Both All Saints’ College and Marsden School for Girls have had some high-achieving alumni in their histories. The OBU museum has a collection of photos and details of many of these people, some dating back to the very beginning of the school’s foundation.

Each year in their annual reports, Headmasters have mentioned the important role that the School Council or Board has played in the governance of the School, and thanked the members for their efforts and the time they have put into their roles. This article is about the men (and they were all men) who chaired the School Council and Board.

The vegetable canning factory Simplot celebrated its Centenary this year, having begun vegetable canning in 1926 under the well-known brand name Edgells. In the early 1900’s, Robert Gordon Edgell bought Bradwardine Homestead in 1906 and over the next 15 years developed what was to become The Home of Edgell.

In an unusual move, when Michael Aikman resigned in 1973, his replacement was appointed from within the school. Born in England, John Hunter rose rapidly through the ranks of the Royal Navy.

Scots All Saints College has a very long history, and many past students have helped write this history.

Scots has always been a boarding school. The “Karralee Boys” of the Scots College Branch School were nearly all boarders, and although there were day boys, the majority of boys being boarders carried through into Scots School Bathurst in its early years.

The tenth headmaster arrived at the end of the third term in 1966 with his wife and newborn son. Peter Gebhardt was young, accepting his appointment in his 29th year.

At a Speech Day during his time as Chairman of the Council of The Scots School, Campbell Alexander, remarked that “the British may have had the empire on which the sun never set, but at Scots we have the empire where the mortar never sets”.

The many names of All Saints’ Old Boys on the various Honour Boards hanging in the school dining room show us Old Bathurstians have ‘a spirit of service and self-sacrifice’ in defence of their country. From the Sudan War, 1885, right up to deployment in the Middle East today, or here at home, there have been Old Bathurstians’ and ASC staff in the military service.

After John Hunter (17 years) the second longest serving Headmaster of The Scots School was Alan Mitchell who served for 12 years. He was appointed in 1953 to replace Alan McLucas.