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New South Wales - Organisation
Sisters of Mercy, North Sydney Congregation (1865 - )
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- 1865
- Categories
- Care Provider, Religious Order, Catholic
- Alternative Names
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- North Sydney Sisters of Mercy
- Mercy Sisters
- Location
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The Sisters of Mercy, North Sydney Congregation, is a Catholic order of nuns established in Sydney 1865. They were responsible for the administration of St Carthage's College for Young Ladies (1907-1931), St Catherine's Home, Brooklyn (1931-1990) and Waitara Foundling Home (later known as Our Lady of Mercy Home from 1898 to 1977. It also ran Mercy Family Life Centre and Mercy Family Centre.
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The North Sydney Sisters of Mercy joined the Institute of the Sisters of Mercy Australia in 1981. They did not join the Institute of the Sisters of Mercy Australia and Papua New Guinea when it formed in 2011, but remain an independent congregation, as Women of Mercy.
- Collection Title
- Sisters of Mercy (North Sydney) Historical Records (1898? - 2001?)
- Date Range
- 1898 - 2001
- Reference
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- Contact
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Please contact the Archivist, Sisters of Mercy Archives (North Sydney):
Postal address: 29 McLaren Street, North Sydney, NSW 2060
Phone: (02) 9409 6243
Email: jng@monte.nsw.edu.au
Website: https://www.nsmercy.org.au/our-story/archives
DETAILS
- Collection Title
- Records of institutions run by the Sisters of Mercy (North Sydney) (1903? - 1990?)
- Date Range
- 1903 - 1990
- Reference
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- Contact
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Please contact Family Spirit Adoption Services:
Postal address: Suite 301, Level 3, 2-14 Meredith Street, Bankstown NSW, 2220
Phone: (02) 8709 9333
Email: adoptions@familyspirit.org
Website: https://www.familyspirit.org/
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Front of Home [Waitara and Our Lady of Mercy]
"Looking Back: A foundling home at Waitara"
Sister Anne O'Brien with pupils, St Catherine's Brooklyn
Lunch in the fresh air, St Catherine's Brooklyn
'Fun in the sun', St Catherine's Brooklyn
Classroom on the premises, St Catherine's Brooklyn
St Catherine's Home, Brooklyn