Daramalan College
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Daramalan College is an ACT
senior high school in Canberra
, Australia
, located in the suburb of Dickson
, near the Dickson Shopping Centre
. It provides education from year 7 to year 12 , in a co-educational environment. Run by the Roman Catholic Missionaries of the Sacred Heart
, it has an emblem of a red eagle on a black shield. Its theme colours are red and black.
Daramalan College was founded in 1962 by the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart as an all boys school, with girls enrolling in years 11 and 12 from 1977, and in year 7 onwards in 1996.
The school's motto is "Fortes in Fide," which translates from Latin to "Strong in faith."
Daramalan has recently had a new wing built, designed to allow improved education in the fields of Hospitality and Food Science. It features a new commercial quality kitchen and Functions Room. Also included in the building is a new Uniform Shop. The new building has kept with the Daramalan tradition of being named after persons that have had significant impact on the school and community. The wing is named the Garratt Wing after David Garratt (the previous Head Master).
Australian Capital Territory
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senior high school in Canberra
Canberra
Canberra is the capital city of Australia. With a population of over 345,000, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory , south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Melbourne...
, Australia
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, located in the suburb of Dickson
Dickson, Australian Capital Territory
Dickson is a suburb in the Inner North of Canberra, Australia. It is named after Sir James Dickson who was a Queensland advocate of Australian Federation and one of the founders of the Australian Constitution...
, near the Dickson Shopping Centre
Dickson Centre, Australian Capital Territory
The Dickson Centre, located in the suburb of Dickson, is a group centre in the inner northern suburbs of Canberra.The centre is the main commercial centre for the inner northern suburbs, after Civic, and is a significant site of employment...
. It provides education from year 7 to year 12 , in a co-educational environment. Run by the Roman Catholic Missionaries of the Sacred Heart
Missionaries of the Sacred Heart
The Missionaries of the Sacred Heart is a missionary congregation in the Latin Church,one of the 23 sui iuris churches which make up the Catholic Church led by the Bishop of Rome...
, it has an emblem of a red eagle on a black shield. Its theme colours are red and black.
Daramalan College was founded in 1962 by the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart as an all boys school, with girls enrolling in years 11 and 12 from 1977, and in year 7 onwards in 1996.
The school's motto is "Fortes in Fide," which translates from Latin to "Strong in faith."
Daramalan has recently had a new wing built, designed to allow improved education in the fields of Hospitality and Food Science. It features a new commercial quality kitchen and Functions Room. Also included in the building is a new Uniform Shop. The new building has kept with the Daramalan tradition of being named after persons that have had significant impact on the school and community. The wing is named the Garratt Wing after David Garratt (the previous Head Master).