Cabra Dominican College
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Cumberland Park, South Australia Australia 
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| Type | Independent, Co-educational, Private, Catholic |
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Latin: Veritas (Truth) |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Catholic in the Dominican Tradition |
| Patron saint(s) | St Dominic de Guzman |
| Established | 1886 |
| Principal | Mr. Brian Schumacher |
| Grades | 6-12 |
| Enrolment | 1,000 - 1,100 |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Houses | Boylan, Kavanagh, Moore, Murphy |
| Colour(s) | Rust, Gold, Black and White |
| Song | The Good, The Beautiful, and The True |
| Yearbook | Veritas Magazine |
| Website | www.cabra.catholic.edu.au |
Cabra Dominican College is a private, independent Catholic high school located at Cumberland Park, an inner-southern suburb in Adelaide, South Australia. It was established by an order of Dominican sisters from Cabra, Dublin in February 1886 with nine sisters, and caring for 37 boarders and 4 day girls. Originally offering a co-educational primary education and a high school education for girls, it began accepting boys into the high school in 1978.
The school caters for over 1,000 students and serves educational year grades from middle school to senior school (grade 6 to 12). The college also offers a grade 13 for those who wish to further their education or if further education is necessary. The college also accepts many international students from countries including China, South Korea, Brazil, Japan and Italy.
The college is distinguished by its rust coloured blazers–with the school colour scheme being gold, rust, black and white.
The school is steeped in history and has been around for 130 years. In the year of 1206, Dominic Guzman founded in Prouille, in southern France, a Religious Order of women to care for and instruct young women of that area. This foundation led to the establishment of many Dominican establishments including schools, universities and colleges. In 1868, seven Dominican brothers were invited by the Bishop of Adelaide to visit the South Australian city. The brothers opened a day and boarding school in Franklin Street in inner-Adelaide. The school was moved to the current location in the suburb of Cumberland Park in 1886. At the time, the southern suburbs where Cumberland Park is located, was regarded as a rural farmland area, because at the time the area was largely uninhabited and unoccupied. The school was named after the location of Cabra, the mother house of the Dominican sisters, whom they originated from in Ireland, a leading educational establishment.
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