Xavier Catholic College, Albury is an

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Catholic secondary day school for boys and girls, located in

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, Australia. Xavier Catholic College is supported and partially funded by the Catholic School's Office of the Diocese of Wagga Wagga and accommodates approximately 900 students between Year 7 and Year 12. The school's

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is taken from verse 8:32 of the

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, which reads, "the truth will set you free."

History

Formerly Xavier High School, at the beginning of 2025 the school changed its name to Xavier Catholic College. Catholic schooling in the Albury region dates back to 1868, when the

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established St Brigid's College on a small plot of land owned by St Patrick's

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, in South Albury. In 1885, the Patrician Brothers opened a school for boys in an adjacent block in Olive Street, also owned by St Patrick's Parish. This school for boys was re-inaugurated by the

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in 1917, the same year St Brigid's College was redeveloped and renamed as St Joseph's Ladies College. All teaching was performed by

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of the Church. In 1959, a northern campus of the Boys College was established in Fallon Street, North Albury, named Aquinas College. In 1983, the boys and girls schools were merged to create the present-day Xavier High School, named after

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. The campuses remained separate until January 2001 when the school moved to the Northern Campus. Today, the school employs over 60 teaching staff.

Sports and extra-curricular

Xavier Catholic College is represented in a number of sporting activities, including school based Athletics, Swimming and Cross-country and individual and team sports. Extracurricular activities include Musical Performance evenings, Art Exhibitions, Stage Productions and involvement in

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services.

Notable alumni

* Ward Austin – radio DJ * Dr Patryck Lloyd-Donald - Pre-eminent medical doctor * Connor O’Sullivan- AFL player

References

External links

* {{Christian Brothers secondary schools in Australia Educational institutions established in 1983 Catholic secondary schools in New South Wales Schools in Albury, New South Wales 1983 establishments in Australia Former Congregation of Christian Brothers schools in Australia Roman Catholic Diocese of Wagga Wagga

History

Sports and extra-curricular

Notable alumni

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