Leongatha is a town in the foothills of the Strzelecki Ranges, South Gippsland Shire, Victoria, Australia, located 135 kilometres (84 mi) south-east of Melbourne. At the 2021 census, Leongatha had a population of 5,869.
Mary Helen MacKillop RSJ was an Australian religious sister of Scottish descent. She was born in Melbourne but is best known for her activities in South Australia. Together with Fr Julian Tenison-Woods, she founded the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart, a congregation of religious sisters that established a number of schools and welfare institutions throughout Australia and New Zealand, with an emphasis on education for the rural poor.
St Mary MacKillop College, formerly known as MacKillop Catholic College, is a Catholic high school in the Australian capital of Canberra, with two campuses in the Tuggeranong Valley. The school is the result of an amalgamation of Padua High School and St. Peter's College in 1997. Mackillop College accepts students from year 7 to 12. There are two campuses of St Mary MacKillop Catholic College, the junior campus in Wanniassa and the senior campus
The Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart, often called the Josephites or Brown Joeys, are a Catholic religious order founded by Saint Mary MacKillop (1842–1909). Members of the congregation use the postnominal initials RSJ.
Gippsland Independent Schools (GIS) is an association of schools in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. The association organises many inter-school extracurricular competitions. These include swimming, diving, athletics, summer sports (cricket, tennis, softball and basketball), winter sports (football, soccer, hockey and netball), and cultural festivals, including drama, chess, dance and debating. Students from year 7 and up can participate in most of these events.
Mount St. Joseph Girls' College is a Catholic Girls College located in Maidstone Street, Altona, Victoria, Australia. Mount St. Joseph Girls’ College is one of few schools in Australia that is a Josephite college, founded by the Josephite Order in 1964.
The Catholic All Schools Sports Association (CAS) is a group of Catholic schools in Victoria, Australia. The Association was formed on 11 November 1996 and provides the basis for interschool sporting and other competitions between the member schools. CAS was formerly known as Victorian Catholic Schools Sports Association (VCSSA).
Penola Catholic College is a co-educational secondary college, located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The Patron of the college is Saint Mary MacKillop. It has two campuses: one located at Glenroy which is commonly known as the junior campus for Years 7 and 8 students; and the other, the main campus, in Broadmeadows for the Years 9 to 12 students.
John Paul College is a Catholic secondary school in Rotorua, New Zealand. The co-educational school enrolls students in years 7 to 13. It was opened in 1987 and combined two existing schools, Edmund Rice College and MacKillop College. The school was founded to serve the Catholic families of Rotorua. John Paul College is named for Pope John Paul II.
St. Patrick's Marist College is a private Roman Catholic co-educational secondary school located in Dundas, a suburb of Sydney, Australia.
Loyola College is an independent Catholic secondary school, located in Watsonia, a suburb of Melbourne, in Victoria, Australia. The college was founded by the Society of Jesus in 1980 with an initial enrolment of 134 students. The Jesuits conduct the school in the Ignatian tradition. Located on 11 hectares, as of 2020, Loyola College had a student population of approximately 1,360 students from Year 7 to Year 12.
MacKillop College may refer to several Catholic schools in Australia named in honour of Mary MacKillop:
MacKillop Catholic College is an independent Roman Catholic co-educational college for Years 7 to 12 in the Hobart suburb of Mornington, Tasmania, Australia. It is named in honour of the Australian educationalist, nun and co-founder of the Institute of the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart, Mary MacKillop. The college also has an association with the Christian Brothers founded by Edmund Rice. MacKillop and Rice are key sources of inspiration for the school community. MacKillop Catholic College is the only Catholic secondary college servicing Hobart's eastern shore. The current principal of Mackillop Catholic College, Brendan Gill was appointed the role after serving his time as Acting Principal. Brendan Gill is also known to the Mackillop Community as 'The Man of the People.'
St Mary MacKillop College, also known as MacKillop College, is an independent Roman Catholic co-educational secondary school located in Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia. The school is located in the parish of Swan Hill within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ballarat.
Mary MacKillop Catholic College is an independent Catholic single-sex secondary day school for girls, located in the South-western Sydney suburb of Wakeley, New South Wales, Australia. The college provides a Catholic and general education to students covering Year 7 to Year 12 from the Smithfield, Fairfield, Cabramatta and Villawood parishes in the Fairfield area of Sydney.
MacKillop Catholic Regional College is a Catholic secondary school in Werribee, Victoria, Australia. It has strong connections to the Josephite sisters, founded by Mary MacKillop. The college was founded as Mary McKillop Girls College in 1970, providing junior secondary education to female students in Years 7, 8 and 9. As demand for secondary education grew in the area, the College expanded to cater to male and female students from Years 7 to 12 and changed its name to reflect these changes. In 2022, MacKillop reached their 50 year anniversary, however celebrations were curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mary MacKillop College, formerly St Joseph's Upper Primary, then St Joseph's High School, is a Catholic girls' secondary school in the Adelaide suburb of Kensington, South Australia.
Mary MacKillop College may refer to:
Mary MacKillop is Australia's first and only Roman Catholic Saint.
Kaila McKnight is an Australian athletics competitor. She represented Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the 1500 metres event.
