Name: Duporth School
Time: 1885 - Closed
Epoch: Late 19th Century
Category: Catholic Independent Congregation -- Ursuline Primary School
Institution Category: Education
Institution Group: Primary
Coordinates: -27.5545833333333, 152.963055
Street Address: 7 Fort Road, Oxley
Suburb: Oxley
Sector: Independent \'Catholic\'
Local Study Area: Corinda-Oxley
Study Stage: MBSH Stage 5 Local Study Areas
Mrs Janet O’Connor opened the Duporth school, a girls’ school, in 1885. It was continued by her daughters until 1920. Around 1925 the school was purchased and operated by the Ursuline Order of nuns. It ran until 1957.
Geographic Description 1: Outside The Green Belt
Geographic Description 2: Brisbane River; Oxley Creek
Geographic Description 3: Flood Gullies (Major); Flood Plains; Hills; Ridgeline (Seventeen Mile Road)
Oxley-Chemler History Group Inc.
Female Students from Duporth School, Oxley, Brisbane, Ca. 1913. (9999). SLQ
