St. Mary's College, Ipswich
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St Mary's College is an Australian Catholic
secondary school for girls, located in Ipswich, Queensland
, Australia
.
The school accepts girl students from year 8 to year 12, drawing from a wide area of Ipswich, Queensland
. The total enrolment of the school is approximately 650 YTD.
St Mary's College was established by Sisters of Mercy
in 1863 as part of St Mary’s Parish. Sisters of Mercy left in the early 1990s. The college is owned by the Parish and is now administered and staffed by Brisbane Catholic Education
.
Catholic
The word catholic comes from the Greek phrase , meaning "on the whole," "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning "about" and meaning "whole"...
secondary school for girls, located in Ipswich, Queensland
Ipswich, Queensland
Ipswich is a city in South-East Queensland, Australia. Situated along the Bremer River Valley approximately 40 kilometres away from the state's capital Brisbane. The suburb by the same name forms the city's Central Business District and administrative centre...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
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The school accepts girl students from year 8 to year 12, drawing from a wide area of Ipswich, Queensland
Ipswich, Queensland
Ipswich is a city in South-East Queensland, Australia. Situated along the Bremer River Valley approximately 40 kilometres away from the state's capital Brisbane. The suburb by the same name forms the city's Central Business District and administrative centre...
. The total enrolment of the school is approximately 650 YTD.
St Mary's College was established by Sisters of Mercy
Sisters of Mercy
The Religious Order of the Sisters of Mercy is an order of Catholic women founded by Catherine McAuley in Dublin, Ireland, in 1831. , the order has about 10,000 members worldwide, organized into a number of independent congregations....
in 1863 as part of St Mary’s Parish. Sisters of Mercy left in the early 1990s. The college is owned by the Parish and is now administered and staffed by Brisbane Catholic Education
Brisbane Catholic Education
Brisbane Catholic Education is the educational Vicariate of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Brisbane, Queensland.-History:The institution now known as Brisbane Catholic Education had its seed in the first Catholic school in the Archdiocese of Brisbane, started by Mary and Michael Bourke in...
.