The cache is located near Mary MacKillop Centre and Piety Shop - a part of the shopping centre.
Mary MacKillop was born in Melbourne in 1842. When she was in Penola she met Julian Tenison Woods and together they opened the first St Joseph's School in 1866.
Mary MacKillop and Julian Tenison Woods founded the Sisters of St Joseph to continue this work. Over the many following years, the number of Sisters grew as did their schools. Schools were opened as the needs arose: in country towns, mining towns, cities. The Sisters also became involved in other areas of need including setting up a refuge for women in need and orphanages for children, visiting prisons and working with the sick.
Kincumber
Mary MacKillop made many trips to the Kincumber Home for Boys established in 1887 by herself and the Sisters of St Joseph.
The home today is a Spirituality Centre on Humphreys Road, and well worth a visit to the museum which is part of the complex.
Learn more about this history at GC3QDVM Mary MacKillop - Kincumber 1
Mary MacKilop's famous saying was "Never see a need without doing something about it"
Well..... there was a need, a geochache in her honour, and something has been done about it!
This is one of many caches placed in significant locations of her story.
Mary died on August 8th, 1909.
She was declared Australia’s first Saint in 2010.
Thank you to Opa-shrek who is the local maintainer for this cache.