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A Brief History of Parade College. Towards the end of 1868, four Christian brothers arrived in Melbourne at the invitation of Bishop Gould. They were Brothers P.A. Treacy, D.F. Bodkin, J.B. Lynch and P.J. Nolan. At the beginning of 1869 they began teaching in a small primary school at the rear of St. Francis’ Church in Lonsdale Street, and ...
Website. www .parade .vic .edu .au. Parade College is an private Catholic secondary school for boys. It is located across two campuses in the northern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; one at Bundoora; the other, 8 km (5.0 mi) away, at Preston. The school is a member of Edmund Rice Education Australia and the Associated Catholic Colleges.
In 1868, four Irish Christian brothers, P.A. Treacy, D.F. Bodkin, J.B. Lynch and P.J. Nolan, arrived in Melbourne to open a new Christian school in the booming, and somewhat wild, city at the behest of Bishop Gould. They began teaching in 1869 in a small rented primary school behind St. Francis’ Church in Lonsdale Street. However, they really wanted something more permanent than the rented ...
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In January 1871 students moved to the new site in Victoria Parade, East Melbourne and the College was officially established. In the 1960s the pressure of numbers gave rise to a search for a new site and in 1968 the College moved to its present expansive site in Bundoora. In 2009 the College embraced a second campus in Preston.
Feb 3, 2021 · News & Stories. Parade College celebrates 150 years. This year marks 200 years of Catholic education in Australia. For 150 of those years, Parade College has been providing quality education to generations of young men—from its original site in East Melbourne to its current home in Bundoora. The school held its 2021 Opening Mass and inaugural ...
Like Bundoora, the Preston campus grounds are immaculately maintained and feature an all weather synthetic turf field. The spacious grounds offer the opportunity for sports such as soccer, football, hockey and cricket. In addition, there is a multipurpose sports area adjacent to the pitch with two full sized basketball courts.
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