St Joseph's College, Hunters Hill
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Hunters Hill, New South Wales Australia 
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| Coordinates | 33°49′54″S 151°8′20″E / 33.83167°S 151.13889°ECoordinates: 33°49′54″S 151°8′20″E / 33.83167°S 151.13889°E |
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| Type | Private, Day & Boarding |
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Latin: In Meliora Contende ("Strive for better things") |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic (Marist Brothers) |
| Established | 1881 |
| Headmaster | Mr Ross Tarlinton |
| Chaplain | Rev. Fr Gavin Foster |
| Staff | ~111 |
| Gender | Boys |
| Enrolment | ~1000 (7–12) |
| Colour(s) | Cerise and Blue |
| Website | www.joeys.org |
St Joseph's College (SJC or Joeys) is a Catholic, secondary, day and boarding school for boys. It is located in Hunters Hill, a suburb on the Lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Founded by the Marist Brothers in 1881, Joeys currently caters for approximately 1100 students from Years 7 to 12, including over 750 boarders, making it the largest boarding school in Australia, and one of the largest in the southern hemisphere.
The College is affiliated with the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA), the Australian Boarding Schools' Association (ABSA), the Association of Marist Schools of Australia (AMSA), and is a founding member of the Athletic Association of the Great Public Schools of New South Wales (AAGPS).
In 2006, Joeys saw the appointment of its first lay headmaster, Mr Ross Tarlinton.
St Joseph's College (SJC) can trace its origins back to the Marist Brothers' school founded in Harrington Street, Church Hill, which was attached to St Patrick's Catholic Church. The Headmaster, Rev. Br Emilian Pontet then sought out land to found a new school elsewhere. After inspecting several locations, Hunters Hill was chosen due to its proximity to the Marist Fathers' Monastery and Parish of Villa Maria.
On 29 July 1881, the Headmaster, Rev. Br Emilian Pontet, transferred the school from Harrington Street to Hunters Hill, founding St Joseph's College in a temporary wooden building with a student population of 55. Within six years of its founding, keen observers had taken notice. In 1887, James Francis Hogan wrote in The Irish in Australia that:
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