Bethlehem College, Ashfield

Bethlehem College was an Independent Roman Catholic comprehensive single-sex secondary day school for girls, located in Bland Street, Ashfield, the Inner West of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

[4][5] Students are easily identifiable by the amethyst and navy school uniform—fondly known around the inner western suburbs of Sydney as "Ribena Berries".

In the early twentieth century one of the college's Principal was Dorothy Josephine Bruton who was known as Sister Dympna.

The boys then moved on to many other Catholic schools with the majority proceeding to De La Salle College Ashfield, located adjacent to Bethlehem.

Students could choose the business stream offering General Mathematics, Bookkeeping, Dress Making as well as the standard Religion, English and History.

"Normal" practice consisted of marching continuously around the playground to the strains of the loudspeaker blaring "A Life on the Ocean Wave", song of the Royal Marines and US Naval Academy.