Mount Carmel College, Rosewater

Mount Carmel College
The entrance to Mount Carmel College in 2006.
Location
33 Newcastle Street, Rosewater, Adelaide, South Australia, 5013 Australia
Coordinates	34°51′23″S 138°31′19″E
Information
Type	Independent co-educational secondary school
Motto	Latin: Caritas et dignitas (Love and dignity)
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholic
Established	1927 (1927)
Principal	John Konopka
Years	R–12
Colour(s)	Brown, yellow, blue
Newspaper	News @ The Mount
Website	www.mcc.catholic.edu.au

Mount Carmel College is a Roman Catholic co-educational secondary school located in the Adelaide suburb of Rosewater, South Australia. It was established in 1909 by the Sisters of St Joseph, at the primary school location. Mount Carmel Girls School was co-located with the primary school. The Newcastle Street site was Marist Boys Alberton, also called Mount Carmel Boys School and it was a all-boys school until December 1966. In February 1967 the Sisters of St Joseph transferred the all-girls school from the Pennington Terrace School to the present site of Mount Carmel College and in 1983 the school became a co-educational institution.

Principals

This is a list of all the previous principals of Mount Carmel College from 1967 to the present.

• 1967–1968 – Sr Charlotte
• 1969–1971 – Sr Teresita Cormack
• 1972–1976 – Sr Joan Evans
• 1977–1980 – Sr Jude Dundon
• 1981–1988 – Sr Joan Barry
• 1989–1993 – Mr Peter Daw
• 1994–1995 – Mr Tony Lowes
• 1996–2005 – Sr Josephine Dubiel
• 2006–2011 – Mrs Jane Iwanowitsch
• 2012–2016 – Mr Gavin McGlaughlin
• 2017–current – Mr John Konopka

Developments

Recent building projects and work on the school include:

• 1992: Mary MacKillop Special Education Unit completed
• 1995: Environmental Studies building refurbished and Land acquisition program approved
• 1997: Physical Education Laboratory, Science Laboratory, Tutorial and Study Room built
• 1998: Canteen, Undercroft, Year 11 classrooms built and all transportable buildings removed
• 1999: Air conditioning completed
• 2001: Staff Car Park, Lawn and Hard play area next to Year 8 rooms established
• 2002: Federation Garden extended and Courts resurfaced
• 2006: Staff prep area extended, new transportable classrooms erected
• 2007: Two further transportables erected
• 2008: Even more transportable buildings erected - this time in the Federation Garden
• 2013: Marist Hall demolished
• 2014: Rosewater Trade Training Centre commenced in semester 2
• 2018–2019 (end Term 1): Sacred Heart Centre constructed
• 2019: Year 7 students commence at the secondary school
• 2022: Mount Carmel College became R-12, after unification with Mount Carmel Primary School (also known as Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish School in the latter years)
• 2022: Western Technical College the new name for Rosewater Trade Training Centre, after some state government funding to expand the centre for vital new trades re submarine and marine projects

Cervical cancer vaccine

Girls at Mount Carmel College were the first to receive the new Australian-made Cervical Cancer Vaccine on 2 April 2007. The vaccine prevents over 70% of cervical cancers. Australia's former Minister for Health and Ageing, Tony Abbott, was present to launch the vaccination programme.