This photos shows our Year 11 students on a school excursion to the Yakka Overalls factory in Wangaratta in the late 1980s. At the time, Yakka was a major employer in Wangaratta and many of its employees previously attended Galen. galen catholic, galen catholic college, school excursion, excursion, yakka, employment

These photos of various sporting activities at Champagnat College were taken in 1981. At the time, Champagnat was a boys only Year 7 to Year 10 college. Champagnat College would merge with Galen Catholic College and become a co-educational Year 7 to Year 12 Catholic secondary college.athletics, track & field, obstacle course, swimming, basketball, champagnat college, boys

This photo shows a student operating a camcorder, which in 1981 was relatively new technology. The emergence of this technology heralded in a era where video production classes became commonplace at Galen Catholic College.video, media, media studies, galen catholic college, galen college

This series of photos was taken in 1989 at the present College Street site. After 1989, all year levels, from Year 7 upwards were situated on the College Street campus.galen catholic college, galen college

Active involvement in the community has always been a key feature of Galen Catholic College. This series of photos in the early 1990s illustrates this.community involvement, community, volunteers, galen college, meals on wheels, st. vincent de paul society

In the 1990s, Galen Catholic College continued to offer its students a range of sporting experiences. This series of photos from 1996 illustrates this.sports, swimming, australian rules football, softball, aerobics, galen catholic college, galen college

Galen Catholic College in the 1990s, competed in the national Tournament Of The Minds competition. School teams had to solve problems in four disciplines: The Arts, Language-literature, S.T.E.M, and Social Sciences. This photo was of Galen's team, in 1996.galen catholic college, galen college, tournament of the minds

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Galen Catholic College was named after Father George Devitt Galen, who was a parish priest based at St. Patrick's Church in Wangaratta from 1863 until his death in 1869. This is one of the few photographs of Father Galen.galen catholic college, galen college, father george devitt galen, parish, st. patricks, wangaratta

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When Galen Catholic College was first proposed in the early 1970s, much more building development was envisioned. This artists sketch from 1974 shows the proposed development in two stages. Stage 1, labelled in blue was actually built. Stage 2, labelled in red, was not, possibly because of the merging of Galen, Champagnat and St. Joseph's in 1983. champagnat college, galen catholic college, galen college, school buildings, development, artist's sketch, 1975, 1974

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This series of photos records a closing school mass at Galen, most likely in 1990. Before the construction of the stadium at the college, outdoor masses were commonplace. galen catholic college, galen college, closing mass, 1990s, 1990, outdoors

This series of photos features a cross as the focal point of the ceremony. This school mass in 1994 took place in the area now partly occupied by our dome. galen catholic college, galen college, catholic mass, mass, 1994

These photos highlight Galen's Catholic identity, with a number of outdoor masses taking place on school camps or retreats, over the years.galen catholic college, galen college, camp, catholic mass, 1993, outdoors, 2004

This photo captures the sacred act of the washing of feet at a mass at Galen Catholic College, in 1996.galen catholic college, galen college, catholic mass, mass, washing of feet, 1996

In 1995, the school uniform at Galen underwent a colour change. These two photos show what the uniform looked like before 1995 and what it has looked like since.galen catholic college, galen college, 1995, school uniform

This series of photos is a snapshot of some of the subjects that were on offer to our students in the 1990s.galen catholic, galen catholic college, food technology, science, technology, textiles, students, music

These photos taken in the early 1990s, illustrate how some of the schoolyard looked at the time and how much it has changed since then.galen, galen catholic college, galen college, art, bike racks, car park