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5 unusual facts about Ursula Frayne


Ursula Frayne

Six weeks after her arrival in Melbourne Frayne had raised loans to pay off the mortgages on her convent in Nicholson Street, Fitzroy. Speedy development followed and considerable construction of buildings for social and educational work was undertaken, peaking in the erection of the first wing of the present ‘Academy’ for £6000 in 1870.

She was appointed Mother Superior in 1842, taking charge of the Institute’s first foreign mission foundation in Newfoundland.

Frayne’s first Victorian foundation was in Kilmore, Victoria in 1875, she loved it particularly for its rural setting.

Her remains are buried in a vault in the chapel under a Celtic cross, reminding all of her origins.

Ursula Frayne Catholic College

The school was named after Mother Ursula Frayne to publicly commemorate the first leader of the Sisters of Mercy and founder of many Catholic schools in Western Australia.



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