The Catholic Church and community in Australia: a history, (1977)

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Series 8

Content Summary:

Published in 1977 by Thomas Nelson (Australia), this work is a revised and expanded edition of O'Farrell's earlier work The Catholic Church in Australia: a short history 1788-1967 (1964). Revised editions were published in 1985 and in 1992 under the title The Catholic Church and community: an Australian history (UNSW Press).

This series includes drafts of the introduction, chapters 1-3 and 7, and galley proofs of all chapters, with copious hand written annotations, insertions and amendments. It includes much material omitted from the final published version. There is also a special issue of The Catholic Weekly issued to commemorate the visit of Pope John Paul II to Australia in November 1968 (File 17).

Immediate source of acquisition:

The Library purchased the original instalment of papers from O'Farrell in June 1980. O'Farrell donated subsequent consignments to the Library in August 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984 and in 2000. Other papers were purchased from O'Farrell in 1998 and 1999. Material acquired in May 1984 and in February 1998 pertaining to Dr Albert Dryer has been transferred to the papers of Albert Dryer (MS 6610).Further material was added to the O'Farrell Papers in 2006.

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Academic
History

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