Geelong Grammar School is a private Anglican co-educational boarding and day school. The school's main campus is located in Corio on the northern outskirts of Geelong, Victoria, Australia, overlooking Corio Bay and Limeburners Bay.
Established in 1855 under the auspices of the Church of England, Geelong Grammar School has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently caters for approximately 1,500 students from Pre-school to Year 12, including 800 boarders from Years 5 to 12.
Charles III (Charles Philip Arthur George; born 14 November 1948) is King of the United Kingdom and 14 other Commonwealth realms.
Charles was born during the reign of his maternal grandfather, King George VI, and became heir apparent when his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, acceded to the throne in 1952. He was created Prince of Wales in 1958 and his investiture was held in 1969. Charles was educated at Cheam School and Gordonstoun, and later spent six months at the Timbertop campus of Geelong Grammar School in Victoria, Australia. After completing a history degree from the University of Cambridge, he served in the Royal Air Force and the Royal Navy from 1971 to 1976. He married Lady Diana Spencer in 1981 and they had two sons, William and Harry. Charles and Diana divorced in 1996 after years of estrangement and well-publicised extramarital affairs. Diana died the following year from injuries sustained in a car crash. In 2005, Charles married his long-time partner, Camilla Parker Bowles.
Timbertop is an Australian boarding and co-educational campus of Geelong Grammar School located near Mansfield, Victoria. It is named after Mount Timbertop which towers directly over the campus.
Timbertop was established in 1953 by then headmaster James Darling, The campus is attended by year-nine students attending Geelong Grammar School, although as there are limited spaces not all students are able to attend. As of 2017 approximately 240 boys and girls attend Timbertop. They are divided into single-sex "units" of approximately 15 students. They participate in a wide variety of physical activities including running, hiking and skiing, as well as a normal academic routine. Additionally, students at Timbertop do not have access to devices such as computers, mobile phones or digital cameras and external news is typically received via newspaper or radio. Almost all communication from students to family and friends off campus is carried through hand-written letters. In order for students to receive hot water for showers, cleaning and heating, they must chop their own wood which is then placed in a boiler accompanying each unit building.
Sir James Ralph Darling (18 June 1899 – 1 November 1995) was an English and Australian educator. He was the headmaster of Geelong Grammar School (1930–1961) and chairman of the Australian Broadcasting Commission (1961–1967).
Limeburners Bay, one of numerous bays in Port Phillip, lies in the southwest and adjoins Corio Bay, which abuts Geelong, the second largest city in Victoria, Australia. The bay was named after lime kilns, located on the east side of Corio Bay, used to burn limestone for making cement.
In the 1820s, explorers Hume and Hovell ended their journey in the area of Limeburners Bay before returning to Sydney. It is a tide-dominated estuary that runs off Hovells Creek. The area is popular for recreational fishing and hiking and birdwatching. Geelong Grammar School overlooks the bay.