The cache is hidden near John Paul College, Kalgoorlie
Many thanks to Diaboli-Kal for the hide and maintenance.
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 and Julian Tenison Woods 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.
Kalgoorlie…
John Paul College is a Catholic Co-educational College established in 1984 serving the Goldfields Community in Western Australia. It was the amalgamation of PRENDIVILLE COLLEGE 'for Girls' established in 1971 by the Sisters of St Joseph and CHRISTIAN BROTHERS COLLEGE, CBC, 'for boys' established in 1906.
Although celebrating twenty-five years of service to the community of Western Australia's Eastern Goldfields in 2009, the traditions of the College draw on and celebrate over one hundred years of involvement in local education by our four founding Orders, the Christian Brothers, the Sisters of St Joseph, the Sisters of St John of God and the Sisters of Mercy.
Mary MacKillop…
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.