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SAOBA History Department

Do you know the origins of our old school?

We'd like contributions from any old boys old enough to remember, 

and young enough to still be able to email ! 

Please click the links below to access details of school history Parts 1 + 2.

History Part 1 

History Part 2

ST AMBROSE ON WIKIPEDIA

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  Have you got any stories of your own from the early days?

Good stories deserve to be told before they are lost!

If you've got something to say please email saoba via :

a-m-dixon@msn.com

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Father Terence Hegarty, St Ambrose's first Old Boy priest

Pictured by the school tennis court, 18 November 2002

L to R: Headmaster Mr Michael Thompson with Old Boys Fr Terence Hegarty and Mr Bernard Stafford. 

Father Terence attended from 1946 - 1950, and  was the first Old Boy of St Ambrose to be ordained as a priest. He is now based in a parish in Esk, Queensland. He has vivid memories of his time at St Ambrose.  Bernard Stafford attended from 1947-52 and has been actively involved in the SAOBA Committee since its formation in 1996.