The cache is located at the turn off to Red Hill ... the location of WARLAWURRU CATHOLIC SCHOOL formerlly staffed by the Sisters of St Joseph.
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 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.
Sisters of St Joseph
Mary MackIllop never came to the Kimberleys but her sisters continued her legacy.
Lundja (Red Hill) is a small community on the north-eastern outskirts of Halls Creek about 3 kilometres from town. It has a population of around 60 people. It is nestled between two hills. The one on the right is the sacred Warlawurru (eagle) Rock.
Warlawurru Catholic School is a primary school at Lundja. It was opened in 1987. The school was opened by the Canossian Sisters but later staffed by the Sisters of St Joseph – the Order founded by Mary MacKillop.
The Sisters of St Joseph at the time of hiding the live in Halls Creek and are involved in ministry to Red Hill and many other areas of the Kimberley.
Mary MacKillop ….
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.
The cache will be maintained by Eagle Warmun.