Marist College Ashgrove


Marist College Ashgrove is an independent Roman Catholic day and boarding primary and secondary school for boys, located in the northern Brisbane suburb of Ashgrove, in Queensland, Australia. The college caters for students from Year 5 to Year 12.

History

The "Tower Block" was the first and still remains the prominent building on the College campus:

Campus

The college is situated on a campus and includes such facilities as:
In 1993, the House system was established. There are eight houses at Marist College Ashgrove:
Marist College Ashgrove also offers a boarding school catering for students from grades 6 to 12. The college currently caters for nearly 200 boarders. The boarding community includes many students from the Greater Brisbane Region and South-East Queensland, along with many country students from Outback Queensland and regional Australia. International students also board from all over the Asia-Pacific region from countries and territories such as Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and Hong Kong

Crest and motto

The crest of the College was based on the design of the crest of St Joseph's College at Hunters Hill, Sydney. The four quadrants of the shield are filled with: the Marist Monogram, with its twelve stars, in the top left, the Southern Cross in the top right, the MCA logo in the bottom left and the lamp and book representing learning, in the bottom left.
The motto traditionally displayed above the crest, Viriliter Age, was adopted in 1957 and is translated from Latin.

Notable alumni