George Metcalfe was a London-born Australian educationalist, school proprietor and writer.
14 Facts About George Metcalfe
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George Metcalfe passed the Victorian matriculation exam in November 1860 and entered the University of Melbourne in March 1862.
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George Metcalfe introduced an early form of Australian Rules Football at Newington in 1867 as he had been Vice-President of the Geelong Football Club in 1861, which had been founded in 1859.
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Romance ensued and the College Council's sense of propriety was offended to the extent that George Metcalfe's employment was terminated early in 1869.
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At the time of their marriage the new Mrs George Metcalfe was said to be the daughter of James Gilligan, Esq.
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Anne Gilligan and George Metcalfe were married in 1869 in the District of Parramatta.
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The union produced three children: Ada Sophia born 1870; Horace born 1870; and Selwyn George Metcalfe born 1873.
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On 9 September 1871, George Metcalfe leased Mandelson's Hotel on the corner of Sloane and Clinton streets.
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In July 1879, after ten years in Goulburn, George Metcalfe transferred his school to Glebe Point.
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George Metcalfe supervised the erection of an additional schoolroom at Granville in 1883.
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In 1895 George Metcalfe wrote a reference book, entitled Australian Zoology, on the biology and distribution of two Australian Cicadidae : Cyclochila australasiae and Psaltoda moerens.
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George Metcalfe died in his residence, 110 Glenmore Road, Paddington, aged 90.
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George Metcalfe's funeral was held a day later at the Church of England Cemetery, Rookwood on 30 May 1927.
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George Metcalfe's wife had pre-deceased him in 1921 aged 78.