St. Vincent's College, Potts Point
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| Scientia cum Religione (Latin:"Religion and Knowledge united") |
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| Established | 1858[1] |
| School Type | Private, Single-sex, Day and Boarding |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Key People | Ms Michele Hugonnet (Principal) |
| School Fees | AU$9,919–11,534 p.a (Day) AU$25,009–26,624 p.a (Boarding)[2] |
| Location | Potts Point, New South Wales, Australia  |
| Coordinates | Coordinates: |
| Enrolment | ~680 (7–12)[3] |
| Employees | ~63[3] |
| Colours | Blue, Gold and White |
| Homepage | www.stvincents.nsw.edu.au |
St Vincent's College (commonly known as Vinnies), is a Roman Catholic, secondary, boarding and day school for girls, located in Potts Point, an inner-city suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
The college is one of Australia's oldest Catholic girls' schools, founded by the Sisters of Charity as a co-educational primary school in 1858,[4] and follows the dictum of St Irenaeus that "the Glory of God is the human person fully alive", and has a spirituality based on that of Ignatius of Loyola. St Vincent's has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently caters for approximately for approximately 680 girls in Years 7 to 12,[3] including 140 boarders.[1]
St Vincent's is affiliated with the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA),[5] the Australian Boarding Schools' Association (ABSA),[1] the Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia (AGSA),[6] and is a member of the Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools (AHIGS).[7]
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[edit] History
St Vincent's College was founded as the Victoria Street Roman Catholic School, by the Sisters of Charity in 1858. Originally a co-educational primary school, the school reopened as St Vincents College, a secondary, fee-paying Catholic school in May 1882, at its current site in Potts Point.[8].
[edit] Principals
| Period | Details[7] |
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| 1858 – 1864 | Sr Aloysius Raymond |
| 1865 – 1881 | Sr Frances McGuigan |
| 1882 – 1896 | Sr Ursula Brutin |
| 1897 – 1912 | Sr Gerard Ryan |
| 1912 – 1920 | Sr Kevin Purtell |
| 1921 – 1922 | Sr Benedicta Martin |
| 1923 – 1925 | Sr Joachim Burns |
| 1926 – 1936 | Sr Dympna Bruton |
| 1937 | Sr Carmella Kissane |
| 1938 – 1943 | Sr Francis Jerome Donovan |
| 1944 | Sr Maria Joseph hegarty |
| 1945 – 1948 | Sr Marion Corless |
| 1949 | Sr Peter Fenessy |
| 1950 | Sr Laurence Young |
| 1951 – 1955 | Sr Isabel Waldron |
| 1956 – 1959 | Sr Joan Jurd |
| 1960 | Sr Amadeus Paine |
| 1961 | Sr Genevieve Campbell |
| 1962 – 1969 | Sr Marion Corless |
| 1970 – 1976 | Sr Mildred Carroll |
| 1977 – 1983 | Sr Paul Smith |
| 1984 – 1993 | Sr Emma Eastern |
| 1995 – 2001 | Miss Caroline Duhigg |
| 2002 – present | Ms Michelle Huggonet |
[edit] Notable alumni
- Natarsha Belling – Channel 10 newsreader
- Lara Bingle – International Model
- Melinda Gainsford-Taylor – Australian Athlete and Olympian
- Deni Hines – Singer and actress
- Gemma Rice – Founder of the School of St Jude, Tanzania
[edit] References
- ^ a b c St Vincent's College. Schools - New South Wales. Australian Boarding Schools' Association (2007). Retrieved on 2008-02-06.
- ^ Australian Students 2008. School & Enrolment Fees. St Vincent's College. Retrieved on 2008-02-06.
- ^ a b c St Vincents College Annual Report 2006 (accessed:15-08-2007)
- ^ About St Vincent's College (accessed:14-05-2007)
- ^ New South Wales. School Directory. Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (2008). Retrieved on 2008-02-06.
- ^ Butler, Jan (2006). Member Schools. Members. The Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia. Retrieved on 2008-02-06.
- ^ a b Heads of New South Wales Independent Girls' Schools. AHIGS. The Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools (2007). Retrieved on 2007-12-11.
- ^ St Vincent's College - History (accessed:14-05-2007)
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