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'''Salesian College''' was a [[Roman Catholic]] school in [[Brooklyn Park, South Australia|Brooklyn Park]], a western suburb of [[Adelaide]], [[South Australia]]. It operated as a boys-only school from 1954. Girls were also enrolled from 1978, until the school's closure in 1996.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/emmaus-christian-college-plans-to-open-new-campus-on-former-salesian-college-site-at-brooklyn-park/news-story/4ec8a4812b8d98b25243a3b679faf7ae |title=Emmaus Christian College plans to open new campus on former Salesian College site at Brooklyn Park |first=Tim |last=Williams |newspaper=The Advertiser |date=25 January 2017 |accessdate=19 May 2017}}</ref> The boarding section of the school closed in 1984. It had been [[St John's Boys Town]] since 1941, an orphanage for boys aged over 12 years.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.findandconnect.gov.au/guide/sa/SE00349 |title=The Boarding section of the Salesian School (1954 - 1984) |work=Find & Connect |publisher=[[Commonwealth of Australia]] |accessdate=19 May 2017}}</ref>
The main buildings were sold to the [[Adelaide College of Divinity]] which moved in to the site from 1997.
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