Loreto Kirribilli

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Loreto Kirribilli
Image:Loretokirribillicrest.gif
Motto: Cruci Dum Spiro Fido
'Whilst I have breath I confide in the cross'
Established 1892
Type Independent all-female secondary
Principal Ms Janet Freeman
Students 1050
Grades K–12
Location Kirribilli, NSW Australia
Campus 10 acres
Colours Blue, White and Gold
Website www.loreto.nsw.edu.au

Loreto Kirribilli is a private Roman Catholic girls' school in Sydney, Australia with an enrolment of approximately 1050 girls from Kindergarten to Year 12. The school is one of many around the world directed by the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary (IBVM). Loreto is a member of the Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools (AHIGS).

Its Sydney sister school is Loreto Normanhurst.

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[edit] History

Loreto Kirribilli was founded in 1901 following the move of the day school of Loreto Randwick (founded 1892) to "Kunimbla", a house in Milsons Point. In 1902, increasing enrolments necessitated a move to "Fern Hill", a house in Upper Pitt Street, and in 1907 to the current site in Carabella Street.

[edit] Principals

  • Ms Janet Freeman 1999 -
  • Sr Anne Kelly 1993-1999
  • Sr Margaret Honner 1986 - 1992
  • Sr Mary Wright 1981 - 1985
  • Sr Jeanne Cover 1972 - 1981
  • Sr Anne Anderson 1971
  • Sr Noni Mitchell 1970
  • Sr Juliana Coughlin 1966 - 1969
  • Sr Angela Quill 1959 - 1965
  • Sr Jude Lane 1957-1958
  • Sr Miriam Nowotny 1955-1956
  • Sr Emilian Cowden 1949-1954
  • Sr Mechitilde Farrell 1942-1948
  • Sr Canice Woods 1938-1942
  • Sr Rita Nolan 1932-1937
  • Sr Elizabeth Forbes 1925-1929
  • Sr Eulalia Hyland 1920 - 1925

[edit] Houses

WARD- blue- named after the foundress of the IBVM Mary Ward

BARRY- gold- named after Mother Gonzaga Barry, an Irish nun who began the first Australian Loreto school in Balarat.

MILSON- red- named after James Milson, the Mayor of North Sydney at the time that Loreto Kirribilli was built

HEATON- green- named after the Heaton family which where very generous to the school.

[edit] Notable Alumnae and Teachers

[edit] See also

[edit] External link

Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools Schools

Abbotsleigh | Ascham School | Brigidine College | Calrossy Anglican School for Girls | Canberra Girls' Grammar School | Danebank | Frensham School | Kambala Girls School | Kincoppal-Rose Bay | Loreto Kirribilli | Loreto Normanhurst | Meriden | MLC School | Monte Sant' Angelo Mercy College | New England Girls' School | OLMC Parramatta | Presbyterian Ladies' College, Armidale | Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney | Pymble Ladies' College | Queenwood | Ravenswood | Roseville College | SCEGGS | St Catherine's School | St Clare's College | St Vincent's College | Santa Sabina College | Tara | Wenona School


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