Rosebank College

Rosebank College
File:Rosebank College Logo.JPG Latin: Sursum Corda Lift Up Your Hearts
Location
Five Dock, New South Wales Australia
Coordinates
Information
Type	Private, Co-educational, Secondary, Day school
Denomination	Roman Catholic, Good Samaritan
Established	1867
Chairman	Professor Marea Nicholson
Principal	Tom Galea
Staff	~44
Enrolment	~1200 (2014)
Colour(s)	Navy Blue & Gold
Song	Lift Up Your Hearts (Sing of Rosebank)
Website	www.rosebank.nsw.edu.au

Rosebank College is an independent, co-educational, Catholic secondary day school in the Benedictine tradition, located in Five Dock, an inner-western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Founded in 1867 by Archbishop John Bede Polding and the Sisters of the Good Samaritan, Rosebank College is one of the earliest schools in New South Wales and is among the oldest in Australia. The College currently caters for 1210 students. Young men were welcomed into the Junior School for the first time in 2009 and full co-education was achieved in 2012. The Sisters of the Good Samaritan Congregational Offices are situated on the College campus, along with a private cemetery where the early Good Samaritan sisters are buried.

In 2008, the College and its grounds were heritage-listed under the Local Government Act for historical and cultural significance; "Rosebank College is a rare example of a nineteenth century estate that survives with most of its land in the Canada Bay Council area. The College has considerable significance for the 1850s chapel that, despite some alterations, retains the qualities of a Victorian Gothic chapel and for the 1876 school building that is a fine example of the work of George Allen Mansfield. The grounds of Rosebank College retain extensive lawns and plantings, many established in the early to mid twentieth century, that are part of the continuum of use of the site as a Catholic convent and college. The high brick wall around the perimeter is notable in the surrounding streetscape and adds to the amenity of the grounds."

Campus

Rosebank's facilities are housed in eight buildings. The College has just undertaken the biggest building redevelopment project in the school's history, which its fourth stage has been completed as of June 2014, Which included complete restoration of all of the college's facilities and the construction of several new buildings. Students now have access to a Creative Arts & Performing Centre (incorporating a theatre, music, drama and dance facilities), the Scholastica Research and Study Centre (including a Library with almost 10,000 books, IT Support Desk, Study Centre and seminar room, the Benedict Trade Training Centre (which houses two state-of-the art commercial hospitality kitchens), Science labs, the College gymnasium, computer labs, a Design and Technology Centre, the Benedict Hall, a food technology kitchen, textiles classrooms, visual arts rooms, the College's historic chapel, a Careers Centre and the Student Services building. The Rosebank College campus is notable for the high brick fence surrounding its perimeter and the extensive bank of roses that has existed on the property since the late 1840s.

Notable alumni

• Jennifer Anne Alexander - Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Institute of Management, New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory; Chairman of Gondwana Voices (also attended St Scholastica's College)
• Jan Cameron, Olympic swimmer and coach.
• Therese Ann McLaughlin - Founding sister of the Society of Our Lady's Nurses for the Poor; First Superior and later Mother General of the Order
• Melina Marchetta, author of several successful young adult novels including Looking for Alibrandi.
• Ditta McCarthy, famous World War Two army nurse and Australia’s first female Brigadier.

See also

• List of Non-Government schools in New South Wales

External links

• Rosebank College website
• Sisters of the Good Samaritan