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| FOUNDATION 1802 WATERFORD, IRELAND |  | FOUNDER BLESSED EDMUND RICE |
| HISTORY | BD EDMUND RICE | FOUNDATIONS |
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| HISTORY |
| IN 1802, EDMUND IGNATIUS RICE, A WEALTHY WATERFORD BUSINESSMAN, SOLD HIS BUSINESS, AND DEVOTED HIS MONEY AND LIFE TO EDUCATING THE POOR OPENING HIS FIRST SCHOOL IN WATERFORD IN THAT YEAR. MANY PEOPLE WERE INSPIRED BY HIS FAITH AND WORK, AND SOON A MONASTERY WAS BUILT NEARBY TO HOUSE THE NEW BROTHERS WHO CAME TO HELP HIM IN HIS WORK. THE REPUTATION OF THE SCHOOL SPREAD QUICKLY AND BY 1811 THE BISHOP OF CORK ENCOURAGED A NEW HOUSE TO BE BUILT IN CORK. IN 1820 THE CHRISTIAN BROTHERS WERE THE FIRST IRISH ORDER OF MEN TO BE FORMALLY APPROVED BY A CHARTER FROM ROME. THE CONGREGATION OF THE CHRISTIAN BROTHERS SPREAD RAPIDLY THROUGHOUT IRELAND AND ENGLAND AND BY THE END OF THE 19th CENTURY THE INFLUENCE OF THE BROTHERS HAD SPREAD AROUND THE WORLD. |
| FIRST AUSTRALIAN FOUNDATION |
| THE CHRISTIAN BROTHERS FIRST ARRIVED IN AUSTRALIA DURING BLD EDMUND RICE'S LIFETIME. IN 1843 AT THE REQUEST OF ARCHBISHOP POLDING THREE BROTHERS ARRIVED IN SYDNEY TO BEGIN THEIR MISSION. THEY IMMEDIATELY BEGAN WORK IN THREE SCHOOLS IN SYDNEY - IN KENT ST, MACQAURIE ST AND ABERCROMBIE PLACE. UNFORTUNATELY THERE WERE DIFFERENCES WITH THE ARCHBISHOP AND THE BROTHERS FELT THEY WERE BEING PRESSURED TO SEPARATE FROM THEIR SUPERIOR-GENERAL IN IRELAND AND ACCORDINGLY IN 1847 THEY WITHDREW FROM SYDNEY AND RETURNED TO IRELAND. |
| SECOND AUSTRALIAN FOUNDATION |
| IN 1868 THE CHRISTIAN BROTHERS RETURNED AT THE INVITATION OF ARCHBISHOP GOOLD OF MELBOURNE. DESPITE A LACK OF FINANCES THE BROTHERS THREW THEMSELVES INTO THE TASK OF SETTING UP SCHOOLS AND SOON THEY WERE TO EXPERIENCE A PHENOMENAL GROWTH THROUGHOUT AUSTRALIA. IN 1885 LESS THAN TWENTY YEARS AFTER THEIR RETURN THE PROVINCE OF AUSTRALIASIA WAS ESTABLISHED. IN 1953 THE PROVINCE WAS DIVIDED IN TWO WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF ST MARY'S PROVINCE IN NSW, QUEENSLAND AND NEW ZEALAND AND ST PATRICK'S PROVINCE IN VICTORIA, TASMANIA, SOUTH AUSTRALIA AND WEST AUSTRALIA. NEW ZEALAND BECAME THE PROVINCE OF ST JOSEPH IN 1959. IN 1967 THE TWO EXISTING PROVINCES WERE DIVIDED LEADING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF HOLY SPIRIT PROVINCE IN SOUTH AND WEST AUSTRALIA AND ST FRANCIS XAVIER'S PROVINCE IN QUEENSLAND AND THE NORTHERN TERRITORY. BY THIS STAGE THE CHRISTIAN BROTHERS WERE THE LARGEST MALE ORDER IN AUSTRALIA WITH SCHOOLS IN EVERY STATE. THE ORDER WAS NONETHELESS NOT IMMUNE FROM THE OVERALL DECLINE IN VOCATIONS IN THE LATER 20th CENTURY AND IN 2007 A NEW PROVINCE OF OCEANIA INCORPORATING AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND AND PAPUA-NEW GUINEA WILL TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE WORK OF THE CHRISTIAN BROTHERS. |
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| FOUNDATIONS |
IN VIEW OF THE AMALGAMATION OF THE PROVINCES IN 2007 THE FOLLOWING IS A COMBINED LIST OF ALL CHRISTIAN BROTHERS FOUNDATIONS MADE IN AUSTRALIA. FOUNDATIONS MADE OUTSIDE OF AUSTRALIA ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THIS LIST. |
ABERGOWRIE |
ADELAIDE |
ALBANY |
ALBERT PARK |
ALBION |
ALBURY |
ALPHINGTON |
AUSTINS FERRY |
BALLARAT |
BALMAIN |
BEDFORD |
BINDOON |
BLACKBURN |
BONDI BEACH |
BONDI JUNCTION |
BOX HILL |
BRISBANE |
BRISBANE SOUTH |
BROOME |
BRUNSWICK |
BUNBURY |
BUNDABERG |
BUNDOORA |
BURWOOD |
CANBERRA |
CASTLE HILL |
CASTLEDARE |
CHARTERS TOWERS |
CHATSWOOD |
CLIFTON HILL |
CLONTARF |
COLAC |
COLLIE |
CURRAJONG |
CYGNET |
DALBY |
DARWIN |
DEVONPORT |
EAST PERTH |
EAST VICTORIA PARK |
ESSENDON |
FOREST HILL |
FORTITUDE VALLEY |
FREMANTLE |
GEELONG |
GERALDTON |
GILLES PLAINS |
GIRRAWHEEN |
GOSFORD |
GOULBURN |
GYMPIE |
HERNE HILL |
HEYINGTON |
HIGHGATE |
HIGHTON |
HOBART |
HUNTFILED HEIGHTS |
INDOOROOPILLY |
INGHAM |
INVERALOCHY |
IPSWICH |
KALGOORLIE |
KARRATHA |
KINGSTON |
KUNUNURRA |
LAUNCESTON |
LEEDERVILLE |
LEURA |
LEWISHAM | |
LOWER PLENTY |
MACKAY |
MAGILL |
MANLY |
MANNING |
MARSFIELD |
MARYBOROUGH |
MELBOURNE EAST |
MELBOURNE NORTH |
MELBOURNE SOUTH |
MIDDLE PARK |
MINTO |
MOONEE PONDS |
MOREE |
MORLEY |
MOUNT GRAVATT |
MOUNT HENRY |
MOUNT ISA |
MULGOA |
NEWTOWN |
NGUIU |
NUDGEE |
PADDINGTON |
PARKVILLE |
PASCOE VALE |
PENRITH |
PERTH |
PETERSHAM |
PROSPECT VALE |
RICHMOND |
RINGWOOD |
ROCKHAMPTON |
ROCKHAMPTON NORTH |
ROSE BAY |
ROSTREVOR |
ROZELLE |
SHORNCLIFFE |
SOUTHPORT |
ST KILDA |
STRATHFIELD |
SUBIACO |
SUTHERLAND |
SYDNEY |
TAMWORTH |
TARDUN |
THEBARTON |
TOORAK |
TOOWOOMBA |
TOOWOOMBA EAST |
TOWNSVILLE |
WAGGA WAGGA |
WAHROONGA |
WALGETT |
WARRNAMBOOL |
WARWICK |
WATERFORD |
WAVERLEY |
WEMBLEY |
WEST BEACH |
WEST ESSENDON |
WESTCOURT |
WHYALLA |
WILSON |
WOLLONGONG |
WOOLHARA |
YARRAVILLE |
YEPOON |
YOUNG |
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