De La Salle College Malvern
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De La Salle College is a Roman Catholic Independent
school for boys located in the Melbourne
suburb of Malvern
. The College was founded in 1912 by the De La Salle Brothers
, a religious order based on the teachings of Jean-Baptiste de la Salle
, and is a member of the Associated Catholic Colleges
. The College consists of two campuses (Tiverton and Kinnoull) both located in Malvern
. The Principal, Brother Paul Rogers, commenced his term at the beginning of academic Term 2, 2010. The Head of Tiverton Campus (years 4-9) is John McAlroy and The Head of Kinnoull Campus (years 10-12) is Sally Buick.
, announced that a boys school was to be established, conducted by the Brothers of Christian Schools.
1912 - On 4 February, Brother Dunstan Drumm, Brother Leopold Loughran and Brother Jerome Foley arrived in Melbourne from Waterford, Ireland. The following day, they commenced teaching 54 boys in the Parish Hall. On Easter Tuesday, Archbishop
Thomas Carr
blessed the new school in Stanhope Street West.
1926 - The first edition of the College Magazine Blue and Gold was published, and the first student to complete his leaving certificate finished.
1929 - The house Manresa on the corner of Stanhope and Dalny Streets was purchased and the Tower Building was erected, blessed and opened by Archbishop Daniel Mannix
. The old Stanhope building was sold to Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Trust. The Old Collegians' Association was formed.
1944 - Two-classroom building on the corner of Stanhope and Dalny Streets was constructed on the site of a tennis court.
1946 - The Old Collegians' Association was reformed after it lapsed during the Second World War.
1948 - The World War II shrine was erected on Stanhope Street.
1954 - On 21 March, Archbishop Mannix officially opened Kinnoull (named after Kinnoull Hill
), the then preparatory school for the College.
1959 - Gardens to the east of the homestead Kinnoull were removed to create what is now known as Kinnoull Oval.
1960 - The new senior school, on High Street, now the Brother Oswald Murdoch Building, was erected. The Fathers' Association was formed.
1962 - The former Gymnasium and Hall, now the Performing Arts Centre, was erected.
1967 - Kinnoull homestead was demolished.
1972 - Manresa was demolished and the Brothers moved to a new residence on High Street. The Brother Jerome Foley Library and the now Brother Dunstan Drumm Administration building was opened on High Street. Father Les Troy, CM, was appointed College Chaplin.
1983 - The Lasallian Award was introduced by the Old Collegians' Association.
1984 - The Brother Peter Duffy Memorial Building was opened and the Kinnoull Campus became the Senior School for Years 11 and 12.
1987 - The Brother Stanislaus Carmody Centre for the Arts and Technology was opened.
1988 - The Brother James Taylor Gymnasium was opened.
1990 - The Brother Damian Harvey Building was opened.
1995 - The High Street campus was renamed, Tiverton, after the former Brothers' residence on Stanhope Street (which, in turn, was named after Tiverton, Devonshire).
2004 - The Old Collegians' building was opened on the Kinnoull campus. Year 10 classes move to Kinnoull for the first time in the College's history.
2007 - The Old Collegians' Association executive committee was reformed.
2009 - The St Miguel Theatre attached to the Brother Adrian Fitzgerald Building (colloquially known as the Chapel Building) was opened.
At Tiverton student achievements are acknowledged both at Campus Assemblies and Year Level Assemblies. A Student Representative Council meets regularly to discuss ideas and issues that arise in the College.
Approximately 600 students in Years 10-12 occupy the area of land named Kinnoull Campus adjacent to Malvern Cricket Ground and Northbrook. The site was purchased in 1955, and was initially a junior Campus until it became the senior Campus in 1984. Approximately 85% of students have gone on to university, 10% to TAFE and 5% to apprenticeships, traineeships, travel and other paths. All Kinnoull students undertake a program in Religious Education each year. Opportunities for service are available through the Lasallian Youth Leaders Program and the St Vincent de Paul Society.
Events include Mission Action Day, Football Lightning Premiership, Year 12 Formal, Blue & Gold Ball, Rock Eisteddfod, Farewell Assembly, Graduation Mass and Valedictory Dinner.
competition, elite interschool competition is offered to Years 7–12 students in Swimming, Athletics, Cross Country, Football, Cricket, Basketball, Soccer, Tennis, Table Tennis, Volleyball, Hockey, Golf, Chess and the nation-wide Rock Eisteddfod Challenge. Our students are also involved in state level competitions in Basketball, Cycling, Weight Lifting, Lacrosse, Triathlon, Futsal and Beach Volleyball. The college is known for its experienced Football Squads having won the Senior football competition 52 times since its entry in 1948.
to T.H. King Oval, Glen Iris and back.
The walk is usually completed in two hours, with students sponsored for completing the walk, thereby raising much needed funds for schools in third-world countries, including the Philippines
and Indonesia
. This event typically raises over $70,000 AUD per annum.
, and is held from the start of November (immediately following final year 12 exams) until early January of the following year. The programme, initiated by Br Denis Loft, has been running since 2006.
In December 2007, the program featured in the Herald Sun
newspaper, with Br Denis Loft featuring in numerous articles in other local newspapers, including the Melbourne Weekly Magazine.
was born in Reims, France on 30 April 1651. He was 29 years old when he realised that the educational system of his day was inadequate to meet the needs of poor children. To provide a Christian and human education that would be practical and effective, La Salle founded a religious community of men, the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools
(Fratres Scholarum Christianarum), dedicated to the instruction of youth.
After many hardships, Jean-Baptiste De La Salle died on Good Friday, 7 April 1719. He was canonised a saint of the Catholic Church in 1900 and declared "Universal Patron of All Teachers" by Pope Pius XII
in 1950. The feast of St. Jean-Baptiste De La Salle is celebrated on 15 May by the worldwide La Sallian movement of approximately 900,000 students in over 80 countries.
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Independent school
An independent school is a school that is independent in its finances and governance; it is not dependent upon national or local government for financing its operations, nor reliant on taxpayer contributions, and is instead funded by a combination of tuition charges, gifts, and in some cases the...
school for boys located in the Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
suburb of Malvern
Malvern, Victoria
Malvern is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 8 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Stonnington. At the 2006 Census, Malvern had a population of 9,422.-History:...
. The College was founded in 1912 by the De La Salle Brothers
Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools
The Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools is a Roman Catholic religious teaching congregation, founded in France by Saint Jean-Baptiste de la Salle and now based in Rome...
, a religious order based on the teachings of Jean-Baptiste de la Salle
Jean-Baptiste de La Salle
Saint Jean-Baptiste de La Salle or John Baptist de La Salle was a priest, educational reformer, and founder of Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools...
, and is a member of the Associated Catholic Colleges
Associated Catholic Colleges
The Associated Catholic Colleges is a group of Catholic boys schools in Victoria, Australia. The Association was formed in 1948. The Combined Catholic Schools Association involving a number of schools conducted by the Christian Brothers held its first athletics meet in 1902 [The Argus 31 October...
. The College consists of two campuses (Tiverton and Kinnoull) both located in Malvern
Malvern, Victoria
Malvern is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 8 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Stonnington. At the 2006 Census, Malvern had a population of 9,422.-History:...
. The Principal, Brother Paul Rogers, commenced his term at the beginning of academic Term 2, 2010. The Head of Tiverton Campus (years 4-9) is John McAlroy and The Head of Kinnoull Campus (years 10-12) is Sally Buick.
Timeline
1911 - Father Simon Hegarty CM, parish priest of MalvernMalvern, Victoria
Malvern is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 8 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Stonnington. At the 2006 Census, Malvern had a population of 9,422.-History:...
, announced that a boys school was to be established, conducted by the Brothers of Christian Schools.
Archbishop
An archbishop is a bishop of higher rank, but not of higher sacramental order above that of the three orders of deacon, priest , and bishop...
Thomas Carr
Thomas Joseph Carr
Thomas Joseph Carr was the second Roman Catholic archbishop of Melbourne, Australia.-Early life:Carr was born near Moylough, Galway, Ireland, and educated at St Jarlath's College, Tuam, and at St Patrick's College, Maynooth. He was ordained on 19 May 1866, was a curate for six years, and was then...
blessed the new school in Stanhope Street West.
1926 - The first edition of the College Magazine Blue and Gold was published, and the first student to complete his leaving certificate finished.
1929 - The house Manresa on the corner of Stanhope and Dalny Streets was purchased and the Tower Building was erected, blessed and opened by Archbishop Daniel Mannix
Daniel Mannix
Daniel Mannix was an Irish-born Australian Catholic bishop. Mannix was the Archbishop of Melbourne for 46 years and one of the most influential public figures in 20th century Australia....
. The old Stanhope building was sold to Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Trust. The Old Collegians' Association was formed.
1946 - The Old Collegians' Association was reformed after it lapsed during the Second World War.
1948 - The World War II shrine was erected on Stanhope Street.
1954 - On 21 March, Archbishop Mannix officially opened Kinnoull (named after Kinnoull Hill
Kinnoull Hill
Kinnoull Hill is a hill located in Perth, Scotland.From the hill's 222m south-facing cliff summit, views are afforded of the River Tay, the Friarton Bridge, and a stretch of the Tay Coast railway line. Further to the south, Moncrieffe Hill can be seen....
), the then preparatory school for the College.
1959 - Gardens to the east of the homestead Kinnoull were removed to create what is now known as Kinnoull Oval.
1960 - The new senior school, on High Street, now the Brother Oswald Murdoch Building, was erected. The Fathers' Association was formed.
1962 - The former Gymnasium and Hall, now the Performing Arts Centre, was erected.
1967 - Kinnoull homestead was demolished.
1972 - Manresa was demolished and the Brothers moved to a new residence on High Street. The Brother Jerome Foley Library and the now Brother Dunstan Drumm Administration building was opened on High Street. Father Les Troy, CM, was appointed College Chaplin.
1983 - The Lasallian Award was introduced by the Old Collegians' Association.
1984 - The Brother Peter Duffy Memorial Building was opened and the Kinnoull Campus became the Senior School for Years 11 and 12.
1987 - The Brother Stanislaus Carmody Centre for the Arts and Technology was opened.
1988 - The Brother James Taylor Gymnasium was opened.
1990 - The Brother Damian Harvey Building was opened.
1995 - The High Street campus was renamed, Tiverton, after the former Brothers' residence on Stanhope Street (which, in turn, was named after Tiverton, Devonshire).
2004 - The Old Collegians' building was opened on the Kinnoull campus. Year 10 classes move to Kinnoull for the first time in the College's history.
2007 - The Old Collegians' Association executive committee was reformed.
2009 - The St Miguel Theatre attached to the Brother Adrian Fitzgerald Building (colloquially known as the Chapel Building) was opened.
Campuses
There are two campuses, Tiverton and Kinnoull. Due to their proximity, for governmental funding reasons, they are considered the one campus.At Tiverton student achievements are acknowledged both at Campus Assemblies and Year Level Assemblies. A Student Representative Council meets regularly to discuss ideas and issues that arise in the College.
Approximately 600 students in Years 10-12 occupy the area of land named Kinnoull Campus adjacent to Malvern Cricket Ground and Northbrook. The site was purchased in 1955, and was initially a junior Campus until it became the senior Campus in 1984. Approximately 85% of students have gone on to university, 10% to TAFE and 5% to apprenticeships, traineeships, travel and other paths. All Kinnoull students undertake a program in Religious Education each year. Opportunities for service are available through the Lasallian Youth Leaders Program and the St Vincent de Paul Society.
Events include Mission Action Day, Football Lightning Premiership, Year 12 Formal, Blue & Gold Ball, Rock Eisteddfod, Farewell Assembly, Graduation Mass and Valedictory Dinner.
Sport
As members of the Associated Catholic CollegesAssociated Catholic Colleges
The Associated Catholic Colleges is a group of Catholic boys schools in Victoria, Australia. The Association was formed in 1948. The Combined Catholic Schools Association involving a number of schools conducted by the Christian Brothers held its first athletics meet in 1902 [The Argus 31 October...
competition, elite interschool competition is offered to Years 7–12 students in Swimming, Athletics, Cross Country, Football, Cricket, Basketball, Soccer, Tennis, Table Tennis, Volleyball, Hockey, Golf, Chess and the nation-wide Rock Eisteddfod Challenge. Our students are also involved in state level competitions in Basketball, Cycling, Weight Lifting, Lacrosse, Triathlon, Futsal and Beach Volleyball. The college is known for its experienced Football Squads having won the Senior football competition 52 times since its entry in 1948.
Mission Action Day
On the final day of Term 1, the College participates in Mission Action Day (formerly Charity Action Day), which consists of a 13 km walk from Kooyong StadiumKooyong Stadium
Kooyong Stadium, at the Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club, is a tennis venue, located in Melbourne, Australia. The stadium was built in 1927 and has a capacity of 8,500....
to T.H. King Oval, Glen Iris and back.
The walk is usually completed in two hours, with students sponsored for completing the walk, thereby raising much needed funds for schools in third-world countries, including the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
and Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
. This event typically raises over $70,000 AUD per annum.
"Coolies"
De La Salle "Coolies" is a optional program in which year 12 students give up their summer holidays to go India and build houses for those affected by the tsunami in 2004. The six-week programme is an alternative to the controversial Schoolies weekSchoolies week
Schoolies or schoolies week refers to the Australian tradition of high-school graduates having week-long holidays following the end of their final exams in late November and early December."Toolies" refers to older revelers who participate in Schoolies week but are...
, and is held from the start of November (immediately following final year 12 exams) until early January of the following year. The programme, initiated by Br Denis Loft, has been running since 2006.
In December 2007, the program featured in the Herald Sun
Herald Sun
The Herald Sun is a morning tabloid newspaper based in Melbourne, Australia. It is published by The Herald and Weekly Times, a subsidiary of News Limited, itself a subsidiary of News Corporation. It is available for purchase throughout Melbourne, Regional Victoria, Tasmania, the Australian Capital...
newspaper, with Br Denis Loft featuring in numerous articles in other local newspapers, including the Melbourne Weekly Magazine.
Patron saint
St. Jean-Baptiste De La SalleJean-Baptiste de La Salle
Saint Jean-Baptiste de La Salle or John Baptist de La Salle was a priest, educational reformer, and founder of Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools...
was born in Reims, France on 30 April 1651. He was 29 years old when he realised that the educational system of his day was inadequate to meet the needs of poor children. To provide a Christian and human education that would be practical and effective, La Salle founded a religious community of men, the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools
Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools
The Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools is a Roman Catholic religious teaching congregation, founded in France by Saint Jean-Baptiste de la Salle and now based in Rome...
(Fratres Scholarum Christianarum), dedicated to the instruction of youth.
After many hardships, Jean-Baptiste De La Salle died on Good Friday, 7 April 1719. He was canonised a saint of the Catholic Church in 1900 and declared "Universal Patron of All Teachers" by Pope Pius XII
Pope Pius XII
The Venerable Pope Pius XII , born Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli , reigned as Pope, head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City State, from 2 March 1939 until his death in 1958....
in 1950. The feast of St. Jean-Baptiste De La Salle is celebrated on 15 May by the worldwide La Sallian movement of approximately 900,000 students in over 80 countries.
Houses
The homeroom based system was used at the college until 2007 when the house system was introduced. As of 2011, Br Paul Rogers disbanded the house system and now sporting events follow a homeroom based system, returning to the tradional system at the college.Arts, academia, entertainment and media
- Jason DonovanJason DonovanJason Donovan is an Australian actor and singer. He initially achieved fame in the Australian soap opera Neighbours, before beginning a career in music in 1988. In the UK he has sold over 3 million records, and his début album Ten Good Reasons was one of the highest-selling albums of 1989...
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actor and musician who sold more than 3 million albums in the UK - Professor Peter Drake AO - Emeritus Professor, Foundation Vice Chancellor, Australian Catholic University, Order of Australia
- Professor Edward DuykerEdward DuykerEdward Duyker is an Australian historian and author born in Melbourne, Victoria, to a father from the Netherlands and a mother from Mauritius...
OAM - Historian, author and fellow of the Australian Academy of the HumanitiesAustralian Academy of the HumanitiesThe Australian Academy of the Humanities was established by Royal Charter in 1969 to advance scholarship and public interest in the humanities in Australia...
. Numerous awards include Order of AustraliaOrder of AustraliaThe Order of Australia is an order of chivalry established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, "for the purpose of according recognition to Australian citizens and other persons for achievement or for meritorious service"...
and Ordre des Palmes Académiques. - Archimede FusilloArchimede FusilloArchimede Fusillo is an Australian author of books for children and young adults.- Biography :His Italian background has inspired many of his novels and short stories, starting with Memories of Sunday Cricket in the Street and Talking to the Moon...
- Author - Paul HoganPaul Hogan (butler)Paul Hogan is a former Australian Consul turned celebrity butler. He is most famous to television audiences for portraying “the Butler” on the TV series Joe Millionaire...
- The butler of US reality show Joe MillionaireJoe MillionaireJoe Millionaire is an American reality television show that was broadcast on Fox beginning in January 2003. It was broadcast in the UK that same year... - Paul Jackson - Lighting designer, University lecturer and named in The BulletinThe BulletinThe Bulletin was an Australian weekly magazine that was published in Sydney from 1880 until January 2008. It was influential in Australian culture and politics from about 1890 until World War I, the period when it was identified with the "Bulletin school" of Australian literature. Its influence...
's "Smart 100" in 2004 - Paul Jennings - Broadcaster and satirist, creator of the 'Rubbery Figures'
- Brendan Kennedy - Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Sydney
- Jules LundJules LundJules Lund is an Australian television presenter from Melbourne. He attended De La Salle College MalvernLund's career began when he won the FOX FM's "15 Minutes of Fame" competition on radio in the early 2000s...
- Presenter on GetawayGetawayGetaway is Australia's longest-running and most popular holiday and travel television programme. Debuting on 14 May 1992, it is currently broadcast on the Nine Network and TLC... - Stephen McIntyreStephen McIntyreStephen McIntyre is a Canadian mathematician, former minerals prospector, and semi-retired mining consultant who is best known as the founder and editor of Climate Audit, a blog devoted to the analysis and discussion of climate data...
- Associate Professor of Music, University of Melbourne, renowned pianist, founding member of Australian Chamber Soloist - Gerald MurnaneGerald Murnane- Life :Murnane was born in Coburg, Melbourne, and has almost never left the state of Victoria. Parts of his childhood were spent in Bendigo and the Western District. In 1956 he matriculated from De La Salle College Malvern....
- Fiction writer nominated for 2006 Nobel Prize for literature - Oh Mercy - Band nominated for the 2009 Australian Music PrizeAustralian Music PrizeThe Australian Music Prize is an annual award of $30,000 given to an Australian band or solo artist in recognition of the merit of an album released during the year of award. The award made by Australian Music Prize Ltd, a sole-purpose entity sponsored by a variety of music industry figures and...
- Paul H. Saunders - Author, psychologist and motivational speaker
- Tony Stewart - Sound recordist, one of the Balibo FiveBalibo FiveThe Balibo Five was a group of journalists for Australian television networks based in the town of Balibo in East Timor where they were killed on 16 October 1975 during Indonesian incursions prior to the invasion....
murdered by the Indonesian military in 1975 - Geoffrey TozerGeoffrey TozerGeoffrey Tozer was an Australian classical pianist and composer. As a child prodigy, he composed an opera at the age of eight, and became the youngest recipient of a Churchill Fellowship award at 13...
- Classical pianist - Alphonse GangitanoAlphonse GangitanoAlphonse John Gangitano was an Italian Australian criminal from Templestowe, a suburb of Melbourne. Nicknamed the "Black Prince of Lygon Street", Gangitano was the face of an organisation known as the Carlton Crew, and a close associate of convicted criminals Graham Kinniburgh, Mick Gatto and...
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Religion
- Eric D'ArcyEric D'ArcyJoseph Eric D'Arcy was the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Hobart from 1988 - 1999.Born in Melbourne, he was ordained as a priest of that city in 1949...
- Late Archbishop of Hobart (1988–1999) - Brother Bill Firman - Former College Headmaster, Chairman of BoysTown Mission and Kids Help LineKids Help LineKids Helpline is a free, private and confidential, telephone and online counselling service specifically for young people aged between 5 and 25. Counsellors respond to more than 6,000 calls each week about issues ranging from relationship breakdown and bullying to sexual abuse, homelessness,...
- Brother Henry Francis (Brother Quentin) O'Halloran - Teacher and recipient of the Medal of the Order of Australia for services to education
Science
- Michael Coughlan - Chief Climatologist for the Australian Bureau of Meteorology
- Michael McCarthy - Senior Ecologist of Australian Research Centre for Urban Ecology, University of MelbourneUniversity of MelbourneThe University of Melbourne is a public university located in Melbourne, Victoria. Founded in 1853, it is the second oldest university in Australia and the oldest in Victoria...
Lecturer
Medicine
- Hanny Calache - Adjunct Professor Oral Health, La Trobe University, Clinical Director, Dental Health Services Victoria Executive
- Raymond TT Chan - Clinical Oncologist
- Walter Cosolo - Oncologist
- Anthony Fenelon - co-designer of Australia's first implantable cardiac pacemaker. Also gained Order of Australia medal for his services to music where he was named 'Organist of the Year' by the American Theatre Organ Society. He has 22 recording and 4 Gold Records to his credit
- Professor Thomas Marwick - cardiologist, The University of Queensland/Princess Alexandria Hospital. "Who's Who in Australia" recognised as a world-renowned expert in echocardiology
Law
- Tony PagoneTony PagoneGaetano Pagone is a Judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria. He was first appointed in 2001 and served until June 2002 when he took up the position of Special Counsel to the Commissioner of Taxation until December 2003. He was appointed to the Supreme Court again in May 2007 and is the judge in...
- Judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria - Bernard TeagueBernard TeagueBernard Teague, AO, was a Judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria, in Australia, between 13 October 1987 and 15 February 2008. Justice Teague was the first solicitor to be appointed to the Supreme Court bench...
- Supreme Court Judge, Former President of The Law Institute of Victoria, Victorian Legal Personality of the Year 1985, Officer of the Order of Australia 2008, appointed to head royal commission into Victoria's bushfires in February 2009 - John Harber PhillipsJohn Harber PhillipsJohn Harber Phillips, AC, QC was an Australian barrister and an author. He was a judge and also a Chief Justice of Victoria. He was the legal counsel who defended Lindy Chamberlain on a charge of murdering her baby Azaria. His skills as counsel were described as being that of a "very elegant...
- Barrister, Author, and Judge. Best known for defending Lindy ChamberlainLindy ChamberlainAlice Lynne Chamberlain-Creighton was at the centre of one of Australia's most publicised murder trials, in which she was convicted of killing her baby daughter, Azaria. The conviction was later overturned.-Early life:...
for murdering baby Azaria. Later became Director of Public Prosecutions of Victoria and Director of National Crime Authority - Bruce Anthony Chamberlain - 17th President of the Legislative Council of Victoria and former school captain. Member of the Order of Australia
- John Hedigan - Judge, Supreme Court of Victoria
- Bryan Clothier - Retired former Deputy Chief Magistrate of Victoria
Politics
- Steven Stefanopoulos - Former Councillor City of StonningtonCity of StonningtonThe City of Stonnington is a Local Government Area located within the metropolitan area of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It comprises the inner south-eastern suburbs, between 3 and 13 kilometres from the Melbourne CBD...
2004-2008, author, archivist, museum curator, teacher, and architectural historian - James Ingram AO - former Australian diplomat and former Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Program
Business
- Michael LuscombeMichael LuscombeMichael Luscombe is an Australian businessman. He is the former CEO and Managing Director of Woolworths Limited, the largest retail company in Australia.-Early life:Luscombe was educated at De La Salle College, Malvern and Monash University...
- CEO of Woolworths LimitedWoolworths LimitedWoolworths Limited is a major Australian company with extensive retail interest throughout Australia and New Zealand. It is the:* largest retail company in Australia and New Zealand by market capitalisation and sales...
, 19th largest retailer in the world - Leon Daphne - Former CEO of Nissan Australia
Sport
VFL/AFL Players:- Jarryd Lyons (2010) - Adelaide
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Hawks Premiership Player 2008 - Rupert BetherasRupert BetherasRupert James Betheras is an Australian rules footballer formerly playing in the Australian Football League.-Early career:...
(1993) - CollingwoodCollingwood Football ClubThe Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League... - Barry BreenBarry BreenBarry Breen was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League, playing with St Kilda Football Club. Breen attended De La Salle College, Malvern...
- St Kilda Grand Final Legend, 301 game veteran, Sydney Swans manager of operations - Pat Cash, Sr.Pat Cash, Sr.Patrick "Pat" Cash, Sr. was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League ....
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player Paul DimattinaPaul DimattinaPaul Dimattina , the son of former Richmond rover Frank Dimattina, is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.... - Jack DyerJack DyerJohn Raymond Dyer Sr. OAM , always known as Jack Dyer, was one of the colossal figures of Australian rules football during two distinct careers, firstly as a player and coach of the Richmond Football Club in the Victorian Football League between 1931 and 1952, and later in the broadcast media for...
- RichmondRichmond Football ClubThe Richmond Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, is an Australian rules football club which competes in the Australian Football League. Richmond shares healthy rivalries with Carlton, Collingwood and Essendon. After winning five premierships between 1967 and 1980, the club hit the depths in 1990,...
Captain/Coach, AFL Hall of Fame Legend 1996, AFL Team of the Century - Bob B. JohnsonBob B. JohnsonRobert B. "Bob" Johnson was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League during the 1950s. His father of the same name also played for the club....
- MelbourneMelbourne Football ClubThe Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League , based in Melbourne, Victoria.... - Bernie JonesBernie JonesBernie Jones is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Hawthorn and Essendon in the VFL during the 1970s.A ruckman, Jones played in two Grand Finals in his first stint with Hawthorn, the first in 1975 which they lost and the other the following season which they won...
- HawthornHawthorn Football ClubThe Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League . The club, founded in 1902, is the youngest of the Victorian-based teams in the AFL. The team play in Brown & Gold vertically striped guernseys...
, EssendonEssendon Football ClubThe Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...
- Hawks 1976 Premiership Player - Peter MurnanePeter MurnanePeter Murnane is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the VFL.Murnane played mostly as a wingman and half forward and was a two time premiership winner at Hawthorn, the first in his debut season. Recruited from De La Salle, he spent six seasons with Hawthorn and managed...
- HawthornHawthorn Football ClubThe Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League . The club, founded in 1902, is the youngest of the Victorian-based teams in the AFL. The team play in Brown & Gold vertically striped guernseys...
- 1976, 1978 Premiership Player - Peter O'DonohuePeter O'DonohuePeter O'Donohue is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Hawthorn in the VFL during the 1940s.O'Donohue usually played in defence or in the centre and played 109 games with Hawthorn. He was made captain during the 1950 season and kept that position until the end of 1952...
- HawthornHawthorn Football ClubThe Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League . The club, founded in 1902, is the youngest of the Victorian-based teams in the AFL. The team play in Brown & Gold vertically striped guernseys...
- Player and Coach - John Kennedy, Sr. - HawthornHawthorn Football ClubThe Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League . The club, founded in 1902, is the youngest of the Victorian-based teams in the AFL. The team play in Brown & Gold vertically striped guernseys...
- Icon of the game. Team of the Century Coach - John Kennedy, Jr. - HawthornHawthorn Football ClubThe Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League . The club, founded in 1902, is the youngest of the Victorian-based teams in the AFL. The team play in Brown & Gold vertically striped guernseys...
- Justin Murphy - RichmondRichmond Football ClubThe Richmond Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, is an Australian rules football club which competes in the Australian Football League. Richmond shares healthy rivalries with Carlton, Collingwood and Essendon. After winning five premierships between 1967 and 1980, the club hit the depths in 1990,...
, CarltonCarlton Football ClubThe Carlton Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club competes in the Australian Football League, and was one of the eight founding members of that competition in 1897...
, EssendonEssendon Football ClubThe Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...
, GeelongGeelong Football ClubThe Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club, named after and based in the city of Geelong, playing in the Australian Football League . The club has been the VFL/AFL premiers nine times, with a record equalling 3 in the AFL era. Geelong has also... - Terry WatersTerry WatersTerry Waters is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the VFL.Waters was a versatile player who was originally used as a forward before moving into defense later on in his career...
- CollingwoodCollingwood Football ClubThe Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...
Captain 1970/1971 - Paul CooperPaul Cooper (Australian footballer)Paul Cooper is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Australian Football League during the 1990s....
- HawthornHawthorn Football ClubThe Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League . The club, founded in 1902, is the youngest of the Victorian-based teams in the AFL. The team play in Brown & Gold vertically striped guernseys... - Roger Ellingworth - MelbourneMelbourne Football ClubThe Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League , based in Melbourne, Victoria....
, HawthornHawthorn Football ClubThe Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League . The club, founded in 1902, is the youngest of the Victorian-based teams in the AFL. The team play in Brown & Gold vertically striped guernseys...
Stawell Gift Winners:
- Sam Jamieson - Stawell GiftStawell GiftThe Stawell Gift is Australia's oldest and richest short distance running race. It is run over every Easter weekend by the Stawell Athletic Club, with the main race finals on the holiday Monday, at Central Park, Stawell in the Grampian Mountains district of western Victoria.The race is run on grass...
Winner 2008 - Jason Richardson - Stawell GiftStawell GiftThe Stawell Gift is Australia's oldest and richest short distance running race. It is run over every Easter weekend by the Stawell Athletic Club, with the main race finals on the holiday Monday, at Central Park, Stawell in the Grampian Mountains district of western Victoria.The race is run on grass...
Winner 1993 - Dallas O'Brien - Stawell GiftStawell GiftThe Stawell Gift is Australia's oldest and richest short distance running race. It is run over every Easter weekend by the Stawell Athletic Club, with the main race finals on the holiday Monday, at Central Park, Stawell in the Grampian Mountains district of western Victoria.The race is run on grass...
Winner 1983
Sport - Other:
- Danny NikolicDanny NikolicDanny Nikolic is a jockey in Australian Thoroughbred horse racing. In 2003 he rode Mummify to victory in the Caulfield Cup, the most important win of his career to date...
- Jockey - Michael BeerMichael BeerMichael Anthony Beer is an Australian cricketer who plays for the Western Warriors. He is a slow left-arm orthodox spin bowler. He made his Test debut in the final match of the 2010–11 Ashes series.-Early life:...
(2002) - Australian Test Cricketer - Michael ValkanisMichael ValkanisMichael Valkanis is a former Australian football player who played as a Central Defender.-Club career:He has played in the Greek League with Iraklis, most notably with Larissa where he played for five seasons and won 102 caps, and Agios Nikolaos...
- Footballer, South MelbourneSouth Melbourne FCSouth Melbourne FC is a football club based in South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.Considered the most successful association football club in Australia, they have won four national championships, a string of Victorian State League titles, and represented Oceania in the 2000 FIFA Club World...
, Larissa, Adelaide United, capped once for Australia - Brian StynesBrian StynesBrian Stynes is an Irish Gaelic footballer who played for Dublin and now resides in Australia. He Attended De La Salle College, Churchtown,Dublin-Australian rules football career:...
- Gaelic Footballer and premiership All star award winner 1995 - Adrian KebbeAdrian KebbeAdrian Kebbe is a retired Australian weightlifter. He won a silver medal at the 1978 Commonwealth Games. Adrian also performs professionally as comedy magician 'Harry Houdidn't'....
– Weightlifter, Australian Commonwealth GamesCommonwealth GamesThe Commonwealth Games is an international, multi-sport event involving athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930 and takes place every four years....
Silver MedalSilver medalA silver medal is a medal awarded to the second place finisher of contests such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, and contests with similar formats....
at the 1978 Commonwealth Games1978 Commonwealth GamesThe 1978 Commonwealth Games were held in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, from 3 to 12 August 1978, two years after the 1976 Summer Olympics were held in Montreal, Quebec... - Damien Brown - Weightlifter, Australian OlympicOlympic GamesThe Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
weightlifter and flag bearer at the 2002 Commonwealth Games2002 Commonwealth GamesThe 2002 Commonwealth Games were held in Manchester, England from 25 July to 4 August 2002. The XVII Commonwealth Games was the largest multi-sport event ever to be held in the UK, eclipsing London's 1948 Summer Olympics in numbers of teams and athletes participating.After the 1996 Manchester... - Simon Heffernan - Weightlifter, silver medalist at the 2006 Commonwealth Games2006 Commonwealth GamesThe 2006 Commonwealth Games were held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia between 15 March and 26 March 2006. It was the largest sporting event to be staged in Melbourne, eclipsing the 1956 Summer Olympics in terms of the number of teams competing, athletes competing, and events being held.The site...
, Twice Australia Day Ambassador - Andrew Collett - Olympic Judo player
- James Leonard - Victorian Wheelchair Basketballer, Pride of Australia nominee, London 2012 Paralympian
- Matthew Curtain - Former CEO of the Australian Weightlifting Federation. Weightlifting Manager of the London 2012 Olympic Games
- Brian Waldron - Former CEO of the Melbourne StormMelbourne StormThe Melbourne Storm are an Australian professional rugby league club based in the city of Melbourne. They are the first fully professional rugby league team based in the Australian rules football-dominated state of Victoria....
and St Kilda - Alan McAlister - AFL club president
- Leon Daphne - AFL club president