By Noel Towell and Caroline Schelle March 1, 2025 — 5.00am , register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Listen to this article It’s been 21 years since Renato Manias began his time at Ballarat and Queens Grammar School, aged just 13, but he hasn’t forgotten the welcome he and his classmates received from the older boys in the boarding house.