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.
The first classroom for this beginning boys’ school was in the Oddfellows’ Hall in Keppel Street with Mr Henry Kemmis as Headmaster, 27 January 1874.
Alan McLucas has perhaps not had the recognition he deserves in the story of The Scots School. Don Wiburd expressed this and remarked that McLucas was “a very decent fellow”. He rates an entry in the Australian Dictionary of Biography.
The Fifth Headmaster: George Sydney Stiles 1911-1919. Stiles came to All Saints’ with high references, both English and Australian. He was a “fine French and German Scholar”, having studied both languages on the continent.
The family of former Scots Headmaster John Hunter have made a donation to The Scots Museum. It is a stainless steel and wood carving tray that was often used by Mr Hunter when he was carving the Sunday roast lamb.
On 2 July 1925, the Bishop of Bathurst, Dr Long, met with the Standing Committee and Corporate Trustees of the Anglican Diocese. At this meeting, the bishop reported that he had investigated the purchase of the Hereford Estate previously owned by the Rutherford Family. The estate had a long history, and the main building, the Rutherford home, was once considered to be one of the most important buildings in the district.
During 1945, both Germany and Japan surrendered, ending World War II. At the same time, the reason for which the Scots College Branch School in Bathurst existed had also ceased, and it was Scots College’s intention to close it at the end of 1945 and move its Junior School back to Bellevue Hill.
There is a history of this scheme here at All Saints’ and Marsden, as both schools were running the Duke of Edinburgh program beginning in the 1960s.
On 27 September 1974, the Jubilee Time Capsule was buried near the steps of Rutherford House to celebrate 50 years since the opening of Marsden School for Girls in 1925. This Time Capsule was then moved over to the All Saints’ Campus in 1983 following the closing of Marsden and the merging of the two schools.
