The Australian Ursulines

The Ursulines, originally called "The Company of St Ursula", were founded in 1535 by Angela Merici in the town of Brescia, northern Italy.
Following expulsion from Germany by the laws of the Kulturkampf in 1877, members of the Ursuline Community of Duderstadt fled to England. Five years later they moved to Armidale, NSW, Australia arriving on the 12th September, 1882.