Ormond College

Saloni grew up in a community where most girls were expected to marry young – not pursue degrees. Today, she's studying her Master's in International Business at Ormond College. The first in her family to leave India to study. None of this would have been possible without Saloni's hard work or her Ormond scholarship – and the people who believed in her.

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study views from the last few weeks ☁️📖

library time, cosy cafes, lots of caffeine and little treats 🥐 melbourne even gave us some sun between the grey bits ⭐️

meet Jimmy ✨ we raided his camera roll with varying levels of success!!

second year engineering student, head of the rural students club, academic rep for science, vice head of sports and sustainability.. and most importantly, reigning intercollegiate belly flop champion! 🏆

Lucas juggled three jobs in first year just to stay at uni. With his dad living with multiple sclerosis, the pressure on his family was immense.

His Ormond scholarship changed everything.

"It's honestly altered the course of my life." – Lucas, 2026 scholarship recipient.

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our guide to study spaces around College!! 📚

/ 🎨 Vicky W

Blinked and somehow it’s winter… here’s what we were doing while the sun was still out ☀️ pizza nights, picnic birthdays, long JCR mornings, ACA study sessions & one too many shopping trips 😇💐🌟

/ 📸 Molly R

You could have heard a pin drop in the Dining Hall on Monday night. Guest speaker Nikki Moodie, Professor of Indigenous Studies at , gave an extraordinary speech at our National Reconciliation Week Formal Hall about the meaning, and the challenges, of reconciliation in Australia today. Later, Ormond’s MacFarland Choir performed ‘Birrama Mana’, a song in Yorta Yorta and English, composed by Deborah Cheetham. The performance was led by Lillie Walker.

National Reconciliation Week at Ormond is a busy week with lots of events, including a Blak movie night, a crafternoon to raise money for the Aboriginal Community Elders Service and a game of Buroinjin. Huge thanks to Matt Sloane, head of the Indigenous Sub-Committee, and to our Freemantle-Lewis Fellow, Isabella Coates. 

Master and Head of College Areti Metuamate said, “Our motto, ‘et nova et vetera’, is about recognising both the new and the old. And reconciliation asks exactly that. To recognise that we inherit histories, traditions, institutions, and truths that existed long before us, while also accepting our responsibility to shape what comes next.”

our week 11 at ormond 💖💖💖 lots of studying and study breaks as we finish off the semester 🤯
 
also rural students club x leisure line dancing night • philanthropy club blood drive • JCR catch ups 🫶 • our audio visual entertainment (AVE) rave • buroinjin practice for the intercollegiate competition (go ormond! 🥈) • and some sunday slowdown yoga in the chapel 💌