St Peter's Catholic College is an

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secondary

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, located in the Central Coast suburb of

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, one hour north of

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, Australia. Located in the

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, the college currently has 1,050 students.

College history

Site origin

St Peter's Catholic College is within the region of Tuggerah, which according to Aboriginal tradition means savannah, and marshy grassland is evident on the site. The land, on which the college stands, , was owned by the Alison family, a wealthy Scottish family, from 1875 - 1897. The site was purchased by the

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in 1982.

Corpus Christi and Mater Dei amalgamation

The College has developed through three major building phases since its foundation in 1983. In the beginning, Mater Dei College was built to operate as a Year 7-10 campus for the Catholic community. This was accompanied in 1987 by the progression of a senior campus known as Corpus Christi College. Mater Dei and Corpus Christi Colleges amalgamated in January 2000 to become St Peter’s Catholic College as a Year 7-12 campus.”

Principals

Mater Dei College

The following individuals have served as College Principal:

Corpus Christi College

The following individuals have served as College Principal:

St Peter's Catholic College

The following individuals have served as College Principal:

Alumni

Sportspeople

;Athletics * Rosemary Hayward ;Australian rules football *

Jarrad McVeigh Jarrad McVeigh (born 7 April 1985) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is the younger brother of former Essendon midfielder Mark McVeigh. He was co-captain of the ...

Mark McVeigh Mark McVeigh (born 26 January 1981) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He served as the caretaker senior coach of the Greater Western Sydney Gi ...

;Baseball * Chris Snelling * Megan Anderson *

Lauren Moore Lauren Moore (born 30 January 1998) is an Australian netball player in the Suncorp Super Netball league, playing for Melbourne Mavericks. Moore began playing for the Swifts in 2016, having been signed by the club at the end of the previous year ...

;Rugby league *

Ryan O'Hara Ryan O'Hara (born 18 August 1980) is a former Australian professional rugby league footballer who played for the Jacksonville Axemen in the USA Rugby League. A New South Wales State of Origin representative forward, he previously played in th ...

Olivia Kernick Olivia Kernick (born 10 January 2001) is an Australian rugby league footballer who plays as a for the Sydney Roosters in the NRL Women's Premiership and the Tweed Heads Seagulls in the QRL Women's Premiership. She has represented New South W ...

;Soccer * Damien Brown *

Cassandra Kell Cassandra Kell (born 8 August 1980) is a female Australian football goalkeeper. She was part of the Australia women's national soccer team at the 2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olymp ...

* James Holland *

Michael Glassock Michael Glassock (born 4 November 1999), is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a central defender for Sydney United 58. Early life Glassock was born in Gosford, on the Central Coast of New South Wales. He attended St Peter ...

Singers/actors

Belinda Emmett Belinda Jane Emmett (12 April 1974 – 11 November 2006) was an Australian actress and singer. She was best known for her roles in the TV drama series ''Home and Away'' and '' All Saints'' as well as the sitcom '' Hey Dad..!''. She was married ...

Natalie Imbruglia Natalie Jane Imbruglia ( , ; born 4 February 1975) is an Australian and British singer and actress. Born and raised in New South Wales, Imbruglia became widely known in the early 1990s playing Beth Brennan in the soap opera ''Neighbours''. A ...

Authors

Ingrid Jonach Ingrid Jonach (born 6 May 1983) is a children's and young adult author who lives in Canberra. She graduated with a bachelor of communications from the University of Canberra with a Bachelor of Arts in Professional Writing in 2005. She has worked as ...

References

External links

St Peter's Catholic College website

Diocese of Broken Bay Website
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