Gilroy Catholic College is a

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, located in Castle Hill, in the Hills District of

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. The College provides a Catholic and general education for students from

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through to

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; administered by the Catholic Education Office of the Diocese of Parramatta.

History

Gilroy Catholic College was founded in 1980 and was built on the land formerly belonging to St Gabriel's School for the Hearing Impaired, thus making use of existing buildings. The school was originally intended for students from Year 7 to Year 10, but extended to years 11 and 12 in 1982.

Norman Gilroy

Gilroy Catholic College was named after Cardinal Sir

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, the first

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born in Australia. As well as adopting his name, the college also made Cardinal Gilroy's personal motto, "Christ is my light", its official motto.

Government funding

On 9 February 2008, ''

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'' revealed that Greens analysis of government figures showed that, over four years, Gilroy received $12.2 million more in federal government funding than it is entitled to under the

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Notable alumni

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– Current cricketer who has represented Australia in both

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and

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cricket. * Jessica Falkholt – Actress. She was most well known as playing the character 'Hope Morrison' in the TV series

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– baseball player at the

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. Oeltjen also played 3 seasons in the MLB for the

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and the

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. *

Jonathan Boulet Jonathan Boulet is an Australian musician from Sydney. Best known for his work as a solo artist, he wrote, recorded, produced and played almost every instrument in his small garage studio for his debut self-titled album. He played at the Sple ...

– Rock musician

References

External links

* *{{cite news , url=http://www.catholicweekly.com.au/03/nov/2/25.html , title=New deal for deaf high school students , work=The Catholic Weekly , date=2 November 2003 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060903193225/http://www.catholicweekly.com.au/03/nov/2/25.html , archive-date=3 September 2006 , url-status=dead
Baulkham Hills Shire Council: Japanese sister school visits during Australia-Japan Year of Exchange
Discusses sister school links between Gilroy College and a school in Japan.

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