Cathedral College, East Melbourne

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The Cathedral College building in East Melbourne

Cathedral College, East Melbourne was an all-boy, Catholic high school, run by the Congregation of Christian Brothers, and located on Victoria Parade, at the intersection of Eades Street, in East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

It was on the former site of the Christian Brother's school, Parade College, which had been relocated to Bundoora in 1968. [1] and St Kevin's College, which moved to Toorak in 1932.

Cathedral College operated at the Victoria Parade location from 1968 and 1995, teaching classes from year 5 to year 10. [2]

The school accommodated approximately 300 boys and was also home to the renowned St Patrick's Cathedral Choir from 1968 until the schools closure.

Sadly, the school was the location of multiple cases of physical and sexual abuse from clergy and brothers, particularly in the 70s until the mid 80s.

Former Christian Brother Ted Dowlan (now Bales), has been convicted multiple times of having sexually abused a number of students during his tenure there. [3]

The Catholic Theological College currently operates on a part of the former college site, [4] with the remainder, the original St Kevin's College building on Albert St, having been converted to apartments.

Heritage-listed building

The school building is considered to be of architectural significance within the state of Victoria, and is heritage listed. [5]

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References

  1. "Parade College_OUR HERITAGE".
  2. "University LibraryDigital Repository".
  3. Russell, Mark (27 March 2015). "Former Christian Brother jailed for abusing 20 boys at six schools over 14 years", The Age , Melbourne, Australia. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  4. "About Us". Catholic Theological College, Melbourne. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  5. "Cathedral College". Victorian Heritage Database. Heritage Council of Victoria. Retrieved 26 September 2017.

Coordinates: 37°48′32″S144°58′52″E / 37.809°S 144.981°E / -37.809; 144.981