, motto_translation = Religion and Knowledge united , established = , type =

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single-sex

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school , gender =

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, religious_affiliation =

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, patron = , principal = Anne Fry , location = , streetaddress = Rockwall Crescent , city =

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, enrolment = , enrolment_as_of = 2007 , grades = 7- 12 , grades_label = Years , staff = , colours = Blue, gold and white
, homepage = , campus_type = Urban , nickname = Vinnies , affiliations = , former_name = Victoria Street Roman Catholic School St Vincent's College (colloquially known as ''Vinnies''), 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 * Independe ...

single-sex

and

school for girls, located in Victoria Street,

, an inner-city suburb of

Sydney, New South Wales Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountains ...

, Australia. The college is the oldest registered Catholic girls' school in Australia, founded by the

as a

co-educational Mixed-sex education, also known as mixed-gender education, co-education, or coeducation (abbreviated to co-ed or coed), is a system of education where males and females are educated together. Whereas single-sex education was more common up to t ...

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

Ignatius of Loyola Ignatius of Loyola, S.J. (born Íñigo López de Oñaz y Loyola; eu, Ignazio Loiolakoa; es, Ignacio de Loyola; la, Ignatius de Loyola; – 31 July 1556), venerated as Saint Ignatius of Loyola, was a Spanish Catholic priest and theologian ...

. 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

Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools The Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools (AHIGS), is an association for independent girls' schools, based in North Ryde, New South Wales, Australia. Established in 1916 as The Association of Head Mistresses of New South Wales, t ...

(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

Darlinghurst Darlinghurst is an inner-city, eastern suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Darlinghurst is located immediately east of the Sydney central business district (CBD) and Hyde Park, within the local government area of the City of Sydney. ...

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

Principals

Notable alumnae

Lyn Ashley Lyn Ashley (born Lynette Rumble; 18 March 1940) is an Australian actress who worked in the United Kingdom on television during the 1960s. Early life Ashley was born Lynette Rumble in Townsville, Queensland, on 18 March 1940. She is the daughte ...

– actress *

Natarsha Belling Natarsha Belling (born 29 May 1970) is an Australian journalist. Belling has previously worked at Network 10 as a television presenter, news presenter and reporter. She spent over two decades with the company until being made redundant in Aug ...

– journalist and newsreader *

Kerrie Biddell Kerrie Agnes Biddell (8 February 19475 September 2014) was an Australian jazz and session singer, as well as a pianist and vocal teacher. Life and Career Born in Kings Cross, New South Wales, the only child of Irish-Catholic parents Kathleen, a ...

– 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 – 1969. *

Melinda Gainsford-Taylor Melinda Gainsford-Taylor (born 1 October 1971 in Narromine, New South Wales) is a retired Australian athlete, who specialised in sprint events. In 1995 Gainsford-Taylor won the World Indoor championship over 200 m. During her career she al ...

– Australian athlete and Olympian * Alexandra Hargreaves – rugby player *

Deni Hines Dohnyale "Deni" Sharon Hines (born 4 September 1970) is an Australian singer who has been releasing music since the early 1990s, with chart success in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and Europe. She is the daughter of American-Australian singer M ...

– singer and actress * Winnie Kiap – Papua New Guinea High Commissioner to the

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Karen Krantzcke Karen Krantzcke (1 February 1946 – 11 April 1977) was an Australian tennis player. She achieved a world top ten singles ranking in 1970. In her short career, she made the quarterfinals or better at each of the four Grand Slam championships i ...

(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 Neta Anne Maughan (born August 1938) is an Australian piano teacher. Her teaching career has spanned 63 years (2019) and in that time she has taught thousands of students in her main discipline of the piano, vocal, theory and accompaniment train ...

– an Australian piano teacher, was appointed a

Member of the Order of Australia The Order of Australia is an honour that recognises Australian citizens and other persons for outstanding achievement and service. It was established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, on the advice of the Australian Go ...

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 The Parliament of New South Wales is a bicameral legislature in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW), consisting of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly (lower house) and the New South Wales Legislative Council (upper house). Each ...

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 The School of St. Jude is a charity-funded school located in the city of Arusha, in the northern Arusha Region of Tanzania. With its three campuses, the school provides free primary and secondary education to children in the Arusha Region. ...

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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

References

External links

St Vincent's College official website

Annual reports
on official website
Mary Aikenhead Ministries website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Vincent's College 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

History

Principals

Notable alumnae

See also

References

External links