Journal of the Australian Catholic Historical Society articles from January 1 2003

Journal of the Australian Catholic Historical Society archives from January 1 2003

In this edition.
January 1, 2003... As the first woman to graduate in law in South Australia, lawyer, writer, social activist, and legal officer for the United Nations Organisation, Mary Tenison Woods provides an important subject for the opening article by Margaret Press. Mary's...

Completed 2002 programme.
January 1, 2003... 10 February Annual General Meeting The President, John Luttrell, gave his Report in which he reviewed the programme of the previous year and thanked the members and Council for their support and interest over the year. Elections saw...

Mary Tenison Woods.(Biography)
January 1, 2003... Many people ask when they hear the name Mary, Tenison Woods: What relation was she to Father Julian Tenison Woods? The answer is, of course, no relation, except that she married into a family that was always very name conscious. Not only did...

Eris O'Brien: historian and scholar.
January 1, 2003... In Cassocks in the Wilderness, an account by Chris Geraghty of his time as a junior seminarian at St Columba's College in Springwood, the author reflects on the portraits of 'episcopal old boys' in a corridor at St Columba's: I used to...

In pursuit of a Catholic Cathedral for Canberra: a history of the 'Cathedral Hill' site.
January 1, 2003... In the early years of Canberra's development as Australia's national capital, the pursuit of cathedral sites by the Christian denominations in the city was a protracted endeavour. Theft allocation by the Commonwealth was, at times, a vexatious...

Recovering the origins of convent education in Australia.
January 1, 2003... Convent 'high' schools and private ladies" colleges in nineteenth century Australia emerged from one distinctive educational tradition of European origin. Histories such as Marjorie Theobald's illuminating work, Knowing Women, suggest that this...

Michael Ryan and the Female Immigration Board in South Australia.
January 1, 2003... Michael Ryan was the priest who accompanied Francis Murphy, the first South Australian Catholic Bishop, to Adelaide in October 1844. For twenty odd years he served the Catholic community, travelling extensively and often over the colony to...

Marie Crowley. Women of the Vale: Perthville Josephites 1872-1972.(Book Review)
January 1, 2003... MARIE CROWLEY. Women of the Vale: Perthville Josephites 1872-1972. Spectrum Publications, Melbourne, 2002; ISBN 086786 373 0; viii + 304 pages. This book is a worthy addition to the expanding number of histories dealing with religious...

Peter Donovan. For Youth and the Poor: History of the De La Salle Brothers in Australia, Papua New Guinea and New Zealand 1906-2000.(Book Review)
January 1, 2003... PETER DONOVAN. For Youth and the Poor: History of the De La Salle Brothers in Australia, Papua New Guinea and New Zealand 1906-2000. De La Salle Provincialate, Sydney, 200l; ISBN 0 9579578 0 7; 368 pages. No one who knows anything of the...

Ian Breward. A History of the Churches in Australasia.(Book Review)
January 1, 2003... IAN BREWARD. A History of the Churches in Australasia. OUP; Oxford, 2001; ISBN 0 19 832,356 2: xxi + 474 pages. Many writers have produced local and national histories of particular churches and missionary enterprises in the South Pacific...

Bruce Kay, gen. ed. Anglicanism in Australia: a History.(Book Review)
January 1, 2003... BRUCE KAY, gen. ed. Anglicanism in Australia: A History. Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 2002; ISBN 0 522 85003 0; xxii + 408 pages. While we know that we never judge a book by its cover, nevertheless we can all too often unwittingly...

Anne Cunningham. The Rome Connection: Australia, Ireland and the Empire 1865-1885.(Book Review)
January 1, 2003... ANNE CUNNINGHAM. The Rome Connection: Australia, Ireland and the Empire 1865-1885. Crossing Press, Sydney, 2002; ISBN 0 9578291 5 9; xviii + 253 pages. This book travels over well-trodden ground in the history of the Catholic Church in NSW...

Richard Falkinger. Ringing the Changes: New Liturgy Versus Heritage.(Book Review)
January 1, 2003... RICHARD FALKINGER. Ringing the Changes: New Liturgy Versus Heritage. David Lovell Publishing, Melbourne, 2002; ISBN 1 86355 092 5; xvi + 125 pages. This book will be of interest to historians, liturgists and architects alike. The author, a...

Tom Johnstone. The Cross of ANZAC: Australian Catholic Service Chaplains.(Book Review)
January 1, 2003... TOM JOHNSTONE. The Cross of ANZAC: Australian Cathode Service Chaplains. Church Archivists Press, Brisbane, 2000; ISBN 1876 194 227; 359 pages. A book long overdue. Amongst the plethora of military writings, there is little coverage of the...

Rory Sweetman. Faith and Fraternalism: a History of the Hibernian Society in New Zealand, 1869-2000.(Book Review)
January 1, 2003... RORY SWEETMAN. Faith and Fraternalism: A History of the Hibernian Society in New Zealand, 1869-2000. Hibernian Society, Wellington NZ, 2002; 228 pages. Rory Sweetman is a professional historian, commissioned to write a history of 130 years...

Proceedings of Brisbane Catholic Historical Society.(Book Review)
January 1, 2003... Proceedings of Brisbane Catholic Historical Society, vol. 8 (2002), Brisbane Catholic Historical Society, Brisbane, 2002. This publication contains the following papers recently presented to the Society: Tom Boland, Address at Dedication of...

Ian Hansen. The Naked Fish: an autobiography of belief.(Book Review)
January 1, 2003... IAN HANSEN. The Naked Fish: an autobiography of belief. Wakefield Press, Adelaide, 2002; ISBN 1 86254 593 6; 226 pages. Ian Hansen, now in his 70s, reflects on his life in Australia as a 'PK' (a Preacher's Kid, like Manning Clark and Keith...