page_title: History of Aquinas College
section_title: Continued success
hierarchical_section_title: History of Aquinas College / Continued success
context_page_description: The history of Aquinas College is linked to the establishment of the Christian Brothers' College, Perth that was founded in 1894, located in the Perth central business district. CBC Perth was one of the first boarding schools in Western Australia. In 1937, it was decided that a more suitable location was needed to cater for boarding students, and Aquinas College, Perth opened in the following year.
  Today, Aquinas College is an independent Roman Catholic single-sex primary and secondary day and boarding school for boys, located at Salter Point, Perth, Western Australia.
context_section_description: In the years leading up to the Great War, staff and students of CBC Perth revelled in many indisputable signs of success. Four students won the Rhodes Scholarship between 1905 and 1914, the establishment of the Public Schools Sporting Association (PSSA) in 1905 added zest to interschool games in rowing, cricket, Australian Rules Football, swimming and athletics, boys began playing in red and black colours from 1905. Enduring features of private school life were inaugurated at CBC with the formation of a cadet company in 1909, prefects in 1913, and an Old Collegians Association in 1907.
  In 1906 the Brothers produced a magazine-style prospectus to advertise CBC. Details of the college life, curriculum, examination results, staff, and fees were illustrated, with views of the college, successful students and student activities. The front cover carried an idyllic view of the college, entwining the symbols of Ireland and the Empire - shamrocks, English roses, Welsh daffodils, and one Scottish thistle. The flowers hinted quiety - that CBC has a vision of Catholic education aimed at achieving a place in the sun. The college building was expanded along Victoria Avenue, the three storey additions completed in August 1911 provided a new chapel, library and two additional dormitories. CBC was a Catholic institution and much of the weight of Catholicism rested in the Chapel. The internal record of the Christian Brothers show a concern for the Catholic spirit of the college, even when it was enjoying widespread success as a social institution. The Congregational visitor, who carried out regular inspections of the Perth community as required by Canon Law, made complaints in 1914 that while the students were "good", they were not "identifiably Catholic".
caption: Alexander Juett, the first Rhodes Scholar from CBC Perth
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