ST CATHERINE'S SCHOOL, SYDNEY
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:''For other schools of the same name, see St Catherine's School.''
'St Catherine's School' is an independent, Anglican, day and boarding school for girls', in Waverley, an eastern suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Established in 1856, St Catherine's is a non-selective school, and currently caters for approximately 910 girls from Kindergarten to Year 12, including 60 boarders.[2]
The school is a member of the Alliance of Girls’ Schools (Australasia),[3] the Junior School Heads Association of Australia[4] the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA),[5] and a founding member of the Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools (AHIGS).[6]
St Catherine's is the oldest Anglican girls' School in Australia.[7]
St Catherine's School traces its origins to 1855 when Mrs Jane Barker, wife of the Bishop of Sydney, decided to establish a school for the daughters of the clergy. Barker and her husband had travelled throughout New South Wales and realised that the poor stipends of the clergy in country areas meant that their daughters could not benefit from a good education.
Within only five months, Barker had raised enough money to secure a premises in Point Piper Road (now Jersey Road), Edgecliff, and had hired Miss Loftus to run the 'St Catherine's Clergy Daughters School'. Barker wished for her school to be modelled on 'Casterton', the school attended by the Brontë sisters, themselves the daughters of a poor clergyman. The Clergy Daughters School was officially opened in its temporary location on the 5th of March, 1856.
Mrs Barker was able to secure a land grant of five acres near Waverley shortly after the school's opening, and she began to look towards the creation of a little missionary settlement including the Clergy Daughters' School, a church, a parsonage and a village school. In September 1857, the foundation stone of the new School was laid and in 1859, the sandstone building which is still the focus of the School, was completed. Mrs Barker continued to be closely involved with the fledgling Clergy Daughters' school until her death in 1876.
When enrolments began to decline during the depression years of 1891-1895, day girls were admitted to the school for the first time. The principal, Miss Darling, also introduced the first school uniform, in the form of an olive green dress.
In 1933 the House system was introduced. Barker was named after the Bishop and Mrs Barker, Casterton House after the school on which St Catherine's was modelled, and the third House was named Bronte as Charlotte Bronte had mentioned Casterton in Jane Eyre. Two more Houses, Hulme-Moir and Sutherland, were created in 1987.[8]
★ Mrs Lynne Stone 2001-
★ Mrs Jo Karaolis 1988-2000
★ Miss Faith Patterson 1955-1987
★ Mrs Una Fitzhardinge 1950-1954
★ Miss Ella Mitchell 1948-1949
★ Mrs Isabel Hall 1935-1947
★ Miss Ellen Lenthall 1903-1934
★ Miss Charlotte Fox 1895-1903
★ Miss Rebecca Darling 1891-1895
★ Miss Helen Phillips 1884-1890
★ Miss Law (Lady Superintendent) 1860-1883
★ Miss Loftus (Lady Superintendent) 1856-1860
★ Mrs Jane Barker (Founder) 1856[9]
★ Una Lucy Fielding - Pioneering Neuroanatomist[10]
★ Joan Edith Goodwin - Second wife of the late Sir Roden Cutler, former Governor of NSW[11]
★ Nona Langley - Former Headmistress and administrator of St Catherine's School, Toorak[12]
★ Ruth Langley - Former Headmistress and administrator of St Catherine's School, Toorak
★ Eirene Mort - Artist[13]
★ Dame Joan Sutherland - Australian Opera singer
1. St Catherine's School Annual Report 2006 (accessed:15-08-2007)
2. Australian Boarding Staff Association: St Catherine's School (accessed:07-08-2007)
3. The Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia: Member Schools (accessed:06-08-2007)
4. JSHAA New South Wales Directory of Members (accessed:06-08-2007)
5. Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (accessed:19-06-2007)
6. The Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools: About AHIGS (accessed:06-08-2007)
7. St Catherine's School: History of the school (accessed:07-08-2007)
8. St Catherine's School: Timeline (accessed:07-08-2007)
9. Heads of New South Wales Independent Girls' Schools (accessed:23-07-2007)
10. Australian Dictionary of Biography: Fielding, Una Lucy (1888 - 1969) (accessed:27-07-2007)
11. Crikey.com.au: Famous alumni on Latham's hit list (accessed:26-06-2007)
12. St Catherine's School, Toorak- History (accessed:23-05-2007)
13. Australian Dictionary of Biography: Mort, Eirene (1879 - 1977) (accessed:27-07-2007)
★ List of Non-Government schools in New South Wales
★ List of boarding schools
★ St. Catherine's School website
★ Anglican Church of Australia
★ The Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools
'St Catherine's School' is an independent, Anglican, day and boarding school for girls', in Waverley, an eastern suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Established in 1856, St Catherine's is a non-selective school, and currently caters for approximately 910 girls from Kindergarten to Year 12, including 60 boarders.[2]
The school is a member of the Alliance of Girls’ Schools (Australasia),[3] the Junior School Heads Association of Australia[4] the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA),[5] and a founding member of the Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools (AHIGS).[6]
St Catherine's is the oldest Anglican girls' School in Australia.[7]
| Contents |
| History |
| Principals |
| Notable Old Girls |
| References |
| See also |
| External links |
History
St Catherine's School traces its origins to 1855 when Mrs Jane Barker, wife of the Bishop of Sydney, decided to establish a school for the daughters of the clergy. Barker and her husband had travelled throughout New South Wales and realised that the poor stipends of the clergy in country areas meant that their daughters could not benefit from a good education.
Within only five months, Barker had raised enough money to secure a premises in Point Piper Road (now Jersey Road), Edgecliff, and had hired Miss Loftus to run the 'St Catherine's Clergy Daughters School'. Barker wished for her school to be modelled on 'Casterton', the school attended by the Brontë sisters, themselves the daughters of a poor clergyman. The Clergy Daughters School was officially opened in its temporary location on the 5th of March, 1856.
Mrs Barker was able to secure a land grant of five acres near Waverley shortly after the school's opening, and she began to look towards the creation of a little missionary settlement including the Clergy Daughters' School, a church, a parsonage and a village school. In September 1857, the foundation stone of the new School was laid and in 1859, the sandstone building which is still the focus of the School, was completed. Mrs Barker continued to be closely involved with the fledgling Clergy Daughters' school until her death in 1876.
When enrolments began to decline during the depression years of 1891-1895, day girls were admitted to the school for the first time. The principal, Miss Darling, also introduced the first school uniform, in the form of an olive green dress.
In 1933 the House system was introduced. Barker was named after the Bishop and Mrs Barker, Casterton House after the school on which St Catherine's was modelled, and the third House was named Bronte as Charlotte Bronte had mentioned Casterton in Jane Eyre. Two more Houses, Hulme-Moir and Sutherland, were created in 1987.[8]
Principals
★ Mrs Lynne Stone 2001-
★ Mrs Jo Karaolis 1988-2000
★ Miss Faith Patterson 1955-1987
★ Mrs Una Fitzhardinge 1950-1954
★ Miss Ella Mitchell 1948-1949
★ Mrs Isabel Hall 1935-1947
★ Miss Ellen Lenthall 1903-1934
★ Miss Charlotte Fox 1895-1903
★ Miss Rebecca Darling 1891-1895
★ Miss Helen Phillips 1884-1890
★ Miss Law (Lady Superintendent) 1860-1883
★ Miss Loftus (Lady Superintendent) 1856-1860
★ Mrs Jane Barker (Founder) 1856[9]
Notable Old Girls
★ Una Lucy Fielding - Pioneering Neuroanatomist[10]
★ Joan Edith Goodwin - Second wife of the late Sir Roden Cutler, former Governor of NSW[11]
★ Nona Langley - Former Headmistress and administrator of St Catherine's School, Toorak[12]
★ Ruth Langley - Former Headmistress and administrator of St Catherine's School, Toorak
★ Eirene Mort - Artist[13]
★ Dame Joan Sutherland - Australian Opera singer
References
1. St Catherine's School Annual Report 2006 (accessed:15-08-2007)
2. Australian Boarding Staff Association: St Catherine's School (accessed:07-08-2007)
3. The Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia: Member Schools (accessed:06-08-2007)
4. JSHAA New South Wales Directory of Members (accessed:06-08-2007)
5. Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (accessed:19-06-2007)
6. The Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools: About AHIGS (accessed:06-08-2007)
7. St Catherine's School: History of the school (accessed:07-08-2007)
8. St Catherine's School: Timeline (accessed:07-08-2007)
9. Heads of New South Wales Independent Girls' Schools (accessed:23-07-2007)
10. Australian Dictionary of Biography: Fielding, Una Lucy (1888 - 1969) (accessed:27-07-2007)
11. Crikey.com.au: Famous alumni on Latham's hit list (accessed:26-06-2007)
12. St Catherine's School, Toorak- History (accessed:23-05-2007)
13. Australian Dictionary of Biography: Mort, Eirene (1879 - 1977) (accessed:27-07-2007)
See also
★ List of Non-Government schools in New South Wales
★ List of boarding schools
External links
★ St. Catherine's School website
★ Anglican Church of Australia
★ The Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools
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