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Convent history comes to light
Thanks to the great photographic records of Joy Armour of Uki, who was herself a resident of the convent, we have been able to piece together some of the history of the convent, school and church buildings.
Seen here in the first image is a group of Uki children at their first communion in 1923, the year St Josephs convent opened. They are standing in front of the side verandah of the convent at unit 2 known as Theodore. Tucked in the back row are Sister Julita far left back, Sister Avelina, centre back and Sister Theodore, a little further to the right. These are the first nuns to work at the convent. We have named the first three units of the old convent after these ladies.
The second image shows Mt Warning in the background, with the convent and church in the distance. The middle building was Loders house and was washed off its stumps in the floods of 1954. It was subsequently moved to higher ground in the middle of town and is now sporting a new renovation as the Uki Guesthouse! See more details on this building under accommodation on this site.
The other house shown in the right hand foreground is called Granny Jarretts house and was also washed away. This whole piece of land in front of the convent has been empty of houses for 53 years! Luckily the convent stands on higher ground!
The final image in this set shows how the convent and church buildings looked in 1962. The convent and church are basically unchanged today, but the schoolhouse on the left was moved when the school closed in the mid sixties. We understand the schoolhouse building is still in use today at Kingscliff. Nothing wasted!
If you have any pictures of the convent in its early days please share these with us. Note that the church is just a few years away from celebrating its centenary.
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