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Mary MacKillop College, Wakeley
Mary MacKillop Catholic College is an independent Catholic single-sex secondary day school for girls, located in the South-western Sydney suburb of Wakeley, New South Wales, Australia. The college provides a Catholic and general education to students covering Year 7 to Year 12 from the Smithfield, Fairfield, Cabramatta and Villawood parishes in the Fairfield area of Sydney.Schools
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The school was founded as Rosary High School in 1946 in Fairfield,Mary MacKillop Catholic College Wakeley - AJASS
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Independent School
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