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Two Superb drawings by S. T. Gill (1818–1880) were recently donated to the State ... stirred sectarian violence; and the 'Free Public Banquet' was abandoned when a ... Narrative of the visit of His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh to the ...
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The Society of St Vincent de Paul is an international voluntary organization in the Catholic Church, founded in 1844 for the sanctification of its members by personal service of the poor
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St John's Pro Cathedral was the principal place of worship for the Roman Catholic community in Perth
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is the oldest Catholic church in Victoria, Australia. The main body of the church is one of very few buildings in central Melbourne which was built before the Victorian gold rush of 1851
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It was designed by A W Pugin and built from 1849 to 1850
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During the Australian gold rushes, starting in 1851, significant numbers of workers moved from elsewhere in Australia and overseas to where gold had been discovered
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In 1899 The Hobart Homeopathic Hospital was opened at what is now our 90 bed modern Calvary St John's Hospital.
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The church was opened on 15 March 1914 by Archbishop O'Reily and the first mass was celebrated by Fr. Patrick Hurley.