Mary Helen MacKillop RSJ was an Australian religious sister. She was born in Melbourne but is best known for her activities in South Australia.
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MacKillop museum on Mount Street, North Sydney
Mary MacKillop Chapel in North Sydney, which holds MacKillop's tomb
Saint Mary MacKillop, 1890
Life-size bronze statue of St Mary Mackillop by sculptor Linda Klarfeld at the Australian Catholic University in North Sydney
The Mary MacKillop rose
The rail portion of the Tom 'Diver' Derrick Bridge, which opened in Port River, Port Adelaide in 2008, is named after MacKillop
Statue of Mary MacKillop outside St Francis Xavier's Cathedral, AdelaideAwards 1
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Mary Helen MacKillop RSJ was an Australian religious sister. She was born in Melbourne but is best known for her activities in South Australia. Together with Fr Julian Tenison-Woods, she founded the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart, a congregation of religious sisters that established a number of schools and welfare institutions throughout Australia and New Zealand, with an emphasis on education for the rural poor.
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Lived 1842 to 1909 · aged 67
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