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Tales without reason : forgotten heroes of the apostolate in 1840s Australia / Thomas O'Malley.
Van Pelt Library BV3660.W47 O43 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- O'Malley, Thomas, CSSp
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Catholic Church--Missions--Australia--Western Australia--History--19th century.
- Catholic Church.
- Missionaries--Australia--Western Australia--History--19th century.
- Missionaries.
- Church history.
- Australia.
- Western Australia.
- History.
- Western Australia--Church history--19th century.
- Physical Description:
- 126 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Blackrock, Co. Dublin : Columba Press, 2001.
- Summary:
- What drove a hodgepodge band of clerics, lacking even a common language, to strike out for the wilds of Australia in 1845? Readers who want a deeper understanding of missionary zeal will discover a moving but unsentimental portrayal, based on the experience of the participants as revealed in their own words.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 116-117).
- ISBN:
- 185607336X
- OCLC:
- 49239827
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