Christian Brothers opened CBC Perth on 31 January 1894. CBC Perth was built on the corner of St Georges Terrace and Victoria Avenue in Perth. The College was also commonly called CBC Terrace.[c] CBC Perth was the first Christian Brothers school as well as the second oldest high school and the second oldest boarding school in Western Australia.
The Brothers were invited to the colony by Bishop Matthew Gibney who knew of the work of the Brothers in Ireland, England, and in the eastern colonies of Australia.
At first, CBC Perth [c] was a day school. However, due to the rapid population growth in Western Australia during the gold rush, the Christian Brothers were pressured to allow boarders to live in makeshift conditions at the College. The first boarding students were enrolled in June 1896. Accommodation at the site was very limited and overcrowded. In 1917, Brother Paul Nunan, headmaster of the College, set-about acquiring a larger property away from the city centre in order to reside the whole school on a much …
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SAT EBRW 25%
490
SAT EBRW 75%
620
SAT Math 25th %
500
SAT Math 75th %
590
ACT Composite 25th %
20
ACT Composite 50th %
23
ACT Composite 75th %
25
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