Present-day hospices began in the mid-1800s, when the Irish Sisters of Charity opened the first hospice for terminal patients in Dublin, Ireland.

It was originally established in 1857 by five Irish Sisters of Charity, who had migrated to Sydney in 1838 with a mission to help the poor and disadvantaged.

This site is currently occupied by the Stanhope Street Convent of the Irish Sisters of Charity.

It was founded in 1858 by Irish Sisters of Charity and was known as the Victoria Street Roman Catholic School.

An Irish Sister of Charity, Sister Magdalen Walker, was released from her congregation to help in this new work.

Catherine Seton is the first American to join the Irish Sisters of Mercy.

On 8 April 1850 Pompallier returned from Europe with 2 priests, 10 seminarians and 8 Irish Sisters of Mercy.

Twenty-four Irish Sisters of Mercy left Argentina for Australia in 1880 due to political unrest.

Polding requested a community of nuns be sent to the colony and five Irish Sisters of Charity arrived in 1838.

Founded in 1861, the school follows in the tradition of the Irish Sisters of Mercy, and caters for over 1,400 girls from Years five to 12.