Religious affiliation(s) Roman Catholic;
Marist Principal Br Darin Burge FMS Enrolment 769 (2015) Total enrollment 650 (2012) Gender Single-sex education Colors Blue, Cerise | Established 1930 Grades 7–12 Phone +61 7 4051 5555 Motto Tolle Lege Founded 1930 | |
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Type Independent day and boarding Address 251 Draper St, Cairns City QLD 4870, Australia Similar St Monica's College, Catholic Education, Cairns State High School, Diocese of Cairns, St Mary's Catholic College |
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.
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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) 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.
Rugby union
The school won all competitions in the 2014 Cairns Schoolboys Rugby Union competition.
School houses
Saint Augustine's has four houses. They are as follows:
These houses compete against each other in many activities, including annual athletics and swimming carnivals, public speaking, and a competition on Champagnat Day. These events build up to a House Cup which is awarded at the end of each year.
Former houses include:
School facilities
AMSA
The college hosted the Australian Marist Schools Association Basketball Carnival in April 2008.
The college takes part in the annual AMSA Marist Cricket Carnival, and will host the carnival in 2016.