St Peter's Catholic College is an independent Roman Catholic co-educational secondary day school, located in the Central Coast suburb of Tuggerah, one hour north of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Broken Bay, the college currently has 1,050 students.

College history

Site origin

St Peter's Catholic College is within the region of Tuggerah, which according to Aboriginal tradition means savannah, and marshy grassland is evident on the site.

The land, on which the college stands, , was owned by the Alison family, a wealthy Scottish family, from 1875 - 1897. The site was purchased by the Diocese of Broken Bay in 1982.

Corpus Christi and Mater Dei amalgamation

The College has developed through three major building phases since its foundation in 1983. In the beginning, Mater Dei College was built to operate as a Year 7-10 campus for the Catholic community. This was accompanied in 1987 by the progression of a senior campus known as Corpus Christi College. Mater Dei and Corpus Christi Colleges amalgamated in January 2000 to become St Peter’s Catholic College as a Year 7-12 campus.”

Principals Mater Dei College The following individuals have served as College Principal: Ordinal Officeholders Term start Term end Time in office Notes Sister Judith Sipple RSJ 1982 1986 years Michael Bowman 1987 1991 years Michael Slattery 1992 1999 years

Corpus Christi College The following individuals have served as College Principal: Ordinal Officeholders Term start Term end Time in office Notes Sister Judith Sipple RSJ 1987 1990 years Bob Wilson 1991 1995 years Kendall Perriam 1996 1996 years Acting Jim Callinan 1997 1999 years

St Peter's Catholic College The following individuals have served as College Principal: Ordinal Officeholders Term start Term end Time in office Notes Alan Martin 2000 2001 years Vicki Comerford 2002 2009 years Tony McCudden 2010 2013 years Michelle Peters 2014 2016 years Tim Hildebrandt 2017 2024 years Roisin McVeigh 2024 ** incumbent ** years

Alumni

Sportspeople Athletics Rosemary Hayward Australian rules football Jarrad McVeigh Mark McVeigh Baseball Chris Snelling

Netball

Megan Anderson Lauren Moore Rugby league Ryan O'Hara Olivia Kernick Soccer Damien Brown Cassandra Kell James Holland Michael Glassock

Singers/actors Belinda Emmett Natalie Imbruglia

Authors Ingrid Jonach

References

External links St Peter's Catholic College website Diocese of Broken Bay Website