Sacred Heart College (Adelaide) Explained

Sacred Heart College
Motto:	Latin: Virtus Ubique Vincit
Motto Translation:	Courage Conquers All
Country:	Australia
Slogan:	Courageous Hearts
Principal:	Daniel Lynch
Enrolment:	~1,000
Grades:	10–12^[1]
Colours:	Dark blue and light blue
Pushpin Map:	Australia South Australia
Pushpin Image:	Australia Greater Adelaide location map.svg
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Sacred Heart College is an independent Catholic secondary school, located in the Adelaide beachside suburb of Somerton Park, South Australia and in the suburb of Mitchell Park, in South Australia, Australia. Focused on teaching in the Marist Brothers tradition, the school enrols students from Years 10 to 12.

Sacred Heart is known for its Australian rules football teams, cultivating thorough athletes since its establishment. It has an annual Intercollegiate match against its cross-town rival, Rostrevor College, which is a notable event in the South Australian Catholic Schools sports calendar.

The school also has an annual exchange with Assumption College in Kilmore, Victoria, which entails music and performing arts performances, debating, social and several sporting competitions.

Campus

The college is situated on three grounds in the suburb of Somerton Park on Brighton Road, west of the Adelaide city centre. The campus' facilities consist of three ovals, nine tennis courts, three basketball courts, a hockey pitch and seven cricket nets.

The school has seen extensive redevelopments of its facilities. These have included the development of the Marcellin Learning Centre and the Brother Stephen Debourg Performing Arts Centre which includes music rooms and a multifunctional arts centre. Prior to 2015, the College planned to overhaul Sacred Heart College's War Memorial Oval; the redevelopments were due to conclude in 2014/15. The now completed redevelopments house classrooms, a gymnasium, change rooms and a 1000-seat assembly hall.

Central to the college is "Paringa Hall", named to recognise the Cudmore family's first largest sheep station in the Riverland. Paringa Hall has been defined as one of South Australia's most outstanding late 19th-century family homes remaining upstanding. Designed by Edmund William Wright, a previous Mayor of Adelaide and a notable architect, engineer and businessman, who is also noted for designing the Adelaide Town Hall and Parliament House, Adelaide, the building's opulence speaks of great wealth.^[2]

Located east of the campus is the Sacred Heart Memorial Chapel, opened and blessed in 1924 as a memorial to the Old Collegians who lost their lives in the First World War. The college also embodies heritage structures located throughout the college, including the century-old Score Board and Memorial Entrance.

A part of the college campus includes a technology centre and St Paul's which is currently in redevelopment.

Prior to 2017, the college had ten houses:

Camara	Chisholm	Franklin	Joseph	Mackillop
Marcellin	Mitchell	Newman	Polding	Teresa

The college has since transitioned to a five house system:

Chavoin

Marian

Fourviere

Chanel

Montagne

Notable alumni

Clergy

• James Gleeson, Archbishop of Adelaide^[3]
• Francis Henschke

Politicians

• Mark Bishop, ALP senator for South Australia
• Rob Kerin, South Australian Premier

Sportspeople

AFL footballers

Charlie Ballard (1999–) Gold Coast Suns 2018– Ryan Burton (1997–) Hawthorn 2016–2018 (47 Games, 5 Goals); Port Adelaide 2019– Shannon Corcoran (1971–) Footscray Football Club 1990–1994 (23 Games, 2 Goals); Brisbane Bears 1995–1996 (5 Games, 0 Goals); Sydney Swans 1997 (2 Games, 0 Goals); Total (30 Games, 2 Goals)^[4] Chad Cornes (1979–) Port Adelaide 1999–2011 (239 Games, 175 Goals); GWS Giants 2012 (16 Games, 4 Goals); Total (255 Games, 179 Goals);^[5] AFL Premiership Player 2004 Kane Cornes (1983–) Port Adelaide 2001–2015 (300 Games, 93 Goals);^[6] AFL Premiership Player 2004 Will Day (2001–) Hawthorn 2020– Nic Fosdike (1980–) Sydney Swans 1999–2008 (164 Games, 66 Goals);^[7] AFL Premiership Player 2005 James Gallagher (1979–) Adelaide Crows 2001–2004 (38 Games, 11 Goals)^[8] Cory Gregson (1996–) Geelong 2015–2018 (39 Games, 20 Goals)^[9] ^[10] Adam Hartlett (1986–) Carlton 2007–2009 (11 Games, 2 Goals)^[11] Hamish Hartlett (1990–) Port Adelaide 2009–2021 (193 Games, 77 Goals)^[12] John Hinge (1986–) Adelaide Crows 2005–2007 (1 Games, 0 Goals)^[13] Mitch Hinge (1998–) Brisbane Lions 2019–2020 (3 Games, 1 Goal); Adelaide Crows 2021– ^[14] Cameron Hitchcock (1990–) Port Adelaide 2010–2014 (35 Games, 31 Goals) Christian Howard (1991–) Port Adelaide 2011–2014 (20 Games, 3 Goals)^[15] Ben Kennedy (1994–) Collingwood 2013–2015 (25 Games, 15 Goals); Melbourne Demons 2016–2017 (15 Games, 13 Goals); Total (40 Games, 28 Goals)^[16] David King (1985–) Collingwood 2004 (9 Games, 8 Goals)^[17] Matthew Liptak (1970–) Adelaide Crows 1991–1999 (116 Games, 128 Goals)^[18] Andrew Mackie (1984–) Geelong 2004–2017 (280 Games, 100 Goals);^[19] AFL Premiership Player 2007, 2009, 2011 Corey Maynard (1991–) Melbourne Demons 2017–2019 (2 Games, 1 Goal)^[20] Luke McCabe (1976–) Hawthorn 1995–2004 (138 Games, 12 Goals)^[21] Patrick McCarthy (1992-) Carlton (1 Game, 0 Goals)^[22] Tom McNamara (1990–) Melbourne Demons 2009–2011 (4 Games, 1 Goal)^[23] Danny Meyer (1986–) Richmond 2005–2008 (17 Games, 7 Goals); Port Adelaide 2009-2011 (9 Games, 1 Goal); Total (26 Games, 8 Goals)^[24] Alex Neal-Bullen (1996–) Melbourne Demons 2015– ; AFL Premiership Player 2021 John Noble (1997–) Collingwood 2019– Matthew Pavlich (1981–) Fremantle 2000–2016 (353 Games, 700 Goals)^[25] Captain 2007–2015 Jason Porplyzia (1984–) Adelaide Crows 2006–2014 (130 Games, 181 Goals)^[26] Jack Redden James Rowe (1999–) Adelaide Crows 2021–2022 (36 Games, 27 Goals)^[27] Jared Rivers (1984–) Melbourne Demons 2003–2012 (150 Games, 18 Goal); Geelong 2013–2015 (44 Games, 0 Goals); Total (194 Games, 18 Goals)^[28] Robert Schaefer (1972-) Aaron Shattock (1980-) Nick Smith (1984-) Tony Symonds (1962-) Simon Tregenza (1971-) Jakob Ryan (2004-)

Basketball

• Corey Maynard^[29]
• Isaac White

Tennis

• Darren Cahill^[30]
• John Fitzgerald

Others

• Bart Cummings, horse trainer^[31]
• Nick Percat, Racecar driver
• Maddy Proud, netballer^[32]
• David Sincock, cricketer
• Sergio Melta, soccer player
• Joe Gauci, soccer player
• Noah Smith (soccer)
• Emma de Broughe, cricketer and former hockey player
• Jesse Moore, artistic gymnast

Miscellaneous

• Rob Chapman, CEO of St George Bank
• Albert James Hannan, Crown Solicitor, Catholic lay leader
• Stephen Kenny, Lawyer best known for defending David Hicks
• Anthony Lehmann (Lehmo), comedian, radio personality, television personality and movie actor
• Shaun Micallef, television host and comedian
• Neville Quist, fashion designer for 'Saville Row'
• Robert Stigwood, entertainment entrepreneur
• Annabel Hartlett, musician

Controversy

The college came to media attention in August 2013 when it was reported that Cory Gregson, a player within its first XVIII was not permitted to make his League debut with the Glenelg Football Club due to him being required to play in an inter-school game against Rostrevor College.^{[33] [34]}

See also

• List of schools in South Australia
• List of boarding schools in Australia

External links

• Sacred Heart College Senior website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sacred Heart College . Australian Boarding Schools' Association . 4 May 2009.
2. http://www.postcards-sa.com.au/features/paringa_host.html Keith Conlon
3. Robert . Rice . Some reflections on the contributions of Matthew Beovich and James Gleeson to the Second Vatican Council . Australasian Catholic Record . 2001 . 78 . 1 . 46–61.
4. Web site: AFL Tables - Shannon Corcoran - Stats - Statistics .
5. Web site: AFL Tables - Chad Cornes - Stats - Statistics .
6. Web site: AFL Tables - Kane Cornes - Stats - Statistics .
7. Web site: AFL Tables - Nic Fosdike - Stats - Statistics .
8. Web site: AFL Tables - James Gallagher - Stats - Statistics .
9. Web site: AFL Tables - Cory Gregson - Stats - Statistics .
10. Web site: McNicol. Adam. Final Cats side v Hawks. geelongcats.com.au. Telstra Media. 6 April 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150404054153/http://www.geelongcats.com.au/news/2015-04-04/final-cats-side-v-hawks. 4 April 2015. 4 April 2015.
11. Web site: AFL Tables - Adam Hartlett - Stats - Statistics .
12. Web site: AFL Tables - Hamish Hartlett - Stats - Statistics .
13. Web site: AFL Tables - John Hinge - Stats - Statistics .
14. Web site: AFL Tables - Mitch Hinge - Stats - Statistics .
15. Web site: AFL Tables - Christian Howard - Stats - Statistics .
16. Web site: AFL Tables - Ben Kennedy - Stats - Statistics .
17. Web site: AFL Tables - David King - Stats - Statistics .
18. Web site: AFL Tables - Matthew Liptak - Stats - Statistics .
19. Web site: AFL Tables - Andrew Mackie - Stats - Statistics .
20. Web site: AFL Tables - Corey Maynard - Stats - Statistics .
21. Web site: AFL Tables - Luke McCabe - Stats - Statistics .
22. Web site: AFL Tables - Pat McCarthy - Stats - Statistics .
23. Web site: AFL Tables - Tom McNamara - Stats - Statistics .
24. Web site: AFL Tables - Danny Meyer - Stats - Statistics .
25. Web site: AFL Tables - Matthew Pavlich - Stats - Statistics .
26. Web site: AFL Tables - Jason Porplyzia - Stats - Statistics .
27. Web site: AFL Tables - James Rowe - Stats - Statistics .
28. Web site: AFL Tables - Jared Rivers - Stats - Statistics .
29. Web site: 1 - Corey Maynard . BryantBulldogs.com . 3 May 2015.
30. Web site: The ties that bind . The Southern Cross . Catholic Archdiocese of Adelaide . 1 October 2009.
31. Web site: Goldsmith, David . Illustrious company for Sacred Heart old scholars . Guardian Messenger . 16 September 2009.
32. Web site: Blue & Blue – April 2018. www.shc.sa.edu.au. 28 April 2018. 28 November 2020.
33. News: Morgan . Kym . No Hard Feelings From Club as College Lays Claim to Star . 7 August 2013 . Guardian Messenger . 7 August 2013 . 52.
34. News: Morgan . Kym . Glenelg accepts Sacred Heart's refusal to release Cory Gregson for league debut . 25 April 2019 . The Advertiser. 6 August 2013.