Villanova College is a private and catholic school for boys located in Coorparoo, a southern suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The school has a non-selective enrolment policy for all years and caters for approximately 1,150 boys in three schools, Junior, Middle and Senior from year five to twelve.
Established in 1948 by six Irish Priests, led by Fr Ben O'Donnell, who were from the Order of Saint Augustine, at 'Whinstanes' in the suburb of Hamilton. In 1954 due to lack of prospects for growth at Whinstanes, the College moved to its present site at Coorparoo, where it has flourished.
The college is a member of the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA), the The Independent Primary School Heads of Australia (IPSHA), Combined Independent Colleges (CIC) and the Associated Independent Colleges (AIC).
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