100 years of Carey's history has been documented for all to read, published by HistorySmiths, the book is a beautifully presented publication of 460 pages, including over 500 illustrations and historical documents with an extensive index, and reference lists including staff from 1923–2021. Torchbearers will be released in 2023, however pre orders are now available to the alumni community.

Please note: Books will be available for distribution after 13 February 2023.  They will be available for collection from the school (Kew Main Reception) or can be posted - please select correct option when ordering. 

Please follow this link to pre order and purchase Torchbearers
https://events.humanitix.com/carey-baptist-grammar-school-history-book

Carey Baptist Grammar School’s torchbearers required a bold and earnest determination to create and maintain an educational community that is connected by faith, innovation, resilience and a welcoming embrace. Entrepreneurial endeavour and financial struggle underpinned Carey’s early development, supported always by its wide web of connections among the Baptist community of Kew and surrounding suburbs.  Expansion to Bulleen, Donvale and Toonallook, and commitment to coeducation and internationalism transformed the school. Its community continued to believe in itself and drew on a tight-knit intimacy born of a small school, as well as on its treasured values of service and care for every person which have endured despite its size, now, as one of Melbourne’s largest schools. Richly illustrated and meticulously researched, this book tells the story of those torchbearers during Carey Baptist Grammar School’s first century.

Written by professional historian Helen Penrose. With 30 years’ experience, her diverse list of published commissioned histories includes several major independent schools.