Established 1878 Enrolment 1300 (2015) Founded 1878 | Principal Mr. Noel Mifsud Phone +61 8 8400 4200 Number of students 1,300 (2015) | |
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Type Independent, Single-sex, Day Motto Ante faciem domini(Before The Face Of The Lord) Similar Prince Alfred College, St Peter's College, Pembroke School, Pulteney Grammar School, Blackfriars Priory School Profiles | ||
Christian Brothers College (CBC) is a private Catholic school in the centre of 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.
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CBC is predominantly a secondary school, although it has a primary school campus, and now includes a community childcare centre, with a combined student population of approximately 1135 (2013).
Houses
Christian Brothers College has six houses with tutor groups consisting of either students from years 7-9 or 10-12.
Upon commencement at the college, each student is assigned to one of the six houses:
Sports
CBC has had a long-standing sporting rivalry with Blackfriars. Similar to the Saints and Princes sporting rivalry, Intercollegiate Competitions between the two have become known as "The Intercol", and are significant events on those school's calendars.
Football
The school is proud of its Australian Rules Football history and traditions. It produced a number of Magarey Medallists in the early South Australian National Football League (SANFL) years:
Other prominent SANFL footballers produced by the school have included: John Cahill (Port Adelaide Football Club), Laurie Cahill (South Adelaide), Matt Clingly (West Torrens Football Club), B.Ploenges (S.A), D.Panizza (S.A), J.Taylor (W.A), J.Scanlon (Nwd), P.Schwarz (W.T), J.Hanley (Glenelg Football Club), S.Costello (W.A), J.F.Scanlon (W.A), C.C.Daly (Norwood Football Club)Robert (Bob) Higgins (West Adelaide Football Club).
Soccer
John Perin represented Australia at senior level in 1969. A number of students (e.g. Carlo Taladira, Alf Iannello and Jamie Perin) have played for Adelaide's NSL team (Adelaide City). Earlier, Syd Rossetto and Joe Serafini were key players for Adelaide City SA state sides. On 17 August 2011, Christian Brothers College won the inaugural school soccer league called the Twilight Cup. This achievement is the first time Christian Brothers College have won a soccer championship since the foundation of the school 133 years ago.
Rugby union
Rugby union was introduced to the school in 2010.