# Delany College > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Delany_College > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Delany_College.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delany_College > Source revision: 1346444481 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **Delany College** is an [independent](/source/Independent_school) [Roman Catholic](/source/Roman_Catholic_Church_in_Australia) [comprehensive](/source/Comprehensive_School#Australia) [co-educational](/source/Mixed-sex_education) [secondary](/source/Secondary_School) [day school](/source/Day_school), located in [Granville](/source/Granville,_New_South_Wales), a [western](/source/Greater_Western_Sydney) suburb of [Sydney](/source/Sydney), [New South Wales](/source/New_South_Wales), Australia; in the tradition of the [Patrician Brothers](/source/Patrician_Brothers). Founded in 1942 as the **Patrician Brothers' High School**, the College is administratively overseen by the [Catholic Education Office](/source/Catholic_Education,_Diocese_of_Parramatta) of the [Diocese of Parramatta](/source/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Parramatta). Delany College has enrolment of approximately 348 students from [Year 7](/source/Year_7) to [Year 12](/source/Year_12). Students are drawn from a number of local catholic schools including Holy Trinity Primary, Granville; Holy Family Primary, Granville East; St Patrick's Primary, [Guildford](/source/Guildford,_New_South_Wales) and St Margaret Mary's Primary, [Merrylands](/source/Merrylands,_New_South_Wales).[1] ## History ### Foundation Delany College was established in 1942 as **Patrician Brothers' High School**, a Catholic [all-boys](/source/Single-sex_school) school catering for students in Years 5 to 10. The school was founded to serve the growing Catholic population in the Granville area and was staffed entirely by members of the Patrician Brothers congregation. ### Transition to Delany College In 1997, the school underwent a significant transformation to meet the changing educational needs of the local community. Under the leadership of the first lay principal, **Quentin Evans**, the school became a co-educational Year 7 to 12 college. At this time, the institution was renamed "Delany College" in honour of **[Bishop Daniel Delany](/source/Daniel_Delany)**, the founder of the Patrician Brothers. The late 1990s and early 2000s saw a major building program to upgrade the campus facilities for senior secondary education and co-educational requirements. While the school transitioned to lay leadership, it maintains a strong connection to its Patrician heritage. ### Principals The following individuals have served as Principals of Patrician Brothers Granville and Delany College, Granville:[2] Ordinal Officeholder Term Start Term End Time in office 1 Br Joseph Tierney 1942 1947 5 Years 2 Br Gerard Histon 1948 1951 3 Years 3 Br De Sales Gilbert 1952 1959 7 Years 4 Br Peter Johnson 1960 1962 2 Years 5 Br Cronan O’Meara 1963 1968 5 Years 6 Br Gabriel McCluskie 1969 1969 < 1 Year 7 Br Callistus Keating 1969 1969 < 1 Year 8 Br Celestine Mulhall 1970 1974 4 Years 9 Br Raymond Eves 1975 1977 2 Years 10 Br Joseph Crowley 1978 1997 19 Years 11 Quentin Evans 1997 1998 1 Year 12 Michael Krawec 1999 2001 2 Years 13 Michael Barrington 2002 2005 3 Years 14 Peter Wade 2006 2015 9 Years 15 Robert Muscat 2016 2019 3 Years 16 Paul Easton 2020 2021 1 Year 17 Shauna Nash 2022 ### House System The College operates a house system for pastoral care and sporting competitions. The houses are named after figures prominent in the Catholic and Patrician tradition:[3] Campion (White) Mackillop (Red) Tierney (Green) Chisolm (Blue) ## Notable alumni - [Pat Farmer](/source/Pat_Farmer) – an [ultra-marathon](/source/Ultra-marathon) [athlete](/source/Athlete), motivational speaker, and former Australian politician, who served as a [Member of the House of Representatives](/source/Members_of_the_Australian_House_of_Representatives,_2004-2007) ([Lib.](/source/Liberal_Party_of_Australia)) from 2001 to 2010, representing [Macarthur](/source/Division_of_Macarthur), New South Wales[4] - [Kim Yeadon](/source/Kim_Yeadon) – a former [politician](/source/Politician) who served as a member of the [New South Wales](/source/New_South_Wales) [Legislative Assembly](/source/New_South_Wales_Legislative_Assembly) ([ALP](/source/Australian_Labor_Party)) from 1990 to 2007; former NSW [Minister](/source/Minister_(government)) for Energy 1999–2003[5] ## See also - [List of Catholic schools in New South Wales](/source/List_of_Catholic_schools_in_New_South_Wales) - [Catholic Education, Diocese of Parramatta](/source/Catholic_Education,_Diocese_of_Parramatta) - [Catholic education in Australia](/source/Catholic_education_in_Australia) ## References 1. ["My School provides information that helps parents and the community in understanding the performance of schools over time"](https://www.myschool.edu.au/school/43219) 1. ["Patrician History - Aus-PNG, 2009"](https://www.calameo.com/read/006718354a8caeaa6c45c). *calameo.com*. Retrieved 2026-03-30. 1. ["House System"](https://www.delanygranville.catholic.edu.au/school-life/house-system). *www.delanygranville.catholic.edu.au*. Retrieved 2026-03-30. 1. Pearce, Suzannah (ed.) (2006-11-17). "FARMER (Pat) Patrick Francis, Hon.". *Who's Who in Australia Live!*. North Melbourne, Vic: Crown Content Pty Ltd. 1. Pearce, Suzannah (ed.) (2006-11-17). "YEADON (Kim) Kimberley Maxwell, Hon.". *Who's Who in Australia Live!*. North Melbourne, Vic: Crown Content Pty Ltd. ## External links - [Delany College website](http://www.delanygranville.catholic.edu.au/) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Delany College](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delany_College) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delany_College?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.