Associated Grammar Schools of Victoria
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The Associated Grammar Schools of Victoria (AGSV) are a group of nine independent schools in Victoria
, Australia
, formed in 1920. The AGSV provides the basis for interschool sporting competition between the nine member schools in a range of sports.
. In 2000 a full range of Summer and Winter Combined matches at Firsts level commenced.
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, formed in 1920. The AGSV provides the basis for interschool sporting competition between the nine member schools in a range of sports.
Current member schools
School | Location | Enrolment | Founded | Denomination | Boys/Girls | Day/Boarding | Year Entered Competition |
School Colors |
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Assumption College Assumption College, Kilmore Assumption College is a Roman Catholic, secondary, co-educational, day and Boarding school, located in Kilmore, Victoria, Australia.Founded in 1893, the college first took boarders in 1901, and was a boys' school until 1982, when it became coeducational. The current principal is Mr... |
Kilmore Kilmore, Victoria Kilmore is a town in the Australian state of Victoria. Located north of Melbourne, it is contentiously claimed as Victoria's oldest inland settled town... |
1071 | 1893 | Catholic Catholic The word catholic comes from the Greek phrase , meaning "on the whole," "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning "about" and meaning "whole"... |
Boys & Girls | Day & Boarding | 1958 | |
Camberwell Grammar School Camberwell Grammar School Camberwell Grammar School is an independent, Anglican, day school for boys, located in Canterbury, an eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.... |
Canterbury Canterbury, Victoria Canterbury is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 10 km east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Boroondara... |
1255 | 1886 | Anglican | Boys | Day | 1920 | |
Ivanhoe Grammar School Ivanhoe Grammar School Ivanhoe Grammar School is an independent, co-educational, day school, located in Ivanhoe and Mernda , both located in the north-eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.... |
Ivanhoe Ivanhoe, Victoria Ivanhoe is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 10 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Banyule. At the 2006 Census, Ivanhoe had a population of 10,600.-History:... |
1762 | 1915 | Anglican | Boys & Girls | Day | 1920 | |
Marcellin College Marcellin College Marcellin College is a Marist Catholic secondary boys' school situated in Bulleen, Victoria, Australia.The school was founded in 1950 by the Marist Brothers originally in Camberwell... |
Bulleen Bulleen, Victoria Bulleen is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 12 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Manningham. At the 2006 Census, Bulleen had a population of 10,528.-Etymology:... |
1220 | 1950 | Catholic Catholic The word catholic comes from the Greek phrase , meaning "on the whole," "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning "about" and meaning "whole"... |
Boys | Day | 1964 | |
Mentone Grammar School Mentone Grammar School Mentone Grammar School is an independent, Anglican co-educational grammar school in Mentone, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.-History:... |
Mentone Mentone, Victoria Mentone is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 21 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Kingston... |
1004 | 1923 | Anglican | Boys & Girls | Day | 1958 | |
The Peninsula School The Peninsula School The Peninsula School is an independent, co-educational, Anglican, day and boarding school, located in Mount Eliza, Victoria, Australia.Founded in 1961, the school is set on the large hilly green fields overlooking Port Phillip Bay in the Mornington Peninsula and is a member of the Associated... |
Mt Eliza | 1323 | 1961 | Anglican | Boys & Girls | Day & Boarding | 1965 | |
Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School is an independent, Uniting Church, co-educational school, with campuses located in Essendon, Moonee Ponds and Keilor East in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.... |
Keilor East Keilor East, Victoria Keilor East is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 16 km north-west from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area are the Cities of Brimbank and Moonee Valley... |
2204 | 1871 | Uniting Church | Boys & Girls | Day | 1958 | |
Trinity Grammar School | Kew Kew, Victoria Kew is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 6 km east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Boroondara. At the 2006 Census, Kew had a population of 22,516.... |
1303 | 1902 | Anglican | Boys | Day & Boarding | 1920 | |
Yarra Valley Grammar Yarra Valley Grammar Yarra Valley Grammar School is an independent, co-educational grammar school, located in Ringwood, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.The school was established in 1966 as Yarra Valley Church of England School, and catered for boys only.... |
Ringwood Ringwood, Victoria Ringwood is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, east of Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Maroondah. At the 2006 Census, Ringwood had a population of 15,185.... |
1071 | 1966 | Anglican | Boys & Girls | Day | 1971 | |
Former member schools
School | Location | Founded | Denomination | Boys/Girls | Day/Boarding | Years Competed |
School Colors |
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All Saints Grammar | St Kilda East St Kilda East, Victoria St Kilda East is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 6 km south-east of Melbourne's central business district. It is located within the Local Government Areas of the City of Glen Eira and the City of Port Phillip. At the 2006 Census, it had a population of 12,188.St Kilda East is one... |
1871–1937 | Anglican | Boys | 1920–1925 | ||
Brighton Grammar School Brighton Grammar School Brighton Grammar School is an independent, Anglican, day school for boys, located in Brighton, a south-eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.... |
Brighton Brighton, Victoria Brighton is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 11 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Bayside. At the 2006 Census, Brighton had a population of 20,651... |
1882 | Anglican | Boys | Day | 1920–1957 | |
Carey Baptist Grammar School Carey Baptist Grammar School Carey Baptist Grammar School is an independent, co-educational, Christian, international, day school consisting of four campuses in Victoria, Australia - Kew , Donvale , the Carey Sports Complex in Bulleen and an outdoor education camp near Paynesville in eastern Gippsland called Carey... |
Kew Kew, Victoria Kew is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 6 km east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Boroondara. At the 2006 Census, Kew had a population of 22,516.... |
1923 | Baptist Baptist Baptists comprise a group of Christian denominations and churches that subscribe to a doctrine that baptism should be performed only for professing believers , and that it must be done by immersion... |
Boys/Girls | Day | 1928–1957 | |
Caulfield Grammar School Caulfield Grammar School Caulfield Grammar School is an independent, co-educational, Anglican, day and boarding school, located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Founded in 1881 as a boys' school, Caulfield began admitting girls exactly one hundred years later... |
Caulfield Caulfield, Victoria Caulfield is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 12 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Glen Eira... |
1881 | Anglican | Boys | Day & | 1920–1957 | |
Haileybury Haileybury, Melbourne Haileybury is an independent school affiliated with the Uniting Church in Australia, located in Berwick, Brighton East and Keysborough, suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The school incorporates both Haileybury College, an all-boys college and Haileybury Girls' College, an all-girls college... |
Keysborough Keysborough, Victoria Keysborough is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 27 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Greater Dandenong... |
1892 | Uniting Church | Boys | Day | 1920–1957 | |
Malvern Grammar School now part of Caulfield Grammar School Caulfield Grammar School Caulfield Grammar School is an independent, co-educational, Anglican, day and boarding school, located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Founded in 1881 as a boys' school, Caulfield began admitting girls exactly one hundred years later... |
Glen Iris Glen Iris, Victoria Glen Iris is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 10 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area are the Cities of Boroondara and Stonnington... |
1890–1960 | Anglican | Boys | Day | 1920–1960 | |
St Thomas College now part of Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School is an independent, Uniting Church, co-educational school, with campuses located in Essendon, Moonee Ponds and Keilor East in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.... |
1920–1928 | ||||||
Boys
- Athletics
- Australian Rules Football
- Badminton
- Basketball
- Cricket
- Cross Country
- Hockey
- Soccer
- Squash
- Swimming
- Table Tennis
- Tennis
- Volleyball
- Water Polo
Girls
- Athletics
- Badminton
- Basketball
- Cross Country
- Hockey
- Netball
- Soccer
- Softball
- Swimming
- Tennis
- Volleyball
AGSV/APS Sport Competition
From 1968 to 1999 Tennis was the only sport played between the Associated Grammar Schools of Victoria and the Associated Public Schools of VictoriaAssociated Public Schools of Victoria
The Associated Public Schools of Victoria are a group of eleven elite independent schools in Victoria, Australia, similar to the Athletic Association of the Great Public Schools of New South Wales in New South Wales....
. In 2000 a full range of Summer and Winter Combined matches at Firsts level commenced.
Current member schools
School |
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Assumption College Assumption College, Kilmore Assumption College is a Roman Catholic, secondary, co-educational, day and Boarding school, located in Kilmore, Victoria, Australia.Founded in 1893, the college first took boarders in 1901, and was a boys' school until 1982, when it became coeducational. The current principal is Mr... |
Camberwell Grammar School Camberwell Grammar School Camberwell Grammar School is an independent, Anglican, day school for boys, located in Canterbury, an eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.... |
Ivanhoe Grammar School Ivanhoe Grammar School Ivanhoe Grammar School is an independent, co-educational, day school, located in Ivanhoe and Mernda , both located in the north-eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.... |
Marcellin College Marcellin College Marcellin College is a Marist Catholic secondary boys' school situated in Bulleen, Victoria, Australia.The school was founded in 1950 by the Marist Brothers originally in Camberwell... |
Mentone Grammar School Mentone Grammar School Mentone Grammar School is an independent, Anglican co-educational grammar school in Mentone, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.-History:... |
The Peninsula School The Peninsula School The Peninsula School is an independent, co-educational, Anglican, day and boarding school, located in Mount Eliza, Victoria, Australia.Founded in 1961, the school is set on the large hilly green fields overlooking Port Phillip Bay in the Mornington Peninsula and is a member of the Associated... |
Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School is an independent, Uniting Church, co-educational school, with campuses located in Essendon, Moonee Ponds and Keilor East in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.... |
Trinity Grammar School |
Yarra Valley Grammar Yarra Valley Grammar Yarra Valley Grammar School is an independent, co-educational grammar school, located in Ringwood, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.The school was established in 1966 as Yarra Valley Church of England School, and catered for boys only.... |
Sports
- Badminton
- Basketball
- Cricket
- Cross Country
- Football
- Hockey
- Netball
- Soccer
- Softball
- Table Tennis
- Tennis
- Volleyball
- Water Polo
AGSV/BAS Sport Competition
A Football match was organised between the Associated Grammar Schools of Victoria and the Ballarat Public Schools Association (BPSA) now known as Ballarat Associated Schools (BAS) in 1961. This proved successful and the following year Cricket and Tennis were introduced. In the 1990s Basketball, Badminton and Cross Country became part of the programme.- Badminton
- Basketball
- Cricket
- Cross Country
- Football
- Tennis