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Loreto College Coorparoo

Loreto College Coorparoo is a Roman Catholic, day school for girls, located in Coorparoo, a suburb on the inner south side of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Loreto College Coorparoo has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently caters for approximately 800 girls. The founder and role model for Loreto schools is Mary Ward.
The school is affiliated with the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA). Loreto College Coorparoo is one of many around the world established by the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary, or Loreto Sisters, founded some 400 years ago by Mary Ward. In total there are seven Loreto schools across Australia, in Melbourne, Ballarat, Adelaide, Brisbane, Perth and two in Sydney.

Houses

As with most Australian schools, Loreto has a house system to facilitate school based competitions and activities. The school currently has four houses, named after influential women within the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary:

* Barry (Gold house, named after Mother Gonzaga Barry)
* Mornane (Green house, named after Mother Stanislas Mornane)
* Mulhull (Red house, named after Mother Stanislas Mulhull)
* Ward (Blue house, named after Mary Ward)

There are a number of important inter-house events during the year, including athletics and swimming carnivals and competitions in the performing arts.