Torres - book Christening between the monks of New

between the monks of New Norcia and Mash Brewing in the Swan Valley

When he finally managed to work with Aboriginal people

Directed by Nicholas Bannan

George Russo

Directed by church authorities to work among the white population

Torres - book Christening between the monks of NewThe name of Rosendo Salvado (1814 1900) has long been a synonym for Catholic missionary activity among the Aboriginal peoples of Western Australia in the second half of the nineteenth century. However, the Benedictine cleric's romantic future for the original inhabitants of the Victoria Plains, as a largely self sufficient population of farmers and tradesmen, was doomed to disappointment. Likewise, his plan to establish a monastery whose Spanish monks