© Mary MacKillop Place Museum 2007 Flora MacKillop, nee MacDonald (mother of Australia’s first canonised saint, Mary MacKillop) born Fort William 1816 – arrived Port Philip 1837 – Died in a shipwreck 1886 in the Australian Bight sailing from Portland, Melbourne, bound for Penola, South Australia. Flora met Alexander MacKillop in Melbourne and must have … Continue reading 08. Flora’s Fear