Joseph McMahon is a colossus of Joeys history. Humble and devout, he would certainly have balked at such a description, but there can be little doubt his nine years at the helm of St Joseph’s College brought great success in all fields of endeavour.
Boarding at Joeys is often the tonic a boy needs to ramp up his focus on academic goals. It has certainly been the case with Jack Lennon, a third generation Joeys boy from the cotton town of Wee Waa in northern NSW.
When it was blessed and opened in 1940, the St Joseph’s College chapel fulfilled the wishes of all the Marist Brothers who had been associated with the College since its foundation in 1881.
Lt Commander Philip Playford (1952), whose distinguished naval career included active service aboard the HMAS Hobart in the Vietnam War and two years on the..
Described in 1956 as the “greatest all-round schoolboy athlete Australia has ever produced”, Jim McCann returned to the College in June to present the triple..
