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St Mary's Primary School, West Melbourne

1855 establishments in Australia1996 disestablishments in AustraliaDefunct Catholic schools in AustraliaDefunct boys' schools in AustraliaDefunct girls' schools in Australia
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St Mary's Primary School began life as a Roman Catholic co-educational primary day school with single-sex classes located in West Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The school was part of the parish of St Mary Star of the Sea, West Melbourne. As the parish and school populations grew the parish eventually created separate schools for boys and for girls each using the same or similar school name. The original school opened around 1855 and operated from a stone building, built in 1854, which served as both church and school. It is thought to be one of the earliest parish schools established in Victoria. In its later years each school developed its own administrative order, the boys being taught by the Christian Brothers and the girls by nuns. The schools closed in 1996.

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St Mary's Primary School, West Melbourne
Victoria Street, Melbourne West Melbourne

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Simonds Catholic College (St Mary's 7–10 Campus)

Victoria Street 273
3051 Melbourne, West Melbourne
Victoria, Australia
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