Growth of Our Congregation

Dominican Sisters of Maitland 1867 - 1930

Our eight Sisters arrived from Dun Laoghaire Ireland on 10th September 1867.

Sr M. Agnes Bourke, prioress, aged 42, professed 1850
Sr M. Teresa Molloy, subprioress, aged 35, professed 1853
Sr M. Regis Dowley, aged 32, professed 1854
Sr M. Hyacinth Donnellan, aged 25, professed 1860
Sr M. Ignatius Finnegan, aged 28, professed 1860
Sr M. Augustine Fagan, aged 26, professed 1862
Sr M. Brigid O’Brien, lay sister, aged 28, professed 1866
Sr M. Bernard Larkin, lay sister, aged 23, professed 1867

A trunk used by the Sisters in 1867

They began work a few days later, and were able to make new foundations

In Newcastle in 1873
In Tamworth in 1876
In Waratah, Newcastle, in 1888
In Moss Vale in 1891
In Strathfield, Sydney, in 1894
In Mayfield, Newcastle, 1917
In Camberwell, Melbourne, 1926

Maitland Sisters taken about 1890

Dominican Sisters of NSW 1930 - 1958

Prioresses of Dominican Sisters of New South Wales

1930-1942	Sr M. Gonsalvo Byrne
1942-1953	Sr M. Concepta O’Donoghue
1954-1958	Sr M. Philomena Waite

Delegates to first General Chapter, Dominican Sisters of NSW, 1929.

Dominican Sisters of Holy Name Province 1958 - 1988

Mother Margaret Mary Lyons, Hobart, Tasmania

Prioresses

1958-1962	Sr Margaret Mary Lyons
1963-1969	Sr M. Regina Daly
1969-1977	Sr M. Bertrand Egan
1977-1985	Sr Margaret Gannon
1985-1989	Sr Margaret Cameron

Dominican Sisters of Eastern Australia

and the Solomon Islands 1988 -

The Governance structure was changed in 1988 and the Congregation became known as Dominican Sisters of Eastern Australia and the Solomon Islands.

Prioresses

1989-1993	Sr Margaret Cameron
1993 - 1997	Sr Mary Britt
1997 - 2001	Sr Kathleen Maher
2001 - 2009	Sr Rosemary Lewins
2009 - 2017	Sr Judith Lawson
2018 -	Sr Mary-Clare Holland

Current Leadership Team