St Augustine's College (Queensland)
| Saint Augustine's College, Cairns. | |
|---|---|
 Tolle Lege | |
| Location | |
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Cairns, Queensland Australia | |
| Information | |
| Type | Independent, Roman Catholic, Single-sex, Secondary, Day and Boarding, Marist. |
| Established | 1930 |
| Founder | Saint Marcellin Champagnat |
| Principal | Cameron Duffy M.D, |
| Grades | 7–12 |
| Enrolment | 640 |
| Colour(s) | Cerise & Blue |
| Affiliations | N/A |
Saint Augustine's College, known locally as "Saints", is a Catholic boys' high school in Cairns, Queensland, Australia. Saints houses boarders both from its own students and girls from Saint Monica's School, also in Cairns.
Boarding School
Saint Augustine's offers a co-ed Boarding School catering for students from grades 7 to 12. The boarding community includes many students from the Far North Queensland region, along with many country students from outback Queensland and the Northern Territory. A significant number of students also board from as far away as Papua New Guinea, Gove and other islands off the coast of Australia.
Sport
The college is a member of the Cairns Interschool Senior Sport Association (CISSA[1]) which sees a number of local schools compete in a number of different sports each Wednesday. CISSA runs during the first semester of the school year. Saint Augustine's has also been very successful in holding the Overall Boys TCN Swimming Champion trophy for 40 years.
AFL
In 2013 and 2014 the school won the Gold Coast Suns Cup at Carrara Stadium.
Rugby Union
The school won all competitions in the 2014 Cairns Schoolboys Rugby Union competition.
School houses
Saint Augustine's has 4 houses. They are as follows:
- Heavey (Yellow)
- Phealan (Green)
- Walter (Red)
- Reginald (Blue)
These four houses compete against each other in many activities, including annual Athletics and Swimming Carnivals and Public Speaking are also a special needs competition on Champagnat Day. These events build up to a House Cup which is awarded at the end of each year.
Former houses include:
- Ambrose (Black)
- Gildas (White)
School Facilities
- Performing Arts Hall (McLaughin Theatre)
- Multi-purpose Hall (Lennon Hall)
- Swimming Pool
- Gym
- Basketball Courts
- Cricket Nets
- INTAD Centre
- Music Rooms
- Seminar Rooms
- Computer Rooms
- Science Labs
- Tennis Courts
- Chapel
- Home Economic Rooms
- Media & Technology
- Kitchen
- Boarding Facilities
- Medical Centre
- Library
- Marist Brothers Residence
AMSA
The college hosted to the Australian Marist Schools Association Basketball Carnival in April 2008.[2]
The college annually takes part in the AMSA Marist Cricket Carnival, and will host the carnival in 2016.
Notable Students
- Frank Farina (Soccer Player & Coach)
- Karl Stefanovic (TV Presenter & Logies King)
- Brad Beven (Olympic Triathlete)
- Jimmy Maher (Australian Test Cricketer)
- Sam Michael (AFL Player)
- Peter Yagmoor (AFL Player)
- Nathan Jawai (NBA Player)
- Patrick Hearps (ABC News 24 presenter)
- James Segeyaro (NRL Player)
- Nate Myles (NRL Player)
- Frank Reys (Melbourne Cup Winning Jockey 1973)
- Evan Magnus(AFL)
- Adam Haug (Rugby)
- Jackson Gallagher (Freediving)
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Coordinates: 16°55′38″S 145°46′03″E / 16.92722°S 145.76750°E