Marcellin College, Bulleen

Independent, single-sex school in Bulleen, Victoria, Australia

Augustine

Champagnat

Faulkner

Kenny

Lavalla

Mannes

Marlhes

ReddenColour(s)Maroon, blue & gold SloganVirtute ad Altissima – Strive for the Highest with Virtue and CourageYearbookAd AltissimaSchool fees$12,030 (7–9)
$13,430 (10–12)AffiliationAssociated Grammar Schools of VictoriaWebsitemarcellin.vic.edu.au

Marcellin College is a Catholic secondary boys' college in Bulleen, Victoria, Australia.

The school was founded in 1950 by the Marist Brothers originally in Canterbury Road, Camberwell, Victoria. A senior school campus was opened in Bulleen for years 9 to 12 with the Canterbury campus catering for years 4 to 8. With the school population growing the Junior School in Camberwell stopped accepting students in grades 4, 5 and 6 and took only Years 7 and 8. The college consolidated its campuses in 1993 and the Junior School was closed.^[2]

The college is a member of the Associated Grammar Schools of Victoria and the Association of Marist Schools of Australia. It comes under the north eastern region of Catholic Education Melbourne.^[3]

Curriculum

Marcellin College offers its senior students the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE).

VCE results 2012-2023^[4]
Year	Rank	Median study score	Scores of 40+ (%)	Cohort size
2012	127	31	9.6	308
2013	135	31	8.6	311
2014	94	32	10.1	280
2015	128	31	8.8	295
2016	156	31	6.1	282
2017	168	30	7.5	291
2018	169	30	8.1	312
2019	138	31	7.8	316
2020	171	30	7.5	341
2021	169	30	18.5	337
2022	183	30	6.6	321
2023	121	31	9	302

Sport

Marcellin College is a member of the Associated Grammar Schools of Victoria. The college was formerly a member of the Associated Catholic Colleges from 1952 to 1963.^[5]

Marcellin is one of many schools that are "renowned" for their production of AFL players in spite of the fact that the school does not issue scholarships to students who may be talented at a particular sport.^[6]

AGSV premierships

Marcellin has won the following AGSV premierships.^[7]

Athletics (2) – 1968, 2019
Basketball (17) – 1990, 1991, 1992, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023
Cricket (9) – 1970, 1974, 1981, 1983, 1994, 2000, 2002, 2007, 2015
Cross Country (23) – 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022
Football (9) – 1977, 1983, 1984, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2015, 2016, 2017
Soccer (12) – 1990, 1992, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2021
Squash (3) – 2000, 2003, 2010
Tennis – 1999
Volleyball – 2015

Notable alumni

Entertainment, media and the arts

Stephen Curry – actor and comedian
Kaz James – solo artist & international DJ
Andrew Maher – media personality (The Front Bar)
Anthony Pappa – international DJ

Politics

Martin Dixon – Former Liberal member of Nepean, Minister for Education 2010–2014
Michael O'Brien – Liberal Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, former Victorian opposition leader.^[8]
Greg Mirabella – Former Liberal Party senator of the Australian Senate and current president of the Liberal Party of Australia (Victorian Division)^[9]

Sports

AFL

Marcus Bontempelli – AFL Western Bulldogs player^[10]
Callum Brown – AFL Collingwood player.
Gavin Brown – former AFL Collingwood captain & Premiership player.
Tyler Brown – AFL Collingwood player.
Josh Caddy – AFL Richmond Football Club player
Anthony Carafa – former AFL Fitzroy Football Club player.
Jason Castagna – AFL player Richmond Football Club
Jason Cripps – former AFL St Kilda player.
Peter Curran – former AFL Hawthorn Premiership player.
Paul Dimattina – former AFL Western Bulldogs player & restaurateur.
Michael Erwin – AFL Collingwood Football Club
Dale Fleming – former AFL Fitzroy and Hawthorn player.
Matthew Head – former AFL field umpire
Patrick Karnezis – former AFL Brisbane Lions and Collingwood player
Greg Madigan – former AFL Hawthorn and Fremantle player.
Frank Marchesani – former AFL Carlton Football Club and Fitzroy Football Club player.
Justin McInerney – AFL Sydney Swans player^[11]
Leigh Montagna – AFL St Kilda player.
Jack Newnes – AFL Carlton player
Luke Shuey – AFL West Coast Eagles player.
Brayden Sier – AFL Footballer Collingwood Football Club
Stephen Silvagni – former AFL Carlton Football Club player, Full Back of the Century.
Andrew Tranquilli – AFL Collingwood player.
David Zaharakis – AFL Essendon player.

Soccer

Mark Bresciano – Socceroo, plays also for Al-Gharafa, holds the record for highest transfer fee for an Australian player.
Daniel Mullen – Socceroos, Adelaide United, Melbourne Victory, Western Sydney Wanderers

Tennis

Pat Cash – Tennis Player (attended Marcellin College at the Camberwell Campus on Canterbury Road).
Peter McNamara – tennis player, former world No. 7.

Cricket

Michael Dimattina – Cricketer

Criminals

Alphonse Gangitano – criminal known as the "Black Prince of Lygon Street", face of the Carlton Crew, said to have started the Melbourne Gangland War with the killing of Greg Workman.

References

^ "College History". About. Marcellin College. Archived from the original on 1 September 2007. Retrieved 26 January 2008.
^ McMahon, John (December 1992), "Discerning a Direction: Marcellin College Melbourne", Educational Vision: A Marist Perspective, p. 180
^ "CECV Profile – Marcellin, Bulleen". Retrieved 30 September 2022.
^ "Trend of Marcellin College by VCE results". bettereducation.com.au. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
^ Olive, Richard (2020). "The Age of Professors" (PDF). Foundation news. p. 4.
^ Niall, Jake (23 November 2019). "How private schools have taken over the AFL". The Age. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
^ "Past Results". Associated Grammar Schools Victoria. 19 January 2021.
^ Deery, Shannon (12 June 2021). "Michael O'Brien says he's the right man to replace Daniel Andrews as Premier". Herald Sun. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
^ Harris, Rob (30 November 2021). "Greg Mirabella's unorthodox road to Canberra". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
^ "Marcus Bontempelli – westernbulldogs.com.au". www.westernbulldogs.com.au. Archived from the original on 21 July 2014.
^ "Justin McInerney". Sydney Swans. Retrieved 7 October 2022.