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The former student at the Hobart Matriculation College says she told her teacher "God is going to punish us for doing what we have done". (ABC News: Maren Preuss)

A former student at the Hobart Matriculation College is suing one of her former teachers and the State of Tasmania.

She told a court on Tuesday the teacher would sexually abuse her almost every day in his classroom, his office and across Hobart.

The woman is expected to continue giving evidence when the trial resumes on Wednesday.

Link copiedShareShare articleA woman who, as a student, was allegedly raped by her former teacher at a Hobart school has told a court he told her to "get rid" of a suspected pregnancy.

WARNING: This story contains details about alleged sexual abuse and grooming behaviour

The former Hobart Matriculation College student, now aged in her 60s, is suing her former teacher, Stephen Fane Noga, 76, over allegations of repeated sexual abuse, as well as the State of Tasmania for allegedly failing in its duty of care.

The plaintiff began giving evidence in the Supreme Court in Hobart on Tuesday.

Mr Noga denies all allegations of sexual abuse, and in his defence filed with the court, argued she was 17 years of age and no longer a student at the time.

He also argued the time limit to bring the court action against him had expired.

She said the first instance of rape occurred while she was in Year 12, when the accounting teacher allegedly drove her from the school campus to a hotel in the Hobart CBD.

"He told me to take off my clothes and lie on the bed," she told the court.

The woman, now aged in her 60s, is suing her former teacher and the State of Tasmania in a trial at the Supreme Court in Hobart. (ABC News: Maren Preuss)

The woman alleged he got on top of her and raped her.

She said afterwards she went to the bathroom to vomit and began to cry.

"I was a virgin and I wanted to keep myself for my husband.

"He said, 'I knew you were a virgin, that is why I wanted you'," she told the court.

Stephen Noga (right) walking out of the Supreme Court after the opening day of the trial last week. (ABC News: Monty Jacka)

The woman said the alleged abuse continued at school in his classroom and his office almost every day, and outside of school, at least once or twice a week.

"He would want to see me before or after school, after classes, in my free period, lunch time, tea break and sometimes at night," she said.

"We would leave the campus at lunchtime to park somewhere … or otherwise at his house or in hotels."

The plaintiff told the court Mr Noga used condoms during their interactions, but one time, it broke.

A student who was allegedly raped by a Hobart teacher in the 1980s was told to focus on her studies after raising concerns with the teacher's behaviour, a court has heard.

She said she missed her period, and when she raised it with the defendant, he told her that "a smart girl would do the smart thing and deal with it".

"He said I had to get rid of it."

She said she was too scared to buy a pregnancy test, out of fear of her family finding out.

She told the court she asked around at school for help and was given "two pills".

Within the next 48 hours, she said she had a bleed, which she assumed was a miscarriage.

"I said to him that God is going to punish us for doing what we have done," she told the court.

The woman alleges Stephen Noga would sexually abuse her at school almost every day. (ABC News: Maren Preuss)

The plaintiff said that Mr Noga told her he loved her "all the time" and that she only said it "because he told her to".

"I felt conflicted, I felt guilty, I felt bad, I was lying to everyone about what I was doing and where I was going," she said.

She told the court as she became more isolated, she became more dependent on Mr Noga and would then "seek him out."

She said he told him they would be together "at some stage in the future", but that the pair didn't discuss his wife and children.

Stephen Noga denies all allegations of sexual abuse, and in his defence filed with the court, he argued they had a consensual sexual relationship when she was no longer a student. (ABC News: Maren Preuss)

She said she was told to keep their relationship a secret, but at times, they would go out in public together.

A photo was tendered to the court of the pair celebrating her 17th birthday at a restaurant in Hobart.

She told the court that when she began her Year 12 studies at the Hobart Matriculation College, she was excited to begin her accounting lessons, as she wanted to go on to study commerce at university.

"After a month, I noticed that any time I looked up from my work, Mr Noga was staring intently at me and that made me feel very uncomfortable," she said.

She said he would regularly come over to her desk and put his body close to her.

"He would be so close that I could smell his breath while he was pointing out things in my work," she said.

"The side of his body would be touching my shoulder, arm, thigh."

She said he would comment on her appearance and if other students were nearby, would whisper compliments in her ear.

The woman alleged she was told to "keep your head down" when she told another teacher that Stephen Noga made her uncomfortable. (ABC News: Maren Preuss)

She told the court she confided in a different teacher about Mr Noga making her feel uncomfortable twice, including after she was raped the first time at the hotel.

"[They] said 'you're a smart girl, keep your head down'," she said.

She told the court that she grew up in a very strict and religious household.

"My whole childhood we were taught that we had to respect our elders … when anyone was older than us or in a position of authority, we were not to question those people as they were considered wiser than us, and to obey those people and do what they said," she said.

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