Daramalan College
| Daramalan College | |
|---|---|
 Fortes in Fide | |
| Location | |
|
Cowper St, Dickson ACT Australia | |
| Information | |
| Type | Roman Catholic secondary school |
| Established | 1962 |
| Principal | Rita Daniels[1] |
| Enrolment | 1440 |
| Colour(s) | Black & Red |
| Mascot | Wedge-tail Eagle |
| Website |
www |
Daramalan College is a Roman Catholic high school in Canberra, Australia, located in the suburb of Dickson. It encompasses Year 7 to Year 12, in a co-educational environment. Run by the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart, it has an emblem of a red eagle on a black shield. Its theme colours are red and black.
History
Daramalan College was founded in 1962 as an all-boys school, with girls enrolling in Years 11 and 12 from 1977, and in Year 7 onwards in 1996. The school's motto is "Fortes in Fide," which translates from Latin to "Strong in Faith." Daramalan has recently had a new wing built, designed to allow improved education in the fields of Hospitality and Food Science. It features a new commercial quality kitchen and Functions Room. Also included in the building is a new Uniform Shop. This wing is named after a former member of staff. Daramalan College celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2012.
Facilities
Daramalan College consists of nine wings/buildings named Naughton, Sharpe, Lysaught, Reid, McMahon, Ross, Dempsey, Littleton and Garrat. Each of these wings provide students with a variety of resources including textile facilities, drama rooms, media/photography rooms & resources, sound-proof music room with various musical instruments and over 15 keyboards for students to use, a spacious dance room + dance change rooms, three private sound-proof music lesson rooms, numerous art rooms an art storage room/office, art kilm room, music office, two student woodwork worshops, staff woodwork workshop, two metal room workshops including sophisticated machinery like the new 3D printer, ten spacious science labs & science lab resource room/office, gym, boys an girls change rooms, two physical education offices, a spacious oval, outdoor multipurpose area, uniform shop on campus, five computer labs, information centre, library open before and after school, two canteens, five quads, hall including floor to ceiling projector and stage, newly build first aid room, main reception, high school office, biometric finger scanners in two offices, counselling offices, numerous classrooms and staff offices, three main staff office rooms, staff lounge, large parking facilities and more.
Sexual abuse allegations
In June, July and August 2014 the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, a royal commission of inquiry initiated in 2013 by the Australian Government and supported by all of its state governments,[2] began an investigation into the response of Marist Brothers to allegations of child sexual abuse in schools in the ACT, NSW and Queensland.[3] Five former students, one former teacher, a former assistant principal and two former principals, former and current Marist officials and clergy, and one of the clergy at the centre of the allegations gave evidence or made statements before the Royal Commission[4] that the alleged cases of abuse happened from the 1970s to 1994 across Daramalan College, Canberra, at Lismore, Campbelltown and in Far North Queensland.[5][6][7][8]
In March 2015 a former Marist brother was arrested over a number of sex offences allegedly committed at St Joseph's College in Hunters Hill and St Gregory's College in Campbelltown in the 1980s.[9]
Notable alumni
- Lauren Wells – Australian athlete at 2012 Olympic Games[10]
- Stephen Conroy – Federal politician, former Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (2007–2013)
- Josip Šimunić – Professional footballer
- Daniel Halangahu – Professional rugby union player
- Marc Herbert – Professional rugby league player
- Nick Kouparitsas – Professional rugby league player
- Nick Kyrgios – Professional tennis player
- Marty Sheargold – Stand-up comedian and radio broadcaster
- Daniel Vidot – Professional rugby league player
- Adam Hyde – Musician and half of duo Peking Duk
- Lara Cox – Actor
- Hands Like Houses – Canberra band formed in 2008
- JG Montgomery - author
- Steve Keir - Professional Rugby league player, (the Canberra Raiders)
- Peter Bowler - Professional cricketer, (Leicestershire, Tasmania, Derbyshire)
See also
References
- ↑ "Welcome from the Principal – Daramalan College". Daramalan.act.edu.au. 13 January 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
- ↑ "Letters Patent". Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
- ↑ "Case Study 13, June 2014, Canberra". Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. 2014. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
- ↑ "Witness List and Order". Public hearing into the response by the Marist Brothers to allegations of child sexual abuse. Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. 30 June 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
- ↑ Gilbert, Ewan (10 June 2014). "Royal commission into child sexual abuse: Canberra hearings to examine Marist Brothers response". ABC News. Australia. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
- ↑ Ellery, David (10 August 2014). "Marist Brothers' schools director should be sacked, say sex abuse victim and lawyer". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
- ↑ Marszalek, Jessica (11 June 2014). "Northern links in royal commission into child sexual abuse at Marist Brothers school". Cairns Post. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
- ↑ Box, Dan (30 June 2014). "Complaints about Marist brother Kostka Chute allege 31 years of abuse". The Australian. Australian Associated Press. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
- ↑ Browne, Rachel (21 March 2015). "Former Catholic brother charged with child sex offences at St Joseph's and St Gregory's colleges". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
- ↑ "London 2012 – Lauren Boden Athlete Profile". Retrieved 4 August 2012.
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Coordinates: 35°15′11″S 149°08′17″E / 35.253°S 149.138°E