Trinity College (University of Melbourne)
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Organ in Horsfall ChapelTrinity College is the oldest residential college of the University of Melbourne, Australia, and was founded in 1872 on a site which had been granted to the Church of England. Situated to the north of the university, Trinity's various ivy-clad stone buildings surround a large lawn known as the Bulpadok, making for a very pleasant environment for its 269 resident students to enjoy.
The college was affiliated with the university in 1876, and the Trinity Theological School was founded in 1877. With the establishment of the Trinity Women's Hostel (later to become Janet Clarke Hall) in 1886, Trinity admitted women as resident students, making it the first university college in Australia to do so.
The college's main buildings were built as follows:
- 1870: "Provost's Lodge", now the Leeper Building
- 1878: Bishops' Building
- 1880: Dining hall
- 1883-87: Clarke Building
- 1914-17: Horsfall Chapel
- 1933: Behan Building (named after former warden John Clifford Valentine Behan)
- 1958: The Memorial Building (Jeopardy)
- 1963-65: Cowan Building
- 1995-96: Burge Building
Trinity College has a Choir which sings for services in the Chapel and around Melbourne, and tours internationally. The Choir has made a number of radio broadcasts and CD recordings.
Since 1956, Trinity College has provided liturgical hospitality to a local Anglican congregation known as the [Canterbury Fellowship]. In former years this arrangement worked well, with Trinity College Choir providing weekday services (in term) and Canterbury Fellowship on weekends (full year). In the early 1990s Trinity College moved the focus of its services to Sunday in favour of weekday services, and a somewhat unique situation arose with two Sunday evensongs by different choirs each week during term. Since May 2005 the College and Canterbury Fellowship have agreed to "share" responsibility for Evensong, with the Choir of Trinity College singing during term and the Choir of the Canterbury Fellowship singing at all other times.
Famous alumni
Famous Alumni include- Sir Rupert Hamer (Victorian Premier 1972-1981)
- The Right Hon Richard Gardiner Casey (Governor General 1965-1969)
- The Right Rev Dr Peter Hollingworth (Governor General 2001-2003)
- Poet Michael Thwaites
- Historian Manning Clark
- Historian A.G.L. Shaw
- Film Director Rob Sitch
- The Most Rev Dr Peter Carnley (Archbishop & Primate of the Anglican Church of Australia 2000-2005)
- The Most Rev Dr Philip Aspinall & Primate of Australian Anglican Church 2005-
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