De La Salle College, Orange was a Catholic boys school in Summer Street, Orange, New South Wales, Australia.

Patrician Brothers

The Patrician Brothers, an Irish order of Catholic teaching brothers, established a boys' school in Orange in 1890.[1] Fourteen ex-students died in World War I.[2]

The Patrician Brothers left Orange in 1927, when Bishop O'Farrell expelled the order from all schools in the Bathurst diocese following a dispute over syllabuses.[3]

De La Salle Brothers

The De La Salle Brothers arrived in 1928 to take over the school. Additions to the Summer Street site opened in 1937[4] with glass bricks "incorporating the most modern ideas in natural lighting,"[5] and a handball court in 1939.[6]

In 1977 the school was absorbed into the co-educational James Sheahan Catholic High School.[7]

Notable alumni

References

  1. ^ Patrician locations: Australia
  2. ^ Orange: Unveiling roll of honour, Freeman's Journal, 28 Apr 1921.
  3. ^ Paul O'Connell, "The Expulsion of the Patrician Brothers from the Diocese of Bathurst, 1924–1927", Journal of the Australian Catholic Historical Society, 6 (3) (1980), 6–11.
  4. ^ Catholic progress: De La Salle College additions, Freeman's Journal, 14 Oct 1937,
  5. ^ New College at Orange,Mudgee Guardian, 5 July 1937
  6. ^ Handball court opened, Sydney Morning Herald, 6 March 1939.
  7. ^ A brief history of the Parish of Orange, NSW; M. Bastick, Catholic Parish of Orange: 1864–2014 (Catholic Parish Orange, Orange, 2014).
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