St Paul's College, formerly St Paul's Technical College and St Paul's Technical School, was a Catholic boys school in Ballarat.
History
In 1948, the Bishop of Ballarat, James O'Collins established St Paul's Technical College, inviting the Christian Brothers to continue their work for boys through the provision of technical education.
In 1960, Alice Fanning bequeathed property in Mt Clear to the Sisters of Mercy. In 1967 the land was developed for a senior school for girls from Sacred Heart College, named St Martin's in the Pines. The school became co-educational in 1988, with many boys in the senior years of St Paul's attending St Martin's in the Pines.
In 1987, the school moved from Lydiard Street's Ludbrook House to the former Ballarat Orphanage on Victoria Street.
In 1995, the college amalgamated with Sacred Heart College and St Martin's in the Pines to form Damascus College Ballarat.
Student abuse scandals
In 2014 St Paul's was named on Ballarat's child sexual abuse survivors’ group submission to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, along with other Christian Brothers Schools St Patrick's College, St Joseph's College and Emmanuel College. Also named were De La Salle College and Geelong Grammar School.
Notable alumni Geoff Cunningham (1977), AFL footballer for St Kilda Daryl Cunningham (1978), AFL footballer Anthony McDonald (1990), former AFL footballer for Melbourne James McDonald (1992) AFL footballer for Melbourne and Greater Western Sydney Damascus College, The Road, Summer 2010. Retrieved 12 April 2013 Mick Malthouse (1971), AFL footballer and coach for Footscray, West Coast Eagles, Collingwood and Carlton Maurice O'Keefe (1972), AFL footballer for St Kilda and Geelong Val Perovic (1971), former AFL footballer for St Kilda and Carlton Damascus College, The Road, Autumn 2010. Retrieved 30 June 2015 Sean Simpson (1987), former AFL footballer for St Kilda and Geelong
Principals PeriodName1948–1959W S Cooke1960–1963K P KentJohn P O'Halloran Archivist Christian Brothers1964–1965W T Miller1966–1969D S Herrick1970J F Cunneen (to August)1970–1972D E Zoch1973–1976Bernard John Scott1977–1982F D McGuane1983–1990Francis Thomas Hennessy1991–1992John P O’Halloran1993–1994Laurie F Goodison
References
External links St Paul's College website