- Marian College (Sunshine West)
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Marian College Location Sunshine West, Victoria, Australia Coordinates 37°47′15″S 144°48′22″E / 37.7875°S 144.8060°ECoordinates: 37°47′15″S 144°48′22″E / 37.7875°S 144.8060°E Information Type Independent, Roman Catholic, Secondary Motto Latin: Fortiter et Suaviter
("Strength and Kindness")Established 1958 Principal Rita Grima and Raymond Pisani Enrolment ~ 3000 Campus Sunshine West Colour(s) Navy, Cherry Red and White Website marian.melb.catholic.edu.au Marian College is a Roman Catholic girls secondary college in Sunshine West, Victoria, Australia. Marian College works under the governance of the Brigidine Sisters. The school was established in 1958.
Marian College seeks to provide young women with the opportunity to be educated within a school environment that allows and encourages each person to develop fully as an individual, and as a community member. There are roughly 800 girls at the school.
Marian's sister schools
There are eight sister schools to Marian College that also follow the Brigidine Order in Australia:
- St. Joseph's College, Echuca, Victoria (1886)
- Marian College, Ararat, Victoria (1889)
- Brigidine College, Randwick, New South Wales (1901)
- Kilbreda College, Mentone, Victoria (1904)
- Brigidine College, St. Ives, New South Wales (1954)
- Killester College, Springvale, Victoria (1955)
- Clonard College, Geelong West, Victoria (1956)
- Kildare College, Holden Hill, South Australia (1966)
See also
- List of schools in Victoria
- Victorian Certificate of Education
- Vocational Education and Training
- Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning
External links
- http://www.marian.melb.catholic.edu.au Marian College website
Categories:- Educational institutions established in 1958
- Private schools in Victoria (Australia)
- High schools in Victoria (Australia)
- Girls' schools in Australia
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