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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Churches

Churches, 1976

10 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers

Historic Church Becomes Living Memorial

Western Magazine · Friday 21 May 1976 · page 3

One of Gulgong’s historic churches, The Salvation Army Hall will be preserved and become a living memorial to the Australia’s poet, Henry Lawson…

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Black sheep welcome in church

Western Magazine · Friday 25 June 1976 · page 14

Black or coloured wool sheep are worth big money, thanks to a craze for home spinning and…

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54 years as Churchman

Western Magazine · Friday 25 June 1976 · page 13

Presentation of a charter of service to veteran church warden, Mr William Northcott, featured the patronal festival of holy Trinity Church, Kelso, The presentation of the charter to Mr…

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A Mission at Bourke

The Western Herald · Friday 2 July 1976 · page 2

To many people, a “Mission” sounds like some church activity in some distant and exciting land. And…

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Catholic Schools Unable to Play

Western Magazine · Friday 16 July 1976 · page 13

Rules preventing children from some schools playing against public school…

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Letters St Barnabas’ Church to Celebrate Its Centenary

Western Magazine · Friday 23 July 1976 · page 2

Sir — In 1975 you were kind enough to publish a letter inviting ex-Parishioners of St. Barnabas’…

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Camp for Catholic Country Children

The Western Herald · Friday 30 July 1976 · page 5

Catholic children in the country districts of the Bourke Parish are invited to the Bourke Convent from Friday evening, 13th August to Thursday, 19th…

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The Country Church

Western Magazine · Monday 9 August 1976 · page 2

For fifty years and more its stood; A church of stone and iron and wood. That’s what is seen by passers-by. But there’s much more than meets the…

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St. Ignatius Parish School Excursion

The Western Herald · Friday 20 August 1976 · page 2

At 7 a.m. on Monday, 26th July, fifty Year 5 and 6 children from St. Ignatius’ school left Bourke for Canberra. When we arrived at Trangie we…

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Anglican Womens Association News

The Western Herald · Friday 27 August 1976 · page 4

A group of 50 Anglican women from A.W.A. branches in the Bathurst diocese (which includes Bourke) visited Bourke recently during the weekend of 7th and…

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