Delany College is an

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secondary

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, located in Granville, a

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suburb of

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, Australia; in the tradition of the

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. Founded in 1942 as the Patrician Brothers' High School, the College is administratively overseen by the Catholic Education Office of the Diocese of Parramatta. Delany College has enrolment of approximately 550 students from

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. Students are drawn from a number of local catholic schools including Holy Trinity Primary, Granville; Holy Family Primary, Granville East; St Patrick's Primary,

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and St Margaret Mary's Primary,

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History

Delany College was established in 1942 as Patrician Brothers' High School, a Catholic, all-boys school catering for students in Years 5 to 10. Patrician Brothers' High School became a Years 7 to 12, co-educational college in 1997, reformed by Quentin Evans, in order to meet the changing needs of the local community. The school was later renamed "Delany College" after the Patrician Brothers' founder,

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Daniel Delany Daniel Delany DD (February 1747, in Paddock, Mountrath, Laois, Ireland – 9 July 1814, in Tullow, County Carlow) was the Roman Catholic Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin. Educated at the Irish College in Paris, he taught at thEnglish Boys Coll ...

. In 1996 Evans founded the Catholic Terra Sancta College.

Notable alumni

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– an

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, motivational speaker, and former Australian politician, who served as a Member of the House of Representatives ( Lib.) from 2001 to 2010, representing

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, New South Wales * Kim Yeadon – a former

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who served as a member of the

Legislative Assembly ( ALP) from 1990 to 2007; former NSW Minister for Energy 1999–2003

References

External links

Delany College website
{{Patrician Brothers schools, state=collapsed Patrician Brothers schools Roman Catholic Diocese of Parramatta Catholic secondary schools in Sydney 1942 establishments in Australia

History

Notable alumni

See also

References

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