Mt Erin Convent from the Anthony Brunskill album at the Museum of the Riverina.
The first Presentation Sisters arrived in Wagga in May 1874 and the Mt Erin Convent was opened on December 10, 1876.
For more information about the Mt Erin Convent and Presentation Sisters click here.
A Mt Erin Heritage Centre was opened earlier this year and you’ll find some details by clicking here.
The Anthony Brunskill album at the Museum of the Riverina was presented to Anthony Brunskill along with an Illuminated Address at a Farewell Banquet given to him shortly before setting out on a visit to the United Kingdom in 1910 to “revisit the haunts of his boyhood” and to promote assisted immigration by farm workers to New South Wales. It contains photos taken around Wagga and features prominent buildings and facilities of the time.
