Marist College Ashgrove
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| Motto | Viriliter Age 'Act Courageously' |
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| Established | 1940 |
| Type | Independent, Roman Catholic, Single-sex, Secondary, Day and Boarding, Primary. |
| Affiliations | Associated Independent Colleges |
| Chairman | N/A |
| Founder | Brother Ignatius O'Connor |
| Students | 1474 |
| Grades | 5–12 |
| Location | Ashgrove, Queensland, Australia |
| Campus | Suburban 23 Hectares |
| Colours | Blue & Gold |
Marist College Ashgrove is a Roman Catholic, day and boarding school for boys' located in Ashgrove, a northern suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
The college has a primary school for students in grades 5 to 7, and a high school for students in grades 8 to 12. The college offers a high academic standard as well as offering a VET course in senior studies.
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[edit] History
The land which the college is situated on was a part of the Stewart Estate encompassing much of Ashgrove in the early part of the 20th century. The land was bought by the Catholic Archdiocese of Brisbane for use as a seminary for the proposed religious order of Father Walter Cain, to be known as the Missionary Order. The plan for the development of the seminary was abolished by the Archdiocese and the order disendorsed.
The only remnant of the proposed seminary was the "Tower Block" built on a ridge running along Enoggera Creek in the 1930s. The Marist Brothers were subsequently granted the land for the foundation of a school in 1940 led by Brother Ignatius O'Connor as the founding headmaster. On the college's first day operating, which happened to coincide with St Patrick's Day 1940, 70 students were enrolled.
During the Second World War the school was evacuated due to its proximity to the neighbouring Enoggera Army Barracks and relocated to Mount Tamborine, Eagle Heights. The army took hold of the land and the "Tower Block" was used by the army for radio communications for the duration of the war.
[edit] Campus
The college is situated on 23 hectares and the campus includes such facilities as:
- 8 cricket / rugby / soccer /athletics ovals
- A fully equipped gymnasium and weights room
- Indoor basketball / volleyball courts
- An Olympic sized swimming pool
- Indoor rock-climbing wall
- 6 tennis courts; and
- A 310 seat theatre. NB: it is not a performing arts centre.
- 3 boarding houses
[edit] Boarding school
Marist College Ashgrove also offers a Boarding School catering for students from grades 7 to 12. The boarding community includes many students from the Greater Brisbane Region and South-East Queensland, along with many country students from Outback Queensland and regional Australia. A significant number of international students also board from as far away as Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and Saudi Arabia.
[edit] Sporting tradition
The college was a foundation members of the Associated Independent Colleges and competes in the competition draw each year. Marist College Ashgrove has a reputation of winning the Associated Independent Colleges Aggregate Rugby and First XV Rugby titles.
Marist College Ashgrove has last year won the 2006 Rock Eisteddfod Challenge, a large-scale dancing production competition. The college is the first all boys college to win the challenge in Australia. The college has gone onto compete in the national finals which were held via television broadcast and featured on Channel Nine on the 8th and 15th of October 2006. The college came 9th in the national finals.
[edit] School houses
Marist Ashgrove has 8 houses. They are as follow:
- Rush house
- Slattery house
- Gilroy house
- Ephrem house
- Foley house
- Ignatius house
- Ridley house
- Harold house
Each of the 8 houses compete in the Annual House Cup which was introduced last year.
[edit] Crest & motto
The crest of the college was based on the design of the crest of St Joseph's College at Hunters Hill, Sydney. The central figure of the cross symbolises the importance of Christ's sacrifice as central to the schools philosophy. The four quadrants represent the Marist Monogram in the top left, the Southern Cross in the top right, the MCA logo in the bottom left and the lamp and book representing education in the bottom left.
The motto traditionally displayed above the crest, Viriliter Age, was adopted in 1957 and is translated from Latin as Act Courageously.
[edit] Notable alumni
- Kevin Rudd, Prime Minister of Australia[1]
- Sir Julius Chan, former Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea
- John Eales (rugby union player and former captain of the Australian Wallabies)
- Bill Ludwig, trade union leader
- Ray Meagher, (actor)
- Anthony Phelan, actor
- Phil Cullen, Broadcaster, Media Manager & Trainer
- Matthew Hayden, Australian and Queensland cricketer
- John Connolly, former Wallabies coach
- Des Connor, former rugby union player
- Anthony Herbert, former rugby union player
- Daniel Herbert, former rugby union player
- Humphrey McQueen, author and historian
- Andrew McGahan, novelist
- Matias Yudi, textbook author and co-founder of etutor.com
- Andrew Cole, former rugby union referee
- David Horswood, environmentalist
- Daniel Heenan (rugby union)
[edit] References
- ^ Marriner, Cosima. "It's private - the school he wants to forget", The Sydney Morning Herald, April 27 2007, pp. 1.
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