Clairvaux Mackillop College

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Clairvaux Mackillop College is a secondary school located in Upper Mt. Gravatt on the south side of Brisbane, Australia. Two colleges on adjoining land merged to form CMC in 1984. The full integration occurred in 1988 with the first co-educational year 8. Of the original colleges, Clairvaux had been founded by the Christian Brothers in 1966 as an all-boys school while Mackillop College, a girls' school, moved to the site in 1971, having been previously located in nearby Holland Park.

With a student body of 1,200, it is the largest Catholic Education school facility in Queensland. In being a co-ed school it prides itself in its diversity. It houses the Edmund Rice Centre, which is used for the education of learning impaired students.

Like the two foundation colleges, Clairvaux MacKillop College has a strong academic, sporting and pastoral care base. Clairvaux Mackillop has had a strong history of participation in sport especially Rugby League.

The house system was expanded in 1995 and the six houses participate in fund raising for selected charities, vie in friendly rivalry for sporting and academic points while coming together as a united college for interschool events.

The students are divided up into the following 6 houses:

Aspinall (Orange): Named after Father Kevin Aspinall, PP.
Campbell (Yellow): Named after Sister Margaret Mary Campbell, first principal of Mackillop. (formally O'Donnell)
Chisholm (Green): Named after Caroline Chisholm. (formally Penola)
MacKillop (Red): Named after Mary MacKillop. (formally Duhig)
Rice (Blue): Named after Edmund Rice.
Surawski (Purple): Named after Brother Surawski, the first principal of Clairvaux.

[edit] Notable former students

Brisbane neurosurgeon Scott Campbell (neurosurgeon), who separated twins Tay-lah and Monique Armstrong in Brisbane in October 2000.
Darren Smith, played for the Kangaroos or the Australian national rugby league team and the Brisbane Broncos.
Peter Power, PhD a researcher in meningitis and Research Fellow at Oxford University is a graduate of the class of 1992.
David Catterall, responsible for the "You'll Never Never Know" tourist campaign for the Northern Territory. Class of 1980.
Terry Hansen, comedian and radio DJ.
Peter and Mark Coyne, Rugby League.