Killester College

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title: "Killester College" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["educational-institutions-established-in-1955", "girls'-schools-in-victoria-(state)", "1955-establishments-in-australia", "brigidine-schools", "catholic-secondary-schools-in-melbourne", "buildings-and-structures-in-the-city-of-greater-dandenong"] topic_path: "society/education" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killester_College" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
name	Killester College
motto
motto_translation	Strength and Kindliness
established	1955
sister_school	Kilbreda College, Mentone
type	Independent secondary day school
denomination	Roman Catholic
religious_affiliation	Brigidine Sisters
principal	Sally Buick
location	Springvale, Melbourne, Victoria
country	Australia
coordinates
campus_type	Suburban
enrollment
grades	7–12
grades_label	Years
colours
Navy blue, light blue, yellow
homepage
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| name = Killester College | image = | motto = | motto_translation = Strength and Kindliness | established = 1955 | sister_school = Kilbreda College, Mentone Presentation College, Windsor | type = Independent secondary day school | denomination = Roman Catholic | religious_affiliation = Brigidine Sisters Kildare Ministries | gender = | principal = Sally Buick | location = Springvale, Melbourne, Victoria | country = Australia | coordinates = | campus_type = Suburban | enrollment = | grades = 7–12 | grades_label = Years | colours = Navy blue, light blue, yellow | homepage =

Killester College is an independent Roman Catholic secondary day school for girls, located in the Melbourne suburb of Springvale, Victoria, Australia. Killester was founded by the Brigidine Sisters. Today, Killester College works under the governance of the Kildare Ministries following Brigidine tradition. The school was established in 1955 and in 2020 had a staff of 139 made up of 99 teachers and 40 support staff.

Notable alumni

• Anne Ferguson graduated Class of 1977 at Killester. She is the second female, Supreme Court Chief Justice of Victoria. The first Supreme Court Chief Justice of Victoria, Marilyn Warren, graduated at Kilbreda, sister school of Killester, also under the governance of the Brigidine Sisters.

References

References

1. "Australia | Brigidine Sisters".
2. "Home".
3. "Ministries".
4. "2020 Annual Report to the School Community".
5. "Killester College".

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