Abstract

In the colonial periods of settlement in both Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand the provision of education for children was primarily the responsibility of the state. As state education systems developed, Catholic authorities recognised the need for schools which provided both secular and religious education for children. In the mid-nineteenth century, Australian-born Mary MacKillop and Fr Julian Tenison Woods founded the Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart for the purpose of providing Catholic education for the children in the rural areas of the vast land of Australia. This article traces the story and struggles of the establishment of the Sisters of Saint Joseph's schools in Aotearoa New Zealand from 1883, and the evolving changes until the present day.

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