An easy cache in memory of a great Australian!
The cache is located outside where passenger ships berth
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.
Albany
The Sisters of Saint Joseph first came to WA in 1887, arriving in Northampton.
Over the years, many schools and other institutions were founded by the Sisters and other young women joined them.
However, the only historical record of Mary Mackillop being in WA was in 1873. Mary was travelling on the ss Bangalore to go to Rome, with a short stop at the Port of Albany.
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 2010.
THANKYOU to richlink and dumpling* for hiding this case as part of the Mary Mackillop series and will attend to ongoing maintenance