St Catherine's School, Toorak

St Catherine's School, Toorak
St Catherine's School in November 2015
Location
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Australia
Coordinates37°50′17″S 145°1′15″E / 37.83806°S 145.02083°E / -37.83806; 145.02083
Information
TypeIndependent, day & boarding school
MottoLatin: Nil Magnum Nisi Bonum
(Nothing is great unless it is good)[1]
DenominationNon-denominational Christian[2]
Established1896[2]
FounderJeanie Hood
ChairmanJ. Hodder
PrincipalMichelle Carroll
Years offeredELC–12
GenderGirls
Enrolment~730 (P–12)[4]
Colour(s)Blue, gold and grey    
SloganOne of Australia's finest since 1896[3]
AffiliationGirls Sport Victoria
Websitestcatherines.net.au

St Catherine's School is an independent and non-denominational Christian 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. As for 2006 the school catered for approximately 730 students from pre-school to Year 12, including 80 boarders, on a 2.9 hectare campus.[5] Boarding students come to St Catherine's from country Victoria, interstate and overseas.[4]

St Catherine's is a member of the Junior School Heads Association of Australia,[6] the Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia,[7] the Association of Independent Schools of Victoria,[2] the Australian Boarding Schools Association,[8] and a founding member of Girls Sport Victoria.[9]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference History was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b c "St Catherine's School". Find a School. Association of Independent Schools of Victoria. 2007. Retrieved 15 October 2007.
  3. ^ "St Catherine's School". Home. St Catherine's School. 2006. Retrieved 15 August 2007.
  4. ^ a b "St Catherine's School". Victoria. School Choice. 2007. Archived from the original on 30 August 2007. Retrieved 15 October 2007.
  5. ^ "Frequently Asked Questions". Admissions. St Catherine's School. 2006. Retrieved 23 May 2007.
  6. ^ "JSHAA Victorian Directory of Members". Victoria Branch. Junior School Heads' Association of Australia. 2007. Archived from the original on 13 February 2008. Retrieved 11 October 2007.
  7. ^ Butler, Jan (2006). "Member Schools". Members. The Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia. Archived from the original on 19 May 2008. Retrieved 11 October 2007.
  8. ^ "St Catherine's School". Schools. Australian Boarding Schools Association. 2005. Archived from the original on 29 August 2007. Retrieved 15 October 2007.
  9. ^ Mawkes, Leonie (2005). "Member Schools". Profile. Girls Sport Victoria. Archived from the original on 20 August 2006. Retrieved 11 October 2007.

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