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Thomas Caterer (31 July 1825 – c. 4 January 1917) was a pioneer schoolteacher of Adelaide, South Australia who founded in 1862 a private school for boys which in 1866 became Norwood Grammar School.
His brother, Frederick Isaac Caterer (c. 1840 – c. 24 August 1892), founded a similarly influential school in Glenelg.
His eldest son, Ainslie Caterer (died 1923), noted cricketer and teacher, was the first student of the University of Adelaide to be awarded a BA.
He taught at J. L. Young's Adelaide Educational Institution for three or four years then secured appointments as headmaster at Port Adelaide 1857–1858, Glenelg South Australian Register 3 July 1858 p. 3 accessed 24 June 2011 Glenelg 1858–1859, Auburn School 1860–1861 Education South Australian Register 20 December 1861 p. 1 accessed 24 June 2011 and Glen Osmond.
He founded Beaumont Grammar School at his home "Greenhills" at Beaumont in 1862. Advertisements, South Australian Register, 9 January 1862, p. 1. Accessed 7 June 2011. which moved to Beulah Road, Norwood in April 1866, Public Notices South Australian Advertiser 4 April 1866 p. 4 accessed 22 June 2011 and renamed the Norwood Grammar School. Presentation to Mr. Thomas Caterer, South Australian Register, 28 March 1896, p. 7. Accessed 7 June 2011. Advertisement South Australian Register 9 July 1866 p. 1 accessed 21 June 2011
In 1883 he was assisting Harry P. Macklin (1856 – 2 August 1902) at the S. A. Commercial College on Osmond Terrace, Norwood then together in 1886 they founded the Semaphore Collegiate School in a building on Ward St, Semaphore where the Rev. James Coglin previously conducted a Church school. On Macklin's death in 1902, Personal (some info. on Macklin) The Advertiser 4 August 1902 p. 4 accessed 22 June 2011 he sold the school to John F. Hills Semaphore Collegiate School (advt.) The Register 25 September 1902 accessed 22 June 2011 and retired in 1904.
He was for two years (around 1880 – 1882) Mayor of the Corporate Town of Kensington and Norwood.
He was a fine cricketer and friend of East Torrens team-mate Sir Edwin Smith. Personal, The Advertiser, 6 January 1917. Accessed 8 June 2011.
His wife Marina worked closely with Thomas in teaching and school management. Death of Mrs Thomas Caterer South Australian Register 17 March 1899 p. 5 accessed 22 June 2011
In 1869 he married Jane Phillipps (died 1 January 1916), a sister of Herbert Phillipps. Obituary South Australian Register Tuesday 30 August 1892 p. 3 accessed 7 June 2011
Frederick attended the Glenelg Congregational Church regularly and was a great friend of the pastor, the Rev. C. Manthorpe. He ran the Sunday-school from 1872 to 1883. Mr. Frederick Caterer South Australian Advertiser 11 August 1883 p. 5 accessed 28 September 2011
He was reported missing on 22 August 1892 and was the subject of an extensive search. A Mysterious Disappearance, The Advertiser, Thursday 25 August 1892, p. 5, accessed 8 June 2011.
Thomas and Frederick had two sisters: Mercy Anne Caterer (1831 – 25 August 1908), who was married to Rev. W. H. Mudie, and Jessie (died 1925), who never married.
T. Ainslie Caterer
His eldest son, T. Ainslie Caterer (1858–1923), was a noted cricketer and educator, the first student of the University of Adelaide to be awarded a B.A. The Adelaide University South Australian Register 24 March 1879 Supplement p. 2 accessed 21 June 2011 He taught at St Peter's College from around 1890 and from 1916 Personal The Advertiser 3 January 1916 p. 6 accessed 21 June 2011 was acting headmaster, and successfully so, until the appointment of the Rev. Bickersteth in 1919. St. Peter's College The Advertiser 7 June 1919 p. 12 accessed 21 June 2011 He retired in 1921 and died two years later. He is remembered there by the Caterer Memorial Scholarship.
He married Elizabeth Amy Edmunds (1866– ), daughter of Arthur Joseph Edmunds, in 1890
F. I. Caterer
Thomas's younger brother, Frederick Isaac Caterer (c. 1840 – c. 24 August 1892) was born in Peppard, Oxfordshire, and arrived in Adelaide around 1866. For a time he worked for Thomas, but moved to Glenelg and founded the Glenelg Grammar School. on 1 October 1868. Students who achieved a degree of notability included F. C. Howard, E. Jones, Thomas McCallum, C. E. Manthorpe, B. Miller, J. H. Cooke MLC, F. H. Counsell, W. T. Stacy, W. A. Hamilton M.P., H. B. Crosby M.P. Glenelg Grammar School Advertiser (Adelaide) 3 October 1918 p. 5 accessed 13 November 2011 and Charles Rischbieth Jury.
The article gives a good description of the man and his habits. He was found dead four days later, having committed suicide by taking poison. The Inquest. Death from Poisoning The Advertiser Thursday 29 August 1892 p. 6 accessed 8 June 2011
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