Description: This is a photograph of the Benedictine Mission site at New Norcia. The photo was taken overlooking crops and gardens, with mission buildings including the church, convent, and monastery in the background. On the far left of the photo the St Joseph’s Orphanage/St Joseph’s College, which housed Aboriginal girls, is visible. St Mary’s School, which housed Aboriginal boys, is visible on the far right of the photo. This photo is part of a collection of 29 photographs of New Norcia Mission taken by Ernest Lund Mitchell in the early 1920s.
