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Damascus College | |
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Address | |
1412 Geelong Road, Mount Clear , , 3350 | |
Coordinates | 37°36′42″S 143°52′7″E / 37.61167°S 143.86861°E |
Information | |
Type | Independent, co-educational, day school |
Motto | Latin: Luce Christi Vivere (To live by the light of Christ) |
Denomination | Roman Catholic, Sisters of Mercy |
Established | 1881 (Sacred Heart) 1948 (St Paul's) 1968 (St Martin's in the Pines) 1995 (Amalgamation) |
School board | Berenice Kerr RSM and Kevin Maloney[1] |
School number | 265[2] |
Principal | Steven Mifsud[1] |
Staff | 129[3] |
Teaching staff | 86[3] |
Years offered | 7–12 |
Gender | Co-educational |
Enrolment | 1102 |
Colour(s) | Gold, navy blue and maroon |
VCE average | 28 |
Affiliation | Ballarat Associated Schools |
Website | http://www.damascus.vic.edu.au/ |
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.Damascus College is Ballarat’s only Catholic co-educational secondary college. It was established in 1995 after three separate Catholic colleges, St Martin's in the Pines, Sacred Heart College and St Paul's College amalgamated. The college is located on a treed 20 hectare campus in Mount Clear, 7 km from Ballarat's central business district. Damascus College is a day school for secondary students in years 7 to 12.