{"id":16,"date":"2020-11-06T01:17:45","date_gmt":"2020-11-05T17:17:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sthildastg.wpenginepowered.com\/index.php\/history\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T13:04:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T05:04:12","slug":"%e5%8e%86%e5%8f%b2%e8%ba%ab%e4%bb%bd","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sthildas.wa.edu.au\/zh\/about\/history-identity\/","title":{"rendered":"\u5386\u53f2\u4e0e\u8eab\u4efd"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":7,"menu_order":40,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/template-full-width.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"give_campaign_id":0,"footnotes":""},"folder":[61],"class_list":["post-16","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"full_width_layouts":[{"acf_fc_layout":"full_width_image_or_video","media_type":"vimeo","image":null,"youtube_video_id":"","vimeo_video_id":"623004378"},{"acf_fc_layout":"centred_panel","background_colour":"coolnight","heading":"Vision and Purpose","blurb":"To spark extraordinary futures by inspiring inventive and adaptive thinkers with a curiosity for learning","buttons":null,"nested_layouts":null},{"acf_fc_layout":"pull_out_heading_&_content","heading":"Our Values","content":"\u6211\u4eec\u7684\u4ef7\u503c\u89c2\u4e0d\u4ec5\u4ec5\u662f\u4e00\u4e32\u6f02\u4eae\u7684\u8bcd\u3002\u5728\u5b66\u6821\u7684\u6240\u6709\u4e92\u52a8\u4e2d\uff0c\u4f60\u90fd\u80fd\u53d1\u73b0\u5b83\u4eec\u7684\u54c1\u8d28\u3002\u6211\u4eec\u7684\u6559\u804c\u5458\u5de5\u4ee5\u8eab\u4f5c\u5219\uff0c\u5411\u5b66\u751f\u704c\u8f93\u8fd9\u4e9b\u4ef7\u503c\u89c2\u3002<\/strong>\r\n\r\n\u5353\u8d8a<\/strong>\u00a0 \/\/ \u6211\u4eec\u9f13\u52b1\u8ffd\u6c42\u4e2a\u4eba\u6700\u4f73\u6210\u7ee9\uff0c\u5e76\u6fc0\u52b1\u4ed6\u4eba\u3002\r\n\r\n\u771f\u5b9e\u6027<\/strong>\u00a0 \/\/ \u6211\u4eec\u73cd\u89c6\u81ea\u5df1\uff0c\u5c0a\u91cd\u4ed6\u4eba\uff0c\u56e0\u4e3a\u81ea\u4fe1\u662f\u6211\u4eec\u6700\u5927\u7684\u7279\u8d28\u3002\r\n\r\n\u5f52\u5c5e\u611f<\/strong>\u00a0 \/\/ \u6211\u4eec\u57f9\u517b\u4eba\u9645\u5173\u7cfb\u3001\u5723\u5e0c\u5c14\u8fbe\u7cbe\u795e\u4ee5\u53ca\u6211\u4eec\u5728\u5168\u7403\u793e\u4f1a\u4e2d\u6240\u626e\u6f14\u7684\u89d2\u8272\u3002\r\n\r\n\u60f3\u8c61\u529b<\/strong>\u00a0 \/\/\u00a0 We are courageous and open our minds to possibilities.\r\n\r\nThese values are woven into our behaviours, our recognition programs and our leadership opportunities."},{"acf_fc_layout":"standard_content","content":"

The School Motto<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n\"\u5723\u5e0c\u5c14\u8fbe\u5b66\u6821\u7684\u6821\u5fbd\u4ee5\r\n\r\nOur motto on the school crest is a Latin saying, Domine dirige nos: Lord direct us.\r\n\r\nThe founders of St Hilda\u2019s have ensured that we remain conscious of the faith that led them to establish a place of education for young women.\r\n\r\nIt was their belief that God would guide and lead the School in the right direction.\r\n\r\nToday we can be pleased with the direction the School has taken and the many continuing successes we enjoy, and we reflect on our religious roots in chapel services throughout the year and in Religious and Philosophical Studies. Our Chaplain is involved with the school on a daily basis and encourages us to approach religious\u00a0ideas with an open, inquiring mind.\u00a0Through thought, investigation and reflection, students are able to make informed decisions about personal faith and ethical behaviour."},{"acf_fc_layout":"content_grid","group_heading":"Traditions","content_grid_column_number":"three","grid_items":[{"heading":"The Ammonite","sub_heading":"","photo":1552,"popup_content":"Ammonite fossils found on the shore at Whitby are said to be the petrified remains of snakes that once infested the Whitby area. Hilda brought the infestation to an end turning the snakes into stone so as to clear a site for the building of her abbey. There are three snakestones in the arms of the town. And Hilda is often depicted holding an ammonite, or snake stone, in one hand and a model of her abbey in the other.\r\n\r\nToday our Bay View campus features a stunning ammonite sculpture, donated to the school by the Old Scholars Association to celebrate its centenary."},{"heading":"School Prayer & Hymn","sub_heading":"","photo":2367,"popup_content":"

Prayer<\/h3>\r\nAlmighty God,\r\nin whom we live and move and have our being,\r\nmake this School as a field which the Lord has blessed,\r\nthat whatsoever things are true, pure,\r\nlovely and of good report,\r\nmay here forever flourish and abound.\r\n\r\nPreserve in it an unblemished name,\r\nenlarge it with a wider usefulness\r\nand exalt it in the love and reverence of all its members\r\nas an instrument of your glory,\r\nfor the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord.\r\n\r\nAmen\r\n\r\n \r\n

Hymn<\/h3>\r\nYour hand, O God, has guided\r\nYour flock, from age to age;\r\nthe wondrous tale is written,\r\nfull clear, on every page;\r\nYour people owned your goodness,\r\nand we their deeds record;\r\nand both of this bear witness;\r\none Church, one Faith, one Lord.\r\n\r\nYour heralds brought glad tidings\r\nto greatest as to least;\r\nthey bade them rise, and hasten\r\nto share the great King\u2019s feast;\r\nand this was all their teaching,\r\nin every deed and word,\r\nto all alike proclaiming\r\none Church, one Faith, one Lord.\r\n\r\nThrough many a day of darkness,\r\nthrough many a scene of strife,\r\nthe faithful few fought bravely,\r\nto guard the nation\u2019s life.\r\nTheir gospel of redemption,\r\nsin pardoned, earth restored,\r\nwas all in this enfolded:\r\none Church, one Faith, one Lord.\r\n\r\nYour mercy will not fail us,\r\nnor leave your work undone;\r\nwith your right hand to help us,\r\nthe victory shall be won;\r\nand then,\u00a0by all creation,\r\nYour name shall be adored,\r\nand this shall be our anthem:\r\none Church, one Faith, one Lord.\r\n\r\nWords: Edward Hayes Plumptre, 1889 \/ Music: Thornbury, Cr\u00fcger<\/em>\r\n\r\n \r\n

Junior School Song<\/h3>\r\nHere within these walls, our journey\u2019s just begun.\r\nTo grow and learn and dream, beneath the Aussie sun.\r\nWe have all that we need, and it is clear to see.\r\nOur potential is unlimited, and lies in you and me.\r\n\r\nFrom the smallest bloom, that\u2019s nurtured to grow.\r\nSuch wonders can arise, more than you\u2019ll ever know.\r\nAnd we will change the world; some help is all we need.\r\nJust remember that the flower was once a tiny seed.\r\n\r\nIf St Hilda could see, that just beyond the Swan,\r\nBeneath peppermint trees, it\u2019s there.\r\nLike an ammonite, a hope preserved so long.\r\nWhere we are taught to stand, shoulder to shoulder and so strong.\r\n\r\nWe ask Lord please direct us, to be fair and kind and free.\r\nSt Hilda\u2019s is our school; we\u2019ll be the best that we can be.\r\n\r\n "},{"heading":"Our Houses","sub_heading":"","photo":9761,"popup_content":"The first Houses; Fitzroy, Gascoyne and Blackwood were established in the 1930s by Miss Catherine Small, with De Grey being added in 1954. All Houses are named after Western Australian rivers. Each family is allocated a House, with granddaughters, daughters, sisters and cousins following in the footsteps of their predecessors.\r\n\r\nThe four Houses are:\r\n

\"StylisedBlackwood<\/h4>\r\nColour: Blue\r\nEmblem: Boronia\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n

\"IllustratedDe Grey<\/h4>\r\nColour: Yellow\r\nEmblem: Rough Bluebell\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n

\"NativeFitzroy<\/h4>\r\nColour: Red\r\nEmblem: Native Hoya\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n

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History<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n\u5723\u5e0c\u5c14\u8fbe\uff08614-680 \u5e74\uff09\u51fa\u8eab\u4e8e\u8bfa\u6851\u6bd4\u4e9a\u56fd\u738b\u57c3\u5fb7\u6e29\u7684\u738b\u5ba4\uff0c\u540e\u6765\u6210\u4e3a\u60e0\u7279\u6bd4\u53cc\u4fee\u9053\u9662\u7684\u9662\u957f\u3002\r\n

Having founded the school at Whitby, St Hilda is regarded as a patroness of women's education.\u00a0 Interestingly, even though she favoured the Celtic model of the Church, she accepted the decision of the Synod of Whitby to abide by the Roman practice.\"\u5723\u5e0c\u5c14\u8fbe\u5723\u50cf\u624b\u6301\u4fee\u9053\u9662\u548c\u6559\u804c\u5458\u5de5\uff0c\u8c61\u5f81\u7740\u73c0\u65af\u4e00\u6d41\u79c1\u7acb\u5973\u5b50\u5b66\u6821\u7684\u4f20\u627f\"<\/p>\r\nSt Hilda's story<\/strong>\r\n

Ethelburga of Kent (south east of England) was a Christian princess, who came north to marry King Edwin of Northumbria. As Queen, Ethelburga had a strong Christian influence on the thinking of her husband and his household and St Hilda was King Edwin's great niece.<\/p>\r\n\u5723\u5e0c\u5c14\u8fbe\u4e0e\u4e9a\u626a\u4eba<\/strong>\r\n

Legend has it that the ammonite fossils found on the shore at Whitby are the petrified remains of snakes that once infested the area. Hilda brought the infestation to an end by turning the snakes into stone so as to clear a site for the building of her abbey. There are three snakestones in the town's coat of arms.\u00a0 St Hilda is often depicted holding an ammonite, or snake stone, in one hand and a model of the abbey in the other. St Hilda's actions are immortalised in Sir Walter Scott's poem Marmion:<\/p>\r\n

When Whitby's nuns exalting told,\r\nOf thousand snakes, each one\r\nWas changed into a coil of stone,\r\nWhen Holy Hilda pray'd:\r\nThemselves, without their holy ground,\r\nTheir stony folds had often found.<\/em><\/p>\r\n "},{"acf_fc_layout":"content_grid","group_heading":"School History","content_grid_column_number":"three","grid_items":[{"heading":"1896-1926","sub_heading":"Early History","photo":12411,"popup_content":"1896<\/strong> - Mrs Edith Ross forms a small school situated on Stirling Highway (formerly Fremantle Road), opposite Christ Church in Claremont. A commemorative plaque was installed at the site in 1996. Mrs Ross remained with the school until the birth of her daughter.\r\n\r\n1898<\/strong> - Miss Elisabeth and May Allen take charge of the fledgling school relocating to the Congregational Hall and later to the Parish Hall in Claremont, naming the school Claremont Ladies\u2019 College. There were no uniforms, but the school colours were white (purity) and yellow (bright futures). The School\u2019s moto became \u201cMihi Cura Futuri\u2019 (The Care of the Future is Mine).\r\n\r\n1905<\/strong> - Miss Melina Parnell purchases the School naming it Girls\u2019 High School and changed the motto to \u201cdomine Dirige Nos\u2019 (Lord Direct Us). The Girls\u2019 High School grows to include Macedon House (formerly in the grounds of the former John XXIII site on Stirling Highway, Claremont).\r\n\r\n1907<\/strong> - Gunnersbury House on the riverfront (now in the grounds of Christ Church Grammar School).\r\n\r\n1912<\/strong> \u2013 Miss Parnell moves the whole school to the riverfront in Claremont. Understanding the importance of sports education, she forms the Girls\u2019 Secondary School Sports Association in 1913 and presides as President. She also establishes the Old Girls\u2019 Association. Believing in the importance of service to others, Miss Parnell insisted that each girl learn to knit, and set students to work on bake 57 Christmas puddings and filling 89 billies with Christmas presents, all to support the frontline soldiers during World War II. In 1918 she made a moving speech to the students, \u201cWe hear on every side what the boys who have left school have done. Does it ever occur to any of us what the girls have done?\u201d\r\n\r\nInterestingly, during this time, despite many GHS graduates going on to have meaningful and successful careers in teaching, nursing, armed forces, banking, Civil Service, dentistry, music, science and academics, many parents were not interested in their girls pursuing careers."},{"heading":"1926 - 1946","sub_heading":"The Great Depression And WW II Years","photo":12412,"popup_content":"1926<\/strong> - Miss Parnell retires.\r\n\r\n1927<\/strong> - Miss Marjorie Rooney, a previous GHS student and then staff member, is appointed Headmistress (resigning in 1930). The Girls\u2019 High School is purchased by the West Australian Church Schools Company.\r\n\r\n1929<\/strong> - The Girls' High School is sold to the Council of Church of England Schools. It is the first school for girls in Perth to be controlled by the Diocesan Trustees.\r\n\r\n1930<\/strong> - The Church Council purchases land in Bay View Terrace, Mosman Park and appoints Miss Small as Headmistress. Miss Small is a 27-year-old with an M.A. from Oxford University, where she had rowed, played hockey and debated.\r\n\r\n1931<\/strong> - On Sunday, 22 March, the Governor of Western Australia, Sir William Campion, officially opens the School, and the Archbishop of Perth, the Most Reverend Henry Frewen Le Fanu, dedicates it with the name of St Hilda\u2019s Church of England School for Girls. St Hilda\u2019s begins under the direction of Miss Catherine Small with 54 pupils from the Girls\u2019 High School and 45 new pupils.\r\n\r\nMiss Small<\/strong>\r\n\r\nMiss Small was an impressive woman. Daily life during the 1930s and 40s were often challenging, after the devastating effects of the Great Depression and World War II. Not only was Miss Small the Headmistress, but she also taught, worked in the garden, cooked, cleaned, and nursed the boarders at night when they were sick. During World War II, the School was used as a first aid post and the girls' dug trenches around the School for protection. The Boarders were eventually moved to Bencubbin (Wheatbelt).\r\n\r\nShe can be credited for introducing the Houses of Fitzroy, Blackwood and Gascoyne in 1933, and creating an official sports uniform, which was a first among girls\u2019 schools at the time. She also formed the Parents\u2019 Association.\r\n\r\nMiss Small was very progressive for her time but understood her limitations. At the time, parents still viewed it as immoral for women to take the jobs that \u2018rightly belonged to men\u2019. Instead, she encouraged girls to educate themselves and to actively participate in the world \u201cbecause a democracy requires an educated electorate\" and \"women should have the power to choose men of wisdom, courage and integrity as leaders\".\r\n\r\nIn 1946, Miss Small married and was forced to retire, as at the time married women were not permitted to work. At the time of her departure, there were over 200 students. She said, \u201cSt Hilda\u2019s exists possibly only because of Archbishop Le Fanu\u2019s conviction that girls need the best schools, as much as boys\".\r\n\r\n "},{"heading":"1947 - 1967","sub_heading":"The Una Mitchell Years","photo":12413,"popup_content":"St Hilda\u2019s experiences a surge of growth and development under the guidance of Una Mitchell, growing from 200 students to 600!\r\n\r\n1949<\/strong> - The Kindergarten opens.\r\n\r\n1954<\/strong> - De Grey House is introduced.\r\n\r\n1957<\/strong> - The new Junior School opens.\r\n\r\n1958<\/strong> - Innerhadden is purchased, which becomes Mitchell House.\r\n\r\n1960<\/strong> - Parnell House opens. Science, Biology and Chemistry buildings emerge, and a biology garden.\r\n\r\n1962<\/strong> - New Library and Physics Laboratory opens.\r\n\r\n1964<\/strong> - New Margaret House opens for Junior Boarders, and we see the introduction of a new sickbay.\r\n\r\n1965<\/strong> - St Hilda's unveils its own swimming pool on campus. The St Hilda's School Council is established, with nine members. The Council of the Church of England Schools ceases to exist and St Hilda's forms its own governing body."},{"heading":"1969 - 1975","sub_heading":"Miss Patman As Headmistress","photo":12417,"popup_content":"With Miss Patman as Headmistress of the School, substantial development is undertaken. She instills in the students a sense that the world is their oyster and that they can accomplish anything as long as they had a backbone. She holds current-event lessons to ensure the students are aware of what was happening in the world. She creates a Students Representative Council who meet fortnightly and comprises of 32 girls from Years 8 to 12.\r\n\r\nThe LM Hoskings Science Lecture Theatre (open 1970) and Roger Goode Centre (open 1973) provides excellent new facilities; Grand View House is an important acquisition and addition to the school grounds and Cultural Day (now known as the St Hilda\u2019s Arts Festival) is introduced."},{"heading":"1976 - 1979","sub_heading":"Mrs Rita MacGregor is Headmistress","photo":12418,"popup_content":"Mrs Rita MacGregor is Headmistress, and aims to give the girls a sound, modern, humanitarian education, and to develop their characters and personalities in the life of the community. She encourages the girls' interests in dramatic productions and directs several plays herself. She also reintroduces the Prefect System.\r\n\r\n1976<\/strong> - Una Mitchell Building opens\r\n\r\n1978<\/strong> - Music, Art and Junior School building opens"},{"heading":"1980 - 1989","sub_heading":"The 1980s","photo":12420,"popup_content":"1980<\/strong> - Mrs June Jones appointed Principal\r\n\r\n1981<\/strong> - The School is re-named St Hilda\u2019s Anglican School for Girls and celebrates its Jubilee year on the Mosman Park site.\r\n\r\n1983<\/strong> - Rowing is introduced\r\n\r\n1986<\/strong> - School Foundation is established\r\n\r\n1989<\/strong> - Introduction of the Whitby Parents, and the Women and Technology Course for Year 10s, which consisted of lessons in basic home maintenance, car maintenance and computing\r\n\r\n1980's<\/strong> - Enrolments increase rapidly. An extensive building program encompasses all corners of the campus, from the Library to the Maths and Science areas and the Early Learning Centre.\r\n\r\n "},{"heading":"1990s","sub_heading":"Chapel, Centenary Celebrations, New Principal And Fire In The Boarding House","photo":12421,"popup_content":"1990<\/strong> - Chapel Appeal launched and in September 1990, the Archbishop of Perth, the Most Reverend Dr Peter Carnley, lays the foundation stone. Outward Bound Camp is introduced.\r\n\r\n1992<\/strong> - A laptop program is introduced for Year 8s.\r\n\r\n1994<\/strong> - Chapel consecrated in March 1994.\r\n\r\n1996<\/strong> - Centenary Celebration. This was a landmark occasion, not only in the School\u2019s history but also in the history of the education of women in Western Australia. The school family, Old Scholars and members of the community participated in a variety of functions and activities to mark the occasion. A commemorative plaque was installed on the footpath on Stirling Highway, Claremont, opposite Christ Church, at the site of the first school.\r\n\r\n1998<\/strong> - Mrs Joy Shepherd is appointed Principal.\r\n\r\n1999<\/strong> - Disaster strikes when Parnell Boarding House is gutted by fire while the boarders are at lunch. Students relocated to the Chidley Educational Centre."},{"heading":"1998 - 2014","sub_heading":"New Boarding House and New Junior School","photo":12422,"popup_content":"St Hilda's enjoys unprecedented success in terms of growth, facilities, and academic results. Enrolments exceed 1200 students.\r\n\r\n2001<\/strong> - Designed to accommodate 150 students, the stylish new boarding house is opened by Dr P F Carnley, Archbishop of Perth and Primate of Australia. All the School\u2019s boarders formerly housed in Parnell, Margaret and Catherine Houses are accommodated in the new facility. Chidley Campus is acquired and new sports courts and an underground car park are built on Palmerston Street.\r\n\r\n2006<\/strong> - The new Junior School at Chidley Campus opens in September and is a credit to the vision of our teachers and the architect. Subsequent refurbishment on the Bay View Campus includes new areas for English, Art and Music. A new Library and Technology Centre is completed.\r\n\r\n2011<\/strong> - St Hilda's Bay View Campus gets a\u00a050-metre swimming pool, heated by a geothermal bore, makes year-round watersports an attractive option.\r\n\r\n2012<\/strong> -\u00a0The magnificent 900-seat Joy Shepherd Performing Arts Centre is opened, giving increased scope for music, dance and drama performances.\r\n\r\n2014<\/strong> - The Nicholas Rinehart Science Centre is officially opened in October, and Mrs Joy Shepherd retires as Principal in December."},{"heading":"2015 - 2018","sub_heading":"Growth","photo":12423,"popup_content":"2015<\/strong> - Mrs Kim Kiepe joins St Hilda's as Principal in January and focusses on student and staff wellbeing.\r\n\r\n2017<\/strong> - The Wellbeing Centre is established, the Senior School staffroom is renovated, and the Australian Army Cadets is introduced (the first all-female cadet unit in WA)."},{"heading":"2019 - 2020","sub_heading":"A New Direction","photo":12426,"popup_content":"Mrs Fiona Johnston joins St Hilda's as Principal in January 2019. St Hilda's purchases its third campus, Yeagarup, located near Pemberton. Under Fiona\u2019s direction, she leads the School through the COVID pandemic, ensuring the community is well supported during periods of lockdown. She also delivers the 2021 Strategic Plan: St Hilda\u2019s Reimagined. During this time, the Boarding House is refurbished, and the Wandering Spirit program is launched."},{"heading":"2021 - Onwards","sub_heading":"125 Year Celebration","photo":12428,"popup_content":"In 2021, St Hilda's celebrated 125 years of sparking extraordinary futures. Our many celebrations have enabled us to connect with our current, past and future communities, from combined musical events, special assemblies, chapel services, and a memorable Gala night, all filled with the sharing of historical stories, memories and defining moments that have, together, shaped the St Hilda\u2019s we know and love today. 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Come visit our Heritage Centre and learn more about the history of St Hilda's. Sit in the Reading Room and view our archives of photos or read an old Chronicle magazine. Or wander around the displays and view the old uniforms, learn more about our Principals, or listen to oral histories. You never know you might find a photo of yourself or one of your relatives or friends.<\/p>\r\n

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