Sacred Heart College, Geelong, Victoria

Identity area

Identifier

daa/522

Authorized form of name

Sacred Heart College, Geelong, Victoria

Parallel form(s) of name

Other form(s) of name

Type

  • Educational

Contact area

 

Archivist

Type

Address

Street address

Retreat Road, Newtown

Locality

Geelong

Region

Victoria

Country name

Postal code

3220

Telephone

03 5222 0416

Fax

Note

Description area

History

Sacred Heart College, Geelong is a Catholic secondary school for girls with its origins in the nineteenth century.

In 1859 Dr James Alipius Goold, first Catholic Bishop of Melbourne visited the Sisters of Mercy Baggot Street convent in Dublin to request a community of sisters for Geelong. In December a group of Sisters arrived in Geelong. Finding nothing prepared for their arrival, the sisters stayed at St Augustine's Orphanage at Newtown (now St Joseph's College).

In March 1860 the Sisters opened the school at Sunville, Mercer's Hill. In April the Sisters placed an advertisement in the Geelong Advertiser announcing that they have opened a day school at their Mercer's Hill Convent.

The College was established as a girls' college, however boys were enrolled during the 1950s to 1970s. The last boarders and boys were enrolled at Sacred Heart College in 1975.

Geographical and cultural context

Mandates/Sources of authority

Administrative structure

Officer-in-charge: Archivist

Records management and collecting policies

The history of Sacred Heart College since its inception in 1860 by the Sisters of Mercy.

Buildings

Holdings

The school archives are mainly in-house but will accept significant documents, photographs and memorabilia for past students and staff.

Finding aids, guides and publications

Access area

Opening times

Open by appointment on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

Access conditions and requirements

Appointment necessary.

Accessibility

Services area

Research services

General reference assistance available.

Reproduction services

Copying services available.

Public areas

Control area

Description identifier

Institution identifier

Rules and/or conventions used

Status

Level of detail

Dates of creation, revision and deletion

Revised 4 May 2018

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Sources

Maintenance notes

Access points

Access Points

  • Education (Thematic area)
  • Religion (Thematic area)
  • Clipboard

Primary contact

Retreat Road, Newtown
Geelong, Victoria 3220