Paul Keaney
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Paul Francis Keaney was born on the October 5, 1888 in Ireland. In 1911 he migrated to Australia and in 1916 he became a Christian Brother. In 1924 he became headmaster at Clontarf Orphanage, he later taught at Christian Brothers College, Perth and Christian Brothers College, Fremantle.
His record as a disciplinarian has come under growing scrutiny after former students recalled his role as that of a brutal disciplinarian with an ungovernable temper, who neglected their education, exploited their labour and turned a blind eye to sexual misconduct by staff members[citation needed].
Nevertheless he was appointed MBE and ISO in 1953. He has an oval at Aquinas College named after him for his role in the purchase of their property from the Manning Family in 1937.
He died in Subiaco on February 26, 1954, aged 65.
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