Sacred Heart College (Adelaide)

Sacred Heart College is an independent Catholic secondary school, located in the Adelaide beachside suburb of Somerton Park, South Australia and in the suburb of Mitchell Park, in South Australia, Australia. Focused on teaching in the Marist Brothers tradition, the school enrols students from Years 10 to 12.

Sacred Heart is known for its Australian rules football teams, cultivating thorough athletes since its establishment. It has an annual Intercollegiate match against its cross-town rival, Rostrevor College, which is a notable event in the South Australian Catholic Schools sports calendar.

The school also has an annual exchange with Assumption College in Kilmore, Victoria, which entails music and performing arts performances, debating, social and several sporting competitions.



Campus
The college is situated on three grounds in the suburb of Somerton Park on Brighton Road, 13 km west of the Adelaide city centre. The campus' facilities consist of three ovals, nine tennis courts, three basketball courts, a hockey pitch and seven cricket nets.

The school has seen extensive redevelopments of its facilities. These have included the development of the Marcellin Learning Centre and the Brother Stephen Debourg Performing Arts Centre which includes music rooms and a multifunctional arts centre. Prior to 2015, the College planned to overhaul Sacred Heart College's War Memorial Oval; the redevelopments were due to conclude in 2014/15. The now completed redevelopments house classrooms, a gymnasium, change rooms and a 1000-seat assembly hall.

Central to the college is "Paringa Hall", named to recognise the Cudmore family's first largest sheep station in the Riverland. Paringa Hall has been defined as one of South Australia's most outstanding late 19th-century family homes remaining upstanding. Designed by Edmund William Wright, a previous Mayor of Adelaide and a notable architect, engineer and businessman, who is also noted for designing the Adelaide Town Hall and Parliament House, Adelaide, the building's opulence speaks of great wealth.

Located east of the campus is the Sacred Heart Memorial Chapel, opened and blessed in 1924 as a memorial to the Old Collegians who lost their lives in the First World War. The college also embodies heritage structures located throughout the college, including the century-old Score Board and Memorial Entrance.

A part of the college campus includes a technology centre and St Paul's which is currently in redevelopment.

Prior to 2017, the college had ten houses:

The college has since transitioned to a five house system:

Clergy

 * James Gleeson, Archbishop of Adelaide
 * Francis Henschke

Politicians

 * Mark Bishop, ALP senator for South Australia
 * Rob Kerin, South Australian Premier

Sportspeople

 * AFL footballers


 * Basketball
 * Corey Maynard
 * Isaac White
 * Tennis
 * Darren Cahill
 * John Fitzgerald


 * Others
 * Bart Cummings, horse trainer
 * Nick Percat, Racecar driver
 * Maddy Proud, netballer
 * David Sincock, cricketer
 * Sergio Melta, soccer player
 * Joe Gauci, soccer player
 * Noah Smith (soccer)
 * Emma de Broughe, cricketer and former hockey player
 * Jesse Moore, artistic gymnast

Miscellaneous

 * Rob Chapman, CEO of St George Bank
 * Albert James Hannan, Crown Solicitor, Catholic lay leader
 * Stephen Kenny, Lawyer best known for defending David Hicks
 * Anthony Lehmann (Lehmo), comedian, radio personality, television personality and movie actor
 * Shaun Micallef, television host and comedian
 * Neville Quist, fashion designer for 'Saville Row'
 * Robert Stigwood, entertainment entrepreneur
 * Annabel Hartlett, musician

Controversy
The college came to media attention in August 2013 when it was reported that Cory Gregson, a player within its first XVIII was not permitted to make his League debut with the Glenelg Football Club due to him being required to play in an inter-school game against Rostrevor College.