Heritage

For over a century, Roseville College has been delivering quality education for our students. Ours is a community that spans generations, with a shared sense of connection, heritage and belonging.

Founded in 1908

Roseville College was founded in 1908 by Miss Isobel Davies, the daughter of a retired Welsh clergyman. Seven pupils, a small playing field and a cottage known as ‘Hinemoa’ (named after a Maori princess) formed the humble beginnings of Roseville College. By the end of the first year, the school was established with 24 students. Naturally, the school has grown over the years, but it still retains the intimate, thoughtful and caring atmosphere of Miss Davies’ little school.

Our history over the decades

At the turn of the twentieth century, Roseville was very sparsely settled; there were orange orchards, but much of it was still forest. The Davies years at the College, from 1908–1947 were a defining period for modern Australian society and, during this time, the school saw the Great War, the Spanish influenza pandemic, the Great Depression and WWII. By the 1930s, there were 100 students enrolled, and by 1976 this had grown to 500. Still considered a small school, today the College has 1,000 students from Kindergarten to Year 12.

For much of its early history, Roseville took boys up to eight years of age until the 1970s when the last of the Roseville boys were in Kindergarten in 1978. The school also took boarders in its early days, from the 1920s through to the 1940s.

In the 1960s, the school was purchased by what is today The Anglican Schools Corporation; with this transfer, the long-term future of the College was assured.

Our Principals

Roseville CollegePrincipal Deb Magill24 February 20172017-0224

Ms Deb Magill

BEd MECh MACE MACEL Principal (2017–2024)

Mrs Megan Krimmer

BA DipEd MEd MACE Principal (2011–2016)

Dr Briony Scott

BSc Agr MEd EdD (Syd.) Principal (2006–2011)

Mrs Elaine Collin

BA DipEd MSc Principal (2000–2006)

Mrs Joy Yeo

BA DipEd DipSpeech/Drama Principal (1985–1999)

Mrs Mary Richardson

BSc MACE Headmistress (1972–1984)

Mrs M Higgins-Honey

BA MACE Headmistress (1959–1972)

Miss E McMaster Horner

BA Headmistress (1953–1958)

Miss Cynthia Rogers

BA Headmistress (1948–1952)

Mrs Isobel Davies

BA DipEd Founder and Headmistress (1908–1948)

Acknowledgement of Country

Cammeraygal

We would like to acknowledge the traditional custodians of this land, the Cammeraygal people of the Eora nation. On this land they taught their children their beliefs, knowledge and culture and we pay our respect to them as we seek to do the same for our children.