For other schools of the same name, see Loreto College

Loreto College

Loreto College or Loreto School is the name of several Roman Catholic schools throughout the world associated with the Sisters of Loreto.-Australia:*Loreto College Coorparoo, Queensland*Loreto College Ballarat, Victoria...

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Loreto College is a Roman Catholic secondary school for girls in Ballarat, Victoria

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History

It is one of many Loreto schools distributed over the world. The school was founded in 1875 by the Loreto Sisters as their first foundation in Australia. Since then it has become one of seven sister schools located in all Australian state capitals. The school has many historical buildings and much heritage that remains present to this day.

From 1978 to 2006 Loreto College, Ballarat was on two sites. Years 7 and 8 students were situated at the smaller Dawson Street site which provided students a transitional adjustment from primary school into secondary school. The Sturt Street site, once known as Mary's Mount, was home to students in Years 9 to 12.

Loreto College, Ballarat however changed its operations in 2006 with the merging of the Dawson Street campus with the historical Sturt Street campus after the construction of the Mary Ward Centre at the Sturt Street campus. This allowed all year levels from 7-12 to be located on one site in Ballarat. The Dawson Street site closed in 2006, and was used by Ballarat High school for a short time before being bought by the Quest Apartments group.

Houses

There are four houses at Loreto College, named Barry, Mornane, Mulhall and Ward. The colours of the houses differ from school to school Loreto College Ballarat, Barry is red, Mornane is gold, Mulhall is green and Ward is blue. The houses are named in honour of great patrons of the school. Barry is named after Mother Gonzaga Barry, who led the nuns from Ireland to Australia; Mornane is named after Mother Stanislaus Mornane, who was one of the first students at the school to become a nun; Mulhall is named for Mother Stanislaus Mulhall and Ward is named for Mary Ward, the leader of the IBVM, Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary, who died in 1645.

Notable alumnae

• Mary Delahunty
  Mary Delahunty
  Mary Delahunty is an Australian journalist and retired politician with the Australian Labor Party.-Early life:Delahunty was born in Victoria, Australia and educated at Loreto College, in Victoria. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Latrobe University.-Media career:Delahunty...
  
   - Victorian Labor Minister for Arts and Women's Affairs and a former ABC journalist

Related schools

There are seven Loreto related schools in Australia.
These include:

• Loreto College Coorparoo (Brisbane, Australia)
• Loreto College Marryatville (Adelaide, Australia)
• Loreto Kirribilli
  Loreto Kirribilli
  Loreto Kirribilli is a Roman Catholic, day school for girls, located in Kirribilli, a Lower North Shore suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia....
  
   (Sydney, Australia)
• Loreto Mandeville Hall
  Loreto Mandeville Hall
  Loreto Mandeville Hall Toorak is a Roman Catholic day school for girls in Toorak, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.It is one of many Loreto schools distributed over the world, established by the sisters of the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary or Loreto Sisters, founded some 400 years...
  
   (Melbourne, Australia)
• Loreto Normanhurst
  Loreto Normanhurst
  Loreto Normanhurst is a private, Roman Catholic, day and boarding school for girls, located in Normanhurst, a suburb on the upper North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia....
  
  (Sydney, Australia)
• John XXIII College (Perth, Australia)

There are also many other Loreto schools worldwide including Ireland and India.