1941 - Clontarf Chapel, Waterford, Western Australia
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S 32° 00.901 E 115° 53.659
50H E 395576 N 6457365
A chapel built by boys from an orphanage
Waymark Code: WMPR7B
Location: Western Australia, Australia
Date Posted: 10/12/2015
Views: 1
The Clontarf Chapel is part of what was once the St Joseph’s Boys’ Orphanage was renamed Clontarf Boys’ Town in 1941 and in 1986 became the Clontarf Aboriginal College. The chapel was designed by architect Marie Jackson, in the Romanesque style. The orphanage boys did the majority of the work, including the laying of 300,000 bricks, tiling the roof, making the fifty seats and doing other woodwork such as the parquetry.
Year of construction: 1941
Full inscription:
This Chapel was consecrated
to the Glory of God and in honour
of St John Bosco by his grace
most Rev R Prendiville D.D.
Archbishop of Perth
on December 20th 1941
Cross-listed waymark: Not listed
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