Mary left Portland taking her younger
sisters and stayed with her relatives at Fitzroy Cottage. Mrs MacKillop took the boys to
No 44 Hurd Street in Portland and took in gentleman boarders. Mr MacKillop to his
brother's property at Dunkeld and stayed until he died.
| An early photograph of No 44
hurd Street in Portland where Mary's mother lived. |
On a hot dusty January
morning in 1866 Mary and her sister Annie set out for Penola where she began her
life's work as co-founder of the Sisters of St. Joseph. In 1872 Mary paid her mother
a visit, but her part in the community of Portland was finished, later to be commemorated
in the church window at All Saints in Portland.
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