Waverley College

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Waverley College

Motto	Virtus Sola Nobilitat 'Virtue alone is noble'
Established	1903
Type	Independent all-male secondary
Headmaster	Br Paul Leary
Founder	Br Edmund Rice
Chaplain	Fr Martin Milani
Students	1430
Grades	5-12
Location	Waverley, NSW Australia
Colours	Royal Blue and Gold
Website	www.waverley.nsw.edu.au

Waverley College is a Catholic Christian Brothers' boys school located in eastern suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

The College was founded in 1903 following the mission of Edmund Rice, founder of the Christian Brothers Order. It is part of the Combined Associated Schools.

The patroness of Waverley College is Mary, the mother of Jesus. The school, located on a 19 acre campus, the highest geographical peak of Sydney's eastern suburbs, is known as Our Lady's Mount.

As of 2006, the school has approximately 1430 students enrolled. It has 100 academic staff, 2 counsellors, 5 special education staff members and a chaplain, plus 15 ancillary and 8 maintenance staff.

The school is noted for a large number of its alumni who have achieved success in the sporting arena.

1 History of the College
- 1.1 School centenary, 2003
2 House system
3 Notable Alumni
4 See also
5 External links
6 References

[edit] History of the College

Waverley College opened in 1903, with 22 boys enrolled.

Between 1938 and 1979 the school housed boarders in an adjacent property, The Grange. The school's boarders came from rural New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland, as well as New Guinea, Hong Kong, Malaysia, New Caledonia, Norfolk Island, Nauru and Saigon.

The college joined the Combined Associated Schools (CAS) of New South Wales in 1944. In its first year of membership it won the football, cricket, and athletics competitions. The school's co-curricular program now also includes soccer, swimming, track and field, basketball, volleyball, water polo, tennis, cross country, judo, lawn bowls, diving, cycling, chess and debating.

Two of the college's major buildings - the College Chapel and the College Hall - were built in the 1950s. The former, which includes stained glass window displays, houses a Lady Chapel, focusing on the school's Marian tradition. One of the school's religious chapters is The Sodality of Our Lady.

Two new quadrangular buildings - the Senior School and Middle School "quads" - were added in 1963 and 1970 respectively. The boarders were then accommodated in the west wing of the Senior quad.

The school also opened an Olympic-sized swimming pool in 1970.

In the 1980s, several areas of the school's site were redeveloped including The Grange building, the refurbishment of the Ludlow Hall as a music centre and a modern gymnasium, the Brother J P Lacey Gymnasium.

In 2003, the college opened its Performing Arts Centre. The centre includes a 300 seat proscenium arch theatre, an 80 seat drama studio and a 6 seat recital room. In 2005, the college refurbished the Ludlow Hall area and cleared the area for a playground. In 2006, the pool was repainted and now has the school's emblem painted at the base.

[edit] School centenary, 2003

In 2003, Waverley College celebrated its centenary. The highlight of the celebratory year was a school mass for current students and their families and old boys celebrated at the Horden Pavilion. The mass was celebrated by Bishop Cremin.

Another highlight was the opening of a $6.5 million Performing Arts Centre, housing facilities for the teaching and performance of music and drama. It was opened on June 15, 2003, by New South Wales Governor Professor Marie Bashir.

The history of the College, The Crest of the Wave, written by Justin Fleming was published by Allen & Unwin

[edit] House system

Students at the college compete in a number of internal sporting competitions as members of rival school "houses", identified by a team colour.

The four original school "houses" of Waverley College, and their colours, are:

Aungier, pronounced Ayne-jer (Red)
Brennan (Royal Blue)
Conlon (Emerald Green)
Tevlin (Gold)

The school's four "houses" were later expanded to eight. The four newer houses are:

Lacey (Maroon)
O’Connor (Black)
Quinn (Sky Blue)
Green (Bottle Green)

All eight team "houses" are named after former headmasters of the College, or individuals who figure prominently in the college's history, such as Brother M.A. Aungier, who founded the Sodality of our Lady, and Brothers P.A. Conlon and P.A. Brennan, who are former headmasters.

[edit] Notable Alumni

Former students of Waverley College are known as Waverlians.

[edit] Clergy

Rev Fr. Patrick Dougherty, Auxiliary Bishop of Canberra (and Goulburn), Bishop of Bathurst, Titular Bishop of Lete.
Rev Fr. Geoffrey F. Mayne, Bishop of Australian Military 1985-2003, Titular Bishop of Mopta 1985-1998.

[edit] Business

Chris Chapman, chairman of the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA).
David Hoare, chairman of Telstra.
David Mortimer, former head of TNT.

[edit] Media and entertainment

Tom Brock, sports journalist. [1]
Scott Cam, TV personality with the Nine Network. [2]
Ryan Coughlan, singer/songwriter. [3] [4]
Sam de Brito, journalist and blogger for The Sydney Morning Herald. [5]
Mike Hammond, television and radio broadcaster. [6]
Michael Idato, journalist and critic for The Sydney Morning Herald. [7]
Marcus Lagudi, one-time rock singer. [8]
Justin Melvey, television actor (Home and Away, Days of our Lives). [9]
Michael Mucci, artist. [10]
Johnny O'Keefe, Australian rock singer of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.
Daniel Sumegi, leading Opera singer with the New York Met

[edit] Politics, military and law

Major General John Chapman, Major General of the British and Australian Armed forces and Companion of the Order of Bath.
Peter Collins QC, former leader of the New South Wales (NSW) Liberal Party, deputy premier and treasurer
General Peter Cosgrove, former Chief of the Australian Defence Force.
Kevin Gardner, first Australian Lord Mayor of Westminster.
Bede Kenny, Victoria Cross winner.
Justice Barry O'Keefe QC, Justice of The Supreme Court of NSW, former Mayor of Mosman and prominent Monarchist. (He is also the brother of Johhny O'Keefe.)

[edit] Rhodes Scholars

Leonard Esmond King, graduated 1936.
Douglas McCloskey, graduated 1963.

[edit] Sport

Anatoly Bose, member of CAS, CIS, NSW, Australian Schoolboys & Australian Under 19's basketball teams.
Dave Brown, rugby league player and member of the Hall of Fame.
Tom Brooks, Former NSW cricket player and international cricket umpire.
Martin Camilleri, NSW Darts representative, captain of Australian Darts Team, World Series dart champion 2005/2006.
Clay Cross, member of the Australian Track & Field team, Commonwealth Games 2006
Ryan Cross, Sydney Roosters rugby league player.
Bob Dwyer , coach of the Wallabies 1982-1984; 1988-1995.
Owen Finegan, Australian Rugby Union (ARU) representative.
Adam Freier, ARU representative.
Robert James Fordham, chief executive Australian Rugby union 1988-1994
Yileen Gordon, South Sydney Rabbitohs rugby league player.
Shaun Foley, Sydney Roosters rugby league player.
Tim Baldwin, South Sydney Rabbitohs Jersey Flegg rugby league player.
Brett Hawke, Australian 50m Freestyle Champion, member of the Australian Swimming Team.
Stephen Hoiles, NSW Warathahs, ARU representative.
Shawn Mckay, captain of the Australian Rugby 7's Commonwealth Games team 2006.
Wally Meagher, ARU representative, coach of the Waratahs and Wallabies, Randwick Club president and president of NSW Rugby Union.
Luke Ricketson, former Sydney Roosters rugby league player. [11]
Jeremy Elmowy, former Canterbury Bulldogs representative in NRL competition.
Nick Rizzo, Australian Socceroo representative.
Jeremy Roff, member of the Australian Track & Field team, Commonwealth Games 2006.
Murray Tate, ARU representative.
Cyril H. Towers, ARU representative, captain of Randwick, NSW and Australia.
Morgan Turinui, ARU representative.
Gus Bennett, ARL representative, NSWRL representative, St George Illawarra captain and Grand Final hero, Rugby League Immortal, SLSA Australian Titles Opens Board Champion.