De La Salle College Caringbah is an independent Roman Catholic comprehensive single-sex secondary day school for boys, located in Caringbah, a southern suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Established in 1958 by the De La Salle Brothers, the college currently caters for around 500 students from Year 7 to Year 12. The current principal is Peter Buxton.
History De La Salle Caringbah was established in 1958 as a Years 5–10 boys school and eventually settled to educate Year 7–10 students. Our Lady of Mercy College, Burraneer Bay is the Years 7–10 girls school. Students from both schools then transfer to De La Salle Catholic College Cronulla for Years 11–12.
From 2024, both De La Salle Caringbah and Our Lady of Mercy Burraneer will expand to offer Year 11 classes with both schools to be fully Years 7–12 from 2025. Students will still have the transfer to study at De La Salle Cronulla if they wish a co-educational education in their senior years with that school to be fully Year 7–12 from 2027.
De La Salle Caringbah was founded after there was thought to be a need for a Catholic Boys High School in the area. On 28 January 1958, 65 students began the first class in the basement of the old Our Lady of Fatima Church. By 1963 the current college building was built.
Principals
Ordinal Officeholder Term start Term end Time in office Dermot Brosnian 1958 1963 6 years Harry Johnson 1964 1966 3 years Leo Beasley 1967 1970 4 years Dunstan Bourke 1971 1973 3 years Killian "Ray" Ryan 1974 1980 7 years Br Kevin 1981 1985 5 years Unknown 1986 1988 3 years Terry Blanchard 1988 1988 1 years Denis O'Brien 1989 1997 9 years Adrian Watson 1998 1998 1 years Gary Burrows 1999 2008 10 years Michael Egan 2009 2012 4 years Christopher Agnew 2013 2017 5 years Peter Buxton2018 incumbent 6 years
Notable former students
John Della Bosca – politician Jonathan Docking – Rugby League player Andrew Ettingshausen – Rugby League player Steve Hutchins – Senator and ALP president John Lee – former Director General of the NSW Department of Premier and Cabinet Michael Lee – former Federal Minister Jaeman Salmon – Rugby League player Tony Sheldon – trade union official Mark Vincent – opera singer (winner of Australia's Got Talent 2009)
See also
List of Catholic schools in New South Wales Lasallian educational institutions Catholic education in Australia
References
External links School Website Official college Facebook page De La Salle Catholic College Caringbah