St Edmund's College, Canberra
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St Edmund's College, Canberra is an independent Catholic primary and secondary school for boys, located in Griffith, a suburb of Canberra, in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), Australia.
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Location | |
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Coordinates | 35°19′22″S 149°08′43″E |
Information | |
Type | Independent primary and secondary day school |
Motto | Latin: Christus Lux Mea (Christ is My Light) |
Religious affiliation(s) | Catholicism |
Denomination | Congregation of Christian Brothers |
Patron saint(s) | Edmund Ignatius Rice |
Established | 1954; 70 years ago (1954) (as St Edmund's War Memorial College) |
Founder | Congregation of Christian Brothers |
Trust | Edmund Rice Education Australia |
Principal | Joe Zavone |
Years offered | 4–12 |
Gender | Boys |
Campus | Griffith |
Colour(s) | Blue, white and gold |
Affiliation | Associated Southern Colleges |
Website | sec |
The college was established in 1954 by the Christian Brothers as St Edmund's War Memorial College. It was opened to meet the demand for a Catholic education school in the region and was the first Catholic secondary boys' college established in the ACT. St Edmund's College practises in the tradition of Edmund Ignatius Rice. The current principal of the college is Joe Zavone.
Students are placed into houses for sporting and other events. The current houses and colours are: Clancy (yellow), Treacy (dark blue), O'Brien (white), Haydon (red), Mulrooney (sky blue) and Rice (green).