# Edmund Rice Education Australia

Edmund Rice Education Australia (EREA) is an organisation established by the Congregation of Christian Brothers in Australia to own, govern, manage, and conduct education ministries in the Catholic tradition and in the charism of Blessed Edmund Ignatius Rice. As of 2021, EREA included 55 member schools.
EREA was established on 1 October 2007 when the Christian Brothers decided to amalgamate separate Christian Brothers provinces in Australia, New Zealand, and Papua New Guinea to form an Oceania Province that was solely focused on the social justice mission of the Christian Brothers. The Christian Brothers' National Planning Committee for Schools Governance decided to form a separate body, Edmund Rice Education Australia, with the intention of independently implementing the educational mission of the Christian Brothers.

## Governance
### Council

Comprising five people, the Council is the body ultimately responsible for the governance of EREA. In civil law, the Council constitutes the Trustees of Edmund Rice Education Australia.

### Board

Comprising eight people, the Board is appointed by the EREA Council.

## Educational institutions
### Australia

The national office for EREA is located in Richmond, Victoria. Member schools agree to the Charter for Catholic Schools in the Edmund Rice tradition which was first used in 2004 and revised in 2011 to include four primary Touchstones. As of 2021, EREA included 55 schools, 4,500 staff, and over 39,000 students. In addition, in 2016 EREA established the Flexible Schools Networks, a network of 22 educational institutions across Australia that provide inclusive and non-discriminating learning opportunities.
| State/Territory | Schools | Flexible Learning Centres |
| Australian Capital Territory | St Edmund's College, Canberra | |
| New South Wales | Christian Brothers' High School, Lewisham Edmund Rice College, Wollongong St Dominic's College, Penrith St Edmund's College, Wahroonga St Edward's College, Gosford St Gabriel's School, Castle Hill St Patrick's College, Strathfield St Pius X College, Chatswood Waverley College, Waverley | Pambula Beach St Laurence (Newcastle) St Marys Wollongong |
| Northern Territory | | Oscar Romero (St Joseph's), Alice Springs |
| Queensland | Ambrose Treacy College, Indooroopilly Ignatius Park College, Townsville Indooroopilly Montessori Children's House St Brendan's College, Yeppoon St Edmund's College, Ipswich St James College, Brisbane St Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace St Joseph's Nudgee College, Boondall St Laurence's College, South Brisbane St Patrick's College, Shorncliffe | Marlene Moore, Deception Bay Marlene Moore, Gympie Marlene Moore, Hemmant Marlene Moore, Noosa Wollemi, Albert Park Wollemi, Mount Isa Wollemi, Rockhampton Wollemi, Southport Xavier, Brisbane Xavier, Inala (Brisbane) Xavier, Ipswich Xavier, Townsville, Bowen, Burdekin |
| South Australia | Christian Brothers College, Adelaide Rostrevor College, Woodforde St Paul's College, Gilles Plains | Oscar Romero, Adelaide Oscar Romero, Elizabeth |
| Tasmania | St Virgil's College, Hobart | Nano Nagle (St Francis), Hobart |
| Victoria | Parade College (Bundoora and Preston) St Bernard's College, Essendon St Joseph's College, Geelong St Kevin's College, Toorak St Mary's College, East St Kilda St Patrick's College, Ballarat | Nano Nagle (St Joseph's), Melbourne and Geelong |
| Western Australia | Aquinas College, Salter Point Christian Brothers’ College, Fremantle Edmund Rice College, Bindoon Trinity College, East Perth | Oscar Romero (Geraldton and Carnarvon) |

### New Zealand

Although not controlled by EREA, there are several partner schools united within the tradition of Edmund Rice:
* Trinity Catholic College, Dunedin
* Liston College, Waitakere
* St Kevin's College, Omaru
* St Peter's College, Auckland
* St Thomas of Canterbury College, Christchurch

### Papua New Guinea

* Fatima College, Banz, Western Highlands Province
* St Francis Xavier Post Primary School, Bundralis, Manus Province