Bestanddeel 1/18/3 (1-8) - Australia

51 pages

Includes; list of the seven Presentation Congregations and the dates of their foundations: Tasmania 1866; Windsor (Victoria) 1873, Wagga 1874, Lismore 1886, Geraldton 1891, Longreach 1900, and Mosman Park 1907; list of foundations and dates within each congregation in Australia; letters from Sr. M. Sebastian and Sr. Peter, Presentation Novitiate, O’ Neill College, Nagle Avenue, Elsternwich, Victoria, to Sr. Catherine and Father Walsh [Canon T.J. Walsh], during 1957 and 1958 giving detailed information on the spread of the congregation, the vast distances covered; two copies of a map of Australia showing the location of the convents; report on The Seven Congregations of the Presentation Institute in Australia including the development of its constitutions and the and the union of the seven congregations; letters to Rev. Mother Benignus, Sr. M. Catherine and Fr. Walsh, [Canon T.J. Walsh], during 1956 and 1957 from Sr. M. Bernard and Sr. M. Therese from Presentation Convent, Geraldton, Western Australia, detailing the spread of the congregation and the foundations; report from Presentation Convent, St. Mary’s, Lismore, which includes a list of the Branch Convents, foundation dates and dioceses in which they are located, an account of the schools and other works; letter from Presentation Convent, Longreach, Queensland from Sr. M. Ursula; letters from Sr. M. Sebastian, Presentation Convent, Star of the Sea, Gardenvale, S. 4 Victoria, in 1958, to Sr. M. Catherine including details of General Chapters and Professions; letters from Sr. M. Bernard, Presentation Convent, “Iona” Mosman Park , Western Australia, 29 May 1956 to Rev. Mother and to Father Walsh [ Canon T.J. Walsh], on 10 June 1957 including details of their foundations; letters from Sr. M. Xavier Lyman, Mother General of Wagga Foundation, Presentation Convent, “Mount Erin”, Wagga, New South Wales, Australia, to Father Walsh [Canon T.J. Walsh], including details of the foundations and a diagram of the foundations made from Longreach; and a picture of ‘Mount Erin’.