St Mary's College, Toowoomba is an private Catholic senior primary and secondary school for boys, located in Newtown, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. The college was established by the Congregation of Christian Brothers in 1899 and is a member of Edmund Rice Education Australia. In 2025, the school had an enrolment of 930 students from Years 5 to 12.
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St Mary's College offers a wide range of subjects, including arts, drama, English, foreign languages (Japanese and Spanish), graphics, humanities, I.T.E, maths, music, P.E, religion, science, and wood tech and metal tech.
English is the most spoken language, although Dinka, German, Portuguese and Indonesian are spoken by more than 100 students. English, Japanese and Spanish are taught at the school.
Notable alumni
Sir Walter Campbell – a former Governor of Queensland, jurist and barrister
Virgil Patrick Copas MSC – appointed Archbishop of Port Moresby in 1966
Joseph Anthony (Tony) Dietz – air vice-marshall; senior engineer officer in the Royal Australian Air Force
Ian “Ripper” Doyle – rugby league player; played for the Kangaroos
Frank Forde – politician; the 15th Prime Minister of Australia, serving only eight days in office in 1945
Peter Gill – rugby league player
Tom Gorman – rugby league player; captained the Kangaroos in 1929–30
Harold Hawkins GLM, ICD, CBE, AFC – air vice-marshal; appointed air advisor to Rhodesian High Commissioner and Chief of Air Staff – 1955
Graham Healy – local radio announcer and politician; Member for Toowoomba North 1992–2001
Michael Katsidis – boxer
Stathi Katsidis – jockey; multiple Brisbane premiership-winner
Vince Lester – former politician; served for 30 years (1974–2004); former National Party minister
Ben Lowe – rugby league player
Jaiman Lowe – rugby league player
Ethan Lowe
Catherine McGregor – prominent transgender writer, activist, and former Australian Defence Force officer
Neil ‘Digger’ McGrowdie – jockey; won 1957 Melbourne Cup on ‘Straight Draw’
Cory Paix – rugby league player
Jake Simpkin – rugby league player
Johnathan Thurston – rugby league player; dual Dally M Medal winner (2005 & 2007); represented Queensland and the Kangaroos
Ben Walker – rugby league player
Chris Walker – rugby league player
Shane Walker – rugby league player