Archive for December, 2006

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year; tales of the outback

Sunday, December 31st, 2006

I wish you all a merry Christmas and a happy new year, and warn you that this post has nothing to do with Abbotsford; it just explains the absence of blogging recently. I went to Broken Hill and Mildura from Boxing Day for a few days (and, on the way between the two, to Dareton, [...]

Accommodation, Food, Italian, Pubs and bars | No Comments

Two nuns formerly of Abbotsford Convent get a big interview in The Age

Monday, December 18th, 2006

The Age has a big full page spread today on the Convent in general, Catherine Kovesi’s book on the history in Australia of its Sisters of the Good Shepherd, and in particular, two former nuns, Sister Monica Walsh who entered the order aged 18 in 1963 and Sister Noelene White, neither of whom these days [...]

Abbotsford Convent, Abbotsford identities, History | 2 Comments

The May Peace Prevail on Earth House

Sunday, December 17th, 2006

This is no. 84 Park St, Abbotsford. I intended to interview the owners, or maybe the tenants, I’m not sure, and bring you the story, but time has got away with me and now the week before Christmas seems like a nice old time to give greater prominence to these folks’ lovely statement which I [...]

Good as hell | 1 Comment

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