Patron:
Blessed Mary MacKillop
(1842 - 1909)

Named for Blessed Mary MacKillop (1842 - 1909); soon to become Australia’s first saint, MacKillop along with Fr Julian Tenison Woods founded Australia’s first free Catholic school. Pupils were accepted whether their parents could afford to pay or not. Later, the two began the Sisters of St Joseph order of nuns. The order went on to found large numbers of schools providing affordable, Catholic education for all.

Symbol
The white cross in the symbol is the Josephite cross of the Sisters of St Joseph. It is flanked by a eucalypt leaf and wattle sprig representing MacKillop’s work in Australia. The house motto is one of Mary Mackillop’s own sayings - With God On Our Side What Need We Fear.