Saint Ignatius' College, Riverview

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Saint Ignatius' College Riverview
Main building, St Ignatius' College
Location
Riverview, Lower North Shore Sydney Australia
Coordinates	33°49′29″S 151°09′44″E / 33.82472°S 151.16222°E / -33.82472; 151.16222
Information
Type	Independent, day and boarding school
Motto	Latin: Quantum Potes Tantum Aude English: "As much as you can do, so much dare to do" [1]
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholic (Jesuit)
Patron saint(s)	Saint Ignatius of Loyola
Established	1880; 144 years ago (1880)
Founder	Joseph Dalton, SJ
Educational authority	New South Wales Department of Education
Rector	Tom Renshaw, SJ
Principal	Paul Hine (Mr Mark Tannock as of 2025)
Chaplain	Joseph Dooley SJ
Staff	~179[2]
Years	5–12
Gender	Male
Enrolment	~1,560[2] (2006)
Campus type	Suburban
Colour(s)	Royal blue and white
Affiliations	Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia Junior School Heads Association of Australia Australian Boarding Schools' Association Athletic Association of the Great Public Schools of New South Wales Jesuit and Companion Schools in Australia
Alumni	Old Ignatians
Website	www.riverview.nsw.edu.au

Saint Ignatius' College Riverview is an Australian independent single-sex primary and secondary day and boarding school for boys located in Riverview, a small suburb on the Lane Cove River on the Lower North Shore of Sydney.

Established in 1880 by Joseph Dalton SJ,^[3] Saint Ignatius' is a Jesuit school in the tradition of Saint Ignatius of Loyola. It is part of the international network of Jesuit schools that began in Messina, Sicily in 1548. Saint Ignatius' College has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently caters for approximately 1,560 students from Years 5 to 12, including 335 boarders in Years 6 to 12.

The College is a member of the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA),^[4] the Junior School Heads Association of Australia (JSHAA),^[5] the Australian Boarding Schools' Association,^[6] and is a founding member of the Athletic Association of the Great Public Schools of New South Wales (AAGPS).^[7]

Numerous leading contributors to Australian politics, arts, law, religion and sport were educated at Riverview. Notable alumni include former Prime Minister of Australia Tony Abbott; former Deputy Prime Minister of Australia Barnaby Joyce; the current Chief Justice of New South Wales, Tom Bathurst; the current Archbishop of Sydney, Anthony Fisher OP; former Premier of New South Wales Nick Greiner; seventeen former Wallabies,^[8] nine Olympians and eight Rhodes Scholars; as well as the first Australian-born astronaut, Paul Scully-Power, and numerous writers including poet Christopher Brennan, art critic Robert Hughes, and playwright Nick Enright.