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Julian Tenison Woods birth
Julian Tenison Woods was born in London on November 15, 1832. He was one of eleven children and came from a family that encouraged a love of learning, nature and the outdoors -
Mary MacKillop was born
On January 15, 1842 Mary MacKillop was born of Scottish parents, Alexander MacKillop and Flora MacDonald -
the open ing of the first school
in 1866, greatly inspired and encouraged by Father Woods, Mary opened the first Saint Joseph's School in a disused stable in Penola. Young women came to join Mary, and so the Congregation of the Sisters of St Joseph was begun -
The growing population of the school
In 1867, Mary was asked by Bishop Shiel to come to Adelaide to start a school. From there, the Sisters spread, in groups to small outback settlements and large cities around Australia, New Zealand, and now in Peru, Brazil and refugee camps of Uganda and Thailand. -
Julian's traveling
In 1883, he spent three years travelling through Asia, exploring and reporting on the mineral and coal deposits of the Malayan Peninsula and other nearby countries -
The death of Julian Tenison Woods
He died in Sydney on October 7, 1889 at the age of 57. -
the death of Mary MacKillop
Through her life Mary suffered very ill health. She died on August 8, 1909 -
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