Sacred Heart College, New Town
Overview
New Town, Tasmania
New Town is a suburb of the city of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, located about 4 km north of the central business district of Hobart. One of the city's oldest suburbs, it is now an inner city residential suburb. Many of its streets are lined with Federation style cottages...
with an enrolment of around 1000 students. A second primary campus in the nearby suburb of Lenah Valley
Lenah Valley, Tasmania
Lenah Valley is a suburb of Hobart, Tasmania. It is situated in the foothills of Mount Wellington, north of the CBD between Mount Stuart, New Town and the City of Glenorchy....
has around 250 students on what was formerly Immaculate Heart of Mary school.
S.H.C, is a Catholic, co-ed college for Years Kinder-grade 10. It was founded in 1888. Between 1888 and 1908, Sacred Heart School was conducted by dedicated Catholic
Catholic
The word catholic comes from the Greek phrase , meaning "on the whole," "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning "about" and meaning "whole"...
lay teachers, among whom was Ethel Saye, who later became well-known to generations of pupils as Sr.