| St Mary's College, Melbourne | |
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 Main entrance of the former Presentation Campus | |
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| Coordinates | 37°51′33″S144°59′48″E / 37.85917°S 144.99667°E /-37.85917; 144.99667 |
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| Type | Independent secondary school |
| Motto | Latin:Virtus Sola Nobilitas (Virtue Alone Is Noble) |
| Religious affiliation | Roman Catholic |
| Denomination | Christian Brothers |
| Patron saints | Blessed Edmund Rice,St Mary |
| Established | 26 July 1878; 147 years ago (1878-07-26) |
| Trust | Edmund Rice Education Australia |
| Chair | John Sinisgalli |
| Principal | Darren Atkinson |
| Deputy Principal | Shaun Lancashire |
| Director of Students | Jen Howard |
| Chaplain | Fr Jerome Santamaria |
| Years offered | 7–12 |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Enrolment | 552 |
| Campus | Edmund Rice Campus |
| Campus type | Inner-city |
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| Colours | Navy blue, light blue, green |
| Slogan | A School For All |
| Yearbook | Loquax Ludi |
| Affiliation |
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| Website | stmaryscollege |
St Mary's College (formerlyChristian Brothers College, St Kilda,Presentation College, Windsor) is anindependentCatholicco-educational secondary college, located inMelbourne,Victoria, Australia. The school was founded in 1878 and is both one of the oldest private schools in Melbourne and one of the only co-educational Catholic schools in inner Melbourne.
Originally founded as Christian Brothers College, St Kilda (CBC St Kilda), and run by theChristian Brothers, the school has long since had a lay teaching and administrative staff; becoming co-educational as St Mary's College in 2021 following the closure ofPresentation College Windsor (PCW).
The college is governed byEdmund Rice Education Australia and is also members ofAssociated Catholic Colleges and Catholic Girls Sports Association of Victoria.
St Mary's College was founded as Christian Brothers College St Kilda, a Catholic single-sex boys school in 1878. Its former sister school, Presentation College Windsor, was founded in 1873 as a Catholic single-sex girls school.
In 1872, the parish priest of St Mary's Parish, Dr James Corbett wrote to the Presentation Sisters and Christian Brothers, calling for their assistance in providing Catholic education in the precinct, following the passing of the Educational Act of 1872 and the establishment of a nearby state school.
ThePresentation Sisters arrived in 1873, founding Presentation Convent Windsor (later Presentation College Windsor) and running the pre-existing St Mary's Primary School.
TheChristian Brothers arrived in 1878, founding Christian Brothers College St Kilda as well as the former St Mary's Boys School; a single-sex primary school located directly west to the CBC site, which ran until 1986 and is now operated by the co-educational St Mary's Primary School East St Kilda for its Specialist Campus. A plaque commemorating the boys school is located on the building.
Both colleges operated as separate single-sex schools for nearly 150 years, withVCE classes being shared between both colleges since 1991.[1]
CBC was governed and operated by the Christian Brothers until the first lay principal being Mr Gerald Bain-King in 2005, and the college ceding its governance in 2007 toEdmund Rice Education Australia, an organisation that governs schools previously administered by the Christian Brothers in Australia at the time and continues to govern St Mary's College.[2]
PCW was governed by the Presentation Sisters until their closure.[3]
In 2019, following the announcement of Presentation College Windsor's closure at the end of 2020, CBC St Kilda announced it would reregister from a single-sex boys school to a co-educational school that would operate across both sites.
On 23 November 2020, CBC St Kilda announced the change of name toSt Mary's College Melbourne, beginning operation as a Catholic co-educational college in 2021.[4]
On 2 October 2023, the college announced that the lease on Presentation Campus (owned by the Presentation Sisters) will be terminated in September 2024 to allow more funding to be dedicated to capital works on the Edmund Rice Campus without having to raise tuition fees. These capital works were constructed from November 2023, and up to the closure of Presentation Campus in September 2024.[5]
St Mary's College offers its senior (years 10–12) students the following pathways:
* Does not allow forstudy scores or anATAR to be calculated.
† Can be completed alongside Scored/Unscored VCE, and must be completed with the VCE VM program.
| Year | Rank | Median study score | Scores of 40+ (%) | Cohort size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 195 | 30 | 5.3 | 101 |
| 2013 | 305 | 28 | 4.1 | 91 |
| 2014 | 179 | 30 | 7.2 | 91 |
| 2015 | 236 | 29 | 5.5 | 119 |
| 2016 | 268 | 29 | 2.6 | 106 |
| 2017 | 190 | 30 | 5.1 | 87 |
| 2018 | 147 | 31 | 6.7 | 108 |
| 2019 | 234 | 29 | 5.2 | 116 |
| 2020 | 241 | 29 | 4.7 | 91 |
| 2021 | 265 | 29 | 3.6 | 130 |
| 2022 | 206 | 30 | 4.4 | 137 |
| 2023 | 150 | 31 | 6.4 | 117 |
St Mary's College has one campus, the Edmund Rice Campus. Formerly, it used also the old site of Presentation College Windsor as a campus for students in years 9, 11, and 12.
Located on 11 Westbury Street,St Kilda East as the original site of CBC St Kilda, the Edmund Rice Campus is the home-campus for all year levels.
The site was originally established by the Christian Brothers in 1878.[7]
Located on 187 Dandenong Road,Windsor as the original site ofPresentation College Windsor, the Presentation Campus was the home-campus for Years 9, 11 and 12.
The Year 9 Nobilitas Program was operated on this campus in the Rahilly Centre.
The site was originally founded by thePresentation Sisters in 1873.[7]
Presentation Campus closed on September 20, 2024.[8]
The St Mary's College houses were established in 1955 in honour of previous principals of CBC St Kilda.[9]
| Houses | Colour | In Honour Of | Motto |
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| Corbett | Br J. P. Corbett Principal 1878–1881 | Latin: Macte Virtutem (Strive with virtue) | |
| McMahon | Br R. A. McMahon Principal 1930–1936 | Latin: Ad magorem Dei gloriam (Do all things for God's greater glory) | |
| O'Shea | Br J. C. O'Shea Principal 1887–1902 | Latin: Quem timebo (Whom shall I fear) | |
| Tevlin | Br J. S. Tevlin Principal 1909–1919 | Latin: In oruce glorior (I will glory in the cross) |
An honour board of all previous headmasters of St Mary's College is located in Logue Hall, Edmund Rice Campus.
| Years | Name |
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| 1878–1881 | Rev. Br. J. P. Corbett |
| 1881–1885 | Br. T. R. Hughes |
| 1885–1887 | Br. B. J. Morgan |
| 1887–1891 | Br. D. F. Bodkin |
| 1891 | Br. D. F. O'Donoghue |
| 1891–1895 | Br. J. B. Nugent |
| 1895–1897 | Br. J. L. Ryan |
| 1897–1903 | Br. J. C. O'Shea |
| 1903–1906 | Br. T. S. Carroll |
| 1906–1909 | Br J. F. Fogarty |
| 1909–1919 | Br. J. D. Tevlin |
| 1919 | Br. J. M. Fagan |
| 1919–1921 | Br. J. S. Turpin |
| 1921–1924 | Br. J. K. O'Neill |
| 1924–1930 | Br. J. M. Fagan |
| 1930–1936 | Br. T. A. McMahon |
| 1936–1942 | Br. W. B. Crennan |
| 1942–1945 | Br. J. V. Coghlan |
| 1945–1948 | Br. B. G. Rooney |
| 1948–1949 | Br. G. C. Davy |
| 1949–1953 | Br. W. B. Crennan |
| 1953–1954 | Br. F. J. Levander |
| 1954–1960 | Br. J. V. Goghlan |
| 1960–1966 | Br. R. G. McCartney |
| 1966–1972 | Br. F. I. McCarthy OAM |
| 1972–1978 | Br. R. M. Miller |
| 1978–1984 | Br. P. L. Chapman |
| 1984–1987 | Br. P. W. Dowling |
| 1987–1993 | Br. P. E. Noonan |
| 1993–2005 | Rev. Br. Roger A. Cripps |
| 2005–2019 | Mr Gerald Bain-King |
| 2020–2023 | Mr Terry Blizzard |
| 2023 | Mr Michael LeeOAM |
| 2024–present | Mr Darren Atkinson |
St Mary's College is a founding member of theAssociated Catholic Colleges (ACC) and a member the Catholic Girls Sports Association of Victoria (CGSAV).
St Mary's College has won the following ACC premierships.[10]
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