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Loreto Convent was a Catholic convent which operated as a girls' school in Claremont, Western Australia between 1901 and 1976. Wikipedia: In 1894, businessman James Grave built the Osborne Hotel on a cliff-top in Claremont .
Loreto Convent School was founded on 7 June 1878 by Mother Margaret Mary Jolivet, Mother Joseph Colahan and Mother Teresa Colahan, at Loreto Convent, Skinner Street, with 20 pupils in the high school and 6 in the parochial school. [1] Notable former pupils. Lady Cicely Mayhew (1924–2016), first British woman diplomat. [2]
At the request of the Bishop of Perth, Mother Gonzaga with Mother Aloysius Macken and Mother de Sales Field went to Perth to open a convent and school. Land was purchased in Claremont and an architect engaged (later this land was to be sold). The Sisters returned to Ballarat. Due to delays in arrangements for building, in January 1897 Lily Healy, a past pupil, found the property in Adelaide ...
Loreto College, Loreto Convent, Loreto School and similar may refer to a number of Roman Catholic schools throughout the world associated with the Sisters of Loreto. Australia [ edit ] Loreto College Coorparoo , Queensland
Possibly taken at time of sale of hotel to Loreto Convent, 1900. 1894 James Grave began building Perth's finest resort hotel. Extensive hotel was surmounted by a tower with a 70 ft turret and surrounded by landscaped gardens with fountains flowers, ... Other items from Claremont Museum.
Loreto Primary school building demolished in 1971, replaced with a new open plan building named Koolyngarra, 'meeting place for happy children'. The school amalgamated with St. Louis Jesuit Boys School in 1976 to become John XX111 College. In 1986 the school moved to a new location in Brockway Rd, Mt. Claremont.
