Marist College Canberra

For other schools with the same name, see Marist College (disambiguation).
For other Marist Brothers schools, see List of Marist Brothers schools.

Marist College Canberra
Location
Canberra, ACT, Australia
Information
Type	Private Roman Catholic School
Motto	Servo Fidem I Keep The Faith
Established	1968
Founder	St Marcellin Champagnat
School district	Woden Valley
Dean	Mr John Folan
Vice principal	Mr Christopher Morrissey
Headmaster	Mr Richard Sidorko
Chaplain	Father Peter Day
	4-12
Gender	Male
Enrolment	1622 (2006)
Campus	15 hectares
Colour(s)	Sky Blue & Royal Blue
Song	Sub tuum praesidium & Great Man of God
Newspaper	Maristian
Yearbook	Blue and Blue Magazine
Affiliation	Marist Schools Australia
Website	maristc.act.edu.au

Marist College Canberra is an all-boys independent Catholic school school founded in 1968. The college is situated on 15 hectares and located in the Australian Capital Territory, Canberra. The college provides boys from years 4-12 with a well-rounded education. Founded by Marist Brothers, it is a member of the Association of Marist Schools of Australia (AMSA). In 2008, the college celebrated its 40th Year.

History

The Rocks

The origins of Marist College Canberra are to be found at the Rocks in Sydney. There in 1875, only three years after the foundation of the first Marist school in Australia, the Brothers began a Select School or High School with Brother Augustine McDonald as its first principal.^{[citation needed]}

Darlinghurst

In 1887 the secondary school transferred to the eastern side of St Mary's Cathedral, since this was a more central location and provided more space. By 1910 however, the school premises were run down and this fact and other difficulties led the Marist Brothers to construct new buildings on the heights of Darlinghurst, and "The High School" as it was commonly known, transferred there. Both at the Cathedral and at Darlinghurst. By the 1960s, demographics threatened the future of the school at Darlinghurst, while at the same time Canberra was burgeoning and in need of Catholic schools. So the decision was taken to sell the property and to use the proceeds to transfer the school to Canberra.

Canberra

Marist Canberra began in 1968 with primary classes. The first senior classes commenced in 1971. The first graduating class was in 1975. Since then the school has developed an outstanding reputation for its academic,sporting,and artistic achievements. Great emphasis is placed on each student to do their best academically and the school provides excellent learning facilities to educate boys of all academic standards.

Abuse scandal

Main article: Sexual abuse scandal in Canberra and Goulburn archdiocese

In February 2008, a teacher at Marist College Canberra, John William Chute, pleaded guilty in the ACT Magistrates Court to 11 charges of indecently assaulting students of the college during the 1980s.^[1]

Houses

Background

The schools houses system was implemented in 1987 from a year group system. This was to provide greater care of students and further leadership opportunities. Each house developed their crest and motto which forged the houses Conway, Crispin, Darlinghurst, Mark, Othmar, Patrick. The following year, 1988, two further houses, Haydon and McMahon, were added to reduce house size.

Champagnat Cup

The Champagnat Cup was introduced by the graduating year of 2005. The cup is presented to the house that proves to have respectively won overall in array of house competitions. These competitions include athletic, swimming and cross country carnivals, academic performance, and walkathon collection totals.

Notable alumni

Academics

Anthony Deitz - Rhodes Scholar

Associate Professor Joseph Grotowksi - Mathematics at University of Queensland

Politics, public service, business and law

Brendan SmythMLA - ACT Liberal party leader

Brigadier John Caligari - Australian Defence Force

Ben McDevitt - Former Assistant Commisioner of Australian Federal Police

Entertainment, media and arts

Paul McDermott- Television personality. Host of 'Good News Week'

Chris Uhlmann - Television presenter and journalist

George Huitker - Poet, writer and musician

Patrick Brammall - Actor and playwright

Wayne Bradley - Actor

Sports

Geoff Didier - Rugby Union Wallaby

Rob Egerton - Rugby Union Wallaby

Matt O'Connor - Rugby Union Wallaby

Joe Roff- Rugby Union Wallaby

Mark Bullock - Australian 7's rugby union

Michael Hodge - Australian 7's rugby union

Julian Salvi - Current super 15 player ACT Brumbies

Tetera Faulkner - Current super 15 player Western Force

Phoenix Battye - Current super 15 player Western Force / Artist

Adrian Barich - Former AFL player

Matthew Mahoney - Former AFL player

Aaron Hamill - Former AFL player

Brad Fuller - Former AFL player

Craig Bolton - Former AFL and Australian representative

James Mieklejohn - Former AFL player

Patrick Mills - NBA and Australian basket ball player

Lindsay Wilson- Australian Socceroo

Andrew Deane - Australian Hockey representative (Olympian)

Luis Val - Australian Judo (Olympian)

Steven Hill - Australian Judo

Tom Hill - Australian Judo (Olympian)

Simon Thompson- Triathlon (Olympian)

Kial Stewart - Australian cyclist

Lincoln Withers - Former NRL player

Richard Villasanti - Former NRL player and Australian representative

Josh Dugan - NRL and NSW State of Origin player

Clergy

References

1. ^ Marist Brother pleads guilty to assaulting boys, ABC News 21 Feb 08, [1]

External links

• Marist College Canberra

Coordinates: 35°21′35″S 149°05′20″E / 35.3597°S 149.0889°E / -35.3597; 149.0889