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| Downlands Sacred Heart College | |
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 Ruthven Street entrance, 2014 | |
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| Coordinates | 27°32′07″S 151°57′27″E / 27.53528°S 151.95750°E |
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| Type | Private, secondary, day & boarding |
| Motto | Latin: Fortes in Fide (Strong in Faith) |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Established | 1931 |
| Founder | Jules Chevalier (founder of the MSC) |
| Principal | Stephen Koch |
| Grades | 4–12 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Enrolment | ~900 |
| Colour(s) | Royal blue and cardinal red |
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| Website | www.downlands.qld.edu.au |
Downlands College, officially named Downlands Sacred Heart College, is a private, Primary school, secondary, coeducational, day and boarding school at Harlaxton in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Founded by the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart in 1931,[1] the college began as a boarding school for boys with a total enrolment of 68.
Downlands is Queensland's only Catholic, coeducational, day and boarding school years prep-12. The school offers boarding for both boys and girls and demand for co-educational boarding is high as it allows families and siblings to remain together. The school has an enrolment of approximately 290 boarders from regional Queensland, interstate and overseas, including indigenous students from communities such as Kowanyama and the Tiwi Islands. The school also provides casual boarding to its day students. Downlands College is one of the biggest boarding schools in Queensland.[citation needed]
- ^ "Downlands College Toowoomba – Welcome". Archived from the original on 11 September 2009. Retrieved 19 September 2009.