, motto_translation = For the Church of God , established = 1902 , type =

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, single-sex, day and boarding , denomination =

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, slogan = , principal = Helen Aguiar , key_people = , city =

Mount Lawley Mount is often used as part of the name of specific mountains, e.g. Mount Everest. Mount or Mounts may also refer to: Places * Mount, Cornwall, a village in Warleggan parish, England * Mount, Perranzabuloe, a hamlet in Perranzabuloe parish, C ...

, state =

Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...

, country = Australia , coordinates = , enrolment = ~1,100 (K–12) , employees = ~96 , colours = Navy blue, white and jacaranda
, affiliation = Independent Girls Schools Sports Association , website
perthcollege.wa.edu.au
, sister_school = Perth College is an

independent Independent or Independents may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Artist groups * Independents (artist group), a group of modernist painters based in the New Hope, Pennsylvania, area of the United States during the early 1930s * Independ ...

day and

boarding school A boarding school is a school where pupils live within premises while being given formal instruction. The word "boarding" is used in the sense of "room and board", i.e. lodging and meals. As they have existed for many centuries, and now exten ...

for girls located in

, an inner northern suburb of

Perth, Western Australia Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ...

. The school maintains a non-selective enrolment policy and currently has approximately 1,000 students from

Kindergarten Kindergarten is a preschool educational approach based on playing, singing, practical activities such as drawing, and social interaction as part of the transition from home to school. Such institutions were originally made in the late 18th cent ...

to Year 12, including 110 boarders from Year 7 onwards. Perth College is affiliated with the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA), the

Junior School Heads Association of Australia The Independent Primary School Heads of Australia (IPSHA) formerly Junior School Heads Association of Australia (JSHAA), is an incorporated body representing the heads of independent primary schools in Australia. Officially established in Septem ...

(JSHAA), the Association of Independent Schools of Western Australia, the Australian Boarding Schools Association (ABSA) and the Alliance of Girls' Schools Australia (AGSA). The school is also a member of the Independent Girls' Schools Sports Association (IGSSA).

History

Founded in 1902 by the

Community of the Sisters of the Church The Community of the Sisters of the Church is a religious order of women in various Anglican provinces who live the vowed life of poverty, chastity and obedience. In 2012 the order had 105 sisters living in community, together with an extensive ne ...

, an Anglican religious order, Perth College is the oldest Anglican girls' school in Western Australia. The school first commenced in St Mary's Hall in Colin Street, West Perth with 32 girls. The demand for the introduction of boarding students increased and, as a result, Hawkesbury, situated near Kings Park was opened in 1903. Due to the development of Hawkesbury for boarders and Cowandilla for the junior students, together with the amalgamation of other subsidiary schools under the control of the Sisters of the Church, the school moved to the Mount Lawley site in 1916. Perth College was used during World War II as a base of operations for the army. The flagpole which stands at the front of the school was a gift. Perth College came under the control of the Anglican Province of Western Australia in 1968. The school has performed consistently well in the

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school rankings and is often amongst the best performing schools in the state.

Notable alumnae

The

alumnae Alumni (singular: alumnus (masculine) or alumna (feminine)) are former students of a school, college, or university who have either attended or graduated in some fashion from the institution. The feminine plural alumnae is sometimes used for grou ...

of Perth College are commonly referred to as Old Girls and they may join the school's

alumni association An alumni association or alumnae association is an association of graduates or, more broadly, of former students (alumni). In the United Kingdom and the United States, alumni of universities, colleges, schools (especially independent schools), ...

, the Perth College Old Girls' Association. Some notable Perth College Old Girls include: *

Carrie Bickmore Carrie Bickmore (born 3 December 1980) is an Australian talk show and current affairs Gold Logie award-winning television and radio presenter. Early life Bickmore was born in Adelaide, South Australia, in 1980, but moved to Perth, Western Aust ...

– radio and television presenter seen on ''The Project'' *

Sally Carlton Sally may refer to: People *Sally (name), a list of notable people with the name Military *Sally (military), an attack by the defenders of a town or fortress under siege against a besieging force; see sally port *Sally, the Allied reporting nam ...

– community and social worker; superintendent in Western Australia of the Australian Women's Land Army during the Second World War *The Hon.

Donna Faragher Donna Evelyn Mary Faragher (née Taylor; born 12 September 1975) is an Australian politician who has been a Liberal Party member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia since 2005, representing East Metropolitan Region. She became a mi ...

(MLC) – politician; Minister and Parliamentary Secretary in the

Barnett Ministry The Barnett Ministry was the 35th Ministry of the Government of Western Australia. It included 13 members of the Liberal Party, three members of the National Party and an independent. It was led by the Premier of Western Australia, Colin Barnett, ...

Jean Elsie Ferguson Jean Elsie Ferguson (15 July 1909 – 30 January 1979) was an Australian Army nurse who served in World War II and later became matron of a repatriation hospital in Perth. Early life and education Ferguson was born on 15 July 1909 in the Per ...

– hospital matronAustralian Dictionary of Biography (1996)
(accessed:16-05-2007) *

Dorothy Hewett Dorothy Coade Hewett (21 May 1923 – 25 August 2002) was an Australian playwright, poet and author, and a romantic feminist icon. In writing and in her life, Hewett was an experimenter. As her circumstances and beliefs changed, she progressed ...

– writer"Farewell to writer Dorothy Hewett"
''The Age'', 26 August 2002(accessed:16 May 2007) *

Kate Hooper Kate Jon-Marie Hooper (born 26 February 1978 in Auckland, New Zealand) is an Australian water polo player from the gold medal squad of the 2000 Summer Olympics. Hooper plays at centre forward and is from Perth in Western Australia. See al ...

– water polo player who won a gold medal at the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

in Sydney *

Decima Norman Clara Decima Hamilton (), MBE (9 September 1909 – 29 August 1983) was an Australian athlete. She was the only Australian woman who won five gold medals at the 1938 British Empire Games. Biography Norman was born on 9 September 1909 in Ta ...

– track-and-field athlete who won five gold medals at the

1938 British Empire Games The 1938 British Empire Games was the third British Empire Games, the event that evolved to become the Commonwealth Games. Held in Sydney, Australia from 5–12 February 1938, they were timed to coincide with Sydney's sesqui-centenary (150 ye ...

in Sydney *

Brianna Throssell Brianna Throssell (born 10 February 1996) is an Australian professional swimmer currently representing DC Trident at the International Swimming League. Throssell competed in the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, where she won seven bronze medals. S ...

– Australian swimmer
(accessed:30-03-2021)

References

Notes

External links

Perth College website
{{Authority control Junior School Heads Association of Australia Member Schools in Western Australia Educational institutions established in 1902 Boarding schools in Western Australia Anglican primary schools in Perth, Western Australia Girls' schools in Western Australia Anglican secondary schools in Perth, Western Australia Mount Lawley, Western Australia 1902 establishments in Australia Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia

History

Notable alumnae

See also

References

Notes

Further reading

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