# Cannon Hill Anglican College

Cannon Hill Anglican College (commonly known as CHAC) is an independent Anglican co-educational day school in the suburb of Cannon Hill, Brisbane, located in the state of Queensland, Australia.

## History

The College, originally called Cannon Hill College, opened in 1989 with seventy-nine students and three buildings. In 1994, it became an Anglican school in the Diocese of Brisbane, changing its name to Cannon Hill Anglican College to reflect this. The school has had five principals: Rod Wells, the College founder; Suzanne Bain; Greg Wain; Robyn Bell; and Gary O'Brien, who currently holds the role. Currently, the school caters for Prep to Year 12, with upwards of approximately 1,000 students, and is a co-educational school. From 30 March until 22 May, full-scale operations were interrupted due to the coronavirus pandemic and under advice from the Queensland Government. Regular schooling was resumed on 25 May, after a slow reintroduction of senior students back to the college.

## Facilities

The College has a number of modern facilities, including an 1,100-seat auditorium, a design and technology workshop, a product design studio, a graphic design studio, and a research centre. A new science facility has also been constructed on the west side of the school. Its sporting facilities support basketball, cricket, hockey, netball, rugby, football (soccer), touch football, tennis, athletics, and volleyball.
Most noteworthy of the College's facilities are its integrated arts facility, which incorporates a visual arts wing and lecture theatre; a music centre with sound-proof teaching studios (including the professional recording studio Ghostgum Audio); an orchestral recording studio; and dedicated drama studios.

## Houses

CHAC's houses are all named after islands in Moreton Bay. Initially, there were only four houses: Moreton, Peel, Saint Helena and Stradbroke. In 2001, two new houses, Macleay and Russell, were added.
Each of the houses have had official mascots, chosen from animals, groups, characters or civilisations beginning with the first letter of their names; the houses were thus dubbed 'Peel Pirates,' 'Saint Helena Spartans,' 'Macleay Magpies,' 'Stradbroke Superheroes,' 'Russell Raiders,' and 'Moreton Manta Rays.' Then, in late 2024, as part of their legacy gift to the college, the year 12 graduates changed some of the houses' mascots to better represent Oceanian wildlife: Peel became the 'Peel Pelicans;' Saint Helena, the 'Saint Helena Snakes;' Stradbroke, the 'Stradbroke Sharks;' and Russell, the 'Russell Roos' (short for kangaroos). Matching artwork was similarly designed for each house, in collaboration with Indigenous artist Ambrose Killian.
| House | Colour | Mascot |
| Moreton | Yellow | Manta Ray |
| Peel | Blue | Pelican |
| Saint Helena | Green | Snake |
| Stradbroke | Red | Shark |
| Macleay | Black & White | Magpie |
| Russell | Orange | Kangaroo |

## Notable alumni

* Seja Vogel, graduated 1998, keyboardist for Sekiden and Regurgitator
* Matt McGuire, graduated 2010, drummer for The Chainsmokers
* Rachael Watson, graduated 2009, 2x Australian Paralympic gold medallist and Paralympic 50 metre freestyle S4 world record holder