Sister Anne Waugh
1938 – 2020
Anne Waugh was the eldest of four children, with two brothers Tony and Michael and youngest sister Caroline. She grew up in St Peters and attended Ellangowan Primary School, transitioning to St Aloysius College for her secondary education.
Following school, Anne initially trained to be a primary teacher at Wattle Park Teachers’ College and graduated in 1964. She joined the Mercy Congregation in 1960 and took her final vows in 1968. She taught for five years at Mercedes College, Springfield and then did additional training at Adelaide University, the South Australian Institute of Technology and the Adelaide College of Arts Education and became a Secondary Science and Religious Education teacher. Anne also completed a Bachelor of Theology at Flinders University.
Anne began her secondary teaching career in 1981 at SAC and made an extraordinary contribution, dedicating the greatest part of her working life to the students and staff of this community.