Mary Andrews College, formerly known as Deaconess House, is a

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. It is the only one in Australia with an exclusively female student body. Mary Andrews College offers

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s through the

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. Mary Andrews College was established in 1891 as a training institution for

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es. It is

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in ethos but independent of the Sydney Diocese. The College was renamed in 1997 in honour of Deaconess Mary Andrews.

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