Marist College Kogarah

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Marist College Kogarah is an independent Roman Catholic single sex secondary day school for boys, located in Bexley, a suburb located in the St George region of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

The college was founded in 1909, and has a tradition based on the teachings of the French educator Saint Marcellin Champagnat, the founder of the Marist Brothers. The school offers education to approximately 1,200 students from Year 7 to Year 12.

History

Marist College Kogarah was established in 1908 as the Kogarah Boys' School, a primary school for boys. The Marist Brothers agreed to establish the school after requests by John O'Driscoll, parish priest of the new parish of Kogarah. During 1908 a hundred pupils were enrolled, it then being the only Catholic boys school in New South Wales south west of Template:NSWcity. As demand for secondary education grew in the region, junior secondary classes were added to the school in the late 1920s. By 1938 it was a full secondary school, presenting pupils for the Leaving Certificate. By the 1940s it was the largest Catholic School in Australia.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". In the 1960s, the school became part of the new Archdiocesan system of schools and this had important consequences for Kogarah. Parish schools were preferred for primary education and so in 1982 primary classes ended at Marist Brothers Kogarah. From 1984, senior girls were enrolled in Years 11 and 12. This was however short-lived due to the establishment of Bethany College in 1993.

School crest and motto

Over the years the school has had three crest designs. They all have in common a red cross dividing a shield into four fields. Above the shield is the school motto Finis Coronat Opus, meaning "The End Crowns the Work"; below is the school name. The redesigns were required after the school's name was altered. The crest's symbols were also rearranged after the first redesign. The fields contain the following symbols:

  • The Marist symbol
  • The Southern Cross, the symbol of Australia
  • The Waratah, the symbol of New South Wales
  • An open book to symbolise learning

House system

The present school house system has been operating since 2000. As each new student begins at the school, he is allocated to a house and its colour. The school has four houses that have been named after people that have made a lasting impact on the school. Students are involved in House Competitions which include Sporting, Cultural and Academic events. The four houses are:

  • Cooper: Named after Alfred Cooper, a benefactor of the school.
  • Gonzaga: Named after the first principal of the school, Brother Gonzaga Brown.
  • Gilroy: Named after Cardinal Gilroy of Sydney, who was enrolled in the school on the first day of lessons in 1909.
  • Lindwall: Named after Ray Lindwall, a first-grade St George rugby league footballer and cricketer who represented for Australia at Test level.

Principals

The following individuals hav served as Principal of Marist College Kogarah:

Ordinal Principal Term start Term end Time in office Notes
Template:Nts Br. Gonzaga Brown 1909 1914 Template:Age in years years [1]
Template:Nts Br. Athanaius Raess 1915 1918 Template:Age in years years
Template:Nts Br. Ildephonsus Bassett 1919 1921 Template:Age in years years
Template:Nts Br. Hubert Prowse 1922 1927 Template:Age in years years
Template:Nts Br. Stanislaus Dillon 1928 1933 Template:Age in years years
Template:Nts Br. Cyrill Ryan 1934 1934 Template:Age in years years
Template:Nts Br. Aidan O'Keefe 1935 1937 Template:Age in years years
Template:Nts Br. Ethelred Ferguson 1938 1940 Template:Age in years years
Template:Nts Br. Placidus Redden 1941 1945 Template:Age in years years
Template:Nts Br. Maurus Bartlett 1946 1951 Template:Age in years years
Template:Nts Br. Othmar Weldon 1952 1954 Template:Age in years years
Template:Nts Br. Michael Naughtin 1955 1956 Template:Age in years years
Template:Nts Br. Laurence McKeon 1957 1962 Template:Age in years years
Template:Nts Br. Frederick McMahon 1963 1968 Template:Age in years years
Template:Nts Br. Baptist Gillogly 1969 1974 Template:Age in years years
Template:Nts Br. Osmund 1974 1975 Template:Age in years years
Template:Nts Br. Geoffrey Joy 1976 1976 Template:Age in years years
Template:Nts Br. Christopher Wade 1977 1980 Template:Age in years years
Template:Nts Br. John O'Brien 1981 1986 Template:Age in years years
Template:Nts Br. Patrick Foley 1987 1992 Template:Age in years years
Template:Nts Peter McNamara 1992 1996 Template:Age in years years
Template:Nts Brian Roberts 1996 2000 Template:Age in years years
Template:Nts Patrick O'Connor 2001 2007 Template:Age in years years
Template:Nts Damian Millar 2007 2008 Template:Age in years years
Template:Nts John Riordan 2009 2020 Template:Age in years years
Template:Nts Simon Ghantous 2021 2024 Template:Age in years years
Template:Nts David Forrester 2025

Notable alumni

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Academic

Clergy

Entertainment, media and the arts

Politics, economics, public service and the law

Sport

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ Centenary Publication
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Marist College Kogarah- Famous Ex-students Template:Webarchive (14 June 2007)
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External links

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