Following the Canonisation of Mary MacKillop, she became a patron of the Diocese and there is a statue of her in the Cathedral further down the road (there was already a cache in the parklands opposite the Cathedral, hence, the placement)
Thank you to Desertfox 41 with the assistance to set up this cache to be part of the Mary MacKillop series which has over 100 hides across Australia, New Zealand, Scotland and Ireland at places associate with her story
The Bishop writes ....
Saint Mary of the Cross MacKillop Patron of the Diocese of Port Pirie, South Australia
Consider our rich association with the Saint. The oldest Josephite school in Australia is at Wallaroo, founded by Mother Mary in 1869 and conducted continuously since then. Mary founded a school at Kadina in the same year, but it was merged with Wallaroo at end of 1974. Over the next ten years Mary founded a further fourteen schools at Burra, Moonta, Port Augusta, Georgetown, Blinman, Port Lincoln, Laura, Appila, Caltowie, Yackamoorundi, Saltia, Pekina, Orroroo and Jamestown, with seven of these being founded in 1877 alone. By the time of Mary’s death in 1909, some twenty-two Josephite foundations had been made in this diocese, most founded directly by Mother Mary herself. To read the list of Josephite foundations is to read the progress of the European pioneers of the colony. Some of the towns where Mary founded schools have now disappeared, such as Willochra and Saltia and in other places like Blinman, Appila and Yacka, the size and activity of the town has altered considerably. After Mary’s death, the Josephite Sisters have founded a further sixteen works in our diocese, including the Motor Missions established in Waikerie, Peterborough, Port Augusta and Georgetown.