Salesian College Chadstone is a Roman Catholic Independent school for boys located in the Melbourne suburb of Chadstone that was established in 1957. Founded on the philosophies of Saint John Bosco, the college aims to offer a Salesian ideal of education.
Salesian comprises two campuses – Bosco (Years 9–12) being the school's main campus and Mannix (Year 7–8) catering as the main campus for year 7 to 8s, due to the recent additions to the Mannix campus.
Salesian is a member of the Associated Catholic Colleges.
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Curriculum
Salesian College offers its senior students the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) as well as the Vocational Major Program (VM).
Sport
Salesian has won the following ACC premierships.
Badminton (4) – 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021
Basketball – 1999
Cricket (2) – 1971, 2023
Lawn Bowls – 2018
Soccer (4) – 1999, 2000, 2003, 2015
Notable alumni
Raff Ciccone – Labor Senator for Victoria; Chair of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security; and Chair of the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee in the Senate
Brendan Cole – 2010 Commonwealth Games 4 × 400 m hurdles relay gold medalist; 2012 Australian Olympian
Riley Collier-Dawkins – AFL footballer
Nicolas Conte (2016) – Australian Broadcaster (Fox FM and Triple M)
Timothy Costelloe SDB – Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Perth
Frank Davis – AFL Footballer, Melbourne Demons (Melbourne Premiership Player 1964, Best & Fairest 1970)
Simon Hammond – author, entrepreneur, journalist, business advisor and international keynote speaker
Kevin Morris – AFL Footballer, Richmond and Collingwood. (Richmond Premiership Player 1973 and 1974, Best & Fairest 1975)
Robin Nahas (2005) – AFL Footballer, Richmond
Dirk Nannes (1976-) – professional cricketer
Steve Pantelidis – Soccer player, Melbourne Victory and Gold Coast United (Melbourne Victory Championship and Premiership player 2006/2007 & 2008/2009)
Dean Rice – AFL Footballer, St Kilda and Carlton. (Carlton Premiership Player 1995)
Matthew Robbins – AFL Footballer, Geelong and Western Bulldogs