MacKillop College, Mornington

MacKillop Catholic College is an independent Roman Catholic co-educational secondary school for Years 7 to 10 in the Hobart suburb of Mornington, Tasmania, Australia.[1] The school is named in honour of the Australian educationalist Mary MacKillop, an Australian nun who has been declared a saint by the Catholic Church. The school also has an association with the Christian Brothers founded by Edmund Rice.[2] MacKillop and Rice are key sources of inspiration for the school community. MacKillop Catholic College is the only Catholic secondary college servicing Hobart's eastern shore.

MacKillop Catholic College
Location
MacKillop Catholic College
Location in Hobart
Mornington
,
Tasmania

Australia
Coordinates42.8579°S 147.4003°E / -42.8579; 147.4003
Information
TypeIndependent co-educational secondary school
MottoIn Faith and Hope and Love
Religious affiliation(s)
Established1994 (1994)
PrincipalEamonn Pollard
Years7 - 10
Enrolment560
Colour(s)Red, white and blue             
AffiliationSports Association of Tasmanian Independent Schools
Websitewww.mackillop.tas.edu.au

The college is a member of the Sports Association of Tasmanian Independent Schools.[3]

History

MacKillop Catholic College was part of a restructuring of Catholic education in the Archdiocese of Hobart during the early 1990s, although moves to establish a Catholic secondary school on the eastern shore of Hobart had begun in the 1960s.[4] During 1993 the Catholic Church purchased the site and buildings of Mornington Primary School, which had ceased operation as a state primary school at the end of 1992. MacKillop was opened on the site on 9 February 1994, with 59 students. By 2009 the enrolment had grown to more than 500 students.[5] Over the first 10 years of the school's operation a staged building program was implemented, with the eighth stage completed in 2004.[5]

Houses

The school is named in honour of the Australian educationalist Mary MacKillop, and the works of MacKillop are the theme of the school houses: Kirby, Lochaber, Penola and Tenison.[6] MacKillop colleges house teams are named after different people

Notable past students

See also

References
  1. Tasmania Online > MacKillop College, accessed 2 March 2008
  2. Christian Brothers - Schools, accessed 2 March 2008
  3. SATIS - Sports Association of Tasmanian Independent Schools Archived 29 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 2 March 2008
  4. MacKillop College Archived 19 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 2 March 2008
  5. College History, accessed 1 March 2008
  6. Mary MacKillop, accessed 1 March 2008
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