Loreto Mandeville Hall Toorak is a Roman Catholic day school for girls in Toorak, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is one of many Loreto schools distributed over the world, established by the sisters of the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary or Loreto Sisters, founded some 400 years ago by Mary Ward. The school was established in 1924. It has a co-educational Early Learning Centre, a joint venture with St. Kevin's College at St Peter's Church, Toorak Road, Toorak and a junior school and a secondary school at Mandeville Crescent, Toorak.AffiliationsLoreto is associated with Association of Independent Schools of Victoria , Junior School Heads Association of Australia , Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia , Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia , and a member of Girls Sport Victoria .CampusLoreto is located on a single campus. The Junior School, featuring an art centre, Multi-Purpose rooms, tennis courts, netball courts, new classrooms and more is separated by the school Oval to the senior school. The Senior School facilities include the 'Barry Centre', featuring two pools, gymnasium, photography classrooms, art classrooms, weight room, health classrooms, basketball court and more. There are also science laboratories, drama classrooms and Cafe Mandeville, the school canteen.BackgroundThe Loreto Sisters acquired Mandeville Hall in 1924. It is a former goldrush mansion and the original building is on the Victorian Heritage Register and Classified by the National Trust of Australia. The sisters established a convent and a boarding school for girls. In the early days there were also some boys in junior classes. In more recent years, the sisters moved off-campus and there are no longer boarders.
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