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Subiaco Museum > Records

PHOTOGRAPH: 227 ADELAIDE TERRACE, PERTH. FIRST CONVENT HOSPITAL AND RESIDENCE OF SISTERS OF ST. JOHN, PERTH

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1950

Overview

The image shows a large weatherboard and iron roofed house that may be a boarding house. The verandah is half closed in with planks set vertically side by side. There is a portico at the centre of the verandah leading to the front path. There are several trees in the garden which is enclosed with a short, clipped hedge, with lengths of timber laid horizontally in front with the footpath. There is a row of letterboxes at the left side of the image. This image was discovered at the display of the Sisters of St John of God Centenary Celebrations at St John of God Hospital June 1995. Information from the brochure states: '1995 is the centenary of the arrival of Sisters of St John of God in Australia. On November 23, 1895 eight sisters from Ireland arrived at Albany, Western Australia on the ORIZABA. They travelled by train to Perth where they took up temporary residence at 227 Adelaide Terrace...'

Historical information

Heritage Display 4/95

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-43-1985.662

Item type

Material

Photographic Paper

Width

285 mm

Height or length

190 mm

Keywords

Houses, General

St John Of God Hospital

Churches, Subiaco

Adelaide Terrace [227], Perth

Year

Statement of significance

Architectural, local, medical and religious history. First convent hospital and residence of Sisters of St John of God.

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