PHOTOGRAPH (COPY): FIRST SISTERS OF ST. JOHN OF GOD IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA, CIRCA 1900
c. 1900This black and white copy of a photograph featuring a group of some of the first Sisters of St. John of God in Western Australia. Situated in a garden, the women are arranged in two rows, with the front row seated, all grouped around a statue of Christ. The Sisters are all wearing long, dark and heavy habits, with only their faces and hands showing. They each have a large crucifix around their necks. They are identified as follows:
Back row: Sr. M. Ita Gleeson, Sr. M. Assumpta Hanlon (Hanly?), Sr. M. Ignatius Lynagh, Sr. M. Patrick Mullalley, Sr. M. Kevin Doyle, Sr. M. Martha Devlin, Sr. M. Joseph Codd.
Front row: Sr. M. John Gleeson, Sr. M. Cecilia Dunne, Sr. M. Antonio O'Brien, Sr. M. Patricia Baggott, Sr. M. Angela Brennan.
The first Sisters of St John of God arrived in Western Australia in 1895. After initially working from premises in Adelaide Terrace, the sisters soon moved into Coolgardie and Kalgoorlie. A purpose built hospital was opened at Subiaco in April 1898. Today the hospital continues to operate from this site.
Note: Although the date of this photograph is unknown, it is believed to date between 1896, when the number of St. John of God sisters increased with a second arrival, and 1902, by which time one of the sisters pictured, Sister Mary Kevin Doyle, had died in Coolgardie. It is believed that this photograph may have been taken in Perth.
1983.4.1 is stored in PF.A3.1
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This photograph is significant as it documents many of the Irish women who established the St John of God Hospital in Subiaco after 1895, a hospital which continues to operate today. As such, the image has high local, state and international significance.
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- PHOTOGRAPH: SISTERS OF SAINT JOHN OF GOD (0.01km away)
- PHOTOGRAPH: FIRST SISTERS OF ST. JOHN OF GOD IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA, CIRCA 1897 (0.01km away)
- PHOTOGRAPH: DRAWING OF 'ST. JOHN OF GOD HOSPITAL, FIRST CATHOLIC HOSPITAL IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA, CIRCA 1897 (0.01km away)
- PHOTOGRAPH: ST. JOSEPHS, FIRST CONVENT CHURCH OF THE SISTERS OF ST. JOHN OF GOD, SUBIACO, 1902 (0.02km away)
- PHOTOGRAPH: ST. JOSEPHS, FIRST CONVENT CHURCH AND SCHOOL OF THE SISTERS OF ST. JOHN OF GOD, SUBIACO, 1902 (0.02km away)
- PHOTOGRAPH: OPERATING THEATRE, ST JOHN OF GOD HOSPITAL, SUBIACO, CIRCA 1971 (0.03km away)
- PHOTOGRAPH: OPERATING THEATRE, ST JOHN OF GOD HOSPITAL, SUBIACO, CIRCA 1971 (0.03km away)
- PHOTOGRAPH: OPERATING THEATRE, ST JOHN OF GOD HOSPITAL, SUBIACO, CIRCA 1971 (0.03km away)
- PHOTOGRAPH: LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AREA TOWARDS KING EDWARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, SONYA SEARS, 1997 (0.06km away)
- PHOTOGRAPH: OPERATING THEATRE, ST JOHN OF GOD HOSPITAL, SUBIACO, CIRCA 1971 (0.06km away)
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