De La Salle College, Malvern
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1318 High Street 9 Northbrook Avenue Malvern, Victoria 3144 Australia |
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| Coordinates | 37°51′21″S 145°1′55″E / 37.85583°S 145.03194°ECoordinates: 37°51′21″S 145°1′55″E / 37.85583°S 145.03194°E |
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| Type | Independent, Single-sex |
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Latin: Deo Duce (With God As Leader) |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic (Lasallian) |
| Established | 1912 |
| Principal | Peter Houlihan |
| Years | 4–12 |
| Enrolment | 1,160 |
| Colour(s) | Blue and gold |
| School fees | $6,914 per year (years 4–6) $8,885 per year (years 7–12) |
| Website | www.delasalle.vic.edu.au |
De La Salle College is a Roman Catholic Independent school for boys in the Melbourne suburb of Malvern. The College was founded in 1912 by the De La Salle Brothers, a religious order based on the teachings of Jean-Baptiste de la Salle, and is a member of the Associated Catholic Colleges. The College consists of two campuses (Tiverton and Kinnoull) both in Malvern.
1911 – Father Simon Hegarty CM, parish priest of Malvern, announced that a boys school was to be established, conducted by the Brothers of Christian Schools.
1912 – On 4 February, Brother Dunstan Drumm, Brother Leopold Loughran and Brother Jerome Foley arrived in Melbourne from Waterford, Ireland. The following day, they commenced teaching 54 boys in the Parish Hall. On Easter Tuesday, Archbishop Thomas Carr blessed the new school in Stanhope Street West.
1926 – The first edition of the College Magazine Blue and Gold was published, and the first student to complete his leaving certificate finished.
1929 – The house Manresa on the corner of Stanhope and Dalny Streets was purchased and the Tower Building was erected, blessed and opened by Archbishop Daniel Mannix. The old Stanhope building was sold to Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Trust. The Old Collegians' Association was formed.
1944 – Two-classroom buildings on the corner of Stanhope and Dalny Streets was constructed on the site of a tennis court.
1946 – The Old Collegians' Association was reformed after it lapsed during the Second World War.
1948 – The World War II shrine was erected on Stanhope Street.
1954 – On 21 March, Archbishop Mannix officially opened Kinnoull (named after Kinnoull Hill), the then preparatory school for the College.
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