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Sacred Heart College, Adelaide

Sacred Heart College
Sacred Heart College, Adelaide CoA.svg
Location
Somerton Park, SA
Australia
Coordinates 34°59′44″S 138°31′12″E / 34.99556°S 138.52000°E / -34.99556; 138.52000Coordinates: 34°59′44″S 138°31′12″E / 34.99556°S 138.52000°E / -34.99556; 138.52000
Information
Type Independent, Day & Boarding
Motto Latin: Virtus Ubique Vincit
("Courage Conquers All")
Denomination Roman Catholic
(Marist)
Established 1897
Sister school Sacred Heart College Middle School
Marymount College for girls
Principal Steve Byrne
Years 10-12
Gender Co-educational
Enrolment ~1700
Colour(s) Dark Blue and Light Blue         
Slogan "Educating in a spirit of audacity and hope"
Athletics SAAS
Affiliations Association of Marist Schools of Australia
Website

Sacred Heart College is an Australian Catholic school teaching in the Marist tradition in the Adelaide beachside suburb of Somerton Park, South Australia and in the suburb of Mitchell Park. The college is a coeducational school from Years 10 to 12.

Sacred Heart is known for its Australian rules football teams, cultivating thorough athletes since its establishment. It has an annual Intercollegiate match against its cross-town rival, Rostrevor College, which is a notable event in the South Australian Catholic Schools sports calendar.

The school also has an annual exchange with Assumption College in Kilmore, Victoria which entails music and performing arts performances, debating, a social and several sporting competitions.

In 1897 the Marist Brothers of Adelaide were formally invited by Archbishop John O'Reily to establish an all-boys school in Port Adelaide. The first principal of the school was Brother Stephen DeBourg- the college recognising his achievements through the dedication of the Brother Stephen DeBourg Performing Arts Centre in 2008.

Due to the increasing popularity of the school, Sacred Heart High was relocated to the current site at Somerton Park; it was subsequent to two previous changes in location within the first ten years of its commencement. In 1914 the Marist Brothers had acquired Paringa Hall in Somerton Park, the residence of a wealthy pastoralist James Francis Cudmore who had died in 1912. The school was renamed Sacred Heart College and established extensive facilities for its period as well as the notable college chapel. During its erection the college provided schooling for day students and boarders from Years 4 to Leaving Honours.

In 1977 Sacred Heart College became part of the SW Region scheme and evolved into a senior college catering for the final three years of study. Today, Sacred Heart College Senior is a coeducational senior college for approximately 1,000 students in Years 10 – 12 and continuously upholds the largest graduating class in South Australia.


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