Xavier College, Kew, Victoria, Australia. I attended this school from 1989-1992 (having attended one of its two junior schools, Kostka Hall, from 1985-1988 – the other junior school is Burke Hall, mentioned in the quotes). I never experienced corporal punishment at the senior school – was threatened with it a couple of times.

The books I will quote later relate to schools I did not attend – just to make that clear. Kostka and Xavier are the only ones I will be quoting about that I have direct personal experience of. The others – well, I’m reading their histories because I find them interesting for a number of reasons.