Cannon Hill Anglican College (familiarly known as CHAC) is an independent

Independent school

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, co-educational, day school

Day school

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 affiliated with the Anglican Church of Australia

Anglican Church of Australia

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History

The college, originally called Cannon Hill College, openened in 1989 with seventy-nine students and three buildings. In 1994, it became an Anglican school in the Diocese of Brisbane

Brisbane

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, and changed its name to Cannon Hill Anglican College to reflect this. The school has had four principals

Head teacher

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: Rod Wells, the college founder, Suzanne Bain, Greg Wain and current principal Robyn Bell. Currently, the school caters for years four to twelve with approximately 850 students. It is a co-educational college.

Facilities

The college has a number of modern facilities, including an 1100 seat auditorium, a design and technology workshop, product design studio, graphic design studio and a resource centre. Sporting facilities include AFL

Australian rules football

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, archery

Archery

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, basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

, cricket

Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

, hockey

Hockey

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, netball

Netball

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, rugby

Rugby football

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, soccer, softball

Softball

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, tennis

Tennis

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 and volleyball

Volleyball

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Most noteworthy of the college's facilities is its integrated arts facility, which incorporates a visual arts wing and lecture theatre; music centre with sound-proof teaching studios (including the professional recording studio Ghostgum Audio); orchestral recording studio and dedicated drama studios.

Houses

CHAC's houses are all named after islands in Moreton Bay

Moreton Bay

Moreton Bay is a bay on the eastern coast of Australia 45 km from Brisbane, Queensland. It is one of Queensland's most important coastal resources...

. Initially, there were only four houses - Moreton, Peel, Saint Helena and Stradbroke. In 2001, two new houses, Macleay and Russell, were added.

House	Colour	Island
Moreton	Yellow	Moreton Island Moreton Island Moreton Island is a large sand island on the eastern side of Moreton Bay, on the coast of south-east Queensland, Australia. Moreton Island lies 58 kilometres northeast of the Queensland capital, Brisbane. The island is 95% National Park and a popular destination for four wheel driving, camping,...
Peel	Blue	Peel Island Peel Island Peel Island is a small island located in Moreton Bay, east of Brisbane, Queensland, in Australia.During the mid-19th century Peel Island was used as a quarantine station for the colony of Brisbane. Sailing ships would anchor to the north of the Island, the passengers would disembark on Peel Island...
Saint Helena	Green	Saint Helena Island St Helena Island National Park St Helena Island is an island in Queensland, Australia, 21 km east of Brisbane in Moreton Bay. Originally used as a prison, it is now a national park. Named Noogoon by the Australian Aborigines, it was renamed St Helena after an aboriginal named Napoleon was exiled there in 1826. The island...
Stradbroke	Red	Stradbroke Island Stradbroke Island Stradbroke Island, also known as Minjerribah, was a large sand island that formed much of the eastern side of Moreton Bay near Brisbane, Queensland until the late 19th century...
Macleay	White	Macleay Island Macleay Island Macleay Island is an island located in Moreton Bay, South East Queensland. It is in the Redland City Council Local Government Area and has the postcode 4184. Perulpa Island is a small attached to Macleay Island by a causeway....
Russell	Orange	Russell Island

External links

• Cannon Hill Anglican College website