Mother Gonzaga kept in touch with groups of past students and their families in Ballarat, but longed for a central location in Melbourne to hold gatherings for those living in other areas of Victoria. The rapid extension of the railway system made Melbourne a logical meeting place. The first gathering for past students in Melbourne was held in June 1890.
In 1898 a Committee was formed to organise an official reunion during Cup Week. Mother Gonzaga Barry wrote of her delight "Indeed the genuine good nature, kindliness and absence of stiffness, affectations or worldliness, pleased more more than anything, and it was particularly noticeable in our young matrons, who made themselves all to all and quite at home with everyone and who, although in many instances strangers to the greater number, felt they were with Loreto Pupils and that was introduction enough for them"
The Loreto Toorak Past Pupils shared fundraising, social events and debutante balls with Loreto Mary's Mount under the umbrella of the Loreto Past Pupils' Association.
We thank the Presidents and Committees in the past and those in the future.
Past Presidents of the Loreto Old Girls' Association
1929–1931 — Dame Mary Daly (née MacMahon)
1932 — Mollie Wills (née Mongoven)
1933 — Lillian McKenna (née Gibney)
1934 — Rose Norton (née Mongovan)
1935 — Nina King (née Keyes)
1936 — Marjorie Adam (née King)
1937 — Stephanie Corby (née Cox)
1938 — Margery O’Connor (née Hayden)
1939 — Kathleen Healy (née Tunbridge)
1940 — Wilma Sinn (née Murphy)
1940–1941 — Phyllis Cahill (née Dunne)
1942 — Janet Warrington (née Wimpole)
1943–1944 — Mary Parkes (née Broderick)
1945–1946 — Lena McCauley
1947 — Margery Knowles (née Byrne)
1948–1949 — Eileen Conquest (née Peppard)
1950 — Hilary Dyer (née Dunlea)
1951–1952 — Gwen O’Sullivan (née Higginbotham)
In 1953 it was decided that the Association would be re-named the Loreto Toorak Old Girls' Association
1953–1954 — Mary Kelly (née Ellis)
1955 — Hilary Dyer (née Dunlea)
1956–1957 — Moria Dyer (née Shelton)
1958 — Patricia Smith (née Cooper)
1959–1960 — Mary England (née Rowan)
1961 — Yvonne McArdle (née McCarthy)
1962–1963 — Mary Wright (née McCarthy)
1964–1965 — Elizabeth McKenzie (née Bowen)
1966 — Pauline Pazin (née Jackson)
1967 — Nancy Best (née Donovan)
1968 — Patricia Buxton (née Ahern)
1969 — Helen Dove (née Gill)
1970 — Patricia Moloney (née McGriff)
1971–1972 — Joy Hanrahan (née McDonald)
1973 — Patricia Buxton (née Ahern)
1974 — Felicity Jackman (née Sinn)
1975 — Geraldine O’Day (née Vanheems)
1976 — Shirley Gilby (née Carroll)
1977 — Joan Walshe (née Stevenson)
1978 — Joan Hurley (née Lightfoot)
1979 — Patricia Buxton (née Ahern)
1980-1981 — Lorraine Walker (née Commins)
1982 — Susie De Mornement
1983-1984 — Julianna O’Bryan (née Adams)
1985–1986 — Collette Burnes (née Ryan)
1987–1988 — Julienne Scarf (née Moloney)
1989–1990 — Joanne Guenrssen (née Moon)
1991–1992 — Penny Gamble (née Hopkins)
1993–1994 — Andrea Manley (née England)
1995–1997 — Sue Olney (née Hanrahan)
1998-2000 — Teena Croker (née Fakhry)
2001-2002 — Rebecca Buettner (née Wood)
2003-2005 — Jane Nathan (née Willis)
2006-2008 — Mardi Tovey (née Swann)
2009 — Caroline Power
2010 — Mardi Tovey (née Swann)
2011-2012 — Rosannah Healy
2013-2014 — Catherine Russell (née Burges)
2015 — Elizabeth Parker
2016-2018 — Louise McNamara (née Whelan)
2018-2019— Emily Russell
2019-2024 — Rosannah Healy
2025 — Emily Russell
2026 - Annabel Cornfoot (née Collie)