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Birth
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Began work as a clerk in Melbourne
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Began teaching children
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Appointed as a salaried teacher at Portland (VIC) Catholic Demonstration School.
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Set up St Joseph’s School, Australia’s first free Catholic School.
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Mary went to Adelaide and opened the first convent in Grote St, Adelaide.
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Mary took religious vows to become a nun.
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Mary became the first sister and Mother Superior of the Order of the Sisters of StJoseph of the Sacred Heart
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Mary took final vows
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Mary returned to Adelaide and established more schools in country South Australia including Burra and Port Augusta
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Mary journeyed to Rome to get support for Father Woods and approval for her Order and its work.
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Mary journeyed to Queensland and clashed with Bishop James Quinn over the Governance of the Church and the role of nuns teaching in Church schools.
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Period: to
Mary lived in New Zealand where she founded the Order of the Josephites.
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Mary worked in Victoria.
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Mary returned to South Australia and visited country schools throughout the state before journeying to New Zealand a second time.
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Mary was elected unopposed as Mother Superior-General of the Josephites.
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Mary was re-elected Mother Superior General.
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Death