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Christian Brothers College, Adelaide

Coordinates: 34°55′40″S 138°36′35″E / 34.9278°S 138.6097°E / -34.9278; 138.6097
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Christian Brothers College
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Primary campus:
324 Wakefield Street
Adelaide, South Australia
Australia

Secondary campus:
214 Wakefield Street
Adelaide, South Australia
Australia
Coordinates34°55′40″S 138°36′35″E / 34.9278°S 138.6097°E / -34.9278; 138.6097
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TypeCatholic school
MottoAnte faciem domini
(Before the face of the Lord)
DenominationCatholic (Christian Brothers)
Established15 August 1878[1]
PrincipalDavid Johnston
Enrolment974 (2024)[citation needed]
CampusUrban
Colour(s)Purple, white and gold      
AffiliationSports Association for Adelaide Schools
Websitewww.cbc.sa.edu.au
Christian Brothers schools in South Australia
CBC • RostrevorSt. Paul's

Christian Brothers College (CBC) is a private Catholic school in Adelaide, South Australia. It was founded by a group of Irish Christian Brothers in 1878. It is now one of three Christian Brothers schools in the state, along with St Paul's College, Adelaide and Rostrevor College.[2] Like the other colleges, the influence of the original Christian Brothers has waned, and it is now administered by EREA. The last brother left the school in 2007.

CBC is predominantly a secondary school, although it has a primary school campus, with a combined student population of approximately 970 (as of 2024).[3]

Houses

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Christian Brothers College has six houses. Each house is named after significant people and places that are connected with the story of Edmund Ignatius Rice.

Upon commencement at the college, each student is assigned to one of the six houses:[4]

House name Colour Name inspiration Current head of house
Sion Emerald green Mount Sion Jonty Rutai
Waterford Cyan blue Waterford Jaycob Navarro
Treacy Ochre orange Br Patrick Ambrose Treacy George Bryant
Callan Pure white Callan Nicolette Roberts
Nagle Golden yellow Nano Nagle Daniel Schoenmakers
Avila Bright red Saint Teresa of Ávila Riley Atkinson

In the senior campus for Christian Brothers College, students can nominate to be a leader of their house.

Notable alumni

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Christian Brothers College, Adelaide
Entrance to secondary campus via Wakefield Street

Controversy

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In May 2014, the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sex Abuse heard that a long line of Christian Brothers accused of child sex abuse were transferred to Christian Brothers College in Adelaide from 1919 to 1969.[8]

On 12 December 2018, a former teacher at Christian Brothers College was sentenced to at least two years in prison for having a sexual relationship with one of her students over a two-month period in 2016.[9]

References

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  1. ^ Christian Brothers College - College History Archived 12 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine, College History: A Proud History. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
  2. ^ Christian Brothers' College (Adelaide, S. Aust.) (1915). Seasons Greetings from the Christian Brothers' College, Adelaide, 1915. The College. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  3. ^ My School[permanent dead link], Christian Brothers College, Adelaide | School Profile 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
  4. ^ "Christian Brothers College - House System". www.cbc.sa.edu.au. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  5. ^ The Christian Brothers of Wakefield Street 1878-1978. Br Richard B. Healy, Adelaide, 1978.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o The Christian Brothers of Wakefield Street 1878-1978. Br Richard B. Healy, Adelaide, 1978.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j A School on a Mission: 140 Years of CBC on Wakefield Street. Lingard Goulding, Adelaide, 2018, p313.
  8. ^ "Accused abusers shifted to Adelaide college". InDaily. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  9. ^ "Adelaide teacher jailed for two years for having sex with student". 9 News. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
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