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{{Infobox school
 | name                    = Kilbreda College
 | former_name             = Brigidine Convent School
 | logo                    = Kilbreda-College-Mentone-Logo.png
 | image                   = Mentone Kilbreda College 1.jpg
 | image_size              = 240
 | alt                     = Kilbreda-College-Mentone
 | caption                 = Kilbreda College Mentone
 | motto                   = {{langx|la|Fortiter et Suaviter}}
 | motto_translation       = Strength and Kindliness
 | established             = {{start date and age|1904}}
 | type                    = [[Independent school|Independent]] [[Secondary school|secondary]] [[day school]]
 | denomination            = [[Roman Catholicism in Australia|Roman Catholic]]
 | religious_affiliation   = [[Brigidine Sisters]]
 | gender                  = [[Single-sex education|Girls]]
 | principal               = Nicole Mangelsdorf
 | location                = [[Mentone, Victoria]]
 | country                 = Australia
 | coordinates             = {{coord|37|59|0|S|145|3|55|E|region:AU-VIC_type:edu|display=inline,title}}
 | pushpin_map             = Australia Melbourne
 | pushpin_image           = 
 | pushpin_mapsize         = 240
 | pushpin_map_alt         = 
 | pushpin_map_caption     = Location in [[Melbourne]]
 | pushpin_label           = 
 | pushpin_label_position  = 
 | campus_type             = Suburban
 | enrolment               = 900
 | colours                 = {{Color box|#79002A}}{{Color box|#005D21}}{{Color box|#000000}} Ruby, grey, white
 | homepage                = {{URL|kilbreda.vic.edu.au}}
}}

'''Kilbreda College''' is an [[Independent school|independent]] [[Roman Catholicism in Australia|Roman Catholic]] [[Secondary school|secondary]] [[day school]] for [[Single-sex education|girls]], located in the [[Melbourne]] suburb of [[Mentone, Victoria]], Australia. It was founded in 1904 by the [[Brigidine Sisters]] and is governed by Kildare Ministries.

== Origins of the school building ==

The original [[façade]] of the building was built by the Royal Coffee Palace Company Limited. It was opened in November 1887 and was known as the Mentone Coffee Palace. The Coffee Palace was the social centre of the town, situated on the corners of Mentone Parade, Florence Street and Como Parade. It is also near Mentone station (formerly known as Balcombe Road Station until 1884) and is surrounded by local shops. In the 1890s due to competition with Mentone Hotel and the Depression, the Coffee Palace could no longer be run. In 1894 it fell into the hands of the Mercantile Bank of Australia, and the name of the building was changed to Como House. After this the Coffee Palace was only used occasionally for varying purposes. The Brigidine Sisters bought the Coffee Palace in mid-July 1904 for £2,050, considering the actual cost of the building and furniture, excluding land, was £25,500.<ref>''The Brigidine Sisters'', online, http://www.brigidine.org.au. Retrieved 12 February 2007.</ref>

== Related Schools ==

Other schools governed by Kildare Ministries are:
*[[Brigidine College, Indooroopilly|Brigidine College]] (Indooroopilly) 
*[[Brigidine College, St Ives|Brigidine College]] (St Ives) 
*[[Clonard College]] (Geelong) 
*[[Kildare College]] (Holden Hill) 
*[[Killester College]] (Springvale) 
*[[Marian College (Ararat)|Marian College]] (Ararat) 
*[[Marian College (Sunshine West)|Marian College]] (Sunshine West) 
*[[St Joseph's College, Echuca|St. Joseph’s College]] (Echuca) 
*[[Star of the Sea College]] (Brighton)

== Brigidine convent ==
On 7 August 1904 the Brigidine Convent School was officially opened and blessed by Archbishop [[Thomas Joseph Carr|Thomas Carr]], and classes began the next day.  On opening, the school had three pupils enrolled in their Convent School and 25 pupils enrolled in St. Patrick's Parish Primary which was located in the Church. The [[Private school|fee-paying]]  convent school  began taking [[Boarding school|boarders]] in 1905  and  subsequently  obtained registration  as  a  sub-primary, primary  and   secondary school. The  nuns   owned  a [[farm]] in nearby  Johnston  street  which  the  students  often  visited. Boarders and students of primary school age have been phased out;  the final primary class being in 1978. The  school  has been    [[single sex]]  (girls)  for  many  decades.  In the 1930s the school's name was changed to Kilbreda College, the name coming from the [[Gaelic languages|Gaelic]] Cill – church or community and Breda – Brigid. Therefore, Kilbreda means Church or Community of [[Saint Brigid]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Kilbreda College Mentone – History |url=https://www.kilbreda.vic.edu.au/ |publisher=Kilbreda College Ltd. |access-date=17 October 2019 |quote=...Boarders  dormitory....Farm....[photograph of  farm with  female  students]...}}</ref>

== Houses ==
*Tullow (red) {{colourbox|red}}
Tullow is named after [[Tullow]] in the Republic of Ireland. This location was of special note to St. 
Brigid and the Brigidine Sisters.

*Kildare (blue) {{colourbox|blue}}
[[Kildare]] is named after a county in Ireland which holds specials value to St. 
Brigid and the Brigidine Sisters.

*Delany (yellow) {{colourbox|yellow}}
Delany is named after Bishop Daniel Delany who helped and accompanied the Brigidine Sisters travel to Australia and set up some of the first Catholic school run in the Brigidine Tradition.

*Brigid (green) {{colourbox|green}}
Brigid was named after [[St. Brigid]] who was the inspiration behind the Brigidine sisters and therefore the School.

== Principals ==
The following individuals have served as College Principals:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Ordinal !! Officeholder !! Term start !! Term end !! Time in office !! Notes
|-
| align=center | {{nts|1}} || Mother Margaret Mary Murphy ||align=center| 1904 ||align=center| 1915 ||align=right| {{age in years|1904|1915}} years ||
|-
| align=center | {{nts|2}} || Mother Berchmans Foley ||align=center| 1916 ||align=center| 1926 ||align=right| {{age in years|1916|1926}} years ||
|-
| align=center | {{nts|3}} || Mother Margaret Mary Bourke ||align=center| 1927 ||align=center| 1965 ||align=right| {{age in years|1927|1965}} years ||
|-
| align=center | {{nts|4}} || Sister Barbara Mathews ||align=center| 1966 ||align=center| 1971 ||align=right| {{age in years|1966|1971}} years ||
|-
| align=center | {{nts|5}} || Sister Pius Kennedy ||align=center| 1972 ||align=center| 1973 ||align=right| {{age in years|1972|1973}} years ||
|-
| align=center | {{nts|6}} || Sister Marietta Rea ||align=center| 1974 ||align=center| 1978 ||align=right| {{age in years|1974|1978}} years ||
|-
| align=center | {{nts|7}} || Sister Rosemarie Joyce ||align=center| 1979 ||align=center| 1980 ||align=right| {{age in years|1979|1980}} years ||
|-
| align=center | {{nts|8}} || Sister Angela Ryan ||align=center| 1981 ||align=center| 1983 ||align=right| {{age in years|1981|1983}} years ||
|-
| align=center | {{nts|9}} || Sister Catherine Kelly ||align=center| 1984 ||align=center| 1984 ||align=right| {{age in years|1984|1984}} years ||
|-
| align=center | {{nts|10}} || Sister Mary Dalton ||align=center| 1985 ||align=center| 1995 ||align=right| {{age in years|1985|1995}} years ||
|-
| align=center | {{nts|11}} || Carmel Smart ||align=center| 1995 ||align=center| 1995 ||align=right| {{age in years|1995|1995}} year ||
|-
| align=center | {{nts|-}} || Sister Angela Ryan ||align=center| 1996 ||align=center| 1999 ||align=right| {{age in years|1996|1999}} years ||
|-
| align=center | {{nts|12}} || Sister Helen Toohey ||align=center| 1999 ||align=center| 2006 ||align=right| {{age in years|1999|2006}} years ||
|-
| align=center | {{nts|13}} || Mary Stack ||align=center| 2007 ||align=center| 2015 ||align=right| {{age in years|2007|2015}} years ||
|-
| align=center | {{nts|14}} || Teresa Lincoln  ||align=center rowspan=2|2016 ||align=center|2018 ||align=right| {{age in years|2016|2018}} years || {{small|(joint appointment)}}
|-
| align=center | {{nts|15}} || Nicole Mangelsdorf  ||align=center| ''incumbent'' ||align=right| {{age in years|2016}} years || {{small|(joint appointment, 2016–2018)}}
|}

== Core values and symbols ==
[[File:St Brigid.png|right|thumb|St. Brigid's cross]]
Most Brigidine schools follow the same core values, motto and school symbols.

The Brigidine Schools' symbols are:

* [[Brigid's Cross]] – The kind of cross St. Brigid used when teaching about the Catholic faith. It is made from woven reeds.
* The [[Oak]] Tree – [[St. Brigid]]'s monastery in [[Tullow]], is called [[Kildare]]. Kildare meaning 'the church of the oak'. Many Brigidine schools grow an oak tree from an acorn taken from one of the oak trees in Tullow.
* The Lamp of Learning – represents the light of Christian faith
* School Badge – was designed by the [[Irish College]] of Heraldry. The large cross of diamonds is taken from the badge of Bishop [[Daniel Delany]], the bishop who founded the Brigidine Sisters in 1807. The middle diamond contains an image of the lamp of learning, and the image of St. Brigid's cross is contained in the top section.

== Notable pupils ==
* [[Catherine Arlove]] – three-time Olympian who competed at the 2008 Beijing, 2004 Athens and 2000 Sydney Olympics in judo
*[[Simone De La Rue]] – Former dancer turned Hollywood fitness expert, and founder of Body By Simone dance based fitness studios
*[[Netball Australia|Noeleen Dix AM]]
*[[Mary-Anne Fahey]] – actress, comedian and writer
* [[Maggie Fitzgibbon]] OAM – actress and singer
* [[Ann Henderson (politician)|Ann Henderson]] – Former Australian Politician
* [[Bridie Kean|Dr Bridie Kean]] – [[wheelchair basketball]] player, bronze medalist at the [[2008 Summer Paralympics]] in Beijing, silver medalist at the [[2012 Summer Paralympics]] in London
*[[Judith Kinnear]] – the first woman to head a New Zealand university
* [[Tania Luiz]] –  Olympian who competed at the 2008 Beijing Olympics in badminton
*[[Bree Munro]] – 2010 Winter Olympian who competed in freestyle skiing
*[[Vikki Petraitis]] – author of crime novels
* [[Marilyn Warren|The Honorable Marilyn Warren]] {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AC}} – former chief justice of the [[Supreme Court of Victoria]] and former lieutenant governor of Victoria

== See also ==
{{Portal|Australia|Schools|Catholicism}}
* [[List of non-government schools in Victoria, Australia#K|List of non-government schools in Victoria]]
* [[St. Brigid]]
* [[Victorian Certificate of Education]]
* [[Vocational Education and Training]]
* [[Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
*{{cite book |first=Margaret |last=Underwood |year=2004 |title=A View from the Tower Kilbreda 1904–2004 |publisher=Kilbreda College |location=Melbourne }}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* {{Official website|http://www.kilbreda.vic.edu.au/}}

{{Secondary schools in Victoria|state=collapsed}}
{{Brigidine schools|state=collapsed}}
{{Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia schools|state=autocollapse}}
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