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The '''College of St Swithin''' was a proposed [[SCA]] [[college]] at the Swinburne University of Technology, [[Melbourne]]. |
The '''College of St Swithin''' was a proposed [[SCA]] [[college]] at the Swinburne University of Technology, [[Melbourne]], Australia. |
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Existing from [[1987]]-[[1988]], it never made it to full branch status. |
Existing from [[1987]]-[[1988]], it never made it to full branch status. |
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St Swithin was a 9th century bishop of Winchester with a reputation for posthumous miracles. He is also associated with the weather. Supposedly, if it rains on St Swithin's Day (15th of July), then it will rain for the next forty days, but if St Swithin's Day is fair, it will not rain for the next 40. |
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Latest revision as of 21:01, 24 August 2026
The College of St Swithin was a proposed SCA college at the Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia.
Existing from 1987-1988, it never made it to full branch status.
St Swithin was a 9th century bishop of Winchester with a reputation for posthumous miracles. He is also associated with the weather. Supposedly, if it rains on St Swithin's Day (15th of July), then it will rain for the next forty days, but if St Swithin's Day is fair, it will not rain for the next 40.
