Marist Regional College is a Roman Catholic, co-educational, secondary school

Secondary school

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, located in Parklands, a suburb of Burnie

Burnie, Tasmania

- Sport :Australian rules football is popular in Burnie. The city's team is the Burnie Dockers Football Club in the Tasmanian State League.Rugby union is also played in Burnie. The local club is the Burnie Rugby Union Club. They are the current Tasmanian Rugby Union Statewide Division Two Premiers...

, Tasmania

Tasmania

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, Australia

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.

Marist Regional College is part of the Association of Marist Schools of Australis AMSA network of catholic

Catholic

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 high schools across Australia, and is one of several within Australia and around the world that share the same name of "Marist" College. The college

College

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 currently caters for around 845 students from Years 7 to 12.

History

Marist Regional College was established in 1972 through the amalgamation

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 of Stella Maris Regional College, run by the Sisters of Mercy

Sisters of Mercy

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, and Marist College run by the Marist Fathers.

Marist College

The Society of Mary (Marists) opened the College in 1959 as a boys’ secondary boarding school, initially known as St James' Marist College, and attracted an Initial enrolment of 90. From 1966 onwards the School had some co-ed classes with Stella Maris Regional Girls' College.

Stella Maris Regional Girls' College

In 1965, construction of the new Stella Maris Regional Girls' College began on land next to Marist College. In 1966, co-educational classes commenced with a small number of girls attending Marist College for lessons.

Marist Regional College

Marist College and Stella Maris Regional College were merged in 1972 to form Marist Regional College. From this time the College has offered co-educational schooling from Year 7 to Year 12. Marist Regional College opened with 555 students; 405 boys (an all time high), and 150 girls. Boarder numbers (boys only) were 130. At the end of 1975 the boarding house was closed. With the amalgamation came the new College crest. From Stella Maris Regional College came the star; symbol of Mary, the Patroness. From Marist College came the monogram A.M.; monogram of Mary, from whose name was derived the name ‘Marist'. The College motto is “Love the Truth'.

Today, Marist Regional College is led by a lay

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 Principal, and retains an emphasis on religious education. The school is managed by lay staff.

The Marist Regional College senior year levels and staff advise the principal on the selection of 20 student leaders who represent the student body during their last year at MRC. They are known as the Student Representative Council (SRC).

Campus

Marist, as the college is colloquially known, is situated less than 1 km from Burnie Park, in suburban Parklands. The school has views over the sports grounds, which continue with views of Bass Strait. It is close to Burnie Primary School, with several other schools, including Hellyer College

Hellyer College

Hellyer College is one of eight senior secondary public education colleges in Tasmania, Australia. Hellyer College is the smallest college in Tasmania. Established in 1976, it provides academic and vocational training to around 700 students from around North-West Tasmania, including the West...

, Stella Maris primary school, Parklands High School (Burnie)

Parklands High School (Burnie)

Parklands High School is a public high school, located in Romaine, a suburb of Burnie, Tasmania, Australia.In 1978, Parklands relocated from down near West Park to Romaine....

, and Burnie High School

Burnie High School

Burnie High School is a public, co-educational, high school, located in Cooee, a suburb of Burnie, Tasmania, Australia.In April 2007, the old, original Burnie High School building located in Burnie itself was gutted by fire. The old school had been built in 1929 and following the fire, many of its...

 also located in the City of Burnie

City of Burnie

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.

Sports

The college currently has an Athletics Carnival, Swimming Carnival and Cross Country. Students repressent Houses known as McAuley, Chanel, Colin and Frayne, named after significant figures in the founding histories of the mercy Sisters and Marist Fathers. These houses were previously known as Bass, Flinders, Tasman and Cook, after significant explorers in Australia's history.

Notable alumni

• Daryl George Coates S.C
  Senior Counsel
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   - Assistant Director of Public Prosecutions
  Director of Public Prosecutions
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  , Tasmania; Senior Counsel
  Senior Counsel
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   Tasmania; Former Principal Crown Counsel of the Office of Director of Public Prosecutions (Tas)
• Stephen Shane Parry
  Stephen Parry (politician)
  Stephen Shane Parry , Australian politician, has been a Liberal Party member of the Australian Senate since July 2005, representing the state of Tasmania. He was elected Government Deputy Whip in the Senate in November 2006 and elected Government Whip in April 2007 in succession to the late...
  
   - Government Whip
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   in the Australian Senate
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  ; Senator
  Australian Senate
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   (Liberal
  Liberal Party of Australia
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  ) for Tasmania
• Brendon Gale
  Brendon Gale
  Brendon 'Benny' Gale is an influential Australian rules football sports administrator and former player from the Australian Football League....
  
   - AFL football player for the Richmond Tigers, CEO of the AFL Players' Association
• Michael Gale
  Michael Gale
  Michael Gale is a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL/AFL between 1985 and 1993 for the Fitzroy Football Club and then from 1994 to 1998 for the Richmond Football Club....
  
   - AFL football player for the Richmond Tigers and Fitzroy Lions
• David Guest (field hockey) - Member of the Australia national field hockey team and bronze medalist at the Beijing Olympics

External links

• Marist Regional College website