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28-September-2023
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28-September-2023

Photographs supplied by Chris Abbott

The plaque marks the location where Catholic worship first began in Western Australia in January 1838.
 

Location

Address:Bolt Terrace, Albany, 6330
State:WA
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -35.031415
Long: 117.895566
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Plaque
Monument Theme:Culture
Sub-Theme:Religion
Actual Event Start Date:
Approx. Event Start Date:January-1838
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Dedication

Actual Monument Dedication Date:Sunday 20th March, 1977
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Front Inscription

Mass Rocks

At these rocks in January 1838 Holy Mass was celebrated for the first time in the settlement of Western Australia.

The Chaplain of the French frigate "Heroine" gathered the few Catholics of Frederickstown to this place and opened Mass.

The Albany Port Authority, in Albany's Sesquicentenary Year (1977) erected this plaque to mark the site where Catholic worship  in Western Australia first began.

20th March, 1977

Managing Secretary
B. J. E. Hudson

  

Left Side Inscription
Back Inscription
Right Side Inscription
Inscription in Proximity
Source: MA
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