St Vincent's College

In 1870, St Vincent's Hospital moved to Darlinghurst, and a new separate school building was erected at the rear of the convent. These two developments enabled the sisters to open a High School, the first school of its kind in NSW. In 1882, the school was re-named St Vincent's College (www.stvincents.nsw.edu.au) and, by 1884, had expanded to include boarding students. In 1886, the College was officially blessed and opened. Sister Ursula Bruton was appointed Principal of what soon became a very fine College, with a reputation for academic excellence, the dramatic and musical arts, and sport.

The sisters continued as Principal of the St Vincent's College until the appointment of the first lay Principal, Ms Caroline Duhigg, in 1994. In 2002, Ms Michele Hugonnet, then chair of the Sisters of Charity Education Council, was appointed the second lay Principal of St Vincent's College Potts Point.