Catholic Ladies College
Catholic Ladies College, Eltham (also known simply as CLC Eltham) is an independent Roman Catholic single-sex secondary day school for girls, located in the Melbourne suburb of Eltham, Victoria, Australia. The school provides a Catholic and general education to girls from Year 7 to Year 12.
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Key facts
• Name — Catholic Ladies College, Eltham • Location — Eltham, Melbourne, Victoria • Country — Australia • Other Name — CLC Eltham • Type — independent single-sex secondary day school • Denomination — Roman Catholic • Religious Affiliation — Sisters of Charity • Grades — 7–12 • Grades Label — Years • Gender — Girls
History
History
The school was founded by the Sisters of Charity of Australia in 1902. The school was originally in East Melbourne. The land on which the school was built was bought by Mother Mary Berchmans Daly in 1898. Under the mother-rectress Mary Catherine Bruton or Mother Canice, in post from 1914, the school performed well in examinations, and the study of science subjects began. When Damien Broderick's mother attended the school in the 1930s, it was "moderately upmarket". The school moved to Eltham in 1971.
Houses
Houses
The four houses and their associated colours are: • Loyola, the yellow house, named after St Ignatius of Loyola. • Marita, the blue house, named in honor of Jesus' mother. • Aikenhead, the green house, named in honor of Mary Aikenhead. • Vincentia, the red house, named after St Vincent De Paul. House activities and competitions include swimming, sports, athletics, and Founders Day activities.
Academic rankings
Academic rankings
• Better education rank — school — location — Students enrolled in VCE — Median VCE score — scores of 40+ % • 38 — St Patrick's College — Ballarat — 371 — 30 — 6 • 39 — St Francis Xavier College — Beaconsfield — 415 — 31 — 5.8 • 40 — Marymede Catholic College — South Morang — 122 — 29 — 5.7 • 41 — Catholic Ladies' College — Eltham — 210 — 35 — 5.6 • 42 — Christian Brother's College — St Kilda East — 119 — 29 — 5.5 • 43 — Caroline Chisholm Catholic College — Braybrook — 281 — 29 — 5.2
Notable former students
• Maddy Brancatisano, AFLW player • Jennie Frances Brenan, (1877–1964), dancing teacher • Steph Chiocci, AFLW Footballer • Virginia Haussegger • Louise Lightfoot, architect, choreographer and dancer • Kate Moloney, netballer • Ashleigh Riddell, AFLW player • Vicki Ward, politician
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- 1.MARY AIKENHEAD EDUCATION AUSTRALIA. Mary Aikenhead Ministries. 28 May 2019.
- 2.Shand, M Bernadette. 150th Anniversary of the Arrival of the Sisters of Charity in Australia 1838-1988. 1988.
- 3.William Henry Newnham. Melbourne: The Biography of a City. F. W. Cheshire. 148. 1956. 978-0-85572-144-2.
- 4.Ruth Teale. Colonial Eve: Sources on Women in Australia, 1788-1914. Oxford University Press. 200. 1978. 978-0-19-550545-0.
- 5.Rigby. The Young Australians: Australian Children Since 1788. 69. 1981. 978-0-7270-1508-2.
- 6.National Trust. Women's Melbourne: TOUR 3: EAST MELBOURNE. 5.
- 7.O'Carrigan, Catherine. Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. 1979.
- 8.Damien Broderick. Climbing Mount Implausible: The Evolution of a Science Fiction Writer. Wildside Press LLC. 35–. 1 January 2010. 978-1-4344-5779-0.
- 9.McCalman, Janet. Jennie Frances Brenan (1877–1964). Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
- 10.Lightfoot, Louise. Louise Lightfoot in Search of India: An Australian Dancer's Experience. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 3–. 2017. 978-1-4438-9258-2.
- 11.Amit Sarwal. The Dancing God: Staging Hindu Dance in Australia. Taylor & Francis. 107–. 2019. 978-1-00-076199-3.
- 12.Instagram. www.instagram.com.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 1
- Catholic Ladies' College: The first hundred years 1902-2002, Guy, Roslyn (2002)
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