St Aloysius College, Adelaide

Infobox Aust school private
name= St Aloysius College


motto= "Loyal En Tout"
"Loyal in all"cite web |url=http://www.sac.sa.edu.au/stAloysiusCollege.php?page=moreAboutOurStory.html |title=More About Our Story |accessdate=2008-01-25 |work=About Us |publisher=St Aloysius College]
established= 1880
type= Independent, Single-sex, Day school
denomination= Catholic
slogan=
key_people= Sr Judith Redden (Principal)
fees= AUD$2,706 - AUD$5,319 p.acite web |url=http://www.sac.sa.edu.au/files/pdf/2008SchoolFeesAndChargesPolicy.pdf |title=2008 Financial Information |accessdate=2008-01-25 |format=PDF |work=Enrolment Enquiry|publisher=St Aloysius College]
city= Adelaide
state= S.A
country= Australia flagicon|Australia
enrolment= ~950
num_employ=
revenue=
products=
colours= purple, yellow, and brown
homepage= [http://www.sac.sa.edu.au/ www.sac.sa.edu.au]

St Aloysius College is a Roman Catholic, day school for girls, situated in Adelaide, South Australia.

The College was established by the Sisters of Mercy in 1880, [cite book|title=Three Women of Faith: Gertrude Abbott, Elizabeth Anstice Baker and Mary Tenison Woods | last=Press |first = Margaret M. | publisher=Wakefield press | location = Adelaide | isbn = 186254526X | pages=p.109] and currently caters for 950 students from Reception to year 12.

The school is home to the SA Adelaide Language Centre, established in 1994 and accredited by English Australia for English language tuition. [cite web | url = http://www.saalc.sa.edu.au/ | title= SA Adelaide Language Centre | publisher = SA Adelaide Language Centre | location = Adelaide, South Australia | accessdate=2007-11-20]

History

Twenty-four Irish Sisters of Mercy left Argentina for Australia in 1880 due to political unrest. They purchased a private home belonging to George Dutton Green in Angas Street, establishing a convent and school. The school was initially named St Angela's but renamed St Aloysius in 1901. The school has been extended over time and convent buildings were extended in 1920, including the building of a chapel. The Sisters of Mercy closed the convent in 2005 and the school took over all of the buildings on the site. [cite web | url=http://www.samemory.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=131&c=1534 | title=SA MEMORY South Australia : past and present, for the future | publisher=State Library of South Australia|accessdate=2007-11-22] [cite web | url=http://www.mercysisters.org.au/congregations/adelaide/history.html | title=Adelaide |publisher=Institute of Sisters of Mercy Australia | accessdate=2007-11-22]

Notable alumni and staff

*Dame Roma Mitchell, former Governor of South Australia. [cite book | title= The Wakefield Companion to South Australian History | pages = p.358 | last = Prest | first = Wilfrid R. |coauthors = Round, Kerrie and Fort, Carol Susan | year=2001 | publisher = Wakefield Press | location = Adelaide, South Australia | isbn = 1862545588]
*Sister Diedre Jordan AC MBE, former headmistress of the school then long term Chancellor of Flinders University. [cite book | title = Still Me: Twelve Women Talk about Ageing | last = Koch | first = Tina | coauthors = Annells, Merilyn and Brown, Marina | publisher = Wakefield Press | location = Adelaide, South Australia | pages = p.167 | isbn = 1862544956 | year = 1999] Now Chancellor Emeritus of the University. [cite web | title = Ambassador receives Distinguished Alumni Award | publisher = Flinders University | location = Bedford Park, South Australia | accessdate = 2007-11-20 | date = 2007-11-16 | url=http://www.flinders.edu.au/alumni/alumni-events/news-and-events.cfm]
*Sister Judith Redden , school principal in 2007. Awarded the Order of Australia for services to Indigenous education. [cite web | url = http://www.adelaide.catholic.org.au/sites/CatholicEducationOfficesSA/news?d=August%202007 | title = Service to Indigenous Education | date = 2007-08-10 | accessdate=2007-11-20 | publisher = Catholic Education]

References

Further reading

*cite book | title = Making Space: Women and Education at St. Aloysius College 1880-2000 | last=Gale | first = Fay | publisher = Wakefield Press and St Aloysius College | location=Adelaide, South Australia | isbn=1862545219