Sacred Heart New Schools, Darlinghurst R…

The original Sacred Heart church was situated on the corner of Darlinghurst Rd and Oxford Street, Darlinghurst was consecrated and opened on 6 June 1852, the first Catholic church and parish in the eastern suburbs. 

Sacred Heart School In 1880 the foundation stone for a new school was laid on a site immediately to the north of the church by Archbishop Vaughan, in front of a crowd of 6,000 people. The new two-storey building was to accommodate two separate schools, with girls taught on the upper level and boys on the lower level. Both sections were run by the Sisters of Charity, who also ran nearby St Vincent’s Hospital.

It closed in 1986.

Girls’ School, Darlinghurst Road. Boys’ School, Victoria Street.

From the original edition of the Town & Country Journal.