Waverley College

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Waverley College

Motto: Virtus Sola Nobilitat 'Virtue alone is noble'
Established	1903
Type	Independent all-male secondary
Headmaster	Br Paul Leary
Founder	Br Edmund Rice
Chaplain	Fr Martin Milani
Students	1430
Grades	5-12
Location	Waverley, NSW Australia
Colours	Royal Blue and Gold
Website	www.waverley.nsw.edu.au

Waverley College is Catholic Christian Brothers' all boys school located in eastern suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

The College was founded in 1903 following the mission of Edmund Rice, founder of the Christian Brothers Order. It is part of the Combined Associated Schools.

The patroness of Waverley College is Mary, the mother of Jesus. The school, located on a 19 acre campus, the highest geographical peak of Sydney's eastern suburbs, is known as Our Lady's Mount.

As of 2006, the school has approximately 1430 students enrolled. It has 100 academic staff, 2 counsellors, 5 special education staff members and a chaplain, plus 15 ancillary and 8 maintenance staff.

The schools strengths lie in its extracurricular activities, especially sport and music. In particular, the school is noted for a large number of its alumni who have achieved success in the sporting arena.

Waverley "Auschwitz" College is a school of faggots, specializing in being power drunk Nazi gronks. Deputy of the school, Mr Galleta, is a rumored closet homosexual.

1 History of the College
2 House system
3 Notable alumni
4 See also
5 External links
6 References

[edit] History of the College

Waverley College opened in 1903, with 22 boys enrolled.

Between 1938 and 1979 the school housed boarders in an adjacent property, The Grange. The school's boarders came from rural New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland, as well as New Guinea, Hong Kong, Malaysia, New Caledonia, Norfolk Island, Nauru and Saigon.

The college joined the Combined Associated Schools (CAS) of New South Wales in 1944. In its first year of membership it won the football, cricket, and athletics competitions. The school's co-curricular program now also includes soccer, swimming, basketball, volleyball, water polo, tennis, cross country, judo, lawn bowls, diving, cycling, chess and debating.

Two of the college's major buildings - the College Chapel and the College Hall - were built in the 1950s. The former, which includes stained glass window displays, houses a Lady Chapel, focusing on the school's Marian tradition. One of the school's religious chapters is The Sodality of Our Lady.

Two new quadrangular buildings - the Senior School and Middle School "quads" - were added in 1963 and 1970 respectively. The boarders were then accommodated in the west wing of the Senior quad.

The school also opened an Olympic-sized swimming pool in 1970.

In the 1980s, several areas of the school's site were redeveloped including The Grange building, the refurbishment of the Ludlow Hall as a music centre and a modern gymnasium, the Brother J P Lacey Gymnasium.

In 2003, the college opened its Performing Arts Centre. The centre includes a 300 seat proscenium arch theatre, an 80 seat drama studio and a 6 seat recital room.

In 2005, the college refurbished the Ludlow area and cleared the area for a playground.

In 2006, the pool was repainted and now has the school's emblem painted at the base.

[edit] Irena Hatfield arrest and trial, 1997

On April 19, 1985, a Sydney man, Christopher Hatfield, was murdered in his home. His wife, Waverley College teacher Irena Hatfield, and her two daughters were allegedly upstairs and asleep at the time. 12 years later, in 1997, Irena Hatfield, was arrested and charged with the crime.

Irena's former lover Atticus Busby alleged that Irena confessed to him that she had shot her husband. After a sensational and high profile trial, Irena Hatfield was acquitted of the charges and walked free. The murderer has never been found. The case remains open. Hatfield now works as an art gallery director.

[edit] Student rampage incident, 2002

In September 2002, a group of approximately 80 students from the school went on a "rampage" in Bondi, smashing car windows and causing damage which totalled an estimated A$80,000.

The group had been attending an annually held end-of-school-term function at a nearby club, but had been ejected from the club's premises because of rowdy behaviour.

The club involved, The Bondi Diggers Club, was fined a record $215,000 for serving alcohol to "minors and drunk people". Of 156 students from Waverley College in the club on the night, "nearly 100" of them were underage.[1]

Most of the students involved were cautioned by police. Five students were charged with violent disorder and malicious damage. They were expelled from the school and were banned from sitting their Higher School Certificate there. [2]

Two were placed on good behaviour bonds after pleading guilty in local courts. [3] The school's headmaster at the time, Br Robert Wallace, cancelled the form's graduation ceremony. [4]

[edit] School centenary, 2003

In 2003, Waverley College celebrated its centenary. The highlight of the celebratory year was a school mass for current students and their families and old boys celebrated at the Horden Pavilion. The mass was celebrated by Bishop Cremin.

Another highlight was the opening of a $6.5 million Performing Arts Centre, housing facilities for the teaching and performance of music and drama. It was opened on June 15, 2003, by New South Wales Governor Professor Marie Bashir.

[edit] House system

Students at the college compete in a number of internal sporting competitions as members of rival school "houses", identified by a team colour.

The four original school "houses" of Waverley College, and their colours, are:

Aungier (Red), pronounced Ayne-jer
Brennan (Royal Blue)
Conlon (Emerald Green)
Tevlin (Gold)

The school's four "houses" were later expanded to eight. The four newer houses are:

Lacey (Maroon)
O’Connor (Black)
Quinn (Sky Blue)
Green (Bottle Green)

All eight team "houses" are named after former headmasters of the College, or individuals who figure prominently in the college's history, such as Brother M.A. Aungier, who founded the Sodality of our Lady, and Brothers P.A. Conlon and P.A. Brennan, who are former headmasters.

[edit] Notable alumni

Former students of the college are known as Waverlians.

[edit] Clergy

Rev Fr. Patrick Dougherty, Auxiliary Bishop of Canberra (and Goulburn), Bishop of Bathurst, Titular Bishop of Lete.
Rev Fr. Geoffrey F. Mayne, Bishop of Australian Military 1985-2003, Titular Bishop of Mopta 1985-1998.

[edit] Business

Chris Chapman, chairman of the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA).
David Hoare, chairman of Telstra.
David Mortimer, former head of TNT.
Guy Russo, CEO of McDonalds.

[edit] Media and entertainment

Tom Brock, sports journalist. [5]
Scott Cam, TV personality with the Nine Network. [6]
Ryan Coughlan, singer/songwriter. [7] [8]
Sam de Brito, journalist and blogger for The Sydney Morning Herald. [9]
Mike Hammond, television and radio broadcaster. [10]
Michael Idato, journalist and critic for The Sydney Morning Herald. [11]
Marcus Lagudi, one-time rock singer. [12]
Justin Melvey, television actor (Home and Away, Days of our Lives). [13]
Michael Mucci, artist. [14]
Johnny O'Keefe, Australian rock singer of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.

[edit] Politics, military and law

Major General John Chapman, Major General of the British and Australian Armed forces and Companion of the Order of Bath.
Peter Collins QC, former leader of the New South Wales (NSW) Liberal Party, deputy premier and treasurer
General Peter Cosgrove, former Chief of the Australian Defence Force.
Kevin Gardner, first Australian Lord Mayor of Westminster.
Bede Kenny, Victoria Cross winner.
Justice Barry O'Keefe QC, Justice of The Supreme Court of NSW and former Mayor of Mosman. (He is also the brother of Johhny O'Keefe.)

[edit] Rhodes Scholars

Leonard Esmond King, graduated 1936.
Douglas McCloskey, graduated 1963.

[edit] Sport

Dave Brown, rugby league player and member of the Hall of Fame.
Clay Cross, member of the Australian Track & Field team, Commonwealth Games 2006 double x (XX)
Ryan Cross, Sydney Roosters rugby league player.
Bob Dwyer , coach of the Wallabies 1982-1984; 1988-1995.
Owen Finegan, Australian Rugby Union (ARU) representative.
Adam Freier, ARU representative.
Robert James Fordham, chief executive Australian Rugby union 1988-1994
Yileen Gordon, South Sydney Rabbitohs rugby league player.
Brett Hawke, Australian 50m Freestyle Champion, member of the Australian Swimming Team.
Stephen Hoiles, NSW Warathahs, ARU representative.
Martin J. Camilleri, NSW Darts Representative 2000,2002,2004,2005-2006, Captain of AUS. Darts Team 2005-2006, World Series Dart Champion 2005, Currently training for WSDC 2007.
Shawn Mckay, captain of the Australian Rugby 7's Commonwealth Games team 2006.
Wally Meagher, ARU representative, coach of the Waratahs and Wallabies, Randwick Club president and president of NSW Rugby Union.
Luke Ricketson, former Sydney Roosters rugby league player. [15]
Nick Rizzo, Australian Socceroo representative.
Jeremy Roff, member of the Australian Track & Field team, Commonwealth Games 2006.
Murray Tate, ARU representative.
Cyril H. Towers, ARU representative, captain of Randwick, NSW and Australia.
Morgan Turinui, ARU representative.
Ifa Paea, 4 year scholarship holder to Auburn University,Alabama. NCAA division 1 gridiron. 1st round possible prospect for NFL in 2011. Said to be the next Ray Lewis in the making.
Gus Bennett, Rugby League Immortal, NSWRL rep., ARL rep., St George Illawarra player, SLSA Australian Titles Board Gold Medallist.