St Patrick's Marist College

St Patrick's Marist College Dundas is a Roman Catholic, co-educational high school, located in Dundas, an Inner Northwest suburb of Sydney, Australia.St Patrick's was founded by the Marist Brothers as a primary school catering for boys on Harrington Street in The Rocks in 1872, leaving it with the distinction of being the oldest school in Australia under the charge of the teaching Brothers, and marking the college as Australia's first Marist school. It is too one of the nation's oldest Catholic Secondary Schools. The college moved to its current site in 1962, and today caters for approximately 1000 students from Years 7 to 12.The college is a member of the Association of Marist Schools of Australia, and the Metropolitan Catholic Schools.HistoryEarly days at Harrington StreetArriving in Sydney on 26 February 1872, the Marist Brothers, led by Brother Ludovic, the founder of the Marist Brothers Province in Australia, established a parish school at St Patrick's, Church Hill. The first St Patrick's was a double storied building in Harrington Street, The Rocks which previously had been St Philip's Anglican School. On 8 April 1872, one hundred and thirty primary boys were enrolled in this first Marist school in Australia. St Patrick's has "the distinction of being the oldest school in Australia under the charge of teaching Brothers". By 1875, Brother Ludovic was also able to open a High School at St Patrick's. This was to be the first popular High School for day boys in NSW since the only secondary schools available at the time were boarding schools. Over the years, St Patrick's, Church Hill served as a Primary School, High School, Intermediate School, Business College and Evening College.