Chanel College (Geelong)

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Chanel College was a Roman Catholic school for boys in Geelong, Victoria, Australia.

The school was founded in 1958 by the Marist Fathers and established where Pettitt Park is now at Bell Post Hill in Geelong. Originally a school for local boys from 1962 the school took in boarders from around the world. Whilst day students were enrolled, the focus of the school was on the boarding students. By 1966 enrolments totalled over 300 students.

The school's Foundation Rector was Father Stanley Hosie SM.

The school relocated to a newly built complex at Lovely Banks, near Geelong, in 1963 where the first Rector was Father Stephen (Bull) Moloney SM.

The Marist Fathers withdrew from teaching at the school in 1970.

The Christian Brothers took over the running of the College, but it has since closed down.

Chanel College as a boarding school was a milestone in the development of secondary education in Victoria. It holds as equivalent an importance as Summerhill School in UK, and for similar reasons. The absence of public comment about the school is mystifying. A contact point is chanelcollegeoldboys@gmail.com

Christian Brother (Irish) secondary schools in Australia
Aquinas College • Christian Brothers College, Adelaide • Christian Brothers College, Burwood • Christian Brothers College, St. Kilda • Ignatius Park College • Rostrevor College • St. Bernard's College • St Edmunds College Ipswich • St Edmund's College, Canberra • St. Joseph's College Melbourne • St. Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace • St. Joseph's College, Geelong • St. Joseph's Nudgee College • St. Kevin's College • St Laurence's College • St. Mary's College • St. Patrick's College, Ballarat • St Patrick's College, Shorncliffe • St. Patrick's College, Strathfield • St Pius X College • St Virgil's College • Trinity College • Waverley College
Defunct schools: Chanel College • Christian Brothers College, Perth • St. Augustine's College, Yarraville • St Patrick's College, Goulburn • St Patrick's College, Perth
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