Delany College

Delany College
Love, Serve, Hope (St Paul to the Romans 12:9-13)[1]
Location
Granville, New South Wales, Australia
Coordinates	33°50′01″S 151°00′05″E / 33.8335°S 151.0014°E / -33.8335; 151.0014Coordinates: 33°50′01″S 151°00′05″E / 33.8335°S 151.0014°E / -33.8335; 151.0014
Information
Type	Private, Co-educational, Secondary, Day
Denomination	Roman Catholic, Patrician Brothers
Established	1942 (Patrician Brothers) 1997 (Delany College)
Principal	Peter Wade
Staff	51 (Full-time)[2]
Enrolment	554 (7-12)[2]
Colour(s)	Navy Blue, Green, Red & White
Website	www.delanygranville.catholic.edu.au

Delany College is a Roman Catholic, co-educational Secondary day school, located in Granville, a western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Originally founded as 'Patrician Brothers, Granville' in 1942, Delany College currently caters for approximately 550 students from years 7 to 12, and is a school of the Diocese of Parramatta. Students are drawn from a number of local catholic schools including Holy Trinity Primary, Granville; Holy Family Primary, Granville East; St Patrick's Primary, Guildford and St Margaret Mary's Primary, Merrylands.^[2]

History

Delany College was established in 1942 as Patrician Brothers' High School, a catholic, all-boys' school catering for students in Years 7 to 10.

The school became a Years 7 to 12, co-educational college in 1997, in order to meet the changing needs of the local community. The school was subsequently renamed Delany College after the Patrician Brothers' founder, Bishop Daniel Delany.^[2]

Notable alumni

• Hon. Patrick Farmer - Federal Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Education, Science and Training, since 2004; Member of the House of Representatives (Lib.) for Macarthur, New South Wales, since 2001^[3]
• Hon. Kimberley Maxwell Yeadon - Politician, elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly (ALP); Former NSW Minister for Energy 1999-2003^[4]

See also

• List of schools in New South Wales
• Catholic Education, Diocese of Parramatta

References

1. ^ "Delany College, Granville". Catholic Education, Diocese of Parramatta. http://www.parra.catholic.edu.au/Default.aspx?target=%2FOUR+SCHOOLS%2FSchool+Profiles%2FSchool+Profiles.htm&id=Delany. Retrieved 2007-10-02. 
2. ^ ^{a b c d} "Catholic Education, Diocese of Parramatta: 2006 Annual School Report" (PDF). Delany College. 2007. http://www.delany.nsw.edu.au/newsletters/2005/Delany%20College-%20Granville%202006%20asr.pdf. Retrieved 2007-10-02. 
3. ^ Suzannah Pearce, ed (2006-11-17). "FARMER (Pat) Patrick Francis, Hon.". Who's Who in Australia Live!. North Melbourne, Vic: Crown Content Pty Ltd. 
4. ^ Suzannah Pearce, ed (2006-11-17). "YEADON (Kim) Kimberley Maxwell, Hon.". Who's Who in Australia Live!. North Melbourne, Vic: Crown Content Pty Ltd. 

External links

• Delany College website