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Bathurst Royal Show 2026 – A Showcase of Excellence
Hot on the heels of the Sydney Royal Show, our students were eager to prepare for the Bathurst Royal Show, proudly representing the College at our local event.
Hot on the heels of the Sydney Royal Show, our students were eager to prepare for the Bathurst Royal Show, proudly representing the College at our local event.
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”.
On the first Saturday of the April school holidays, 24 students and staff headed off on a History Tour of Germany and Italy.
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.
This year, 23 of our dedicated Cattle Team students, accompanied by 27 head of cattle, travelled to Sydney to compete at the prestigious Sydney Royal Easter Show.
Join us for a festival of pipes, drums and Highland dancing competitions hosted by Scots All Saints College with many visiting bands and prizes for category winners.
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.
On Wednesday 4 March, 22 biology students travelled to Brewongle Environmental Education Centre, located on the Hawkesbury River, to complete an ecological study.
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.
