St Augustine's College (Queensland)
| Saint Augustine's College, Cairns | |
|---|---|
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| Address | |
|
251 Draper Street Cairns, Queensland, 4870 Australia | |
| Coordinates | 16°55′38″S 145°46′03″E / 16.92722°S 145.76750°ECoordinates: 16°55′38″S 145°46′03″E / 16.92722°S 145.76750°E |
| Information | |
| Type | Independent day and boarding |
| Religious affiliation(s) |
Roman Catholic; Marist |
| Established | 1930 |
| Principal | Br Darin Burge FMS |
| Grades | 7–12 |
| Gender | Boys |
| Enrolment | 769 (2015[1]) |
| Colour(s) | Cerise and blue |
Saint Augustine's College, known locally as "Saints", is a Catholic boys' high school in Cairns, Queensland, Australia. Saints houses boarders both from its own students and girls from Saint Monica's School, also in Cairns.
Boarding school
Saint Augustine's offers a co-ed boarding school catering for students from grades 7 to 12. The boarding community includes many students from the Far North Queensland region, along with many country students from outback Queensland and the Northern Territory. A significant number of students also board from as far away as Papua New Guinea, Gove and other islands off the coast of Australia.
Sport
The college is a member of the Cairns Interschool Senior Sport Association (CISSA[2]) which sees a number of local schools compete in a number of different sports each Wednesday. CISSA runs during the first semester of the school year. Saint Augustine's has also been very successful in holding the Overall Boys' TCN Swimming Champion trophy for 40 years.
AFL
In 2013 and 2014 the school won the Gold Coast Suns Cup at Carrara Stadium.
Rugby union
The school won all competitions in the 2014 Cairns Schoolboys Rugby Union competition.
School houses
Saint Augustine's has four houses. They are as follows:
- Heavey (yellow)
- Phealan (green)
- Walter (red)
- Reginald (blue)
These houses compete against each other in many activities, including annual athletics and swimming carnivals, public speaking, and a special needs competition on Champagnat Day. These events build up to a House Cup which is awarded at the end of each year.
Former houses include:
- Ambrose (black)
- Gildas (white)
School facilities
- Performing arts hall (McLaughin Theatre)
- Multi-purpose hall (Lennon Hall)
- Swimming pool
- Gym
- Basketball courts
- Cricket nets
- INTAD centre
- Music rooms
- Seminar rooms
- Computer rooms
- Science Labs
- Tennis courts
- Chapel
- Home Economics rooms
- Media & technology
- Kitchen
- Boarding facilities
- Medical centre
- Library
- Marist Brothers residence
AMSA
The college hosted the Australian Marist Schools Association Basketball Carnival in April 2008.[3]
The college takes part in the annual AMSA Marist Cricket Carnival, and will host the carnival in 2016.
Notable students
- Brad Beven (Olympic triathlete)
- Tristan Bray (mocking)
- Frank Farina (soccer player and coach)
- Jackson Gallagher (freediving)
- Adam Haug (Queensland Reds forward and scholar)
- Patrick Hearps (ABC News 24 presenter)
- Nathan Jawai (NBA player)
- Jimmy Maher (Australian Test cricketer)
- Sam Michael (AFL player)
- Nate Myles (NRL player)
- Frank Reys (Melbourne Cup winning jockey 1973)
- James Segeyaro (NRL player)
- Karl Stefanovic (Gold Logie winning television presenter and Australian media personality)
- Peter Yagmoor (AFL player)
- Jack Bowes (AFL player)