Saint Ignatius School (Wentworth, Far West New South Wales)

            Situated at the confluence of the Murray and Darling Rivers, Wentworth was settled in 1840; its town surveyed in 1858, and named in honour of William Charles Wentworth the explorer. At the turn of the century, Wentworth was the largest river port in the country, docking up to 100 paddle steamers a month.

The Saint Ignatius High School, described as a 'select' school, was opened by the Sisters of Mercy in 1892 and a boarding school for girls opened at the Convent in 1898. Students traveled, sometimes over many days, by horse and buggy or riverboat, from surrounding areas, and attended Saint Ignatius School each day.

A new schoolhouse was built in 1911; a tall, wooden structure on the west side of the convent, where the nuns taught many extra subjects, such as languages, bookkeeping, painting, wax modeling art, needlework, singing, pianoforte, violin, etc.

Source: New South Wales Heritage Register.

Taken on: January 1, 2024

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