St Agnes is a suburb of

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. It is around 15 km northeast of the city centre. It is located in the

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. Facilities and amenities on the suburb include Ardtornish Primary School, founded in 1882, and the ''Steventon'' Post Office that opened around January 1859, to be renamed '' Tea Tree Gully'' in 1872, and ''Teatree Gully'' in 1925. ''Tea Tree Gully'' changed again in 1966 and finally became ''St Agnes'' in 1969.

Ardtornish Primary School

Ardtornish Primary School is a state government R-6 coeducational school with an enrolment of about 500 students (481 - 2023). The original school was built in 1842 on the Lower North East Road in Hope Valley, and named after

Ardtornish Castle Ardtornish Castle is a castle situated in the grounds of the Ardtornish estate in Morvern, on the west coast of Scotland. It stands at the seaward end of a promontory which extends in a southerly direction into the Sound of Mull, about south- ...

in Scotland. This school was closed in 1875 when the land on which it stood was sold off by the owners. In 1881 a new school was opened on Grand Junction Road, Hope Valley, several miles from the site of the previous school. It was again called Ardtornish Primary School. In 1915 the name of the school was changed to Hope Valley School. In 1980 the school moved to its current site in St Agnes. At this point the school reverted to its original name. An extensive history can be found on the School's website along with a slightly shorter version "for younger readers".The History of Ardtornish – for Younger Readers
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