The Presentation Sisters were founded in 1775 in Ireland by Nano Nagle. Their website gives some history of the Presentation Sisters’ work in Australia. They came first to Richmond in Tasmania in October 1866, to Victoria in 1873 and to New South Wales in 1874. In 1900, the Presentation Sisters went from NSW to the…
The Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance, known widely as the ‘Trappists’, came to Beagle Bay in Western Australia in 1895 to establish a mission. The mission was transferred to the Pallottines by 1901.
The Sisters of Nazareth, a Catholic religious order of women, were founded in London in 1851 by Mother St Basil (Victoire Larmenier 1827-1878). The Sisters of Nazareth began work in Australia in 1888. They were part of the Catholic Migration Scheme which brought children to Australia from Britain and Malta after World War II. The…
The Sisters of St John of God are a Catholic religious congregation. From 1895, the Sisters have been involved in running schools, hospitals and children’s homes in Western Australia. The Sisters of St John of God first arrived in Perth in 1895, at the request of Bishop Matthew Gibney. They set up a convent and…
The Sisters of Mercy, Perth Congregation, a Catholic religious order of women from Ireland, was established in 1846. The Sisters ran orphanages and children’s homes, operated maternity homes, hospitals and arranged adoptions. The Sisters were part of the Catholic Migration Scheme which brought children to Australia from Britain and Malta. In 1954 the Perth Congregation…
The Pallottines (Society of the Catholic Apostolate) in Australia are a male Catholic religious order of Priests and Brothers. They were established in Rome by Vincent Pallotti, which gives them the name, ‘Pallottine’. The Pallotines came to Australia in 1901 to work at Beagle Bay Mission and since then have been involved with many missions…
The Oblates of Mary Immaculate is a Catholic male religious order. They arrived in Western Australia in 1894, taking charge of Fremantle Parish. From 1897 until 1922 they ran St Kevin’s Industrial School. From 1966, the Oblates of Mary Immaculate also ran Mazenod College, 55 Gladys Road, Lesmurdie. According to its website, in 1967, Mazenod…
The Australasian Province of the Christian Brothers operated in Australia from 1885 and was also known as St Mary’s Province of the Christian Brothers. It was a province of the Roman Catholic Congregation of Christian Brothers first established by Edmund Rice in Ireland in 1808. The Christian Brothers ran institutions for children in the states…
The Benedictines, New Norcia, were a group of Catholic male religious who established a settlement, mission and monastery at New Norcia in 1846. They ran the Subiaco Boys’ Orphanage for a few years (1872-1876), but the main institutions they were associated with were St Joseph’s Native School and Orphanage and St Mary’s Mission at New…
The Sisters of Charity of Australia was established in Parramatta on 31 December 1838. The Sisters came from Ireland at the request of the Archbishop of Sydney to care for the convicts at the Female Factory in Parramatta and the children at the Female Orphan School. In 1847, some of the Sisters moved to Tasmania…
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