De La Salle College (Cronulla, NSW)

De La Salle College Cronulla
Latin: Deo Duce With God As Leader
Location
Cronulla, New South Wales, Australia
Coordinates	34°3′22″S 151°8′32″E / 34.05611°S 151.14222°E / -34.05611; 151.14222Coordinates: 34°3′22″S 151°8′32″E / 34.05611°S 151.14222°E / -34.05611; 151.14222
Information
Type	Private, co-educational, senior secondary, day school
Denomination	Roman Catholic, De La Salle Brothers
Established	1936
Principal	Philip Gane
Asst. Principal	Craig Mooney
Staff	36[1]
Enrolment	~360 (11-12)
Colour(s)	Blue & White
Website	{[1]

De La Salle College Cronulla is a Catholic systemic, senior secondary, co-educational day school, located in Cronulla, a southern suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Established in 1936 by the De La Salle Brothers, the college currently caters for approximately 360 Years 11 and 12 students^[1] from the Sutherland Shire parishes of the Archdiocese of Sydney.^{[citation needed][clarification needed]} The College is under the patronage of the Archbishop of Sydney, George Pell.^{[citation needed]}

De La Salle College is one of 18 Lasallian Schools in Australia,^[2] and in 1994 appointed its first lay headmaster.

The school is also affiliated with the Catholic Secondary Schools Association NSW/ACT,.^[3]

History

The De La Salle Brothers purchased a bushland property, 'Kilkivan Grange,' in 1936 for the purpose of a College for Catholic boys and used an existing house on the property for boarding students.

Brother Donatus Slattery was appointed the inaugural Principal of De La Salle College Cronulla in 1936 and was a much-loved gentle man who died in Sydney in 1962.

From 1936 to 1967, students from Primary classes to Leaving Certificate level attended the College, but in 1967, in co-operation with the nearby De La Salle College in Caringbah, the present structure of a Senior College for Years 11 and 12 only was established.

In 1975, the College admitted girls for the first time, accepting school certificate graduates from Our Lady of Mercy College, Burraneer.

In 1990 the College became part of the Sydney Archdiocesan system of schools, administered by the Catholic Education Office.

Former Principal Brother Stan Carmody (died 5 Feb 2011 aged 92) encouraged the development of the senior Rugby League team which produced NRL greats such as Jonathan Docking and Andrew Ettingshausen.^[4]

In 1994 the first lay principal was appointed.

Notable alumni

• Carmel Tebbutt - Deputy Premier of NSW
• Andrew Ettinghausen - athlete
• Jonathan Docking - football player
• Tony Sheldon - trade union official
• John Della Bosca - politician
• Steve Hutchins- Senator and ALP president
• Michael Lee - former Federal Minister
• Michael Forshaw - Senator
• John Kane ^[5] and Genni Kane - musicians in the band Flying Emus
• Mark Vincent - opera singer
• Peter Morrissey - fashion designer
• John Lee ^[6][7][8] - former Director General of the NSW Department of Premier & Cabinet and now CEO of the Tourism and Transport Forum of Australia ^[9]

See also

• List of Non-Government schools in New South Wales
• Lasallian educational institutions

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Annual Report 2010" (PDF). De La Salle College Cronulla. 2010. http://www.dlscronulla.catholic.edu.au/Documents/Document%20Library/Annual%20Reports/2010_Annual_Report.pdf. Retrieved 27 July 2011. 
2. ^ "Lasallian Schools in Australia". Lasallian Presence in Australia. International Lasallian Youth Gathering. 2007. http://www.ilyg08.org.au/ilyg/pages/default.asp?pid=105. Retrieved 2007-10-23. 
3. ^ "About Us". Catholic Secondary Schools Association NSW/ACT. Catholic Secondary Schools Association. 2007. http://www.cssa.com.au/AboutUs/AboutUs.asp. Retrieved 2007-10-23. 
4. ^ "Captain bags hat trick as DLS Cronulla wins RL district final". Catholic Weekly. http://www.catholicweekly.com.au/article.php?classID=3&subclassID=27&articleID=7229&class=Features&subclass=Sport. Retrieved 2011-02-07. 
5. ^ "2011 CMA Golden Guitar winners". ABC Country. 2011. http://abccountry.net.au/features/2011-cmaa-golden-guitar-winners. Retrieved 2011-02-07. 
6. ^ "Hands on the wheel". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2009-08-01. http://www.smh.com.au/national/hands-on-the-wheel-20090731-e4f4.html?page=-1. 
7. ^ Robins, Brian (2010-09-15). "Premier's toppling of Rees cost taxpayers more than million". The Sydney Morning Herald. http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/premiers-toppling-of-rees-cost-taxpayers-more-than-1-million-20100914-15azu.html. 
8. ^ http://www.eventsnsw.com.au/About/Board-Members.aspx
9. ^ http://www.ttf.org.au/Content/ChiefExecutive.aspx

External links

• De La Salle College Cronulla website
• Lasallian Schools