De La Salle College, Malvern is a Roman Catholic Independent school for boys located in
MalvernMalvern is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 8 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Stonnington. At the 2006 Census, Malvern had a population of 9422.-History:...
, a wealthy inner eastern suburb of
MelbourneMelbourne is the capital city and most populous city of the State of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne city centre is the anchor of the larger geographical area and statistical division known as the Greater Melbourne metropolitan area – of which Melbourne is...
,
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, Australia.
The college was founded in 1912 by a religious order of brothers based on the teachings of
Jean-Baptiste de la SalleSaint John Baptist de La Salle was a French priest, educational reformer, and founder of an international educational movement....
and is a member of the Associated Catholic Colleges - Victoria (ACC). The college consists of two campuses, (Tiverton and
KinnoullKinnoull is a residential area of Perth, Scotland, approximately half a mile east of the centre of Perth.The main access roads to Kinnoull from the centre of Perth are Strathmore Street and Muirhall Road, both in Bridgend....
) both located in
MalvernMalvern is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 8 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Stonnington. At the 2006 Census, Malvern had a population of 9422.-History:...
.
The Principal, Mr Peter Riordan, was appointed to the role in July 2009. he will hold that position until a new Lasallian Brother is appointed to that position in 2010.
The Head of Tiverton Campus (years 4-9) is Mr John McAlroy; the Head of Kinnoull Campus (years 10-12) is Mr Stephen Young.
Timeline
1911 - Father Simon Hegarty CM, parish priest of
MalvernMalvern is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 8 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Stonnington. At the 2006 Census, Malvern had a population of 9422.-History:...
, announced that a boys school was to be established, conducted by the Brothers of Christian Schools.
1912 - On 4 February, Brother Dunstan Drumm, Brother Leopold Loughran and Brother Jerome Foley arrived in Melbourne from Waterford, Ireland. The following day, they commenced teaching 54 boys in the Parish Hall. On Easter Tuesday,
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blessed the new school in Stanhope Street West.
1926 - The first edition of the College Magazine
Blue and Gold was published, and the first student to complete his leaving certificate finished.
1929 - The house
Manresa on the corner of Stanhope and Dalny St was purchased and the Tower Building was erected, blessed and opened by Archbishop
Daniel MannixDaniel Patrick Mannix , Irish-born Australian Catholic clergyman, Archbishop of Melbourne for 46 years, was one of the most influential public figures in 20th century Australia....
. The old Stanhope building was sold to Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Trust. The Old Collegians' Association was formed.
1944 - Two-classroom building on the corner of Stanhope and Dalny Streets constructed on the site of a Tennis Court.
1946 - The Old Collegians' Association was reformed after it lapsed during the Second World War.
1948 - World War II shrine erected on Stanhope Street.
1954 - On 21 March, Archbishop Mannix officially opened
Kinnoull (named after
Kinnoull HillKinnoull Hill is a hill located in Perth, Scotland.From the hill's 729-ft south-facing cliff summit, views are afforded of the River Tay, the Friarton Bridge, and a stretch of the Tay Coast railway line. Further to the south, the village of Tarsappie can be seen.On an outcrop a few hundred yards...
), the then preparatory school for the College.
1959 - Gardens to the east of
Kinnoull removed to create what is now known as
Kinnoull Oval.
1960 - The new senior school, on High St, now the Brother Oswald Murdoch Building, was erected. The
Fathers' Association was formed.
1962 - The former Gym/Hall now the Performing Arts Center was erected.
1967 -
Kinnoull demolished.
1972 -
Manresaa was demolished and the Brothers moved to a new residence on High St. The Brother Jerome Foley Library and the now Brother Dunstan Drumm Administration building was opened on High St. Father Les Troy, CM, was appointed College Chaplin.
1983 - The Lasallian Award was introduced by the Old Collegians' Association.
1984 - The Brother Peter Duffy Memorial Building was opened and the
Kinnoull Campus became the Senior School for Years 11 and 12.
1987 - The Brother Stanislaus Carmody Centre for the Arts and Technology was opened.
1988 - The Brother James Taylor Gymnasium was opened.
1990 - The Brother Damian Harvey Building was opened.
1995 - The High Street campus was renamed the
Tiverton Campus
2004 - The Old Collegians' building was opened on the Kinnoull campus. Year 10 classes move to
Kinnoull for the first time in the College's history.
2007 - Reformation of the Old Collegians' Association executive committee.
2009 - The St. Miguel Theatre attached to the Brother Adrian Fitzgerald Building (colloquially known as the
Chapel Building) was opened.
Campuses
There are campuses in Tiverton and Kinnoull.
At Tiverton, student achievements are acknowledged both at Campus Assemblies and Year Level Assemblies. A Student Representative Council meets regularly to discuss ideas and issues that arise in the College.
Approximately 600 students in Years 10-12 occupy the area of land named Kinnoull Campus adjacent to Malvern Cricket Ground and Northbrook. The site was purchased in 1955, and was initially a junior Campus until it became the senior Campus in 1984. Approximately 85% of students have gone on to university, 10% to TAFE and 5% to apprenticeships, traineeships, travel and other paths. All Kinnoull students undertake a program in Religious Education each year. Opportunities for service are available through the Lasallian Youth Leaders Program and the St Vincent de Paul Society.
Events include Mission Action Day, the Football Lightning Premiership, the Year 12 Formal, the Blue and Gold Ball, Rock Eisteddfod, the Graduation Mass and Valedictory Dinner and the Farewell Assembly.
Sport
As members of the Associated Catholic Colleges’ Victorian competition, elite interschool competition is offered to Years 7–12 students in the major carnivals of swimming, athletics, cross-country running, and with tennis, cricket, Australian Rules football, Soccer, Hockey, Basketball, Tennis, Golf, Table Tennis, Volleyball and Chess. Our students are also involved in state level competitions in Basketball, Cycling, Weight Lifting, Lacrosse, Triathlon, Futsal and Beach Volleyball. The college is known for its experienced Australian Rules Football Squads having won the Senior football competition 52 times since its entry in 1948.
Mission Action Day
On the last day of Term 1 or Holy Thursday (whichever is more appropriate) the whole College participates in Mission Action Day (better known as MAD Day), which consists of a 13km walk from Kooyong Tennis Centre to T.H. King Oval, Glen Iris and back.
The walk is usually completed in two hours by all students. Students are sponsored by anyone who wishes to sponsor them, of an infinite amount.
The College over the past two years has raised an amount over $250,000, with the target for 2008 being $115,000. Students exceeded this target raising approximately $120,000. This is the primary fundraiser the college holds.
"Coolies"
De La Salle "Coolies" is a optional program in which year 12 students give up their summer holidays to go India and build houses for those affected by the tsunami in 2004. The six-week experience is an alternative to the traditional "Schoolies" and runs over Christmas. The program has been running since 2006.
In December 2007, the program featured in the Herald Sun.
Patron Saint
St. Jean-Baptiste De La Salle was born in Rheims, France on April 30, 1651. He was 29 years old when he realized that the educational system of his day was inadequate to meet the needs of upper class children in Seventeenth Century France. To provide a Christian and human education that would be practical and effective, La Salle founded a religious community of men, the Brothers of the Christian Schools (Fratres Scholarum Christianarum), dedicated to the instruction of youth. After many hardships, Jean-Baptiste De La Salle died on Good Friday, April 7, 1719. He was canonized a saint of the Catholic Church in 1900 and declared "Universal Patron of All Teachers" by his Holiness Pope Pius XII in 1950. The feast of St. Jean-Baptiste De La Salle is celebrated on the 15th of May by the world-wide Lasallian movement. The movement consists of approximately 900,000 students in over 80 countries.
Houses
The College is split up into four houses, being:
St Leos (Navy Blue) St Austins (Gold) St Marks (Red) St Edwins (Green)
Each house participates in various intra-house competitions, including Swimming (1st Term), Athletics (Term 4) and Cross Country (Term 3).
Arts, Academia, Sciences, Medicine and the Law
- Hanny Calache - Adjunct Professor Oral Health, La Trobe University, Clinical Director, Dental Health Services Victoria Executive.
- Bruce Anthony Chamberlain - 17th President of the Legislative Council of Victoria and former school captain.
- Raymond TT Chan - Clinical Oncologist
- Walter Cosolo - Oncologist
- Michael Coughlan - Chief Climatologist for the Australian Bureau of Meteorology.
- Eric D'Arcy
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- Late Archbishop of Hobart.
- Peter Drake -Emeritus Professor, Foundation Vice Chancellor, Australian Catholic University.
- Edward Duyker
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- Historian, author and fellow of the Australian Academy of the HumanitiesThe Australian Academy of the Humanities was established by Royal Charter in 1969 to advance scholarship and public interest in the humanities in Australia...
.
- Anthony Fenelon -co-designer of Australia's first implantable cardiac pacemaker.
- Brother Bill Firman - Current Headmaster, Chairman of BoysTown Misson and Kids Help Line
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- John Hedigan - Judge, Supreme Court of Victoria.
- Paul Jennings
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- Broadcaster and satirist, creator of the 'Rubbery Figures'.
- Stephen McIntyre
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-Associate Professor, University of Melbourne, renowned pianist, founding member of Australian Chamber Soloist.
- Gerald Murnane
- Life :Murnane was born in Coburg, Melbourne, and has almost never left the state of Victoria. Parts of his childhood were spent in Bendigo and the Western District. In 1956 he matriculated from De La Salle College Malvern....
- Renowned Author.
- Tony Pagone - Judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria.
- John Harber Phillips
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retired Chief Justice of Victoria.
- Paul H. Saunders - Author, Psychologist and Motivational Speaker
- Geoffrey Tozer
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- World Renowned Pianist.
- Michael McCarthy
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- Senior Ecologist of Australian Research Centre for Urban Ecology, University of MelbourneThe University of Melbourne is a public university located in Melbourne, Victoria. Founded in 1853, it is the second oldest university in Australia, and the oldest in Victoria...
Lecturer.
- Professor Thomas Marwick - cardiologist, The University of Queensland/Princess Alexandria Hospital.
- Steven Stefanopoulos - Former Councillor City of Stonnington
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2004-2008, author, archivist, museum curator, teacher, and architectural historian.
- Tony Stewart - Sound recordist, one of the Balibo Five murdered by the Indonesian military in 1975.
- Bernard Teague
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- Supreme Court Judge, Former President of The Law Institute of Victoria, Victorian Legal Personality of the Year 1985, Officer of the Order of Australia 2008, appointed to head royal commission into Victoria's bushfires, February 2009.
- Chamberlain, Bruce Anthony, AM
Business
- Michael Luscombe
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- CEO of Woolworths LimitedWoolworths Limited is a major Australian company with extensive retail interest throughout Australia and New Zealand. It is the:* largest retail company in Australia and New Zealand by market capitalisation and sales...
, 19th largest retailer in the world
Entertainment
- Jason Donovan
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- Former NeighboursNeighbours is a Logie Award-winning Australian soap opera, which began airing in March 1985. The series follows the lives of families who live in the six houses at the end of Ramsay Street, a short cul-de-sac in the fictional middle-class suburb of Erinsborough. Storylines explore the romances,...
Actor, Musician and Broadway Superstar
- Jules Lund
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- Presenter On The GetawayGetaway is Australia's longest-running and most popular holiday and travel television programme. Debuting on 14 May 1992, it is currently broadcast on the Nine Network and W...
television show.
Sport
Stawell Gift Winners:
- Sam Jamieson - Stawell Gift
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Winner 2008
- Dallas O'Brien - Stawell Gift
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Winner 1983
- Jason Richardson
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- Stawell GiftThe Stawell Gift is Australia's oldest and richest short distance running race. It is run over every Easter weekend, with the main race finals on the holiday Monday, at Central Park, Stawell in the Grampian Mountains district of western Victoria. The race is run on grass over 120 metres up a...
Winner 1993
Notable Australian Rules Footballers:
- Rupert Betheras
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- Collingwood Veteran
- Johnson, Bob (Jnr) - Melbourne 1959-69
- Barry Breen
Barry Breen was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League, playing with St Kilda Football Club. Breen attended De La Salle College Malvern....
- St. Kilda grand final Legend, 301 game veteran, Sydney Swans manager of operations
- Andrew Carrazzo
Andrew Carrazzo is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League. He is of Italian descent.Carrazzo played with Oakleigh Chargers in the TAC Cup competition, finishing his final season runner up in the Morrish Medal for best player in the competition in 2001, as well as winning...
- Carlton Best and Fairest 2007
- Pat Cash (Snr) - AFL Hawthorn footballer and father of Wimbledon Winner Pat Cash
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- Trent Croad
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- Hawthorn, Fremantle
- Jack Dyer
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- Richmond ruckman 1931-1949; Captain/Coach 1941-49 ('Captain Blood'); Non-playing Senior Coach 1950-52; AFL Hall of Fame Legend 1996; Member AFL Team of the Century; Captain Richmond Team of the Century; newspaper, radio, television commentator.
- John Kennedy (Snr) - Hawthorn, Icon of the game. Team of the Century Coach
- John Kennedy (Jnr) - Hawthorn
- Justin Murphy - Richmond, Carlton, Essendon and West Coast footballer
- Thomas Murphy
-Government, military, law, business and clergy:*Thomas Bailey Murphy , former Speaker of the House of Representatives, from the state of Georgia*Thomas Joseph Murphy , American middle distance runner...
- Hawthorn
- Peter O’Donohue - Hawthorn player and coach
- Terry Waters
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- Collingwood
- Brian Stynes
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- Brother of Melbourne Veteran/President Jim Stynes.
- Kevin Bartlett
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- Richmond Best and fairest 1967,68,73,74,77 Norm Smith Medalist 1980, 403 game veteran.
Sport - Other
- Damien Brown
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- Australian OlympicThe Olympic Games are a major international event of summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes compete in a wide variety of events. The Games are currently held every two years, with Summer and Winter Olympic Games alternating. Originally, the ancient Olympic Games were held in...
weightlifter and flag bearer of 2002 Commonwealth games
- Michael Valkanis
Michael Valkanis is anAustralian football player who plays in the position as a Central Defender. He attended De La Salle College Malvern.-Club career:...
- Retired Adelaide United footballer, capped once for the Socceroos
- James Leonard - Victorian Wheelchair Basketballer, Pride of Australia nominee, London 2012 Paralympian
- Simon Heffernan - Weightlifter, silver medalist at 2006 Commonwealth Games, Twice Australia Day Ambassador
- Brian Stynes
Brian Stynes is an Irish Gaelic footballer who played for Dublin and now resides in Australia.-Australian rules football career:...
- Gaelic footballer and premiership All star award winner 1995.
- Brian Waldren - CEO of Melbourne Storm in the NRL (ex-St.Kilda Saints CEO)
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