Christian Brothers College, Adelaide
CBC is predominantly a secondary school, although it has a primary school campus, with a combined student population of approximately 970 (as of 2024).
Houses
Christian Brothers College has six houses. Each house is named after significant people and places that are connected with the story of Edmund Ignatius Rice.
Upon commencement at the college, each student is assigned to one of the six houses:
| House name | Colour | Name inspiration | Current head of house |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sion | Emerald green | Mount Sion | Jonty Rutai |
| Waterford | Cyan blue | Waterford | Jaycob Navarro |
| Treacy | Ochre orange | Br Patrick Ambrose Treacy | George Bryant |
| Callan | Pure white | Callan | Nicolette Roberts |
| Nagle | Golden yellow | Nano Nagle | Daniel Schoenmakers |
| Avila | Bright red | Saint Teresa of Ávila | Riley Atkinson |
In the senior campus for Christian Brothers College, students can nominate to be a leader of their house.
Notable alumni
- C.J. Dennis, poet
- Frank Walsh, 34th Premier of South Australia
- Sir Aubrey Lewis, prominent Psychiatrist, first Professor of Psychiatry at the Institute of Psychiatry, London (now part of King's College London)
- Sir Edmund Britten Jones, cricketer and Australian rules footballer. Rhodes scholar
- Sir Robert Nicholls, state politician, speaker 1933–1956.
- Sir Baden Pattinson. MP for Glenelg, 1947–1965. Minister of Education, 1953–1965
- Anthony Byrne, Member of Parliament
- John Cahill, Australian rules footballer, Australian Football Hall of Fame inductee
- Bill Denny, state MP 1900–1933
- Kevin Crease, news anchor
- Louis D'Arrigo, Adelaide United soccer player
- Roy Rene, alias of Henry van der Sluys, pioneering comedian, "Australia's Charlie Chaplin"
- David Fitzsimons, Olympic runner
- Michael Frederick, Australian rules footballer
- Joseph Peter Gardiner, Member of Parliament
- George Joseph, 69th Lord Mayor of Adelaide
- Chris Kenny, Journalist, author and television host
- Tom Leahy, Australian rules footballer
- Jack Londrigan, Australian rules footballer
- Dan Moriarty, Australian rules footballer
- Stephan Knoll, South Australia Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Local Government
- Richard Marsland, radio/television host
- Paul McGuire, diplomat
- Tony Monopoly, singer
- John Perin, soccer player
- Laurence Power, cricketer and operatic tenor
- Benedict Samuel, actor
- Xavier Samuel, actor
- Samuel Albert White, racehorse owner, soldier, explorer, conservationist and amateur ornithologist
- Paul Vasileff, founder of Paolo Sebastian
- Leonard Chamberlain, first-class cricketer and Australian rules footballer
- Frank Barry, Australian rules footballer
- Tom MacKenzie, Australian rules footballer
- Alby Bahr, Australian rules footballer
- John Madden, Tasmanian politician
- John Cahill, Australian rules footballer
Controversy
In May 2014, the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sex Abuse heard that a long line of Christian Brothers accused of child sex abuse were transferred to Christian Brothers College in Adelaide from 1919 to 1969.
On 12 December 2018, a former teacher at Christian Brothers College was sentenced to at least two years in prison for having a sexual relationship with one of her students over a two-month period in 2016.