Marist College Ashgrove

Marist College Ashgrove is a Roman Catholic day and boarding school for boys, located in Ashgrove, a northern suburb of Brisbane, Australia. The college has a primary school for students in grades 5 to 6, and a high school for students in grades 7 to 12.HistoryThe "Tower Block" was the first and still remains the prominent building on the College campus:A Castle in the WoodsShortly afterwards another building dominated the district. It was St. Jude's Seminary, where the Mission of the Most Holy Eucharist was established in 1929-30. On the 40-acre estate of the late Dr. Taylor, next to Glenlyon, on the first slopes leading to the heavily timbered mountains that provide a scenic background for Ashgrove and Enoggera, a monastery that might have been built in the storied era of mediaeval times was set down in Australian bush surroundings. Such is the architect's art that St. Jude's, where missionaries are trained for the Philippines, toned into its surroundings, and provided a spiritual atmosphere for a modern suburb. This 'beautiful building, semi Gothic in inspiration, is approached by a bridge that might have spanned the moat of some warring baron's castle instead of the gentle meandering Enoggera Creek. The bridge alone cost more than £1000. St. Jude's, old in spirit but young in structure, communicates its dignity and modernity to the new suburb where hundreds of new houses have sprung up.CampusThe college is situated on a 26 hectare campus and includes such facilities as: McMahon Oval – used for both Rugby Union and Cricket – featuring the John Eales Grandstand and Matthew Hayden scoreboard 8 cricket / rugby union / soccer ovals containing: 2 multi-purpose courts basketball/tennis Long Jump/Triple Jump training track Shotput/Discus/Javelin stations Gymnasium – capacity for 2 indoor basketball courts/8 badminton courts 2 outdoor basketball courts Weights room Matthew Hayden cricket training complex Olympic sized heated swimming pool with grandstand A Performing and Visual Arts center which houses a 340-seat theatre. Three distinct houses that contain the five boarding residences. Hall of Fame