Christian Brothers College, Adelaide

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Christian Brothers College
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Christian Brothers College, Adelaide
Primary campus:
324 Wakefield Street
Adelaide, South Australia
Australia

Secondary campus:
214 Wakefield Street
Adelaide, South Australia
Australia
Coordinates 34°55′40″S138°36′35″E / 34.9278°S 138.6097°E / -34.9278; 138.6097
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Type Catholic school
MottoAnte faciem domini
(Before the face of the Lord)
Denomination Catholic (Christian Brothers)
Established15 August 1878 [1]
PrincipalDavid Johnston
Enrolment974 (2024)[ citation needed ]
CampusUrban
Colour(s)Purple, white and gold    
Affiliation Sports Association for Adelaide Schools
Website www.cbc.sa.edu.au
Christian Brothers schools in South Australia
CBC • RostrevorSt. Paul's

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. [2]

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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). [3]

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: [4]

House nameColourName inspirationCurrent head of house
SionEmerald green Mount Sion Jonty Rutai
WaterfordCyan blue Waterford Jaycob Navarro
TreacyOchre orange Br Patrick Ambrose Treacy George Bryant
CallanPure white Callan Nicolette Roberts
NagleGolden yellow Nano Nagle Daniel Schoenmakers
AvilaBright red Saint Teresa of Ávila Riley Atkinson

In the senior campus for Christian Brothers College, students can nominate to be a leader of their house.

Notable alumni

Entrance to secondary campus via Wakefield Street Christian brothers college adelaide australia.jpg
Entrance to secondary campus via Wakefield Street

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. [7]

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. [8]

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References

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