Parramatta Marist High School
in Westmead, AustraliaCategory: Attraction
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Parramatta Marist High School is an Independent, Roman Catholic, secondary, day school for boys, located in Westmead, a suburb of the Greater Western Sydney region in New South Wales. It was the first Catholic school established in Australia, and second oldest school in Australia. Only Newcastle East Primary School (founded in 1816) is older.Parramatta Marist began as a school established by Father John Therry in 1820, under the direction of Mr. George Morley. The school was transferred to the site of the present St Patrick's Cathedral in 1837.
The school was entrusted to the care of the Marist Brothers in 1875, thus becoming Marist Brothers Parramatta (MBP); later, this was changed to 'Parramatta Marist High'. In the 1960s, a decision was made to move the secondary classes to a site in Westmead and leave only the primary classes at the Parramatta site. The Westmead campus was opened in 1966. In 2008, Parramatta Marist High introduced Project Based Learning into Year 9 to cater for a new technology-rich modern learning environment.
