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Organisation Benedictines, New Norcia (c. 1846 - )
The Benedictine Monastery at New Norcia, Western Australia [picture], 1999, by Trish Ainslie and Roger Garwood, courtesy of National Library of Australia.
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- c. 1846
- Categories
- Care Provider, Diocese, Religious Order and Stolen Generations
Summary
The area know known as New Norcia in Western Australia, was settled in 1846 by two exiled Spanish monks, Joseph Serra and Rudesind Salvado, from St. Martin's Abbey, Compostella. They had volunteered for foreign mission work and were sent to Australia in 1846 and settled in Aboriginal lands in an area approximately seventy miles north of Perth, which they called New Norcia in honour of St. Benedict's birthplace. A number of outlying mission stations were established. Dom Serra became coadjutor to the Bishop of Perth in 1848, and Dom Salvado was made Bishop of Port Victoria in 1849, in addition to remaining superior of New Norcia. New Norcia was made an abbey in 1867 with a diocese attached.
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Events
- c. 1846
- The Benedictine Monestry of New Norcia is located at New Norcia
Related Entries
Provided 'care' at
Publications
CD Roms
- The habits of New Norcia, Marcom Projects, Eight Mile Plains, Queensland, 2007c. Details
- Hodson, A. Bruce and Taylor, Ian, New Norcia voices, 2008. Details
Reports
- Collection of typed copies of annual and other reports by and to the Chief Protector of Aborigines in Western Australia dated 1910 and 1911, Aborigines Department, Perth, 1910-1911. Details
Resources
- New Advent, The Catholic Encyclopedia, 2009. Also available at http://www.newadvent.org/cathen. Details
Online Resources
- 'No heading [New Norcia]', Western Mail, 10 June 1905, p. 37, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page3769408. Details
- 'New Norcia Mission for Aborigines', Western Mail, 19 December 1908, p. 85, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article37814765. Details
- 'New Norcia Monastery', Western Mail, 4 February 1916, p. 28, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article37597277. Details
- 'Submission No. 365 Inquiry into Children in Institutional Care: Submissions', in Inquiry into Children in Institutional Care - Submissions received by the committee as at 17/3/05, Senate Community Affairs Committee, Commonwealth of Australia, 25 March 2004, http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate_Committees?url=clac_ctte/completed_inquiries/2004-07/inst_care/submissions/sublist.htm. Details
- Information Services, Department for Community Development, Signposts: A Guide for Children and Young People in Care in WA from 1920, Government of Western Australia, http://www.signposts.communitydevelopment.wa.gov.au/. Details
- Pushong, Lyn, Heritage Trail: A journey through the history of MercyCare, MercyCare, 2008, http://www.mercycare.com.au/resources/Heritage-Trail-Booklet-A5.pdf. Details
Gallery
- Title
- New Norcia evidence to the Roth royal commission
- Type
- Newspaper Article
- Date
- 25 February 1905
- Source
- National Library of Australia
- Title
- The Benedictine Monastery at New Norcia, Western Australia [picture]
- Type
- Image
- Date
- 1999
- Creator
- Trish Ainslie and Roger Garwood
- Control
- nla.pic-an23491687
- Source
- National Library of Australia
Sources used to compile this entry: Information Services, Department for Community Development, Signposts: A Guide for Children and Young People in Care in WA from 1920, Government of Western Australia, http://www.signposts.communitydevelopment.wa.gov.au/; New Advent, The Catholic Encyclopedia, 2009. Also available at http://www.newadvent.org/cathen.
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Created: 15 March 2011, Last modified: 13 January 2012
Last updated: 22 March 2013
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