The
Journey
| With
the withdrawal
of government financial support from Catholic schools in Australia in
the
late 1870s bishops were forced to appeal to religious congregations
throughout
the world to come to Australia to run these schools.This is why the
Patricians
came to Australia: to provide the opportunity for Catholic boys to
receive
a Catholic education.
The
history of the
Brothers in Australia can be divided up into four main eras: the
country
schools; the city schools; the schools out west; and reaching out.
Much
of the information
in these pages on the Australian schools comes from Brother Paul
O'Connor's
history of the Brothers and "The First Hundred Years" - see bibliography.
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1883
- 1888 |
Maitland,
NSW |
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1884
- 1898 |
Goulburn,
NSW |
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1885
- 1924 |
Bathurst,
NSW |
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1885
- 1898 |
Albury,
NSW |
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1886
- 1963 |
Redfern,
NSW |
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1889
- 1892 |
Dubbo,
NSW |
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1889
- 1897 |
Armidale,
NSW |
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1889
- 1898 |
Wagga
Wagga, NSW |
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1890
- 1967 |
Forest
Lodge, NSW |
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1890
- 1928 |
Orange,
NSW |
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1891
- |
Ryde,
NSW |
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1908
- 1963 |
Waterloo,
NSW |
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1929
- 2001 |
Wahroonga,
NSW |
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1942
- 1995 |
Granville,
NSW (2) |
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1952
- 2005
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Blacktown,
NSW |
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1953
- 2001 |
Fairfield Sec,
NSW |
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1953
- 2003
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Fairfield Prim,
NSW |
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1954
- 2000 |
Liverpool,
NSW (3) |
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1961
- 64 |
Sefton,
NSW |
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1963
- 1999 |
Narellan,
NSW (4) |
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1968
- |
Aitape,
PNG |
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1978
- 1995 |
Nuku,
PNG |
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1981
- 1990 |
Marayong,
NSW (5) |
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1989
- 1992 |
Lumi,
PNG |
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1989 |
Laingim,
PNG |
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1990
- 1994 |
Mt
Hagen, PNG |
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1995
& 96, 2001-4 |
Wewak,
PNG |
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1995
- 2005 |
Thursday
Island |
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2000 - |
Bradbury,
NSW |
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2000 - |
Casula,
NSW |
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2004 - |
Sadleir-Miller,
NSW |
1.
Community moved out of
Wahroonga in 1989, but the property remained inthe Congregation until
sold
in 2001.
2. Community
moved out of
Granville in 1995, but one Brother remains on staff of Granville school.
3. Community
moved from
Liverpool in 1999, but one Brother remained at school as Principal
until
2000.
4. Last
Patrician to live
in Narellan was in 1994. Sold to Wollongong diocese for school in 1999.
5. These years
refer to
the time Patrician Brothers were principals at the College.
* Maps
taken from The
Longman Chesire Australian Atlas for Secondary Schools, Longman
Cheshire
Pty Limited: Melbourne, 1990.
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