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The History of MacKillop Campus
The North Sydney Campus has been given the name "MacKillop" in honour of its historical connection with St Mary of the Cross and the Sisters of St Joseph.
The bronze sculpture pictured below sits in the garden of the MacKillop Campus and was commissioned by Vice-Chancellor Professor Greg Craven to depict St Mary in her later years, when the convent on Mount Street was her home.
Bronze sculpture of St Mary of the Cross by artist Linda Klarfeld
| 1842 |
Mary MacKillop is born on Brunswick Street, Fitzroy, directly opposite the current site of ACU's Melbourne Campus |
| 1866 |
Mary founds the Congregation of the Sisters of St Joseph in South Australia |
| 1880s | Mary moves into a cottage on Mount Street, North Sydney with part of her congregation |
| 1909 | Mary dies in the convent on Mount Street |
| 1913 | The Sisters establish a training school at North Sydney for the teacher training of the Sisters of Saint Joseph |
| 1958 | Lay students are admitted to the College |
| 1971 | The training school becomes the Catholic Teachers College, administered by a council responsible to the Archdiocese of Sydney |
| 1982 | The College becomes part of the Catholic College of Education Sydney. The name MacKillop is given to this campus to identify it as a discrete part of the College and to recognise the ongoing support of the Sisters of St. Joseph |
| 1988 | When the Carroll Building is completed, the opportunity is taken to name various sections of the building after people who had been involved in the development of the Catholic Teachers College (see below) |
- Mother Leone Ryan, RSJ, whose name was given to the Auditorium, taught in the original St. Joseph’s Training School in the 1940s and then,as Congregational Leader, was responsible for the planning of the Catholic Teachers
College.
- Sister Isabel Menton, RSJ, whose name was given to the Student Common Room, was the first principal of the Catholic Teachers College.
- Reverend Monsignor John Slowey, after whom the Council Room is named, was the Director of Catholic Education in Sydney.
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Dr Victor Couch, after whom the Library is named, was the foundation Chairman of the Catholic College of Education Sydney.
Mary MacKillop Chapel, Mount Street,
where Mary's tomb is currently located
