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Hermitage Foreshore Walk
Rose Bay NSW 2029
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You can view this
cemetery through the fence as you walk along the Hermitage Track between Nielsen Park & Rose Bay.In 1882, five religious from the Society of the Sacred Heart travelled from England on the SS Orient to establish a school of the Sacred Heart in
Sydney. They selected the residence of Claremont on the Vaucluse, New South Wales peninsula, to begin their task of offering students the educational vision of St. Madeleine Sophie Barat, the founder of their Society.The original building, leased in 1882 and later purchased by the Society of the Sacred Heart, was a private
home, built in 1851. The first permanent school building, completed in 1888, was the five level central facade. The Chapel, a masterpiece by the architect
John Horbury Hunt, was begun in 1897 and completed in 1900. Buildings were gradually added to meet the needs of school, community and novitiate. The Secondary school was a full boarding school until the 1960s, when day students were admitted.The
cemetery was established in 1891 with the first burial being that of a student -- Miss Kate O'Driscoll.