Established: 1986
Named for: Fr Francisco de Vitoria OP (1483-1546)
Colours: Blue / Green
Flag: The flag is derived from the crest of the University of Salamanca. The colours are a central panel (one third) of blue and ninths of green, white and red on either side.
Patron: St Vincent Ferrer (Feast Day: 5 May)
2023 House Captain: Dominic Feneley / Deputy: Isaac Arnold
2023 Head of House: Mr Owen Stanborough
2023 Home Group Teachers: Ms Silvana Cardone-Muzik, Ms Elizabeth Quave, Dr Andrew Wilson
House Awards
Fr John Neill Athletics Cup (est.1987)
- Winner: –
- Runner-up: – 2012, 2017, 2018
Annual Swimming Carnival (est. 1987)
- Winner: 1987, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1999, 2000, 2006, 2017
- Runner-up: 1990, 2002, 2003
St Albert’s Shield for Academic Excellence (est. 1993)
- Winner: 2000
- Runner-up: –
House Spirit Shield (est. 2004)
- Winner: –
- Runner-up: –
House Captains
- 1987 – Jason Bootle, Michael Hickman (Deputy)
- 1988 – Jason Bootle, Gareth Hughes (Deputy)
- 1989 – Mario Romaldi, Frank Solandra (Deputy)
- 1990 – Paul Slattery, Lee Swiderski (Deputy)
- 1991 – Paul Slattery
- 1992 –
- 1993 – David Barreto
- 1994 – Matthew Tallis
- 1995 – Luke Bollmeyer
- 1996 – Joe Cassar
- 1997 – David Slovinec
- 1998 – Vito Basile
- 1999 – Nicholas Frost
- 2000 – John Nguyen
- 2001 – Filippo Pizzino
- 2002 – Damian Goldney
- 2003 – Timothy Hann, Nicholas Heath (Deputy)
- 2004 – Stuart Frost, Nicholas Goldney (Deputy)
- 2005 – Andrew Nicola
- 2006 – Brady Tidswell, Dorian Tisato (Deputy)
- 2007 – Michael Heath, Joshua Frost (Deputy)
- 2008 – Sadaat Hussaini, Joseph Liddle (Deputy)
- 2009 – Roohullah Danish, Maxim Dupree (Deputy)
- 2010 – Troy Rogers, Daniel Gregory (Deputy)
- 2011 – Yasir Hussani
- 2012 – Peter Tran
- 2013 – Hao Duong
- 2014 – Ryan McCulloch
- 2015 – James Phillips
- 2016 – Thomas Glancy
- 2017 – Alex Rossi
- 2018 – Adam Nguyen, Julian McPeake (Deputy)
- 2019 – Peter Le, Lachlan Zurcher (Deputy)
- 2020 – Daniel West, Lewis Saint (Deputy)
- 2021 – Lachlan Zurcher, Lachlan Couzner (Deputy)
- 2022 – Jordan Deutrom, Isaac Arnold (Deputy)
- 2023 – Dominic Feneley, Issac Arnold (Deputy)
Heads of House
- 1987 to 2001– Mr Ian Abbott
- 2002 to 2005 – Miss Kristie Gallio
- 2006 to 2007 – Mrs Fiona Wald
- 2008 to 2013 – Mr Steve McCulloch
- 2014 to 2015 – Mr Jarrod Meers
- 2016 to 2017 – Mrs Caitlin Graziano
- 2018 to present – Mr Owen Stanborough
Individual Awards
Magnus Medal & Nicholas Altman Prize – School Dux
- 1987 – Robert Rossi
- 1988 – Jamie Sullivan (Business)
- 1990 – David McIntosh (Science / Mathematics)
- 1991 – Jacky Cheng (Science / Mathematics)
- 1994 – Adam Starrs (Science / Mathematics)
- 1995 – Dean McIntosh
Jordan of Saxony School Spirit Award
- 1994 – Adam Starrs
- 2000 – Nicholas Nelson
- 2011 – Nam Tran Le
- 2016 – Michael Tran
- 2017 – Dan Manalo
- 2018 – Sebastian Deluca
- 2021 – Lewis Saint
St Martin de Porres Service to the Community Award
- 1989 – Mario Romaldi
- 1994 – Russell Barwell
- 1995 – Marino Iadanza
- 1996 – Aaron Timoshanko
- 1999 – Nicholas Frost
- 2001 – Filippo Pizzino
- 2003 – Martin Rocca
Frassati Sportsman Award
- 1990 – Jason Nicholas
- 2000 – Adrian Baluyot
- 2011 – Jake Milne
Prefects
- 1987 – Jason Bootle, Anthony Aplin, Daniel Beltsos
- 1988 – Jason Bootle, Mario Romaldi, Davide Rossi
- 1989 – Mario Romaldi
- 1990 – Carlo Iadanza, John Nelson*, Andrew Powell, Lee Swiderski
- 1991 – Michael Aplin, Marek Ziembicki
- 1992 – Bruno Giovaniello^, Mark Iadanza
- 1993 – David Barreto*, Bruno Giovaniello, Mark Iadanza
- 1994 – Russell Barwell, Adam Starrs^, Matthew Tallis
- 1995 – Marino Iadanza, Quoc Pham
- 1996 – Joseph Cassar^, Aaron Errington
- 1998 – Vito Basile, Matthew Heath
- 1999 – Nicholas Frost*
- 2000 – Damien Byrne*, John Ly, Nicholas Nelson^, Adrian Spizzo
- 2001 – Nicholas Brown^, Matthew Iadanza, Filippo Pizzino
- 2002 – Damian Goldney, Paul Spizzo
- 2003 – Timothy Hann*, Nicholas Heath
- 2004 – Nicholas Goldney
- 2005 – Julian Brown, Daniel Kelley
- 2006 – Stephen Ranieri
- 2008 – Saadat Hussaini, Joseph Liddle
- 2013 – Yasir Hussani, Tino Llorando
- 2014 – Cameron den Dekker, Gianluca McKenna, Matthew Astachnowicz
- 2015 – Ehsanullah Danish
- 2016 – Michael Tran
- 2017 – Dan Manalo
- 2018 – Sebastian Deluca, Brayden Addison
- 2019 – Philip Clark, Julian McPeake
- 2020 – Peter Le*
- 2021 – Adrian Carino, Minh Trung (Kevin) Do, Kane Mareolas, Lewis Saint*
- 2022 – Lachlan Couzner
* denotes Head Prefect
^ denotes Deputy Head Prefect
Fr Francisco de Vitoria O.P.
de Vitoria truly stands out as a model of the Dominican commitment to matters concerning justice and peace.
Francisco de Vitoria would be much at home in the 21st century with all its talk of globalisation and the fact that we human beings, rather than living in our various countries, in fact live in a global village. It was de Vitoria who quipped, “It is not to be doubted that the world is in a certain sense a single community, and possesses the right to prescribe equitable and appropriate laws for its members, like those which constitute the law of nations.”
These prophetic ideas culminated in de Vitoria’s greatest contribution to the legal world, namely the concept of International Law.
Francisco de Vitoria was born around 1483 in Old Castile, which is in northern-central Spain. Not much is known of his early life except that he joined the Dominican Order in 1506. His studies of theology and philosophy were heavily influenced by Thomas de Vio Cardinal Cajetan, who himself was a prodigious commentator on the thought of St Thomas Aquinas.
Most of Francisco’s life as a Dominican was spent teaching philosophy or theology at the Dominican Order’s house of studies in Salamanca. Later on in 1526 he became professor of Theology at the University of Salamanca.
Yet, de Vitoria’s legacy was seen in his examination of South America’s invasion by Spanish forces. Questions started to be raised about the justice in conquering the native peoples that lived there. The Dominican friars who accompanied the Conquistadores, especially Antonio Montesino and Bartolome De Las Casas, began to protest at the ill treatment of the indigenous peoples. de Vitoria provided theologically and philosophically well thought out arguments defending the rights of the natives. In fact de Vitoria went on the record clearly opposing the heavy handed attitude of the colonization when he said, “The Spaniards had no more right over the Indians than the latter would have over the Spaniards if they had come to Spain.”
de Vitoria’s reputation as a prudent judge of law also saw him play a part in the annulment case of Henry VIII, King of England. In 1530, when the question of the divorce of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon was discussed, Charles I of Spain consulted de Vitoria about it, and the answer he received was that the marriage was valid and could not be annulled.
Francisco de Vitoria died in 1546, yet his works, though not noticed while he lived, began to receive the attention they deserved. de Vitoria truly stands out as a model of the Dominican commitment to matters concerning justice and peace issues.