Mary MacKillop - Hindmarsh Traditional Cache
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Mary MacKillop - Hindmarsh
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An easy cache in memory of a great Australian! The cache is located near St Joseph's School. You can see the school sign in the distance on South Road.
Mary MacKillop was born in Melbourne in 1842. When she was in Penola she met Julian Tenison Woods and together they opened the first St Joseph's School in 1866. Mary MacKillop founded the Sisters of St Joseph to continue this work. Over the many following years, the number of Sisters grew as did their schools. Schools were opened as the needs arose: in country towns, mining towns, cities. The Sisters also became involved in other areas of need including setting up a refuge for women in need and orphanages for children, visiting prisons and working with the sick. ..................... History of St Joseph's School, Hindmarsh ... St Joseph's School, Hindmarsh, began on its present site on Grange Road in 1928. Prior to this, the Sisters of St Joseph had conducted a school on the corner of Chief Street and Port Road at nearby Brompton, since the 1880s. An even earlier school set up by the Josephites had existed in Brompton between 1867 and 1871. In 1928, the Grange Road site was purchased by the parish and a five roomed building was constructed. The house next door was purchased by the Sisters as a convent. In 1951 an extension to this was made including the addition of a Chapel which was used by both the Sisters and the children of the school. A house on the eastern side of Bertie Street was purchased and for many years was used as the site for secondary students. In the 1970s the secondary school was closed and Siena College at Findon became the regional secondary school. The Junior Primary classes were transferred across to the site of the former secondary building. In 1990 this land was sold and a property in Albemarle Street, adjacent to the convent, was purchased. New buildings and development of playspace occurred at this time. Further development occurred in 1992 when two upstairs classrooms were added. The school continues today in the tradition of the Josephites, where all children are welcomed and a community of care and respect is fostered. ............. Mary MacKilop's famous saying was "Never see a need without doing something about it" Well..... there was a need, a geochache in her honour, and something has been done about it! This is one of many caches placed in significant locations of her story. Mary died on August 8th, 1909. She was declared Australia’s first Saint in 2012.
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