Mater Dei Orphanage
Location
Narellan
NSW Australia
Provider
Date Opened
Date Closed
Location
Narellan NSW
Australia
Provider: Catholics – Good Samaritan Sisters
Year Opened: 1910
Year Closed: 1957
Also known as Wivenhoe.
Mater Dei Orphanage was located at Narellan. The property was formerly known as ‘Wivenhoe’ and was purchased by the Trustees of the Sisters of the Good Samaritan in 1910 to serve as an orphanage for girls aged to 16 years and boys aged up to 12. Mater Dei Orphanage changed to Mater Dei School, a residential special school, in 1957.
Related News Articles
Silver Jubilee Reunion Mater Dei Orphanage, Narellan, 3 October 1935 (Catholic Freeman’s Journal)
A Home that may Shelter 1000 Homeless Children, 29 August 1912 (The Catholic Press)
Related Australian Orphanage Museum items:
Glass Jar with cork, 1950s-1960s
Cups and Saucers x 6 from Mater Dei Orphanage
To view more items related to Mater Dei Orphanage click here
CLAN library books (where this Home is mentioned)
“The Wheeling Years” book in the CLAN Library contains many photographs of the Home and the girls.