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|motto = {{langx|la|Scientia cum Religione}} |
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|established = {{start date and age|1858}}<ref name=ABSA/> |
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|type = Independent single-sex]secondary day and boarding school |
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|gender = Girls |
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|denomination = [[Roman Catholic Church in Australia|Roman Catholic]] |
|denomination = [[Roman Catholic Church in Australia|Roman Catholic]] |
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|religious_affiliation = [[Sisters of Charity of Australia|Sisters of Charity]] |
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|streetaddress = Rockwall Crescent |
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|city = [[Potts Point, New South Wales|Potts Point]] |
|city = [[Potts Point, New South Wales|Potts Point]], Sydney |
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|state = [[New South Wales]] |
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|postcode = 2011 |
|postcode = 2011 |
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|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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|nickname = Vinnies |
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'''St Vincent's College''' (colloquially known as '''''Vinnies'''''), is an |
'''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. |
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The college is the oldest registered Catholic girls' school in Australia, founded by the [[Sisters of Charity of Australia|Sisters of Charity]] as a |
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}} |
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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]]. |
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In 2009 |
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. |
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In 2018 |
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. |
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==Principals== |
==Principals== |
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== Notable alumnae == |
== Notable alumnae == |
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*[[Lyn Ashley]] – actress |
*[[Lyn Ashley]] – actress |
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*[[Natarsha Belling]] – journalist and newsreader |
*[[Natarsha Belling]] – journalist and newsreader |
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*[[Grace Boelke]] – one of the first female graduates in medicine from the [[University of Sydney]] |
*[[Grace Boelke]] – one of the first female graduates in medicine from the [[University of Sydney]] |
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*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> – 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> – awarded OAM in 2020 for 40 years of organising community running. |
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*[[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 |
*[[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> |
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* [[Melinda Gainsford-Taylor]] – Australian athlete and Olympian |
* [[Melinda Gainsford-Taylor]] – Australian athlete and Olympian |
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* [[Alexandra Hargreaves]] – rugby player |
* [[Alexandra Hargreaves]] – rugby player |
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* [[Deni Hines]] – singer and actress |
* [[Deni Hines]] – singer and actress |
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* [[Winnie Kiap]] – Papua New Guinea High Commissioner to the |
* [[Winnie Kiap]] – Papua New Guinea High Commissioner to the United Kingdom |
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* [[Karen Krantzcke]] (deceased) – 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) – 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}} |
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* [[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 – awarded OAM in 1999 for services to education, and to the establishment of the North Australia Research Unit |
* Colleen Pyne – awarded OAM in 1999 for services to education, and to the establishment of the North Australia Research Unit |
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* 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> – 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> – journalist and foreign correspondent for the ''[[Australian Women's Weekly|Women's Weekly]]'' |
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*[[Gemma Sisia]] – humanitarian who established the [[School of St Jude]] in |
*[[Gemma Sisia]] – 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}} |
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*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> – 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> – investigative journalist and author, [[Walkley Award]] and [[Logie Awards|Logie]] winner |
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*[[Lara Bingle|Lara Worthington]] – philanthropist and businesswoman |
*[[Lara Bingle|Lara Worthington]] – philanthropist and businesswoman |
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*Nichola Constant |
*Nichola Constant – Chief Commissioner of the [[Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales]] |
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== See also == |
== See also == |
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St Vincent's College | |
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Rockwall Crescent Potts Point, Sydney , 2011 Australia | |
Coordinates | 33°52′9″S 151°13′26″E / 33.86917°S 151.22389°E |
Information | |
Former name | Victoria Street Roman Catholic School |
Type | Independent single-sex]secondary day and boarding school |
Motto | Latin: Scientia cum Religione (Religion and Knowledge united) |
Religious affiliation(s) | Sisters of Charity |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Patron saint(s) | |
Established | 1858[1] |
Educational authority | New South Wales Department of Education |
Principal | Anne Fry |
Staff | c. 63 |
Years | 7–12 |
Gender | Girls |
Enrolment | c. 620 (2007) |
Campus type | Urban |
Colour(s) | Blue, gold and white |
Nickname | Vinnies |
Affiliations |
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Website | www |
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
[edit]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
[edit]Period | Details[5] |
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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
[edit]This article's list of alumni may not follow Wikipedia's verifiability policy. (September 2024) |
- Lyn Ashley – actress
- Natarsha Belling – journalist and newsreader
- Kerrie Biddell – an Australian jazz and session singer, as well as a pianist and vocal teacher.
- Grace Boelke – one of the first female graduates in medicine from the University of Sydney
- Kerry Bray[7] – 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 (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.[8][9][10]
- Melinda Gainsford-Taylor – Australian athlete and Olympian
- Alexandra Hargreaves – rugby player
- Deni Hines – singer and actress
- Winnie Kiap – Papua New Guinea High Commissioner to the United Kingdom
- Karen Krantzcke (deceased) – tennis player – ranked seventh in women's tennis singles in 1970. The WTA named an award – The Karen Krantzke Sportsmanship Award in her honour.[citation needed]
- 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".
- Professor Anne Mijch – responsible for opening the first AIDS clinic in Melbourne. Awarded OAM in 1998 for service to medicine, particularly in the treatment and care given to patients suffering from infectious diseases including HIV/AIDS.
- Marjorie O'Neill – Member of the New South Wales Parliament for Coogee
- Colleen Pyne – awarded OAM in 1999 for services to education, and to the establishment of the North Australia Research Unit
- Patricia Rolfe[11] – journalist and foreign correspondent for the Women's Weekly
- Gemma Sisia – 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]
- Kate Wild[12] – investigative journalist and author, Walkley Award and Logie winner
- Lara Worthington – philanthropist and businesswoman
- Nichola Constant – Chief Commissioner of the Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales
See also
[edit]- List of non-government schools in New South Wales
- List of boarding schools in Australia
- Catholic education in Australia
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ About St Vincent's College Archived 6 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine (accessed:14-05-2007)
- ^ "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.
- ^ Butler, Jan (2006). "Member Schools". Members. The Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia. Archived from the original on 19 May 2008. Retrieved 6 February 2008.
- ^ a b "St Vincent's College". Association of Heads of New South Wales Independent Girls' Schools. 2018. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
- ^ St Vincent's College – History Archived 18 January 2007 at the Wayback Machine (accessed:14-05-2007)
- ^ Trembath, Murray (8 June 2020). "Kerry was always in the running for an award". St George & Sutherland Shire Leader. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
- ^ Lawson, Valerie (15 February 2003). "Most of the power, little of the glory". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
- ^ "Hermes 1931 Volume 37 Michaelmas Term". University of Sydney Library. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
- ^ "Women in the World". The Australian Women's Mirror. 16 June 1931. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
- ^ "Journalist and mentor to many". The Sydney Morning Herald. 28 August 2008. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
- ^ "Kate Wild". The Monthly. 20 December 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
External links
[edit]- St Vincent's College official website
- Annual reports on official website
- Mary Aikenhead Ministries website
- Girls' schools in New South Wales
- Catholic secondary schools in Sydney
- Educational institutions established in 1858
- Boarding schools in New South Wales
- Potts Point, New South Wales
- Catholic boarding schools in Australia
- Sisters of Charity schools
- Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools
- 1858 establishments in Australia
- Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia
- Sisters of Charity of Australia