Year 8: Church History: Catholic Schools in Australia

History of All Saints Parish School Portland, the first school in the Ballarat Diocese (and second in the Colony of Victoria)

The article covers early Catholic education through to present day, and concludes with a a timeline of key events.

A brief article written by Archbishop Comensoli to celebrate the bicentenary of Australian Catholic education.

A detail but informative article on the arrival of different Catholic women's orders and how they went about establishing and providing a Catholic education, their impact on Catholic communities and challenges faced. Many references to Ballarat and the Loreto Sisters are made.

The Education Act established a free, secular and compulsory education system in Victoria and had a major impact on the provision of Catholic education.

Ninety years after the Victorian Education Act, the Federal government introduced funding for non-government schools, in part as a result of decades of lobbying and strikes by Catholic schools.

A press release outlining the current state of Catholic education enrolments in Victoria.

The online directory can be used to locate a specific school, or browse schools in a diocese. Each school website will include a section on the school's history.