Australian College of Educators

The college was established in 1959 as the Australian College of Education at a conference held at Geelong Grammar School at the instigation of the then-headmaster James Darling.{{cite web|url = http://www.austcolled.com.au/about-us/history|year = 2016|access-date = 29 June 2016|title = Australian College of Educators – History|publisher = www.austcolled.com.au|last = Ryan|first = T.|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160628131819/http://www.austcolled.com.au/about-us/history|archive-date = 28 June 2016|url-status = dead}} It was renamed as the Australian College of Educators in 2002.{{cite book|title = Australian College of Educators Annual Report – 2002|url = http://www.austcolled.com.au/documents/item/44|page = 4|chapter = President's Report|last = Brereton|first = E.|year = 2002|publisher = Australian College of Educators|access-date = 2016-06-29|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160313232301/http://www.austcolled.com.au/documents/item/44|archive-date = 2016-03-13|url-status = dead}} Darling was the first National President of the ACE and was knighted for his services to education and broadcasting in 1968. The Buntine Oration, a biennial invited presentation made at the ACE conference, was established in 1960 by the four then-surviving children of Walter Murray Buntine (1866–1953) in his memory.{{cite book|url = http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/buntine-walter-murray-5423|chapter = Buntine, Walter Murray (1866-1953)|title = Australian Dictionary of Biography|publisher = Melbourne University Press|access-date = 17 June 2016|volume = 7|year = 1979|last = French|first = E. L.|isbn = 9780522844597}} The inaugural Buntine Oration was presented by Professor Peter Karmel, and was entitled Some Aspects of the Economics of Education.{{Cite journal|date=11 July 1962|title=Education's needs|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-655525194|journal=Education: Journal of the N.S.W. Public School Teachers Federation|publisher=N.S.W. Teachers' Federation & New South Wales Public School Teachers' Federation|volume=43|issue=12|pages=2|via=Trove}}

The college has been based in Victoria for most of its existence; it did move to Canberra in 1988, though it has since returned to Melbourne was based at the Melbourne Graduate School of Education, and then became part of the Australian Council for Educational Research in 2019.{{Cite web|date=30 Oct 2019|title=The Australian Council for Educational Research|url=https://abr.business.gov.au/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210604081407/https://abr.business.gov.au/ABN/View?abn=19004398145|archive-date=2021-06-04|access-date=2021-06-04|website=Australian Business Register|language=en}} The first Jean Blackburn Oration was held in 2014, given by David Gonski, author of the Gonski Report which was an important election issue in the 2013 and 2016 federal elections.

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Walter Buntine had a significant role in the development of education in Victoria from his position as headmaster of Caulfield Grammar School (1896–1932) and his descendants have continued to be actively involved in education. His son, M. Arnold Buntine (1898–1975), earned a PhD in education from the University of Edinburgh and was headmaster of Camberwell Grammar School in Victoria and later the Hale School in Western Australia prior to World War II{{cite news|url = http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article85471283|title = Personalities in the World of Sport|newspaper = The Daily News|volume = LIV|issue = 18,519|date = 25 July 1934|access-date = 17 June 2016|page = 2|via = National Library of Australia}} after the war as headmaster of Geelong College.{{cite news|url = http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article78759256|title = Dr. Buntine For Geelong|newspaper = The Daily News|volume = LXIII|issue = 21,806|date = 24 February 1945 |access-date = 17 June 2016|page = 4|via = National Library of Australia}} Arnold was married to Gladys (Jim) Buntine (1901–1992), who was an educator in her role as Chief Commissioner of the Australian Girl Guides{{cite web|url = http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/buntine-gladys-selby-jim-18558|title = Buntine, Gladys Selby (Jim) (1901–1992)|first = M.|last = Payten|work = Australian Dictionary of Biography|access-date = 17 June 2016|year = 2016}} and their son, Robert Buntine (1929–2014) had leadership roles at The King's School and Newington College in Sydney.{{cite news|url = http://www.smh.com.au/comment/obituaries/bob-buntine-beloved-teacher-coached-rowers-to-historic-victories-20140530-zrsyh.html|title = Bob Buntine: Beloved teacher coached rowers to historic victories|date = 3 June 2014|access-date = 17 June 2016|newspaper = Sydney Morning Herald|first1 = D.|last1 = Roberts|first2 = J.|last2 = Wickham|first3 = M.|last3 = Smee}} Professor Mark Buntine{{cite thesis|type = Ph.D.|last = Buntine|first = Mark A.|date = 1992|title = Application of Ion Imaging and Laser-Induced Gratings to Chemical Dynamics|publisher = Stanford University}} of Curtin University of Technology is the most current of the Buntine family of educators.

The inaugural oration was given by Peter Karmel in 1962 at the third annual ACE conference.{{Cite web|url = http://www.austcolled.com.au/documents/item/41|title = The Buntine Oration: A Short History|publisher = www.austcolled.com.au|year = 2004|access-date = 17 June 2016|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170118041209/http://www.austcolled.com.au/documents/item/41|archive-date = 18 January 2017}} The oration has been given by a series of high-profile people, including Sir Paul Hasluck{{cite book|title = Australia and its Neighbours|last = Hasluck|first = P.|author-link = Paul Hasluck|location = Canberra ACT|publisher = Australian College of Education|year = 1964}} (Minister for External Affairs at the time, later the Governor-General of Australia), Sir Zelman Cowan{{cite journal|last = Cowan|first = Z.|title = The Buntine Oration 1980|volume = 7|year = 1981|journal = Unicorn: Bulletin of the Australian College of Education|pages = 4–15|issn = 0311-4775}} (while he was Governor-General of Australia),{{cite news|title = He 'restored Australia's faith': Sir Zelman Cowen dies at 92|date = 9 December 2011|access-date = 7 July 2016|first1 = M.|last1 = Gordon|first2 = M.|last2 = Grattan|author-link2 = Michelle Grattan|newspaper = Sydney Morning Herald|url = http://www.smh.com.au/national/he-restored-australias-faith-sir-zelman-cowen-dies-at-92-20111208-1olqj#ixzz4DjYDCWwZ}} Sir Michael Somare{{cite book|title = Educational Perspectives in Papua New Guinea|year = 1974|publisher = Australian College of Education|location = Carlton VIC|url = http://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED133808}} (then-Chief Minister of Papua New Guinea and becoming the inaugural Prime Minister on independence),{{cite web|url = http://www.parliament.gov.pg/member-of-parliament/bio/view/governor-east-sepik|access-date = 7 July 2016|title = Hon. Michael Somare, MP|publisher = National Parliament of Papua New Guinea|year = 2014|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160804001226/http://www.parliament.gov.pg/member-of-parliament/bio/view/governor-east-sepik|archive-date = 4 August 2016|url-status = dead}} Peter Doherty{{cite book|title = Australian College of Educators Annual Report – 2006|url = http://www.austcolled.com.au/documents/item/52|pages = 40–41|chapter = South Australia|last = Mathews|first = C.|year = 2006|publisher = Australian College of Educators|access-date = 29 June 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160313232142/http://www.austcolled.com.au/documents/item/52|archive-date = 13 March 2016|url-status = dead}} (Nobel Laureate in Medicine 1996 and Australian of the Year in 1997),{{cite web|url = https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1996/index.html|title = The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1996: Peter C. Doherty, Rolf M. Zinkernagel|access-date = 7 July 2016|year = 2014|publisher = nobelprize.org}}{{cite book|title = Australian of the Year Awards – A Fiftieth Anniversary History|year = 2010|first = S.|last = Furphy|url = http://www.australianoftheyear.org.au/storage/8906_AOTY_history_booklet_internals_6.pdf|publisher = australianoftheyear.org.au|access-date = 7 July 2016}} Michael Kirby{{cite book|title = The Human Face of Technological Change|url = http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED272164.pdf|editor-first = S.|editor-last = Randell|chapter = The Buntine Oration 1984: Education – On Hanging In There|last = Kirby|first = M.|author-link = Michael Kirby (judge)|pages = 21–31|year = 1984|publisher = Australian College of Education|location = Carlton VIC|isbn = 0909587329}} (then President of the New South Wales Court of Appeal and later a Justice of the High Court of Australia) and Robert French{{cite book|title = Educating for Democracy: 1996 Buntine Oration|first = R. S.|last = French|author-link = Robert French|location = Deakin ACT|publisher = Australian College of Education|year = 1996|isbn = 0909587817}} (then the Chancellor of Edith Cowan University and later the Chief Justice of the High Court). Inaugural ACE National President Sir James Darling gave the 1972 oration of responsibility;{{cite book|title = Priorities in Australian Education|year = 1972|publisher = Australian College of Education|location = Carlton VIC|isbn = 0909587027}} Barry McGaw{{cite journal|last = McGaw|first = B.|title = International Comparisons of Expenditure in Education|volume = 26|issue = 2|year = 2000|journal = Unicorn: Bulletin of the Australian College of Education|pages = 18–23|issn = 0311-4775}} is the only other National President to have been so honoured.

At the national level, the college awards Fellowships (FACE) to "highly valued and exemplary educators" and also gives a writing award to students of education and teaching.{{cite web|url = http://www.austcolled.com.au/awards/national-awards|title = National Awards|publisher = www.austcolled.com.au|access-date = 29 June 2016|year = 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160628122817/http://www.austcolled.com.au/awards/national-awards|archive-date = 28 June 2016|url-status = dead}} The most prestigious award from the ACE is the College Medal, awarded to one individual annually, "to acknowledge significant and distinctive contributions to the advancement of Australian education in any field, level or sector." Various awards are given by individual states and regions.{{cite web|url = http://www.austcolled.com.au/awards/state-and-regional-awards|title = State and Regional Awards|publisher = www.austcolled.com.au|access-date = 29 June 2016|year = 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160816115729/http://www.austcolled.com.au/awards/state-and-regional-awards|archive-date = 16 August 2016|url-status = dead}}

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