Special Achievements

• Pioneer of Central Australia.  Arrived in Alice Springs in 1941, took her final vows with the Catholic Church in 1942 and helped establish Arltunga mission in 1942.  Also worked on Channel Island, Port Keats, Daly River, Melville Island, Bathurst Island and Santa Teresa, as well as in Sydney and Melbourne.

Additional Information

• In 1998, Sister Mary David Allchin was the Northern Territory's oldest working nun (Catholic) (she was then aged 85).