Attention: You are using an outdated browser, device or you do not have the latest version of JavaScript downloaded and so this website may not work as expected. Please download the latest software or switch device to avoid further issues.
More than 15 000 students have attended St Virgil’s College in Hobart, Tasmania, since it opened in 1911.
On September 25 1916 a gathering of 40 old boys, the College football team, the sports master, Br Moore and the team coach, Mr J Dunn met to discuss the formation of an Old Boys’ Association and an Old Boys’ Football Club. It was agreed that the old boys would subscribe towards an honor board for the College in memory of the former students who were engaged in the present war in Europe.
On May 20 1917, former students met and formed the Old Virgilians Association (OVA) to:
Membership
Membership of the Association is open to all past students of St Virgil’s College and St Peter’s School.
Click here to become a member.
Activities
The OVA hosts regular luncheons, an annual dinner and Mass. It supports current and past students in need, year group and other reunions across Tasmania, mainland Australia and overseas.
News and Information
News is circulated through this website in our stories, our Facebook page, Instagram and email newsletter, OVAtions.
If you are interested in news of the Old Virgilians Association, becoming a member, or you are simply seeking details of upcoming events, please contact the OVA Secretary.
The Old Virgilians Association Incorporated is managed by a committee of four executive members and five ordinary members who are all elected at the Association’s Annual General Meeting.
All members of the committee are eligible for re-election. The Immediate Past President continues as a member of the committee until the following AGM. Committee members must be financial members of the Association and are elected at each AGM by the financial members in attendance. Sincere thanks to the hard-working committee who continue to manage the OVA in a professional and highly effective manner.
If any Old Virgilians would like to assist the new committee in any way, they should contact the Secretary.
All contributions to The Old Virgilian are greatly appreciated.
______
David Mazengarb
President
______
Graeme Rainbow
Secretary
______
Michael Harvey
SVC 1983-1988
Treasurer
______
Corey Bygraves
Committee Member
______
Paul Boutchard
Committee Member
______
Alan Robertson
SVC 1954-1960
Committee Member
______
Bruce Woods
SVC 1955-1960
Committee Member
Insets (from Left): G Risby, F Ulbrich;
Standing (L-R): F Westbrook, F Dunn, CW Owen, R Higgins;
Sitting (L-R): TM Lowry (Assistant Secretary), LW Johnson (Vice-President), AG Ogilvie, LLB (President), HC Broderick (Vice President), HS Warren (Hon. Secretary-Treasurer).
"St Virgil’s Old Boys Association was formed on May 20th 1917 and was first known as St Virgil’s Collegians Association. The Committee consisted of eleven old scholars who were elected by a representative meeting of the former pupils of the College.
From the very outset the members displayed that spirit of loyalty and co-operation which is essentially indicative of the sons of St Virgil’s, and by sheer grit and determination began to achieve the object of their unanimous ambition. In its first year the Association claimed seventy members in Hobart alone, it has extended its way as far as Launceston and whilst it may proclaim members even so far distant as the Victorian capital.
The Committee is now on the point of opening for the benefit of the members an up-to-date suite of club rooms comprising billiard and bagatelle rooms, a gymnasium and reading room. Such results as these but six months after inauguration are gratifying and augur well for the future of the Association.”
– Extract from the St Virgil’s Record, 1917
The benefit of studying at St Virgil’s continues long after you graduate.
