{{Short description|High school in Makhanda, Eastern Cape, South Africa}} {{notability|companies|date=October 2020}} {{Use South African English|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox school | name = Graeme College | image = GRAEME_COLLEGE_BADGE_2.JPG | image_size = 250px | caption = Graeme College school crest | motto = Virtute et Opera <br /> ''(Courage and toil)'' | established = {{start date and age|1873}} | type = [[state school|Public]] high school<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ecdoe.gov.za/research/schools%20%28grahamstown%29.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=2011-08-17 |archive-date=2011-05-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525003507/http://www.ecdoe.gov.za/research/schools%20(grahamstown).htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> | address = Templeton Drive | city = [[Grahamstown|Makhanda]] | province = [[Eastern Cape]] | country = [[South Africa]] | district = | school_number = +27 (046) 622 7227 | sister_school = [[Victoria Girls' High School]] | grades = 00{{ndash}}12 | gender = Male | enrollment = 600 boys | headmaster = Kevin Watson | staff = 33 teachers <br />13 support staff<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gc.ecape.school.za/staff.html |title=Graeme College, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa |accessdate=2011-05-02 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720124205/http://www.gc.ecape.school.za/staff.html |archivedate=2011-07-20 }}</ref> | lower_age = 6 | upper_age = 18 | schedule = ''07:30 - 13:30'' | language = [[English language|English]] | houses = * Hutton * Nielson * Vernal * Wiles | colours = {{color box|Gold}} Gold <br /> {{color box|Navy}} Navy <br /> {{color box|White}} White | campus = Urban Campus | campus_type = Suburban | rival = {{Plainlist| * [[Muir College]] * [[St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown]] * [[Selborne College]] * [[Grey High School]] * [[Dale College]] * [[Queen's College Boys' High School|Queen's College]] }} | nickname = ''Graemians'' | fees = Contact the school for current fees | alumni = [[#Notable alumni|Old Graemians]] | song = | website = {{URL|http://www.graemecollege.co.za/}} }}
'''Graeme College''' is a [[state school|public]] [[English language|English medium]] high school for boys located in [[Grahamstown|Makhanda (Grahamstown)]] in the [[Eastern Cape]] province of [[South Africa]]. It caters for boys from Grade 00 to Grade 12 and offers both boarding and day options to its pupils.<ref>[http://www.gc.ecape.school.za/index.html home page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720124413/http://www.gc.ecape.school.za/index.html |date=2011-07-20 }} of gc.ecape.school.za</ref> It was founded in April 1873.
==History== Over the years the name of the school has undergone several changes. During the period in which it offered [[matriculation]] classes to young ladies, it was known as Victoria High School, and finally in 1938 it adopted the name "Graeme College".<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gc.ecape.school.za/ |title=School website |access-date=2006-09-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070716073637/http://www.gc.ecape.school.za/ |archive-date=2007-07-16 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Notable alumni== {{See also|Category:Alumni of Graeme College}}
*Professor [[Colin Bundy]], historian. *[[William Philip Schreiner]] (1857-1919). 8th Prime Minister of the Cape Colony. *Squadron Leader [[Marmaduke Pattle]], DFC and Bar. *[[Major-General]] Robert John (Bobby) Palmer [[Commander of the Royal Victorian Order|CVO]] [[Distinguished Service Order|DSO]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia | title = Palmer, Robert John| encyclopedia = Dictionary of South African Biography | volume = IV | pages = 446–7 | publisher = Human Sciences Research Council | year = 1987 | isbn = 0-409-09183-9}}</ref> *[[Hennie le Roux]], former South African (Springbok) centre (1993-1996). *[[William Philip Schreiner]] (1857-1919). 8th Prime Minister of the Cape Colony. *Daniel [[Cheeky Watson]]. Former Eastern Province and Junior Springbok rugby union player who, with his brother Valance, was one of the first white South African rugby union players to participate in a mixed race rugby game, during the period when mixed-race activities were forbidden by apartheid legislation. *The Very Rev. [[Harold Claude Noel Williams]] (1914-1990), Principal of St Matthew’s College
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==External links== *{{Official website | http://www.gc.ecape.school.za/ }} *http://ings.ds9.org.za/gallery/graeme {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080901194604/http://ings.ds9.org.za/gallery/graeme |date=2008-09-01 }} Ingrid's Photo Gallery *http://www.martinsguesthouse.com/portalfred/graemeboys/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714042451/http://www.martinsguesthouse.com/portalfred/graemeboys/ |date=2011-07-14 }} Martin Kruger's Old Boys Page
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