Carey Baptist Grammar School

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Carey Baptist Grammar School
Location
Kew & Donvale , Victoria Australia
Coordinates	37°48′53″S 145°02′51″E / 37.81472°S 145.04750°E / -37.81472; 145.04750
Information
Type	Independent, co-educational, Christian day school
Motto	Latin: Animo et Fide (By Courage and Faith)
Denomination	Baptist
Established	13 February 1923; 101 years ago (13 February 1923)[1][2]
Founder	Rev. Leonard Tranter
Chairman	Timothy Chilvers[3]
Principal	Jonathan Walter[4]
Chaplain	Rev. Timothy Edwards[5]
Grades	Kindergarten–Year 12[6]
Gender	Co-education
Enrolment	~2,530[6] (2023)
Colour(s)	Black, blue and gold
Song	Play the Game (since 1944)
Publication	The Torch magazine
Yearbook	The Chronicle
Affiliation	Associated Public Schools of Victoria
Alumni	Old Carey Grammarians
Website	www.carey.com.au

Carey Baptist Grammar School, commonly known as Carey, is an independent, co-educational, Baptist day school in Victoria, Australia.

The school has five campuses: Kew (ELC to Year 12), Donvale (ELC to Year 6), the Carey Sports Complex in Bulleen, the Carey Sport Complex in Kew and an outdoor education camp near Paynesville in eastern Gippsland called Carey Toonallook.

Carey is affiliated with the Junior School Heads Association of Australia (JSHAA),^[7] the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA),^[8] the Association of Independent Schools of Victoria (AISV),^[9] and has been a member of the Associated Public Schools of Victoria (APS) since 1958.^[10] The school has offered its Year 11 and 12 students the choice to study either the International Baccalaureate Diploma (IB) since 1997 or the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE).^[11]

The school is named in honour of the Reverend Dr William Carey, a Baptist missionary and self-taught language scholar who carried out humanitarian work in India for the Baptist Missionary Society (BMS) in the late 18th century.^[2] Carey's motto was based on William Carey's 1792 sermon from Isaiah 54, in which he called on Baptists to establish a missionary society.^[2]

Carey Baptist Grammar School was founded by the Reverend Leonard E. Tranter in 1923 after the Urangeline estate was purchased by the Baptist Union of Victoria (BUV) in 1922 for £14,000 in the pursuit of providing a Baptist education for boys.^{[12][better source needed]} The Urangeline mansion estate was originally designed by architect, Joseph Reed for the Scottish-born solicitor, James C. Stewart.^[12][13] Work was completed in 1884 with the mansion being originally named Edzell then Mildura and finally Urangeline by its final owner in 1899. On Carey's opening day, 68 boys and four teachers were present for the offical photograph on 13 February 1923.^{[13][better source needed]}

In 1971, the William Carey Chapel was opened. The design was led by the chaplain of the school at the time, Alan Wright. The chapel was paid for by the 'Forward Carey' Appeal of 1960. Construction began in 1969. In 2020, the chapel was declared heritage listed by the local Boroondara Council.^[14]

The school began co-education in 1979 when girls entered Years 11 and 12.^{[2][better source needed]} By 2011, the school achieved an even gender split between boys and girls.^{[2][better source needed]}

The school celebrated its centenary year in 2023 with various celebrations throughout the year.^{[15][better source needed]} Carey purchased the Kalimna mansion from nearby Preshil in 2024.^[16]

There have been eight principals (formerly headmasters before 1989) since the school was founded in 1923. The current principal is Jonathan Walter, since January 2020.^[17]

• Noah Anderson (2019) – AFL player for Gold Coast Suns
• Jason Ashby (2012) – AFL player for Essendon Football Club
• Laura Barden (2012) – hockey player for Hockeyroos
• Hana Basic (2013) – Olympic sprinter
• Harriet Cordner (2011) – AFLW Footballer for Richmond Tigers, Melbourne Demons
• Johannah Curran (2005) – netball player for Melbourne Vixens
• Nick Daicos (2020) – AFL Footballer for Collingwood Magpies
• Jake Fraser-McGurk (2020) – cricketer
• Andrew Gaff (2010) – AFL player for West Coast Eagles
• Ellen Gandy (2010) – Olympic swimmer
• Renae Hallinan (2004) – netball player for Australian Netball Diamonds
• Daniel Jackson (2004) – AFL player for Richmond Tigers
• Ahmed Kelly (2012) – paralympic swimmer
• Matthew Laidlaw (2005) – Former AFL Player for Sydney Swans
• Meg Lanning (2009) – captain of the Australian women's national cricket team
• Katie Lynch (2018) – AFLW Footballer for Collingwood Magpies/Western Bulldogs
• Jack Macrae (2012) – AFL player for Western Bulldogs
• Tom Mitchell (2011) – AFL player for Hawthorn Hawks
• Darcy Moore (2013) – AFL player for Collingwood Magpies
• Michael Quinn (1980) – cricketer
• Emma Randall (2002) – basketball player
• Matthew Rowell (2019) – AFL player for Gold Coast Suns
• James Tomkins (1989) – Olympic rower
• Jack Viney (2012) – AFL player for Melbourne Demons
• David Wansbrough (1982) – Olympic hockey player
• Graham Yallop (1971) – captain of the Australian men's national cricket team

• David Baden-Powell (1989) – life peer and Scout leader
• Peter Costello (1972) – Former Treasurer of Australia
• Ron Castan (1956) – Barrister and human rights advocate
• Brian Eaton (1934) – Royal Australian Air Force Air Vice Marshal
• John Elliott (1958) – Former president of Carlton Football Club and the Liberal Party of Australia
• Murray Kellam (1964) – Supreme Court Judge and First President of VCAT
• George Lush (1929) – Former judge on the Supreme Court of Victoria
• Alfred Mellor (1933) – Stockbroker and banker
• Tony Smith (1985) – Former Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives
• Brian Walters (1971) – barrister and human rights advocate
• Vernon Wilcox (1936) – Former Attorney-General of Victoria

• Seb Costello (2004) – journalist, Nine News & Triple M
• Marieke Hardy (1993) – writer, broadcaster, television producer and actress
• Andrew Holden (1977) – editor-in-chief of The Press and The Age
• Kevin McQuay (1967) – 'Big Kev', television personality and entrepreneur
• Noel Mewton-Wood (1934) – pianist
• Steve Vizard (1973) – media personality and comedian
• Suzie Wilks (1987) – television personality
• Tom Wright (2001) – actor
• Gary Young (1964) – founding member and drummer for Daddy Cool

• Tim Costello (1972) – Former President of the Baptist Union of Australia
• Hugh Evans (2001) – Young Australian of the Year in 2004 and co-founder of The Oaktree Foundation
• Keith Farrer (1933) – Food chemist and Baptist pastor

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  Urangeline House design in 1884
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  Levelling Sandell Oval in 1926
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  Preparatory School playground in 1928
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  Inaugural Headmaster, Harold Steele, circa 1940
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  Urangeline House in 1943
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  Urangeline House in 1954
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  Carey Boat Crew on Yarra River in 2008
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  Carey UN Room in 2016
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  Camp Toonallook in 2017

• List of schools in Victoria
• Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE)
• International Baccalaureate Diploma (IB)

• Penrose, Helen (2023). Torchbearers: A Centenary History of Carey Baptist Grammar School. HistorySmiths. ISBN 9780648957430.
• Reed, Raymond (2018). Carey Was Our Home: The Carey Boarding House 1923–1951. Carey Baptist Grammar School. ISBN 9780646992181.
• Morgan, David (2010). The Years Unfold: A History of the Old Carey Grammarians Association. L&R Print Services.
• Wright, Alan (2006). A Chaplain Remembers: Lifelong reflections on the educational and spiritual values shaping the William Carey Chapel. Westgate Publishing. ISBN 9780646470771.
• Farrer, Keith (2005). William Carey – Missionary and Botanist. Carey Baptist Grammar School. ISBN 9780646452807.
• Small, Michael (1997). Urangeline: Voices of Carey 1923–1997. Playwright Publishing. ISBN 9780646328515.
• Sayers, Stuart (1973). By Courage and Faith: The First Fifty Years at Carey Baptist Grammar School. The Hawthorn Press. ISBN 0725601108.

• Official website