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The interplay between the life of one significant religious person, their…

- - - - With a low population of Catholics in South Australia, and with many South Australians not being offered education due to their financial position, Mary Mackillop sought to change this. Mary Mackillop started an order of Australian nuns to help this large population of uneducated children to learn about the Catholic faith and to gain an education
      - Women were excluded from many things at the time, with women commonly not being given as good an opportunity as men. During Mary Mackillop's time with her order of nuns, she started a refuge for troubled women to help give them a safe place to stay and help give them a second chance in life as many others didn't at the time
      - Mary Mackillop understood what it was like to be living in poverty, as she had been living in a poor household since a child, and was often her family's main source of support as young as 14. This gave her more empathy to the very large population living in poverty in South Australia during the 19th century, and because of this provided these children with free education as those in poverty were often neglected in society at the time. Mackillop gave these children a chance to better their position
    - - Religion was what Mary Mackillop's life was centred around, and she dedicated her life to the Catholic faith. She was born into a Catholic household, meaning she was exposed to the Catholic faith from a young age. This Catholic faith inspired her to connect with her local priest, Julian Tenison Woods, where they started an order of Australian nuns. Her Catholic faith allowed her to provide a religious education to many underprivileged children, and also provide refuge to those who needed it, as she felt it was her calling to help others as it was the right thing to do