St Patrick’s College is a Catholic Secondary School for Girls in the Good Samaritan Tradition, which operates under the trusteeship of Good Samaritan Education.  The College’s rich history dates back to when Bishop Polding, a Benedictine monk, blessed the original foundation stone of the first St Patrick’s site on 17 March in 1840.  This makes the College the oldest Catholic independent school in Australia built and funded by local enterprise without government assistance.