Marist College Ashgrove
| Marist College Ashgrove | |
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Main entrance
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| Location | |
Ashgrove, Queensland Australia
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| Coordinates | 27°26′25″S 152°58′41″E / 27.440257°S 152.977967°ECoordinates: 27°26′25″S 152°58′41″E / 27.440257°S 152.977967°E |
| Information | |
| Type | Private, Secondary, Day and Boarding |
| Motto |
Latin: Viriliter Age (Act Courageously) |
| Denomination |
Roman Catholic (Marist Brothers) |
| Established | 1940 |
| Headmaster | Peter McLoughlin |
| Chaplain | Fr. Jim Hargrave |
| Staff | ~137 |
| Years offered | 5–12 |
| Gender | Boys |
| Enrolment | ~1600 |
| Colour(s) | Royal blue and Gold |
| Website | www.marash.qld.edu.au |
Marist College Ashgrove is a Roman Catholic day and boarding school for boys, located in Ashgrove, a northern suburb of Brisbane, Australia. The college has a primary school for students in grades 5 to 6, and a high school for students in grades 7 to 12.
The "Tower Block" was the first and still remains the prominent building on the College campus:
Shortly afterwards another building dominated the district. It was St. Jude's Seminary, where the Mission of the Most Holy Eucharist was established in 1929-30. On the 40-acre estate of the late Dr. Taylor, next to Glenlyon, on the first slopes leading to the heavily timbered mountains that provide a scenic background for Ashgrove and Enoggera, a monastery that might have been built in the storied era of mediaeval times was set down in Australian bush surroundings. Such is the architect's art that St. Jude's, where missionaries are trained for the Philippines, toned into its surroundings, and provided a spiritual atmosphere for a modern suburb. This 'beautiful building, semi Gothic in inspiration, is approached by a bridge that might have spanned the moat of some warring baron's castle instead of the gentle meandering Enoggera Creek. The bridge alone cost more than £1000. St. Jude's, old in spirit but young in structure, communicates its dignity and modernity to the new suburb where hundreds of new houses have sprung up.
The college is situated on a 26 hectare campus and includes such facilities as:
- Long Jump/Triple Jump training track - Shotput/Discuss/Javelin stations
In 1993, the House system was established. There are eight houses at Marist College Ashgrove;
Marist College Ashgrove also offers a Boarding School catering for students from grades 6 to 12. The college currently caters for nearly 200 boarders. The boarding community includes many students from the Greater Brisbane Region and South-East Queensland, along with many country students from Outback Queensland and regional Australia. International students also board from all over the Asia-Pacific region from countries such as Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and Hong Kong
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