Trinity College, Perth

Infobox Aust school private
name= Trinity College


motto= "In Nomine Domini"
(Latin:"In The Name of the Lord")
established= 1962cite web |url=http://www.trinity.wa.edu.au/general_info/our_history/history.htm |title=Our History |accessdate=2007-12-26 |work=General Information |publisher=Trinity College]
type= Independent, Single-sex, Day school
denomination= Roman Catholic, Christian Brothers
slogan=
key_people= Mr. Ivan Banks (Headmaster)
Ms Leanne O'Dea (Chairperson)
fees= AU $7074.00 p.acite web |url=http://trinity.wa.edu.au/enrolments/information/fees.htm |title=School Fees 2008|accessdate=2007-12-26 |work=Enrolments |publisher=Trinity College]
city= East Perth
state= WA
country= Australia flagicon|Australia
coordinates = coord|31|54|41|S|115|46|51|E|display=inline,title
enrolment= ~1,200 (4-12)cite web |url=http://trinity.wa.edu.au/general_info/capital_dev/plan.htm |title=Capital Development Plan |accessdate=2007-12-26 |work=General Information |publisher=Trinity College]
num_employ= ~100
revenue=
products=
colours= Blue, White & Green color box|#4169E1color box|#FFFFFFcolor box|#008000
homepage= [http://trinity.wa.edu.au www.trinity.wa.edu.au]

Trinity College, informally known as Trinity or TC, is a Roman Catholic, day school for boys, located in East Perth, a suburb of Perth, Western Australia.

Established in 1962, Trinity is a school in the Edmund Rice Tradition,cite web |url=http://www.ais.wa.edu.au/search-school/?&mode=details&id=111 |title=Trinity College |accessdate=2007-12-26 |work=Search for School |publisher=Association of Independent Schools of Western Australia] and is located on crown land on the Swan River Foreshore. It lies on Trinity Avenue, an extension of Hay Street, and comprises sporting grounds, a senior school for Years 8 to 12 and a junior school for Years 4 to 7.

The college is affiliated with the Junior School Heads Association of Australia (JSHAA),cite web |url=http://www.jshaa.asn.au/westernaustralia/directory/index.asp |title=JSHAA Western Australia Directory of Members |accessdate=2007-12-27 |year =2007 |work= Western Australia Branch |PublisherJunior School Heads' Association of Australia] the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA),cite web |url=http://www.ahisa.com.au/Display.aspx?tabid=2236 |title=AHISA Schools |accessdate=2007-12-27 |year =2007 |month =November |work= Western Australia |publisher=Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia] the Association of Independent Schools of Western Australia (AISWA), and has been a member of the Public Schools Association (PSA) since 1968.

History

Trinity College was founded by the Christian Brothers in 1962, and various Brothers continued to be present at the school until 2005, when the last, Br Jeremy Coombe, left the school's Campus Ministry. The College still remains to have strong ties with the Christian Brothers, and many brothers visit the college for the annual Edmund Rice Mass, a celebration in the memory of the Christian Brothers' Founder.

Its predecessor, Christian Brothers College (CBC), was founded in 1894 by Bishop Matthew Gibney, Brother Ambrose Treacy and the Congregation of Christian Brothers with its main campus in St Georges Terrace, Perth. It was located in the heart of the Perth CBD, on the corner of Victoria Avenue and St Georges Terrace. CBC Perth had a brother school named St Patrick's that also taught boarders and day students. In 1938 St Patrick's School closed and many of the students were moved to CBC Perth. In that same year, heads of CBC were notified that CBC could no longer handle both day students and boarders due to the lack of space on campus. It was decided that boarders and some day boys would be moved to an alternative campus, Aquinas College, to fit the needs of all students.

In 1958-1960, the City of Perth negotiated with the Christian Brothers to purchase the CBC property for £267,000 to allow for the widening of St George's Terrace and the construction of a new hotel in time for the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games. The Chevron-Hilton Hotel Group, which had committed to the development, ran into difficulties, and the school buildings remained until their eventual demolition in the mid-1960s. The site stayed vacant for several years until an office building for the Australian Taxation Office was built there several years later.

The council provided a convert|5.7|ha|acre|0|sing=on site on reclaimed land in East Perth on the banks of the Swan River, and adjacent to the WACA Ground and The Causeway. The new college was renamed Trinity College and opened in time for the start of the school year in 1962 with space for 830 day boys. The official opening was held on 25 March 1962.

After the East Perth move, lay teachers gradually replaced brothers who had taught there previously. In 1994 the first lay principal was appointed (Anthony Curtis). Shortly after his retirement the school's aquatic complex was named in his honour.

Sport

In sport, Trinity competes against the other schools of the PSA competition which it joined in 1968. Trinity had won the athletics three years in a row until Aquinas broke the streak with a 69 point victory in 2007.

Trinity's arch rival in the PSA is Aquinas College. This rivalry has evolved over the years and comes about as Trinity and Aquinas were once the same school, the close ties between the two schools, the spirited even tussles on the sporting field and the common bond of being Christian Brothers' schools.

The summer season of 2007 was the best ever for Trinity when they won the PSA Football, Swimming, Rowing (First eight and Hamer cup), Cricket and Basketball.

In 2007, the Trinity cross-country team competed at the Telstra National All-Schools Cross Country Championships held in Perth, Western Australia. Amidst a field of weak competition from the distant Eastern States, the Trinity team won the overall schools championships despite the fact that their six runners finished 34th, 44th, 64th, 70th, 74th and 76th out of a field of 79. Their resultant automatic qualification secured them a trip to the World Schools' Cross-Country Championships. Then in early 2008 Joshua Hicks, Aaron Gregory, Ken Duggan, Eamonn Costello, Joshua Nicholas and Nick Lee competed in the competition, held in the Czech Republic. They placed a respectable 6th overall. The competition was strong, but several nations were notably not represented, including the USA, Ethiopia and Kenya. However, they proudly wear their Australian uniform in spite of considerable disrespect from the running community of Perth.

Notable alumni

Former students are called "Trinity Old Boys"

* Beau Casson, cricketer
* Andrew Embley, footballer
* Simon Katich, cricketer
* Ashley Sampi, footballer
* Craig Serjeant, cricketer
* John Steffensen, athlete
* Tim Zoehrer, cricketer
* Dave Faulkner, musician
* Michael Brennan, footballer
* Chris Ellison, politician
* Luke Webster, footballer
* Dimitri Mascarenhas, cricketer
* Josh Hill, footballer

Gallery

References

External links

* [http://www.trinity.wa.edu.au/ Trinity College Website]