Wesley College, University Of Sydney

The college occupies a site on the main campus of the University of Sydney and was built on a sub-grant of Crown land. Wesley is one of six on-campus colleges at the University of Sydney which provide accommodation. In 1923 the college averaged 45 students. Originally the college accommodated only men but when women were admitted in 1969 Wesley became the first of the colleges within the University of Sydney to become co-educational. Its current head is Lisa Sutherland, who has held the position since 2010.

Wesley College
University of Sydney
Location	Western Avenue, University of Sydney NSW, 2006
Coordinates	33°53′21″S 151°11′09″E / 33.8892453°S 151.1858654°E / -33.8892453; 151.1858654
Full name	Wesley College
Motto	Ministrate in Fide Vestra Virtutem (Latin)
Motto in English	Serve Virtue in Your Faith
Established	1917
Named for	John Wesley, the founder of the Methodist Church
Sister college	Queen's College, University of Melbourne
Master	Lisa J Sutherland
Residents	265
Website	Website

The college chapel owned a Latin version of the Bible which dated to 1479, and may be the oldest bible in Australia, but has since gone missing.

 

The Edwardian Gothic main wing of Wesley dates from 1917 and was designed by the winner of a competition Byera Hadley (1872–1937), an English-born architect who had emigrated to Australia in 1887. Construction of the design was expected to cost £20,000. The brown face brick and sandstone building originally consisted of the central wing, dining room, chapel and Master's residence. It has a steep slate roof and is topped with a copper flèche. The interiors are detailed in a neo-Gothic style with polished timber staircases and wainscotting, leadlight windows and quatrefoil plaster ceilings. The chapel was paid for by benefactor Frederick Cull.

In 1922 the building's original design by Hadley was completed with the opening of the Callaghan Wing. Alan Dwyer designed the Cecil Purser Wing in 1943 and in 1960 Brewster Murray added the Wylie Wing. Further extensions were added in 1965 when Fowell, Mansfield & Maclurcan increased the capacity of the chapel and in 1969 when the same firm designed the Tutors Wing.

Rawson Cup

Every year, Wesley men compete for the Rawson Cup, which was presented to the Sydney University Sports Union in 1906 by Admiral Sir Harry Rawson, and is the height of male intercollegiate sport. The cup is fought for throughout the year by men representing each of the University of Sydney colleges accumulating points by competing in cricket, rowing, swimming, rugby, tennis, soccer, basketball and athletics. Wesley has won the Rawson Cup on seven occasions.^{[citation needed]}

Rosebowl Cup

The female sporting trophy, the Rosebowl Cup, has been won by Wesley on more occasions than any other college.

Social calendar

Students are also in charge of organising their own social calendar throughout the year, including sponsor bars, formal dinners, victory dinners, racing days, as well as the annual Informal (for 1200 people with live bands and DJs) and the annual Black Ball.

• 1916 (acting) Rev W Woolls Rutledge
• 1916–1923 Rev Michael Scott Fletcher
• 1923–1942 Rev Leslie Bennett
• 1942–1964 Rev Bertram Wyllie
• 1965–1976 Rev Norman Webb
• 1977–1983 Rev James Udy
• 1984–1996 Rev John Whitehead
• 1997–2001 Rev John Evans
• 2002–2009 Rev David Russell
• 2010–present Lisa Sutherland

 

Science, medicine, and academia

Rhodes Scholars

• 1923 Ambrose John Foote
• 1933 Frederick Colin Courtice
• 1952 Rawdon Dalrymple
• 1955 Alan Edward Davis
• 1970 Greg Houghton
• 1989 Anna Donald
• 1995 Andrew Robertson
• 1996 Stuart Grieve
• 1998 Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah
• 2000 Annaleise Grummitt
• 2004 Nilay Hazari