Table of Contents

Table of contents of the Proceedings of the Brisbane Catholic Historical Society

Below is a Table of Contents of all articles published in the BCHS Proceedings since the beginning of the Society. Articles from previous issues are being progressively made available online here. Volumes 1 and 10-18 are currently available.

Volume One 1988

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Rev Denis Martin The Brisbane Church – The Beginnings 1
Rev T.P. Boland An Overview of Brisbane Catholic History 8
Archbishop Francis Rush Brisbane and the Spirit of Vatican II 19
Dr R Patrick Kevin and Eva [Kevin Izod O’Doherty and Eva Kelly] 27
Ian Ferrier Archbishop Duhig – Churches of his Early Years 40
Sr Frances O’Donoghue True to Himself He Did Things His Way [Neil Francis Macgroarty] 47
Jack Woodward The Turmoil of State Aid 52
Sr Rosa MacGinley Religious Women in Queensland 63

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Volume Two 1990

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Denise Sweeney The Parish History – A Study of a Faith Community [Holy Cross, Lutwyche] 1
Fr Neil J. Byrne The Music and Musicians of St Stephen’s Cathedral: The First Sixty Years 15
Br P.C. McCarthy CFC The Christian Brothers in Queensland 1875-1988 30
Tim Moroney Jr Tim Moroney 1890-1944: A Staunch Fighter for the People 52
Fr Peter Grice The Windows of St Stephen’s Cathedral 64
Fr Patrick J. Tynan Benedict Scortechini: Pioneer Priest and Botanist 71

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Volume Three 1992

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Sr Frances O’Donoghue George Wilkie Gray (1844-1924) 1
Fr Michael Endicott osa The Development of St James’ Parish Coorparoo from 1913 to 1925 13
Fr James Foley The French Augustinians of the Assumption: Their Queensland Saga, 1860-1875 24
Sr Martina Joyce rsj The Sisters of St Joseph in Queensland Beginnings: 1870-1880 35
Br L.V.Larkin cfc Edmund Rice 1762-1844 51
Fr Neil Byrne The Ship Diaries of Father Robert Dunne: The Journal of a Soul 58
Fr Chris Hanlon Medievalism in the Brisbane Church 71
Paul Martin Archbishop Patrick Mary O’Donnell 78

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Volume Four 1994

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Leo Moloney Early Irish Organisations of Queensland and the Qld Irish Association 1
Dr T.P.Boland Heritage and the Brisbane Church 17
John Moran Caroline Chisholm’s Little Joe – a unique view of colonial Australia 26
Rita Daley The Catholic Women’s League in Queensland 35
Frank Hills The Rise and Fall of the Aquinas Library 47
Fr D. Martin Old St Patrick’s Church, the Valley 78
Dr C.J.Windsor The Life and Times of H.J.Windsor and his Family 90
Br J.G.Hodda The History of St James’s School 100
B.O’Halloran Reminiscences of Brisbane Y.C.W. in 1950s and 1960s 119

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Volume Five 1996

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Sr Bernadette Hodda rsm St Patrick’s Church – Fortitude Valley 1
Archbishop John Bathersby In Quinn’s Footsteps 27
Paul Martin The Brisbane Church Before and After Vatican II 38
John Barber The Caboolture Parish 54
Leo Moloney The Wandering Church and School of the Logan Reserve 63
Frank Hills J.P.Kelly – Catholic Lay Leader 76
Denise Sweeney The H.A.C.B.S. in Queensland 111
Occasional Papers:
Fr D. Martin Hanly Mass Homily (3-2-1995) 138
Dr T.P. Boland Hanly Centenary Address (3-2-1995) 138
Fr P. J. Tynan Joseph Canali (6-6-1995) 138

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Volume Six 1999

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Denise Sweeney Tribute to Mamie O’Keefe 1
Kevin Hodda Tribute to Br James Hodda cfc 4
Ray Fitzgerald Thomas Henry Fitzgerald – A Visionary Pioneer 7
Sr Margaret McKenna rsj Mary MacKillop’s Visits to Queensland 15
Fr Pat Tynan Jem Davis of Glasgow – Duramboi 39
Fr Neil Byrne Out of the House of Slavery: the Fate of Bishop Quinn’s Departing Clergy of 1867 (Part 1), (Part 2 in Vol 7) 47
Mr Pat O’Shea A Short History of St Columban’s College, Albion 66
(1) Joseph Matthews
(2) Leo Dunne		 The Pope Came to Brisbane 25 November 1986 74
Michael Lynch St Stephen’s Cathedral Choir 83
Dr Tom Boland John Healy – Justice for the Aboriginal People 89
Occasional Sermons and Papers:
Dr Tom Boland Centenary of Archbishop Duhig’s Priestly Ordination 102
Dr Tom Boland Centenary of Birth of Archbishop O’Donnell 104
Mr Paul Martin All Hallows Missionary College, Dublin: Sesquicentenary of the arrival of the first ordinands in Australia 107

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Volume Seven 2000

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Mr Jeffrey J. Murphy The Catholic Church in Queensland on Eve of Vatican II 1
Fr Chris Hanlon Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin and the Pugin Chapel Brisbane 31
Sr Margaret McKenna rsj James Quinn and the Josephite Philosophy of Education 41
Fr Neil Byrne Part II – The Newark Trio (Part I in Volume 6) 49
Camille Appleton University of Queensland Newman Society 69
Laurie Rosenblum O.A.M. Jewish/Christian Relations in Australia 76
Sr Leonie D’Arcy sgs History of Lourdes Hill 90
Fr D. W. Martin A Most Excellent Man of the Name of Cleary 112
Sr Joan Hodda rsm Reflections on the Jubilee Year 135
Sr Rosa MacGinley pvbm Presentation Sisters in Queensland – A Centenary Reflection 143
Fr Gregory Bourke ocd ‘Providence will Provide’ – 50 years of the Discalced Carmelites in Australia 150

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Volume Eight 2002

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Dr Tom Boland Address at Dedication of memorial to Pioneer Priests 1
Fr Michael Endicott osa Cairns Vicariate 5
Denis Drouyn John Murtagh Macrossan 11
Mrs Dimity Dorman AM ‘Alice with Eyes A’Shine’ the Story of Alice Guerin Crist 16
Sr Margaret McKenna rsj Copperfield – a Century Without Interruption 26
Dr Tom Boland Christian Brothers Education in Queensland 1876-1925 36
Sr Carmel Coyle rsc Mother Mary Augustine Aikenhead: the Foundation of the Irish Sisters of Charity and their Work in Australia 52
Mike Humphry’s Jubilee 2000 70
Mrs Carol O’Brien Woodford Parish 90
Mrs Geraldine Crane Brisbane NCGM/YCW 1945-70 104
Br Brian Steele cfc J.W. Long: the Grand Old Man of Catholic Education 125
Michael P. Sullivan OAM Celebrating Federation in 1901 142

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Volume Nine 2004

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Fr Denis Martin Anecdotes 1
Vincent O’Rourke Reflections on Issues of Significance for Catholic Schooling in the Archdiocese of Brisbane 10
John Mackenzie-Smith William A. Duncan: Catholic Patriot and Champion of Human Rights 30
Fr Pat Tynan The Search for Count Rossolini 55
Fr Michael Endicott osa The History of St James’ Parish Coorparoo to the year 1925 69
Sr Rita Carroll rscj A History of Stuartholme 87
Dr Tom Boland Holy Name Cathedral – Fact and Fiction 104
Dr Chris Hanlon St Jude’s, Ashgrove: Brisbane’s First Seminary 118
Percy Hanlon Centenary of Toowong Catholic School 137
Mr Pat O’Shea St Flannan’s of Zillmere: One Model of the Emerging Church 154
John Kane St Mary’s, Ipswich: Monument to Fr A. Horan 190

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Volume Ten 2006

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Front Matter i
Proceedings on the Occasion of the Award of Doctor Honoris Causa Australian Catholic University to Dr Tom Boland, including paper ‘John Paul II and History’ 1
Sr Rosa MacGinley pvbm ‘The Age’ 1892+: an early Brisbane Catholic Newspaper 10
Anna Barbaro Women Religious and their Convent High Schools in Australia: a Case Study of the Presentation Sisters in Queensland 22
Fr Tom Boland Life on the Ocean Waves: a Chaplain’s Experience on One of Bishop Quinn’s Migrant Ships 44
Rod Manning Australian Irish Famine Monument 58
Maggie Boyle Uncovering the Story of St Mary’s, South Brisbane 82
Peter Connell The Built Heritage of All Hallows’ Convent and School 101
Peter Ball G.C. Willcocks and Wynberg 124
Martin Kerby Under a Foreign Flag [Past students of Gregory Terrace and Nudgee at war] 133
Len Horner From the Barrier Reef to the Outback: History of the Townsville Diocese 1930-2005 155
Mark Cryle Duncan McNab, James Quinn and the Mission to the Queensland Aborigines 1875-1880 181
Stefano Girola The Catholic Church and the Struggle for Civil Rights of Australian Aboriginal People in the 1960s 198
Alan Druery St Laurence’s College: the light on the hill and the characters who kindled it 227
Sr Patricia Sullivan rsm Tribute to the late Sr Mary Peter Hodda rsm 1925-2005 244
Recent Titles of Catholic Interest 246
Index of Volumes I-X 248

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Volume Eleven 2008

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Timothy F. Moroney Denis O’Donovan 1836-1911: An Overview of his Life and an Assessment of his Role as Queensland Parliamentary Librarian (1874-1902) 1
Pauline J. (Sr M. Francine) Shaw mfic Elizabeth Hayes and her Missionary Franciscan Sisters: Ministry to Brisbane and further afield, including PNG 27
David Molloy Nudgee Cemetery 51
Helen Gregory Curious Relationships: The Mater, the Government, The Church and Society 65
John Browning Frank Rush and the Development of a Catholic Education System in the Diocese of Rockhampton 1961-1973 95
Rod Manning Ed Casey: The Man, The Member, The Minister – A Memoir 123
Sr Margaret M. McKenna rsj A Very Religious Place: the Development of the Catholic Community at Nundah 152
Dr Chris Hanlon Archdeacon Leo Hayes: Priest, Anthropologist and Book Collector 162
Mark Cryle A Great Day for the University – The Hayes Collection Comes to UQ 168
Archbishop John Bathersby Who do you think you are? An Exercise in Life 183
Sue Walsh Building the First St John the Baptist Church at Enoggera 193
Delene Cuddihy Mt Olivet Hospital: A Unique Creation in 1950s Sectarian-Ridden Brisbane 206
Dr Tom Boland Vale Frank Hills 07-05-1931 – 09-03-2008 222
Index of Volumes I-XI 226

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Volume Twelve 2010

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Front Matter i
Anne Monsour Lebanese Catholics 1
Margaret McKenna rsj Julian Tenison Woods, Catholic Priest and Scientist in Queensland 1877-1883 29
Dr Jennifer Harrison. ‘One of the Most Picturesque of the Early Priests’: Fr Patrick Dunne in Eastern Australia 44
Maxine Brophy A History of 50 Years of the Brisbane Catholic Bushwalking Club 62
Patricia Kelly Brian Doyle (1915-2003): His Vision and Contribution to the Catholic Press Apostolate in Australia [Part I] 66
Warren Oxnam The Australian Book of Memories and Nudgee Catholic Cemetery 105
Maree Ganley ‘Sea Pictures’ in the Presentation Tradition. St Ursula’s Yeppoon: A Catholic Girls’ Boarding School on the Central Coast of Queensland 111
Damien Brennan Graced Tradition – Spirited Future: 150 Years of the Catholic Church in Queensland 126
Ken Ryan ‘An Ornament to the Town’: Father James J. Horan’s Warwick Residence – Why it was Built and How it Became St Mary’s Presbytery 133
Dr Paul C Bartley Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem: Lieutenancy of Australia – Queensland 161
Sr Helen Salter ibvm The History of Loreto, Coorparoo Through the Buildings 166
Mrs Moya Hickey History of Education at Loreto College, Coorparoo 172
Richard L. Connor The Establishment of the Catholic Church in Early Bundaberg 179
Joan McGrath The Early History of St Brendan’s Moorooka 204
Index of Volumes I-XII 210

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Volume Thirteen 2012

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Fr John Boyd-Boland ofm The Coming of the Franciscans to Queensland 1
Leona Murphy The History of St James’ and St John’s Church, Clifton 8
Fr Chris Hanlon The Two TJs [Thomas Joseph Byrnes (1860-1898) and Thomas Joseph Ryan (1876-1921) Eminent Barristers and Premiers of Queensland] 18
Sr Anne Hetherington rsm The Relationship between Bishop Quinn and the Early Sisters of Mercy 48
Brian Matthews Education at Mary Immaculate Parish, Annerley 63
Sr Margaret McKenna rsj Bishop James Quinn and the Roman Connection 76
Dr Stefano Girola Italian Lay Catholicism in Brisbane after Vatican Council II: The Italian Catholic Federation 85
Dr Robert Riddell R.S. (Robin) Dods 1868-1920: The Ecclesiastical Works 108
Fr Denis Martin From Mission to Parish: Maryborough 1861-2011 116
Br Tim Scott cfc Upon this Rock I Will Build My Church: 100 Years Celebrations of the Laying of the Foundation Stone St Brigid’s, Red Hill 130
David Jefferies A Short History of the Knights of the Southern Cross Order in Queensland 148
Patricia Kelly Brian Doyle (1915-2003): His Vision and Contribution to the Catholic Press Apostolate in Australia – Part II 172
Sr Anne Hetherington rsm and Mrs Berenice Wright Valete Sr Nora Boland rsm 1916-2011 and Denis Cleary 1933-2011 200
Index of Volumes I-XIII 203

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Volume Fourteen 2014

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Front Matter i
Ian Bonaccorso Jerome Davadi: Priest and Orchardist 1
Sr Anne Hetherington rsm If These Stones Could Talk: The History of All Hallows’ School 31
Br Regis Hickey cfc Beneath the Surface: The Spirituality of Br Ambrose Treacy 47
Dr Stefano Girola An Overview of Catholic History on Stradbroke Island 59
Fr Chris Hanlon Fr Jeremiah O’Leary: Parish Priest of Coorparoo 89
Greg Hallam A Screeching Noise Across the Paddocks: The Camp Mountain Railway Crash of 1947 113
Mrs Josephine Nolan Wilston Parish Centenary 133
Sr Pauline Smoothy rsm Miss Florence Honoria O’Reilly: Business Woman and Philanthropist 143
Ms Neridah Kaddatz Three French Priests in Central Queensland 161
Dr Michael Carroll St Patrick’s College Shorncliffe 185
Paul Martin A Short Account of St Cecilia’s Parish Hamilton on the Occasion of its Centenary 199
Michael P Sullivan OAM Vale Bill Condon 1930-2014 205
Index of Volumes I-XII 209

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Volume Fifteen 2016

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Front Matter
Sr Joanne Molloy rsm Home on the Range: Historic Buildings of The Rockhampton Sisters of Mercy 1
Fr Denis Martin A Passenger by the Fiery Star 11
Fr Barry Craig Guerrini’s Stations of the Cross, Port Douglas (1883-1911): First in the North? 33
Mr John Browning Welcome Learning: A Brief History of Goodna’s Catholic School 51
Dr Neville Buch Knights of the Southern Cross: A New Story From the Old Days, Queensland (1921-2015) 91
Sr Anne Hetherington rsm A Rose among the Shamrocks: The Story of Sister Mary Catherine Morgan (1820-1874) 101
Mr Simon Haddad St Clement’s Melkite Rite Church, Sth Brisbane 111
Ms Gabrielle Saide History of St Saviours School, Toowoomba 115
Dr Sue Keays The Wooloowin Magdalen Asylum and Holy Cross Laundry: A Symbiotic Dependency 135
Sr Anne Hetherington rsm Vale Professor Tess Cramond 1926-2016 163
Fr Chris Hanlon Books Received 165

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Volume Sixteen 2018

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Front Matter
Dr Martin Sullivan An almost bishop: Father James Comerford in Barcaldine and Charters Towers 1
Rev Dr Chris Hanlon Francis Augustus Fitzwilliam Dunham (1837-1905) 29
Monsignor John Grace Reflections on Banyo Seminary 60
Sr Rita Clancy OLSH Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart: 100 Years in Queensland 72
Mrs Jan O’Donoghue The Grail in Mackay: An International Faith Community of Women Called to Server in a Queensland City 77
Mrs Barbara Foster & Mrs Sheila Corcoran The Ignatians Musical Society: A Toowong Parish Initiative 110
Rev Michael Head SJ St Leo’s College 119
Dr Zelle Hodge The Order of Malta in Queensland 123
Dr Maree Ganley St Ursula’s College Yeppoon: Sea Pictures from a Convent Boarding School 139
Rev John Chalmers A Toast to Banyo at 75 207
Dr Chris Hanlon and Dr Maree Ganley Valete Timothy Francis Moroney and Sr Rosa MacGinley PBVM OAM 215

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Volume Seventeen 2020

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Front Matter 1
Sr Anne Hetherington rsm St Stephens: The Little School In the Heart of the City 7
Dr Elizabeth Hampson Sacred Heart Church Rosalie 1918-2018 29
Mr Paul Dielemans Billboards for Education: The Functionalist Schools of Frank Cullen 47
Mr Peter Mylne Patrick William Shannon: His Life and Times 71
Drs Rodney & Robin Sullivan Irish Catholic Memorials in Southeast Queensland 97
Book Reviews 129
Dr Chris Hanlon Vale Archbishop John Alexius Bathersby 139

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Volume Eighteen 2022

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Sr Anne Hetherington rsm The Potters of Longford and their contribution to the Church in Queensland 1
Dr Peter Webb Mt St Bernard College 1921-2021: A Centenary of Stories 23
Damien Morgan The Gem of the West [Dalby Parish Centenary] 59
Rev Dr Chris Hanlon Stephen Henry McDonough: A Pioneer Irish Priest in Queensland 74
Judith Gardiner The Apostle of the Diamantina: The other Father Hanley – Fr. William Hanley 1851-1905 96
Gabrielle Saide The Ministry of Fr. Fulgentius Hodebourg on the Darling Downs in the 1860s 113
Dr Rosemary Kennedy Elizabeth Lehane (1850-1912): Her story 124
Cathryn King Catholic Education in Bundaberg 160
Dr Maree Ganley A History of a Diocese – When ‘life story’ becomes ‘life history’: An oral history approach to a history of the Diocese of Rockhampton 1882-2022 190

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