Catholic school
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, and it is now one of three Christian Brothers schools in the state.
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CBC is predominantly a
secondary school , although it has a
primary school campus, with a combined
student population of approximately 970 (as of 2024).
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Entrance to Secondary campus via
Wakefield Street
Houses
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:
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Notable alumni
Anthony Byrne , Member of Parliament
John Cahill , Australian rules footballer, Australian Football Hall of Fame inductee
Kevin Crease , news anchor
Louis D'Arrigo , Adelaide United soccer player
C.J. Dennis , poet
David Fitzsimons , Olympic runner
Michael Frederick , Australian rules footballer
Joseph Peter Gardiner , Member of Parliament
George Joseph , 69th Lord Mayor of Adelaide
Chris Kenny , Journalist, author and television host
Stephan Knoll , South Australia Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Local Government
Aubrey Lewis , professor
Richard Marsland , radio/television host
Paul McGuire , diplomat
Tony Monopoly , singer
John Perin , soccer player
Laurence Power , cricketer and operatic tenor
Benedict Samuel , actor
Xavier Samuel , actor
Paul Vasileff , founder of
Paolo Sebastian
Frank Walsh , 34th Premier of South Australia
Controversy
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.
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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.
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References
External links
Christian Brothers' schools administered by
Edmund Rice Education Australia
Aquinas College, Perth
Ambrose Treacy College
Christian Brothers College, Adelaide
Christian Brothers College, Fremantle
Christian Brothers' High School, Lewisham
Ignatius Park College
Parade College
Rostrevor College
St Bernard's College, Melbourne
St Brendan's College, Yeppoon
St Dominic's College, Penrith
St Edmund's College, Ipswich
St Edmund's College, Canberra
St Edward's College, East Gosford
St James College, Brisbane
St Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace
St Joseph's College, Geelong
St Joseph's College, Nudgee
St Kevin's College, Melbourne
St Laurence's College
St Mary's College, Melbourne
St Mary's College, Toowoomba
St Patrick's College, Ballarat
St Patrick's College, Shorncliffe
St Patrick's College, Strathfield
St Paul's College, Adelaide
St Pius X College, Sydney
St Virgil's College
Trinity College, Perth
Waverley College
Former Christian Brothers' schools operating under a different entity
Aquinas College, Southport
Cathedral College, East Melbourne now Catholic Theological College, Melbourne
Gilroy Santa Maria College, Ingham
Good Shepherd Catholic College, Mount Isa
McAuley Catholic Primary School
Nagle Catholic College
Our Lady of the Southern Cross College, Dalby
Shalom Catholic College, Bundaberg
St Augustines Primary School, Yarraville
St Columban's College, Caboolture
St George's School, Carlton now Corpus Christi Seminary, Melbourne
St. Joseph's Flexible Learning Centre, Melbourne
St Joseph's Technical College, South Melbourne now Galilee Regional Catholic Primary School
St Leo's Catholic College
St Mary's Cathedral College, Sydney
St Mary's Regional College, West Melbourne now Simonds College, West Melbourne
St Patrick's College, Gympie
St Patrick's College, Mackay
St Paul's Catholic College, Manly
St Teresa's College, Abergowrie
The Cathedral College, Rockhampton
Xavier High School, Albury
Former Christian Brothers' schools closed and defunct
Castledare Boys' Home
Chanel College
Christian Brothers School, Balmain
Christian Brothers College, Bondi Beach
Christian Brothers College, Burwood
Christian Brothers College, Manly
Christian Brothers' College, Perth
Christian Brothers College, Rose Bay
St Augustine's College, Yarraville
CBC St Joseph's College, North Melbourne
St Joseph's Technical College, Abbotsford
St Leo's College, Box Hill
St Patrick's College, Geraldton
St Patrick's College, Goulburn
St Patrick's Boys' School, Perth
St Paul's College, Ballarat