# Christian Brothers College, Adelaide

Christian Brothers College (CBC) is a private Catholic school in Adelaide, South Australia. It was founded by a group of Irish Christian Brothers in 1878. It is now one of three Christian Brothers schools in the state, along with St Paul's College, Adelaide and Rostrevor College. Like the other colleges, the influence of the original Christian Brothers has waned, and it is now administered by EREA. The last brother left the school in 2007.
CBC is predominantly a secondary school, although it has a primary school campus, with a combined student population of approximately 970 (as of 2024).

## Houses

Christian Brothers College has seven houses. Each house is named after significant people and places that are connected with the story of Edmund Ignatius Rice.
Upon commencement at the college, each student is assigned to one of the six houses:
| House name | Colour | Name inspiration | Current head of house |
| Sion | Emerald green | Mount Sion | Jonty Rutai |
| Waterford | Cyan blue | Waterford | Jaycob Navarro |
| Treacy | Ochre orange | Br Patrick Ambrose Treacy | George Bryant |
| Callan | Pure white | Callan | Nicolette Roberts |
| Nagle | Golden yellow | Nano Nagle | Daniel Schoenmakers |
| Avila | Bright red | Saint Teresa of Ávila | Tom Corkery |
In the senior campus for Christian Brothers College, students can nominate to be a leader of their house.

## Notable alumni

* C.J. Dennis, poet
* Frank Walsh, 34th Premier of South Australia
* Sir Aubrey Lewis, prominent Psychiatrist, first Professor of Psychiatry at the Institute of Psychiatry, London (now part of King's College London)
* Sir Edmund Britten Jones, cricketer and Australian rules footballer. Rhodes scholar
* Dick Head (footballer), Australian rules footballer
* Sir Robert Nicholls, state politician, speaker 1933–1956.
* Sir Baden Pattinson. MP for Glenelg, 1947–1965. Minister of Education, 1953–1965
* Anthony Byrne, Member of Parliament
* John Cahill, Australian rules footballer, Australian Football Hall of Fame inductee
* Bill Denny, state MP 1900–1933
* Kevin Crease, news anchor
* Louis D'Arrigo, Adelaide United soccer player
* Roy Rene, alias of Henry van der Sluys, pioneering comedian, "Australia's Charlie Chaplin"
* David Fitzsimons, Olympic runner
* Michael Frederick, Australian rules footballer
* Joseph Peter Gardiner, Member of Parliament
* George Joseph, 69th Lord Mayor of Adelaide
* Chris Kenny, Journalist, author and television host
* Tom Leahy, Australian rules footballer
* Jack Londrigan, Australian rules footballer
* Dan Moriarty, Australian rules footballer
* Stephan Knoll, South Australia Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Local Government
* Richard Marsland, radio/television host
* Paul McGuire, diplomat
* Tony Monopoly, singer
* John Perin, soccer player
* Laurence Power, cricketer and operatic tenor
* Benedict Samuel, actor
* Xavier Samuel, actor
* Samuel Albert White, racehorse owner, soldier, explorer, conservationist and amateur ornithologist
* Paul Vasileff, founder of Paolo Sebastian
* Leonard Chamberlain, first-class cricketer and Australian rules footballer
* Frank Barry, Australian rules footballer
* Tom MacKenzie, Australian rules footballer
* Alby Bahr, Australian rules footballer
* John Madden, Tasmanian politician
* John Cahill, Australian rules footballer
* Vice Admiral Ray Griggs, senior public servant
* John Gazzola, former President of the South Australian Legislative Council
* Ben Baker, renowned portrait photographer
* Paul Vasileff, fashion designer
* Captain Samuel Albert White, ornithologist and conservationist
* Colin Egar, test cricket umpire
* Jaime Fernandez, three-time Olympic rower
* Jack Nash, cricketer and Australian rules footballer
* Mick Clingly, Australian rules footballer
* Neville Roberts, Australian rules footballer

## Controversy

In May 2014, the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sex Abuse heard that a long line of Christian Brothers accused of child sex abuse were transferred to Christian Brothers College in Adelaide from 1919 to 1969.
On 12 December 2018, a former teacher at Christian Brothers College was sentenced to at least two years in prison for having a sexual relationship with one of her students over a two-month period in 2016.