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New South Wales - Organisation
Sisters of Mercy, Parramatta Congregation (1888 - )
- From
- 1888
- Categories
- Care Provider, Catholic, Records Access Service and Religious Order
- Alternative Names
- Mercy Sisters
- Parramatta Sisters of Mercy
- Website
- http://www.parramattamercy.org.au/
The Sisters of Mercy Parramatta are an order of Catholic nuns who were responsible for the administration of St Brigid's Girls' Home, Ryde, 1898-1978 and St Michael's Home, Baulkham Hills, 1902-83. The Sisters of Mercy ran also ran St Michael's Family Centre, on the site of the old children's home. In 2012 they announced plans for its closure.
Publications
Online Resources
- 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/. Details
- 'Sisters of Mercy to close Baulkham Hills centre', Parramatta Sun, 2 August 2012, https://web.archive.org/web/20170422130903/http://www.parramattasun.com.au/story/249395/sisters-of-mercy-to-close-baulkham-hills-centre/. Details
- 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. Details
Sources used to compile this entry: 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: Naomi Parry
Created: 8 March 2011, Last modified: 28 April 2017