St Augustine's College

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Saint Augustine's College, known locally as "Saints", is a Catholic boys' high school in Cairns, Queensland, Australia. Saints houses boarders both from its own students and girls from Saint Monica's School, also in Cairns.Boarding schoolSaint Augustine's offers a co-ed boarding school catering for students from grades 7 to 12. The boarding community includes many students from the Far North Queensland region, along with many country students from outback Queensland and the Northern Territory. A significant number of students also board from as far away as Papua New Guinea, Gove and other islands off the coast of Australia.SportThe college is a member of the Cairns Interschool Senior Sport Association which sees a number of local schools compete in a number of different sports each Wednesday. CISSA runs during the first semester of the school year. Saint Augustine's has also been very successful in holding the Overall Boys' TCN Swimming Champion trophy for 40 years.Rugby unionThe school won all competitions in the 2014 Cairns Schoolboys Rugby Union competition.School housesSaint Augustine's has four houses. They are as follows: Heavey (yellow) Phealan (green) Walter (red) Reginald (blue) These houses compete against each other in many activities, including annual athletics and swimming carnivals, public speaking, and a competition on Champagnat Day. These events build up to a House Cup which is awarded at the end of each year.Former houses include: Ambrose (black) Gildas (white)School facilitiesPerforming arts hall (McLaughin Theatre)Multi-purpose hall (Lennon Hall)Swimming poolGymBasketball courtsCricket netsINTAD centreMusic roomsSeminar roomsComputer roomsScience LabsTennis courtsChapelHome Economics roomsMedia & technologyKitchenBoarding facilitiesMedical centreLibraryMarist Brothers residence