Geelong Grammarians: A Biographical Register, Volume One 1855–1913
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Few institutions have shaped Australian public life as profoundly as Geelong Grammar School, and Geelong Grammarians: A Biographical Register, Volume One 1855–1913 stands as the definitive chronicle of the men who passed through its gates during the school's formative decades. This meticulously compiled reference work presents biographical entries for alumni spanning nearly six decades, from the school's earliest days in 1855 through to 1913, documenting the lives, careers, and legacies of a generation that built colonial and early Federation Australia. Drawing on archival records, personal papers, and historical sources, it maps the trajectories of graduates who went on to distinguish themselves in law, medicine, politics, the military, and the pastoral industries that underpinned Australian prosperity. Authored by Justin J. Corfield and Michael Collins Persse, this volume illustrates the extraordinary breadth of influence wielded by a single educational institution across Australian society. The work is both a scholarly reference and a social history, revealing patterns of privilege, ambition, and service that defined the ruling class of a newly federated nation. Indispensable to genealogists, historians, and anyone with a connection to Geelong Grammar School, it raises a compelling question: how many of the currents of modern Australian life can be traced back to the classrooms and playing fields of one remarkable school?
Author: Justin J Corfield & Michael Collins Persse
Format: Hardback
Published: 1991, Geelong Grammar School
Genre: Australian history
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Few institutions have shaped Australian public life as profoundly as Geelong Grammar School, and Geelong Grammarians: A Biographical Register, Volume One 1855–1913 stands as the definitive chronicle of the men who passed through its gates during the school's formative decades. This meticulously compiled reference work presents biographical entries for alumni spanning nearly six decades, from the school's earliest days in 1855 through to 1913, documenting the lives, careers, and legacies of a generation that built colonial and early Federation Australia. Drawing on archival records, personal papers, and historical sources, it maps the trajectories of graduates who went on to distinguish themselves in law, medicine, politics, the military, and the pastoral industries that underpinned Australian prosperity. Authored by Justin J. Corfield and Michael Collins Persse, this volume illustrates the extraordinary breadth of influence wielded by a single educational institution across Australian society. The work is both a scholarly reference and a social history, revealing patterns of privilege, ambition, and service that defined the ruling class of a newly federated nation. Indispensable to genealogists, historians, and anyone with a connection to Geelong Grammar School, it raises a compelling question: how many of the currents of modern Australian life can be traced back to the classrooms and playing fields of one remarkable school?