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The school caters for about 1,200 students and serveseducational year grades from middle school to senior school (grade 7 to 13)^[2]. The college also offers a grade 13 for those who wish to further their education or if further education is necessary. The college also accepts many international students from countries including Japan and Italy.^[1]

The college is distinguished by its rust coloured blazers – with the school colour scheme being gold, rust, black and white.

History

The school is steeped in history and has been around for 130 years. In the year of 1206, Dominic Guzman founded in Prouille, in southern France, a Religious Order of women to care for and instruct young women of that area. This foundation led to the establishment of many Dominican establishments including schools, universities and colleges. In 1868, seven Dominican brothers were invited by the Bishop of Adelaide to visit the South Australian city. The brothers opened a day and boarding school in Franklin Street in inner-Adelaide. The school was moved to the current location in the suburb of Cumberland Park in 1886. At the time, the southern suburbs where Cumberland Park is located, was regarded as a rural farmland area, because at the time the area was largely uninhabited and unoccupied.^[3] The school was named after the location of Cabra, the mother house of the Dominican sisters, whom they originated from in Ireland, a leading educational establishment.

The foundation for the original Cabra building (The Convent) was first laid in March 1885. By the end of the year, the northern and western wings of the main building were established. The school officially opened in February 1886, with a total of nine brothers caring for 37 boarders and 3 day girls. There were an additional 71 boys in the intermediate school and most of these lived in South Australia. The school grew to over 93 boarders and 232 day pupils in the early 1950s. In 1978, the college itself began accepting boys. In 1999, the boarding school closed after over 110 years.

A broad curriculum has been offered at the school since its inception and it has continued to offer it today. The school currently serves an equal number of male and female students with an enrolment of over 1,000 students serving mostly the southern suburbs of Adelaide.

The school has over 1,000 students with students varing from all different backgrounds.

List of Principals

House System

In 2017, the four houses of students which were previously only used for sports day, were replaced by four new houses which act somewhat independently from each other. Unlike the pre-2017 houses, the current ones cause the areas of the school to be divided via house, rather than year level. For example, the Northernmost building on the school campus (named "Aquinas" after Saint Thomas Aquinas) was previously allocated to the senior year levels for home classrooms & lockers but is now the location of the houses Moore (top level) and Murphy (ground level).

Each house is led by two key staff members known as 'house leaders' who each look after a group of students in their house for the duration of the students time at the college. Each house also has a student leadership team led by two peer elected senior house captains in year 12 who are then aided by year level house captains in each year level from year 7-11.

The four houses are all named after Nuns which initially came from Ireland to Australia to found the school. The four houses are as follows:^[4]

Boylan {{Color box|Blue||}}{{Color box|#00FFFF||}}

Named after Mother Mary Columba Boylan, OP. who was sent down to South Australia in 1875 to assist with the troubles the sisters were facing after the death of Teresa Moore. She took charge of the boarding school and planned to make a complete college which was finished in 1886. The house colours for Boylan are dark blue and light blue; double blues.

Kavanagh {{Color box|Green||}}{{Color box|Gold||}}

Named after Mother Mary Catherine Kavanagh, OP. who took charge of Cabra after the death of Columba Boylan. She considered herself Dominican at Heart, as did most of the other sisters. This was another contribution as to why she was considered a good leader. The house colours for Kavanagh are green and gold.

Moore {{Color box|Red||}}{{Color box|White||}}

Named after Mother Mary Teresa Moore, OP. who led the initial group of founding sisters of the college in 1868. As the first Prioress of St. Mary's Franklin Street, she conditioned the building of a small girl's boarding school. The house colours for Moore are red and white.

Murphy {{Color box|Purple||}}{{Color box|Orange||}}

Named after Mother Mary Catherine Murphy, OP. who was the assistant of Teresa Moore. She was a vital contribution to the sisters overcoming hardships faced after the excommunication of Saint Mary of the Cross MacKillop in 1871. The house colours for Murphy are purple and orange.

Veritas Magazine

Since the establishment of the College, the Veritas Magazine has been printed annually and distributed to staff, families, and old scholars at the end of every year. Veritas captures a snapshot of the College for that year incorporating contributions from staff and students.

St. Mary's Unit

The St Mary’s Unit was established at Cabra Dominican College in 1981. In its thirty plus years, the St Mary’s Unit has brought many meaningful teaching and learning experiences for the students. The St Mary’s Unit students enrich the Cabra Dominican College community with their enthusiasm, passion and talents.

The unit provides specialised life education curriculum programs for students with diagnosed intellectual disabilities. Below is an outline of the curriculum focus. Please note that the enrolment process and selection criteria is the same for the St Mary's Unit, as that of the College.

Events

Masses

Sports Day

Since 2017, when the new house structure was implemented, Sports Day teams have been based on the four houses.

A range of different athletic events are available for students to participate in, as well as other events including Netball, Volleyball, Basketball, and Indoor Soccer.

Students do not have to wear the typical uniform on Sports Day, but instead are encourage to wear the colours of their house.

Big Screen on the Green

Intercollege Sports (Intercol)

St. Dominic's Day

A yearly celebration of St. Dominic's feast day including a whole school mass and a school talent quest.

House Celebrates Nights

School Song

The School Song for Cabra Dominican College is titled The Good, The Beautiful, and The True. It was written by now Old Scholars, Katia Labozzetta and Sarah Croser in the early 2000s. Previously, the College used The Hymn to St Dominic 'Sound the Mighty Dominic's Praises as the school song. The Hymn is still often used in conjunction with the current school song. The first verse or so of The Good, The Beautiful, and The True is also used as an anthem to claim victory in sporting events that the College participates in.^[5]

Buildings

The Convent

The largest building on the college grounds is the original convent that was built in 1885. A large proportion of the ground level houses the college admin staff, including the college principal. The home economics kitchen and classroom are also located within the ground level as is the college boardroom.

St. Catherine's Wing

Opened in 2017, the newly developed St. Catherine's Wing saw the old music rooms become 4 multipurpose classrooms split across the upper two levels of the convent. The St. Catherine's Wing is home to Kavanagh house.

St. Bridget's Wing

The eastern side of convent houses the St. Bridget's wing which includes a multitude of various music rooms and facilities.

Aquinas

The Aquinas building is a two story building located at the front of the college. The ground floor of the building has various science laboratories including specialised facilities for chemistry, physics, and biology. The ground level is also home of Murphy House. On the second level of the Aquinas building, some 15 multipurpose classrooms are located and this is the home of Moore House.

Aquinas Theatre

Originally a science laboratory, Aquinas Theatre is now one of three dedicated dance and drama spaces that the college offers. At times it os often used to hold year level or house assemblies.

Notre Dame

The Notre Dame cluster of buildings comprises the staff room, various staff offices, and the General Science Lab which is mainly used for primary students.

O'Mara

Redeveloped in 2017 to accommodate a new library at the college, O'Mara is made up of 10 classrooms, one of which is a general science lab. O'Mara is home to Boylan House.

Monica Farrelly Atrium

The permament location of the Monica Farrelly Library, the Atrium is home to IT and a Library housing some 10,000 books, audio books and DVD's.

St Mary's Unit and The Learning Centre

St. Dominics Classrooms

The St. Dominics Classrooms hold claim to multiple general use homeclasses and a media centre used for computing and filming for Drama classes.

Fra Angelico Arts Centre

Opened in 1997, the Centre houses 5 classrooms used for art, woodworking and metal working and acts as a general creative area, often used for construction of decorations around the college.

Caleruega Hall

Opened in the late 70's and early 80's, Caleruega Hall acted as the Gym and an area used to perform liturgies. The Hall was demolished in late 2018 as part of a renovation of the school's facilities which included the opening of the new Music Centre opposite of the Convent. The new Caleruega Hall is expected to open in 2020.

St. Dominic's Hall

St. Dominic's Hall acts as a multipurpose auditorium, used for lessons and planned to be the area for future Musicals. SDH has welcomed performers to the school since 2017, some of which also perform at the Adelaide Fringe.

Student Services

Logo

The Coat of Arms of Cabra Dominican College (incorrectly referred to as the College Crest) has changed once or twice since the school's foundation in 1886. The design of the Escutcheon (shield) in the logo is based off the arms of the Dominican Order. The shield is divided evenly into eight gyrons, alternating sable and argent. These colours, more commonly called black and white, are the armourial colours of the Guzmán family, Guzmán being the family name of Saint Dominic, the founder of the Dominican Order. The black and white Cross in the centre of the shield was worn by the knights of the Order of Calatrava, a family of which St Dominic's mother was of. At each end of the cross is a stylised fleur-de-lis, called a 'Flowering of the Cross', which represents purity. The symbol above the shield (the crest) is a Five-pointed star, which is placed in memory of the star seen on St Dominic's forehead during his baptism. The motto below the shield is Latin text reading Veritas, which literally translates to 'Truth'. This is in reference to the role of a Dominican, which is to preach the Truth of God.^[4]

Popular Culture

Many of the indoor scenes for Boys in The Trees^[6] (2016) were filmed at the College.

Notable alumni