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Trinity College, informally known as Trinity or TC, is an independent, Roman Catholic, day school for boys, located in East Perth, a suburb of Perth, Western Australia.
Established in 1962)[1] ,Trinity is a school in the Edmund Rice Tradition,[2] and is located on crown land on the Swan River Foreshore. It lies on Trinity Avenue, an extension of Hay Street, and comprises sporting grounds, a senior school for Years 7 to 12 and a junior school for Years 4 to 6.
The college is affiliated with the Junior School Heads Association of Australia (JSHAA),[3] the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA),[4] the Association of Independent Schools of Western Australia (AISWA),[2] and has been a member of the Public Schools Association (PSA) since 1968.[1]
History
Trinity College was founded in 1962.[1] and various Brothers continued to be present at the school until 2005, when the last, Br Jeremy Coombe, left the school's Campus Ministry. The College still remains to have strong ties with the Christian Brothers, and many brothers visit the college for the annual Edmund Rice Mass, a celebration in the memory of the Christian Brothers' Founder.
Its predecessor, Christian Brothers College (CBC), was founded in 1894 by Bishop Matthew Gibney, Brother Ambrose Treacy and the Congregation of Christian Brothers.[1] with its main campus in St Georges Terrace, Perth.[1]. It was located in the heart of the Perth CBD, on the corner of Victoria Avenue and St Georges Terrace. CBC Perth had a brother school named St Patrick's that also taught boarders and day students. In 1938 St Patrick's School closed and many of the students were moved to CBC Perth. In that same year, heads of CBC were notified that CBC could no longer handle both day students and boarders due to the lack of space on campus. It was decided that boarders and some day boys would be moved to an alternative campus, Aquinas College, to fit the needs of all students.
In 1958-1960, the City of Perth negotiated with the Christian Brothers to purchase the CBC property for £267,000 to allow for the widening of St George's Terrace and the construction of a new hotel in time for the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games)[5]. The Chevron-Hilton Hotel Group, which had committed to the development, ran into difficulties, and the school buildings remained until their eventual demolition in the mid-1960s. The site stayed vacant for several years until an office building for the Australian Taxation Office was built there several years later.
The council provided a 5.7-hectare (14-acre) site on reclaimed land in East Perth on the banks of the Swan River, and adjacent to the WACA Ground and The Causeway.[5] The new college was named Trinity College and opened in time for the start of the school year in 1962 with space for 830 day boys. The official opening was held on 25 March 1962.[5]
After the East Perth move, lay teachers gradually replaced brothers who had taught there previously. In 1994 the first lay principal was appointed (Anthony Curtis). Shortly after his retirement the school's aquatic complex was named in his honour.)[6]
The College hymn is " In Nomine Domine " (from the school motto)and was written in 1979 by Father Paul Keyte , the school chaplain at the time. Inspired by the Harrow School Song " Forty Years On " Father Keyte wrote in the 1979 School Annual that he was not merely trying to write a hymn but an anthem and something that "Would not only renew loyalty to the school but would also rekindle the flame of faith". The music was written by Gerard Crooks a long serving Music teacher at the College. Over the years the hymn In Nomine Domine has been sung at Speech Nights , Year 12 Graduation and ANZAC day ceremonies. The inspirational trumpet fanfare of the song at Speech Night is always a highlight of the evening and in recent times the school song has even been sung with great gusto as a war cry at PSA sporting events.
Sport
In sport, Trinity competes against the other schools of the PSA competition which it joined in late 1968.[1] The first major PSA sporting event Trinity competed in was the 1968 Athletics Carnival and surprised everyone by coming a strong second to Aquinas.The first PSA victory in any sport was in Athletics in 1973.It was the first of many victories.
Trinity's arch rival in the PSA is Aquinas College. This rivalry has grown over the years and comes about as Trinity and Aquinas evolved from the same school, the close ties between the two schools, the spirited even tussles on the sporting field and the common bond of being Christian Brothers' schools.
The sporting season of 2007 was the best ever for Trinity[7] when they won the PSA Football[7], Swimming[7] (For the first time) , Rowing[7], (First eight and Hamer cup), Cricket[7] , Basketball, Soccer and Cross-Country[7].
In 2007, the Trinity cross-country team competed at the Telstra National All-Schools Cross Country Championships[8] held in Perth, Western Australia. Amidst a field of strong competition from the Eastern States, the Trinity team won the overall schools championships[8]. Their resultant automatic qualification secured them a trip to the World Schools' Cross-Country Championships[9] , where in early 2008 Joshua Hicks, Aaron Gregory, Ken Duggan, Eamonn Costello, Joshua Nicholas and Nick Lee[9] competed in the competition, held in the Czech Republic. They placed a respectable 6th overall[9]. The competition was strong, but several nations were notably not represented, including the USA, Ethiopia and Kenya.
Notable alumni
Former students are called Trinity Old Boys
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Gallery
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Chapel and Gibney Hall
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Towards the telescope observatory
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View across the main oval
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Treacy Centre (left), 'A' Block (right) and quadrangle (foreground)
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Gym (right) and Tony Curtis Aquatic Centre (centre), Centenary Park (foreground)
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'B' Block
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Senior Building/'S' Block
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Lift (centre) and 'A' block (right)
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Inside Gibney Hall
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Cultural Centre under construction (November 2009)
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Trinity College History". General Information. Trinity College. Retrieved 2009-11-13.
- ^ a b "Trinity College". Search for School. Association of Independent Schools of Western Australia. Retrieved 2007-12-26.
- ^ "JSHAA Western Australia Directory of Members". Western Australia Branch. 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-27.
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ignored (help) - ^ a b c "CBC History)". General Information. Trinity College. Retrieved 2009-11-13.
- ^ "Curtis Aquatic Centre". General Information. Trinity College. Retrieved 2009-11-12.
- ^ a b c d e f "Trinity College News (2007)". General Information. Trinity College. Retrieved 2009-11-13.
- ^ a b "Telstra National CC Championships Results" (PDF). General Information. Athletics Victoria. Retrieved 2009-11-13.
- ^ a b c "World Schools Cross Country Championship Result" (PDF). General Information. School Sport Australia. Retrieved 2009-11-13.