Stuartholme School

{{Infobox school

|name = Stuartholme School

|logo = Stuartholme School logo.jpg

|logo_size = 140px

|image = Chapel, Stuartholme School, 2021 01.jpg

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|caption = Chapel, Stuartholme School, 2021

|motto = {{langx|la|Cor Unum}}

|motto_translation = One Heart

|established = {{start date and age|1920|08|01|df=y}}

|founder = Archbishop James Duhig

|type = Independent secondary day and boarding school

|gender = Girls

|religion = Catholicism

|denomination = Society of the Sacred Heart

|slogan = Cor Unum

|principal = Daniel Crump

|city = Toowong

|state = Queensland

|country = Australia

|coordinates = {{coord|-27.4692|152.9738|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|display=it}}

|enrolment = {{circa|700}}

|years = 5–12[http://www.stuartholme.com/PDFs/2005_2006_CommunityReport.pdf Stuartholme Community Report] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070128092617/http://www.stuartholme.com/PDFs/2005_2006_CommunityReport.pdf |date=28 January 2007 }} (accessed:14-05-2007)

|oversight = Network of Sacred Heart Schools

|affiliations = {{ubl|Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia|Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia| Australian Boarding Schools Association|Catholic Secondary Schoolgirls' Sports Association}}

|homepage = {{url|https://www.stuartholme.com}}

}}

Stuartholme School is an independent Catholic secondary day and boarding school for girls, located at 365 Birdwood Terrace, Toowong, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Established in 1920 by the Society of the Sacred Heart, the school caters for approximately 700 students from Years 5 to 12, including 150 boarders. Year 5 commences in 2024 and Year 6 commences in 2025.{{Cite web |title=Introducing Years 5 & 6 |url=https://stuartholme.com/enrol/introducing-year-5-6/ |access-date=2024-01-21 |website=Stuartholme School |language=en-US |archive-date=4 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004222252/https://stuartholme.com/enrol/introducing-year-5-6/ |url-status=live }}

Stuartholme is a member of the Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia (AGSA),{{cite web|url = http://www.agsa.org.au/members.php?PageID=11&Alpha=S|title = Member Schools|access-date = 2007-10-18|last = Butler|first = Jan|year = 2006|work = Members|publisher = The Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080519223221/http://www.agsa.org.au/members.php?PageID=11|archive-date = 2008-05-19}}

the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA),{{cite web |url = http://www.ahisa.com.au/Display.aspx?tabid=2232 |title = Queensland |access-date = 2007-10-18|date=April 2007 |work = AHISA Schools|publisher = Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070829153048/http://www.ahisa.com.au/Display.aspx?tabid=2232 |archive-date = 2007-08-29}} the Australian Boarding Schools Association (ABSA),{{cite web |url = http://www.boarding.org.au/site/school_detail.cfm?schID=41 |title = Stuartholme School |access-date = 2007-10-18|year = 2005|work = Queensland Schools |publisher = Australian Boarding Schools Association |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070829083814/http://www.boarding.org.au/site/school_detail.cfm?schID=41 |archive-date = 2007-08-29}} and the Catholic Secondary Schoolgirls' Sports Association (CaSSSA).

The school is listed on the Brisbane Heritage Register.

History

Stuartholme is a part of the Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, started in 1800 by Madeline Sophie Barat in France.{{Cite web|title=History|url=http://www.stuartholme.com/history.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110218163406/http://www.stuartholme.com/history.html|archive-date=18 February 2011|access-date=21 November 2021|website=Stuartholme School}}

In 1882 farmer Richard Wingfield Stuart purchased a 57-acre block of land on the slopes of Mount Coot-tha (then known as One Tree Hill) in Brisbane. He built a house on the property and called the farm and the house Stuartholme. On Good Friday 16 April 1897, the house was destroyed by fire, which was believed to be caused by a meteor or "comet".{{Cite web|title=Stuartholme School|url=https://heritage.brisbane.qld.gov.au/heritage-places/2213|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-21|website=Brisbane Heritage Register|archive-date=21 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211121005359/https://heritage.brisbane.qld.gov.au/heritage-places/2213}}{{cite news|date=17 April 1897|title=Fire at Toowong|page=4|newspaper=The Telegraph|issue=7,636|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article172158199|via=National Library of Australia|accessdate=22 November 2021}}{{cite news|date=30 April 1897|title=STRANGE OCCURRENCE.|volume=LIII|page=5|newspaper=The Brisbane Courier|issue=12,261|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3650004|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=21 November 2021|archive-date=21 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211121231124/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3650004|url-status=live}}{{cite news|date=7 May 1897|title=ELECTRIC TRAMWAY CONSTRUCTION ORDER.|volume=LIII|page=4|newspaper=The Brisbane Courier|issue=12,267|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3650403|via=National Library of Australia|accessdate=22 November 2021}}

In 1914 Reverend Mother Janet Erskine Stuart, Superior General of the Society of the Sacred Heart, visited Brisbane to meet Archbishop James Duhig and thought it was a good idea to start a school in Brisbane. The order of the Sacred Heart came to Stuartholme in 1917 because Duhig had invited them to run the school.

In September 1917 Duhig purchased the land of the then-deceased Mr Stuart .{{cite news|date=27 September 1917|title=THE ARCHBISHOP OF BRISBANE.|page=11|newspaper=The Catholic Press|issue=1135|location=New South Wales, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article106086075|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=21 November 2021|archive-date=21 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211121203908/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/106086075|url-status=live}}

Duhig laid the foundation stone of the school building on 25 May 1919. At that ceremony, Duhig revealed the coincidence that Richard Wingfield Stuart was the step-brother of Reverend Mother Janet Eskine Stuart. Although by then deceased, Reverend Mother Stuart was aware sisters from her order had been invited to Brisbane, but not that her step-brother's property would be the site of the new convent and school.{{cite news|date=26 May 1919|title=£40,000 CONVENT.|page=5|newspaper=The Daily Mail|issue=5173|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article215140797|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=21 November 2021|archive-date=21 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211121203826/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/215140797|url-status=live}}{{cite news|date=5 June 1919|title=BRISBANE DAY BY DAY.|page=24|newspaper=The Catholic Press|issue=1223|location=New South Wales, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article106081419|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=21 November 2021|archive-date=21 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211121203828/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/106081419|url-status=live}}

File:Sketch of original building, Stuartholme School, 1925.jpg

File:Original school building, Stuartholme School, 2021 01.jpg

In February 1920 the sisters of the Sacred Heart moved into the school.{{cite news|date=7 February 1920|title=Queensland.|volume=LII|page=12|newspaper=Advocate|issue=2472|location=Victoria, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article170610255|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=21 November 2021|archive-date=21 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211121203825/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/170610255|url-status=live}} On 1 August 1920 Stuartholme was officially opened by Apostolic Delegate Bartolomeo Cattaneo assisted by Duhig, although the building was not yet completed.{{cite news|date=2 August 1920|title=STUARTHOLME CONVENT.|page=8|newspaper=The Brisbane Courier|issue=19,511|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article20413168|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=21 November 2021|archive-date=21 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211121203844/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/20413168|url-status=live}}{{cite news|date=12 August 1920|title=New Convent for Brisbane.|page=24|newspaper=The Catholic Press|issue=1285|location=New South Wales, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article105970962|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=21 November 2021|archive-date=21 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211121231124/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/105970962|url-status=live}} In the first year the school was run on the verandas of the cottages. The nuns and pupils lived in the cottages and with five students initially enrolled. The number of pupils grew and between 1925 and 1940 there were 36 students attending Stuartholme.

During World War II the school was used as the United States Army 42nd General Hospital, and the students did their studies at Canungra and Southport.{{Cite web|date=2014-06-30|title=United States Army 42nd General Hospital (Stuartholme School)|url=https://www.ww2places.qld.gov.au/place|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-21|website=Queensland WWII Historic Places|publisher=Queensland Government|language=en-AU|archive-date=28 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628105646/https://www.ww2places.qld.gov.au/place}}{{Cite web|title=US Army 42nd General Hospital in Australia during WW2|url=https://www.ozatwar.com/usarmy/42ndgeneralhospital.htm|access-date=2021-11-21|website=www.ozatwar.com|archive-date=7 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107160712/http://www.ozatwar.com/usarmy/42ndgeneralhospital.htm|url-status=live}}

In the 1960s and 1970s young women had stopped entering the religious life so Sacred Heart and other Catholic schools were staffed mainly by lay people.{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}} David Manning was the first lay principal, appointed in 1983,{{Cite web|title=Cor Unum by Stuartholme Toowong - Issuu|url=https://issuu.com/stuartholmetoowong/docs/corunum-stuartholme|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-21|website=issuu.com|page=66|language=en|archive-date=21 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211121231017/https://issuu.com/stuartholmetoowong/docs/corunum-stuartholme}} who served until 2003. Daniel Crump is the current principal.[http://www.stuartholme.com/principal.html From the Principal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110218163608/http://www.stuartholme.com/principal.html |date=18 February 2011 }}, — Stuartholme School

In the past{{clarify|date=July 2021|since when?}} ten years Stuartholme has had some significant changes including a lot of re-modelling, but the Sacred Heart education has remained a part of the school curriculum.[http://www.stuartholme.com/philosophy.html Philosophy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110218163424/http://www.stuartholme.com/philosophy.html |date=18 February 2011 }}, — Stuartholme School

On 17 May 2013 the school was listed on the Brisbane Heritage Register.{{Cite web|title=Stuartholme School|url=https://heritage.brisbane.qld.gov.au/heritage-places/2213|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211121005359/https://heritage.brisbane.qld.gov.au/heritage-places/2213|archive-date=21 November 2021|access-date=2021-11-21|website=Brisbane Heritage Register}}

Co-curriculum

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Stuartholme students may compete in sporting competitions conducted by the Catholic Secondary Girls School Sports Association and the Independent Schools Association.{{cite web|url = http://www.stuartholme.com/sport.html|title = Sports|access-date = 2007-10-18|work = Extra-Curricular|publisher = Stuartholme School|archive-date = 31 August 2007|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070831111741/http://www.stuartholme.com/sport.html|url-status = live}}

The sports Stuartholme compete in are: athletics, Australian rules football, basketball, cross country running, equestrian, hockey, netball, rowing, sailing, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, touch football, volleyball, and water polo.

Notable alumnae

Davida Allen – artist{{Cite web|last=Elliot|first=Oliver|title=Davida Allen Exhibition|url=https://stuartholmealumnae.com/davida-allen-exhibition/|access-date=2021-11-21|website=Stuartholme School Alumnae|language=en-US|archive-date=21 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211121004105/https://stuartholmealumnae.com/davida-allen-exhibition/|url-status=live}}
Tracey Curro – journalist; former reporter for the Seven Network's Beyond 2000, and 60 Minutes (also attended Ingham State High School){{cite book |editor=Brasch, Nicolas |title=Contemporary Australian Women 1996/97 |year=1996 |publisher=Reed Reference Australia |location=Port Melbourne, Vic. |isbn=1-875589-92-9 |page= }}

Claire Holt – actress{{Cite web|title=Australian Television: H2O - Just Add Water|url=http://www.australiantelevision.net/h2o/articles/holt-impressing-hollywood.html|access-date=2021-11-21|website=www.australiantelevision.net|archive-date=9 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160909220605/http://australiantelevision.net/h2o/articles/holt-impressing-hollywood.html|url-status=live}}
Susan McDonald – Senator for Queensland{{Cite web|title=Year 10-12 Parent Daughter Breakfast|url=https://stuartholme.com/event/year-10-12-parent-daughter-breakfast/|access-date=2021-11-21|website=Stuartholme School|language=en-US|archive-date=11 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811043834/https://stuartholme.com/event/year-10-12-parent-daughter-breakfast/|url-status=live}}
Jane Moran – national water polo champion and Olympic Bronze medalist{{Cite web|title=Jane Moran|url=https://stuartholme.com/video_gallery/jane-moran/|access-date=2021-11-21|website=Stuartholme School|language=en-US|archive-date=21 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211121232032/https://stuartholme.com/video_gallery/jane-moran/|url-status=live}}
Katie Noonan – lead singer of george{{Cite web|date=2021-04-07|title=Katie Noonan wants to "break down the elitism and stuffiness of classical music"|url=https://www.cutcommonmag.com/katie-noonan-wants-to-break-down-the-elitism-and-stuffiness-of-classical-music/|access-date=2021-11-21|language=en-US|archive-date=12 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210712053453/https://www.cutcommonmag.com/katie-noonan-wants-to-break-down-the-elitism-and-stuffiness-of-classical-music/|url-status=live}}