Monte Sant' Angelo Mercy College, North Sydney

Monte Sant' Angelo Mercy College, North Sydney

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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/

Monte is the oldest independent girls' school on Sydney's north shore.

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/

School records, student files, Old Girls information, School memorabilia, photographs and student publications.

College publications, photographs, administrative records, enrolment and student records, memorabilia, historical uniforms.

Visits to the Archives are by appointment only as needed for research purposes.

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.

Revised 13 March 2025

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