STAR OF THE SEA COLLEGE

'Star of the Sea College' is a Roman Catholic, day school for girls', in Gardenvale, Victoria, Australia.
Established in 1883, the school has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently caters for approximately 1000 students from years 7 to 12.
Star of the Sea is a member of Girls Sport Victoria.

Contents

History

School Principals

Student-exchange programs

Notable alumnae

References

See also

External link

History

Star of the Sea College was founded by the Presentation Sisters in March, 1883. The sisters were asked to come to Australia from Ireland by Father James Corbett and after establishing the first Presentation Convent and school in Victoria at Windsor (now Presentation College Windsor), they moved to Gardenvale (then known as Elsternwick). The Presentation Sisters from Wagga Wagga established Star of the Sea College.
The foundresses, Mother John Byrne and Mother Paul Fay, named the school after Our Lady, 'Star of the Sea' when they moved into a house called Turret Lodge which had a clear view of a local bay.

School Principals

School Principals
'Year'	'Principal'
2006 -	Sandra Diafas
1991 - 2005	Rosalie Jones
1968-70, 1982-90	Sr Josepha Dunlop
1972-78, 1980-81	Sr Paschal Rushford
1971, 1979	Sr Patricia Carroll
1950-51, 1957, 1960, 1965-67	Sr Marie Michael Convery
1941-46, 1952-56, 1958-64	Sr Eymard Temby
1947-49	Sr Leonard Gartlan
1935-40	M. Angela Johnston
1919-22, 1929-34	M. Sebastian Lardi
1923-28	M. Agnes Keane
1914-19	M. Magdalen Keogh
1908-13	M. Aloysius Heenan
1883-1908	M. John Byrne & M. Paul Fay

Student-exchange programs

The school has a student exchange program for German, Italy and Japanese students. In 2004 they had six German Bavarian girls stay, and twenty Japanese girls from Shibuya high school as part of their Japanese homestay program. [1]

Notable alumnae

★ Nicky Buckley - Model and long-serving Sale of the Century hostess ^[2]

★ Germaine Greer - Writer, broadcaster, retired academic and feminist

★ Rachel Griffiths - Actress

★ Sally Neighbour - ABC investigative reporter

★ Therese Radic - Playwright, "The Emperor Regrets" among others

★ Holly Valance - Actress and singer

References

1. Star of the Sea College Fees 2007 (accessed:15-08-2007)
2. Crikey.com.au: Famous alumni on Latham's hit list (accessed:26-04-2006)

See also

★ List of schools in Victoria

★ Victorian Certificate of Education

External link

★ Star of the Sea College website