St Vincent's College (colloquially known as ''Vinnies''), is an independent

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single-sex secondary day and boarding school for girls, located in Victoria Street,

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, an inner-city suburb of Sydney, Australia. The college is the oldest registered Catholic girls' school in Australia, founded by the

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as a co-educational primary school in 1858.About St Vincent's College
(accessed:14-05-2007) St Vincent's College follows the spirituality of

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. The college has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently caters for approximately 714 girls in Years 7 to 12, including approximately 61 boarders. St Vincent's is affiliated with the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA), the Australian Boarding Schools' Association (ABSA), the Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia (AGSA), and is a member of the

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(AHIGS).

History

St Vincent's College was founded as the Victoria Street Roman Catholic School, by the

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

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. In 2009 Mary Aikenhead Ministries (MAM) was established by the

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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 anniversarySt Vincent's College – History
(accessed:14-05-2007) and in 2019 its 135th year of boarding.

Principals

Notable alumnae

* Lyn Ashley – actress *

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– journalist and newsreader *

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– 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

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*Kerry Bray – 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, ''

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'' (in 1931). Commins joined ''

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'' 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. * 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. * Neta Maughan – an Australian piano teacher, was appointed a

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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

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for Coogee * Colleen Pyne – awarded OAM in 1999 for services to education, and to the establishment of the North Australia Research Unit * Patricia Rolfe – 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." *Kate Wild – investigative journalist and author,

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and Logie winner * Lara Worthington – philanthropist and businesswoman *Nichola Constant – Chief Commissioner of the

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References

External links

St Vincent's College official website

Annual reports
on official website
Mary Aikenhead Ministries website
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History

Principals

Notable alumnae

See also

References

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