Mary MacKillop Catholic Regional College

Mary MacKillop Catholic Regional College
Location
Leongatha, Victoria
Australia
Coordinates 38°28′3″S 145°57′48″E / 38.46750°S 145.96333°E / -38.46750; 145.96333Coordinates: 38°28′3″S 145°57′48″E / 38.46750°S 145.96333°E / -38.46750; 145.96333
Information
Type Secondary college
Motto Latin: Sapentia Domini Docet Nos
(The wisdom of the Lord teaches us)
Denomination Roman Catholic
Established 1986
Website

Mary MacKillop Catholic Regional College is a Catholic secondary school located in Leongatha, Victoria, Australia servicing the South Gipsland parishes of Foster, Wonthaggi, Cowes, Korumburra and Leongatha.[1] The site of the college was purchased in the 1950s; at that stage students seeking a Catholic education had to travel to the Latrobe Valley or to boarding schools in Melbourne or elsewhere. A working party to establish the college began work in the late 1970s, and the school opened to its first students in 1986 on the grounds of a local primary school. The college moved to its permanent site in 1987 and the first permanent purpose-built buildings were constructed in 1989. Government funding and local fundraising have allowed several extensions to be constructed since then.[2]

Notable alumni

Eleanor Patterson - gold medallist for the 2014 Commonwealth Games

Notes

  1. ↑ Mary MacKillop Catholic Regional College Archived 2008-05-19 at the Wayback Machine., accessed 1 March 2008
  2. ↑ History Archived 2008-05-19 at the Wayback Machine., accessed 1 March 2008
  3. ↑ "London 2012 - Kaila McKnight Athlete Profile". Retrieved 4 August 2012.
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