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Xavier College - Kostka Hall
was established on South Road, Brighton, in 1937
following a request from the Archbishop of
Melbourne, Dr Daniel Mannix, for Xavier College
to establish a school in the southern suburbs.
In 1936, the property ‘Maritima’ was
purchased and on 10 February 1937, Kostka Hall
(named after the Polish Jesuit saint, St
Stanislaus Kostka) was officially opened. Within
an on-going commitment to Jesuit/ lay
collaboration, Kostka Hall has been led by a lay
Head of Campus since 1995.
In 1997, Kostka Hall celebrated its Diamond
Jubilee which coincided with the final stages of
a major building programme. All classrooms were
modernised and open learning areas created. A
new gymnasium/multi-purpose hall complex, a new
music house and a new administration centre were
also established. To complete the building
programme, in 1998, a new library was created in
the former administration building and a new
visual arts wing was built adjacent to the New
Street entrance.
Apart from not offering Italian at Years 7 and
8, the Kostka Hall campus offers the same
curriculum and co-curricular programmes as
Xavier College–Burke Hall. At the
completion of Year 8, boys from Kostka Hall move
with the Burke Hall students and a number of new
students to the Xavier College Senior Campus in
Barkers Road, Kew.
Currently Xavier College–Kostka Hall has a
student capacity of approximately 250 students
and covers an area of approximately eight acres,
consisting of buildings, gardens and ovals.
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