Society of Jesus, Australian Province [ 1950 – ]
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| Full name of organisation | Society of Jesus, Australian Province |
| Short description | Also known as the Jesuits. The first Jesuits to set foot in Australia, Fr Aloysius Kranewitter SJ and Fr Maximilian Klinkowstroem SJ, came from Austria. They arrived in Adelaide in 1848. In 1853, a property was bought near Clare. Fr Kranewitter named it Sevenhill. Two Irish Jesuits established a community in Melbourne in 1865, and three more Austrians and one of the first native-born Australians to become a Jesuit established a community in Darwin in 1882. The Australian Province was formally established in 1950, with Fr Austin Kelly SJ its first Provincial. |
| Start date | 1950 |
| Organisation type | Community Group |
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| URLs | https://jesuit.org.au/ |
| Group Affiliation(s) | Christian |
| Key Terms/Slogans | The motto of the Society of Jesus is Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam (Latin), meaning “For the greater glory of God.” |
