De La Salle College, Malvern

Timeline

1911 – Father Simon Hegarty CM, parish priest of Malvern, announced that a boys school was to be established, conducted by the Brothers of Christian Schools.

1912 – On 4 February, Brother Dunstan Drumm, Brother Leopold Loughran and Brother Jerome Foley arrived in Melbourne from Waterford, Ireland. The following day, they commenced teaching 54 boys in the Parish Hall. On Easter Tuesday, Archbishop Thomas Carr blessed the new school in Stanhope Street West.

1926 – The first edition of the College Magazine Blue and Gold was published, and the first student to complete his leaving certificate finished.

1929 – The house Manresa on the corner of Stanhope and Dalny Streets was purchased and the Tower Building was erected, blessed and opened by Archbishop Daniel Mannix. The old Stanhope building was sold to Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Trust. The Old Collegians' Association was formed.

1944 – Two-classroom buildings on the corner of Stanhope and Dalny Streets was constructed on the site of a tennis court.

1946 – The Old Collegians' Association was reformed after it lapsed during the Second World War.

1948 – The World War II shrine was erected on Stanhope Street.

1954 – On 21 March, Archbishop Mannix officially opened Kinnoull (named after Kinnoull Hill), the then preparatory school for the College.

1959 – Gardens to the east of the homestead Kinnoull were removed to create what is now known as Kinnoull Oval.

1960 – The new senior school, on High Street, now the Brother Oswald Murdoch Building, was erected. The Fathers' Association was formed.

1962 – The former Gymnasium and Hall, now the Performing Arts Centre, was erected.

1967 – Kinnoull homestead was demolished.

1972 – Manresa was demolished and the Brothers moved to a new residence on High Street. The Brother Jerome Foley Library and the now Brother Dunstan Drumm Administration building was opened on High Street. Father Les Troy, CM, was appointed College Chaplain.

1983 – The Lasallian Award was introduced by the Old Collegians' Association.

1984 – The Brother Peter Duffy Memorial Building was opened and the Kinnoull Campus became the Senior School for Years 11 and 12.

1987 – The Brother Stanislaus Carmody Centre for the Arts and Technology was opened.

1988 – The Brother James Taylor Gymnasium was opened.

1990 – The Brother Damian Harvey Building was opened.

1995 – The High Street campus was renamed, Tiverton, after the former Brothers' residence on Stanhope Street (which, in turn, was named after Tiverton, Devonshire).

2004 – The Old Collegians' building was opened on the Kinnoull campus. Year 10 classes move to Kinnoull for the first time in the College's history.

2007 – The Old Collegians' Association executive committee was reformed.

2009 – The St Miguel Theatre attached to the Brother Adrian Fitzgerald Building (colloquially known as the Chapel Building) was opened.

2014 - The college's first lay principal Mr Peter Houlihan began his term. Students raised over $100,000 for MIssion Action Day for the first time ever.

Campuses

There are two campuses, Tiverton and Kinnoull, located about a three-minute walk from each other. Because of their proximity and for government funding reasons they are considered one campus.

Approximately 550 students in Years 10–12 occupy the area of land named Kinnoull Campus adjacent to Malvern Cricket Ground and Northbrook. The site was purchased in 1955, and was initially a junior campus until it became the senior campus in 1984. On average approximately 85% of students go on to university, 10% to TAFE and 5% to apprenticeships, traineeships, and other paths. VCE, VET and VCAL facilities are available at Kinnoull. Facilities include a chapel, lecture theatre, amphitheatre, library, oval, astro-turf court and caffeteria style canteen.

Tiverton Campus is located on High Street and is home to Years 4–9 students. Facilities include a Performing Arts Centre, a gymnasium, three basketball courts, a chapel, a library and dedicated arts and technology spaces.

Sport

As members of the Associated Catholic Colleges competition, elite interschool competition is offered to Years 7–12 students in:

Athletics

Australian Rules Football

Basketball

Chess

Cricket

Cross country running

Golf

Swimming

Hockey

Soccer

Table tennis

Tennis

Volleyball.

ACC matches are timetabled into the school week. No Saturday morning. Students are also involved in state and national level competitions in athletics, snow sports and weightlifting.

The college is known for its experienced football squads, having won the Senior football competition 52 times since its entry in 1948.

Mission Action Day

On the final day of Term 1, the College participates in Mission Action Day (formerly Charity Action Day), which consists of a 13 km walk from Kooyong Stadium to T.H. King Oval, Glen Iris and back.

The walk is usually completed in two hours, with students sponsored for completing the walk, thereby raising much needed funds for schools in third-world countries, including the Philippines and Indonesia. Recently, this event has raised over $100,000 AUD per annum.

"Coolies"

The De La Salle 'Coolies' are a group of recently graduated Year 12 students who travel to India to work on construction projects that help the Indian Lasallian community. Money the students raise throughout the year goes towards the completion of the project.

The De La Salle Coolies work as labourers for approximately four weeks and while they're doing so, live with the De La Salle Brothers and fully immerse themselves in the community they are helping.

Completed projects include the construction of housing or schools for poverty stricken Dalit communities. These communities are situated in the southern Indian states of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, where the De La Salle Brothers have developed several projects.

Coolies is an alternate way for students to celebrate their Year 12 graduation whilst contributing to underprivileged communities. All students must commit to Coolies at the start of their Year 12-year and raise a minimum of $500 each for the building projects. Students must also cover their own transport and living costs.

In December 2007, the program featured in the Herald Sun newspaper, with Br Denis Loft featuring in numerous articles in other local newspapers, including the Melbourne Weekly Magazine.

Patron saint

St. Jean-Baptiste De La Salle was born in Reims, France on 30 April 1651. He was 29 years old when he realised that the educational system of his day was inadequate to meet the needs of poor children. To provide a Christian and human education that would be practical and effective, La Salle founded a religious community of men, the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools (Fratres Scholarum Christianarum), dedicated to the instruction of youth.

After many hardships, Jean-Baptiste De La Salle died on Good Friday, 7 April 1719. He was canonised a saint of the Catholic Church in 1900 and declared "Universal Patron of All Teachers" by Pope Pius XII in 1950. The feast of St. Jean-Baptiste De La Salle is celebrated on 15 May by the worldwide La Sallian movement of approximately 1 million students in over 85 countries.

Houses

There are four Houses:

St Mark's (red)

St Edwin's (green)

St Leo's (blue)

St Austin's (yellow)

Houses help create a sense of belonging and identity for students within the College.

Classroom Saints

Each classroom at the Tiverton campus in De La Salle has a patron saint. There are seven in total.

Benilde

Peter Romancon (Brother Benildus) was born in Thuret, France, on 14 June 1805. He worked quietly and effectively as a teacher and principal, educating boys – many of whom had never been to school before – in Sauges, an isolated village on a barren plateau in souther France. It was said of him that he was "always cheerful" in the daily routine of school. He died at Saugues on 13 August 1862, and was declared Blessed on 4 April 1942. He was canonised on 29 October 1967, and his feast day is 13 August.

Dunstan

Brother Dunstan Drumm was born in Ireland on 11 July 1880 in Ardee, County Louth, and arrived in Australia in 1912. He became the first Headmaster of De La Salle College and remained in that position from 1912–1917. He then taught in New South Wales, eventually returning to Ireland in 1922 where he taught in schools there and in England. He died on 24 September 1952 and is buried in Kintbury, UK.

Hegarty

Father Simon Hegarty CM arrived at St Joseph's Parish Church in Malvern in 1895 and was instrumental in negotiating the appointment of the De La Salle Brothers to Malvern to open a school for boys. His term as Parish Priest ended in 1914 when he volunteered as War Chaplain. He later returned to his homeland, Ireland, where he died on Christmas Eve 1935.

Jerome

Brother Jerome Foley was born in Ireland on 9 August 1886 and is one of the original three brothers who commenced De La Salle College, Malvern, on the 5th of February 1912. He is the longest-serving Headmaster of the College from 1929–1946, which was followed by his appointment as Provincial of the De La Salle Brothers from 1929–1958. Brother Jerome died on 9 September 1975, and is buried in the Brothers Cemetery at Oakhill College in Sydney. Behind a somewhat gruff exterior, Brother Jerome concealed a sensitive heart. He had an uncanny knack for bringing badgering or cajoling them. He nurtured a whole group of young men remarkable for their academic achievements and for their loyalty to the church.

Roland

Nicholas Roland, born in Rheims on 2 December 1642, founded the congregation of the Holy Infant (Child) Jesus. As the spiritual Father of Saint John Baptist De La Salle, he approached him as his executor and begged him to secure the approval of the congregation of the Sister of the Infant Jesus, which he founded for the instruction and salvation of poor and abandoned children. He died on 27 April 1678. His feast day is 27 April.

Solomon

Nicholas Leclercq (Brother Solomon) was born at Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, on 15 November 1745. During the French Revolution he refused to take the oath to the Constitution and died a martyr on 2 September 1792 in the prison of Carmes (Carmelites), Paris. He was proclaimed as Blessed with his companion martyrs on 17 October 1926. His feast day is 2 September.

Vincent

St Vincent de Paul was born in the village of Pouy in Gascony, France, in about 1580, and was ordained as a priest in 1600. In 1617, he began to preach missions, and in 1625 he founded Congregation of the Mission – or Vincentians – who now administer to St Joseph's Parish in Malvern. St Vincent is the Patron saint of the St Vincent de Paul Society (Vinnies), founded in Paris in 1833 by the Blessed Frederic Ozanam. His feast day is 27 September.

Arts, academia, entertainment and media

Jason Donovan – Former Neighbours actor and musician who sold more than 3 million albums in the UK

Professor Peter Drake AO – Emeritus Professor, Foundation Vice Chancellor, Australian Catholic University, Order of Australia

Professor Edward Duyker OAM – Historian, author and fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities. Numerous awards include Order of Australia and Ordre des Palmes Académiques.

Archimede Fusillo – Author

Paul Hogan – The butler of US reality show Joe Millionaire

Paul Jennings – Broadcaster and satirist, creator of the 'Rubbery Figures'

Brendan Kennedy – Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Sydney

Jules Lund – Presenter on Getaway ,In 2010 Jules joined Fifi Box to host drive nationally on Austereo's Fox FM, a role which saw him win Best Newcomer at the 2011 Australian Commercial Radio Awards.

Stephen McIntyre – Associate Professor of Music, University of Melbourne, renowned pianist, founding member of Australian Chamber Soloist

Michael Longhurst – Ex-Melbourne jazz musician (clarinet), now living in Queensland

Gavin Gow – Melbourne jazz musician (clarinet)

Frank Gow – Melbourne jazz musician (piano)

Graeme Pender – Melbourne jazz musician (clarinet)

Gerald Murnane – Fiction writer nominated for 2006 Nobel Prize for literature

Oh Mercy – Band nominated for the 2009 Australian Music Prize

Tony Stewart – Sound recordist, one of the Balibo Five murdered by the Indonesian military in 1975

Geoffrey Tozer – Classical pianist

Alphonse Gangitano – Melbourne gangland killings

Paul Stewart, singer-songwriter and trumpet player in band Painters and Dockers

Nick Bufalo, performer, The D-Generation

Religion

Eric D'Arcy – Late Archbishop of Hobart (1988–1999)

Brother Bill Firman – Former College Headmaster, Chairman of BoysTown Mission and Kids Help Line

Brother Henry Francis (Brother Quentin) O'Halloran – Teacher and recipient of the Medal of the Order of Australia for services to education

Monsignor Stuart Hall – Ordained priest to the Archdiocese of Melbourne and currently serving as Chaplain with the RAN

Science

Michael Coughlan – Chief Climatologist for the Australian Bureau of Meteorology

Michael McCarthy – Associate Professor Senior Ecologist of Australian Research Centre for Urban Ecology, University of Melbourne Lecturer

Medicine

Hanny Calache – Adjunct Professor Oral Health, La Trobe University, Clinical Director, Dental Health Services Victoria Executive

Raymond TT Chan – Clinical Oncologist

Walter Cosolo – Oncologist

Anthony Fenelon – co-designer of Australia's first implantable cardiac pacemaker. Also gained Order of Australia medal for his services to music where he was named 'Organist of the Year' by the American Theatre Organ Society. He has 22 recording and 4 Gold Records to his credit

Professor Thomas Marwick – cardiologist, The University of Queensland/Princess Alexandria Hospital. "Who's Who in Australia" recognised as a world-renowned expert in echocardiology

Law

Tony Pagone – Gaetano (Tony) Pagone is a judge of the Federal Court of Australia. Until 21 June 2013 he was a Judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria

Bernard Teague AO – Supreme Court Judge, Former President of The Law Institute of Victoria, Victorian Legal Personality of the Year 1985, Officer of the Order of Australia 2008, appointed to head royal commission into Victoria's bushfires in February 2009, he was created an Officer of the Order of Australia in the Australia Day Honours, 2009

John Harber Phillips – AC, QC (18 October 1933 – 7 August 2009) Appointed as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria in 1991,Barrister, author, and Judge. Best known for defending Lindy Chamberlain against the charge of murdering baby Azaria. Later became the first Director of Public Prosecutions of Victoria and Director of National Crime Authority

Greg Barns – barrister

Bruce Anthony Chamberlain AM- (9 August 1939 – 1 October 2005) 17th President of the Legislative Council of Victorian Parliament and former school captain. Member of the Order of Australia

John Hedigan – Judge, Supreme Court of Victoria from 30 January 1991 till 30 August 2001

Bryan Clothier – Retired former Deputy Chief Magistrate of Victoria

Gerard Paul Mullaly- Judge of the County Court of Victoria

Paul Mullaly – Judge of the County Court of Victoria

John Milton "Darcy" Dugan AO – One of the Court's best-known and most widely respected Chief Magistrates,Retired from the Bench in 1990, Appointed a member of the Order of Australia (General Division) in June 1990.

Politics

Steven Stefanopoulos – Councillor City of Stonnington 2004–2008 and 2016 - present, author, archivist, museum curator, teacher, and architectural historian

James Ingram AO – former Australian diplomat and former Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Program

Bruce Anthony Chamberlain AM (9 August 1939 – 1 October 2005) The President of the Legislative Council, Victorian Parliament

Ross Wilson – Former Councillor (City of Frankston ) 1986 – 1990.

Business

Michael Luscombe – CEO of Woolworths Limited, 19th largest retailer in the world

Leon Daphne – Former CEO of Nissan Australia

Sport

VFL/AFL Players:

Brayden Maynard (2014) – Collingwood

Jarryd Lyons (2010) – Adelaide

Daniel Hughes (2004) – Melbourne

Thomas Murphy (2003) – Hawthorn

Andrew Carrazzo (2001) – Carlton

Trent Croad (1997) – Hawthorn, Fremantle Hawks Premiership Player 2008

Rupert Betheras (1993) – Collingwood

Barry Breen – St Kilda Grand Final Legend, 301 game veteran, Sydney Swans manager of operations

Pat Cash, Sr. – Hawthorn Footballer and father of Wimbledon Winner Pat Cash

Jamie Duursma – Sydney Swans, Brisbane Bears, Melbourne

Frank Dimattina – Richmond. Player then team manager and father of Western Bulldogs player Paul Dimattina

Jack Dyer – OAM (15 November 1913 – 23 August 2003), Richmond Captain/Coach, AFL Hall of Fame Legend 1996, AFL Team of the Century

Bob Johnson – Melbourne

Bernie Jones – Hawthorn, Essendon – Hawks 1976 Premiership Player

Peter Murnane – Hawthorn – 1976, 1978 Premiership Player

Peter O'Donohue – Hawthorn – Player and Coach

John Kennedy, Sr. – Hawthorn – Hawthorn premiership coach 1961, 1971, 1976.Icon of the game. Team of the Century Coach

John Kennedy, Jr. – Hawthorn – Premiership Player for Hawthorn 1983, 1986, 1988,1989

Justin Murphy – Richmond, Carlton, Essendon, Geelong

Terry Waters – Collingwood Captain 1970/1971

Paul Cooper – Hawthorn

Roger Ellingworth – Melbourne, Hawthorn

Kevin Sheedy – Richmond football club. Essendon football coach Premiership coach 1984/85, 1993, 2000, Greater Western Sydney coach 2013

Stawell Gift Winners:

Sam Jamieson – Stawell Gift Winner 2008

Jason Richardson – Stawell Gift Winner 1993

Dallas O'Brien – Stawell Gift Winner 1983

Sport – Other:

Ashton Agar (2011) – Australian Test Cricketer, made 98 on debut holding a number of world records

Wes Agar-cricketer

Danny Nikolic – Jockey

Michael Beer (2002) – Australian Test Cricketer

Michael Valkanis – Footballer, South Melbourne, Larissa, Adelaide United, capped once for Australia

Brian Stynes – Gaelic Footballer and premiership All star award winner 1995

Adrian Kebbe – Weightlifter, Australian Commonwealth Games Silver Medal at the 1978 Commonwealth Games

Damien Brown – Weightlifter, Australian Olympic weightlifter and flag bearer at the 2002 Commonwealth Games

Simon Heffernan – Weightlifter, silver medalist at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, Twice Australia Day Ambassador

Andrew Collett – Olympic Judo player

James Leonard – Victorian Wheelchair Basketballer, Pride of Australia nominee, London 2012 Paralympian

Matthew Curtain – Former CEO of the Australian Weightlifting Federation and Weightlifting Manager of the London 2012 Olympic Games, Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games and Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. In October 2013, Curtain was appointed as the first-ever Director of Sport of the Commonwealth Games Federation – responsible for the activities and management of the entire sports programme of the Commonwealth Games and Commonwealth Youth Games

Brian Waldron – Former CEO of the Melbourne Storm and St Kilda

Alan McAlister – AFL club president

Leon Daphne – AFL club president

Kye Beveridge – Son of Western Bulldogs coach, Luke Beveridge. Sandringham Dragons listed (2015/16) as an inside midfielder