St Mary's College, Ipswich

St Mary's College,, is an Australian Catholic secondary school for girls, located in Woodend, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia.The school accepts female students from Years 7 to 12, drawing from a wide area of Ipswich, Queensland. The total enrolment is approximately 650. The school is a member of the Catholic Secondary Schoolgirls' Sports Association.

History

St Mary's School was established by Sisters of Mercy in 1863 as part of St Mary's Parish for the parish's primary-aged children. In 1913, St Mary's College was established as a separate secondary school exclusively for the higher education of girls in the Mercy tradition. The college and its pupils were then distinct from the primary school students. The Sisters of Mercy ceased administering and teaching at the school in the early 1990s. The college is owned by the Parish and is now administered and staffed by Brisbane Catholic Education. As at 2025, the principal is Paula Goodwin.

Each year, since 2007, a full musical production is conducted, in conjunction with St Edmund's College, Ipswich. The host school alternates every year.

Students also participate and perform at various musical and drama evenings and lunch-time theatre and theatre sports groups.

St Mary's College has four houses: Gorry, Horan, Murphy and Whitty.