Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College, Adelaide

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Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College
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Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College, Adelaide
496 Regency Road, Enfield, South Australia

Coordinates 34°52′24″S138°36′15″E / 34.8734°S 138.60407°E / -34.8734; 138.60407
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Type Independent high school
MottoRegnet Christus (May Christ Reign)
Religious affiliation(s) Sisters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart
Denomination Roman Catholic
Established1947
Founder Jules Chevalier
PrincipalMaria Urbano [1]
ChaplainTony Marshall
Years 712
Gender Girls
Enrolment600 (2007)
CampusEnfield
Colour(s)Blue, red, gold    
Website www.olsh.catholic.edu.au

Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College is a Roman Catholic high school for girls located in the Adelaide suburb of Enfield, South Australia, Australia. It is situated on the corner on Regency Road, an offshoot of Main North Road.

The College was founded in 1947 by the Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, members of a religious congregation founded by Father Jules Chevalier in France in 1874.

A senior campus was opened in 2009. It contains nine new classrooms, a laboratory, a home economics centre, a common room, a staff room and a canteen.

The college has two sister schools of the same name, also founded by the Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, one in Melbourne and the other in Sydney. Each year exchange programs are run between the schools.

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References

  1. "Principal's Welcome". Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College. Retrieved 17 March 2016.