2023 MARKS THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE COLLEGE’S BERWICK CAMPUS

From an empty paddock, with a lone oak tree, to a modern campus of 1650 students from Little Beacons to Year 12, the Berwick Campus has come a long way since it opened in 2003.

In 2001, The College Board decided to open a new campus at Berwick due to the rapidly increasing demand in the area for a Beaconhills education.

From there, things quickly progressed with the appointment of a project co-ordinator – Helen Dunne – and the purchase of 16.45 ha on Kangan Drive owned by Upper House MP Edward O’Donohue.

In 2002, Jenny Williams took on the role from Helen Dunne (who had left to have children) and subsequently became the first Head of the new ‘Village Campus’, as it was then known.

The campus was due to open with 341 students from Prep to Year 7, but a slight delay in the building project meant