Shalom Catholic College


Shalom College is an independent Catholic secondary school, located in Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia. The college was established in 1984 after the merging of the Christian Brothers' College for Boys and the Loyola College for Girls. The school's current principal is Dan McMahon. In 2023, there were 1529 students enrolled at the school, as well as approximately 240 staff members.

Campus

The main campus is set amongst of bushland off of Fitzgerald Street, Bundaberg. Shalom College welcomes students of all faiths. The school requires parents to agree to actively support its religious education program and Christian ethos. Shalom College's Chaverim campus of is located at South Bingera, south-west of Bundaberg. Students can use its facilities for camps and are offered activities such as canoeing, rock-climbing or archery. The land on which the school is built was donated by Walter Adams. Adams is buried in the Catholic cemetery, adjacent to the school grounds on Fitzgerald Street. The college house "Adams" was named for him.

Pastoral houses

The ten pastoral houses are as follows:
NameColourPatronVirtueNotes
AdamsBlueWalter AdamsGenerosityDonated the land on which the college stands
ChisholmLime greenCaroline ChisholmCompassionAssisted poor women immigrants
HoganRedJoseph HoganVisionLeader in Catholic education in Bundaberg
LingiariOrangeVincent LingiariJusticeActivist for land rights and equality for indigenous people
DamienMagentaSt Damien of MolokaiDignityPriest who ministered to a leper colony until his death in 1889
MacKillopPurpleMary MacKillopCourageFirst Australian saint and founder of the Sisters of [St Joseph of the Sacred Heart]
McAuleyForest greenCatherine McAuleyMercyFounder of the Sisters of Mercy
McCormackTealSr Irene McCormack RSJSolidarityAustralian nun who worked as a missionary in Peru until her assassination by members of Sendero Luminoso in 1991
RiceYellowEdmund RiceLiberationFounder of the Christian Brothers in Ireland
WalshMaroonPaddy WalshValourParish priest in Bundaberg and chaplain in Changi Prisoner-of-War Camp

Each house has four house leaders: traditionally two male and two female, although this is not enforced.

Sports

A range of sports and extra-curricular activities are offered. These activities include soccer, basketball, softball, netball, rugby league, rugby union, rowing, surfing and tenpin bowling. SCASA, run 4 afternoons a week with students receiving afternoon tea.

Notable alumni