St Mary's College, Ipswich

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St Mary's College
Location
Ipswich , Queensland Australia
Coordinates	27°36′33.5″S 152°45′18″E / 27.609306°S 152.75500°E / -27.609306; 152.75500
Information
Type	Catholic, secondary, private
Motto	Latin: Deo Et Virtuti Fidelis ("Faithful to God and Integrity")
Established	1863; 161 years ago (1863)
Sister school	St Edmund's College, Ipswich
Oversight	Brisbane Catholic Education
Principal	Paula Goodwin
Grades	7–12
Gender	Girls
Enrolment	~650
Campus	Woodend, Queensland
Colour(s)	Maroon, white & mercy blue
Affiliation	Catholic Secondary Schoolgirls' Sports Association
Website	www.stmarys.qld.edu.au

St Mary's College, (known colloquially as Marys), is an Australian Catholic secondary school for girls, located in Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. The school accepts girl students from year 7 to year 12, drawing from a wide area of Ipswich, Queensland. The total enrolment is approximately 650. The school is a member of the Catholic Secondary Schoolgirls' Sports Association.^[1]

St Mary's School was established by Sisters of Mercy in 1863 as part of St Mary's Parish for the parish's primary-aged children. In 1913, St Mary's College was established as a separate secondary school exclusively for the higher education of girls in the Mercy tradition. The College and its pupils were now distinct from the Primary School students. The Sisters of Mercy ceased administering and teaching at the school in the early 1990s. The college is owned by the Parish and is now administered and staffed by Brisbane Catholic Education.