St Joseph's Church, Subiaco

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St Joseph's Church is a Roman Catholic church in Subiaco, Western Australia. The church opened on 12 August 1934.[1] It was designed in the Interwar Gothic style by architect Edgar Le Blond Henderson.[2]

History

In 1850, Bishop Serra and some of his monks arrived in the area which he named Subiaco, which it still is known as. By 1859, a Benedictine monastery had been built, and Bishop Serra had departed to Rome.[3]

Over the next six years, what remained of Bishop Serra's monks left for New Norcia or to join the Perth Diocese.[3] The monastery later became an orphanage for boys under sponsorship of the St. Vincent de Paul Society, until it was badly damaged by a storm in 1879 and was unable to be rebuilt.[3] At this time, the Fremantle-Guildford Railway had been completed, and an unnamed platform had been built at current-day Subiaco, where the first family settlement was built: the Jones family home, which became known as "Jones' Folly".[3][4]

In 1897, the Sisters of Saint John of God arrived, with a small convent, 10-room hospital, a small stone 'Convent Church' which doubled as a school.[3]

The church was officially blessed and opened on the 12th of August, 1934, one year after the foundation stone was laid. The bell was installed in 1952.[3]

References

  1. 1."Our Church History". St Joseph's Subiaco. Archived from the original on 23 January 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  2. 2."St Joseph's Church & Presbytery – Register of Heritage Places – Assessment Documentation". Heritage Council of Western Australia. 2001. Archived from the original on 23 January 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  3. 3.[3.2][3.3][3.4][3.5][3.6]"History". stjosephssubiaco.org.au.
  4. 4."PHOTOGRAPH (COPY): JONES FAMILY OUTSIDE THEIR HOME IN ROBERTS ROAD, SUBIACO, CIRCA 1894". collectionswa.net.au.