Villanova College (Australia)
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Coorparoo, Queensland Australia |
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| Coordinates | 27°29′45″S 153°3′5″E / 27.49583°S 153.05139°ECoordinates: 27°29′45″S 153°3′5″E / 27.49583°S 153.05139°E |
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| Type | Private, Day school |
| Motto |
Vincit Veritas (Truth Conquers) |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic, Augustinians |
| Patron saint(s) | St Thomas of Villanova |
| Established | 1948 |
| Founder | Fr. O'Donnell, OSA |
| Principal | Mark Stower |
| Staff | ~81 (Full & Part-time) |
| Grades | 5-12 |
| Gender | Boys |
| Enrolment | ~1,150 |
| Colour(s) | Green and Gold |
| Website | www.vnc.qld.edu.au |
Villanova College is a private, Roman Catholic school for boys located in Coorparoo, a southern suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The school has a non-selective enrolment policy for all years and caters for approximately 1,150 boys in three schools, Junior, Middle and Senior from year five to twelve. Established in 1948 by six Irish priests, led by Fr Ben O'Donnell, OSA, who were from the Order of Saint Augustine in the suburb of Hamilton. In 1954, due to lack of prospects for growth in Hamilton, the College moved to its present site at Coorparoo. The college is a member of the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA),The Independent Primary School Heads of Australia (IPSHA), Combined Independent Colleges (CIC), and the Associated Independent Colleges (AIC).
In 1948, Archbishop James Duhig welcomed Fr O'Donnell with five other Irish Augustinians to Australia, and invited them to start a school in Brisbane. They subsequently established Villanova in the suburb of Whinstanes (now part of Hamilton). On 25 January 1948, the college was officially opened by the Chancellor of the University of Queensland, William Forgan-Smith, who raised the college flag in front of the main entrance and was blessed by Archbishop Duhig. In 1953 a decision was made to move the college due to lack of prospects for expansion in Whinstanes.
Early in the 1880s, merchant Reuben Nicklin built a large house Langlands in Coorparoo. In 1886, Nicklin built another house Hatherton (now Queen Alexandra Home) at another site in Coorparoo and sold the Langlands house and its grounds. (Nicklin, his wife and daughter subsequently died in the wreck of the RMS Quetta in 1890.) Thomas Connah and William Brookes bought a large block of land that included Nicklin’s house. Connah resided in Nicklin’s former residence. Connah became Queensland Auditor-general and he sold Langlands to Archbishop James Duhig in 1916. Langlands became the Good Samaritan Convent of Saint Scholastica until 1953, when Villanova College moved from Whinstanes to the Coorparoo property.
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