St Patrick's College, Goulburn

St Patrick's College, Goulburn was an independent, Roman Catholic, day and boarding school for boys located in Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia. It was one of the earliest schools established by the Christian Brothers in Australia. It is also a school which has a significant Rugby Union tradition. The college had been operated by the Christian Brothers since 1874. The school ceased to exist in its present form in 2000 when it amalgamated with Marian College for girls in Goulburn to become Trinity College, Goulburn.

The brothers continued to operate the boy's boarding residence but due to a lack of resources this responsibility was transferred to the Catholic Education Office in 2006.

It was for a period in the late 19th and early 20th century a member of the Athletic Association of the Great Public Schools of New South Wales, being admitted in 1892.

The amalgamation was essentially due to declining enrolments, linked in part to Goulburn's decline in population and importance as a regional centre, a process which has been occurring gradually over the past century, particularly after the founding of Canberra in the 1913.

Notable alumni

*Michael Durack and John Durack, son of Irish immigrants fleeing the potato famine, their stories are told in the book "King's in Grass Castles"
*Right Reverend Joseph Dwyer - Bishop of Wagga Wagga 1918-1939 (also attended St Aloysius' College)cite encyclopedia | last = McMinn | first = W.G | encyclopedia =Australian Dictionary of Biography | title = Dwyer, Joseph Wilfrid (1869 - 1939) | url = http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A080711b.htm?hilite=st%3Baloysius%3Bcollege| accessdate = 2007-08-07| edition = Online | year = 1981| publisher = Melbourne University Press | volume = 8 | location = Melbourne | pages = pp. 387-389]
*Patrick Hartigan, author of novel "Around the Boree Log", better known under his pseudonym John O'Brien
*Bill O'Reilly , former Australian Test Cricketer
*Bruce Devlin, former Australian golfer
*Simon Poidevin, former Australian rugby representative
*Reg Downing, former Australian parliamentarian
*Jack Tully, former Australian parliamentarian
*Michael Rheinberger, one of the earlier climbers of Mt Everest

References

See also

* List of Non-Government schools in New South Wales
* List of boarding schools

External links

* [http://www.trinity.cg.catholic.edu.au/ Trinity Catholic College, Goulburn website]
* [http://www.christianbrothers.com.au/ The Christian Brothers in Oceania]
* [http://www.ourfootyteam.com/ Junior Rugby League News - OURFOOTYTEAM.COM ]