Sisters of St Joseph of Lochinvar

  • A long association with education

Josephite Schools

Since our foundation in Lochinvar in 1883 Sisters taught in many schools in response to the needs of people in rural areas, mining towns and working class suburbs.

In all, fifty parish primary schools and ten secondary schools were entrusted to our Sisters in the Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle and beyond. These are listed below. 

Music was always a prominent aspect of our Josephite education through classroom teaching, private tuition and the training of choirs and orchestras.

Today the Josephite spirit lives on in the schools through the work of dedicated lay principals and staff.

For illustrated historical details click here.

Click on the blue links below to be taken to an existing school's website and learn more about that school and its history.

A history of schools, including those now closed, can be found in the publication Snapshots in Time: 1822-2021 A Focus on schools in the Catholic Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle by Frances Dunn, Marie Hughes rsj and Elizabeth Latham

 

Parish Primary Schools 

Location

Established

LOCHINVAR

1883

MERRIWA

1885

QUIRINDI

1885 - 1887 

KNOCKFIN

1886 - 1900 

NULKABA (CESSNOCK)

1887 - 1937 

CARRINGTON

1888 - 1971 

DUNGOG

1888

MEREWETHER (Burwood)

1888 

BROOKFIELD

1889 - 1957 

LARGS

1889 - 1968 

KRAMBACH

1893 - 1989 

WINGEN

1896 - 1958 

ABERDEEN

1896 - 1976 

GLENDONBROOK

1900 - 1920 

WYBONG

1901 - 1916

CUNDLETOWN

1906 – 1969 

CESSNOCK (Mt St Joseph)

1906 - 1966

ABERMAIN

1908 

KURRI KURRI

1908 

WEST WALLSEND

1912 - 1982 

PORT MACQUARIE

1913 

DENMAN

1915 

CARDIFF

1917 

GLOUCESTER

1919 

TAREE

1923 

CHARLESTOWN

1927 

WAUCHOPE

1928 

WINGHAM

1935 

BELLBIRD

1937 - 1957 

CESSNOCK (Wollombi Rd)

1937 

SUMMER HILL

1949 

BELMONT

1950 

CLIFTON GARDENS

1950 

GRETA (Migrant Camp)

1950 - 1960 

KENDALL

1952 - 1982 

SWANSEA

1952 

BULAHDELAH

1955

MEREWETHER BEACH

1956 

SHORTLAND

1957

FORSTER

1959 

WINDALE

1959 

NEWCASTLE (Star of Sea)

1961 - 1969 

EDGEWORTH

1962 

MORISSET

1962 

PARKSIDE – QLD

1962 - 1973 

GATESHEAD (St Paul’s)

1964 

MUSWELLBROOK

1973 

KILABEN BAY (Toronto)

1973 

LAURIETON (Kendall)

1982 

 

Secondary Schools 

Location

Established

LOCHINVAR

1915

TAREE 

1926

GATESHEAD (St Mary’s) 

1964

PORT MACQUARIE 

1930

WAUCHOPE 

1930 - 1968 

WINGHAM 

1935 - 1961 

CESSNOCK (Mt St Joseph’s) 

1936 - 1968

MERRIWA 

1954 - 1968

BULAHDELAH 

1955 - 1966 

SUMMER HILL 

1957 - 1962 

ABERDEEN

1972