Christian Brothers College
Address
Map
Primary campus:
324 Wakefield Street
Adelaide, South Australia
Australia

Secondary campus:
214 Wakefield Street
Adelaide, South Australia
Australia
Coordinates34°55′40″S 138°36′35″E / 34.9278°S 138.6097°E / -34.9278; 138.6097
Information
TypeCatholic school
MottoAnte faciem domini
(Before the Face of the Lord)
DenominationCatholic (Christian Brothers)
Established1878[1]
PrincipalDavid Johnston
Enrolment1300 (2015)[2]
CampusUrban
Colour(s)Purple and White    
AffiliationSports Association for Adelaide Schools
Websitewww.cbc.sa.edu.au

Christian Brothers College (CBC) is a private Catholic school in Adelaide, South Australia. It was founded by a group of Irish Christian Brothers in 1878, and it is now one of three Christian Brothers schools in the state.[3]

CBC is predominantly a secondary school, although it has a primary school campus, and now includes a community childcare centre, with a combined student population of approximately 1135 (as of 2013).[2]

Christian Brothers College, Adelaide
Entrance to Secondary campus via Wakefield Street

Houses

Christian Brothers College has six houses. Each house is named after significant people and places that are connected with the story of Edmund Ignatius Rice.

Upon commencement at the college, each student is assigned to one of the six houses:[4]

House name Colour Name Inspiration Current house leader
Sion Emerald Green Mount Sion David Salamone-Violi
Waterford Cyan Blue Waterford Chris Mellow
Treacy Ochre Orange Br Patrick Ambrose Treacy George Bryant
Callan Pure White Callan Debra Withers
Nagle Golden Yellow Nano Nagle Richard McLoughlin
Avila Bright Red Saint Teresa of Ávila Riley Atkinson

Notable alumni

Controversy

In May 2014, the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sex Abuse heard that a long line of Christian Brothers accused of child sex abuse were transferred to Christian Brothers College in Adelaide from 1919 to 1969.[5]

On 12 December 2018, a former teacher at Christian Brothers College was sentenced to at least two years in prison for having a sexual relationship with one of her students over a two-month period in 2016.[6]

References

  1. ^ Christian Brothers College - College History Archived 12 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine, College History: A Proud History. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
  2. ^ a b My School[permanent dead link], Christian Brothers College, Adelaide | School Profile 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
  3. ^ Christian Brothers' College (Adelaide, S. Aust.) (1915). Seasons Greetings from the Christian Brothers' College, Adelaide, 1915. The College. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  4. ^ "Christian Brothers College - House System". www.cbc.sa.edu.au. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  5. ^ "Accused abusers shifted to Adelaide college". InDaily. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  6. ^ "Adelaide teacher jailed for two years for having sex with student". 9 News. Retrieved 7 September 2021.

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Members of the Sports Association for Adelaide Schools, South Australia
Christian Brothers schools in Australia
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