Oakhill College
| Oakhill College | |
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Castle Hill, New South Wales Australia |
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| Coordinates | 33°43′25″S 151°1′12″E / 33.72361°S 151.02000°ECoordinates: 33°43′25″S 151°1′12″E / 33.72361°S 151.02000°E |
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| Type | Independent, Secondary, Co-educational, Day school |
| Motto |
Latin: Deo Duce ("With God as our leader") |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic, De La Salle Brothers |
| Established | 1936 |
| Chairman | Br John Pill FSC |
| Employees | ~121 (Full-time) |
| Enrolment | ~1,646 (7–12) |
| Colour(s) | Maroon and Gold |
| Website | www.oakhill.nsw.edu.au |
Oakhill College is a Catholic, co-educational, secondary, day school, located in Castle Hill, a suburb in the Hills District of the Greater Western region of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Founded in 1936, the College is run by the De La Salle Brothers in the tradition of St. Jean-Baptiste de La Salle, and currently caters for approximately 1,600 students from Years 7 to 12.
Oakhill College is a member of the Independent Schools Association (ISA).
The De La Salle Brothers purchased the Oakhill property in 1932. The school commenced in August 1936 with four students, increasing to 30 in 1937 when there were 10 day and 20 boarding students. The College served the then rural area of "The Hills", and grew slowly until in 1953, its enrolment reached 100.
In 1974 the decision was taken to phase out the boarding school and, in 1976 Oakhill College became a co-educational senior school. The phasing out of primary classes commenced in 1980, and by 1983, Oakhill College was enrolling only secondary students. In the year 2006, the 100th year of the Brothers in Australia was celebrated with a mass at St Mary's Cathedral.
The property was initially used as a training college for brothers; the school came later. The training college for brothers evolved into a training college for Catholic lay teachers, which was then merged into the Australian Catholic University in the 1980s, which then became the Castle Hill campus of the ACU. Finally, in the 1990s, the ACU decided to consolidate their campuses in Sydney, and abandoned their Castle Hill facility, which then reverted to the De La Salle brothers. Since then, the original training college has been extensively renovated, named the De La Salle Building and forms part of the school.
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