Star of the Sea College is an independent Irish Catholic, secondary, day school for girls, located in Brighton, an inner south-eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Established in 1883 by the Presentation Sisters, the college has a non-selective enrolment policy, and currently caters for approximately 1,000 female students from Years 7 to 12.
Star of the Sea is affiliated with the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA), the Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia (AGSA), and is a founding member of Girls Sport Victoria (GSV).
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