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30
Jun

News 2025

St Paul’s College Celebrates the University of Sydney’s Rise to No.1 in Australia

Since the first Act founding St Paul’s College in 1854, the College community has been proud to be “of and within” the...

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24
Jun

News about old Paulines

Rikard Wines Wins Vigneron Trophy at Young Gun of Wine Awards – a Pauline Success Story

At the 19th Annual Young Gun of Wine Awards, Rikard Wines took home the prestigious Vigneron Trophy. The award...

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20
Jun

News 2025

USYD Rocketry Team Soars to Victory in World Championship — With Strong Ties to St Paul’s College

Pictured: USYD Rocketry Team after their win in Texas. Pauline Gigi O’Rourke front centre holding one of the trophies [Picture...

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12
Jun

News 2025

King’s Birthday Honours

The College community congratulates Professor Richard Kingsford on becoming an Officer of the Order of Australia in the 2025 King’s...

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10
Jun

News 2025

Arnott Circle Reunion

“We want to see the new wing!” That was the enthusiastic request from a group of alumni—freshers from the later years of Warden...

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3
Jun

News 2025

Murder, Mayhem, and Mirth: Mummers’ Latest Production Delights

Six rather peculiar guests arrive at a mysterious dinner party hosted by an anonymous figure and greeted by the ever-composed butler,...

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26
May

News 2025

Student-led Investment Club with a Charitable Purpose

The Boomalakka Investment Club is a student-run, not-for-profit investment fund managing approximately A$40,000 in global equities....

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19
May

News 2025

College Life Flourishes at Sydney University in 2025

A recent Sydney Morning Herald article (17 May 2025) by Education Reporter Christopher Harris has shone a spotlight on the...

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13
May

News 2025

Young Pauline Achiever

Where the Study of Languages can take you … Heath Slone, in College 2013-16, completed BA(Languages) majoring in Chinese, Hebrew,...

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9
May

News 2025

Postgraduate Achiever: Ines Wen

[This article is a follow-up to the previous story posted on 31 July 2024 – see Webnews] Graduate House PhD student Ines Wen has...

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9
May

News 2025

Mummers’ Semester 1 Play: CLUE

Mummers’ plays in recent years have delved into the comedic genre to provide wholesome entertainment to the masses who now regularly...

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8
May

News about old Paulines

VE Day 80th Anniversary

Victory in Europe Day, holds global significance as it marks the official end of World War II in Europe on May 8, 1945. This day...

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5
May

News 2025

Two Paulines to be Re-elected to Federal Parliament

Paulines will be pleased to know that the College ethos of service is being upheld by two alumni who have been re-elected to the House...

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28
Apr

News 2025

Anzac Day at St Paul’s

On the 110th anniversary of the Anzac landings, 25 April, the College community gathered for the annual service of commemoration in...

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16
Apr

News 2025

Rosebowl Rowing Back to Back Win

Intercol sport so far in 2025 has been a thrilling ride. The Rosebowl Rowing Team have retained the cup in a race dominated by the St...

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9
Apr

News 2025

Union Reunion

On the night of 5 April 2025 the Union held a black tie dinner-dance at the College which brought together 160 Paulines and friends...

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9
Apr

News 2025

Intercol Swimming

The Rosebowl Swimming was convened by Alice Radford and Anoushka Cayzer and after a thrilling carnival at Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic...

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9
Apr

News 2025

Holy Week Services at St Paul’s

All members of the College, their families and friends as well as members of the public are warmly welcome to attend any of our...

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8
Apr

News 2025

Fathers Acknowledged and Appreciated

Two black tie dinners for students and their fathers were held on Friday 28 and Saturday 29 March organised and hosted by students....

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1
Apr

News 2025

John Gaden at the Seymour Centre

John Gaden AO is one of the country’s leading actors who cut his teeth as a member of Mummers when he was at Paul’s...

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31
Mar

News 2025

Rosebowl Campaign Begins

Netball began the Rosebowl 2025 campaign with Women’s just edging out St Andrew’s by the close of the competition. The St...

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24
Mar

News 2025

Results of the St Paul’s College Council Election

The election for the two vacancies for six-year terms as Lay Fellows for St Paul’s College Council has concluded. The election...

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14
Mar

Uncategorised

Cricket Begins the 2025 Campaign

Rawson Cup Cricket leads the campaign to retain the Rawson Cup in 2025. The team played a scheduled pre-comp game on 27 February on...

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11
Mar

News 2025

Academic Achievement Recognised

The annual tradition of the Academic Dinner to recognise the university achievements of our undergraduate students was held on Monday...

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4
Mar

News 2025

The Choir Goes to Paris

More from the spectacular International Tour of St Paul’s College Chapel Choir. For some members of the Choir this visit was their...

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4
Mar

News 2025

The Choir at Canterbury and York – January 2025

Canterbury The City of Canterbury in the County of Kent is one of the most picturesque cities of England and is home to the seat of...

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24
Feb

News 2025

Leadership Development at St Paul’s

Our student leaders and pastoral staff gave their time for professional development over the week before Welcome Week including a...

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20
Feb

News 2025

Welcome to New Paulines

Perfect weather greeted over 130 freshers joining the undergraduate community and 31 arriving postgraduates joining Graduate House on...

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17
Feb

News 2025

Chief Justice Opens the 2025 Judicial Year

Pauline, The Hon Andrew Bell, the Chief Justice of NSW, gave his Opening of Law Term address on 6 February and made news headlines...

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5
Jan

News 2025

Choir Excels in London

Expectations about a visiting Australian choir in London were well and truly exceeded when St Paul’s College Chapel Choir sang their...

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18
Dec

News 2024

The Choir Tour to UK and France – 28 Dec – 9 Jan

The St Paul’s College Chapel Choir will embark on a highly anticipated tour from Saturday, 28 December 2024, to Thursday, 9...

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13
Dec

News 2024

Gift of Recent Portrait of Pauline

Michael Lodge, at College 1961-62, brought his old friend Prof Garth Nicholson, at College 1961-66, back to College to finalise an...

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29
Nov

News 2024

New Public Art for the College

In memory of Zac Lerner (2003-24) who died peacefully in his sleep at College on 16 March 2024, his family has donated to the College...

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29
Nov

Uncategorised

First Rawson Cup Victory Dinner since 2017

The Senior Student’s Speech at the Rawson Cup Victory Dinner: I’m going to touch briefly tonight on a few stand out moments from...

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20
Nov

News 2024

Students Club Election Results

The Undergraduate community has chosen its Students Club executive and committee for 2025. Congratulations to the newly elected: The...

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11
Nov

News 2024

Remembrance Day

On 11 November 2024 the College pauses for a commemoration service in the Chapel at 10.30 am and at 11.00 there will be silence in...

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10
Nov

News 2024

St Paul’s becomes São Paulo

The Paul’s Formal, held on Friday 11 October continued its tradition of being one of the most creative of the Sydney University...

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8
Nov

News 2024

Five Star Review for the Impresario Players

Murder’s in the Heir – a Knives Out Mystery from the Impresario’s players, the Waddy Theatre – 12 October 2024...

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7
Nov

News 2024

Another Mummers Triumph

For their second play in 2024 and second in the Waddy Theatre the undergraduate theatrical company, St Paul’s College Mummers,...

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31
Oct

News 2024

Victoriana! 60 – the Best Yet!

“A splendorous, sparkling night” was a guest’s comment after seeing the 60th production of Victoriana in October. Delighting a...

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29
Oct

News 2024

Jacarandas in Full Bloom

Jacaranda Week is a hallowed tradition of St Paul’s College, this is the week before Stuvac and it always coincides with the...

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25
Oct

News 2024

Valedictory Dinner Celebrates Our Third Year Students

With a little sadness and much joy the College celebrated the immense contribution of our third year undergraduate cohort with the...

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21
Oct

News 2024

Royal Visit Australia 2024

Between 19 and 23 October Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla are on their second overseas trip and first to a...

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18
Oct

News 2024

St Paul’s College Mummers Prepare for Semester 2 Performances

With 430 resident Paulines the College boasts two theatrical troupes: Mummers, founded in 1948 by the then Warden Felix Arnott, and...

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18
Oct

News 2024

Academic Success Acknowledged at Graduate House

Academic achievement among members of Graduate House is an important part of the celebrations during the cycle of the academic year....

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17
Oct

News 2024

Intercol Athletics Rawson Win

The heading says it all! Congratulations to the College’s Athletics Teams, Rawson and Rosebowl, on their great achievements on the...

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15
Oct

News 2024

Middle Common Room Election Results

The Graduate House community operates a student body similar to the undergraduate community’s Student’s Club. Established in 2018...

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26
Sep

News 2024

Academic Results Continue to Rise

The Semester 1 academic results show an average Semester Average Mark (SAM) of 74.2%. On previous results the College’s SAMs...

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26
Sep

News 2024

2024 UniSport Nationals – Australian University Games

The Australian University Games were held in Canberra from 7 to 13 September and over 6,000 students gathered to compete in 30 sports....

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23
Sep

News 2024

Medical Alumni Scholarship Boosted by the Selwyn Owen Bequest

St Paul’s has an impressive community of medical graduates, many of them true leaders in the field of medicine who have made and...

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20
Sep

News 2024

Another Palladian Win – Instrumental Ensemble

The two points separation between St Andrew’s and St Paul’s heightened the excitement and tension of the Palladian Instrumental...

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17
Sep

News 2024

Next Dean Welcomed at Law Dinner

“A Law School education bestows and receives the gift of responsibility” said the incoming Dean of Law, Prof Fleur Johns to...

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5
Sep

News 2024

Palladian Win – Vocal Ensemble

Enthusiasm and great concentration led to a performance from a ‘scratch choir’ of Paulines that won one of the two Palladian Vocal...

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3
Sep

News 2024

Intercol Sport Up-Date | Rawson Cup Soccer Win | Paul’s Topping the Rawson Table

Congratulations to the College’s Rawson Cup and Rosebowl Soccer teams on their outstanding performances on the field over the last...

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29
Aug

News 2024

200th Anniversary of the NSW Legislative Council

​​​The Legislative Council of NSW first met on 25 August 1824 as an advisory council of five members appointed by the Governor....

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28
Aug

News 2024

Dragon, Drinking and Legend in the Waddy Centre

The combined forces of St Paul’s College Choir and the Muffat Collective produced two fabulous nights of early opera in the Waddy...

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1
Aug

News 2024

Rosebowl Rowers’ Victory Dinner

To re-start the Intercol sports campaign we celebrated the Rosebowl Rowing win with a very historic victory dinner. In 1867 St...

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1
Aug

News 2024

The Union’s Boomalakka Bash Success

After months of planning the St Paul’s College Union held a very successful reunion event onFriday 26 July at the College. The Hall...

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31
Jul

News 2024

St Paul’s People are Part of the Success – Sydney Uni now 18th globally

Across the board members of the Pauline community are contributing to the success of the University’s great run of world...

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31
Jul

News 2024

International Research Award for Graduate House PhD Student

Invitation to participate in research Ines Wen is one of only five scholars world-wide to be chosen for an international research...

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26
Jul

News 2024

Morgan O’Neill – Producer/Director/Actor

If you have seen NCIS: Sydney on TV Channel 10 you may not know that its producer/director is Pauline Morgan O’Neill. Morgan was at...

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28
Jun

News 2024

Mummers Milestone

‘Mummers’ began in June 1948, a group formed by the then Warden, Revd Dr Felix Arnott, which included women from the Women’s...

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24
Jun

News 2024

Cultural Diversity is a Real Feast in Graduate House

At the Graduate House Mid-Winter Feast on 14 June our post graduate community celebrated the end of Semester 1 and the 5th year of...

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14
Jun

News 2024

Another Pauline Elected USU President

Congratulations to Bryson Constable (Economics/Law III) who was recently elected President of the University of Sydney Union (USU) for...

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13
Jun

News 2024

INTERCOL COMPETITION POINT SCORES (CURRENT)

Rawson Cup: St Andrew’s 15 | St Paul’s 9 | St John’s 7 | Wesley 4 Rosebowl: St Andrew’s 31 | Wesley 20 | Women’s 15 | St...

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31
May

News about old Paulines

Paulines and Oxford Rugby

On 2 March the 141st Men’s Varsity Rugby match was held between Oxford and Cambridge. Cambridge comfortably beat Oxford 56-11 at...

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28
May

News 2024

Law Careers Panel

Organised and hosted by Jason Zhu He (BSc/LLB IV) a very successful careers panel was held on 16 May in the Chalmers Common Room for...

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10
May

News 2024

Beyond All Expectations! – Waddy Performance Centre Open

With a warm welcome from the Warden to start, and a great flourish to unveil the plaque, the opening of the Waddy Performance Centre...

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25
Apr

News 2024

Anzac Commemoration

The commemoration of the fallen is a time-honoured traditional of St Paul’s College. This is particularly meaningful because of the...

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23
Apr

News 2024

200th Anniversary of the NSW Supreme Court

There are many links between St Paul’s College and the Supreme Court of NSW book-ended by the third Chief Justice, the founding...

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11
Apr

News 2024

Sports Up-date – April

Rowing Triumph. Exciting stuff for St Paul’s in early April during the Intercoll regatta at the Sydney International Regatta Centre,...

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28
Mar

News 2024

Monday Evening Seminars at Graduate House

Graduate House Seminars provide an edifying forum for a range of topics that, so far this semester, have proven both popular and...

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25
Mar

News 2024

Renovations in the Christmas Break

Over the long break the College was surging with tradies completing much needed renovations of the student facilities and conservation...

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19
Mar

News 2024

Zachary (Zac) Simon Lerner (9 December 2003 – 16 March 2024)

The College is in mourning at the sudden and tragic death of Zac Lerner at St Paul’s on 16 March 2024. Zac came to St Paul’s in...

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7
Mar

News 2024

The Largest Distinction and High Distinction Cohort to Date

The Academic Dinner at the start of Week 3 acknowledged the highest individual scholarly achievements of 2023. There were 26 students...

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23
Feb

News 2024

Tip

A great tradition, thanks to our great oval, is ‘tip’ (touch footy). It began with a bang in Welcome Week and is a...

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23
Feb

News 2024

Rawson Cup Cricket Starts Well

The Rawson Cup Cricket team played a scheduled pre-comp game last week. The College played I Zingari Australia which is one of the...

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22
Feb

News 2024

Sir Jonathan Mills’s Illustrious Career

Musician and composer Jonathan Mills returned to College in January and had the opportunity to visit the Waddy Centre during its...

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16
Feb

News 2024

Ave Atque Vale: Robert Otto Albert

Robert Albert AO RFD RD 14 December 1934 – 07 February 2024 Benefactor, philanthropist, sailor, husband of Libby, father,...

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16
Feb

News 2024

Leadership

It starts with mindset. It is about being supportive and enabling others to accomplishments through working together. For the last...

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15
Feb

News 2024

Young Alumna on Screen

Tiffany Wong (GH 2019) is a third generation Pauline and was one of the pioneering first cohort of resident women students. She...

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15
Feb

News 2024

New Dean, new College baby

The College is delighted to share that the Senior Tutor, Katie Newcombe, has given birth to a son, Alfred, during the Christmas break....

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13
Feb

News 2024

Remembering Selwyn Owen 1943-2024

Our long-time former Alumni Officer, Selwyn Owen, has died at the age of 80 after a long illness.  Selwyn was an undergraduate...

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2
Feb

News 2024

Welcoming David Wright – Student Minister for Graduate House

New in 2024 is the David Edwards Theological Bequest which is offered to a student of Theology or current Anglican minister for a...

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25
Jan

News 2024

The Foundation Stone – 168 Years

“At noon yesterday, being the anniversary of the Conversion of St. Paul, a very large number of ladies and gentlemen assembled at...

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16
Jan

News 2024

David Llewellyn and Antibodies

Young Pauline Dr David Llewellyn, in College 2006-09, graduated from Sydney University in 2010 with BSc(Advanced Studies)(Honours) and...

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15
Dec

News 2023

With our best wishes for Christmas

Here is a link to the Choir’s YouTube channel where you will find a video of them singing Elizabeth Poston’s Jesus Christ...

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1
Dec

News 2023

A Teaching College: Tutorials Wrap-Up for 2023!

Evenings at St Paul’s College can be busy and full of action! But if you look closely, after Formal Dinners, around Palladian...

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30
Nov

News 2023

The Annual Carol Service Popular

The College’s Annual Carol Service rounded out the ‘Chapel Year’. It was held after the Semester 2 Exams in the form of the Nine...

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28
Nov

News 2023

First University Blue awarded to a Female Pauline

Mia Baggett, Fresher 2023, is the first woman at Paul’s to be awarded a University of Sydney Blue for excellence in sport. Mia’s...

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17
Nov

News 2023

Students’ Club Takes Christmas Giving to a New Level

This year’s Students’ Club Committee decided to give added meaning to our final Formal Hall for the year which was a Christmas...

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14
Nov

News 2023

College Caterers Bring Home 2023 Catering Award

Trippas White Group (TWG) provide all catering and housekeeping services at St Paul’s College. They manage over 35 restaurants,...

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11
Nov

News 2023

Remembrance Day 2023

The foundation stone for the College’s Chapel was laid in 1959 and the building of this permanent new chapel was supported...

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2
Nov

News 2023

2023 Rawson Cup and Rosebowl Results

From Harry Croker, Dean of Undergraduates The Rawson Cup and Rosebowl competitions have finished for another year. All those who were...

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2
Nov

News 2023

New Student Leadership for 2024

The College community congratulates those elected to the Students Club Committee and the Middle Common Room Executive for 2024. The...

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31
Oct

News 2023

Careers in Government Panel: A rewarding career for talented & servant-hearted Paulines

by Katie Newcombe, Senior Tutor Our seminar series for students’ future and career planning continued at the end of Semester 2 with...

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29
Oct

News 2023

Graduate House Ball

To conclude the social calendar of Graduate House 120 members and friends converged on Pier One Darling Harbour for a glittering...

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27
Oct

News 2023

Valedictory Dinner

I count myself in nothing else so happy, as a soul remembering my good friends (Shakespeare, Richard III)  On 25 October the...

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21
Oct

News about old Paulines

First Female Pauline now Juris Doctor

Tiffany Kwong, in College 2018-21, was the first female student to be admitted to St Paul’s College and was the very first...

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21
Oct

News 2023

The Paul’s Formal – stand-out event

The Paul’s Formal took place on Friday 20 October under a star-filled sky in the College Quad. Everything was meticulously...

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20
Oct

News 2023

Opera House 50th and its links to St Paul’s        

As the nation celebrates the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Sydney Opera House by Queen Elizabeth II in 1973, the performing...

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18
Oct

News 2023

Graduate House Monday Seminar Series with Jake Davies

Unauthorised immigration arrival by boat was the topic of PhD student Jake Davies, in College 2022-22, on Monday 16 October. During...

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17
Oct

News about old Paulines

UN Appointment for Old Pauline

The College community is delighted to learn that Prof Ben Saul (in College 1995-97) has been appointed as a Special Rapporteur to the...

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12
Oct

News 2023

Victoriana! 59th Season Triumph

Over three nights of full houses in late September the College presented the 59th season of Victoriana! under the direction of Jack...

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10
Oct

News 2023

Boomalakka May News

Here is a pdf copy of the August Boomalakka which can be viewed on screen or downloaded to your computer and printed. Click...

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6
Oct

News 2023

Summer Soirée

Join us for an evening of drinks, dinner,dancing and fireworks to celebrate the endof the academic year & the start of...

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26
Sep

News 2023

As it stands St Paul’s is placed second in Rawson, and sixth in Rosebowl.

By Harry Croker, Dean of Undergraduates Football: The Rawson Football team continued their phenomenal winning record, taking out a...

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26
Sep

News 2023

What do exercise, kidney disease and cardiac arrest have in common?

Answer: they are each the subject matter of MD projects which were presented in a Monday Dinner Seminar on 18 September. Three 3rd...

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22
Sep

News 2023

Guidance for Academic Success

Tutorials in academic writing are just one part of the offerings of the St Paul’s College Tutorial program. In September as...

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21
Sep

News 2023

NSW Premier’s History Award 2023 winner – Alan Atkinson

The Australian History Prize for 2023 was won by Emeritus Professor Alan Atkinson (in College 1964-67, Fellow 2011-16, Senior Tutor...

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19
Sep

News about old Paulines

Brian Pockley – First Australian Officer KIA in WW1

11 September, 109 years ago: Having landed at New Britain, Pockley volunteered to join a small party entrusted with capturing an...

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15
Sep

News 2023

Mothers Gather for Annual Dinners with Sons and Daughters

With a 165 year old dining hall designed and built for a College of about 50, the popular Mothers’ Dinner was held over two nights...

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15
Sep

News 2023

A celebration of composer William Byrd

The English Renaissance composer William Byrd is considered amongst the greatest composers of the Renaissance and is regarded as...

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14
Sep

News 2023

John Kenny – International Rower

When Freshman John Kenny arrived in the UK on June 13 to join the crew at Oxford Brookes University Boat Club he wore his St Paul’s...

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13
Sep

News 2023

The 2023 Law Dinner – another thought-provoking guest of honour

The Law Dinner guest of honour was Professor Ben Saul (in College 1995-97) who is Challis Professor of International Law and was...

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12
Sep

News 2023

Croquet Revived with Links at Strathfield

An approach from the head coach of Strathfield Croquet Club, Ruth Bridger, led to a croquet reactivation of sorts. A small group of...

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12
Sep

News 2023

Honours Yarns – Where an Honours Year can take Paulines! 

From the Senior Tutor, Katie Newcombe On Thursday 7 September, around the cozy Senior Common Room fireplace, we were joined by two Old...

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11
Sep

News 2023

Graduate House Monday Dinner Seminar Series hits 60 with a dose of insulin

A fitting speaker for the 60th Monday Dinner Seminar held in Graduate House was Sydney-based Endocrinologist Professor Roger Chen....

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8
Sep

News about old Paulines

A 50th anniversary: Old Pauline visits China

The first Australian prime minister to have visited China was Old Pauline Gough Whitlam (in College 1935-42). Tony Wright has written...

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30
Aug

News 2023

Sydney Law School an international stand out

Vered Lalrinpuii who holds a LLM from the National Law University of New Delhi, discovered the Sydney University Law School to fulfil...

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29
Aug

News 2023

Intercol Touch Football Gala to raise funds for bush charity

St Paul’s will host a Touch Football Gala Tournament on the St Paul’s College Oval on Friday 15 September from 3 pm as a fund...

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29
Aug

News 2023

Debating win for Paul’s

The Intercol Debating fixture is part of the Palladian competition and over a two day tournament in August Paul’s was victorious....

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28
Aug

News 2023

Graduate House Monday Dinner Seminars

An interesting line-up of Semester 2 speakers at the Graduate House “Dinner Seminar” series has dug deep into considerations about...

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24
Aug

News 2023

Football or Soccer – the most popular ball game

On the heels of the FIFA Women’s World Cup, Intercol Soccer was being held. Football fever had certainly settled at St Paul’s for...

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18
Aug

News 2023

An Academic College – Semester One “the proof of the pudding”

Our Freshers have their first semester of uni under their belts, our Seniors have made a great transition to their increasingly...

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17
Aug

News 2023

Summer Soiree

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5
Aug

News 2023

A perfect winter’s day for the Parents’ Lunch on the Lawn

To celebrate the students’ return to College for Semester 2, we invited all parents to attend a lunch in the Quad on Sunday 30 July....

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31
Jul

News 2023

Arnott Years Remembered

By the second half of the 20th Century, at the time of the College centenary, St Paul’s was a substantial and integral part of...

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17
Jul

News about old Paulines

Paulines of 1993 – 30 Years On

A rather exclusive group gathered in the JCR for a 30 year reunion dinner on Saturday 15 July. The Freshers of 1993 are actually a...

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17
Jul

News about old Paulines

Paulines of 1963 – 60 Years On

A group of Freshers of 1963 and a number of their spouses gathered on 15 July at Paul’s for their 60 year reunion. This was more...

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7
Jul

News 2023

Old Treasures

It is remarkable what old treasures there are out in the Pauline alumni community. We recently received a wonderful gift of...

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21
Jun

News 2023

Eisteddfod Win for Choir

On 20 June members of the St Paul’s Chapel Choir entered the Sydney Eisteddfod Vocal Ensemble and were awarded 1st Place! They now...

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6
Jun

News 2023

Boomalakka May News

Here is a pdf copy of the May Boomalakka which can be viewed on screen or downloaded to your computer and printed. Click...

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30
May

News 2023

From Delhi to College

Recent stories about two Graduate House members have highlighted the great work St Paul’s College, in partnership with the...

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29
May

News about old Paulines

Ben Saul elected to University Senate

Prof Ben Saul FASSA, in College 1995-97, is the current Challis Professor of International Law at the University of Sydney and an...

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26
May

News 2023

The 39 Steps: The Glorious Resurrection of the Impresario’s Players

a review by Lady Whistledown Directed by: Meheer Zaveri and Sanjay Yapabandara | Starring: Arnav Shetty, Kate Mountain, Campbell...

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26
May

News 2023

Rawson and Rosebowl End of Sem 1 Up-date

from the Dean of Undergraduates Harry Croker The Rawson Cup and Rosebowl tournaments have produced varying levels of success this...

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19
May

News 2023

Intercol Women Rugby Sevens

In another of our 2023 “firsts” St Paul’s has participated in Intercol Women’s Rugby Sevens. Coached by current Paulines Jack...

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18
May

News about old Paulines

NSW Gains Pauline as Legislative Council President

The Hon Ben Franklin MLC has been sworn in as the new President of the upper house in the NSW Parliament. Ben was at Paul’s 1990-96...

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16
May

News 2023

How we Celebrated the Coronation

Coronation night at the College was a festival of great music, great food, great wine and great company. A gathering of over 180...

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16
May

News 2023

Pauline Selected to Netball Australia National Pathway Squad

Mia Baggett, one of our 2023 Freshers, has been selected in the 19/U Netball Australia National Pathway Squad for 2023-24. Mia, from...

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11
May

News 2023

Pauline scholars celebrated at Academic Dinner

From Katie Newcombe, Senior Tutor Our annual undergraduate Academic Dinner for 2023 was once again a wonderful night full of...

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5
May

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Boomalakka April News

Here is a pdf copy of the May Boomalakka which can be viewed on screen or downloaded to your computer and printed. Click...

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4
May

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Palladian Dance is Serious Fun

Rehearsing in the Quad will be a thing of the past when the Waddy Performance Centre is complete! Always a tough competition, the...

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4
May

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Engineers Learning About Careers

The educational offerings at St Paul’s College are complementary to the University’s courses and teaching programs and include our...

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27
Apr

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Anzac Commemorations

280 current students attended the Sydney Dawn Service on Anzac Day. This was followed by the College Service of Remembrance at 10 am...

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26
Apr

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College Scarves – For Sale Limited Time

Supporter scarves for alumni, staff, and friends of our illustrious community that is St Paul’s College. $25 delivered to...

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16
Apr

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Faultless Performance – St Paul’s Choir in Canberra

Faultless performance by exciting young...

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13
Apr

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St Paul’s College Union AGM – Election of Committee

FOR THE INFORMATION OF MEMBERS OF THE UNION The St Paul’s College Union Incorporated is holding its 2023 AGM on Tuesday 18 April...

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5
Apr

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Holy Week and Easter at St Paul’s

Allegri’s “Miserere” – a special performance was included in the Tuesday Evensong during Holy Week. The College Chapel...

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4
Apr

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Boomalakka March News

Here is a pdf copy of the March Boomalakka which can be viewed on screen or downloaded to your computer and printed....

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4
Apr

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The latest Rawson/Rosebowl and Other Sports

By Harry Croker, Dean of Undergraduates Photo Credits: Jason Zhu He and his team The Rawson Cup and Rosebowl tournaments roll forward...

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1
Apr

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Surreal Sounds, a Roaring Success!

Intercol students’ events kicked-off with Surreal Sounds at Paul’s on 15 March. This annual ‘dance’ brought the 165 year old...

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31
Mar

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Palladian Solo Vocal & Solo Instrumental

“We are halfway through now. So far extraordinary” began the text message from the Palladian Solo Vocal where St Paul’s was...

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30
Mar

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Rawson and Rosebowl

From the Dean of Undergraduates, Harry Croker The 2023 Rawson Cup campaign is underway at 9 City Road. The College cricketers were...

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29
Mar

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Academic Life – a great end to 2022 and a fantastic start to 2023!

From the Senior Tutor, Katie Allen Last year’s academic results are in and our Paulines can be proud of their fantastic...

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28
Mar

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Graduate House – the best place for good medicine

From the Senior Tutor, Katie Allan The 2023 Academic Year began early for our newest medical students. Long before Welcome Week, our...

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26
Mar

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Election of Fellows to the College Council 2023

Congratulations to Rev’d Dr Max Wood and Rev’d James Collins OAM who have been declared by the Returning Officer as Clerical...

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25
Mar

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History-making game

St Paul’s College Rosebowl Netball Team made history on 13 March playing the College’s first women’s competition game. The final...

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21
Mar

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St Paul’s Students Club Committee 2023 Retreat

At the start of the year the Students Club Committee of 2023 headed down to spend a weekend at The Barn Scone.  “The Barn” Scone...

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20
Mar

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Intercol Rosebowl Netball – our first draw

There is great excitement as the first St Paul’s Netball team prepare for their first ever Sydney University Intercollegiate...

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9
Mar

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International Women’s Day at Paul’s – 8 March 2023

It is not surprising that the enthusiasm for celebrating gender equality and embracing diversity has been so strong at the College...

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8
Mar

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The Salisbury Refurbished

Over the summer break a big project for the College was a renovation of a tired old Sals. The need to bring the bar up to modern...

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15
Feb

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New Postgrads – become Paulines

In Welcome Week the newly arrived members of Graduate House sign the College Register and they officially become Paulines like their...

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13
Feb

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More photos from Freshers Welcome Day 1

2023 Freshers Signing the College Register The Warden’s remarks Welcome Service in the College...

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13
Feb

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Welcome to College – 2023 Freshers

On the first day of Welcome Week the College saw the arrival of 120 freshers including 60 women undergrads making...

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23
Aug

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Help Build the Waddy Performance Centre

St Paul’s seeks your generous support to make this important new facility a reality, thereby honouring one of our most distinguished...

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23
Aug

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Minister adds new portfolio

Old Pauline Ben Franklin, in College 1990-96, has been a member of the NSW Legislative Council since 2015. He has held a number of...

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23
Aug

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Request for medical placements

Graduate House now has 32 students studying medicine or allied health degrees at the University of Sydney. St Paul’s has become THE...

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23
Aug

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2022 Law Dinner

After the COVID hiatus the first ‘Faculty Dinner’ was for the students of Law. The tradition of the faculty dinners has been an...

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23
Aug

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Renewable energy for the College

Power for the Sydney University Campus is provided through the University’s contract supply arrangements and St Paul’s has chosen...

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23
Aug

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The Union Dinner

St Paul’s College Union was founded in 1892, on the joint initiative of resident members of the College and of former students. In...

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23
Aug

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Prof Frank Nicholas appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM):

Emeritus Professor Frank William Nicholas has been recognised in the 2022 Queen’s Birthday Honours for significant service to...

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23
Aug

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John Anderson becomes a Companion of the Order of Australia (AC):

The Honourable John Duncan Anderson AO has been recognised in the 2022 Queen’s Birthday Honours for eminent service to rural and...

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23
Aug

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The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

College celebrated the 70 years of Queen Elizabeth’s reign with a Platinum Jubilee Evensong followed by a Platinum Jubilee Dinner on...

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23
Aug

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Two Paulines in the next Federal Parliament

It is exciting to report that the College community has a new MP in Dr Andrew Charlton who has won the seat of Parramatta for the...

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23
Jul

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Pauline leads Anzac tribute at Gallipoli

His Excellency the Australian Ambassador to Turkey, Mr Miles Armitage, gave the Anzac address on behalf of the Australian nation at...

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23
Jul

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Scholars awarded at Academic

PIC: PRIZE WINNERS MR ANGUS MALMO (FIRST ON LEFT) AND MR NICK TROTTER (THIRD ON RIGHT) WITH ACTING DEAN HARRY CROKER AND FOURTH YEAR...

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23
Jul

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Student-centred projects

Creative ideas pour out of universities every day, not the least of these come from students seeking to make a difference to society....

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23
Jul

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2010 Australian of the Year

This year College is presenting a regular Monday night After-Dinner Speaker Series. This kicked-off in Week 1 with old Pauline...

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22
Jul

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Inspiration from a benefactor

Several members of St Paul’s are the beneficiaries of scholarship support enabling them to live away from home and within the...

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21
Jul

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Tramping on new boards

Support for replacement of floor boards, table tops and chairs in the Dining Hall is greatly appreciated but the appeal continues. The...

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7
Jun

London Summer Soiree

Friday 5 July | 7.00 pm Paulines living in, or visiting, London are invited to the St Paul’s College Union London Summer Soiree...

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5
Jul

60 Year Reunion Lunch for Freshers of 1963 and Others | Saturday 15 July 2023

1963 Freshers are warmly invited to a 60 year Reunion Lunch at College on Saturday 15 July. To get to the ticket website CLICK on:...

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5
Jul

For Alumni

30 Year Reunion Dinner for Freshers of 1993 | Saturday 15 July 2023

1993 Freshers are warmly invited to a Reunion Dinner at College on the evening of Saturday 15 July. To get to the ticket website CLICK...

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4
Jul

For Alumni

Arnott Years Reunion Lunch | Sunday 16 July

We are warmly inviting Paulines, their spouses, widows and friends from the Arnott years back to College to reconnect at a reunion...

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22
Jun

For Alumni

Victoriana! Bookings Open for the 59th Season

After the roaring success of last year’s Victoriana!, the Warden, Fellows and Union of St Paul’s College are commanded by...

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21
Jun

For Alumni

Chamber Music Concert with Tarsus – 16 July

Tarsus | Spotlight Date | Sunday 16 July 5pm Location | St Paul’s College Graduate House Refectory Tickets...

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17
May

For Alumni

Rawson Rugby postponed by one week

Important message  from SUSF for Paulines planning to attend the Rugby Finals: Oval 2 is currently closed and unplayable and with...

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5
May

For Alumni

Mummers Presents a Martin McDonagh Classic Black Comedy

‘The Lieutenant of Bungendore’ is an adaptation of Martin McDonagh’s classic black comedy, ‘The Lieutenant of...

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26
Apr

For Alumni

Coronation Celebration – NOW SOLD OUT

Date | Saturday 6 May 5.30-11.00 pm | Chapel, Hall, Quad All welcome to St Paul’s College for a celebration of the Coronation of...

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26
Apr

For the community

The Impresario Players present ‘The 39 Steps’ – 19 & 20 May

What could possibly be better than a trip to the theatre? That’s right – the theatre taking a trip to you! If you’re after a...

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4
Apr

For Alumni

Tarsus Chamber Collective | Just Another Story

Tickets | free, register at events.humanitix.com/just-another-story Date | Sunday 2 April 3pm @ Graduate House Refectory The...

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4
Apr

For Alumni

St Paul’s Choir Concert – Friday 31 March

Le Labyrinthe Tickets | trybooking.com/CGDHL Date | Friday 31 March 7.30pm @ St Paul’s College Chapel Venture into the labyrinth...

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23
Aug

For the community

Henry Purcell, Dido and Aeneas

Book now, limited seats. St Paul’s College presents Henry Purcell’s masterpiece Dido and Aeneas, a tale of destiny, love and...

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23
Aug

For the community

Victoriana! 2022 tickets on sale

“Victoriana!” is Australia’s longest running theatrical production and one of its most enduring and endearing. Run under the...

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23
Aug

Music

Choir sings at St Luke’s Mosman

You are warmly invited to a Service of Choral Evensong sung by the St Paul’s College Choir at St Luke’s Anglican Church, 4 Heydon...

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23
Aug

Music

The Four Seasons, recomposed

St Paul’s College, Ensemble Apex and international-renowned soloist Brendan Joyce present Max Richter’s modern taken on...

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23
Aug

Music

Music to your ears

People who rely on their performing arts talent to pay the bills in the have suffered throughout the pandemic and St Paul’s...

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23
Aug

For Alumni

2008 Reunion sets the scene for 2022 – dairies please!

A small band of recent alumni gathered in the Salisbury for a reunion in February, which was perfect timing just as the COVID...

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23
Aug

Music

A Night at the Opera

Romance, drama, death and comedy. Join our cast of characters in a night of opera presented by the second year students of the Sydney...

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23
Aug

For Alumni

Mummers presents “Wine Talks”

St Pauls’ College Mummer presents Wine Talks, farce written by Thomas Burrow and Timothy Richmond. Love to see you all there,...

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25
Jul

Music

Concert: Rave in the Nave

This is an hour long concert that combines new electronic dance music written by the ‘Salisbury Institute’ with live vocals...

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