College Crest and Logo

Three young ladies gave the College its name, its crest and its motto.

During 1993 a competition was held in Catholic Primary schools on the Eastern Shore.

Jessica Direen of St. Cuthbert's School was one of a group who suggested the name "MacKillop". Jessica was chosen by lot as the winner. Jessica wrote that Mary MacKillop was "an Australian to look up to and strive to emulate".

Christina Ramsay, of Corpus Christi School, provided the original idea for the crest of the College, "a cross and a star intersecting, each gaining inspiration from the other".

Christina suggested our crest was symbolic of "hope and new life". It also reminds us, through the star, that God is transcendent, always beyond human thinking and imagining, but God is also immanent. As the cross reminds us, He experienced our human life and we encounter Him in others.

Mr Ian Ferrier, a Brisbane architect, developed our present crest from Christina's original concept:

Sophie Hutchins of Corpus Christi School suggested our motto: "In Faith and Hope and Love". This is the title and opening line of a hymn written in Hobart by the noted Australian poet, James Macauley. The opening words of the first verse of the same hymn are "Christ our star…", hence the star above our crest.