De La Salle College, Orange
De La Salle College, Orange was a
Catholic boys school in Summer Street, Orange, New South Wales
, Australia.
Patrician Brothers
The Patrician Brothers, an Irish order of Catholic teaching brothers, established a boys' school in Orange in 1890.[1] Fourteen ex-students died in World War I.[2]
The Patrician Brothers left Orange in 1927, when Bishop O'Farrell expelled the order from all schools in the Bathurst diocese following a dispute over syllabuses.[3]
De La Salle Brothers
The De La Salle Brothers arrived in 1928 to take over the school. Additions to the Summer Street site opened in 1937[4] with glass bricks "incorporating the most modern ideas in natural lighting,"[5] and a handball court in 1939.[6]
In 1977 the school was absorbed into the co-educational James Sheahan Catholic High School.[7]
Notable alumni
- James Franklin, philosopher and historian
- John Ranch, Olympic rower
- Jack Renshaw, premier of New South Wales (attended Patrician Brothers)
References
- ^ Patrician locations: Australia
- ^ Orange: Unveiling roll of honour, Freeman's Journal, 28 Apr 1921.
- ^ Paul O'Connell, "The Expulsion of the Patrician Brothers from the Diocese of Bathurst, 1924โ1927", Journal of the Australian Catholic Historical Society, 6 (3) (1980), 6โ11.
- ^ Catholic progress: De La Salle College additions, Freeman's Journal, 14 Oct 1937,
- ^ New College at Orange,Mudgee Guardian, 5 July 1937
- ^ Handball court opened, Sydney Morning Herald, 6 March 1939.
- ^ A brief history of the Parish of Orange, NSW; M. Bastick, Catholic Parish of Orange: 1864โ2014 (Catholic Parish Orange, Orange, 2014).