基本資料 | Information
1867
The Good Samaritan Sisters acquire the estate of Rosebank. The site originally served as a Novitiate. There was a primary school on the property which the Sisters conducted for the local residents and the Rosebank chapel served many families in the neighbourhood.
1877
Rosebank becomes a Catholic Boarding School for girls. Its chaplain Father John Dwyer OSB, donated 2 000 pounds after his death. This, along with other donations were used to build the present three-storey structure in 1886.
1893
Rosebank assumes the name of a College and the memoirs produced from this time until 1911 testify to the great reputation it enjoyed throughout New South Wales and beyond as a place of broad education. In Rosebank’s early years, the students soon came to the attention of the wider community. As early as 1880 Marcella Kenny was the first girl from a Catholic College to pass the University of Oxford Junior Examination, in the very first year that this particular examination was opened to girls.
1944
The College closes to serve as a Juniorate for five years, while still retaining registration as a Secondary School.
1951
Rosebank re-opens as a boarding and day College, offering academic subjects and cultural and vocational subjects. Gradually, Rosebank developed into a Leaving Certificate School until in 1966, in the process of regionalisation in Sydney and the phasing in of the Wyndham Scheme, it reverted to a Form 4 School.
1971
The boarding school closes but the day school continues to expand, adapting to new demands in education and adding to its facilities.
1981
The first lay principal of the College, Mr John Hawley, is appointed.
1986
The College returns to being a full secondary school with the introduction of co-education in Years 11 and 12.
1988
The sisters of the Good Samaritan establish Rosebank College as an Incorporated Body and appoint a Board to be responsible for the College. Mr Frank Hayes is the first Chairperson of the Board.
2001
The second lay principal, Mr Alan Moran is appointed.
2005
The third and current lay Principal, Mr Tom Galea, is appointed.
2007
The College celebrates 140 years of education.
2009
Co-education is extended to welcome boys into Year 7. This coincides with the introduction of a new school uniform, brand identity and student leadership structure.
2012
The College celebrated 145 years of Catholic Education and our first year of full co-education.
2014
The College named, Blessed and officially opened three new and renovated buildings. These were Ottilien Hall, Montserrat Hall and Jamberoo Hall. The new buildings provide the College an auditorium, 18 learning spaces, five Science labs, Music, Dance and Drama spaces, a performance room, an undercroft play area and cafeteria.
2015
Vertical Home Room structure is introduced, including Middle School and Senior School Divisions. Students from Year 7 - 9 share a common Home Room, as do students in Year 10 – 12.