In 2012, under the leadership of Charles Bright (P’62), the School established a fund for the construction of a house at the Corio campus for treasured teacher, mentor and curator, Michael Dudley de Burgh Collins Persse MVO OAM MA.
Thirty two donors gave in excess of $300,000 to enable the house to be built and fitted out with Michael in mind. The house at 76 Biddlecombe Avenue was established in perpetuity for future teachers and their families.
At the initiation of Michael’s friend and executor, Kate Baillieu, on 29 October 2025, we gathered to remember and recognise the generosity of those who contributed to the ‘Dovecote’ for Michael, and to unveil a plaque in their honour.
In recognition of Charles Bright’s leadership of the appeal for the house for Michael, Primmy Bright, Charles’s widow, shared in the unveiling of the plaque with GGS Principal, Rebecca Cody.
The permanent memorial will be installed at the site of Michael’s Geelong Grammar School home as a tribute to this special place and to all those who supported it.
