The Sisters of Mercy, Wilcannia-Forbes Congregation ran St Anne's Home, Broken Hill from 1898-1941. This congregation amalgamated with the Institute of the Sisters of Mercy of Australia and Papua New Guinea in 2011 and ceased to exist as an independent entity.
1890 - 2011 Sisters of Mercy, Wilcannia-Forbes Congregation
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; Yates, Ellen, 'Mother Paul Fielding', in Mercy International Association: Heritage, Mercy International Association, 2010, https://www.mercyworld.org/catherine/mercy-foundresses/mother-paul-fielding/.
Prepared by: Naomi Parry
Created: 8 March 2011, Last modified: 19 September 2014
Last updated: 4 August 2023
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