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MOUNT ERIN BOARDING SCHOOL (MEBS) founded in 1890
This photo of the Boarding House and Convent is beleived to have been taken in the 1920's. Notice the spires
From Mt Erin Heritage Centre:-
Presentation Sisters celebrate Centenary
14 May 2000 - Updated on 16 March 2021
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NEARLY 1500 people gathered at the Brisbane Botanic Gardens last Sunday to join the Presentation Sisters in celebrating their centenary in Queensland.
On February 13, 1900, five sisters travelled from Wagga Wagga by boat and train to Longreach to begin a century of service in Queensland.
Sisters came from Wagga Wagga, including their congregational leader Sr Anne Lane, and from Lismore and Sydney to join the celebration.
Within Queensland, sisters travelled from Longreach, Toowoomba and Murgon, where they organised a bus to bring young and old parishioners with them.
Some sisters attending were in their 80s, including Sr Gabriel Hogan, a former Queensland and Australian congregational leader.
Archbishop John Bathersby, who celebrated the centenary Mass said: “Today we gather to thank God for 100 marvellous years of the presence of the Presentation Sisters of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Queensland.
“We are all richer because of their presence and thank and congratulate them and ask God’s abundant blessings on them,” the archbishop said.