- Chisholm Catholic College (Cornubia)
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Chisolm Catholic College 
Live Christ's ChallengeLocation Cornubia, QLD, Australia 
AustraliaInformation Type Private, co-educational Denomination Roman Catholic Established 1992 Principal Christopher Leadbetter Key people Acting DP Dr Irene Poh, APRE Linda Brandenburg, Acting AP Alexander Hodgson Enrolment ~630 Colour(s) Green
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WhiteWebsite www.chisholm.qld.edu.au Chisholm Catholic College is a single campus co-educational catholic high school in Cornubia, 32 km south-east of Brisbane, Australia, with approximately 600 year 8-12 students. Established in 1992, it is administered by Brisbane Catholic Education.
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Background
Situated on an 11 hectare site in Cornubia, Chisholm Catholic College opened in 1992, with an initial enrolment of 60 Year 8 students and eleven staff housed in three buildings, and become one of the first private schools in the district. The school now caters for over 600 students.
Chisholm Catholic College's founding principal was Mr Mike Ashton. The college's current principal is Mr Christopher Leadbetter, who took the reins from Mr Neville Feeney in 2008. The acting deputy principal is now Dr Irene Poh. Mr Trevor Goodwin has been appointed as Deputy Principal for 2012.
Caroline Chisholm
Caroline Chisholm inspired many people through her charity work and her kind nature. Her focus was on the education and employment of female immigrants. It is because of her efforts that she was selected to become the patron of the college.
Houses
Chisholm Catholic College students are allocated to one of five houses, each named after a notable Australian. Originally, there were only four houses, but Oodgeroo became the fifth House, voted by students and beating Dunlop (Australian war hero Edward Dunlop). The houses are:
- Flynn, named after the Reverend John Flynn, founder of Australia's Royal Flying Doctor Service. The house colour is blue and is also on the $20 Australian bill.
- Mackillop, named after Mary MacKillop, founder of the Sisters of Saint Joseph who has been named as Australia's first saint. The house colour is yellow.
- Namatjira, named after Albert Namatjira, artist. The house colour is red.
- Oodgeroo, named after Oodgeroo Noonuccal (aka Kath Walker), poet. The house colour is purple.
- Parer, named after Damien Parer, wartime correspondent and photographer. The house colour is green.
Buildings
Chisholm Catholic College has 14 buildings, most named after Australian native flora.
- Acacia was one of the school's original buildings and is now the school's administration block.
- Banksia is a general use block with four classrooms.
- Cassia was the second of Chisholm's original buildings and now houses four science labs.
- Caroline Chisholm Centre is a multipurpose building complete with kitchen. It is used for hospitality functions, form meetings and liturgies. The building has a kitchen and is air-conditioned. The building is home to performances as the Centre is equipped with a stage and stage lighting.
- Dianella is a recent addition, better known as the 'Dining Room' and is a restaurant style kitchen which is used for hospitality-based events and functions, plus a dining room where students often present and serve food.
- Eucalyptus was the third of Chisholm's original buildings. It now houses two junior and one senior art rooms, with a hospitality kitchen, dining room and textiles room.
- Grevillea is a general use block. It houses the learning enrichment room, the computer maintenance room and also general classrooms.
- Hakea contains three computer laboratories, the drama room and the Responsible Thinking Classroom.
- Ixora is the school's library and resource centre. It has an AV Viewing Room and 20 computer workstations.
- Jasminium is a general use block, containing the school counsellor's office.
- Melaleuca is a large undercover area. It is used during lunch breaks and for PE classes. At present, it is home to two music rooms and the junior and senior school tuckshop. Currently Maleleuca is being renovated to increase its size and to house indoor sports areas, due to be completed by the end of 2011.
- Westringia is the school's manual arts block, featuring two manual arts rooms and a graphics room/computer lab.
- New Tuckshop Building
- New Drama and Music Block will house the music and drama departments, and is expected to be ready for use in Term 4 2011.
The official opening of these new buildings is likely to be early in 2012, when the College celebrates 20 years since its opening.
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Coordinates: 27°39′59.02″S 153°12′15.38″E / 27.6663944°S 153.2042722°E
Categories:- Private schools in Queensland
- High schools in Queensland
- Roman Catholic schools in Australia
- Schools in Logan City
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