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Trinity Catholic College (Dunedin) : Records

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Reference NumberARC-0312CreatorTrinity Catholic College (Dunedin)DescriptionThis large collection relates mostly to the pre-1989 schools. It includes admission, progress and withdrawal registers, attendance records, achievement registers and other pupil records, principals' papers and other administrative papers, papers relating to sports, anniversary records and publications. There are also papers relating to the Christian Brothers' Old Boys Association and Home and School Association. Other material includes a large number of photographs, relating to classes, sports, school anniversaries and outings and school buildings, cassette tapes, and a vinyl record.
Only a small part of this collection is digitised and available through Digital Collections. Information about other items can be found on the Hākena catalogue, through the Library Catalogues link above.History / BiographyTrinity College, Dunedin, formerly named Kavanagh College, was formed through the merging of various Catholic schools.
The Christian Brothers arrived in Dunedin in 1876. That year they took over St Joseph's School, a private establishment in Tennyson Street. The school opened on 24 April 1876 with 129 pupils, under the leadership of Brother Bodkin. The school was known as St Joseph's Christian Brothers' School until 1928, when its name changed to Christian Brothers' High School. In 1964 the school separated into two parts with the Christian Brothers' Junior School remaining on the old site and St Paul's High School opening on new premises nearby, fronting Rattray Street.
In February 1871, ten Dominican nuns arrived in Dunedin to begin teaching in Roman Catholic schools. Within a few days of their arrival they established Dunedin's first Catholic high school for girls, which became known as St Dominic's College.
St Philomena's High school was opened by the Mercy Order in April 1897, with a roll of four pupils. In the early days it was commonly known as the St Philomena's Convent of Mercy High School.
In February 1976, St Philomena's and St Dominic's merged to formed Moreau College on the St Philomena's site in South Dunedin.
In 1989, Moreau College merged with St Paul's to form the co-educational Kavanagh College, on the Tennyson and Rattray Street sites. The name of the school changed to Trinity Catholic College in 2023.

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School Touring Concert Party, Christian Brothers' School

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