St Laurence's College
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St Laurence's College is an independent, Roman Catholic school for boys located in South Brisbane
, Queensland
, Australia
. It was founded by the Christian Brothers
in 1915. The school currently has an enrolment of over 1407 students from grades five to twelve.
St Laurence's is currently associated with the Associated Independent Colleges
and Combined Independent Colleges (CIC)
sporting associations.
The main campus is located at South Brisbane and includes a library/chapel, monastery, hall and six buildings with classrooms and support rooms. Three of the teaching buildings are largely subject specific as they house the Visual and Performing Arts, Manual Arts and Science/Computing specific classrooms and laboratories. The main campus also houses a swimming pool and oval. A multilevel carpark (shared with the adjacent Mater hospitals) and auditorium are now opened.
In 1961, the college purchased land at Runcorn
which now contains 8 playing fields and a function centre.
Saint Laurence's also maintains Camp Laurence, located near Lake Moogerah
to the west of Brisbane.
(AIC), with classic rivals being Ashgrove
and Villanova College
.
The school competes in such AIC sports as:
South Brisbane, Queensland
South Brisbane is an inner city suburb of Brisbane, Australia located on the southern bank of the Brisbane River, directly connected to the central business district by the Kurilpa, Victoria and Goodwill bridges....
, Queensland
Queensland
Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. It was founded by the Christian Brothers
Congregation of Christian Brothers
The Congregation of Christian Brothers is a worldwide religious community within the Catholic Church, founded by Blessed Edmund Rice. The Christian Brothers, as they are commonly known, chiefly work for the evangelisation and education of youth, but are involved in many ministries, especially with...
in 1915. The school currently has an enrolment of over 1407 students from grades five to twelve.
St Laurence's is currently associated with the Associated Independent Colleges
Associated Independent Colleges
The Associated Independent Colleges of Queensland are a group of eight independent schools in Queensland, Australia involved in a variety of sporting and cultural activities. AIC competition is only for male secondary students. Primary schools attached to AIC schools compete against their GPS...
and Combined Independent Colleges (CIC)
Combined Independent Colleges (CIC)
The Combined Independent Colleges Junior Sports Association is a group of 14 independent schools in Queensland, Australia. 13 of these schools are based in Brisbane and one is located on the Gold Coast....
sporting associations.
Property
The school maintains three distinct locations for student activity.The main campus is located at South Brisbane and includes a library/chapel, monastery, hall and six buildings with classrooms and support rooms. Three of the teaching buildings are largely subject specific as they house the Visual and Performing Arts, Manual Arts and Science/Computing specific classrooms and laboratories. The main campus also houses a swimming pool and oval. A multilevel carpark (shared with the adjacent Mater hospitals) and auditorium are now opened.
In 1961, the college purchased land at Runcorn
Runcorn, Queensland
Runcorn is a suburb on the south side of Brisbane, Queensland, and is about from Brisbane’s central business district. The Jagera Aboriginal people occupied most of the land south of the Brisbane River and Runcorn would have been in the territory of the Chepara clan of Eight Mile Plains, Queensland...
which now contains 8 playing fields and a function centre.
Saint Laurence's also maintains Camp Laurence, located near Lake Moogerah
Lake Moogerah
Lake Moogerah, formed by Moogerah Dam, is a water supply and irrigation dam on Reynolds Creek, a tributary of the Bremer River in Southeast Queensland's Fassifern Valley. The lake is used for recreation, fishing and camping...
to the west of Brisbane.
Sports
Being a former member of the Great Public Schools (GPS) association, the college is heavily involved with its sporting curriculum. It is considered a dominant schools amongst the other private schools in the Associated Independent CollegesAssociated Independent Colleges
The Associated Independent Colleges of Queensland are a group of eight independent schools in Queensland, Australia involved in a variety of sporting and cultural activities. AIC competition is only for male secondary students. Primary schools attached to AIC schools compete against their GPS...
(AIC), with classic rivals being Ashgrove
Marist College Ashgrove
Marist College Ashgrove is a Roman Catholic day and boarding school for boys, located in Ashgrove, a northern suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia....
and Villanova College
Villanova College
Villanova College is a private and catholic school for boys located in Coorparoo, a southern suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The school has a non-selective enrolment policy for all years and caters for approximately 1,150 boys in three schools, Junior, Middle and Senior from year five to...
.
The school competes in such AIC sports as:
- CricketCricketCricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
- SwimmingSwimming (sport)Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
- RugbyRugby footballRugby football is a style of football named after Rugby School in the United Kingdom. It is seen most prominently in two current sports, rugby league and rugby union.-History:...
- Soccer
- Cross CountryCross country runningCross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
- Athletics
- TennisTennisTennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
- BasketballBasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
Notable alumni
The following have represented Australia in the given sport- Peter Hynes Rugby Union
- Brendan CannonBrendan CannonBrendan Cannon is a former Australian rugby union footballer who played for the national team, The Wallabies and three Australian teams in the Super 12 and Super 14 competitions....
Rugby Union - Dan CrowleyDan CrowleyDan Crowley is an Australian rugby union footballer who played for the Wallabies 38 times and earned over 100 caps for the Queensland Reds during his rugby career...
Rugby Union - Nev Cottrell Rugby Union
- Mark StockwellMark StockwellMarcus William "Mark" Stockwell is a former Australian sprint freestyle swimmer. Stockwell won three medals in freestyle swimming at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics....
Olympic Swimming - Joshua SlackJoshua Slack (beach volleyball)Joshua Slack is a beach volleyball player from Australia.He represented Australia at the 2000 Summer Olympics with team mate Matthew Grinlaubs...
Olympic Beach Volleyball - Bill TyquinBill TyquinBill Tyquin OA was an Australian rugby league footballer. He was a lock forward for the Australian national team. He played in 6 Tests between 1948 and 1949 as captain on 3 occasions.-Club career:...
Rugby League - Tom TyquinTom TyquinTom Tyquin represented for Australia at rugby league and like his brother played his club football with Souths . He was also a lock forward although a number of his representative appearances were made as a second-row forward....
Rugby League - Damon KellyDamon KellyDamon Kelly is an Australian weightlifter who competed at the 2008 Olympic Games finishing ninth. Damon recorded lifts of 165 kg in the Snatch and 221 kg in the Clean and Jerk with a total of 386 kg...
Olympic Weightlifing (Commonwealth Games Gold Medallist Delhi 2010) - Andrew MewingAndrew MewingAndrew Mewing is an Australian Swimmer who has competed at the 2006 Commonwealth games, numerous Pan Pacific Swimming Championships and World Swimming Championships. He is currently President of the Australian Swimmers Association and on the board of the St Laurence's College Old Boys'...
Commonwealth Games Swimming - Ken FletcherKen FletcherKenneth Norman Fletcher was an Australian tennis player who won numerous doubles and mixed doubles Grand Slam titles....
12 Grand Slam titles/ Davis Cup - John RigbyJohn RigbySaint John Rigby was an English Roman Catholic martyr who was executed during the reign of Elizabeth I. He is one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales...
Surf lifesaving - Bill McLeanBill McLeanWilliam Malcolm McLean was an Australian soldier and a state and national representative rugby union player who captained the Wallabies in five Test matches immediately after World War II.-Pre-war rugby:...
Rugby Union - Doug McLean Rugby League
- Barry Leask International Rugby Referee
- Ross EmersonRoss EmersonRoss Alexander Emerson was an international cricket umpire from Australia who is best known for calling Sri Lankan off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan for throwing. He also played grade cricket for Petersham-Marrickville in the Sydney grade cricket competition...
International Cricket Umpire - Phil Breene Cycling
- Mark ConnorsMark ConnorsMark Connors is an Australian rugby union footballer. He is currently the Queensland Reds most capped player ever, playing 134 games for the side...
Rugby Union - Neil Betts Rugby Union
- John Anderson Olympic Sailing
- Tom Anderson Olympic Sailing
- Brian HarveyBrian HarveyBrian Harvey is an English musician and formerly lead singer of pop band East 17.Harvey was born in Walthamstow, London, and attended Sir George Monoux School from 1988-90.-Career:...
Paralympics - Javelin - Tyron Mandrusiak Commonwealth Games Rugby
- Karol Bos Australian Rugby 7's
- Elliot Shriane Winter Olympics
- Peter Bateman Karate
- Laurie LawrenceLaurie LawrenceLaurie Joseph Lawrence , is an Australian swimming coach. He was also an Australia national rugby union team member in 1964.-Early life:...
Rugby Union/ National swim coach - Jack McLeanJack McLean (rugby)John Kenneth "Jack" McLean was a rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1940s and '50s who at representative level played rugby union for New Zealand, King Country Rugby Football Union, and Auckland Rugby Football Union, and at club level for, Taumarunui, and , playing at...
Rugby Union - Paul Marks International Rugby Referee
- Michael Dagwell Cycling
- Pat Carroll Commonwealth Games Athletics
- Noel DempseyNoel DempseyNoel Dempsey is a former Irish Fianna Fáil politician. He was a Teachta Dála for the Meath and Meath West constituencies from 1987 to 2011...
Empire Games - Athletics - Cooper CronkCooper CronkCooper Patrick Cronk is an Australian professional rugby league footballer currently playing for the Melbourne Storm of the NRL...
Rugby League, Halfback for Melbourne Storm - William ZillmanWilliam ZillmanWilliam Gary Zillman is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who played for the Canberra Raiders and is contracted with the Gold Coast Titans for the 2009 season.- Before the NRL :...
Rugby League - Garry BrownGarry BrownGarry Eldridge Brown was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Garry Brown had four daughters, Frances, Mollie, Amelia, and Abigail. His family owned and operated a dairy farm while he was growing up, in Schoolcraft, Michigan...
Commonwealth Games - Athletics - Luke McLeanLuke McLeanLuke McLean is an Italian Australian rugby union footballer who plays at fullback and fly-half for Treviso in Italy. He has also represented the Italy national rugby union team.-Background:McLean was born in Townsville, Queensland...
Rugby Union - Scott RushScott RushScott Anthony Rush , an Australian former labourer, was convicted in Indonesia for drug trafficking as a member of the Bali Nine. In 2005, on his first trip to Bali, Rush was arrested at Ngurah Rai International Airport in Denpasar with of heroin concealed on his body. After a criminal trial, on...
Convicted Drug Trafficker and member of the Bali NineBali NineThe Bali Nine is the name given to a group of nine Australians arrested on 17 April 2005, in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, in a plan to smuggle of heroin valued at approximately A$4 million from Indonesia to Australia... - Luke DelaneyLuke DelaneyLuke Delaney is an Australian rules footballer currently playing for in the Australian Football League . He made his debut in Round 9 of 2010 against Brisbane, performing well against Jonathan Brown.-External links:...
AFL