Sporting Houses
The 'houses' divide students of the school into four different groups which compete against each other during the college's many sport events and (in the past) other co-curricular contests such as debating, performing arts and music. The yearly sporting events include an Athletics Carnival, where students compete in many track and field events, a Swimming Carnival, where students compete in swimming races and the Easter Road Race, a race relay run at Brookvale Oval where each house has a representative from each year. The school aims to honour Augustinian heritage and history within its customs and traditions; and all houses are named after former Augustinian Bishops of Australia:
- Murray (red), named after James Murray, former Bishop of Cooktown, 1898-1914.
- Goold (blue), named after James Alipius Goold, first Bishop and Archbishop of Melbourne, 1848-188
- Crane (green), named after Martin Crane, first Bishop of Sandhurst,1874-1901.
- Reville (yellow), named after Stephen Reville, second Bishop of Sandhurst,1901- 1916.
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