Through her steadfast commitment and pioneering spirit, she established the Sisters of St Joseph and a network of schools across the country to give even the poorest children, an opportunity to aspire, learn and achieve.
One of those schools was St Joseph's, Hindmarsh.
Our History
We celebrate as central to our story, the visionary agent of change, Saint Mary MacKillop.
Mary MacKillop's unwavering belief that children should have equal access to education regardless of their family's financial means transformed Australian society. In the mid-1800s, only children from wealthy families were educated and even then, girls often didn't receive the same level of education as their brothers.