Building on – and preserving – our rich heritage with state-of-the-art facilities and innovative teaching that prepare our young people for the future, inside and outside the classroom.

“Nothing is more remarkable about this School than the loyalty and affection which its past members have for it and the generosity with which many have supported it. But even this is common to other schools. What is less common amongst Old Boys is the right attitude to the past and the right ambitions for the future. I think that Old Geelong Grammarians of every age are ready to feel that the best was not reached in their day, that even now the best has not been reached, and that we are building not for the present, but for the future… a future counted in centuries rather than decades.”
Sir J.R. Darling, Old Boys’ Day, 1930

Building for Our Future

The Building Fund supports the preservation and continued development of the physical assets of our School, including our many heritage spaces, learning facilities and living environments.

It ensures our young people have the very best possible learning, living and enabling environments now – and into the future.

“To be exceptional, we need exceptional thinking, exceptional teaching and exceptional facilities.”
Bob Barton (FB’98), Corio Campus Masterplan landscape architect

Over the years, gifts from donors to the Building Fund have allowed for the creation of invaluable spaces on our campuses such as the Handbury Centre for Wellbeing, the School for Performing Arts and Creative Education (SPACE), the Toorak Wellbeing Centre and new units at Timbertop.

The Building Fund also supports our efforts to renew and revitalise existing facilities such as boarding houses, the Chapel and other important heritage spaces.

Support for the Building Fund is so critical to achieving the best outcomes for our students.

“We now have the vision to build on what our forebears set in place.”
Paddy Handbury (M’72), Chair of Council

Planning for Our Future

As we work to create the School we strive to be this century, we are – for the first time in GGS history – developing comprehensive Masterplans for our campuses.

They are not plans just for now, but plans for the future. Plans that coherently and comprehensively interweave our rich heritage with contemporary learning that empowers our students to grow into the leaders our global communities need to shape a better world.

In addressing three key areas of our School environment – Living, Learning, Enabling – they serve to upgrade facilities and introduce new assets that enhance the GGS experience.

Our ‘living’ Masterplans are essential to enabling us to truly deliver on our potential to provide an exceptional education for our times.

And the support of our extraordinary community is essential to achieving these visionary Masterplans.

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