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New Scholarship honours Dr Robert Craig OAM on his 90th birthday, creates life-changing opportunities for students

24 July 2024

Today is the 90th birthday of Dr Robert J. Craig OAM (St Mark’s 1954-58), and in his honour his family have created the Craig Family Scholarship which will create life-changing …

2024 Scholarship winners recognised, and thank donors in person

13 June 2024

Life-changing opportunities celebrated at St Mark’s Winners of College scholarships for 2024 were recognised at the annual Scholarships Presentation Ceremonies held recently. These occasions gave Scholars the opportunity personally to …

“Thank you for believing in the potential of students and for investing in our future”

27 May 2024

Scholarships with impact Over recent months, dozens of current St Mark’s Collegians have again been writing letters of thanks for the scholarships that have helped them be at St Mark’s …

Tim Brooks Scholarship to create life-changing opportunities for Agricultural Science students

27 May 2024

A generous scholarship to help a rural student continue at St Mark’s while studying Agricultural Science, or Oenology and Viticulture, has been created by Old Collegian Tim Brooks (St Mark’s …

Academic successes and adventures: Semester 1, 2024

21 May 2024

2024 is off to a strong start, with celebrations of the academic success and adventures of the St Mark’s community. Academic Awards Dinner We celebrated our 2023 academic high achievers …

Marking Anzac Day and Founders’ Day

30 April 2024

Every year at St Mark’s, we commemorate Anzac Day and Founders’ Day. Anzac Day holds significant meaning for the College, as it’s also St Mark’s Day. Many of our founders …

2024 starts with “a spring in our step” – and a big win in the swimming!

15 March 2024

The 2024 College year is off to an exciting start, with much positive energy in the College – reinforced by a convincing win in last night’s inter-college swimming carnival, with …

Mary Ruth McKenzie

12 March 2024

(30 April 1937 – 15 January 2024) We were deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Mary McKenzie in January. Mary came to live at St Mark’s in 1964 …

Academic successes and adventures of our students

19 December 2023

Semester 2 has seen great academic success by our students, and many impressive and fascinating academic adventures – with more to come! Final Academic Results for 2023 The final results …

St Mark’s makes historic purchase of Cathedral Deanery

08 December 2023

St Mark’s College has purchased the spacious house at 40 Pennington Terrace, North Adelaide, that previously served as the residence of the Dean of St Peter’s Cathedral. This historic acquisition …

J C Bannon Oration discusses the robustness of Australian democracy

24 November 2023

One of Australia’s leading historians, Professor Frank Bongiorno AM, has given fascinating reflections on the robustness of Australian democracy in the 2023 J C Bannon Oration this week. Frank Bongiorno …

We deeply mourn the passing of Jeremy Pascoe, Honorary Fellow

17 November 2023

It is with great sadness that we report that Jeremy Pascoe, Honorary Fellow of the College and Old Collegian (1955-59), passed away yesterday after a long illness. Jeremy died peacefully …