Established 1881 Chaplain Rev. Fr Gavin Foster Phone +61 2 9816 0900 Founded 1881 Colors Blue, Cerise | Headmaster Mr Ross Tarlinton Total enrollment 1,000 (2006) | |
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Type Private, Day & Boarding Motto Latin: In Meliora Contende("Strive for better things") Denomination Roman Catholic (Marist Brothers) Similar Saint Ignatius' College, Shore‑Sy Church of England, St Aloysius' College, Trinity Grammar School, Sydney Grammar School | ||
St Joseph's College (SJC or Joeys) is a Catholic, secondary, day and boarding school for boys. It is located in Hunters Hill, a suburb on the Lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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- St joseph s college hunters hill class of 1976 35th reunion 2011
- Foundation
- List of Headmasters
- References
Founded by the Marist Brothers in 1881, Joeys currently caters for approximately 1100 students from Years 7 to 12, including over 750 boarders, making it the largest boarding school in Australia, and one of the largest in the southern hemisphere.
The College is affiliated with the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA), the Australian Boarding Schools' Association (ABSA), the Association of Marist Schools of Australia (AMSA), and is a founding member of the Athletic Association of the Great Public Schools of New South Wales (AAGPS).
In 2006, Joeys saw the appointment of its first lay headmaster, Mr Ross Tarlinton.
St joseph s college hunters hill class of 1976 35th reunion 2011
Foundation
St Joseph's College (SJC) can trace its origins back to the Marist Brothers' school founded in Harrington Street, Church Hill, which was attached to St Patrick's Catholic Church. The Headmaster, Rev. Br Emilian Pontet then sought out land to found a new school elsewhere. After inspecting several locations, Hunters Hill was chosen due to its proximity to the Marist Fathers' Monastery and Parish of Villa Maria.
On 29 July 1881, the Headmaster, Rev. Br Emilian Pontet, transferred the school from Harrington Street to Hunters Hill, founding St Joseph's College in a temporary wooden building with a student population of 55. Within six years of its founding, keen observers had taken notice. In 1887, James Francis Hogan wrote in The Irish in Australia that:
St John's College, affiliated to the University of Sydney; St. Ignatius' College, Riverview, conducted by the Jesuit Fathers; and St. Joseph's College, Hunter Hill [sic], under the management of the Marist Brothers, are three educational institutions that reflect the highest credit on the Catholic population of the parent colony.
Brother Emilian Pontet was the founding headmaster (1881-1890); he was succeeded by Brother Stanislaus (1890-1894) who continued the building program at the main campus and oversaw the acquisition of 16 acres of playing fields close by.