- De La Salle College Caringbah
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De La Salle College, Caringbah Location Australia Information Established 1958 Principal Michael Egan De La Salle College Caringbah is a Lasallian Secondary High School catering for boys in years 7-10, located in Caringbah, a suburb in the south of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Established in 1958 by the De La Salle Brothers, the College Currently caters for over 450 students, with numbers set to increase massively in 2011. The current Principal is Mr. Michael Egan and Assistant Principal Robert Nastasi. De La Salle Caringbah is one of 18 Lasallian schools in Australia.
History
De La Salle Caringbah was established in 1958 as a Years 5 – 10 Boys school and eventually settled to educate Yrs 7- 10 boys along side Our Lady of Mercy College, Burraneer Bay and De La Salle College, Cronulla. It was founded after there was thought to be a need for a Catholic Boys High School in the area. On the 28th of January 1958, 65 students began the first class in the basement of the old Our Lady of Fatima Church. By 1963 the current college building was built after a great deal of hard work from parishioners.
Principals of the college
Year Principal 1958–1963 Br. Dermot Brosnan 1964–1966 Br. Michael Johnson 1967–1970 Br. Leo Beasley 1971–1973 Br. Dunstan Bourke 1974–1980 Br. Killian "Ray" Ryan 1981–1985 Br. Kevin Wilding 1986–1988 Mr. Des Pollard* 1988 Mr. Terry Blanchard 1989–1997 Mr. Denis O'Brien 1998 Br. Adrian Watson 1999–2008 Mr. Gary Burrows 2009 - Mr. Michael Egan Notable former students
- Luke Baines - Actor
- John Della Bosca - politician
- Jonathan Docking - Rugby League player
- Andrew Ettinghausen - Rugby League player
- Michael Forshaw - Senator
- Steve Hutchins- Senator and ALP president
- John Kane - musician in the band Flying Emus
- John Lee - former Director General of the NSW Department of Premier and Cabinet
- Michael Lee - former Federal Minister
- Peter Morrissey - fashion designer
- Tony Sheldon - trade union official
- Mark Vincent - opera singer (winner of Australia's Got Talent 2009)
Coordinates: 34°02′41.9″S 151°07′20″E / 34.044972°S 151.12222°E
Categories:- Schools in New South Wales
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