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{{Short description|Independent school in Perth, Western Australia}}
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| motto = {{lang-la|Signum Fidei}}<br/>(Sign of Faith)<br/>(First college crest 1894-1922)
| motto = {{langx|la|Signum Fidei}}<br/>(Sign of Faith)<br/>(First college crest 1894–1922)
| established = 1894
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| denomination = [[Roman Catholic|Catholic]]
| denomination = [[Roman Catholic|Catholic]]
| key_people = Anthony O’Brien (first headmaster)<ref name="OHG22" />
| key_people = Anthony O’Brien (first headmaster)<ref name="OHG22" />
| city = [[Perth, Western Australia|Perth]]
| city = [[Perth]]
| state = [[Western Australia]]
| state = Western Australia
| country = [[Australia]]
| country = [[Australia]]
| enrolment = ~700
| enrolment = ~700
| num_employ = ~50
| num_employ = ~50
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'''Christian Brothers College''', informally known as '''CBC Perth''' or '''The Terrace''' was an [[Private school|Independent school]] for boys situated on [[St Georges Terrace]] in the centre of [[Perth, Western Australia]]. The college opened in January 1894, and the college was a founding member of the [[Public Schools Association]] in 1905.<ref name="TCArch">{{cite web|url=http://www.trinity.wa.edu.au/general_info/our_history/history2.htm|title=Trinity College Archives|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706121150/http://www.trinity.wa.edu.au/general_info/our_history/history2.htm|archivedate=6 July 2011}}</ref> The college was the second high school (1894) and the second boarding school (1896) in Western Australia. In 1938 boarders and some day students at CBC moved to the new [[Aquinas College, Perth|Aquinas College]] campus at [[Salter Point, Western Australia|Salter Point]]. Brother C.P. Foley, who was the headmaster of CBC Perth and who at the same was the first headmaster of Aquinas took with him the Christian Brothers College crest and colours, honour boards, and [[Public Schools Association]] membership. Brother Foley insisted the heritage of CBC Perth from 1894-1937 belonged to Aquinas. To further enhance Aquinas as the premier the Christian Brothers College, the main building at Aquinas was designed in the [[Federation Arts and Crafts]] architecture of CBC Perth. Meanwhile, although most of the day students remained at CBC Perth, numbers were depleted and the college immediately accepted an overflow of students from St Patrick's Boys School on Wellington Street. CBC Perth continued as a day school from 1938-1961. In 1962, the students and staff of CBC Perth moved to a new site on the East Perth foreshore and the college was renamed [[Trinity College, Perth|Trinity College]].<ref name="TCHist">[http://www.trinity.wa.edu.au/general_info/our_history/history.htm Trinity College History] (accessed:19-02-2007)</ref>
'''Christian Brothers College''' (CBC), informally known as '''CBC Perth''' or '''The Terrace''' was an [[Private school|Independent school]] for boys situated on [[St Georges Terrace]] in the centre of [[Perth]], Western Australia. The college opened in January 1894, and the college was a founding member of the [[Public Schools Association]] in 1905.<ref name="TCArch">{{cite web|url=http://www.trinity.wa.edu.au/general_info/our_history/history2.htm|title=Trinity College Archives|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706121150/http://www.trinity.wa.edu.au/general_info/our_history/history2.htm|archivedate=6 July 2011}}</ref> The college was the second high school (1894) and the second boarding school (1896) in Western Australia. In 1938 boarders and some day students at CBC moved to the new [[Aquinas College, Perth|Aquinas College]] campus at [[Salter Point, Western Australia|Salter Point]]. Brother C.P. Foley, who was the headmaster of CBC Perth and who at the same was the first headmaster of Aquinas took with him the Christian Brothers College crest and colours, honour boards, and [[Public Schools Association]] membership. Brother Foley insisted the heritage of CBC Perth from 1894–1937 belonged to Aquinas. To further enhance Aquinas as the premier the Christian Brothers College, the main building at Aquinas was designed in the [[Federation Arts and Crafts]] architecture of CBC Perth. Meanwhile, although most of the day students remained at CBC Perth, numbers were depleted and the college immediately accepted an overflow of students from St Patrick's Boys School on Wellington Street. CBC Perth continued as a day school from 1938–1961. In 1962, the students and staff of CBC Perth moved to a new site on the East Perth foreshore and the college was renamed [[Trinity College, Perth|Trinity College]].<ref name="TCHist">[http://www.trinity.wa.edu.au/general_info/our_history/history.htm Trinity College History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071212130305/http://www.trinity.wa.edu.au/general_info/our_history/history.htm |date=12 December 2007 }} (accessed:19-02-2007)</ref>


== History ==
== History ==
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[[File:CBC Perth Dormitory 1932.PNG|thumb|right|Christian Brothers College, Perth Dormitory 1932]]
[[File:CBC Perth Dormitory 1932.PNG|thumb|right|Christian Brothers College, Perth Dormitory 1932]]


The Christian Brothers opened their first school in Western Australia on 31 January 1894 on the corner of [[St Georges Terrace, Perth|St Georges Terrace]] and [[Victoria Avenue, Perth|Victoria Avenue]] in Perth, naming it Christian Brothers College Perth.<ref name="OHG">Massam, Katharine (1998).''On High Ground: Images of One Hundred Years at Aquinas College, Western Australia'' [[University of Western Australia]] Press {{ISBN|1-876268-05-0}}</ref> The Brothers were invited to the colony by [[Catholic Bishops and Archbishops of Perth, Western Australia|Bishop]] [[Matthew Gibney]] who knew of the work of the Brothers in Australia, Ireland and England.<ref name="PMHI">[http://www.southperth.wa.gov.au/eservice/SouthPerth/town_plan_info/townplanning/PartC_13_SPt.pdf South Perth Municipal Heritage Inventory] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060921151700/http://www.southperth.wa.gov.au/eservice/SouthPerth/town_plan_info/townplanning/PartC_13_SPt.pdf |date=21 September 2006 }} (accessed:14-02-2007)</ref> The first headmaster of the college, Anthony O’Brien addressed the school upon its opening:
The Christian Brothers opened their first school in Western Australia on 31 January 1894 on the corner of [[St Georges Terrace, Perth|St Georges Terrace]] and [[Victoria Avenue, Perth|Victoria Avenue]] in Perth, naming it Christian Brothers College Perth.<ref name="OHG">Massam, Katharine (1998).''On High Ground: Images of One Hundred Years at Aquinas College, Western Australia'' [[University of Western Australia]] Press {{ISBN|1-876268-05-0}}</ref> The Brothers were invited to the colony by [[Catholic Bishops and Archbishops of Perth, Western Australia|Bishop]] [[Matthew Gibney]] who knew of the work of the Brothers in Australia, Ireland and England.<ref name="PMHI">[http://www.southperth.wa.gov.au/eservice/SouthPerth/town_plan_info/townplanning/PartC_13_SPt.pdf South Perth Municipal Heritage Inventory] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060921151700/http://www.southperth.wa.gov.au/eservice/SouthPerth/town_plan_info/townplanning/PartC_13_SPt.pdf |date=21 September 2006 }} (accessed:14-02-2007)</ref> The first headmaster of the college, Brother Anthony O’Brien addressed the school upon its opening:


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Initially at CBC Perth only day students were enrolled, but due to population growth in Western Australia during the [[Mining in Western Australia#Gold|gold rush period]], pressure was put on the school to accept residential boarding students, the first of which were enrolled in June 1896.<ref name="HistMR">Florey, Cecil (2000), Canning Bridge to Clontarf: An Historical Journey Along Manning Road</ref> The site had physical limitations and in 1917, headmaster [[Paul Nunan]] saw the necessity to acquire much larger property away from the city centre to accommodate the whole school.<ref name="OHG"/> The brothers entered into negotiations for the purchase of 8&nbsp;hectares (20&nbsp;acres) at [[Point Heathcote, Western Australia|Point Heathcote]] on the [[Swan River (Western Australia)|Swan River]], in 1928 they ended up purchasing 95&nbsp;hectares (234&nbsp;acres) on the Canning River just east of the [[Riverton Bridge]] naming it [[Riverton, Western Australia#Clune Park|Clune Park]].<ref name="CSPMHI">City of South Perth Municipal Heritage Inventory (No.1). 1994</ref> However, plans to develop this site were shelved due to the [[Great Depression]].<ref name="FloreyC2">Florey, Cecil (1995), Peninsular City: A Social history of the City of South Perth</ref>
Initially at CBC Perth only day students were enrolled, but due to population growth in Western Australia during the [[Mining in Western Australia#Gold|gold rush period]], pressure was put on the school to accept residential boarding students, the first of which were enrolled in June 1896.<ref name="HistMR">Florey, Cecil (2000), Canning Bridge to Clontarf: An Historical Journey Along Manning Road</ref> The site had physical limitations and in 1917, headmaster [[Paul Nunan]] saw the necessity to acquire much larger property away from the city centre to accommodate the whole school.<ref name="OHG"/> The brothers entered into negotiations for the purchase of 8&nbsp;hectares (20&nbsp;acres) at [[Point Heathcote]] on the [[Swan River (Western Australia)|Swan River]], in 1928 they ended up purchasing 95&nbsp;hectares (234&nbsp;acres) on the Canning River just east of the [[Riverton Bridge]] naming it [[Riverton, Western Australia#Clune Park|Clune Park]].<ref name="CSPMHI">City of South Perth Municipal Heritage Inventory (No.1). 1994</ref> However, plans to develop this site were shelved due to the [[Great Depression]].<ref name="FloreyC2">Florey, Cecil (1995), Peninsular City: A Social history of the City of South Perth</ref>


In 1936, at the instigation of [[Paul Keaney]], the [[superior (hierarchy)|superior]] of nearby [[Clontarf Aboriginal College|Clontarf Orphanage]], <span style="white-space:nowrap">62.4&nbsp;[[hectare]]&nbsp;(154&nbsp;[[acre]])</span> were purchased from the Manning family at [[Mount Henry Peninsula]] at Salter Point on the Canning River at a cost of £9,925.<ref name="OHG123">Massam, Katharine (1998), p. 123</ref><ref name="MHIStrNam">{{cite web|url=http://www.southperth.wa.gov.au/Documents/Planning/Municipal-Heritage-Inventory/15-Precinct-13-Salter-Point.pdf|format=PDF|title=Municipal Heritage Inventory - Precinct 13 - Salter Point |author=City of South Perth|year=1998|accessdate=24 November 2012}}</ref> In 1938 the boarders and some day students moved to the newly built [[Aquinas College, Perth|Aquinas College]], Salter Point campus, with most day students staying on at CBC Perth. The Aquinas College [[foundation stone]] was laid on 11 July 1937, and the new campus opened in February 1938 with 173 boarders and 55 day pupils.<ref name="OHG"/> C.P. Foley was the first headmaster.<ref name="WACurr">[http://www.curriculum.wa.edu.au/files/pdf/December2004.pdf Curriculum Council of Western Australia] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070204030754/http://www.curriculum.wa.edu.au/files/pdf/December2004.pdf |date=4 February 2007 }} (accessed:18-02-2007)</ref>
In 1936, at the instigation of [[Paul Keaney]], the [[superior (hierarchy)|superior]] of nearby [[Clontarf Aboriginal College|Clontarf Orphanage]], <span style="white-space:nowrap">62.4&nbsp;[[hectare]]&nbsp;(154&nbsp;[[acre]])</span> were purchased from the Manning family at [[Mount Henry Peninsula]] at Salter Point on the Canning River at a cost of £9,925.<ref name="OHG123">Massam, Katharine (1998), p. 123</ref><ref name="MHIStrNam">{{cite web|url=http://www.southperth.wa.gov.au/Documents/Planning/Municipal-Heritage-Inventory/15-Precinct-13-Salter-Point.pdf|title=Municipal Heritage Inventory – Precinct 13 – Salter Point |author=City of South Perth|year=1998|accessdate=24 November 2012}}</ref> In 1938 the boarders and some day students moved to the newly built [[Aquinas College, Perth|Aquinas College]], Salter Point campus, with most day students staying on at CBC Perth. The Aquinas College [[foundation stone]] was laid on 11 July 1937, and the new campus opened in February 1938 with 173 boarders and 55-day pupils.<ref name="OHG"/> C.P. Foley was the first headmaster.<ref name="WACurr">[http://www.curriculum.wa.edu.au/files/pdf/December2004.pdf Curriculum Council of Western Australia] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070204030754/http://www.curriculum.wa.edu.au/files/pdf/December2004.pdf |date=4 February 2007 }} (accessed:18-02-2007)</ref>


[[File:CBC Plaque.jpg|thumb|right|Plaque commemorating the site of CBC Perth]]
[[File:CBC Plaque.jpg|thumb|right|Plaque commemorating the site of CBC Perth]]


When Perth was awarded the rights to host the [[1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games|1962 Empire Games]] (now known as the Commonwealth Games), the [[Perth City Council]] saw the need to construct a large international hotel, they decided to build it next to CBC Perth.<ref name="TCArch"/> Shortly after, the council expressed interest in purchasing the CBC site to allow for the widening of [[St Georges Terrace]] and Victoria avenue.<ref name="TCArch"/> At this time, the college was facing the facts that the site was very small and the buildings were becoming run-down and educationally inadequate.<ref name="TCArch"/>
When Perth was awarded the rights to host the [[1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games|1962 Empire Games]] (now known as the Commonwealth Games), the [[Perth City Council]] saw the need to construct a large international hotel, they decided to build it next to CBC Perth.<ref name="TCArch"/> Shortly after, the council expressed interest in purchasing the CBC site to allow for the widening of [[St Georges Terrace]] and Victoria Avenue.<ref name="TCArch"/> At this time, the college was facing the facts that the site was very small and the buildings were becoming run-down and educationally inadequate.<ref name="TCArch"/>


The Council purchased the site from the College, for £267,000 and provided the Brothers with a new {{convert|14|acre|ha|sing=on}} site on the riverbank near the [[Western Australian Cricket Association]] grounds (WACA).<ref name="TCArch"/><ref name="TCHist"/> Here, a brand new school at a cost of £270,000 was to be built.<ref name="TCArch"/><ref name="TCHist"/> Building work at CBC Perth's new site began in November 1960.<ref name="TCArch"/><ref name="TCHist"/> Trinity College (as CBC Perth was renamed) opened on schedule for the start of the 1962 school year, with the official opening on 25 March 1962.<ref name="TCArch"/><ref name="TCHist"/> The first headmaster of Trinity College was J A Kelly who had been headmaster of CBC Perth in 1961.
The Council purchased the site from the College, for £267,000 and provided the Brothers with a new {{convert|14|acre|ha|sing=on}} site on the riverbank near the [[Western Australian Cricket Association]] grounds (WACA).<ref name="TCArch"/><ref name="TCHist"/> Here, a brand new school at a cost of £270,000 was to be built.<ref name="TCArch"/><ref name="TCHist"/> Building work at CBC Perth's new site began in November 1960.<ref name="TCArch"/><ref name="TCHist"/> Trinity College (as CBC Perth was renamed) opened on schedule for the start of the 1962 school year, with the official opening on 25 March 1962.<ref name="TCArch"/><ref name="TCHist"/> The first headmaster of Trinity College was J A Kelly who had been headmaster of CBC Perth in 1961.


Prior to the demolition of the CBC Building, the Christian Brothers requested permission from Perth City Council to remove artifacts from the buildings. After some reticence the Council referred the Brothers to the demolition contractor who allowed the Brothers to move some relics. The Foundation stone of the 1895 West Wing, the original school bell and eight of the ten chapel windows were taken to Trinity College. Thanks to the efforts of a group of Old Aquinians the pinnacle from the spire of the water tower was taken to Aquinas. The ninth and tenth chapel windows of Saint David and St Thomas Aquinas went to Aquinas. In 1983 the St David window was swapped with the image of the Sacred Heart (that was at Trinity) and was placed in the Trinity Administration Building. Another window, the 1911 "Signum Fidei" was presumed lost. It was tracked down and thirty years later, the window was restored by the Trinity Old Boys association and presented to Trinity at the Colleges Centenary Dinner in May, 1994.<ref name="TCHist"/>
Prior to the demolition of the CBC Building, the Christian Brothers requested permission from Perth City Council to remove artifacts from the buildings. After some reticence the Council referred the Brothers to the demolition contractor who allowed the Brothers to move some relics. The Foundation stone of the 1895 West Wing, the original school bell and eight of the ten chapel windows were taken to Trinity College. Thanks to the efforts of a group of Old Aquinians the pinnacle from the spire of the water tower was taken to Aquinas. The ninth and tenth chapel windows of Saint David and St Thomas Aquinas went to Aquinas. In 1983 the St David window was swapped with the image of the Sacred Heart (that was at Trinity) and was placed in the Trinity Administration Building. Another window, the 1911 "Signum Fidei" was presumed lost. It was tracked down and thirty years later, the window was restored by the Trinity Old Boys association and presented to Trinity at the Colleges Centenary Dinner in May 1994.<ref name="TCHist"/>


== Extra-curricular activities ==
== Extra-curricular activities ==
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==Notable alumni==
==Notable alumni==
* [[Ignatius Boyle]] – [[Member of the Legislative Assembly|MLA]]
* [[Ernest Bromley (cricketer)|Ernest Bromley]] - Former [[Australian cricket team|Australian cricketer]]
* [[Ernest Bromley (cricketer)|Ernest Bromley]] – [[Australian cricket team|Australian cricketer]]
* [[Ignatius Boyle]] - Australian politician
* [[Frank Bryant (cricketer)|Frank Bryant]] – Western Australian cricketer and cricket administrator
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* [[Thomas Molloy]] - Former MLA and [[Lord Mayor of Perth]]
* The Hon. Sir [[Fred Chaney Sr.|Fred Chaney]] [[Order of the British Empire|KBE]] [[Air Force Cross (United Kingdom)|AFC]] – [[Australian House of Representatives|MHR]], Federal Cabinet Minister, [[Lord Mayor of Perth]]
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* [[Sir Thomas Meagher]] - [[Lord Mayor of Perth]]
* The Hon. [[Edward Arthur Dunphy]] [[Queen's Counsel|QC]] – Justice of the [[Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory|Supreme Court of the ACT]] and [[Supreme Court of the Northern Territory|Supreme Court of the NT]]
* [[David Fenbury]] - Public servant
* [[David Fenbury]] – Public servant
* The Most Rev. Sir [[Lancelot Goody]] [[Order of the British Empire|KBE]] – sixth [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Perth|Archbishop of Perth]] and first [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Bunbury|Bishop of Bunbury]]
* The Hon. Sir [[John Lavan]] – Justice of the [[Supreme Court of Western Australia|Supreme Court of WA]]
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* Sir [[Thomas William Meagher|Thomas Meagher]] – [[Lord Mayor of Perth]]
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* [[Thomas Molloy]] – [[Member of the Legislative Assembly|MLA]] and [[Lord Mayor of Perth]]
* The Hon. [[Emil Nulsen]] – [[Member of the Legislative Assembly|MLA]] and State Cabinet Minister
* [[Percy Rodriguez (footballer)|Percy Rodriguez]] – [[Australian rules football]]er, killed in action during the [[Battle of the Somme]]


==See also==
==See also==
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== References ==
== References ==
{{Reflist|2}}
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== Further reading ==
== Further reading ==
* Carrigg, Roger (1961). ''Christian Brothers College, Perth : transference of an historic college of the institute in Western Australia''.
* Carrigg, Roger (1961). ''Christian Brothers College, Perth : transference of an historic college of the institute in Western Australia''.
* Massam, Katharine (1998). ''On High Ground: Images of One Hundred Years at Aquinas College, Western Australia'' [[University of Western Australia]] Press {{ISBN|1-876268-05-0}}
* [[Katharine Massam|Massam, Katharine]] (1998). ''On High Ground: Images of One Hundred Years at Aquinas College, Western Australia'' [[University of Western Australia]] Press {{ISBN|1-876268-05-0}}
* Pollard, Robert James (196-) ''A history of C.B.C. Perth from its beginning to the present Trinity College''.
* Pollard, Robert James (196-) ''A history of C.B.C. Perth from its beginning to the present Trinity College''.
* Taylor, Greg (1959). ''The history of the Christian Brothers' College, St. George's Terrace, Perth (1894-1958)''.
* Taylor, Greg (1959). ''The history of the Christian Brothers' College, St. George's Terrace, Perth (1894–1958)''.
* Curtis, A C (2007). ''Strive Manfully. A History of CBC Perth & Trinity College 1894 - 2003''.
* Curtis, A C (2007). ''Strive Manfully. A History of CBC Perth & Trinity College 1894–2003''.


==External links==
==External links==

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Christian Brothers College
Location
Map
Perth
,
Western Australia

Australia
Information
TypeIndependent
MottoLatin: Signum Fidei
(Sign of Faith)
(First college crest 1894–1922)
DenominationCatholic
Established1894
StatusClosed
Closed1962
Employees~50
Key peopleAnthony O’Brien (first headmaster)[1]
Enrolment~700

Christian Brothers College (CBC), informally known as CBC Perth or The Terrace was an Independent school for boys situated on St Georges Terrace in the centre of Perth, Western Australia. The college opened in January 1894, and the college was a founding member of the Public Schools Association in 1905.[2] The college was the second high school (1894) and the second boarding school (1896) in Western Australia. In 1938 boarders and some day students at CBC moved to the new Aquinas College campus at Salter Point. Brother C.P. Foley, who was the headmaster of CBC Perth and who at the same was the first headmaster of Aquinas took with him the Christian Brothers College crest and colours, honour boards, and Public Schools Association membership. Brother Foley insisted the heritage of CBC Perth from 1894–1937 belonged to Aquinas. To further enhance Aquinas as the premier the Christian Brothers College, the main building at Aquinas was designed in the Federation Arts and Crafts architecture of CBC Perth. Meanwhile, although most of the day students remained at CBC Perth, numbers were depleted and the college immediately accepted an overflow of students from St Patrick's Boys School on Wellington Street. CBC Perth continued as a day school from 1938–1961. In 1962, the students and staff of CBC Perth moved to a new site on the East Perth foreshore and the college was renamed Trinity College.[3]

History

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Christian Brothers College, Perth Chapel 1932
Christian Brothers College, Perth Dormitory 1932

The Christian Brothers opened their first school in Western Australia on 31 January 1894 on the corner of St Georges Terrace and Victoria Avenue in Perth, naming it Christian Brothers College Perth.[4] The Brothers were invited to the colony by Bishop Matthew Gibney who knew of the work of the Brothers in Australia, Ireland and England.[5] The first headmaster of the college, Brother Anthony O’Brien addressed the school upon its opening:

The greatest desire and ambition [of the Brothers] would be to bring up the young entrusted to their charge as good Christians and good citizens, able to fill any position…assigned to then in after life, and to hold their own against all comers in the fairest and in one sense the youngest of the Australian colonies[1]

Initially at CBC Perth only day students were enrolled, but due to population growth in Western Australia during the gold rush period, pressure was put on the school to accept residential boarding students, the first of which were enrolled in June 1896.[6] The site had physical limitations and in 1917, headmaster Paul Nunan saw the necessity to acquire much larger property away from the city centre to accommodate the whole school.[4] The brothers entered into negotiations for the purchase of 8 hectares (20 acres) at Point Heathcote on the Swan River, in 1928 they ended up purchasing 95 hectares (234 acres) on the Canning River just east of the Riverton Bridge naming it Clune Park.[7] However, plans to develop this site were shelved due to the Great Depression.[8]

In 1936, at the instigation of Paul Keaney, the superior of nearby Clontarf Orphanage, 62.4 hectare (154 acre) were purchased from the Manning family at Mount Henry Peninsula at Salter Point on the Canning River at a cost of £9,925.[9][10] In 1938 the boarders and some day students moved to the newly built Aquinas College, Salter Point campus, with most day students staying on at CBC Perth. The Aquinas College foundation stone was laid on 11 July 1937, and the new campus opened in February 1938 with 173 boarders and 55-day pupils.[4] C.P. Foley was the first headmaster.[11]

Plaque commemorating the site of CBC Perth

When Perth was awarded the rights to host the 1962 Empire Games (now known as the Commonwealth Games), the Perth City Council saw the need to construct a large international hotel, they decided to build it next to CBC Perth.[2] Shortly after, the council expressed interest in purchasing the CBC site to allow for the widening of St Georges Terrace and Victoria Avenue.[2] At this time, the college was facing the facts that the site was very small and the buildings were becoming run-down and educationally inadequate.[2]

The Council purchased the site from the College, for £267,000 and provided the Brothers with a new 14-acre (5.7 ha) site on the riverbank near the Western Australian Cricket Association grounds (WACA).[2][3] Here, a brand new school at a cost of £270,000 was to be built.[2][3] Building work at CBC Perth's new site began in November 1960.[2][3] Trinity College (as CBC Perth was renamed) opened on schedule for the start of the 1962 school year, with the official opening on 25 March 1962.[2][3] The first headmaster of Trinity College was J A Kelly who had been headmaster of CBC Perth in 1961.

Prior to the demolition of the CBC Building, the Christian Brothers requested permission from Perth City Council to remove artifacts from the buildings. After some reticence the Council referred the Brothers to the demolition contractor who allowed the Brothers to move some relics. The Foundation stone of the 1895 West Wing, the original school bell and eight of the ten chapel windows were taken to Trinity College. Thanks to the efforts of a group of Old Aquinians the pinnacle from the spire of the water tower was taken to Aquinas. The ninth and tenth chapel windows of Saint David and St Thomas Aquinas went to Aquinas. In 1983 the St David window was swapped with the image of the Sacred Heart (that was at Trinity) and was placed in the Trinity Administration Building. Another window, the 1911 "Signum Fidei" was presumed lost. It was tracked down and thirty years later, the window was restored by the Trinity Old Boys association and presented to Trinity at the Colleges Centenary Dinner in May 1994.[3]

Extra-curricular activities

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CBC Perth violin club, 1922.

In the early days of CBC Perth music, dancing and elocution were available as extras, over and above the mainstream subjects and sport. These cultural activities, whilst presented in the college prospectus as worthy additional refinements, had a very marginal position in the schools early years. Lessons were taught seldom by brothers, and more commonly by visiting teachers, instead the brothers created highly polished verse-speaking and singing choirs to engage their students in the Arts.[12]

Notable alumni

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Massam, Katharine (1998).On High Ground: Images of One Hundred Years at Aquinas College, Western Australia University of Western Australia Press ISBN 1-876268-05-0. Page 22. Accessed at Walter Murdoch Library South Perth Branch.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "Trinity College Archives". Archived from the original on 6 July 2011.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Trinity College History Archived 12 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine (accessed:19-02-2007)
  4. ^ a b c Massam, Katharine (1998).On High Ground: Images of One Hundred Years at Aquinas College, Western Australia University of Western Australia Press ISBN 1-876268-05-0
  5. ^ South Perth Municipal Heritage Inventory Archived 21 September 2006 at the Wayback Machine (accessed:14-02-2007)
  6. ^ Florey, Cecil (2000), Canning Bridge to Clontarf: An Historical Journey Along Manning Road
  7. ^ City of South Perth Municipal Heritage Inventory (No.1). 1994
  8. ^ Florey, Cecil (1995), Peninsular City: A Social history of the City of South Perth
  9. ^ Massam, Katharine (1998), p. 123
  10. ^ City of South Perth (1998). "Municipal Heritage Inventory – Precinct 13 – Salter Point" (PDF). Retrieved 24 November 2012.
  11. ^ Curriculum Council of Western Australia Archived 4 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine (accessed:18-02-2007)
  12. ^ Massam, Katharine (1998), p. 73

Further reading

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  • Carrigg, Roger (1961). Christian Brothers College, Perth : transference of an historic college of the institute in Western Australia.
  • Massam, Katharine (1998). On High Ground: Images of One Hundred Years at Aquinas College, Western Australia University of Western Australia Press ISBN 1-876268-05-0
  • Pollard, Robert James (196-) A history of C.B.C. Perth from its beginning to the present Trinity College.
  • Taylor, Greg (1959). The history of the Christian Brothers' College, St. George's Terrace, Perth (1894–1958).
  • Curtis, A C (2007). Strive Manfully. A History of CBC Perth & Trinity College 1894–2003.
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