St Patrick’s Catholic Primary School Summer Hill founded
With the Catholic population of the inner western suburbs of Sydney increased after World War I ...
St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School Riverwood founded
The suburb of Riverwood (then known as Herne Bay) developed rapidly after World War II. There w ...
Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Primary School Sefton founded
In 1948, the parish of Sefton was established and placed in the care of the Oblate Fathers of M ...
Regina Coeli Catholic Primary School Beverly Hills founded
Regina Coeli Catholic Primary School Beverly Hills was opened in 1947 by the Sisters of St Jose ...
St Agnes’ Catholic Primary School Matraville founded
St Agnes’ school began in 1940 when Matraville was part of the new parish of Malabar. It starte ...
St Therese’s Catholic Primary School Mascot founded
In 1940, St Therese’s School began with Preparatory (Kindergarten) and First Class. Staffing th ...
Archbishop Sir Norman Thomas Cardinal Gilroy appointed Archbishop of Sydney
Norman Thomas Gilroy was born in Sydney on 22 January 1896. He attended Seminary at St Columba’ ...
St Thomas More’s Catholic Primary School Brighton-Le-Sands founded
The parish of St Thomas More’s Catholic Primary School Brighton-Le-Sands was proclaimed in Nove ...
St Gabriel’s Catholic Primary School Bexley founded
St Gabriel’s School and Church was blessed and opened on 29 January 1939. The school consisted ...
Marist College Eastwood founded
The parish priest of Eastwood, Fr J M Cusack, approached the Marist Brothers about establishing ...
De La Salle Catholic College Cronulla founded
De La Salle Catholic College Cronulla was established on 13 May 1936. The name of the property ...
Our Lady of Mercy Catholic College Burraneer founded
In 1935, the Sisters of Mercy (Parramatta Congregation) established Our Lady of Mercy College ( ...
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Cabramatta founded
The parish priest and local community worked for the founding of a school at Cabramatta. They a ...
St Anthony’s Catholic Primary School Marsfield founded
St Anthony’s Marsfield was blessed and opened by Archbishop Bernardini on 24 June 1934. The par ...
St Mary’s Star of the Sea Secondary School was amalgamated to Bethany College
Bethany College was founded in 1993 as a result of the amalgamation of two girls’ schools. St M ...
St Jerome’s Catholic Primary School Punchbowl founded
St Jerome’s Punchbowl began in 1933 when Punchbowl was part of the parish of Bankstown. A churc ...
St Francis Xavier Catholic Primary School Ashbury founded
Ashbury parish was established in 1929 by Fr Edward McMahon who asked the Ursuline Sisters to s ...
Great Depression begins
The Great Depression was the worst economic downturn the world has ever faced and lasted from 1 ...
Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School Fairfield founded
In nearby Guildford, the Sisters of St Joseph had a community and school, and in 1928 two of th ...
St Raphael’s Catholic Primary School South Hurstville founded
The school began as a church and a school in 1929 by the Sisters of Charity. During the week th ...
St Finbar’s Catholic Primary School Sans Souci founded
St Finbar’s school opened in 1926 when Sans Souci was still part of the parish of Kogarah. The ...
St Therese’s Catholic Primary School Lakemba founded
St Therese’s school began in April 1926 when the church-school was opened at Lakemba. It was th ...
Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Primary School Gladesville founded
Our Lady Queen of Peace Primary School Gladesville was founded by the Sisters of Mercy (Parrama ...
St Martha’s Catholic Primary School Strathfield founded
St Martha’s School began in 1925 in the old church of St Martha in Strathfield, which had been ...
Holy Innocents’ Catholic Primary School Croydon founded
When the new parish of Holy Innocents’ Croydon was established in 1924, the first parish priest ...
St Peter Chanel Catholic Primary School Regents Park founded
St Peter Chanel Catholic Primary School Regents Park was established by the Sisters of St Josep ...
St Kevin’s Catholic Primary School Eastwood founded
St Kevin’s School began in 1924 when the district was still part of the parish of Epping (Eastw ...
St Patrick’s Catholic Primary School Sutherland founded
St Patrick’s Catholic Primary School Sutherland is a primary school that caters for students fr ...
St Ambrose Catholic Primary School Concord West founded
St Ambrose School began in 1924 as the third Catholic school within the parish of Concord. The ...
Marcellin College Randwick founded
The story of 'Marcellin' began in 1921 with a visit to Randwick by Archbishop Kelly. The Missio ...
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School Earlwood founded
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School Earlwood was established in 1923 by the North Sydne ...
St Brigid’s Catholic Primary School Coogee founded
Opened on 13 May 1923, St Brigid’s Catholic Primary School Coogee was administered by the Brigi ...
St Dominic’s Primary School Flemington founded
In the 1920’s, Flemington was part of a developing area of Sydney. The priest at Strathfield de ...
St Michael’s Catholic Primary School Meadowbank founded
St Michael’s Catholic Primary School Meadowbank opened in 1922 under the leadership of two Sist ...
St Michael’s Catholic Primary School Lane Cove founded
St Michael’s began in 1922, the year of the establishment of the parish (then called Longuevill ...
St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School Belmore founded
St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School Belmore was established by the Sisters of St Joseph in 1921 ...
St Michael’s Hurstville and St Mary’s Star of the Sea amalgamated
In the 1920s St Michael’s and St Mary’s Star of the Sea schools were amalgamated under one admin ...
All Hallows Catholic Primary School Five Dock founded
The school began on 19 January 1919 in a house in Abbotsford. The Presentation Sisters (Wagga W ...
St Patrick’s Primary Bondi founded
St Patrick’s Primary Bondi opened in 1919 by the Josephite Sisters. The school catered for Kind ...
St Aloysius Catholic Primary School Cronulla founded
St Aloysius was founded by St Mary MacKillop’s order of nuns, the Josephites, in 1918 and entru ...
St Anthony’s Catholic Primary School Clovelly founded
St Anthony’s opened on 28 January 1918. The school was staffed by the Sisters of St Joseph. It ...
St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School Enfield founded
St Joseph’s Enfield opened in mid-1917 in Fr Considine’s hall. The school was staffed by the Si ...
De La Salle College Ashfield founded
With a Catholic high school for girls close by and established in the growing suburb of Ashfiel ...
St Mary’s Catholic Primary School North Sydney founded
North Sydney parish was established in 1856 and came under the care of the Jesuit Fathers from ...
St Andrew’s Catholic Primary School Malabar founded
Long Bay Catholic School began in 1915, when the area was mainly sand dunes and marshland and t ...
St Aidan’s Catholic Primary School Maroubra Junction founded
The school began in 1915, just a year after the parish was established. The Brigidine Sisters s ...
