The De La Salle Brothers is a worldwide religious teaching congregation within the Catholic Church. The De La Salle Brothers arrived in Australia in 1906 to establish Catholic schools. By 1932 a De La Salle school was established in Roma, Queensland, and in 1955 they set up a school and community in Scarborough. In 1961 the Brothers established BoysTown in Beaudesert.
Sources used to compile this entry: Aloysius, Brother, The De La Salle Brothers in Australia 1906-1956; with a foreword by Brother Lawrence O'Toole, [The Bros]: Halstead Press, Sydney, 1956, 160 pp; Rummery, G., 'Centenary essay : the De La Salle Brothers in Australia.', Journal of Religious Education, vol. 54, no. 4, 2006, pp. 2-10.
Prepared by: Cate O'Neill
Created: 1 February 2011, Last modified: 4 May 2022
Last updated: 7 August 2023
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