‘Wesley College: The First Hundred Years’ by Geoffrey Blainey, James Morrisey and S.E.K. Hulme.

It contains far less corporal punishment material than others , but there’s still some (not much though from a school whose old boys have often referred to their schoolmasters as ‘the men who tanned the hide of us’).

Again, a particular term needs to be explained with regard to Wesley – that of ‘President’. In the early days of Wesley College administrative power in the school was split between two people – President and Headmaster – the Headmaster was pretty much as you’d expect, the President was functionally a boarding house master and chaplain – however he had a position on the School Council (which the headmaster did not) and therefore could exert considerable pressure on the Headmaster.