• Entry type: Resource
  • Entry ID: AWH001179

Australian Federation of the Sisters of Mercy of Australia: community organisation records

  • Repository Australian Historic Records Register
  • Date Range 1863 - 1982
  • Description

    Australian Union of Sisters of Mercy: records relating to religious governance, including constitutions, guides to customs and the movement towards unification of Australian Mercies, 1863-1981 (29 vols); Australian Union of Sisters of Mercy: miscellaneous records including reports, correspondence, photographs, memorabilia and manuscripts by sisters, 1913-1981 (30 vols); Australian Union of Sisters of Mercy: news communications including newsletters and news from overseas Sisters of Mercy, 1952-1981 (11 vols); Australian Union of Sisters of Mercy: official reports, including financial and statistical reports and a statistical survey of the Union, 1954-1980 (17 vols); Australian Union of Sisters of Mercy: chapter records including proceedings, correspondence and minutes of general and provincial chapters, 1954-1981 (40 vols); Australian Union of Sisters of Mercy: general administration records including minutes, correspondence, dispensations and documents relating to the foundation of the Union, 1954-1981 (26 vols); Australian Union of Sisters of Mercy: records relating to sisters and houses, including a register of sisters and individual house histories and correspondence, 1954-1981 (25 vols); Australian Union of Sisters of Mercy: records relating to formation, including surveys of vocations, seminar reports and minutes, 1955-1975 (8 vols); Australian Union of Sisters of Mercy: minutes and related papers of the Australian Mercy Hospitals Committee, 1973-1981 (1 vol); Australian Federation of the Sisters of Mercy: general administration records, including correspondence, financial account books and minutes of Federation Council meetings, 1955-1981 (10 vols). Australian Federation of the Sisters of Mercy: correspondence and papers relating to the drafting of new constitutions, 1966-1972 (2 vols); Conference of the Sisters of Mercy of Australia: general administration records including financial accounts, correspondence and minutes of Council meetings, 1967-1981 (9 vols); Conference of the Sisters of Mercy of Australia: records relating to religious governance, including new constitutions and the movement towards national unification, 1970-1979 (5 vols); Conference of the Sisters of Mercy of Australia: official reports, including statistical surveys and congregation reports, 1976-1980 (7 vols); Conference of the Sisters of Mercy of Australia: miscellaneous records, including correspondence, reports, photographs and manuscripts of sisters, 1976-1980 (21 vols); Conference of the Sisters of Mercy of Australia: records relating to sisters and houses, including a register of sisters and reports and correspondence concerning Aboriginal missions, 1976-1981 (19 vols); Conference of the Sisters of Mercy of Australia: correspondence and reports from committees and commissions dealing with the issues of health care, education and social justice, 1976-1981 (9 vols); Conference of the Sisters of Mercy of Australia: records relating to formation, including surveys, seminar reports and minutes of National Mercy Foundation Committee, 1976-1982 (7 vols); Conference of the Sisters of Mercy of Australia: news communications, including newsletters and news from overseas Sisters of Mercy, 1976-1982 (3 vols).

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  • Primary Creator
    • Institute of Sisters of Mercy of Australia (1981 - )