St James College, Tasmania

St James College, Tasmania

St James Catholic College is a school in Cygnet, south of Hobart, Tasmania. It is a co-educational school from kindergarten to Grade 10.

in 1896 in response to the desire for Catholic education in the Cygnet area, the Sisters of St Joseph founded St Mary’s Convent School. In 1944, Lourdes Hill Agricultural College was founded by the Christian Brothers to provide secondary schooling for boys. During this time, the boys from Grade 4 were taught by the Brothers at Lourdes Hill. The Sisters taught the lower primary boys and all the girls at St James School.

Lourdes Hill amalgamated with St Mary’s Convent School to form St James College in 1962. In 1961, the Brothers and Sisters began to share the teaching of the secondary classes and within a couple of years the schools had combined to become co-educational. Shortly after in 1976, St James School and Lourdes Hill Agricultural College became known as St James College.