 Subsequently, that same year, thirteen Sisters travelled from Sydney opening convents at Bulimba and Coorparoo.Archbishop Duhig offered the sisters one of the choicest sites in Brisbane for a convent and a secondary girls' school.Lourdes Hill College was established in January 1916, with Mother Berchmans and thirteen sisters sailing up the river on the ship "Osterley" and docking at the site.