Our Lady of Mercy Home was established in 1928 and was formerly known as Waitara Foundling Home and usually just as Waitara. The Home cared for children from birth to the age of 15, and from 1970, children aged 7-12. It also housed unmarried mothers. Our Lady of Mercy Home Waitara was replaced by the…
The Mercy Family Life Centre Waitara was previously known as Our Lady of Mercy Home and was run by the Sisters of Mercy. It was built in a part of the grounds of the old Waitara Orphanage (Our Lady of Mercy) in 1977. In 1994, it was incorporated and became the Mercy Family Centre. Mercy…
The Waitara Foundling Home was established in 1898 by the Sisters of Mercy, North Sydney Congregation as a home for babies and for unmarried mothers, who were referred from hospitals throughout the eastern states of Australia. In 1928 the Waitara Foundling Home was renamed Our Lady of Mercy Home. The Waitara Foundling Home was first…
The Sisters of Mercy Archives are located in North Sydney and were established in 1865 at the same time as the North Sydney Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy. These Archives previously held the records of children’s Homes run by the Sisters of Mercy. Photos from St Catherine’s and Waitara Homes are kept at North…
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…
The Sisters of Mercy, Gunnedah Congregation was a Catholic religious order of women who arrived in Gunnedah in 1887 from Singleton. The sisters were responsible for the administration of St Patrick’s Orphanage (later called St Patrick’s Home and St Patrick’s Homes) Armidale. In 2011, the Sisters of Mercy, Gunnedah Congregation was dissolved and merged with…
St Joseph’s Cowper is a Catholic out-of-home care agency that was established in 1993. It was formerly known as St Joseph’s Cowper Children’s Homes. In 2013 it was known as St Joseph’s Cowper Inc and was a residential and foster care agency for children and young people placed in the care of the Minister by…
The Sisters of Mercy, Grafton Congregation, a Catholic religious order of women from England and Ireland, was established in 1884. The sisters were responsible for the administration of St Joseph’s Cowper Incorporated, Grafton formerly known as Cowper Orphanage and St Joseph’s Cowper Children’s Home. In 2011, the Sisters of Mercy, Grafton Congregation was dissolved and…
The Sisters of Mercy, Goulburn Congregation, a Catholic religious order of women from Ireland, was established in 1859. In 1907 the Sisters of Mercy started to consolidate the number of congregations across Australia and amalgamated Goulburn with the congregations in Albury (1868) and Yass (1875). The Sisters were responsible for the administration of several children’s…
The Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth are a religious order of women. The order was founded in 1875. The Sisters ran the Holy Family Children’s Home from 1956-1985. (Please note that this order is different to the Sisters of Nazareth who ran children’s institutions in Victoria, Western Australia and Queensland.)
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