Members of the Daughters of Charity of St Vincent De Paul first arrived in Australia in December 1926 when four Sisters came from the British Province to Orange in central western New South Wales. Four more Sisters arrived in November 1927. They lived in a cottage in William Street Orange (now Ensleigh Street), and taught at the nearby St Mary's School.
According to a Mayfield jubilee booklet, the sisters at Murray-Dwyer were French.
An Assessment of the Historical and Archaeological Values of BHP Land at Tourle Street, Newcastle cites Kim Maree Goodwin, author of 'Iron Bark' Homestead and the Daughters of Charity, as saying residents of Newcastle referred to them as 'the Aeroplane Sisters' because of the wide white cornet they wore.
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13 January 2023
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