Xavier College, Melbourne, Victoria
AUSTRALIA, 2006, personalized label adjoining an Australian stamp
sponsored by Xavier College, Melbourne, Victoria
to celebrate the Three Companions Jubilee of 2006
The history of the Jesuits in Australia begins in 1848 with the arrival of the first two Jesuits from Austria. set foot in Adelaide in 1848. The first building for Xavier College began in 1872 at Mornane's Paddock at Kew, its present site. The school opened on Sunday 10 February 1878. To celebrate the triple Jubilee of Loyola, Xavier and Faber, Xavier College in Melbourne personalized this label showing the dome of the Memorial Chapel and a statue of Xavier from the college's Senior Campus on Barker Road. In the background of the stamp the West Wing of the school in the background on the right hand side and a second image of St Francis Xavier on the left. More