Motto "By faith and deed" Established 1981 Enrolment 680+ Phone +61 3 6424 7622 Number of students 680 | Denomination Catholic Principal Mr Frank Pisano Colour(s) Navy, Blue and Maroon Founded 1981 Staff 70 | |
School types Private school, Day school Similar Don College, Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic, Merseylink, 7AD Devonport, Devonport Christian School Profiles | ||
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St Brendan-Shaw College is a co-educational Catholic college for students in grades 7–12. It is located in Devonport on the North-West Coast of Tasmania in Australia. The college has around about 700 students.
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History
In 1960, the Edmund Rice Christian Brothers established St. Brendan's College for boys in James Street, Devonport. It was a college for boys up to Year 10.
In 1969 Shaw College, for girls, was established adjacent to St Brendan's College in Devonport. Shaw College was a Catholic Girls School established by the Sisters of St. Joseph. Shaw College was named after Fr. Shaw from the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hobart who was the first Parish Priest of Devonport. By agreement with St Brendan’s College a certain degree of co-instruction was arranged at Years 9 and 10.
In 1981 the two Colleges were merged to form St Brendan-Shaw College, a co-educational College.
The College Logo combines the Logos of St. Brendan’s and Shaw Colleges, or at least elements from each. The barque of St. Brendan symbolises missionary endeavour, while the 12 pointed star on the sail is taken from the Shaw badge where it represented "Light from Knowledge".
Senior secondary (Year 11 and 12) classes were introduced in 1990 and the school became the regional Catholic secondary co-educational college. Today it is a Co-educational College for years 7-12.