On the 11th February 1994, Bishop Justin Bianchini commissioned Nagle Catholic College as a Catholic school within the Diocese of Geraldton. A Commissioning Mass is held about this date each year. While the life of the College formally commenced on that day, its story goes back a lot further - to 1891, in fact, when Stella Maris College was opened by the Presentation Sisters.

Some thirty-five years later, in 1926, St Patrick's College was opened by the Christian Brothers. For the ensuing sixty-eight years, these two boarding schools continued to cater for the educational needs of the young women and men of Geraldton and its surrounding areas.

In the late 1980s, the authorities of the two schools agreed that a combination of their efforts and resources would enable them better to cater for their students than would the maintenance of two separate schools; it was from that time that the planning for the new coeducational secondary boarding school began. This planning has now borne fruit in the opening of Nagle Catholic College, which is founded on the riches of the history and the traditions of the two fine schools in which is has its foundations.

Nano Nagle, from whom the College takes its name, founded the Presentation Sisters in Ireland in 1775. Their work was to offer to girls education, formation and care which was at that time available only to those of the higher reaches of society. Inspired by their work, Edmund Rice founded the Christian Brothers in 1808. From the start, the Presentation Sisters and the Christian Brothers worked closely together in the country of their foundation. Again, a century and a half later the two Orders worked closely together worlds away from the place of their foundations, to cater for the educational needs of the young people of the Geraldton Diocese. So, in the name of Nagle Catholic College, the work of both founding Orders is remembered.

The school's crest, too, provides an ongoing reminder both of our ancestry and of the continuing challenge which faces all connected with Nagle Catholic College. The basis of the crest is the Celtic Cross. The cross is the most recognisable symbol of Christianity and its basis is God's unconditional love for us; this Celtic form of the cross reminds us of the Irish origins of both founding Orders. The star represents Mary, Star of the Sea, patroness of Stella Maris College; the star was also the central device in the crest of St Patrick's College.

Our motto - For Others - reminds us that the challenge of all education is to educate young men and women whose mission in life is to develop their talents and abilities in order to be able to use them for the good of others. Our history, our crest and our motto lay the foundation for the very challenging and exciting educational program for which Nagle Catholic College exsists.

• Location

The main campus of the College is in Sanford Street, very close to the centre of the City of Geraldton. The St Patrick's College site, is now the centre of the College's boarding facility. On this campus are located Kean House, which is the home of the girl boarders, and O'Malley House, where the boy boarders are accommodated. Also on the site is the Brother Duffy Dining Room, which is shared by boarders from both the Boarding Houses.

• Student Enrolment

The College has an enrolment of some eight hundred and eighty students from Years 8 to 12. The day students are from Geraldton and its surrounding suburbs, and some travel by bus from towns such as Dongara in the south and Northampton in the north. The boarders come from homes scattered all over the state.

• Administration of the College

The College is administered by the Catholic Education Office through the College Board, which consists of representatives from the parent and community bodies, a Diocesan representative, and the College Principal.

• College Faculty

The College faculty is led by the Principal, Mr Declan Tanham, B.A, Dip ED, M.Ed. The Deputy Principals are Mrs Jen Whawell B.A. (hons), CerLEd., M.Litt. (Univ.Qld), and Mr Peter Norman, BPE, Dip Ed, Grad Dip App Sc.
The College Chaplain is Father Gerard Totañes. The College Psychologist is Mrs Kim Weatherston, B.A, Hons (Psych), H.D.E (Post Grad) Sec., M.A.Ps S.
Each area of the curriculum is the responsibility of a Head of Learning Areas - Religious Education, Mathematics, English and Languages, Science, Society and the Enviroment, Physical Education, Information Technology and General Studies.

• The Boarding Houses

The College's boarding section also is organised along house lines. The female boarders live at Kean House. They are cared for by the House Mother and her team of Assistants. The male boarders live in O'Malley House. An integral part of O'Malley House is a family home where the House Parent and his family live; he is assisted in the care of the boys by his Assistants. Both of these Houses are on the St Patrick's Campus in Bayly Street. Life in each house is as close as possible to family life, with students of all age groups developing the skills needed to live harmoniously together. The male and female boarders share the facilities of the Brother Duffy Dining Hall.

Contacting Nagle Catholic College can be done by the following methods: Location: Sanford Street, Geraldton, Western Australia 6530 Phone: +61 8 9964 4410 Fax: +61 8 9964 3072 Postal Address: Nagle Catholic College                           Box 97, Geraldton WA 6531< web.ncc.wa.edu.au