Primary contact
128 Miller Street, North Sydney/
Postal address: PO Box 1064, North Sydney 2059
Sydney, New South Wales 2060
Identity area
Identifier
daa/111
Authorized form of name
Monte Sant' Angelo Mercy College, North Sydney
Parallel form(s) of name
Other form(s) of name
- Monte Sant' Angelo College
- Monte Sant' Angelo
Type
- Educational
Contact area
Type
Address
Street address
128 Miller Street, North Sydney/
Postal address: PO Box 1064, North Sydney 2059
Locality
Sydney
Region
New South Wales
Country name
Postal code
2060
Telephone
02 9409 6243
Fax
archives@monte.nsw.edu.au
Note
Description area
History
Monte Sant’ Angelo Mercy College is an independent Catholic school for girls, Years 7-12, founded in 1875.
Mother M Ignatius (Elizabeth) McQuoin, foundress of the Sisters of Mercy North Sydney, arrived in Sydney from Liverpool, England in 1865. She quickly established a school at St Patricks, Church Hill. In 1873 she moved some Sisters to a rented cottage on the corner of West and Carlow Streets North Sydney – the first site of the college.
In 1879 the college moved to its present site, to the house called “Masalou” and the name was changed to Monte Sant’ Angelo. Sister Sharon Price was the last Sister of Mercy to lead the college (1994-1999). She was responsible for the establishment of the College Board, the Monte Sant’ Angelo Mercy College Foundation and Board of Directors, and for the readiness of the college for transition to lay leadership.
Mrs Beverley Johnson was appointed the first lay Principal in 2000 by the College Board and the Trustees of the Sisters of Mercy. Monte Sant’ Angelo Mercy College was entrusted to the care of Mercy Partners by the Sisters of Mercy North Sydney on 7 November 2023.
For further information on the history of the college, see http://www.monte.nsw.edu.au/about-monte/our-history/
Geographical and cultural context
Monte is the oldest independent girls' school on Sydney's north shore.
Mandates/Sources of authority
Administrative structure
Monte Sant’ Angelo Mercy College was entrusted to the care of Mercy Partners by the Sisters of Mercy North Sydney on 7 November 2023.
For further information, see http://www.monte.nsw.edu.au/about-monte/governance/
Records management and collecting policies
School records, student files, Old Girls information, School memorabilia, photographs and student publications.
Buildings
Holdings
College publications, photographs, administrative records, enrolment and student records, memorabilia, historical uniforms.
Finding aids, guides and publications
Access area
Opening times
Visits to the Archives are by appointment only as needed for research purposes.
Access conditions and requirements
Accessibility
Services area
Research services
Reference service are available. Research is undertaken by the College Archivist on behalf of the enquirer in line with privacy and confidentiality policies. All enquiries are to be submitted in writing.
Reproduction services
Public areas
Control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Revised 13 March 2025
Language(s)
Script(s)
Sources
Maintenance notes
Access points
Access Points
- Education (Thematic area)
- Religion (Thematic area)