After taking responsibility for St Monica's Parish Primary School in Moonee Ponds in 1896, Mother Ursula Bruton purchased the property at 139 Buckley Street to provide secondary education for the girls from St Monica's. She believed that this was needed so that young women could take their rightful place in society.
Mother Ursula was the first Principal and named the school St Columba's. Columba was an Irish saint and a great scholar, who lived in the sixth century. The College motto chosen was Fidelis et Fortis meaning “faithful and strong,” and the shield with its crown and dove reflected the Sisters of Charity's own crest and Columba (Columcille meaning dove). The first classes were held on 13 July 1897 for 47 students.
The initial educational program provided a broad and liberal education for young women and in 1900 presented its first candidates for Matriculation. The school has a proud history of excellence in education and the history books indicate that music, languages and the visual arts have always been central in the curriculum.
Saint Columba (Irish:Colm Cille, 'church dove'; 7 December 521 – 9 June 597) was an Irishabbot and missionary credited with spreading Christianity in what is today Scotland at the start of the Hiberno-Scottish mission. He founded the important abbey on Iona, which became a dominant religious and political institution in the region for centuries. He is the Patron Saint of Derry. He was highly regarded by both the Gaels of Dál Riata and the Picts, and is remembered today as a Christian saint and one of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland.
Columba reportedly studied under some of Ireland's most prominent church figures and founded several monasteries in the country. Around 563 he and his twelve companions crossed to Dunaverty near Southend, Argyll in Kintyre before settling in Iona in Scotland, then part of the Irish kingdom of Dál Riata, where they founded a new abbey as a base for spreading Christianity among the northern Pictish kingdoms who were pagan. He remained active in Irish politics, though he spent most of the remainder of his life in Scotland. Three surviving early medieval Latin hymns may be attributed to him.
Columba is a small, faint constellation created in the late sixteenth century. Its name is Latin for dove. It is located just south of Canis Major and Lepus.
History
Columba was created by Dutch astronomer Petrus Plancius in 1592 in order to differentiate the 'unformed stars' of the large constellation Canis Major. Plancius first depicted Columba on the small celestial planispheres of his large wall map of 1592. It is also shown on his smaller world map of 1594 and on early Dutch celestial globes.
Plancius originally named the constellation Columba Noachi ("Noah's Dove"), referring to the dove that gave Noah the information that the Great Flood was receding. This name is found on early 17th-century celestial globes and star atlases (such as Bayer'sUranometria of 1603). Columba may also represent the dove released by Jason and the Argonauts at the Black Sea's mouth; it helped them navigate the dangerous Symplegades.
Although the Plancius is credited with the creation of Columba, the existence of a "dove" constellation was attested to by Clement of Alexandria (c. 150-215), although it is not known whether the same group of stars was contemplated. In addition, given the mythological linkage of Columba with Jason and the Argonauts, the celestial location of Columba over Puppis, part of the larger constellation once known as Argo Navis (the ship of the Argonauts), supports an ancient derivation of this constellation, despite its notable omission by Ptolemy.
A prestigious boys school has suspended 50 year 12 students for going on a pub crawl. See more at tennews.com.au
published: 19 Oct 2012
St Columba College - Year 12 Graduation Video 2020
Thanks to all of the year 12 cohort and cover for making 2020 so memorable. May you all achieve your goals as we conquer life's challenges from here on.
Cheers, Odin
Song: Someone To You - BANNERS
Drone Footage: St Columba College
published: 31 Dec 2020
1994 Rock Eisteddfod: St Columbas College, "Michael Jackson - Mediogre"
1994 National Champion;
1994 Melbourne TV Finalist;
1994 Melbourne Premier Division Grand Final: WINNER
The media manipulation of public opinion, and the power of the gutter press to pursue a victim to the point of destroying his image, reputation and career. Through gossip, mongering and innuendo the media sideshow creates a monster.
published: 05 Sep 2014
House Singing 2016 (St Columba's College, Dublin)
The House Singing competition takes place every year at St Columba's College boarding school, Dublin at the end of the second term. Both the boys' and girls' Houses prepare short singing performances. The winning house wins a basket of chocolates.
published: 20 Mar 2016
1992 Rock Eisteddfod: St Columba's College - "Genetic Jigsaw"
1992 Melbourne Premier Division: 2nd Place
published: 08 Sep 2014
2003 Rock Eisteddfod: St Columba's College - "Cabaret Australia"
2003 Melbourne Premier Division Winner
2003 Melbourne Television Finalist
2003 National Champion!
published: 08 Sep 2014
St. Columba's College - "Deja Vu" (25th Anniversary Showcase) Rock Eisteddfod 2004
"St Columba's presents, déjà vu. A trip down memory lane - featuring three of our national winning Rock Eisteddfod performances. "Vivid Changes" which explored the clash between tradition and technology in Japan. "Mediogre", and exploration of the media's power to sway public opinion and destroy popular idols, and "Cabaret Australia", which presented the plight of asylum seekers."
published: 13 Sep 2016
St Columba's College Rock Eisteddfod 1988 The Midday Show
published: 02 Sep 2020
1988 St Columba's College Rock Eisteddfod National TV Special
published: 08 Sep 2020
St Columba's College, Stranorlar.TY1 Once upon a time in Euroland.mpg
St Columba's Transition Class tell the story of EU formation as a puppet fairy tale!
Thanks to all of the year 12 cohort and cover for making 2020 so memorable. May you all achieve your goals as we conquer life's challenges from here on.
Cheer...
Thanks to all of the year 12 cohort and cover for making 2020 so memorable. May you all achieve your goals as we conquer life's challenges from here on.
Cheers, Odin
Song: Someone To You - BANNERS
Drone Footage: St Columba College
Thanks to all of the year 12 cohort and cover for making 2020 so memorable. May you all achieve your goals as we conquer life's challenges from here on.
Cheers, Odin
Song: Someone To You - BANNERS
Drone Footage: St Columba College
1994 National Champion;
1994 Melbourne TV Finalist;
1994 Melbourne Premier Division Grand Final: WINNER
The media manipulation of public opinion, and the power...
1994 National Champion;
1994 Melbourne TV Finalist;
1994 Melbourne Premier Division Grand Final: WINNER
The media manipulation of public opinion, and the power of the gutter press to pursue a victim to the point of destroying his image, reputation and career. Through gossip, mongering and innuendo the media sideshow creates a monster.
1994 National Champion;
1994 Melbourne TV Finalist;
1994 Melbourne Premier Division Grand Final: WINNER
The media manipulation of public opinion, and the power of the gutter press to pursue a victim to the point of destroying his image, reputation and career. Through gossip, mongering and innuendo the media sideshow creates a monster.
The House Singing competition takes place every year at St Columba's College boarding school, Dublin at the end of the second term. Both the boys' and girls' H...
The House Singing competition takes place every year at St Columba's College boarding school, Dublin at the end of the second term. Both the boys' and girls' Houses prepare short singing performances. The winning house wins a basket of chocolates.
The House Singing competition takes place every year at St Columba's College boarding school, Dublin at the end of the second term. Both the boys' and girls' Houses prepare short singing performances. The winning house wins a basket of chocolates.
"St Columba's presents, déjà vu. A trip down memory lane - featuring three of our national winning Rock Eisteddfod performances. "Vivid Changes" which explored ...
"St Columba's presents, déjà vu. A trip down memory lane - featuring three of our national winning Rock Eisteddfod performances. "Vivid Changes" which explored the clash between tradition and technology in Japan. "Mediogre", and exploration of the media's power to sway public opinion and destroy popular idols, and "Cabaret Australia", which presented the plight of asylum seekers."
"St Columba's presents, déjà vu. A trip down memory lane - featuring three of our national winning Rock Eisteddfod performances. "Vivid Changes" which explored the clash between tradition and technology in Japan. "Mediogre", and exploration of the media's power to sway public opinion and destroy popular idols, and "Cabaret Australia", which presented the plight of asylum seekers."
Thanks to all of the year 12 cohort and cover for making 2020 so memorable. May you all achieve your goals as we conquer life's challenges from here on.
Cheers, Odin
Song: Someone To You - BANNERS
Drone Footage: St Columba College
1994 National Champion;
1994 Melbourne TV Finalist;
1994 Melbourne Premier Division Grand Final: WINNER
The media manipulation of public opinion, and the power of the gutter press to pursue a victim to the point of destroying his image, reputation and career. Through gossip, mongering and innuendo the media sideshow creates a monster.
The House Singing competition takes place every year at St Columba's College boarding school, Dublin at the end of the second term. Both the boys' and girls' Houses prepare short singing performances. The winning house wins a basket of chocolates.
"St Columba's presents, déjà vu. A trip down memory lane - featuring three of our national winning Rock Eisteddfod performances. "Vivid Changes" which explored the clash between tradition and technology in Japan. "Mediogre", and exploration of the media's power to sway public opinion and destroy popular idols, and "Cabaret Australia", which presented the plight of asylum seekers."