St Mary's College, Hobart
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Hobart, Tasmania Australia 
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| Type | Single-sex, Day school |
| Motto | God is the Fountain of all Knowledge |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic, Presentation Sisters |
| Established | 1868 |
| Principal | Ms Helen Spencer |
| Enrolment | ~940 (K-12) |
| Colour(s) | Green, Pale Blue & Brown |
| Slogan | "One Pace Beyond" |
| Website | www.smc.tas.edu.au |
St Mary's College is a Kinder to Year 12 Catholic, day school for girls (and boys to Year 2), located on the northern city fringe of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
Although predominantly a girls’ school, St Mary's accepts both boys and girls until Grade 2, and currently caters for approximately 900 students from Kindergarten to Year 12. It is located on the grounds of St Mary's Cathedral, next to the Junior School campus of St Virgil's College. Boys who attend St Mary's for Kindergarten to Year 2 generally transfer to St Virgil's College Junior School Campus located just next door.
St Mary's College is a member of the Alliance of Girls' Schools Australia. In 2008 St Mary's College celebrated its 140th birthday as a school of the Presentation Sisters. Its slogan to celebrate this year was "St Mary's College. A proud past. A strong future".
St Mary's College was founded by the Presentation Sisters in 1868, and although students are no longer exclusively taught by sisters of the order, they still administer the college. Originally there were two schools on the present-day campus - St Columba's (a free primary school for the poorer community) and Mt St Mary's. The two were eventually merged. The original convent and school-rooms are still on-site today.
Although it is primarily an all-girls school, until the opening of St Virgil's College in 1911, the college catered for boys in senior grades as well. The college only taught Preparatory to Grade 12 until 1996, when the Kindergarten was opened. Until the 1990s the college's Principal was always a member of the order, but the last of the Presentation Sisters to be Principal was Sister Barbara Amott. Sister Barbara has been a teacher and active member of St Mary's College for many years, and has been Principal on several different occasions. The current Principal is Helen Spencer.
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