George Metcalfe
| George Metcalfe | |
|---|---|
| Born |
29 April 1837 London, England |
| Died | 29 May 1927 (aged 90) Paddington, New South Wales |
| Nationality | British |
| Education |
University of Melbourne University of Sydney. |
| Occupation | Headmaster |
| Spouse(s) | Annie (née Anne Gilligan) |
| Children | One daughter and two sons |
George Metcalfe (29 April 1837 – 29 May 1927) was a London-born Australian educationalist, school proprietor and writer. As proprietor and Headmaster of the High School, Goulburn, he was responsible for the pre-university education of two Premiers of New South Wales.
Little is known of Metcalfe's life or education in London prior to his arrival in Australia. In January 1858 he commenced teaching as the fourth master at the Flinders School in Geelong, Victoria. With the arrival of George Morrison as Headmaster in 1859 he was promoted to the position of third master. He was appointed as the assistant master at Ballarat College on its founding in 1864 and is referred to in the advertising as George Metcalfe Esq. Honorman, University of Melbourne. In this period he read classics at Melbourne University and obtained a Bachelor of Arts in April 1866.
With his newly awarded degree, Metcalfe was appointed Headmaster at Newington College at Newington House in Silverwater, New South Wales, late in 1866. At the time, Newington had a system of dual-control and he served with the Rev. Joseph Horner Fletcher as President. The school had been founded in 1863 as the Wesleyan Collegiate Institute with the Rev. James Egan Moulton as Headmaster awaiting the arrival of Thomas Johnston in that role. Johnston then developed a sound academic program at Silverwater but Fletcher was keen to further this and so Metcalfe with his BA, a notable achievement in the mid-1860s, was deemed a worthy successor. At this time Metcalfe was seen as a "finished classical scholar with an intense appreciation of the great Greek and Latin writers". In 1868 he was awarded a Master of Arts from the University of Sydney.
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