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Old Scotch Collegians' Association

Locality: Hawthorn, Victoria

Phone: +61 3 9810 4359

Address: Morrison St 3122 Hawthorn, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.oscanet.com.au

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25.01.2022 Flashback Friday The 1970 edition of The Scotch Collegian featured this Third Generations Collegians photo and history of family links.

25.01.2022 Flashback Friday The last day of school for the lads today. Here is recent photo that an Old Boy sent into our Archives. Junior School early 1920's. Nearly 100 years ago!

24.01.2022 Announcing the launch of OSCA's new Business Directory. OSCA's Business Directory gives you an exclusive space within our alumni network to promote your business or service and support other members of your alumni community. If you are an Old Boy, register at www.oscaconnect.com.au and go to the Business Directory in the main menu to promote your business or service today.

24.01.2022 Flashback Friday Seek your help. Can you identify this man - circled. OSFC - Last game at Yarra Park using the old pavilion 1959

24.01.2022 Finn Maginness(19) to debut for Hawthorn today. Great effort https://www.hawthornfc.com.au/news/811635

23.01.2022 Today is R U OK?Day. It's our national day of action when we remind Australians that every day is the day to ask, Are you OK? Reach out to a loved one or a friend you haven't spoken to in a while.

23.01.2022 Remembrance Day Today, in conditions altered by COVID-19, Scotch remembered those Old Boys and staff members who died in or as a result of World Wars I and II. Year 7 boys put out 224 World War I crosses and three Magen Davids for the 222 Old Boys and five staff members currently known to have died as a result of that war. They also put out 378 crosses for the 377 Old Boys and one staff member currently known to have died as a result of World War II.

22.01.2022 Flashback Friday Class of 2010 Tonight we were due to host their 10 year reunion which has sadly been postponed. A cracking year group. Stay safe

22.01.2022 FLASHBACK FRIDAY With the official opening next Thursday of the new Tolson Centre, housing OSCA House, the Scotch Archives & Museum, we look back to our first Scotch archivist and past OSCA President Geoff Tolson (’39). The following excerpt is taken from With a Keen But Loving Eye: a Centenary History of the Old Scotch Collegians’ Association 1913 2013 written by Bruce Brown (’60).... "Geoff Tolson grew up with a deep love for Scotch. His father had been a signaller for (Sir) John Monash at Gallipoli in 1915 and young Tolson entered the Scotch Junior School in 1930. On leaving Scotch in 1939 he began a successful career in electrical and illumination engineering. Meanwhile for over 40 years he had maintained a remarkable network of school friends, including Garth Tapp (1939) and Jim Shaw (1941), as well as a deep commitment to OSCA, culminating in his year as President in 1983. In 1984, he had retired and was perfectly placed to accept an invitation to become the School Archivist. From 1985 to 1992 he worked feverishly to establish the Archives, and undertook post-graduate studies to enhance the quality of his work. His regular articles in Great Scot provided insights into the School’s rich heritage. With his inimitable sense of humour, visits to the Scotch Archives were enjoyable experiences"

20.01.2022 Flashback Friday Arthur Godfrey Goodson - Science teacher at Scotch 1913-1915 Born in 1886 and educated at Leeds Central High School in England, he went on to take a Bachelor of Science at Leeds University where he excelled at sport, gaining a double blue for football and track sports.... In 1913 he took a position as a science tutor at Scotch College in Melbourne where he was admired by the boys and masters alike. If he was shocked to find an absence of soccer posts at the school, with Scotch not taking up soccer until the 1970s, he was able to satisfy his sporting desire in the bustling soccer culture of pre-War Melbourne.

20.01.2022 Flashback Friday- Hugh Cameron ('77) Trawling through some of his old travel photos he found this treasure from a trip overseas. City of Pagsanjan in The Philippines in 2009. We thought it was very amusing.

20.01.2022 OSCA Annual Dinner Week 25-29 May 2020 This week OSCA we will celebrate past dinners. In 1989 The Hon Andrew Peacock AC (57) standing was guest speaker, to his far left is the then Scotch Principal Gordon Donaldson; left The Rt Hon Bill Hayden; right glimpse of OSCA President Michael Robinson AO (55); far right the then Vice Principal David Hosking. The night was held at Leonda on the Yarra.

19.01.2022 Tickets for the 2021 OSCA Annual Dinner are now sold out. To join the waitlist for tickets please register your name at the link below: https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing

18.01.2022 Flashback Friday Celebrating National Indigenous Week and Australias journey towards a more just, equitable and reconciled nation Scotch boys with some of the locals on the 2010 NT / Tiwi Island Football Tour.

18.01.2022 Rower Josh Booth ('08) puts Olympics hopes on the line to help fight coronavirus The medical graduate based in Canberra had deferred his internship to focus on the Tokyo Olympic Games, but the pandemic changed his plans. He moved back home to Melbourne to take up an internship at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. "I felt like I needed to, in the sense of what else are you going to do if everyone's just sitting around their houses and there's something going on and you know, that they need doctors," he said.

16.01.2022 Flashback Friday There are 14 Scotch boys on AFL lists. Can you name them? A hundred years ago, the 1st XVIII began with high hopes, with nine players returning from 1919. However, two of them then left, and the first APS game, against Geelong Grammar School, was a 50-23 loss. An 85-68 win against Xavier College gave the team a chance at the premiership in what was then a six game competition, and this was strengthened by a 74-52 win at the MCG against Melbourne Grammar Scho...ol. An easy 94-14 win over Geelong College had Scotch feeling confident, and a 70-56 win against Wesley College enabled Scotch to face MGS in a play-off for the 1920 premiership. Played at the MCG, and with the come-from-behind win against Wesley probably having taken a toll, Scotch succumbed to Grammar, 81-47. From the 1920 team, Raymond George Reid Baxter (SC 1917-23) played for Richmond in 1925. See more

16.01.2022 Flashback Friday Class of 1980.This month we were scheduled to host their 40 Year reunion. We hope to gather sometime soon. Check these out- Staff of the Day and some Rock & Roll in Memorial Hall

15.01.2022 The new Keon Cohen Dining Hall is being enjoyed by the lads. Back in 1956 Satura featured a drawing quipping the need to update the then tuckshop.

15.01.2022 Flashback Friday Dean Pullar (90) won a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics alongside Robert Newbery in the Men's 3mtr Synchronised Diving. 20 years ago some of his class mates, Clayton Smith (90) and James Gallacher (90), were there to cheer him on.

15.01.2022 Bastille Day. ... The French National Day is the anniversary of Storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789. In 2018 Les Miserables was performed by OSMaD at the James Forbes Academy, Scotch College. The acclaimed production was a huge success. #OSMaD

14.01.2022 OSCA Annual Dinner Week 25-29 May 2020 This week OSCA we will celebrate past dinners. In 2010 the then Prime Minister of Australia The Hon. John Howard AO was guest of honour and from all accounts his address was one to remember.

14.01.2022 Flashback Friday 1980 - Amidst grade 3 boys and Teacher Mrs Edwards, Mr Ingpen selects a model of the poppy kettle as a souvenir of his visit to the Art class. Can anyone name the students?

14.01.2022 OSCA Annual Dinner Week 25-29 May 2020 This week OSCA we will celebrate past dinners. 1914 was the Associations 1st official gathering of the Old Boys. It was the Send Off dinner for Scotchies heading off to War held at the Grand Hotel, now known as The Windsor Hotel. Colonel James McCay (SC 1875-1880) was the guest of Honour with Frank Shew as OSCA President.

13.01.2022 Congratulations to Bill Morgan on his 105th birthday, Friday 23 October, 2020. Scotch's oldest living Old Boy. Here with Scott Montgomery ('85). Click below to view Bill's birthday wishes from the Scotch community.

13.01.2022 2020 Queens Birthday Honours Congratulations to Associate Professor Doug Lording AM (64) and to Peter Turnbull AM (75), each of whom received a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) award in the 2020 Queens Birthday honours. Doug received his award for significant service to medicine, to endocrinology and andrology and to the community. He is currently the President of the Scotch College Foundation, a member of the School Council and a former OSCA President (2017). Doug... recently retired after a distinguished career in medicine. As well as his dedicated service to the community as a medical practitioner, Doug has also worked hard to establish and maintain his mens health group, Men of Malvern. Peter received his award for significant service to business administration and to corporate governance institutes. He is an experienced Chairman, Non-Executive Director and Governance Adviser, and he is currently the Chairman of Calix Limited. Peter is a former President, current Director, Fellow and Life Member of the Governance Institute of Australia, and is a regular speaker and writer on governance-related matters in Australia and overseas. He is also a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

13.01.2022 Russel Howcroft (83) set to join 3AW on their breakfast program.

10.01.2022 Flashback Friday Family Day 1985 - Open 200mtr Final. David Leeton, Nick Mckinlay, Tony Briggs, Henry Kiss, Scott Nielsen, Person X. Does anyone know the year 12 lad in lane 2?

10.01.2022 Flashback Friday Today, on World Teachers’ Day, we acknowledge and thank present and past teachers for their outstanding work they do in educating and supporting the boys at Scotch College. Family Day 1983: Staff from left: Geoff Orrin, Brian Woolacott, Richard Smith, Rob Hortin, Phil Anthony, Don Macmillan, Mick Eggleston, Miles Mundie, Neil Rumble.

10.01.2022 Flashback Friday OSMaD’s inaugural full scale production of Les Miserables October 17, 2008. The club provides an avenue for past students to continue their involvement in theatre and musical drama. Looking forward to welcoming OSMaD back to the stage in 2021.

09.01.2022 Tasmanian* Branch Reunion dinner A determined group of Old Boys and their partners managed to convene a at The Shipwrights Arms Hotel in Hobart on October 7th. This was a great effort in the context of COVID-19. David "Titch" Taylor (49) toasted the school eloquently ... *There has been a long-standing debate as to whether these events should be held in the North or South of the Island. (left to right) :Prue and Brian Reddish (65), John Reed (65), Adela and David "Titch" Taylor (49), David Dyson (61), Maria Reed, Robert Morgan (59), Joanna and Allistair Lindsay (85)

09.01.2022 Sunday night from Scotland

09.01.2022 Jack Billings (13)

09.01.2022 Flashback Friday Class of 1970- here the lads are working on material for the Satura with Geoffrey McComas on the far left. Can anyone list the other boys?

09.01.2022 In the absence of tonight's OSCA Annual Dinner, please click on the following link for our virtual 2020 interpretation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ci7aSwwt71U&feature=youtu.be

08.01.2022 Winter term break football training on the Scotch College Main Oval. https://youtu.be/DiewzRzmS0E

07.01.2022 Last night, the Tolson Centre which includes the new OSCA House, Scotch Archives and Museum was officially opened. This new home for OSCA provides a visible presence on the School campus for Old Boys and the wider Scotch Family. OSCA clubs and affiliated societies can book the Tolson Centre’s Geoffrey Donaldson Meeting Room for meetings, and there are spaces for them to use for managerial and administrative tasks. There is also a reading room with access to Scotch publication...s, and a drop-in area for Old Boys. Spaces have also been created for OSCA initiatives, such as the OSCA Podcast and OSCA Live, to be filmed and edited. Offices for OSCA staff are also located in OSCA House. Stay tuned for a video tour of OSCA House next week.

07.01.2022 Will Kelly - class if 2018 set to make his AFL debut for Collingwood this weekend.

06.01.2022 Perelberg Award Seeking nominations for this prestigious award. The Perelberg award honours the memory of Ashley Perelberg ('92), who tragically died of a heart attack at the age of 18 in his first year of university study. Ashley exemplified Scotch spirit throughout his full and enthusiastic involvement while a student at Scotch. Nomination forms: https://www.oscanet.com.au/archives/ Due 30 Sept 2020... 2019 recipient - Hudson Levine ('19)

05.01.2022 The recently opened Tolson Centre incorporates OSCA House, the Scotch Archives and Museum. Watch OSCA Executive Director, Scott Montgomery ('85), as he gives a video tour of this fantastic new home for OSCA.

05.01.2022 Flashback Friday 1915 boarders photographed in front of the Principal's house on the old site of Scotch at East Melbourne. Does anyone know who they are? Scotch is looking forward to welcoming the boarders back to school next week.

05.01.2022 OSCA Annual Dinner Week 25-29 May 2020 This week OSCA we will celebrate past dinners. The earliest images from the Annual Dinner start in 1951 with Cecil McKay (SC 1918) was president. The Right Hon Sir John Latham (SC 1893) proposing the toast to the School and Sir Edmond Herring was guest speaker. The event was held at The Myer Mural Hall.

04.01.2022 Flashback Friday Scotch College Football trip to Tiwi Island in 2016. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nAck444KsI&t=11s

04.01.2022 Flashback Friday Samuel Thomas Grimwood (born 1847) attended Scotch in 1862. Sam was a jockey who rode Musidora in the second Melbourne Cup in 1862, and Fleur de Lis in the 1864 Melbourne Cup.... In this image Sam is wearing the jockey uniform of the day was taken while Sam was at Scotch.

01.01.2022 Happy birthday to OSCA's second oldest Old Boy - Arthur Atkins - 103 today! Click on the link below to listen to the phone call Arthur received this morning from Scott Montgomery ('85), OSCA Executive Director: https://youtu.be/Z2ayJ62zFFI