Stories by topic
Sport is a fickle beast
Playing intercollegiate football at Ormond I learnt both the sweet joy of victory and hard life lessons about leadership.
Suntan and a crisp white coat
Work, play and daydreaming on Wyselaskie Lawn as a Medical student in the early 1980s.
He could sure row a boat
In 1953, I shared a study and a rowing boat with future Olympian Jim Howden. I bought a Model A Ford to drive us to training.
Woodside Standard Time
John Woodside was recently awarded the Medal of the Order Australia for services to Engineering. Here he recalls his role in the construction of the Ormond Ski Club.
A Great Achievement
I spent over 110 days working with others to building the Ormond Ski Lodge. From a stowaway pygmy possum to unloading bricks at midnight, it was a memorable time.
A Significant Legacy
Remembering Dr. Alexander Morrison, my great-great-grandfather and the role he played in establishing Ormond.
Gather round and sing proudly of our College
It is an Ormond tradition to sing the college song at the end of a formal dinner and after a sporting or other victory. But the choice of song has varied over time.
Ormondians and conscription
Army conscript, nephew of a war casualty and colleague of a miliary hero James Lawson (1953) reflects on the controversial issue of conscription and its impacts on Ormond.
I shot a golf ball in the air
When in 1961 a group of friends instigated golf tournament, they had little idea it would continue annually for half a century.
Dawn on the Yarra
The hard work and determination of Ormond's rowing crews is on show in this video of them training on the Yarra in 2017.
Sort of like rock and roll
For two decades Ormondians built tricycles and competed in a 100km intercollegiate trike race.