St Laurence's College
| St Laurence's College | |
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to do and to teach | |
| Location | |
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Brisbane, Queensland Australia  | |
| Coordinates | 27°29′09.93″S 153°01′30.58″E / 27.4860917°S 153.0251611°ECoordinates: 27°29′09.93″S 153°01′30.58″E / 27.4860917°S 153.0251611°E |
| Information | |
| Type | Private |
| Established | 1915[1] |
| Principal | Ian McDonald[2] |
| Staff | 188 (Teaching and Support) |
| Enrolment | ~1800 (2015) |
| Campus | South Brisbane |
| Colour(s) | Black and Gold |
| Website | http://www.slc.qld.edu.au |
St Laurence's College (known colloquially as Lauries) is a private Catholic school for boys and is located in South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was founded by the Christian Brothers in 1915.[1] The school currently has an enrolment of over 1700 students from Year 5 to Year 12. St Laurence's is a College in the Edmund Rice Tradition. St Laurence's is currently associated with the Associated Independent Colleges and Combined Independent Colleges (CIC) sporting associations.
Property
The school maintains three distinct locations for student activity.[3]
The main campus is located in South Brisbane and includes a library, chapel, monastery, hall and six buildings with classrooms and support rooms. Three of the teaching buildings are largely subject specific as they house the visual and performing arts, manual arts and science and computing specific classrooms and laboratories. The main campus also houses a swimming pool and oval. A multilevel carpark (shared with the adjacent Mater hospitals) and auditorium are now opened.[4]
In 1961, the college purchased land at Runcorn which now contains 8 playing fields and a function centre. St Laurence's maintains Camp Laurence, located near Lake Moogerah to the west of Brisbane.
Sports
Being a former member of the Great Public Schools (GPS) association, the college is heavily involved with its sporting curriculum.
The school competes in such AIC sports as:
Notable alumni
Alumni of St Laurence's College are known as "Old Boys" and may elect to join the school's alumni association, the St Laurence’s College Old Boys Association. Notable alumni include:
Sports
- Cooper Cronk, Rugby League, halfback for Melbourne Storm, Queensland and Australia
- John Anderson, OAM, Olympic sailing
- Thomas Anderson, Olympic sailing
- Brendan Cannon, Rugby Union (retired 2014)
- Nev Cottrell, Wallaby captain
- Mark Connors, Rugby Union
- Dan Crowley, Rugby Union
- Ken Fletcher, 12 tennis Grand Slam titles and Davis Cup player
- Greg Hartung, President of the Australian Paralympic Committee and Vice-President of the International Paralympic Committee
- Damon Kelly, Olympic weightlifter and Commonwealth Games Gold Medal winner.
- Laurie Lawrence, Rugby Union and national swim coach
- Luke McLean, Rugby Union
- Peter O'Meara, former CEO of the Western Force rugby union team
- Mark Stockwell, Olympic swimming
- William Zillman, Rugby League
- Dennis Syrmis, co-founder of the Australian National Drag Racing Association
- Elliott Shriane, Olympic speed skater
- Joshua Slack, Olympic beach volleyball player
- Brendan O'Reilly, Mixed Martial Artist
Business
- Kevin Fitzpatrick, co-founder of Wotif.com
- Richard Malouf, founder of Malouf Pharmacies
- John Symond, Australian financial executive and founder of Aussie Home Loans
- Nick Dyer, founder of Sealy Australia
Entertainment, Arts & the Media
- Kerry O'Brien, television news journalist and presenter
- Anthony Frangi, ABC and 4BC radio host
- Ross Symonds, former news presenter for Seven Network in Sydney
- Wayne Smith, veteran Rugby writer and winner of ASC Media Award 2013.
- Gerard Lee, Australian novelist, screenwriter and director.
- Murray Foy, actor, theatre director, and Australia Council for the Arts Theatre Board member during the 1970s.
Science & Medicine
- Dr. Eric Shaw CBE, founder of the QLD Blood Transfusion Service
- Dr. Robert John Walsh OBE, founder of the NSW Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service and former Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of New South Wales[5]
- Dr. Michael Lanigan AM, plastic and reconstructive surgeon
- Joseph King OBE, sugar technologist and administrator[6]
Politics, Law & Public Service
- Mike Horan, former leader of the National Party of Australia
- Len Keogh, former Labor representative for the Queensland Division of Bowman
- Paul Finn, Australian academic jurist and Judge of the Federal Court of Australia
- Trevor Harrigan, Judge of the Federal Court of Australia
- Jeffrey Spender, former Judge of the Federal Court of Australia and Queen's Counsel
- John Mickel, former Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland and the Labor member for Logan
- Condon Byrne, former Senator with the Australian Labor Party
- Milton Griffin, Judge of The District Court of Queensland
- Darryl Briskey, former Labor member for Cleveland
- Ronald Joseph Redmond, former Queensland Commissioner of Police
Rhodes Scholars
- James Maloney, 1929
- Peter Hempenstall, 1970
External links
References
- 1 2 "History". St Laurence's College.
- ↑ "Principal's Welcome". St Laurence's College.
- ↑ St Laurence's College - Facilities, slc.qld.edu.au; accessed 13 September 2014.
- ↑ "Building our new hospital", qld.gov.au; accessed 13 September 2014.
- ↑ Crane, Helen Bashir. Walsh, Robert John (1917–1983). Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
- ↑ Kerr, John D. King, Norman Joseph (1905–1981). Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
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