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Revision as of 11:13, 3 December 2010
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Freeman Catholic College is a co-education, systemic Roman Catholic secondary school (year 7 to 12) located in Bonnyrigg Heights, a western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
The school was founded in 1985, and named after Cardinal Sir James Freeman, the 6th Roman Catholic Archbishop of Sydney.
The College has a student population of approximately 1200.
Freeman students are placed into Pastoral Houses, each representing a significant person within the Community they are:
- Cabrogal - "Cobras", house colour is Orange
- Chisholm - "Chiefs", house colour is Blue
- Gilroy - "Gladiators", house colour is Yellow
- Langtry - "Leprechauns", house colour is Purple
- Mackillop - "Redbacks", house colour is Red
- Polding - "Pirates", house colour is Green
- Turner - "Tigers", house colour is White
The Houses compete in numerous activities throughout the year in such competitions as the Swimming Carnival, Athletics Carnival, Cross Country and MISA. The House that accumulates the most points at the end of the year becomes House Champions. Turner won the house championship in 2008, breaking Langtry's strangehold on the championship.
Notable People
In 2010 Guy Zangari who was the schools Pastoral Care Coordinator was chosen as the Australian Labor Party candidate for the state electorate of Fairfield for the New South Wales State elections in March 2011[1] as Joe Tripodi's replacement who had recently resigned.