 The site of the college was purchased in the 1950s; at that stage students seeking a Catholic education had to travel to the Latrobe Valley or to boarding schools in Melbourne or elsewhere.A working party to establish the college began work in the late 1970s, and the school opened to its first students in 1986 on the grounds of a local primary school.The college moved to its permanent site in 1987 and the first permanent purpose-built buildings were constructed in 1989.