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Sister Margaret

At 168¿ª½±¹ÙÍø's 1904-1908
B. 1890 D. 1986

Nellie Cummins, or Sister Margaret, was the first 168¿ª½±¹ÙÍø’s past student to join the order of the Sisters of the Society of the Sacred Advent (SSA).

She was among 35 students enrolled at Eton High School (168¿ª½±¹ÙÍø’s founding name) in the early 1900s when the school was based first at Nundah and then at its second home, Toorak House in Hamilton.

Nellie became a member of staff at St Catharine’s in Warwick, a school which, like 168¿ª½±¹ÙÍø’s, was founded by the SSA and became a novice in 1915.

In 1917, she was professed as a Sister of the Order by Bishop Le Fanu and proceeded to spend time at almost every SSA school including 168¿ª½±¹ÙÍø’s, as well as Tufnell Home and the children’s hostel at Charleville.

She was said to be a prolific letter writer, remaining connected with her many friends this way.

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