GALLERY: St Mary Star of the Sea celebrates 140 years

By Kate McIlwain
Updated March 19 2013 - 3:17pm, first published February 8 2013 - 4:08am
Cupcakes made to celebrate the school's 140th anniversary. Picture: KEN ROBERTSON
Cupcakes made to celebrate the school's 140th anniversary. Picture: KEN ROBERTSON
Yearr 12 student Lucy Packer and year 8 student Eleanor Mantei celebrate the school's 140th anniversary. Picture: KEN ROBERTSON
Yearr 12 student Lucy Packer and year 8 student Eleanor Mantei celebrate the school's 140th anniversary. Picture: KEN ROBERTSON
GALLERY: St Mary Star of the Sea celebrates 140 years
GALLERY: St Mary Star of the Sea celebrates 140 years
GALLERY: St Mary Star of the Sea celebrates 140 years
GALLERY: St Mary Star of the Sea celebrates 140 years
Students re-enact the arrival of the nuns in Belmore Basin for the school's 125th anniversary.
Students re-enact the arrival of the nuns in Belmore Basin for the school's 125th anniversary.
Students re-enact the arrival of the nuns in Belmore Basin for the school's 125th anniversary.
Students re-enact the arrival of the nuns in Belmore Basin for the school's 125th anniversary.
GALLERY: St Mary Star of the Sea celebrates 140 years
GALLERY: St Mary Star of the Sea celebrates 140 years
GALLERY: St Mary Star of the Sea celebrates 140 years
GALLERY: St Mary Star of the Sea celebrates 140 years
A concert held in 1923.
A concert held in 1923.
Exercises on the field in 1930.
Exercises on the field in 1930.
Uniform diagrams from 1930.
Uniform diagrams from 1930.
A string ensemble from 1948.
A string ensemble from 1948.
A dressmaking class in 1950.
A dressmaking class in 1950.
A journey up the street in 1965.
A journey up the street in 1965.
GALLERY: St Mary Star of the Sea celebrates 140 years
GALLERY: St Mary Star of the Sea celebrates 140 years
GALLERY: St Mary Star of the Sea celebrates 140 years
GALLERY: St Mary Star of the Sea celebrates 140 years
GALLERY: St Mary Star of the Sea celebrates 140 years
GALLERY: St Mary Star of the Sea celebrates 140 years
GALLERY: St Mary Star of the Sea celebrates 140 years
GALLERY: St Mary Star of the Sea celebrates 140 years
GALLERY: St Mary Star of the Sea celebrates 140 years
GALLERY: St Mary Star of the Sea celebrates 140 years
GALLERY: St Mary Star of the Sea celebrates 140 years
GALLERY: St Mary Star of the Sea celebrates 140 years
GALLERY: St Mary Star of the Sea celebrates 140 years
GALLERY: St Mary Star of the Sea celebrates 140 years

Australia was less than a century old, train travel to Sydney was 14 years off and education for women was almost non-existent when St Mary Star of the Sea College first opened its doors in Wollongong.

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