Emmanuel College, Melbourne
school in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Emmanuel College, formerly St. Paul's College, is a dual-campus private Roman Catholic comprehensive co-educational secondary day school, occupying campuses in Altona North and Point Cook, in the south-western suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
History
Establishment
St. Paul's Campus was originally established as 'St. Paul's College' in 1965, under the auspices of the American Order of the Society of Marianists. The order had been invited to establish this Catholic Secondary Boys' College by the then Archbishop of Melbourne, Daniel Mannix. The college's colours were then red, white and blue and its motto was Ecce Mater Tua (Latin: "Behold Thy Mother").
In 2008, the school opened a second campus at Point Cook called Notre Dame.
Building construction
St Pauls campus
In the early 1960s, the local parish priests purchased a large, 9-hectare, undeveloped block in Altona North. The parents of the school's initial students helped to build and landscape the school in the early years.
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