Under the mother-rectress Mary Catherine Bruton or Mother Canice, in post from 1914, the school performed well in examinations, and the study of science subjects began.[7]
When Damien Broderick's mother attended the school in the 1930s, it was "moderately upmarket".[8]
↑O'Carrigan, Catherine (1979). "Mary Catherine Bruton (1862-1937)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
↑McCalman, Janet, "Jennie Frances Brenan (1877–1964)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 12 November 2023