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|motto_translation = Religion and Knowledge united
|motto_translation = Religion and Knowledge united
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|type = Independent single-sex]secondary day and boarding school
|gender = [[Single-sex school|Girls]]
|gender = Girls
|denomination = [[Roman Catholic Church in Australia|Roman Catholic]]
|denomination = [[Roman Catholic Church in Australia|Roman Catholic]]
|religious_affiliation = [[Sisters of Charity of Australia|Sisters of Charity]]
|religious_affiliation = [[Sisters of Charity of Australia|Sisters of Charity]]
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|streetaddress = Rockwall Crescent
|streetaddress = Rockwall Crescent
|city = [[Potts Point, New South Wales|Potts Point]]
|city = [[Potts Point, New South Wales|Potts Point]], Sydney
|state = [[New South Wales]]
|postcode = 2011
|postcode = 2011
|country = Australia
|country = Australia
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|homepage = {{URL|www.stvincents.nsw.edu.au}}
|homepage = {{URL|www.stvincents.nsw.edu.au}}
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|campus_type = Urban
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|nickname = Vinnies
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'''St Vincent's College''' (colloquially known as '''''Vinnies'''''), is an [[Independent school|independent]] [[Roman Catholic Church in Australia|Roman Catholic]] [[Single-sex education|single-sex]] [[Secondary school|secondary]] [[Day school|day]] and [[Boarding school|boarding]] school for girls, located in [[Victoria Street, East Sydney|Victoria Street]], [[Potts Point, New South Wales|Potts Point]], an inner-city suburb of [[Sydney, New South Wales]], Australia.
'''St Vincent's College''' (colloquially known as '''''Vinnies'''''), is an independent [[Roman Catholic Church in Australia|Roman Catholic]] [[Single-sex education|single-sex]] secondary day and boarding school for girls, located in [[Victoria Street, East Sydney|Victoria Street]], [[Potts Point, New South Wales|Potts Point]], an inner-city suburb of Sydney, Australia.


The college is the oldest registered Catholic girls' school in Australia, founded by the [[Sisters of Charity of Australia|Sisters of Charity]] as a [[co-educational]] primary school in 1858.<ref name="About">[http://www.stvincents.nsw.edu.au/about%5Fsvc/ About St Vincent's College] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070306161120/http://www.stvincents.nsw.edu.au/about_svc/ |date=6 March 2007 }} (accessed:14-05-2007)</ref> St Vincent's College follows the spirituality of [[Ignatius of Loyola]]. The college has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently caters for approximately 714 girls in Years 7 to 12, including approximately 61 boarders.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}
The college is the oldest registered Catholic girls' school in Australia, founded by the [[Sisters of Charity of Australia|Sisters of Charity]] as a co-educational primary school in 1858.<ref name="About">[http://www.stvincents.nsw.edu.au/about%5Fsvc/ About St Vincent's College] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070306161120/http://www.stvincents.nsw.edu.au/about_svc/ |date=6 March 2007 }} (accessed:14-05-2007)</ref> St Vincent's College follows the spirituality of [[Ignatius of Loyola]]. The college has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently caters for approximately 714 girls in Years 7 to 12, including approximately 61 boarders.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}


St Vincent's is affiliated with the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA),<ref name=AHISA>{{cite web |url=http://www.ahisa.com.au/Display.aspx?tabid=3240& |title=New South Wales |access-date=6 February 2008 |year=2008 |work=School Directory |publisher=Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081019120131/http://www.ahisa.com.au/Display.aspx?tabid=3240& |archive-date=19 October 2008 }}</ref> the Australian Boarding Schools' Association (ABSA),<ref name=ABSA>{{cite web |url=http://www.boarding.org.au/site/school_detail.cfm?schID=85 |title=St Vincent's College |access-date=6 February 2008 |year =2007 |work=Schools – New South Wales |publisher=Australian Boarding Schools' Association |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071117111213/http://www.boarding.org.au/site/school_detail.cfm?schID=85 <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 17 November 2007}}</ref> the Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia (AGSA),<ref name=AGSA>{{cite web |url = http://www.agsa.org.au/members.php?PageID=11&Alpha=S |title = Member Schools |access-date = 6 February 2008 |last = Butler |first = Jan |year = 2006 |work = Members |publisher = The Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080519223221/http://www.agsa.org.au/members.php?PageID=11 |archive-date = 19 May 2008 }}</ref> and is a member of the [[Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools]] (AHIGS).<ref name=AHIGS>{{cite web |url=https://www.ahigs.nsw.edu.au/Schools/St-Vincents-College |title=St Vincent's College |website=Association of Heads of New South Wales Independent Girls' Schools |access-date=15 October 2020 |year =2018 }}</ref>
St Vincent's is affiliated with the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA),<ref name=AHISA>{{cite web |url=http://www.ahisa.com.au/Display.aspx?tabid=3240& |title=New South Wales |access-date=6 February 2008 |year=2008 |work=School Directory |publisher=Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081019120131/http://www.ahisa.com.au/Display.aspx?tabid=3240& |archive-date=19 October 2008 }}</ref> the Australian Boarding Schools' Association (ABSA),<ref name=ABSA>{{cite web |url=http://www.boarding.org.au/site/school_detail.cfm?schID=85 |title=St Vincent's College |access-date=6 February 2008 |year =2007 |work=Schools – New South Wales |publisher=Australian Boarding Schools' Association |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071117111213/http://www.boarding.org.au/site/school_detail.cfm?schID=85 <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 17 November 2007}}</ref> the Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia (AGSA),<ref name=AGSA>{{cite web |url = http://www.agsa.org.au/members.php?PageID=11&Alpha=S |title = Member Schools |access-date = 6 February 2008 |last = Butler |first = Jan |year = 2006 |work = Members |publisher = The Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080519223221/http://www.agsa.org.au/members.php?PageID=11 |archive-date = 19 May 2008 }}</ref> and is a member of the [[Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools]] (AHIGS).<ref name=AHIGS>{{cite web |url=https://www.ahigs.nsw.edu.au/Schools/St-Vincents-College |title=St Vincent's College |website=Association of Heads of New South Wales Independent Girls' Schools |access-date=15 October 2020 |year =2018 }}</ref>
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The school reopened as '''St Vincent's College''', a secondary, fee-paying, private, independent school in May 1882, after the hospital's relocation to the neighbouring suburb of [[Darlinghurst]].
The school reopened as '''St Vincent's College''', a secondary, fee-paying, private, independent school in May 1882, after the hospital's relocation to the neighbouring suburb of [[Darlinghurst]].


In 2009, Mary Aikenhead Ministries (MAM) was established by the [[Holy See]] at the request of the [[Congregation of the Religious Sisters of Charity of Australia]] and the St Vincent's College was transferred to MAM.
In 2009 Mary Aikenhead Ministries (MAM) was established by the [[Holy See]] at the request of the [[Congregation of the Religious Sisters of Charity of Australia]] and the St Vincent's College was transferred to MAM.


In 2018, St Vincent's College celebrated its 160th anniversary<ref name="History">[http://www.stvincents.nsw.edu.au/about%5Fsvc/history.cfm St Vincent's College – History] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070118213514/http://www.stvincents.nsw.edu.au/about_svc/history.cfm |date=18 January 2007 }} (accessed:14-05-2007)</ref> and in 2019 its 135th year of boarding.
In 2018 St Vincent's College celebrated its 160th anniversary<ref name="History">[http://www.stvincents.nsw.edu.au/about%5Fsvc/history.cfm St Vincent's College – History] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070118213514/http://www.stvincents.nsw.edu.au/about_svc/history.cfm |date=18 January 2007 }} (accessed:14-05-2007)</ref> and in 2019 its 135th year of boarding.


==Principals==
==Principals==
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== Notable alumnae ==
== Notable alumnae ==
{{alumni|date= September 2024}}
*[[Lyn Ashley]] &ndash; actress
*[[Lyn Ashley]] &ndash; actress
*[[Natarsha Belling]] &ndash; journalist and newsreader
*[[Natarsha Belling]] &ndash; journalist and newsreader
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*[[Grace Boelke]] &ndash; one of the first female graduates in medicine from the [[University of Sydney]]
*[[Grace Boelke]] &ndash; one of the first female graduates in medicine from the [[University of Sydney]]
*Kerry Bray<ref>{{Cite web|last=Trembath|first=Murray|date=2020-06-08|title=Kerry was always in the running for an award|url=https://www.theleader.com.au/story/6783522/kerry-was-always-in-the-running-for-an-award/|access-date=2020-06-17|website=St George & Sutherland Shire Leader|language=en}}</ref> &ndash; awarded OAM in 2020 for 40 years of organising community running.
*Kerry Bray<ref>{{Cite web|last=Trembath|first=Murray|date=2020-06-08|title=Kerry was always in the running for an award|url=https://www.theleader.com.au/story/6783522/kerry-was-always-in-the-running-for-an-award/|access-date=2020-06-17|website=St George & Sutherland Shire Leader|language=en}}</ref> &ndash; awarded OAM in 2020 for 40 years of organising community running.
*[[Kathleen Commins]] (1909–2003) was an Australian journalist, the first female editor of Australia's oldest literary journal, ''[[Hermes (publication)|Hermes]]'' (in 1931). Commins joined ''[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]'' in 1934 and became the first female sports writer in Australia, then became the first female executive at ''The Sydney Morning Herald'', as Assistant to the Chief of Staff from 1948–1969.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Lawson|first=Valerie|date=2003-02-15|title=Most of the power, little of the glory|url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/most-of-the-power-little-of-the-glory-20030215-gdg9x6.html|access-date=2019-05-01|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Hermes 1931 Volume 37 Michaelmas Term|url=https://digital.library.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/6760|access-date=2019-05-01|website=University of Sydney Library}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news|date=16 June 1931|title=Women in the World|work=The Australian Women's Mirror|url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-407807977/view?sectionId=nla.obj-418867608&searchTerm=%22kathleen+commins%22&partId=nla.obj-407819293#page/n0/mode/1up|access-date=2019-05-01}}</ref>
*[[Kathleen Commins]] (1909–2003) was an Australian journalist, the first female editor of Australia's oldest literary journal, ''[[Hermes (publication)|Hermes]]'' (in 1931). Commins joined ''[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]'' in 1934 and became the first female sports writer in Australia, then became the first female executive at ''The Sydney Morning Herald'', as Assistant to the Chief of Staff from 1948 to 1969.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Lawson|first=Valerie|date=2003-02-15|title=Most of the power, little of the glory|url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/most-of-the-power-little-of-the-glory-20030215-gdg9x6.html|access-date=2019-05-01|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Hermes 1931 Volume 37 Michaelmas Term|url=https://digital.library.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/6760|access-date=2019-05-01|website=University of Sydney Library}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news|date=16 June 1931|title=Women in the World|work=The Australian Women's Mirror|url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-407807977/view?sectionId=nla.obj-418867608&searchTerm=%22kathleen+commins%22&partId=nla.obj-407819293#page/n0/mode/1up|access-date=2019-05-01}}</ref>
* [[Melinda Gainsford-Taylor]] &ndash; Australian athlete and Olympian
* [[Melinda Gainsford-Taylor]] &ndash; Australian athlete and Olympian
* [[Alexandra Hargreaves]] &ndash; rugby player
* [[Alexandra Hargreaves]] &ndash; rugby player
* [[Deni Hines]] &ndash; singer and actress
* [[Deni Hines]] &ndash; singer and actress
* [[Winnie Kiap]] &ndash; Papua New Guinea High Commissioner to the [[United Kingdom]]
* [[Winnie Kiap]] &ndash; Papua New Guinea High Commissioner to the United Kingdom
* [[Karen Krantzcke]] (deceased) &ndash; tennis player – ranked seventh in women's tennis singles in 1970. The [[Women's Tennis Association|WTA]] named an award – The Karen Krantzke Sportsmanship Award in her honour.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}
* [[Karen Krantzcke]] (deceased) &ndash; tennis player – ranked seventh in women's tennis singles in 1970. The [[Women's Tennis Association|WTA]] named an award – The Karen Krantzke Sportsmanship Award in her honour.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}
* [[Neta Maughan]] – an Australian piano teacher, was appointed a [[Member of the Order of Australia]] in 2010 "For service to music education as a teacher of piano, voice and music theory, to professional organisations, and as a mentor of young performers".
* [[Neta Maughan]] – an Australian piano teacher, was appointed a [[Member of the Order of Australia]] in 2010 "For service to music education as a teacher of piano, voice and music theory, to professional organisations, and as a mentor of young performers".
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* Colleen Pyne &ndash; awarded OAM in 1999 for services to education, and to the establishment of the North Australia Research Unit
* Colleen Pyne &ndash; awarded OAM in 1999 for services to education, and to the establishment of the North Australia Research Unit
* Patricia Rolfe<ref>{{Cite web|date=2008-08-28|title=Journalist and mentor to many|url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/journalist-and-mentor-to-many-20080828-gdssq2.html|access-date=2020-06-25|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en}}</ref> &ndash; journalist and foreign correspondent for the ''[[Australian Women's Weekly|Women's Weekly]]''
* Patricia Rolfe<ref>{{Cite web|date=2008-08-28|title=Journalist and mentor to many|url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/journalist-and-mentor-to-many-20080828-gdssq2.html|access-date=2020-06-25|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en}}</ref> &ndash; journalist and foreign correspondent for the ''[[Australian Women's Weekly|Women's Weekly]]''
*[[Gemma Sisia]] &ndash; humanitarian who established the [[School of St Jude]] in [[Tanzania]] in 2002, which "provides free, high-quality education to over 1,800 of the poorest Tanzanian children while boarding more than 1,400 students."{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}
*[[Gemma Sisia]] &ndash; humanitarian who established the [[School of St Jude]] in Tanzania in 2002, which "provides free, high-quality education to over 1,800 of the poorest Tanzanian children while boarding more than 1,400 students."{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}
*Kate Wild<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-12-20|title=Kate Wild|url=https://www.themonthly.com.au/author/kate-wild|access-date=2020-06-25|website=The Monthly}}</ref> &ndash; investigative journalist and author, [[Walkley Award]] and [[Logie Awards|Logie]] winner
*Kate Wild<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-12-20|title=Kate Wild|url=https://www.themonthly.com.au/author/kate-wild|access-date=2020-06-25|website=The Monthly}}</ref> &ndash; investigative journalist and author, [[Walkley Award]] and [[Logie Awards|Logie]] winner
*[[Lara Bingle|Lara Worthington]] &ndash; philanthropist and businesswoman
*[[Lara Bingle|Lara Worthington]] &ndash; philanthropist and businesswoman
*Nichola Constant - Chief Commissioner of the [[Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales]]
*Nichola Constant Chief Commissioner of the [[Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales]]


== See also ==
== See also ==

Latest revision as of 12:34, 25 October 2024

St Vincent's College
St Vincent's College
Address
Map
Rockwall Crescent

Potts Point, Sydney
,
2011

Australia
Coordinates33°52′9″S 151°13′26″E / 33.86917°S 151.22389°E / -33.86917; 151.22389
Information
Former nameVictoria Street Roman Catholic School
TypeIndependent single-sex]secondary day and boarding school
MottoLatin: Scientia cum Religione
(Religion and Knowledge united)
Religious affiliation(s)Sisters of Charity
DenominationRoman Catholic
Patron saint(s)
Established1858; 166 years ago (1858)[1]
Educational authorityNew South Wales Department of Education
PrincipalAnne Fry
Staffc. 63
Years712
GenderGirls
Enrolmentc. 620 (2007)
Campus typeUrban
Colour(s)Blue, gold and white
   
NicknameVinnies
Affiliations
Websitewww.stvincents.nsw.edu.au

St Vincent's College (colloquially known as Vinnies), is an independent Roman Catholic single-sex secondary day and boarding school for girls, located in Victoria Street, Potts Point, an inner-city suburb of Sydney, Australia.

The college is the oldest registered Catholic girls' school in Australia, founded by the Sisters of Charity as a co-educational primary school in 1858.[2] St Vincent's College follows the spirituality of Ignatius of Loyola. The college has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently caters for approximately 714 girls in Years 7 to 12, including approximately 61 boarders.[citation needed]

St Vincent's is affiliated with the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA),[3] the Australian Boarding Schools' Association (ABSA),[1] the Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia (AGSA),[4] and is a member of the Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools (AHIGS).[5]

History

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St Vincent's College was founded as the Victoria Street Roman Catholic School, by the Sisters of Charity in 1858, a year after the sisters established St Vincent's Hospital at the same site.

The school reopened as St Vincent's College, a secondary, fee-paying, private, independent school in May 1882, after the hospital's relocation to the neighbouring suburb of Darlinghurst.

In 2009 Mary Aikenhead Ministries (MAM) was established by the Holy See at the request of the Congregation of the Religious Sisters of Charity of Australia and the St Vincent's College was transferred to MAM.

In 2018 St Vincent's College celebrated its 160th anniversary[6] and in 2019 its 135th year of boarding.

Principals

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Period Details[5]
1858–1864 Aloysius Raymond
1865–1881 Frances McGuigan
1882–1896 Ursula Brutin
1897–1912 Gerard Ryan
1912–1920 Kevin Purtell
1921–1922 Benedicta Martin
1923–1925 Joachim Burns
1926–1936 Dympna Bruton
1937 Carmella Kissane
1938–1943 Francis Jerome Donovan
1944 Maria Joseph Hegarty
1945–1948 Marion Corless
1949 Peter Fenessy
1950 Laurence Young
1951–1955 Isabel Waldron
1956–1959 Joan Jurd
1960 Amadeus Paine
1961 Genevieve Campbell
1962–1969 Marion Corless
1970–1976 Mildred Carroll
1977–1983 Maria Wheeler
1984–1994 Margaret Beirne
1995–2001 Caroline Duhigg
2002–2008 Michelle Huggonet
2009–2014 Fay Gurr
2015–present Anne Fry

Notable alumnae

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "St Vincent's College". Schools – New South Wales. Australian Boarding Schools' Association. 2007. Archived from the original on 17 November 2007. Retrieved 6 February 2008.
  2. ^ About St Vincent's College Archived 6 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine (accessed:14-05-2007)
  3. ^ "New South Wales". School Directory. Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia. 2008. Archived from the original on 19 October 2008. Retrieved 6 February 2008.
  4. ^ Butler, Jan (2006). "Member Schools". Members. The Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia. Archived from the original on 19 May 2008. Retrieved 6 February 2008.
  5. ^ a b "St Vincent's College". Association of Heads of New South Wales Independent Girls' Schools. 2018. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  6. ^ St Vincent's College – History Archived 18 January 2007 at the Wayback Machine (accessed:14-05-2007)
  7. ^ Trembath, Murray (8 June 2020). "Kerry was always in the running for an award". St George & Sutherland Shire Leader. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  8. ^ Lawson, Valerie (15 February 2003). "Most of the power, little of the glory". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  9. ^ "Hermes 1931 Volume 37 Michaelmas Term". University of Sydney Library. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  10. ^ "Women in the World". The Australian Women's Mirror. 16 June 1931. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  11. ^ "Journalist and mentor to many". The Sydney Morning Herald. 28 August 2008. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  12. ^ "Kate Wild". The Monthly. 20 December 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
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