OUR STORIES

• OP JEREMY JOHNSON AWARDED OAM

  ​Jeremy Johnson, a final year Parade College student of the Class of 1971 and the long-time chief executive officer at Sovereign Hill, has been named a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the recent Queen’s Birthday Honours List.
  
  Jeremy was honoured for his years of service to the tourism industry and Ballarat community as a whole.
  
  He was unavailable for comment this week, but in an earlier interview with The Courier’s Greg Gliddon, the seventh generation Australian of convict ancestry was quoted saying: "These things come along unexpectedly and at the same time it's a great privilege".
  
  "My ancestors would be amazed to think someone in the family has achieved such an honour,” Jeremy said.
  
  IMAGE: THE COURIER

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• DALE GIVES BACK TO COLLEGE'S ACADEMY STUDENTS

  ​With the World Cup of cricket on in earnest in England and Wales, Old Paradian Adam Dale (1986) - a member of Australia's 1999 World Cup-winning squad and the College's only post-war Test cricketer - has made a timely return to the Bundoora Campus.
  
  Returning with his plethora of cricket caps, from Parade's 1st XI through to his equally treasured baggy green, Adam paid a welcome visit to Ben Shelton’s Year 11 and 12 sports Academy classes. Before a captive audience, Adam relived his time as a student of Parade and his experiences on cricket's world stage, which brought him in contact with the likes of the Waugh brothers, Ricky Ponting, Glenn McGrath, Shane Warne and Adam Gilchrist.

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• COLLEGE’S COLLINS MATRIARCH TURNS 100

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• AN OLD PARADIAN’S ODE TO THE FUTILITY OF WAR

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• BRIAN’S OLD PARADIANS BLAZER FINDS A NEW HOME

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• CAPT. MOWAT DELIVERS KEYNOTE OPA LUNCHEON ADDRESS

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UPCOMING EVENTS

• 2019-06-21 40-YEAR REUNION, CLASS OF '79

  The Hickey Foyer provides the appropriate backdrop for a 40-year reunion of those old boys who made up Parade College's final year Class of 1979.

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• 2019-07-10 OPA Luncheon

  Held on every second Wednesday of the month since 1936, the OPA Monthly Luncheon is quite possibly the oldest luncheon of its type in the world. Join Old Paradians over a sumptuous meal and a glass of vino within the idyllic surrounds of Melbourne's RACV City Club in Bourke Street.

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• 30-year reunion, Class of 1989

  By popular demand, the 30-year reunion of the class of 1989 is to be help offsite on a date to be fixed.
  
  Further information will be provided in due course.

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ABOUT

The Old Paradians' Association seeks to foster links with all past students, whose formative years were shaped by the Christian Brothers of Parade College.

Formally established in 1914, the Association’s inaugural 13-man committee included the President James Kennedy (who completed his Matriculation class at Parade in 1890), Reverend Brother JM Dwyer and the Rush brothers Robert and William, all of whom maintained a continuing interest in the Association for the rest of their lives.