Xavier College By Liam Gallagher

By Lgalla

  • The Land is Purchased

    Father’s Joseph Dalton, Francis Murphy and Edward Nolan SJ purchased land from Patrick Mornane in Kew.

  • Foundation Stone

    The foundation stone of the campus was laid.

  • The School opens Officially

    the school was officially opened as a Jesuit school and it was named St. Francis Xavier’s college. 92 students and 71 are borders and 44 came St. Patrick's college.

  • The Great Hall is built

    the great hall is built on the Eastern wall of the new west wing.

  • Old Xaverian's Association founded

    The first gathering of past students took place, which formed the Old Xaverian's association.

  • The Crest and Motto were founded

    The Crest and Motto for the college were finally decided upon after years of chopping and changing.

  • Burke Hall was opened

    Burke Hall or as it was known before Studley Hall was opened.

  • The Memorial Chapel was completed

    The construction of the memorial chapel was finally completed by the design of architects Schreiber and Jorgensen.

  • Xavier wins Head of the River for the first time

    Xavier has only won Head of the River 5 times since first competing in 1906. The most recent time being 1999

  • Kostka Hall opens

    Kostka Hall opens with classes from year 2 to year 8 and 62 boys with 16 of them being borders

  • Statute of St. Francis Xavier unveiled

    It was built to commemorate his death 450 years ago.