St Catherine's School, Toorak

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

For other schools of the same name, see St Catherine's School.

St Catherine's School, Toorak
Nil Magnum Nisi Bonum (Latin:"Nothing is Great unless it is Good")[1]
Established	1896[2]
School Type	Independent, Single-sex, Day & Boarding
Denomination	Non-denominational[2]
Slogan	"One of Australia's finest since 1896"[3]
Key People	Sylvia Walton AO (Principal) Miss. Jeanie Hood (Founder) Dr. A Waterhouse (Chairman)
School Fees	AU$14,020 - AU$20,364 p.a (Day) AU$39,240 - AU$40,484 p.a (Boarding)[4]
Location	Toorak, Victoria, Australia
Coordinates	37°50′17″S 145°1′15″E / -37.83806, 145.02083Coordinates: 37°50′17″S 145°1′15″E / -37.83806, 145.02083
Enrolment	~730 (P-12)[5]
Colours	Blue, Gold & Grey
Homepage	www.stcatherines.net.au

St Catherine's School is an independent, non-denominational, day and boarding school for girls, located in Toorak, an inner south-eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Established in 1896 as Castlemaine Ladies' College, the school has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently caters for approximately 730 students from Pre-School to Year 12, including 80 boarders, on a 2.9 hectare campus.^[6] Boarding students come to St Catherine's from country Victoria, interstate and overseas.^[5]

St Catherine's is a member of the Junior School Heads Association of Australia (JSHAA),^[7] the Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia,^[8] the Association of Independent Schools of Victoria (AISV),^[2] the Australian Boarding Schools Association,^[9] and a founding member of Girls Sport Victoria (GSV).^[10]

In October 2007, Mrs Sylvia Walton AO was appointed as the twelfth Principal of St Catherine's School.^[11]

Contents 1 History 2 Campus 3 Notable alumni 4 References 5 See also 6 External links

[edit] History

St Catherine's School was founded as Castlemaine Ladies' College in 1896, by Miss Jeanie Hood in Templeton Street, Castlemaine.^[1]

At the instigation of Henry Langley, the first Anglican Bishop of Bendigo, his daughters, Ruth, Aphra and Nona took over the school in 1903. The Langley sisters later changed the School's name to Castlemaine Girls' College, and in 1911 to St Catherine's Girls College, Castlemaine, after the Anglican School St Catherine's School at Waverley in Sydney, where Ruth and Nona Langley had been educated.^[1]

In 1920, St Catherine's School moved to Williams Road in Melbourne, where 48 pupils were enrolled. Ruth Langley had been joined in 1919 by Flora Templeton, who came as co-Principal from Blair School, at St Georges Road, Toorak, with her students.^[1]

In 1922, St Catherine's Grammar School had 80 students, and in need of more accommodation, Miss Langley and Miss Templeton purchased "Kilbride House", formerly known as "Beaulieu", at 17 Heyington Place, Toorak. The building was ultimately re-named "Sherren House", in recognition of Mrs Ruby Lawrence (née Sherren), who was the schools Matron from 1923 to 1946. Flora Templeton died in 1931, but Ruth Langley continued the administration of the School, appointing Edna Holmes as Headmistress. After Ruth Langley's death in 1933, her sister Miss Hilda Langley became Principal.^[1]

In 1942, World War II saw the School buildings requisitioned as a residence for the W.A.A.A.F. St Catherine's found a temporary home at Mountain Grand, Warburton, and returned to Heyington Place in 1943. In 1944 Miss Sophie Borland was appointed Headmistress and worked with Hilda Langley as Principal until the end of 1947, when the trustee of the late Ruth Langley decided to hand control of the School to a Council. The first Chairman of the Council was The Right Reverend John McKie, Bishop of Geelong.^[1]

In 1948, Barbreck, at 33 Heyington Place, was acquired for use as a Junior School, making possible further extensions to the Secondary School, and pupil numbers increased to about 400.^[1]

In 1950 Miss Mary Davis was appointed as Principal and Headmistress. In 1957, Hilda Langley died, ending the Langley family's long association with the School.^[1]

Beginning in 2006, the school offered the IB Primary Years Programme^[12]

[edit] Campus

St Catherine's School is located on a single 2.9 hectare campus, in suburban Toorak, 6 km south-east of the Melbourne city centre.^[6] The school comprises the Early Learning Centre, the Junior School and the Senior School.^[13]

[edit] Notable alumni

Alumnae of St Catherine's School are known as 'Old Girls', and may elect to join the schools' alumni association, the St Catherine's Old Girls' Association Inc.^[14] Some notable St Catherine's Old Girls' include:

Academic

• Margaret Loch Kiddle - Historian (also attended Melbourne Girls Grammar School)^[15]
• Susan Richardson - Professor of Labour Economics and Director of the National Institute of Labour Studies at Flinders University; Commissioner, Essential Services Commission of South Australia; Author (also attended Preshil)^[16]

Business

• Natalie Bloom - Owner and Founder of Bloom (Cosmetics); Victorian Young Australian of the Year 1997^[17]
• Margaret Florence Darling AM (née Anderson) - Company Director; Grazier; Former Patron of the Australian Garden Historical Society; Former Vice-President of the National Trust of Australia (Vic.); Attained rank of Third Officer in the Women's Royal Australian Naval Service^[18]
• Sandra Forbes - Arts and Publishing Consultant; Editor of the 'TAASA Review'; Former Executive Officer of the Literature Program Australia Council; Former Member of the Australian National Commission for UNESCO^[19]
• Sophie Holt - Granddaughter of former Prime Minister Harold Holt and Country Road fashion designer^[20]
• Merran Kelsall - Chairman, Auditing and Assurance Standards Board, Public Transport Industry Ombudsman (Victoria) and Professional Indemnity Insurance Company Australia Pty Limited; Director, Melbourne Water Corporation and Cuscal Ltd; Trustee of the National Gallery of Victoria^[21]
• Felicity Jane Singleton AM - Managing Director of Jane Singleton Public Affairs Pty Ltd; CEO of the Australian Reproductive Health Alliance^[22]

Community and philanthropy

• Lady Anna Cowen - Former President of the World Education Fellowship (Queensland); Wife of former Governor-General, Sir Zelman Cowen (also attended Shelford Girls' Grammar)^[23]
• Dame Elisabeth Murdoch AC DBE - Philanthropist, widow of Australian newspaper publisher Sir Keith Murdoch and mother of international media proprietor Rupert Murdoch^[20]
• Jill Reichstein - Chair of the Reichstein Foundation; Helped establish the first women's refuge in Victoria; Developed community childcare for the City of Brunswick; Co-ordinated Victorian Cooperative of Children's Services for Ethnic Groups; Past President and a Board Member of Philanthropy Australia^[24]
• Lady Marigold Merlyn Baillieu Southey AC - Lieutenant Governor of Victoria; President of the St Catherine's School Foundation; Director of the Myer Foundation; Former Director of the Myer Family Company's; Recipient of the Centenary Medal 2003; Daughter of Sir Sidney Baerski Myer and Dame Margery Merlyn Baillieu Myer^[25]
• Pamela Myer Warrender - Author; Honorary Life Member, Committee for Melbourne; Founder and former Director of the Committee for Melbourne; Former Chairman of the Museum of Modern Art and Design Australia; Daughter of Sir Norman Myer^[26]

Entertainment, media and the arts

• Celia Ann Burrell AM - Author, Illustrator, Photographer; Director of El Questro Publishing^[27]
• Ann Rachel Church - Set and costume designer^[28]
• Anne Josephine Chloe Elder - Ballet dancer and Poet; Namesake of the Anne Elder Award (Prefect and Dux 1936)^[29]
• Diane Holuigue - Chef, Author, Food editor for the Weekend Australian, and Australian Magazine^[30]
• Sunday Reed - Supporter and collecter of Australian art and culture; Wife of art editor, John Reed

Medicine and science

• Joanne Wainer - Social scientist and Senior Lecturer at Monash University School of Rural Health; Helped establish Australia's first publicly acknowledged abortion clinic; Awarded Human Rights award by Amnesty International (Victoria) for work for women's reproductive rights 1999^[31]

Politics, public service and the law

• Her Hon. Judge Jane Campton - Judge of the County Court of Victoria^[32]
• Sophie Mirabella (née Panopoulos) - Liberal MP and Monarchist (also attended Albert Park High School)^[20]
• Wendy Wilmoth - County Court judge and former deputy coroner^[20]

Royalty

• Princess Sharifah Junetta - Daughter of the Paramount Ruler of Malaysia, the Yang di-Pertuan Agong^[33]

Sport

• Lauren Hewitt - Olympic and Commonwealth Games track athlete^[20]

[edit] References

[edit] See also

• List of schools in Victoria
• List of schools in Victoria, Australia according to 2006 VCE results
• List of boarding schools
• Victorian Certificate of Education

[edit] External links

• St Catherine's School website

v • d • e Members of the Girls Sport Victoria, Australia Camberwell GGS • Fintona • Firbank • Genazzano • Ivanhoe GGS • Kilvington • Korowa • Lauriston • Loreto • Lowther Hall • Melbourne GGS • Mentone GGS • MLC • OLMC • PLC • Ruyton • Sacre Coeur • St Catherine's • St Margaret's • Shelford • Star of the Sea • Strathcona • Tintern GGS • Toorak College