St Columba's High School, New South Wales

St Columba's Catholic College
Looking towards the Main building (former Seminary) from the quadrangle.
Location
Springwood, New South Wales Australia
Coordinates	33°40′24″S 150°35′19″E / 33.67333°S 150.58861°E / -33.67333; 150.58861Coordinates: 33°40′24″S 150°35′19″E / 33.67333°S 150.58861°E / -33.67333; 150.58861
Information
Type	Independent, Co-Educational, Secondary, Day
Established	Seminary (1909-1977), Catholic High School (1979)
Principal	Paul Ryan
Slogan	"Act justly" (Short) "Act Justly, Love Tenderly & Walk Humbly with Our God" (Full)
Website	http://www.stcolumbasspringwood.catholic.edu.au

St Columba's High School, or St Columba's Catholic College, is a Roman Catholic, co-educational, secondary day school, located on the border of Winmalee and Springwood, in New South Wales, Australia.

Established in 1979, the school is set in the grounds of the St Columba's property, which has extensive bushland surrounding the school. The whole of the property is a Heritage listed site.

Originally built as a seminary in 1909, it was closed in 1977 and reopened as a high school in 1979. The monastic influence is seen in the neogothic sandstone architecture and the grounds with scattered grottos and shrines overlooking the Blue Mountains World Heritage National Park.

The St Columbas property is one of the largest landholdings in the Blue Mountains Local Government Area. Much of the property consists of natural bushland and is habitat for some threatened and endangered species. The site is also rich in Aboriginal history, including over 80 archaeological sites. It was on this property that the Catholic priest Fr. commenced his studies in aboriginal archeology. The building is also rumored to be haunted, per numerous reports by students and teachers.

A feature of note is a radio telescope dish salvaged from the Paul Wild Observatory at Culgoora, west of Narrabri in 1997. This is one of a heliograph array of 96 13.7-m dishes that circled the present location of the Compact Array. The heliograph array imaged the Sun at 80 and 160 MHz with several discoveries to its credit before decommission.