Xavier Catholic College, Llandilo is an

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secondary

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, located in

Llandilo Llandilo is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia 54 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Penrith. It is part of the Greater Western Sydney ...

, a western suburb of Sydney,

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, Australia.

Location

The college campus was previously located behind Corpus Christi Primary School, Cranebrook and was then constructed at its current location on Ninth Ave, Llandilo.

Campus

The current Xavier Campus consists of eight main classroom blocks, including a Kirinari block for

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provision. Each building houses a separate faculty's subjects including: *A: Administration *B: Technology & Applied Studies *C: English General Learning *D: Xavier Centre and Computer Science *E: Performing Arts *F: Science *G: Creative Arts *H: HSIE & Mathematics *M: Religious Education (Mary MacKillop Centre) *Z: Personal Development, Health, and Physical Education (Demountable Area)

Houses

Xavier Catholic College, Llandilo has a prestigious history, some of which has been captured some in the names of the college houses:http://www.xavierllandilo.catholic.edu.au/House-System *McCormack (Orange) - Saint Irene McCormack. *MacKillop (Yellow) - Blessed

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(1842–1909) was beatified in 1996 by

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. Canonised in 2010 *Loyola (Purple) - Saint Ignatius Loyola *Campion (Blue) *Tenison (Green) *Faber (White)

References

{{Reflist Catholic secondary schools in Sydney 2006 establishments in Australia Educational institutions established in 2006 Roman Catholic Diocese of Parramatta

Location

Campus

Houses

See also

References