Padua College, Melbourne
| Padua College | |
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| Location | |
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Mornington, Rosebud, Tyabb(2014), Victoria Australia |
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| Information | |
| Type | Catholic |
| Motto |
Latin: Omnia Perseverantia Vincit (Perseverance Conquers All) |
| Established | 1898 |
| Principal | Anthony Banks |
| Grades | 7-12 (Mornington), 7-10 (Rosebud), 7-10 (Tyabb) |
| Number of students | 2,000 (approx.) |
| Campus | Mornington, Rosebud and Tyabb (2014) |
| Colour(s) | Blue and Yellow |
| Newspaper | The Paduan |
| Website | http://www.padua.catholic.edu.au |
Padua College is a Catholic co-educational Secondary College located in Victoria, Australia. The college derives its name from Franciscan friar Saint Anthony of Padua (1195–1231). The Mornington campus alone provides for approximately 2000 students from across the Mornington Peninsula. The college also has two smaller campuses in Rosebud (Year 7-10) and in Tyabb.
Facilities include a bird hide and wetlands areas, natural bushland, aquarium, drama rooms, art and media rooms, gymnasium, chapel, library, music rooms, tennis courts, basketball courts, food technology rooms, an aghort centre and two ovals.
2012 marked 25 years since the opening of the Rosebud Campus. At the suggestion of Mr Peter O’Halloran, Head of Religious Education, the College Board was asked to consider naming the Chapel at Rosebud Campus, as has been the practice for significant buildings across the College.
In recognition of Padua College’s original name (when it opened in 1898) as the College of Our Lady of the Sea, and honouring the devotion to Mary in our three Southern Parishes, St Mary’s Star of the Sea Sorrento; Our Lady of Fatima Rosebud; and Our Lady of Perpetual Help Dromana, the College Board approved the naming of the chapel at Rosebud Campus as “Our Lady of the Sea Chapel”.
It was Easter 1994, through the enthusiastic endeavours of Mr Frank Colcott, that the College was able to secure what originally was the Wesleyan/Methodist Church, built around 1884 at Red Hill (and then from 1968 located at the Peninsula Gardens Pleasure Park in Rosebud) to be relocated to the Rosebud Campus as the Chapel.
The Mornington site is situated on over 14.5 hectares (thirty six acres) in a rural environment. The Junior Campus offers approximately 910 students from Years 7-10 a comprehensive range of subjects. Year 11 and 12 students are located in the Senior Campus which is separate from the rest of the College. There are approximately 600 senior students, who may choose to undertake various courses of study including the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE), the Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL) and Vocational Education and Training (VET). Senior Campus facilities include a study centre with networked computers, specialised science and computer laboratories, an agriculture centre and gymnasium.
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