St Laurence's College

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Saint Laurence's College

Facere Et Docere "To Do And To Teach"
Established	1915
School type	Independent
Principal/ Headmaster	Mr. Ian McDonald
Location	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Campus	South Brisbane
Enrolment	Approx. 1400
School colours	Black and Gold
Homepage	www.slc.qld.edu.au

St Laurence's College (also known as Lauries) is a Catholic all boys secondary school located in South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, near Mater Hospital campus. The college is part of the Archdiocese of Brisbane and is a member of the Associated Independent Colleges of the Greater Brisbane region. Other colleges in this region include Marist College Ashgrove, Iona College, Padua College, Villanova College and others.

St Laurence’s College is conducted in the tradition of Edmund Ignatius Rice. The school accepts students from Year 5 to Year 12, drawing from a wide area of Brisbane. The total enrolment of the school is approximately 1375.

1 Facilities
2 Notable alumni
3 External links
4 References

The college has science and computer laboratories, primary and Secondary libraries, specialist rooms for music, art, drama, graphics, film and television and technology, multimedia and hospitality, 25 metre-8 lane Pool, theatre, chapel and an assembly hall.

St Laurence's has playing fields at Runcorn easily accessible to the railway station including eight fields, change rooms and a function centre.

St Laurence's outdoor education camp centre is located on 50 hectares on the western bank of Lake Moogerah. A dining hall, modern kitchen, ablution and dormitories can accommodate up to 900 students. with facilities including high and low ropes, canoeing, hiking, mountain biking and more.

Rugby Union

Brendan Cannon - Western Force, Wallabies 2001-2007
Mark Connors - Wallabies 1997-2002
Dan Crowley - Wallabies 1989-1999
Neil Betts - Wallabies 1949-1951
Kev Cottrell - Wallabies 1949-1952 (Also captained the side.)
Laurie Lawrence -Wallabies 1964 (Famed National Swim coach.)¹
Bill McLean - Wallabies 1947-48⁷
Jack McLean - Wallabies 1946 Tourist to New Zealand⁷
Tyron Mandrusiak - Australian 7's Rugby 1998
Karel Bos - Australian 7's Rugby 2003
John Mulvihill -Attack Coach for the Western Force
Peter O'Meara- CEO Western Force
Barry Leask- International Rugby Referee⁵
Paul Marks- International Rugby Referee
Paul Gair- Founding Member of the QLD Junior Rugby Referees Association⁹

Rugby League

Bill Tyquin - Kangaroos Vice Captain & Captain (two tests) 1948-1949
Tom Tyquin - Kangaroos 1956-1957
Cooper Cronk - Melbourne Storm, Kangaroos 2007 (Also 2006 NRL Dally M "Half Back of the Year" Winner and 2007 Second sexiest man in Australian rugby league)⁴
William Zillman - Canberra Raiders

Tennis

Ken Fletcher - Winner of 37 international singles titles. Winner of 10 grand slam mixed doubles titles and 2 grand slam mens doubles titles.³

Other Sportsmen;

Mark Stockwell - Swimming - Member of the Green Machine²
John Anderson - 1972/1976 Olympics - Sailing
Tom Anderson - 1972 Olympics - Sailing
Brian Harvey - 1996/2000 Paralympics - Javelin - Medal of the Order of Australia
Joshua Slack - 2000/2004 Olympics - Beach Volleyball
Damon Kelly - 2006 Commonwealth Games - Weightlifting (Silver Medalist)
Andrew Mewing - 2006 Commonwealth Games - Swimming
Elliott Shriane - 2006 Winter Olympics Short Track Speed Skating
Peter Bateman - Australian Karate Representative
Noel Dempsey - 1934 Empire Games Representative
Pat Carroll - Long distance runner - Represented Australia 18 times
John Rigby - 1964 Australian Surf Lifesaving Representative
Ashley Mahoney - 1998 World Surf Lifesaving Championships Representative
Cameron Frazer - 2001-2007 Chelmer Touch Football Club (2003 MVP)
Drew Musch - 2006 Commonwealth Games - Equestrian Team