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De La Salle College, Malvern is a Roman Catholic Independent school for boys located in Malvern, a wealthy inner eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

The college was founded in 1912 by a religious order of brothers based on the teachings of Jean-Baptiste De La Salle and is a member of the Associated Catholic Colleges - Victoria (ACC). The college consists of two campuses, (Tiverton and Kinnoull) both located in Malvern.

The current headmaster is Br. Bill Firman, chairman of Kids Help Line.

The Deputy Principal is Mr Peter Riordan, formally Head of Tiverton Campus.

The Head of Tiverton Campus (years 4-9) is Mr John McAlroy.

The Head of Kinnoull Campus (years 10-12) is Mr Stephen Young.

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.

Father Simon Hegarty

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 St 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.

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The Old Collegians Wing

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

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

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

1962 - The former Gym/Hall now the Performing Arts Center was erected.

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

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 Art's 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 re-named the Tiverton Campus

2004 - The Old Collegians' building was opened on the Kinnoull campus.

2009 - The St. Miguel Theatre attached to the Brother Adrian Fitzgerald Building was opened.

Campuses

There are campuses in Tiverton and Kinnoull.

At Tiverton, student achievements are acknowledged both at Campus Assemblies and Year Level Assemblies. A Student Representative Council meets regularly to discuss ideas and issues that arise in the College.

Approximately 600 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. Approximately 85% of students have gone on to university, 10% to TAFE and 5% to apprenticeships, traineeships, travel and other paths. All Kinnoull students undertake a program in Religious Education each year. Opportunities for service are available through the Lasallian Youth Leaders Program and the St Vincent de Paul Society.

Events include Mission Action Day, the Football Lightning Premiership, the Year 12 Formal, the Blue and Gold Ball, Rock Eisteddfod, the Graduation Mass and Valedictory Dinner and the Farewell Assembly.

Sport

As members of the Associated Catholic Colleges’ Victorian competition, elite interschool competition is offered to Years 7–12 students in the major carnivals of swimming, athletics, cross-country running, and with tennis, cricket, Australian Rules football, Soccer, Hockey, Basketball, Tennis, Golf, Table Tennis, Volleyball and Chess. Our students are also involved in state level competitions in Basketball, Cycling, Weight Lifting, Lacrosse, Triathlon, Futsal and Beach Volleyball. The college is known for its experienced Australian Rules Football Squads having won the Senior football competition 52 times since its entry in 1948.

Mission Action Day

On the last day of Term 1 or Holy Thursday (whichever is more appropriate) the whole College participates in Mission Action Day (better known as MAD Day), which consists of a 13km walk from Kooyong Tennis Centre to T.H. King Oval, Glen Iris and back.

The walk is usually completed in 2 hours by all students. Students are sponsored by anyone who wishes to sponsor them, of an infinite amount.

The College over the past two years has raised an amount over $250,000, with the target for 2008 being $115,000. Students exceeded this target raising approximately $120,000. This is the primary fundraiser the college holds.

"Coolies"

De La Salle "Coolies" is a optional program in which year 12 students give up their summer holidays to go India and build houses for those affected by the tsunami in 2004. The six-week experience is an alternative to the traditional "Schoolies" and runs over Christmas. The program has been running since 2006.

In December 2007, the program featured in the Herald Sun.

Patron Saint

St. Jean-Baptiste De La Salle was born in Rheims, France on April 30, 1651. He was 29 years old when he realized that the educational system of his day was inadequate to meet the needs of upper class children in Seventeenth Century France. To provide a Christian and human education that would be practical and effective, La Salle founded a religious community of men, 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, April 7, 1719. He was canonized a saint of the Catholic Church in 1900 and declared "Universal Patron of All Teachers" by his Holiness Pope Pius XII in 1950. The feast of St. Jean-Baptiste De La Salle is celebrated on the 15th of May by the world-wide Lasallian movement. The movement consists of approximately 900,000 students in over 80 countries.

Houses

The College is split up into four houses, being:

  •   St Leos (Navy Blue)
  •   St Austins (Gold)
  •   St Marks (Marone)
  •   St Edwins (Green)

They participate in three annual competitions, Swimming (1st Term), Athletics (Term 4) and Cross Country (Term 3).

Notable alumni

Arts, Academia, Sciences and the Law

  • Hanny Calash - Adjunct Professor Oral Health, La Trobe University, Clinical Director, Dental Health Services Victoria Executive.
  • Bruce Anthony Chamberlain - 17th President of the Legislative Council of Victoria and former school captain.
  • Michael Coughlan - Chief Climatologist for the Australian Bureau of Meteorology.
  • Eric D'Arcy - Late Archbishop of Hobart.
  • Peter Drake -Emeritus Professor, Foundation Vice Chancellor, Australian Catholic University.
  • Edward Duyker - Historian, author, former Hon. Consul, Republic of Mauritius and fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities.
  • Anthony Fenelon -co-designer of Australia's first implantable cardiac pacemaker.
  • Brother Bill Firman - Current Headmaster, Chairman of BoysTown Misson and Kids Help Line
  • John Hedigan - Judge, Supreme Court of Victoria.
  • Paul Jennings - Broadcaster and satirist, creator of the 'Rubbery Figures'.
  • Stephen McIntyre -Associate Professor, University of Melbourne, renowned pianist, founding member of Australian Chamber Soloist.
  • Gerald Murnane - Renowned Author.
  • Tony Pagone - Judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria.
  • John Harber Phillips retired Chief Justice of Victoria.
  • Paul H. Saunders - Author, Psychologist and Motivational Speaker
  • Geoffrey Tozer - World Renowned Pianist.
  • Michael McCarthy - Senior Ecologist of Australian Research Centre for Urban Ecology, University of Melbourne Lecturer.
  • Professor Thomas Marwick - cardiologist, The University of Queensland/Princess Alexandria Hospital.
  • Steven Stefanopoulos - Former Councillor City of Stonnington 2004-2008, author, archivist, museum curator, teacher, and architectural historian.
  • Bernard Teague - 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, February 2009.

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