MacKillop College, Mornington

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MacKillop Catholic College
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MacKillop College, Mornington
Mornington
,
Tasmania

Australia
Coordinates 42°51′28″S147°24′01″E / 42.8579°S 147.4003°E / -42.8579; 147.4003 Coordinates: 42°51′28″S147°24′01″E / 42.8579°S 147.4003°E / -42.8579; 147.4003
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Type Independent co-educational secondary school
MottoIn Faith and Hope and Love
Religious affiliation(s)
Established1994;29 years ago (1994)
PrincipalStephen Hill
Years 7 - 10
Enrolment680
Colour(s)Red, white and blue    
Affiliation Sports Association of Tasmanian Independent Schools
Website www.mackillop.tas.edu.au

MacKillop Catholic College is an independent Roman Catholic co-educational secondary school for Years 7 to 10 in the Hobart suburb of Mornington, Tasmania, Australia. [1] The school is named in honour of the Australian educationalist Mary MacKillop, an Australian nun who has been declared a saint by the Catholic Church. The school also has an association with the Christian Brothers founded by Edmund Rice. [2] MacKillop and Rice are key sources of inspiration for the school community. MacKillop Catholic College is the only Catholic secondary college servicing Hobart's eastern shore.

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The college is a member of the Sports Association of Tasmanian Independent Schools. [3]

History

MacKillop Catholic College was part of a restructuring of Catholic education in the Archdiocese of Hobart during the early 1990s, although moves to establish a Catholic secondary school on the eastern shore of Hobart had begun in the 1960s. [4] During 1993 the Catholic Church purchased the site and buildings of Mornington Primary School, which had ceased operation as a state primary school at the end of 1992. MacKillop was opened on the site on 9 February 1994, with 59 students. By 2009 the enrolment had grown to more than 500 students. [5] Over the first 10 years of the school's operation a staged building program was implemented, with the eighth stage completed in 2004. [5]

Houses

The school is named in honour of the Australian educationalist Mary MacKillop, and the works of MacKillop are the theme of the school houses: Waterford, Rice, Penola, Sion, Tenison, and Fitzroy . [6] MacKillop colleges house teams are named after significant locations or people.

Notable past students

See also

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References

  1. ↑ Tasmania Online > MacKillop College, accessed 2 March 2008
  2. ↑ Christian Brothers - Schools, accessed 2 March 2008
  3. ↑ SATIS - Sports Association of Tasmanian Independent Schools Archived 29 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine , accessed 2 March 2008
  4. ↑ MacKillop College Archived 19 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine , accessed 2 March 2008
  5. 1 2 College History, accessed 1 March 2008
  6. ↑ Mary MacKillop, accessed 1 March 2008
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