, motto_translation = In this sign you will conquer , established = , type =

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single-sex

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, religious_affiliation = , principal = Trevor Goodwin , rector = Michael Twigg OMI , location =

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, country = Australia , coordinates = , campus = Wynnum West , enrolment = 1,740 , grades = 5– 12 , grades_label = Years , gender =

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, employees = , colours = Black and white , affiliation = Associated Independent Colleges , website = Iona College is an

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single-sex

for boys, located in the

suburb of Wynnum West (in an area previously known as Lindum), in

, Australia. Iona is operated by the

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, a religious order that was founded in 1816 by Saint Eugene de Mazenod. Founded in 1958, the College caters for approximately 1,740 students from years 5 to 12 on a campus approximately east of the

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History

On 1 October 1957, Father Tim Long and Father Denis McCarthy arrived on the hill at Lindum in an old second-hand

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, with only five pounds in cash, a gift of blankets, sheets and towels from the Oblate parish of Eagle Junction and a 'Mass Kit' from the Mercy Sisters at All Hallows School. The site, of , had been given to the Oblates by Archbishop

James Duhig Sir James Duhig KCMG (2 September 187110 April 1965) was an Irish-born Australian Roman Catholic religious leader. He was the Archbishop of Brisbane for 48 years from 1917 until his death in 1965. At the time of his death he was the longest-s ...

to begin a school for boys. With the help of local residents providing resources to help establish the College, it commenced on 28 January 1958 with 58 students and four staff members. Iona College's name is taken from the Scottish island of Iona, the birthplace of Celtic Christianity in Scotland. In 1961, Father Tim Long suffered a heart attack in London while making his way back to Ireland at the age of 65. In 2015, Michael Twigg O.M.I. was appointed rector of the College. In 2019, the Board and Oblates appointed Trevor Goodwin as the first principal of Iona. There are two other schools run by the OMI in Australia:

Mazenod College, Victoria , motto_translation = Leave Nothing Undared for the Kingdom of God , established = 1967 , type = Independent, single-sex (male) , denomination = Roman Catholic , address ...

and Mazenod College, Western Australia.

Arms, motto and colours

The College colours are black and white. The College crest consists of a shield on which is depicted an

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holding a

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, while underneath is the

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phrase ''"In Hoc Signo Vinces"'', which translates to ''"In This Sign You Will Conquer"''.

Campus

The college is situated on 63 hectares and the campus includes such facilities as: * A performing arts centre (IPAC) * 4 basketball courts – indoor and outdoor * Indoor Volleyball courts * 7 cricket / rugby / soccer / athletics ovals * An Olympic sized swimming pool * A fully equipped gymnasium and weights room * 6 new tennis courts in the Iona Tennis Centre and Barton Family Show Courts * Industrial Design and Technology Centre * Art Precinct. *Indoor Sports Precinct (under construction) In total the school has 26 different blocks with a chapel, a staff and priests' house. Iona College has an outdoor education centre called ''"Glendalough"'' near Peregian Beach on the Sunshine Coast. Most year levels visit the camp every year. The site has an area of 19 hectares and Glendalough is close to the southern shores of Lake Weyba, one of the large shallow lakes of the region. Double kayaks are provided for use on the lake. Other nearby activities include climbs of Mt Coolum and Mt Peregian, the environmental walk at Stumer’s Creek Reserve and numerous local patrolled surf beaches.

Performing Arts Centre and cultural activities

The Iona College Performing Arts Centre (IPAC) was opened in 1998, giving the school's cultural activity such as Speech & Drama, Music and Art a venue to display their talents. Iona has a proud tradition in many cultural activities such as drama, music, art, debating and public speaking, titration and mooting. Every year The Festival of Music, a statewide competition open to all schools is held in the Iona Performing Arts Center (IPAC). Both state and private schools are allowed to enter this competition. Iona's musical, play and band concerts all are performed here. Music at Iona College maintains a good reputation, such as the Wind Ensemble, Percussion Ensemble and Jazz Band receiving great success in their relevant fields of competition. The school provides over 14 school bands. It can be divided into 6 categories. These include: *Concert bands (Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Winds, Concert Band, Year 6 Band, Year 5 Band) *Sympathy Orchestra *String orchestras *Vocal ensembles (Iona Singers, Ionian Voices) *Jazz ensembles (Jazz Ensembles 1, 2 and 3) *Percussion ensembles (Percussion Ensemble 1, 2 and 3) *Mass Band *Sports Band These categories can be divided into three levels: beginner, intermediate and advanced. The bands use IPAC to perform and practice. The school also provides music lessons for students. Iona has been very successful in public speaking with various regional, state and national representatives. The Carter Shield is an annual public speaking competition between Moreton Bay College and Iona College. 2006 celebrated the tenth year of this competition and in 2015, Iona College won the Shield for the twelfth time.

Sport

Iona College is a member of the Associated Independent Colleges (AIC). The College offers a variety of sports including:

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In it ...

, soccer,

water polo Water polo is a competitive sport, competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the water polo ball, ball into the oppo ...

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by str ...

, Australian rules football,

chess Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to dist ...

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Sum ...

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...

sailing Sailing employs the wind—acting on sails, wingsails or kites—to propel a craft on the surface of the ''water'' (sailing ship, sailboat, raft, windsurfer, or kitesurfer), on ''ice'' (iceboat) or on ''land'' (land yacht) over a chosen cou ...

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, cross country, touch football, and mountain biking. Iona College has a reputation of winning the AIC Cross Country, Athletics and Volleyball aggregates.

AIC premierships

Iona College has won the following AIC premierships. * Athletics (9) - 2000, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 * Basketball (5) - 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 * Cricket (7) - 1999, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2012, 2016 * Cross Country (8) - 1999, 2000, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2016 * Rugby (4) - 2000, 2009, 2013, 2018 * Soccer (3) - 2015, 2017, 2018 * Swimming (2) - 2003, 2004 * Volleyball (2) - 2018, 2019

House system

As with most Australian schools, Iona College utilises a house system. Iona currently has ten houses, many of which are named after famous oblates. They are: * Albini (gold) – named after Charles Albini * Anthony (mauve) – named after Brother Anthony Kowalczyk * Cebula (dark blue) – named after Jozef Cebula * Charlebois (orange) – named after Ovide Charlebois * Gérard (green) – named after

Joseph Gérard Joseph Gérard (12 March 1831 – 29 May 1914) was a French Roman Catholic priest and a professed member from the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate; he worked in the missions among the Basotho people in Lesotho and the Free State province ...

* Grandin (red) – named after

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* Long (blue tartan) − named after Fr Tim Long * Mackillop (maroon) – named after

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* Mazenod (light blue) – named after

Eugène de Mazenod Eugène de Mazenod (born Charles-Joseph-Eugène de Mazenod; 1 August 1782 – 21 May 1861) was a French aristocrat and Catholic priest. When he was eight years old, Mazenod's family fled the French Revolution, leaving their considerable wea ...

* McAuley (grey) − named after

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Many inter-house competitions are held throughout the year, such as swimming, athletics and cross-country. Although inter-house sport is an important aspect of inter-house activities, it is by no means the only area. Houses also compete in the arts and academic arenas. The winner of each competition receives points which contribute towards the Oblate Trophy.

Notable alumni

Order of Australia recipients * Paul Stevenson OAM – Australian psychologist * Ashley Callus OAM – Australian former sprint freestyle swimmer, gold medal winner in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay at the

2000 Sydney Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from ...

Sport * Graham Quinn – former Australian

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 11 ...

footballer *

Bob Lindner Bob Lindner (born 10 November 1962) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s, and coached in the 1990s. An Australia national and Queensland State of Origin representative forward, he is on ...

– former Australian rugby league footballer * Ben Turner – Australian weightlifter, 69 kg weightlifting gold medal winner at the 2006 Commonwealth Games *

Shane Drahm Shane Drahm (born 29 August 1977) is an Australian former rugby union player of Aboriginal descent. His usual positions were fly-half or fullback. Drahm played for Queensland in Super Rugby and Australia in rugby sevens, but went on to repre ...

– Australian former rugby union player *

Brad Wilkin Brad Wilkin (born 8 December 1995) is an Australian rugby union player who plays as a Flanker for the Super Rugby team the . He has also represented Australia in the under 20s team. Super Rugby statistics References Australian rugb ...

– Australian rugby union player for the

Melbourne Rebels The Melbourne Rebels is an Australian professional rugby union team based in Melbourne. They made their debut in SANZAR's Super Rugby tournament in 2011. They were the first privately owned professional rugby union team in Australia, until 2017 ...

* Ed Quirk – rugby union footballer for the Chugoku Red Regulions *

Andrew Johns Andrew Gary Johns (born 19 May 1974) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest players in rugby league history. Johns captained the Newcas ...

– British triathlete *

Dan Power Dan Power (born 6 January 1983) is an Australian-born American former rugby union player for the United States national rugby union team and current Rugby commentator. Playing career Power was born in Brisbane, Australia. He attended Iona C ...

– Australian-born American former

player for the

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, rugby commentator * Wayne Broad – former first-class cricketer for

Jared Waerea-Hargreaves Jared Waerea-Hargreaves (born 20 January 1989) is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who plays as a for the Sydney Roosters in the National Rugby League (NRL) and New Zealand at international level. Waerea-Hargreaves started h ...

– New Zealand professional rugby league footballer,

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for the

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and

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at international level * David Tyrrell – former Australian rugby league footballer for the

South Sydney Rabbitohs The South Sydney Rabbitohs are a professional Australian rugby league club based in Redfern, a suburb of inner-southern Sydney, New South Wales. They participate in the National Rugby League (NRL) premiership and are one of nine existing tea ...

Mitchell Dodds Mitchell Dodds (born 3 July 1989) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played as a for the Brisbane Broncos in the NRL and the Warrington Wolves in the Super League. Background Dodds completed his schooling at we ...

– former Australian rugby league footballer,

for the

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in the

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and the

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in the Super League * Tom Hickey –

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for the Sydney Swans * Tom Bell – former Australian rules footballer for Carlton and the

Brisbane Lions The Brisbane Lions is a professional Australian rules football club based in Brisbane, Queensland, that plays in the Australian Football League (AFL). The club was formed in late 1996 via a merger of the Melbourne-based 1883 foundation VFL c ...

* Josh Thomas – former Australian rules footballer for Collingwood Football Club * Chris McKenna – former Australian rugby league footballer Politics * Cr Ryan Murphy – Australian politician, councillor for Chandler Ward in Brisbane City since 2019 * Don Brown – Australian politician, Labor member for Capalaba in the

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since 2015 *

Anthony Lynham Anthony Joseph Lynham (born 12 April 1960) is an Australian politician who was a Labor Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland representing the electoral district of Stafford from 2014 to 2020. He was the Queensland Minister for ...

– Australian politician and former oral and maxillofacial surgeon Entrepreneurs *

Joe Andon Joe Andon is an Australian businessperson and the founder and CEO of Vuly Play. Early life and education Andon is Palestinian born and moved from Jerusalem to Brisbane Australia when he was three years old. He ran his own marketing firm at t ...

– Australian businessperson, founder and CEO of Vuly Play Entertainment *

Chris Milligan Christopher Milligan (born 14 June 1988) is an Australian actor. From 2008 to 2022, he played Kyle Canning in the television soap opera ''Neighbours''. He initially started out as a recurring cast member, until he was promoted to the regular ca ...

– Australian actor, known for his role as

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in the television soap opera '' Neighbours''

References

External links

* {{NDEA Boys' schools in Queensland Catholic secondary schools in Brisbane Junior School Heads Association of Australia Member Schools Catholic primary schools in Brisbane Educational institutions established in 1958 1958 establishments in Australia