- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE3719
MacKillop, Mary Helen
(1842 – 1909)- Born 15 January 1842, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia
- Died 8 August 1909, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Occupation Religious Sister
Summary
Mary Mackillop was appointed head of the Penola Catholic School in 1866. In March of that year she was formally committed into the Institute of the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. In 1871, almost half the members of the Institute were dismissed by Bishop Sheil, and Mackillop was excommunicated for alleged insubordination. The excommunication was lifted as early as February 1872, when she was reinstated as superior of the Institute. She was elected superior general under the new Roman Constitutions in 1875. Mackillop founded a teacher training centre for the Institute in Sydney in 1888, enabling it to become a leader in Catholic education.
Events
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2001
Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women
Published resources
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Resource Section
- MacKillop, Mary Helen (1842-1919), Thorpe, Osmund, 2006, http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A050199b.htm
- Audiovisual material
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Book
- Mary MacKillop: A Woman Before Her Time, Modystack, William, 1982
- Mary MacKillop: An Extraordinary Australian, The Authorised Biography, Gardiner, Paul, 1993
- Mary and Flora: Correspondence between Mary MacKillop and her mother, Flora McDonald MacKillop, MacKillop, Mary, 2004
- Mary MacKillop's Sisters: A Life Unveiled, Henderson, Anne, 1997
- Edited Book
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Resource
- Trove: MacKillop, Mary Helen (1842-1909), http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-712059
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Site Exhibition
- The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia, Smart, Judith and Swain, Shurlee (eds.), 2014, http://www.womenaustralia.info/leaders