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The Wolf Letters Website

Will Schaefer’s novel ‘The Wolf Letters’ is a murder-mystery set in England in 1936, but the murders relate to events in the eighth century. An historian investigates. The novel was inspired by the life of the Anglo-Saxon missionary…

Tags: Anglo-Saxon, literature, missionary, novel, Perth, promotion, St Boniface, The Wolf Letters, University of Western Australia, UWA, WA, Western Australia, Will Schaefer, Winfrith

St. Mary's Anglican Church, Middle Swan, Western Australia

An image of Saint Mary's Anglican Church in Middle Swan between Jane Brook and the Swan River, alongside Swanleigh Hostel. It was built on land originally purchased in 1838 by the WA Missionary Society for a mission and mission chapel.

In 1839 the…

St. Mary's Anglican Church in Middle Swan, WA

An image of Saint Mary's Anglican Church in Middle Swan between Jane Brook and the Swan River, alongside Swanleigh Hostel. It was built on land originally purchased in 1838 by the WA Missionary Society for a mission and mission chapel.

In 1839 the…

St. Francis Xavier Cathedral, Geraldton, Western Australia.

St Francis Xavier Church in Geraldton, Western Australia, designed by Monsignor John Cyril Hawes, has a mixture of Romanesque and Spanish mission style architecture. The first stone was laid in 1916, but the cathedral was not completed until…

St Georgeâ€™s Chapel Interior, Perth, Western Australia

St George’s Anglican Chapel is the chapel of St George’s College, a residential college for students attending The University of Western Australia in Perth. The foundation stone of the chapel was laid in 1928 by Archbishop Riley, and the…

Spanish Flavours in the Bush

A correspondent from Tourism Western Australia writes about the monastic town of New Norcia for The Sydney Morning Herald.http://www.smh.com.au/news/western-australia/spanish-flavours-in-the-bush/2005/11/09/1131407687134.html

Tags: architecture, Benedictine, Bishop Fulgentius Torres, Bishop Rosendo Salvado, Gothic Revival, missionary, monastery, monastic town, monasticism, New Norcia, rural, Saint Gertrude, St. Gertrude, St. Gertrude's College, Western Australia

Saint Mary's Anglican Church, Middle Swan, Western Australia

An image of Saint Mary's Anglican Church in Middle Swan between Jane Brook and the Swan River, alongside Swanleigh Hostel. It was built on land originally purchased in 1838 by the WA Missionary Society for a mission and mission chapel.

In 1839 the…

Saint Mary's Anglican Church in the Parish of Swan, Middle Swan, Western Australia

An image of Saint Mary's Anglican Church in Middle Swan between Jane Brook and the Swan River, alongside Swanleigh Hostel. It was built on land originally purchased in 1838 by the WA Missionary Society for a mission and mission chapel.

In 1839…

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