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MERCY SISTERS WEST PERTH

Origin Ireland
First settled in St. Mary's Convent, Leederville, WA

BENDIGO

Departure Port Tilbury Docks, England
Arrival Year 1933

Fremantle

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Sixteen Sisters arrived on the Bendigo. Sisters Kevin Murphy, Brigid O'Sullivan, Scholastica Hartnett, Celine O'Farrell, Angela O'Connor, Bernadette Sheehy, Gertrude Keane, Raphael O'Mahony from Kerry. Dympna Kelly, de Sales Clarke, Gabriel Gallagher from Newry. Berchmans Murphy, Celestine O'Connell from Cork. Malachy Callan and Aidan Bowden from Louth. Bernard Murrough from Armagh.

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