| Motto | Fortes in Fide (Latin:"Strong in Faith") |
|---|---|
| Established | 1931 |
| Type | Private Secondary Co-Educational Day and Boarding St |
| Affiliations | Missionaries of the Sacred Heart |
| Headmaster | Fr John Mulrooney |
| Founder | Oliver Frith |
| Students | ~900 |
| Grades | 8-12 |
| Location | Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia  |
| Colours | Red & Blue |
| Website | www.downlands.qld.edu.au |
Downlands College is a high school in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. A motto (from the Italian word motto, meaning witticism sentence is a phrase meant to formally describe the general motivation or intention of a social group Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Educational institutions are often categorised along several dimensions Missionaries of the Sacred Heart is a Roman Catholic Missionary order founded in 1854 by priest Jules Chevalier at Issoudun, France Toowoomba (nicknamed 'The Garden City' is a City in South East Queensland, Australia. Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern corner of the mainland continent For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. School colors are the Colors chosen by a School to represent it on uniforms and other items of identification A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages High school is the name used in some parts of the world (in particular Scotland, North America and Australia) to describe an institution Toowoomba (nicknamed 'The Garden City' is a City in South East Queensland, Australia. Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern corner of the mainland continent For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics.
Founded by the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart in 1931, the college began as a boarding school for boys with a total enrolment of 68. Missionaries of the Sacred Heart is a Roman Catholic Missionary order founded in 1854 by priest Jules Chevalier at Issoudun, France Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
The school motto is Fortes in Fide, meaning Strong in Faith.
The Downlands Badge consists of a horizontally-divided field in College colours: royal blue and cardinal red. The upper of the shield carries a gold gryphon, and the lower half bears the Maltese Cross of the State of Queensland. The griffin is a Legendary creature with the body of a Lion and the head and often wings of an Eagle. The Maltese cross or Amalfi cross is identified as the symbol of an order of Christian warriors known as the Knights Hospitaller or Knights of Malta The shield is surmounted by the heart crest with the letters SHC (Sacred Heart College) supported by rams' horns and ears of wheat, to symbolise the College's setting in the Darling Downs. Wheat ( Triticum spp is a worldwide cultivated grass from the Levant area of the Middle East. The Darling Downs is a Farming region on the western slopes of the Great Dividing Range in southern Queensland, Australia.
Downlands College is Queensland's only Catholic co-educational boarding and day school. The school has an enrolment of approximately 290 boarders from regional Queensland, interstate and overseas, including indigenous students from communites such as Kowanyama and the Tiwi Islands. This is an article about a class of people as identified and defined within Australian law Kowanyama is a town on the Gulf of Carpentaria side of Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland, Australia. The Tiwi Islands are located in Australia 's Northern Territory 80 km north of Darwin at the junction of the Arafura Sea and Timor Sea The College also provides casual boarding to its day students.
Downlands College is recognised as one of the strongest sporting schools in Queensland. Rugby union, netball, cricket, tennis, touch, softball, hockey, football, athletics and swimming are the main sports played at the College, with a large number of students taking part of organised sport throughout the year.
Downlands also has a large performing arts department, catering for all age groups. The College choirs and musical ensembles, as well as individual students, are regular participants in the Toowoomba Eisteddfod. Downlands runs an annual musical with participation across all grades. Recent musicals have included Footloose (2008), The Wiz (2007), Disco Inferno (2006) and SherWoodstock (2005). Footloose is a musical based on the 1984 movie of the same name. The Wiz is a 1975 Broadway musical, based on The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L The College also enters teams into the Queensland Debating Union, with much success. The Queensland Debating Union (QDU is an association which promotes school-level debating in Queensland, Australia.
Notable past students include Wallaby Tim Horan, motorsport driver Will Power, athlete Jackie Davies and politicians Vince Lester and Howard Hobbs. The Australian national rugby union team is the representative side of Australia in Rugby union. Tim Horan (born 18 May 1970 is a former Australian Rugby union footballer Will Power (born March 1, 1981 in Toowoomba, Queensland) is an Australian Motorsport driver who currently competes Vince Lester (b 28 July 1929) is an Australian politician He was a National Party of Australia member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly Howard William Thomas Hobbs (born 22 January 1950) is a National Party politician representing the seat of Warrego in the Queensland Legislative
Houses
Day Houses
Name/Colour
Cody/Green
Copas/Red & Black
Purcell/Purple
Hyland/Red & White
Dwyer/Yellow
Doyle/Blue
Boarding Houses
Name/Sex
Cody/Male
Copas/Male
Harris/Male
Chevalier/Female
Baker/Female
Headmasters
| Years | Principal |
|---|---|
| 1968-1980 | Br Dominic Hodal |
| 1982-1986 | Fr James Littleton |
| 1987-1991 | Fr Thong Donkey |
| 1992-1999 | Mr Anthony Sharp |
| 2000-2005 | Fr Dennis Uhr |
| 2006 - Present | Fr Brandon Bizzell |