St Edmund's College, Canberra is an independent Catholic primary and secondary school for boys, in Griffith, a suburb of Canberra, in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), Australia.
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 Australian Capital Territory. St Edmund's College practises in the tradition of Edmund Ignatius Rice. The principal of the college is John Couani (interim).
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).
History St Edmund's War Memorial College opened in 1954 as a Christian Brothers school in response to the needs of Catholic parents of the region. St Edmund's was the first Catholic secondary boys' college established in Canberra.
Headmasters / principals Headteachers include Brother N. T. Landener, in post 1960–65.
Rugby union The college has won the Waratah Shield more than any other school (14 times) and was the defending champion in 2005, when schools from the ACT were no longer invited/permitted to participate by the organisers, the New South Wales Rugby Union.
Ancillary bodies The St Edmund's College Foundation aims to give financial assistance to disadvantaged families for children's education.
The St Edmund's College Old Boys and Friends Association was established in 2015.
Notable alumni
Arts Tommy Murphy – playwrightQueanbeyan's own Tommy Murphy sees his drama series Significant Others start this weekend on ABC TV Retrieved 17 October 2022. Flip Simmons – actor and singerhttp://stedmunds.realviewtechnologies.com/?iid=26347&startpage=page0000007 "Retrieved: June 2009"
Business John A. Bryant – president and CEO of Kellogg's and director of Macy's, Inc
Military and police
Politics, public service, and law Terence Higgins – former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory (2003–2013)
Religion Pat Power – Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Canberra and Goulburn
Sport Finlay Bealham – Irish rugby union player for Ireland national rugby union team and Connacht Rugby Anthony Fainga'a – rugby union footballer for the Wallabies and the Brumbies Saia Fainga'a – rugby union footballer for the Wallabies and the Brumbies Matt Giteau – former rugby union footballer for the Wallabies and the Brumbies Jordan Jackson-Hope – Australian rugby union player Alex Jesaulenko – Australian rules football playerVortex Newsletter 14 May 2008 (retrieved 7 August 2008) Stephen Simmonds – Paralympic swimming medallist and disabled waterski world champion Ricky Stuart – former dual-code rugby player, rugby league coach
See also
List of schools in the Australian Capital Territory Associated Southern Colleges Catholic education in Australia
References
Further reading
* The first 25 years: a brief history of St. Edmund's Christian Brothers' College, Canberra, 1954–1979 Moloney, Michael (2004) St. Edmund's College. The Story 1954–2004: First Catholic Boys' College in Canberra
External links
St Edmund's College website St Edmund's College Rugby website