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Trinity Catholic College, Goulburn
Trinity Catholic College Goulburn is an independent Roman Catholic co-educational secondary day school of 600 students located in Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia.
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St Patrick's College, Goulburn was an
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Goulburn, New South Wales
Goulburn ( ) is a regional city in the Southern Tablelands of the Australian state of New South Wales, approximately south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Canberra. It was proclaimed as Australia's first inland city through letters patent ...
, Australia.
The college, founded by the Goulburn Catholic Diocese in 1874, had been operated by the
Christian Brothers from 1897 until its closure. It was one of a number of schools founded or taken over by the
Christian Brothers in Australia in the 1890s. It attended the initial meetings leading to the formation of
in 1892 but didn't ever take part in any of the association's activities. It is also a school which has a significant Rugby Union tradition.
The school ceased to exist in its present form in 2000 when it amalgamated with Marian College for girls in Goulburn to become
Trinity Catholic College, Goulburn
Trinity Catholic College Goulburn is an independent Roman Catholic co-educational secondary day school of 600 students located in Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia.
Description
Trinity Catholic College is situated in Goulburn, south of Sydn ...
. The amalgamation was essentially due to declining enrolments, linked in part to Goulburn's decline in population and importance as a regional centre, a process which has been occurring gradually over the past century, particularly after the founding of
Canberra in 1913. The respective schools in three different locations were then gradually consolidated on the old St. Patrick's campus.
The brothers continued to operate the boy's boarding residence but due to a lack of resources this facility was amalgamated with the girls' boarding school from North Goulburn at the old St. Patrick's campus in 2006. The responsibility for the boarding facilities transferred at this time from the brothers back to the now Archdiocese through the Catholic Education Office. This ended 109 years of service by the Christian Brothers on the school site. The boarding facility was shut down entirely at the end of 2009, completing 135 years of operation.
After the amalgamation, the teacher and professional historian Dr Bollen published a history of the college.
Notable alumni
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Michael Durack
Michael Patrick Durack, (22 July 1865 – 3 September 1950) was a pastoralist and Western Australian pioneer, known as "M.P." or to the family as "Miguel". He was the son of Patrick Durack and Mary Costello, both Irish-Australians.
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("M.P.") and
John Durack (J.W.), ''circa'' 1877-1881, sons of Irish immigrants who had fled the
Great Famine to become one of Australia's most significant pioneer grazing families, opening up the Kimberley, WA. Their stories are told in the books by Dame
Mary Durack
Dame Mary Durack (20 February 1913 – 16 December 1994) was an Australian author and historian. She wrote ''Kings in Grass Castles'' and ''Keep Him My Country''.
Childhood
Mary Durack, born in Adelaide, South Australia, to Michael Patrick ...
, ''
Kings in Grass Castles
''Kings in Grass Castles'' is a 1959 book of history by Dame Mary Durack (1913–1994). The book is considered a classic of Australian literature.
It is the story of Durack's pioneering family establishing its pastoral interests in the Austral ...
'' and its sequel, ''Sons in the Saddle''.
*Right Reverend Joseph Dwyer – ''circa'' 1881-1885, Bishop of Wagga Wagga 1918–1939 though other sources claim he instead attended
St. Stanislaus College.
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Patrick Hartigan - 1892-1897, priest and poet, whose poems were collected in a book, and later filmed, under the title of ''
Around the Boree Log
''Around the Boree Log'' is a 1925 Australian silent film by Phil K. Walsh adapted from the poems of "John O'Brien" ( Patrick Joseph Hartigan). It tells stories of a priest's life around the 1870s in the Goulburn area.Andrew Pike and Ross Coope ...
'', published under the pseudonym John O'Brien
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Jack Tully
John Moran Tully (1 December 1885 – 27 October 1966) was an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1925 to 1932 and from 1935 to 1946.
Born at Mulgoa to railway officer Peter Tully and ...
– ''circa'' 1897-1902 Australian parliamentarian, Member for Goulburn in the NSW Parliament, 1925–1932 and 1935–1946 and Secretary of Lands 1930-1932 and 1941-1946.
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Joseph Lamaro – ''circa'' 1907-1911, Attorney General of NSW 1931–1932
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Billy Sheahan – ''circa'' 1907-1911 Attorney General of NSW 1953-1956
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Reg Downing
Robert Reginald Downing, (6 November 1904 – 9 September 1994) was an Australian lawyer, textile worker, union organiser and politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council for the Labor Party for 31 years from 1940 t ...
– ''circa'' 1916-1918, Attorney General of NSW 1956–1965
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Laurie Tully
Laurence John Tully (30 July 1917 – 27 June 1981) was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1946 until 1965. He was a member of the Labor Party (ALP) .
Tully was born in Sydney and was the son ...
– ''circa'' 1929-1933 Australian parliamentarian, Member for Goulburn in the NSW Parliament, 1946–1965 succeeding his father in the seat.
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Bill O'Reilly – ''circa'' 1929-1930 Australian Test Cricketer, 1932–1946 and sports journalist.
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Alan Reid – ''circa'' 1929-1930 political journalist and author, who coined the Australian political term "
faceless men
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John Ryan – ''circa'' 1936-1941, diplomat and Director-General of the
Australian Secret Intelligence Service
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Bruce Devlin
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– ''circa'' 1949-1953, golfer.
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John Hannaford
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– ''circa'' 1962-1966, Attorney General of NSW 1992–1995
*Terry Casey – 1963–1964, Rugby Union International – Wallaby (fullback),.
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Simon Poidevin – 1971-1976, Rugby Union International – Wallaby (breakaway).
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Neale Daniher
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– 1974–1978, Essendon VFL footballer, and later coach of the Melbourne Demons.
Notable staff
*Very Reverend
Patrick Dunne V.G., who was the foundation president of the college (principal) in 1874.
*Dr.
John Gallagher, who was the second president of the college 1875–1888 and later Bishop of Goulburn – 1895–1899 as
coadjutor and from 1900 to 1923 as bishop in his own right.
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Christopher Brennan
Christopher John Brennan (1 November 1870 – 5 October 1932) was an Australian poet, scholar and literary critic.
Biography
Brennan was born in Haymarket, an inner suburb of Sydney, to Christopher Brennan (d. 1919), a brewer, and his wife ...
, poet who taught at the school in 1891.
*Rev. Joseph Dwyer – "professor" ''circa'' 1894-1897, later Bishop of Wagga Wagga 1918–1939
*Br. Dan Marzorini, Christian Brother who taught at the school in 1945 and was college president from 1956–1961 and 1975–1986.
*Jim Roxburgh, lay teacher, who taught at the school ''circa'' 1976–2000, former Rugby Union International – Wallaby (prop) 1968–1970 and noted anti-Apartheid protester.
*William John Obbens, Christian Brother and convicted child sex offender who taught at the school 1986–1989.
*William Peter Standen, Christian Brother and convicted child sex offender
who taught at the school 1976–1981.
See also
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List of non-government schools in New South Wales
This is a list of non-government schools in the state of New South Wales, current as of August 2017.
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List of boarding schools
References
External links
Trinity Catholic College, Goulburn websiteThe Christian Brothers in Oceania
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Defunct schools in New South Wales
Defunct Catholic schools in Australia
Former boarding schools in New South Wales
Educational institutions established in 1874
1874 establishments in Australia
2000 disestablishments in Australia
Educational institutions disestablished in 2000
Former Congregation of Christian Brothers schools in Australia