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St Joseph's College, Melbourne Coordinates: 37°48′14″S 144°57′17″E St Joseph's College, Melbourne St Joseph's College Melbourne[1] was a Roman Catholic secondary college which St Joseph's College opened early in 1903 and closed at the end of 2010. It was part of the Association of Melbourne Edmund Rice schools, founded and run in the tradition of the Christian Brothers. Between the years 2000 and 2009 it formally operated two campuses, a senior campus (VCE and VET) located in Queensberry Street, North Melbourne, Victoria and a junior campus (Years 7 – 10), in Brearley Parade, Pascoe Vale, Victoria. These two campuses were previously known as St. Joseph's College, North Melbourne and St. Joseph's College, Pascoe Vale respectively. Location Contents Melbourne, Victoria Australia North Coordinates 37°48′14″S Sport 144°57′17″E College crest Information Associated schools Type Independent College history 1903–1930 secondary school for 1940–1960 boys 1980–2010 Motto Luceat Lux Vestra Dark days ('Let your light shine') Post 2010 Established 1903 Alumni Australian rules football Founder Irish Christian Clergy Brothers General Closed December 2010 Politics and public service Classes Year 7 – 12 Sport College Principals Campus North Melbourne and Pascoe Vale School song and War cry See also Colour(s) Purple, White, Gold & Blue References External links Affiliation Roman Catholic, Christian Brothers, ACC North Throughout its life the school provided students, from a wide variety of cultural and economic backgrounds, with an opportunity to enter a range of careers. Many of its pupils went on to become respected members in their chosen fields which included the financial and business sectors, the medical profession, law and politics, industry, sporting and religious communities. While the two campuses lacked the open playing fields of its wealthier cousins, students had access to a range of local facilities. The North Melbourne campus for example, close to the Melbourne City Centre, was within walking distance of world class universities, museums, libraries, historical and athletic venues. Likewise the Pascoe Vale campus was able to make use of several nearby ovals and both were close to excellent public transport links. Sport Sport was an important ingredient in the education of boys attending North. The school had its own football squad as early as 1906 when it played its first match against Christian Brothers College, St Kilda at Albert Park where it scored 2 points.[2] As enrollments grew then so did the involvement in other sports, often in competition with other schools. Inter school athletics, handball and tennis College buildings, from left, Whelan Building, Les McCarthy wing and competitions, such as those conducted by the Associated Catholic Secondary main building as seen from Schools organization, were held as early as 1914when the College won the Athletics Queensberry Street, 2014 Championship for that year. Membership to organizations such as that and also the Combined Secondary Schools group, around 1920, was one of key features of the schools early history. From 1948 the school began its close involvement with the Associated Catholic Colleges, or ACC, where it won competitions in various sports over the years. Their famous 70 meter long banners, North is Speed, Power, and a cheer squad, led by the Committee organizing War cries, or COW,[3] where notable features of the annual competitions at the Olympic Park Stadium. St Joseph's College students also became members of one of the schools sporting Swimming Team 1940, winners of the houses or teams. These built on the existing pastoral class groupings to generate Walsh Shield. (Kevin Dynon, seated team spirit during sporting carnivals with students wearing their team colors. These second from left) houses, later named after four early headmasters of the college, were: Hogan McSweeney Geoghegan Kelly College crest At the time of amalgamation in 2000 a new logo was developed to represent the College. This logo was composed of pre-existing elements which were representative of the school's history and philosophy. Set on a traditional heraldic background, in the form of a shield, it features a rampant Gryphon protecting a smaller inner shield bearing a large shining star, a symbol used by the Christian Brothers, supported by smaller stars in the shape of the southern cross. The entire design sits above a ribbon which includes the words, "Luceat Lux Vestra".[4] The symbol appeared on the newly designed College uniform, which included a blazer after a lapse of a number of years, and various College medallions. The logo was used extensively on College publications and documents including Cynosura, the annual school magazine. Associated schools Over its long 107-year history the college was associated with a number of schools at one time or another. These included primary, or feeder schools, and higher secondary colleges. Although not exhaustive this list includes most of those known. - Schools - St Oliver Plunkett (Pascoe Vale) St Paul's (Coburg) St Fidelis (Moreland) St Mark's (Fawkner) St Matthew's (North Fawkner) St Thomas More (Hadfield) Corpus Christi (Glenroy) St Joseph's (West Brunswick) St Monica's (Moonee Ponds) St Columba's Primary St Brendan's (Flemington) St. Augustine's College, Yarraville (Essendon) Cathedral College (East Trinity College (Brunswick) St Mary's Primary School, West Melbourne Melbourne) Therry College (Broadmeadows) St Thomas' (Clifton Hill) St Joseph's (North Fitzroy) St Joseph's Technical School, St Joseph's Technical School (South St Kevin's College (Toorak) Abbotsford Melbourne) St George's School, Carlton St Ambrose's School, Brunswick College history 1903–1930 St. Joseph's owes its early beginnings, in part, to the establishment of St Mary's Primary School, West Melbourne some 50 years earlier. With high numbers of Catholic children in the area needing education, members of the Christian Brothers were asked to take control of existing schools at West Melbourne and at Carlton. At the same time they were to establish a Brothers community and a secondary school in Queensberry Street, North Melbourne and this was completed by the end of 1902. This 'community house' was the residence of Brothers teaching at St. Mary's, St. George's (Carlton), St. Joseph's, and for a time, St. Augustine's College, Yarraville. The total cost of the building and furnishings was a little over £4516, £3000 of Junior students classroom circa 1913 which was provided by local parish priests. The combined enrolment of St. Mary's, St, Joseph's and St. George's was 550 boys in 1903.[5] In January 1903, Christian Brothers' High School, as it was then known, opened with an enrolment of 44 students. Staffed by three Christian Brothers, that number had grown to 112 by the beginning of 1904. Students were divided into eight classes; Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth, a Commercial Class, Sub-Matriculation and Matriculation Class.[6] The first Principal was Br. William J Hogan, followed by Br. Francis A Kelly in 1904 and Br. Matthew A Geoghegan in 1908.[7] The first football team, featuring a large white star on its guernsey, was formed around 1906 and began a long tradition of involvement in a variety of sports. A year earlier a brick and concrete handball court had been built at the school and over the next five decades hosted State and Interstate handball championships at various times. Early school Annuals indicate a variety of titles to identify the school and it was not until 1912 that the name "St. Joseph's" was formally added.[8] Even though its naming varied slightly over the years, the school was more simply known to its students as "North". In 1913 the North Old Boys Association was formed [7] to assist the school in serving its expanding school population (200 pupils in 1909) and the increasing need for finances as the period after the First World War was an economically difficult one. In the early years both Primary and Secondary school classes were conducted on the Queensberry Street site. The school was able to achieve impressive educational results from its pupils in Junior and Senior University and Public Service Examinations as results published in early Annuals show.[8] Between 1918 and 1941, students wishing to study for their Leaving Certificate had to do so at St. Kevin's College. By 1921 the enrollment stood at 174 and handball had become the leading sport and both public and school tournaments were frequently held on the handball court. 1940–1960 By 1940 the Christian Brothers' felt that the school had expanded to the point where it was able to take over the provision of night classes in a Catholic Accountancy St Joseph's CBC North Melbourne, school for young men in the Melbourne area. The classes started with 40 or 50 Queensberry Street circa 1928. students but expanded, post war, to around 200 and provided study allowing its pupils to attain membership to the Australian Society Of Accountants. Hundreds of young men attended there until 1969 when the night school closed.[2] 1951 saw the first Matriculation class of 23 students graduate from the College which meant that it had attained full secondary school status.[7] During the Golden Jubilee year of 1953, 122 boys were members of the College Cadet unit and provided a martial spectacle as they paraded before visiting dignitaries. Arthur Calwell, a prominent politician and old boy, was a guest speaker on one occasion as was Archbishop Daniel Mannix.[2] During the 1950s the growing school population, due partly to the post War migration boom, forced the college to purchase land and eventually build a second school in the suburb of Pascoe Vale. In 1956 the Preparatory College, as it was then Athletics Shield winners 1930.
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