The Sisters of Mercy, Grafton were responsible for the administration of St Joseph's Cowper Incorporated, Grafton formerly known as Cowper Orphanage, St Joseph's Cowper Children's Home. In December 2011 the Sisters of Mercy, Grafton Congregation became part of the Institute of the Sisters of Mercy Australia and Papua New Guinea.
1884 - 2011 Sisters of Mercy, Grafton Congregation
1981 - 2011 Institute of the Sisters of Mercy of Australia
2011 - Institute of Sisters of Mercy of Australia and Papua New Guinea
Sources used to compile this entry: Institute of the Sisters of Mercy of Australia and Papua New Guinea, Institute of Sisters of Mercy of Australia, 2011, http://institute.mercy.org.au/; Institute of Sisters of Mercy in Australia and Papua New Guinea: History, Institute of Sisters of Mercy of Australia and Papua New Guinea, https://mercy.org.au/stories/beginning-with-catherine-mcauley/; Thinee, Kristy and Bradford, Tracy, Connecting Kin: Guide to Records, A guide to help people separated from their families search for their records [completed in 1998], New South Wales Department of Community Services, Sydney, New South Wales, 1998, https://clan.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/connectkin_guide.pdf.
Prepared by: Melissa Downing and Naomi Parry
Created: 8 March 2011, Last modified: 19 September 2014