St Dominic's Priory College, Adelaide

St Dominic's Priory College
Location
North Adelaide , South Australia Australia
Coordinates	34°54′32″S 138°35′09″E
Information
Type	Independent, single-sex, day school
Motto	Latin: Veritas (Truth)
Religious affiliation(s)	Dominican Order
Denomination	Roman Catholicism
Established	1884; 140 years ago (1884)
Principal	Dr Helen Steele
Gender	Girls
Enrolment	~680[1]
Colour(s)	Black and white
Website	www.stdominics.sa.edu.au

St Dominic's Priory College is a Roman Catholic, independent, day, Reception to Year 12 Catholic Girls School located on Molesworth Street in North Adelaide, South Australia.

Overview

The college is one of the earliest Dominican schools, established in 1883 by a group of Dominican Sisters who came to North Adelaide from Stone in Staffordshire, the foundress being Rose Columba Adams.^[2] Today the college caters for approximately 680 students.

Notable alumnae

• Fran Kelly – radio presenter, current affairs journalist and political correspondent on ABC Radio National^[1]

See also

• List of schools in South Australia
• Catholic education in Australia

References

1. "About the College". St Dominic's Priory College. Retrieved 14 December 2008.
2. Vandepeer, Jo (2022). "The Atelier of the St. Dominic's Priory: cash for beauty and beauty for cash". Journal of the Australian Catholic Historical Society. 43: 82–101.

External links

• St Dominic's Priory College website