This gorgeous young girl is Dorothea Hickey (1955), future Brigidine Sister, beautifully dressed for her first communion in 1944.
Ross Wall's memories of his time at St Joseph's
Our new Archives was only established in August, but we are making great headway in building our Collection and gathering knowledge! One recent significant contributor is Ross Wall (1961) who attended St Joseph’s College in 1956 and 1957.
First group of Brigidine debutantes (1968)
Look at this absolutely gorgeous shot of twenty Brigidine alumnae with Sister Marietta McKenna (1928-2014)! Taken in 1968.
Sister Beatrice Grant and her 1971 class
In 1961 the Brigidine Sisters opened Brigidine College (now Newman College, Marian Campus), transferring all secondary students from the old Brigidine Secondary School campus (est 1953).
1913 St Ildephonsus College magazine
"With every kind wish for a happy Christmas and a New Year overflowing with blessings."
Newman's Rock Band (1990)
Did you know Newman Siena College used to have their own Rock Band?
The foundations of Marist (now Newman) Senior College
These boys, from Wembley, are photographed in March 1964 with the peg marking the corner of what will be the foundations of the new Marist (now Newman) Senior College, Churchlands.
Richard John Bryant (1904-1989)
Richard John Bryant, known as Dick “played Association Football with College…We have to congratulate Dick on being admitted to 1st grade cricket within so few months of leaving college.”
The Mari-dines.
In 1969 Year 11 and 12 girls from the Brigidine Sisters in Peebles Road, Floreat, began taking classes in maths, physics, chemistry and French at the Marist Brothers’ College, Churchlands. They were called the Mari-dines.