New Norcia

Blog 5 New Norcia to Carnarvon

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June 1st 2015
Next stop was New Norcia via Northam, Toodyay (pronounced Toojay) and Bindoon. New Norcia is described as a little bit of old Spain in the middle of the Australian bush. In 1847 a Benedictine Monk from Spain named Rosendo Salvado, who had come to Australia to be a missionary, was asked by the Bishop of Perth to start a Mission to support the Indigenous community of this area about 150km north east ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more