Trinity College, Melbourne


Trinity College is the oldest residential college of the University of Melbourne in Australia. The college was founded in 1872 on a site granted to the Church of England by the university. In addition to its resident community of 380 University of Melbourne and University of Divinity students, Trinity's programs includes Trinity College Foundation Studies, which prepares around 1500 international students for admission to the University of Melbourne annually; the Trinity College Theological School, an Anglican theological college, now a college of the University of Divinity; and the Pathways School, which runs the Foundation Studies program, summer and winter schools for young leaders, as well as other shorter learning and leadership programs.

History

Trinity College was founded in 1872 by the first Anglican Bishop of Melbourne, Charles Perry. The college was affiliated with the University of Melbourne in 1876. The Trinity College Theological School was founded by Bishop James Moorhouse in 1877.
In 1883 the college became the first university college in Australia to admit women when Lilian Helen Alexander was accepted as a non-resident student. With the establishment of the Trinity Women's Hostel in 1886, Trinity admitted women as resident students, making it the first university college in Australia to do so.
In 1989 the Trinity College Foundation Studies program was established to prepare international students for entry to the University of Melbourne.
Since 2001, Trinity has also offered summer school programs to high school age students from around Australia and internationally. In 2010 the college hosted its first Juilliard Winter Jazz School, which was repeated in 2011.

Architecture and main buildings

Situated to the north of the main university campus, Trinity's various ivy-clad stone and brick buildings surround a large grassed area, known as the Bulpadock.
The college's main buildings include:
Facilities located in Parkville and Carlton beyond the main campus are occupied by the Trinity College Foundation Studies program.

Clubs and societies

The Trinity College Associated Clubs provides leadership for the annual Orientation Week program at the beginning of the year and facilitates a multitude of social, cultural and sporting events throughout the year. Trinity's clubs and societies run many different functions and events throughout the year. The current student clubs include the Beer Budlay Society, Wine Cellar, Billiards Room, Dialectic Society, Music Society, Environmental Committee, Arts Society, Film Society, Drama Club, Games Society and Cooking Society. The students also run an active program of social service and community outreach, including such programs as tutoring in local schools and educational visits to remote Indigenous communities.

Sport

Trinity College participates in many different sports in intercollegiate competition, including Australian rules football, soccer, netball, hockey, athletics, swimming, volleyball, squash, tennis and badminton. The college also has a particularly strong tradition in rowing and rugby. The college has its own multi-purpose synthetic court.

College song

The current version of the college song was written by the fifth warden, Evan Burge, and set to the hymn tune "Thaxted", derived from the "Jupiter" movement from Gustav Holst's The Planets.

Where Bishops' lifts its ivy'd tower
and Clarke's long cloisters run.
The College Oak stands spreading forth its branches to the sun.
And here are joy and laughter and loyal friends as well;
The Bulpadock rejoices in our efforts to excel.
And whene'er we think on all these things
wherever we may be,
We shall raise our voices higher and sing of Trinity.
Great God, your spirit fills this earth, your truth can make us free,
O lift us up beyond ourselves to be all we can be.
For you have made and love us, and guide us through all strife,
You gave your Son as one of us, his death’s our source of life.
In friendship bind out hearts in one, a diverse unity,
And make us worthy of your name, O glorious Trinity.

College prayer

"Father, through many generations and by many bountiful servants you have blessed this College as a house of faith and fruitful study, grant us likewise in this place, so to learn truth as to bear its light along all our ways, and so to learn Christ as ever to be found in him; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen."

College grace (short)

Opening grace, said prior to the meal at formal and celebratory dinners:
Benedictus benedicat, per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum. Amen.
The opening grace is a traditional and common Latin grace, the meaning of which may be translated as "May the blessed one bless , through Jesus Christ our Lord."
Closing grace, said at the conclusion of dinner:

Presider: "Laus Deo"
Response: "Deo Gratias"

College grace (long)

Benedic, Domine, nos et dona tua, quae de largitate tua sumus sumpturi,
et concede, ut illis salubriter nutriti tibi debitum obsequium praestare valeamus,
per Christum Dominum nostrum.
"Bless, O Lord, us and your gifts, which from your bounty we are about to receive,
and grant that, healthily nourished by them, we may render you due obedience,
through Christ our Lord."

Chapel and choir

The Choir of Trinity College have become known especially, but not exclusively, for choral music in the tradition of English cathedrals and the collegiate chapels of Oxford and Cambridge universities. The choir sings Evensong in the chapel during term. Choral Evensong at Trinity has become a well-known liturgical event in Melbourne. The choir also performs locally and tours internationally and have made a number of radio broadcasts and CD recordings, including five albums for ABC Classics.
From 1956 to 2016, the college provided liturgical hospitality to a local Anglican congregation, the Canterbury Fellowship. The fellowship's choir sang for choral services on Sunday mornings and Evensong out of term time.

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