Our History
Fr Leo Donnelly (St Agnes’ Catholic Parish Priest 1970-2018) and Kay Wood (inaugural St Joseph’s Family Services Director) recount the history behind the founding of St Joseph’s Family Services in 1973.
St Joseph’s Family Services early education site
The site of the first St Joseph’s Family Services cottages on Warlters Street, Port Macquarie
St Joseph’s Family Services early education class
Some of the children who attended St Joseph’s Family Services c. 1973
St Joseph’s Family Services early education class
More of the children who attended St Joseph’s Family Services c. 1973
Centrespread newspaper
A brief profile of the origins of St Joseph’s Family Services
Newspaper Story
A news story on the announcement of funding to build early education centres, now St Agnes’ Early Education Centre and St Joseph’s Preschool and Long Day Care Centre at Burgess Close, Port Macquarie
