St Laurence's College
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Latin: Facere et Docere
to do and to teach
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Brisbane, Queensland, Australia  |
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| Coordinates | 27°29′09.93″S 153°01′30.58″E / 27.4860917°S 153.0251611°ECoordinates: 27°29′09.93″S 153°01′30.58″E / 27.4860917°S 153.0251611°E |
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| Type | Private |
| Established | 1915[1] |
| Principal | Ian McDonald[2] |
| Staff | 180 (Teaching and Support)[3] |
| Enrolment | 1407[3] (2009) |
| Campus | South Brisbane |
| Colour(s) | Black and Gold |
| Website | www.slc.qld.edu.au |
St Laurence's College (colloquially known as Lauries) is an independent, Roman Catholic school for boys located in South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was founded by the Christian Brothers in 1915.[1] The school currently has an enrolment of over 1407 students from grades five to twelve.[3]
St Laurence's is currently associated with the Associated Independent Colleges and Combined Independent Colleges (CIC) sporting associations.
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[edit] Property
The school maintains three distinct locations for student activity.[4]
The main campus is located at South Brisbane and includes a library/chapel, monastery, hall and six buildings with classrooms and support rooms. Three of the teaching buildings are largely subject specific as they house the Visual and Performing Arts, Manual Arts and Science/Computing specific classrooms and laboratories. The main campus also houses a swimming pool and oval. A multilevel carpark (shared with the adjacent Mater hospitals) and auditorium are now opened.[5]
In 1961, the college purchased land at Runcorn which now contains 8 playing fields and a function centre.
Saint Laurence's also maintains Camp Laurence, located near Lake Moogerah to the west of Brisbane.
[edit] Sports
Being a former member of the Great Public Schools (GPS) association, the college is heavily involved with its sporting curriculum. It is considered a dominant schools amongst the other private schools in the Associated Independent Colleges (AIC), with classic rivals being Ashgrove and Villanova College.
The school competes in such AIC sports as:
[edit] Notable alumni
The following have represented Australia in the given sport
- Peter Hynes Rugby Union
- Brendan Cannon Rugby Union
- Dan Crowley Rugby Union
- Nev Cottrell Rugby Union
- Mark Stockwell Olympic Swimming
- Joshua Slack Olympic Beach Volleyball
- Bill Tyquin Rugby League
- Tom Tyquin Rugby League
- Damon Kelly Olympic Weightlifing (Commonwealth Games Gold Medallist Delhi 2010)
- Andrew Mewing Commonwealth Games Swimming
- Ken Fletcher 12 Grand Slam titles/ Davis Cup
- John Rigby Surf lifesaving
- Bill McLean Rugby Union
- Doug McLean[disambiguation needed
] Rugby League - Barry Leask International Rugby Referee
- Ross Emerson International Cricket Umpire
- Phil Breene Cycling
- Mark Connors Rugby Union
- Neil Betts Rugby Union
- John Anderson Olympic Sailing
- Tom Anderson Olympic Sailing
- Brian Harvey Paralympics - Javelin
- Tyron Mandrusiak Commonwealth Games Rugby
- Karol Bos Australian Rugby 7's
- Elliot Shriane Winter Olympics
- Peter Bateman Karate
- Laurie Lawrence Rugby Union/ National swim coach
- Jack McLean Rugby Union
- Paul Marks International Rugby Referee
- Michael Dagwell Cycling
- Pat Carroll Commonwealth Games Athletics
- Noel Dempsey Empire Games - Athletics
- Cooper Cronk Rugby League, Halfback for Melbourne Storm
- William Zillman Rugby League
- Garry Brown Commonwealth Games - Athletics
- Luke McLean Rugby Union
- Scott Rush Convicted Drug Trafficker and member of the Bali Nine[6][7]
- Luke Delaney AFL
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ a b "History". St Laurence's College. http://www.slc.qld.edu.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13&Itemid=14.
- ^ "Principal's Welcome". St Laurence's College. http://www.slc.qld.edu.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2&Itemid=129.
- ^ a b c "Annual Report 2009" (PDF). St Laurence's College. 2009. http://www.slc.qld.edu.au/images/stories/pdf/annualreport/slcannualreport_2009.pdf.
- ^ Saint Laurence's College - Facilities
- ^ Building our new hospital - Queensland Children's Hospital.
- ^ http://www.freebase.com/view/en/scott_rush
- ^ http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2006/s1734986.htm
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