Roman Catholic Convent, 1908? - 1925?, courtesy of Northern Territory Library.
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The Convent School, Darwin, was the first Catholic School established in Darwin. It opened on Cavanagh Street in 1908 in a galvanised iron structure built on the same grounds as the convent building which was called St Joseph's. The Convent School was run by Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart. From 1909, as well as teaching at the day school, the Convent took in a small number of girls as boarders. In 1912 the Convent School, Darwin, was officially named St Joseph's School.
1908 - 1912 Convent School, Darwin
1912 - 1958 St Joseph's School, Darwin
1958 - St Mary's School, Darwin
Sources used to compile this entry: 'Missions - Inside Australia', in National Shrine of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, 2011, http://web.archive.org/web/20130424193210/http://sacredheart.org.au/nationalshrineOLSH/Missions%20Inside%20Au.htm; 'Darwin Convent', Northern Territory Times (Darwin), 22 June 1928, p. 2, http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/4556054; 'Most popular girl', Northern Territory Times and Gazette, 7 November 1924, p. 3, http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/3378136; 'News & Notes', Northern Territory Times and Gazette (Darwin), The final paragraph of this article concerns the Darwin Convent., 11 September 1908, p. 3, http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/4361653.
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