St Laurence's College
| Saint Laurence's College | |
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| Facere Et Docere "To Do And To Teach" |
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| Established | 1915 |
| School type | Independent |
| Principal/ Headmaster |
Mr. Ian McDonald |
| Location | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Campus | South Brisbane |
| Enrolment | Approx. 1400 |
| School colours | Black and Gold |
| Homepage | www.slc.qld.edu.au |
St Laurence's College (also known as Lauries) is a Catholic all boys secondary school located in South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, near Mater Hospital campus. The college is part of the Archdiocese of Brisbane and is a member of the Associated Independent Colleges of the Greater Brisbane region. Other colleges in this region include Marist College Ashgrove, Iona College, Padua College, Villanova College and others.
St Laurence’s College is conducted in the tradition of Edmund Ignatius Rice. The school accepts students from Year 5 to Year 12, drawing from a wide area of Brisbane. The total enrolment of the school is approximately 1375.
Facilities
The college has science and computer laboratories, primary and Secondary libraries, specialist rooms for music, art, drama, graphics, film and television and technology, multimedia and hospitality, 25 metre-8 lane Pool, theatre, chapel and an assembly hall.
St Laurence's has playing fields at Runcorn easily accessible to the railway station including eight fields, change rooms and a function centre.
St Laurence's outdoor education camp centre is located on 50 hectares on the western bank of Lake Moogerah. A dining hall, modern kitchen, ablution and dormitories can accommodate up to 900 students. with facilities including high and low ropes, canoeing, hiking, mountain biking and more.
Notable alumni
- Rugby Union
- Brendan Cannon - Western Force, Wallabies 2001-2007
- Mark Connors - Wallabies 1997-2002
- Dan Crowley - Wallabies 1989-1999
- Neil Betts - Wallabies 1949-1951
- Kev Cottrell - Wallabies 1949-1952 (Also captained the side.)
- Rugby League
- Bill Tyquin - Kangaroos Vice Captain & Captain (two tests) 1948-1949
- Cooper Cronk - Melbourne Storm, Kangaroos 2007 (Also 2006 NRL Dally M "Half Back of the Year" Winner and 2007 Second sexiest man in Australian rugby league)
- William Zillman - Canberra Raiders
- Tennis
- Ken Fletcher - Winner of 37 international singles titles. Winner of 10 grand slam mixed doubles titles and 2 grand slam mens doubles titles.
- Other Sportsmen;
- Mark Stockwell - Swimming - Member of the Green Machine
- John Anderson - 1972/1976 Olympics - Sailing
- Tom Anderson - 1972 Olympics - Sailing
- Brian Harvey - 1996/2000 Paralympics - Javelin - Medal of the Order of Australia
- Joshua Slack - 2000/2004 Olympics - Beach Volleyball
- Damon Kelly - 2006 Commonwealth Games - Weightlifting (Silver Medalist)
- Andrew Mewing - 2006 Commonwealth Games - Swimming
- Karel Bos - Australian seven's representative
- Elliott Shriane - 2006 Winter Olympics Short Track Speed Skating
- Peter Bateman - Australian Karate Representative
- Media
- Kerry O'Brien - ABC Reporter and 7:30 Report Host
- Jason 'Labrat' Hawkins - B105 host
- Russell Dykstra - Actor
- Anthony Frangi - Talk Show Host ABC Radio, 4BC
- Shaun Lawson - Sports Reporter
- Crime
- Scott Rush - Sentenced to death, Bali Nine member.
- Business
- John Symond - CEO and founder of Aussie Home Loans
External links
References
Iona | Marist Ashgrove | Padua | St Edmund's | St Laurence's | St Patrick's | St Peters | Villanova
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