norman Alfred William Lindsay (22 February 1879 – 21 November 1969) was an Australian artist, etcher, sculptor, writer, art critic, novelist, cartoonist and amateur boxing, boxer. One of the most prolific and popular Australian artists of hi ...

* Dene Olding – Violinist,

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and conductor * Sam Cranstoun – Australian artist twice shortlisted for the

Archibald Prize The Archibald Prize is an Australian portraiture art prize for painting, generally seen as the most prestigious portrait prize in Australia. It was first awarded in 1921 after the receipt of a bequest from J. F. Archibald, J. F. Archib ...

* David Denholm – author

Academia and education

Alistair Cameron Crombie Alistair Cameron Crombie (4 November 1915 – 9 February 1996) was an Australian historian of science who began his career as a zoologist. He was noted for his contributions to research on competition between species before turning to history. ...

– former

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at the

and

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(subsequently

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) of

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* Richard Leftwich – Fuji Bank and Heller Professor of Accounting and Finance at the

University of Chicago Booth School of Business The University of Chicago Booth School of Business (branded as Chicago Booth) is the graduate business school of the University of Chicago, a private research university in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1898, Chicago Booth is the second-oldest ...

and a former

Marvin Bower Marvin Bower (August 1, 1903 – January 22, 2003) was an American business theorist and management consultant associated with McKinsey & Company. Under Bower's leadership, McKinsey grew from a small engineering and accounting firm to a leader i ...

Fellow at the

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Sam Hawgood Samuel Hawgood (born c. 1953) is a pediatrician, researcher, Arthur and Toni Rembe Rock Distinguished professor, and the tenth chancellor of the University of California, San Francisco. He obtained his medical degree (MBBS) from the University of ...

– Chancellor of the

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* Franklin White – President, Canadian Public Health Assoc.(1986–88); Medal of Honor (1997)

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; endowed chair

Dalhousie University Dalhousie University (commonly known as Dal) is a large public research university in Nova Scotia, Canada, with three campuses in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Halifax, a fourth in Bible Hill, Nova Scotia, Bible Hill, and a second medical school campus ...

(1982–89) and

Aga Khan University Aga Khan University is a private research university based in Karachi, Pakistan. It is a non-profit institution and an agency of the Aga Khan Development Network. It was founded in 1983 as Pakistan's first private university. Starting in 2000, t ...

(1998–2003) *

Mervyn Meggitt Mervyn John Meggitt (20 August 1924 – 13 November 2004 New York State) was an Australian anthropologist and one of the pioneering researchers of highland Papua New Guinea and of Indigenous Australian cultures. Early life Born in Warwick, Q ...

–

Anthropologist An anthropologist is a scientist engaged in the practice of anthropology. Anthropologists study aspects of humans within past and present societies. Social anthropology, cultural anthropology and philosophical anthropology study the norms, values ...

who specialised in the study of Papua New Guinean and

Aboriginal Australian Aboriginal Australians are the various indigenous peoples of the Australian mainland and many of its islands, excluding the ethnically distinct people of the Torres Strait Islands. Humans first migrated to Australia 50,000 to 65,000 year ...

cultures * Cecil Pearce (former headmaster),

OBE The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding valuable service in a wide range of useful activities. It comprises five classes of awards across both civil and military divisions, the most senior two o ...

– former Headmaster of

The Southport School The Southport School (TSS) is an independent Anglican early learning, primary and secondary day and boarding school for boys, located in Southport, a suburb on the Gold Coast of Queensland, Australia. Established in 1901 by the Revd Horac ...

(1950–1971) Quade Cooper 2011 close-up

Sport

– Player for the

Brumbies The ACT Brumbies (known from 2005 to 2022 as simply the Brumbies) is an Australian professional rugby union team based in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory (ACT), The team competes in Super Rugby and named for the feral horses which inh ...

and the

– Player for the

Queensland Reds The Queensland Reds is the rugby union team based in Brisbane for the Australian state of Queensland that competes in the Southern Hemisphere's Super Rugby competition. Prior to 1996, they were a representative team selected from the rugby union ...

and the Wallabies *

Karmichael Hunt Karmichael Neil Matthew Hunt (born 17 November 1986) is an Australian professional rugby league coach and former player who is the current head coach of the Souths Logan Magpies in the Queensland Cup, as well as the Cook Islands national rugby ...

– Player for the Queensland Reds; former player for the

Brisbane Broncos The Brisbane Broncos are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Red Hill, a suburb of Brisbane, Queensland. Founded in April 1987, the Broncos compete in the National Rugby League (NRL) and play their home games at ...

and the

Gold Coast Suns The Gold Coast Suns, officially the Gold Coast Football Club, are a professional Australian rules football club that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL). The club is based on Queensland's Gold Coast, Queensland, Gold Coast in the ...

* Jake Schatz – Player for the Queensland Reds *

Aidan Toua Aidan Manoa Toua (born 19 January 1990) is a rugby union player for Japanese team Honda Heat. He previously played Super Rugby for the Queensland Reds and ACT Brumbies. His usual position is fullback. Toua was educated at the Anglican Church ...

– Player for the Brumbies * Michael Gunn – Player for the Queensland Reds * Cameron Bairstow – Player for The Hawks *

Jarred Bairstow Jarred Bairstow (born 5 November 1992) is an Australian professional basketball player who last played for the Brisbane Bullets of the National Basketball League (NBL). He played three seasons of college basketball in the United States for the ...

– Player for the

Perth Wildcats The Perth Wildcats are an Australian professional basketball team based in Perth, Western Australia. The Wildcats compete in the National Basketball League (Australia), National Basketball League (NBL) and play their home games at Perth Arena, ...

Jaydn Su'A Jaydn Su'A (born 23 October 1997) is a Samoa international rugby league footballer who plays as a forward for the St George Illawarra Dragons in the National Rugby League (NRL). He previously played for the Brisbane Broncos and South Sydney ...

– Player for the South Sydney Rabbitohs *

Kalyn Ponga Kalyn Ponga (born 30 March 1998) is a professional rugby league footballer who captains and plays as a for the Newcastle Knights in the National Rugby League and Queensland rugby league team, Queensland in the State of Origin series. He is the ...

– Player for

Newcastle Knights The Newcastle Knights are an Australian professional rugby league team based in Newcastle, New South Wales that competes in the National Rugby League (NRL) premiership. Playing in red and blue, the Knights joined the top-tier competition in New ...

Brodie Croft Brodie Croft (born 14 July 1997) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a for Leeds Rhinos in the Super League. He previously played for Salford Red Devils in the Super League, with whom he won the Man of Steel Aw ...

– Player for the

Melbourne Storm The Melbourne Storm is a rugby league football club based in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia that participates in the National Rugby League (NRL). The club plays its home games at AAMI Park, and wears a purple and navy blu ...

* Mack Mason – Player for

NSW Waratahs The New South Wales Waratahs ( or ;), often referred to as the Waratahs, are an Australian professional rugby union team based in Sydney that represents the majority of New South Wales in the Super Rugby Pacific competition. The Waratahs play ...

*Isaia Perese – Player for Queensland Reds and Brisbane Broncos * James Grant – Former Dalby Wheatmen Rugby Player * Henry Taefu – Player for the Queensland Reds * Tim Walsh – former player for the Queensland Reds * Lloyd McDermott – Australia's second

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Wallaby and first

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* Robbie Russell – former player for the

Scotland national rugby union team The Scotland national rugby union team represents the Scottish Rugby Union in men's international rugby union. The team takes part in the annual Six Nations Championship, where they are the current Doddie Weir Cup holders. They also participa ...

* Junior Rasolea – Player for the

Western Force The Western Force is an Australian professional rugby union team based in Perth, Western Australia, currently competing in Super Rugby, Super Rugby Pacific. They previously played in Super Rugby from 2006 until they were axed from the competitio ...

* Tom Hockings – Played for the Western Force * Tom McQueen – Player for the

Hong Kong Sevens The Hong Kong Sevens ( zh, t=香港國際七人欖球賽, link=no) is a rugby sevens tournament held annually in Hong Kong on a weekend in late March or early April. Considered the premier tournament on the World Rugby Sevens Series competiti ...

team * Keith Bell – former player for the Wallabies * Walter Bennett – former player for the Wallabies * Gavan Horsley – former player for the Wallabies * Kerry Larkin – former player for the Wallabies * David Rathie – former rugby union player for the Wallabies and cricketer for the

Queensland Bulls The Queensland men's cricket team or the Queensland Bulls is the representative cricket side in Australia's domestic cricket tournaments for the Australian state of Queensland: *Sheffield Shield: four-day matches with first-class status, sinc ...

* Ric Trivett – former player for the Wallabies *

Jason Dunstall Jason Hadfield Dunstall (born 14 August 1964) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Dunstall is arguably the greatest Australian rules footballer to come from ...

– former

AFL AFL may refer to: Education * Angel Foundation for Learning, a Canadian Roman Catholic charity * Ankara Science High School, a high school in Ankara, Turkey, natively referred to as ''Ankara Fen Liesi'' * Assessment for learning Military * ...

player with Hawthorn * Scott Harding – former

and

American football American football, referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron football, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular American football field, field with goalposts at e ...

player *

Jonathan McKain Jonathan "Jon" McKain (born 21 September 1982) is a Scottish Australian football player who retired from professional football in 2016 after a long and successful career. He played in countries including Romania, Australia, Saudi Arabia, and ...

– former player for

Adelaide United Adelaide United Football Club is a professional men's soccer club located in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. The club was one of the eight founding members of the A-League Men and have competed in it concurrently since its formation, u ...

and the Socceroos *

Nathan Coe Nathan Coe (born 1 June 1984) is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bentleigh Greens. Club career The son of former National Soccer League and Australian under 23 goalkeeper Martin Coe, he was educated at the ...

– Goalkeeper for

Melbourne Victory Melbourne Victory Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Melbourne, Victoria. Competing in the country's premier men's competition, the A-League Men, under licence from Australian Professional Leagues (APL), Victory ...

and the Socceroos *

Steve Hogg Steven Hogg (born 14 February 1960) is an Australian former soccer player who played at both professional and international levels as a defender. Early and personal life He was educated at the Anglican Church Grammar School. His daughter, Ka ...

– former player for the Socceroos *

Regan Harrison Regan Dean Harrison (born 25 November 1977) is an Australian former breaststroke swimmer of the 1990s and 2000s, who won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney as part of the 4×100-metre medley relay team. He was educated at t ...

– former Australian breaststroke swimmer and silver medallist at the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October ...

Stephen Holland Stephen Roy Holland, OAM (born 31 May 1958) is an Australian former freestyle swimmer of the 1970s who won a bronze medal in the 1500 m freestyle at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. In a brief and spectacular career, he broke 12 world ...

, OAM – Teenage freestyle swimmer who won medals at the

1974 Commonwealth Games The 1974 British Commonwealth Games () were held in Christchurch, New Zealand, from 24 January to 2 February 1974. The bid vote was held in Edinburgh at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games. The event was officially named "the friendly games". T ...

and the

1976 Olympic Games 1976 Olympics refers to both: *The 1976 Winter Olympics, which were originally to be held in Denver, United States, but relocated to Innsbruck, Austria *The 1976 Summer Olympics The 1976 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of t ...

, who broke twelve world records in a three-year career * Peter Burge, AM – former Australian

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er and

match referee A match referee is an official appointed to oversee professional cricket matches. Match referees for Test matches and One Day Internationals are appointed by the International Cricket Council (ICC). Most matches below international level do not ...

* Ron Archer, AM – former test cricketer * Ken Archer, AM – former test cricketer and media executive * Tony Dell – former test cricketer * Dennis Lillie – former Queensland

cricketer Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball game played between two Sports team, teams of eleven players on a cricket field, field, at the centre of which is a cricket pitch, pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two Bail (cr ...

Ryan Broad Ryan Andrew Broad (born 9 March 1982) is an Australian professional cricketer who played for the Queensland cricket team. He is a right-handed opening batsman. Broad was educated at the Anglican Church Grammar School. Broad is the son of Wayne ...

– Professional cricketer for the Queensland Bulls *

Ben McDermott Benjamin Reginald McDermott (born 12 December 1994) is an Australian international cricketer. He represents the Hobart Hurricanes in the Big Bash League and Queensland in Australian domestic cricket. He made his international debut for the Aust ...

– Professional cricketer for the Queensland Bulls * John Cuneo – Gold medal-winning

sailor A sailor, seaman, mariner, or seafarer is a person who works aboard a watercraft as part of its crew, and may work in any one of a number of different fields that are related to the operation and maintenance of a ship. While the term ''sailor'' ...

at the

1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and officially branded as Munich 1972 (; ), were an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. It was the ...

and challenger in the 1974

America's Cup The America's Cup is a sailing competition and the oldest international competition still operating in any sport. America's Cup match races are held between two sailing yachts: one from the yacht club that currently holds the trophy (known ...

Peter Shakespear Peter Shakespear (born 27 September 1946) is an Australian rowing (sport), rower. He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics and the 1976 Summer Olympics. Shakespear is married to Wilma Shakespear, a former Australia national netball team, Austral ...

– Two-time Olympic rower and Olympic gold, silver and bronze medal-winning rowing coach * Jared Bidwell – Australian

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Joshua Jefferis Joshua Jefferis (born 29 August 1985) is an Australian artistic gymnast. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder. He has won medals at the 2006 and 2010 Commonwealth Games. Personal Jefferis was born on 29 August 1 ...

– Olympic

artistic gymnast Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which athletes perform short routines on different types of apparatus. The sport is governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG), which assigns the '' Code of Points'' used ...

and medallist at the 2006 and

2010 Commonwealth Games The 2010 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Delhi 2010, were an international multi-sport event for the members of the Commonwealth that was held in Delhi, India, from 3 to 14 October 201 ...

Chilla Porter Charles Michael "Chilla" Porter (11 January 193615 August 2020) was an Australian athlete and political figure. He won a silver medal in the high jump at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. He later served as general secretary of the Liberal P ...

– Olympic-medal winning

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er and medallist at the 1958 and

1962 Commonwealth Games The 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games were held in Perth, Western Australia, from 22 November to 1 December 1962. Athletic events were held at Perry Lakes Stadium in the suburb of Floreat and swimming events at Beatty Park in North ...

* Allen Crawley – Olympic long jumper *

John Millman John H. Millman (born 14 June 1989) is an Australian former professional tennis player. He won one title on the ATP Tour, the 2020 Astana Open, reaching a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 33 in October 2018. His other career high ...

–

Professional A professional is a member of a profession or any person who work (human activity), works in a specified professional activity. The term also describes the standards of education and training that prepare members of the profession with the partic ...

tennis player * Ian Ayre – former Australian

player * James Giltrow – Australian

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boxer *

David Smerdon David Craig Smerdon (born 17 September 1984) is an Australian chess player and economist who holds the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM). He is the seventh highest ranked chess player of Australia. Smerdon has played for the Australian team in th ...

– Australian chess grandmaster *

Clint Steindl Clinton Harold Steindl (born 15 March 1989) is an Australian former professional basketball player who played 12 seasons in the National Basketball League (NBL). He played college basketball in the United States for the Saint Mary's Gaels befor ...

– Australian basketball player with the

Cairns Taipans The Cairns Taipans are an Australian professional basketball team based in Cairns, Queensland. The Taipans compete in the National Basketball League (NBL) and play their home games at the Cairns Convention Centre, known colloquially as "The S ...

Zac Stubblety-Cook Izaac Keith Stubblety-Cook ( ; born 4 January 1999) is an Australian swimmer. He is a former world record holder in the long course 200 metre breaststroke. In 2021, Stubblety-Cook competed in the men's 100m and 200m breaststroke events at the ...

– Gold medal-winning swimmer at the

2020 Summer Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...

Gregg Hansford Gregory John "Gregg" Hansford (8 April 1952 – 5 March 1995) was an Australian professional motorcycle and touring car racer. He competed in the FIM Grand Prix motorcycle racing world championships from 1978 to 1981 and in Australian tour ...

– Professional motorcycle and automobile racer; ten-time Grand Prix winner

Military

* Major General Mike Hindmarsh, AO,

DSC DSC or Dsc may refer to: Education * Doctor of Science (D.Sc.) * District Selection Committee, an entrance exam in India * Doctor of Surgical Chiropody, superseded in the 1960s by Doctor of Podiatric Medicine Educational institutions * Dyal Sin ...

, CSC (Retired) – Former Australian Special Operations Commander (2004–2008) and current Commander of the Presidential Guard in the

UAE The United Arab Emirates (UAE), or simply the Emirates, is a country in West Asia, in the Middle East, at the eastern end of the Arabian Peninsula. It is a federal elective monarchy made up of seven emirates, with Abu Dhabi serving as i ...

Armed Forces A military, also known collectively as armed forces, is a heavily armed, highly organized force primarily intended for warfare. Militaries are typically authorized and maintained by a sovereign state, with their members identifiable by a ...

* Captain Bryce Duffy – Australian soldier killed on operations in

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the Durand Line, east and south, Iran to the Afghanistan–Iran borde ...

in October 2011 * Galfry Gatacre (1907–1983) – Royal Australian Navy rear admiral and first-class cricketer * Christopher Johnstone -Royal Australian Air Force barrister and lawyer

Notable teachers

A number of notable individuals have taught at the school over the years. Some current and former teachers include: *

Richard Stone Sir John Richard Nicholas Stone (30 August 1913 – 6 December 1991) was an eminent British economist. He was educated at Gonville and Caius College and King's College at the University of Cambridge. In 1984, he was awarded the Nobel Memori ...

– former Olympic fencer and sports master at the school *

Michael Brimer Michael Brimer (8 August 1933 – 7 March 2023) was a South African-Australian pianist, organist, conductor, composer, musicologist, and academic. Biography Brimer was born in South Africa and studied with Eleanor Bonnar, a pupil of Leopold Godow ...

– South African pianist, organist, conductor, composer and music master at Churchie in the 1950s * Mel Johnson –

Cricket umpire In cricket, an umpire (from the Old French meaning not a peer, i.e. not a member of one of the teams, impartial) is a person who has the authority to make decisions about events on the cricket field according to the ''Laws of Cricket''. Besides ...

and former Australian

er *

Dirk Wellham Dirk MacDonald Wellham (born 13 March 1959) is a former Australian cricketer who played in six Test matches and 17 One Day Internationals (ODIs) between 1981 and 1987. He is one of three players to score a century in both his first class and T ...

– former Australian

One Day International One Day International (ODI) is a format of cricket, played between two teams with international status, in which each team faces a fixed number of fifty overs, with the game lasting up to 7 hours. The World Cup, generally held every four yea ...

and test cricketer * Ian Greig – former England cricketer, player for the Cambridge University Rugby Union Football Club and brother of former England captain and commentator

Tony Greig Anthony William Greig (6 October 194629 December 2012) was a South African-born cricketer and commentator. Greig qualified to play for the England cricket team by virtue of his Scottish father. He was a tall () all-rounder who bowled both ...

John Hipwell John Noel Brian Hipwell (24 January 1948 – 23 September 2013) was an Australian national representative rugby union player who played and captained the Wallabies. He played the majority of his career at scrum half and his representative car ...

, OAM – former

scrum-half and Australian Rugby Union Hall of Fame Member *

Cheryl Kernot Cheryl Zena Kernot (née Paton, formerly Young; born 5 December 1948) is an Australian politician, academic, and political activist. She was a member of the Australian Senate representing Queensland for the Australian Democrats from 1990 to 199 ...

– former Leader the Australian Democrats and Queensland Senator (1990–1997). * John Callie - former South African rower, representing them in the men's coxless pair event at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

References

External links

*
Churchie Old Boys website

Churchie Emerging Art website
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