St Paul's College, formerly St Paul's Technical College and St Paul's Technical School, was a Catholic boys school in Ballarat.

History

In 1948, the Bishop of Ballarat, James O'Collins established St Paul's Technical College, inviting the Christian Brothers to continue their work for boys through the provision of technical education. In 1960, Alice Fanning bequeathed property in Mt Clear to the Sisters of Mercy. In 1967 the land was developed for a senior school for girls from Sacred Heart College, named St Martin's in the Pines. The school became co-educational in 1988, with many boys in the senior years of St Paul's attending St Martin's in the Pines. In 1987, the school moved from Lydiard Street's Ludbrook House to the former Ballarat Orphanage on Victoria Street. In 1995, the college amalgamated with Sacred Heart College and St Martin's in the Pines to form Damascus College Ballarat.

Student abuse scandals

In 2014 St Paul's was named on Ballarat's child sexual abuse survivors’ group submission to the

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, along with other Christian Brothers Schools St Patrick's College, St Joseph's College and Emmanuel College. Also named were De La Salle College and

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Notable alumni

* Geoff Cunningham (1977), AFL footballer for St Kilda * Daryl Cunningham (1978), AFL footballer * Anthony McDonald (1990), former AFL footballer for

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* James McDonald (1992) AFL footballer for Melbourne and

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Damascus College, The Road, Summer 2010. Retrieved 12 April 2013 *

Mick Malthouse Michael Raymond Malthouse (born 17 August 1953) is a former Australian rules footballer and coach, who played for the St Kilda Football Club and Richmond Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). After finishing his playing career, ...

(1971), AFL footballer and coach for Footscray,

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, Collingwood and Carlton *

Maurice O'Keefe Maurice O'Keefe (born 22 January 1954) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda and Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL). O'Keefe was from Bungaree near Ballarat and started his St Kilda career in 1977. A wi ...

(1972), AFL footballer for St Kilda and

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* Val Perovic (1971), former AFL footballer for St Kilda and Carlton
Damascus College, The Road, Autumn 2010. Retrieved 30 June 2015 * Sean Simpson (footballer), Sean Simpson (1987), former AFL footballer for St Kilda and Geelong

Principals

References

External links

St Paul's College website
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