St Mary's College, Melbourne (school)
St Mary's College (formerly Christian Brothers College, St Kilda) is an independent Catholic secondary school for boys and girls, located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The school was founded in 1878 and is both one of the oldest private schools in Melbourne and the only co-educational Catholic school in inner Melbourne. Originally founded as Christian Brothers College, St Kilda, and run by the Christian Brothers, the school has long since had a lay teaching and administrative staff. The school is member of Edmund Rice Education Australia and is also a member of Associated Catholic Colleges.
| St Mary's College, Melbourne | |
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| Address | |
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11 Westbury Street , 3183 Australia | |
| Coordinates | 37°51′33″S 144°59′48″E |
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| Type | Independent secondary school |
| Motto | Latin: Virtus Sola Nobilitas (Virtue Alone Is Noble) |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic |
| Denomination | Christian Brothers |
| Established | 26 July 1878 |
| Trust | Edmund Rice Education Australia |
| Chairman | James Esmonde |
| Headmaster | Terry Blizzard |
| Chaplain | Joseph Caddy |
| Years offered | 7–12 |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Enrolment | 552 |
| Campus | Inner-city |
| Colour(s) | Navy blue, light blue, green |
| Affiliation | Associated Catholic Colleges |
| Website | stmaryscollege |
St Mary's consists of two campuses. The Edmund Rice Campus (formerly CBC St Kilda) in St Kilda East and the Presentation Campus (formerly PCW Melbourne) in Windsor. Until 2020, there was a campus solely for Year 9 students located in Balaclava which opened in 2008.
History
In 2019, after Presentation College Windsor announced it was shutting down at the end of the 2020 school year, CBC St Kilda announced it would be going from a boys school to a co-educational school. On 23 November 2020, CBC St Kilda announced the change of name to St Mary's College.[1]
Sport
St Mary's is a member of the Associated Catholic Colleges (ACC) and the Secondary Catholic Sports Association (SCSA).
ACC premierships
Christian Brothers' College, St Kilda won the following ACC premierships.[2]
- Athletics (16) - 1918, 1919, 1920, 1923, 1927, 1935, 1942, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1957, 1960, 1968, 1971
- Basketball - 2014
- Cricket (11) - 1932, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1944, 1948, 1967
- Cross Country - 1975
- Football (14) - 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1941, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1963, 1969, 1971
- Handball - 1953
- Hockey (3) - 1982, 2007, 2011
- Soccer (4) - 1978, 1987, 1997, 2007
- Swimming (23) - 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1977
- Tennis (4) - 1939, 1940, 1941, 1945
Notable alumni
- The arts, media and entertainment
- John Burns – radio presenter
- Ronald Conway – psychologist and author of The Great Australian Stupor
- Peter Corrigan – architect of international renown
- Frank Howson – noted scriptwriter and film director
- Richard Hughes CBE – journalist, foreign correspondent in Asia
- Daniel Keene – noted playwright
- Eddie McGuire – television personality, former CEO of the Nine Network
- Bob Maguire – priest, community worker and media personality
- Felix Mallard – actor and musician
- Shane Maloney – novelist
- Barry Oakley – writer and former literary editor of The Australian newspaper
- Damien Parer – war photographer, filmed the first Australian film to win an Academy Award (1942)
- Daryl Somers OAM – television personality
- Kevin Summers – actor, playwright
- Gerard Vaughan – director of the National Gallery of Australia
- Morris West – writer of international renown
- Business
- Paul Gardner – former chairman of Grey Global, chairman of the Melbourne Football Club
- Robert James Thomson – editor-in-chief of Dow Jones & Company and the managing editor of The Wall Street Journal, and former editor of The Times
- Government, law and military
- James Reginald Halligan OBE – senior public servant[3]
- Richard Keane – prominent trade unionist and trade minister in the Chifley Labor government[4]
- Tony Lupton – cabinet secretary, Brumby Labor government, Victoria, 2002– 2014
- John Madigan – senator representing Victoria (2011– 2016) and deputy leader of the DLP
- Frank McGuire – Labor Party Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Broadmeadows (2011 – present)
- Sir Frank Meere – senior public servant[5]
- Sport
- Atu Bosenavulagi – Australian rules footballer for Collingwood
- Simon Meehan – Australian rules footballer for St Kilda
- Patrick John O'Dea – Australian rules footballer turned American football player
- Kevin O'Donnell – Australian rules footballer, father of Simon O'Donnell
References
- Carey, Adam; Heffernan, Madeleine (23 November 2020). "'Part sadness, part joy' as historic inner-city Catholic schools merge". The Age. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
- "Premiers & Champions – Associated Catholic Colleges". Retrieved 2 February 2021.
- CP 159: James Reginald HALLIGAN OBE, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 28 September 2016
- Rawson, Don (2002). "Keane, Richard Valentine (1881–1946)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538 – via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
- CP 245: Sir Francis Anthony MEERE OBE, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 22 August 2015