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Mater Christi College
Mater Christi College is an independent Roman Catholic secondary school for girls located in the eastern Melbourne suburb of Belgrave, Victoria, Australia.
Mother Mary Olivera, Superior General of the Good Samaritan Order of the Catholic Church declared in 1962, “Let’s build a boarding school on top of the hill in Belgrave". Subsequently, the school was founded by the Sisters of the Good Samaritan religious order in 1963 outside Belgrave, overlooking the Dandenong Ranges of Victoria. Six Good Samaritan Sisters initially instructed 62 female students, offering an academic education, "based on the principles of Benedictine values". The site chosen in 1962 consisted of grounds which contained Heathermont, a c. 1920s guest house. A cottage named Sunny Siesta was on the 90 degree turn at the top of Bayview Road and was where the first sisters established their convent in May 1962. The original chapel and classrooms were opened in 1964 and a new convent was established by 1974.
The college was initially envisaged as a small day and boarding school and in 1966 the first matriculation (Year 12) class graduated. The rapidly growing population in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne saw Mater Christi College grow. In 2026 there were around 700 girls enrolled at the college. Some years earlier the student cohort population had been over 900 and included students from several Asia-Pacific countries. In 1989, an academic program for international students was established which subsequently resulted in the establishment of a boarding house being attached to the college. It closed in 2015. Mater Christi offers a broad range of subjects to suit students and is designed so that students undertake studies from all areas of learning at Years 7 to 12. Students are then able to select from a wide range of VCE units.
Facilities at Mater Christi College include:
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Mater Christi College
Mater Christi College is an independent Roman Catholic secondary school for girls located in the eastern Melbourne suburb of Belgrave, Victoria, Australia.
Mother Mary Olivera, Superior General of the Good Samaritan Order of the Catholic Church declared in 1962, “Let’s build a boarding school on top of the hill in Belgrave". Subsequently, the school was founded by the Sisters of the Good Samaritan religious order in 1963 outside Belgrave, overlooking the Dandenong Ranges of Victoria. Six Good Samaritan Sisters initially instructed 62 female students, offering an academic education, "based on the principles of Benedictine values". The site chosen in 1962 consisted of grounds which contained Heathermont, a c. 1920s guest house. A cottage named Sunny Siesta was on the 90 degree turn at the top of Bayview Road and was where the first sisters established their convent in May 1962. The original chapel and classrooms were opened in 1964 and a new convent was established by 1974.
The college was initially envisaged as a small day and boarding school and in 1966 the first matriculation (Year 12) class graduated. The rapidly growing population in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne saw Mater Christi College grow. In 2026 there were around 700 girls enrolled at the college. Some years earlier the student cohort population had been over 900 and included students from several Asia-Pacific countries. In 1989, an academic program for international students was established which subsequently resulted in the establishment of a boarding house being attached to the college. It closed in 2015. Mater Christi offers a broad range of subjects to suit students and is designed so that students undertake studies from all areas of learning at Years 7 to 12. Students are then able to select from a wide range of VCE units.
Facilities at Mater Christi College include:
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