Marist College Eastwood is an independent Roman Catholic single-sex secondary day school for boys, located in Eastwood, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. History As a Marist school, Marist College Eastwood traces its inception to Marcellin Champagnat, a Catholic Priest and Pastor of La Valla in France who established the order of the Marist Brothers in 1817. Emphasising equality and support for all students, regardless of circumstance or privilege, Champagnat is considered the forefather of the Marist institution worldwide. From establishing these Brothers, the first Marist School in Australia, St Patrick's, was established in 1872 by four Marist Brothers: Ludovic Laboureyras, Jarlath Finand, Augustinus MacDonald and Peter Tennyson, at The Rocks in Sydney. On 2 February 1937, Brother Leopold Smith and three other Marist brothers (Brothers Ervan McDonough, Loyola Sullivan and Kenneth Harris) came to Eastwood and opened St Kevin's Boys' School, with 100 students. The school was established on the site of Eastwood House, the home built by William Rutledge and purchased by Edward Terry in 1863. Terry became the first mayor of Eastwood and later a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, and Eastwood House, with its extensive gardens, orchards and sporting grounds, was the location of many hunts. The house, built in 1840 and extended in 1863, forms the central administration block for the College today, having been purchased by the Catholic Church using the Vatican's finances in 1929. The building's awnings, roofing, window panelling and structural support was renovated in 1990, and has since been partially rendered as recent as 2019 in its interior to account for contemporary trends in architecture and industrial design. In further developments, the school purchased the remaining front terraces it was neighboured by, being preserved and renovated to serve as classroom and administrative spaces as three separate 'cottages'. These buildings have since been heritage listed by the City of Ryde local government area. The school's colours, being red, yellow and black were chosen for their iconic relation to the North Sydney Bears Rugby League team. The colours have since become an integral part of the school community, being used as a distinguishing scheme for school uniforms, musings and other media. Following its founding as 'St Kevin's Boys' School', the 1960s saw the school being named as Marist Brothers' High School, Eastwood. In this timeframe, male students from the adjoined St Kevin's Primary School would graduate by Year 4, joining the